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07* DR. HENTEK!
KT TO WHOM IT MAY CoAciHi.x. r$
■ l\ tbo use of l)r. Hunter’* inestimable I’ill#, persona of
|| either sex, if they carefully follow tin wrv valuable,
|.!»in and copious I hurt ion* aeounpain ing them, are enabled
ftfrdually lo eradicate
A CKRTAIN DISEASE,
.Ito restore lost health, with case, safety, nml certainty, in a
I, vv days.
TIm-extensive sale and unexampled aiicoesa oftlii* Medi
i (•*' m litis and other cine*, and principal towns throughout
( in.til, for the last fifteen years, during w hich il was satis
• icrily prepared b\ Di.l oiiwav, in.oute-tihlv prove, that
. ten ifd with the INJECTION pt>\\ DI PS, it (.|}r) i
n. trait cl i nml speedy cure of that dreadful diswnler, dcnoiui
itcd the Scourge of the Human Hare.
, I’lte Pitt'- are accompanied, when the ease retinites it
.tilth- INJEt I ION Po\\ DEKS and CEP \Tl! . the*.’
,l(.i,litute a most powerful uu .li.me, applienhle to the carious
, » of this Protean disonl. i. Tut/ and plain directions,
i popular tieatise, e.rplaininiz the carious symptoms,out!
, hi ml e of treatment, accompany each box, so that person* of
, h i sox may cure tlicmscixcs.
J'riri'nf'IJir l‘ilh H a bar ; the luj, rl„m I’mr.lrr* nml
i nife f»0 rents earh.j
! Prepared from the original liecipe in MS. of the late
!' 'V • T. ( ’.IN \\ \ V, I * v III imm< hale Sued ssor nnl the Sole
I'li/irielor/V. KIDDI'.P, of whom they immv he had at In
r-mntiag Itoom, in Chambers over Noi m \i door to .1.
hmi'Kit's Drug Store, corner of <'i»nrt and lluimyer Sin < t
i t olieert Hall, llo'toit, am! almhv Ills appointuielit, (In
filler " ith all tlm.-e olliet \ aluubl* Mi tin uu as prepared hv
ilate. Dr. Dr. C-.vw \ \,) bv
J. T. Po\ \ 1,1.. 1 .
HOW El. DXIES.S |.v nehimrg.
Observe that none are Pennine without tlic written
Miniature ot T. Kl Dl>EK, on the out i.le pi iuted w rapper.
ID' A large discount to those w ho huy to selluguiii.
June II H l‘2m
I'irr#»,/. IM.VM l.niitl for Sate, j
AUK SI l!S('I! 11! K It lias determined |>osinvely i
In move; lie Iherefnre oilers liis
I- AM) in 1‘iflsylv;mi;t I miii
I), lor sale. 1'liere are ii|iwartls ol
eleven liiiinlml acres in (lie u.icl; the
siluatiun is lieallliy and pleasant, and
unhid three miles of Merger’s Store. There are
I t tween Ho and 90 acres of cleared and ttnclcarcd creek
lew grounds, ot superior iptalily, with a quantity
of good Tobacco land to clear. The improvements
nc good, with a first rale apple orchaid, and a suf
I licicney nf cleared land to work 7 or H hands to ail
vantage. As to price and pay incuts, they shall be such
as to suit tiny person desirous ot pun has ing a good
humc. Kleim T. \VA1, DI’.N.
June 88 | 4 w
yotiu;.
nv virtue of n deed of trust, executed to the sub 1
■ ^ scrihcrn by .lohu It. Rutledge, and Lucinda |».
Ins wife, bearing date tin* l.bhdayof July, Isdii, and
•Inly recorded m the (’leik’s Office of the counties ol
Ihttsylvauia ami ( .imphcll, (or certain purposes '
iln rein rncutioued, we shall proceed to sell, to the
highest bidder, lor cash, tin; following property, to i
wit: On l riday, thc2/thnf July, outlie premises, 1
“ A Tit ACT OF I. A A I)
purchased by said Rutledge of Jobn j
Franklin, containing 221 $ At’KKS, lying i
on tlie waters ol Obi Woman’s Creel,, in
the county of Pittsylvania. Also, al the same time
and place, one other Tract, containing ,V>2 A OK KS,
adjoining the lands of Tho*. T. Adams and others ;
•uni on Monday llie ROlh of the same month, .it the
kite residence of said Rutledge, irt tin? county of
Campbell, proceed to sell all the right, title ami in
terest of the said John R.aml Lucinda 1). in the por
tion assigned Patsy Jlarber by the will of Hemv
W aril, dec’d. ; and at the same time and place, all the
interest of the said John IL and Lucinda I). in and
to the premises on which t hey formerly lived, as leased
of IVitsey llarber, during In i natural life, together
with the interest as conveyed by Wiii.J. McLIheiiey
•••id John \\\ Rutledge ; also at the same time ami
place, 12 Lots in llie town ol Kingston; also Acres
purchased by said Rutledge of A. .M. (ioodinao, ad
joining the same. The title to the above named pro- i
perty is believed to he good, hut acting as Trustees we j
tdi dl convey such title as is vested in us by said deed,
and none other. JOHN C. RA KRKK, ( Trtis
TIJUS. T. ADAMS. \ tees.
June 28 127Jy*
.v#; ii*.titn.ia*ftvt.
fpiin oi o i.i m: oi' mm f OAnins
I for Salem, f'lnc.istle. Sweet Springs, White j
Sulphur Springs and Lewishlirg, has been changed,
m* as to leave Lynchburg every .Monday, \Vmines- I
day and Friday, at I A. M., connecting al Salem with
the line to Rlountsville, Knoxville, Arc. ami at
Lewishlirg with the daily lino to (iuyamlotte, run
ning through to Lewishlirg in two days, and crossing
the mountains entirely by t/uy light, The teams and
coaches are equal to any in the State—the drivers
arc experienced, careful and sohei—and every alien
1,0,1 W|h be paid to the safety and comfort of passen
gers, by all concerned.
THK lTvOFRFKTOllS.
June 28. Gw
Valuable Tan Yard lor Sale,
IN consequence ol the death of my partner, (Mr.
ii. jMatthews.) I wish to si'll my
Tan I'anl at Halifax Court House. '
It is remarkably well situated ami has every necessa
ry fixture, besides ;t
jfijY, Hicellins; House, out Houses,!
f a'll *V’c. To any person wishing to engnge in tlie '
™ i aiming business, tiiis situation ollcis advan
tages not olten lo he met mill. A credit of one and !
two years will ho given, if desired, in which case I
bond and approved security will be required.
JOHN W1MMJSH.
Halifax Courthouse, Va. June 2ri. Gw
REWARD.
UNA WAV from the subscriber, living in Red
ford c.oumy, near Davis's Store, on the 15th
mst. a negro man named SALISRKRRV, about
30 years old, dark complexion, about six feet high,
one foot rather larger than the other, stout made and
large aims—bought when a boy of Alex. S. Henry.
Has resided at the Kanawha Salt Works and may be
aiming for that place, or get on board of sonic boat
oil James River. The above reward will be given for
the apprehension and delivery to me of said Slave or
securing him in any Jail so that I get him.
MUSKS PKNN.
June 25 4t
CHEAP m:\v (UOOIM*:
At l’ciliirtMl |ii*icfN for Cn«li.
UORINSON A: KI<I<1( fl’T have just received, a
neat and fresh assortment of Spring 4iOOlt8%
embracing a variety of art ioles, much in demand, which
"dl be sold at prices much lower than any thing ol
e in tiiis Mar*
Ket. Rcrsuus will please allend and examiue lur them
selves.
Aprils m
JOB /*/£#.V J’/.Vf.'
K\l.(JUTi;i) AT THIS (HTIi'i:
*Oi ::iul <I i'
SWEEPSTAKE*
To he Itun Tall .Ucclinu, ■*:(*,
«*VKK THK I.VlVdl t'OdINK,
To commence on Wednesday, y of September,
18.18, and rvntir, yi.
1ST.— A Sweepstake for colts and fillies, tlnco
years olil, two mile heats, entrance two hnndicd
dollars, hall lode it. lo name nnd close the (JOtli day
(d August next. Three or more to make a race.
~ud.— \ Sweepstake lor colts and fillies, three
years old, one mile and repeat, entrance one hnn
dred dollars, halt forlcit. to name and close as above.
Three or mute to make a race.
•^r,T—A Sweepstake for colts and fillies, three
years old, mile heats, entrance fifty dollars, l*lay or
I'ay, to name and close the evening before the first
day’s race. 'Three or more to make a race.
Ph.—A Sweepstake for colts and filing, three
years old, raised and owned in the counties of ('amp*
hell, lliickingham, Amherst, Hedlurd, lioleioiirt, and
I* rankhri, mile heats, fifty dollars entrance, P. or P.
t‘» name and close the 1st day of September next.—
Three or more to make a race.
MULV1LLK TAIjUoT, Pr.
•Tunc £8 iH
riamv. stable
• It Franklin Court ilousr, IV.
f 1111 K subscriber has employed Mr. Price Harris,
I (('ol. Wm. L. White's late trainer) to take
charge of his stable for the Fall K ices. All persons
wishing to have their horses trained, ran meet with
an opportunity by applying to me at the Franklin
Hotel. SAM’L D. ADAMS.
June 25. is
LAND roit sale:.
II HE UK will be sold, upon the premises, at pub
lic auction, for cash, on Friday the27tli day
ol .1 uly, 1838,
Till: Tit APT Ol LAND,
whereon Willis ,Pucker did, and per
haps at present, resides, on the waters
ol Harris’ Creek, hi the county of Am
ami in the neighborhood ol Cedar Drove
Meeting House. The Tract contains 100 Acres,
more hi less, and has upon it comfortable Puddings.
\t the same time and place, will be sold the said
\\ illis P ticker's on ••seventh pan in reversion (depen
ding on the. lib* estate ol Mrs. Nancy Rucker.) in the
Mill Lot of 52A Acres.
The sale will be made in pursuance of a decree of
the Circuit Superior Court of l/aw and Chancery
lor the county ol \iuhcisf, emend up at the Sep
teiliber term, 1 17, in the case of *• Rohci Ison’s adm.
vs. Pucker.” J(MIN COLEM A N,
ShcriJJ’ and ('ainmissionir.
June 25 t27.ly
notice:
7« Stiu'dlrrs, i/ho have the righto/' using Shrrsf's
Spring, and to those icho may jmrehase the right < f
using the Sana .
r 1111 E subscriber embraces this opportunity ol in -
I tunning them that he has made arrangements,
and has lately received a lot wflOO ol the above nam
ed Springs from the North, made in the neatest and
best manner, by a superior workman. In fact, they
arc all wananted to be durab'c and elastic. I have
tiled and cannot get smiths in the surrounding conn*
try here to make such as I would be willing to put
in Saddles which I have manufacttired, after having
bought all that Sheets could make before his ic
nioval to the west. I shall receive, in a short tune,
another lot ol Springs from the same manufacture!.
All those wishing to buy Springs, if they will favor
me with their orders they will be thankfully receiv
ed and promptly attended to. The Springs shall be
sold on reasonable terms, and they shall be such as
any man can wairant to tiie purchaser with safety.
J. C. SHACKLEFORD.
Lynchburg, .1 une 25
P. S. The subscriber returns his thanks to his
friends and the public generally, for their liberal
patronage towards him since Ins commencement in
business up to the present date, and solicits a con
tinuation of ihe same, assuring them at the same
lime, that all articles in his line ol business shall be
made of the best materials w hich can be produced,
and in the neatest and most durable manner. The
subscriber has on hand, at this time, a large and
general assortment of every article belonging to his
line of business, all of which will Ire sold low, for
cash, or country produce, at market prices.
J.C. SHACKLEFORD.
11.7* The Fincastlc Democrat, \bingdon States
man and Leuisburg Enquirer will insert the forego
ing, three times, and forward their accounts to this
olTicc.
June 25 ts
V;iln;il»l4* Viiiiul for sale.
r~| 111K subscriber will oiler for sale, to the highest
1 bidder, on tin* premises, on Tuesday the 21th
day of .1 uly next, his
« Ui rOOL TRACT of LAND,
i lying in the county of Nelson, on the
waters of Tyc and Pincy Kivcrs, adjoin
ing the Lands of Mr. William Krown and
others, containing about I Mil Aitcm, ol which
there is a tract upwards of 100 acres cleared, the re
mainder unusually well timbered, with a SAW
MILL upon the Tract. This Land is well adapted
to the cultivation of Tobacco, Corn, Wheat and
Crass, and will (if necessary) be divided so as to suit
purchasers. There is upon this Tract a considerable
quantity of as valuable Meadow Lands, as any in
this part of the country. Mr. McDaniel, icsiding on
the Plantation, or Mr. Nathan P.ryaut, living in (lie
immediate neighborhood, will shew the Laud to any
one who may wish to examine it. Terms will be
made Known at the sale. I will also offer, at public
auction, on the premises, on Thursday the 2<>th July,
a Tiact of Land, lying in said county of Nelson, in
the fork of Tyc and KufV.doc Kivcrs, containing
about GOO ACIIKS, of which there is about 200
acres cleared, the balance well timbered.
i > AN IK L IIILLLNUOTIIAM.
Nelson county, J une 25 t2Jy—wtlGJy—t2lJy
S.IJW1TM IT.
MARTIN ic LATHAM.
Fob In
LAST NOTICE.
1 LI. persons indebted totlie lute firm (if Marsh
liurcli, are informed, that unless their ac
counts arc settled by the loth day of July, they
will lie placed in tjlo hands of an Attorney fnrcollcc
tfoti. ns longer indulgence cannot lie given.
JOS. MARSH,
Surviving pai'.uct id M.it ih \ litiich
i , ■ ■ ; •
I \\ < M 1,1 > inform my friends and and the pub
■ lie generally that my assortment ot
ISnijCft, t|« «li, mm., I'niiiiM, Oil*, ISje-Wiull**, Ar>
is now compbue, ,dl <11 wInch have been recently
and carefully selected hy myself, in the Northern
I markets on t he veiy In st terms, and feel confident
that I can oiler inducements not he fore hail in this
market, and would p.irticiilaily invite aP persons
| wishing to purchase articles in my line to call and
examine lor themselves belme Imving.
T. A. KOI Ut^rKKAN,
.Sign ol tho liny *V Mortar.
June 14 is
ItWfrTAl.OK SI’1MN(«S,
SmiATK Don Hull,lor River, in the county nf
Amherst, 15 miles tiom the t'ouvt ||oiinc,‘J3
miles from Lexington, ami miles tiom Lyneh
burg.
In calling the attention of (lie public to tfic.sc
Spimgs, a* a watering place, the subset iIh-i lakes
occasion to remark, tli.it they are no new discovery,
although unknown (o the distant public until the
last two years. For many years they have nevei
Idled to get morn visitors Iron, the surrounding
country than the improvements could comfortably
accommodate, who wiil readily testily to their me
diciual virtues.
Since last season, several large ami comfortable
trained cabins have been erected, which, added to the
large and roiiinmdious Hotel and (’.ibins built pie
vions to that time, will enable me to entertain a larger
company with more comfort.
The watei lias been analyzed, and found to con
tain the essential ingredients, sulphur, soda (hi an
unusual proportion) and magnesia ; and (be subscri
ber can say w ith the fullest confidence, that it certi
ficates ol facts were required they can be obtained of
many individuals, whose experience of their virtues
enable them to say that they are unsurpassed by
any water in \ irgima, lot most ol (lie diseases com
moil to our climate— In cases id confirmed dyspepsia,
or less deranged condition of the stomach and
bowels, in pulmonary or liver diseases, more pai
Ocularly the latter—in all diseases of general debility
whatever—and peculiarly hr delicate 0 males and
children, these waters will he found possessed ol
remedial virtues ot certainly rare efficacy. For this
fact the highest authority among the medic il faculty
hi this section ot the country can be olfired, as well
as the bettei evidence ol lull and a uple tests Ijv in
dividuals from actual experience.
The season will again commence on the 15th ol
June. The subscriber, gtaieiul toi past patiouage
both from Ins old fnends and strangers, rg.nn invites
them to visit Him:, with the assurance on his par*
that no pains shall lie spared to render the visit agree
able*
It will be observed, that the rates ol Hoard are
lower than at any oiIki watering place in \ iiginia,
viz :
Hoard per week, $7 00
do do day, 1
Horses per week, 1 IN)
do do day, 7 5
Children and servants, *1 50
W. L. SAUNDKRS.
0y"* I subjoin below a communication received
last year from Physicians who have visited these
wnfers, and have had opportunities ol judging ol
their efficacy m most oftlic diseases above mention
ed. Since 11 mm time, oilier physicians ol eminence
have visited them A would most cordially subscribe to
the opi,linns contained in this communication. The
unsurpassed healthiness of situation, salubrity of
climate, and beauty of scenery super.old additional
induccumcnts to the valetudinarian lor giving a trial
to these invaluable waters.
“June 23*1, 1H37.
“ Dear Sir—Having noticed in a late Virginian,
that you arc again ready for the reception of compa
ny at the Huffaloo Springs, we deem it an act of jus
lice to yotirselL n I the public, to express to you our
entire approbation ofallyou hav: said on die sub
ject ol then medicinal virtues, in the diseases you
have mentioned in your advertisement, and we
cheerfully and cordially subscribe to the fact, that,
so faras we have keen able to observe, they arc un
surpassed m their efficacy, in diseases of the stomach
and bowels. We would further take occasion to ex
press our sincere wish, that your success may fully
equal the value ol your water and your laudable ef
forts to accommodate visiters.
Very sincerely, your friends,
T. P. MITCIIKLL,
Jf HIN II. PATTF.SON,
J). P ATI Kit SON.
HO. S. PA VNK,
HO. (J. JKNNINOS.”
.1 unc 1 1 is
One Z/imtlertl Hollars /Itiettetl.
|> AN A %V A V from my Plantation, in Am
11/ heist county, V irginia, on June I Jth, my
nik;ico il l \ il ini i:r,
about 30 years of age, stout, strong made.about 5 leet
nine inches high, a bright mulatto, large bushy head,
round shouldcts, down look, very polite when
spoken to; no mark recollected. He lias been sever
al years running James River as a Waterman. I
believe he has obtained free papers, and has hern
persuaded away by some rascal or other, and will no
doubt attempt to get to a tree State. I will give
titty dollars lot Ins delivery to me, if taken w ithin
the Stale, one hundred dollars il out of the State.
JNO. F. TRUNKK.
Amherst, June Ik is
NOTH!:.
U/TAS committed to the Jail of Rrayson county
on the 15th day of January last, a negro man,
slave, live feet six inches high, stout made, and of
yellow complexion, lie calls himself I lenry, and
says he belongs to a Mr. Hailey ; seems to be ac
quainted in Lynchburg and Hucbanaii, w here lie
says liu was engaged in driving a team. The own
er is requested to conic and prove property, pay
charges, and take him away, otherwise said slave
w ill he deal with according to law.
J. JKNNINliS, Jailor.
June 7 3m
ntr.sii siiitligs,
.I.Y» UitE.1T li.1ilU.1EYS :
VI rK arc now receiving nor Spring Supply, ent
IT bracing a large, beautiful anil very cheap as
sortment of IMvY HOODS, (IKOCKKIKS, Ac.
We assure our friends that it is only necessary to
give lisa call, to ascertain that it is needless lu go
elsewhereful better, if as good, bargains as we will
sell them. AJAlUl IN, WAKJJ A. DAY IS.
Asiil 30 JjJ
JYQTICE.
AJ.f, persons indebted to the subscriber*. arc
hereby notified ihat satisfactory arrangements
| for the payment ot their debts must he made by the
1st ol August next, as longer iudiilgrnri cannot be
j oven ■ I AM ITS (' HUNT A 'u
I I itie 11 '
t roMTim.
Fiom the Xmhrillt' Ihinnrr.
MU. CLAY—MU. (• A LI IOC N—M R. WKII
S I KK.
Th« Mihjoinnl letter is from the pen of a citizen
ol Tennessee, now in Washington, to a friend in this
eity, a copy of which has been kindly fiirnishe I us
lor publication. It was written liter hearing the
distinguished Statesmen spoken of, tiediver then ar
gument* on the Sub Trouftiny Scheme. We know
the source when *o it proceeds, and although the
writer perhaps underrates Mr. < lay as an oiator,
and overrates Mr. I allmim's intellect, yet as wc know
him to he tietitr.il and impartial in politics, he has no
| doubt given the honest impression " Inch the oratmy
id these great men made on I no :
\V xmii m.to\ (’iTtr, May 1H. iH.'tH.
IhitrSn: — Having nothing in do line bill to see
and to hear the " big men,” and having now lieaid
all that is known to lame make then arguments on
the great subject ol the day, the " Sub Tieiisnry
Scheme;” and knowing that von are preparing lot
politic*, and cultivating eloi|ueuce, I vv ill eoiiimtiiii
cate to yon the impressions which the three greatest
" lions," ( lax, \V< list• i and t '.ilhonii, made upon me
as orators.
'll. I ’lav VOU have seen, and I believe hr,ml — his
j figure »h very good—he is gracclul and easy in ad
I dress—with tiomcthtng lolly, «»» lallier slightly a
j ■'tea s>cr in his demeanour, Inn withal a high, com
mandmg, as otii fiend Jl. would sav, “game rock”
appearance. 11 is lai r, which is too small lm his
peisntl, is only icdrenicd Ity ill) c \ pi rshinti el Minify
and the intrlligi nee et his keen giev eye, fiom being
I llglv. Ills diess is ptccisfly wh.it one w oil Id w idi—
line clothes wnni ialhcr e.uelesslv ; showing that
i (he wearei thinks not o| them. I jmn the whole,
lit; struck mo as having a military healing, as if a
man conscious of impoi filin', and act ilslomed to
comuuind. lie looks like a mail that understands
tht> game of life—nun—and hid been decidedly
successful hi the 1'oriim—the. Senate, of tathei in
battle,—ft>i I hold that he has from nature a milita
ry genius. This has always been the opinion id
those who know him best ; and it is said that dur
ing lht‘ war Mr. Madison was on the eve of appoint
mg him commander in t hief id the United Stall's
\rmy ; and would have done no hut that his servi
ces were thought indispensable in suppoit of the
war in C'ollglcMN. Il.nl this been done, Ins fiends
think it probable tb.it In' would hive aequiicd gnat
military reputation ; and as it is said of ('uts ir, that
it he had not been the gustiest unlit.ir y (‘uiiunaliiler
td Ins day, he would have been the lirst oialur, so
the reverse may he illumed of Mr. ( lay, that if he
bail tint been the distinguished matin and point
cian, he might have been a famous warrior, lie has
the capacity, energy A tiulntinu to excel in any thing j
lit; makes Ins leading pnrsmt. In temperament I
ami disposition lie seems to me etnisitleiably to re
scuddc Ins great art'll eneinv, (it'll. .I.itksou,— Imlh
having line adtlress, gicat ability l<» eariy measures
ami mlltieiicc olheis, and both being men td Ntioiig
passions and despotic tempet.
\ml litnv you will perhaps hrsuiprisfd when 1
say that Mr. ( lay is tml a great orator, and yet m
my opinion it is even mi. A tousitlt'ialde orator
lie t ertaiulv is, but as a yn ill niator, he as certainly j
is imt — I mean in the true sense id the wotd cimf,
uid comp iled w ith silt h spciUris as I )emuslhencM,
Cicero, ( 'hatham, Muahead ami I lent v. \s a spe »k
er, he is well informed without being learned; pie
pares Inmsell well tm particular ueeasioiis without
being a student ; uoderslamls well human nature,
md tin; < uncut td affairs, ami nl ctuirse can Ini tin
to no ami humor id tin* assemldv he h addressing ;
by turns playful, saieasiic, logical, but never lentlei
or patlietic, y* t always high, commanding, grace
till, illicit'Nting, with pleasing intonations ul voice,
ami supeiiot gestuie—m shorty every thing avail,
orator, except truly, deeply, anil really clui|iicut.— |
What then, you will ask, dors lie want to make him |
cltM|iii'iit ? Well, although a man id eoimuamluig I
talents, he w ants the ifrrp 'll art, the fiist rate. Intel- i
led, and the portir lancy — thuugh high -toiled, i
proud and ainhitiuiis, he has not lilt; tleep heaving
anti strong yearning of soul—the tremendous elec
II icily (sensibility) which is necevvaiy to /imt nth
eloquence, ami which especially char.»clerr/.eil |)e
inuslhcnes, M iiahtau, I hat 11 on A llrnry. lie never
soars so high as to grasp and to wmltl the moral
thunder, lie is more a great man than a great ora
tor. Ile derives much assistance from the mechani
cal part of oratory—manner ; hot lias not, I tear,
that lull sympathy with high anti generous emotions,
which is necessary to i’Atiioh ami eloquence. Per
haps ho is at the the bottom of Ins heart rather too
selfish ami avaricious—feelings fatal to our rlo
qucnce and to every high and generous emotion.
Ami it is the opinion ol some, that if his ambition
were not so predominant, avarice would be Ins
master passion, ami even now it battles with ambi
. (ion lor the mastery. As a social companion lie is
' very pleasing, ami take turn all in all. llrnry ( lay
is a very considerable man. lit; is iheuiovt promi
nent leader ol the opposition ; anil Ins prospects ol
coming into power now better than they ever have
been.
I have hern led into such an extension of my »c
marks upon Mr. ('lay, that I have but little room
h it, in the limits of u letter, to say any thing ol Cal
lionn and Webster.
1 regret that Webster did not visit Nashville dm
ing his last Western Tour. Vou would have been
pleased to have seen him. You have heard of men
looking intellectual. (>1 .ill the men I ever saw, In
is the most intellectual looking man. Imagine a
man (illy eight yearn old, about ft f et lb hi height,
stout make, ami were it not for his fine clothes, hav
mg in figure a “ firmer like” appc.iiatict—Idack
hair, but so thin on the top of the head as to make
him hall hahl—an uncommonly heavy grave looking ,
blow, with a lowering lliumlcr-cloud expression,
pale, dark complexion, with a combined expression
ol dignity, tleep thought ami sadness m Ills t omile
tiacc, ami withal the Iota-head td a demigod and eye
ol a poet—anti you sec Wchstet ; as well at least as
you can see a man from description. As an orator
he is simple, grand, impressive, ami unanswerable.
In logic, ratiocination, bis is the greatest intellect td j
them all—ami the next, in my opinion, is Calhoun
—though nei I lor, (or want ol knowledge of the world, ,
and management, is so great a political leader as Mr.
day.
John C. Calhoun is, in every point of view, one
of the most remarkable men in the IJ. S. He is a- !
bout six feet in height, and dresses plainly, rather
slovenly, generally in black, hut sometimes, with bad
taste, in green—talks a great deal, with Hprighllincss
and vivacity, and with an appearance of great amia
bility, sincerity and single-heartedness—evidently J
bold and open—fond of the society of ladies, and the
greatest dinner table tdker I ever saw—very tempe
rate, however, in his habits, and irreproachable in
private life, lie is exceedingly captivating in so
I eial intercourse—has great talent lor society, and as
i Johnson said ol liurkc, il'you were to take rclugc
! with him for a few minutes only under a shed to cs- •
I cape a shower of ram you would see that he is an
i uncommon man.
| lie is the most acute logician in lire Senate ; scru- .
lini/.cs the subject most closely, analyzes it most |
| completely ; draws refined distinctions, splits hairs,
| resplits them alter tin y aresplil, and refines so far
i as sometimes to seem impalpable to the common
eye ami visionary to the practical. Like Webster, i
lie derives no assistance from what may be culled the |
mechanical part ol oratory—manner, action, tone—
m which Mr. (’lay so much excels. Still, like
Webster, hi is a very impi ■ speaker, bj rca
j soil ol his at til i' reasoning powers, and great ear ]
| nest ness of maniu i In tin I a.»t he silt passes Weh
i ster, u he fall lit rt ol him in ti nd
• lion ;Ut ... 1
j l°ile. When in animated conversation, the t xprex
' si«m ol Ins countenance is the lincsl 1 almost ever saw.
Ii Nreins In hla/.e wilIi .i continued expression pi uilel
h*n iV amiability I lent that Ins inordinate ^disap
pointed .»inl»iiton have miiieil linn, and that having
despaired of being at the head ol I he nation, he in w il
ling to rum that (•overnuicni he cannot rule—in oth
er wolds, that having now no hope* tif being I'ivim
dent ol the / tnlnl Stales, he wishes to dissolve the
I moil ami btContl till* load ol a Suutlnin ('on
lederary, with Texas as a part of it. lie has coin
nutted the unpardonable political niii nl Nullification,
and is dead, dead, dead, politically. Alas, poor
C alhoiiu ' lie is a splendid political ruin.
These are, par excellence, the three great men ol
the Senate. In my next, I will give you a descrip
lion ol the second rate men nt that body—Wright,
Kenton, Kicsinti, (iitiudv, lines. White apd South
•it'd. Itis 110 inconsiderable man that can he hi even
the second class in n«ii Ii i body .is tin* Senate ol the
I lilted Slates, winch a hue Kuglisli wiitci says is
the greatest deliberative assembly in the world.
I ion. w.m. c. H1VKS.
7'/ thr I Id ill, i of (In .1 liiiirtilrhi (iniftr.
I In* 1.01*0 Kmns «iml Wings, both appear to rn
to if :i an lln piospn t ol Alt. Hives'dele it next winter
willi gical i miImIioii, as a xouiCO ol disappointment
and mot t ifu at ion I o linn ; tlicichy inducing file ini
pn Nhion tlial, In- is cxiictm ly solieitous Ini tin* si »
I ion w luc Ii In- now tills willi so miirli 11 * i no a i •» him
sell and i nalil In Iiih Stall 11 is dll n lo All K ives,
dial this impicssion should III* ronrl li'd l»y iIiom*
w ho aie taimllai w lilt Ills sentinicnts oil ll.e hnI>|«*i-f,
and il In* should, pciehutiee, em*** this l oniiiMiuic.i
lion it lo'M it mccls llic puldic eye, lie will, I hope,
a111 limit? il io no di.sjigsiimn on do pail ol its aiillim
to loiiay confidence, oi lo topi at pnvatc convctMa
i ions.
Long before tin* result of the i lei lions, in \ it
f’inia, could possibly have been anticipated, Alt.
Lues e \ piuHscd hiiiisill, lo a few confidential 11 lends,
in die uiosi In • and timesetved manner, in icgnid
lo bid position, befoie do ('otililry, and declaied Ills
dcfci minat loti lo tesign bis seal in die Senate; urg
mg lli.it bis taste and too inalmti lot public 11f«■
bail become blunted ; and di.it lie lelt that llm
tjtiK'l iuid calm ol retirement were growing every
day more roiigeoi.il with Ins own wishes, and those
ol Ins family. Against this deter munition, his
fiirnds renionstiand. in derided terms, ami told
him that these were not times for pilvato eousidei.i
Hotis, that he belonged In Ills coiinlt V—ill ll V he was
regarded as the only sui" cheek to tin abuses ol
f iovei nmeiit ; and lelieil upon, i.n lie was, to cm
reel die del aiigeiuenls m die c ill I cm y, lie niilsi not
abandon Ins post before Ins wolk was aci oinphslied.
Alt I lives yielded to I hi* import unities of Ills 11 tends,
and saci diced Ins personal inelnial ions and pnvatc
mien sis, upon the nliar ol Iiih country.
A gentleman ol Ah. Hives' refined I’m lings, and
high sense of honor, may have found an addiitonnl m
diiceutent to die slop u Iim h lie w as about to lake, in
die nupti;at intis which were llnow ii tint on tin* one
hand, di.it he was shaping lus comse so as lo will
tin; support of the Whigs; and on die other, dial
lus movements went iimulaled with an eve lo Ins
old slake w ii li his o/07 /(Tjtuhln tin friends. No mail
who knows Mr. H. and is capable of dolfig him jt|s.
lice, could, lor a moment, impute lo him such tin
woitliy motive*—those who an* ignorant of Ins char
acter, should bestow lo pinpag.tin such IiiiihIi hi
justice on Ins conduct. These scandals spling fiom
motives wliieli, d properly timleislood, would til
tach dishonor and disgrace upon the parties who
mi'inain and prompt tUem — I'oltlinil /malt fit)/
should be one thing, jh:tsoiuil nn'innsih/ aiiullier.—
I."I file Win s ol V i» gmi.i, imd elsewhere, pause,
before they receive, as audioiiiy, this impress which
dieir organ here*, is aitempiing to make upon ibis
gentleman. Let diem reflect upon Hs iiicoiisisten
cy, m iilteting die diunders of us wralb against Alt.
H. for liisoppoRitiou lo die Sub Treasury scheme,
in die Ail iim* column dial il denounces dial measiuc
of die (ioveriimeuf. Aly knowledge ol Alt. Hives’
character, aiidimi/.es the opinion dial, il there is pu
rity of motive, hnncHly of purpose, and love ol
country, influencing dm actions of any public man,
dial man is Wm. Hives: ll otlmr motives bad
been uperilling upon Inm—if die rewards ol office
could Inve swerved Inm from what he believed lo lie
Ins doty to Ins country, Air. H. would have been,
now, found a pliant tcnl in die bands ol Lxccnlivc
influence ; Imt disdaining these, he lias, icgardlrss
ol individual advancement and paity distinction—
discharged Ins high trust with a steady aim, and a
singleness of purpose w hich patriotism alone could
prompt.
The high crime of which Mr. Hives stands i barged
before the country, by vlnil i.« rttlltd the Democratic,
parly, is, Ins unwillingness In unite in promoting
pimciple* and measures, against which he lias been
foremost in opposing, for die last ten years; and
which lie with prophetic truth, pronounced, in then
inception, ruinous to the country.
The offence to lie atoned fur, before the Whigs,
is, that lie voted for die expunging resolution ;—
Aud fins is alleged, as a pretext, sufficient to over
look die services ol a useful life, and consign Inm
lo fbe shades of retirement. If Air. Hives believed
tins resolution was constitutional (and I presume no
man, who regards his own character, will be so tin
charitable as to say Ini did not.) nothing could be
more manifest than dm duly Ins instructions im
posed on him : I le, llmrclurc, obeyed them without
hesitation ; and whatever might have been Ins own
pnv ile opinions, il left lo himself, as to the prefcia
ble mode* ol ptocccdmg, lie will of course say noth
ing ol them now ; bst it he construed into an en
deavor to deprecate the wrath of the Whigs, and oh
t.uii (licit forgiveness. Nothing, I know, will ever
make Air. K. stoop to s icli an at t ol degradation :
I le values Ins sell respect, springing horn conscious
ness ol pure motives, and die esteem of those who ap
picciato Ins :m lions, f.n beyond any office tin y can
confer. Air. Hives knows there are high minded
and honor.ibh* men ol both parlies, who do not in
dulge in the ilhhcial feeling I have spoken of; their
good opinion,I am sine, he is proud ol; and w ill always
maintain by a manly and independent discharge ol
the duties confided to Inin.
11 tin* Whigs ul Virginia are rcnll</ struggling for
prim1ijdrs, and not j/arhj, and party men. tliey will
lm cautious bow they proscribe virtue, honesty, pal
not ism, ami ability. No mail will deny that .Mr.
Rives is representing clfineiitly and fully the wish
es (d his State. We must also do bun the justice
to say *hat, but lor the signal ability unit which lie
lias recently discharged that duty, and his indepen
dent determination to sl>ake»ofl the shackles ol par
ty, one ol the most odious systems of oppression,
which the fiend-spirit of loan could devise, would
now have been fastened on the country as the Law
ad the Land.—Live evidence of your sincerity for
the Constitution and Laws of your Country, by
supporting Mr. K. m tlie high and noble stand lie
has taken against the abuses ol (jovcniment, and you
conciliate thousands, whose union with you will
alone enable you to corrci t those abuses : denounce
him, ami you dim from your rauksscores of honest
men, who arc willing to unite with you ori princi
ple. t Respectfully, <Vc.
King George Co.% I'u., June#0, 1838.
An Army of Pensionlus.—From a document
communicated (among otheis) to the House of Rep
resentatives lately, it appears that the number Of
pensioners on the rolls id' the several pension a
geucies ufthe United States ;rt this time isasfol
lows:
Invalid Pensioners, 4.1*21
Under act of 18tli March, 1P18, 8,03(1
I' id* r act of 15th May. 1828, 01)2
Under act ol 7ill June, 1832, 25,783
Vuilcr act <d luly, 1&36. 1,932
Total number of petitioners 11,1V
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IMMII SI IC i\ti:lmui;vck.
WRECK OF THE PULASKI.
[The llnltimore Chronicle, of ihe 25«h June, con*
IIOIIS farther particular*, of thrilling interest, relative
to the low of the Pulaski). After detailing the lael
ilrtiln, which we have heretofore published, down to'
Ihe period when the two boats reached the coast, ami
resolved to ntlciilpt to land, the Chronicle adds;]
Lolorn making ihe attempt, it was ihniight noccs
sary, to prevent the ndaiil n| Airs. i\inu i i\uAl.v
which was only seven months old, Irum being lost,
to lath il in hoi person, which was done. Just as
ihe still was selling, ihe hmvnflhn Imai was luiucif
In I lie slim r, and, Air. t mi per scull mg, and I wo- men'
il till- nais, she was pulled Hilo the breakers—she
''"1111111 diHiciiliy upon the fust breaker, lull (ho
sei end, entiling mil null great violence, struck
the I.ai from Ihe hand of ..1 the lowers. The
’“•■il was lInis ihrnuu min the Hough of ihe sea, and
ihe so receding bn akrr si rut I, In I h soldside, and turn*
ed hei lint ton i iipw.iuU. I poll legainitig ihe suifaci*.
All. f mi|ii'• laid hold ol ihu boat, and soon discover*
ed lh.il llm ics"il .lie parly, wuh the exception of
ills. N oui ii so 11, r, were making lor the shore
"I lo t, ho a lew moments, lie saw onilnog, bin, pro
•molly, lei ling SI.tiling like ihe die,sol a feiiialn
lorn long Ins looi. In again dived down and was lor
nmaie eooiigh In gmsp hei by ihe hair. The surf
I Iiiilioncd In Inr.ik ovri lliein. null great violence,
lull, she i a sliuggle, in which I Inn slienglh spent its
1.1,1 I Hulls, they n ai In il the shore, mini) ivurtl out
wuh I,Uigur, wall lung, hunger, llllisl, and the most
.. •""' on iwlu liiuni excitement. Ilesuk-Sibis,
llic Indies and children uric sullymig severely IVinn
1 "I'l- I I"' !• my I'ini ended a short distanco
Ihhii ilir Killin'. «Ill'll' Ilir l.nln , lai.l ,!„»» ii|„,n t|1(!
inlr nl ii k.imiI lull, mi,| llii'ii luclrrliiM r un til than
uml lln ii ihih/i i n ii ilh s,in,l, in pi r vrut ilirm l,,.,,,
|»riiiliiiiu- iMr.iiiiiiiiu Hiiiiir nl i|,i- par|y
i|iii".l nl ml, .uni iiImmii Ill rliirk, ilir wlmlr ,,| ||„.„,
••"""I 11 kiniliiiiil lioH|ii|;ili|r iri'.i jitinn, hIk lirr, Inn,I,
“"•I , i Ilir mill ,|| Mr. Siylco Roilil. nf
• >U*low Comity.
IMik. Niun , ,\im i in ill.- il.nipliirr „l ,f„lui \.
I' '"H- I'-k'I "I Nrw \ ink, uml u gi-uml dunuliirf nl”
lln; lull*• 11n11ii).i• ■ Kuhn king. During ilir wlioln
nl I hr |,r i lln I In nil-Ii « lilrlillirv |i.inm.',I. nlir uml Mi,.
I' ii w.i h iIih|iI,ij r,| ihu liiglirii <| ui< I in. ;l A( hirtiluila
and lieioiMii.
Km .i short lime previous to tin* explosion it wasrc
marked by one ol die passengers to .Vfajor Heath that
the guage showed thirty mein s ol steam, < hi the
attention ol (lie Kngmeer being called to this tact, lie
• • plo d that it would bear with safety forty indict. •
M.ijoi Hcathhad just retired to the altci cabin. K
IIII Iiilri’i III p.issetigei s wen? lying on I he settees, and
w lien I lie Imilei burst, the steam i tislied into the cab
m, and, it is thought, instantly killed them, as ifiryl
tinned over, Ii II on the lloor, anil never w as seen by
ilte Majnt to move alterwards. lie hail, mi hearing
the noise ol the (• v plosion, got olll ol Ills blitll all!}
iau to the steps, the steam meeting him iii the cab
m- I If got iindci the steps, as did also Mr. Love
l«»> ‘'ll ieo., and they w eie thus shielded from lit
elleelt.
In a lew moments hi* went on deck* and found alt'
' railed lot the ( 'aplain, and, receiving no*
aimwer, make lui the matt, as lie felt that the boat
w is sinking. Kelore he could sec ure kimscll the sea'
buist over him, and earned him away.—Fortunately/
howcvei, a rupeh.nl caught iniitid Ills leg, and with
lln* hr pulled himself hack. The mail, as noon an
I e had been washed hum it, tell, and crushed one of
ihe passenger*, Mr. An/.e, a French gentleman, of
Augusta. The boat wan hioke m two, and the deck,
fm waul ol the mast, waa carried away from tho rest
«d tin? vessel, seemingly very swiftly. Nothing more
was wren alter this, by Major Heath, of the yawl
the alter part ol the boat, but in about a half ail*
hour, he loaid a wild win III scream, and then all was
•juiet ! This must have been been when the pro
menade deck turned over, with at least one hundred
human being* upon it !
When daylight broke, he found that there were
twenty two on the wreck with him—among them
• aplain l*i viikon, who h.id been blown out into'
the sea, but wlm had caught a plunk, arnl succeeded
m icaching them during the night.
The danger of their situ ition was at oneft fully re
alised :—Tho heavy mast lay across tho deck on
which ihey tested, arid kept it about twelve inches
under water, and the planks were evidently f.isr part
ing ! Captain I'earson, with the rest, set himself to'
work to lash tho wreck together by aid of the ropes
on the mast—letting the ropes sink on one side ot
the raft, which, passing under, came up nn the other
side, and by repeating this operation they formed A*
kind of net workover it. They also succeeded Irl
lashing two large boxes to their raft, which formed
scats.
Friday paH.scd without any vessel corning in sight.
Then thirst now became intense. The heat of tho
*iiii wa* very oppressive, it* ray* pouring down on
their b ire heads and hhstering their faces and back*,
some not having even a shirt on, and none more than*
a shirt and pantaloons.
The suffering of the younger portion oftheir com
pany, at this time, became very great.— Major
Twiggs, of the l). S. A. had saved his child, a boy
about twelve years of age. lie Kept him in his arms
nearly all the tune—And when lie would call on hit!
mother, w ho was safe at home, and beg for water, hit*
father would seek in vain to comfort him by words
ot kmdncH-s, and clasping him closer to his heart.
On Saturday they fell m with another portion of
the wreck, on whic h were Chicken and three Albers,
whom they took mi their raft. Towards the close of
evening they had approached within a mile of shore,
is they thought, and many were very anxious to*
m ike an elfort to land. This was objected to by
Major I loath, as the breakers ran very high, amf
would have dashed the rail to piece* on the shore.
Mr. (iice.nwood, from Hcofgia, told the Major tbat
he was oik? oil he best swimmers iii the country, and
that lie would tie a rope around him and swim to tho
shorn. “No! No!" replied the Major, “yon shall1
not ri"k your life for me, tinder these? circninstances/
and iii such an attempt you would lose votir life. No !
I am Ihi: oldest .nail in danger, anil will nut increase
tin: risk <il ollicrs.'’—All hope ol landing then was’
shortly afterwards given up, aa a slight breeze from'
the shore was now carrying them out into the sea.
Despair now seemed to seize on some of them, anu
onu suggested that if relief did notsoon reach them
it would be necessary to cast lots! The lirtnneas
and decision of Major Heath soon put this horrid
idea to flight. “ We are ('hristfins,” he told them,
“ and we cannot innocently imbrue our hands in the
blood of a fellow creatine. \ horrid catastrophe
has deprived hundreds of their lives, brought sorrow
to many a hearth, and thrown us upon the mercy of
the winds and waves. We have still file Ikft, Ictus
not give up all manliness ami sink In the brute. We
have all our thoughts about us, and shnrild face
death, which must, sooner of latter, oVertaks us,'
with the spirit that becomes''us as Chtistftin men.
When that hour arrives I will lav down my life with
out a murmur, and I will risk it now lor the safety
of any one of you. but I will never stand by add see.
another's sacrificed that we may drink his blood
and eat his flesh!” Willi such words as these did ho
quiet them, and reconcile them to await the issue.
The day wore away again, without the sight of a ves
sel to cheer their drooping spirits.
On Sunday morning it commenced raining, with a
still breeze Irotn the .Northeast, which soou increas
ed to a severe gale. Kvery cpurlwiis made to catch
some ol the tailing rain in the pieces of canv'aks
which they had taken Irom the mast, but the serf
ran so high that the little threy did catch was nearly
as salt as tin watrriifthcori.nl Sii|| ftic rain coot
ud them, and in their situation, ».js refreshing and
gi.iteful