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CHRONICLE AN I> ~SE N TIN Ell AUGUST a. : TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8. IK - - FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Okie; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Repub ican— the patriotic Farmer of Ohio. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, JOHN TILER, ‘Of Virginia i A State Rights Republican of the school of ’98 — one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and patriot statesmen. FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. LOBN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee * JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.' SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb. C. B. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Buikc. E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. & FOR CONGRESS, WILLIAM a DAWSON, of Greene. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup. EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb. LOTT WARREN, of Sumter. § THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn. ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson. ® JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam. THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. FOR SENATOR, ANDREW J. MILLER. FOR REPRESENTATIVES, CHARLES J. JENKINS, GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, WILLIAM J. RHODES. Lost. The file of the “State Rights Sentinel” for 1536 has been borrowed from our office by some person who has omitted to return it. We would therefore thank the individual who lias it in pos session to send it home. In the event that we are unable to obtain our own, we should be glad to purchase or borrow a file for that year, and also o the one of the Augusta Chronicle. Our Consistency. In the Pendleton Messenger, of the 4th instant, is an extract from the Chronicle & Sentinel, of the 13th December last, dcqsrecating the nomination of ' General Harrison, by which the editor endeavors to fix upon us inconsistency, in our support of Gen. Harrison at this time. We have observed this ex itraot in one or two other prints, but as they were too contemptible, we did not notice them, nor should we now notice it, but that our silence might be con strued inio an admission of its truth, and that the •editor of the Messenger, whom we have heretofore regarded as a gentleman, may not be conversant with the facts. Is the editor of the Messenger aware that the editor of the Chronicle & Sentinel who penned the article on the 13th December last, disposed of his ■entire interest in the paper in January thereafter, when the present editor took charge of that depart ment, and has since conducted it ? If he is ignor ant of this fact, we now state to him that such is the true statement of the case, and as an act of jus tice to us. wc ask him to make the amende honora ble, by giving this a place in his column:,. If alter the first of February last, he can find in our col umns any charges against General Harrison, we are responsible for them, and we invite the editor of the Messenger and all others to an investigation. From the Savannah Republican. Late from Florida. The steam-packet Charles Downing, Capt. Dent, arrived here late last night from Florida. By the attention of an esteemed friend we are in possession of late Florida papers. Tney contain no news of importance. To the same source we •are indebted for the following letter dated. Jac KSON VI LLE, Sept. 2. ' “The only intelligence I have to communicate is the following. The scout composed of Capt. Higgin’s command of the Volunteers and a de tachment of the U. S. Dragoons under Lieut May, returned to Carey’s Ferry on Friday, 28th inst., after ineffectually pursuing the Indians about 60 miles. They took the trail near the Okefinokee and followed it in a Southern direction until it entered the Ocean Pond Hammock, from which position the scaut routed the Indians several times. They were so near the savages at one time, that the latter were obliged to throw awav, their packs «on dating ofdo»hes and other plunder taken from the families that had fallen before their ferocily. The Indians, however, succeeded in eluding the vigilance ot their pursuers. They probably separated, and thus their trail became so indistinct that it could not be followed. There were about ® 50 Indians. “It will be remembered that this is the same scout that were detailed upon the murder of Cour cy, on the South prong of the St. Marys. P. S. lam just informed, that a man by the name of Parsons, was shot about seven miles from Black Creek, a little off the Ncwnansville Road. He was hunting in company with a Mr. Tucker, when he wasshot. There were about 16 Indians. Tucker escaped, says tny informant, but rumor says he was shot also.” Extract of a letter received in this city, dated „ Black Cheek, Sept. 2, 1840. “Station No. 10 is broken up and the Indians, are spread about this section of country. On Sunday last they shot the Express rider a few miles from Pilalka and on Monday, shot two teamsters and captured their wagons near Fort Tarver. An express has this moment arrived with information that they had killed a man at the seven mile House. AH here is in a bustle about it.” G From the Jacksonville Advocate, Is/ inst. On Thursday last, a Mr. Crews, one of the suf ferers, was shot through the hat while passing from hi. deiertcd hom. W Ihe Port «l Mr. Tom lin’s. He fired upon and woutided the Indian, but not mortally. f Signs have been reported 7 and 19 miles of this place, in the latter place, three camps were report relative to the removal of the U. S. Depot from Pilatka, is contradicted. From the St. Augustine News, 28 th ult. The U. S. schr. Flirt, Lieut. McLaughlin, ar rived off the Bar last evening, in five days from Havana, and sailed that morning for Philadelphia. We learn there have been no further devwonstra lions of the enemy since the attack on Indian Key. Fire. Yesterday morning, about 2 o’clock a fire broke out at the Lower Cotton Press, or rather in a building attached to the same, which was destroy ed, together with a quantity of bagging rope and other articles. Loss estimated at $30,000. —A cw Orleans B e of the 2d. Negro Insurrection in Lafayette. The Iberville Gazette, received last evening, says that nine of the negroes engaged in this abominable plot have been hung.— New Orleans Picayune of ihe 2d. Proceedings of Council. Council Chamber, Sept. 5, IS4O. ) Satuarday, 10 o’clock a. m. $ Council met —Present, Hon D. Hook, Mayor. Alderman Harper, Parish, Richards, Dunlap, and Robertsen. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The police docket was then called, and the fol lowing cases disposed of, viz: City vs. W. R. Tant, violation ISth section Gen. Ord. appeal decision,confirm’d fine, SSO 00 “ C. Stevens, do (do referred,-.10 00 “ VV. Sindersine, harboring runaway s’ave, ordered to be prosecuted be fore next Superior Court. The case of Abner Read, vender of Lottery tick ets ; affidavit of illegality was filed, and Col. Gould was heard as attorney fer said Read. Coun cil deiermined that the affidavit be overruled. The communication of Edward Carnpfield was read, and referred to the committee on the River Bank and Wharf, with power to act. The communication of W. Harris, with its ac companying correspondence, on the subject of im proving the navigation of the Savannah river, was read and finally laid upon the table. The following report from the Secretary of the Board of Health was read, received, and ordered to be published. The Board of Health, at its meeting on the 4th inst., instructed its Secretary to make the follow ing report: That the city continues in the enjoyment of health beyond which the most sanguine could have hoped. In the return of interments for August, it will be found that only one case of death by bilious fever, and two by remittent fever, is reported dur ing that month —a fact hitherto unprecedented in this, and we believe any other Southern or North ern city for the same season. The Board of Health, however, do not think there should be any relaxation of efforts, even in this most favorable state : they therefore suggest to Council the propriety of ordering those cellars, into which the water still continues to rise, to be filled up above the level which it reaches; altho’ from the constant attention of the occupants of these premises, they do not think any immediate danger is to be apprehended ; yet they fear that it may be pregnant with f uture ill, unless such pre cautionary steps are taken as recommended. By order of the Board. S. H. OLIVER, Secretary. After some preliminary remarks on the import ance of a correct record of the diseases of the city, for the purpose of future reference, Dr. Robertson offered the following resolution : Resolved, That the City Sexton be required to call on the attending Pliysician of each person in terred in the City Grave Yard, and procure, in wri ting, the nature of the disease of which the indi vidual died, and embody the same in his weekly report to the Clerk of Council. The annexed monthly returns were received from the City Officers, with the Collector and Treas uier’s receipt for the amount annexed to their names. The Jailor, ball’ce ebsh account this month, $67 S 3 “ Clerk Lower Market, Fees and Scales, 125 12 “ “ Upper “ “ 887 “ City Marshal, fines, and Guard house fees, 54 50 “ Keeper of Ferry Flat, from 11th July, 1715 50 The Sexton reports the following interments for the month of August: Jas. W. Hardeman, Penn., Remittent fever, aged 25 years.—Relapse from imprudence. C. A. Rich,Charleston, Accident—aged 12 years. Thomas Silcox, England. Rupture Blood vessel, aged 22 years. John Huse, Augusta. Teething—aged I year and 5 months. % Tobitha Nabors, Virginia. Bilious Fever—aged 65 years—non resident. Geo. W. Scott, Augusta. Teething, aj;ed 3 years. Celistia Sabal, St. Domingo. Debility—aged 63 years. Unknown. Found in the river, (supposed to be murdered,) beyond the city limits. William Hadoway, Augusta. Remittent Fever* aged 6 yeais. James Parker, New Haven, Bilious fever. This case was brought from the country in articulo mor tis, and died in ten minutes after being received at the Hospital. The keeper of the Hospital reports nine patients in that institution, and from the following ca u *es : 1 Blindness. 1 Old age. 5 Intermittent Fever, (1 convalescent.) 1 Rheumatism. 1 Negro—old age. The following resolutions were offered and passed; Resolved, That it is expedient so to lower the centre of Green-street, from Jsckson-street to Campbell’s gully, that a portion of the water which flows along the centre drain of Jackson street, may pass along Green-street to Campbell’s gully, aforesaid. Resolved, That the committee on streets be re quested to have the paved side-walks on both sides of Jackson street, from Broad street to the R. R. Depository, made level, with trunks under the pavement wherever the same may be required. Resolved, That whenever Gumming street shall be opened and extended sixty feet wide, from Broad street to South Boundary street, and the fee simple title to the land which it covers, between said two streets, shall be vested in the City Council, for a public street forever j the City Council will con tribute tire sum of — l - dollars for the purport-' of aiding in purchasing the lot of W. P. DeatmonJ, between Broad and Ellis streets, over which said Gumming street when extended will pass. The resolutions having been read, it was propo sed to fill the blank with SSOO, and the question on its passage being put it was lost. The yeas and nays being called for, they were taken as fol lows ; Yeas —Messrs. Harper, Robertson, and Fleming. Nays —Messrs. Jackson, Richards, Warren, and Parish. On motion the sum of S2OOO was ordered to be placed as a contingent fund, in the hands of the Mayor, for the payment of such demands as may be now, or hereafter be brought against the Bridge for work done, which was agreed to. On motion it was ordered that the salaries of the officers of the city and the night guard be paid. Council adjourned, to meet Monday afternoon, fee Tth inst., at 3 o’clock, p. m. S. 11. OLIVER, Clerk. The Commercial Advertiser remarks that dur ing the present month, we are to expect no less than four steam packets from the old world. The British Queen from London, the Ist; the Britannia from Liverpool, the 4th; the Great Western, from Bristol,on the 12lh, and the Caledonia, from Liv erpool, on the loth. In October, the President leaves Liverpool on the Ist; the Acadia, the same port, on the 4th, and the Columbus on the loth. The first for New York ; the second and third for Boston, via Hali fax. The Boston Morning Post says, amon? the 53 passengers engaged to go out to Europe in the Aca dia is John Quincy Adams. The “President,” which left New York on the 2d, had 52 passen gers on her list Satuiday. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. Dreadful Shipwreck. FIFTY LIVES LOST. By the arrival of the brig Attention, Capt. Mc- Curdy, at Boston, from St. Johns, Newfoundland Messrs. Toplif of the News Room received the following melancholy recital, probably furnished to Capt. McCurdy by the chief mate of the Flor ence, who was one of the passengers on board the Attention. The Florence, as stated below, belonged to New York. She was 197 tons burden, and was built at Brunswick Maine, about a year ago. She was owned by Badger & Peck, of this city and Capt. Samuel Rose of Freeport, Maine, and was insured in the Safety office for $ 11,000. NARRATIVE. The following disaster is one of those awful occurrences of which the south-eastern coast of Newfoundland is often the scene. The brig Florence, of and for New York, Samuel Rose, master, sailed from Rotterdam, June 30, with a crew of eight persons and seventy-nine passen gers. Cargo, ballast and a few casks of wine. Thev were fivored with pleasant weather until nearly up with the eastern part of the hanks of Newfoundland, when they were assailed with a succession of gates, attended with fog and rain, up to the lime of their shipwreck. On Sunday rooming, August 9, the man on the look-out cried “ hard down the helm, break ers ahead.” The helm was immediately put a lee, hut before the sails were taken aback, the brig struck the rocks on her starboard side. A mo ment before, she was going at the rate of seven or eight miles the hour. She instantly filled and fell over on her side, when a scene of confusion and terror presented itself, the horror of which can better he imagined than described. Here were the wife and husband bidding each other a last farewell,-—the frantic mother clasping her infant to her bosom, as if even death itself should not separate them, —while some few, who had no relations on board, were endeavoring to se cure what money they had, by fastening it to their bodies, but which, alas, proved the means of their destruction. For that which they vain ly thought would secure to them a comfortable home in the fertile lands of the far west, chan ged their destiny to an eternal home in death. On attempting to swim to the land, the weight of the money sunk them to the bottom. Captain Rose, with commendable coolness, commanded all to remain by the wreck until some means were devised for escaping with safety. For this purpose, Mr. William Robhs. of Spring field, Mass, took the head of a line and sprang from the vessel to a ledge which lay between her and the shore. An overwhelming wave, however, overtook the devoted sailor, and dashed him against the rocks, a mangled corpse. Capt Rose next attempted this, the only means of saving the lives of those on hoard. He was more fortunate, and reached the land in safety. The crew were all saved except the second mate. But only thirty of the seventy-nine passengers were saved, and of these, many were saved by Capt. Rose and Mr. Schofield, chief mate, at the imminent peril of their own lives; and by the time those were saved, about three hours after the brig struck, there were scarcely two of her planks together. AH were literally in splinters. Thus, thirtv-seven persons were thrown ashore on a barren, and to them an unknown part of the coast. Many of them were but half clad, and most of them were without shoes. Not a solita ry biscuit was saved. In this pitiable condition they commenced their journey through thick woods and swamps, and over bleak and rugged hills, in hopes of finding some human habitation. For four days they continued their course, governed chiefly by the wind—the sun, moon, and stats being obscured nearly all the time by the fog and rain squalls, which latter were very frequent—sometimes eating (he bark from the trees, and what few berries they could find. Ear ly on the morning of the 13th, Captain Rose and Mr. Schofield ascended a hill, in hopes the fog might clear off, and afford them a view of the surrounding country. At nine o’clock the weath er cleared a little, and they were enabled to see the harbor and village of Renouse. The happy intelli gence was soon communicated to the rest, and they resumed their march with lighter hearts. When they entered the village, its hospitable in habitants welcomed them with every thing which their present need demanded. Mr. Goodrich, of whose benevolence the crew and passengers speak in the warmest terms of gratitude, gave money and clothes to them, and furnished a ves sel to convey them to St. Johns, the residence of the United States Consular agent. At 7, P. M., on Saturday the 15th, they were landed at St. Johns. The news of their arrival soon brought to the shore rich and poor, old and young, some thrusting bread into the hands of the ship-wrecked strangers, and others taking the poor wretches home with tnem. Nothing was spared which pity could suggest, to alleviate their wants and sufferings. The next day being Sun day, nothing was publicly done for them : hut on Monday handbills were posted up, requesting a meeting to take place at the Chamber of Com merce, to devise means to relieve the necessities of those whom fate tiad thrown upon their shores. seventy or eighty pounds were collected in a short time, and resolutions were passed to raise a sufficient sum whereby the emigrants might be enabled to reach the place of their destination. 1 A committee was appointed to receive clothing and money from all who felt disposed to give. Capt. McCurdy did not hear the result, as he sailed on the following morning, but thinks, from the philanthropic spirit manifested by the people of b>t. Johns, that these unfortunate people weie amply provided for. The Advantages of History* Thoughts for Thinking Men. —Were it on ly a barren chronicle of the births and deaths of monarchs, who were horn, no one knows when and d ed, no otic cares how ; or did it only record the revolting details of all the cruelties, and m s sacres, and wars, by which humanity has been disgraced, and afflicted, in every country and in every age; no one will dispute that the time would be idly occupied, that might be devoted to the study ot history. But it has far higher ends and purposes that this. If it tells of trifles not worth knowing, it also narrates e'ents, and describes characters and actions, which will live forever in the memory of man which even now exercise its influence over the destinies of nations. Here you may trace the origin, progress, and decline of empires, and comprehend the secret, and often insignificant sources, of the mightiest results. I sere you may see how often the for tunes of individuals have been indentified with the fate of nations; how often ambition has assumed the garb of patriotism ; and an effected devotion to the people, covered the deepest and da r kect designs against their rights and liberties. Hefe you may see how a free people are always cor rupted before they arc enslaved, and how surely popular corruption lays the cornerstone of tyran ny. Here you may see that the forms of freedom are often retained after the spirit has departed; and that the “unreal mockery” of popular insti tutions may still bj exhibited, like a “whitened sepulchre full of dead men’s bones,” after the people themselves have been deprived of all ac tual participation in the administration of affairs. And here you may learn the prodigious influence of moral causes upon the destiny of nations. History is full of instruction upon this impor tant subject. The same physical cause still ex ists in Rome, that did exist in the period of her greatest, glory and prosperity. The sky of Italy is as beautiful as it was when the people seceded to the Sacred Mount; Tiber still rolls his stream as in the days of the Scipios, and the Seven Hills retain their places as firmly and immovably as when the dignity and virtue of the Roman Senate appeared as firm and imperishable as themselves; but a modern Italian can neither conceive the elevated principles and heroic spirit toat formed the characters, and fired the bosoms of the ancient Romans nor even realize his own descent from such a noble ancestry. The same physical causes still exist in Greece, that were in existence there, when the Persians were repulsed at the straits of 'Thermopylae, or when Mirriades achieved the memorable victory of Marathony, but Grecian glory has long been buried in the grave, and the brutal Turk, as he treads in disdain upon the tomb of Phocion, knows no classic sym pathy for the deparred grandeur of the great moth er-country of Republics—the honored parent of freedom, and science and the arts. It is evident, then, that physical causes can not perpetuate national power or prosperity.— They may supply the means of preserving liber ty, where the spirt, of liberty burns; but they cannot supply its place, where the spirit is ex tinct. No! As surely as effects result from cau ses, popular degeneracy is the invariable precursor of political enslavement. As the ancient repub lics fell, in the height of their magnificence, and from the very rottenness of luxury, such must inevitably be the fate of ours, whenever the can ker of corruption shall have infected the vitals of the body politic. Vain, then, will be the physi cal advantages that nature lias conferred, or that ingenuity can devise. In vain may we boast of our extended empire, or of our great and grow ing papulation, or of the variety of our soil and products, or of our unbounded commerce and flourishing manufactures, or of any other e'ement that enters into the composition of national wealth and strength ! It will all he in vain. No vast ness of territory or of numbers, no agriculture or manufactures, no arts or elegance and luxury, no railroads or canals, no marble statues or monu mental columns, can preserve or Republican In stitutions in purity and vigor, whenever the peo ple shall be ignorant or careless of the rights they were intended to secure, or shall become so thoroughly debased as to care less about their loss, than the trouble or danger of preserving them. “We admit that we did write to Chapman— we told him to crow, FOR we have much to crow over. We will soon have much more to crow over — lnti. Deni. July 29. 'This reminds us of two boys we once saw fighting. The younger and smaller one, after getting well thumped, jumped up, clapped his hands and said : “Well, darn yo, if I cant whip you, I guess I can make mouths at your sister any how”— Vincennes flnd.J Gazette. A Slight Deviation from the Footsteps. —General Jackson in the “ Inaugural Address” delivered on being sworn into office March 4lh 1829, used the following language. “ Con sidering standing armies as dangerous to free governments, in time of peace, I shall not seek to enlarge our present establishment, nor disre gard that salutary lesson of political experience, which teaches that the military should be held subordidate to the civil power.” From the Montreal Herald. Burns and his Highland Mary. We had in our possession on Saturday the identical pair of Bibles presented by the immor tal Burns to the deareit object of his affections, Highland Mary, on the banks of the winding Ayr, when he spent with her ‘ one day of part ing love.’ They are in remarkable good preser vation, and belong to a descendant family of Mary s mother, Mrs. Campbell, whose properly they became on the death of her daughter, and subsequently Mrs. Anderson, Mary’s only sur viving sister, acquired them. The circumstance of the Bible being in two volumes, teemed at one time to threaten its dismemberment, Mrs. Ander son having presented a volume to eacr. of her daughters; but on their approaching marriage, their brother William prevailed on them to dis pose of the sacred volumes to him. On the first blank leal of the first volume is written, in the hand writing of the immortal bard, ‘ And ye shall not swear by rny name falsely—l am the Lord. Levit. 19lh chap. 12th verse;’ and on the corresponding leaf of the second volume, ‘ Thou shall not loreswear thyself, but shall per form unto the Lord thine oath. Math. sth chap. 33d verse.’ On the second blank leaf of each volume, there are the remains of ‘ Robert Burns, Mossgcil,’ in his handwriting, beneath which is drawn a masonic emblem. At the end of the first volume there is a lock of Highland Mary’s hair. There is a mournful interest attached to these sacred volumes—sacred from their contents, and sacred from having been a pledge of love from the most gifted of Scotland’s bards to the artless object of his affections, from whom he was se parating, no more to meet on this side of the grave. The life of Burns was full of romance, but there is not one circumstance in it all so ro mantic and full of interest as those w hich atten ded and folLwed the gift of these volumes. He was young when he wooed and won the affections of Mary, whom he describes as ‘ a warm hearted charming young creature as ever blessed a man with generous love.’ The attachment was mu tual, and forms the subject of many of his ear lier lyrics, as well as of the productions of his la ter years, which shows that it was very deep rooted. Before he was known to fame, steeped m proverty to the veiy dregs and meditating an escape to the West Indies from the remorseless fangs ot a hard-hearted creditor, he addressed to his dear girl, the song which begins: W ill ye go the Indies, my Mary, leave auld Scotia’s shore, \v ill you go to the Indies, mv Mary, And cioss the Atlantic’s roar ?’ But neither fiuths nor his Mary wore doomed to ‘ cross the Atlantic’s roar,’ nor to realize those dreams of mutual bliss w hich pi ssion or enthu siasm had engendered in their youthful imagina tions.—Burns was called to Edinburgh, there to commence his career of fame, which was to ter minate in chill poverty, dreary disappointment and dark despair—while Mary’s happier lot, al ter a transient gleam of sunshine ol life, was to be removed to a better and a happier w'orld. Her death shed a sadne«s over his whole future life, and a spirit of subdued grief and tenderness was displayed whenever she was the subject of his conversation or writing. Witness as tollows : * Ye banks an’ braes an’streams around The castle o’ Montgomerie, Green beyout Woods, and fair your flowcis, Your waters never drumlie ; There simmer first unfaulds hei robes, An’ there they langcst tarry, For there I took the last farew-cel O’ my sweet Heiland Mary !’ In a note appended to this song, Burns says, —‘This was a composition of mine in my early life, before I was known to the world. My Highland lassie was a warm-hearted, charming young creature, as ever blessed a man with gen erous love. After a pretty long trial of the most ardent reciprocal affection, wc met by disappoint ment on the second Sunday of May, in a seques tered spot on the banks of the Ayr, where we spent the day in talking a farewell before she would embark forthe West Highlands, to ar range matters among her friends for our projec ted change in life. At the close of the autumn following, she crossed the sea to meet me at Greenock, where she wassiezed with a malignan fever, which hurried my dear girl to her grave ii a few days, before I could even hear of her ill ness.’ Is was at this romantic and interesting meet ing on the banks of the Ayr that the hibles b< fore us were presented to Mary ; and he mu haveaheaitof stone indeed who can gaze o them without his imagination calling up feelin' in his bosom too big for utterance. On that sp» they exchanged hibles, and plighted (heir fait to each other, the stream dividing them, and tb sacred book gsasped by both over its purling w; lets. This was the only token of affection eat had to give the other, and the wealth of the In dies could not have procured abetter or more ap propriate one. In Lockhart’s life of Burns, wc are inforrm that several years after the death of Mary ; o the anniversary of the day which brought hi) the melancholy intelligence, he appeared, as tl twilight advanced, (in the language of his wi< ow) 4 very sad about somethingand thoug ihe evening was a cold and keen one, in Septen her, he wandered into his barn yard, from whic the entreaties of his w'ife could not for sum time, recall him. To these entreaties he alwaj promised obedience, but these promises were bt the lip kindnesses of affection, no sooner mad than forgotten, for his eye was fixed on heaver and his unceasing stilde indicated that his hea was also there. Mrs. Burns’ last approach t the barn yard found him stretched on a mass « straw, looking abstractedly on a planet which, ii a clear starry sky, * shone like another moor, and having prevailed on him to return into th bouse, instantly wrote, as they still stand, th following sublime verses, 4 To Mary in Heaven which have thrilled through many breasts, an drawn tears from many eyes, and which will li - the noblest of the lyrics of Burns, while sublinr ty and pathos have a responding charm in th« hearts of Scotsmen. TO .MART IX HKAVEX. Thou lingering star, with less’ning ray, That lov’st to greet the early morn. Again thou usher’stin the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear, departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seestlhou thy love lowly laid? Hear’st thou the groans that rend his breast? That sacred hour can I forget? £ Can 1 forget the hallow-’d grove. Where by the winding Ayr wc met, To live one day of parting love? Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past, Thy image at our last embrace; Ah! little thought we ’twas our last! Ayr gurgling kissed his pebbled shore, O’crhung with wild woods thick’..ing green; The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar. Twin’d am’rous round the raptur’d scene. The flowers sprang wanton to bo prest. The birds sang love on ev’ry spray. Till soon, too soon, the glowing west Proclaim’d the speed of W’inged day. Still o’er these scenes my raem’ry wakes, And fondly broods with miser care! Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. My Mary! dear, departed shade! Where is thy blisssful place of rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear’st thou the groans that rend his breast? The bible is, as we have said before, the pro perty of a descendant of Mrs. Campbell, the mo ther of Mary, who lives in Upper Canada, an who is in such reduced circumstances that she ha sent the invaluable heirloon to this city for th purpose of disposing of it. Os its genuinenes we have not the slightest doubt, as we have times witnott number, seen original letters fron Burns, and the writing on the bible correspond exactly with that in the letters we have seen. I is to be deplored that stern necessity should de cree the separation of such a tribute of the affec tion one of the noblest of hearts tl at over graced humanity, from the family of the darling object of that affection, and that the token of an attach ment which almost ennobled the family of Mary Campbell must fall into the hand of a stranger, but since such mu.-t be the case, wo hope the Natural Histoiy Society will not allow such a valuable relic to become private property. Wc have merely to add that we will be happy to ne gociate with any parties who may feel inclined to purchase the bible. We observe an editorial notice of it in the Toronto Colonist of the Blh instant. A Military Execution.— A military exe cution is a terrible sight. I never witnessed v civil execution : I know nothing of the guillotim except fiom engravings ; but my duty has fre quently nailed me opposite to a wretched fellow creature who was going to be shot. What tin state of his pulse was 1 know not; but certainh his heart did not throb with greater violence than mine. The treops form three sides of : square : the fourth is left vacant for the passag of the balls. Great military show is purposch made, and certainly with good reason ; lor sine a terrible example is to be made, it ought to b rendered impressive to those who are left behind The culprit arrives, accompanied by a priest The drums all at once heat a march till the sul serer is in the centre of the troops. They the beat a ban, as that beat is called which precede and follows every kind of proclamation. Tb. captain-reporter reads the sentence, the drum close the ban thr culprit is made to kneel down he is blindfolded, and twelve corporals, comman ded by an adjutant subaltern, fire at the wretche. man, at the distance of ten paces. To diminis! it possiole.lhe agony of the sufferer, the word of command are not uttered ; the adjutant mak, signals instead of them with his cane. J n ca< the man is not killed outright, as it somethin happens, a reserve platoon, composed of four me. rr d /f ° deSfJatCh himb * c!a PPi"S the mu? zles of then pieces to his head. It is with a.. oppressed heart that I describe these horror, Melanc holy recollections crowd upon me: th wre u ieu creatures whom I have seen on thei. knees, at this fatal moment flit before me Uku phantoms; and, yet all these executions, when ihey happened to lake place near a town, some of the fair ladies belonging to it never failed to bo present. With their delicate nerves, they made interest to obtain a place where they could h aVo a good view ; and then, next day, they were ill if a pullet was killed in their presence. \j t , the execution of the sentence, all the troops de file before the corpse. They then return to their quarters, the circumstance is talked of for u v or three days, and very soon forgot ton. I j nv > seen many of those unfortunate men die wh? admirable fortitude. I have seen some of the ' address the regiment, and then give the common"! to fire, while not a syllable denoted the slight emotion in them. But the man who,in this rT* dicamcnt, displayed ti.e most astonishing couraJ was Malet. On being conducted, with tw e lv° of his accomplices, to the plain of Crenelle p/ as chief of the conspirators, asked permission give the command lo fire. “ Carry—arms r ,°, cried he, in a voice of thunder. “ That Won * do; we must begin again. Your piece on p, arm, all of you!—Carry-arms! Good! pi * toon-arms! Present! fire!” All fell except Malet; he was left standing alone one. “ why not me ? sacre man tie D'eu / Re S * erv platoon, forward! Right! Carry arms! p| toon arms'* Present! fire!— Lights undSha&l of Military Life, Excessive Thirst.—The man spoken of i n the subjoined article, (which wc find in the B os . ton Medical and Surgical Journal, of this wcekt is, most decidedly, (he 'dryest customer” weever before read or heard of; and wc have not only read and heard of, but seen some pretty Jrv one< in our day: A passenger on board the steamer General Lincoln, last week, by the name of James Webb who resides at Fairhaven, spoke very freely upon the subject-of h:s excessive thirst—which h.s in no way diminished since his earliest recollection. He mentioned, incidentally, that he was 46 years of age, an 1 from childhood to the present day he has swallowed at the average rate of six gallons of water every 24 hours Capt. Beals, the coin mander of the boat, besides several other persons | on board who had formerly known him ns a rest i dent ofHingham, very distinctly recollected the talk that this enormous consumption ofcold water used to make in the neighborhood; and they all moreover, agreed in saying that Mr. Webb was a man of strict vi racily. This anli-hydroptionist is a short, rather muscular man, with a yellowish skin, has uniformly enjoyed excellent health and believes that he always shall, so long as he can obtain water. A physician, now retired from practice, who was also a passenger, remembered how marvellous this case was eons dered, in his early professional life. On being questioned particularly with regard to some physiological points, the subject of these remarks said that he rarely perspired, but it seemed to him that all the water he drank passed off rapidly by the bladder. ! He invariably has several gallons of wahr bv the side of his bed to quench this raging thirst through the night—and if, by any means, the usual supply were withheld, St would be impossi ble for him to sleep. By abstaining from copious draughts beyond the accustomed period,the tongud becomes dry and shrivelled, the mouth parch ed; and words cannot be articulated. There is also a sensation of extreme heat in the stomach and head. Will some of our learned correspon dents explain to us tire probable necessity for such an immense volume of water in this man’s stomach? A Tough Story !—7’he Wisconsin Enquirer of the sth inst. in speaking of a hail storm which passed over a portion of Milwaukee county, in that territory, on Thursday afternoon of the week previous, says that it destroyed crops of all kinds not harvested, breaking windows, killing pigs and poultry, besides knocking down, it is said, one er two men, and a colt ! ‘ Some of the hail stones,” adds the Enquirer, “we are infor med on authority not to be doubted, measured eight inches and a quarter in circumfetence, and weighed five ounces!” Tobacco in Texas.— The agriculturists of 'Texas are turning their attention to the cultiva tion of labacco. They hope lo compete with Cuba in this article. It seems probable from the soil and climate of Texas, that all the coarser qualities ot Cuba tobacco can be grown advanta geously there, but the finer kinds that are raised in the vicinity of Havana, and from which the choicest segars are made, cannot be cultivated either in 'Texas or any where else out of Cuba. The'Tippecanoe Family.—There is a Mr. John Donalson, sen., living in Palmyra township Knox county, Indiana, who has twenty-three children, thirteen sons and ten daughters. They are all for Harrison and 'Tyler. The old gentle man and six of his sons, voted the Harrison .ick et this August. His sons-in-law, too, who are numerous, are all Harrison men. The old gen tleman has been married but once and is only 58 years of age!— Harrisonian. Seguin' the Singer, a Huron Chief — On the 1 9th ull. Edward Scguin, the vocalist, was ceated and installed a Chief of the H-urons, by the name of ‘ 4 Wach-n -wachn,” signifying an aquatic bird of passage, possessing a strong and most harmonious note called 44 thc Great Diver.” The ceremony took place at the Indian village of Loiette, near Quebec. Steamboat Accident —Forty Lives Loti! —The St. Louis Gazette of the 13lh ult. says: The Fort Pitt was run into by the Icelanber, inis morning, opposite the landing, but went on her way with lulling damage. From the number ol hen-coops afloat, however, it is thought thatsta ling the loss of life at 40, is a sale estimate. I ram the A atio nal In t ellt gen cer. The Last Loco Fcco’s Lamcut. FROM a CORRESPONDENT IN NEW YORK STATE. 1 he men of New \ ork, so it seerr.cth of late, Quite distracted have grown all over the State. \\ hat with Harrison dinners, Harrison songs, Dairisor speeches, and Harrison throngs, Harrison meetings, and Harrison toys, I in wearied to death by the din and ihe noise, for early and late, naught else do 1 hear, But songs ot tiie Whig*, and their log cabin cheer in the mom ing from slumber I’m rudety aroused By the song of the maid while milking the cows; My children and w ife are dinning rny ears — J-hey hurrah foi old Tip, she joins in their cheer 5 • If 1 lly to i tic woods in a tit ol despair, Alas ; 1 find nothing but log cabins there! My inends and companions of 44 hickory” AU 100 are singing these new-fangled lays; -Tuna-coats art plenty, not an old one is seen, L en tiie postmaster’s clerk spoils a 44ftarrison green.” I’ll remove to the West, lor I cannot remain \a here lire men are all Whigs, and the women the same; 1 il remove to the West, for indeed 1 can’t stay Where the people are all ruled by tins hanison sway-. To the \V est, did 1 say ? Alas ?ifl go Whore the newspapus rave about Hairison so, My wife o’er their columns will constantly pore, And me witn their gleanings incessantly bore ! At home and abroad, ’ti* the same all around, Scaice one Loco Fo o remains to be found. \\ hat on earth shall Ido ? () where can I fly I o escape fiom the sound of this Hanison try foi the H est should 1 leave, 1 very we:l know The distraction awaits me as suie as 1 go. It I stay in New fork. I’m as bad oil as ever, i- or our party is bound for ihe head of 44 tail river. Jo, 1 11 off to the tailer’s as fast us 1 can, \ ca^Jn coat —turn a Harrison man- — And 1 iljoin the U hig shout and loudly halloo, And throw in my vote lor“ Old Tippecanoe.” New \oiik, August 11. OItAC.