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Vol. XXV. Tim NEWS. Jr*UBLISHEI) EVERY THURSDAY, BY HI. J. KiPPCL, Proprietor. At Three Dollars per annum, payable at the time of subscribing, or Three Dollars & ■fiETY-cEN'rs if not paid within six months. No paper will be discontinued, unless at the option ot the publisher, without Hie settlement of all arrearages. Advertisements not exceeding one square first insertion, seventy-five cents; and for oacli subsequent insertion, fifty cents. A reduction of 25 per cent, will be made to those who advertise by the year. 03 Our Advertising friends are requested to markon their advertisements the number of insertions they wish us to give them—other wise they will bo published till forbid, and c harged accordingly. Letters on business must come postpaid to insure attention. im-i liIHMIEE I W'l ‘EH I tn tittf CHJF.oFfi rfd •Mf&tClS'T? SPWW, PO H T Y • ’if? * *“ ~ A SKEI’CH from nature. “i* ‘ B*v CHARLES DINOLEY. She knelt beuide^e— and mine eye once glanc'd LXpon her form; ’twas but a glance; but ne’er Fr*otp my remembrance will it pass away! Her arms were folded on her breast her head ’ ? Bow’d down most meekly as became the place. And her dark eye-brow, and still darker liiir Shi-ided a countenance wherein was less Os beauty than expression ; it was pale A* is the lilly in the spring; it bore Some touches of the frame's and minds disease, So me sufieriag and some wo. Her half-cioseu eye Wa.3 bent to earth, and shaded by a lash Sil ken and shining as the raven's wing ; He r lip was motionless, and it did seem As though her supplication sped at once Forth from her pious bosom toiler God. There was a withered flower on her breast— Perchance ail emblem of the hope which there Had blossom'd, and there faded. I have view’d Woman in many a scene ; I have behold Her gay and glorious in the festive hall, Eig’er of conquest; and I, too, have marked The winning languish and seductive smile, Both dear “and dangerous tu the youthful heart. And. I have stray’d with beauty by my side,. Thrnugh the still glade, at evening’s placid hour By the pale radiance of the moon, vvnose beam , Hath silver’d o'er her smiles, and she hath look’d As she had thrown her soul into her eyes. Nay, 1 have view’d her by the fever’d bed Os sickness, pillow the pale cheek and bathe Thf fainting brow—and, like a form of light Whispering peace where else there had been none; But never, by the side of woman yet, Sucti thrilling and unearthly feelings stole On my o’ercharged heart, as when 1 saw Tha. t piou#m*iSen commune with her God. tmmuimim an r~ ™i—tjßgrvcn.xai ME I S C|S tfiA. ft E L.X. NDCRUIZE OF AN OLD SALT. account of a Shipwreck on le • ra Firma. The eccentricities and whimsi calities of old salt water captains, from the days of Commodore Trunnion down to the p> resent, are known, and hundreds ol • amusing anecdotes have been told upon the s object; but as we have never seen the tollo ■vving in print, and in the total absence of ne ws—foreign coastwise or otherwise we h uve been induced to devote a column to its recital. T hie hero of our story was an old hero of Both the revolutionary and last war one who had labored hard, suffered much, and often received the thanks of his coun try. Years and exposure having render ed hi m unseaworthy, he brought his water tacks ashore nrid settled down in a pleasant part of the country to spend the remain ot of his days. A Tier so long a resident- up v on tli water, it is not to be supposed that \ the ot <J gentleman found every thing “ship jjdiapes*’ on land, but with the assistance ol a cou pie of old sailors, one of them an I rishman, whom he had brought ashore {l with him, he in a short time made out to j introcl uce man of war fashions, so Air as I practicable, upon his premises. 1 Among his other eccentricities he had a | carriage built upon a plan entirely new— ; purely original—and we doubt if even a jmougg the thousands of useful ornamental land nonsensical articlesin thepatent office VVashington, its fellow can be found.-j Hlt was nothing more norless than a regtl- Sfeur man-of-war, on a Iwiall scale, coni ■lVlctely rigged with sails, hausers, anch-. |J,rs, This he had set upon springs, the whole confined upon four common car- 1 riage wheels. Mike, his Irish sailor, was soon let into the secret ol driving four-in j hand, and two or three little jaunts were made in thenighborhood with complet suc cess. One line morning in summer the old Commodore invited several ladies to take a cruise with him in his vessel- to same J springs situated about twenty miles oil.— Fearing that some accident might occur j they politely refused. He set forth, in glowing terms, the pleasures o( such a cruise, said it was u conveyance decidedly safer than any that could be procured, and used every argument to induce ihe ladies to take passage, but all to no purpose.— Some gentleman-finally agreed to accom pany him, and taking Mike along to sil on the bowsprit and drive, and the other sail or to hand sails &cc. the patty got under way and set sail (or the springs. The road fur the first ten miles of the journey was level or slightly ascending, and this part was got over smoothly and without accident. Occasionally, as the road turned to the right or left, the old commodore would sing out to Mike to haul in or slacken his larboard or star board braces, and ns so far it had been perfectly “ plain sailing,” every thing work ed to a charm. They had now arrived at a point of the voyage where the road be gan to decent!. The horses dashed offal a more rapid rate, and the whole party were exhilirated as they flew past rocks, trees and fences. The farther they ad vanced the faster went the horses, and from a brisk trot they at length got into a canter. “Haul taught the fore braces,” said the Commodore, alluding to the lines which were attached to the leaders. “Aye, aye, sir,” responded Mike, who was now holding them in with all his might. “Slacken the larboard fore brace, there —hurry ! continued the Commodore, as the leaders were approaching too near the brink of which stared at them from the left. “ Aye, aye, sir,” said Mike. How fast are we going now ?” said the Commodore to the other tar. “ About sixteen knots, sir,” continued Jack, who was holding fast to the little foremast., to prevent being -pitched out, as the wheels would occasionally hit a stump or root. The pace had now become absolutely terrific. Single-trees and double-trees were rattling, traces were swinging about, hold back straps were strained all but to breaking, and still the mad steeds kept on down the declivity. To the left was a steep and gloomy precipice, at some points a hundred feet high, and to run off here—to meet} with a ship reck at such u point— would involve a certain destruction of pas sengers and horses, officers and crew. The passengers were alarmed, and even the brave old Commodore, although he showed no fear and appeared perfectly cool and collected, began to think it time to haul in sail.” “ How does she bead, now ?” shouted theold follow to Mike. “ Right on to the howlin’precipice, there. Be me ‘sowl it would’nt be our mothers that ud'know us if she sinks in that ugly spot,” was the answer. “Letgo the mainsail,” sung out the Commodore, who was the while working ata sham-rudder aft, imagining he was keepinig his craft from going over the steep. . “ Aye, ave, sir,” and down came the sail, rattling and fluttering with the current of air raised by the speed at which they were going. The noise frightened the horses still more, and down they went at a pace (aster than ever “ Let go the topsails, Jack,” was the next order, and they were soon fluttering and flapping about. “ Keep her steady there, Mike.” “That’s just what Fin after doing, sir, but the devil himself could’nt keep a craft steady in such rough time as this.” “ Jib there—let go -and haul the jib,” sung out the Commodore. In less time than it takes us to tell, the jib came down upon the wheel-horses, who receiving an additional fright, started off more furious- Iv than ever. Things now looked alarm ingly serious, and the gentleman passen gers were trembling with fright. The commodore had one more experi ment to try, and as shipwreck now appear ed inevitable, he sung out Washington, (Wilkes county, Ga.) July 23, 1840. j “ Let no the anchor ! Be quick !” No j sooner said than done, for before the words | were fairly out of Ihe commodore’s mouth Jack had pushed u small anchor from the bows of the craft. ’About fifteen fathoms ol rope, spun out with great velocity, when the anchor caught in a tree by the road ] side and brought them til up standing, ; nowever, but all tumbling, for the sudden j jerk sent the leaders over the precipice, J dragging the other horses and the novel erali—passengers, baggage and all, a dis tance of about thirty lect after them Three of the horses were killed, Mike had his soldier put out, the old commodore was severely and his friends slightly injured, and even the Gtierricre, after having been battered all to pieces by the Constitution, did not present such a melancholy looking wreck as the old commodore’s man-of-war pleasure wagon after the accident. Thus ends our story of the “ Land Cruise of an Old Salt.—A. O. Picayune. CHILDREN. How little do they who have grown up to man’s estate, trouble themselves about the feelings of children. It would really seem as if they fancied children were, desti | tute of all those fine and delicate springs of emotion, which are recognised in mature life, and are the, sources of all our joys and sorrows. It is time that the grown up world went to school to someone who has not forgotten the tender susceptibilities ol childhood ; that it. may learn to sympa thize with the little sufferers. This germi- I na'.ing bud was within its folded recesses all the beauty and the fragrance of the flower ; the gentle distillations of Heaven sink as sweetly in its secluded shrine, and the sunbeams fall there as soothingly, as i ° ■ on the prouder petals that would claim all to themselves. How many a sweet spirit withers beneath the-blighted frown of an unsympathising guardian : how many a one retires to weep in solitude because it is not loved as it would be, and is not com ’ prehended in its affection ! We little im mngine what arcana wo read wl.cn the words “ofsuch is the Kinodom of Hea ven,” pass our unheeded utterance. POLITICAL. From the Georgia Journal. WHO ARE FEDERALISTS ? The Van Buren Press of this State, will answer this question very readily when ever it is propounded, to them. Why say they, you are the Federalists !! ! You have connected yourselves with the Whig party, in the ranks of which arc to be found Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and others, notorious Federalists—therefore, acting with these men, associated with them to promote the election of Harrison, you must be Federalists !! Well, this is excellent logic !!! These gentry we sup pose must have the benefit of their natable discovery ; and all that we can do, to ob viate the evils that would necessarily re sult to our cause, by an admission, on our part, of the soundness of their argument (?) is, to turn their own batteries upon them ; or, to use a more homely phrase, “ to light the duvil wmi.his own fire.” This we now propose to'do in as brief a man ner as possible. The State Rights Party then, are Fede ralists, are they ? Because they have no minated Harrison, and are found in his support, acting in concert with Daniel Webster and others of the same political school. But with whom are the Van Bu ren party, in Georgia, acting to promote the re-election for their chief? Has this party no avowed Federalists in its ranks ? Nay, more, has this party, no acknow ledged Federalist, acting as leaders in the cause of Van Buren Democracy? What was Mr. Van Buren in 1812 ? A Fede ralist. What is he now ? A pampered Aristocrat, who has fattened upon the people’s money, and who seeks to unite, with the purse ofthe nation, the sword, in the shape of a standing army, to rob that nation of its birth-right, and the people of their liberties. Who is James Buchanon ? A leader now of the self-styled “ Democratic” party; but he is the man who once said, that if he thought there was one drop ofDemocra tic blood in his veins, he would let it out. This in the man too, who, when speaking of Madison’s administration, used such lan guage as this : “ The Democratic administration de clared war against commerce. They were not satisfied with depriving it of the protection of a navy, but they acted as though they had determined upon its anni hilation.” i “ Time will not allow me to enumerate . all the other wild and wicked acts of the x Democratic administration.” “ After they had, by refusing the Bank of the United States a continuance of its charter, embarrassed the financial concerns ofthe Government, they rashly plunged us into a war.” “ Glorious it has been in the highest do- 1 gree to the American character, but dis graceful in the extent to the administra tion. k “ Thanks then, to heaven, that we have obtained a peace, bad and disgraceful as it is. “ They glorified in setting themselves j in array against our present admirable j lorni of Government.” This man, Buchanon, is now, called a ! Republican. Associated with the Fede- j ralists all his life, be is yet a Van Buren Democrat—a leader too, and one whose nod of approbation is most eagerly sought after by the chief of the party himself, whilst his frown carries terror along with it. Are you Federalists, gentlemen, be cause you are associated with this man to carryout the policy of your party, or to promote the election of your Kinderhook candidate? Who is Samuel Cushman 1 A Van Buren representative lately in Congress. An acknowledged leader ofthe “ Demo cracy.” One who, during the late war, “ hoped to God that every American sol dier, who marched into Canada, would leave his bones there.” Who is Henry Hubbard ? One ofthe “ Democracy” now, being a Van Buren senator from New Hampshire, but who was one of the prime movers in getting up the meeting at which delegates were chosen to the Hartford Convention. Who is J. IT. Prentiss ? Now a Loco Foco, but who, during the war, used such language as this; “ It is with great sensation of indescrib able pleasure that I find myself enabled to announce the complete triumph of the Fe deralists.” “If mv humble labors in the cause of my native country have produced the change in favor of Federalism, in this country, then have I arrived at the acme of my hopes, the summit of my wishes.” “The frightful Hydra of Democracy begins to droop its head before the heaven derived spirit of Federalism.” “Democracy? A monster wild as that which roams the Lybian wastes and joys to drench his tusks in blood—a pesti lence that spreads contagion over the whole extent of our country —a pernicious blast that withers every thing it touches.” Who is C. J. Ingersoll ? The Van Bu ren candidate for Congress in Philadel phia—the man who said, and who still says, that had he been capable of reason and reflection during the revolutionary war, “ he should have been a TORY.” Who is Garret D. Wall ? The Van Buren senator from New Jersey, who in the Senate in 1838, said, “ Here, sir, in the presence of the American people, i avow that I was a Federalist, and acted with that party, zealously and actively, so long as their flag waved iri New Jersey. Who is Ruel Williams? A Van Bu ren senator from Maine, who helped to burn James Madison in effigy in 1812— then, as ever, a most notorious Federalist. Who elected Levi Woodbury, Governor of New Hampshire, in 1823 ! The Fede ralists. Who are Roger B. Taney, J. C. Brad head, Henry Vail, H. P. Gilpin, Richard Rush, Mr. Bancroft, collector of the port of Boston, and others ? Ail—all Federal ists, in days that are past —notorious Fe deralists —ten times worse than Daniel Webster —but now, these gentry are clad in the garb of Van Buren Democracy, and are Republicans forsooth. Will the “De mocracy” in Georgia, deny now that they are Federalists ? Have we not made out our case, according to their’oivn mode of discussing the query of “ Who are Fede ralists ?” If we have not, we are prepared to try them again. But before we close, we desire to notice one other conspicuous advocate of Van Buren Democracy. We mean no other than W. C. Bryant, the Editor of the leading Van Buren paper in New York — the New York Evening Post. This pa per is the organ of the party in New Y'ork, and the views of its conductor are followed by the party every where. Now, there never was A more bitter, and venomous defamer of the pure principles of Demo cracy, as taught by Jefferson and Madi son, than was this Van Buren Dem6crat. Thomas Jefferson hAhated bitterly, because of his ad vocacy of Republican principles. A Federalist “ died \n the wool,” with a malignant heart, andh slanderous toDgye, this William Cullen llvyant, this apostle and chiefpriest now of'Vari Borenism, was not satisfied with his abuse of Jefl’ersotr in prose, but needs resort t\> verse to aid hint in his unhallowed detraction of the great opponent of Federalism, and Federalists. Will our readers hear this “ prince of poets ! ! !” THOM AS J EFFERSON. /t BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. And tlwu the scorn of every patriot name— Thy country’s ruin, and her council’s shame ! Poor servile thing! derision of mu: brave ! Who erst from Tarleton fled toiOarter’sciive; Thou, who, when menaced by perfidious Gaul, Didst prostrate to her wliiskefd minions fall. And when our cash her empty bags supplied, Didst meanly strive the foul disgrace to hide. Go, wretch, resign the Piesidential chair, Disclose thy secret measures, foul or lair; Go, search with curious for homed frogs, Mid the wild wastes of Louisiana bogs! Or, where the Ohio rolls hit turbed stream. Dig for huge bones, thy glcjry and thy theme. Go scan. Philosophist, thy i * * * charms, And sink supinely in her sable arms ; But quit to abler hands the helm of state, Nor image ruin on thy coulntry fate. What will the “ Democracy” say in extenuation of this “ poetic effusion”—an effusion reflecting disgrace upon its au thor, and calling for the unqualified con demnation of everv honest man. The reptile which crawls upon the ground, and in whose fangs are lodged the most deadly poison, should not be avoided wftli more care, than the political demagogue who has the audacity to put forth such malignant stufijas is contained in the above lines. Neither can he, who seeks after political truth, be too careful to avoid associating withlthose whose leaders are such as we have described, and who have as their “sentinels upon the watchtower,” such men lo conduct the press of their party. We call upon our State Rights friends, the ends of Harrison and Reform, to note .ne crowd with which some of their old political associates are about to connect themselves ; then let them take into consi deration who compose the “ Democracy” in Georgia—what have been the policy and politics ofthe falsely-styled Democra tic party in our State—Who are the lea ders, &c-, and if they do not pronounce condemnation upon them, set us down us no judges of their feelings. MR. DELLET’S SPEECH. This able Representative, from the Mo bile District, Alabama, has made one of the most eloquent, powerful, and conclu sive speeches in exposure of the corrup tiou and weakness of the present adminis tration, which we recollect ever to have read. Below we give the conclusion of his remarks. The whole speech would occupy more that) our whole paper, but we would recommend every man who has a leaning towards Mr. Van Buren, and is not entirely gone over, to procure a copy, and read this able document, character ized throughout by a spirit of fairness, while it bears its withering testimony to the CORRUPTION, EXTRAVAGANCE, FOLLY, and party subserviency of the present dynasty. Sir, it may not be uninteresting to no tice some of the reasons which induce the South and South-west to support Mr. Van Buren, and which explain why South Ca rolina, in particular, is allied to his for tunes. Those reasons are to be found, if at all, either in what he has publicly or privately spoken or written, or in those acts which characterize his conduct as a citizen or as a public servant, in executing the various trusts which have been con fided to him. Among which, I beg leave to ‘-pecify the following, which especially recommend him to the support of the South, and sanctify his measures ; 1. Because Mr. Van Buren used ei cry exertion in his power to induce Congress to prohibit slavery in the State of Mis souri. 2. Because Mr. Van Buren, in the con vention of New Y’ork, advocated the privi lege and right of free negroes to vote at elections with the white citizens of his State. Much as his course on that subject has been disapproved by the whole South, yet now it seems his idea that the free negroes ought to participate with the white citizens in the most important civil immunities, is correct and entitles him to support. Sir, the negro and white man can never har monize in civil society. God has made them antagonist in their nature. You may reduce the white man to the level of the negro; you may degrade and debase him; but you never canbelevute the negro to the moral, social, anil inteliectuai standard of your free white citizen. You cunuot en noble a nature, the vices of wh >se destiny are beyond the reach ol human institutions. The humane may lament a condition, not brought about by the improvements of civi lized society, but original, unchangeable, and beyond the correction of human means. 1 allude particularly to that diver sity of mental and social qualities, which is at war with the civil equality of any im proved, enlightened people. 3. Mr. Van Buren voted, in the Senate ot the United States, to prevent the intro duction of slaves into Florida. The vote furnishes evidently a strong obligation upon the Southern States, and the friends of Florida to sustain him in his power, and support him in his measures. 4. Mr. Van Buren voted for the tariff of 1829. Sir, those who know the whole history of Mr. Van Buren’s manceuvring at that time, in reference to that question, afld those ol them who have given in their ad herence, are now silent, and refuse to tell what they know, and oiler a3 an apology for the friend now, whom they cursed as an enemy then, saying, “Oh ! yes; Mr. Van Buren did vole for the tariff of 1828. He did assist in the passage of that act, which brought about the most serious and alarming civil commotion that ever threat ened the peace of the nation, which brought it to the very brink of revolution ; yet it must be recollected, he voted under instruc tions ; he obeyed his State, though he was himself satisfied the act was unconstituti onal. This is a miserable and shameless’ excuse, and is as devoid of truth as of mo desty. Mr. Van Buren opposed to theta ritf because he believed it unconstitution i ul I He voted for thetariff of 1824, with- out hesitation, scruple, or instructions, it was then a popular policy, and no const! tutimial question was then raise : 1: was not necessary he should then intercede with the New York Legislature to instruct him ; nor would it have been necessary, but for excitement which had arisen on that subject previous to 1828. If he were restrained by the Constitution he could not have voted for the tariff of 1824. If he had no scruples of conscience then, he had none in 1828. It is admitted that at the latter period he had some scruples of per sonal policy. But he was instructed, and for that reason, he believing otherwise, as his friends insist, preferred violating the Constitution to resigning his seat. This tariff elfort ofMr. Van Buren must call to his .aid the unflinching support of the South, and particularly of South Carolina, fijst and foremost in former denunciations alid bitterness, now unrivalled in fawning, cringing devotion. 5. Mr. Van Buren says, Congress has the right to abolish slavery in the District ol Columbia, but it Would be impolitic to do it, and an act for that purpose would not be approved by him. The above is the substance of Mr. Van 1 Buren’s views touching this exciting and” delicate question, set forth, in 1836 : , in his letter to the Hon. Sherrod Williams. South Carolina was slow to confide in the wisdom or patriotism of the sentiments set forth in the political juggling of that pro duction. He first asserts that Congress has the power to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia ; and then states, “ but,should Congress pass such a law, the impolicy of the act would calf on the Exe cutive to withhold his approbation.” The first proposition was a point gained, so im portant to the abolitionists that prudence dictated silence on their part. The slave holding States were incautiou-1 y cai-gh* by the seemingly magnanimity, but in reality by the fallacy, to call it b’ no harsher name, of the second prorositioli*. Here after it w ill be noted a extraordinary declaration, that an i - can citizen, on his canvass for the fir.-’ office in hjs coun try, should make knor that, in Ifts judg-’ merit, the Constitution r and permit the Na tional Legislature to. ta e cognizance of the subject of slavery, et !.ould they impro videntlv do so, should succeed, he would take upon himsell ,;ecide such interfer ence impolitic, and his veto on the bill ; thus declaring he would not permit Congress to pasi <l in his opinion, a constN tutiona! law, am on the subject of its poli cy he substitute!, his own judgment for the expressed wilts the People; but,strange to say, he ht hpi ti believed—he has si- No. 47.