The Colonization herald and general register

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AND GENERAL REGISTER.
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Vol. L—NEW SERIES.
PHILADELPniA,   WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST   8 ,   I8»8
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From the New England Evangelist.
HOUSE OF CORRECTION IN BOSTON.
Probably no similar institution in our country, or in
the world, is under so good regulations, or exerting so
good an influence, as the House of Correction in Bos¬
ton.   If any thing cim reclaim the wicked and depraved,
this must do it.    Here are 300 criminals—180 men
and  120 women, who are kept employed   in large
rooms, in the most pprfect order and subjection ; while
they eat their meals and sleep in soliiary cells.    Of
lhe 120 women, about one-third are engaged in cook- j
ing, washing, in the hospital, and wailing on the sick; !
the others labor at sewing, in a large, airy, pleasant
hall, with stationary chairs about three feet asunder. -
Here, though many are taken from brothels, grogge-
ries, or a course of vagrancy, they labor in entire si¬
lence, and  that apparently with  but  little  restraint.
When the system was first introduced, some twenty
found themselves shut up the first night in close cells, j
with no'hino- but bread arid water, and a hard floor to
sleep upon, for no other crime than the too free use of
their tongues.    Now they are as submissive and quiet j
as a well regulated school.
But this is but a small part of the blessings of this i
institu'ion.    In addition to the regular ministrations of!
a chaplain, to which all, both male and female, attend,
though  in  such situations that the two sexes cannot
even see each other—the f mal-s have regular Bible
Classes every Sabbath morning.    The several orthodox
churches ia the city, supply the teachers in rotation. I
The church is applied to beforehand, the teachers are
■elected, who meet in some convenient place, and re-
pair to the scene of their labor, three miles from the j
city.    The chapter of the Bible which constitutes the j
lesson for the day, is previously made  known.    The
Superintendent of the scho.,1 "(Rev. Lewis Dwight, j
Prison Discipline Agent, when in this city,) goes over
early  Sabbath  morning, who, wilh  the   Master and j
Chaplain, get every thing in readiness by 9 o'clock,
when the teachers arrive.    They,  wilh   visiters, are
then ushered into the back part of the room, where j
they find the inmates, neatly dressed iu pi.in checked }
cotton gowns, seated as above, all faced in an opposite
direction.    Thus they sit perfectly still, seldom turn-1
in<r their heads, each with a Bible in her hands, while I
a chapter in the Bible is read, a hymn is sung, and j
prayers a re offered.    A sign/1 is then given ; the class¬
es take seats together on boards extending across these J
stationary chairs, in their immediate vicinities;  one!
from each class goes to the back part of the room, who |
take the chairs before occupied by the teachers, and j
place tbem in front ofthe several classes, while in the
meantime the leachers, being supplied with Bibles, are
told 'o follow their chairs.    All this is done almost in¬
stantly, and that without confusion     The chapter is
then read, by all who can read, by the pupils in suc¬
cession. Catholic as well as Protestant.    The teachers
intersperse such  questions and  conversation as may
seem  fit.    It is a gratification to the pupils, even to
bear the voice of a human being, after being excluded
for a  week, almost entirely, from conversation.    Be¬
fore their confinement, their  whole life almost,  had
consisted in talk.    Now they are obliged to think. No
pen can describe the interest manifested, both by teach¬
ers and pupils, in this exercise.    Many freely confess
the guilt of their past lives, and expre-s gratitude that
they have thus been brought lo think on their ways.
The great objection to the system is, that most are
confined loo short a time to effect a complete and tho¬
rough  reformation.    One case we will o ention.    A
female is there for two or three years.    She had re¬
ligious instruction in her early years, from pious pa¬
rents.    She marrh d well, as was supposed, and had a
family of children growing up around her.    Her hus¬
band became intemperate,nnd she, in desperation, with
a family dependent on her what will a woman not
do for her children! Her crime brought her where
she is. She has now been confined for a year, and
gives evidence of an entire reformation. She is thank¬
ful that she vvas thus arrested in her wicked cour.«ev
but still is conscious of her weakness to resist tempta¬
tion. She has no desire to be set at liberty; and says,
if her friends should novv obtain her pardon, she should
regard it as no favor. Her only denre is, if she ever
lives to leave that place, that she may live retired with
her children in some cottage, away from the entice¬
ments and follies of this world, and train up her chil¬
dren in the way they should go.
Is it not time that tbe seducer should receive the
just reward for his crime 1 How many a deluded vic¬
tim is here confined, while the more wicked author of
her degradation is walking at large, and oftentimes
playing the gentleman ! Yes ; the guilty partners of
ber Clime, when the time of her release arrives, after
she has promised repentance, and with tears received
the parting counsels and prayers of the Superintend¬
ent and the Chaplain, meet her almost at the gate of
the prison yard ; and there, with the consciousness that
she is shut out from the society of virtuous females, arid
from employment in virtuous families, with no means
of support, no home, and no friends to help her in her
humiliation—what can she do ! They know what ar¬
guments to use, and with hellish exultation lead her
captive at their will. The consequence is, that in a
few months she is again returned to the same prison,
destitute and diseased, where she is left to be restored,
and released tn go the same round, or to lie down in
despair, and die without hope. Cannot something ef¬
fectual be done, to furnish a permanent asylum, where
such persons may be confined until virtuous families
and friends shall deem it safe to place them under their
protection! I
It is in contemplation to have a similar Sabbath
school in the male department of the House of Cor¬
rection, as there now is in the State Prison at Charles¬
town.
On the Sabbath there is regular preaching to the
prisoners in lhe House of Correction. A partition, ex¬
tending almost to the speaker's desk, separates the two
sexes.° And so attentive, wakeful, and interested an
audience, can no where be found. If the system of
religious instruction, in connection with solitary con¬
finement, except when at work, can becompleted, and
the term of imprisonment extended, we doubt not
many will be enabled to say with the Psalmist, "I
thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy tes¬
timonies. 1 made haste, and delayed not to keep thy
commandments. The hands of the wicked have rob¬
bed me, but I have not forgotten thy law. At midnight,
I will rise, to give thanks unto thee, because of thy
righteous judgments." r,
HUMAN SACRIFICES IN INDIA.
The following may be considered, we believe, a fresh
addition to the extended information already made pub¬
lic of the superstitious and abominable practices of
certain native castes of India. The Madras U. S. Ga¬
zette (December 27th) relates, with proper feelings of:
surprise and horror, the subjoined particulars of certain ,
human sacrifices, which it appears annually take place
in the districts of the Goomsur country in the Northern
Circars, district of Ganjam.    It says—
♦• We had little idea of the extent to which these
dreadful barbarities are at present carried, and the
ceremonies attending the immolation of the unfortu¬
nate victims of a detestable superstition. The descrip¬
tion we have to place before our readers cannot be read
without feelings of the most intense horror. The
cruelty is so revolting, that it is difficult to reconcile
oneself to its belief; the authorities in Goomsur are,
however, but too well assured ofthe fact; and our in¬
formant's accuracy is unquestionable. The people of
the hill districts of Goomsur are, in every sense ofthe
word, in the most savage stale of barbarism ; they are
prone to drunkenness and all other vices to which in¬
ebriation usually leads. That many of them must be
utterly wanting in the first feelings of human nature,
is evident, from the fact, that a large proportion of the
victims procured for their diabolical sacrifices, are chil¬
dren who have been sold by their parents, or relations,
to a class of pprsons called Vawers, who, it is beyond
doubt, earn a livelihood by dealing in human flesh, fre¬
quently selling their own offspring for victims. The
sacrificial victimsare entirely supplied by these wretch¬
es, who purchase, inveigle away, or kidnap them from
neighboring districts, and then bartpr them to the par¬
ties by whom they are required. The victims may be
of any caste, sect or age. Children are generally pro¬
cured at an early age, and brought up in the families
of those by whom they are doomed toabarbarousdeath.
These children are actually treated with kindness till
they have attained an age to comprehend the cruel
fate that awaits them, when they are placed under re¬
straint, sometimes in heavy irons, to prevent iheir es¬
caping. Many of the viciims are procured from the
districts of Busfar and Jeyapoor. The regular district
sacrifices take place annually, and in addition to these,
victims are offered up by individuals in propitiation of
the Deity ! The preparations for the ceremony occupy
a month, during which time much intoxication and
great rejoicings take place ; on the day preceding that
of the intended sacrifice, the victim is adorned with
chaplets of fl iwers, and having been, if possible, stupi¬
fied with liquor, is bound to a post close to the village
idol, Zukawree Pennoo, represented by three stones,
near which the effi.-y of the elephant or peacock is
buried. The assembled multitudes then dance round
the post to the noise of their rude music, shouting a
short prayer for health and plenty in relirrn for their
sacrifice. They next address the victim, saying, ' We
have purchased, and shall now sacrifice you according
lo custom.' On the day appointed for the sacrifice, tbe
victim is again stupified with liquor, and having been
bound to the po-t, as on the preceding day, is anointed
with oil. Every one present then touches the victim
aid wipes off the oil on his own head. The procession
is then formed, led by musicians; thc victim borne in
ihe midst, with a pole ornamented with peacock's
feathers held aloft. It moves around the village and
returns to the spot whence it started. In the front of
the idol a shallow trench or pit. is prepared by the
priest, on the brink of which a hog is slaughtered as a
sacrifice, and its blood having all run into the trench,
the wretched human victim, bound hand and foot, is
cast therein, its face f ireibly cru.-hed into the bloody
mire, and there held, by means of cross bamhoos, until
life is extinct through suffocation ; the din of tomtoms
drowning any screams that may have escaped the sac¬
rifice. A piece of flesh is then cut from the still pal¬
pitating body by ihe Zanec, who buries it with much
ceremony near lhe iilol, as an offering to th* eorlo.
This done, the assembled persons rush upon the body
with fiend-like eagerness, each striving to procure a
piece of ihe flesh, which, being cut off. is carried away
to the villages and there offered wilh like ceremonies.
The head and face remain untouched; and when the
bones are completely bared, which is quickly accom¬
plished, the earth is thrown into tbe trench still reek¬
ing with warm human blood! Shocked as our readers
must be at this horrid relation, still more so will they
feel on learning that the above is the least atrocious
method of sacrifice, and that in the districts of Shree-
Rampooron and Guddapooram, as well_as in other parts
of the country, the flesh is actually severed from the
body of the living victim, whose agonized writhings
and piteous moans are alike unheeded. Happily, the
blood-thirsty eagerness with which the diabolical mon¬
sters rush upon the devoted object, their knives actu¬
ally clashing in the living flesh, must soon ensure a
release from sufferings, too great almost for imagina¬
tion to conceive. A buffalo calf is, after the sacrifice
we now allude to, brought before the idol, and its fore
feet having been chopped off at the fetlock joints, the
animal is left in that state till the following day, to
complete the usual ceremonies." The Madras U. S.
Gazette imploringly urges the Government to take
cognizance of the above statement, and use every en¬
ergy to put a stop to these awful crimes of a supersti¬
tious and ignorant race. Government policy has hith¬
erto prevented any decided interference with the prac¬
tices of the natives, but surely Christians ought to obey
the dictates of their religion, before those of a political
nature.
From the New England Evangelist.
A MINISTER'S TIME.
It came to pass, on the morning of a certain day,
about the middle of the week,—or, to illustrate a cer¬
tain subject, we will take the liberty lo suppose it
came to pass, that a pastor entered his study, to com¬
mence his preparation fir the Sabbath. He felt deeply
the importance of preparing " beaten oil for the sanc¬
tuary ;" certain seasonable topics were before his mind,
and he had resolved to give them a thorough discus¬
sion. He took his seat, with his writing implements
before him, glad to think he had a loug forenoon to
spend on one of his sermons. But it happened on the
same day, that Messrs. A, B, and C, of his congrega¬
tion, and the other letters of the alphabet down to H,
either had, or thought they had, occasion to call on
him. Hardly had he taken up his pen, before he was
summoned down to see Mr. A. After being detained
by him for nearly half an hour, he returned to his
study. But he had scarcely recalled his thoughts to
his work before the door-bell rang again, and Mr. B.
made his appearance. With him, also, he was obliged
to spend some twenty or thirty minutes. And so, in
succession, w_^h very brief intervals, all the other six
persons mentioned called on him—each of them, on an
average, occupying not less than half an hour of his
precious time. The consequence was, that when his
dinner-hour arrived, he had scarcely completed two
paragraphs of his sermon. The afternoon, and most
of the evening, were devoted to duties out of his study.
But he felt that some further progress ought to be
made in his preparation for the pulpit, before he retir¬
ed to rest; and so a light was seen in his study by per¬
sons who happened to pass by about midnight.
On the day following, Messrs. I, J, K, and 60 on to
O, called on him, much as their predecessors had done;
and the history of the whole day was very similar to
that ofthe preceding. Another day came.and, Saturday
though it was, the rest of the alphabet must see him ;
some of them, indeed, making short visits, under the
impression that he might possibly be somewhat busy
that day ; but still the aggregate of their demands on
his time consuming most of his atudy hours.
The Sabbath at last arrived, and by dint of severe
and wearing night study, he had succeeded in prepar¬
ing two discourses for his people. He looked weary
and wan however; he vvas exhausted—physically unfit
for the labours of the day. Not a little concern re¬
specting his health was avvnkened in the congregation.
The most curious part of the whole matter, however,
remains to be told. When it was intimated, the f >1-
lowing week, that the decline of the pastor's strength
was imputable very much to those night labours, into
which the incessant calls of his people had driven him,
all who heard it were greatly surprised. Mr. A. won¬
dered people should be so inconsiderate. For his part,
he had called the past week, for example, only novv
and then but for half an hour. So said Mr. B, and C,
and I), and half the alphabet. Each one of them felt,
so short had his visit been, that he vvas not to blame.
Meanwhile others of the pastor's visitors who had
heard no cause assigned for his ill health, were full of
kind suggestions about it. Mr. N. thought he must be
injured by burning anthracite coal in his study. Mr.
O. thought it would be a great benefit to him to abstain
from animal food; Mr. P. expressed fears that he was
suffering from the use of strong coffee; and Mr. Q.
felt it his duty kindly to remind him of the sixth com¬
mandment, and urge him to take care of his precious
life. Still Ihe scenes we have described, and others
like them, vvere enacted over and over again, till the
worn out pastor was obliged to abandon for a long sea¬
son the labours of the pulpit.
The picture we have drawn, is, indeed, as to its dra¬
pery, a fancy sketch, but as to its main constituents,
the like has occurred, in real life, a thousand times.
Let us make, in view of it, a few practical suggestions.
1. Let all—both ministers and people—feel the pre-
ciousness of a pastor's time. How important are all
his offi-ial duties—how numerous are they—enough,
with the strictest economy, to fill every hour. He has
his own heart to take care of—courses of general study
to pursue, if he would mAre the most of himself—his
ordinary round of visitation to perform, besides attend¬
ing on the sick and bereaved—funerals, and week day
meetings to attend—two or three discourses to prepare
weekly—to say nothing of his duties to his own family,
and a long list of miscellaneous matters. How can
he, if faithful, have an hour to lose? And if through
interruptions of whatever kind be fails in any public
duty, the loss is not his alone ; the whole congregation
suffer.
2. Let the danger of indirectly injuring a minis¬
ter's health, in the way we have referred to, be under¬
stood and remembered. A pastor of faithful spirit,
will always be reluctant, either to omit any of his du¬
ties, or to perform them inefficiently ; especially will
he be loth to appear in the pulpit with but imperfect
preparation. And if his study hours are frittered away
by numerous visitors, he will be strongly tempted to
supply the deficiency, at great peril to his health, by
unduly abridging his season of repose. Drive him to
protracted night studies, and you may kill him, with¬
out either pistols, poison, or the dagger.
3. Let the minister cause his people to understand
that his study hours—which are usually those of the
forenoon—must, if possible, be inviolate. If they are
a reasonable people, they will not take it unkindly.
4. Whenever one thinks of calling on his pastor, let
hitn remember, that he is not ihe whide parish. If he
should detain the minister but half an hour a week,
yet if fifty or a hundred others should do the same—
and it might be as proper for them, perhaps, as for him
—what havoc vvouid be made of the pastor's lime.
Let him think, therefore, whether he cannot dispense
with his meditated call ; or if not, when it would oc¬
casion lhe least inconvenience. And when he does
make it. let him come to the point at once, and not
waste time in foreign discourse; especially if there be
the least reason to believe, that engagements are press¬
ing upon his pastor. Cotton Mather, it is said, used
to have this inscription on his study door—" Be short;"
and we have ourselves seen, in a similar place, the fol¬
lowing significant words:—" Short Visits: Redeem¬
ing the time." Eph. v. 16. Perhaps some similar do-
vice might be of service to many ministers.
Let us not be understood, in these remarks, to un¬
dervalue pastoral intercourse with the people. It is
of vast importance, both as more officially performed,
and as carried on in less formal ways. But in order
that all the people may share its benefits, while other
ministerial duties are faithfully performed, and the
minister's health preserved, there must be great econ¬
omy of his time, both on his own part, and that of his
people. S.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
GEORGIA—THE CHEROKEES.
It is difficult to find in history, a parallel for the op-
j pression of power, and for the patience of suffering,
now exhibited in tbe removal of the Cherokees. There
I is nothing like it in modern  times, nothing in our ac-
j counts of the most barbarous nations, that resembles
i it, except the desolation of the conquered countries,
] where the inhabitants were seized upon as slaves.  Do
onr citizens generally know why il is that the United
I States are engaged in lhe odious work of'this removal,
j for the benefit of Georgia I    Most of them, I presume,
, are ignorant in respect to the whole case.    Therefore
! lt is, that a brief narration is here given.
At the period of the revolution, the territorial limits
of Georgia embraced all the country that now consti¬
tutes the states of Alabama and Mississippi. These
j lands, like those of Virginia, New York and Connect-
1 icut, were held as in possession of the Indians, and
vvere claimed to be the common property of the whole
United States, having been secured from Great Britain
by the common effect of the war, and of the treaty of
'peace. Upon the requisition of Congress, Virginia,
New York and Connecticut made cessions of the In¬
dian territories held by them to the Union, for the com¬
mon benefit of all. Virginia ceded Ohio, Indiana, Mi¬
chigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and exacted no terms, bul
those that related to the welfare of the future popula¬
tion. Congress pressed upon Georgia, that held the
next largest territory, to make a similar cession, urg¬
ing the equity of the common claim, and the fact of
the cession made by Virginia. Georgia, however, held
on to her lands. In 1788, a cession was offered of a
part, but upon terms so illiberal, that Congress declin¬
ed acceding to them.
Having made the demonstrations of greedy injus¬
tice, and tbe United States Government having been
organized and put in operation, plac ng property upon
a certain and secure foundation, the Georgia lands be¬
came an object of anxious speculation to her own citi¬
zens, and various plans were suggested for bringing
them into market. A project was consummated in
January, 1795, and a law passed to sell these lands in
four separate divisions, to four separate companies of
purchasers, at a price fixed and upon stipulated terms
for payment. One or more of these companies con¬
summated their contracts, paid their money, executed
their obligations and obtained their grant corporate
from the state.
These sales excited a phrenzy among the mass of
the citizens of Georgia, who had obtained no share of
the speculation.    It was loudly proclaimed that the I show more clearly the adverse weather in the Atlantic
law authorizing the sale had been obtained by corrupt-  for vessels coming to the westward.
*J~ **■'" ' North America, left 16th of June.
Roscoe, 24th       "
William C.Nye,      26fh
Louisville, 26th        "
Total time ofthe Royal William between Liverpool
nounced the sale.    And this majority, August. 1796, j and New York, 19 days and 23 hours.
passed an act repealing the enactment of their prede-;
ing the members of the legislature that passed it.
This charge was urged with so much vehemence as to
obtain general belief, nnd the election for members of
the next legislature took place in the midst of the ex¬
citement.    A majority was chosen of tliose who de-
pred
cessors—declaring the sales under it void, expunging
the law and the patents from the archives and records
of the state, and inflicting heavy penalties upon all
who should set up any claims to the lands. This vvas
going the whole length of the loco-focoism, as now
contended for, in respect to bank charters, and even a
little out-stripping the wildest pretension of the ra&hest
repealer of the present day.
By these measures the title of the Georgia lands was
so much embarrassed that they could not be brought
into market. The repealing lavv overcast the t tie of
the purchaser. The title of the state vvas held in ques¬
tion, by reason of the previous sale, which bed created
Wind blew from N. W. to S. W.
N. W. to North,
S. W. to South,
Easterly,
Calm,
Days.
Hours.
11
11
9
17
2
0
1
17
1
2
18       23
Now as the course from Cape Clear to New York ia
about West by North, it is evident the Royal William
had to contend against eleven and a half days of oppo¬
sing winds, that is to say, those blowing between
South-West and North-West; and as it frequently
|4)lew gales, I trust some credit will be given to a vea-
vested rights protected by the constitution of the Unit-1 sel which has opposed them 60 successfully. For tbe
ed States. Thus were the Georgia lands locked up, first eleven days she had no opportunity of setting her
and in this condition a sale and transfer was made to , f .re sail or foretop sail. As a proof of her capabilities
the United States. In this sale Georgia involved the j for speed, it is only necessary to give the result ofthe
United States in three or four perplexing difficulties.   ', last seven days she was at sea, during part of which
First—The United Stales vvere made to purehrue ! time she had 56 hours of head winds—
lands previously sold, thus committing the Union to'     Noon ending the 18th of July—206 miles,
maintain the repealing and expunging act of Georgia,
and  enlisted it in a war against the vested rights of
the first purchasers.
Second—A kind of land jobbing agency, in the sale
of the Georgia lands, for the benefit of that state.
Third—The compact of sale contained a stipulation
that " the United States should, at their own expense,
extinguish for the use of Georgia, as early as the same
could be peaceably obtained on reasonable terms," all
the Indian titles to lands in Georgia.
This compact was made in April, 1602. By it tbe
United States agreed to pay Georgia twelve hundred
thousand dollars for the lands ceded, and to settle al!
claims against the state upon account of the previous
sales, in addition to obtaining for her use all the Creek
and Cherokee lands within her remaining territorial
limits. Thus it is, that the United States have become
engaged in continual conflicts with Georgia concern-
19th
240
20th
182
21st
179
22d
230
23d
"      238
24th
"      239
Total in seven days,
1,514
The above are my observations—by dead reckoning
she ran 257 miles on the 19th of July, and 267 miles
on the 23d.
The Royal William is fitted up with water-tight
bulkheads, which, by dividing the hull into five com¬
partments, renders it perfectly safe under almost any
circumstances, certainly from collision or fire; this
plan of dividing the vessel into sections, was originally
adopted by Mr. C. W. Williams of Liverpool, to w horn
the public are indebted for so great a means of pre-
ing the Creek and Cherokee Indians. Many of the i servation to human life, and which has gained him in
controversies have been of a detestable character, sor- England the applause of the public nt large. The
did alike in their origin and management. To this Royal William Iv longs to the City of Dublin Company,
Georgia compact we may trace all the atrocities in j established in 1824, to run steamers between Liverpool,
which the United States have been made parties J Dublin and Belfast Thev have a fleet of seventeen
against the Indians, since the Seminole war of Gen. vessels employed in the Irish Channel, which make
Jackson. In this compact originated the scheme of j annually above one thousand voyages, end from the
colonizing west of the Mississippi. From the same | peculiar care used in their construction, and fiom al
source we must deduce all the violences of the Mcin¬
tosh murders, as well as the infamous frauds of Scher-
merhorn upon the Cherokees. This Georgia compac'
bound the United States to do that for the use of Geor¬
gia, which it was impossible to effect, in consistency
with Indian rights and national duties. And Georgia,
Shylock like, has exacted that the Union shall perform
its bond to cutting out the pound of flesh, regardless of
the blood that follows the knife. Virginia yielded up
her land, and a train of blessings individual nnd na-
tional has been the attendant consequence. Georgia
clenched her fist upon the spoils, and only relaxed her
grip to scatter broad cast upon the land doctrines the
most deleterious, wrongc at once flagitious, and cruel, I
and almost beyond parallel.
S<me of our renders doubtless remember the decla¬
mations of John Randolph and othhrs against the  Ya¬
zoo fraud.    The administration of the nation had put
on the shoes of the Georgia repealers and expnngers. I j
Hence the war upon  the vested rights and judicial |
powers by the adherents of Mr. Jefferson.   That which
ihey denounced the Yazoo fraud, the Supreme Court
of the United States declared to  be a bona fide and
obligatory contract. The nation was compelled to pur¬
chase  up the claim.    In its day, this compulsory com¬
promise was a theme of furious denunciations in the
mouths of jacobin demagogues.    Indeed, it is a ration-
al conclusion that the course of Georgia and of the
Executive Government of the Union on the
subjects connected with the Georgia lands, has g
birth to more mischief, error and crime than has sprung
upon us from every other source.
most daily inspect^ n, not an accident has occurred to
endanger life, during a period of fourteen years.
The experience acquired by the Manager Directora
has led parties in the United Kingdom to solicit tbyir
assistance in the formation of a Company to run steam¬
ers ot a large class between Liverpool and New York ;
and in consequence of that assistance being afforded,
progres has been made. Subscribers have come for¬
ward, and two vessels of 1250 tons and 420 horse pow¬
er each, are novv in course of construction, to be fol¬
lowed by others, as numerous as the wants of the
station will ultimately require.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Jas. C. Shaw, Marine Manager.
THE LAST STEAM SHIP.
Royal William Steam Ship, i
New York Harbor, 24th July, 1838. \
To the. Editor of the Courier and Enquirer:
Sir—As the American public took so much interest
in the success ofthe " Sirius" and "Great Western,"
showing by the kind reception they gave to the com¬
manders of those vessels how sincerely the people of
the United States were gratified at the solution of the
great problem of crossing the Atlantic by snips pro-
STEA.M PACKET COMPANIES.
The British and American Steam Compnay, who
have ju--t launched at Blackwall a ship thirty eight feet
longer than any in her Majesty's navy, with accommo.
dations (as they advertise) for 500 passengers, notify
to us, moreover, that next year they mean to have beats
like this running on either side the 1st and 16th of
every month. This is but one company—one which
has not yet moved, we believe ;—for we understand
the Sinus to have been sent out by another, and the
Great Western, it is well known, belong to Bristol
Both these, undoubtedly, intend lo keep "the field and
various I[° ,nce,t !i^P!_!!__B wi& 6PiriU    Bri*ttjl ■ *M to
ven ! mVG a" J TeStld E m,lll0n 6terlin^ and there can
be no doubt that the renowned old city of Cabot
though dozing a little of late years over a sort of alder'
manic repletion yet possesses the means, and we dare
say the spirit, which more than 4 centuries since sent
out merchant ships of lhe burthen of 900 tons. Glasi
go too will no doubt bestir herself. And, above all wa
must leave room, for Liverpool : the sole rnarve. is
that Liverpool has waited so long—a secret onlv to be
explained by the extent of the interest there in
vested in the American 'Liners.' We see that
company is now started at that port,   who announce
immediate operations. At New York again where the
same remark just made of Liverpool applies—even
during the short stay of the first steamboats a schem*
was started of a joint stock of a million  and a half 0f
pelled by machinery, I am confident I shall add still j dollars, in which, by lhe way, it was stated the Bri t 1
more to the public gratification, and mote particularly i Company (with a  liberal view to the interest of lh°i
to that of the scientific potion of the population, by j port) would participate to the extent of about ones'
wiving a concise statement of lhe result of the "Royal) ——
William's" voyage from Liverpool.    The ship left the _ "AMEN  \T A VENTURE1'»
River Mersey "at 6h. 30m. P. M. of the 5th of July, In,,,. , ^
and arrived at her anchorage here at 5h. 35m. P. M. ! e \,y American   settlement of New Desitm
ofthe 25th of July, being 18 days 23 hours on the pas- ! mT m A,°"roe «*»«** was visited by a respectable
saae ; but if I deduct three hours and a half, during | a"d P'°ua Baptist minister from Kentucky, by the name
which time her machinery was stopped for the purpose | °, 1Jodfe- At that period those who were relieJouslv-
of attaching new packings, 4_c. when 9 days from ' dlsP°^d were Baptists or Methodists, who met foge.*
Liverpool, the total time occupied in steaming, was ! " °" Btl?____.,fo! so™[ ™r*,P- While thus as_em-
eighteen days, nineteen hours and a half, and that i • ed' one Lord,s ™*E d- D,,a"ge, who was a good-look-
wilhout any intermission whatever in working the _?* man, and decently attired, came to, In entire
machinery. From Pilot to Pilot she vvas 13 days, 19 '. *™*?' VV.,lliam Murray. » P'ous Methodist brother
hours. The •feoyal William" is 276 horse power, on ™SP™U"S ,rom ■« appearance and deportment that
the condensing principle; she has three separate cir-j thestra"5er was a preacher, or at least a praying man
cular boilers, worked at a pressure under 81b. the inch; 'nvtlted h,m lo ■*■* Dod£e had a very solemn and
and the steam is economised by expansive valves.' *•{"• TT.V V'T..' that greatly affected the
During the entire voyage across the Atlantic, the ave-' feelln-8 of a h",e D"tcJ Lbro,her and Methodist who
ra<re expansion was 19 inches of a 66 inch stroke, and w,as very m,,c.n in ™e hablt of Pronouncing the audi
her total consumption of fuel was 351 tons, 2 cwt. 2 fle amfen, durin^ th(r TO6" of such Persons as ha
qrs. from anchorage to anchorage, leaving a sufficient knew to be. PIOUS and had confidence in. But hera
quantity on board for 600 miles additional steaming, was a PerPlex'ng case. Ihe speaker was an entire
having still it, her hold 59 tons, 7 cwt. She has work- stranSf, his character and profession known to _»___,
ed the whole distance at an average of 2 cwt. 11 lb. | j"""1, TO im.e Patehmaii meditated for a whiV
per mile, or going more into scie
per horse power per hour, a resu
irage or _ cwi. ii id. i ■ ,  .    ,     ,     . V-   ™ ",ruj"»rea tor a whiU
ntificdetail,61b.4oz. :^Pe3red.,° b,e burdened m spirit, and at last S*S
.It, I believe, unprece-   the f.xcll'D*T ^'ngs of the prayer, exclaimed   with
v | peculiar force of utterance, " Amen at a venture "
peculi
Western Pioneer.
DON'T BE A TALKER.
One half the  mischief in the world
dented, at least in Europe.
Leaving England in the middle of summer, it may
be said that her voyage has been long, and that her
predecessors did more than she has done.    To prevent
such an erroneous opinion going forth to the world, I        — - ....^_..._.  „, lIie World "   a
give below a detailed statement of the different winds talking.    And one half the difficulty we m        * ^r0ra
she has encountered on the passige; winds as adverse go along through life, is the result of oi        'nt° 88 We
as any winter season generally produces; and as a we might as well not have said.    Tl e   »88^10^ wh*t
proof that the Atlantic has been visited with Westerly dom in the old maxim, "keep your ' M_ti.™_4k    W'*"
gales, 1 beg to state that in latitude 42, and loneitude your ears open"—there is, rely upon it                  and
61, we overtook the "Sir James Kemp," out 58 days ' I do not know any body in anv siti   t'
from Dundee, and in latitude 40 29, and longitude 68 sion in life, to whom this advice is not aV^f1^"'
18, we passed the " Hibernia," which vessel left Liv- is sometimes said that lawyers live bv t3\V*          '*
erpool on the 17th June, 18 days before the " Royal talking is their trade, and so on ■ but th    f   ^  tllat
William."    The under-named Packets have not yet lawyers are as apt to talk too much as        k!^1 *8' ^e
reached New YorJ., and as their usual passages are suffer as much by it.    To spin out     ?"^      y,an<*to
much shorter than that they are now on, nothing can they necessarily fall into the habit   f a    * argument»
I on or dealing more in