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From Alexander's Weekly Messenger. Our Native I.a ml. .Wy native land — this magical name, Hike a flash from the upper sphere. Thrills to the heart as an electric flame ; It is the home we prise more dear Than cosily pearls, with gems beset, Bestow'd hy a courteous hand. No pleasure should teach us to forgot Our own loved native laud, Tho’ wo should leave our home, to rido O’er Ureenland's wastes olsnow, Or mount the rugged Etna’s side To view the scene below i And thence from JSicily to sail To India’s coral strand, To breathe the soft and spicy gale. Os Ceylon’s distant land. To stand and sec the peasant’s flock On Scotland’s mountains blue : Or climb the side r I Lapland's rock, The meek rein-deer to view ; In blooming Italy to dwell, Or in Koine's palate grand, Wc Would long to bid the scene farewell, And seek our native land. What tho' we live in courts of kings, Where pomp and splendor reign. Where peals of merry laughter rings, And music’s swelling strain bounds thro’ tile gay and lighted ball, Wlmtc kings anti princes stand; This glit'ring grandeur soon must call To mind, our native land, ■SI we should dream of shady I rowers. Where (airy creatures dwell, To tread on beds of golden dowers, ’JVoailt tbceucliMiiier'sspell; 'll we could bend Liana's bow, Or strike the magic wand, Soon, soon our waking thoughts would know "J’was not our native laml. Tint hoary pilgrim far away, Ascends the rugged lull, 'Or stops to real at close of day Beside a ttiurin’ring rill; ■No • rlend to cheer his a ililudc, < >r lend a pitying liiniil, While ihus he sits in lonely mooJ, Far from his native li,nil. He thinks of home—his long left home, I' at o er the dark blue sens, Win Te lie was wont, in youth, to roam Among the forest trees ; He looks above llie shades of even, Where all is bright tnul griinil, Ami hopes thuijghteous lonl id heaven Will bless his native land. The lonely exile doomed to spend His life in ilislmil gloom, flint ere Ins feeble hopes descend 'l'o moulder in the tomb,) Hu prays to him who reigns above, Who rules mid gives command, Who rides on shadowy wings of love, 'l’o save Ills native land. Tiie hardy sailor quits his homo To explore a foreign coast, Where, wrestling with the dashing foam, Ills gallant barque is lost ; Where, dash'd by the rude swelling wove Against the rocky strand, He weeps to find a watery grave Fur from his native land. Pile soldier lights, his laud In save, llill soon is forced to yield, Anil by a band of savage brave, Horne from tho buttle field, Doom’d in captivity to die, Chain'll 'mid the desert sand; Hr looks to him who dwells on high, To free his native land. My native land, that, name so dcor, Thrills to tho rambler’s heart, Anti when no soothing friend is near It bills lim tear drop start; The dying widow looks above, And libs her feeble band, Vet hopes to meet in that blcsa’d grove, O.mk—lost to Ins native land. And ibis lov’d homo must puss away, Hut in the realms on high There is a house, not built with clay, Eternal in the sky; Th**n let us hope, when wo before Omnipotence ball xtund, That we may dwell foievcr there, In that thrice happy hind, Catiiaui nk. \ Country editor. The following circumstance illustrative of the dignity of lint press, also the same of the liberality with winch its conductors are re awarded for their toil, is by the editor of a country paper in the State of New York. We vouch lor the Irnlli of llto story, and oivc it in our friend’s own words. [Mobile Adv. “After 1 was out of my lime, I procuicd letters of rccomnmndut.on from the editor of the Albany Argus, and went to the town of to enlighten the citizens by the corpus cations of my intellect upon the subject of ! democracy. 1 had, us yon may well suppose, 1 formed the most extravagant ideas ot the im portance of an editor; and I think I never was 1 •o well satisfied with myself as w hen 1 iein ß - 1 lored my name at the hotel in ,as ‘Edi- 1 tor of the Hardscrabble Republican Banner.’ ‘•Well, I look posse.ston ot my kingdom, consisting ot an old lluinagc press omi tlnce ! cases of pica type, worn down to the Bd nick, j and began iliu new ser es of tlie Hardscrabble Republican. But at the end of s,\ months ! my landlord became pressing for my board, ■nd I was fain to make a call upon my pa. Irons. This 1 did through the columns of my paper, not donating that they would come j forward enthusiastically and pay. The notice continued a mouth; but to my otter dismay, not one of my patrons made itis appearance. I now went to work in good earnest; made out my bills am) ptesented them to my village customers in person. 1 tlid’nl make inucb by this. 1 owed the tailor twteo as much us lie owed me—the shoemaker brought mo m Ins debt—tlie barber poking me in Ins bill (or •having my luce —the blacksmith had mended the fnsket of my conlonnded old K image —the tinner bud a charge for Ruddering a rol ler mould — t lie grocer lor glue and molasses— and in line, I discovered that my collections left me about a hundred dollars m debt. “Nothing now remained tint an appeal to my country subscribers. This 1 made, and fortunately most of them was ready to pay, but, in such ‘currency’ as would astonish even these latter days. Shin plasters are nothing toil. Otto said he agreed to pay in wood, and added pointing to the woods, ‘there it is help yourself’ Another promised me a load of pumpkins the next week. One offered mi a pig for h e subscription; and as 1 was n ‘whole hog’ editor 1 closed with the offer im mediately. Bit a now difficulty arose. Then were two pigs, and the owner could not lliinf lie said, ol sepualmg lintm, they would lx sure to pine awiy and die. 1 suggested ilia he should let me have them both,and I w ua give him credit for a year’s subscription u advance. Tins he refused, but proposed dm 1 should take one pig tor the year’s subscrip lion, nml help him (o gel in les bay Uv > days fertile oilier. • Tins I agreed to ilo. Never did a poor devil work harder, nr swuit- more profusely than I during those iinynonable two day*. “Well—l got through at last; borrow’d a bap, pul a pie in each end, slung |i across my shoulder, and planed home. 1 reached bail way, the bag became untied -out slipped the i little pigglmg m that end—cocked up bis tail and ran for dear lili*. I dropped tbe bag and starlet! in chase. Over the fences, through i hush and brier, hedge and ditch, we bad it side by ride, as Major Upwiiiiigsaya, only the pig little ahead. At last J give up in despair, and set down on n log to ruminate upon tbe dignity of >iio press, and the ingratitude of pigs and democrats. Nobm-j Gknkuohitv of Washington. — A northern paper states that ono Reuben Rou y.ey, of Virginia, owed ihe General nbour J ,/jIOOO, VViiile President of the United S. 1 one of bis agents brought an action for the I money—judgement was obtained, and an ex j edition issued against the body of the defen dant, who was taken to jail, lie bad a consid erable landed estate but this kind of properly cannot be sold in Virginia for debts, unless at the direction of the person. JJo bad a large family, and, for the sake of b s children, pre ferred lying in jail to Selling bis land. A friend bulled to him that probably General Wash ington dal not know any thing ofthe proceed ings, and that it might be well to send bun a petition with a statement of the circumstan cos. 11l- did so—and the very next post from Philadelphia, after the arrival of bis petition in llml City, brought Inin orders for les imme diate release, together with a /nil discharge and a severe reprimand to the agent for hav ir iug acted in such a manner. Poor Rnnzey ' was in consequence restored to bis family who never laid down their beads at night without I praying to heaven for their beloved Wiisliing- I tun. Providence smiled upon the labors of the grateful family, and in a few years Rou- I zey enjoyed llie pleasure of being able to lay jtlii- X’KlffO with interest, at the feet of tins I truly great /nun. Washington rendu i d him 1 that the <b bl was discharged. R. replied, the debt of his family to the lather ul their coun try, and preserver of their parent could never be discharged; and the General to avoid the I pile,■’sing importunity of the grutelal Virginian, | l (l r ,,;dd not lie denied, nc -epted the money, only lu wevi’ r - ,0 divide it amongst Rouzey’s children, W'ioli he immediately did. .Mom.kn DkfinitioN"- 1 fo " nd ,n an 7 " f the ancieio " llonn l r ' (;s ’ Hard Times: Silling on a gi.dstono and reading the president's message. Love; A little world within itself, .'.uimJ’dt' ntely connected with shovel and tongs. Progress of time: A pedlar going through i the land with wooden clocks. A Working il/an: A loafer filled with new made beer. Genteel Society; A place where the rake is honored, and moralist condemned. Politician: A fellow that culls all Ins know ledge from borrowed newspapers. R gid Justice: Juror on a murder case- last a sleep. Friend. One who takes your money and tin’ll turns you out ol doors. Poetry; A bottle of ink thrown at a sheet of foolscap. Patriot; A man who has neither properly nor reputation to lose. Honesty: Obso etc; a term formerly used In tbe case of a man who has paid for Ins news paper and the coat on Ins back. Independence: Owing fifty thousands dol lars, which you never intend to pay. Livery Stables; A place where you can pay a live dollar lull for the privilege ol being upset. Lovely Woman. An article manufactured by milliners;— ’Who wants but lilllu hero below, Ami wauls that little for a SHOW.’ P. D., one of the most eminent lawyers in ■ the western country, now deceased, was sadly gived to intoxication. On one occasion, he 1 entered a Methodist Church while a minister was holding lorili on the future punishment ol the wicked. Fixing his eye upon Mr. J)., who was reeling near the door, he exclaimed •‘There stands u sinner against, whom 1 will bear witness in the day of judgment." At this, tliu lawyer folded Ins arms, planted bum sell us firmly as ho could, and addressing the man in the pulpit, he electrified the whole congregation after tins fashion: “Sir,” said Mr. L)., “I have been practising in the crimi nal courts lor 20 years; and 1 have always found that the d dost rascal is the first jto give Slate’s evidence,”—W. O. Picayune. Plants in Umuiooms—Pcrsoi s who are fund of odoriferous plums and flowers, should never pcrnlit them to be placed in their bed-chamber, as many of them are so powerful as to overcome the senses entirely. Even plants that are not in (lower, and have no smell, yet injure the air during tbe night and in the absence of the sun by im pregnating it with nitrogen and carbonic acid gas; abhough in the daylight they rather improve the atmosphere by yielding oxygen gas. A nkxv i.ion r.— A man preaching in a small town upon the borders ol ibe North River, a few Sundays since look for his text “A vain man will be wise though he he horn of the wild ass’s colt." He said (hat this text had puzzled some of die ablest divines who had ever lived, hut it was per j teelly plain to him. “1 do not,” sind he, “pretend to be very well acquainted (jiih iialcrnl history, i but from all 1 hear 1 believe the aminuil alluded to I to bo the most obslinest of creatines. If he will go to heaven, he will, and if lu- chooses the other road, there’s no stopping him.” —The .Ige, R a i nun Pkiison vl —A witness was exam ined before a .judge in a ease ot slander who required him to repent the precise words spoken. The Witness hesitated until l.env. 1 cited lilt attention of the whole court upon I him, then fixing his eyes earnestly on the judge, he began; ’• May it please your honor, you he, and steal, and got your living by stealing!” The face of the judge reddened, and he immediately exclaimed, “Turn to tbe s jury, sir.” o Um f.ii’T von v 1 lunoo is r Siiov —Apes- J tie and mortar over the door. A skeleton in ’, one corner of the room uiul a skull grinning n 1 serenely from the mantle Two pounds ot g i licubiirb, a quart of salts, a \ iul of castor oil, I, a pound of asalcetida and a hoi tin of Gum cam is phor, standing against the wall in the ordi d nary style. Hovs and bottles labelled will c Latin names, lielnnd tbe counter, one bogs n bead of Untidy marked /f/vn.a/i/mmv —mn i- hogshead of Gin marked (ienihus —one pip, ■e ot Rum marked Riiminit—one barrel o I; \\ litakoy labelled fl liixkyvandatnw inius— ie and Spice li.ileis marked Hj . Hi:.. .> n si [J Xoksknsi; —Two young ladies kissni; ii each oilier, tii Sknsiiui.i r\ —A young gentleman am |,. 1 idy kissing each ulbcr. — ■- CIIRONIGLK AND SENTINEL. >| Avvijsn. i | SituVlay Mornlnft .May jy. ' dj" The tlxpress Muil from the North failed I yesterday morning. We understand that un endorsement on tlie I Way Dill of the Mall Hugo from Columbus, » | received on Thursday morning at this place, ■ states that the Western Dank of Georgia, at j Rome, had closed its doors. .Mon*. Gauge, ! Who advertises in another column to give les . sons in fencing, comes to us with the highest re f 1 commendation from other places. He has taught • | with great success in Athens, Milledgevillc, Ma con and Columbus, from which latter place he " | I,rings the following recommendatory letter, sign . I t'd hy sixty or seven y of the most-distinguished I i citizens of the place. I Cuti.'Mßi's, (in. April 30, 1838, “ Mons. F. G. Uxt oe, a native of Paris, and I J ’rofessor of the arts of self defence, having resided in our city lor some months past, has by his ur | hanily of manners and gentlemanly deportment, ■ I secured the most favorable opinion and highest j respect of our citizens. We take groat pleasure i in recommending him to lire friendly considera -1 lion of all liberal and enlightened communities In which he may reside. Merits. 13. has been engaged in our city since the first of March last, in teaching a very large class, comprising persons of almost every age ; and he has afforded ample demonstration of his scientific attainments in nil the various brunches of Polytechnics, lint wo deem it useless to mul -1 tiply expressions of our high consideration of i Mods. If. either as an accomplished teacher, or assiduity to business, or his reputation as an ] amiable and accorn( leslicd gentleman in Iris mans i ners, as he has in his possession abundant evi | deuce of all, in various letters of introduction Irorn gentleman of distinction, which establish without doubt his superior claims to the highest estimation of the public.” Ilecovcry of Negroes. An important case stays the N. O. Picayune of lire 13lh, was decided yesterday in ibis city, af ter three days examination and argument.— Gen. Gaines figured considerably in the suit, I in his person the United Stales of . fie ’as defendant. The plaintiffs, who re- A IDg * claimed us fugitive ulave* 67 hUIC 111 lie. *o .. . -pro taken captive with the Sc. negroes, which v, . . . v p'»bc was argued before mmole Indians, ihe 1 Judge Buchanan of the Ju f ial , District Court, hy Ull Chinn on behalf o'* l ‘‘* < * almants i and hy Thomas Slidell for lire defenu® 1 * d ’ government. The case was decided in lavU r 1 - ( the clainiunts. Gen Gaines was made tire parly defendant, because the sail) removal or the In dians and negroes to (ho lands assigned them hy government as their future abode, was consider ed to belong to itidi. The general seemed unwilling “lo take lire responsibility” of giving up the negroes; hut as tire court sustained tho writ of sequestration, we presume ho will have to fork over tho darkeys to their original owners, and pay the costs also. Fire Case. Wo perceive hy the New York Journal of Commerce, that in the case ofPenlz and others, versus the Corporation of the City of New York, for damages on account of blowing up certain I stores, hy order of the public authorities during * the groat /ire of Dec. 1835, the Jury brought in a verdict for the Plaintiff's of £93,805 57. The four mutinous seamen, lauded from bark Horace, at Kennohunk, were arraigned before the U S Circuit Court at Portland, Me., on Saturday the slh inst. Two of them wore discharged, and the others having pleaded that they were unwil ling to contend with the government, were each sentenced lo 60 days imprisonment. The following extracts of Utters from Havana and Manlanzas, we copy from lire Charleston Mercury of yesterday. “Havana, May 7. “In the stale of our market, wo nolo rather more animation, hut no material change in prices. Wo have for assorted Sugar, 7 1-2, 11 1-2 a!) 13. Whiles, 12 1-2 al3 1-4. Drown and yel. lows, (i 1-2 a 8 1-1. Coffee, prime, scarce ; other qualities 5 1-2 a 9 1-4. Molasses 2 1-2 a 3 rials, hast soles of Rice were at 12 rials. Exchange, London, 9a 9 1-2 per cent. prem.; New York 2 1-2 a 3 per cl. diset.; Charleston not taken.” “Matanzas, May 7. “Our rice market continues without improve | merit, two cargoes from Savannah are still in lirst ] hands. Os prime Muscovado Sugar, little is of.. sering for sale, but of fair middling quality there i are several lots in market at fi a 7 rls. The best dial is offered is held at 8a it rials. Unx Sugars are in fair demand, particularly white alone. In i Cotlce not much is doing. Molasses dull.” CO M M 1 XIOATKI). I Mn. Editor—l notice the analysis of “Mur ray,” not only lo remind him of Iris unconscious ! ignorance of the science of English grammar, hut 1 dial ids errors in parsing may not he imbibed by : ! our youth. He says. “ I can give him” (E.) “ a sentence that he cannot annalyse to save his life, I without Murray’s Grammar.” 1 think it would ( lie easy logive him many which ho could not parse I with it. . Hu says that, in die sentence, what is become of him, “ the verb would be passive.” This shows that he does not know a passive verb,— The passive verb is formed by joining the perfect r participle, derived from an active transitive verb, ,1 to any form of the verb to be. Now the verb be 1, come, is not transitive; consequently, is become, t- is not pa-sivo, but neuter, nr a passive dross, like ' I an hypocrite in the garb of religion; hence, by 1 | th-c supcrlie al grammarian, it is easily mistaken lor the passive. Again, ho says, “what is a ~, 1 pronoun, referring to • he’ as its ‘ subsequent.’ ” if Now a pronoun is a mere substitute for its prin — ciple ; consequently, we run always u-e the priu " ciple and make the sense complete, hut if what r relates to “he" a* “its subsequent," then accor ding lo "Murray V analysis, the sentence would id I read thus; he has become of him! “Murray” has 1 yet to learn that, although a ret. pro. may relate to a word or phrase as its subsequent, it does not relate to any one indifferently, I would advise “Murry” to take a few more lessons in English Grammar before ho attempts to parse for lire public. My rjuery, which is the most agreeable to the English language, what is become of him, or what has,&c., and how is what parsed—is yet unsatisfactorily answered. E. Fran the N 0 Picayune■, MnyVS. (•’roiM Texas. The regular fast running steam packet Colum bia, Capt. Wright, arrived yesterday evening from Galveston, which port she left on the 10th inst., bringing 91 passengers. By this arrival wo learn that the loan bill, ns amended, unanimously passed the Senate on (he 30th ult. By one of the provisions of this bill it is provided that the “money raised upon the bonds must he deposited In the United Slates Hank of Philadelphia, the Manhattan Bank at New \ ork, or the Union Bank of Louisiana, subject to the orders of the government.” In the House, there has been a great deal of talk about removing (ho seat of government — nothing determined on. On the 3d, both Houses adjourned for three days, and the President, Vico. President, and se veral members made a trip of pleasure to Galves ton. The Houston Telegraph of yesterday week, a copy of which we received by the Columbia, slates that l he capital of the Republic “has pres ented quite a mercantile appearance within the last few weeks. Hundreds of baggage waggons have been constantly arriving from the upper country, and return loaded with merchandise.” Counterfeit one hundred dollar promissory notes, closely resembling the genuine ones, are in circulation. The Telegraph contains an article against the carrying of weapons, which stales that the cili zens are gradually telinquishing the odious cus tom. We see notices advertised lor meetings of the following societies, viz : “The Philosophical So ciety ol Texas “the Texas Typographical As sociation and the “Independent Order of Odd Pel lows.” A man by the name of M. Campbell, convic ted of the murder of a Mr. Einsey, was hanged at Victoria, on Saturday last. [From the Apalachicola Gazette, May 10.] The'following statement taken from the books of die Custom House, will give our friends abroad a faint idea of the increasing impot lance of our port. Our whole exports last year was 30,000 bags. Notwithstanding the efforts of our friends at St. Joseph, they will this vear exceed 50,000. And from the amount of now lands ho ■ ing brought into cultivation this year, the amount will be increased full 35 per cent, the ensuing year. It has been estimated, by those best acquain ted with the subject, that not one sixteenth of . the good farming lands on the Chattahoochee have yet been brought into cultivation; and on the Flint, less than one twentieth. It was only until within the last two or three years, that attention of emigrants was directed to this region; and the Indian difficulties then breaking out, il-s settlement has been hitherto much retarded. The tide of emigration is now, however, fast setting this way; and we hazard little in saying that, the present exports of Cotton from this port, will he quadrupled in four years. Fzfiarl from the Fort of Jipnlavhicola, Florida, f-omlhe Is i Oct. 1837, to the Ist May, 1838, ■■ ■from the Cw.tjm Jlouse Books. rp/'al H,078 Vvk U. 617 1 O New K IK , a ni n To Charleston, To New Orleans To Boston To Providence 2^ To Baltimore oy To Savannah To Newport " To Havana, (Cuba,) 12 Total, 35,711 In Apalachicola and on ship board, (not cleared) Ist May, 11,808 Tub W kit ur.n. —Since the first of this month lias been much cooler than we experienced during the same length of lime in the latter part, of Match. For ten days past, we have been under the neees. sity of keeping a good fire in our office nearly ev ery day ; and considerable frost has been visible two ur throe mornings. All kinds of vegetation backward and unpromising. The oat crop is so much damaged by the drought and frost that many fields arc not expected to produce the amount of seed which was sown.— Greenville . Mountaineer , llt/i. From the N. ¥ Conner and Enquirer. Resumption on non-iiesumption—The U. S Bank and the Theasukv.— TTie true party issue, says Mr. Benton, is between spe cie and paper—between resumption and non resumption —between the rag-barons and the hard money boys—between irredeemable trash and the eagles of General Jackson, which the Globe says, ‘hike Napoleon’s, carry terror to the hearts of his enemies.” On tins theme the administration journals issue their daily bulletins to the people. Three or four times a week the Globe, labors with three or four columns of billingsgate against Mr. Bid dle and the United Slates Rank ot Pennsyle vania. The Argus and the Evening Post are loud in their abuse of the slim-pliisler party — the irredeemable paper parly —the bank-rag party —always winding up their tirades with an especial paragraph lor Mr. Biddle. To read those papers ore would suppose that instead of being a state institution, ilns bank of Mr, Biddle’s was still the potent engine that it was while a national institution, and when it was st gnmtised by the name ot every unclean bird, fish aml beast t hat sought shel ter in the ark. or that ever found its way in to fable. It was then a combination of all the horned monsters ami dragons on record; 1 but Amos Kendall and General Jackson, we were always told, had slain that animal, and give Ins keeper, Mr. Biddle, an effectual quie tus. The Globe told ns years since, with 1 pious exultation, that the ‘ monster hud perish > ed under the blows of the Hero of New Ur leatts.” , And the institution teas dead, as far as the General Government lias to do with it. The United Slates Bank is now astute institution, chartered hy state laws, bound to stale duties, * its usefulness on many account* restricted to - state limits, and compelled by every induce t ment of mte-est and local pride to consult for the advancement of the state which created it' ’ Tins it has a right to do. We cannot expect Mr. B ddle to adapt Ins policy to the policy ol • otlu r stales, unless he is satisfied that the in e tcrests of Pennsylvania nquire it. He has y deemed it advisable tu pursue a curia n coutsc u as most consistent with the commercial inter ests ot his own sta'e. Thus far he has been „ apparently successful. Many solvent houses that would have been crushed tinder a d Her '* ent sysi 'in. nave been saved. Much distress that wo have witnessed under an opposite t policy, his been uv tided. Mr. Biddle is de .. tern.m.-d to carry out tins policy. The poopli j '■>* Pennsylvania are satisfied with it. It is at acceptable policy in their eyes. It has sus. 18 tained them, and preserved them from mud c suffering, and enabled ilium to transact a mod erate business. Tlmt the case what is it to New York that Air. Bidd e does not choose to resume? What is it to the General Government 1 Who set Mr. Biddle the ex» ample of suspending ? Who still countenan ces Mr, Biddle in Ins suspension ? The New York banks long ago adop'cd measures to place themselves in a resuming position, The policy, to say the least was • harsh, and ground the commercial communi ty to the dust. After having gone through . tiiis prepatory suffering, it would have hcen madness In oiir institutions to have del iyed re sumption, and still pursued the preparations for it, lint Mr. Biddle was disposed to apply a more gentle and easy remedy, and to restore a sound condition of things by a less rapid hut equally effective process, A ft- r having lints tar pursued it successfully, why should he change his course 1 If he tfanje arry his state, triumphantly through the pressure, without milking bankrupts of her tradesmen, why should he not he permitted to do ho'! At any rate, how can the legislature ofa foreign slate . A , *=> " r ho.v can the General Government prevent ft! The administration journals arc extremely anxious to tiring Mr. Biddle into the field as a great political leader, and to gut up a stale ol things in which alt who will not fight under the banner of Mr. Biddle arc to be marshalled in the ranks of the administration. This is all very ri diculous.—New York goes for the resumption ol specie payments, whig and lory, because ihe in terests of Now York now require it. Pennsylva nia, for the present, vvtiig and lory, favors the po licy of iion-tCsumption, w ilh the hope of being carried safely through the crisis without bank ruptcy, panic and wide spread ruin. But the most obvious absurdity in the present position of the General Government, is the fact that in a division on Ibo issue of resumption or non resumption, the Government must be classed in the same category with Mr. Biddle. This is , the true secret of all the smoke and dust that it is raising about the Bank of the United fatales. The United Slates Bank is insolvent; says the I Globe. It it ha so, wherein is the Government any better! The Bank cannot pay its debls, says the Globe. No more can the Government. Tlie I Bank issues irredeemable paper, says the Globe, So Joes the government. The bunk sufferers its notes to be protested, says the Globe Dishono red Treasury notes for a long lime formed the fa ? vorile currency of the Government; so much su i that until its paper was duly stamped with insol -3 vency, the Government would not receive it. j The moment, however, it receive the market ihe r notary, it became the equivalent of gold and sil -1 ver. The true object of Ihe Government in its pre -1 sent hue and cry against the Bank of the United r Stales—and irredeemable paper—is to divert pub lic attention from ils own wretched insolvency, and to smuggle through Congress the most alarnt f ing and abominable measure that ever came be . fore that body. This is the bill for authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue irredeema ble paper to an unlimited amount - to revive the old system of Continental money; and by issue and reissue, with the mystification and /mens Jki cks of Mr. Woodbury, blind the people to the real slate of lire Treasury, and perpetuate the present system of reckless expenditure until the country is deeply involved in a National Debt. The Government, Mr. Woodbury tells us, is in debt and wants money. This is a very sim ple proposition. How is this debt to be paid! By borrowing money to pay—or by the issue ol promises to pay money. The latter is on many accounts, the more convenient for the Govern ment. It avoids the appearance of a national debt. It is a very ready and very easy process— requiring nothing more than the writing of Mr. Woodbury’s name. Then jigain, the paper thus issued is inconvertible—irredeemable—and re. quires no management or resources for its liqui dation. It may be manufactured on short notice, to any amount. It is a quiet, secret, seductive mode of contracting indebtedness, without excii 1 ling popular inquiry or alarm. The consequence is .Inevitable. The paper is overissued and depre cialcs ln fbe bands of the holders. This is every whcie tr'; e history ot Government paper—in v ra ncc —in our Provincial experience—in out 1 ~c ni al issues. There is another mode of re ft 00 . 1 '" ■ , v arnment indebtedness—and that is by ,'cvr 'S' 1 '- —specie or convertible paper— borrowing niOi.v, ‘ , , , ~ • , . , i, ne money to lend, i his is ot capitalists, who , T it- , —the only sale inode. It Ihe only legl linale mou e i. , , • i , 'it,'re. It tarnishes the induces economy ol expenu. ll - , . people wit;i an index to the true v on< lllon 0 1 c Treasury. It throws no irredeema,.' 1 * *’ a P cr ,n^° circulation, and subjects the communi.’.V tu ,lc losses from the use of a depreciated currency- But this coin creating, constitutional currency administration will be satisfied with nothing but the authority to issue their irredeemable paper— their Treasury rags and shin plasters—their as signats and continental dollars—to the tune of as many millions per annum as will answer the, purposes of the most jobbing and prodigal public servants that ever misruled a free people. Mr Gambrcling besieges the House for Treasury pa per. Mr. Wright cries aloud in lire Senate for Treasury paper. Mr. Woodbury protests that bo has not a dollar of specie, and must be permit ted to pay in paper. And the Globe, and the Argus, and I tie Evening I’osl wax indignant with the Whigs, and accuse them of all manner ol “Federalism” and iniquity, because they will not open the floodgates «f the Treasury anil deluge the people with torrents of inconvertible paper And still these paper gentlemen ate the veritable 1 hard money patriots—the only friends of a con stitutional currency—the only true lovers of gob and silver—the champions par excellence of a re ; j sumption of specie payments ! The people have i been ptetiy well humbugged for the last eiglv i years—humbugged out of an uniform and con j vertible currency—humbugged out of a simple ; i and cheap system of exchanges—humbugged in , to embarrassment, distress and bankruptcy—bum 1 ; bugged.out of nine millions of deposites—hum ■ j bugged into a National Debt and under the prom ] ise of ah exclusive Metallic Currency arc likely to be humbugged into the old system of C'onfi I ' nental paper! But the era of humbug is fortu j rrately drawing to n close. A corrupt House am ’ : an imbecile Senate, will sogn be reformed and in I j vigoratod by the infusion of Whig principles— and then wo shall look for the restoration of ou old prosperity in the overthrow of the paper Dy nasty and the establishment of a W big succession I—*3—w: jaiyy•~ v ‘‘vitt' 1 PU E SENT .11 ENT. D The Grand Jurors selected and sworn Jor Ih i; J/ny term of the Superior Court of Untie i, County, having completed their regular bn i, siness offer the following Presentments. o Ist. Wc present, as an evil of great and in . creasing magnitude the present unwieldy size r if our Sate Legislature. From so numerous body, constituted as our general assembly, nc ■ I liter wisdom, justice, or moderation is to be ex p p peeled, and for the great sum which is draw annually from the Treasury for its support, tb people receive no adequate return. I Every citizen who has at heart the honor an I welfare ol our Slate, should ciy aloud and spar i not, until this great qvil lie removed. We ri II sppclfully request our representatives to furllu 8 all measures which may come before thorn fi " ihe reduction of the number of our general a ;s semblv to such an extent as will ensure to lb ■° people, dignified, economical and wise govern ! “ ment, and we do request the citizens of Burk !e to have this subject in review at (he next Oeto n her election, and place on their tickets reduction 2d. We present, as a grievance, the total disrc ill gard of the laws forbidding tho sale, or furnish J- ing of sprits to slaves. The penalties annexe J lo our laws on this street are so ligb', and lliu t difficu ties of di t’dion and executi >n so groat, 1 that no one feels disposed lo make tie attempt . lo bring the violators of the Law before our Courts, Wo would recommend to our Senator and Representatives to endeavor lo procure the ] passage of a Law to operate at least in this cuun j [ y hy which no license shall he granted, except s l, y ,he Inferior Court, and that they he required . to refuse license lo any individual of had charac* i ,cr > whl > l1 1 any lime previous may have hoen 1 convicted otselling»or furnishing slaves with in . indicating drinks, or in any other way illegally s lr! <ding with them. And that upon the expira y ti(, n of a license it shall not he renewed except 111 th e manner ami under the restrictions already pointed out. We think it should also provide , 'hat a conviction fur the offence of illegally tra * vv ‘ | h slaves, or furnishing them with ardent spirits, should operate as a revocation of the li ’ i cense ot tbe ollencier. 1 j dil. We present us a grievance, the bad eondi f j lion of most of our public roads, but we think it V i would be improper lo present the Commissioners 1 h»r neglect ot duty, as we believe the evil results. I j from a misapprehension of ti e Law raising a lax fir the repair of out roads; most Commit)- f sinners supposing that the passage of that law a vacated their commissions for all public roads I which are now without, and to issue a general 0 public notice to all in commission, that the Into e law has not superceded thorn, and that thev aro * expected lo keep their several roads in repair in 'f the manner pointed out by the old road law. 4th. It is with unmingled satisfaction that wo have witnessed the effort now being made to open a direct tradebetween our own Southern ports and g foreign countries. Wo believe the present a fa/ vorable lime to commence tbe great work of achieving our commercial independence, and that t should the present favorable moment he lost, the 't lime may never again arise when success would 1 be practicable. If the agricultural interest, which d of ad others, is most deeply interested, will heart, s ily co-operate in this great scheme, the work will l he done, and the South will occupy a position ’• which will enable her to enjoy all her unrivalled e advantages, and to bid defiance to the effort of it any power which might seek lo overthrow her s ins ilutions. o sth. We have examined iho books of the Clerks offices of the Superior, Inferior and Or s dinary Courts, and find that they are neatly and i- properly kept. We have also examined the t- books and papers of the County Tieosurcr, and 0 find that there is in his hands, alter deducting all - the expenditures for the poor and for the county . purposes, the sum of Eighteen Hundred and e thirty three Dollars and sixty eight cents, besides this amount he lias in his hands Eight llumlrrd and Eighty-five Dollars and nineteen cents,which was raised by extra tax for the purpose of repair* d ing the public roads. We have examined the ■ insolvent list presented by the Tax Collector for 1 the year 18130, ami have allowed him the sum of - sixty dollars and sixty eight cents. (ith. We present a grievance, the absence of J the county Treasurer from tbe Court House. The Grand Jury have witnessed with modifies., a lion the selling by the petit Jurors their small e pittance of per diem at a discount on account of ■ his absence during Court, who should be here to I pay them. t in taking leave of his honor Judge Shley, wo '1 lender him our sincere thanks for his politeness to this body during the term, and highly approved s Ids strictly compelling the attendance of the Ju* - rors. ■ Wo also tender our thanks lo the Attorney Go* '• nerol for his polite attention to this body during y the present term. We request that our presentments be publish* d fished, except those of a criminal nature, in the “ Augusta Sentinel and Constitutionalist. John Wiiitkhxau, Foreman. s Joseph I> Thomas, Wiley Wimberly, Seaborn H Jones, William Mills, Arnos G Whitehead, Verity Farmer, ’ ..Thomas Williams, Thomas Bostwick, c Kbesa M Groan, Robert J Patterson, u Ransome Lewis, Ezekiel Lester, I James Ward, John Lodge, Alfred Inman, Dev-erly Randolph, y Isaac Farmer, John Saxon, II Allen Inman. r A true extract from the minutes of May Term, ' 1838, this Hih May, 1838. y May 19 NATHL. L. STURGES, Clerk. t MARINE INTELLIGENCE. c SAVANNAH. May 17.—Cl an d, brim Tybet*» Lyon* 0 New York; llaulcyoi), Watkins, Marseille*; /jiitisli ship **■ *• Andrew,!.<• irh, Hostun; ship Golcomla, Cliner. Uris o t.ij, RI. Kchr* Wa'nlo, Carle, Malanzas; Celeste, Ferre', N Vo k, Engl'-, M ylie, Havana; lAicy, Gorham, «10, steunibouts Free Trade, Creswell, y/ujj nstn: Cherokee, / Norris, do; 1 omster, Drake, Garry’s Ferry. . Sailed, brig Tybee, Lyon, New York; sloop America, Hu. r, Nfwnori; 11 ’tul, steamboat Free Trade. C-reawell, An^usta. I II Vie ' 13. —Arr- yesterday, Line fckijn rV <r */i. s ’i " l » * N brig Dim, U. tlgt-rs, Matun/as;. * svl.n 'Heroine, Va. ,,duitt, G i’ensai-olu. -Motion, ituitty, St ~ A Lnvai"'*jtavti. n, brig Artil.otilnc, Stm-o. Wilmington “j Nf;s« ling Columbus. omprr L-nl.iig-,.,.; r i Copper,Shannon, do Julian Am.. Jtakvr, Wosvm. - i l ot l.> > :i Im <in> ICnin.mm. Ilr ‘ ", Havre; brig M«r -r ! t, Siim|isoii„lli-m nlain: v stirs Erie, Nje, Ht Marks, I .lii.i Aon. lit lly, ItiMlom Mary Atm Morgan, St Marys t ' (In. sloop Fiona-, Itnrrovvs_ N X. st. aaipaekrts (.iraflv, - i Sn\ter, N Oris. Civorgia, Collins, Uuswn, Pulaski, Du t, liuis, do. if 1 raajjo STRAYED from the subscriber, it i 'S on the 3d inst. a large bay Dorse, a e gpej pacer and trotter, with a blaze J* in lint fare, while bind foot, and long ’ \ J y J/(tapering inclined cars, were pricked 0 to the left side. Information relative ■ to the above described horse will bo thankfully re al cei\v I by the subscriber, and also a suitable reward - given to any poison who will give information ad -0 I dressed lo him at Ervvinton P. 0 Barnwell District, j, s. C. [may 19 trwJw] R. C. ASHE. i- RICHMOND, AND I’HTERMBIHCIU e RA I I.'KOAJ)> _ ;- _ L t. The completion of thin Kail-Boar!, (from Peters* y ' burgh lo Manchester, opposite Kiehmmnl.) makes 1 the cheiuof rail-roads through llto stuje of Virgi nia continuous, with the exception of only nine mil a, and adds important ndva to the inland tt* route for .Northern ami Hunt hern travelling. t* i There are established on it two daily trains, one - ' of which is in connection with the North and South )r Mail Line; and ain weekly tram connecting vxiih i ihe “ Halilax, Wilininglon, and Charleston Rail \ K ,ad. Btnge and Stenmbont Line.” n - i Passengers from I lie South by llie ilsily “Melro »■ poliinii .Mail Line,” will arrive in Richmond i n the evening alter that on which they leave linleigh, ami having the night (or rest, arc yrl enabled, by he existing arrangements, to proceed lo Baltimore o-n te the succeeding day, and thence to i Inladelphia iho 1 same night, m lime for the in* -i g honis lo New York Tana, loss titan throe days Tom Raleigh lo New’ York. n ' Passengers who leave Charleston f r Wilmington of on Sunday nr Tuesday evening, will, if they arrive a in Halifax by five o’clock on Tuesday or Thursday A- evening he brought to Richmond by the tri weekly x , line, iu time for the Wednesday or Friday morning's cais tor Washington, whereby they will reach Bul , timore the same evening, and can proceed to f'liila *lc delphia Ihe same niglit, and arrive in New York be fore dinner on Thursday or Saturday : being /rsn ml Ihiin fiiur dni/a from ( harlcstun to Now York. Tim me connexion is equally good and expeditions with iho ri ._ extra line from Wilmington, and w ith all the lines , r from North to South. : The route through Petersburg)! and Kiehmond * l,r will he found also to I e one ot the best routes Irom >*■ tbe South to tbo Virginia Springs, ‘i he pnssen he gees can arrive in t .'harlollcsville, having otdy fony ii- (imr miles stage travelling after reaching the rail* | cu roads in Virginia, in ihree days from Charleston, and two davs from Raleigh. Ail possible arrangements are made on this Rnil n. jp.ail (or the cdmlbrtablo and safe transportnion of * e ** passengers. . h- office dI the Richmond ami Petersburg } Kul-Kuad-Co. May 19, 1838. y km