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jl 2 seel hi neons, THE LAST BELL. “Proc,m'ina'.ion h the thief of lime,” [twit a baautiful niorniag in the moth of -liy, 1835, I was sitting by the side jf Helen Harris, the o-dy I ever loved, and I believe the only girl that ever loved me; any how, she is the only one that ever t )id in ;s >. We were sitting i i the piazza ch her lai tier's house, about a quarter of a mile from the landing niace, waiting for the bell ol the steamb hit to warn me of the mo ment that was to part ‘niv love and me.’ It came to pass in the course of my history, that in order to accu mulate a little of this world’s ‘gear,’ that 1 might be the better prepare 1 to encounter the dema ids or matri mony, I was destined to cross the blue Chesapeake, and seek io the metropolitan city, the wherewithal so much desired. How many swains have been compelled, like me, to j leave the home and the girl th *v love io wander in search of go! ’! And —good gracious!—how many have been disappointed! Most of them, perhaps; for though they may have obtained the gold, like me, maybe, they did not get as much as they wanted. But to the piazza. Well, we were sitting in the pi azza, and as may be supposed, were talking of our love and separation, and all the etceteras of our situation. We were waiting for the most un welcome sound that ever saluted our cars, namely the steamboat bell, it is known to all who know anv thing of steamboats, that their bells give two warnings to those who have en gaged for a vo\ age the second is the signal for starting. You may rely on it we talked fast; we thought fast: and abbieviatud our words i do such ragged sentences that nobody but ours. Ives could understand them. The first bell rang! tie* sound rolled over Air. Harris’corn-field & water-melon patch to the piazza, like the knell of hope, and 1 sprang upon mj feet ami trembled like an aspen. ‘O George, wait till the last bull rings,’said llellen, as the ‘big tears came over her eyes of blue.’ Do nr such thing,’ answered the hoarse voice ol Air. Harris, as he rose like a spectre from the cellar where he had been packing away his cider. —“Do no such thing,” lie repeated, ‘and George,’he cimtiim-’ ed, ‘cart) mg this advice with yo i to your grave, and it may be of service to \ ou, never wait for the last bell!'' I was oil like a chased deer the last bell rung as I approached the steamboat and I had srarscly time to get on board before she was pti>h- ed from the wharf. On my passage I had timv'jiM reflection, and alter a few ilutterings at my heart, occa sioned by the separation from its idol, I composed myself to cool rea soning, and the conclusion of the whole matter was that it was danger ous to wait tor the last Heli. Mv ca reer in search of pelf has in a degree been successful; but 1 verily believe,! had not the old farmer told me ‘n v-' er to wait lor the last bell,’ that 1 should now have been as poor as 1 was the morning the tarn ell .shivered from my lips upon the heait oi mx lovely Helen. I came to the big city, took lodg ings ata hotel, and any person who has lived at a hotel but tor a single, dax, can rehearse the dangers of' waiting for the last bell. I did it once—it was the day 1 entered—and 1 lost mv dinner. I have always been ready for the* dinner bell, since then, and the first stroke has always found me at the table. I mangled with mankind, and I saw thousands who were waiting for the last bell. In business they were slow, aid bargains slipped by them. In th pax ment of their liabilities thex were backward, an 1 their credit stiff< red. For six months 1 was clerk, it xva* a short apprenticeship, but nix nev er xvaiting lor the last bell that is to sav, mv doing every thing i ha! Io do in the right ti nc—wo.i a p’ i tor mt' in the atieelioiK of mv » . i plox tr, which induced him to o.n r me a partnership. I accepted, and ineverx instance when the bell r . ig, it found me rcadv. I I ive b. nhi business and m cried id »e yea r s, St 1 have yet to be c eight napping wvhen the last bell rings. ' I would just say a few words to [young men about this thing of wai ting ferine last bell. When I arriv ed at Baltimo •<.*, i waited on some gentlemen to whom I had introduc tory letters, and they recommended ime for a situation. One was olFer ;eJ which I was tol 1 had been refus ed by four yo rag men, to whom it [h id been ofiered before [ came to t!ie city. The salary was low, but [sail I, th y are waiting for the last ibe'd,’and 1 was not slow in accen ting it; k glad am I for it, for it was the making of me. i Shortly after 5 became a partner pa my pre sent business, our custom Shaving increased considerably, we I advertised for an additional clerk, .! the salary at the begining was the J same that I had received; many call- ed who were out of employment, but they seemed as if they hid rather wait for the Lisi bell, and refused— I '. vow them ad, and th * v> mg gentlemen who aceepte ’, is worth lour times as.much as anv one of them. Haste for the first bell, a - the first offer, and keep it until vou get a better—remember the co nmon ad g , hah’a loaf is better than none’—and be assured that if; vou are worthy, be your first offer what it may, if it be respe. table, it will lead you onward—upward. I once knew a young man of first rate business abiliti s, but he formed tiie disgusting habit of 'topping at the tavern, waeaeverhe could in ike the opportunity; here he always wai ted for the last bell; reluctant to leave while he could spare a mo ment; he is now an habitual drunk- [ord, and if he is not careful the last fit'll of life wtil find him in a bad jcoii litioii—,t iVili be hart! v h t to i oid a lothjj I'ar ‘ •veil t ) his last <d tss Life is s.iort htmrs 11/ wilh the wind’s rapidit} —and he who hafiiui aliv puts oil until the last bell, the i affairs winch claim his immediate at tention, will come out, according to f armer Harris’ prediction, ‘at the little end of the horn.’ Saak speare says, ‘there is a tide in the aifiirs of men, which, if taken jatihe tl io 1, L'ad i on to fortune.’ My you ig m ud, he who wails for i the last bell, can nevi r take this ti ial the flood f .u.* man only who is i [ wat' hi.ig to emb’ a/e the first o >p »r --j tU'iitx, can have the 1 ast hope ol 1 I success. Young ladies, I have a word for you. la thr street I live in. there [ is a 1 adv w io has been seven \ ears in choosing a partner for life >h»‘ is handsome, and pretty well off. A' she had several respectable oilers, but she was waiting for th-* last bell; and she is likely to remain to the' last a belle, for she is turned of tflirtv, .'and says she will agree to take the first proposal that is made to her; but its perhaps too late, & she must hide her blcssedne .s forever. j\oxv I beseech you, mv dear x oung Iri? nd > an of you who max i read tins little skei -h, put not off for to-morrow, what son can do to dax; I this is the true injunction which has been of so mu-h service to me. W henever xon hel a disposition to postpone any thi <g. no matter how trilling, remember the \x ords of Far mer Harris, ‘nevri xvait tor the last bell.’ ( IlbilliridAl SS. BY MBS. SIGLRNEY. Endeavour to preserve cheerful ness of <leno: i iient, under tile pres t ure of disapp.>i;it'H‘ ut or calamnitx. ‘Kecpa'oof from sadness,’ sax s an Icelaudickxx liter o; the 12th century, Hors nines* is a si.- . t ‘-.s <d the s >u I hat principle i . xvt ak at the root; iis unab to resist obst I lie ve ■< mU i - but iil-c-onstru te I I I it cannot retain its mtegrii v aga’st r >ugh wind* tide. Lift- has nianv ills, but the mind that xjews every object in it- most eh* ering as »e< t, every doubtfd dispensation as re plete with latent g »od. b a: - within it 11 a powerit.i and ft t•. I'he gloomy soul aggravates misHartuiie, while a cheerful sink ■ mien dispels those mists that portend a storm. 1 nun a habit of beam < het r‘ul under adverse circumstan- ces. ‘Our happiness,’ says a fine writer, ‘is a sacred deposite, for which we must give account.’ A se rene and aimable temper is among its most efficient preservatives. Ad niral Collingwood, m his letters to his daughters, says, ‘I never knew your mother to utter a harsh or has ty thing to any person in my life.’ Os Archbishop Leighton, it is rela ted, by one qualified to ju Ige, that ‘during a strict inti nacy of many years, he I.ever saw him for one mo ment in aiv other temper tha 1 that in which he would wish to live and to die.’ Though so ne mav, with ni we ease than others, attain equan imity of character, yet the cheerful ness that surmounts care, disappoint ment and sorrow, must be the result of cultivated principle, of preserving effort, and the solicited succour of grace of God. A good concience is essential to consistent cheerfulness. ‘Were thy coacience pure,’ says the excellent Thomas A Kern >is, ‘thou wonkiest be undisturbed by the opinions and report' of m m cone. «' sing thee: — for their com mm Unions can add Holm g to th' gordie-st, nor their censures take away from it; — ii'h t thou art, thou art: nor can we the praise of the whole world make 'thee happi r or greater in the sight jol God. Thou uilt enjov tranquili ty, it thy heart condemns thee not. Therefore, do no: hope to rejoice, but when thou hast done well.’ \ ’ decided presence of the right, thro igh the wrong may be render ed most alluring, and the conviction of having intended io do well, are necessary to self-approval. Suc cess, and the applause of others, may not alwai s beai proponion to the motives that actuate us. We may b<‘ sometimes blamed when our de- ■ signs are pure, or praised xvhen xve I are not co icions of deserving it. result m rst indeed often hap pen, since this is a sta e ofpr >!*atio i and not ol reward, i tie true r scord nni't be kept xvithin. Its appeal is 1 to a tribu.i d that ea i io’ err. The waiting and trusting spirit may sure ly be cheerful. It is a xveak faith, that cannot I >ok ab >ve mistake and misconstruction, up to the clear shi ning ol the nmol righteousness. It iis but a dec i.iit cheerful -i ■.-•»» that ca.. xvalk abroad, only when the i breeze is soft and th ■ p d i verdant. \V ‘ are in drm ted to relieve, th t p*'ais •is the spirit ol h• u n. Checr j-ul e-s, and givi ig of thanks, ought ■ttieref ire to he c litivated bx T ail who have a hope oi daelii ghee. I \xe xvere to take up oar r/si ience with distant friends, we would xvish to acquire some knowledge of their tastes, that we might so accommo date our oxvn, as to beeo ne a co.i igrnid inmate. If xve xvere to so fjourn in a foreign country we would ! not neglect the study of its language,. or the means of intercourse xvith its 1 inhabitants. If the spirit of a (dime,' \x here xve hope tod,veil eternally, is revealed to us, let us not be imlif icrent to its requisitions. Let u* fashion the lineaments oi our char acter, a ter that bright an! gloious pattern —that if xve are so happy as to obtain entrance th *rein, its bliss ful inhabitant may not be too as strangers, nor their xvork ol burden; —but we be fitted by the seremtx learned on earth, to become ‘fellow citizens xx ith the saints, and of the household oi God.’ Women —A woman’' hea lis usu 'al’vovcr ears in her heart. .\luti >eein' s to h.i\ e lx ell destined or th«- superior beidii of the two; but a* timin'* a>’e, i th :k wo >.c.i are gener alv better creatures tha i men. I’liev have, take u 'i. ivi i>a ly, wea ker appetites a < ’. iteHecis, but they have much st r ‘f alite* ion*. \ man itli a bad u. art has !>(■<*;) some time'- saved b\ a 'lrmin re ad, but a corrupt woman is lost lot ever. Coleridge.. X P'l\ SK’I XX. The fol owimx beautiful extract is taken from i a;e> of a i J n * .'detail,’ a work recent]', re-published in this country. . ‘Th re is scarseiv a profession in i which toe sympathies of its profes sors arc more painfully excited than t i that of the medical practitioner. How often is he called to the bed of sick ness; and that too, in a family, the members of whn h are dra vn togeth er by the closets bon Is of love. How pai iful is it to mM the enquiring gaze of atta died friends, or relatives) direecte i towards him in quest of that consolation, that assurance of safety, which he is not to give. And how melancholy is it to behold the ( last ray of hope, which had lingered! upon the face of alTecti >n, giving! place to the dark cloud of despair. ! And when all is over—when the bit terne ;s of death hath passed from the dead to the living, from the de partedtothe bereave I—hark to that shriek ol agony, : that convulsive sob, that bitter groan,—wrung from the heart’s core, which bespeaks the utter prostration of the spirit beneath the bion! 1 I here, cold in the embrace of death, lies the honored husband of a heart-broken wife,—hr r first her on ly love! Or, it may be the young wife of a distracted husl and, the b ide of a year, the mother of an hour, and by her perhaps, the blight- • ed fruit of her love—the bud Ln the ! blossom, and both are withered. CONGRESSIONAL. IN SENATE, . J muarv, 2S. , As soon as the Journal had been retd , 1 Mr. Van Buren rose and to k leave of , the Senate m he bilhuving address : Senators— The period is at hand which is io I teimma e the «»fli sal lelations has existed s be ween us. and I have probably never l.> reiurn to it —a body with w iici) I have been long connect'd, wh re sum* rem iin whom I I'nund hero sis een years ago, ami where m ttie! progress «»i puidic d Hies, person d a-’sneiat ons I h ve auseu never t<> tie ferao ten. From silcii scmies I eaiiiioi reme wninm; cm >tmn. iN'.ir > in 1 aiv*’ to ttie Senate tin 1 us ial op- , p -r HMiy vl cito >s 04 another i<> preside tor . 1 time over their dr Imera'ions, without refer- j ig o (..r m-itiiu rtn which I have e d avor' d I dr-ch t.rg -a L'fautvitig and honorable trust . o d with the .dn eto which tny conn ry ( < al rd me. ’ lan'erino upon p with onafT’cled diflidence, ) “ e I knowing how little rny studies have been ■ . directed to iis peculiar duties, I was yet I s rength.-ned by the determination then ex-I pr> ssed, so to discharge the authority with w Inch 1W is 111 res;cd, as “best I•» protect lhe | Hghis, io resprci the feelings, and to i»unrd ! ihr rrimimiou of al who would tie uff'clr'd l>y ! rs exric.sr.” I wis sure that, if su'-'-r A-.fid in this, | should be pardoned for errors which I | would hardlv expect to avoid. ; 1 In th- interval that has since elapsed it has , been our lot m tins assembly to pass thi .iuan i , la.enes of unusual excitement, the intense | .n eiesi m ab» u bine lupu s which has perva-; id<‘d our whole co.'tim mitv «u, ild not be unt<d j 41 Inn Uiese walls I'he warm'ti of political j p ones, natural in such times; .in* unjoarded I ardor of sodden debate ; and the collisions j -eldo nK> be sep ir ited frorw th 1 * mesiim 'ble [ IpriVtl.-ue of free discussion, had not been on I treq lent|y minple<| w ith the mote tracqinl i icnor <>f ordin ity legisl ition. I cannot hope I 'tiai m em< 1 geiimcs h|« these, I hive always) 1 been so foriuti.rte as to satisfy every one around ( me. Yet I permit myself io think that the! xtent to which my decisions hnve been ap- , 1 proved by the Senate, is sam? evidence that j , my efforts justly to administer 'heir r des have ! not been vain ; and 1 const lentimr-ly cher.sh the cnnviction toat on no occasion have I de-i :> iricd from mv eijrlv resolution, or become I ji <r II ss <>f ah i was d ie to the i ij»hts or the I «mi’s of the in* mb rs <>f Uns body. I'linuji I in iv ti ’tirefnr'h be separated from the Sh at> , I ran never I'fn-e to revert with >ari rular interest '<> mv long connection w. b >i . In every siiu ition mmv fu'ure lift I shall ; i*-m- inber w> h a j is! pride <he evidences of j.probation and confidence which I ha e received, dr f|s un \mcrnan Citizen devotedly; t inched to the in- u iii'-n, of my coim iy, I will alw iy« regard with becoming and sun ere respect a brail' h ol our government invrsied with such extensive poweis and de-igmd t»v om loud irthers to accomplish such important re,u|ts W Indulging an ardent wi-li that ev> rv succe-s mtv iwatl you in pi-i I •rinn» tu exaled and ■t■ >c<irable diiics of your public 'rust, and uff.-t n ’ mv warmest priyers ilia! prosperity and happiness may be cons an! attendants: upon each of mu along the future paths of life, I respectively bid you farewell. Mr Van Buren then retir’d, and the Senate precede,] o, b-dlot lor a Bres.di nt pm. em 1 he '• ill"'* •> i, g deposited there ap .Ti lled to tie 3S v . s a,veil —l9 neces-nry to a < lion e. oI v inch NJ . king of \ lab ima. ii .d 27. M 1 So i r 7 and the others w- re - aiienng. Mr. Ki »g of \ »bima, w>- her '• r d*< ! ired to he elected B e-ideni pro Inn. •nd h»- was conducted to the Clia r bv M . B •moo. I bp President pry tern then addressed tin Sen te. _ I Fi out the Sorannah G By o i Express Slips tr > n the B •himors* I p> p» rs. wi-n ive re dved inn prece,dm r s ol Congr ss o'i I i irsday las', 2d inst. 1 tie S ••! i e was principally engaged with the consideration of the bill to prohibit the sales of public lands, except to actual set tlers. Mi. Nicholas presented the credentials of the Hon. Alexander Mouton, elected a Sen ator from the State of Louisiana, to fill Hie va cancy occasianed by the r» sigmin or- of the Hon. Alexander Porter. Mr. Mouton was then quai tied and look ins scat. In the II iuse, the ’* Bill m ikmg appropria tions for the current expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipula tions with various Indian tribes, fur the year 1837; And the “bill making appropriations for th« support of the Army of the (J. S. for the ywar 1837,” were severally read a third tune, and passed. The Home then went into Committee on the “lull m.iking appropriations for the Naval Service, for the year 1837.” Mr. J <rvis moved to strike out the sum of 1'150,000'-muraced m the estimates for the Sou:n Sea Exploring Expedition, and after some rem irks from M ssrs. Jarvis, Cambre leng Philips, Adams, and Vmo>n, the com midee rose without lakmg the question, and (hen 'l’he House adjourned doings in Washington. Some interesting p irticnlars *»f what is go. mg on hi W ishmgton, are contained m the [f. Ilowiug extracts from the letters of the cor re«q>i nd< nt o ttie Charleston C »mier. I A requt st was presented tn tile S p ite to i day, rum tie Secretary of the Treasur* , on the subject of t tie claims of the U.S agatnsl the Bmk of U S. which without being read, was ordered to be referied to the Committee on Finance, and printed. I’he only part of the morning busmess of the .slight'st interest, was a brief description "f tire report >f'he Committee mi claims, on the neti’imi ol Joseph Notirse, formerly Regis ter of the I'rea-mry, for an allowance of com pens itton for extraordinary services perform »d by him wh'le tie held the di eof Regi-ter. Mr. Crittenden moved to reverse the decis ion of ifie (J.iinmiitee, wh'ch wis against iho pr ivet of the pe'ioner. M . Preston deem ed ilh, sit' itton »f the p>-i'n >u r as wor by of [ puiilic commisei ali.in. On the v < rge of life, ijost dropping into the grave, supeienuat' d & reduced, he and iiis wdo are now entirely I dependant on a s nail pension wince ue receives (or Ins revolutumarv -e vu es. For- I merly Mr. N > irse kept a carnage, and walk 'd through lite in comlbr', cmn> eteuce and respectability. The report was laid on the [table tor Hie ptescni. f ieir was conversation a- to lhe measure wnteh .iiauld be taken up, wtien he spe- i d ord r wis called up, but the i mutton was negatived bv u vme of 20 to 16. l iie bill to prohibit tun s des of public lands, I except to a' tual se tiers w is ilt.m t (ken up & the pending motion bemg on Mr. Clay’s mo lion to strike out the pre-emption cl;<u«n of section, Mt King, of Ga. m "ie a very cogent speech ag ii'isi if.e lull, diogr ther, wl ich he I design Hed as a inll to perpetuate a system of pertid and ('and Ho estimated the dona* ions io tile new stull sin I "ids o be a:,out 150 millions of dollars; and comr isltd the ) mipre'-ed ■ i ed growth of the new states, in I''onsequence ol ibe bounty ol the government with the melancl <>ly and piem s ure old age &, , decay of some of tne old siaies lie said that if he was sent here to plund<r Geoigi;, h« siiould vole for 'hn bill, tint being here io io lecl her, tie must vole agmusl h. Mr. King went in o a series ol arguments to sm w to wh o cans ' the increase "I the cun ncy and the ace imnlauon of specie in the country were atinbmeable i.'mses which could not occur again. He anticipated ine must advantageous results to speculators fiom the passage <H the bill It would cause a r.iisa id mu lan is in iho hm Is of sp o' 4 Hurs, of 300 pet cent in >he course <it iweniv bur hums. Air. King <‘wn iiiiued io spe ik in a siram of sarcasm until 3 o’clock, when he concluded with a deelarauon ih it m* siio ild veto lor striking out the clause, and fir si ik.ng out every pail and parcel of fh< bill, wine i would only benefit those who c.mid siren h 1 heir concieuce to thu utmost exten Mi. Bayard then rose, .ir.uk f linked 'lr. King, !> i' 'lad not proceed 'd lar when I'ri. b-tier a s c|os< d. Tim statements winch have been vent alnoad. and which lonuoue to be circuia’ed, pr -tending to give accurate accounts of what passes i., the Committee of he House, ap pointed, mi motion of Nir. Garland, o inv«s ---j ligate the coudllmn, &.<•. of the exerU' vr |)e p.nimen s, ne '<• tie received with cautien & si|spi,:mii. How they get abroad, is a myste ry. lhe Clerk of the Committee was sw<<rn, •<n ( iking the fii e. to keep he proceedings profoundly secret I*' ilseho d runs s<» fast, tbit the livgud steps rd truth can seldom ovm, ike it. 1 tie first impression which m m id>- upo-.i i fie <>'jl|c mold, whatever its char act'-r, is seldom eradicated uy any which can 1 -'Herwards be stamped there. The first U q. Count published through these anonymous channei.s of he treatment ol Mi. NN hitnet was most u> jus ifi d>lj and outr geo sly treats ed by Mr. Bi yton, who took advamaye of the p >sitmn m which Mr Whitney was placi d -iiiial le o defend htrns< Il— ■> .ssait turn m language such as is sehlom used, even in our sireei bra vis, and such as never should be tolerated in a judicial assembly. I'llß C mmii’ee, sitim.' in a judoid character ou Hit i<> pr< serve decorum, and evince a pro pei regard < » its aw.i dignity It ought to urotrrtihe individu il undei examination, and i’ might to puni-ii those who lay before the public garbled statements of its se ret procee dings. Filling to do bis. it fails to do itg du y. ‘such conduct as that exhibited by j Mr. Pr.YToN towards Mr. »Nhitnet, would [discrcdn m» cause, tiow vc good, in which the J >dge is the aggressor, and y cause, 11 >wevi*r bad, m wai h t ne crirnnal is the ag grieved. Mr. Vimitsey has gamed in >r -by the improper treutrn ni hu has received from a member of the Committee, than he is lik»-