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CONGRESS. Washington, Feb. 28, 1839. In the Senate Ur. Buchanan made a re- j port on the Maine and New Brunswick difficul ties. JH denies that the British Government has any jurisdiction over the disputed terri tory, and maintains that it was expressly stipulated that neither party should exercise jurisdiction. The report concludes with res olutions asserting the rights of the United States and the State of Maine; but declares that in case the Governor of New Brunswick withdraws his troops, and Maine persists in keeping hers there, then Maine is not entitled to the protection of Ihc Government In the House, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which had been referred the Mes sage of the President of the United States in relation to the difficulties between Maine and the Province of New Brunswick, made a re port of a very important character, accompa nied by a Bill in substance ns follows: The tirst section authorizes the President to resist any attempt of Great Britain, by arms, to ex ercise exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the territory of Maine which is in dispute, and to employ the naval nnd military forces of the United States, and such portions of the mil itary ns he inny deem it ex|»edient to bring in to service. The second section provides, in case of actual invasion, or imminent danger tHereof before congress can be 'convened to raise a provisional force of twenty regiments, consisting of riflemen, cavalry, artillery, and infantry. Third section, to put all the naval force in commission. Fourth section, to bor row millions of dollars, upon certificates of stock redeemable for five years, at five per vent. Section five provides for an outfit for n succial embassy to London, to co-operate with the resident Minister there, ami urge a prompt settlement of the boundary question. The subject, after some discusssinn, was referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the-Union, and made the special order of the day for to morrow, to take precedence of all other business. The bill making appropriation for the pro tection of the Notnern frontier was taken up uml read a third time and passed. The bill for the suppression of Indian hostil ities for 1831), was next considered. The ques tion being on its final passage, n long debate arose on a motion made by Mr. Bell, to amend the bill by providing compensation for the loss of horses in the Florida war. The amendment was finally agreed to. By the aid of the previ ous question, the bill as amended was read a ' third time and passed. March 1. ! In the Senate, to-day, a letter was received from Mr. Kendall, the l’ost Master General, re plying to a resolution of the Senate of this day, nsking why the information called for on the j 12th instant had not been coinm'inicutcd to the ; Senate. “In reply,” he says, “I have the honor! to state, that the only reason I have to give 1 why it has not been before communicated is, that it was not ready.” Mr. Tallmndge pronounced the answer dis respectful. Mr. Sevier moved a resolution re questing the President of the IJ. S. to dismiss Mr. Kendall, but it was modified to read its follows: Resolved, That the letter of the Post Master General stating, &c. is considered by the Sen ate as disrespectful to this body. This was n greed to 38 to 5. The following resolution was also adopted, 31 to 5. Resolved, That said letter with the resolution j to which it purports to be an answer, be laid be fore the President of the U. S. for such action as he tuny deem proper. The Senate took up Mr. Buchanan's Reso lutions relative to the Maine difficulties, and they were supported by Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, but objected to by Mr. Williams of Maine, as insufficient. In the House the hill from the Com. on For. Affairs was debated till the hour of recess, by Messrs. Kennedy, Logare, Biddle, of Penn.; j Howard and Evans—nil of whom supported the i hill, except Mr. Biddle. He prononneed it to be a war measure—a declaration of war.— j lie said it certainly pledged us ton declaration 1 of war in case the British persisted in clearing j nnd asserting jurisdiction in the disputed terri tory. lie went into an argument to show that onr government had acquiesced for years in this Britislfclnini to jurisdiction, notwithstand ing what might be said now; and that the British Colonial authorities had been in the habit of practically exercising it. We put our selves, he thought, completely in the wrong, by taking the stand proposed in the hill and rejwri. He contended against this proposition to go to war upon an incidental point, leaving the great ipicstion of right, to the territory, upon which we would stand firmly'. lie alluded to the discourteous character of the war into which we were plunging our selves—it might, and probably would, last tea years, and desolate all our cities and destroy our commerce, &c. He alluded to the expe rience of the last war, which ended by a total abandonment of all the principles in support of which we appealed to arms, atul in the aban donment of claims for commercial spoliations J for 25 years. Mr. Howard nnd Mr. Evans defended the bill as a peace measure, and argued that with out it, there must be war. So, between the two, war we most have. Mr. Biddle says, if the bill pass, there wil he war; and others say, if it do not jwss, there will be war. v x t March 2. Both Houses sat, last night, till a late hour engaged upon the war question. The cxer citcinent here is very great while at the north it is said to be abating. Three fourths of both Houses are ready to make war, in case the British authorities should persist in enforcing by arms an exclusive jurisdiction over one foot of the disputed territory. - Furthermore they are to bring the dispute to a close, in which case the British Government should act promptly, and without any more diplomatic trifling, yield her wifounded pretentions to tie territory in dispute. Such is the deter mination of nine-tenths of the people of the United States, north of us, and there is every reason to believe that the people of the South ern and Western Slates are equally ready to appeal to arms, in support of the national honor. Should the war be gone into, it will not stop, until British rule is driven out of the Canadas, nor until her footsteps shall disappear from the vast regions of the North west, even though, >r . * a y s > h might last for ten years, na a war would give England possession of lh pr eby, make her a dangerous i _ i ur tutfia -wMahnn frontier ot theljTTiTin it has heen suggested in the debate, c* ’ “ n? th * t can nPVf ’ r happen. Britain has " r " IV *' R ' ,rpre ' i na< T-. France and Russia ' tv ficteti’ so gross an act of treachery and cupidity. But France alone, with her superior naval power, and her superi or skill :n engineering, would successfully re sist the attempt. March 3. Both Houses of Congrees are in session. They adjourned about 3 o’clock, t this morning, and met again at ten. The fVnr Bill, or rather the hill to author i ize and enable the President to repel invasion ! passed the ffo'ise, last nitrlit, bv nearly an unan imous vote, and was, immediately, and without 1 debate, unanimous h/ passed by the Senate. The bill is a sufficiently strong and efficient lone. The second section was stricken out;. : hut, in lieu of it, provision was inserted, au tl.ori/.ing the President, in case of an actual I invasion or imminent danger thereof, to accept l 1 the services of Jifljj thousand volunteers. It al so appropriates a million of dollars to forti-; 1 fictitious on the Northern frontier, in case the | President deem them necessary. It also au thorizes him to borrow ten millions of dollars; to employ the army and navy of the United Slates, and to send a special minister to En gland. ‘ Mr. Howard, of Maryland, Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, will, it is said, receive the appointment of Special Minister. There were hut six votes in the House, j | against the engrossment of the bill. It will show the British Government that there is a j | determination, on the part of the people of this j country, to maintain the right to the territo-I rv in dispute, and to bring that dispute to a ; \ close; and mav he the means of preventing a . war between the two countries. | The State of Maine, by her own rashness and imprudence, may however, by possibility, j 1 put herself in the wrong. She may, without w aiting for the termination of the negociation,! and without respect to the admonition of the j President, proceed to take possession of the i disputed territory by force of arms, urul thus j become the aggressor. In this case, I have no idea that the United States will consider themselves bound to go to war for the protec tion of Maine. The right of making war is in Congress, and if a State usurp it she must j make the war on her own hook. It is clear i enough that one State cannot drag the whole | Union into war. [From the National Intelligencer.] Just before closing our paper \vc re ceived from our Reporter a copy of the ! following highly important Executive Com munication, which’ we hasten to lay be fore our readers, leaving every one to form his own judgement as to the hope it holds out of a speedy and specific termination , of our diliicultics in Maine- Washington, Fi;b. 27, 1831). To the 1 louse, of Representatives of the ( nit id States: I transmit to Congress copies of vari-' ous other documents received from the | Governor of Maine, relating to the dis pute between that State atul the province j of New Brunswick, which formed thei subject oftny Message ofthe'JGth inst. and j also a copy of a memorandum signed by the Secretary of the United States and; Her B ritanuic Majesty’s Envov Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near the United States, of the terms upon which it is believed all collision can be I avoided on the frontier, consistently with i and respecting the claims on either side! As the British Minister acts without spe ! citic authority from his Government, it will he observed that this memorandum has hut the force of recommendation on the Provincial authorities and on the Gov ernment of the State. I M. VAN BUREN. M E MOHAN HUM. Her Majesty’s authorities consider it to have been understood and agreed upon by the two Governments that the territory in dispute between Great Britain and tlie United States, on the Northeastern fron tier, should remain exclusively under British jurisdiction until the final settle ment of the boundary question. The United States Government have not understood the above agreement in the same sense, but consider, on the con trary, that there has been no agreement whatever for the exercise, by Great Bri tain, of exculsive jurisdiction over the disputed territory or any portion thereof, but a mutual understanding that, pending the negotiation, the jurisdiction then ex ercised by either party, over small por tions of the territory in dispute, should not be enlarged, but be continued merely for the preservation of local tranquillity and the public property, both forbearing as far as practicable to exert any authori ty, and when any should be exercised by either, placing upon the conduct of each other the most favorable construction. A complete understanding upon the question, thus placed at issue, of present jurisdiction, can only b arrived at by friendly discussion between the Govern ments of the United States and Great Bri tain; and, as it is confidently hoped that there will be an early settlement of the question, this subordinate point of differ ence can be of but little moment, j It) the mean time the Governor of the ! Province of New Brunswick and the Gov ernment of the Slate of Maine will act ■as follows: Her Majesty’s officers wilt I not seek to expel by military force the armed party which has been sent by Maine into the district bordering on the Aroostook river; but the Government of Maine will voluntarily, and without need less delay, withdraw beyond the bounds of the disputed territory any armed force j now within them; and, if future necessity should arise for dispersing notorious tres- I passers, or protecting public property from j depredation by armed force, the opera-j J tion shall be conducted by concert, joirit jljLPr separately, according to agreements . between the Governments of Maine and ; New Brunswick. The civil officers in the service, res pectively, of New Brunswick and Maine BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. | who have been taken into custody by the opposite parties, shall he released. Nothing in this memorandum shall he construed to fortify or to weaken in any respect whatever the claim of either party to the ultimate possession of the disputed territory. The Minister Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty having no specific au thority to make any arrangement on the subject, the undersigned can only recom mend, as tLey now earnestly do, to the Governments of New Brunswick and Maine, to regulate their future proceed ings according to the terms hereinbefore set forth, until the final settlement of the ter ritorial dispute, or until the Governments j of the United States and Great Britain, shall come to some definitive conclusion ; on the subordinate point upon which they are now at issue. JOHN FORSYTH, Secretary of State of the United States of North America. II S. FOX,//. 11. M. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen ipotentiary. Washington, February 27,1839. BORDER TROUBLES. New York, Feb. 28. From Maine. —Our intelligence from the “seat of war,” this morning, amounts to hut little. The dates arc from Augusta to the 23th, and from the Aroostook to 22d inclusive. Mr. Jarvis has] divided his force, consisting of about 700 men, in to tlirce bodies, with one of.which he had gone to the Fislt River, to look after tres passers, while a second was to go down the Aroostook to the mouth of the Little Mad awaska, and the third to remain at ‘4No. 10.” The Britisli were exceedingly quiet, in flic vicinity of the disputed terri tory, and no attack from them was ex pected. Col. McLaughlin, the New Brunswick warden, had concluded to give the parole required of him, and was to leave Bangor on Monday. A gentleman from Woodstock had brought information that Sir John Harvey would take no decisive step, until after the arrival of advises from the British minister at Washington. The Boston Daily Advertiser of the 28th ult. says:—By the eastern mail of last eve ning, we learn that the Maine army had moved forward in the disputed territory to the junction of Aroostook, and Little Aroostook Rivers, this being a point where the trespassers had been cutting timber. It was expected that the Maine troops would proceed to the mouth of the Mada waska, and there establish themselves. ■ It was reported that there were about | 300 British regulars opposite the mouth of the Aroostook, on the eastern side of St. John. The number of this detacli- I incut has been heretofore stated at 200, consisting of tlie troops vvliiclt were in j garrison at Frederickton. There will | probably be no fighting at present. New York, March 5. The Eastern mail to-day brings us la ter advices from the disputed territory, ;No man’s land. The most interesting items lire herewith subjoined. The Portland Argus of Saturday, con tains the following advices from the Aroos took: It is stated here on the authority of a gentleman direct from Houlton, who had his information from one of Madam subjects, that the detachment mentioned a few days ago, as having heen sent for ward to Fish River, were met by a gang ,of 50 Trespassers, well armed, and en ! sconced behind a temporary fortification. : They offered no resistance however. Ele ven of them, and all their teams were ta ken. The rest of the interlopers took to the woods and escaped.” j 'l’lte Portland Courier, of Saturday eve ning says: — ; “We learn from a gentleman direct from the frontier, that things were in a very quiet state and that the prevailing opinion was that there would he no col lision between the different powers, al though the Provincial troops were mov j ing towards the disputed territory. It is also stated that provisions are exceeding ly scarce in the Provinces.” i A letter from Houlton, dated Feb. 28th, says that the whole of the Maine force had gone down the river, and were build ing a fort near Fitsherhert’s. It was al so stated that a regiment of 500 men had arrived at the Madawaska settlement from Quebec, hut they were ordered to New Brunswick, before the outbreak. An express passed through Woodstock 1 for Frederickton, with information that a ! company of volunteers, of 25 men, under | Capt. George Btickmore, the surveyor employed by Massachusetts and Maine, had captured 5 men, 8 oxert, and 4 hors es on Fislt river, and brought them into camp. I A gentleman from woodstock reports that the militia are gathering on the fron tier. Only 240 regulars were at Wood stock, with 7 pieces of artillery. Bangor, March 1,1839. Letters have just come in by the Ex press line of Videttes ten hours nnd twen ty minutes from Houlton, a distance ol 120 miles, the Head Quarters of Gen. | Hodsdon—one of them is from Col. John | L. Hodsdon ofthe general’s staff’, and com municates the important intelligence that a regiment of 800 Fusiliers had arrived at Halifax from Cork, and were ordered to he at Frederickton on Wednesday last and to proceed forthwith to the disputed territory. Col. Webster reports the arrival of 500 British troops from Quebec, at Madawas ka village—having been ordered to New Brunswick before the difficulties com menced. This is all the news to night. In the Massachusetts Legislature, on Friday, March Ist, the first resolve, re affirming the right of Maine and Massa chusetts to the disputed territory, passed, unanimously, yeas 29. The second, ap-J proving the resolution of Jail. 24, and ■ the proceedings of Maine in preventing depredations, passed 18 to 11. The third resolve, denying the claim of Great Bri-1 tain to exclusive jurisdiction, passed 28 j to 1. The fourth pledging Massachusetts in all necessary Constitutional measures, to co-operate with Maine, passed 2S to 1. A correspondent of the Boston Courier, j under date of Iloullon, Feb. 27th, says there was then raging a violent snow storm, which it was thought would impede the' progress of the six or eight hundred mili tia of Bangor on their march to Houlton. The Portland Courier of Friday even ing says— “ Gov. Fairfield’s answer to Sir John Harvey’s letter, in which Sir John Harvey claims exclusive jurisdiction over the dis puted territory, created something of a stir at Frederickton; in less than an hour after it was received, a special message was on its way to Washington with des patches to the British minister. Henry Clay.; —The recent noble stand of this distinguished statesman and gener ous patriot, in defence of the South, the Constitution and the Union has brought down on him a torrent of denunciation and vulgar abuse, from the rabid corps of abo litionists. A correspondent has furnished us with the following specimen of their tnad-dog violence, directed in common a gainst the great man of the West nnd the great man of the South. [Charleston Courier. Compliment of G arrison, the arch-abo litionist, to Henry Clay and John C. C\ LllOt’N. The Liberator (Garrison’s paper,) re publishes Mr. Clay’s speech, and follows it up with the Globe’s attack, which phi lippic is approved by the Abolitionists.— This is an item worth treasuring up in the memory. In order that our readers may see the furious spirit of the Abolition organ to wards Mr. Clay, we copy its remarks on the speech. Henry Clay.— The length of the speech jof this desperate politician, profligate statesman, and impudent slave-driver—in addition to other articles which we have lin type, and cannot easily omit—renders I all comment in our present number im practicable. Its sophistry is as contemp j tilde as its morality is licentious and its I spirit base. It is now certain that he can i never he the President of the U. States! [ O the ineffable meanness, the transcendent impiety, the horrid inhumanity of that enemy of God and of his race! As for the exultation of that other man-monster, John C. Calhoun, over this speech, can any thing be more ludicrous or delusive? We can assure that man that his joy will !he turned into grief very shortly! The i speech of Mr. Clay will bring the largest ; amount of grist into the abolition mill i that we have ground for a long time! Military Preparation. The hill which has been reported in the House of Representatives relating to the Boundary Troubles authorises the raising of the following troop: 10 Regiments of Infantry. 2 Regiments of Artillery. 2 Regiments of Riflemen. 1 Regiment of Cavalry. The troops to be raised, if necessary, and discharged if necessary, during the recess of Congress —to enlist for five years, and to serve for that time or dur i tng the war, if war there should be. The troops are to be a provisionary army, to he employed by the President of the United States to repel invasion. The possession ol the disputed territory by British soldiers, according to the claim and determination set up by Sir John Harvey, is to he considered an invasion. Calacita, Till: Slave.— The parties in this case met yesterday morning pursuant to adjournment, at the Recorder's Cham bers. The Recorder delivered a lengthy opinion, the chief point of which, Itoivev i er, was, “that persons held in slavery un der a foreign Government, are under iho laws of Congress, in fact, free on touching the soil of tiie United States,” and the wo man, Calacita, (present in Court) was de clared free accordingly. The woman was then informed that she I could herself select whether to remain here or return to her master. With much ap parent joy she replied, that “Site had, in Porto Rico, a husband, father and mother, and kind master, and her choice was to return to them again.” She then return -1 ed to the charge of the infant Pepita. [N. Y. Express. Coroner’s Inquest. —A Coroner’s In quest was held this morning over the body of a man named Frederick Glysner. a German, who was found dead last night, with a knife sticking in his left breast, in Pine-street, onejof the streets running from West Broad to Fahm-strcet. The* Jury came to the following Y’erihct: That the deceased catno to his death by a stab from a Dark Knife, inflicted by some persons unknown.—[Savannah Republican. Texas. —By the arrival at New Orleans of the steam packet Columbia fromGalvis ton, Houston papers of the 20lh ult. were received. Bexar was quite tranquil, and the trade with the interior was rapidly increasing. The disturbance in Mexico and the French war had given rise to a very lucrative com merce with Mexican settlers on the Rio Grande. The northern frontier of Texas is said to he nearly in a tranquil state —and the Telegraph says the planters in that quar ter have little to apprehend from the in cursions of the savages. The Telegraph states that there are prob ably 500 men in Houston waiting for em ployment, and advises them to turn their hands to agriculture. It says one man in that way realizes 84,000 a year in raising cotton, corn and potatoes. During the last two years cotton has been worth from 50 to 70 dollars per bale, current money— potatoes 2 to 83 per bushel, and corn 83 per bushel.—[Savannah Repub. I TheHEnglish papers give the statement of a distinguished officer, (Sir John Bar row,) showing the comparative strength of the British navy and those of France, Eng land, America, Ac. The English ships of the line are stated 1 to be 90, of French, 49; of Russia 50; U. States, 15. The English frigates number 93; French, GO; Russian, 25; American, 35. The English steamships of war, 12; French, 37; Russian, 8; American, 1; building 9. < j Upper Canada—Wholesale Condem nation.—We learn through the Montre ! al Herald of the 21st instant, that one hun dred and eighty persons have been sen ' tenced to dentil by two courts martial— j 137 at Fort Henry, and 43 at London— j the time and place of execution to he left to the Lieut. Gov. and twenty four of the | condemned recommended to the ‘merci ! ful consideration of the Lieutenant Gov ! ernor.’ Three persons tried before the ! court at Fort Henry, and one at London, i were acquitted of the offence of which the j rest were convicted—that of “having been unlawfully and traitorously in arms n gainst our Lady the Queen” —[Alb. Ar gus. Tiie new Jersey Legislature has repealed the law to encourage the cul ture of silk in that state. In a minority report the following syllogistic argument was used against the law. Bread is the staff’of life; but Silk is the pride of life. It is more proper to furnish the staff" of life, than to promote the pride of life. Ergo, it is more proper to encourage the promotion of Bread than of Silk. This was considered equally as good if not better logic than the celebrated syl logism of Joe Miller, whereby he proved ; that a cat had three tails. Texas vs. Duelling.— The grand jury lof the county of Harrisburg in Texas, ■ his presented the savage custom of duel ling. Speaking of the duellist, this pre sentment says: “We take the high and elevated ground that a duellist is a murderer in every sense ! of the term, and deserves to have stamped upon his brow, a brand black and burning ! is was placed by the Great Jehovah on the ! guilty (Jain. 11 is constant practice for the J purpose ot making himself a proficient in the use of weapons to be handled in deadlv combat, fixes upon him the charge of mal ice aforethought. He has not the excuse | of the culprit arraigned at the bar for man | slaughter, because the law does, as it ever j must, make some allowance for the weak ness of human frailty and the force of hu man passions.” Singular Contest — Battle with an En gle.—Tuesday last was a very disagreea ble day. The wind blew a hurricane, the ! driving snow filled the air and the weatli !er was immensely cold. A young man saw an eagle alight near the barn, in which lie was at work, at the corner of Pin i and South Division streets, apparently fatigued and seeking shelter from the storm, lie threw a little stick at the royal bird and as that did not startle him, con -1 ceived the hold idea of taking him alive. With no other arms than those with which nature had provided him, he advanced towards the eagle, which immediately at tacked him, striking at him with its beak, wings and tallons. The young man de fended himself with his fists, and the bat tle lasted for ten or fifteen minutes, when the eagfe flew off a short distance nnd alighted. Again the youth advanced, and again the eagle attacked him, with the same result as before, and this was re peated a number of times. Ihe contest lasted three hours and a half and the eqgle was finally secured with out injury, and brought to the city. It was a bald eagle of large size, measuring nine feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. The young man was wound ed in several places by the claws of the | eagle, and received many severe blows from its beak and wings. A number of i times during the contest the eagle rose in the air to a considerable height, and then made a rapid descent at his face; and he several times thought the “eagle would “get the better of him.” When he succeeded in capturing him they were nearly a mile and a half from the place where the contest commenced, and ha was nearly exhausted from protracted ex ertion. lie says he would not again will ingly risk a similar battle.—[Buffalo Mer .cury. Discipline.— When Kiebkr was in E gypt, he Unstained, during five hours, with only two thousand men, the united efforts of twenty thousand. He was nearly sur rounded, was wounded, and had only a narrow defile by which to escape. In this extremity he called to him a chief de bat talion, named Chevardin, for whom he had a particular regard. “Take,” said he to him “a company of granadiers, and stop the enemy at the ravine; you will be killed, hut you will save your comrades.” “Yes, general,” replied Chevardin. lie gave his watch and pocket book to his servant, executed the order, and his death, in fact, arrested the enemy and saved the French. The Good of Wanting a Nose.—A man who has lost his nose, says ail old Scotch journal, has peculiar advantages; he cannot follow his nose, but then he cannot be poking it into every thing. He cannot blow his nose, but then he saves pocket handkerchiefs. He cannot be stuff ed up in the nose, hut then he cannot take snuff, which is, however, another advant age. If he goes to sleep, you cannot tickle his nose; and when lie is awake, he cannot run his nose against a post. Let him drink hard, he never will have a red nose, and ever be exposed to the nick name of nosey; and let him be as imperti nent as he will, he may defy you to pull his nose. ‘Sir,’ said a man to another with a false nose, ‘l’ll pull your nose.’— ‘Sir,’ said he, ‘I shall put my nose in my pocket.’ Laziness. —One fiery day, a farmer went forth to his mowing lot, where he had hired half a dozen hands to cut down the grass. He came upon them suddenly, and found them all lying down under an apple tree. “Well!” said the indignant farmer, “I’ll give an extra half dollar to the laziest fellow amongst ye!” All jump ed upon their feet to claim the donation, but one man, who laid still. “Ah!” said the farmer, “that fellow has won the mon ey. Here, my lad, take the money.” To which indolence answered, “Won’t yon please put it in my pocket.”—[Boston Times. The Pastor’s Watch. —At this mo ment a prison in France contains, for the third time, a young .shepherd, whose sev eral convictions have arisen from a most curious propensity. In his eye the huge silver watch of the pastor was the sum mom bonum of human happiness. Night and day were his thoughts fixed on his ideal treasure; and the desire to possess that jewel of his imagination grew to sucli a degree that three several times was the watcli found in the possession of the young thief, who, when questioned, declared that his attachment to tiie watch had grown with his growth, from his earliest years. Ilis first knowledge of the covet ed treasure was in infancy, when the kind pastor, in a pious visit to his parents, held the watch to his ear that the sound might attract; from that time, to all re monstrances on the folly of his wish, the only reply he ever made was, “I will have it.” The good pastor has never been a consenting party to his convictions, and even went so far as to offer him a new watch, much better than his own, which he would not yield, it having be longed to his father. Before the last at tempt, the pastor said, “Wait a while, my son. lam old—l shall soon go; then I will leave you the watch;” hut the words were useless: as usual the reply was, “I will have it!” Female Heroism. —lnstances of hero ism in women have occasionally occurred in modern times somewhat resembling that ol the ancient Amazons. But there were years and countries in which their warlike spirit appeared with particular lustre: such were the displays it made in the fifeenth and sixteenth centuries in Hungary, and in the islands of the Archipelago and Mediterranean, when they were invaded by the Turks. Among the striking in stances of Amazonian conduct in modern ladies, may be mentioned that of Jane of Belleville, widow of M. de Clisson who was beheaded in the year 1348, on a sus picion of carrying on a correspondence with England nnd the Count de Montford. The lady, filled with grief for the death of her husband, and exasperated at the ill treatment which she considered him to have received, sent off her son, secretly, to London, and, when her apprehensions were removed with respect to him, she sold her jewels, fitted out three ships, and put to sea, to revenge the death of her husband upon all thq French whom she should meet. This new corsair made several descents upon Normandy, where she stormed many of the castles; and the inhabitants were spectators, more that* once, while their villages were in a blaze, of one of the finest womeu in Europe, with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, urging the carnage, and eyeing with pleasure all the horrors of war. Petit has given it as his opinion, that there is a great difficulty in governing the women, even at present, though they are unarmed and unpractised in war; it cannot, therefore, he considered a sub ject of regret, that the race of the Ama zons has ceased to exist. Maxims for Boys.—Be vicious and you cannot he happy; be virtuous and you cannot be miserable* All good and great nten in the world have been boys, and why should not all boys become good and great men? The man depends on the boy; the peace of to-morrow on the actions of to-day.