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[From the National Intelligencer.] POLITICS AND PENITENCE. We do not know that we have ever met With a more ingenuous and honest confession of faults and errors than that which is contained in a communication to the New York Evening Post (an Ad ministration journal) under the signature of “Y'eto,” with the promising caption ’The causes of our recent defeat.” These causes it needed no great sagacity to find out; but it required more independence than is usually allowed to politicians of a certain school to declare them as frank ly as Veto has done. We extract from his essay, and hereto subjoin, the pas sages which we thus refer to as indicat ing a moral courage such as cannot well belong cither to a dishonest politician or a bad man. We claim t!ve admissions contained in the italicised parts of these extracts as strong corroborative evidence of what we have ourselves heretofore stead ily maintained, and for which we have undergone the most reckless abuse and contemptible calumnies from the Govern ment press, and occasionally in part from the very press which admits, with a very gentle protest indeed, these confessions of a member of “the Democratic party” into its columns. EXTRACTS FROM “VETO;” A COMMUNICATION PC RUSH ED IN Til K K VC. NINO POST. “To what do we owe our defeat? “I desire in the outset to make a dis-i tiuct declaration that I do not participate in the cry of corruption and fraud that has been raised.” “We must look further and deeper for the cause of our defeat. I confess that my prevailing impression is to attribute want of success, whether in individuals or parties, to want of conduct, to some error against which they might have guarded. And in the present case 1 believe it will not be difficult to trace the loss of many I of our adherents to our own blunders. The limits of these articles do not permit a full and detailed statement of the whole case, but it is easy in a few words to main tain this position. “Our errors, I believe, commenced with the late Administration, and we have to trace the gradual falling off of our majorities far bad; in the days of l*resi dent Jackson. This most assuredly is said not to throw the blame on one now deprived of power, but because it is just to Mr. Van Huren to acquit him of mis takes which he has not made. The pre sent Chief Magistrate is a man of the most acute sagacity, of the most calm and un ruffled temper. The firmness of his con duct commands respect and admiration, and I have no doubt that had lie had the control at an earlier day he would have avoided the errors of his predecessor. “The first cause, then, to which I be lieve the disasters are to be ascribed is the violence of the late Administration i and the hostile position assumed and maintained by many of its organs up to the present time towards the commer cial class. The President had great and commanding virtues—they were too mark ed not to be recognised—a strong sense of justice, love of truth, and hatred of par tiality or wrong. But he had also "rent faults-, these faults were chiefly what arc called of the minor class— -faults of tem per-, but in his case they were of much greater importance. “The course pursued by him in regard to the United States Bank was one found ed upon goutid reason, and which must ultimately command the respect ami as sent of this country, but in the course of the controversy lie permitted himself, by the violence of the Opposition, to be be trayed into a retaliation of the most last ing injury to himself and to the democrat ic cause. For this violence of temper, caught up and echoed by servile followers and blind imitators, created a belief in the minds oT inanv that the (lovernment was hostile to the commercial interests of the country. “W hat conviction could be more fatal i to an Administration? A country com mercial to its core, of which the commer cial characteristics are most intimately blended with nil the other pursuits, at once took the alarm, and it was only surpris ing that this cause did not sooner produce! its effect. “Another fundamental error of the Ad ministration (though tliqs has been rather one of the Government organs than of the Government itself,) has been the violent l and ultra language that it has used on the 1 subject of the circulating medium, and which lias given rise to the widespread belief that it desired to establish a compul sory specie currency. This preposterous idea has been readily caught up by the Whig prints, and it has been rendered plausible by the arsvrdities that have been echoed and received about gold and silver, as if, in a country like ours, paper, as a medium of exchange, was not as ne cessary as the air we breathe. “With this is to be classed the hostility to the small-tall law —a law which has un-, doubtedly produced a great effect upon the election of the State. But-1 believe' it susceptible of proof that that law would not have‘had this effect, if it had not been conceived part and parcel, in a scheme to banish paper money from circulation, and tj fasten upon us an exclusive specie cur rency.’' * “I approach another system of meas ures pursued by the Administration, which I believe lias tended greatly to discredit it in the popular mind, and that is, the ap pointments to office— the systematized ad option of partisanship as a basis of promo tion. It is not to be disguised that this originated with General Jackson. It was unquestionably the greatest fault in his character, that lee was too liable to be bias sed by his personal attachments. A trait that would be admirable in private life be came dangerous in a public station. I “He made it a rule to provide for his friends, arid it was impossible for a man in his situation to discriminate as to the i motives of that friendship. The result was, that the most sordid personal motives 1 were in many cases considered as but de votion to the true interest of the country, . and rewarded accordingly. It very short ; ly became a maxim to reward partisans by i lucrative and honorable offices, and in an ill-omened hour it was declared that ‘to ( the victors belong the spoils’— an adage fraught with corruption and abuse to AN EXTENT THAT Dl'l IES CALCULATION.” ! We have but little of interest to com municate to our readers, in the way of legislative news, for the past week. By reference to our report of proceedings, the reader will perceive, that most of the - time of the past week has been occupied by the actings and doings of both branches on the Sub-Treasury Resolutions. IIow; far the country will be benefitted by the. action of the Legislature on this subject, 1 we will leave our readers to determine. 1 We are rather amused however at the po sition of our political opponents in the Legislature,' who, it will be remembered, were so prompt to introduce resolutions into both branches, on this subject. It will be seen that the previous question has been repeatedly called in this discussion, which would bring up the first Resolutions offered, for a vote, to wit: Mr. Echols’, of the Senate, and Mr. Kelly’s, of the House. But it would seem that the party are afraid of their own handiwork, as it will be seen the most of them vote against the test question on their own Resolutions, which would elicit the vote of the Legislature : upon them, and end the discussion. The ! reader will find, for his edification or a musement, quite an assortment of Sub and anti-Sub-Treasury notions. Jt cannot be expected that the slightest! impression can bo made on the public! mind, by any thing emanating from a body so variant in their views of the same topic —no matter which set off Resolutions 1 may finally pass. [Milledgeville Recorder, j A River on Fire. — It can no longer be doubted that the Alabamians are waking up, as it will appear, by the following ar ticle, that they have succeeded in suttinir their principal river on fire:— The Tombigby River on Fire. —While Mr. J. M. Cooper was prosecuting the removal of McGrow’s Shoals, after boring teethe depth of 3*5 feet, bis auger sud denly dropped and entirely disappeared. In llie space of some several moments a deep hollow sound was heard, resembling the rumbling noise of distant thunder from the chasm below, and at the same 1 instant gushed forth from the shaft thus made, a clear, transparent, oleaginous substance of liquid, which boils up very similar to the effervescence of a boiling pot; and which, owing to the slugishness of the current, has gradually diffused it self over the whole surface of the river, i A quantity has been collected, and on application of lire, it is found to burn equal to the present sperm oil. To gratify curiosity and make further tests, lire has been applied to the oil on the water, and the whole surface of t[ic river is now burning, emitting a flame of most beautiful appearance, about six inch es high, and has already extended about half way down to Fort Stoddard; the re flection of which upon the horizon in the night, presents a most sublime spectacle, far surpassing in grandeur and beautv of appearance the aurora borealis. —Mobile Journal. In England they are agitating the sub ject of substituting iron steam ships for Wood, the former being said to possess many advantages over the latter. A letter from Mr. William Wheelwright, who is now in London, forming a Pacific steam navigation company, published in the New York Courier, says—They have one called the Rainbow, running between London and Antwerp, which has performed admi rably in the worst weather. She measures , nearly (51)0 tons, IDS feet long, 25 feet beam, her deck only is of wood; her iron plates generally are three eighths in thick ness; and she is divided l>v four bulk heads. Her draft, when loaded 5 l- - ’ feet, and her slight motion and steadiness has as tonished every one. Latest from I’amea. By the arrival of the steamboat Charleston, Hf.brard, 1 from Black Creek, we learn (says the St. Augustine Herald of the 13th inst,) that i unofficial information had been received there, that about 120 or 130 Indians had gone in at Tampa— to get fd! Wild Fat was said to be in a swamp with about 15 followers. Sam Jones is yet alive, as intractable as ever, and has a large hand of followers. A Word and a Blow.— The Prince Mctternich steamer lately arrived from Trebizonde at Constantinople. Two ca ses of plague having declared themselves! on board, strict orders were given that! the crew and passengers should undergo a severe quarantine. Two Persians disre-i garded this order, jumped overboard and swam to shore; they were arrested and con- : ducted before the Cadi. “Were you,” i said that officer, “passengers on board the Metternich steamer?” “ Yes.” “Did you break the quarantine?” “Yes.” The Cadi' made a sign, and the two heads were at his' feet. BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM CANADA.) Extras from the office of the Cleveland (Ohio) Eagle and Intelligencer, contains the following highly important intelligence if true. Office of the Eagle,) Cleveland, (Ohio,) Dec. tj. jf The following came endorsed on the! Western way-bill from Sandusky. It may ! he true. “Intelligence has just reached here that 1 the Patriots have crossed over and taken | Malden. There was great slaughter on both sides. The Patriots took 175 of the j British regulars prisoners.” Office of the Intelligener, ) j Cleveland, (Ohio,) Dec. 0.. ) j A gentleman who came in the West ern stage confirms, in a measure, the above j intelligence. Before leaving Toledo, in-1 formation had been received at that place, j stating the Patriots had crossed over at | the river St. Clair, and on Sunday light | took possession of the Fort. The nirn-l ingofsome of the houses was the signal for the commencement of hostilities,when the descent upon the town was made, while a portion of the loyalists wee en gaged in extinguishing the flames. Our informant states there was great distruc- j tion among the red coat negroes.” Sore Throat. —As this is the season j when many persons are afflicted with j sore throat, it may prove advantageous to some of our readers to state, that the dai ly use of cold water, applied to tlienecß, has been recommended as a security against this troublesumc ailment. The! following testimony on this subject is tak en from one of the letters of Kir Walter Scott, as published in Lockhart’s life: “W hen 1 was subject a little to n sore throat, I cured myself of that tendency by sponging my throat, breast and shoulders, every morning with the coldest water 1 could get.” Post-Office. —lt will appear from the President’s Message that the Post-Oflicc is, again in danger of embarrassment in its financial affairs—the gross receipts for the year ending on the 30th of Jiuje, were, •*1,202,1-15,00 —tiie expenditures >' l,(i' i O,- \ O(H,(K) —and there was a consequent de ficiency of 8 U 7,0-23,()(). This no doubt grew in part out of the experiment of an express mail on the western route. That, being discontinued, and an abandonment! of some ordinary routes having taken place, the revenue is said to he improving, and will soon reach the point of the expendi ture. 'Pile cash to the credit of the de partment on the Ist inst., was if3l 4,OGv 00, and the revenue for the year ending on* June 30, 1830, was 8H>1,540, greater than the corresponding previous year. The extent of the post roads is 134,580,202 miles; the number of post-offices is 12,503, “and rapidly increasing.” The Postmas ter General desires the further legislation of Congress on the subject of transporting the mails on railroads, which is fully set forth in his report.—-[Poulson’s Daily’Ad vertiser. A more diabolical attempt to commit a double murder has never perhaps been recorded upon the annals of crime than i was made by a wretched creature named William Anderson, residing near George town; who while under the exciting in fluence of liquor, attempted to murder his wife and mother, hut while drawing the pistol from his pocket, for that avowed purpose, it accidently discharged, the con tents of which entered the abdomen of the wretched man and caused instant death. [Georgetown Adv. Heavy Damages. —A man in Vermont, for promising to marry a voting girl and breaking his promise, has been made to pay >22,000. Stockton t!c Stokes for in juries done to a lady by the upsetting of one of their coaches, have been made to pay 87,130: and a planter in Natchez has recently been made to pay 830,000 for slander. Times are improving. We shall have to re-graduate the scale of prices for the various offences described in the decalogue. .1 nnr Patent Rifle, lltn/L >/'.< ] Inter Proof Rifle. — We have seen a Rifle in vented by Mr. Hay ley of Portland. (Me:) which when loaded, admits of 15 distinct discharges. The loading takes place in the breech of the gun, through a cylindrical conducting tube, passing into a receiving chamber, and in the tube are 10 sliding chambers loaded with powder and ball.— | In the receiving chambers the lock acts upon the sliding chambers, striking! through, with the greatest precision and j perfect safety. The lock is of a very! simple construction on the guard of the gun, more simple, and not more cumber some than in a common gun. The rifle we have seen is a beautiful one; and though i*ot much versed in these matters, yet we feel at liberty to say that whoever wants to do killing by the platoon, or gunning by the flock, cannot find, at least as we think, any instrument so wonderfully a dapied to their purpose.—[.Y V. Express. Common School Ai.maxac.—A copy of this work has been received. We like the plan of it much, and cordially commend it to the public. It is full of facts relating to common school education. Front a multitude of interesting items, we select the following table:—[X. J. Sentinel. No. of children in the United States, be tween 4 and 1G years of age, 3,.'>00,000 No. not using the means of ed ucation, GOO,OOO No. of common schools, 80,000 No. of teachers therein, 95,000 Sum annually expended, 815.000,000: ! The Dead Sea. —Mr. Stephens, the late American traveller in the Holy Land, has an interesting chapter on the Dead Sea. He saw the flocks of birds floating on and flying over the water uninjured, j The water is clear and transparent, but of a dreadful taste and smell. Masses of I bitumen are found on the shore, suppos ed to have been thrown up from the bot ! tom. From his own experience, he re ' marks, he can almost corroborate the ! most extravagant accounts of the ancients respecting the density of the water. —It was difficult to keep the body under the j water in bathing, and he believes lie could | have lain, mid slept without sinking his head. On coming out, his skin was cov ered with a thick glutinous substance, and bis face incrusted with salt. Mr. Stephens was very anxious to navi gate the lake, and thinks that the ruins of the cities of the plain might be discover ed, especially as the water preserves in stead of destroying the substance it cov ers. The only persons that are known to have sailed upon it are Mr. Castigan, an Irish traveller, and his boatman, who spent eight days in coasting it a few years since, but the observations were lost, in [consequence of the death of Castigan, im mediately upon his return. Mr. Stephens | saw the man who accompanied him, and .gives his story of the voyage, with a rude j draft of their course. On leaving it, Mr. Stephens says, “It was nearly dark when we reached the top of the mountain, and I sat down for a moment to take a last look at the Dead Sea. From this distance its aspect fully justified its name. It was calm, motion less, and seemingly dead; there was no wave or ripple on its surface, nor was it hurrying on, like other waters, to pay its tribute to the ocean; the mountains around it were also dead; no trees or shrubs, not [a blade of grass grew on the naked sides [and as in the-days of Moses, ‘brimstone and salt, it is not sown, nor bearetli, nor [any grass groweth thereon.’ [Sunday School Journal. Singular Duel. —The following novel I species of duel took place in Paris, in May, 1808. M. dc Grandpree and M. le Pique, having quarrelled about Mademoi selle Tirevit, a celebrated dancer at the Academic, who was the mistress of the former, but had been discovered in an in trigue with the latter, a challenge ensued. Being both men of elevated minds, they agreed to fight in balloons, and in order to give the time for their preparations, it was determined that the duel should take place one month after the receipt of the challenge. Accordingly, on the 3d of May, 1808, the parties met in the place Louis XV., adjoining the Tuileries, where their respective balloons were ready to receive them. Each, attended by a sec ond, ascended his car, loaded with blun derbusses, as pistols could not he expect ed to be efficient in their probable situa tions. A great multitude attended, hear ' iug the balloons, but little dreaming of their purpose ; the Parisians merely look ed tor the novelty of a balloon race. At D o’clock the cords were cut, and the balloons ascended majestically amidst the shouts of the spectators. The wind was moderate, blowing from the N. N. XV., and they kept, as far as could be judged, about SO yards from each other. When they had mounted to the height of 000 yards, M. le Pique fired his piece ineffec tually ; almost immediately after, the fire was returned by M. Grandpree, and pene trated his adversary’s balloon ; the conse quence of which was its rapid descent, and M. le Pique and his second were both dashed to pieces on a housetop over which their balloon fell. The victorious Grandpree then mounted aloft in the grandest style, and descended safe with his second, about seven leagues from the spot of ascension. Statistics ok Hair Powder. llair Powder was introduced by ballad singers, l at the fair of St. German, in the year 1014. In the beginning of the reign of George the First only two ladies wore powder in their hair, and they were pointed out for their singularity. At the coronation of George the Second there were only two hair dressers in London. In the year 1795, it was calculated that there were in the kingdom of Great Britain 50,000 hair dressers! Supposing each of them to use one pound of flour in a day, this, upon an average would amount to 18,250,000 pounds in one year, which would make 5,314,380 quatern loves, which at only ninepcnce each, amounts to 1,246,421/, British money. This statement does not take m the quantity of flour used by the soldier, or that which is consumed by those who dress their own hair. Were a foreigner to write a volume of travels, he might describe the English as a people who wear threepenny loves on their heads ! by way of ornament. Indian Method of Courtship. — Mr.! Catlin, in one of his recent lectures at the 1 Odeon, exhibited a Winnebago courting flute, which he said was used by the In dian lover in wooing the dark eyed maid of the wilderness. For hours he had heard the simple sounds of this courting flute, and he lias seen the patient lovers sitting under a tree by the bank of a river, or in front of a lodge and never has he heard a word exchanged between these seem-! itigly happy pair. Many marriages take place solely by the charms of this flute, as he knows it to be a fact that a single word was never spoken by cither party during the whole period from courtship to mar riage GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. senate! Dec. 14th—This morning, the sub-treasury resolutions were taken up, and, after much debate, a motion was made for the previous question, which was rejected, yeas 28, navs 53; but this result had the effect to postpone the consideration of the subject to another day. The bill to amend the charter of the Geor gia Insurance and Trust Company, was pass ed, yeas 44, nays 34. By this bill the capital of the institution is increased one million; but the banking powers inserted in the original bill were withdraw n by the member who in troduced the bill. The committee of the House to whom had been referred the Galphin claim, so long be fore Congress and the State of Georgia, have made a report, to which a bill was appended, authorizing the Governor to issue to the legal representatives of George Galphin, state cer tificates for the sum of £9791 153. sd. sterling money, to be paid annually in ten years, with interest on the same at the rate of six per cent, per annum, from the 7th day of Decem ber, 1794. 15th—The Senate has been occupied all day upon the sub-treasury resolutions. The speakers were numerous, many substitutes and amendments were offered, and finally the ques tion was taken on Mr. Echols’ resolutions and decided by yeas 39, nays 40. j Yesterday afternoon, a bill was issued au thorizing the removal of the principal office of the Insurance Bank of Columbus, to Macon, instead of Savannah, as provided in the bill introduced, but struck out, and Macon in serted. 17th—This morning, nothing was done, ex cept discussing the motion made by Mr. Gor don, to reconsider the vote of Saturday, on the resolutions of Mr. Echols. The motion to re ! consider was carried, yeas 45, nays 42. 18th This morning the bill to prevent trespasses on real estates, and to punish the same as a penal offence, which has occupied much of the time of the Senate for several j days, was lost, yeas 38, nays 50. The bill for the construction of a rail-road from Floyd County to the Western and At lantic rail-road, was laid on the table for the [ remainder of the session. HOUSE. Dec. 14th A motion was carried, yeas 118, nays 31, to reconsider the bill, rejected, yesterday, authorizing the issue and sale of state scrips, for the purpose of completing the Western and Atlantic Rail-road. Another motion was carried also, yeas 91, nays 70, to reconsider the bill passed yester day, to repeal 2d and 3d sections of an act ap propriating the sum of S6OOO annually, to the University of Georgia. The House adopted a resolution, yeas 80, nays 75, allowing to the attorneys of the claim of Peter Trezevant, the privilege to appear at the bar of the House, and be heard upon that claim, when the bill reported upon the subject is taken up for its third reading. 15th—The House has been occupied all day in debate upon the sub-treasury resolu tions. Mr. Howard’s preamble and resolu* tions wore finally carried, yeas 89, nays 08. Yesterday morning, it was agreed to recon sider the vote of the day before, on a resolu tion to admit within the bar of the House, the attorneys for the claim of Peter Trezevant. 17th—Tiiis morning the bill to make land and the proceeds thereof subject to the pay ! ment of particular debts, in preference to any [ others, was passed. The bill to appropriate money for the politi cal year 1839, was taken up. In this bill the | sum of $20,000 is appropriated as a printing day for the payment of the members. The bill was again referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Finance. The bill to provide for the indigent deaf and dumb of this State, and to appropriate money therefor, was passed. The bill to appropriate money for internal improvement, in the counties of this State where money for that purpose has not hereto fore been expended, was lost. The bill to compel the owners of planta tions and slaves in this State, to pay taxes for the same in the counties where the same may be situated, and to alter the oath of persons! giving in their taxable property, was lost, yeas 79, nays 82. 18th—Yesterday afternoon, the bill to ap propriate an additional sum of money to de- j fray the expenses of the agent of the State, j now in London, in procuring a copy of the 1 colonial records of Georgia, was lost, yeas 79, nays 80. This morning, however, a mo tion of reconsideration prevailed, by yeas 93, nays 70. This morning a bill was passed to alter and amend tiie road laws, so far as to compel the Georgia Rail-road, and other rail-road compa nies, to keep in repair the public roads, when j crossed by rail-roads. [From the Baltimore American.] The Cotton Crop.— The annexed state ment respecting the product of the forthcom ing crop of cotton is copied from the New Or leans Bulletin of the 3d inst. The statement, ' h be seen, gives the number of bales esti i mated to be raised in each district, and also the cause assigned for deficiencies, compared with the yield of last year. The editors say that they have been at considerable pains to i obtain authentic information on the subject and that the sources from which it has been derived “are the reports of planters generally, who are mostly men of more than common shrewdness, and having opportunities of form ing a more correct opinion than it is possible others can enjoy. It is but fair, however, to add that these accounts are cenfirmed substan tially by persons who have lately travelled through the cotton districts, and who, from long connection with the trade in this article are qualified to give an opinion.” In Virginia and North Carolina, the com plaints are a late spring, “long drought, and consequent want of nourishment to the farms, with early frost. Estimated crop, at the most liberal calculation, bales 30,000 In South Carolina and Georgia there has not been the usual stimulus to extend cultivation, and the same com plaints as above have prevailed, from sea-board to mountain, the bolls prov ing few and subject to disease hereto fore unknown. Crop confidently stat ed not to exceed. 450,000 In Florida, the unsettled state of the country, arising from the Indian war, combined with the scarcity of provi sions, has prevented the increased cul tivation of cotton, and though some of the causes which have been so fatal | to the crop in other States have been felt there, they assumed a mild form and have not been very detrimental to | the crop. We shall not be very far from the truth in estimating it at 90,000 In South Alabama, though there has been a greatly extended cultivation, yet the yield in proportion to the labor expended lias been very short, and will be somewhat below last year’s—prob ably not far from 275,000 In the lower Valley of the Missis sippi the spring was unparalleled late, [and the drought so great that the j ground could not be brought into a fit state for planting until the season was far advanced. These obstacles to seasonable planting, produced a j weak and unhealthy plant, which j never obtained a “good stand,” and [ was subject to the disease above men tioned. The crop, therefore, cannot be safely estimated above 500,000 Tennessee and Alabama being rath er beyond the latitudinal limit for the successful cultivation of the gossvpium suffered more severely from the early frost than the more Southern States, and as the land planted in this region was much less than formerly, owing to the miserably low returns of last year, the crop cannot be put down at more than 50,000 Total numbes of bales for the season ’3B & 1,395,000. This is a serious deficiency, but it will be a difficult matter to know that we are in error to any considerable extent. We have no in terests to serve hut those of truth in making this statement, and arc perfectly indifferent I what may be the motives ascribed to us by in terested persons. We will now proceed to consider the ques tion, what will be required to supply the de mand for the season of 1838—9. First and foremost, as the most important, comes Great Britain. The accounts up to our latest dates | from England are unpromising, but still the best authorities agree in estimating the con sumption in Great Britain and on the conti nent of Europe at fully 1,350,000 bales; and allow ing an increased consumption to Ameri ca of ten per cent, over last year—which is certainly not too much, as it is well known that her spinning and manufacturing estab lishments are now in much more active ope rations than last year—we have for her de mand 271,000 bales, which added to the above, give for the whole consumption of 1838 and ’39, 1,021,000 bales. Now, if we allow that the stock in Europe at the present time is 170,000 hales more than is desirable and proper to maintain healthy prices, we have only 1,520,000 bales. We have been thus particular, because we wish to make the course planters ought to pur sve at this time as plain and obvious as possi ble; and it can no longer be doubted, that it will be to their advantage to withhold their crops from market as long as possible, wheth er sold here or shipped to European ports. On this latter subject, viz: as the most ad vantageous method of selling their crops here, by factors, or in Europe, we offer no opinion, but leave the planters to decide this matter for themselves, as eventually they would do,what ever advice might be given them. The State of Pennsylvania is now reap ing the certain and hitter fruits of its long support of Jacksonism —a term destined to besynonimous, in our American tongue, with contempt of law and order, with ruf fian violence, and unrestrained indulgence of the fierce and vindictive passions. In this country, and in all parts of it, Opinion, public Opinion, is the great ele ment of strength to our institutions.— When that opinion shall once become so perverted, that all settled precedents, all peaceful resorts, are set at naught and overturned by the self-will of the multitude, or an.y considerable portion of them, there is an end for the time being of the authori ty of law, and, of course, of that liberty which alone deserves the name—liberty founded upon and secured by law. To this condition matters seem to us to have arrived at Harrisburg. A ruffian mob overawes the Legislature, fills the galleries, and even the seats of members: and menaces, with guesture and language, such of the members as coincide not with, or yeald not to, its audacious and lawless dictation. We express not now any opinion, as to whether the return presented by the Sec retaries of the commonwealth, concerning the result of the election in Philadelphia County, was, or was not, a proper return, or that which should have entitled the gentlemen named in it, to their seats— hut, we have no doubts in declaring it to bo the settled practice of all legislative bodies, that these returns should, in the first instance, have been received, leaving it to the House, when organized, to con firm or reject them. Against th«bs we conceive, well set tled practice, HW Van Buren portion of \ the Legislature revolted, encouraged and \ protected by a band of bravos, as is con fidently alleged, from Philadelphia; an.d the result, as has already been stated in this paper, was the virtual proclamation of 1 martial law, by the Governor of the Com monwealth, and the calling in of an arm ed force, in order to protect the Legisla ture in the exercise of its delegated au thority! Spectacle of shame and humiliation for the whole nation! precedent of fearful ex ample and import for republican liberty! Yet such are the legitimate fruits, and predicted results, of Jacksonism. —[New- York American. Married. —The eloquent Ogden Hoff man, who recently won a seat in Congress, as one of the representatives of New York has since made a second and far richer conquest. He has won the heart of Miss Virginia Southard, daughter of the Hon. Samuel L. Southard. Happy man! A seat in Congress and a pretty wife ! $8 a day, and married ! Who’ll lend us a ra zor?—[X. O. Sun