Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw advertiser. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843, June 28, 1842, Page 334, Image 2
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C?z Baaan
which strikes us rep I'dico is as radically
wrong.
Bat miw comes the Humiliating con.
tcmplation. Wo turn with ihnme to oar
Congress and scan its acts. The country |
is worse off in a financial point of view, |
than England is. There may not be
uch squalid misery within our borders,
hut the distress i* much more general and ,
equalized over the country. Our trcasu i
ry is empty. The Secretary, .Mr, For- :
war I, ? running backward as well as forward,
making little two million loans here
and then million loan there, whiie the ;
expenses of the government and the ne- i
sressary outlays for ships forts, improve* i
merits, fortifications, etc., will amount !
* *l I.i lakillinne !
the present year, in tun ......
of dollars. What d*es the Finance corn,
inittec?what docs Congress in such a
crisis 7 Why, they sat on their haunches
like drunken Indians round a whiskey
keg, and mope and groan over matters
that demand instant remedy, and
Wfeity grow worse without one. Why
do they not fit out a proper scheme of
taxation ? The tariff is of no use for rev.
enue, and even if it were, it is constantly
set upon by the "free trade" inen. It
seems a sort of hallucination on the part
i?f our National L-gislnture, that they
thus dully and play with the lion which
vis ready with claws unsheathed and jaws
oj>en, to spring upon them. And this
hallucination ap|?ears the more strange,
h. cause by a law imposing general taxation
for the purpose of roveni e, the
memliersof Congress are only interested
indirectly, equally with their fellow citizens.
The whole brunt does not fall
upon the Lords and Commons of England
-miYflft income. Were this the
ca*?, weshotfici ft of fa sstonHM, for the I
almighty dollar' u) fay!)' American, and
would influence Congress as *uoii a* it
would a cow drivT. Wc rejieat that the
sloth on this side the water, when coinpa- j
red witjitfhn energy on the other side, is j
Productive yf a leeiing of humiliation !
Wf are wdhnmed for our policy ; toi our I
timidity ; fur our want of moral courage;
for our delay in action ; fur the meanness
ot Congress ; the supine ness of the Finance
Committees, and for the emptiness
of a Treasury which might f>e filled in
mx rrron<hs,wn<I which never should have
been suffered lo raw dry.
Orescent City.
A HOKRIBf.X HISTORY, IXPEZP!
The Now Orleans Picayune otf the 9th |
tn^t.. Wrings mi one-of the most shoclnrrg j
histonos of crime ami punishment we
have Yead fer many * day. The Parish J
'of Concordia was the scene. Two
wegroet, one named Joseph, belonging to
Mr. Voohee*. on the Bay on de Glaize,
and the other named Enoch, who had
formerly been owned in the same neigh. !
hwrhood?was sold in New Orleans and i
having ran away, returned to the Parish j
of Concordia. He persuaded Joseph and
a negro gvr! to go off with him. They!
armed themselves and -proceeded to the J
house or Mr. Noah Harrington, on Red J
River, whom they "killed. Thvy carried
off his daughter, whom they detained in
the woods <w* weeks and treated with a
crucify and abuse iho most shocking and
brutal.
They then killed another man, whose !
Heme is not known. After committing j
this mardor, on returning to the place ;
where Mist H. was confined, they re- j
marked that they had killed another hog.
After thts they went to the house of Mr. j
George Todd, not far from Mr. H.'s,
whom they ?h*o killed, -carrying off Mrs. '
Todd with a small child, whom they J
treated also <n a most lirotal manmrr, nnd
side-rat ion, whether we return to the ratio at
first adopted by this IIouhc, or lake thai
which recommended by the Senate, or adop*
any number between the iwo. If we adopt
60,000, or any number exceeding that, it ip
obvious that all fractions above one-half ofi
the ratio will exceed H0.009, and will ?<?t be ;
liable to the second ohjctimi in the i??ti:Rage. ;
It we return to the ratio of 50,179, continued |
in the bill as it originally passed this House, j
fractions which exceed utie-hulj" thai number j
At that moment the sharp ring ot several rinos
was hearti?the body of the negro fell a corpse
on the ground. He was picked up by some :
two or three, and again thrown into the lire ;
and consumed?not a vestige remaining to
aJjvw that such a being ever existed.
The yellow girl taken 1.9 Natchez, in
threatening to kill both her and the cnun :
if it should cry; and often when they
were on the point of killing them all, the I
\ellow girl would throw herself Ker
knees and beg their hive*, saymg that il
they shot them, their bullets would have
to pass through her body. Mrs. Todd
and Mim Harrington both stale that the
yellow girl several times saved their '
bvjs,
Ono of the murderers was caught, on
the 5th instant, near Union Point, on the j
Mississippi, the other making his escajvp,
though not without having had several I
balls tired at iiim, and is supposed to have !
Keen wounded ; thowgh not caught it is
to be hoped that he wiH soon be brought
to pay the penalty of his atrocious
crimes.
The boy Joseph immediately after his cap.
ture confessed that he killed both Mr, liar,
rington and Mr. Todd, and the other, but j
stated that he had been forced to do it by
Enoch, who first enticed him to run away.
Mo white person was implicated.
After this confessiou, it was deliberately j
resolved that the negro sliould be burned alive, j
?*? ? 1?? i... .1
The terrihie scene is mu? ut-ecrmcu uv mt;
Fiee Trader:
** The boy was taken and chained to a tree
immediately on the bank of 'he Mississippi,
on what is ca!ied Union Point. Faggots
were then collected and piled around him, to i
which he appeared quite indifferent. When I
the work ? as cornpletinl, he was asked what
he had to nay. He then warned all to take i
example by him, and asked the prayers of ah j
around; then called tor a drink of water, j
winch was handed to him ; he drank it and j
said ; u Now set fire?I am ready to go in j
peace!!" The torches were lighted and
piaced in the pile, which soon i;n ted. I'e 1
watched unmoved the curling flame as it grew, j
until it began to entwine itself an un ! and feed '
upon iris t>odv ; then he sent forth ?ri i* ot .
.igony parrrful to the ear, begging a >inc one to
blow his brains out, and at the saruc time j
surging with almost superhuman strength, :
until tl?e staple with wh ch the chain was j
fastened to the tree (not being well securedj j
drew out, and he leaped from the burning pile, j
? jm
the custody of Mr. C. S. Lyman, who will
deliver her up to the proper authoriUea at Vidaha,
La.
PKOJi THE CORKKSl'ONDK.NCJS <?t THE CHARLESTON*
COURIER.
Washinotox, June 10.
There is much speculation and feeling
here, on the subject of the Tariff and
Distribution hills, the expected collision
between the Executive and the Clay
wiiigs on the distribution question?the
> nf the I
IIJ) BIhl rr<M?rniiiAiiuu.. v.
Cabinet?and the edi ct of tlie.se events
?n parties and the succession to the
Presidency.
11 is conjectured that the President will
veto the temporary Tariff hill and every
hill that embraces distribution in connexion
with a violation of the cotnproini.se
act. The Senate widcertainly pass any
hill that the whig majority of the House
can unite upon. Mr. Tyler will, therefore,
he compelled to meet the question.
It is rumored that the whigs will move
| an imjioachment against'him, should he j
take this course.
| It is also rumored and believed that
| Mr. Tyler, upon the occurrence of the j
j difficulties here referred to, will throw
I himself more entirely into the arms of the
domocratic party, and act with more dej
cided regard to its personal and political !
j interests?that he will strip the whigs of
! their share of Executive patronage and
j bestow it on the other party, or those of |
| the other party who support his adtuinis- j
' Irafinn.
It is understood that M. Webster will |
go out of the Cabinet, ainicablv, as soon
; as he has concluded the negotiations
wj'h Lord Ashburton?nil of which will
soon be concluJed. Mr. Forward will !
also retire, and Mr. Sponecr. Mr. ITpshur
will go to France. A new Cabinet i
will l?e formed, in which Mr. Stevenson j
is certainly to have bis choice in posts. [
A Secretary of the Treasury will be tak- j
en from the democratic ranks. These I
movements seem to give h good deal of :
trouble to Mr. Van Buren's friends, for!
the reason that his party w ill not well
bear dividing Parties seen) to be verging
towards a state of anarchy and con- j
fus o i. Some of tiie more ultra w bigs
say that they will support any moderate
democrat, except Mr. Van Buren, for the
purple,
ttousk of representatives. j
Monday, Junk Li, 1842. ]
The question being on concurring !
with the second amendment of(h? Senate
to the apportionment bill, proposing to
allow tun additronal Representative to
fractions over and al>ove one moiety of
the ratio, and the message *f President
Washington returning the "bill for an
^apportionment of Representatives among
the several plates according to fhc first
enumeration," with bis objections, having
?t the reqaest of Mr. Win Cost Johnson
l>een read hv the Clerk.
Mr. Cimphell, ot South Carolina, said the
H*?use would perceive, from the me.-gage I
which had just been read, that the venerated !
Washington h id vetoed the f?rst apportion- !
ni?nt bill which Congress had ever passed
up ?n two ground^; the first of which was, j
" that the Constitution ha* prescribed that j
Representatives shall be apportioned among i
the several States according to their respoc*- !
ivo numbers, and thai tbej-e was no one tliv. 1
isi-rr or proportion whirk, $*> tbe respective j
number of the States, would yield the number |
of Ropieseot*tives proposed by the biiL" iMr. |
C. feit great reluctance iH dissenting from I
the soundness of a constitutional a-gnment !
omanting from so pure a source; but lie insis- j
ted that, if tho objection which he had quoted :
had any validity at ali it would apply wih '
equal force to a bi'I either with or without a;
provision for fractional representation, unless
it was possible to adopt a divisor which
would leave no equal fracUmis?a circumstance
which never has, and, m the na?ure -of
things, p-ohabiy ncvr?r ran occur. If the '
true interpretation of the Constitution is, that
the people of ihc respoc'ive States must be!
represented in exact proportion to their federal
numbers, no apportionment bill has ever
passed free froin constitutional objection, and
the people of the States never have be-11, and !
probably n ver will be constitutionally repr.sen'ed
on this floor. The Constitution
mu-t, from necessity,he mlcrprebed to mean
that Representatives shall be apportioned a.
mong the several States as nearly in accord,
ance to their respective numbers as any cornon
n divisor which may be adopted will admit
of, either with or without frarti'xi repre.
serration;pracidii that the number of Rcpre nnalit-nu
cJ>j|| nr?f *-> V r.PPtl OI10 for eVf'CV
?VM vu ,,"v """"j " J
tlor y lliousatid, unitpr*i tiled also that each
State sha 1 have at least one Representative.
If Ins be the true interpretation ol the Constitution,
and he did not think il cou'd be contro.
verted, the first objection urged by President
Washington in the veto message which nas
just been read must fall to the ground. If it J
is not the true interpretation; it is impossible 3
to pass any apportionment bill free from cvinsti. '
tutional until the population of tlx-different
States is so proportioned as to admit of a
j common divisor which wi'JJ eaye jju unequal
fractions.
The second and only other objection eoa- ]
taincd in the message was perfectly conclusive, J
! in the opinion of Mr. C. as to the unconstilu.
tionality ot the fractional feature in the appor.
tiouient bill vetoed by Gen. Washington.
It was founded on the cnn#tvUitk?ftat provision
"that the number 0/ Representatives shall
not exceed one for every thirty thousand."
The common divisor adopted in thai tuil being
thirty thousand, ft necessarily followed
that a representation of fractions would have
allowed more than one Represent*: ive for,
every thirty thousand, aod was in direct vi?.
lation of the Constitution This objection
however, although valid wiien it was used, is
not applicable to the amendment under con
may f ill under 30,00(K But, by relerriPg to 11
the population rf the different State*, gcUtle- '
men wi\l ?ee that no State will, by the adop- j
tion of the ameridment, hive I representation l
e^ual in number to dne Tor every thirty thousand
inhabitants. I'd ivoiii a cdriftisioh of j
ideas uport this siibjec't, gefttletncn iniMt lake '
into consideration that if, under a repreientation
of fractions, and additional R'eprea. nta- I
tive is allowed to a State, this additional Rep- !
rcsenUtive, when allowed, is not to be regarded
with reference to the fraction, but with re- '
ference to the population of the whole State, j
If you say to him, ? Sir you, are not constitutionally
on this' floor, for you are the Rep- :
rcsentative of less than thirty thousand inhabitants,"
be may reply by inviting you to
divide the federal number in the State froin
which he cornea by the number of Represen
tatives to which she may be entitled under j
this bill, and show that, instead of m<?re, "he J
really has less than one member for every !
thirty thousand.
Some gentlemen think that the provision [
in tho Constitution that M the number of Rep- j
resentatives shall not exceed one for every
111 iny thousand" has reference to the aggre.
gate (Hipulation of the United States, and not '
to the population ofliie States respectively, j
Such ( Mr. C. said) was not his opinion, and !
in this he was happy to find that he agreed
with the opinion entcr'ained hy the Father of
his Cou itry, as was evident from the message
to which he had referred. But, in either
event, whether the expression in the Consti- ,
tution alluded to the aggregate population of
the United States or of the States respective- i
ly, the adoption of the amendment will not be 1
liable to the objection of having more than
one Representative for every thirty thousand, j
Although Mr. C. considered the constitutional
question as admitting of no doubt, he
reserved to himself the priviiege of voting foor
against the amendment, as ho might corn
sidcr expedient.
Washington, Junk 20.
! I am still of the opinion, as 1 have
heretofore remarked, that we are on the !
eve of a reorganization of the C .hinet,
and of a great change in the state of par* j
ties. As a proof of it, the Calhoun men, j
on one sine, and the Van Buren men on I
i the other, are exceedingly jealous of Mr. j
Tyler's present purposes. They would !
i rather, perhaps, that he would stick to
the faith. I am told that the pre.
sent Cabinet u?VC not been consulted, as j
vet, in regard to the forthcoming veto, j
Mr. Webster has, no doubt, very warmly j
opposed it, in conversation, onri, pploys*- |
terdav. has declared that the rumor or a
veto was idle and absurd. He docs not,
or did not then, believe that it would }
come. It wi I be remembered, however, j
that he, on the'eve of the veto of the hank I
charter, asserted that Mr. Tyler would ,
sign the bill. He is equally mistaken in
this case. Mr. Tyler will not sign any
tariff bill which embraces distribution.
Mr. Preston, when the temporary
Tariff hill was referred in the Senate, remarked
that he hoped it would be taken
up, on Monday (to-morrow) inasmuch as
it wag a subject of excitement and uneasiness,
and ought to he settled as soon as.
possible. IT wirTcome lip to-morrow or
next day. It <? a subject that would, under
any circumstances, attract much attention
in the Senate. A most elaborate,
able, and earnest debate may be expecced
upon It, J5uf some of the opponents
of the measure, anticipating the veto, will
be willing to let it go, pretty soon, to the
President.
1 do no know that President Tyler has I
?>t his veto of 44 the Jittlo bill" already
written; but, I aw sure of one thing?
that he hay directed circular* to he prepared
to forward to the Co]!cetera, with
(brection* a? to their proceedings after
June 30 th. This done shows two things;
?1st, that the veto ia determined upon;
and, 2<1, thai tire difficulty which has
been suggested in regard to a veto??te
wit?that after June-30th there wiJI he no
mode ofcoKeeling ihe revenue?has been
overcome. The system of revenue, as it i
1 will exist oh the 1st July?should no new
j legislation be inter posed?will yield under
the instructions to he issued, about fifteen j
millions, according to .Mr. Forward's calculation*.
But many shrewd and well;
informed men?among them Mr. Saltonstall?say
it yield ten,
[ No. one, so far, fc*? even hinted the pos.srij
bilny that, in the interval between the veto
j and the 30th of June, any new system will be
adopted. So, after that day. the Government j
itself will he in the precarious and linmble j
condition of beggary; and I cannot behevc
I that it will be considered an object of charity.
I I have private intelligence from New York
j which yci; Trr.yrr!/ tipen, thst the Hon. T.
I F. Marshall, of Kentucky, has challenged
Col. Webb, editor of the New York Qonricr.
You have, of ?AtirMt, wo all that passed in
public and which led to tl?? affair, I further
1 lean that Col. Webb accepted the invitation,
but tb it arrangements w?re suspended, It
may be hinted that it widend as a recent and
prominent affair We ended, but ( judge runtIt
is i solate fort b is re?j uk to have any influ!
ence one way ?r another, and, therefo-e, I >
j can venture to say that /nun inyown knowl.
I . djeof the parties and their position, tbey j
j wjJl, iu ii?y opinion, fight.
| Brief and the pot it?Mr. Sevier, of I
Arkaosas, recently addressed the Senate
| on the subject <?f a private claim, and
I his speech uu the occasion is so tinlike
I (he usual run of Congressional speeches
i that we. can publish (he whole ?f<{ with- j
| out burdening our columns, or fatiguoing I
our readers?which cannot be said ofl
i many speeches in cither House. Here j
; it is entire:
| ?? Mr. President---! hope the Senate '
will indulge me in taking up a hill that J
! has passed the Mouse five tunes, and the
i Senate seven. U is for the relief of an;
! ol I man in Arkansas, who is in feeble, j
i health, and has not long to live, and f j
j want it passed before he dies."
i We may state in the hope of inducing
i ~*i? ...?i.? i? .. r
; ckiici iir;iii ?ri> up nunuic im* .11 > ic ui .
j oratory, tlmt Mr. Sevier's ?|*>?<*h ta?i ai, }
together successful. He gtiaed hi*point j
without provoking * reply--and thn sub-1
ject passed off witlKiut trailing forth any
allusions to tlie abstract principles of doinocrucy,
the public foods our revolutions
arv forefathers, universal suffrage free
tadr, liberty in genera', or a war with
England Bait. American. t
From the (Raleigli, N. C.) Tnmporanco Union. ; $
KKEAKI.NO THE fledge.
The deep impression made on the J
minds of the community by the lapse of a ?
single individual from his adherence to the ,
Temperance pledge, is the strongest proof |,
of the fidelity of the great mass of Tern- j,
pcrArtce tncn. 11
it thrt commencement of the great ; |
reform, frequent lapses were predicted hv ,
its enemies, and anticipated by its friends. ',
How much the expectations of both have ! |
been disuppointed, and how strong is now 11
the confidence of its friends and foes in .
the general fidelity even of the reformed j,
to their pledge, is clearly shewn by the j
i/loom of the one and the chuckling of <
n o
the other at a single instance of rolapse.
Let the enemies of the Temperance ,
cause remember what strong testimony ,
they are bearing to its power and efficacy
by their glee and rejoicing, that a
single individual has fallen again from j
.soberness and comparitive respectability, :
into the degradation of intemperance.
We will not stop to inquire how much
benevolence is displayed by those, who j
arc delighted with such an event, who j
chuckle with pleasure because a fellow j
being has again become, that wretched i
thing, which wo call a drunkard. Wej
leave it to the good sense, and good feel* j,
ing of the community, whether the cause, 1
which elevates man to sobriety and tern* J
pernnce, or thnt which encourages and j
rejoices in his degradation by internper*!
ance, is most worthy their support and ;
approbation. We merely advert to thej,
subject now, as clearly proving the gene- 11
ral stability and fidelity of the signers of
tho pledge from the powerful impression
produced on the public mind by a single j
exception. Neither do such events afford
an argument against the general good
effect of Temperance Associations. They
shew the frailty of human nature?as it ;
is shewn by the failure of all human in* j
stitutions to produee in every instance the i
desired results.
There was a Judas in the little hand of j
disciples around the Saviour himself, j
His church has not been free from hypo* !
cntt? and apostates. In civil govern- j
ments and armies, gome prove defaulters, |,
cowards and traitors. The various arts (
and inventions of civilized life, which j
minister to the comfort and happiness of
man. sometimes prove the destruction of,
f kn,? rnira irorl in them. The Sailor S ?m<?? !
time* find* a watery grave, and the trav- |
eller loses his life by the very power which
is speeding him on his journey. But who j
would dream of founding an argument i
against the Cbr*?ti?*** religion on the
apnstacy of Judas?against civil govern-1
inenta and armies, from the defalcation of;
?tjwnrtwntit, ?*r the treachery of an Arnold?or
against the invention of Genius,
because a solitary accident may occur in
the midst of general success?
Equally ridiculous is it, to argue against
Temperance Societies, because they are
not free from the imperfections and failures
attending every human institution.
We havo rather reason to be astonished at |
their general success, and the vast amount
of good they have already accomplished, j
than at the few unfortunate failures of
their benevolent efforts.
The drunkard, who has been reformed j
and relapsed, is in no worse condition ;
than before his reformation?wo leave j
him where we loynd him. If the Tern- I
perance Society had made him a drunk- j
ard, there would be some cause for complaint,
bat certainly there i* very little
reason for complaining that we have kept
him for a time a sober man, and that he
hft?at1ust gone back to the same state in
... L... U ?Un ..nua>inii T.MMram-o tvuliiui
? niun LIW Vllcmivj Ul > vni|n><'Miv.v .. ......
w.s to haw: permitted him to remain.
We have tone remark to make on this i
snbject to the moderate drinker. It is;
that the fact that reformed nteu do some, i
| times relapxc, constitutes the moat pow.
erfwl argument in favor of toU( absli- j
nence.
If the condition of the drunkard is so
hopeless?if neither the most solemn reso- j
lutions, nor pledges of his honor as a gen. J
tlcman are sudicient to break the -chains |
of habit and appetite, which hind hba
down to the misery and degradation of
Jrunkenness?who, in full view of all the
evil* of such a course, would foster this
appetite and hilwt in himself? Let those,
who urge as nu objection aga nst Wash,
ington Temperance Societies (hat the
drunkard can never be reclaimed, ponder
well, with what fearful weight this argument
tetls against moderate drinking?
against the formation of an appetite,
whose end is, according to their theory,
and too often m fact, mmoidaWe, remediless
frdmthr oxford mkrcurc.
Mr Bditor:?By publishing the following,
you will oblige a large portion of]
that very respectable class of your readers i
OUIIMH ll nrhdorti.
(|ii Saturday the 14<h of May. accord ,
ing to previous notice, the Hydrophobical
Institute was at an early hour, crowded
l>v unwashed aud urjshaved bachelors.
The meeting was organized by calling
Unexampled Mammoth Scheme to the 1
chair and appointing Cruel Tragedy Secretary,
The objects of the meeting were
Ihcn briefly explained hy Anti Hysterics;
intermixed with whose discourse, there j
were occasional touches of the sublime !
and passages of thrilling pathos. He j
concluded bv moving the following reso. !
lutions, aii of which wire carried ncm.
con,
l*-f. Resolced; That for the better formalum
of a uniform system by which
our unfortunate class may, in future, succeed
in winning the hearts of the Fair,
that each member of this assembly give !
in the experience of his courtship, and;
that a rule he formed from the history ol ]
each so detailed. j
2'1. Resoled, That a committee of fi
hree he appointed to report at our next a
Heeling, on the most effectual means to
ccure against injury from Kicks. C
In accordance with the last resolution, ti
Messrs. Rumpus Bluhher, Sky Blue, and p
Solomon linungiT, ?cic a com. ti
nittoe. Mr. J. Stupid l\?ppingt<>n then c
rave hi* experience, the substance of n
which was, that when n dirty-face hoy, it d
was tile unanimous opinion of his mother r
[hat he ira.s an exception. That he was ?
stressed, he-patted and be-kisscd by his h
mammy's female visitors, all agreeing I
that lie was a little dear, ami predicting (
the slaughter he would some dav make <
among the hearts of the ladies. That in (
consequence of his peculiar promise, it J
was thought advisable to bring him up to ?
no particular profession, thus leaving his I j
talents uncramped by any business, but j r
that of contemplating himself which was ' <
thought to he employment enough for any ! <
one mind, considering the immense irn- <
porta nee of the subject.
At live Mr. J. Stupid Fopping'on was |
breeched, booted at ten, and fell in love ;
at fifteen. The object of his passion was i
ono of those great nuisances among I
women, a sensible spirited girl, who rn ido 1
no scruple of telling Mr. J. Stupid Fop.
xinrrf.tn till ho IVIIli fl lT(in*P. Mf J.
" o a
tribes: j (
** The meeting of the grand council at ; !
(fie Deep Fork of the North Fork, Cana- <
diaa, composed of Upper nnd Lower *
Creeks. Choctaws, ('hiekasaws, Seininol- |
es, Cad.loen, Dela wares, Shaw a noes. Q ia- i
paws, Senecas, I\iwnees, O sages. K'rka- ;
poos, Witchetaws Ivc'iees. Ihankesiiaws, ;
Tcw?ckneys, and Isliierku: t !c:ysf or .
whit em en. ;
* The Cherokees were not represented.
although a few were present. The! j
council, it will he seen, was formed of the '
delegates of the wild western tribes, as?j
well as of their more civilize I brethren : j
residing near lis. The gathering com- |
menced on ah net the 111 h of May, four t
days previous to the appointed time, The
encampment presented a busy and euri. I 1
ous scene; here, the wild prairie Indians
were settled around tkeir fires, or str?.|- \
ling about, displaying all the peculiar ?
ha!?its and dress of tb-ir difT rent tribes; ;
there, rested a portion of the red men, in 1
a slight degree removed from the savage *
ness of the wilder tribes, presenting the
spectacle of ignorance struggling with
light in the first stages ofits appearance; ,
yonder, gravely reposed the tribes who a
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may comparatively t>e lermea civiiucu, j .
lint who yet retain mmv of their wild Jcustoms
and vestiges of their former iguor- j
' c
ance and savage state.
? i
" f'ho encampment wis some two j
miles in circumference, that space being v
hi Jed wtlh fires, temporal tenements, and i
persons of tho lodgers; and tim woods (
and prairie*, for tlireeor four miles, were 1
crowded by horses 'hobbled," and feeding r
upon the rich succulent herbage. I nr'ec I
the circumjacent region sustains vegetation
of the most luxuriant and even rank ' {
growth. T?ier? probably w rc present ! I
!.._>.... >Ki.oniim*il la'otilv.flup li .1 iw!rr?ii I
UUM'I^ .? l
persons, who consumed in that time, r
twenty thousand pounds of hoef, ton har- j
rels cf flour, and meal <n propottion. f
Tilvir avcia^c height ?i:iJ weight Au:oj,
p. ? Stupid's
next flame was more " tun-ish." ,
She had fallen in lore with his elegant j
cravat, and was audibly heard to say, as
he once passed before her at a party.
14 what sweet little silk "loves: what a di
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vine head of hair; just see what an ele.
gant pattern for a coat; ho is a love.'
The next day found Mr, Foppington
courting her, the third thev w.?re engaged 1
but on the fourth (it b i.ig Sabbath;
Miss ?S'eraphina fell in love with an im
mouse pair of whiskers, beneath which
was concealed tin? face of what was s tic
to he n French officer, hut what was ii>
fact an exdrummer and now a dancing
master. Mr. J. Stupid wis however soon
consoled for the |.?ss of Seraphina, by a
new conquest which a flame coloured
vest hud effected over the sensitive ami
romantic heart of the accomplished ,1/irin
Augustina Turnip Tops. This lady wa?
the daughter of a tallow dealer who had
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suddenly b iconic immensely rich. She
was much cortrtcd by ambitious lawyers. 1
skilful bit poor young doctors, and industrious
e'erks, hut >h t irned up her (
nose at tl o n all. H *r h a-t wn? im er 1
vious, tdl it felt the heat of J. St ji ? 1
rod vest, and then it yielded i<? th: soft (
flame of love. Matters wer t on swim- |
iningly till the noise of Miss Augustina's
wealth laid at her feet a new admirer, i
u/hn arkortoil n tandem, and keot two out !
riders, and who besides was adorned with j
n head of rich and glossy curling hair.
Foi a longtime it was neck and neck, red
vest and mustache c.y. tandem an I curls,
till at length the latter, at the last q lari r i
stretch threw his antagonist otf 'he track
hv a subtle coup <lcrn:tiiiy which was no ;,
other than cutting the pidgeon wing wi'h j;
unparalleled grace and elasticity of heels 1
fie won the prize and turned out to he j
a broken down gambler.?J Stupid mi !e
another conquest and was engaged, hut j
an elegant pair of artificial teeth in the;,
mouth of an empty-pitc ! coxcomb turn- ,
ed the lady's heart. This was the soli- 11
stance of his experience, at the conclusion
of which it was resolved: that to win |
the heart of a sensible woman req lires a ;
sensible man: to catch all Augusfinu's
and Scrnphinu's and languishing, sudden. '
ly rich heiresses, a flame coloured vest, j
ivory teeth, curly hair and mustache are
necessary, an I to hind their a fleet ions j
completely, they must he hound with a
cord of whiskers, and charmed hv a light
pait of heels, cased in elegant French !
boots: and the meeting adjourned to meet
this day week. ^
CRAM) INDIAN COUNCIL AT TlfF. WRIT.
The Arkanscs lotdlig mcer of the
27th ultimo, published at Van Huron, in
that State, gives the following account of
tho recent oreat meeting of the Indian
ve feet nine inches, and one hundred
ml fifty pound*.
* On Wednesday the council met; fho
.'hoctaws, Chic kit saws, and Caddoes aitng
in front of the Creek chiefs, whoso
ost was in the ccntro of an outer side of
le council house. There were a vast
oncoursc in the imperturbable gravity
nd decorum belonging rightly to an Inian
council. The civilized tribes now
osc rn masse, and, passing behind the
ihu-fs' scats, formed in single file, bended
?y (ien. it oily Mcintosh, who was fol
owed by (/en. Taylor, U. S. Army,
Jnptain Armstrong, superintendent In.
lian Affairs, Colonel Lo?an, Creek agent,
Japfaiu Bliss, IJ. S. A., Mr. McGee,
Seminole agent, James L. Alexander,
derk to the Upper Creeks, ami W. G.
Facobs, clerk to the Lower Creeks, and
mrsclf; these, corning roon I on to the
opposite side, gave to the other tribes *
?enerel shaking of the hands, bestowing
hi each individual but a single shake.
After them came the Stinwnees ant
Delaware*, in like manner going round
ind shaking hands. When these two
tribes had thus paid their salutation, (?en.
L'hillev McInto>h rose and welcomed hi#
white brettiren.
Concluding, Gen. Roily Mcintosh
innottnccd to the while delegation they
were now ready to hear whatever (hey
lad to sa y. Thus invited Captain Armdrong,
General Taylor, and Col. L'?gan
osc and addressed them in order, through
I heir interpreter, Banj. Marshall.
"The immediate reference of llii*
? .1 _r ...
jected in one day I lie amount nt I4i>* uwt*.
Pile whole of the above amounts of gold is in
he hands of Mr. B. S?sson, at this place, arid
i*s been exaurned t>y a groat nu nbor of citZt.Mio
and travellers.
Sii,k Culture.?The Nashvile Wh!^ of
.helllh instant says; 44 The first premium
in silk, the produce of this Slate, under an
tct passed at the last session of the Lpgi*f?.
:ure, entitled "An act to encourage the culture
>f silk," has been paid to Mr. Allen D. Garden
or two hundred and five pounds of cocoons,
;he produce of his larm in fins neighborhood.
Phe time occupied in producing tins quantity
)l silk wa< about rive weeks, and the only per.
ion employed in gathering the leaves of the
nuikorrv a:id in feedinir the worms was an
>!d negro woman of sixty years of age.
fne facility with which tins valuable material
: in be produced, and the encouragement
iftbrded to its culture by the Legislature, ha*
nduced a great number to engage in it, and
ve have no doubt it will soon become a sahia- 1
do branch of domestic industry. The Silk
Jompaqy, we understand, will soon receive
rom the flast the machinery necessary for
eeling spinning, and weaving."
ASIIE S o.v f.'OTTOJf,
S. W. Cole, K-q. of Wade-sboro/ Anson
J unity. North Carolina, in a letter to. the
Editors of the "Albany Cultivator," say:
'The best uianure we hate for Cotton is
islies.? My tnnde 0/ putting it on is this; f
on h scutlT furrow, then from a basket rr
><i\ scatter ah<?iif bushel* p??r acre in the
iirrow thus opened and then with a dagon
ijake the C'jtto.i fiige. I tried aa^cs d:?4
'mincil is simply n rcgtiwiinn <u nomou
intercourse with the different tribes, ami
u its stirvcry grasps the subject i f stolen
ropi rty. An amusing mistake on the
art of the Usages lei them to dupe
hemsdves most cgrcgiouslv. They
n o ?/
upposcd the council was called for the
>urposc of a general delivery of stolen
roperty. chielly horses; and, in lliis Ik-.
icf, they brought quite a number of
lorses they bad stolen, and delivered
liein up, e.X|>ecting the same courtesy f??
>c extended to tleuiiselves-.-.but thfy tcfrc
idly bitten. Possibly, they will hereafIcr
forcswea* .lie r ile (hat 4 hones hj is the
'test policy.'
In conclusion, we remark that the
council was o te of peace; no brawl, no
disturbance disgraced its acts. Surely
surh good d? | o t icnt augurs a brighter
dav for the poor trodden undcr foot In.
dian. A s'nr may be rising, whose soft
influential light may yet lead thein to hap.
py knowledge and prosperous condition."
THE OBOROI \ OOI,n MIXES.
Letter from a citiz"n of Georgia to a member
of Co press from that Slate.
Dahi.o.xkoa, Junk 7. 184'L
My Dkvr Sir; Annexed you wiil receive
a state neut of the receipt* of Gold Bullion at
the Branch Mi <t of this place lor the mon h
of Mnv, compared with the receipt* for the
smne month of last year.
Mr. Calhoun's mini- is stilt doing won<ffcrr;
it is the real El Dttra/o. In eighteen days
Votn'th'? time the mine was opened, and ending'he
2H'h ultimo, the amount d^pomted ami
assayed at the M-litis $fi,026 fc9. The a**
mount, dug last week, alter burning foff the
joicksilver, an I d-'pn*i'ed this morning at the
mint, is 2)9 KK) ounce*, or5.3S7 dwt*. brt.
fo-e melting. Kinase communicate llu* aborc
to jMr. Calhoun.
A mine was discovered in Cherokee about
two months since, the product of which, ae (
am informed by several persons, is one pound
of gold per dav to four hands.
Sprague wili *oon begin on your lot, and I
hope I will be able to give you good new*.
Daily oroduct of Mr. Calhoun's mine.
May IJO, (kWdtvts.
u.u vi MM! **
Juno 1,1 8H "fl
June I, ?
June II, I UK)44
"
A l-der arc tinf nays?
' On Sttirri iy Inst, the ric.hnn** of flrw
mine becoming more and more certain, it was
visited and exainiml by a number of geni lc.
men; of which number wan />?ct. John A.
McAfee, Adolphus Hither lord, Sanviei Ilutli.
crford, 13''iijtrnn Alilner, James L. 1 f.?rvill
md Willi* Miliu r, and some of them having
JoschkI d ab ?ut fifty feet mto th ? hill and
xamiiied the win, VIr. Uwrnrp Hug out a
]ian'ity of the vein ore, ami if being pulveris
I in a unir.e mortar, one panful of tins ?<tue
lot exceeding five quarts, yiekfrv?i two hundred
ind sixty pennyweights of gold. Tfiere was
ilso taken out of the vein by Lawrence, Me\fee
a n J Ru herford, another pauful of the
>ro of the same size, which being pulverized
rielded the large amount of thru? hundred
md forty penny weights of gold?'he two panuis
actu illy yiold -d six hondrt-d penny weight*..
?The'cocnpany continued mining, and inc'iuL
ng the gold fr?hi* the ?aid two p infills, col