THE MINERS’ AND FARMERS’ JOURNAL,
Now let us go into the Hall. A more
magnificent picture was to be se«D. We
■sceiided a flight of stone stairs, walked
aloD^' an oniaiiieiitcd piazza or corridor, in
terwoven with imitation flags of cambric
muslm, ofrel and white, and sprigs of ce
dar, and l?ve oak leaves, and palmetto.
Kanges of card tables were spread in the
gpiitlemeu’s drawing room. Rivers of wine
V ere near. Refrtsliments ®f ices of trifles,
of lemonade, of a thousand non descripts—
who can tell how many T One’s head and
liair adjusted, and hat disposed of, he was
ushered tiong the gallery, so as to view the
caiiipany below, who now the Governor
had entered, in uniform und epaulets, and
Gen. Hamilton, also, in all the pomp of the
camp, with tbeir respective suites, prepar-
etl to dance. Cotilions were formed in
the crowd with exceeding dirticulty, but
when they were formed, the black band,
who were planted somewhere on high, on
a stage, amid flags and medallions and pal
inetto trees, bugau to sound with horn, and
and clarionet, and drum, and cymbals, and
1 know not what of other instruments—but
that they made a deafening noise.
I took this oppurtuuity to go below, to
run among the gnmps, in order to see the
curiosities. The area was covered all over
with men, ladies and children.—The por
tico w as full of ranges of seats, and »x:cupi-
ed. Four brass field pieces highly polished,
were directed toward the dancf rs, it may
be, to accustom them to these sj»eaking in
struments. .)ver the cannon were pyramids
of candles, some fitken I'eet in height, in
each corner of the area. Near them also
wen* large cannon balls, and matches, torch
es I n>ean, all n’ady for battle. I’nder the
staging for the hand, were large iron pieces
ot ordnance, with tlieir niouliis toward the
compaiiV. Back of them were five rari^'es
of 8U(>per tables. (’ros.-ing the columns,
festooned and arched, were the names of
th* ouiiincaiioii distiicis. Aruutid llic col
umns were wreaths of palmetto. Bt'twecn
the columns were medallions with emblem
atic devices, on which were Odaiplimeiits
to cristinguished nullifiers in South Carolina.
C'aliioun had one, and was called “ the
great luminary.” McDuffie had one, and
was said “to have the eloijuence of Henry
with the heart of Hampden.” Hayne had
©ne, w ith an extract from on« of his sp*^ecli-
es. Hamilton had one with—I have forgot
ten what. M . R. Davis and Burnwell had
only one, with a compliment, which was
not fair, for why should they not have had
one a piece? Pinckney had one. Sumpter
had one, and was called “ an old cock Mhose
last crow was for liberty.” Jefferson had
one, with an um on it, in which were many
deviccs. Turnbull had one, which called
him Brutus, lu short, they made all Ho.
ouuts or something eke of almost all the
nullifiers. Liberty had her medallions.
The Bloody Bill, was figured forth as “the
disgrace of the American Senate.'’ Free
Trade and State [{ighls had their medal-
liuns. Loud sounding sentiments, lots uf
}»oelry, with the ref>eated quotation front
Jefferson, “ AulliJIcativn ii the rightful
remedy^' also stared us in the face.
Enjoying all this, and thus in the heart
of the nullifiers’ camp, I ran round anioni;
pentlenien and ladies, with (hat |)erttct in-
def>eiKieiice in which obnunt) aUajs
clothes one, I knew but few, and c(>uld not
find that tew very often in the niultiluc'e.
Here was a bf vy of ladies, discu>sing the
merits of Yankees and Yankee women.
Tiierf* a platoon ovcrsweeping and demolish
ing a half t'l.rnied cmilion. Here was tlie
(iose'tior of the Slate, in ca|i, plume, and
epaulets, with liis amiable lady, wearing
the nxkade of C'arilii>a. 'J here, Kx-fiov.
Hainilt'n, Emp^-rur of the sfiuth, with his
suit around him, far less humble than Na-
pf'!eon, w hen only trampling over the thrnnes
of Europe, though he with Carolina alone,
vas triumphing over twenty-three confeder
ated ruilioiu, reaching almost over the hall
of one vast continent. Here was a clu^lt-r
of Onerals, and Colonels, and Captains,
epauletted to the ears, wiih swords daii^’liij”
l>et rtCf-n their feet, or perchance spurs stn k-
ui" into their heels. 'I'here, a body of men,
■vauntm^ the prowess of ('arolina, and glory -
mg in ttif* -iitiht U-fore them, with hearts
U.-atiit^ lii^h, as they run their eyes over
the f>iir brass field pieccs, and the glitter- '
ii.g h,i\i.nets encircling the pillars. “Car
olina” “Carohna”! it was all Carolina w ith ,
them. “ VV ho will not stand by Carolina*’ ? I
“ NN hose h'*art Hof %not Ijeat for Carolina” ? i
“ W h»df»es not think (.'arolina is iminortal” ?
“ Brave Car»dina”! “ MH:.manimotiH,chival- i
runs (\irolina”! “'I'he Haynes, the Ham-;
iltoiip, the Sumpters, the Pinckneys, the ;
Calhouns, the >l'I)uliies, the Millers, the |
'J uriiliiill»f»t Carolina”! “ Hurra for Caroli
na”! 'I'hc'^e v^ere the exclamations or mot- :
toes. 'I'hf fM'ople, mm, women, and child- !
ten, are all mnd. 'I'here is no doing anv ^
thing witli such a f»eople, unless you put a
Ktraight jacket on them—and that will ntv^r
do m this free country. 'I'alk of iiullifica- i
tion d'.iriir! it is nunvnsc-, where you work
iipon the passifiiis and (he feelings of the.
jK oph' with such !>how. Every man and .
child there will live and die a nulhfier. 1 ,
had half a mind to kin ,un‘ one mys»dl'.
W earied with runninc round and gaping,
I took to ll.e cotiliona, lu ortl'-r to form an
a jii.t,iifiii,ce with th'’lady-nuilifii r^. 'I'hf.-y
danc- a'' northern ladiea dance, unlchs u tje
itt n \ fu.r/l-d coiilionn. 'I'h'ry had a
Si’i.ii'h H H contra dance, a V'irgi pia
re« wul'/ a iittle, and atl' rii| t d a j>a!-
—all in \ utkee p!ii'*>erK, I duifc i»;'y,
when the supper dis|K)sed of’, and the lights
drowing dim, 1 made for home. 1 hear
that they danced till morning, which is
nothing in this la htlli: Franrc of the I ii-
ion, for they are all as crazy as the French
of the old revolution. Splendid mad |)cople,
if this meets your eye, this letter from not
I an ill-natured’spy in your camp, pray take
his advice; and get solter again. Leave ofl'
I drinking these intoxicating draughts of Ca-
1 rohna chivalry. Don't ladies, dance with
! big-mouthed cannon and bristling bayonets
I pointing at you. They look a little loo
frightful, and turn your l>eaux into duelists,
i Don't take (lartuers with swords and dag-
' gers aliout them. They liardi n your hearts.
^ You will all die old maids—some for lhi>
j very reasini are dv ing so, 1 see. Don't
'wear blue cockadea on jour bosMns.—
' Leave them to the men's huts. Don’t abuse
jthe Yankees, the d—d \ aiikees, as some
I of your beaux term them. I’pon my w ord,
I we are not all tin p«'dlars, not all hucksters,
wooden nutmeg and wooden ham sellers,
though we live m such a cold, rocky land,
I that we must dc|)enil in fwrl upon our wits.
I—iSi/NK ofus ure hoiu'»t, and won't cheat
I you. ISome don't cheat uor steal,
j W e have no inclination at all to sec your
I slaves cut your tlirtmls, and would rush to
i your rescue in such a crisis, sooner than
I your own contiguous States. Come ilown
among us, and you will find that we are not
icicle nor f'og ^nks, but have heads and
hearts, and are made of jusi .‘iiich utuff as
you are, except that material whieli you
I call chiralry, and w hich we call sjiiird-,—a
' word by the way, that menus a mad lier\
■ passion; up this second, and down the next,
such as our wild horse's and fighting cocks,
'and boxei^ are afHicted wiiii. We like
you tiKicli better than you like us, and sjieak
much 1>* tter of you, though v.iu lune two
'faults to our one. We go for the I ni»n,
Ix'caiise duty, patriotisin, ai;d coiimion glorv
look that way, and n..t that we are more
I interested in it than you are—because we
|.Trea quiet, pcacehle sort of a [leople also.
, that did some hard lighting for you again-'t
the British, and your hn^t of tones at (Ju:l.
I ford, the Cowpens, and I know not w here,
in vour Ixick wools, and leave no inclina
tion to do such things over again, or to
have those old fielJs out of the American
Union.
1 W e can handle ball, and muskets, and
i look at a cannon—witness Bunker Hill, and
Concord, and Lexinuton—if necessary, but
they are very iioL'ti~i.sh, hollow things, that
; we have no great passion for. You amuse
us much with your big and loud-sHindmg
, words, and those truculent speeches of
'yours, so foaming with fire and lava, so
I -?.;tna-like. ^ uur cockades and [>almetto,
land palmetto buttons, we think a little sillv.
j W e should fake a piece of homespnn, a
Iherriiii?, acorn stalk, or a fed ojik button
I for devices, if we were making such a rum
pus. \ ou are a very clever—Yankee cle
ver, I mean—kind of' fx.’ople, t/nMigh 1 ex
pected to find you with horns, huge ears,
»ini:s and hoof’s, fur you have made such a
di'tuihance tlie,s.‘ three \ars, as I siip|>(js-
ed no morf.'d men could ever make—none
, but imps, and fallen angels, or wild beasts
of the fbrcats. I’ray do return to vour
Hoist up n£j:.in tlie starspang|f-tl
l>anner in your citadel. I.t-t us l>e all A-
iiifrif ans, all Carolinians, all Yankees. B.
Sfm-iilalii Ti.—A veniler of “ W est India
(okkIs ar:d iroeeries," in a village in New
Hampshire, had on hand n (juantify ofmo-
lassf-s, which he retailed for nine cents a
quart. A rival :.'rocer put his down to
I’his was a little lower than our hero “ wish
ed to afford ’ It ; hut People would not give
him nine, while Lis neighbor s^'ild the sweet-
i ening lor eight. Necessity is the mothor
of invention, and as a Vankec never was
at liiiill III matter of “ dicker'’ or trade,
.Jonathan hit u(>on the following expedient:
lie divided his molasses into two [iart>, and
,advnrliscd “as g'»od molasses as can Ik;
bjui:ht at anv store in .New Hampshire, for
[eight c-iit. Also a very m.ixriur cask at
ten.” 'J “ su[>erior'’ article was reailily
, and rapidly sold, while the eight cent com
modity laid on hand. >ne half thus dis|Mi-
sed of, .Fonathan shilted his casks, and
transfKJsed the other half into a “ sujierior’'
|>09ili0n ; by which maniuvr^ the whole
was vended at ten c.vuXx.-lMiriU Com^nntl.
There was a grK>d deal of sfiort in New-
l)il«Mins twenty-five da\s since. One of the
pa[iers came out with an advertisement,
that a living Mermaid was to lie seen that
morning, atact^naiii p»>int near the Lf vce,
havin" iK'en captured in tiTe .Miasissippi the
day pre vious; another stated the Siamesf
Twins had arrived the evening l)etore m
the steam l»oat 'ri[if>ecanf>e, from .Memphis,
that they had engaged romis in (.'anal
str*-!-!, and that the curious would have an
of-f)»>rtumly of sf?emg them in their charac-
t'-ristic dress, as th(;y proceeded from the
hfrfit to their lodgings, whi h would lake
plaee iminedialely a!l r breakfast. 'I'hou-
sands of people repaired to the respective
places of rendi-7,vous, and found—that it was
till firot of Ajml ! One of the Editors of-
I'ers S-'iO reward for the aiiprehen»ioK of the
“ Nulhfier in disguise” who made him the
innocent instrument of the j.ke.
Shml.—Seventeen humlred and three
sliai! wt re taken fiiit of i t.»* s\ ke, in (/raves-
;i«i hav, on Monday ii,l, the lar^e-.! num-
Ur fcver tyk'.n h'Jit.—). (JuittU.
Fivm the American Fnnrur,
AM;(>RA (H)ATS—A.NiHiUA t’AT§.
The following extracts of letters from
Commodore Porter to J. S. Skinner, Esq.
late editor of the .\oiericuii Farmer, will be
read wuli interest. We do ho[>e that some ;
of our spirited monied men will avail of the ■
opiHjrlunity now presented of im(>orting the
.\ngora g"at. There are some gentlemen ;
of our ac(|imintaiice who could do this for
their countiy without difficulty; and there
are very fi w acts they ct>uld [lert’orm thiit
would cinl’eru|ion it a greater benefit,'or of
the credit if which they could have more
rea.son tn lie proud.
“ I Ix'lievfl I have mentioned to yon some-
thing alKiiit the .\ngora goats, and the In.-au-
tifiil silkiness of their hair, finer evm than
silk, and softer. It is of that whFcIi they
make the Cashmere shawls which caniu.t
lie equalled by any inanut'acliire of silk.
The animal ilsolf is a Ix autiful and maji's-
tic creature, and 1 think the iiitrnluction of
It into the I’nitcd Slates would be highly
advantageous to the interests of the country.
In the fine fabrics it (the hair) would sii|icr-
sede the use nfsifti. .\nd I would, if I vver*-
rich enough, spare iio cx{)ense in intro-
diieing the breed into our coiintrv—bui a-
las! a 7mrg (Its off'uirs with an expensive
establishment at one m’ the most c\|»ensive
couits in the wi.ild, finis u ii it only haid,
but actually ini[Hissilih‘, to make Inith ends
meet, with a strict eeoiKMy, amounting to
meanness. ! am willing V do all I can to
promote the interests aiul luiproveinenis ot
our country, by the intn dix in n ot main
thini;s, but I have not the vneans. 'I'he
convLTse of the pro|Msiiion of the a[)«lhe-
carv, lu Uomco and Juilet, w\i| muiI my
case.
“ However, as I '’annot send you the
animal for the want of nieuns, 1 shuVl send
\oii a skin, and that alone has cost me five
dollars. 'I'hen judg»* what it would cost, to
r-tnd a [>crc«;r.CA:prc.»!y to .Vn;:ora to purchase
and bring the animal to me, to hril>e tlV'
•Musselim to let them come i.iuilti mi, f.r
their departure m a I'lrftct slate isprohibi>
teu: tlieir f.m.s->age a*id provisions to the l -
nited States, anil the pay of the person on
board to trtke care of them. All tliH you
may readily conceive would be no tridinw
allair, yet coutc qui CMtt, were 1 able, I
would send thn-e or four pair home, and
have ihem placed in different sections of tbe
country to propagate.
“ For fear of iho n.isc arriage of the skin,
I sf nd you a speeiinen of the hair,* In re li
a Ijeauliful sub'l.mce, finer and infimtelj
sfronijer than the line.st und strong**-! silk,
grow ing on the back of a hardy animal, the
cost of the keeping ol which is nothing con!-
pared to ihe co-l of keeping a shei'p—und
the value of the produce j^-r p*nnd, is as
si;p«-rior to silk, as silk i.s to ihe w ool of the
meriix,. The value of a CablinM»ru •lutwl
here, is from three to fi.ur and s(»ine five
hundred dollar®, i he bc.-it of the I'reiu h
■iJk imitatious may be purchasf-d htr Ihiriy
dollars.
“ I'he cost of the introduction of tins
animal into the I'nittd Stati's, would nol U-
much, for two or thr* e public spirited men
of fortune to undertake, it would U-notiimg
compared to the t!.. \ wi r- at, in
intp>!ucing ihe rotten, mangy, short liv*-d
merino.
“The goat is a hardy animal, long liverl
and su!ij-ct to o»ne of th»» di.--»'a.>es of the
>.heep. W)uma\,hy the «kin I .x nd von,
form Some jiidgmt nt of what the fl« eee
would le Worth, evt'ii at the price of silk—
hut I assure vmi tiiat an Angora g«>;itof tii*
nfuttr s>nd>r, now m inv Imek \ard, has a
fleece iif double the length of the tleete 1
send you.
“ 'I'he Trf-neh you know, were at great
'“Xjiense in sending out ^Ir. Jolx rt to obtain
the breed. hat tle y have done with it,
or whether it vv.i.«- i; nuin“, I know not; but
the bre»-d can be had genuine, funds onlv
are neeessary ; for my services, you know,
are always ready, whenever i can do any
thin^ which may likely to prove bene-
lieial to the country.”
Kl.lf-TRK 1, PfOn.RTV «t THE An';or» ( *t.
Di AK .'•hinner: Pint, Jan. I'.'l’t.
I last evening mailu what to me was a
great di^eovery.
I had often ^.e^n the electric sparks fly fiff
from Ihe hai k of a cat, while strfikmi,; it
with the hand in the dark, hut never b;lijrc
felt the eleetric shock. j
1 w!w plajmg with rny Angora rat, it
was I) in" on the table on ils right side ; I
laid my left hand o|)eri on its neck, my thumb
on the hind part cf the shoulder joint and
stroked down the hair wilh the right hand.
I felt s»:veral very smart shocks of electrici
ty which » vidfiitly gave great pam to the
cat, as thpy did to me.
1 nieiilKin this to you, that other experi-^
rnenls may lie made, and if electricity is
lieneficial in some dise ases, fas it is said to
lie,; 1 fcf 1 confident that it may Ije obtain* d
from thecal, sulliciently strong for all medi
cal [lurpo-ies.
At th' time thin was liiscovered the
weather was dry aud frosty, and the room
warm.
I caused some of the servnnts to place.
their hands as I had placed mine, while I
strokffl dnwn the hair of the cat, and they
conqihiiBed that the 8hrx:ks v»ere very pain
ful tfi firm. W hclher this is peculiar to
the Ang«ra cat, and to the neuter gt ntler,
*V\f Iia»e »c'iri Uii> «p«Timfn and it reiilly dc-
nervw ^1 tliai liju nuyu of it. '
I'.'t \m. J'lirmfr.
can U' easily ascertained. The most fre-
(pieiit shocks were felt in the little finger
which rested on the root of the lef\ car—
but the wverest shocks were fell in the
thumb which rested, as before .said, on the
liiml part of the shoulder joint.
1 placed my hands in other p«isitions and
could produce no blicn'k whatever.
If this is a new discovery it is worth fol
low ing up. It may be as old as the hills for
wliat I know, but 1 never hiard of it.
\ ours truly, D.vviu Puktui.
! J. S. Skinnki?, Esq.
'I’he comiiitxlore corrects an error we
made m one of his letters last spring, gi\ ing
, a di'scription of a Ix-autifiil tree, some of tin*
seed of which he s'iit to .Mr. Skinner, (s«?e
page II'), vol. 11.) We [iiihlished it nin’
tm—It should have been rout ini'.
Tin; (I .MitKiii.A.M) ni{i:.
AlUlrtss to the I'loplt of the I'mtnl Slatm.
'I’he undersigneil, lieing u coniniittee up
[Kiinft'd hy the citizens of Cumbe rland, to
draft an address lo the People of ihe I iiiteil
Slates, detailing the particulars of their late
dr(‘adfiil calamity, and the condition to
which thev are rt’dfK-itJ, ami t»l' vuiicifiiig
' contributions III tin ir Ix-hall', are enabled,
I’roni their own view, and from their iii(|ni.
ries on the sulject, lo make the t'ullowiiig
slatenient:
The town of Ciimls rland is sitnateil at
the pinctioiiolillscreek with theii'er Po.
tomae.—'I’he nntioiial road (tas-.ing ihioiigh
the place, has given it the advaiilag«‘ ot a
::r»'at amount of IraNel, and large sums
were exiK-nded li>r ilsaecommo«lalion. 'I'he
principal lb tel was a splendid building
and cost the proprietor upward* of twenty.
I live thousiiiui diillars. 'i’liere were ivvo
other large cuminodioiis Hotels, wi ll kept
and prov uknl, ii|Min the same S4piare.
( umberland bc‘ing the chief town of Al-
leghanv Ci untv, aiul its s'nl of justice, the
prim .jMil mcrv.Rtilc Lusmess ct'the count*,
was heie tran»aelid. Hetc al-o the coal
froni the mines is brought ami de|wi.sited for
; trans()ortatioii. 'riiemeri haiils,trade-.mrii,
and niechanies, were all in pro-|)c:ous tir-
' cunistances, and were |ocat d as mar as
con^i'uieiitly mi^ht be, in theviMinty ol
the Hotel.', vvuich formed the ctnlre ol
Ui airf.*s.
I'he calamitiHis fite winch t'orins the
CB'ion and the Hubieet of this address, broke
i out at '■! o'clock, P. .M. on Sumlay the 1 llh
of .Vpiil mstjiil. It originated in a joiner's
shop, and IS saiti tn have been *K'ca.'iotied
l.\ a lighted cigar which a caieless U y
liirew among s.>me shavings. 'I’his shop
unhappily stood at the northwest extien.iiv
of the fiUsineiis jsjition of th*^ pin e, and a
strong uorthift.'it uiml prevailing at the
time, the ll.imes. iMirnint.' shmgh s, uiid (,tber
Conihu'lihlf s. were earned directly thnwigh
ifir I ol'lhr town.—'Ifie eilizi ns lnfK>reil
tirst to suve the building, which wis I'raine,
atijoimng the shop wlieie thi' fire com-
menced ; but tin** w iS a'>aiidoi:'(I a-
hoiK-Ie-s. The (Mine U'ranie g* nerd ai.d
iincontrollabli'. und aih endtavormg to
save hisown « iTicts, lariicd r.ut st‘ f C'x^l-,
iM-di, l>eddii:g, clothin':, and turtiiturr into
the street; but the hous-s on U'lh suh-s
were now in full bUize, the progri‘.« of ,n..
^truetioii w ,s rapnl Ih-\ond euu eptmii. and
ihi'^e who had plai ed iheir fl'-ct-i, in the
stieets. Wi re driven from the;n hy h l«»U
ot ti line and scor. hing sniok- tl.at filled tie-
entire space from side to ;in!e. burning up
sidi'buards, chairs, lab|i », artn les of male
anl fieuiale attin-. t> ds, and lcdclotiies,
before thi- t yes of th"ir ow ncm.
'The next efliirt of the citiz 'iis where the
flatiH S had nol yt l ri'ai’hed, vvhs to r'arrv
ih' ir goods to the house of iheir friends at
a Cfiii'-ideiahle distance from what was sup-
p*».s* (l to Ik! the s erie of daiuer. In the
nmlst of' thev lal*-.r«, what w.is iheir con
st* rnation to b*‘huld tliem* places ol rciu^e,
veil liie most distant, with all ihe mterve-
iiin;r hou>i>s already on fire.
'I'he inhabitants
(o li ilisfjuicn trotn llu' ramn;j i
I rom ri:;ht to left, one unbroken sheet of
llamc extciidin:; fiill a quaiter of a niil\
I ra;.'ing a.id roaring like a tornado, was i|;i'
awful 8[H-ctacl‘ prewnted to the e\e. 'I'he
two sections of the town were eom()|etdv
separated from each ollirr; lo tie se on the
west, the f,itf and condition of their friends
Isyond the fhime.s, were involved in invste-
ry atid dreailful apprehensions. .Mothers
were separated from thnr children, aial
wives from their IiUsIwimIw—hut furlunalol)
not ii s|ll^ie lifi- has U cii lost.
In Ivvo hours and a h.ilf', M'venfy five
hoijss fronting «iii the prineip.il stri et of
the town, inehiding the thn-f Hoti-I-,, all the
stores save one, all the dwellings, shops,
and materials of the tradesmen and m» i han-
ics, were burnt to the ground. '1 he wholi-
number of' buddings destroyod, including
harns, stubles, and other out-building'>. can-
not, It IS Ix lievefl, In: hIioiI of IMi. In this
brief spare of time, 7Oo people h.ivo U-en
remlered houseless and otli**rw ise deplorably
destitute. 'I’he value of the projH-rly ile.
stro)ed has been eMiimated at
and the undersigned Ix-lieve this e>iimate
to lie rather b« low than alwve the tiiilh.
In ap|x.ahng in behalf of the ( ,'unilx;r-
land sulli-rers, to the generous sympalhiivj
of their couiitrymrn, the under-igned cIkt-
ish a lively hope that the apfx.-al will n..t Ik;
in vain. 'J'ho spectacle of a thriving vil
lage, daily increiuting in all the comforts of
lif«‘, reduced in «o short a lime to a nif Ian-
choly wa.ste ot'broken walls and nakedeliiin-
nycSjCawiotYail locall forth those prmciplcj
wf active bcnevoIencQ that form so distin.
guished a characteristic of the American
People.
The following gentlemen, residing in
Cumberlund, (onstitute the coniniittee to
receive contributions and distribute them a.
niong the suffrrers, viz : John Hoyr, Tho.
mas J. McKaig, Richard Beall, Rev. L.
H. .lohns, Wm. McMahon, and Jainei p.
CarU’toii. They are not among the snfler-
ers, und have lieen instructed and will feel
It tlieir duty, to apply all contributions re«
ceived by them to the relief of those who
are most destitute. The umlersigned avail
themselves of this occasion to assure tho
public that.all donations which may be en.
trusted to the care of these gentlemen, or
either of them, will be faithfully applied aixi
accounted tor.
JOHN nrcilANAN,
A UK AHA M SIIKIVKR.
TIIOMA.S IIICHANAN,
A. NV. .McIX).NALD,
.loM.V MrllKNKV,
WH.I.IVM PKKi;
JAMh> DIXD.N,
FKF.H’K A. St HLEV,
JOHN KlNi;.
N. n. Printers throughout the United
States w ill lie pleased to give the above an
insertion.
Hank of Darirn.—The failure of lli«
Macoo Bank, and the .Merchant's and Plan*
ler’s Bank of Augusta, has created a mii.
trust in the minds of the people, as to the
solvency of any of the Banks of tieorgia;
so mill h so, that Ihe notes of the Bank of
Darien, have lieen refill'd by the Bankt,
Brokers, and .Merchants of .\ugusia, ex.
cept at a lari;e diw'ount. We (ier«-eive by
the Iasi Milledgi viHe jiapers, that the Go*
vernor of (Jcorgia, III conformity with aa
act jmsM'd bv the legislature of that State,
entilU-d “an act m>re eflectually to s*cur«
the solvency itfall the liaiiking institutions
of this State,” ha« putilished a statement of
each of the ivink*. and iiK-'.rp,,ru(fd t om*
panics exercising banking privileges. It
ap|)onrs that the re{Kirts m eir« iiln»if»o tend-
mg to injure the ciedil of the Bank of Da.
rien, are nnlounded. The Jvlitors of ili^
(ieorgia Journal remarks that “we have
the authority of the officers and Directors of
the branch in this place (.MilhdgeviHe,) to
say, that the re|>urts are unfounded, and that
Ihe ability of tlie liank to ni'-et all demandi
IS ample.” e should think s/» f'roni tho
othcial sfitcmcnl.— WoJtrn I'aroltman.
(f/fii'C.—.^tntiou has in every country iti
bunleiis, Itut perhaps no wher*: are th* v so
various and le avy an wiili us. thjr l‘re«.
ident IS aiibltjt'et of eoni|»a“'ion—surrsind-
e«l by tho wiU-s i.f sinister friends, and the
violence of open enemies; Mihje. fed to mi+-
repres/*nlatiu«i. aUi«* and enluinny ; haled
ilH>'rei>l«i tikf lowiit, BiMi bn\Mi a i-*r-
rupt or a bigoted prr«3*—his life is that o| 4
galhv slive. N]r. ( 1 vv. in his rrcert
'[>-«ch III ill*'."s. nute, eliMjU'ntiv said,"!
have no d sire lor ifln.e, m t evi n tho high-
e»t. The iiK'si exaitrtj ih but a pri'^.n, in
which the in«'areerat»‘d incumbent cailv re-
rrivfs hi« cold, hi artless \ i*-il.ii.ts, nia’ki
hm wearv hours, and is eut of}' fr n. tl •
practical eiijo)iiKt'l of all the b!» --sing'it
genuiiH- t'rvedom.” To eoinplet,- the pir.
lure of wrt Icbetiii' »s, a sillv custom has tird
him III I1H11'hair, to l>i- ht:t.'ni bv public cu
riosity, to b»- xl.ibited lo the crowd as 1
nifnister, nr a w ild Ix a'i. “ There are none
HO (MK>r” Isit tlie\ iiiav r>'i»tir to this exhibi
tion, und i>it>f thi Chtif Miitp*lrntt of thr
I nitid Stales. — I'htlmitl^ihia Ifaily Inltl-
Shiiimrnt.t of iunp }rthr.—I’here is •»
gffat eaii'H; ol complaint concerning t^»e
inifnner in which Iuii(*.wder i» «bip(ied at
other fHjrts for tliih plarc. Soiim of our
western merchnnis are m the habit of «>hip.
pini; this article, in be.xe«, v other rnerchan.
dize, therebv jefipnrihnc the lives lunl prop
erty of their lellnw citizens. Not long since
a ves.s*d whi h hail received 11 fiill cargo, itl
th*‘ hold, tivik twt> or three l>oxe« into thi
cabin, and n»‘d them as u table during iho
vovage. .Vfter tb»-y arrived at this pt)tt
thejw! iKites wt re f'ound lo contain kegs of
gunpowder' Other instances of deception
are f>efyre us. W i> iriisf this priictiee will
l)c either abandoned or the ollciiders brought
to justicc.— Pio/ih 's J’nss.
Lthil Suit.—'I'he Pennsvlvanin Inlelh-
!,'en«;er, in uuticili^ the tn«l of T. I'eon,
Editor of th^ 'I’eli.graph, for pablishing a
lil)e| on John Zeanng, snvs: The jury
loiind a verdict of “wo/ guilty,” but al tho
same time ileereed that the man, whom
they pronounced nol guilty, should pay tho
costs '
'I’lio earheof precedent we have of de
cisions at all iiluii to this prim iple n, wrt
Itclieve, reeorded in the hi.itory of N. York,
by Mr. Kmckerb««'ker. ’11.e case wn
tliul of a civil still, or action for debt.—
I he v.orthy magi-lmte on taking up tb‘’
statement oi ai ( oiiots as .submitted by tl^'’
parlies, and |M isini; them, one in each hand,
louiid them to Uj of the h;iin»' s[M-cifi' gra
vity, or eijniillv “ hithinri il," in the liter d
-f-ns(>. He there|i.)ie decidi d with much
(iid^ment th.it llier*' was nocaii-eol aclu’ii
on either snji., mul ordi red the constable tv»
pay t!iu cost,.—/.‘(i//. /',/.
C'ld cniii, ill L’oi.il pre-ervation, of the
l!ni|ei./r \ alens, and u Uoiimii sword, have
iM-eii diseiiv) red m the newly excavnl'd
ground, alioiit Imlf a mile from 'I'auiitti'*
U-longing to J. .1. Churnpaute,Es'j.