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\ CHRONICLE XST> SENTINEL, j AUGUST a, 1 FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY771. 1 —■ ‘ ■ "" ’ 1 Election ol PriHter-Georgia Delegation. j In eccoidancewith our promise yesterday, we give thia morning the vote in the House of ep- j re«entati.e*, on *.«•*» of which , i, will b. seen ih»t mo of the Georg.. 1 Mem.. Black and 'Cooper, voted for BU.r A. RiTea. Notwithstanding the repeated assertions . of Utter writers and the press, that these gentle men would support Blair & Hires, we confess that their rote has astonished us. They were selected by the State Hights party | of Georgia, and pkicedjn nomination, because of their uniform opposition to the corruptions of the I present administration, as well as for the high stand which they have occupied in Georgia; and not with any expectation however remote, that they would thus early have enrolled themselves 1 in the support-of the administration by their vote i in favor of Us prostituted organ. Had such an impression existed, they could not have received the vote of the opposition for their seats. That l this is a candid and fair statement, no one will i deny, is conversant with the wishes and feelings of that portion of the voters in Georgia, who supported Messrs. Clack and Cooper. In vo ting, therefore, for the administration organ, they I have misrepresented their constituents, and done ] violence to the confidence which has been repos- 1 •d in them* In speaking of this vote, we desiree to speak frankly, for we think the occasion demands it at our hands. If these gentlemen intended giving in their adhesion to the administration, they have certainly imposed'upon the confidence of the people, and it was a duty which they owed no less to candor end consistency than to their sup porters, to have resigned the office which they had been elected to fill. During the canvass we supported them, and did so cheerfully be cause we believed them “above suspicion.” We have been deceived. They do not represent us, nor do they, w| repeat, represent the wishes and feelings of theil constituents; and we know little of that portior of the people by whose support they acquired heir seats in the House, if they do not speak in aF.anguage which these gentlemen cannot raistafc i, when their claims are again pre sented. We supported these gentlemen, with a full knowledge of their predilections for the Sub- Treasury, and have always felt content that they should give to that measure, or any other pro posed by the administration, an honest and inde pendent support; but we confess our utter aston ishment at the vote they have cast for the Editors of the Globe as public printers! If there be any one newspaper in the Union, more vile, hate ful, and accursed in the eyes of the State Rights party of Georgia than all others, it is the Globe! We look upon it as a moral prostitution of the high office of Representation, apart from all politi cal considerations, to have cast such a vote! Wa do not believe that there ere five hundred State Rights men in all Georgia who would sanction it! Even those of our party who lean towards Mr. Van Suren, loathe and detest his organ. For Blair <k Rives.—Messrs. J. Allen, H* J. Anderson, Atherton, Banks, Beatty, Beirne> BLACK, Blackwell, Boyd, Brewster, A. V* Brown, A. G. Brown, Burke, S. H. Butler, W. O. Butler, Bynum, Carr, Carroll, Casey, Chap man, Clifford, Coiec, Connor, M. A. COOPER, Craig, Crary, Cross, Th. Davee, John Davis, J. W. Davis, Doan, Doig, Dromgoole, Duncan, Earl, Eastman, Ely, Fine, Fisher, Fletcher, Floyd, Fomanoe, Gerry, Griffin, Hammond, Hand, John Hastings, Hawkins, Hill of North Carolina, Holleman, Holmes, Hook, Howard, Jackson, Jameson, Joe, Johnson, N. Jones, J. W. Jones, Keim,Kemble, Leadbel li ?r, Leet, Leonard, Lewis, I*owcli, ILucas, McClellan, McCulloh, Marchand, Medill, Miller, Montanya, Montgo mery, S. H. Morris, Newhard, Parrish, Parmen tcr, Parris, Paynter, Petriken, Pickens, Prentiss, Ramsey, Reynolds, Rhett, Rives, Robinson, E. Rogers, Samuels, Shaw, A. Smith, Tho. Smith, Steenrod, Strong, Sumpter, Sweeny, Taylor, F. Thomas, P. F. Thomas, Jac. Thompson, Turney, Vanderpool, D. D. Wagener, Watterson, Weller, Wick, J. W. Williams, Hen. Williams, Worth ington and Mallory- -110. For Gale* & Ssaton. —Messrs. Adams, Al ford, S. H. Anderson, Andrews, Baker, Barnard, Bell, Bond, Botts, Briggs, Brockway, Calhoun, W. B. Campbell, Carter, Crittenden, Jas. Coop er, Corwin, Crabb, Cranston. Crockett, Curtis, Cushing, E. Davies, Gar. Davis, Dawson, Deber ry, Dillet, Edwards, Evans, Fillmoie,R. Garland, Gentry, Giddings, Goggin, Goode, Graham, Granger, Graves, Green, Grinnel, Habersham, Hall, W. S. Hastings, Henry, Hill of Virginia, Hoffman, Hunt, James, Jenifer, Chs. Johnson, W. C. Johnson, Kempshall, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marvin, Monroe, Morgan, Naylor, Nisbet, Ogle, Osborne, Palen, Peck, Pope, Proffit, Randall, Randolp, Rariden, Rayner, Reed, Ridgway, Rus sell, Sergeant, Simonton, Slade, Truman Smith, Stanly, Storrs, Stuart, W. Thompson,Tillinghast, Toland, Triplett, Trumbull, Underwood, P. J. Wagner. Warren, John W’kke, Th. W. Wil liams, Lewis Williams, Jos. L. Williams, and Sherrod Williams—92. For Th, W. W hits.—Messrs. Wise, and Hunter, Speaker. For Jacob Gideon.—Mr. Jas. Garland 1. For S. Stam^augh. —Mi. Hopkins 1. For Duff Greek.—Mr. Mitchell I. 'Congress. From the National Intelligencer of the Ist in stant we extract a brief sketch of the proceedings of both Houses on the day previous. IN SENATE. The Vice President communicated to the Senate a report from the Secretary of War, i n compliance with a resolution, containing certain surveys of harbors, dec. Also, a petition from Jehiel Brooks. Mr. Clat presented two memorials, one from citizens of Pennsylvania, and another from citi zens of Massachusetts, asking the influence of Government in the creation of a Congress to put an end to war, whhh they regard as unchristian and disastrous. Mi. Clay said that one of the memorialists had requested him to move to refer it to a select com mittee, but he would not do it; if, however, any other gentleman would do so, he would acquiesce in it. lie very much doubted, however, in the present state of human society, whether these me morialist* could attain their humane wishes. He thought association* of this kind, temperance so cieties, and others, very good when they confined their influence to the Judgments, the interests, or •van religion of individuals if they pleased; but whan they came to Legislatures to say what should go into the mouth, and what come out of it, they bounded out of their proper sphere, and produced resistance rather than good. \ Petitions were then presented by several Sen- j store. Mr. Grondt, from the select committee to j whom their former report on Mr. Benton’s reso lutions respecting the debts of the States had been re-committed, returned that report to the ( Senate having some portions of it which had ( been objected to stricken out or modified, and ( one of the concluding resolutions slightly a- j mended. , The debate upon it was continued through the day by Messrs. Clat of Kentucky, Gbundt, , Kino, Hubbard, Merrick, Preston, South ard, and Wright. j Mr. Benton asked that the nsual number of , the report might be printed ; but the motion was not urged, on the ground that it would cause de bate. The subject being passed over informally, The Senate held an Executive session, and hen adjourned. In the House, the day was spent in an effort to elect a committee of inquiry concerning the mode of executing the public printing, without coming to any result, as the body adjourned in great confusion, after the first ballot, without announcing the vote. Since the foregoing was in type, we perceive by the Globe of the Ist inst., that three of the five members of the committee were elected, viz. Messrs. Black of Georgia, Davis of Indiana, and Prentiss of New York, all supporters of the Kitchen Editors. An admirable committee, truly, to enquire into the mode of executing the public printing. Quere —Would it not have been as well to have nqade Blair & Rives the committee 1 The Washington correspondent of the New York Courier writes that the indemnity paid by the British Government to our Minister in Lon don, for the wrecked American slaves set free some years ago in the Bahamas, averages about SSOO for each. A letter from Harrisburg dated Tuesday, and posted at the Philadelphia Exchange, says—“A bill passed the House on a second reading, this morning, by a vote of 67 to *B, directing the Banks of the Commonwealth to resume specie payments for all their notes and liabilities (except such deposits as the Banks have agreed with the depositors shall be paid in current Bank notes,) on the 14th of February.” The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 30th says : We learn with pleasure that the difficulty between the Baltimore and Philadelphia Rail Road Com pany and the Postmaster General, is likely to be amicably adjusted. The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 30th, says : “We have a letter from Capt. Pedrick, at Port Penn., dated 27th Jan- Reports no new arrivals. The only vessel to be seen below is the schr La grange, lying in the mouth of Duck Creek. No prospect of the vessels moving. Ice very heavy and weather thick—wind west.” I The aggregate amount of losses by fires in the city of New York within the last three months is said to be at least three millions of dollars! Norfolk, Feb. 1. Schr. James Russel Abandoned. —Capt. Besse of schr. Stranger, at this port from St. Thomas, has politely furnished us with the fol lowing account of the loss of the above schr. “Sr. Piere, (Mart.) Jan. 13. 1840. “Please report that on the 26th Dec, last, on my passage from Washington, N. C. to this port I fell in with the wreck of the schr. James Rus sel, 14 days from New York, bound to Rich mond, Va. She was in a sinking condition and without provisions—took from her Capt. Dennis and four men. F. F. MEANS, Master of schr. Compeer, of Ellsworth. Correspondence of the National Intelligencer. New York, Jan. 30. As a proof of the depression of business here, the Times to-day states that the auction houses have already bad applications for the sale of the furniture of over three hundred families prior to May Ist, and the Times has no doubt that a thou sand families at the least will then break up house-keeping. February Ist is the day in this city on which, by custom, all tenants are called upon to decide as to the keeping or abandoning of the premises they have. There has been, to-day, a curious and a novel sale, at auction, viz: of U. S. Bank notes protes ted, and security for the payment of the same having been given in execution. The sales were of— -538,000 bills marked 18th October, at 97 10.000 do do 18th do at 96$ 5,090 do do 19th Nov. at 96 2,000 do do Bth Jan. at 96 10.000 do do 15th do at 96 which is only about 4 per cent, less than specie or New York funds, and higher than the current rate of exchange on Philadelphia. The sale has attracted a good deal of attention, and it was sup posed in some quarters that it would show a be lief, on the part of bidders, of great weakness in the bank. The sky is so clouded to-day, and the air so foggy, that we can hardly see to read or write without a candle. The January thaw is upon us, and our snow is ail gone. Such is the condition of the streets that there is but little out-door busi ness. The stock market is yet on the decline. U. S. Bank stands at 77. There is nothing new in the money world. Extract of a letter received in Charleston, dated “New-York, January 30. “ We have never felt confidence in the arrival of the British Queen, as we think but too few pas sengers would offer, to induce the Company to incur the certain loss of a January voyage. We must, therefore, depend upon sails until tbeStea mer Liverpool's turn, which was the 20th instant from that port -Char. Cour. 4 th instant. Tough Weather— ln Franconia N H o Friday, January 17th. the spirit thermometerVell to thirty seven degrees below zero , and the mer cury to forty degrees below zero. I n Spring! field, Mass., the thermometer, on the same morn! mg, was thirty degrees below zero. From the Baltimore American. North Eastern Boundary Question. In the correspondence which has been pub lished between the official agents of the American and British governments, in reference to the dis puted boundary on the North East frontier of Maine, the first complaint is made in a letter from the British minister, Mr. Fox, to the De partment of State at Washington. As the issue of the controversy is yet uncertain, it may be well to recapitulate the chief items that go to make up the sum of the matter in dispute, that incase the termination should be serious wo may not be un informed concerning the first steps of the progres sive difficulty. Mr. Fox, in his letter of Novem ber 2nd 1839, to Mr. Forsyth, complains: Ist, That the armed posse stationed by the State of Maine for the protection of the public property in the disputed territory had extended its opera tions from the valley of the Aroostook to the mouth of Fish river into the valley of St. John’s, and thus into a portion of the Madawaska settle ment. —2ndly, That the establishments formed by the armed parties on the banks both of the Aroostook and Fish river had assumed an aspect decidedly military, indicating the intent of a per manent national possession, being fortified with entrenchments and cannon and garrisoned by a number of armed men far greater than the occa sion would warrant. 3dly, That a permanent State road was under construction leading into the valley of the Aroostook with the view of con necting that portion of the disputed territory with the towns of Augusta and Bangor, and other ac knowledged parts of the State of Maine. 4thly, That, land surveyors under the authority of the State were employed in marking out lots and townships within the same portion of the dispu ted territory; that sales of lands were made with deeds regularly drawn under the authority of Maine. A statement of these charges being communi cated to Governor Faiifield by the Department of State, his excellency answers that the armed pos se complained of in the first instance consisted of twenty-five labourers, with muskets, who had been despatched to Fish river and the St. John’s to disperse a body of trespassers who had been engaged in cutting timber on those rivers; that this region was not within the Madawaska settle ment, but twenty-five miles below it; but that whether it were or not, there was in this act no violation of the compact of last Spring, which al lowed to either party the right of driving trespas sers from the disputed territory. In the second place, that the party on the Aroostook, though somewhat larger, had been despatched for a simi lar purpose; they had extended a boom across that river to stop descending rafts of timber; and they had constructed a fortification for their own de fence which was guarded by two small pieces of artillery. If this were any infringement of the compact, the complaint certainly came with a bad grace from the British Government, since this ve ry detachment had been attacked in their fort by a party of men, bearing the Queen’s arms and commanded by a veteran militia captain. With regard to the third and fourth allegations, the Governor replied that Maine was only doing what she had hitherto been accustomed to do in that part of the territory over which she had al ways exercised authority. The State road was begun in 1826, and had been in progress ever since. It was necessary as a means of access to the timber country, in order that trespassers might be reached and held in check. The surveying and selling of lands south of the St. John’s and upon the Aroostook had been going on, more or less, for the last thirty years. The compact en tered into last spring by the meditation of Gen. Scott, allowed each party to hold such portions of the territory lying between their respective li mits as each had exercised authority over before, i The course of Maine had indicated no disposition to go beyond this limitation. The British Gov ernment had erected barracks and stationed troops north of the St. John’s and was in the habit of transporting armed men and munitions of war across that portion of the territory, at its own pleasure. The next step in the matter is the stationing of two companies of British troops at Temiscoun ta Lake, which Gov. Fairfield remonstrated against; and he gave official information of the same to the President of the United States. Our readers have been put in possession of the partic ulars relative to this part of the subject. Here ! the whole controversy stands suspended for the present. As the issue now lies between the Gen eral Government and the British Cabinet, rather than between the State of Maine and the Provin cial Authorities, we may reasonably expect that less irritation of feeling and more of circumspect and c tlm proceeding will mark the future course j of action on both sides. Texas. —The steam packet ship Neptune, from Galveston, arrived last night, bringing dates from that city up to the 25th January. The N. has performed the voyage with a large cargo in the short space of seven days. Mr. Saligny, minister from France, arrived in Galveston, on the 24th. Congress is expected soon to adjourn.— N. O. Courier , 30 th ult. The New Orleans Bulletin of the 28th inst. says:—ln the city of Sabine, recently, three hun dred and sixty-five lots were offered and sold for the sum of §250,000. Improvements were pro gressing rapidly. The steamboat Putnam was running the Sabine, and had engaged to bring down 4000 bales of cotton. The proceedings in the Congress of Texas were devoid of interest.— The bill closing the land office, and stopping the location of land, was lost in the House of Repre resentatives—so the matter is put at rest for the session. The treaty with France has been rati fied by the Senate. Louisiana—Another Vacancy in Cos ‘ GRESS Supreme Court.— The nomination of the Honorable Rice Garland, to be Judge of the Supreme Court, was confirmed by the Senate yesterday. We understand Mr. Garland will resign his seat in Congress immediately on being notified ofhis appointment. There will then have to be a special election for Congress to fill the vacancy early in the spring. It is also understood that the Whig party throughout the district, have united on the Hon. John Moore, of Attakapas, as the Whig candidate to succeed Mr. Garland. —i\. O. True American. From the Baltimore Post. Talleyrandiaua. A needy fellow, as a last excuse for some pal try action, by which he had obtained a supply of money, said, “At all events, I must live /” “Really I don’t see why," was the cutting an swer of Talleyrand. Another person who had enriched himself by every species of fraud ex claimed on some occasion—“ upon my honor ‘Oh!’ said the wit, very dryly, ‘let us not talk of such small matters /* Being asked if a noted blue stocking was not somewhat tiresome, ‘No !’ said he, ‘she is perfectly tiresome.’ A certain Mr. Sourches, a little, ugly, dark looking fop, was always endeavoring to insinuate that he was very acceptable to the ladies, and in variably successful in his gallantries. One night, as he was leaving a brilliant soiree , he said—' “This was the first time for two years’that I have slept at home.” Talleyrand after glancing at the owl looking figure before him, exclaimed ‘ per haps, sir, you go to roost /’ On am-ther’ occa sion, the same ungainly person was annoying a company with a zealous eulogy of defunct mother’* beauty. Talleyrand cut him short by saying—‘lt was then your father who apparently was not over-handsome 1” 3 In a literary party, during the directory, a rich and stupid fellow, equally ignorant of literature and good manners, began a violent tirade against wit, saying it was the cause of all the evils in so ciety, and wound up by exclaiming that wit had ruined France. ‘ln that case,’ said Talleyrand, with a very grave face, ‘why don’t you try to save the commonwealth 1 ?’ Napolean’s Consular Guard was composed of tall and strong-built men, more remarkable for their courage and fidelty, than for the elegance of their manners. Some one was praising the beauty of Madam de Luchesini, (lady of the Prussian ambassador,) a colossal, rough-looking and very masculine dame. ‘I could select a per son of equal charms from the Consular Guard,’ said our caustic wit. When Madam de Stael published her delight ful novel of ‘Delphine,’ she was thought to have painted herself in brilliant and the dauntless char acter of the heroine, and that of Talleyrand in that of an elderly lady. ‘I am told,’ said he, the | first time he met her after the publication, * that we both figure in your novel disguised an wo- 1 men!” M. d’ Estourmel was one of those who thought with Falstaff, that ‘the better part of valor is dis cretion.’ He was however forced into a duel, and received a ball in his belly. Some one rela ted this to Talleyrand, who exclaimed, ‘What! he has a ball in his belly ! he must have swallow ed it then !’ ‘During my whole life,’ said Rhulhieres, ‘I was only guilty of one ill-natured thing.’ ‘And when will that end?' said Talleyrand. Speaking of some female bore, he said, ‘she is intolerable !’— but, as if h i had gone too far, he immediately ad- J ded—‘but that is her only fault !’ The Prince was intimate with a diplomatic per sonage of vast pretensions but of very shallow 7 intellect, who was always tormenting him for an autograph letter, which he wished to present to a | young lady for her album. At last our wit, to punish him for his importunity, wrote him the following billet: *My dear sir—l have invited to dinner some very witty persons. Will you favor us with your company ?—in w hich case I will not be the only imbecile of the party !’ A person who had been a great reprobate, was expiating his crimes by a dreadful deathbed.— { ‘Oh !’ he exclaimed, ‘I suffer the pains of hell!’ ‘What, already /’ whispered Talleyrand. Louis Phillippe is said to speculate very large ly in the funds, the operations of which are car ried on at the Royal Exchange. Talleyrand, ri ding through Paris with a stranger, was asked by him the name of an extensive building, pointing to the Exchange. ‘That is the King's Palace,' said the Prince. The New Orleans Bulletin says:—A rumor is afloat that Gen. Armstrong, Postmaster at Nash ville, is to succeed Amos Kendall as Postmaster General. Gen. Armstrong is spoken of as an honest man, and very capable public officer. We heard a rumor yesterday, that evidence has recently been discovered, of the purchase some time since, by Levis, the fraudulent Cashier, of English bills of Exchange to a considerable amouut. — Phila. Inq. From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, Jan. 28. Death of Commodore Chauncey. Another brave heart beats no more. Commo dore Isaac Chauncey. one of the senior officers of the navy, and President of the Board of Na vy Commissioners, died at Washington on Mon day last. We have not the means directly at hand for sketching the life ot this brave, patriotic and tru ly estimable man. He has passed his life in the service, having in his boyhood served with the old commodores in the navy. Our first personal ac quaintance with him was formed during the win ter of 1812—13, at Sackett’s Harbor. When, during the war then waging between the United States and Great Britain, the British were increasing their navy on Lake Ontario, un der the command of Sir James Lucas Yeo, Cap tain Chauncey was detached to the command of the American navy upon that lake, and his win ter’s rendezvous was at Sackett’s Harbor, It was there, that under the direction of Chauncey, the skilful and patrioiic Eckford, caused, as if by magic, the transformation of the adjacent trees of the forest into a gallant navy, embracing ships brave and large. The service of the lake was arduous ; but hap pily was almost bloodless, since it was a war of tactics between the two inland admirals. The opposing navies could never be brought into fair fight—the growth of the American navy having been too rapid and large to suit the British com modore. But there were several beautiful cha ses, and some elegant maneuvering. Both offi cers were exceedingly vigilant; but the Ameri can gained his purposes, by victories of skill, gal lant, though bloodless. After the war, the commodore served upon the Mediterranean and other stations, and was subse quently for a long time in command of the New York station. His death will be mourned by all who knew him. Dennie.— The Louisville News Letter says the following amusing anecdote is related of a meeting between Dr. Dwight and Mr. Dennie, the former of whom was then President of Yale College, and the latter Editor of the “Port Fol io,” a monthly literary journal commenced in 1800. “Some few years since, as Dr. Dwight was traveling through New Jersey, bechanced to stop at the stage hotel, in one of its populous towns, tor the night. At a late hour of the same, arriv ed also at the inn Mr. Dennie, who had the mis fortune to learn from the landlord, that his beds were all paired with lodgers, except one occupied by the celebrated Dr. Dwight. Show me to his apartment, exclaimed Dennie; although lam a stranger to the Reverend Doctor, perhaps I may bargain with him for my lodgings. The land lord acaordingly waited on Mr. Dennie to the Doctor’s room, and there left him to introduce himself. The Doctor, although in his night gown, cap, and slippers, and just ready to resign himself to the refreshing arms of Sornnus, polite ly invited the strange intruder to be seated. Struck with the physiognomy of his companion, he then unbent his austere brow, and commenc ed a literary conversation. The names of Wash ington, Franklin, Rittenhouse, and a host of dis tinguished and literary characters, for some time gave a zest and interest to their conversation, un til Dr. Dwight chanced to mention Dennie. “Dennie, the editor of the Port Folio,” says the Doctor in a rhapsody, “is the Addison of the U. S.—-the Father of American belles letters. But, Sir,” continued he, “is it not astonishing, that a man of such genius, fancy, and feeling, should abandon himself to the inebriating bowl?” “Sir.” said Dennie, “you are mistaken. I have been intimately acquainted with Dennie for sev eral years; and I never knew or saw him intox icated.” “Sir,” says the Doctor, “you err. I have ray information from a particular friend; lam confident that I am right and you are wrong ” Dennie now ingeniously changed the conver sation to the clergy, remarking, that Abercrombie and Mason were among the most distinguished divines; nevertheless, he considered Dwight, Pres ident of Yale College, the most learned theologian the first logician, and the greatest poet that Amer ica has produced. But, sir,’ continued Dennie ‘there are traits in his character, unworthy of so’ wise and great a man, and of the most detestable description; he is the greatest bigot and dogmatist ot the age! Sir, says the Doctor, ‘y OU are fTriLXX? I r inu ; ma i el * with Dr. Dwight, and I know to the contrary.* ‘Sir,’ says Dennie,‘you are mistaken; I have it from an intimate acquaintance of his, who I am confident would not tell me on untruth.’ ‘No more slan der !’ says the Doctor; ‘I am Doctor Dwight, of whom you speak !’ ‘And I, too,’ exclaimed Den nie, ‘am Mr. Dennie, of whom you spoke /’ “ The astonishment of Dr. Dwight may be bet ter conceived than told. Suffice it to say, they mutually shook hands and were extremely happy in each other’s acquaintance.” Society and Morals in London. —The Rev. E. Bickersteth, a learned and pious divine of the Church of England, preached a sermon in May last, before the London City Mission, which has been published. In touching upon the great spiritual ignorance in London, Mr. 13. was drawn into the statement of some facts that are not without their value. In appears that in the greet j metropolis, where, in the language of the author I of this sermon, “all human attainments arc car i ried out to their utmost perfection, where every thing may be had to instruct the mind, gratify the taste, or adorn the person,” there is an amount of ignorance and crime truly appalling. Among other evidences, it is stated that there are 1500 houses, known publicly as such, of ill-fame, tenanted by about 80,000 females. There arc annually 30,000 charges of drunkenness entered on the public hooks, and it is computed that 30,- 000,000 of pounds are expended every year for gin only. In 14 gin-shops, 269,438 entries of men, women and children were made in one week. In 1837, 217 suicides were attempted, of which 117 proved successful. : About 30,000 persons rise every morning with out knowing how they shall be supported through the day, or where they shall sleep the ensuing night. There are about 700,000 persons who are in health, and have the capability of attendance, that habitually neglect all kinds of public wor j ship. The London city Mission visited 121,000 houses, inhabited by 700,000 persons, and of these 35,393 families had not’a page of either the Old or New Testament Many persons were found wholly ignorant of what the Bible meant. Much of the vice and crime of London may be traced to the destitution of all moral and religious trainings among a large portion of the population. ! Mr. Bickersteth states that there arc between 80 and 100,000 Romanists, and about 20,000 Jews in London. Bonaparte’s burial-place. —The sollt'ide of Napoleon, in his tomb, has thrown another kind of spell over a briliant memory. Alexander died not in sight of Greese; he disappeared amid the 1 pomp of distant Babylon. Bonaparte did not i close his eyes in the presence of France, he passed | away in tho georgeous horrizon of the torrid zone, i The man who had shown himself in such power j fnl reality, vanished like a dream; his life, which j belonged to history, co-operated in the poetry of his death. He now sleeps forever, like a hermit | or a paria, beneath a willow in a narrow valley, ; surrounded by steep rocks at the extremity of a long path. The depth of the silence which pres ; sed upon him can only be compared to the vast | ness of the tumult which had surrounded him. Nations are absent; their throng has retired.— The bird of the tropics, harnessed to the car of the sun—as Buffon magnificently expressed it— speeding his flight downwards from the planet of : light, rests alone, for a moment, over the ashes, the weight of which has shaken the equilibrium of the globe. Bonapa. te crossed the ocean to re pair to his final exile, regardless of that beautiful sky which delighted Columbus, Vasco de Gema, and Gameus. Stretched upon the ship’s stern, he perceived not that unknown constellations were sparkling over his head. His powerful glance, for the first time, encountered their rays. What to him were stars which he had never seen from his bivouacs, and which had never shone over his em pire ! Nevertheless, not one of them has failed to fulfil its destiny; one half of the firmament spread its light over his cradle; the other half was i reserved to illuminate his tomb.— Chateaubriand. I Lafitte, the Pirate. —The last number of j. the Galveston Civilian contains an interesting sketch of this during fellow. The editor says that nearly all the stories told of Lafitte are put ’ down as fabulous by those who knew him, and many think he is still alive, no authentic account . having been published of his death. Lafitte, according to the Civilian, was a ’ Frenchman by birth, tall, finely formed, of highly polished manners, and in his pleasant moods no !. one would ever take him for a bad man. When conversing upon a serious subject he would stand for hours with one eye shut, and at such times his appearance was harsh. Ho stated that he had spent one winter in fashionable society at Washington City, and that he had expended $60,000 during the time. This distinguished leader and his gang built quite a village upon the i resent site of Galveston as early as 1812. His own ht use was two stories high, and a very good one. The others were only one story, and of plainer construction.— They procured their building materials from N. Orleans, with which place they kept up a regu lar intercourse. In fact, Lafitte boasted that he had made half the merchants of this city rich. He uniformly alleged that his depredations were i committed alone upon vessels sailing under , Spanish colors, and he is known to have hung one of his men for having robbed an American j citizen. He lost four vessels and many men in a storm i in 1818. Three of the vessels were lost at sea, and one went ashore on Virginia Point, on the i opposite side of the bay. When he left the Is , land he went to embark in the Columbian ser vice, having received the tender of a commission in their Navy, since which no authentic account of his movements has been published. A true history of this bold and extraordinary man would be highly interesting.— New Orleans Picayune. Newspaper Patronage.—Of all trades, pro fessions, or callings, none are so poorly paid as publishers of newspapers. This may be set down as a truism. Many patrons, (Heaven save the mark !) in other respects, worthy, punctual men, think it no sin to let the publisher of a newspa per wait year after year for his dues ; and, at last, if he is compelled to pay, he does it with a very bad grace.—“ Mr. Typo must have his money, must he—the ungrateful scamp—l subscribed for the paper merely to patronize him, and now he has the impudence to be importunate for his pay But if he must have it, he must. But, do yin hear! Stop the paper! There is no such thin<* as gratitude in this world.” If any body believes this picture is overdrawn, just let him ask the opinion of the nearest Printer. —Raleigh Reg. ) i Box Hill Tunnel.—The Box Hill Tunnel, 1 on the Great Western Railway in England, will be when completed one of the most stupendous ' works of the kind ever accomplished. The tun nel will be one mile and three quarters in length, • forty feet in height and thirty feet in width ' The work wa « begun in 1836. and for the most i part it has been carried on by boring through sol id masses of free stone. This great undertaking was projected by Mr. Brunei, and the execution ! thus far has been carried on under the direction I of Messrs. Brener and Lewis, the contractors.— • The tunnel is so far advanced that the whole is i expected to be finished in 1841. In a portion of the work between two shafts , Messrs. Brener and Lewis commenced their op -1 erations at each end, working towards a common • centre; and when the two cuttings closely ap proximated, much anxiety was felt lest a straight line should not have been kept, and the union of the two portions of the work should not have been true but on breaking through the last in- tervening portion of the rock, the accuracy of the x headings was proved— to the great joy, says an English journal, of the workmen, who took a lively interest in the result. The junction w as perfect to a hair as the level, the two roofs form ing an unvarying line, while at the sides, the ut most deviation from a straight line was only one inch and a quarter. — Baltimore American. Extraordinary Competition.— Three gen tleracn, well known in the fashionable world have made a wager, the oddity of which is likely to give rise to considerable amusement. The first of the parties is to drive a stage coach ; the second is to walk through the country as an itin erant melodist; and the third is to perform four principal dramatic characters, two tragedy, and two in comedy.—The greater part of the money obtained by these eccentric adventurers, in their several pursuits, is to be devoted to charitable purposes. The competitor who obtains the larges! sum by his exertions is to be the winner es the wager which is to the amount of several thousands. We have not heard the “where abouts” of the Jehu and the Apollo but it is said that the dramatic aspirant is to make his debut at Edinburgh, and that he will afterwards appear at other provincial theatres. If the report we have f heard of his talents prove correct, he will proba- | bly complete his career in London, by perform ing a few nights at one of the great winter thea tres — London Post. Duty on SitK.—Mr. Buchanan, in the Sen ate, after examining the progress of silk culture in this couutry, thinks that the issue of the pro ject will he entirely successful; and believes that a duty on foreign silk, as much or more for reve nue than for protection, will be deemed advisa ble. We took off the duty on French silk, and ma terially reduced the duty on wines, in order to ob tain the indemnity, and we have thus paid back to France four times the amount ws have receiv ed, of what in reality was our own; and it was always found that whatever we took off in the way of duty the foreign manufacturer added to the cost, so in reality we lost the duty, and the consumer gained nothing in reduction of price. Articles of luxury should never be admitted free of duty; on the contrary, should every bear the highest duty. It is a hard casejp make a poor woman pay 25 per cent, on a cadco dress, while a lady pays no duty on hes silk one. In short, revenue is wanted, and we must raise it in the least oppressive manner.—Jf. Y. Star. Pleasant Route to HAVANA.--Signora America Vespucci left New Orleans for Havana, in the steamboat Natchez, Dec 31. The boat was crowded with invalids for the fine clime of Cuba. When we can get by steam from New \ ork to New Orleans in seven days, this will be a pleasant comfortable tour f< r northern pulmo naries, also. They will traverse the great Atlan tic seaports of their own country, every hour get ting into wanner latitudes, and sojourn at Charles ton, Savannah, Mobile, Pensacola or New Or- | leans, if they find those places sufficiently agreea ble and temperate to induce them to tarrv. To vary and extend the scene, however, we would commend them to take the trip to Cuba from New Orleans per the Natchez. When the great line of British steam packets commence, we shall have a direct speedy route from New York to Havana also. Lovers also of tropic fruits will then feast upon them throughout our seaboard in all their perfection.— N. Y. Star. “ The Epicure puts his purse into his belly, tb# Miser his belly into his purse!” From the Louisville Journal. The harp of “Amelia,” so long mute, has at ji length been awakened to melody under the influ- I ences of the blessed starlight. Its unforgotten i sounds will fall upon the ears of her many friends, 1 laden with a thousand sweet memories: THE STARS. Ye snow-white clouds, whose fleecy wings enfold The stars thatlightyon boundless breadth of blue, Roll back your edges tinged with deepest gold, And slowly let the peaceful wanderers thro’, As, one by one, they burst upon my eyes, r pr se. * O’ertaking my young heart, with sudden sweetsur- Celestial lights, lit by the power divine, lhat bids ye roll thro’ yonder azure plain, Ye startle thoughts within this heart of mine, 1 hat I must breathe or it will break in twain; Companions of the twilight and the dew, [anew. Smile on the minstrel girl, who strings her barp ft I am not one, whose eagle-eye can reach The mystic things within your golden spheres, Yet better thoughts than science e’er can teach Are softly brimming my young eyes with lean, For e’en the simplest heart at times may scan I What years can scarce unfold, or wisdom teach to man. How oft when but a child in wildest glee, I’ve climbed the summit of some breezy hill, Whose mossy sides went sloping to the sea. Where slept another heaven serenely still, W hile from the mighty strong-hold of the seas Ihe dead sent up their dirge upon the twilight || breeze. And there beneath a fringe of dewy leaves That drooped away from many a bended bough, . I used to lie on summer’s golden eves, And gaze above as I am gazing now, Thinking each lustrous star a heavenly shrine j For each immortal soul, and wondered which was I | mine. i But now the moon beside you lonely hill Lifts high her trembling cup of paly gold, i And all the planets following slow and still V Along the deep their solemn inarches hold, While here and there some meteor’s startling ray ft Shoots streaks of arrowy fire far down the milky* I j way. I The milky-way ! ah, fair illumined path, I That leadest upward to the gate of heaven, j My spirit, soaring from this world of scath, j Is lost with thee amid the clouds of even, And there upborne on fancy’s glittering wing [sing' I Floats by the golden gate, and hears the angeb I Oh ! who can lift above a earless look [g a £ E ft While such bright scenes as this his thoughts en- I || And doubt, while reading fro n so fair a book, That God’s own finger traced the glowing page* Or deem the radiance of yon blue expanse [Chance [ With all its starry hosts, the careless work si 1 Oh blessed stars ! whene’er ye softly fling A silvery trembling down by lake and bill, ’Tis then that sweet Religion’s holy wing I Broods o’er the spirit, and doth softly till Its silent depths with that pure heavenly bliss, That we so seldom feel save at an hour like this- p. For ne’er since love’s sweet raptures I As first its young existence dawned in sighs, Have I e’er felt such fulness in my soul, ■: Such depths of softness at my heart and , 1 As 1 now feel upon this dewy sod, Pondering with holy awe the wondrou* works o Ye bring the time when happy lovers maot In some lone spot, when not a sound is heard Save their own sighs, or the unequal beat Os their young hearts to tender wishes stirreu, As hand seeks hand, and meeting glances tell , P The unuttered tale of love,too sweetly and too * ei - But all in vain to thought’s tumultuous flow I strive to give the strength of glowing won- 5 ’ The waves of feeling tossing to and fro j In broken music o’er my harp’s loose c , ! r0 u. 1 Give but their fainting echoes from my soul* ! . , As thro’ its silent depths, their wild swift curte I Yet thou, who art mine insoiration, thou I For whose sweet praises still I strive to siflg' I will not murmur once, when bending low g At thy dear feet my broken harp 1 ihng, 31 Weil p eased if others think this song 1 send (Tho’ all unworthy praise) too simple to ouen_ m Amelia B. 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