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persecutor, aril with this parry and thrust, f iio two regarded each other with the most snarling looks it is possible to conceive, just like two dogs about to be let loose at one another. “Upon my word,” said the traveler to me, “1 know nothing of the fellow, but I have a groat inclination to make him march off.” “As to that, T wager von do not,” an swered the obstinate intruder. “.Moreov er, I will bet that I make von take the route back to Paris, and th it. too, without much delay.” “That will be no easy matter for you. as I cauie hereto he married.” “One hundred lonis that you do not ! “Sir, you are an impertinent scoundrel, and I will box your ear.. ’ “1 bet ’tis a lie 1" Upon tltis, the ruddy-faced gentleman stamped with rage, and passed before the fellow making a sign lor him to follow. “Yes, t.iv love,” said the other, taking with him a box containing a brace of pistols. 1 interposed between them to stop this joke, but it was no longer a jesting mat ter, and mv representations were useless. We reached a solitary spot in the park, where tin- cigar hero was saluted by an officer of the garrison, who was w illing to become his second, i threw up in the air a live-franc piece as a signal, the re port of a pistol followed, and the piece of money fell indented. “Bet,” said the never-ceasing ami im moveable marksman, “that I pierce that leaf, trembling at the extremity of the bough and it was pierced. “Wager that 1 kill you,” added he, coollv regarding the astonished traveler. “’Tis probable,” replied the other, changing from the ruddv to a ghastly line ; “and since it is probable, 'tis useless.— Consequently, 1 take again the road back to Paris', and have the infinite honor to be your very humble servant.” In fact, we saw him deposit himself up on the imperial? oftlu: diligence 1 soil ed the enigma. This was a rival, to whom the fair lady had given n description of her intended. .Need I add, that he won the ladv in question ? Alter the limiey-moon. I learned that the dead-shot bad encoun tered tlie crest-fallen suitor at Paris, ami said to him ; “1 wager that you return to Fnntnin bleau.” And the fat, red-faced man re turned accordingly. Oi.n Point. This is a spot celebrated as a bathing place, but .-till more for it extensive fortifications. Fortress .M un roe is :m immcioo work, enclosing some sixty acres of land, and presenting a cir cuit of wall more than a mile in extent. It is built of stone, all brought from a dis tance, is laid out on the principles of modern science; and is said to be larger than any fortification in Furope, which does not enclose a town or city. It is surrounded by a wide and deep fosse, till ed at all times with water. It v. ill mount about Do guns. In the area, are offic ers’ houses, long ranges of barracks, store-houses, N c., and in one quarter ex tensive workmanships, belonging to the Ordnance department. Tin.* works are finished, we believe, except the parapet, but only a small number of camion are mounted. In time of war, not less than HOOO men wili he required to garrison it. We suv no soldiers, the garrison being at present in Florida. About .‘ill” raw re cruits were' collected there, and gre it ex ertions were used to bring them into a state of discipline as speedily a> p milde. They were rough materials, howevor, more than half foreigners—and we could scarcely credit the assurances of olidr that, in three or ibur month', the erect port, measured tread, and martial hearing of the soldier could be, by the most, inde fatigable drilling, induced upon such men So long as voluntary enlistment is relied upon, and the demand for labor continues our army can never be supplied with m.:- terials of better description. In digging the foundation of the fort, we learn that the remains of a brick for tification were discovered, entirely sub merged by the sand. It was a regular work, according to the old system. The date of its erection w as, it is presumed, long anterior to th" revolution—po»ii 1, in the ear'i due- of the colour. \\ ean told, however, that no allusion to imv such tort is loom! in our eurlv histories, or i:i the public archives. < >ur antiquaries should look to this. nil* K \l'S The works oil Old Point d> not com prehend all the tie! no sos Hampton Roads. On the opposite side of the ch an nel. and at the distance of nineteen hundred yards, are the Rip llaps—an artificial island, created at an innnen.-e expense—upon winch a work of the most formidable character is now in progress. The creation of tins island was boom naarly twenty vears ami, under the aus pices of Mr. Cathoun, then Secretary at W ur—whose name the work w ill bear. It will be recollected as the theme of party reproach of that day. The idea of making an island of such extent, in wa ter of considerable depth was a hold one, and has required the expenditure of ma ny hundreds of thousands of dollars to realize it. It lias been accomplished, however. Some years ago, the fortifica tions were commenced, hut after the walls were raised to the height of live or six feet, they sunk to the water’s edge, in con sequence of the settling of .the stone forming the island—or, possible, of a slip of a portion of the foundation —the bot tom bring, in one place, unfortunately, an inclined plane. The building was then sii.'pended, and tor a lung time they have been depositing stone upon the is land. to subject it to a- great pn >-ure a it will lie failed to bear. In tiii- way, up wards of sixtv thousand tons of dressed granite—more than enough to erect the sortie s—line been collected, and it be ing ascertained that the subsidence has ceased, the building of the fort lias hem resumed, under the direction of Cant. Fliason, of the Engineers, who bis be tween two and three hundred men em ployed on the island, which presents a singular scene of activity and bustle. — The work will be very extensive—tech nically speaking, it will be a f ma/irf l.unitli ; two long par.dellograms, joined at an obtuse angle, with the corners rounded. It will present four tiers of guns, and i- intended to mount about odd pieces of the heaviest kind. These two works will most eflV'cln.illy protect Hampton Hoads, it is calculated tiiat 4bd guns can lie made to bear upon a fleet a'lemptiug to puss. With a good w ind it would be expose,! to the tire of all these, at least twenty immii's, within point blank distance—an ordeal, which, it is needless to sir, no vessel could sus tain. Now theories are rife in t-bese lat ter days, ami among these is that of the usefulness of fortifications But we are not afraid tint the progress of tins here sy will prevent the completion and equip ment of these magnificent works, which will give security to the .lame* river, our largest Naval Depot, and the finest road • ted in the world. Sinci far OrnivsivK Wf.ai>ons. A lnoiig the many ingenious contrivances which in the absence of gunpowder were invented In tile ancients for annoy ing their enemies in tint: If, perhaps the most remark able was the celebrated device brought forivaijd by Hannibal in his naval war with the people of I’ontus, of throw ing vessels tilled with live and venomous snakes upon the decks of hi-' enemies gallics. When the ho.-tile |lect were approaching each other, it seemed extremely ridiculous to the ene my, that the ) urd-arms of their opponent.-. were covered with men, armed wit li potters vessels. Ignorant ot their contents, they viewed tic in with contempt, until the vc. sels were thow n upon their deck, and being broken by the shock, the deck wa in a moment covered With this new and unexpected, but (headed foe. Tim- eii’ec! was \i lint the geniii ; of 11 mnihal bid Ibre oTii. The foe lied on the instant., with out venturing to attempt a contest with an antagonist, who had so t:m.xp.;T.tediy brought against them such extraordinary I means of offence.—[ .Mercantile Journal. The Wr.At.rii of F.xci.im). li is a common error in this country to imagine that the riches of England are derived from, .and and pem! ml upon, her commerce: the influence oft his great mistake is shown in the many wild siipjiosilions that have been hazarded, touching the (‘fleet of our commercial and linumual difficulties upon the financial and political condition ofthe wonderful little island. The truth is, that the merchants of England, with all their great capital and \ art extent of op erations, hold lint a small portion of the riches existing in the country; and this truth can he made apparent In a lew sim ple considerations. Look at the squire archy, for instance: the thousands and thousands ulTmmtry gentlemen, with their comfortable incomes of three or live or ton tlioti-and pounds per annum, derived exclusively from the soil : ami the enor mous fortunes ot the nolulitv. Estimate, 1 1 it can he estimated, the immense amount of irea-mre in tiie country, existing in ttie form of | I ite and jewels. \\ by, at a sin gle dinner given in London on the lihh of.lune. gold and silver plate !<> the value of a million and a halt o! dollars, was ex hibited at once: ail tiie property of one individual —the Duke of Wellington.— That calibrated personage could have ro lieiod from their diti’. uiries ail three of the great American houses which have been compelled to stop, -imply by turning over to them hi* dishes, ami tureens, am! vases, and candelabra, without diminish ing Ins income hi a iarthmg: and there are fifty noble ladies in London, any one of whom might have jiut the .Messrs. Brown A C>. in ample funds for all emergencies, men !v hv making them a present of Iter diamonds. \\ iiliniit t iking the crown jewels iut > account, ii i< no doubt susceptible ol proof tint iu London alone, there are gold and silver plate and jewels to the amount of two hundred millions ol dollars; and it must lie remembered that intgliL as is London, the wealth of the kingdom in wrought gold and : liter is very tar irom being centred there. An immense quan tity of it is seall l red among the castles and country seats of the nobility, such as Alnwick Castle, Rlciihoiin, Chat worth, lieivoir, Woburn Abbey, ilowood, and a hundred others which we could inline, and union:.' the lovely mansion- ol the country gentlemen,'with which the whole surface of the island is dotted in thousands. Thru think of the libraries .md galleries—the immense and almost priceless collections of pictures and .statues, and other costly works of art, in which no country in the world is richer. \\ liv, the whole mercan tile wealth of England is but-an item in her riches—a mere item, of comparatively trilling magnitude. The non-payment oi our debt, if it were not paid, which, thank Heaven, it soon wall be. -<> far from in flicting a mortal blow upon the prosperty BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. of the kingdom, would never be felt or! thought of except as a bandy theme for a sarcasm now and then, directed against republican honesty ami honor. The for tune o! the Duke of Bedford, nr Northum berland, or Devonshire, would clear oil the whole ol it, and nobody but bis grace be a farthing the poorer. — [New York Commercial Advertiser. Nvcoi.kon. When Napoleon for a' second time quitted France, it was assert ed that he ought to have buried himself under the ruins of his last battle. Lord Byron in bis satirical ode .against Napo leon, savs : To die a priii' o or live a slave, Thy choice is most ignobly brave. This was an iucoirect estimate of the hope still kindling in a soul accustomed to dominion and thirsting after the future. Lord Byron imagined that the dictator of Kings had abdicated his fame with liis sword, that he was about to die avvav in utter oblivion Lord Bvron should have known that the de.-tmy ol Napoleon was a muse, like all other destinies: this linee knew how to turn an abortive ca tastrophe into a sudden turn of fortune, which would have revived and imparted fresh youth to its hero. The solitude of Napoleon in Ins exile and in his tomb, has thrown another kind of spell over a brilliant memory. Alexander did not die in the sight of Greece : lie disappeared amidst the pomp ol (list mt Babylon— Bo naparte did not close his eves m the pres ence of France : lie parsed away in the gorgeous horizon of the torrid zone. Tic man who had shown himself in such pow erful reality vanished like a dream; his life which belonged to history, co-operat ed in the poetry of his death. lie now sleeps forever, like a hermit or a paria, beneath a willow, in a narrow valley sur rounded by steep rucks, at tile extremity of a lonely path. The depth of the si lence which presses upon him can only be compared to the vastness of the tumuli; which surrounded him. Nations are ab sent. their throng lias retired. The bird! of the tropics li amassed to the cars of the sun, as Button magnificently express es it, speeding bis flight downwards from the planet of light, rests for a moment over ashes, the weight <>f which lias sha ken tin' equilibrium of the Globe. Bo naparte crossed the ocean to repair to hi tinal exile, regardless of that beautiful • kv which delighted Columbus, Vasco <lc Coma, and Camoens, stretched upon the ship's stern, be perceived not that uu-j known constellations v.ere sparkling over his head, his powerful glance for the hr. 4 time encountered their ravs. What to ■ him were stars which he had never seen ■ from his hivottes, and which had never ! shone on ins empire ! Nevertheless not ; one of them has failed to fulfil his desti ny : one half of the firmament spread its : light over liis cradle —the other half was ; reserved to illuminate his tomb. [Cliu i teaubriand. The Pleasing Moments or an Actor’s Life. “Ids!, list. O Ist.” Going to the Theatre the first night of a ! new piece, in which you are to shine—on your arrival being told that the part is cut o'.ft altogether, the manager having insisted i upon its being done upon hearing who was to play it. Stand to be sung at (by a ladv of course) through a song of half an hour’s length, during which time, you take as many at omies as would till out the “Grecian statues,” and get no thanks for your pains. Fighting a “desperate combat” when suffering from rheumatism in right shoulder, with cverv. prospect of an-en core. Being compelled to support an actress j (the heavies on the establishment) upon one arm during a long hysterical faint, the other arm being engaged holding a n pistol at a demon, or robber, or some such person—- ••O ginis ! ye 'gluts, must 1 endure nil this ? Ali this ! , Ave in.a'c ; and this is it —upon being pursue.l, oblig ed to 11 v with (i. e. to earn ) \o:;r honor able load to tin; summit of a ‘'frightful precipice,” and it being the end of the act, there mu must remain tili the- drop puts an end to your sufferings. I’et.iTi ssr. Aln.iTA.tHi:. At a Military Rail given on a certain occasion in the interior of Alabama the gentlemen —all officers of course—General siich-a-one — Colonel such-a-one —Major such-a-one, and so forth and soon—were ntarvellousy polite. For example. Hi a. H. —“Ah, my dear Colonel how do von do !” (shaking his band until the epaulettes on all four of their shoulders shook lively, “Come,’' (stepping up to a table) “hf us iriiH (\i! —“Thank you. thank \ >u. Gen era!: 1 have jtist irtiu/uL ' —j Mobile Tunes. That was a bold reply made by Le Compte d' Harcourt. to the counuamler oftiie French army, who asked him il his regiment could toree the entry ol a cer tain fortress ! •■( :u the rays of the sun enter it “Certainly." “Then the bayonets of my br.ue regi ment can follow ! In one ia' Addison's papers, he makes tilts ca.-iul observaiiuii ill speaking of the passion of training. “If the surface of a gambler’s hea l wore to be exposed and examined, it | would be found to be filled with kings, queens and knaves.’’ Sir. Waiter Scott and Gf.orge IV. 1 The reception of Scott at Carlton House, (in 1 .March, 1815) is entertainingly narrated as follows : ‘•On hearing from Mr. Croker (then Secre tary ol the Admiralty) that Scott was to be m town by the middle of March, the l’rince s;, id, ‘‘Let me know when lie comes, and I’ll get up a snug little dinner that will suit him and alter he had been presented, and gracious ly received at the levee, he was invited to dinner accordingly, through his excellent !riel id Mr. Acam (now Lord Chief Commis sioner of the Jury Court of Scotland,) who at that time held a confidential office in the Roy al household. The Regent had consulted with Mr. Adam also as to the composition of t ie |«uty—’‘Let us have,” said lie, “just a few Inends ot his own—ami the more Scotch the better,” and both the (.'hid Commissioner atid Mr. Croker assure me that the party was the most interesting and agreeable one in their recollection. It comprised, i believe, the Duke ol Y ork, the late Duke of Gordon ithen Marquis of i hint ley.) the Marquis of I lertford (then Lord Yarmouth,) the l/.rl of file, and Scott’s early friend, Lord Melville.! “The Prince and Scott,” says Mr. Croker, •■ncre the two most huili.mt storv-toliors in their .several ways that. 1 ever hapjiened to meet; they were both aware of their forte, and both exerted themselves tint evening with delightful efi’ect. (in going home, i •'•‘■ally could not decide which 'ot them had shone the most. Tiie Regent was enchanted with Scott, as Scott with him; and on all liis subsequent visits to London, lie was a frequent guest at the Royal table. The Lord Chief < oiiiiiii'-ioner remembers that the Prince was particularly delighted with the poet’s anec dotes ot the old Scotch judges and lawyers, wuicli liis Royal Highness eopp-.i In ludic rous traits of e< itain ermiried sages of liis own acquaintance. Scott told, amongst oth -1 rs, a story which lie was fond of telling, of !us old friend the Lord Justice Clerkßraxlield; and the commentary of his Royal Highness on hearing it amused Scott, who often men tioned it ai'tern arils. “ The anecdote is this:—Braxfield, when ever he went on a particular circuit, was in the habit of visiting a gentleman of good for tune in one of the assize towns. and staying at least one night, which, bciyg both of them ardent chess-players, they usually concluded with their Involute game. One spring circuit the battle was not decided at day-break, so flic the Justice said. “\\ eel, Donald, I must e’en come back this gate in harvest., and let the game lie over for liie present; and buck lie came in October, but not to liis old friend’s hospitable house, (for that gentleman had in the interim been apprehended on a capital ( barge of forgery,) and liis name stood on the i’oricovs /to//, or list of those who were about to be tried under hi.s former guest’s auspices. The laird was indicted, and tried accordiuly, and the Jury returned a verdict of guilty. I’ra.xlielil forthwith put on his cocked hat, (which answers to the black c;x|» in England,) and pronounced the sentence of the law in the usual terms, —“To be hanged by the neck until you he dead, and may the Lord have mercy upon your unhappy soul 1” Having concluded this awful formula in liis most seri ous cadence, Braxfield, dismounting his form idable beaver, gave a familiar nod to his mi- I fortunate acquaintance, and said to him in a kind of chuckling whisper, “and now, Donald, my man, 1 think I’ve checkmated von for mice.” The Regent laughed heartily at this specimen of Mucqueon's brutal humor; and “I’laith, Walter,” said he, “this old big-wig seems to have taken things as coolly as my tyrannical self. Don’t you remember Tom Moore’s description of me at breakfast— ‘Tim table spread with tea and toast, Death-warrants, and the Morning Post.' “Towards midnight the Prince called for “a j bumper, with all the honors to Author of Wa- j verly,” and looked significantly, ns he was; charging his own glass, to Scott. Scott seem- i ed somewhat puzzled for a moment, but in- : stantly recovering himself, and filling bis glass ! to the brim said, “Your Jtoyal Highness looks as if von thought I laid some claim to the j honors of this toast, and have no such proton-' sions, hut shall take care that the real Simon Pure hears of the high compliment that has now been paid.” lie then drank off his elar- | ot, and joined with a stentorian voice in the j cheering, which the Prince him-elf timed, j Rut before the company could resume their ■ seats, his Royal Highness exclaimed, “A noth- < c r ot the same, if you please, to the author of; .Marmidii; and now, Walter, fny man, I have ; checkmated you for mice.” The second bumper "as followed by cheers still more pro longed. and Scott then rose and returned thanks in a short address, w hich struck the ; Lord Chief Commissioner as “alike grave and graceful.” The story has been circulated in a very perverted shape. I now give it on the authority of my venerated friend, who was— unlike, perhaps, sonic others of the company at that hour—able to bear accurately, and cmi -1 tent to .tic single. He adds, that h iving occa sion the dav idler to cal! on the Duke <>tA ork his Royal Highness said to him, “Upon my word. Adam, my brother went rather too near the wind about Waverly—but nobody could 1 have turned the thing more prettily than Wal ter Scott did. and upon the whole 1 never had ■ better fun. Tic Regent, as was his custom with those he most delighted to honor, uni formly addressed the poet, even at their first dinner, by his Christian name, “Walter.” Net Tint. P vei ns. The Boston Times lias the following in regard to newspapers, in "iiicli we heartily coincide. Party papers are not so much to be depended upon fur cor rect information, or for correct principles, as , many suppose. -It is a mistaken idea that a newspaper cauno* be useful and independent, without wearing tlie livery of lids or that polit ical patty. On the contrary, no n.ip-w can he u-s a:i winch is governed entirely l»v party mo tives and party feelings, and the oniv object ol "hu h is to exalt on set of men upon the abase.neat of auotlcr. Such p mors stand precisely in the light of at: wiieys at the bar: their only busun .-.- is to cover up the f ables of their opponents. They have every induce ment that nu n can possibly have to depart 'troin tie: fine of rectitude—a guide "liicii : once abandoned, seldom returns again, lie who really believes one half of the statements , which appear in the political newspapers, on , either sole is a tit subject for the lunatic ’ asylum.” A ship lately arrived at the Sandwich Isl ands. having abote deck eight missionaries, and below decks o.ne hundred hogsheads of ardent spirits.—[Baltimore Sun. Whigism—Toryism. What are they more than names - The two violent organs of the two parties in this city are the Atlas and the Advocate, both conducted with great talent— but both full of slang-whanging—the Atlas, theworst by all odds; indeed, so garrulous, noisy and factious is it as to be by manv-—even its friends—acknowledged an injury to the cause it would sustain. The Morning Post is a philosophically disposed paper —quiet, unob trusive, witty at times, seldom otherwise than peaceable. One would think the editor an opium-eater, it be did not know better. The Advocate is lion-like, and ‘comes down souse,’ as Burke said, on the Whigs. It is always ready lor a sei-to. Neither the Advocate nor the Atlas are very extensively read—a proof, it there were no other, that the people do not taney brawling in a newspaper any more than they do in the street. \\ hat do these pnjiors exjiect to acco'iipii-h? li anything except; their own overthrow, they mistake. People hate politics, as a general rule—they had rather have a little than much. But the Post is only a ware of this. The Atlas and Advocate flash away (in the pan ?) day af ter day, column after column, accomplishing nothing, doing themselves no good, and the country less. Helter-skelter, pell-mell, willie nillie, they tear otiice men and candidates to pieces, but what is remarkable these same vic tims are never injured. The jieojile do not belicxie a word that is said—and fora very good reason, they never road ivliat is said, because they have so often been gulled by columns of Sjdfcn and black ink—stulf that always evaji orates upon exjiosun?. \V higism—Toryism ! What’s in a name? as Juliet says. W'liigs are scarce—especially among those who boast of carrying the coun try the whole country, and nothing but the country. Tories are out of date. Rank aris tocrats should they be named who are pretend ing to be working so hard for the jieople. They are working against the people. The people must raise anew party, The Independent Parti", and sacrifice ali small feeling for ‘the greatest good of the greatest number, ’ pinning their laitli to no man’s sleeve, but moving on with a determination to see the country proper ly ruled by proper men—men who are known as patriots and not putizans.—[Bos. Ileruld. Trade of Little Rock. At a time " hen the.commerce of the whole Union is deranged and paralyzed, by the breaking tip ot the banks, it is with peculiar gratification we state tint the Arkansas river, during the present spring, has been the continued scene of bustle and commercial prosperity. During the month of June alone we had at Little Reck more than one hundred arrivals and t!e purtiires of steamboats, and some of them of the largest class. The Baltic, Capt. Wells, left this jdace oil the "id inst.—a boat measur ing 500 tons ; and during the same period, the Levant, the Mississippi;!n, and the Casjiian. have been in our waters—all boats of tlm most elegant description. One single indi vidual in this jdace, (a government officer) has paid more than forty thousand dollars for freight, in that short period. The tide of white population flowing to the west, and the still larger amount of Indian emigration, have both added to the otherwise increasing trade of the country. With a |>rospect of admirable crops before them, and less stunned than their neighbors by the com mercial crash around them, the people of Ar kansas have before them a j'rosjiect of inile |k ndence, scarcely rivalled by any other com munity. [Little Rock Gazette. New (tin. f. ans ix August. The follow ing is a part of a charcoal sketch from the lively little Journal the Picayune: Four months ago we could count from 80 to 100 steamers at the Levee—now we can count but from 15 to 20. Two months ago we, could count upwards of a hundred sea vessels—now it is hard to find above a baker’s dozen. Full many a poor fellow may be seen walk ing on the Levee, or resting against a post, wishing for his dinner, and longing for a friend or something to do. -Many of the Spanish fishermen, thinking expenses too high, have built rafts, and now keep bachelor’s hall on the surface of the Mis sissippi. Hack driving is a dull business—nothing doing in that way. Blacklegs uge broken, and reputable young men begin to perceive the necessity of saving their V’s. The city is dull, quite so. The neighborhood of the theatres looks desolate, solitary, &e. The churches aregdusty, and arc but misera bly attended. Money Brought out iiy Immigrants.— Tin; Liverpool Mail states that the number of Emigrants to New Yolk is 10.000 per month. The expense of passage is £5 each, making £OOO.OOO annually : about two thirds of which goes to American ship owners—winch arc pre ferred for speed. A good deal of hard money is carried out of the country by tlicm.tiie largest sums by the Irish, tlm smaller hv the English. ; The average is £ls each, leaking nearly £2,000,000 m specie carried to America every year. The English paper says, -ft, is so much gold drawn from the producing capital of the country—so much thrown into the resources of America.” The Westminster election, the popular elec tion,the display of the ‘free,independent and on lightened.’ is always the most riotous, unprinci pled,and corrupt of all the elections of Englan !. So much for the supremacy oftiie rabble. It is •c.ircely less rum irkahle that Westminster has b 'oil generally the worst served in Parlia ment by its representatives. For instance, during the last two years the gallant General F.vaifs. the hero of 1 lonian:, has been absent from his loving constituents, and Sir Francis I’urdett has been laid on his hack with the gout. Fox’s long representation was a long course of negligence : but some pleasantries occur at the hustings. The late George Lamb, ;lie brother of Lord .Melbourne, had been re turned member, and was remarked tor h is prod igality of smiles on the occasion. At the n".\t elc’tion. Allien matters wore going on against him, he was all gloom. “What is the matter with the Lamb this time r” asked some one. “lie makes no tight of it, like the last elec tion. “if collect half a dozen vears are past,” was the answer, “and a lamb is always more slu'jjisii the older he grows.” Texas. Dr. dimming is about to issne a new work discussing the Texas question. The . work it is said is written in Dr. Cbanning’e best style. THE ADVOCATE. BRUNSWICK, (Ga.) SEPTEMBER 7. 1837 I’he Convention of Southern business men lias attracted the attention of the Press of tills and adjoining States, and without exception the project is viewed as one of great impor tance to the South and West. In Charleston, the Chamber of Commerce immediately seized upon the Athens Circular as lawful plunder, and displaced the names of the gentlemen at tached to that paper and inserted before them, those of several of their most distinguished cit izens ! This is a breach of common politeness and even of common honesty, not particularly creditable to that city. But nevertheless wo are glad to see them moving in the matter.— The papers of other towns, too, are calling the attention ofthe citizens to the subject,and from present appearances the Convention will be numerously attended, and its deliberations eagerly received by the people. Brunswick particularly, feels a deep interest in the success of the measure. Depending, as she does, for existence on the commercial operations ofthe South, her future importance to be determined by the growth of a mercantile spirit here, she hails tills movement as most auspicious, and it is her duty to send delegates to the Conven tion, who will make known her capabilities and show to the assemblage of the Southern States, that she possesses those requisites so virtually essential for the transaction of an extensive commerce. There is, we believe a wrong im pression in regard to the North. The South is not. tributary to the .North—she is so to New York, and to that city New England also [lays a tribute, and is in a state nearly approaching vassalage. The manufacturers are obliged now to sou l their products to New York, and there to they juircliiise their raw material. Instead of a direct trade with the South,which would be of advantage to !> . 4. they now pay New York for acting as a broker between them, charges which might be saved to both parties. The v. hole country, the North, South, F.ast and West, in lieu of carrying on that trade which their wants create, directli/, now all resort to New York, and pay her for performing for them, that which they can much better perform fir themselves—and every year adds to the burden. This movement at the South, we are confident will be met by a corresponding action North of Ndw Y ork, and the nranuiaelnrors of die North, the jdanters and merchants of the South, be brought into closer connexion to their mutual benefit. Those \ lews v. e know are entertained by the Now England capitalists, who have embarked in the Brunswick entorprize. They are anxious to establish commercial relations with the South, and being satisfied that the port of Brunswick is safe at all seasons, they will en deavor to make it a market for the sale of their ‘ manufactures, and the purchase ofthe Southern staples—thus avoiding the payment of a nee 1- j less and disgraceful tribute to New Y ork. Texas. The affairs of this infant republic are in a bad way—her coffers emptied—her • credit exhausted and army disbanded, she is in a most forlorn condition. Nothing but the weakness of her enemy protects her from de struction. Should Mexico he enabled to make a second invasion, ive doubt much whether | money or men would flow in from the United | States. The excitement of war, with nil it J “pride, pomp, and circumstance,”—the chival rous nature of the contest, and the glowing descriptions of the country drew all “the fiery ■ spirits,” and “unsettled humors of the land” to the neiv standard. But the fighting is past.— Texas has beaten hack her invaders, and the people are now at leisure to count the co t and examine their bargain—if wc mistake not they will find they have paid too dear for ‘heir whistle. Dissatisfaction has already begun i to pervade the “citizen soldiers,” which unless 1 checked, will end in the total destruction of this speculation Republic. It has been said that the Texiuns meditate a march into Mexico to return the compliments of their polite neighbor. Such a move "ill unquestionably draw togeth -I'or an army sufficiently powerful to place the “bright particular star” of her llag on the walls of Mexico, and give to the ancient, capital of .Montezuma new masters. The wild lands of Texas offer no inducements for the peril of life and limb, but the treasures of Mexico, are entirely another affair, and the floating population of our' large towns would at once swarm to the point. Y\ e believe that the conquest of Mexico by Texians, would bo much to the advantage of the Mexicans them selves. That they do not possess the requis ites lbr self-government, intelligence and vir tu \is a fact wh;m their history teaches, and a guardi ni.-hip fur a few ages will tend to civilize thorn. Liberty ha-been a curse in stead of a blessing to them, and the sooner they are deprived ol a portion ot it the better. They arejjust in the condition when a conquest hv a civilized people is tlieir only means of political regeneration. Texas too, must either make the attempt or consent to descend as rap idly as she has risen. She cannot afford to stand still —her very being depends on her onward movement. “Go ahead,” must be her watchword, and victors of San Jacinto, if true to themselves, will not lay down their anus until their llig floats over the “conquered Palatine.” The affairs of Spain seem to be in a state m glorious uncertainty. Some accounts are tint Don Carlos is taken, "dale others have it that he is taking the Kingdom.