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^SUr*?'f. Capt yfispa, of the Pandora, at Boston, reports
thaf*twfenrthquake took place on the 7th of
atGonaives, at 1 itrif past 5 o'clock, P. M.
preceded by a groaning of the eartJi, by
tvtiich the inhabitants were warned in time to
* * escape; they rushed into the streets, and the loss
' ^ 6|3ife was small, two only being killed.
' ujffct Hc states further th.lt there were four dis >
j^/.-t.ti_nct* shocks in the course of a minute, two of
i&h. and two of them perpendicular, j
" ; each ue JU(lgcs u?e earm muicu auwut, DM
$?* *i|pi^iN*early all the buildings were destroyed,
v / end 'the few left standing were of wood, and 60
'^Sttere^d as to be useless.
' J (Jhpt. Vnrinn also says that Port de Pai\* and"
at Rort^' mct ;v'th the same fate as
jf HayJLien, not a stone being left standing on
?^j|phxhotlier,.aud two-thirds of the inhabitants dc
.* Btroyed. .
It appears, too, that^t Porto Plata tlip shock
was terrific. Capt Wilbur, of the schooner
Lawjence, furnishes the morning papers with
the following circumstantial accountof thedread...
* ful earthquake in the the Island of Ilavti. It was
r. written for publication here, and will be read
with painful Interest.. On the evening of the 23
? /ult, while Capt. Wilbur was in the act of heaving
his agfitefi there was anojjier^vere shock o(..an
earthquake, which, however, aid no further dam?ge
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. ... * ' " Porto Plata, May 20th, 1842. J
On the 7th day of May the Island of Ilayti
was visited with an earthquake, which, in its!
- destructive effects, has proved itself to bo the
severest which we havn ever had oh record.? ,
The weather has been for many days past exceedingly
hot and sultry. The temperature va mm
OOfl f a Onfi in the shade. 1108 when
Ijrui^ iiviu w t exposed
to the solar rays. The winds were hoi,
* parching and unfreshing, and the drought had
been forborne time past prevailing. In the afternoon
of that day, at about half-past 5 o'clock,
J[ was standing on the square, which is situated
^jn an elevated part of this town, the sky was uncommonly
'serene, and the descending sun
promised to be bright and glorious in its setting
^ ?.just then, casting my eyes towards Mount Isabella?
which overlooks the town?I perceived a
dark vapor ascending and enveloping its base and
sides?a rolling rumbling sound immediately
<jr succeeded; and instantaneously came a shock
which nearly dashed me to*he ground.
The level of the square appeared undulating
like the waves of the sea?a faint and sickly sensation
came over me, and dizziness and difficulty
in breathing. The houses rocked to and fro
tTike vessels in a storm. The ground was rent
in various parts. Many persons were thrown
jdown by the force of the concussion, others were
^S^tei'feeling as in a state of drunkenness. Every
fef?;^^Saioment we expected the earth to open and enus.
A second shock followed, yet stronger
than the former, accompanied by the same ap >pearances,
eflects and terrors. The church a
jstrong??md massive building, seemed tottering to
its fa$ptne bricks flew frtmi the solid masonry
as if from projectiles; wide fissures appeared in
the walls and arches, and the whole would have
4 been levelled but for the Uncommon strengbt of
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lue ouisiue DUUTCSSes ailU uiu luwnusa uihib
m building-. It was affecting to hear tiie terrific
eries and lamentations of the women and childt?h,
and instructive to contemplate even then,
their lowly prostration to the Divinity?imploring
,<rritriWfoinfiiin3t!K 11mai"?i tite~fastetTTniohi. no"
seconds, Fortunately for us, our town is almost
, entirely.constructed of wood,' which alone accounts
for its preservation. The stone build
ings suffered ihateriall}', and some of the linest
were entirely destroyed. From the 7th up to
the present date, we have been in a continued
etate of alarirt?upwards of forty shocks having
taken place during that interval, some more or
less severe. Processions and pray err, are continually
on foot, to avert, if possible, tlie Divine
displeasure. The men wear serious and solemn
looks; the women when not in the processions,
. are sitting at the doors of their houses, cither in
"tears or with books of prayer. Business is not
even thought of, such is our state of agitation.
The fine town of Santiago, about GO miles distant
in the interior; and the centre of our agricultural
commerce in this part, has heen'entirely
destroyed. The population consisting of about
6000 souls, of whicl^^OO are buried-in the ruins
further in the interior the towuj. of Vega and
. St. Osero have met with similar fates. ...The
jHkcitv of Cape Haytien, the deposit of all the agricultural
nroducts, of its fine plain, tii&G&pital of |
the northern part of the island, the flifet city in I
Hayti for the beauty and solidity of ite-buildings,
and the second only in size and importance, lias
... met with utter destruction, and is one immense
mass of enabling ruin. It is stated that the
number who ha.ve been crushed to death and who
have otherwise fallen victims there to this ca.
lamity, amount to 7000 souls. A gentleman
who left immediately after the disaster, inform*
ed me that bo sudden had been the catastrophe,
that-hardly tliree seconds were allowed to escape
from the houses. Thousands were buried ,
: ..alive, and no relief at hand. Cries of agony and i
- 5i?hrielt8 would now and thgn proceed from the 1
srbuUdings and break the solemn stillness of the ,
'.night. Many dead an<?putrified bodies were ly- ,
ing in the streets, and nobody to removi? them.
The air was tainted with the infection, and a pest
A Beerned quietly settling over the city. I
. 21st Mav.?Since writinsr the foregoing, fur-j
ther intelligence has reached lis from the Cape,
"which-.has materially added to the horrors of its
formef sittiation. Tlie city being a depot for all
the article imported for the supplies of the inte- ,
i .ripr, an immense quantity of merchandize was
generally kept on hatjkfur that purpose. At ,
*' the period of its drcdrcSwisitation, the supplies
xrere abundant, and the stores crowded with
godds. WifUthe believed tiiat the cupidity and |
/ depravity qmraBn nature should so fair over\
come the tefjio^nspired by the awfulncss of the
H^Hfc'catastrophej as to permit men to indulge and riot
... .'in a systematic and organised pillage! This is,
however, most fearfully true. Hundreds of individuals
pouring in-?rom the country, commcnc
* ed.up^yiingtberSrujnbling ruins,, and drawing
. _forth from thence all the merchandise and valuables
of what tevericfnd they could lay hold of, j
^despatched the-same to their different hiding plu
A-ticee. " Opposition wasiorsome time useless, and
. a.sumtnary.execution was necessarilyhresorted
to by the authorities toalrike a ?alutar.y terror.
r JMany of the marauders were shot, and now, to
v- crown the whole with'tho extremity cf horror, a
T ?itSww%e which, had arisen and- been trraduallv
Sleeping onwards from-the lime of the cat-astro-1
$pr?ad-atO|pe into a general conflagration, I
.consuming what h'ad escaped-the former calatniand
the sacrilegious,hands of piHage.
The survivors now in a state of airport positive
nudiiv and starvation, were thus deprived of
theif remaining bopes^and -misery and utter, deiu
litution r.tared-them openly in the face. Huni
deeds bad t$iken.refu2e oh boawHJieahipsin the
harbor, witji^he trifling cflkfctr whicbr ffniigbnijrffayGstesaffgfdd
them to lay hdftJof,:together'
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witKas miny of the maimed and wounded as j
wefs thus favored-by their good fortune. As far
as jwe have Leon.able to learn, the city of Santo
Domingo hjUSfertunately sustained no damage,,
whatever; ircpfer has Port an Prince met With
any injury.ta^pealc of, afiflW'ding to our last ac- i
counts. Tne^conduct oMtne inhabitants, of Porto
Plata, displayed a noble instance of generous and >
sympathetic feeling?alike honorable to their
hearts as it was meritorious from its utility. An
association was formed of the principal inhabitantsf^d
a board of relief established for the conveyance
of succor to the distressed, both in Cape
[lay tie n and in. Santiago. Provisions were contributed
by ?ach for this purpose, according to
his mcaps, and a depot was fixed to distribute
the sa'iama the exigencies of the case might require,^an^to
those arriving here in a destitute
state, nfiiily Jfavc been relieved from the horrors
of faminfe, which would have been the climax to
their previous misfortunes and misery.
The other towns and villages besides our own
1 1 ?rvt/vof
and thpse enumeraieu aoove, wm?i uavc
seriously suffered (some of which are entirely
demolished,) are Port Paix, Gonnives,..?t Marc,.
Mole St. Nicholas, St. Louis du Nordy'phrt Dai).
phin, Liiribeport, Margot, Borgne, La Grande'
Riviere, Laxavon and Altarnira, which together
with Porto Plata, Caipe H&itien, Santiago, St
O.^ro and La Vega before mentioned, make in
all 17 towns and-village?rSV(ith loss of lives in
nearly all. It is impossible to convey an adequate
idea of the severity of the blow which will
be given to commercial interests in general,
! through all their channels and ramifications?
many years will be required to restore matters
to their former foot ing. It will be equally difficult
toconjecture at what period the signs of
ravaged will be removed, and the towns and the
citizens regain and approach their former condition.
We wait with extreme anxiety to hear the
fate of our sisters Islands, Cuba, ?Porto'; Rico and
Jamaica. We must conclude that they have
each.and severally been visited with the same
calaptjty, though perhaps not to the same extent
andiramage. The direction taken by the earth,
I quake, which proved the most severe in its effects
was along the Northern and North eastern part;
all the other parts of our Island have experienced
the shbek, though only in a partial and limited
degree.
SINDY CROSS.
Porto Plata.
GEO. POTTS,
No. 21 Lispenard stfee^ New-York.
F. 0-AR.UANA.
P. S.?During the Earthquake at Santiago,
the inhabitants rushed into the Roman Catholic
Church to implore mercy from the most high
God. and filled it to overflowing, and when it fell
rivers of blood were seen to pour through the
ruins, proceeding from the bodies of the poor
unfortunate souls crushed within.
GEO. POTTS,
F. CARUANA.
From the Augusta Chronicle.
BRITISH PHILANTHROPY.
The benevolence of Britisli philanthropists encompasspth
the earth! IIow eager is it to civilize
and Christianize.barbarous nations and savage
tribes! IIow alert to put a stop to the slave
trade, and give freedom'to the slave! Even our
benighted land is mad&fo.feel'the influence of
this world-enlightening sun?whether for good
or for evil, is a subject of d scussion..
picture, drawn by the Boston Attest What
would British philanthropists say of our Southern
planters, if, when their slaves become tool
old or infirm to earn a living, they were to ship
them to London or Liverpool, to live upon the
charities of a foreign people, or to die in the
streets? Would it be worse thus to dispose of
an old infirm negro 6lave, than a white free man?
Is this trade of shipping paupers against their will
a whit better {ban the African slave-trade?
Thank God, there is nothing in tho system of
slavery, as it exists in this country, one half as
hnrrihlp.
From the Atlas.
"Exect.able Barbarity.?By statements in
various quarters, it seems that, the English arev
pushing, with desperate vigor, the means bcgunl
by them some time since, to get rid of their pami
per population. At every opportune occasion, I
the half-starved inmates of their alms-houses are
packed on like cattle, in vessels hired to convey
them to the United States. In this way the parish
officers of many towns have already freed
themselves of a vast number of diseased, blind,
dccrepid, old deformed, and helpless beings.? |
These poor men and women, who are Englsh by |
birth; after expending their youth, the flower of
their lives?exhausting themselves, body and
mind, to subserve the cupidity, and administer to
tlie want6 of a purse-proud, luxurious, and never
satisfied aristocracy?these broken down people,
who, in the extremity of their age and destitution,
have the strongest of all human claims upon
the sympathies and charities of their countrymen?these
unfortunate and suflcringbeings are
now made outcasts of their own fellow citizens;
expatriated against their will; sent, in despite of
their prayers and tears, thousands ot miles over
the seas, to a foreign clime; and there, without a
single hope this side of the grave, must speedily
end their days in wretchedness and misery?deprived
even of the solace that their mortal bodies
might rest, at last, in the land where they were
horn and labored so long!
"Where, in the annals of all the nations of ihe
earth, can be found an act more abhoiqtfly barbarous
or execrable than this? Great Britain the
most enlightened and potent of empires, is now
covering up her other foul and bloody deeds, by
this, the blackest and most unnatural of public
crimes!"
IIgwlc Manufactures.?We have recently notice^some
Carriage, StagejsCoachcs and Buggies,
that were built by Cox, Gower & Markley,
of this town, which, for beauty of finish^ftfehinnable
style, strength and durability, are'rtbt surpassed
bv any that we have seen, whether made
at "Newark,' or elsewhere. This Company employs
about 20- workmen,, who are capable of
building a carriage in a remarkably short space
of time, and at a lower price than similar articles
are often purchased.?Scu.h -an establishment is
not only agieatconveniengyspersons residing
in ltmvprHiefiMr.hi. cum nf mAtnntr
is retrained amongst us, which would otherwise
he sent off. - We are. happy to learn that the
worlkyand enterprising Proprietors have, so far,
found.a ready-market lor their work, and lake
pleasure in inviting those who may wish a Carriage,
of any kin^, to visit the establishment and
judge for themselves whether we have overrC^
ted it.?Ctreencills Mouniinccr.
' - One
Term.?Thb Mft'di>onian,-Mr Tyler's
special organ, saj's, "One half, probably, of the
Whjgs, prefer-Mr.-^VebRter to Mr. Clay, as
President, and they look forward to his succeeding
-Tyler, after the latier-shall lave served anolU- \
ert-r:rr,% or, 15 ether words, qnfMrzi in 'his
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Correspondence of ike Charleston Courier.
.j, WASHINGTON, JUNE 11.
The S^mteip not in session to-day.
In the Mr. Gushing offered the following
resol|gt0^ tyhi'ch was agreed to:
Resolved;' That tlie President of the United
States be requested to communicate^) the
House of Representatives, (if in his judgment
the same be compatible with the public interest)
the report of the Commissioners on the $Sfcof
the United States and the Mexican RepoWtc;
also, a particular statement of the condition of
claims preferred by citizens of the United States
QOj^he Government of thq, Mexican Republic,
/-siK.ri,,i.? n( thp fJnvprnmpnt
11 "-H UIO IliLCI'jJUBIllUll v.
of" the United States has been invoked, and which
are not yet satisfied.
The Apportionment bill, with amendments
from the Senate, was communicated and laid on
the Speaker's table?
The Speaker announced that the bill for the
adjustment of private claims in Louisiana was
the special order for this day.
jy.i.The House proceeded to the execution of the
border, and spent the day therein.
? 1 have just 6een tetters from commercial men
in New York to members of the House, giving
information as to the state and prospects of .the
loan. Tliey also state that the loan will not be
taken in.Europe, nor here; that strenuous efforts
are making to obtain a part of it in New York
and Boston; thatiWCapitaliats of Europe have
combined against us with a view to force us to
assume the state debts; that the state of the
revenue and of business in New York is bad and
becoming worse; that a tariff will afford no relief;
that goods are exporting from New York,
to get the. drawback, &c.
Yon will find in the Madisonian of this morning
a card:from Mr. Profit, which asserts the
consistency of Mr. Tyler's course on the distribution
subject, and shews that, in the Virginia
legislature, he held the doctrine, as now, that
there should be no distribution if the tariff
should be raised above twenty per cent.
It is very commonly asserted, to-day, that the
President will veto the Extension bill and any
Revenue bill which provides for distribution
while it increases duties beyond the terms of
the Compromise act.
In that case, it is probable that no Revenue
bill will nnss nt this session: that is?that, after;
July 1st, there will be no revenue at all;?for
it is insisted that on the 30th of June, the acts
regulating the collection of duties will expire.
The Madisonian has backed out from the
promise of a reply to Mr. Ewing's statement.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 13.
Mr. Adams, to-day, submitted a resolution,
which was adopted, calling on the President for
copies of the quintuple treaty, relative to the
suppression of the slave trade, together with
copies of Mr. Cass's protest, and of his correspondence
on the subject. Mr Adams' view6 on this
subject will be brought out more at length when
he obtains the necessary information. lie has
already declared that Mr. Cass's interferance
with this subject was improper, and I have reason
to think that the same opinion is entertained
in the Cabinet of Mr. Tyler. ?
This was the day, in course, for the introduction
of resolutions. Many were presented, and
several of them relative to the organization of the
House, its rules, &c.
A motion was made to enforce the Committee
of the Whole to take a vote on any question at
t-kmav" vajnrfmo #1.1
votes by yeas and nays in Committee of the
whole on amendments to the TarifFbill, after the
Committee have sufficiently discussed any amendments.
I think it will yet be adopted, and
that it will be found useful in this particular case.
It will be a very bad arrangement to go on in a
general debate on the Tariff, till the majority of
the House decide to arrest the debate and take
the bill out of Committee. Discussion is necessary
on each particular item of the bill, and this
cannot be had without a new system, by which
the Committee will be compelled to pass from
item to item.
The "nnr. hour rule" was adonted bv a laram
-majority, to be applicable to all debates in the
|3Rousc and the Committee.
jfjpThe Aj-porlionmcnt, Bill, returned from the
Sdnate with amendments, was taken up. The
question was on concurring with the Senate in
their amendments.
Mr. Everett moved the previous question, and
insisted upon it, contrary to the earnest request
of Mr. Adams. The House, however, refused
to second the previous question. Mr. Adams
thanked the House for refusing to apply the gag
to a question which was the most important that
had ever arisen between the two Houses. He
went on to argue in favor of a full representation
and to show that the Senate had no right to interfere
in a matter relating entirely to the organization
of the House. He was for the ratio proposed
by Mr. IJerricn in the Senate, 50,000, and
for the fractional representation. After some
rlolntft tliA fianofn omAiwlmnnf /?li!innrinnr Hio ro_
tio from 50,179 to 70,680, was non-concurred in,
95 to 112.
The Senate, to-dav, was chiefly occupied in
the consideration of private claims. The bill for
the settlement of the accounts of Silas Deane,
after a 'ong debate, was ordered to be engrossed.
The Senate spent some time in Executive session,
engaged chiefly on the nom ination of Mr.
Caldwell, of New-Orleans, as the Superintendent
of the Mint atfbat place. The nomination
was rejected without a division.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 14.
The apportionment bill was again considered
in the House to-day. After the adjournment of
yesterday, the Whig members of the- House had
a consultation on the subject of the ratio, and de
terminfid to take the ratio proposed by the Senate.,
.A number of the Whigs however, dissented,
arid would not come into the measure. The j
motion tovreconsider the vote non-concurring
tho Senate amendment was offered, and&ftj??
House called. Two hundred and fourteen mwjljj
hers were present. The vote was close?
.reconsidering 106, against it, 109. ?
' Tfe^awStipn was then taken on the Senate
amendifflreth ftilowing a representative for each
fraction exceeding half a ratio.
''This was scouted, clamored against, and rejected
almost by acclamation. The vote was
for concurrence"50, against concurrence 161.?
So the bill went bark to the Senate.
Tho vote of the House against the representation
of fractions is too strong to be ehaken.?
But in regard to the ratio, it appears probable
that the House will ultimately yield to the Senate.
;
^The House took up the bill extending the taWr
laws till the 1st of August, and providing
that this shall not prevent the distribution of the
proceeds of the sale of the public lands on the
1st July.
The motion was to strike opt this proviso.?
Mr. \V. Cost Johnson EpWte against strikihg out,
and said that if th?- distribution should be*sue pended,
he .y?oflld. himself bring in. a bill to as.
I sv.nl the SliWSebts. He fu^her said that he
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fished this' question of araumptiOB oT non assumption
to be brought distinctly. before the- ,
The House passed a resolution to take'.th3|
bill out of Committee to-morrow at 2 o'clock,J
I suppose it will pass both Houses, but I assitfe j i
you that it is extremely probable, to say the ,
least of it, lhat Mr. Tyler will veto it. He will
certainly veto Mr. Fillmore's tariff bill Bhauffi c
it nass with the clause of repealing the prorah t
of the distribution act which suspends that act
in case duties should be increased over tweftty
per cent He had better therefore, save the ^
House the trouble of maturing the big bill, by
vetoing the-little billl
The Senate, this morning, passed the armed 1
occupation of Florida bill to a third reading. An t
abstract of the bill yon will see in the Ma.di.S- \
7?i'an of this morning. It will certainly pass the
House, and the general opinion is that it will
put an end to the Florida war?if it is not ended
?and Mr. Levy says it is ended. *
The Navy appropriation was takqn up, and a 1
motion was made and discussed to strike out the1 (
clause which prevents any part of this or future
appropriations from being applied to the payment
of officers, not now in service, until their -j
number shall be reduced by death, resignation .
or otherwise, to the number that jyas in services .
on the 1st January, 1841. Mr. Evans. Mr. ;
liams, and others debated the question, "mr. ]
W. said the number of officers had increased'in
a manner disproportionate to the increase of the
Navy, and it was necessary to check it But he ^
was willing to take the number in the service on
the 1st of January, 1842, as the standard.?
This was finally, agreed to. But I think the '
Senate is disposed to strike out the v^olo clause. ,
Yesterday being the day for the inauguration of
our Mayor, Col. Seaton, his mansion was thrown
open, and he received the cqngralulations and
respects of the President, the Cabinet, the Foreign
Ministers, Gen. Scott and suit, and the
universal public besides.
Great Robbery.?The Louisville Journal of
Monday says:
"There was an atrocious assault and robbery
on Thursday night at the corner of Second and
Walnutstreet8. About twenty, minutes before
one o'clock, a Mr. George W. Bartlett, of St.
'Louis, was attacked by three ruffians, two of
whom held liirn by the arms, while the third rifled
him of 818,000 in bills of exchange on Baltimore,
New York, and Philadelphia, and about
$130 in bank notes. In the struggle that he
made with the robbers, he was 6fabed severely
though not dangerously, in the thigh and arm.
A gentleman in the neighborhood, who subsequently
took the wounded man into his house
and sent for medical aid, says that he heard hi6
cries of distress for at least fifteen minutes before
he went to his assistance. He supposed at first
that the noise probably proceeded form some
drunken rioter. When he arrived at the spot, the
ruffians were gone: and he informed us that a
watchman could not be found for more than an
hour.
From the Tallahassee Star of the 9th inst.
MORE INDIAN MURDERS.
The following account of the massacre of a
whole family, but a few days since, on the Suwanee,
cannot be read without a shudder, and a feelI
ing of indignation against those who have the
j management of affairs, who, while they are de
I into a
| false security, are in possession of the strongest
; evidence, that the enemy is stil Unsubdued, not
i sensibly diminished in numbers, and ever ready
' to pounce upon every unguarded point .
On Wednesday 7th in6t., about 2 o'clock in
, tire afternoon, a party of about forty Indians came
| upon the plantation of Capt. Robinson, near the
Sandy Ford, on the Suwanee River. Capt. Robinson's
three sons and a hired man, were ploughing
in a field- They were all simultaneously
fired upon by Indians: three of tho young , men.
were shot dead, the other mortally wounded.
Capt Robinson was at some distance from the
young men, when he first saw the Indians and
heard the report of their rifles, fled towards, his
house; when he approached it, he found another
party of Indians already in the yard, he saw his
wife and daughter, break from the house and
endeavor to escape. Mrs. R. was^ty and fell,
wounded; the daughter was pursu^ by ^n Indian
who caught her by her hair as sh&it^'and cutting
her throat with his knife, draggea her back
to the house, and with her wounded mother she
was thrust within doors and the house fired.?
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ine living anu uie ueau wt*re consumed logemer.
Capt Robinson rallied the neighbors,'who
soon after visited the spot. One of the young
men who was shot in the field, was found still ,
alive, though he did not long survive.
This is the fifth or sixth massacre, in that same
neighborhood, by the same band within a twelve- <
month; and yet scarce an effort has been made
by the commanders of the posts, to dislodge
them. The war on their side, has been long $
ended,
PDIJTT0S RUN WILD.
Some very amiable Georgians have been hold- ]
ing a meeting at Augusta, whereat they nomina- |
ted Mr. Clay as a candidate for the Presidency,
and took measures to be represented at a state '
convention, to organize a Clay party in Georgia. 1
We call them amiable, for n?ne but men of the ]
most tender feelings, totally insensible to wrongs ,
?_.l l.;..a
rtuu iiiL-cijmuic uj ucanu^ icocuuiicui iui ciuj rwuiu
of injury?very soft-hearted indeed?couhftfeake
up their minds to support for the'PresidwScy in
Georgia, so preserving and inveterate an enemy
as Mr. Clay has been to that State, in every point i
which she has professed to consider vital to her |
principles or her interests. The people of that
State never were united on any question whatever,
touching political doctrine, States Rights <
jui general, or the rights in any essential point of 1
Keorgiain particular, when they did not find this |
lame Mr. Clay the chief among their revilers and feiversaries.
It is only six or seven years, since
!? made the opportunity in the Senate of the U. *
States on the presentation of a mere memorial {
from one of the Cherokees, lo arraign and de- <
nounce all the legislation of Georgia, on that sub- ,
ject and describe it in 6uch terms, as applicable
rather to a horde of banditti, than an intelligent 1
and civilized State. He accused them by impli- i
cation of lawlessness, meanness and oppression, j
from the raos*. sordid of motives?and only abstained
from attempting to apply the most offen- '
sive epithets, because, in his opinion language
could not fully describe the enormity of their i
acts. Besides this overt act of particularho;t li- ]
ty, ne is tne cmei c nampion ox mose uocrrines
erf government and measures of. policy, to which 1
Georgians, as southern -States Rights men," have 1
among all their international digprmsions, vied ,
amongst themselves, in-professing adhesion.?
Very "amiable" we say again, and patient, and
forgiving must be the Georgians who enrol them- 1
selves publicly as Clay-men.
1 ? ' Mobile Roister. \
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(D*The regular Bemi-montfify mceting--of
Washington Temperance Society Will BeheW-afc
Davis s Hal. on Saturday evening next at eignb
j'clock. Persons friendly to the cause are invi-.
edtoattend. '*/ ^
The "Dog Law."^?We are reques^TEstate
hat in consequence of a- report of there being
nad doge'dn this vicinity, and one having died
n town, which was supposed to have been mad,7
he Ordinance in relation to dogs ranningat large
vill.be put in force from and after this day, . ,
cpreetf Corn.?We gathered several ears' of
rreen Corn from our garden on Monday madSipg.
last. Wp have lieard o^ao'ne earlier wHhis
section.
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Early JFruxx.- Peaches, Pears and Water
M elons have made 'heir appearance in our mar-'
tet A. D. Jones, Esq. informs us that h^W.-s^
been eating Figs, from his Buck Hill jM
for the last fortnight
The Crops.?The crops throughotfi^fecdinP
try are represented in our exchanges, (o he. very
fine. In some, parts of our own and the .
boring districts, we understand th&y-have boAk;
ed somewhat |om drought,-but the shower^ tmro
have fallen within the last four days have ma(1
tv rv/1 tlirtm- lftiof awn in/1 /-?o
tctiuiijr ucjicuiicu tuciijr a* icaov nc juu^cm^
from the altered appearance of some of-outtfar.
mers, whose faces had been tofe'rable lohg, for
the last six or eight days.
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The Earthquake at St. Domingo;?A correspondent
of the U. S. Gazette, after detailing
the particulars of the late Earthquake, states that
the country people marched into the city armed
with manchettea, knives and guris, and began the
work of plunder and ^murder,"killing every one
who offered any resistance to their depredations.
They flftt attacked the stores of the white me?v |
chants, all of whom that could, made?for the ship- ^
ping, leaving their property at the mercy of their
"colored brethren," who took possession of every
thing they could lay their hands on. Bands of
eight or ten of the pi undererers woujd meet in
the streets and contend for the spoils, frequently
leaving on the ground one half of their number
dead or wounded. Such a scene, says^the writer,
was scarcely was ever beheld. Beneath
the ruins the cries of the wounded andrdyingfor
succour were heard h$tfain, and iir many-cases
four dayB had elapsed hflfcre any eflhrts eoutjbe
made for their relief. i ' . : ^CoNGREssr?The
bill for the extension of /the
tariff laws till the first of. August waspassed in
the House on the 15th init^tfid will no doubt
r.ass in the Senate.?This bill reoeala the Btfth
section of the distribution act/which section suspends
that act in case the duties be increased *
above 20 per cent. It is generally believed that
the bill will be vetoed by the President?in that
event it ie supposed there will be a'breaking* tip
and re-yrganizatiopj^the Cabinet It is rumored
that the Clajf'twjg&will move anJmfieacbment
against the Pi^dent if he shourd*veto-the *
bill. The House at the latest dates were enga- *
ged in debating the motion to insist upon their 9
disagreement to the Senate's amendment to the ^1
apportionment bill.
Ax Old mcnnener.?A tnan 66 years old,
named Watson, living in Martin County, N,C.
recently killed a poor woman whom he foandin
his orchard gathering plums. On discovering
her, he left his work, went to the house, got his
gnn, and as soon as he was near enough, took
deliberate aim and shot her dead.,. The only rea.
son he assigned for the horrid deed was, that she-,
had conjured him.
The Presidency.?Henry Clay was nominated
for the Presidency, by the Whig Convention
which assembled af-'Milledgevilfe, (Geo.) last *
week.
i The King of Rhode Island has issued a proclamation
offering a reward of 81,000 for the apprehension
and confiment in any jail within-^ds ^
Kingdom, ot liov. Dorr. We would eugge&JLp' . *3
bis majesty, the propriety of importing a pacft of 1j
blood-hounds, to be used by one ofhis "lawjand
jrder" companies in trailing Dorr up. Itwonld
be a much better mode, than making requisitions
for his arrest, on such men as thei Governor of
Connecticut
GOLD MINES IN GEORGEA?^|
The Augusta Constitutionalist of the'Wfiffnst.
jnder the above head, says:?"We ire ipfotroed
bat a rich mine baa been discoveredJgwffij'pld
Dbar Mine," which had been worke&andmesert?d.
It is the property of the Hon. John G. Calloun.
Mr. Sisson has been working the mine .
wjth 15 to 18 hands, and in eighteen dayrup to
be 28th May, the mine has produced 326 ounces
if gold. On Monday following 030 dtots. Were
fathered; on Tuesday 590; on Wednesday, 1118;
in TKnrcrrlnv 1QQQ. 1 AAA
XUWj OUU Oil A 1 lUUJ f AUW
?vere gathered, as some of the hands were occu.
sied in repairing the tunnel, &c. The mine, is
represented as very rich; and it is believed.that
he richest part of the mine has not as
discovered." .^r. - . - smEqL
A correspondedlent^f the Georgia'-Journal
in speaking of this mine says:?"On Satuaday
last the richness of this mine becoming more and
more Certain, it was visited and examined by a
number oj gentlemen, of which number was Dr.
lohn^tf&Sifee, Adolphus- Rutherford,s Benjamin
MilnerjJfemes L. HaviH^and Willis Milner,, and
some o^effl^ayjjjg.i descended about fifty.feot
into the hill examined the vein, Mr.Jjaw.
renco dug out* a quantity of the-vein ore, and it
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