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THE HOME OF MT CHILDHOOD. '
To the home of childhood, In eotrow I cwne,
And (badly expected to find it the mum —
Full oftunthine end Joy—u I thought it to be
In the d«j» when the world wai ell «un»hine to toe; '
I'hoeeeeeneswete unaltered by time, and I stood
Looking down on the village half bid by the wood;
That happyUwde »lwr» t nsedmrpMiaiir *. “’
A Father’s affection, a Mother’s oaress.
To other* those socneware a* bright as before.
But I can rgjoioe in their brightnos* no roo™; .
I stand in tbs home ol my childhood alone, •
For the friends of my childhood are all of them
gone;
T was Joy shared by others—the laugh and thejeet,
That gave to this spot all the charms it poasest;
And bne the remembrance oppress os me most,
Os all I onoa valued—of all I have lost.
How rain was my prayer that the place might
retain
Its delights, if I e’er should behold it again.
Tboca who made it delightful no longer are near;
And loneliness seems so unnatural here.
Thus one who in age at a ball room has been,
Where in youth his gay spirit gave life to the
•Km,
Still sighs for th* fair ones he loved, and to him
The dance must teem chadless, the brilliancy dim.
Oh. when are the dreams, ever happy and new ;
And the eye with felicity always in view ;
And the juvenile tlioughtlcssnsss laughing at fear.
Which reigned in my bosom when last I was hero l
And where are the hops* that I used to enjoy—
The hopes of a light .hearted spirited boy—
When the present and past had as ifttlo of gloom,
As I than thought of finding in moments to come 1
BALTIMOu ml CU.VVENTIOUf.
Aim—“ All the blue bonnets are over the horde:.”
Trudge, trudge, trudge on to Baltimore,
Trudge, ye trained place-hunters, to tho Conven
tion,
Trudge, trudge, Mttty Van Buren’a corps,
All w ho went office, s contract, or pension.
Large as lifts Rivet and £ lair
Irung, will soon be there—
Crowds of intriguers, hold, shameless end needy,
Haste to King Caucus’ den, (
Humbug tho people thon,
Yo who are lurpuderrt, hungry and greedy, (
Trudge, trudge, Ac. \
J
Coma from tho haunts where you’ve boon office \
seeking, .
Come with your voteo, now you’ve all got your %
cue, ,
Together like politic time-servers sticking— i
Tht many wo know, mmt tent ed Ay the few. i
Think ofyour wishes, i
Tho loaves and tho fishes ;
Van shall his promises lavishly squander;
Let’s have a famous row,
Vote for Van any how—
What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Trudge, trudge, Ac.
Prom the Southern Agriculturist
ON EMIGRATION TO THE WEST- 1
ERN COUNTRY. v
Columbia, (S. C.) April 11, 1835. c
To tho Editor of tho Southern Agriculturist. j
Sir, —I was glad to see this subject so t
ably treated, as at page 128 of your nttm- i
ber for last -March, and it is desirable tiiat i
the very able and most respectable an- \
thor ol the piece will continue to discuss j
the same subject, and that it will have, ;
nt least, partially, the desired effect, i
Were that gentleman situated as lam,
on one of the principal roads leading to ,
the West, he would see that the evil ex- |
isu to such magnitude us would give se- <
rioue alarm to his patriotism, and excite (
him to make great exertions to expose (
the disappointments of the emigrants, and
propose means that might pul a stop to ,
so great an evil.
It is most true, that the general mode
of cultivation in this State, is the best
calculated to ruin the cultivator by ex
hausting his land ; bat it is likewise true,
that the exhausting of the soil is not an
unavoidable evil, and that even the ex
hausted fields are susceptible of being
restored to their primitive fertility; al
though it is undoubtedly more easy and
economical to prevent tnc evil than to
remedy it. We have, I believe, the means
and materials within our power, and it I
only requires some little exertion on our
part, and a determined w ill to effect eith
er or both, when we add to this that there
is vet a sufficient ouantity of land, un
cultivated, in this State, to maintain in
affluence a population twice or three times
greater than our present one. Do fathers
of families reflect, when they remove to
the West, that they condemn their pos
terity for two or three generations, to the
ills and hardships to which frontier coun
tries are necessarily exposed, to a state
little short ol barbarism, destitute of that
amenity which has been the delight of
their lives?
It roast be admitted, that in those new
western lands, a planter with a given
farce, can make more cotton, and there
fore, more money, than in South Caroli
na. 1 admit, also, that cotton and mon
ey are two very good and Convenient
things; but I deny most positively, that
they are the only good things attainable
in this world. A little less money and
more happiness, comfort and ease, are to
my taste much preferable to little or none
of the latter, to a most copious abundance
of the former. As we all think our
tastes are the beat, those who think as 1
do, prefer the endearments of a long es
tablished home,’the cordial intercourse
between neighbours who know, esteem
and love one another. The very sight
of the spots where we have spent the
happy days of our childhood, a ramble
through the woods where we made our
first trials with our fowling piece, of the
brook and pond where we used to bathe,
and exulted in our prowess in catching
the first miunow, Sic, fiic. produce more
innocent contentment and pleasure, than
the hoarding a large sum of money until
we tan so dispose of it as to produce more
money; forgetting that the only legiti
mate use of money is to render it subser
vient to our happiness, and that of all
that surround us. whether our children,
servants, or the very brutes of which we
exact labour and food.
It w*s mentioned abtfVe, ttah we had
tbe means and materials for preventing
and remedying the exhaustion of our
land. Our forests otter us a most abun
dant supply of leaves and other vegeta
ble matter, we have cattle in more than
sufficient number, (though we get our
beef from abroadl) Our nea-coast is bor
dered with inexhaustible bods of salt
marsh, and our riven with swamps, from
which we coaid, with a little industry,
enrich a territory three times the extent
of our State, and last, though not least,;
we have calcareous earths. in various
forms, from the oyster-shell in our sea,
,the inexhaustibly bgds of marie, or old
sea shells for sixty-ar sevcStvlmiles from
the coast, to the marbles ants other limes
tones in the upper country. The most
excellent effects of the une of lime in its
different modes as a manure, are not suf
ficiently known. It is believed to be the
most permanent of all manures, and a
field Judiciously ameliorated by it, will
under only tolerable management chow
the good effects for an incredible number
of years, and with a good system, will
not deteriorate; but will go on increas
ing in fertility the more it in cultivated.
There is another advantage in the free
nee of calcareous earths far manures, that
h not sufficiently adverted to: it is, that
j it has a greater tendency than any thing
else to increase the hcalihfulnees’of the
country; and it will also render that
, which is sickly perfectly wholesome. Its
manner of operating these beneficial es -
sects, has, perhaps, never b'-en fully de
veloped, and 1 am not chemist enough to
■ explain if; that it is a fact is sufficiently
established by the old practice of throw
’ lime into these places from which
bad smells are apprehended. —lienee,
• also, the practice of convening with lime
1 the dead bodies buried in churches, and
the use made of it for a like purpose in
shambles, as also, in such places where
much fermentation is going on, where the
deadly carbonic acid gas is readily ren
dered inoflenaive by a sprinkling of lime.
The case of (he city of Mobile might al
so be fifed us having been rendered from
very sickly to very healthy, by its streets
being covered with shells; and I pre
sume, that the healthfulness of St. Au
gustine may be attributed to the same
cause.
This part of the subject induces me to
recommend to the attention of all inhabi
tants of cities, or of the country, as plan
ters or farmers, an essay on calcareous
manures, of which, I am informed, a se
cond edition, much augmented and im
proved, i j now in the press under the care
of its author, Edmund Ruffin, the most
worthy and industrious editor of the Par
mer’s Register, published at Shellbanks,
Virginia. It is hoped that the publica- ,
tion ol this book, it it be sufficiently dis- ,
seminated, will form a new ere in our ag- 1
riculture) for, although the use of lime •
as n manure, is by no means a new filing, .
it is scarcely, if at all, used here, where j
it is most needed.
I am Sir, very respectfully, .
Your obedient servant. (
N. HE REE MONT.
From the Columbia Telescope.
banking in china.
It is not long since a learned friend of 1
ours—distinguished as an economist—in
discussing with us live Modern Banking
system—insisted, that public banking
was a necessary step, in the progress of
civilization itself; which must indeed,
stop in its march, wherever this inven
tion is not adopted. To enforce his opi
nion, he referred to the Chinese; whose
long-suspended advances in (he Arts,
which they had partially perfected, lie
attributed to their failure to invent or
to adopt this indispensable help of Com
merce—Banking.
This explanation may serve to excuse
our presenting to our readers the curious
facts, which are ascertained from the
subjoined passage in the travels of Mar
co l J olo—the earliest European explorer
of China : who visited that country about
the year 1273, and brought home his ac -
count of it, about 1295. The extract
from his Journal, which we make, will
shew, that a complete paper-money sys
tem existed, in China, at that early pe
riod ; and that, it it no longer subsists
there, it is doubtless because the mischief
has there run its course, and cured it
self.
“ Ch after XVIII. of the kind of pa
per-money issued by the Grand Khan,
and made to pass current throughout his
1 dominions.
’ “In the city of Kanbula is the mint of
1 the Grand Khan ; who may truly be said
to possess the secret of the Alchvmists,
as he lias the art of producing money by
: the following process.
” He causes the bark to be stripped
1 from those mulberry trees, the leaves of
' which are used for feeding silk-worms;
• and takes from it that thin inner rind,
> which is between the coarser bark and
• the wood of the tree. This being steep
' ed, and afterwards pounded in a mortar,
■ until reduced to a pulp, is made into pa
-1 per, resembling, (in substance) that winch
j, is manufactured from cotton, but quite
I black. When ready for use, he has it
cut into pieces of money ofdiflerent sizes,
1 nearly square, but somewhat longer than
1 they are wide. Os these, the smallest
• passed for a denier tournoisf the next
size, for a silver groat; others for one,
• two, three, and as far as ten, besants of
• gold. The coinage of this paper money
• is authenticated with as much form and
J ceremony, as if it were actually of pure
• gold or silver; for to each note', a num
-3 her of officers, specially appointed, not
c only subscribe their names, but afiix their
f signets also; and when this has been re
r gularly done by the whole of them, the
I principal officer, deputed by his majesty,
• having dipped into vermillton the royal
? seal, committed to his custody, stamps
1 with it the piece of paper, so that the
t form of (he seal, tinged with the vermil
: lion, remains impressed upon it; by which
’ it receives full authenticity, as current
r money; and the act of counterfeiting it
: is punished as a capital offence. When
• thus coined, in large quantities, this pa
? per currency is circulated in every part
of his majesty’s dominions; nor dares
™ any person, at the peril of his life, refuse
1 to accept it in payment. All his subjects
e receive it without hesitation; because,
wherever their business may call them,
J they can dispose of it gain In the pur
-1 chase of the merchandise they have oc
• cation for; such ns pearls, jewels, gold
e and silver. With it, in short, every arti
cle may be procured.
'* •• Several times, in the course of the
year, large caravans of merchants arrive,;
with such article* as have just been men- j
tioned, together with gold tissues, which I
they lay before his majesty. He thcreup- 1
on call's together twelve experienced and
skillful persons, selected for this purpose,
whom he commands to examine the arti
cles with great care, and to fix the value
at which they should be purchased. I’iwn
the sum at which thev have been thus
conscientiously appraised, he allows a
reasonable profit, and immediately pays
for them in this paper; to which the ow
ners c-in have no objection, because fas
has been observed), jt, answers the pro
pose of their own disbursements ; and
even .though they should be inhabitants
of a country where this kind of money is
not current, they invest the amount in
other articles of merchandize, suited to
their own markets. When any persons
happen to be possessed of paper-money
which, from long use, has become dama
ged, they carry it to the mint, where, up
on the payment of only 3 per cent, they
may receive fresh notes, in exchange.
Should any be desirous of procuring cold
or silver, for the purposes of manufac
ture—such as drinking cups, girdles, or
other articles wrought of these metals—
they, in like manner, apply at the mint,
and, for their paper, obtain the bullion
that they require. All his majesty’s ar
mies are paid with this currency, which
is, to them, of the same value as If it were
gold or silver. Upon these grounds, it
may certainly be affirmed, that the grand
Khan has a more extensive command of
treasure than any other sovereign in the
Universe.”
We fake the above from Mr. Mars
den’e admirable . Jition of Marco Polo ;
a book, we may remark, done, ns to the
commentary, with admirable judgement
and much learning.
It may likewise be observed that this
passage throws some light upon the ob
scure question of the origin and state of
Ranking, in Venice; where the earliest
European Bank certainly arose; but at a
period somewhat uncertain—the dates of
1257 and 1276 being variously assigned
its but both somewhat conjecturally.
The narrative of Polo, written after his
return (in 1295) implies, not a little, by
its whole character, and especially by its
failure to refer to any like institution in
his own country, that every thing like a
paper-currency was then unknown, in
Venice.
From the Columbia Telescope.
FLOGGING.—There was sent to us
by the mail yesterday, from the unac
know lodged hand of some secret wretch,
folded inside of a northern newspaper, a
coarse larg» print rcoresenting a cotton
planter lashing his naked kneeling slave.
It is by such vile arts of exaggeration
and cant that the institutions of the south
are to be rendered odious and horrible—
it is by such despicable stage-trickery as
this, that the sensibilities ofour neighbors
are attempted to be worked up to the due
degree of tragic frenzy.
We would thank those, whose imagi
nations arc so much affected by the al
leged horrors of the lash, to tell us how
the affairs of mankind are to be carried
on without it, or something equivalent.
Fram the urchin at school, to ihe conquer
er upon the field or the wave, its neces
sity is acknowledged, and its use univer
sal. Os the Abolition scholars who quote
Cowper and Sterne so sentimentally,how
many would ever have learnt their A B
Cs, without the stimulus of the birch r
In this country and in England, in Bos
ton, or in London, they groan over the
unhappy fate of the poor negro who is
whipped with a moderate-siV« hickory
switw, by his master in South Carolina,
a country distant from theirs—and all
the while these same philanthropists every
day unconcernedly see sailors and sol
diers—the heroes of Lake Erie, and Tra
falgar, and Waterloo—men who fought
for the freedom and glory of America,
who conquered with Perry and Nelson,
and tamed the pride of Napoleon —tuck-
ed up and scourged within an inch of
their lives, with the wiry thongs of the
Cat-o’-uine-tails!
Except the moral degradation—a feel
ing to which the mass of mankind are in
sensible—and in what respect can the
operative who drives the looms and spin
ning jennies of the manufactories, be re
garded as a more fortunate, or even freer,
being than the South Carolina slave ?
Let the English laborer actually taste
the advantages bf the slave’s condition;
and he would certainly with gladness ex
change for them his melancholy liberty—
his wretched ignorance ; his labor, push
ed to the utmost verge of human indur
ance; a life condemned to sexual soli
tude. or the frightful alternative of see
ing the race springup around him,whom
he has called into bring, only that they
may be wretched, and that their wretch
edness may make his own deeper and
more despairing;
As, cursing theo. thou cursing them,
Thy flowers are withered on the stem.
Indeed, the father of an English fami
ly of operatives is the very image of the
most utterly and hellishly wretched being
that even the strongest poetic imagina
tion has ever dared to paint. He is the
very demon of eastern fiction, who pays,
for his earthly crimes, the horrid punish
ment of feasting on the blood of his own
children.
on earth, as vampire sent,
Thy corse shall from its torah be rent;
Then, ghastly, haunt thy native place,
And suck the blood of ail thy race—
There, from thy daughter, sister, wife,
At midnight, drain the stream of life.
Thy victims, o’er they yet expire,
Shall know the demon for their site,
As, cursing tlioe, thou cursing thorn,
Thy flowers arc withered on the stem 1
But one, that lor thy crime must fall—
The youngest, most beloved of all—
' Shall bless thee, with a father’s name 1
That word shall wrap thy heart in flame.
Vet must thou end thy tusk, and mark
i Her cheek’s last tinge—her eye’s last spark!
t And the last glassy glance must view,
[ That frceios o'er its lifeless blue.
i Fantastically dreadful as the picture
. seems, it is but the too real resemblance
t of the parental joys ol* the English work
, ing-man, and his pretended freedom,
s And now compare this with the cheer
i ful—nay, the merry negro, such as he is
, generally seen, on the plantations; or
caroling, in the streets ; or chattering, in
, the market-place—tbe most good humor
ed, good tempered, gay, careless, and
grotesque of human beings. Or see his
. wife, qqietly nursing, or at her wheel;
while around her, with sleeping faces up
. turned to the fiercest sun, sprawl her
greasy progeny; or troop, in noisy squad
ron, to welcome young masaa, often the
companion of their play; or, growing
trustier if not. graver, are promoted to
the dignity of diiving up the geese, or
even the cows: till at last, through all
the gradations ot ‘ bird minder,’ 4 sheep
minder,’ and 4 horße-waterer,’ they slowly
rise to the maturity of twelve or thirteen:
when, as 4 half-hands,’ thev are inducted
into the use of the cotton fioe.
Which is worse!—starvation—orplen
ty, with an occasional whipping, it you
misbehave? to grow old, in the healthy
and manly labor of the field—or to be the
wretched, blasted, withered, deformed,
diseased child of a manufactory, starved,
imprisoned, never growing to maturity,
and dving, worn out, at 25 or 30 ? This
latterls called freedom. The former is
stigmatized as slavery.
RCOEN9 & THE SPAVISTf MONK.
One day, during his residence in Spain,
Rubens made au excursion in the envi
rons of Madrid, accompanied by several
of his pupils. He entered a convent,
where he observed with no small degree
of surprize, in the choir ot the chapel, a
picture which bare evidence of having
been executed by an artist of sublime
genius. The picture represented the
death ot a monk. Rubens called his
pupils, showed them the picture, and
they all shared the admiration which the
chef d'oeuvre elicited from their master.
’ Who painted this picture ?’ inquired
Van l)yk, the favorite pupil of Rubens.
4 The name of the artist has been in
scribed at the bottom of the picture,’
observed Van Tulden, 4 but it has been
carefully effaced,
Rubens sent , for the old Prior of the
convent, and requested that he would
tell him the name of the artist.
4 The painter is no longer of this world,’
answered the Monk.
4 What!’ exclaimed Rubens, 4 dead !
—and unknown! His name deserves
to be immortal. It would have oblitera
ted the remembrance of mine. And yet,’
he added with pardonable vanity, ' 1 am
Peter Paul Rubens.’
At these words the pale countenance
of the Prior became flushed and animat
ed. His eyes sparkled, and he fixed on
Rubens a look which betrayed a stron
ger feeling than curiosity. But this ex
citement was only momentary. The
Monk cast down his eyes, crossed on his
bosom the arms which he had raised to
Heaven by an impulse of enthusiasm,
and repeated:
4 The artist is no longer of this world.’
4 Tell me his name. Father,’ exclaim
ed Rubens, 4 tell me his name, I conjure
you, that I may repeat it throughout the
world, and give to him the glory which
is due!’ And Rubens, Van Dyck, Jor
daens, Van Nuel, and Van Tulden, sur
rounded the Prior, and earnestly entreat
ed that he would tell them the name of
the painter.
The Monk trembled, and his lips con
vulsively quivered, as if ready to reveal
the secret. Then, making a solemn mo
tion with his hand, he said :
4 Hear me! You misunderstand what
I said. I told you that the painter of
that picture was no longer of this world:
but I did not mean that he was dead.’
4 Does he then live ! Oh ! tell us where
we may find him !’
4 He has renounced the world, and re
tired to a cloister. He is a Monk.’
4 A Monk, Father ! a Monk!—Oh
tell me, then, in what convent he is; for
he must quit it. When Heaven marked
a man with the stamp of genius, that
man should not bury himself in solitude.
Gad has given him a sublime mission,
and he must fulfil it. Tell me the clois
ter in winch he is hidden. I will draw
him from his retirement, and show him
the glory that awaits him. Should he
refuse, I will procure an order from our
Holy Father the Pope to make him re
turn to the world, and exercise his talent.
The Pope, Father, is a kind friend to me,
and he will listen to me.’
4 I will neither (ell you ids name, nor
that of the convent to which he has retir-*
ed,’ replied the Monkina resolute tone.
4 But (he Pope will compel you to do
so,’ exclaimed Rubens impatiently.
4 Hear me,’ said the Monk, 4 hear me,
in the name of Heaven. Can you ima
gine that this man, before he quitted the
world—before he renounced fortune and
fame—did not struggle painfully against
that resolution ? Can you believe that
nothing short of the most cruel deception
and bitter sorrow, could have brought
him to the conviction that all here below
is mere vanity? Leave him then to die
in the asylum to which he has fled from
the world and despair. Besides, all your
efforts would be fruitless. He would
triumphantly resist every temptation,
[Here lie made the sign of the Cross]
God would not refuse him his aid! God,
who in his mercy has called him to him
self, will not dismiss him from his pre
sence.’
4 Hut, father, he has renounced immor
tality !’
4 Immortality is nothing in comparison
with eternity!’
The Monk drew his cowl over his fore
head and changed the conversation, so as
to prevent Rubens from further urnm*
his plea. 8 8
The celebrated Flemish artist left the
convent accompanied by his brilliant train
of pupils, - and they all returned to Ma
drid, lost in conjectures respecting the
painter whose name had been so obsti
nately withhold from them.®
The Prior returned to his lonely cell,
knelt down the straw mat which served
as his bed, and offered up a fervent pray
er to Heaven.
He then collected together his pencils,
his colors, and a small easel, and threw
them into a river which flowed beneath
the window cf his cell. He gazed for
some moments in profound melancholy
on the stream, which soon drifted these
objects from Ms sight. When they had
disappeared ke once more knelt down to
pray on his straw mat, and before his
wooden crucifix.
From tht N. V. Evening Star,
The Cucul a, or Great Fire Fly of the
West Indies, of which much has been
written from time to time in the newspa
pers. is about the size of the common
American Snapping Bug, and is seen in
great numbers on the plantations of the
island of CubL At night, when there is
no moon, these little illuminated man
sions, as they seem floating through the
I air, among bushes of primrose and jessa-
mine, and lime hedges and orange groves,
rival almost the stars in beauty, and give
the effect of fairy enchantment to the
rich scenery and perfumed sky of a tro
pical climate.
The ladies put them for fancy in fine
crape muslin, and thus, at balls around
the trimmings of their gowns and in their
hair, they form a novel and most striking
ornament, more dazzling than diamonds
or sapphires.
But these animated gems are perver
ted also to ignoble uses. They emit
such a flood of light compared with our
little fire flies, that the negroes when
they prowl about upon their plundering
excursions, or for murder or burglary,
find them a more convenient and a much
more manageable auxiliary than the dark
lanthorn of the brigand. It is a common
prartice for all persons who wish a
lamp of a mild and subdued lustre, that
needs no trimming, and imparts no odour
like those constructed of human hands,
to press into their service before retiring
to rest, a body guard of these beautiful
torch-bearers, as they maybe called, who
being placed under a glass vase on the
toilet, perform a most essential duty in
the room of the invalid, or to those even
who would wish to mark the hours dur
ing the course of the night.
From the Grand Gulf Advertiser.
HOW THINGS, ARE MANAGED.
While on a short jaunt through the in
terior of the state the other day, we had
occasion to call at several of the post of
fices ; and had a pretty fair opportunity
of observing how things were managed
with regard to the situation of the offices,
and the arrival and departure of the
mails. What little we did discover,
went to convince us that more blame just
ly attaches to the post-masters generally,
than any one else—and that in nine ca
ses out of ten, (hey have it in their pow
er to prevent the frequent failures which
have taken place during the past fall and
winter, if tney felt the least inclined to
conform to that which is made their sol
emn duty. At the flourishing town of
Madisonville, in Madison county, where
we remained a day or two, we found, ten
large mail bags filled with letters, pa
pers, &c. which we learned from the
good natured post-master, had been ly
ing in his office, or the greater part of
them, for six and eight weeks—and there
publicly exposed in a bar room, in the
way of all classes of persons who had
occasion to visit such a place, whether
drunk or sober, honest or dishonest, and
with no barrier to their contents, save a
string loosely put round them. We also
learned from some of the stage drivers
that an equal number of mail bags still
remained in (he same unsafe and unguar
ded condition, somewhere in the Indian
nation, and had been for two months
past—and the only excuse rendered for
this wanton and shameful neglect of du
ty, was that they could not carry the mail
and passengers too, at the same time!
An excellent apology indeed for a gross
violation of the laws of the department
—Yet these things have happened, and
what is worse, continue to be practised,
to the great and manifest injury of the
public. Such gross disregard of duty
should not be suffered to go unnoticed ;
and it is the sworn and bounden duty of
every post-master to report to the de
partmenfthe failure of every mail, un
less a satisfactory excuse is rendered
under oath, by the contractor.
Superiority of Cotton over TAnen as Clothing.
—The properties of cotton strongly recommend
it for clothing, especially in comparison with
linen both in hot and cold countries. Linen has,
indeed in some respects, the advantage ; it forms
a smooth, firm, and beautiful cloth, and is very
agreeable to wear in temperate climates; but it is
less comfortable than cotton, and less conducive
to health, cither, in hot or in cold. Colton being
a bad conductor of heat, as compared with linen,
preserves the body at a more equable temperature.
The functions of the skin, through the medium
ot perspiration, are the great means of maintain
ing the body at an equable temperature amidst
the vicissitudes of the atmosphere. But linen,
like all good conductors of heat, freely condenses
the vapor of perspiration, and accumulates mois
ture upon the skin; the wetted linen becomes
cold, chills the body, and checks perspiration—
thus not only producing discomfort, but endan
gering health. Calico, on the other hand, like
all bad conductors of heat, condenses little of the
perspiration, but allows it to pass off in the form
of vapour. Moreover when the perspiration is
so copious as to accumulate moisture, calico will
absorb a greater quantity of that moisture than
linen. It has, therefore, a double advantage—it
accumulates less moisture, and absorbs more.
Prom the above considerations it is evident, that
in cold climates, or in the nocturnal cold of tropi
cal climates, cotton clothing is much better calcu
lated to preserve the warmth of the body than
linen. In hot climates, also, it is more condu
cive to health and comfort, Jiy admitting of freet
perspiration.— Pouts on’s Daily Advertiser.
There is a good deal of humor in the follow
ing—and some truth. The “ rewarding” of edi
tors became too common ; though we contend
that they should have their share, equally with
the lawyers and others.—John Holmes, formerly
United States smator from Maine, tells a good
story in one of his late speeches;—lt is said, that
tke day after Gen. Jackson’s inauguration, twen
ty-four editors of newspapers marched in proces
sion to the President’s to get their pay. Poor
old man, he was to he pitied. Among them was
Noah, of the Advocate, and Hill, of the Patriot;
Noah was a man of case, and to appearance well
fed; Hill was lean, lank, and lanthorn-jawed—a
very Cassius. —Noah, a shrewd, cunning fellow,
stopped the procession, and proposed a different
order. “ Here,” said he, “ Hill, you are the ug
liest of the clan, of a hungry aspect enough. I
am fat and plump , you shall lead us on, and as
soon as the old President secs this picture of star
vation, ho will surrender at once.” Well, it
worked to a charm. They entered the palace in
this order ; the president was sent for. and en
tered the room. He started back—“ Good God 1
gentlemen, take all yon want.” The old hero,
though his nerve never forsook him in battle,
could not stand this, hut surrendered at once;
and twenty-three of the twenty-four obtained of
fice, and the twenty .fourth, for being left out, let
out the whole story !— Niles’ Jiegister.
The New-York Star states, that there is a
movement on foot among the wealthy manufac
turers in the New-England states, to unite their
interests with those of New-York, in favor of
Mr, Van Buren, as a northern man —foreseeing
that the election of Mr. Webster cannot be ex
pected. We arc not able at this moment to state
haw far this plan or arrangement has been ma
tured, but arc led to believe that an active cor
respondence has been carried on in furtherance
of this object, between New-York and Boston.
In a few days, we hope to have corroborating
evidence.
An upholsterer at Wakefield, England, Cutting
up a log of Honduras mahogany, 23 inches square,
found imbedded in the centre of it a bird's nest
in perfect preservation. But it soon crumbled to
dust.
The' private fortune es Louts Phillippe, King
of the French, is said to amount to twenty-five
millions of dollars.
From the JV. T. Commercial Advertiser.
LATE AND IMPORTANT PROM
FRANCE-
New- York, May 4.
The Silvie de Grasse, arrived this forenoon
from Havre, whence she sailed on the 2d of April.
It will be seen that although the Indemnity Bill
has been introduced into the Chamber of Depu
ties, yet the prospect of its speedy and unobstruc
ted passage is a shade darker than per last advices.
Mr. Livingston’s despatches have returned upon
him, and have revived unpleasant feelings. Their
effect has been just what any man of two grains
of common sense must have anticipated. Delays
are now spoken of, and hints at requiring explana
tions, which show that matters are not proceed
ing smoothly.
In the Silvie de Grasse came passenger, Mr.
Searle, bearer of dispatches from Paris to Wash
ington.
Correspondence of the Com. Advertiser.
Paris, March 30th.
The proneness to believe what we wish to be
true, npy have influenced the opinion I have ex
pressed to you, that the breach between the A
merican and French Governments, would not ex
tend to an open rupture between the two coun
tries. Yet,! cannot yield that opinion, when I
consider the powerful motives for preserving
peace—though it is occasionally shaken by the
aspect given to the subject. —I will not say by bad
temper in its discussion, but in the ill-advised
publication of what Mr. Livingston had said in
certain loiters, which our Executive deemed it
“ consistent with the public interest” to transmit
to Congress on the 16th of February.
In the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday last,
the report of the Committee on the bill relative to
the American claim of twentv-five millions of
francs, came up as the order of the day.
M. Dumon read the report, (although not at
■ length,) which was very voluminous and particu
lar ; and introduced a bill providing for the pay
ment of the money. He made some remarks in
favor of its adoption, and upon the importance of
maintaining a friendly intercourse with the Uni
ted States—spoke of the offensive propositions in
the President's Message, which the Committee
regarded as having been disavowed by Congress,
and had felt that France would refuse to threat »,
what she was disposed to yield to justice. He
added, that it was the intention of the committee
to propose that the execution of the bill should be
suspended until the offended dignity of France
had been satisfied.
He was followed by M. Berrycr, who said it
was necessary to demand explanations on certain
points, before discussing the bill: Why, be asked,
this eagerness to satisfy the United States, while
smarting under the President’s insult ? Ho spoke
severely of Mr. Livingston’s “ imbibing the idea
that money could be extorted from France through
the influence of foar”—of •* his entire correspon
dence having been laid upon the tables of Con
gress, and of the threat that had been solicited
from Paris as the only mode of obtaining the
sanction of the Chamber.” He said it was ne
cessary to prove to Mr. Livingston, that France
would never yield to threats, by an adjournment
of ths present discussion, and concluded by mak
ing a formal demand to that effect.
The Duke de Broglie, Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, replied to M. Berryer. He said the mes
sage of Gen. Jackson was a mere expression of an
Executive officer, which he did not regard in the
light of a public act. The act of the President
had not since become the act of the American Go
vernment : On the contrary, it had been disap
proved of; and this was a sufficient reparation for
the act of the President. He said that Mr. Liv
ingston denied havjng dictated the offensive lan
guage of the President, for the purpose of intimi
dating France, which M. Berryer had said was
proved by his correspondence.—The Duke con
tended that the sum of twenty-five millions was
satisfactorily shown to be due to the United
States, and it was the duty of the Chamber to ena
ble Government to fulfil its engagements—adding,
that no steps towards payment would be taken,
should the interest or dignity of France be com
promised by the American Government. After
some further remarks by some other members, it
was agreed to postpone the discussion for eight
days.—
Since writing the above, I have read in the
Paris papers of to-day copies of letters received
by Mr. Forsyth from Mr. Livingston, since those
sent to Congress by the President on the 6th
February. These letters, I fear, will not elevate
the character of our minister, in the eyes of other
diplomatists—and Mr. Livingston would have
done himself more credit, had Jie understood the
letter of Count de Rigny to contain a dismissal
from the French Court, and not undertaken to
see, in such a state of things, that he could remain
here with honor to himself or usefulness to his
country.
Mr. Livingston’s letters are wanting in spirit
and dignity, and betray an embarrassment, such
as no man in a good cause can feel, unless he has
committed some mistake, and has not acted well
his part. The attempt to escape from the conse
quences of indiscreet conduct, by laying the
blame at others’ doors, and especially to hold the
opposition newspapers in the United States res
sponsible for a share of the provocations to war,
is unworthy of Mr. Livingston, and of his station.
What American can read with complacency his
letter to Mr. Forsyth of January 15, in which the
name of Rothschild is introduced 1 What had
this man to do in the matter I And yet Mr. Liv
ingston seems more than desirous that his offici
ousness should elicit from Count de Rigny some
thing like a disavowal of intending to dismiss him,
when politely notifying him of the recall of Mr.
Serrurier, and suggesting that as he (Mr. L.)
might take those measures which may seem to
him to be the natural consequence of that recall,
the passports which he might desire were {“there
fore”) at his disposition.
Tcesdat Morning, March 31.
Mr. Livingston is preparing to leave Paris. He
has no recent advices from our government, the
packet of the Ist inst, by which lie exp eta them,
not having arrived at Havre. The accounts via
England, however, show the state of things at
Washington, and Mr. L. has determined to pro
ceed to Holland, to wait their issue, and for fur
ther instructions.
Chambeh of Deputies, Saturday, March 28.
(Translated for the Com. Advertiser.)
The report of the Commission appointed to ex
amine the Indemnity question was brought into
the Chamber, and read in part by M. Dumon, on
the 2Sth of March. It was enormously long. M.
Dumon began to read, commencing with a history
of the long negociations that preceded the treaty
—their interruption by the revolution of July—
the oiler of 25 millions by Gen. Sebastiani—its
acceptance by the minister of the U. States, and
the too long delayed application of the French
Government to the Chambers for an appropria
priation, on the 6th of April, 1833. The report
next took up the question as to the right of the
Chamber to refuse its assent, but was interrupted
by cries of “ Finish—it is too long.”
M. Dumon then proceeded to an enumeration
of vessels not included by the Commissioners in
their estimates [cries of “ Enough, Enough.”]
He continued, amid striking marks of impatience,
turning over many leaves at once, to that part of
the report which comments on the evils of a war
with the United Slates. [Cries of Enough—too
much—come to the end.] He turned over ano
ther handful of leaves and read as follows:
“ Gentlemen, the members of the Commission,
who were divided on certain points of the liquida
tion, are unanimous in declaring that Franco
owes the 25 millions. [Laughter from the left.]
Gen’tlcn#n, the commission could not be uncon
scious of the emotion caused by the message of
President Jackson, but wc have preferred listen
ing to the voice of justice, rather than to that of
passion. The execution of the law will be sus
pended until our justly offended dignity shall have
been satisfied [sensation.] M. Dumon then read
the at tides of the proposed law.
1. The Minister of Finance is authorised to
take the necessary measures for the execution of
the first and second articles of the treaty signed
on the 4th of July, 1831, between the King as the
French and the United States, by which a sum
of 25 millions was agreed to be paid by France.
[The second and third articles relate to ths
distribution of ths sum of 1,500,000 francs, to be
paid by the United States in satisfaction of the
claims of French citizens.]
4. The said sum of twenty-five millions shall
not be paid until it shall be ascertained that
the government of Ihe United States have not
taken any measures hostile to the dignity or in-1
tercet of France.— M. Berryer —lt remains no w
to appoint the day for the discussion of this law.
But first I wish to ask for some explanations.
We are told that the execution of the law, even
if voted, will be suspended until the honor of our
country is satisfied—but who is to judge of this I
I suppose, the Ministers. I would ask them,
then, if they hare received any honorable explan
ation since that famous message, couched in such
terms that Ministers felt themselves obliged to re
call our Ambassador at Washington. This was
a serious measure, and cannot pass without re
sults.—lt is impossible to discuss the law until
the point to which I have adverted, is disposed of.
I do not understand this doubled-faced pulley
—this anxiety to satisfy the United Shales, just
smarting as we are under the insult of the Presi
dent. In the note of the Moniteur it is written “In
virtue of engagementt contracted by France.”
Wc have contracted no engagements; there can
be no engagement by a constitutional government,
in a question of money, until the Chambers have
given their sanction. All treaties involving thu
payment of money, gre subject to their decision.
[Noise.] But this is not all. I would consent
to the discussion of the law, if we had not recent
intelligence—
[-W. Fulchiron. “ Order, order. The order of
the day—you are going into the discussion.”] It
is of the order of the day that I am speaking
[Yes, ye«—go on.] Now that the question be
comes more grave than ever, should we pass it
by 1 [Yes, yes—to the vote.] I think not.
[Yes, yea—question, question.] Let me speak—
it U my right. [From the right, “Certainly”]
Gentlemen, this question is not of a debt, but of a
transaction.
[Go on—order—the order of the day.]
It seems to me, gentlemen of the majority, that
you have a great deal of time to spare. [From
the left—“ Let him speak—let him go on.”)
Gentlemen, in presenting this law to us, they tell
us that its object is to knit more cloaely the bonds
between France and the United States; is this a
proper moment for such a purpose, when the re
lations between the two countries have receiv
ed such a shock?—[From the centre—The
order of the day—the order of the day.] It is
the duty of Ministers to perceive that the time
for the Chamber to coma to a decision, has not
arrived. [From the centre—“Yes, yes.”] A
just susceptibility should induce them to post
pone the discussion. [M. de Broglie—” No
no.”] In fact we have seen the published cor
respondence of Mr. Livingston, in every line of
which wo see the suggestion, the inspiration of
that offensive message by which we have all
been outraged. [Oh, ho! Yea, yes. “It is
true,” from M. Odillon Barrel.]
I cannot believe that Mr. Livingston has
drawn from any source in Prance but his own
mind, the idea of extorting this money from us
b/ intimidation. We must show him by ad
journment that Frenchmen do notact under the
impulse of fear. [From the left—“ Good—very
good.”] I ought to add that the whole corres
pondence has been laid before the American
Congress, and that the President has recognized
the necessity of recalling Mr. Livinston.—Can
you not understand that ? He goes even far
ther; he says that it docs not comport with the
honor of the United States to prolong the nego
tiations.
Gentlemen, they understand in the United
States better than we do the effect that message
ought to produce; Mr. Clayton maintained that
our honor would be wounded by it; strange that
the honor of the French should be better under
stood in America than in France itself. I demand
an adjournment until we have the decision of
Congress upon the last message of the President.
M. de Broglie replied, by saying that the mes
sage of the President was not an act of the U. S.
Government, and therefore could not bo made tho
subject of a demand for explanation. That the
recall of the Ambassador was the utmost tho
French government could do, and this they had
done. That the French government believed the
treaty ot 1831 to be just, and therefore that it
ought to be fulfilled ; and that great injury would
result to the commerce of Prance from longer
delay in the settlement of this question.
M. Odillon Barrel moved that the discussion
be deferred 15 days; his motion was rejected,
and finally, on motion of M. Dupont d L’Eure,
it was appointed for the eighth day after the dis
tribution of the report and documents. The
ministers voting in the negative.
From the New York Evening Star.
England.— Mr. Hume, on the 27th March,
withdrew his motion on the War Budget. The
English Journals think it more probable the mi
nistry will be changed, than parliament dissolved.
The anti-tory members of Parliament, led on by
Lord Jno. Russell, form a phalanx, and seem
to have adopted the caucus system—frequently
holdingprivate meetings. The tory assemblages
of the kind are very thin. The Courier of
March 28th, says: “We flatter ourselves wo
may felicitate tho public with certitude that the
government ofthis country is on the pointof being
disembarrassed of the confusion and disorder for
which the Duke, of Wellington and Sir Robert
Peel are personally responsible.” Tho King, it
is rumored and believed, had consulted certain
friends on the subject. Lord Fitzroy Somerset
has refused to accept his mission for Spain.
The unexpected return of the British squadron
from Malta, had produced a great sensation
all business was arrested, insurance rose, and
ships on their departure had been stopped,"
State of England. —The Journal du Com
merce of the 31st March, commenting on the si
tuation of the British ministry, says, the motion
of Lord John Russell, to apply the excess of the
revenues of the Irish Church (Protestant) to the
education of the Irish people, is the touch-stone.
Peel must oppose it. If then, finding himself,
as he in all probability will, in a minority, he
still pertinaceously persists in retaining his place,
the comparison which has been made of his ad
hesiveness to that of Polignac, will not be with
out foundation. But the Journal thinks he will
not go so far. He adds, in conclusion, that the
ministerial crisis it much nearer in England
than France, as the latter is better acquainted with
representative government—that their’s is a gov
eminent of mauvenent forward, but that of
Franco one of retrogade.
Sir H. Douglas is appointed to the lonian
Isles. The lories are busily electioneering in the
interior towns of England, under the idle dream
and delusion that Sir Robert Peel will dare to dis
solve Parliament. If he does, we think it will
bring about a revolution to a certainty, and a
London “ Trois Jours.” The time which the
bets fix for Peel to resign was April Fool’s Day.
The Duke of Cumberland has been made Ge
neral ofCavalry by the King of Prussia.
Many, says the Imndoa Courier of March 27th,
have ratted from tire ministerial benches, seeing
the Pecl-Wellington cauinet fast approaching to
its dissolution.
On the 261 h, in the sitting of parliament, Sir
Robert Peel three tunes pressed divisions, and
three times lost, by large majorities. The situa
tion of himself and colleagues was truly piteous.
Mr. Tooke’s motion for an address to his majesty,
to grant a charter to the London University, was
carried against ministers by the large majority
of 110!
South Carolina will take no part in such a Pre
sidential contest as the present. The great prin
ciples to which she is devoted—the honor that
she worships—forbid her doing so. When she
has to vote, she will give such a one as will be
come her.— Columbia Telescope.
,■Public Speaking.—" I never,” says Pope,
“ could speak in public. And I don’t believe, if
it was a set thing, I could give an account of any
story to twelve friends together, though I could
tell it to any three of them with great pleasure.
W hen I appeared for the Bishop of Rochester on
his trial, though I had but ten words to say, and
that on a plain point, (how that Bishop spent
his time when I was with him at Bromley,) I
made two or three blunders in it, notwithstanding
the first row of lords, which was all I could see,
were mostly of my acquaintance.”
Theatrical Jeu tteeprit.— The other night at
the Park, the audience pertinaciously and unrea
sonably encored the furious dance of Col. Wild
fire, which winds up by kicking over the tray of
tea things. At length, Hackett came forward
and apoligized thus—“ Ladies and gentlemen, I
should be most happy to repeat the dance but am
out of breath, and what is worse, the manager it
out of cups and saucers.” The audience shout
ed, and Hackett retired with bursts of applause.—
•A'cwi York Star .