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WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21.
\ver. Canada.— The Quebec and Mon 3.
papers report that Sir John Colborne is
about to he superseded in the civil government of
the provinces by the Earl of Clarendon, late min
ister to Spain. The story runs that Sir John has
the option of remaining as commander of the
forces, but will not; and that he will embark for
England immediately after the arrival of his suc
cessor.
Audubon's Ornithology.—The Boston At.
las, in stating that the last chapter of this stupen
dous work has been completed, remarks:—The
conclusion has been attained of an undertaking,
which, unrivalled for the boldness almost amount
ing to temerity with which it was commenced,
the perseverance and untiring zeal with which it
was carried on, and the fidelity, industry, and ce
lerity with which it has been completed, wiil rc
main an enduring monument of American enter- /
and science. S
Correspondence nf the National Intelligencer.
Xew Yoiik, Aug. 15.
There is, perhaps, a turn in the money mark
et,and things may he a little better. The ad
vance in stocks is an index of more ease. Post
notes sell on lower terms. Less shinning and
shaving are done in the streets. The banks dis
count a very little, and this is more than they did,
for but a short time ago they discounted none
at all. Hopes of good news by the Livevpool
are more animated. There is evidently a better
feeling in the street, whatever may he the condi
tion of the money market.
Branch T. Archer, and Messrs. C. R' p
Jones and Hamilton Bee are appointed Commis
sioners of Texas to run the line between that
Vqouiitr’ and Arkansas. '
“His Rkpchmcix Mutsrt.”—The Mon
treal Herald is highly indignant at us Yankees
for presuming to call Mr. Van Buren His Majes
ty. Hear him:
Mr. Van Buren is accused of assuming the airs
and hearing of a throned monarch, although we
never heard of a king living at a ta ern and get
ting his bill paid by a subscription among his
friends. Monarchs may be called paupers, hut
they are so on a very grand scale, and they are
able thereby to pay their grog bills themselves.
The Purity op the Elective Fiiax
riusK. —The Louisville Journal says; During
the Tennessee flection. Gen. Jackson, spent the
whole day at the Hermitage Precinct, lighting
like a madman against Cannon and Bell—never
theless the vote, as given for Cannon and Bell
in the precinct, compared with that given to
their opponents, was nearly as two to one. The
roarof the toothless lion has lost its terror.
V,
Another Biibsut War.—The Missourians ’’
* and lowaiuns are just now engaged in a most
sanguinary war upon paper, about the boundary
line between those lw o powerful empires. It
seems that there is a small portion of territory,
over which the authorities of both claim jurisdic
tion, and it is very evident, that that portion of
the world is likely for a time to he governed too
r Ajuch. The lax gatherer from Missouri lias made
ins appearance upon it, and the intimation is )
verv plainly given that if he again comes, quar-/
be found for him in some jail in lowa^
The Querist.
Addressed l» the Citizens of all Parties, and of
no particular Party , by whatever name they
are designated,’ to Farmers, Miehanics,Mer
chants, Trad rs, Sec., hut more particularly
to the Planters and Exporters of Cotton ,■ to
all, in a word, who. as true patriots, trek to
promote the prosperity and happiness of their
country*
“Strike,but hoar.”
“Homo sum—ct humani a me nil alienum puto,”
Terence.
“Truths would you teach, to save a sinking land ;
All fear—none aid you—and few understand.”
jy AN OCTOGENARIAN CITIZEN OF PHILADELPHIA
PREFACE.
Impressed with a thorough conviction that the
prosperity of this country is indissolubly connect
ed with the regular course of the colton trade—
that with respect to that important branch of the
national wealth, we have fallen into egregious er
rors which have produced most luinous conse
auences—and believing, moreover, that the sub
ject is susceptible of some sound views which
have not generally been taken of it—l have pre
6umcd that, anxious, at the dose of my career, to
promote the prosperity of a country, to which I
am larcely indebted. I could not better employ a
few days than in presenting to the public-the re- I
suit of reflections on the subject, which have been
spread through nearly twenty years. W hether
i be r j,rht or wrong, the discussion cannot fail to
> , e f u i If 1 err, it would afford afa r oppor
tunity for other citizens to refute me, and to es
tablish the true theory of the trade—if otherwise
such alterations may take place in the manage
rncnl of the production and trade, of and in this
"t article, as will to a certain degree secure us
from a return of the enormous evils which our
incorrect system of want of system has entailed
on us. ,
I propose to consider—
1. The great and rapid increase of the produc
tion and consumption of cotton.
“. The various fluctuations in price, and their
C T eS fhe wise and earnest admonitions received
rom Liverpool against our course.
4. The remedies.
Increase of Production and Consumption.
There is no instance in the history of human
1 industry of such u wonderful increase in the pro
duction or consumption of any article applied to
human uses, as has taken place in the case of
cotton.
The imports into Great Britain from this coun
try were.
In 1800 10.172.313 lbs.
1810, 13,363,987 “
1821, 101.180.4(16 “
1830, 209,830.471 “
1833, 237,925,122 “
The great increase of consumption caused, but
did hot keep pace wilh, the increase of produc
tion.
I shall confine myself to the case of Great Bri
tain, as data respecting the consumption of the
article on the continent of Europe, arc not here
attainable.
The consumption in that country for eight
years, from 1801 till 1808 inclusive, was
455,545,998 lbs.
From 1820 till 1827, 1.336,249,959 “
And from 1828 till 1835. 2,250.812,477 “
Shewing an increase of 500 per cent, between
the first and last series.— Porter's Progress us
the Nation, p. 205.
The. export and value of our cotton for twenty
two years inclusive were:
1816 to 1820. 475,924,757 lbs $121,408,338
1821 to 1825, 762,811,790 123,726.148
1826 to 1830. 1270,732.237 130 122,182
1831 to 1837, 2680,434,536 319,140,911
Thus it appears that while we increased the
quantity in the second series about 50 per cent,
the increased value was only about two per
cent!! and while the export of the third series
was nearly 150 per cent, on the first, and about
CO percent, on the second series, the increase in
the proceeds was only about six per cent!! and
while the quantity' in the fourth series was above
/five fold that of the first, the increase in value
* was not three-fold.
Fluctuations in Prices.
It is remarkable how liable ibis great article is
to be raised or depressed by a small addition to,
or diminution of. the coming crop. Some years
since it appeared, by a circular letter of I ’nipper
<SI Benson, that the arrival of 8000 bales of the
new cotton rather earlier than usual and a Heal
ing rumor of an increased crop, reduced the price
above a penny a pound. Insignificant ns this re
duction mav appear, it nevertheless amounted to
2 or $3,000,000.
Tiie fatal year 1825 holds out a lesson that
ought never to be forgotten by all concerned in
the cotton trade, and is in fact applicable to all
other trades.
Our export of cotton,in 1823 was 173,723.270 lbs
In 1824 it fell to 142,360,653 “
An idea was propagated in this country, wheth
er from candid belief, or from sinister views is un
certain. and was current in Europe, that the ex
-8 port of 1825 would not exceed that of 1824, and
that a deficiency won d take place in the supply.
The consequence was that the price rose from 9
l9 pence. The export, however, was 178.-
450,457 lbs.; this small difference only a'out a
fifth of the whole, reduced the price gradually
from ! 6 A al9 pence in April, to
in December! ! !
Prices of Cotton in Liverpool during the year 1825.
Pence. Pence.
January 1, 9 all June 30, 12rJ a ISA
30, 8i a July 31, 8 a 12’
March 1, 12 a 14A Sept. 30, 7 a lOj
“ 31, 13 a 16| Oct. 15, 7J alO ?
April 30, 16J a 19£ N0v.26, 7 a 10A
May 31, 16i al9 Dec. 31, 6$ a9|
Can it for a moment be doubted that, had the
export, of 1825. been below, or even only equal
to, that of 1824. we should have escaped the tor
nado that spread devastation over the entire com
mercial world, and at one fell stroke blasted the
hopes and prospects of some of the most estima
ble families in the world.
Admonitions of the Liverpool Merchants.
The Liverpool merchants look great pains to
prove that the planters ought to diminish the cul
ture of cotton, and that our merchants should not
glut the foreign markets as they had done with
such deleterious effect.* Nothing could be more
judicious than their admonitions. But they pro-
duced no effect. Gluts took place from year to
year, and prices gradually fell, so that the increase
of quantity produced no corresponding increase
of proceeds—but often, ou the contrary, a re
duction.
Rented es.
On a full view of this interesting subject, it ap
pears that the evils that exist in the trade in col
. ton arise from two causes—the first, that notwith
/ standing the wonderful increase of consumption,
production generally out runs it—the second the
extreme and pernicious irregularity of supplies,
sometimes increasing and at others decreasing
ten or fifteen per cent from year to year. But
in this case, as in most others, however easy it
may be to discover the evil, it is difficult to de
vise, and still more to apply, adequate remedies.
I venture to suggest two, which would be effect
ual, if carried into operation. But they require a
concert of opinion and combination of action
among the mass of those interested in the planting
and exporting of cotton, which, wilh so large a
body, are scarcely attainable. Great, however,
as is the difficulty, it is probable that were one
or two of the mighty master-minds, whom public
* “While the imports continue to exceed the
consumption great as it is, the prices must con
tinue to decline, and will no doubt become so low
as to cease to remunerate the planter for the ex
penses of production, and thereby, diminish the
future growth.”—Bolton, Ogden & Co. Liverpool,
Jan 13,1821.
“It has been a matter of considerable astonish
ment to us, that American cottons hav e continued
to arrive in such quantities, bought at high prices,
compared with what they will bring here, and IN
THE FACE OF THE REITERATED DIS
COURAGING ACCOUNTS FROM THIS DUR
ING THE WHOLE OF THE YEAR. W e are
decidedly of opinion, that we cannot look for any
permanent or considerable improvement in this
article, until the prices get so low with you that
the planters have no further encouragement to ex
tend their cultivation.”—W. ea James Brown & Co.
Liverpool, Aug 8, 1822.
“If your growth cannot be increased beyond the
produce of the last crop, the consumption will, in I
all probability, so far as American cotton is con- 1
cerned, soon overtaue the supply ; in which event
an important advance might he reasonably calcu
lated on.” —Curwen i s. Hagerty, Liverpool, Nav.
1, 1822.
“We are aware that discouraging advices are not ,
well received in the United States ; but when pros
pects appear so gloomy as they do at present, we
feel on all occasions constrained to fura sh them.”
—Archibald Grade, Jun. Liverpool, Jan Ist, 1824,
“A diminuth n of import, real or anticipated, or
further reduction in the prices, seems to he the on.
ly ground upon which the interference of the spec
ulators can again be expected.”—Bolton, Ogden & i
Co. Liverpool. Bth Jan. 1824.
To these wise hut unfortunately unheeded cau
tions. it may be objected, that they are somewhat
antiquated. True —they are somewhat antiquated.
Butthev are of that eternal soundness, that ren
ders them as applicable now, an 1 will, in one hun- |
died years, as they were in 1821,2, 3or 4. i
| ex-geneies almost always cull forth to meet ex- '
isling emergencies, to devote their influence and,
I energies to this paramount object, one or both
| might he carried into operation, and place tins
■j great branch of American industry ami resources
! on somewhat of a stable footing; or, at all events
I reduce the evil within narrower bounds.
One plan is, to divert a considerable portion of
the capital and labor now superfluously and in
deed injuriously employed in the culture of rot
ton, to some other agricultural employment—for
instance* the raising of mulberry trees and silk
worms, corn, wheat, rye, &e. Cropper A; lien
son, of Liverpool, in a circular, dated 9tli month
271 h, 1822, urged this course on our planters,
and concluded by emphatically stating, that in
this case "they might certainly sell their surplus
Cotton at any priee.” This sound advice unfor
tunately passed unheeded.
The other plan is, lor the parties concerned, or
a sufficient number of those most largely inter
ested. to form an association, ami erect large store
houses in the different ports of shipment, (or the
purpose of storing up a portion of a superabund
ant crop, till the state of the foreign market*
would warrant shipment. On these deposites,
advances, at safe prices, might be made, sufficient
to meet the exigencies of the planters, while they
secured the association from loss.
I feel confident that the immediate and deci
sive adoption of this plan of storing cotton, with
out wailing for the erection of warehouses, would
arest the crisis with which the commercial world
is nt present threatened.
With respect to the first plan, it is strongly im
pressed on my mind, that, in the early settlement
of Virginia and Maryland, when tobacco was
almost their only article of export, such abundant
crops were raised as to glut the foreign muikels,
and ruin the parties concerned. The legislature
ol Virginia, if I recollect rightly, passed an act
restricting the culture of this article, which, in a
year or two, restored the equilibrum between de
mand and supply. I supposed that this was stat
ed in Wynne’s history of America, but on exami
nation I find Ibis was an error; nevertheless, the
fact is indisputable.
The policy here recommended, although novel
in this country, is as old the days of Jacob and
his sons, when granaries were established to store
away the abundance of one year to supply the
defliciciicy of another, by which means prices
were maintained at an equable rale, and such
ruinous iluctuations of price prevented, as arc ex
perienced here in the cotton trade. Granaries
areal present in use in <arious pans of Europe,
to store the superfluous grain, and hold it in re
serve for years of scarcity.
The Dutch, in the days of their prosperity,
when they monopolized a large portion of 'he
commerce of the world, and when their ports
were entreporls for almost every kind of mer
chantable goods, bed large magazines for the
purpose of storage, and withdrew the various ar
ticles in exact quantity to suit the demand. ISol
satisfied with this system ; so fur as regards spi
ces, thev burned the superfluous quantities—Sir
William Temple’s Works, folio, * 01. 1. p. 69.
M. CAKEV.
Philadelphia, July 18,1839.
the <t,f eh I ST.
“Nil actum 'eputana, dum quid esset agendum.”
1. Does not this nation possess as many and
as signal advantages as ever fell to the lot of any
other nation, ancient o modem?
2. Is it not nevertheless, in an abject stale of
dependence on foreign capitalists to carry into
opera!ion nearly all its important national under
takings ?
3. Can a policy be sound which reduces such
a rising and powerful nation, possessed of such
trausceiulanl, and, may we not say, unexampled
advantages, to so pernicious and degraded a situ
alion ?
4. Is it not worth while to pause, and ponder
well on the unceasing increase of our enormous
loans in Europe.
5. Do our Slates, or our corporations, or our
citizens generally, calculate the extent of the ru
inous clli-cts that arc likely to result from the
heavy interest we have to pay that quarter of the
globe for those loans !
6. Is not Great Britian encumbered with a debt
of about 800,00' ',OOO pounds stei ling, with an an
nual interest of £29,000,000, (nearly $150,000,-
000) and a military and naval establishment,
which cost in 1836, £12,112,968? (about £6O,
000.000.)
7. Does she not, moreover, labor under a most
oppressive excise on almost every thing eaten,
drunk, or worn by her population and even on
the light of heaven they enjoy ? Amount in
1836, £13,666,010, (about $08,000,000.)
Interest, $1511,000,000
Na>y and army, CO.uOO.OcO
Annual expenditures, $210,000, .110
8. Does she not, spite of these overwhelming
disadvantages, lay almost all the nations of the
world under contribution by her manufactures
and her commerce?
9. Is she not also able to furnish us and all oth
er needy nations with loans to the amount of
millions on millions of dollars ?
10. Can a policy which not only struggles
with, hut overcomes, her enormous disadvanta
ges, he other than sound?
11. Ought not our statesmen, soaring above
the contemptible, the narrow-minded, the misera
ble prejudices of party spirit, scrutinize our policy
and that of Great Biitian—compare them in their
results—ascertain the causes of the radical dilfer
ence—and strain every nerve to correct any er
rors in ours ?
12. As our imports have for many years so
uniformly exceeded our exports, was it wise, or
prudent, or politic, to hold out, by large additions,
to the list of articles free Irorn duty, such strong
temptations to increase the former, not only to
the speculating spirit of our own citizens, but to
that of the merchants of foreign nations; thus
i overstocking our markets, and 100 often ruining
our native importers?
13. Would not sound policy dictate to our
government to counteract that tendency as far as
permitted by our constitution, (rather than to
accellerate its movements.) whereby to prevent
those rises in exchange which so frequently pro
j duce a pressure on our monied institutions and
I on our citizens general'y ?
14. Would it he believed that the articles free |
| from duty during seven late years were nearly I
j four-ninths of the total of our imports?*
1 ‘Statement of the Exports and Imports of the Uni- j
ted States for seven years, ending 18.37. it is
however, to be observed, that the amount of the I
latter would be greatly increased if we could !
procure a statement of the smuggled goods.
Exports. Imports. free of Duty I
Kil, $81,310,683 $103,191,134 $13.456,6.6
1832, 87,176-943 101,029,266 14219473
1833, 90.140 433 103,118,311 32 447 950
1*34. 104,336 973 126,521,332 68 303 18
1835, 121,693,577 119,895.742 77 940493
1836, 128,663,040 189.9*0.035 92 >56 181
1837, 117,419,376 1 10,989.217 69|24L029
j Total, 730,740.926 919,726,137 267,785,211
~l
IT), has it nut frequently happened tliat the re- i
peal of a duty on this side of the Atlantic, has I
immediately operated to cause a proportionate in- 1
crease ot price of tlie article abroad, so as to di- i
ininish our revenue, without easing the burdens I
of our citizens ? I
Id. Would not the United States be an infin- i
itely more advantageous customer to Great liri- i
tain and the other nations of Eutopo, were our I
ex porta,to bear a fairer proportion to our imports, '
by which we would escape those fluctuations 1
trom a high state of apparent prosperity to extreme I
depression I I
17. Do not those nations sutler far more by i
our years ot distress titan they gain by our years I
of delusive prosperity ! Dees not their conduet
in their exce-tsive exportations bear some analogy
to that ol the boy with the golden-egg-laying ,
goose!
IS. lias not the policy of the United States
constantly tended to increase the quantity of the
grand staple product of the country so as to glut
•the European markets, and to produce those ruin
'<mu fluctuations of price which have almost pe
riodically spread desolation over the wide expanse
•of our country, and blasted the hopes and fortunes
■of so many ot oar most valuable citizens, planters
as well as merchants ]
11). Has it not olten occurred, that an increase
of the amount of cotton exported has not only not
increased the proceeds, but actually reduced them
and sometimes ruinously 1*
20. Have not the sagacious Liverpool mer
■chunts frequently pressed on the consideration of
our exporters the ruinus consequences of this sys
tem, and strenuously urged them to adopt a dif
ferent one 1
- I. Was not the Dutch system sagacious and
itic, which guarded against glutting the for
«««;n markets with their spices, by limiting the
ocdtivalion or destroying the surplus quantity 1
22. Would not the Dutch policy respecting the
spice trade,so far as regards limiting the exports
be occas.oitully advantageous to the cotton plan
ters; and would they not probably ptocure more
lor fourth-tilths of a superabundant crop than they
.receive for the whole ?
23. Is it not highly probable and almost cer
tain, that had the quantity of cotton withheld
from the Liverpool market last year through the
instrumentality of the Hank of the United States
been pressed on that market, it would iiavc pro
dured such a reduction of price as would ha'e
had a most ruinous effect on all the parties inter
ested, cotton planters, American exporters and
English importers ?
24. Does it not appear from the statements
herewith submitted that a moderate reduction ex
pected of a coining crop, by exciting a spirit of
speculation, raises p ices in a far higher degree
than the expected diminution of supply ?
25. On the other hand, does it not almost in
variably happen that an expected increase of the
crop reduces the price in a far greater proportion
than the increase of the quantity ?
20. Having lully ascertained that the eause of
the evil is the superabundance of production and
exportation, are not the remedies obvious 1
27. Are I icy not, to withdraw a portion of the
capital and labor employed in the culture of cot
ton to some other description of industry, and to
adopt some means of withholding supcifluous
quantities from the foreign markets 1
Table if the Exports, (,c. of Cotton.for twenty years,
H* ££ p- (A *3
jl-g C- £3„ Price of Uplands
• •3. gn S in Liverpool on
I " £2 £, the 31st Decein
■ 73* 3; ji her in each year.
I Vi P
Pounds. I Dollars. Pence.
1816 81,94 7,1 16 24,1U1i,(T00 a 204
1817 85,(149,3661 22,627,614 18a a 234
IMS 92,471,178, 31,334,368 17* a 20*
1819 87,997,045! 21,081,769 12i al4
1820 127,860,1621 22 308,667 a Iojf
476,924,767 121,468,338
’lB2l 124,893,405 20,446,5 0 8 a 104
1822 144,675.095 24,036,058 64 a 84
1823 173,7:23,270 20,145,520 ! 74 a 9i
1820 142,369,663 31 947,401 s| a 104
1525 176,460,357 36,846 6191 6.j a9J
762,111,79;)' 123,720,148 I
782 i 204,636,415 25,025,214 | 67 a 74
1827 294,310,115 29,359,545 ! 6 a 6?
1828 310,599,463 22,187,229 I 5# a 6'
IS2! 261,837,186 26.575,311 | 64 a 7
183( 296,459,102 26.674,883 j f)| a 7,',
1,270,732,281 130,122,182 ['
IS3I 275,315.787 25,289 492
1832 322.078.952 31,724,684
183: 329.689 104 36,191,105
1834 384.717,907 49,448.402
1835 3.17.368,092 6496-1,302
/ * ■
_ ' 699.370 772 207.614,985 1
Having in page 3 stated the pernicious effects,
in 1825. of a small surplus of cotton, it may not
be useless to present to the reader the effects of a
scarcity of a different article.
In 1799, the Grain crops in Great Britain fell
short about six-seventeenths, or n little more than
one third. The government felt alarmed, at the
prospect of a famine, and took all possible meas
ures to avert such a calamity. The distillation
of spirits, and the manufacture of starch and hair
powder, from grain, were prohibited, the bakers
were prohibited from selling bread under a day
old; potatoes to a great extent were used in the
manufacture of bread; bounties were given on the
importation of grain, and large importations look
place in consequence—of wheat and flour, equiv
alent to 10,025.437 bushels; 67,985 of barley;
479,320 of oats; 300,695 rwt. of rice. Notwith
standing all these precautions, wheat rose from
6s, 2d. in January, 1799, to 12s. Bd. in February
1800.
So much on the important chapter of supera
bundant and scarce markets.
As the subjects herein discussed are of para
mount importance as they are wholly unconnec
ted w itu parly politics—and moreover, as the sug
gestions of the writer, if correct, have a direct ten
| dency to disseminate sound views of the policy of
i thevounlry—and to promote its strength, power,
| resources and happiness, it is confidently hoped
that the prin ers of newspapers generally will re
publish the essential parts of this essay. Let
them he subject to the ordeal of the severest criti
cism, and their errors, what ever they be, undergo
the most merciless castigation.
i
POSTHCRMT. |
Emm the prostration in 1833 of the protecting '
j system of 1824. the establishment of which cost
such persevering efforts—a system which cleva
* Interesting synopsis.
Exp’ts of 1-19, 87,997.645 11)8. Value $21,081,769 ;
1821, 124,893,4110 “ 20.135,600
1823, 173,723,270 “ 20,445,520 I
+Tl.is was the celebrated bubble year. j
led the country from an extreme to n
degree ol prosperity, and which was prostra
ted lull us much hy the misplaced economy, the
impolicy, and the apathy of its friends, as by the
hostility ol ito enemies—from that period, 1 sav,
I had determined never again to touch the subject
ol political economy; hut the unceasing vissitudes
in the allairs of his country, tfroni a most envia
ble prosperity to a gloomy adversity, and vice
versa, seem to call upon every uinii who can
“wield h pen" to “do his duty,” and try to deve
lope the causes of the pernicious and extreme
fluctuations which succeed each other so rapidly;
and, it possible, devise a remedy. I therefore
have ventured, once more, to enter the arena.
+lt cannot be amiss to refresh the memory of
those who deny the effects of the tai ill’, of IS'i 1, In
stating, from iri'tiftagable authotilies, the deplora
ble situation of the country previous to Hie adop
tion of that system.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Crawford,in
a report dated Feb. Id, IS2O, stated that
“Few instances have occurred, of o distress no
general and so severe, us that which has been exhi
bited in the United Slates.
A deficiency of the revenue having occurred in
the following year, it was proposed in Congress to
have recourse to an excise. The Committee of
Ways and tV)cans, to whom the subject was referred,
reported against the measure, as “ unwise of that
season of i-.xtrcmr. distiifss” —adding, that “if
imposed, it would he difficult In collect; and, if
collected, it would in somcparls of the Union he in
paper little available."
Livk YaNKKKS.—The busy, hustling, indus
trious, and lively spirit which pervades the in
habitants of the New England States, is well des
cribed in the following sketch. It is from the
pen of a foreign traveller, and he certainly does
justice to our enterprising population.
“In travelling over the kingdom of Naples,
and contemplating the wonders of that favored
land, its fertile soil, its genial climate, its adniiru
rahle capacities for commerce, and the contrast
exhibited to all Ihese advantages hy the sloth and
ignorance of its population, its beggars, and bri
gands —I have been siruc k with the whimsical
imagination of the scene that might ensue, were
a plain Yankee taken from his plough-tail, and
placed on the throne of the Two Sicilies. His
majesty would begin a regular overhaul of the
whole body politic the morning after his corona
tion. ‘What’s this 1 seel” says the king.—
‘Where art ynnr overseers of the highways—
your sehooi committees—your select men 1—
What idle fellows arc these 1 What are these
hells ringing for every day 1 What means this
crowd ol ships lying behind the mole with no
thing to do ! or this manna, the water’s edge of
my great city, where I see no piles of merchandize,
no trucks, nor dray earls driving about with
goods, nor half the business doing in a month
that is dune on Uoston Long Wharf in two
hours! Come, bustle, occupy ; set the hu’.zarom
to work upon the roads; send the childicn to
school; make a railroad here, and a turnpike
there; bridge this river, and canal that; hang the
Calabrian robbers; give the monks a rouse; go
into the churches, and strip me these trumpery
shrines ; sell the gold and silver and jewels
with which they are heaped, and the interest,
of tiic monny will support all the poor of the
kingdom, for I'll have no beggars or idlers
while my title is Jonathan the First. People
shall mind their own business, for I shall abol
ish these foetus, which come every other day,
and arc good for nothing hut to promote idleness.
Henceforth there shall he no festals, hut fast,
thanksgiving, and independence. Set me up a
newspaper in every town; lake me a census ot
the population; fine every disl ict that don’t
send a representative to the general court. I'll
have every thing thrashed and set a bucking, den
to the vernacular speech,for dolce far riionlo shall
be routed out from the Italian.’ ”
Now Jonathan the First might not understand
quite so much of the antiquities of Pompeii, or
the beauties of the Callipygian Venus, ns Ferdi
nand the Second; yet if the Neapolitans would
not make a profitable sirup by the exchange,
mine is no true “Yankee notion.”
For the Chronicle Sf Sentinel.
Stanzas.
1 gazed upon the placid stream,
That slept in calm repose,
Beneath her suit and silv’ry beam
As Phoebus downward goes;
The silent waters moveless lay,
In peaceful stilncss there ;
As onward sped the closing day,
With all its ruddy glare.
As sank ihc sun behind the trees
Pouring forth a flood of light,
Each leaflet fluttered in the breeze,
And rustled its delight.
The golden rays that lit the sky,
Now chang'd to paler hue,
Andfadinig was, the gorgeous dye,
'Jhat streak’d the ether blue.
The solemn eve drew on apace,
With still and noiseless tread,
And o’er the scene, with matchless grace,
Her spangled mantle spread;
Eaah glitt’ring lamp, of night’s blue arch,
Now flash’d with silver’d light,
And o’er th’ expanse, took up its march,
Now veil'd in purest white.
Oh give to me the twilight’s hours -,
Its pensive scenes so soft;
How winning then are beauty’s pow’rs.
How sweet the sighs they waft!
He who can view a s< ene like this,
Nor feel the charms of Jove,
Will seek in vain terrestrial bliss;
For nought bis heart can move.
Oft as I view each fleecy cloud,
That glides o er Nature’s dome
1 feel my spirit in me bow’d,
And solemn thoughts o’er mo come;
And as they dim and i..dc away,
Within the liquid space,
(see in them life’s fleeting day
That leaves behind no trace.
: i
Then look upon those flectingrays
That gild a Southern ove.
And see them fading, as you gaze,
In shrouds that night doth weave ;
Then t ustnot life’s gay, smiling dream,
Tis false as Ocean’s wave;
But bui.d thy faith, on hopes, you deem,
Will live beyond toe giavc.
SELWYN.
Sui'k k notion on Mam'agc, anrl/he
lan wge Covenant . —"l ve Itocn nlecrecl toven
,J.re on matrimony myself. and I don’t altogmliev
,H \ k HI spekilalc in that line for or.c while. It
on t juct suit a rovin man like me, It’s n con
,'deralile of u lie, nnd then it ain’t like ahorse
L*d, whore, il you don’t like the beast, von can
.at it oil ■ii a rufl'ile, or n trade, or swop, or suit
inrscll hotter, hut you must make the host of u
id bargain, ond put up with it. It ain’t ofun
au meet a critter cl the right mettle; spirited,
't gentle; easy ot the hit, sure footed ami spry ;
> hitin. or ki. kin,’ or racin’ oil—refusin’ to go,
> i rutin in hack; and then clean limbed and good
i image. It s about the diflicultest piece of husi
i ’ss 1 know on.”
M All R I ED,
f'a the 1 Itli inst, by the Uev. Mr. While, Mr.
r./cgiAii Pomif.r, toMiss Mary Martha Hikns,
' oli ol Jeticrson eotinty.
DIED,
I u Sunday, the ISth inst. James Carswei.i,, in
I e 2Mb year o( his age. be was bom in the County
” I)o ' vn - Ireland, nnd for the Inst 12 years a rest
i 'at of this city. Ihe deceased had no immediate
inti cos here; but his unobtrusive and retiring
i aimers, together with his mnnv virtues, endeared
1 11110 !l number of friends who now sincerely
i 'grot Ids loss.
On 'Monday, the 10th inst. Mr. Jonathan Elms,
■■ native of Tbomastnwn, Conn., and for the last
. i years a resident of this city.
oii' ignees per South raroliun Rail Koatl.
Hamburg, August 20, 1539.
Haird (c Howland; Stovall, Simmons k Co.; J. IC.
; H - J'ora; Kerrs d Dope; S. liufovd; Clark,Racket
i Co ; G. f. Dnrtic; 1. H. Plant; T Dawson; Sol
noeland & Son; A. fc J' A. Snyder; C. Frazer; T #
ichaids; .1. & J. Mcßrydo; Jeffers & Houlwnre; J.
. Henson; J, W. Stokes; George Parrott; J Levy.
MARINI? INTELLIGENCE.
CHARLESTON, August 20.
j.rnvcd yesterday —Schr Virginia Antoinette
lare. New Orleans.
Cleared —Schr Rattler, Kelly, VVe t Indies.
H’ent In sea yedeid'iy—iir brig 'l ino, Richnrd
m. Savannah; schr Delight. Brown, Philadelphia.
:. L ' ,O Kl.vr, Four Dwelling lions son
jlj the west side of Broad street, below the
.subscriber s residence, two others on El
s street, and two on fell.dr treet, twb others on
i idge Row. tor a small grocery. Possession given
i the first day of October next. Apply to
P. 11. MANTA, or
W4t JOHN MORRISt N.
tl f. undersigned continues to transact a general
factorage am> oMMfcsroi* hum
-1 ESS, and solicits a continuance of pnt.onage.
John c, holi o >i be.
CHnrleiiton, S C., August 19, U>3». swim
Ihe subscriber otfers for sale his resi
i tlence near tlie Turknelt Spring. 'I Ire
‘ i ■ [ .H* House is very commodious and in good
.•pair —the lot of about live acres is well shaded,
nd lias a large garden, which is good at all seasons,
dth an abundant supply of the purest water. Fiona
s situation and advantages, it maybe made one
f the most desirable places in the neighborhood of
ugusta, for a winter as well as summer residence. I
'here is also a joining it about thirty acres of
00. l land, a pa. t of which would be excellent for
ultivation and pasturage.
Also, f ive Thousand trees of Mortis JMulti
rnlis, some of which are now 9 feet high and 44
irhes circumference, from single cuttings planted
' i February last. VV. C.vTLIN.
trwlm
t»eo. It. Roinl & ILinking (Jo. f
Branch at Augusta. <y
DEPOSITED in sums of live bundled dollars
and upwards, bearing an interest of six per
ent. per annum will be received at this ( ffice
>r periods not less than ninety days, subject to the
rderof the dc|>ositurs on receiving ten days notice
f Iheirintcntiun to withdraw
nov3o wtf J._VV. VVILDE Cashier.
BEALS’ II V kJ6 UESToit ATIVi:.
valuable discovery is now introduced to
.1. Die citizens of Augusta, with the fullest
■oufnlencc and assurance that it will effect the ob
ectof its app icalion, viz ; A CO DELETE HES-
I'ORATIOS OF THE HAIR upon the heads of
those who have lost the same, and have thereby
become bald or partially so.
Numerous certificates might be given to show
how successfully this compound nas been applied,
never having failed in a single instance.)
Its virtues have been fully and sathfctorily
tested, 'the heads ol those that were entirely
bald, have been by the application of this restora
tive, covered with a luxuriant growth of beautiful
hair.
None need despair whether old or young, of hav
ing their hair restored. For salo by
ROBERT CARTER, Druggist,
Broad st. and at
T. If. PLANT’S Bookstore.
Where certificates of its successful app’ication
array be seem June 21 ’ swtf
THE THU 10 POMADE mvJEVS..
i.N XTENSIVELV used in Europe, never before
\ introduced into America, an infill ible cure
and a delightful preventive of Chapped Hands and
I.ips, kc. This elegant article gives a delicacy of
fragrance and that natural healthful appearance to
the skin no other preparation of t.e kind has been
known to produce. It immediately removes PIM
PLES and other disagreeable ERUPTIONS, pre
vents BRUISES from turning Mack,cures BURNS
and SCALDS, alleviating pain, and preventing
blisters, it is also exceedingly useful for SORE
BREASTS. So invaluable is this compound for
every inconvenience to which the skin is liah'c,
that none who have proved its benefits will ever
willingly he without it.
Sold in Glasses at 25 and 50 cents each, with
full particulars, and directions for use. For sale by
ROBERT CARTER, Druggist,
Broad st. and at
T. 11. PLANT’S Bookstore.
Where certificates of its successful application
maybe seen. june 21 swtf
MAC lIIIVEIcY.
MILL-CASTING'-. Iron Work, Cotton and all
kinds of MACHINERY, furnished of the
best materials and finished in the best manner, hv
“ The Savage M.nufnrturing Company of Md.”
who have made arrangements wi h Messrs. Sto
vai.l, Simmons s, Co., of Augusta, Ga., to be their
Agents, for receiving consignments, who are au
thorised to receive payment of bit’s and expenses
on delivery by them, of the above described wont
sent to that section ol the south converuobt to Au
gusta
Prompt attention will be paid to all orders
dressed to hose gentlemen, at AugustaMrrTßos.
Lansdsie, Superintendent of the works at the
“ Savage Factory,” Maryland or to
GE iDGE WILLIAMS, Agent,
aug o w.>m Baltimore,
J}—A. FOR KENT.—'The property of the un
' -.1 dersigned, on Broad, Campbell and Cen
-1 r 'MM . Streets, on Mclntosh Street, near the
Presbyterian Church, at present occupied by .Mr.
| Stockton. Apply to
McKENZIE & BENNOCH.
July 2 wt f
N. B. The occupants of the property for the
I year ensuing Ist October next, will give notes pay
; able quarterly, and pay for the use of the Hy
drant wat .r. J