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' # rOi.lTK'AL. GEN. JACKSON AND THE TARIFF. 11 will h«- (hut 1 <st winter tin; Sen- ate of Jn<ii ill i llt;<] upon Gen- Jackson, through ike i' Governor, to express his senti ments on ih e subjects of tho internal improve ments, an I the protection ol'tlie iloinestic indus try »f tin 1 country. Tin* General has deigned to answer this call. \\V subjoin the resolution and Ills re,ilv.— Cincinnati Ha-.. “ Win at as, The friends of General Jackson in the Western Stales, advocate Ids election to the Presidency of the United States on the ground of Ills bein'.' friendly to internal improve ments, and the advocate ol a judicious 1 arid, for pledged himself to the anti-tariff, anti-manufac turing and anti-American doctrine, that protect ing duties nre unconstitutional!” and quotes us as authority for the unfounded assertion. He Inn written no such letters.—And again, the Baltimore “Marylander” repeats that “the Ed itors of the It. Enquirer have seen a letter from the General, only a few months since, in which he speaks of Mr. Adams’ views of the powers of the General Government, as contained in his first message, having shocked him; those views were, no doubt, in relation to the American System.”—Now, this is “ineffably stupid!”— for, Gen. J. could scarcely think, of criticising in Mr. Adams what Mr. A. has never thought fit to express. “Those views,” to which the | Marylander is pleased to refer, were not “con- the protection ol’ American Manulacturcs; ^ ^ whereas, the friends of the same distinguished tamed either in Iris first message,” or in his 2d. individual in Virgin a, the ('uirohniis, Georgia,!—(j,. will give them probably in rztenso in his Tennessee, VI ib im i, and Mississippi, advocate Message" of the 2d Term, if the people Ills claims 10 the first oflice in the nation on ac- \ should he so far infatuated as to replace him on count ofliis opposition to die above measures or (|„, saddle.—Richmond Enquirer. fore, for the pur| policy—Umi elore, lor the purpose of enabling the citkens ol Indiana to ascertain what ore the real sentiments of General Jackson, and to give them an opportunity to vote uiulcratand- inglq at the next Presidential election, in refer ence lo these great interests, Itrsolved by the Senate, That his excellency, tile Goveiieil' lie requested to address a respect ful letter lo General Andrew Jackson, inviting him lo stole exphe'idy whether lie favors that construction of the Gonstitution of the United States, winch aallioriyes Congress to appropri ate money for the purpo -e of making interna! im provement* in the several states, and wJirther he is in furor i t such a system of protective duties fur the In nr Jit of American Manufactures as wilt in alt eases, where the ram material, and the u- hititi/ to manufacture it, exist at our country, se cure the patronage of our own manufactures to tin: ctclusion of those of foreign countries, and whether, if elected President of the United Slates, he will in his paid c capacity recommend, foster and support, the American System. Unsolved, That his excellency, tins Governor, he requested, as soon as lie receives the answer of General Jackson to the letter contemplated in the precedin': resolution, to cause the same to he published, love,her with the resolutions, in the newspapers pvin'ed at Imliattopolis. J/is Juice Henry James Hay, Governor of Indiana. 11 latuiTAOt'., Fell. 28, 1828. Sin—T have h id the honor to receive your ex* celhoifx’ lo'iur, of (lit* 4()ili ultimo, enclosing a set nf resolutions ol'tlie Senate of Indiana, adopt w ih a view of ifflrci religious. id, as it appears ['naming my EXTRACTS FROM G'llAUIKR’S SERMONS. “There is a class of what miy he called sh. dor and sentimental religionists, who do profess a reverence for the matter, and inainliun many of its outward decencies, and are visited with occasional thoughts, and occasional feelings of tenderness about death, and duty, and eternity, uid would he shocked at the utterance of an in fidel opinion; and with all these symptoms of a religious inclination about them, have their minds very comfortably made up, and altogeth er free from any apprehension, either of present wrath, or of coming vengeance. Now, on ex amining the ground of their tranqu ility, wo are at a loss to detect a single ingredient of that peace and joy in believing, which we read of among the Christians of the New Testament.— It is not that Christ is set forth a propitiation for their sins,—it is not that they stagger not at tlm promise of God, because of unbelief,—it is not that the love of him is shed abroad in their hearts, by the Holy Ghost,—it is not that they carry along with them any consciousness what ever, of a growing conformity to the image of the Saviour,—it is not that their calling and their election are made sure to them, bv the success ful diligence with which they are cultivating the various accomplishments of tlm Christian char acter; there is not ono of these ingredients, we will venture to say, which enters into the sat : s- i'action that many feel with their own prospects, and into the complacency they have in the r own attainments, and into their opinon, that God is looking to them with indulgence and terms of tastefulness, by the orators of a genteel and cultivated piety.” “How must the pure eye of an angle be moved at such a spectacle of worthlessness,— and surely, in the records of heaven, this great moral peculiarity of ottr outcast race must stand engraven ps that, which of all others, has the charactcnof guilt most nakedly and most essen tially belonging to it. That the bosom of a thing formed should feel cold or indifferent to hi in who formed it,—that not a thought or an imago should be so unwelcome to man, as that of his Maker,—that the creature should thus turn round on its Creator, and eye disgust upon him,—that its every breath should he enven omed with haired against him who inspired it, or, if it he not hatred, hut only unconcern, or disinclination, that even th s should be the real disposition of a fashioned and sustained being, towards tho hand of ids Preserver,—there is a perversity here, which timo may palliate fora season, hut which, under a universal reign of justice, must at longthbe brought out to its ade quate condemnation. And on that day, when the earth is to be burnt up, and all its flatteries shall li ive subsided, will it he seen of many a heart that rejoiced in the applause and friend ship of th's world, that, alienated from the love of God, it was indeed in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.” “ First, then, it is said of Papists, that they as cribe an hg’ill bility to the Pope, so that if lie | were to sap one tiling and the Biblo Another, his an liority [would carry it over the authority of God. Aid, think you, rpy brethren, that there no such Popery among you ? Is there no ta- tu.-o, and should hold their offices fire years. In these Circuit Courts there should be but one trial, and that before a special Jury, to he strick en or selected in the usual way, by the parties. If either party be dissatisfied with the verdict of the Jury, or the decision of the Judge upon any point of Law, it should be his right to appeal-.to the Court of Appeals. The appeal shouldhc entered with the Clerk, upon payment of costs and without security—and the Clerk should, within a certain time, transmit to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, the papers of the cause, that is to say, the statements and briefs of the at torneys and the presiding Juges. Thirdly, the Court of Appleals should sit at Miiledgcville, immediately aftpr the conclusion oftlic Spring and Fall Circuits, and should con tinue in session until all the questions submitted for its decision, he finally disposed of. The Court should consist of three Judges, to be elected by the Legislature, for a term of eight years. The Judges should be attended by a Clerk and a Reporter, the latter to receive a.sa- lary from the state. It should be the duty of the Clerk to keep a regular docket of Appeals, and the Judges should cal! and decide the cases in iheir order, hearing counsel on either or both sides, and without the aid of a Jury. The do- swallowed ices, oranges, liquors, and received the salutations of the members, who went and came as ou ordinary occasions. Here the door keepers on the Mountain side opened and shut the boxes reserved for the mistresses of the Duke of Orlcans-Egnlite; and here, though every sign of approbation or disapprobation was strictly forbidden, you heard the long and indig nant “Ha, has!” of the mo:her-duchess, the patroness of the bands of female Jacobins, when ever her ears were not loudly greeted with the welcome sounds of death. The upper gallery, reserved for the people, was during the whole trial constiuitly full of strangers and spectators of every description, drinking wine and brandy as in a tavern. Bets were made as to the issue ol the trial in all the neighboring coffee-houses. Ennqr, impatience, disgust sat on almost every countatimice. Each member seemed to ask whclhgr his turn came next? A sick deputy, who was called, came forward wrapped up in his nil!Ill-cap and night-gown, and the Assembly, when they beheld this sort of phantom, laughed. The figures passing ami repressing, and rendered more ghastly by the pallid lights"that in a slow and sepulchral voice only pronounced the word Death; the Duke of Orleans hooted, almost spit upon, when he voted for the condemnation cisior.s nf the Judges should he delivered stria- ef his relative; others calculating if they should tint. The proceedings of the Court of Appeals have time to go to dinner before they gave their should be published annually by the Reporter,! verdict, wli.lc the women were pricking cards for the information of the people. Whenever an Appeal is decided, it should be certified by the Clerk of the Court of Appeals to the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the decision should bo held to lie fin d between the parties. Let us in ill a fourth place consider the effect of the present and proposed systems,.as respects the cause stands for trial in November, but the Defendant continues on affidavit; in May next the Plaintiff continues, and the cause is tried in king of your religion upon trust from another, | tlc i. iy Hn j exl .,. nse . According to the present when you should draw it fresh and unsullied from j pl „* A . commences an action of Trover to the ili<» fountaiji-houu of inspiration? iou all have, Superior Court of Kichmoud coilntv in Mav— or you ou<1it to nave, Lillies; and how often is . ... ' - • it’Vepeaied there, “ hearken diligently unto me?” No, do you obey this requirement, by making the raiding of your Bibles a distinct and earnest | November following, exactly a year and u half exorcise? Do you ever d ire to bruit' >onr f.i- ! after its commencement. The verdict is against vounte minister to the tribunal of the word, or j j> the Ut.-ffnd.inf, who, t •m" dissatisfied ap- would you tremble at the preemption of such | pea ] s> an ,j (ile .,s, pea | Mail ,i, for trial m the fol- an attempt, so that the hearing ef the word car- i 0Wlll2 May, when die Defendant continues— rins a greater authority oyer your mind than the m November after, the I’l diitiff continuing—u reading of the word 1 Now tins want of dear- , M , y tllu Jetend ,nt again, and in November the ing, tins trembling at the very idea of a dissent ilU( j (hen, in Miy it is tried upon the h um your m.nistc", this indolent acquiescence in , ap j> o;l ]—tints, according to the course of busi- his doctrine, is just calling mother mitt mas ei; f nesS an j jj, e practice of our Courts, four years it is putting the authority ol mm over the au-. m , y (.( jpS Q before a trial on the appeal, but this thorny of God; it is throwing yourself into a is nol u j|—,| 10 Plaintiff being dissatisfied with prostrate attitude at tire the footstool of human j verdict against him moves die Court for a opin nils on certain political topics, i he respect friendship. With most of them, there is not w liicli I enter’ lin lor the executive and Senate only an ignorance, but a positive disgust, idiom of your slate, excludes hominy mind the idea | iht'se tilings. They associate with them tiir tii U an unfriendly disposition chelated the interro gatories which are proposed, lint 1 will confess my regret at being fin ml, by this sentiment to depart hi the smallest degree, from that detor- m nation on which 1 have always acted. Not, Sir, that I would wish to conceal my opinion, fie in the people, upon any political or national subjects; hut as they were in various ways pro mulgated in 1824, I tun apprehensive that my appenance before the public at lliis time, may lie attributed, as has already been the case, to improper motives. With those remarks, I pray you, sir, respect fully to stale to the Sdnate of Indiana, that my opinions, at present, are precisely what they were in 1824 and 4, when they were communi cated, hv letter, lo Dr. Coleman of N. Caro lina, and when 1 voted for the present tariff and appropriations for internal improvement. As that letter was written at a time when the divis ions nf sentiments, on its subject, were as strongly marked as iliev are now, in relation lmth to the crpediencq and constitutionality of the system, it is enclosed herein ; and I bog the favor of your excellency to consider it a part of this commu nication. The occasion, out of ulrcli it arose, was embraced with a hope ol preventing any doubt, misconstruction, or necessity lor further enquiry, respec ing my opinion on the subject to which you refer—particulirly in those Stales, which you have designated as cherishing a poli cy at variance with your own. To preserve our invaluable eon t lotion and be prepared to repel the invasion of a foreign fos, by tlm practice of economy, anil the cultivation, within ourselves, ol’tlie means af national defence and independ ence, should he, it seems to me, the lending ob ject of any system which aspires to the name of “American," anil of every prudent administra tion of our government. I trust, sir, that these general views, taken in connexion wi It the letter enclosed, and the votes referred to, w II bo received as a sufficient an swer to the enquiries suggested by the resolu tions of the Sett tte. 1 will further observe, to your excellency, that nty views of constitutional power, and Viuorirau policy, wore imbibed, in no siii ill deg iv, in the times, and from the si.gts if the revolution, and that my experience lit' not disposed me to forget their lessons: and, in I will repeat that my opinions re main as they existed in 182.) and’24, iminlluen- ced bv the hopes of personal aggrandizement, and that i am sure they will never deprive me ol'tlie proud s uisfiction of having always been a sincere anil consistent republican. Ih avc the honour to be, very respectfully, Your most obedient servant, ANDREW JACKSON. Gen. Jackson’s reply is such an one ns might have been expected from the singular resolutions of die Legislature of Indiana, and die elaborate and (we must sa\) insidious letters to Gov. Ray.—Did this Governor think to entrap him by spreading his web so far around him 1 Else, wits did he pm so many particular and categot- ical questions to Gen. J. I Did he expect to draw forth some answer to some ono of them, which the partisans of the Administration might try to harp upon and turn to the best account! —And why did they not address similar que ries to Mr. Adams? He has never been half as explicit ort the 'abject of the Tariff as Gen. Jackson. Not a word has escaped Mr. A. in his own messages to Congress—and it has been left to Mr. Rush, to step out of his line, and “fe- commend measures” which would better have become the President himself to suggest.—We seize this opportunity to notice two assertions on ties subject, in xvh'ch we have been brought in. The Massachusetts Journal affirms that “Gen. Jackson, wri’es private letters, (not intendod to charges of methodisin, and mysticism,, and fanat icism: and meanwhile cherish in their own hearts, a kind of impregn tide confidence rest ing entirely on some other foundation. We believe the real cause of their tranquillity to he, just that eternity is not seen nearly i^- nougli, or urgently enough, to disturb them.— It si tnds so far atvay outlie bark ground of their contemplation, that they are almost entirely ta ken up with the intervening objects. Anv glimpse they have of the futurity which lies on tho odier side of time, is so faint, and so ocra- sioni(J, that its concerns never come to them with the urgony ofn matter on hand. It is nol so much becauso they think in a particular way on this topic, that they feel themselves to bo lit peace. It is rather, because they think so lit tle of it. Still, however, they do have a tran sient ami occasional though!? and it is all on tho side of tranquillity; and could this thought be exposed as a minister of deceitful compiaccnrv to the heart, it may have the effect of working in it a salutary alarm, and of making the possess or of it see tho n ikedness ofliis condition, and of undermining every oilier trust hut a trust in the offered salvation of the gospel, nml of unsettling the blind and easy confidence of Ills former days, and of prompting him with the question, “ What shall I do to be saved?” and of loading him to try this question by the light ol'reu 1 uion, and to proseetito it to a scriptural conclusion, till lie came to tho answer of, “ Believe in the Lord Je sus Christ, and thou sh dt he saved.” What is tho wav, then, in which they do act- u dly m ike up their minds upon tins subject! There is, in the first place, a pretty general ad mission, that wo aro sinners, though along with this, tliero is a disposition to palliate the enor mity of sin, and to gloss it over with the gen le epithet of mi infirmity. It is readily allowed, then, that we have our infirmities; and then to make all right, and secure, and comfortable, the sentiment with which they bring the in itter round again, is.that, though we It ive our infirmi ties, God is a merciful God, and ho will overlook them. This vague, and general, and indistinct apprehension of the attribute of mercy is the an chor of their hope; not a very sure nnd stedfust one certainly, but just assure and us stedf.isl, as, in their peaceful state of unconcern, they have any demand for. A vessel in smooth water needs tun he very strongly fastened in her moor ings; and really any convictions of sin they have, agitated them so gently, that a very slen der principle indeed, uttered occasionally by the mouth, and with no distinct or perceptible hold upon the heart, is enough to quiet and subdue all that is troublesome within them. A slight hurt needs but a slight remedy, nnd however virulent the disease may be, yet, if the patient lie but gen tly alarmed, a gentle application is enough to pacify him in the mean time. Now, a tasteful and a tender sentiment about the goodness of God, is just such an application, lie will nol he severe upon our weaknesses; he will not east n glance of stern and unrelenting indignation upon us. It is true, that there is to be met with, among the vilest dregs nnd refuse of society, a degree of profligacy, for which it would'really be too much to expect forgiveness. Tho use of hell is for the punishment of such gross and cn- oinius wickedness as this. But tin* people who are so very depraved, and so very shocking, stand tar beneath tho place which we occupy in the scale of character. We, with our many amiable, and good, and neighbourlike points and accom plishments, are fair and benefiting subjects for the kindness of God. When we err, we shall betake ourselves to a trust ill that indulgence, which gives to our religion the aspect of notch cheerfulness; and we will school down all that is disquieting, by a sentiment of confidence in that mercy which is soothing-to our hearts, nml infall bility; it is not just kisx'ng the too of re verence, hut it is the profounder degradation of the mind anil of all i’s faculties; and without the name oIT*ropery—that it une which lights up so ready and antipathy in your bosoms, your soul new trial, and his grounds are ordered to lie filed; in tho November following, they were ar gued, ami a now trial is ordeicd; in the next May the new trial is in order for detail, and is . continued by tho Defendant, in November enn- nt iv lie infer tell wall the substantial poison, and | lmllo j by ,j lc iMamutl, in Mav hv Defendant your conscience he. weighed down by the op-! a ,_, alll _j n November by 1M iint.iV,*anil in Mav piessive slmckies, ot l’opery. And all tins, m • al -, t . r a fln ,j Jecision of Popery. ihe noonday effulgence of a Protestant country, where tho Bible, in your mother tongue, circu lates among all your families—where it maybe met with iu almost every shelf, and is ever so- licitingyoti to look to tho wisdom th it is inscri bed upon its pages. O! how tenderly should we deal with tho prejudices of a rude and uned ucated people, who have no Bibles, and no art of reading among them, to unlock its treasures, when wo think that, oven in this our land, the voice of human authority carries so mighty an influence along with it, and veneration for the word of God is darkened nnd polluted by a blind veneration for its interpreters.” ii i i, id hough even then, either of the parties is at liberty to move anoth er new trial—m this way, A’s action of Trover is not finally disposed of until seven years after its commencement. Now all this time, hoih A. and B. must pay a heavy sum to witnesses and in-officers and Court costs, and Attorney’s Fees. How would the plan proposed operate, allowing to it as wo have done to the oilier, the utmost latitude of delay of which it is susceptible? A. commences his trover case in May— t is ready for trial in November—it is continued by Plain tiff again in May, and by Defendant in Novem ber, by Plaintiff again in May, and by Dcfeud- and in November, when a‘verdict is rendered for Defendant. A. appeals to the Court sitting in J a unary at Miiledgcville, and the cause is de termined in favor of tho Defendant, or a new- trial is granted; if the latter, tho case is ready for trial in May, and Plaintifi'continues—in No vember Defendant continues—and in the fol lowing May the final verdict is rendered. Thus the time consumed is four instead of seven yeai s —and the fees and expenses are lessened in pro portion. Many persons aie impressed with a - . . belief that suitors must attend with their witnes- ,0 rejection of “similar propose , sosl , L q mc tUe Bppeal Court—not so—.hat Court ai t e, the I resident nominated | ouiy tries thc Law of the case, and tho expen ses of that trial will only extend to the Lawyers fee, and a trifling feo to the Clerk. The ex penses of a second trial before a Jury w II be DOMESTIC. Washington, April 25.—The House of Re presentatives yesterday passed a resolution to instruct its military committee to bring in a bill to abolish the oflice of Major General of tho Ar my of the United Stales, now vacant by the death of Gen. Brown. This vote, we presume, is founded upon the belief that the office, in re ference to our present Military Establishment, is au pci (luoiis. It is generally understood, howev er, that, after thc lion by tlin Sc Brevet M ijor General Alex. Macomb to fill the vacmey; tlin this nom n:\t.on isstdl before the Senate; and tint some of the friends of other eandala es for the office have been displeased at this selec'on. It is probable then, that this feel ing of dissatisfaction at the nomination, or rather ofsynipuhy for esteemed friends, whom differ ent members desired to see preferred, h id an in fluence upon the vote of yosierd iv to such a de- with pins in order to count the votes; some of tho deput es fallen asleep, and only waked up to give their sentence; Manuel, the secretary, trying to falsify a few votes in favor of the un fortunate kin:;, and in danger of being.niurderei for his pains in the passages; all this had the tppearance rather of a hideous dream than of the re d.ty. When M iloshorbes went to carry the tidings to the King, lit found him with his head reclined on tho table, in a musing posture; and he observed to h m at his entering, “1 have been for these two hours trying to recollect what I hive ever done to incur the ill-will of my sub jects.” The very ende ivor showed goodness of heart and a certain simplicity of character; but it would be long before one taught from his childhood to believe tli.it lie could do no wrong, would find just ground of offence in li'.s behavior to his people. The execution of the sentence was fixed for the gist of Jnnu .rv, 17f)3. Louis mounted tho fatal sc iflu!d wadi thinness; af ter administering .he 1 ist sacrament, his confes sor addressed him, “Son of St. Louis! ascend into Heaven!” He however manifested some repugnance to submit to his fate, nnd tvoujd have addi -cssed the spectators, staggering to one side of the pl itfoi m for that purpose, when the drums heat, and he w is suddenly seized by Ihe execu tioners and underwent the sentence ofbisjudg es. It is s fid that the indecent li sic an.cj.cager- nias of these men to complete their task arose from orders having been issued to the soldiers,-, m cam of any attempt at rescue, to lire at the ■ scaffold, and that they were afraid of being them selves despatched if any alarm was givon, or thcrowerc any symptoms of commotion among the crowd. One person tasted the blood with a brutal i \ lamntion, that it was “shockingly bit ter;” the hair and pieces of the dress were sold by tho attendants. No strong emotion was evinced at the moment; the place was like a fair; but a few days after, Paris, and those who had voted for the de ith of tlio monarch, began to feol serious and uneasy at what they had done. Louis XVI. had occupied his time while in prison, where his confinement was strict, chiefly in consoling his wife and sister, and Ih instructing his son. Ho discovered neilher im patience, regret, nor resentmen . Tho truth is,' that great and trying situations raise the mind above itself, and take out the sting of personal suffering, by the importance of thc reflections and consequences they suggest. He read mucli and often reverted to the English history, where ho found many exanples of fallen mon- arclis, and one among them condemned like him self by the people. Ho was attended during the whole time, and in his last moments, by his old servant Clery, who never left him. The names of those who are faithful in misfortune are sa cred in the page of history! Tho Queen fol lowed tier husband to the block, after an inter val of almost a year. There were circumstan ces of a dastardly and cold-blooded barbarity , , .... „ , ! alternate—the Juries are special and stricken.— gree as to preponderate the scale m tavor of the | and the fina , decision m «de b y these Judges di- m at ion. It tins vote have no other result, .. j tinguishe(1 for legal acq.iiremems, and who are wall proh ibly prevent the Senate s acting upon unknoum to them. .ho uom nation until die question raised m the /';/«/».-The Powers ofa Court of Ordina- otlier House sh ,11 , ive been finally determined j ry sU „ ul( j bc vestcil in Judges of Probate, one llieto. \a mna n < igencei. | to be appointed for each county, with an appeal THE COURTS OF GEORGIA i *' rom decision directly to the Court of Ap- " And Moses henrkeiirtl to the voice of Jethro his fi- j peal', ther-iielavv and chose Ohio men nut of nil Israel nnd tliev j This subject is a most interesting and impor- :ivoided, and the parties litigant in our Courts attending the accusation against her. But thc will come at justice bv a shorter, less laborious, I revolutionary spirit had then attained its highest and cheaper journey than they are now obliged j virulence and fury. She expressed her appre- to undertake. Besides, they will have nodi ne ; hensions of being torn in pieces by tho mob on to fear from prejudice or bias, where the Judges ! her way to the sc.aflbld, and was gravely assured judged tlu> People at nil sens jus; the hard causes they j tant one—we invite the investigation of it, and brought unto Moses—hut every small matter thev judged themselves.”—l.xod. XVIII. M my good meali ng people are opposed to a ch mge in our Judiciary, because they cannot foresee wliat tho change may be, and there are also persons who acknowledge the evils of the system, hut domit like to intermeddle with them, for foar of m iking bad, morse. For the purpose of shewing that ire are in favor of a reform at once reasonable ami necessary, wo seize this oc casion briefly to sketch an outline, which all will readily comprehend, and if, upon duo considera tion. it shalwqvpear tint the plan proposed, is better thin that now in use, it cannot be thought presuming, when we sav, that the one should be adopted and the other abandoned. First, then, we would divest the Inferior Courts of their law jurisdiction. They should no longer be permitted to decide upon rights and principles, of which they are wholly ignorant, but their httsiness and duty should be confined exclusively to county waiters. In the second place, the Judicial Circuits in the State, should be remoulded, and so construct ed as to make the business and labor of the Judg es as nearly equal as possible. For every Cir cuit a Judge should be appointed, who should reside within the Circuit. Tho courts in the several Circuits should be proceeding at the same time, and the Circuits should commence and conchtJe as neatly as practicable, at the same periods. No Circuit Judge should be per mitted to ride thc some Circuit twice iu succes sion, but the Judges should alternate. They clieetfully throw open our columns to all who would discuss it.— Constitutionalist. HAZUTT’S FIFE OF NAPOI.EON. Thc fallowing is the account, ol’tlie trial and execution of tile unfortunate Louis. “The behaviour of Louis XVI. on his trial was simple, tnanlv, and affecting. Ho rested j his defence chiefly upon a positive denial of any [ knowledge of the letters and documents th it were brought as proofs against him. His advo cates on this occasion, Mnlesherbcs (who no bly volunteered his services on the refusal of Target,) Tronchet and Deseze, did themselves great and lasting honor by their eloquence, in trepidity, and disinterested zeal. The conven tion pronounced his condemnation by a majority of only twenty-six voices out of above seven hundred. The smallness of this majority was made a plea to set aside the .sentence. “ De crees are passed by a simple majority,” said a member of the Mountain. "True,” it was re plied, “but decrees may be recalled." Some were for relieving themselves from the responsi bility by an appeal to the nation, but this, it was thought, would betray a distrust of the cause, and might also breed a civil war. Thc sitting of thc Convention which concluded the trial, lasted seventy-two hours. It might naturally be supposed that silence, restraint, a sort of re ligious awe would have pervaded the scene: on the contrary, every thing bore the marks of gaie ty, dissipation, and the most grotesque confusion. The farther end of the hall was converted into be juade public), to Richmond, in which he which we -delight to hear expatiated upou, in should be elected as at present, by tic Legisla* boxes, where ladies, iu a studied dishabille, by one of thc gendumes who accompanied her, ihat “site would reach it without meeting nny harm!” It is an affecting incident, that just be fore she expired, she turned round her head to look back ut the Thuilleries, and then laid her neck on the block.” Lightning.—Some extraordinary effects of lightning occurred lately in tho ship New York, on her passage from New York to London. A conductor attached to the mainmast was melted and tell in drops into the sea. An excellent chronometer was so deranged that it gained 34 minutes in the voyage; the cause of which was discovered on the arrival of tho vessel in Lon don ; when it appeared that all the parts of the instrument had acquired so strong a magnetic power, that its general movement depended very sensibly on the position in which it was placod. But the most singular operation of the lightning was the following. There was a passenger on board, very old and corpulent, whose legs were so paralyzed that for three years lie had not walked half a mile, and who since liis embarka tion, had not been able even to stand. After the discharge of thc lightning, which passed close to the place where this poor cripple xvas lying, every body was astonished to see him rise, pace up and down tho deck, and walk about for a lung time, as if nothing.had over ailed him.— At first his head was a little affee’ed; but that soon went off,while tho benefit which lie had ex perienced in his limb's remained. He continued to use them freely during the passage, and on the arrival of the ship in port, lie walked with ease to thc place ofliis residence. Indian Relics.—A farmer re ir this place, a few days since whilst ploughing in one his fields, threw up a tomahawk and horn, both made out of flint stone.* The Tomahawk is a perfect resemblance of those now in ust*, with a cavity in the centre for the handle—whilst the horn is said to bo a beautiful specimen of the ingenuity of tite aborigines. •Qcere—A home, made out of flint store.