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From the Christian latolligenvtr.
MONODY.
Ybihute »r tmcTiuii to mt Morsr.a.
The rose wn* still upon thy check,
The lily on thy hrow.
Thy voice how soft; thine eyo, how meek;
How kind the words I heard the speak;
And ah, il seems, e’en now
Thy soothing voice I hear,
As when thou still 'dst my childhood’s (ear,
Or sung a hushing lullaby.
To soothe my weeping brother's cry.
Again, remembrance culls again
The parting bridal day.
Thy sunken cheek was pallied then,
The dear forc’d back the smile again,
That fondly seemed to say,
"My chibl be cheer’d, thy mother’s heart
Is calm, though here life's walks we part,”
Ah. can I o’er that hour forget.
Or lbs long years before wc mol?
Mother, thy love was doubly dsar,
When in thy bosom lay.
My infant boy, while a soft tear
Dropp'd on his sickly cheek, for fear
Lest death should steal away,
That life, to him thou doufrly gave,
And hide our darling in ihe grave.
Thy daughter's woe ’twas thine to share
Bo ev’ry joy, so cv’ry care.
And the’time blanch'd thy shining hair,
Tlib smile ofyeulh’s (sir morn
Hst on thy lip, beam'd in lliine eye,
It spoke the heart’s soft minstre ay;
Os earth il was not burn:
It told of love divine, for there
In that dear breast, a fount was, wlism
flush'd forth the springs of joy ami love,
That round then flow, an ocean, now above.
Mother most dear, in vain wc seek
Around the social hearth,
Forthy soft smiles of gentle love;
W« list in vain to hear thee apuuk:
Ah, now, no morn on earth,
Hut ’mong the blest above.
We’ll seek thee, mother, in th’ obodo of love.
Lately thou stood’sl among the flow’rs
Os hue and vagrauce rare; now. m how’is,
Where spirits walk in converse sweet,
Where all the friends of Jesus meet,
Their blight palms casting ill his feel,
(They cull him Prince, and Friend &• Brother)
There wo will seek, and hope to meet thee,
Mother.
E. R, • • • d.
Geneva, .#«s■• 18/A, 1837.
Akßcdotk or thk Kino ok Prussia,—
A Prussian icuieimni colonel, whose regi
ment had been disbanded at the end of the
war of 1750, Was constantly soliciting Ins
majesty tube again put on the establishment,
and became so troublesome that he wins for
bidden-the court. 80011 after, it libel appear
ed against Ins majesty; mid Frederick, howev
er indulgent he was to transgression of tins
kind, was so much offended with the audacity
of tine, that he offered a reward of liny gold
fredencka to any person who would discover
the author. The Lieutenant-colonel sent in
his name to the king, signifying that he had
«n important piece nt intelligence to give.
Ho was admitted. ‘Sire, he said, yon have
promised tidy gold frcdericks to the person
who would discover the author of such a libel
—1 am the man; I lay my hood at your feet,
but keepyour royal word, and while yon pun
ish the criminal, send to my poor wile and
wretched children the sum you promised to
the informer.’—lLs majesty already kne.v
who was the author of the libel; he was alfec
tpd with the desperate extremity to winch
necessity had obliged an otherwise esliiinble
officer to have recourse; but lie had owned !
himself guilty.—Go (said the monarch) in
stantly to Spmiduu, and under ihe locks ofthat
fortress, wait the just effects of the wrath of
your sovereign’—‘l obey, sire; but the filly
gold frederisks.’—‘ln two hours your wile
shall receive them. Take this letter amide- (
liver it lo the governor of 8/mndini; but enjoin
him not lo open it until aficr dinner. The
lieutenant-colonel arrived nt the dreadful cas
tle assigned him for Ins abode, and declared
himsclt a prisoner. When the desert was
upon tlv table, the governor opened 1 lie lo ter;
it contained these words: ‘1 give the command
of Spamlnu to the bearer ot this letter; Iv
will soon see Ins wife and childr n arrive wall
the fitly goto freduncks. The present gover
nor of Spandmt will go to II m the same
quality; 1 bestow that recompense upon him,
in consideration of Ins services.’
A Yankee Cock—^True Game!—An
anecdote was a day or two since related lo us
by n friend, which is worth telling. Mo was
on his way lo Havana some months ago, and
when off Florida, a bald eagle, which had been
blown out to sea,uiigthed, exhausted, on one
ol the lower yards. Ho was brought down by
our informant, an 1 his wings were croppod,
anil himsclt nursed into vigor again. Arrived
at Havana, a companion one day suggested
for a frolic, to paint up the bald eagle, whoso
color was dark grey to made 111111" resemble
a cock as much as pos ihle, and to take hint
to a cock (tit lo try his mettle. Accordingly,
tiler he had been kept twenty so r hours
without food, our eagle was trimmed and
painted roosterlike, and taken, in a bag, to
the pit. At length the-awner of n cock wliu It
hi I beaten m twelve ronn Is, dared a contest
with any one, for any stake. This wos the
tune, Oui mono nuppeil up to him, nod
told him that he had a Yankee cock, of the
native Green Mountain breed with him, if he
would like a game. ‘Yes,’ said the Spaniard
•I don’t care what kind of a cock it is—lot
him out!’The bet was twenty five dollar, and
our Yankee cock was let in the ring. The
cock, flushed with Ins victories, crowed and
epirred about, and then planted his head fora
fight—when what docs sir Yankee do but to
plant one claw unceremoniously on Ins back,
and twist his neck with the other—and in a
moment made a meal of mm. The Spaniard
a vore like one possessed. He paid Ins wag
r ■ ", Mv<..,| tt |i \ a nkee coc | iB —Boston
Morning Herald.
Result ok Cutting down Forests \
M Devez de Chabnol, ... a memoir treat,,,J
of the effects arising from the extirpation 01
. ", r • l b'stonu||| documents, all
tending to establish the factlhat the ten, • ■,
lu. . ,n. cu.m; is nui uni, lowered bv the
taking away o. the trees, hut that streams dry
up, and ram ceases to fall. M. Roussmgauli
confirms these by several instances, when
lakes have been diminished m consequence o
cutting down t ie neighboring woods, and tin
water restored to Us former level by suffer, 111
the trees to grow again; also where the quan
lity of water lias always remained ihe faint
when the woods n«ar it hoie been Jolt un
touched. M. Binissinguult states, that 11
•ome of the provinces of South America
which are covered wild w ood, 11 rains even
day; and in others, where the soil is sandy
and and, 11 never rains; yet these province:
have the same latitude and climate, and the
projections and distances of mountains arc
nearly similar.
( tlußNlb VVc pilUlek“d
some nine since, hh account of a tragedy ed
ict o<i in tht? House nl Represents! vcs of Ar
kansas. Tim following more delading par
tculirs of the transaction, copied from the
Ilociiestcr Democrat, are pninlully interest
ing:
On the 4 1 h December, abi 1 authorizing
the payment of n bounty on wolves, was un
der diacuaston. Upon its third reading, an
amendment wna proponed by Major Anthony,
i that the bills of the Ileal Esute /fink, loca
-1 ted in Little Rock, should not he offered in
( payin' nt of I lie bounties until the name of
j the President, and also a magistrate, should
Ibe affixed, as security lor tlioir ultimate re
demption. It appears that the President of
this bank (00l Wilson) is Speaker of the
House and looked upon tins ninendnemt ns a
persona! insult. He accordingly deliberately
rose from Ins sent, drew Ins bowie knife, and
j walked directly toward Anthony. The mem
bers made way for him, says our correspon
dent, “and A. retreated a lew puces for the
i purpose of drawing his bowie knife, the blade
of which was nine inches longer than Wil
son’s, nndas W. came up, A. struck at him
with his knife
W. threw up (i s left arm, upon which he
received a faiow, winch nearly severed it, ai
the wrist. A. struck W. another blow, which
lie received on Ins right arm. Col. W. then
threw down the chair which A. had placed
between them, ami thrust over the chair at
Anthony. Ills knife struck A. ns near ihe
middle of ilie body ns you could lay your lin
ger. The knife split the breast bone, and
; passed directly ihroug i the heart of Anthony
I Ho ill row Iho elmirnt, Wilson,fell back, and
expired. 1 was up at the Slate House a shori
| time after, and saw A. lying on thettablae —a
j doctor was examining turn. 1 never before
saw such a sight, and never wish to again.
The shirt and clfibes were clotted with blood;
the table where bo bad been Imd had a small
| puddle of blood upon it, and on I lie floor
there had been dirt strewn thai slaked up the
blood, A was a large prowerful Ifman. 8o
| was. W. The gash was about two inches
wide. The knife W. struck with was 9 m
j dies. A’s knife the blade about 18 in length.
They all carry knives I boro, or pistols. There
I are several kinds of knives in use. A narrow
blade, and about I'd inches lo.ig, is an Arkan
sas toothpick,”
The trial of Wilson was commenced at.
Little Ro k on the Illlii before Justices
Brown, Fuller and I lawkins. and eon'lured
till the 10 h. Me-» e. Fuller and Hawkins
decided it to be a b.iil.tide case. Mr. Urown
dissenting. The amount of bad required was
$lO,OOO.
A Knowing ’Coon—Two passengers,
coining ilnwn the Mississippi in a steamboat,
were shooting birds, &c. on elioic from the
decks. Some sportsmen converse ensued, in
which one remarked that ho would turn Ins
back to no one in killing racoons—tjiat be
bad repeatedly shot fifty m a day: “What
o’ that?" said a Kentuckian; ‘‘l make nothing
ol killing a hundred ’coon a dav, ord'nary
luck.” “Do you know Captain Scott,ol our
State?” asked a Tennessean bystander. “He
now is something like a shot. A hundred
’coon! Why, bo never points at one wit li
mit hitting him. He never misses, and the
coons know it. T’other day lie levelled at
an oln’nn in a high tree. The varmaint lock
ed nt him a moment, and then bawled out,
•Hello, Captain !s»cot,i !is Mint you?’ ‘Yes,’
was the reply. ‘Well dont shoot,’ said he;
its no use! hold on; I’ll come down; I give
in!’ whi' hhe did.” It is unnecessary to add
that this was the htsl hnni ng s'nry.
Does any of our readers kn<>* what is the
| origin or derivation of the word (ias ? The
term gas sprang from the same source as
gbaisl or ghost, both being from « Teutonic
word signifying spirit or supernatural being,
and variously spelt gasl, gbais, or otherwise,
i according to the different Teutonic dialects.
Now, some of the mineral springs of Germa
ny exhale a vapor which bangs above them
iu the semblance of a light thin cloud. Tins,
being seen uas occasionally taken for a
ghais or ghost; hot those wits bad a little I
more wit at tlioir linger ends, knew the thing
tube neither more nor less than a vapor,
i From tins deceptive appearance, however,
arose I tic cuslo of applying the term glims
to ah vapors or (cnlorm bodies; and, being
adopted by the coni mental chemists, the word
; soon became universal m this sense.
| ’l’ll* following curious specimen is copied from
I a letter that was deposited al ihu I’ost Office in
I lain town. — Georgetown paper.
. The I’osl master will please send lids to Univntoten,
To the hnimhful Miss Marlins Urown ;
And tell hnr from men, the preshus dnv,
! That this is from inee bur own true Inv j
And toll her '.ibiu many gals hero,
Desire ■ lint I should not cum there;
Hut eye will cum in spite of hell,
And in tier house will always dwell.
“It wine is poison so is lea —
Only in another shape.—
VVbai nmlter whether one is killed
By canister or grape ?
A sprightly couple appeared before the by
menial alter at Croslliwaite Church, Keswick,
on Ihe 4tfi December, and when he ceiviim
-1 ny was performed it proved tn betheelev.
| outh time they had, beUeep them, appeared
j for the same purpose; she being to him a
fourth wife, and he to her a seventh husband-
Mho having actually interred three wives,and
1 she six husbands.
, Some years ago a crack-brained man, who was
slighted by the females, very modestly asked a
L ; young lady “If she would let him spend the
I evening wit i her ?" “No!” she angrily icplied,
, 1 ‘‘that 1 won’t.” ‘ Why,” replied he, “you need’nt
Ijbe so fussy—l did’nt mean ibis evening, but
t some stormy one, when 1 can’t go any where
! else.”
’ ;
, Fins AND Port, Guns and Thun nun.—-The
i ; first number of a neutral paper, commenced at.
1 ; Naples, (111 ) contains ibo following: “Will,
. fearless footsteps we’ll In ad the billows beneath
j a sky of wrath, our h ilyards tipped with fire, car
lying with us a tongue of thunder, and none shall
conquer until the last armed man has deserted or
fallen in the conflict.” This must be an armed
neutrality.- —Philadelphia Leger,
i Speaking Asian.—A diffident lover going to
I a town clerk to request him to publish the bauds
of matrimony, found him at work alone, in the
e middle of a ten acre lot, and asked him to ste'i
y aside u moment, us ho had something particular
It. for bis private ear.
‘‘ Complimentart.—A Yankee and an En
)i gl:sh captain, each in a schooner, iried tbeii
e s (’ reil 1,1 <-Jibruliar Bay, when our countryman
g beat John Bull all hollow. They net on shore
i the next day, and the Englishman swore that lie
ie bad never been outsailed before. -Just like me ”
i- said Jonathan, “for my Jemima never beat m,th
n iog afore.”
a, A SthonoSpecific for Curling Hair
y -A correspondent informs us that he bourn.t
y . bottle of tins specific out wesi, and applied
■s t once to Ins pate; whicn caused lis hair tc
e curl so tight that it raised him off Hi-rrround
e f.r two weeks, three days, thirteen minutes
and seven seconds.'
1 Another Death bv and !
- Distkksm.—Misery, poverty, anatie alien
i-nt tram of ills are hard to work in our city
Thi'Bellt'Viie almshouse is crowded: the pen
■ lentiary is crowded—the stops of the Aims
- House Commies oners’ office, yesterday, were
crowded and thronged from daylight till long
' after dark, with wretchedly [tour women, beg
■ ging bread to s ive them from starving. And
i not a day now passes that the Coroner is not
, called to see some poor wretch who died
through destitution. Another such inquest
i was held yesterday on the body of a pour
Englishman, named Weymouth, who died at
I 01 Washington street, through distress, dm
* errs- and want. He begged daily for Ins daily
f bread. He had
i [ “none to Ideas him—
None w horn he could hlesa,”
j and died as he had lived, without a fr end
I | to pity him, to close his ey< s, or weep over
Ins remains. He now rests from Ins misery
:—where the “wicked cease from troubling
, I and the wearv are »t rest!”— N. Y Herald.
■—
A Noble Deed.—A few days since a gentle.
1 man from Philadelphia, with his wife and only
child, a daughter about 4 years old, hud taken
. passage on hoard the steamboat liulfalo, which
; was making preparations to depart. The little
daughter having wandered unpcrccived from her
father’s arm«, and while ployi g near ihe guards,
fell overboard. The ery was given of a drown- j
iog child ! The father could not swim, the mo
ther in an instant became almost distracted. At ;
length the former cried out, “will no one rave my
child !” At this moment a hoy, apparently about j
years of ago, sprang forward, saving-“18ir I’ll i
try to save your child !” And doffing his fur cap
the little fellow plunged in with Ins clothes and
| boots on. The child was going down the second
| lime in 30 feel water, when the boy caught the
i ireasurv and restored it safely to its mother. Ihe |
best of it is, the boy refu-ed compensation for
what he had done. — I‘itsburgh Express.
Bonir-snitchino.—The. casks of human bod
ies found on Friday at Coenlies slip, directed to
Small A Masters, Portland, appear from various
marks upon the bodies and clothing of the de
ceased, to have been exported from the Bel.eyus
establishment. Tnis trading in human bodies,
as the ({reorder says, is a very had crime, and
practised to a great, extent in this community.
The “dealers,” whoever they may he, “ought to
sudor a little,”
A severe Undertaking. —A great riding
match against lime is to commence at the Beacon
course, Bergen Heights, on Thursday next 8 h
instant. Mr. John (Irani who last fall rode 288
miles in 21 successive hours, on Ihe Hunting
Park Course,near Philadelphia,has now underta
ken on a hel ofs2ooo to ride 300 miles within
Ihe same number of hours, at the time arid place
above staled,starting atone o’clock A. M. —-V Y
■Sun.
lI Y HX PRESS MAIL.
[rilOM OUll Clllt 11 ESI’ON HE NT.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.
The only business of importance in the Senate
to day was die continuation of the debate on
the .'ub-Treasurv bill. Mr. Hubbard of New-
Hampsbiro concluded his subservalive speech
in support ol the measure. He is as thoroughly
imbued with Loco Focoism, as the Globe or
any other organ «f that faction could desire; and
made a speech which entitles him to the gratitude
and applause of Messrs Woodbury, Kendall and
Blair, to say nothing of the potentate whom ho
represents, Isaac Hill.
One toing he undertook however which must
he a source ol deep regrot to nil his friends who
were present during the debate. He endorsed
the atlrocious libel upon ihe people of New-
York, contained in die President’s lasi annual
message, of having been influenced at die Nov.
elections by the banking institutions.
This called out from Mr. TALLMADGE a
spirited and eloquent reply, In which he repelled
the allegation of the President as entirely With- ,
out foundation, and maiiuuined that ihe true (
causes were the attempts of the administration (
to carry Into effect the doctrines of ihe loco tocos,
for die destruction of all hanks; the repeal of
charters, and the destruction of vested rights;
the recommendation of a Bankrupt law by the
President, arid die abuse and .detraction heaped
upon every man who had independence enough
to oppose lie.-e doctrines and measures. Mr.
Tullmailgo showed from statistical facts that the
banks had no influence in determining the re
suit of the November elections in New York.
There were fifty counties in that state. In all
of them except thirteen there are banks. Now
of these, five are opposition Counties, and eight
arc administration counties. In those eight
counties the opposition gain at die last election
was four thousand one hundred and sixty four,
and yet not in one of them is there a hank. This
gain is double the average of the opposition
gain in all the o.her opposition counties where
! there arc banks! This fact speaks volumes.
’ Mr. TALLMADGE concluded with the dec
. ■ latalion that if the sub-treasury system was pet
-1 , severed in, New York would again speak in a
* ; voice loud as the thunder- of the great cataract
l’ on her western frontier.
Mr. CLAY thanked Mr. T. for his notice of
this part of the Piesident’s message; and said
a | that it die same imputation had been made on
B the people of Kenlu-ky, be would Have offered a
’ ! resolution reprimanding the executive for so uu
wai ran table an inlerferance with the local cun
u corns ol the siuic, and so llagiaui an outrage on
her honor and dignity. The Senate then pro
e • ceded to the consideration of executive business
u The Committee of the Judiciary reported to
ihe Hou&e a Bill bo the Senate to prevent the
. abatement ol suits and actions now pending, io
1 which the Bank of the United Buies may be a
r party After some conversation the measure was
referred back to the Committee, for the purpose
of making some modifications in its principal
0 features
e The Message of die President in relation to the
;> .Yorth'Eastern Boundary, was then taken up.
,r and Mi. Evans completed his speech in support
of his motion to commit it to the Committee on
]] Foreign Relations. He went very fully i nto an
„ exposure of the neglects and delays of the Gen
e etal Government, in relation to the negotiation
* with Great Britain, for the settlement ol this great
and important question of boundary.
When Mr. Evans finished, Mr. Farefield or
, Maine look the floor, and moved an adjournment
t which prevailed.
d The appointment of Mr. Mnhlenburg „f p e ’ nn .
|J was confirmed to-day. as Minister to Austria
3. j and that of John Randolph Clay, a* Secretary of
| Legation was also confirmed. jyj
From the TV Y Cemmeroial Adv. Ftb.B.
Specie. —American gold 3$ a— premium;
ialt dollars, 4a 4$ do; quarters, 3] a 4 do; Mexi
ran dollars, —a 5J do; Patriot doubloons, $l6,
a 10,12.
Treasury Notes discount a par. Sale
of 1000 at lailer rale. Five per cent notes § a 1
per cent premium.
(•’IHUJNICLH X.VIJ SivMl'l NK,
\ 14U S i
> Hcsrtay Mo riling. Feb. 13.
221 FEBRUARY.
We are gartified to learn that this day is to
be celebrated*!,i our city in a becoming manner.
The Farewell Address of Washington is to be
read by Dr. F. M. Robinson, and an Oration
by Hamilton Raiford. Esq.
In tjie evening a splendid Mil tary and Civic
i Ball is to be given at the Masonic Hall.
Acton Riot Trials. —The persons indicted
for having participated in the riot at Alton Inst
November, which resulted in the death of Mr.
Lovejoy, were brought up for trial week before
last, and after going through with the usual
forms, they were severally a quilted.
The Express Mail—Between Philadelphia
| anil Washington lias beer, discontinued by the
Postmaster General, since the 31sl ult. It is
I intended hereafter, we presume, to transport the
| mail by the rail roads, on which the rate of trav
el is more rapid than by express.
Commerce of Cincinnati. —The actual
number of hogs slaughtered in Cincinnati this
season is 107 134, which are said to he 20 per
cent higher than last year. Pork is an impor
ant item in the above city. On the I'Jth flour
was selling at $5 50, wheat $l, earn 37 J cents,
oats 31 cents.
Capital Punishment in Rhode Island.—
On Tuesday the 23d instant, in the Legislature
of this state, the question came up to substitute
the puhishment of death in cases of murder, in
stead of imprisonment for life, which prevailed,
31 to 2-L
(, ask or the Steamboat Home. —Cincinnati!
[tapers of the 23d ult. contain the Inal of the
captain and engineci of the steamboat Home,
which, about a month since, collapsed her Hue,
and exploded at the wharf in Cincinnatli, caus
ing a destruction of life and properly. The
Grand Jury for the Court of Common Picas for
Hamilton county, found a hill against the captain
and engince, for manslaughter. The trial occu
pied the court the whole ol the 22d ult., and after
the examination of a large number of witnesses,
the subject was submitted to the jury, who re
turned u verdict of not guilty, without leaving the 1
box.
I
Pork Packing at Madison, Ind. —The Re
publican Banner of Wednesday, says that the
number of hogs pul up in that place, principally
fur drovers, will not fall far short of twenty-live
thousand.
[communicated ]
When Charley Hay .e- was delivered of his
sugar-speech, he was called tSweetning; now ho i s
called the Premier. Sugar-plums and the primer
always go hand in hand.
Now Bob that’s a pun.
Mhalofii? All soils wont sprout Cow-peas.
bob short.
[for the chronicle and sentinel.]
Editor —Your reply to a “ Country
man ’in the Sentinel •! Feb. 1, has induced me 1
to send you the following miscellaneous remarks,
on the topics alluded to i.■ yom editorial, and 1
some others I wish to notice,
I, like you, am an advocate for a Bank of the
U. States ; and I, like you, should be very glad
to see Nicholas Biddle at the head of it. My
lessons are,
Isi. That a tolerable system of domestic ex
changes, and an uniform currency cannot be
obtained, except by means of an institution with
capita! and connections extending into every
quarter of the Union; with business transac
tions coextensive. This will require numerous
branches, and the countenance of the Governs
menl, whose necessity of receipts and payments
are alike coextensive. No single bank, or at y
practicable combination of banks, can efl’ecl this
purpose—all banks but a national bank, must of
necessity be local and limited: nor will their
management be uniform, or conducted on the
s'able principles of one large institution. I say
then, we cannot possibly have a uniform cur
rency, unless regulated by sue. . an institution as
the lly wheel ol the fiscal machine.
2. We have had interregna of the National
Baik; previous to the late one, and subsequent
to it. VV but was the consequence! A derang
• ed cutrency, an enormous multiplication of spe
i culaUn S banks, an embarrassment of the coun
try, and a miserable overflowing of worthless
paper. The late Bank of the United States,
was actually forced upon the Government by the
f auds to which the currency was exposed, and
i llle u "iveisul voi'- e „f t[ le mercantile world , call"
ing loudly for a remedy. The short administra
tions of Capt. Jones and Mr. Cheeves having
; F asseil awa y. Mr - Biddle placed the system 0,-
Exchanges both foreign and d mi. site, an a foot
, ing so cheap, so regular, <o satisfactory u, a t lt
, was a subject of praise and admiration, not only
here, but in Europe.
3rd That ignorant and insolent despot, Gen.
\ Jackson - llavlll S succeeded in prostrating that
bank, what has been the consequence 1 Dcstruc-
B t,on 10 the value " f our currency, discredit to ou t
' ,prc “ ,mle character .t and abroad, our
; - ,!iCal transactions a prey to money brokers’ the
government paper now, as formerly, in 1815 at a
1 discount, the administration reduced to pay its
creditors in worthless rags, the coin of the coun
try almost monopolised by oiluv holders, the
people subjected to pay and receive in a dubious
1 currency, our staples abroad at a price hardly
equal to prime cost, and a suspension of specle
f P l *y ments b y hanks - whose individual So|vCn
-1 cy no ene cat, be assured. The pious directors
of the Bay Slate Bank, from the Suffolk to (he
Commonwealth, having shown how easy it i 8 t 0
: palm talse statements on a credulous public
1 4. Let us calculate our probable loss by the
prostration ol Mr. Biddle’s bank. I uke tie
datura’furnished bv Gov. Vance of Ohio, who
-ays the want of that hank ha* coat the Blate ot |
"f Ohio in one year, upwards of $200,000 in the
difference of price of domestic exchanges. My
argument does not tcquire me to he exact to a
million. There are, say 22 Stales, which will
give an annual loss of 24 multiplied hy 200,000
—4,800,000. The Back has been put hors de
combat, and the currency deranged during about
4 years. Multiply 48 by 4—192; that is, the
United Slates has paid for Gen. Jackson’s stupid
hostility to Mr. Biddle’s Bank, already $19,200,-
000 How long this insane opposition is to
con intte, who can tell, when even South Caroli
na has turned weathercock, by an almost unani
mous vote, very little to the credit of her present
leaders.
The omnipotent patronage of Government
which a bank ot the United Stales would give,
has been the prominent objection. But why is
the administration to have any cont ol over such
a bank 1 Had it anj over Mr. Biddle] Why
not (among other precautions) place it under the
supervision of Commissioners, appointed snotf not
from, but) by Congress ! You see the evil .
tynplc power is given to guard against it; what
then is the difficulty of doing so] The power
and patronage of the administration, has increas
ed, is increasing, and ought to be dimished. Tell
me ye blind and ignorant reformers, will you
diminish the patronage of the administration by
the Sub Treasury bill] What is that but a
Government Bank, under the control of the
Fiesident for the time being, with salaried offi
cers innumerable]
1 regiet that Mr. Calhoun should appear the
administration’s advocate of this most objectiona
hie measure. But Mr. Calhoun has (alien into
so many strange contradictions of conduct and
doctrine, that it requires all his talents to furnish
explanations to the wondering multitude. Ha
ving twice voted for a national hank, he astonish
es the Senate by acknowledging that he always
deemed it unconstitutional ! The most notori
ous adversaries of the doctrine of States Rights,
are Mr. Van Bureu and his friends; among
those friends apparently is Mr. Calhoun. Ho
states tn conversations that rather than not re
ceive the 4th instalment of the surplus
we ought to lake it in rag money. Why then
on his airival at Washington did lie not demand
rag money if there wa< no cash ] Did not S.
Carolina receive the 3rd instalment in notes on a
Pel Bank 1 Could nut the Treasurer draw on
Pet Banks in plenty ] If they had no cash but
lor themselves, they bad rag money in abundance.
1 wish for Mr. Calhoun’s sake this matter were
better explained. He is an able man, and I be
lieve an honest mar,. But it is not prudent to
open a door to let in the suspicions of his ene.
mies. We get too many explanations of dubi
ous points of conduct and opinion.
.Nor can I approve of Mr. Calhoun’s resolu
tions. They arc abstract, and not practical. They
embrace needlessly, the New England doctrines
ot consolidation, and involve the popular right of
petitioning. Abstractedly, 1 agree with him:
practically, he appears to want tact.
Nor dt) I like a would-he leader, assuming in
dividually on a momentary question, the respon
sibility he ought to sliaic wi n Ins party, who
had begun to act on a. Why did he not wail
for the di-eistoii ot the Southern Caucus in the
House of Representatives, and Hie sequel m Mr,
Patton’s resolutions ] Ido not like Mr. Patton's
resolutions, but a proper respeci fur gentlemen
proposing to art in concert, ought to have stop
ped bis individual action. Who will follow such
a leader ] Who ought to give up his own prsc
lical opinions in favor of Mr. Calhoun’s pol lical
metaphysics] Sadly has South Carolina sunk
in political importance hy giving herself up to a
lavorite, whose want of judgment tends so much
to needless irritation. In her warmth of affection
for Mr. Calhoun, that Stale has embraced the
Sub-treasury plan of Mr. Van Burcn : now mind
what I say—South Carolina, on this question, wil|
not be supported by more than two States in the
Union, and her envied influence is mat ifestly
damnified What State will follow the blind
partisans of a man whose politics ate open to so
many objections, and need «o many explanations]
However, let Mr. CalUoun’s State take its own
course.
Neither can I approve of the independent rc
sponsibiliiy taken by the honorable Mr. Rhett, a
respectable man no doubt. But although I agree
with him in his positions, I should be glad to
learn when , tu the Constitution, Congress can.
find its own jurisdiction over Mr. Rhelt’s resolu.
lions ] Can Congress set aside, abrogate, destroy
that very Constitution undet whose sanction Con
gress itself sits ] Can the -ervant decide on the
rights of the master] Suiely Mr. Rhett did not
consider duly what he proposed.
Nor is Mr. Rhett acquainted with the history
of the abolition question. It began with the Rev
Mr. Clarkson in a college exercise at Cambridge’
some years before the French revolution. It was
taken uphy Mr. Wilberforce and the Evangelical
religionists in England; and by the orthodox
catholics in France, with the Alibe Grcgonc a
their head. Atheism had no more to do with it
than the rheumatism had. Neither had utilita
rianism, lor the question of Em inoipation prece
ded Mr. Bentham’s new edition of public utility,
being the criterion of public tight and wrong.
But these are trifles. What 1 wish Mr. Rhett
to do, ta to act in concert with the Northern dele
gallon, if he belongs to it. J admire his fearless
ness and his honesty, but I think ho lacks pru
■ dencc and a due regard for the opinion of those
. who have a common interest with himself. The
first question is, how wo can avoid disunion con
sistently with our own safety ] The next if,, if
i we must separate let us consider of the best mode
i of doing it, in common deliberation, whether at
■ Washington or elsewhere. The sooner the belter.
; I want to address a letter to John Q. Adams
i Will } ou give me room.
A Fiuekb TO the South,
(Ej* Yes— Ed. C/iron. & Sent.
European Opinions. —At a recent meeting
* in London, a distinguished speaker thus expres
« ses himself: r
, Sir, I cannot refrain myself. It was only the
other day I rea l a letter in the Morning Chroni.
cle, from their Philadelphia correspondent. A
person wliojc Indian name I forget, (a voice
’ ‘Otcola’) but who was called Powell, had car
ricd on a war at the head >of tlie Seminoles,
and oilier Florida tribes, against the people of
Florida. He behaved boldly and bravely, fought
for his country, and he would have been deified
as a hero, bad he fought in a civilized nat'on,
and testimonals would have been reared to com
memorate his deeds as great and numerous as
those which have been raised to a Napoleon, or
Wellington ; but what happens to '.his warrior! ,
Whv these Americans, having made a truco with
him, invited him to a conference. He came un
der the protection of that truce. Thus confiding
in their honor; is lie allowed to return 1 ? Oh no!
He is not allowed to return, but he is taken pris
oner and carried captive to the fort [shame!
sham!] O cry out shame, and let that cry be
heard across the waves of the mighty ocean!
The following calculation is extracted from
Mr. Hill's pamphlet on Post Office reform:
“The number ofletters which pass through all
the Post Offices of the United Kingdom per an
num is about 88,600,000; the number of franked
letters, 7,400,000; the number ot newspapers,
80,000,000; total, 136,000,000.”
Ahmy Statistics. —Through the politeness
of Captain Miles of the U. S. A.; we are pul in k,
possession of the followin { authentic information
relative to resignations, nsualties, &c. in the
Army, during the year 1807, Halt, Sun.
Resignations. —1 Lieut Colonel, I3Captains
II Ist Lieutenants, 17 2d Lieutenants, 1 Brevt.
3d Lieutenant, 4 in the Stall’.
Deaths. — 1 Lieut. Colonel,* 1 Major. 2 .Bre
vet Majors, 3 Captains, 2 Brevet Captains,* 7
Ist Lieutenants,* 3 2d Lieutenants,* 3 Assist
tani Surgeons.
Declined. —1 2d Lieutenant.
Dropped. — 1 Ist Lieutenant, 1 Lieut Colonel,
2 Captains, 1 Ist Lieut, and 1 2d Lieutenant.
There are now eight cn vacancies in the Ar
my in the grade of 2d Lieutenant.
* Killed in action wbh the Indians in Florida.
Railroad Accident anii Loss op Lire.—
As the yesterday morning train of Providence
cars were proceeding through Seekonk, they
encountered, at the crossing, a twu-hoise wagon,
driven by a person about CO years of age, ap
parendy deaf.
The bell of the engine was rung continually,
during the crossing, and every other method ta
ken to acquaintlhe man of the proximity of the
train; but the engine encountered one of the hor
ses, and threw him some distance, into a culvert,
killing him instantly; the other was thrown uponß
him, though not materially hur,
The man, who was by the side of his team,
seeing his imminent peril, threw himself suddenly
backward into a ditch.which killed him instantly.
—Boston Courier, 9th inst,
HoanißLß Tragedy.—Wearc informed by a,
passenger from Kiehmond, Va. of a horrible tra
gedy enacted in that city on Wednesday evening
last, occasioned by love and jealously. A young’
lady of respectability and fortune had for a length,
of time encouraged the addresses of two suitors,
one of whom becoming provoked to desperation!
by the attention and fivtir shown to his rival, on
Wednesday evening called upon him and re.,
quested a private interview, which was granted-
Afier entering a room with him alone, he drew a
pi-tol and shot him dead. Ho then immediately
ietired to his own residence, where he committed
suicide by culling his throat. W hat adds to the
peculiarity of the horrid transaction, is the fact
that the young lady ought to have made a hus
band of one of them some months since.— Dhil.
Le crer.
i >»; intelligence. ,
CHUII.R TON, Feb 12.—Arr on atuiday, brig
Hljvha, Thomas, Trinidad, (t-'nhaj tfi days; br brig
Fane r Figgetl, Trinidad, 0 ds; sc hr Olive, Moi
,an. Savannah 1 day.
Arr ) ssterday, sctir Mary Dow,Tilley, IVlotanzns 9 ds
CVd,s'ups Commerce, Ferry. Liverpool. .Inplter,Car
ter, Liver,'tml, brig Washington's Burge, U liiinms, N,
Ore m; sehirs Exchange, Sjiv.jtcr, Went Indies; Bu
rl avonr, linger*, Newbcru, C.); Vesper, Withercl,
St Augustin-, Empire, Smith wick, St Augustine; Con
voy, very, J. cUsonville, (K, F.); Suuth-Caroliuu, Ste
vens, Savannah.
tV ent to s. a on /Saturday, ship Jupiter, Garter, Liver
pool; line slii La Fayette, Blair, New-Yorh; brig T us
cany, Prince, Hamburg; line brig Unwell, Mathews, I
Boston - brig Kirlia, t Henry, Start, vant Wilmington, I
( .C.); Belgian sell« .Joseph, B ns, Antwirp; schrs Sn- I
san Ludwig, Snow, New Oceans; Pelican, Armstead, I
Mobile; Hernid, ouk. ,s. t. Augustins; Peru, P ate. Jack- I
sonville; steam packet Boatc-ti, Ivy, Wilmington, (M. C.) I
Went to sen yesterday, situ s F.xclui nge, ylvester, E
St Thomas; t onst, ihition, t*riee< Pbll.idelpliia; Ended- I
vor, Hotlgers, Newbcru, N. C: steam pacta North- H
Carolina, 11. ynolds, Wiiinin ton- I
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dj* The Friends rind acquaintances of Rout, I
A. Kirkpatrick and Brothers, arer requested I
to attend the funeral of the former ftonl there- I
sidcncc of Daniel Kirkpatrick at 4 o’clock this I
Evening, without further invitation, Feb 13 I
Augusta Benevolent Society I
Committees appointed (or the present month.# I
Committee Division No I—Messrs. James Mere- I
dilh and James Godby, Mrs. J. Muntz, Mrs Sranh I
Leon. I
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and Wm. T. Timmerman, Mrs. C. C. Taliaferro I
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her ami James Ponton, Mrs. Amy Whitlock, Miss I
Sarah Glov or. ■
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, culation that 1 had relinquished my Professional I
engagements, I take this method of correcting I
such a mistake, as my intention is, and alwava Rs
has been to wail on all Ladies and Gentleman I
who may requite my services as an instructor of fe
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Terms $25 per quarter. K
Piano Fortes Tuned. B
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A torney at Law having situated hirasolfin Mon- H
roe, Walton county, will attend the several courts
in lb ■ western circuit, ami a'sj those of Morgan, R
Newton, and Dekalb. All business entrusted to ms
his care will receive his most studious and diligent Hj
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f 30 kegs good Butter K
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