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SOUTHERN PRESS
WASHINGTON CITY.
TUESDAY, JULY Ut), l8di.
A Reply to I ocle Ton's Cabin
We have beeu lavored hy llio Authoress, Mrs
Eastman,j^f this city?tho gifted J.uiy of < '?j?t.
Eastman of the army?witli som? of IhAushap*
ters of a forthcoming work from her pen, intended
as an offset to Mrs. Stowe'h abolition
novel. We have not had the pleasure of perns,
ing Mrs. Eastman's novel, which is shortly to
appear, but competent judges who have, pro.
nounce it to be highly interesting, and wo know
from proofs she has already given that she possesses
the ability to make it so. One of her
productions, illustrative of Indian character, and
detailing many of tke wilrLlogeuds of the Northwestern
tribes (among whom her husband was>
for a time, stationed) first introduced her to our
acquaintance, and is the guarantee of her capacity
for the task she has now undertaken. Jt is,
indeed, a noble task for a Southern woman, to
vindicate her bretheren of the South from the
cruel and unjust nsporsiuns of their Northern
sister, who coins her dollars of profit at a risk of
their being the price of blood,
An extract from Mrs. Eastman's work will
be fodnd in another column, but it is of course
unjust to any author to form a judgment as to
the interest of any tale by taking a scrap of it.
Our sole object in publishing this fragment is to
invite attention specially to tlio work, which
could not be accomplished so well in any other
way.
t As Mrs. Eastman intends to confine herself
to truth, the advantage of dramatic interest is
all on the side aI Mrs. Stowe, who has certainly
not restricted her range by any such limitation.
Regarding these as far more potent engines
than Congressional speeches, because reaching
[ - and coming home to the hearts of so many who
take no interest in politics, so styled, we have
deemed the circulation sale and success of Uncle
Tom's Cabin as a most evil omen?both as testifying
to the existence and extent of the abuli
tion sentiment in the popular mind, and as to itincrease
through that agency. Therefore we
rejoice that as a female hand has proffered the
poison, the hand of a true wom*n fa also now
extended with the anti^e.
Talking out Like a Han.
If we had in the North onjy a few more men
like James K. Patldisg, not only intelligent
enough to comprehend the truth, but fearless
enough openly to utter it, the tide of fanaticism
migh' partially be stayed. But they are unhap
pily so few as to constitute exceptions only to
the general rule to the contrary. The South
? seems disposed to put up with "the best it can
get"?and bad is that best in consequence. Occasionally,
however, some man does speak out
and overflowing is the gratitude that follows the
f simple uuerance 01 mat wnun snouia be an universally
acknowledged truth, if the North and
South are to be equals in this confederacy.
These remarks have been elicited by the let
ter of Mr.C. J. Ixt>FR8oi.L to tfie New York
Democrats, in which he embodies the following
sentiment:
"The rival party conveniens?comptUng to
vindicate slavery as part of that AmerxrJthl'er'y
which the treaty of Independence recognises,
and no foreign uation must meddle with."
That these are Mr. Ikofrsou/s own sentiments
we do not doubt Mad the " rival con
volitions," wither b. worJa or acts, entered into
the " competition " of which he speaks, they
might have settled this question: but neither
dsred do it?both, under specious generalities
evaded the merits of the question. Mr. Isof.r,
moll, therefore, deludes others as well as him*
self, by his generous enthusiasm, and gives the
conventions credit for which they are not enti*
tied, and which thtir members would be loath to
claim.
?#f"The Deficiency bill has grown very fast
during its passage through the House. As it
went to the Senate from the House, it smounted
to sbout $3,000,000. The following sre some
of the additions made:
For interest on s stale Choetaw claim $8^3,000
For extra clerka 50.000
Mexican Boundary Commission 80.000
Contingent expenses of the Senate 137,000
Books and printing 49,000
Collin* steamers, extra pay for last half
tOKl ft /%*%** AAA
Extraordinary expense* of court*, in
sending colored men in slavery, Fillihualer
trial*, dfce. 90.000
For erecting cuatotn houses 300,000
These item* amount to 8l?8M,0<XI, and with
numerous others not enumerated, they Wring up
the amount or the bill to oier $5,000,000.
This, be ?f recollected, is to supply deficiencies
for the ^cal year terminating on th? it'ltfi
June lest. The Inttlli^rncrr savs :
"Among the appropriations which have Wen
exhaoeted /'except the email remainder unexpended
in the hands of the officers of the Sen.
ate and House of Representative*> is that for
the pay and mileage of members of f ongreae."
This will douhtle** insure prompt action, for
the members of Congress put religious faith in
the maxim that "the laborer is worthy of hia
hire"-? in their own caee at least.
Ceergla.
The last intelligence as to the actings and
doings of the Georgia Constitutional Union
Convention, ebowa that party to be as distracted
and divided as all other parties everywhere just
at present. We give the following despatch for
what it ia worth. Until full accounts are received,
it is Impossible to speculate on the probable
reaulta of the action taken by the members
of this convention. Two thi*?s teem clear:
flratly, That the Whig party it bv,ded?and
secondly, That the Democratic party i? not
moch batter plight, in Georgia.
Charlsitor, S. C, July 18.?Wa have account*
here of tba action and final adjournment
of the Georgia Constitutional Union Convention,
after havirg been in aeeaion two daya.
A ything but onion and harmony characterized
the deliberation# of thia political body. It wan
found impossible to make any united nomina
tion, or come to any general or satisfactory
agreemlnt. The convention broke op at wioe
variance. The Scott men withdrew entirely?
in other worda, ' vamosed"
The friend# of Meaara. Webster and Fillroo-e,
nombering in all, in the convention, from forty
to fifty, fraternized and nominated Daniel Webeter,
for the Presidency, and Mr. Charlea G.
Jenkins, of Georgia, for Vice Preeident.
The frieode of Howell Cobb were moatly
from Cherokee county. They went to work
end nominated what they call a Pierce and King
ticket, and what ia remarkable, thoee who participated
in thia nomination were moet of them
among the really olira Whig# of Georgia.
The frienda of Mr. Cobb, it ia aaid, are moch
chagrined at tha reaolt and qoaai diatraatfol.
The convention, or eeveral tegmenta of tba coovantion.
adjoornad t\ne die.
/
I I# 1b? miitUry 9td*tt su^oiHr wg to the i
| army the death of Major <>surra! UontK Jotim,
; late Adjutant (ieneral, will bo found in our
columns. As a soldier, lio bold no ineouspicuuna
place in tln? militury liiatory of bia country
i ?but liia beat record is in the memory of tliia
community, and of all Wbo lyiew the man
There was n bouutiful unity in bin long life ?
for bis zeal in tbe public service, bin kindness
'ii all other relations of life, were unwavering.
Tbe ollicial position which be occupied at tbe
| seat of government, gave him, especially when
j duly placed the bead of the army elsewhere
during long intervals, a principal part in tbe
direction of army affairs. In llm execution o!
I this great trust, his industry never llagged, hi* !
energy, discretion and justice were always con j
epiciuus. No insolence of office nvcr maired !
j the amenity of his nature, or d if figured the
courtesy id manner which stamped him a Vir j
j ginia gentleman of tho old school. The iuHn
once which bia liigl^ character bad won, the |
| means which ilia small fortune supplied, were ;
ever ready to assist merit or relieve distress.
Affectionate in bis family, true in friendship, f
j cherished in the .social circle, few men have ever ;
left the world more sincerely lamented.
To his large family this faithful and distinguished
public servant has left little else than the j
I legacy of mi honorable name- Yet we leurn
that lie has had for sonic time before Congress
a just pecuniary claim, which has only failed ;
J through non action upon it?having twice and ,
unanimously passed the Senate, and having
; been favorably reported on in the other Mouse.
1 We trust that the boon of justice will not be ;
J long withheld from his heirs.
I 1^ A! I IK,: A I'fil ITI.IVMU TO TIIK til'KCITK. i
The following rallying cry to Abolitionism to
i come to the rescue of General Scott against the
; condemnation of the SoutheriutYhigs we find
i in the Cincinnati Gazette of Monday :
' Boys of Ohio, uo you hear that??
| Tooinbs, Morton & Co., in a card publiohed in
! the National Intelligencer, refuse to, support
VVintield Scott, because lie don't believe slavery
is the best and most glorious thing in the world.
The old hero had the audacity to say, in a letter
to Mr. Atkinson, of Virginia, that he was in fa
yor ot the right? f petition, and that he thought
emancipation was a duty, when practicable!
For these crimes and misdemeanors against the
perpetuity of slavery, Messrs. Tootnbs, Morton
& Co., aided by the organ of Democracy, the
Washington Union, denounce General Scott as
j unworthy the support of those pillars o? slave
| ry and Democracy ! Boys of'Ohio, do you hear
that1 The denunciation of Gen. Seott for such
opinions, is a denunciation of you and your
opinions. Ste to it, that freedom ia not struck
U 'wn on the soil of Ohio."
On the other side, the Now Vork Evening
Post is greatly delighted with the Uepublic's
report of General Pierce,s sentiments in relaj
lion to tiie Fugiliv.e slave law, and hopes it may
be true..
With both classes the party is subsidiary,
Abolition paramount.
ttiva-Eait.
What with the repudiation, the Maine, the
abolition, and the fuhery questions, the downeast
papers are getting quite spicy. We pick
out two pepper-pods. The Boston Times says:
"The li'e says that ' Mr. Welwtter is in the
hands of his friends/ So he was at the Haiti,
more convention, and fired but little worse
than common tnen do in the hands of their enemies."
The Hartford Republican raises a monument
to the Compromise, on which it puts the follow|
ing inscription:
44 Sn.r-SA<"Biricsp.
June, 1852. in honor of the
Cur.at Compromise,
WebsL>*, Cass, Fillmore, Bnrh man. Douglas,
Stockton, Houston, Bnvd. Dallas. Kush,
Lane. Marcy, Dickinson.
1 And they called on the name of Raal from
morning e?eti until noon. saying.Oh, Raal, hear
us ! but there was no voice nor any that an.
s wercd."'
A ?|?rck of War.
The rumors in relation to anticipated troubles
with England, arising out of the collisions of
British and American fisheries, provo to have
foundation. The following despatch, received
yesterday, shows that Mr. Wf.bstp.r is determined
that M lite business of New KngUnd '
shall receive no detriment. The national North
a!ways takes care of its rights and privileges,
ami don't compromise them, n<>f allow her Mates
men t?? do so. It is a curious fact that are have
twice narrowly escaped war with Croat ihitain
in the last few years, on account of rollisiotc. in
: the Northeast and in the Northwest-?end now
we have more troubles in Consequence of New
England interests.
In the mean lime, th?- South, with her pre'
tended elements of antagonism with foreign na
i lions, never mjiiim into <ol!iai"n with them;
bat ha* invariably, oven on South* rn to
j t?! e the heat and burden of the ?jn?rro!* in the
I council and the field into which the North i*
i eternally drugging the rowntry.
II- r? ia tire d patch
Baltimore,, July i' l? I65J.
ThjJk'^on t'ourirf pub!i-br* a document
j frdf ur. Webster relative to the American
nh#,e?l It ?*ya that meaaurcs are being taken
by the Biitiah government in regard to the >(uea
lion. It will cause a loaa to America of valuable
; fi-herio%?complete interruption of an extensive
basinet** of New Kngland?and constant coJI
Jiaiona of an unpleasant and exciting character,
which may lead to loaa of life, and threaten the
peace of the two countriea. The whole aubject
will engage the immediate attention of the gov*
ernmenl.
Army Movemewm ??V? learn by the Fort
Smith (Arkansae) ll-rald of the arrival at that
post of Captain Dent and Lieiit?"ian'a Witter
i and Sclden, 5th infantry, from Fort Belknap,
i Brazoa?the two former on furlough, and the
I latter on recruiting M>rvic?. Captain Little and
Lieutenant Van B* kelen, 7th infantrv. arrived
on the 26th Ultimo?-the former from Fort fi b
on and the latter from Fort Wa?hiia. Major
Reynold*. puymaater, left on the 24th. incompanJ
with Lieutenant Van Bokelen, for Fort
YVa?hi*?
Cholera *t rorriffort.?The cholera haa
k?oL..n Aiit mi U. - t a W J 1 9
u.v>c? ?/u* ?. ??"-nfpon, mq, una wverai promi
i nent ciiixene have uien victims, among them
Gen. Ilatlon, Whig (.-ndidate for the Legirla
tore; Arthur Taylor, of 'Virginia, one of the
heaviest dealers in tohaccn the Missouri;
Mr. Hadwin, hie pertner, and Jobs T. Harris.
Cool.?One of the steamboat* that rone from
Portland to the Penobscot advertises, in a morning
paper, that the boat will leave on Prissy,
"to go at jar at the ire trill "permitA North,
ern railroad still advertiees its "Winter arrangement.*
People who desire a eonl retreat daring
' the prevalence of intense heat, should take one
I of these routes?Bo*t<m Trnntmpt.
A sew Drink.?The last triumph in this way,
advertised at the shops in New York is Cream
ade, a most delicious mixture of ice-cresm and
lemonade?cool, refreshing and palatable, and,
what ia beet of ail. without a particle of intoxication
in it. In these hot days, such a drink ia
an acquisition
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SOUTHERN LIFE AS IT IS.
WriKODTT, Crambo &. Co., Philadolphii
tiavo in presa and will issue on the first of Ai
gust next, Aunl /'hiU is' Cabin, or Souther
Life as it is; By Sirs. 51 ah v 11. Eastman.
This volume will present a picture of Moutl
oru life, taken at different points of view fro'i
the one occupied by tho author of Ancle Tom
Cabin.
The writer being a qativo of the South,
familiar with the many varied aspects assume
by domestic servitude in that sunny region, an
therefore feels competent to give pictures <
Southern life as it is.
I'ledged to no clique or party, and free fr<u
the pressure of any and all extraneous inlluei
ccs, she has written her hook with a view to it
truthfuluess, and the public, at the North a
weli as at the South, will find in "Aunt Phil lit
(" bin," not the distorted picluro of an interestc
painter, but (he faithful transcript of a daguei
rootypist. It is the truth that all profess to eeeli
and in a matter of such vital interest to th
whole nation as domestic slavery, truth, no
highly wrought, imaginary representations, i
above all things demanded. Much, in the en
tieing garb of a skilful fiction, will Aunt l'hillo
Cabin present.
chatter ?.
As absnrd would it bo for one of the emal
unsettled stars, whose place and wandering w<
know not of, to usurp the track of the queen o
night, or of the god of day, as for an nnpretend
ing writer to go over ground that lias been trod
den by the master minds of the ago. But i
was in tho olden time that Cooper has deeerihei
a dinner parly in all its formal but hospitabli
perfection. Washington was a guest, too
though an unacknowledged one. Wo canno
introduce him at Exeter, yet I could briug for
ward more than one who knew liirn well, valu
ing him not only as a hero and u member ol
society, but as the man chosen by God for i
great purpose. Besides, I would introduce
some of the other residents of L. to my readers
I would let them into the very heart of Virginia
life; and ahhough I cannot arrogate to it any
el ims for superiority over other conditions ol
society among people of the same class in life
vet. at least, I will not allow an inferiority.
And as variety is the spice of eociety^is well as
life, I can show that here as well as elsewhere,
there are tn-ny men of many minds.
Mark, the head waiter at Exeter was iu his
element at a dinner party, ami the sideboard
and tables, on such an occasion, were in their
holyday attire. AVtrongarm, a hair brush and
bees-wax, had banished all appearance of use,and
Mark thought within himself, that every article
in the room looked as bright and handsome as
on the occasion of his poor mistress' fiist presiding
at her table. Tho blinds of the windows
looking South, were partly open, and the
branches of the lemon tree, and the tendrils ol
the white jessamine assisted in shading the
apartment, and made it fragrant too. The bird
cages were hung among the branches of the
flowers, and the little prisoners sang as if they
had at last found a wav of escaDe to their native
woods. Old fashioned silver glittered on the
sideboard, the 1 irge china punch bowl maintaining
its position in the centre.
William had gone to the drawing-room to
announce the important intelligence, "dinner is
ready," and Mark looked around the room for
the last time to see that everything was as it
should be, anufting up the rich fuuies of the
soup as they escaped f rom the sides of the silvercovered
tureen. He perceived that one of the
salt cellars was rather near the corner of the
table, and had only time to rearrange it, when
William threw open the doors, and the company
entered, and with some little delay and formality,
took their places. We need not w?i?
until the Ilev. Mr. Aldee says grace, though,
perhaps, it would not detain us long, for th?
Itev. Mr. Aldee, besides being very hungry, lisa
great deal of tact, and believes in short prayerc
on such occasions; nor will we delay to lister
to the first breaking down of the strongholds ol
precision and ultra propriety that almost solem
ni/.ed the commencement of the enterteiriinent
but the old Madeira has been passed around
and a lively conversation is going on from dif
ferei t parts of the dinner table.
"We have outlived, air," said Mr. Chapman
addressing a Northern gentleman who was i
guest,"*e ba-e outlived the first an 1 the great
e?t era of our country. Its infancy, air, was it'
greatest era. The spirit of Arlington thong!
still breathe* among in. One or two of its lien
bate conversed with him, sal at hia latilc, tukoi
liini by the hand, and it i.< too soon for the grea
principles that animated his whole cause to hav<
passed fr >ui our memory. I utn not a very olr
man. gentlemen and lacioa, yet it m>-<-iiis to im
s great while *inec the day of Washington'!
funeral. My father called me and my brother
to him. and while our mother was fastening s
band of black crape around our hats?'M v le?v?,
oiid lie, 'you have seen llm best days of thi
republic.' An J it in m; for ;? ? much ?h tin
United Xlates has inrrcuned in sir.e, mid power
and Health Mm e then, different interrnta an
dividing her."
"W,i* Washington a cheerful innn nakw
an Knglishtnan who was present. "I have heari
that he never l-iughed. Is it no ?"
Visa Janet, *h" *;ts rnn-idercd *1 a kind o
oraele when ?oy p. r?onal memories nfWaih
ington were ? nrornt d, anewercd after a mo
mi nt's pan*.*?"I have seen him amila ofti-n
hut I never saw him laugh (nit once. He rodnv<-r,
one afternoon, to s?e ? relative with v.lion
I wass'aying. it w?a a dark, cloudy nftcrnoot
in November, anl a brisk wood lire was vert
agreeable. After aortic little conversation 01
ordinary topic*, the gen'lemon diicu -od' thi
politics of the time*, VVntnnigtou ?|?c 'king V?n
little, yet nlwaya listenr g atU nlivoit to other*
Suddenly a eon of my reiattfe entered th* rooti
in a not*y, bustling manner, and pa??|pg thi
gentlemen with a nod, he turned his bmk h
the fire, putting hia lends behind hiru. 'Fa
ther,' aairt he, hardly waiting until the eentenci
that Gen. Washington wssutt* ring wae finished
'what do you think ! Uncle Jack and I shot i
duck in the head.' lie de-erred a reproof fo
hia forwardness, but Washington joined th
rest in a laugh, no doubt amu?ed at the estimt
tion in which the y<?nth held him*elf and unrli
Jack. The poor boy left the rootn.and for a tiro
hia sporting talents were joked about more thai
he liked."
After the ladies retired, Mr. Se'.den proposei
the health of th# amiable George Washingtol
' '-Good heavens, sir," said Mr. Cnapman, th
veins in his fine forehead swelling, end hi
whole frsme trembling with vexation ; "what i
that yon say, air! Did ever any one hear of
aoldier being amiable! No, sir; I will give
toast that was drank jnat before the death ?
I I. a ntnaUal uliH I W> (S t /,( muft I ritclorl lift / ro
MIV K I ^ v " *" " Y "VIM
old newspapers the other day, which hare Ion
l*ld aside in mv aeeretary, and I read a toai
worth gi*ing. Fill high, gentlemen, 'The ma
who forget* the service* of George Waahinj
ton. mar he be forgotten by his country and b
hi* God.'"
Mr. Selden, who possessed in a remark ah
degree the amiableon-a that he had ascribed 1
another, swallowed the wine, and approved Ml
roast* Mr. Chapmun, however, was some tin:
in recovering hiacotnpoanre.
"Yon intend leaving Virginia very aoon, M
Lee," said Mr. Kenl, addressing Walter.
"Vary soon, air," Walter replied.
"Where ahall yon go firat7" aaid Mr. Kent.
"I have not decided upon any course of tri
vel, though I ahall wander towarda German
perhaps," aaid Walter.
"We will drink your health, then," aaid M
Weston. "A pleaaant tour, Walter, and a aal
return."
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H t? In ite beat fotcn--m it aihti in ths eSo'i'lietr.
L country.'*
* You flto right, air, 1 fear," said llio EnglishI
man. . I
, ' Well," said Mr. Perkins," I am glad I nni
I not n slaveholder, for on? reason?I urn sure I
I should never get to Heaven. 1 aui sure I sliould
> be knocking brains out from murniug'till niglit,
t that in, it there are brains under all that muss of
: wool. Why, they are so slow, and inactive, 1
| should be stumbling over theni all the time,
| though from the specimen I have seen in?your
r house, sir, I should nay they made most agreca|
hie servants."
r " My servants are very faithful; tlioy liavo had
great pains taken with them. 1 rarely have any j |
. complaints from the overseer." i <
| " Your overseers; that is the worst feature in i
, slavery," said Mr. Perkins. I
' Why, sir," said Mr. Chapman, ready for ]
, another argument, " you have your suporinten- <
. dents at the North?and theycui knock their <
. people down when they sea lit
, "i your pardon, sir," ?:.id Mr. Perkins, i
, " I hud forgotten that." I
, " Stay a iiitle while with us," said Mr- CIup- J
man, aa Mr. Westen rose to le<d the way to ,
| the drawing-room. >l You will not find us so i
bad as you think. We may roast a negro now ?
. and tiien, when we have a barbecue ; but Lhut i
. will be our way of showing you hospitality. |
, You must reiueniber, we are only poor heathen- ;
. isli Southerners,' according to the best received (
. opinions of some who live with you in New <
England." ,
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Yotf a?a fro Mi Luut:eeticut, ? baiieva, Mr
I'erUna,' ?aui M> Haihour, but a? you are nol
au Abolitivniet, i suppose it will not be mi
courteous to discuss the subject before you. I
*' have in my pocket a copy < fli law in your .State
i* which was in existence at one time. I copiofl
;i it froiu au old statute book. It st ems to uphold
the fugitive slave law in prospect. At that liuu
i you not only held ucgio, hut Indian slaves. I,el
" i qic read it, 'euUcruen, as we are on the subject
11 "Ho it unacted by the governor, council, anc
\s 1 representatives in general court assembled, and
| by the authority of the same, that whutaoevoi
. | negro,mulatto or Indian servant or servants slial
IM i be wandering out of the bounds of the town, oi
^ | place to wliUli they belong, without a ticket oi
d I pass in writing, under the hand of some assist
,t ant or justice of the peace?or under the hand
, of the master or owner of such negro, mulatto
' or Indian mrvants, shall be deemed and ac
" | counted as r.inaways and may be treated at
i- , such. And every person inhabiting in this cob
! ony, finding or meeting with any such negro mu
j latto or Indian servant .or servants not having ?
1 ticket us aforesaid, is hereby empowered to seize
5 and seeuru him or them and bring him or thepi
d before the next authority to be examii.e&and re
.. turned to his or their muster or owner, who shall
satiety the charge accruing thereby.
'1 "And nil ferrymen within this colony arc horo
a by required m>t to sutler any Indian, mulatto oi
it negro servant, without certificate as aforesaid to
B 1 pass over tlnir respective ferries by assisting
uieiii ujureifi cirtrutiy ur niiiirpuwy, uii uiu pnini
ty of paving a tine ot' twenty shillings tor every
' such offence k> the owner of such servants."
"In the sarre act, continued Mr. Harbour, a
free person who receives any properly large or
' small from a s!ave without an order from his masI
j tor, must eithrr make full restitution or be openly
1 ly whipped with so many stripes, (not exceeding
f twenty ."J
"Now, gentlemen, said Mr. Chapman, who was
. an impetuous old gentleman, don't you see how
t those Yankees were close enough in taking care
i of their own slaves?and if they could have
, raised sugar and cotton, or had deemed it for
( their advantage to be slaveholders to this day?
t they'd have,had a fugitive slave law before this.
. A Daniel would have ooine to judgment long
. before immortul Daniel Webster."
I "Wait a minute, ray dear-sir, said Mr. Bar
! hour, another paragraph of-the same aet proj
vides, that if any negro, mulatto or Indian servant
or slave shall bo found abroad from home
i in the night season after nine o'clock, without a
special order from his or their master or mis
f tress, it shall be lawful for any person or persons
( to apprehend and secure such negro, mulatto or
Indian servant or slave so offending, and him,
i her or them bring before the next a&s-dstnnt or
justice of the peace ; which authority shall have
full power to piss sentence upon siu-h servant
; or slave, and order him, her or them to be public
ly whipped on tho naked body, not exceeding ten
stripes, &c."
"Pretty tight laws you had sir, said Mr. Chapman,
addressing Mr Perkins?so a woman could
be picked up and whipped at the report of any
body, on the naked body. Why, sir, if we had
such laws here, it would be whipping all the
time. There is one thing cert-tin, you made the
most of slavery while you had it."
" But we have repented of all our misdeeds,"
said Mr. Perkins good humoredly.
" Yes, sir, like the boy that stole a penny, and
when he fou id it wouldn't buv the iacknile he
wanted, he repented and took it back to his
mother."
" But you mii9t remember the times, ray dear
sir," said Mr. Perkins.
" I do, sir. I do, sir, the very time that you
had come over fur your own freedom; and you
! even kidnapped the noble soiw of the soil, and
. made meniua of them. I wonder the very
ground did not cry out against you. Now we
have been left with the curse of slavery upon
us?for it is a curse upon the negro and the
, white man, and may God in his good time show
! us to remove from it. But why don't you
i Northern men buy our slaves and send them to
Liberia?"
"That would be against the principles of the
abolition party," s.'id Mr. Perkins.
" Kxcutuj mm sir, but damn their principles?
, you mean it is against their pockets. Why
, don't those th .t write abolition books, give their
, profits to purchase some of these poor wretches.
, who are whipped to death, and starved, snd
r given to the (bps to eat up. and burned alive?
, then I .would talk about principles, but no v 1
. talk about pocket*. 1 urn a poor man, sir,
though I own a few sUves, and J will sell tlisfn
. j to any Northern man or woman at half price for
. what I co Id get from a trader, and th?y may
I send them to Liberia.*"
11 "Lord! tir, they'd as toon think of buying the
evil niriiseii. 1 ou Din si excuse litis i'iligu-ige,
, ; *ir, but this subject irritate* me I confena. Why,
, air. not along a<>?, i was in the upper p >rt of
. | the State of New York, and I win looking rbou'
, me, for, air, i dp look ahout d<? wherever I am
11 Oiiemnrnin i got up early and walked tnwarda
, | the new railroad that they were constructing in
11 the neighborhood, and I chanced to g<-t on the
, j apot just in time to see a little fr*csa.between a
.1 'tout burlv Irishman and the superintendent of
, the party."
, '* I thought, be Jvtna," aai 1 the Irishman just
j as I approached near enough to hear what was
going on, " that a man could aee himself dono
f: pfttco t<?, in a lr< e country."
t M(*o to your work, MM the superintendent,
r s?id if you aay another w.;rd about it, I'll knock
VOU over."
I * ? ? it you'll knoi \ me over, you will," began
1 the Irialiui.sn?hut hn was over in a moment?
lliu superintendent, sir, gave him a blow between
f* the eye', with a lirst that was hard as iron, and
. the man ataggcrcd and .fell. I helped him up,
. air, and I reckon he thought matt< re might lie
worse atill, f?r he elowly walked on'?" Damn'd
,! tree country,"he muttered to me in a kind of
, j eontidential tone," I thought they wily knocked
, nigTcra ott r here. B* me sowl! hut I'll go buck
I to Ireland.'
, t rould not help ejrpr easing mv aatonisliment
, to the auoerintendent. repeating the Irishman's
; words,' ! thought only nigger* could Ihj knocked
down in thi? country."
, " Niggers! " said the superintendent, * I guess
e | if yon had t<? desl w ith Irishmen, you'd find you
q would be obliged to knock them down."
" But don't t ie lawa protect theni I a*kod
p u Liffi! why railroads have to Ire built, and
|j have to be built the right way. I aint afraid of
a the lawa. Why I think no more of knocking
r an Irishman over, air, than I do of eating mv
t dinner. One'a a? neceaaary aa the other." Now
if a damn'd Abolitionial,air, sees a slave knocked
P over, why he runa home to tell hi? mammy it's
f, enough tu brinjf "judgment* and fir* and every
, ?hing else on the country. A man muat have a
black akin or hi* sorrow* can never reach hia
j heart. He had better look about at home, there
g ia wrong enough there for liim to wake a fun*
r 1 about."
i* ; " Well," a*id the Englishman," yon had both
in j better come back to the mother country. The
a' beautiful word* an often quoted of Curran's
a may invite yon r * N<> matter with what aotemni,f
tien he may have been devoted upon the altar ol
slavery, the moment he totiche* the nacred soil
g of lfritain, the altar ami the (rod sink togethei
at in the duet, and he stand* redeemed, regenerated
,n and di*enthralled, hy the irresistible genitin ol
v. universal emancipation.1"
>J "Thank yon, air, for your invitation," arid
Mr Chapman," but I'll stay in Virginia. The
le old State is good enough for me. I have beer
to England, and 1 saw some of your redeemed
e regenerate, disenthralled peopO. I raw them if
the manufacturing district*, i saw feature* or
womena' facet that haunted me afterwards ir
r* my dreams. I saw children with shriveled, attenuated
lioibs ; and countenances that were old ir
misery and vice?auch men and women and
children as Dickens and Charlotte Elizabeth
a- tell about. My little grand daughter waa re
7> covering from a severe illness, not long ago, anc
f found her weeping in hn old nurae'sarins
r. ' Oh, grand-pa,' said she, ss I enquired the caoa<
le of her distress. ' ! have been reading ' the litth
pin-header*.' I wept over it loud?for it wai
(rus.' No. sir, if I muat sea slavery, let me *e<
"Alice, sum airs. vvesieu ui a iiuo injur in me
I evening when the lust of the guests were taking |
I their departure, Walter wofild like to see you in .
| the library bill tuy love I wish you would spare I
j yourself and him the useless pain of parting." (
j ' ! must sou tiiui dear mother?do not refuse (
I me, it is for the last limo?pray let me go"? t
"ifyou choose,"?and Alice glided away as <
her mother was interrupted by the leuvo taking |
of some of their visiters. The forms, the cour- r
testes of life had no claim upon her now?she r
was enduring her first sorrow, the foundation of (
youth's slight fabric of happiness was yielding '
beneath her touch. The dread "nevermore" j
that Edgar Poe could not drive from his hourt {
and his sight was oppressing her. She sought c
hitn before when her young heart had bowed not
the less devotedly and humbly that it was si- t
lently and secretly, it was to be a bitted part- <j
ing, not as when she watched to the last. Ar t
tliur VVesten who was dear to her, us ever was 3
a brother to a sister, for they had the promise s
and hope of meeting again ; but now there was f
no tear in her eye, no trembling in her frame,
and no hope in her heart. From the inmost d
depth of her soul arose the prophetic voice, thou <
shall see him no more. d
"Alice, said Walter, trying her hand between t
both of his, and gazing at her face, as pule and as n
sad as his own, it is your mother's wish that from |<
this time we should be as strangers to each ,
oilier, even loving as we do, that our paths on
earth shcnld separate never to meet again?is it
your wish too ?
"We must part," you know it Walter, said
Alice, musingly, looking out upon but not seeing
the ealin river and the stars that gazed upon
its waves, and all the solemn beauty with which 11
night nad unveiled herself." 0
"Hut you lose me Alice-~and will you see
me go from you forever without hope?will S
you yourself speak the word that sends me 1<
forth a wanderer upon the face of the earth" a
said Walter.
"What can I do?" said Alice? e
"Choose, Alice, your own destiny, and fix s
mine."
"Walter 1 can not leave my mother?I would ?
! ?? ?* l?/.nan??el f Sfr.uii utlius than Wnnir un.ili kiAS
row upon her who has known so much. My l<
uncle too, my more than father, oh ! Walter, 1 c
have sinned, and I cufl'er." 'I
"You are wise Alice, you have clio.?on well. ri
you cling to mother and home friends?I have w
none of these?there is not upon earth a being jj
so utterly friendless as 1 am?
" Dear Walter, you have friends, and you can p
make them: you have wealth and talents, and n
many gifts from Uod. ? forth into the world '1
ind use them : let your ndble heart take courage, h
*<n t in assisting others and making them happy,
you will soon bo happy yourself." 11
Walter lookeed at her with surprise; such ^
words were unlike her whom he had been
accustomed to oonsider a lovely and loving p
child, ifut a bitter rmilo pa aed over his court- s
tenance. and in a stern voice, he maid? a
" And you. Alice, what are you to do ? " IV
"God alone, knows," said Alice, forced into a
consideration of her own sorrow, and resting 7
against a lounge, near which ?he had been 11
standing,?be wept bitterly. W alter did not at- ?
tempt to restrain her, but stood as if contem p
plating a grief that he could not wish to control. ,j
Alice again spoke?
" Ft must come, dear Walter, first or last, and u
wc may an well speak the farewell, which must b
be spoken; but 1 could endure my part, if 1 had n
the hope that you will Its happy. Will you ''
promise me you Will try to be ! "
" No, Alice, I cannot promise you that. If hap. n
pin*** were in our own power, I would not be ,.
looking on you whom I have loved all my life, v
t'orthc last time. Hut 1 will hope that y<>u may t
bo fortunate enongh to f rget, r.inl be happy." a
"Children," said Miss .lane^ for she hsd gently r
-ipproaehed them, "do you know when and 1
j where happincsa is to b? found? When we
have done all that (?<>d has giver, ns to do here, "
I and in the Heaven almve those stars that are now
looking down upon you. Look upon Alice, j
Wa'ter, with th? hope of meeting again ; and
until than, 1st the rein<TDbr.tnee of hor beauty
an I In r love, bo ever about you. Lit her hear n
of you no one who deserves the pure affec- n
tiou of her young and trusting heart. Ve have t
lived aa brother and si-der; part a<i ouch, and may '
the blea?inj?? of Cod be upon you both for- c
ever." (
, Waller tor k Alice in his arms, and kiaaed her
I cheek?all slrriitieM and pride had gone from
hia handaome fuse, but lltere was anch a look of
, hopeleaa aorrow there, aa one would not willingly
behold on the countenance of one eo young.
Cousin Janet led him away?and with worda
of solemn, deep affection, bade him farewell?
worda that crime again for a tiin<>, unheeded and
unwelcome?word* that, at the last, brought r
hope and peace to a failing hen it. I
Cousin Janet returned to Aiire whose face \
and head lay hidden within her handa. "Alice," r
darling, she aaid, "look up?God ia here, forget 1
ynur own griefs, and think of onp who aufTered, c
and who feel* for all who like Him meat bear '
the burden of mortality. Think of your many j
b'eeaing". and how grateful you should feel for
them. Think of your mother who for year* ,
wept aa you, I trust, may never weep. Think ,
of yonr kind uncle who would die to save you t
an hour'* pain. Trust the future with all its <
fesra to God, and peace will come with the very i
effort to attain it" *
"Oh cousin Janet" aaid Alice, "if Walter were
, not ao lonely?he knows not where he ia going, J
nor what he ia going to do/'
r "It ia troe," aaid cousin, "Jar-el, weeping too,
but we can hope and troat and pray. And now ,
j my h>ve let us join vonr mother in her room : it
I ' is a sad porting for her too, for Arthur iadear to
r I lie all." I
Reader! have so many yenr*pns>ed over thee |
I that then hast forgotten the bitterness of thy i
, first normw?or is it yet to ecme ? Thinkest i
, thon there hi a way of escape?none?untie* I
thou art young and death interpose, sating thee <
i from ail aadneaa, and writing on#thy grave "do j 1
i not weep for me, thou knoweat not how much 1
, of sorrow this early tomb ha* aaved me."
When were thy fir?t thought* of death ? I do
i not mean the aight of the coffin, the pale, or of, i
I any of it* sad reminder*, hut the time when the
l mind firat arrested itaelf with the melancholy 1
convictions of mortality. There was a hope for
I me in my young daya to which I looked forward
. a* the Mohammedan to hie paradise ; this waa a J
? visit to a country place where I revelled in the <
? breath of the woodbine* and eweetbriars, and
l where 1 aat nnder tall and apreading tree*, and i
? wondered why towns and cities were ever built.
the ateat wilier 0 swept the windows of the I
chamber wliere 1 slept, and faces with dreary (
syeS looked upon me froui their old frames, by '
the moonlight, ae I closed my eyee, after the
jay's enjoyment. I never tired of wandering
through the gardens, where wore roses and
sweet williama, hyacinths and honeysuckle and
Uower* of every shape and hue. This whs the
fairy spot of my recollection, for evon childhood* 1
lias its cares and there were memories of little
griefs, which time has never chased away. * *
The Kival liold Fields. ]
Accounts from California and New South
Walts crioe together yesterday; the Inst via I
Loo ion. Gold, in increased yield, is still the 1
ary from hoth points. Tl Australian disoov- 1
sries,recent as their develo ent has been, tread 1
hard upon the established .mess of our own '
Pacific fields. Their treasut . are reaching Lon- 1
Jon ut the rate of a millU ? week, while our^
some in the ratio of five 01 pillions a month. (
rhe effect upon ernigratioi Great Britain we 1
noticed the other day. Tf papers by the Asia
[nut a still brighter face upon it. The city of
Liverpool is all itlivo with preparations for the
new and distant trade. Too splendid sailing
packets recently fitted out, and filled with pas
rengers, were not suffefed to leave port without
more than one ancl"l rejoicing, t'lie agent of ^
he Rip Van Winkle, a Yankee.built caft ol (
2,200 tons, gave a great c tertaininent on board, ^
to which many of the commercial representatives h
nf Liverpool were invited. And this example
.van followed by the owners of the Marco i'aln, j
mother Australian-bound packet.
Prom the diggings at Melbourne, in Australia, t
:he news is that while water had failed for a sea on,
and retarded labor, the yield continued high .|
y remunerative, and a return of rain wqpld t
greatly incc?sse it. The Sydney market was t
glutted with gold, and the supplies from the ^
leighboring mines on the Increase. Shipments j
>f duat to the East Indies was spoken of, as j
lolding out the chance of earlier if not better j,
'eturns than to sell at homeorship to London |
rhe scarcity of money, hh in tho early days of t|
California, was felt on all sorts of business. ^
rhe wool producer experienced it as well as the y
fold finder. The Colonial Banks wore totally ^
liable to supply the necessary facilities to pur- a
huse the gold dust. * j(
The business of gold digging in California, t|
hough grown into an old story, is not less pro- 8
luctive than heretofore. Indeed, tho packet, yea- a
erday, brought more substantial evidences of e
ettled prosperity than ever, and the returns in v
old to this city arc larger than at this time t,
ooked for. * jy
The attention of California miners U directed. u
uring the dry season, to the construction of c
anals for the artificial supply of water at the
iggings. These cnnals, many of them very ex- tj
ensiveinthe lsbor and means employed, are
lade joint stock, and the investment is generaly
found to pay handsomely.?.V. Y. Times. ?
_ d
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. s
SENATE. I
Monday,-July 19. ii
Mr. SUMNEli presented memorials in favor of
n international copy right law.
Mr. HAMILTON presented petitions in favor
f the land distribution bill.
Mr. DAVIS reported a bill aufbori/.ing the
ecretary of War to purchase Francis Gurdiere's
)t of grrnind adjoining the United States Arsenal 1t
Baton Rouge, (Ln.,) at a cost not exceeding t
fteen hundred dollars: and the bill was considred
and ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. HAMILTON submitted the following reolution,
which was agreed to.
Resolved, That the Secretary of State be re- w
nested to prepare and communicate to the Senate, <3
t the next session of Congress, abstracts or se- j
ctions of such portions of the diplomatic and
onsular correspondence in the department within 01
le lost four years, as respects new commercial l\j
rgulalions adopted in the several nations with
fhich we have intercourse, and such other inforlation
as may in his opinion promote the com- vt
tercial interests of the United States.
Mr. JAMES gave notice of a bill relating to ap- fr
rnisements of merchandize, and to prevent frauds a,
1 the vnluatinn of imports and for other purposes,
'he bill was, we understand, to substitute the c<
otne for the foreign valuation.
Mr. MASON submitted the following resolu- C
on : in
Resolved, That the Presweot of the United States ol
e requeued to communicate to the Senate, if not |j{
^compatible with the public interest, the corresondence
between the governments of the United ,rl
States and Mexico, in regard to a right of way th
cross the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, granted by g,
fexieo to a Mexican citizen,and which grant by
ubsequent assignments was transferred to a citi- e(
en or citizens of the United States, embracing all ^
^formation in the possession of the executive al
oncerning the nlleged abrogation of such grant '
y Mexico, the discontinuance of the work, and c'
xpulsion of those engaged in it, together with all n
ocumenis connected therewith. 1
Also, that under like limitation he be requested N<
9 communicate to the Senate the correspondence ?'
etween the two governments v th the accompaying
documents to any pro| d convenfonr M
etween litem regarding such g nit of the right of |r
toy. "
Mr. M \SON asked that the Vnate might now
ct on the resolution. The it ,-mation was neessnry
in order that Congre? might determine (
rhat measures, if any, were necessary to protect ?
he rights of Amcrifan citizens, and to prevent &
ny European power fVom holding the exclusive "
ight of way across this continent. The resolu- "
ion was then adopted.
On motion of Mr. BEI,L, the Senate took up
, resolution requesting the Secretary of the Navy p
n communicate a copy of Lieut. Temples' me- c.
nnir of the landing of the troop* at Vera Cruz in |j
hI7. And after debate it was postponed. 0
I he Senate then took up the deficiency hill. K
The House having refn?e<l to concur in the c
mendment appropriating (50.UUU for the pay and c
nileage of Senators. On motion of Mr. (Icntcr, *
he Senate in*jnted on ita amendment, and Meears. ti
doMTKR, Jamki, and Upiiam were appointed a p
ommittee of conference. c
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration c
>f executive business, ii
And then adjourned. e
HOi;tfE#OK REPRESENTATIVE^. n
Mp.sdav, July 19, 186'J. <
The jouinnl of yesterday having heen read? v
rmlaosn on ants . n
The House proceeded to consider the motion (|
nade by Mr. Jr.NKiN* on Friday lavt, to lay on f
he table the motion to reconsider the vole by ,
vhich the II'ium rejected the hill gi.mting the B
ight of way and a portion of the public lands to
he States of Florida and Alabama, to aid in the '
onat ruction ofa railroad from Pensacola, Florida,
o Montgomery, Alabama, and from some point
>n the Atlantic to eotne point on the Gulf of MexCO.
Mr. JENKINS aaid that thia waa a bill in r
vhich Mr. Carki.l, of Florida, felt a deeu inter- ?
>Kt, and aa that g? ntleman had heen called away t
>y sickness he would move to postpone the furth- f
r consideration of the autyect until to-morrow ^
iVffK. ,
The motion wee agreed to.
The House then resumeA^ie conaideration of ?
;he bill heretofore reported. Tenting the right of ,
way to all rail and plank roads passing through j
ihe public lands belonging to the United States. ,
Numerous proposition* to amend ths bill were a
nnsde. when
Me. COBR moved the previous question. a
Mr. SMART moved to lay the bill on the ta?
k?le; which was disagreed to. Vens 70, nays 01.
The morning hour being now expired? .
Mr. HOUSTON asked leave to offer the fol-' \
lowing resolution :
Rc>oM tt>, That, until othr. ? dered thf* *
House will hold an evening se is ui i, ? ""jf. d
commencing at six o'clock p. .it . v. "
devoted exclusively to disci. i..n ? ' v
r?f the Whole on the state oft t . ion.
Objection was made. s
Mr. HOUSTON mov d .pen I the ^
wnich was disagreed ?o. Yea 101, nay I -t\ - v
thirds not voting therefor.
Indian seeaopata rtov aju p
On motion of Mr. Hoist n, the In., e a.
went into Committee of the Whole 'he e f
of the Union, ( Mr. Disnxt, "'Ohio, ~!.e ,h )
and resumed ihe considers'! r of tl ' " - propriation
bill.
On motion of Mr. Fit. h h i. losing *u
lertsd in ths hill
For liquidated balance found Jus t Citek In- cl
* . 5' J**.
liana fo: le?m nenkield dune* tha ltat w^r witik 1
3reat Britain by that portion ortha trib* that wait <
'riandiy to and co-operate4 with' tha Uphjjf Statep
h accordance with the promise of the government,
*.110417 90, to be paid by the United States
*gent of the Creek Indiana to thoee individuals
now living, and the legal representative of those
deceased, who ?ie entitled to receive t , xi 1
Various other amendments were r it to the
bill?when, , The
conarmltee resist,,' reporter t to .pp
House.
All the " .y dments ittt' t <a -.ommit'ee were
igreed to, a d he bill wt . tne.i read the third
lime and peei.< d.
The House t n y\)- j a mess gc from Me 1
Senate, staun ' -ht. ' appoit .cd n comuittee
of ct . i. s Wr/i?agre? >)k vole# of r
:he two Hi . n the an ftu-ent of >ne Senate *
0 th* defiaier .11, er>p-op!r.?^ng 10,000 tor
>er .em t \ . a i > Senators, entoitag
tuJ 'rlfgate.- ?lt i
i,.tir. delta' /i'h $
On motion u( Mr STANLY, the lione, i .
:eded from ite ?' it*-* .'.einent to the Sena"- stibie' ^
nent?veus 7 navs ?0. * \
The liour< 'be,, ..djourned.
GEM." "? i ORDERS,"No Oh
IJEAI' Qu.i. i'ERS OF THE ARM?, 1
Adjutant General^ Of tcr '
Washington, July lb. I dJ S
The pain'ul tusk devolves on the General iij.
?hief of announcing to the army tko dpint
Colonel and Brevet Major Gencr.l Kogt Jones,
\dju'ant General, who expired intli ieil> about
unset yeHsrday, after an illness of n few hoi re.
Genernl Jones commenced his military career,
anu.iry 2<>, 1809, as a Lieutenant >f Marine#,
vhieh commission, he held at the i u' >r.H of
ho wttr of 1812 with Great Britain, wh r w
ppointed a (,'uptnin of Artillery it t i .. v
To those whp were tiie companions at
he deceased, his services during tl v. a >
no well known to rpquire special ei
lis zeal and activity in the arduous campag.
813 and 1814 on the Niagara frontier, and
iitinguislied gallantry as a Major of the ISts
1 the memorable conflicts of Chippewa, Lundys
.ane, and tlio Sorlie of Fort Erie, won for him
be universal respect and admiration of his
rother officers, and the marked approbation of
be Government. Raised in 1825 to the contiential
post oi Adjutant General, held by him
t his decease, the uriny at large will understand *
t at no slight praise to say that he brought to
fie aiHcnarge 01 us highly difficult and responible
duties an intelligence, honesty of purpose,
nd untiring devotion, which carried him through
very emergency with credit to himself and y\.
antage to the public servico In all the reinions
of private life he was equally admirable,
lo man's integrity was more spotless. He was
tost amiable and sincere; courteous in interour.se,
staunch in friendship, liberal in charity,
^hough poor himself, the.poor knew in him . i
ieir benefactor.
As appropriate honors to the memory of the
lecea.sfd, each military post will tire minute
tins, (thirteen,) commencing at rue idian, and
isplay the national flag at half staff from the
ume hour till sunset on the day next after the
rceipt of this order; and the ollicers of the
ruiy will wear the prescribed badge of mournig
for thirty days. j
By command of Major General Scott.
L. Thomas.
Assistant Adjutant (ienerai.
DIED,
On the 12th of March 1852, at Macao, China,
lieutenant Benjamin* Stoudekt Gajjtt, of the
Tnited States Navy.
The deceased had been actively and usefully ^
igaged during the late war with Mexico, both at
>a and on shore, upon that sickly coast ; in which
ar he lost a younger brother. Lieutenant Levi ^
antt, who fell at the head of a storming party
i the taking of Chapultepec ; and being the third
fourth time in such ergagements, distinguished
Imself in that manner during the war.
There is much connected with the death of this ,
duable young officer of the Navy, to call forth 1
e regrets of his personal friends, as well the l
iends of the service ; for he was kind, generous, I
id dutiful, as well as a brave and valuable offi- 1
tr. ' j
vvtii.n /.i.- -ol k. j
hina) was ordered abroad by President Taylor, (
i the early purt of 1830, there were some twenty
r thirty officers, of his rank before liiirvon the
st for duty, and although engaged at the time, I
i service,at the Observatory, from which Hervice \'U
lat scientific officer, Capt. AIacrky, wrote the I
rcretary of the Navy that he could not be spar- I
1 ; yet all of these, some of whom at least should I
vebeen compelled to go or resign, were let ofV, I
nd LieutennntGaNNT again called upon to expose I
is enfeebled frame to that long voyage and trying fl
imate, even to strongest constitutions. He was
ot of tliose who eat the public bread in times of fl
met, and when called on fur duty excuse them- fl
dve? from its service. He, therefore, promptly fl
heyed, leaving his wife, child, and widowed and I
ffeciionate mother, never to meet again m this I
orld. His mother has ere this joined him, leav- I
ig his interesting wife and infant to suffer their I
reparable loss. <1
The subject of our remarks, was the son of the |H
ite Thomas Tusker Gantt, of Georgetown, I). II
and grand-sou of the late Benjamin Stnddert, 'H
secretary sf the Board of War, during the Aineri- jH
an Revolution, and first Secretary of the ISavy IJ
( the U. Slates. il
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