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POETRY,
WOMAN’S HEART.
fxv, whnt is immun's heart ? A tiling
\\ !,pre nil the deepest feelings spring,
A harp whose tender chords reply
Into she touch in harmony,
A world whoso fairv scenes aie fraught
\Vith all the colored dreams of thought,
A hark that still will blindly move
Upon the treacherous seas of love.
What is its love ? A ceaseless stream,
A changeless star and endless dream,
V smiling flower that will not me,
“ Aenuty and a rnystnry
Its -tunns n light as April ahowcis,
Its joys as bright as April flowers,
Its hopes ns sweet n summer ait',
And dark us winter its despair.
What are its hopes? Rainbows I hat throw
V rtdicrit light where’er they go,
Smiling when heaven is overcast,
Yet melting into storms at Inst;
Bright cheats that come w ith siren words,
Beguiling it, like summer birds,
‘I bat stay w bile nature round them blooms,
But flue away when winter comes.
What is its hate ? A passing frown,
V single weed mid blossoms sown,
That cannot flourish there for long,
A harsh note in an angel s song,
A summer cloud, and ad the w hile
Is lightened by a sun-beam’s smile ;
A passion that scarce hath a pait
Amidst the genu of woman's heart.
And what is its despair ? A deep’
Fever, that leaves no tears to weep;
A wo that works with silent power,
As canker worms destroy a flower ;
\ vi| r, that shews not its wakes,
1 util the heart it preys on breaks ;
A mist that robs a star of light,
And wraps it up in darkest night.
Then what Is woman’s heart? A tiling
W here all the deepest feelings spring,
A harp whose tender chords reply
Unto the touch in harmony,
A world whose fairy scenes ure fraught
AVilh all the colored dreams of thought,
V bark that still will blindly move
Upon the treacherous seas ot love.
~BIISCC&LAKfy. “
The hat of ci Royal line. —The C ardi
nal of York died at Rome on the 13th
of July. His mortal retrains were depo
sited in the choir of the chapel of St.
Peter, where those of his father, James
111, already rested. The body of Prince
Charles Edward, brother of the Cardi
nal of York, which had been buried at
Frascati, was, in accordance with the
last will of the prelate, removed to the
Chapel of St. Peter. The tomb thus clo
sed upon the last of the male line of the
illustrious and unfortunate family of the
Stuarts ; ainl death thus swept aw ay all
the high and unsuccessful pretensions to
the crown of England. Prince Charles
Edward, known by the nam° of the Pre
tender, grow n old and retired to R ome.
was afflicted with the gout, and during
its attacks he never ceased to exclaim,
Poor kmg! poor king! lie was little
visited by the English, and to a French
gentleman expressing his astonishment:
‘ 1 know the reason,’ said lie, “ they im
agine that I am still mindful of what has
passed. I should see them however,
with pleasure notwithstanding: 1 love
my subjects though I never see them.”
Preksf.xt Mexican Tndi vxs.
[By a Mexican If liter.]
I con. l am unable to discover any
difference between Ihe condition of ne
gro slaves and that of the generality of
toe Indians on ou. haciendas and farms.
If tiie slavery of the former originated
ia the barbarous right of power, that of
the latter had its origin in fraud and
villiany and the innocence of n>ads al
most Incapable of reason or volition.—
The mode of continuing the injury is ex
tremely simple. The landlords, or their
overseers, repair to the Indian villages,
assemble the inhabitants, and declare to
tlieui, with hypocritical benevolence,
that their sole object is to benefit by en
gaging them on favorable terms, and for
a short period; they then otter, ;is an j
,tlJtircinent, such a number ot reads as ;
tnev deem sufficient this pittance quick
ly circulates among the poor creatures:
and at tile sight of a few dollars w hich is J
a novelty to their eyes, they are easily
persuaded to accede to the proposal, and
V.> to the hacienda. Here shut up in a
wretched stable they are roused at
three in the morning, in order to be at
work if possible before day; he who un
fortunately lingers behind, is exposed to
the most cruel, wanton abuse and vi
olence. Their work is superintended
by a captain or overset r, who knowing
no sentiment of refinement or humanity,
brandishes a heavy whip, which with un
relenting severity, he bestows on the
shoulders offtlie Indian who happens to
labor less diligently than his fellows, or
who exhausted bv fatigue, endeavors to
snatch a moments repose. Scarcely a
moment is allowed for the morning meal;
and he, who pauses too long, to satisfy
the cravings of appetite, is compelled by
blows to resume his occupation, w hich
is continued without intermission, or
other refreshment until dark. Alter the
sun is down they are allowed to cease;
•and M that hour walk from the field to
the farm house where they rarely arrive
before ten o’clock, to take their scanty
repose on the hard cold ground, to be
roused on the morrow, to severer labour.
On innsv feast days, they are compelled
‘o perform gratuitous work, (faeim) for
lia'.f the day, which is compute' 1 , from
••mrise to three o'clock in the afternoon.
No excuse is admitted to exempt them
horn labour; they are not supposed ti>
be liable to the diseases common to hu
manity every tiling from their lips is ly
ing art 1 falsehood; and even when ex
!■ rusted by fatigue and disease, the lash,
always at hand, is the only medicine
ttieir kind guardians administer. They
have uo means of obtaining redress, be
ii-.* too ignorant to give an intelligent
statement of their wrongs, and prevent
ed bv compulsion from any demand of
i ‘st-ee, or by the vcniality of the judge,
li #i obtaining it against their more
v e dthy master. An occurrence. of the
hind took place within a few years.—
Vnoverseer killed an Indian with a blow
of his whip, and such was tl*e publicity
of-the fact, that the whole neighborhood
was attracted to it; tite complaints of
his friends were lond aud unremitting,
end all too £ it for granted that justice
vrmlJ not h*- withheld when lo 1 the of
•foml >r was illowed to return unpunished,
aad ny Triumph shielded from merited
rWiishoieut by the vemalitv of the pub
tie proftentor, end the*decided
ti mos his friend the judge. It is uaid
ainjP.ax wets-’ frequently occur 1
Ansr. ‘lnri hj Tir.
Vovva NapOiAo*.—'The Young Na
poleon is an interesting youth, beautiful
ly formed with the countenance and line
cut lips of his father,* and blue eyes of
Isis mother, fine cannot see this bloom
ing youth, with his inexpressible tint < f
melanoiioly and thoughtfulness, without
a deep emotion. He has not that mark
ed, plain and familiar ease of the Aus-1
trian princes, who seem to be every where
at borne ; but bis demeanor is more dig
nified ami no tile in the extreme. He
lias an Arabian steed, which he stridi
with a boldness which gives the promise
of its good horsemanship ‘as that for
which his father was so celebrated.—
His escadron almost adore him; and he
commands with a precision and a mili
tary eve, which prognosticates a futnre
general, lie is, by virtue of an imperi
al decree proprietor of the eight domains
of the Grand Duke of Toskana, in Bo
hemia, with an income of above 45,000/.
sterling ; a greater revenue than is en
joyed by any of the imperial piinces, the
Archduke Charles excepted. llis title
is Duke of Reichstadt. ’ He is addres
sed “ Em Durchlauoht.” (Vorte Altes
se.) Ills rank is immediately alter that
of the princes of the reigning house,of the
Austrian family of Esto and Toskana.
! lis court establishment, is the same with
the imperial Princes, he has his obers
thofmeista, his lord chamberlain, aids
de-camps, and a corresponding inferior
household. In posession as lie is, ot a
large fortune, his destination will depen-’
on his talents and on his inclination.
Attention was paid to the cultivation
of Silk in Georgia before the Revolu
tion : and in one year, it is slid, about
10,000 pounds were sold in Savannah.
Since that time the mulberry tree, the
food of the silk-worm, lias disappeared
through neglect, and the business lias
been entirely abandoned. Circumstances
may, at some future time, cause it to be
resumed. Philad. Arid.
“ The Western Advertiser, an anti-ma
sonic paper printed iu Buffaloe, died
week before Inst. It is said to have run
njad, in consequence of the lean support
which it received, and in one of its deli
rious moments, cut its own throat, with
a meat axe. It must have been a terri
ble death. Its Ghost lias taken up its a
bode with the Patriot.”— Batavia Timet.
An author one day meeting a friend,
asked if he had seen his late publication.
Isis friend answered, that he had that
verv day been dipping into part of it,and
was delighted with its contents. Quite
elated, the author asked his friend what
part of the contents pleased him so much.
It was, answered the other, ‘a mince-pie
which I got from a pastry cook's wrap
ped up in half sheet ofyour work.’
A dry pump. —A sailor was observed
a few mornings since, working as hard
at a pump handle as if he had been on
board ship w ith six feet water in the hold.
After-fruitless attempts to obtain the ele
ment to “ cool his coppers,” he left the
pump exclaiming—“ Damn the pump—
guess it was drunk last night as well as I:
both dev fish dry.”
Authorities for Ihimung.—“Punctu
ality is the fife of business.” “The la
boror is worthy of his hire.” “Muzzle
i not the ox that treadeth out the corn.”
i “ Render unto Ctesar the things that are
i Ctesar’s.” “Give the and 1 his due.”
I Procrastination is the ruin of Printers!”
1 &c. tic. &if.
How people live in town. —Avery hon
est hearted Dutchman, w ho had seen but
little of the world took it into his head to
visit the Metropolis, a place he had never
before seen, but among all the wonders
W hich perplexed him, lie “ could’nt zee
how de peeplc.s all got a liffen upon te
town; tey all stands or walks apout and
I do’nt work none at all,” one of his more
j experienced neighbors explained the
1 mystery thus, “ I tell you Hans, de fel
lows seneatenone anotinyand datdey call
pisness, und dat's te way dey kits dere
liffen.”
Irish Anecdote. —Two Irishmen fight- j
ing together, one of them knocked the j
other down, and seeing him lie motion- j (
less, thought he had killed him ; taking i (
him by the hand he cried, “ O my dear j
Paddy, now be after spoking to me and \
if 1 have killed yon tell me honey !” |
To which the other answered, “No my
dare Mac, I an't dead at ail, hut by my i
shoul 1 am speacliless.”
ft. at this who can. —While all the
world are engaged in urging the preten
sions of the different rivals for the Pre
sidency, we much question whether ei
ther of the gentlemen could successfully
vie (in his way) with him whose pedigree ■
is given below, it is said to have been de
livered viva voce at the landing at Natch
ez by a Kentucky boatman to a father
Confessor of the same school who was
constituted an umpere to decide upon the
conflicting pretensions of several others
on account of extraction &c. \\ e copy
it verbatim et literatim from the pocket.
** Album” of” a gentleman of the shade
who noted it at the time, (111:23.) .
“ 1 sir,(said the speaker) am an igvaii
rinus animal, born on the rearing fork of
\V hetstone,close by Ponto meeting house
that ccots by water. 1 am half horse,
Tialf alligator, a little tipped with the
snapping turtle—some kin to the King
tail Prater, have fought and whipt all
manner of varmants ; chased a flash of
lightning down a honey locust, start na
ked, head foremost, and never broke the
hide—can out run, out jump, throw
down or whip any man who does not say
Hurra for day!”
From (hr Cove Fair flrcorthr,
Mr. Koitor —1 have often been ask
ed why a snip was called she ? 1 trust
the following will give the reason —
Because they wear caps .and bonnets
Because they an 1 upright when in stays,
Because they are otten painted,
Because they are best when employ’d,
Because they bring news from abroad.
Because they look best when well rigged,
Because they are often abandoned,
Because llicir value depends on their age.
Many more reasons conln he given,
but I trust the above will be satisfactory.
Nbftvne’s Bard, Boston.
Shgvlarfact. —lt is a remarkable but
well anti °nticated fact, that Htime wrote
his tragedy of Douglas, Hr. Blair rom
p >si (I lli< Lee*’ TCs, and Or. Hobeitsnn
I compiled his history ufCuurles \. it; the
sameho-tse, a.small white cottage y’et to ,
be seen In one of the Parks, liurnishlield
Links in Sjcuthmd.
roman N3WB.
Boston, April 5.
Prom Europe. —By the ship Faina,
Pratt, last from Fork, Ireland, whence
she sailed on the 3rd ult. Cork papers
to the Ist have been received, containing
London dates to the 49th February.
The manifesto of the .Sublime Porte
is republished from the Paris Mouiteur.
“ It distinctly avows,” says ll e Cork
Chronicle, “ that from the first overture
made by the allies to the Porte to con
sent to the independence of Greece, the
l’orte was determined to resist such de
mand, and to risk the last extremity.—
To all such propositions,” says themam
ifesto, “tiie Sublime Porte gave repeat
edly, both by writing and by word of
month, the necessary answers with all
official formality, and according to the
tenor of treaties. Although the object
of the Frank had been obvious from
the beginning, and although every thing
announced that at hast the sword alone
must answer their proposals, neverthe
less not to trouble the repose of Mttssul
men, and on the other hand to gain the
necessary time for warlike operations,
the Sublime Porte resolved to temporise,
| as much as possible, fcv satisfactory an
| swots and official conferences on the
subject of the dishonor and of the injury
which the proposals of the three powers
would cause to the empire and to the
nation.”
The London Journals of the 26th
state that Mr. Stratford Canning had
arrived there via France. There were
rumours that this gentleman’s arrival
was in consequence of the manifesto;
hut this is contradicted by the Sun,
which represents that document as an
ado less to the Turkish public functiona
ries, merely to excite an enthusiam a
mong the people in the event of warlike
operations.
The British cabinet was called to
gether at half past ten on the night of the
45th, and sat in deliberation till about
one. Despatches had been received
from the British Charge d’Affairs at St.
Petersburg!).
Reports were in circulation that the
Emperor of Russia had set off for his ar
mies, and that they had passed the
Pruth; but no such accounts had been
received oy government, and the sea
son not being sufficiently advanced for
warlike operations, caused the reports to
be little credited. At the last accounts,
the Emperor was at St. Petersburgh.
“The last news from Greece an
nounces that they hope before long to
see piracy entirely destroyed. Some
energetic measures have been taken by
the Greek Government, seconded by the
influence of Miaulis, Tumbezis and
Canaris. The allied Admirals have ap
proved these meauies.
“ In the interior of Greece, a great
deal of misery continues to exist, and
the women and children experience in
describable suffering ; but some provi
sions and money have been sent out to
sustain these unfortunates. The new
succors serf to the commission, and
those which I have caused to he remitted
to the Count Capo d’lstria, since Lis de
parture for Greece, -18,000 francs, will
arrive iti a very opportune moment, and
happily benefactions do not cease. I re
ceived yesterday from the friends of the
Greeks to Copenhagen, 5000 francs;
to-day, -227 francs from Bourg, and 282
from Strasbourg.”
DOMESTIC.
NEW YORK.
Organisation of thr Adams parly in j
this State. —On the 25th ult. the man
date was issued by the friends of Mr. J
Adams, recommending a State Conven
tion to be held in Albany on the 10th
dav of June next, for the purpose of or
ganizing anew party devoted exclusive
ly to the cause of Messrs. Adams, Clay,
Webster, Ac.; and for adopting such
measures as may aid his re-election.—
The circular is signed by about 200 in
dividuals from different parts of the
state, among whom we recognize some
old and uniform republicans, who once
enjoyed the confidence, and shared
largely, Vi ry largely, in the offices w hich
that party had from time to time to be
stow : but a large majority of the per
sons whose signatures grace this patent
of amalgamation are federalists, “peo
ple's nien,and the disaffected and dis
appointed of all parties, who are now
endeavoring to destroy all former party
lines and landmarks, thereby creating a
possibility that among the general w reck
and confusion, their chance at gaining
the ascendency would lie increased. We
have ever believed that this would be
the course w hich the few republican sup
porters of the administration would ul- I
thnatelv adopt; that being convinced
that at least nine, tenths of the republi
can party were opposed to them, they
would sooner than yield their prefer
ences, for their favorite, unite with the
old federal party, in favor of Mr. Adams.
The ground recommended to be taken
by those who have signed the circular
puts the question fairly at rest. It is
open and unequivocal and cannot be
misinterpreted. It is drawing the line
upon the presidential question—a per
fect and complete amalgamation of all i
parties in favor of Mr. Adams against
the old republican party. For ourselves
we cannot see how republicans, who
have ever been sustained, and who have
drank largely from the fountain of de
ni icracy, should thus suddenly renounce
that party and their old friends and sup
porters, and unite with men who have
been uniformly opposed to them. We
do not believe, that with all their man
agement, they can etfect their intended
object; hut ‘that the republican party
will be as much united at the approach
ing election as at any past period, anil
with all their efforts to destroy, they will
find themselves opposed bv an invinci
ble phalanx of republicans, who cannot
fail of succeeding in placing Andrew
Jackson, the candidate of the old Jeffer
sonian democratic party, in the presi
dential chair.
Perhaps it is rather fortunate than
•.otherwise, that this union of “ black'spir
its and w hite,” has discovered itself thus
early, ns those very many disinterested
and magnanimous republican supporters
of Mr. Adams, who have hoisted the tri
colored banner, are the verv persons
j vho have heretofore made such great
prflaistonx , of their w illingne'ss so sac
rifice their personal preferences upon
the presidential question, for the pur
pose of keeping the republican party
united, and tlut this question should not
interfere with our local politics. We
>ay their throwing off’ the cloak thus ear
ly is a very fortunate circumstance for
the republican party generally, as here
after they will not be enabled any far
ther to deceive by their hollow profess
ions—they will now nass for no more
than they really are—they will learn,
and that very soon, that in forsaking the
democratic ranks they will lose, (and
have in fact already lost)—what influ
ence they may have once possessed—
and that although the.y may have “ cast
their bread upon the waters” and made
great calculations of carrying a suffi
cient number of republicans with them,
(which when united with the federalists)
to effect their object) still when the time
arrives, they will find themselves in the
minority. The republican party can no
longer be deceived. This last act of the
Adams coalition has aroused them to a
sense of their duty, and they will no
longer slumber upon their posts—they
will henceforth be up and doing.
Catt skill Recorder.
The Morgan Affair.-* The Geneva
Palladium asserts, that the most crafty
measures have been employed to in
n-ease the anti-masonic fever in New
York ; that “ neither time, money, nor
efforts, have been spared to menage the
present excitement of the people to the
interest” of the administration, and their
candidate for Governor. It states that
Mr. \V eed went to ashington during
tiie past w inter, for the purpose of pro
curing the aid and co-operation of the
General Government. While there, he
was frequently spen to enter Mr. Keere
lary Clay’s office; he was repeatedly
■ten arm in arm in close conference with
Mr Clay’s particular friend; and in fact
admitted, that his object was to procure
the establishment of an administration
journal at Rochester. That this journal
was established immediately upon Mr.
Weed’s return, for the avowed purpose
of protecting the people’s rights, but
really and truly to support Albert 11.
Tracy for Governor, promote the inter
ests of the General Government, and to
crush Solomon Svutkmek, if he should
stand in the way of Mr. Tracy. That
this Mr. Weed has attempted so do, in
a manner that evinces his entire deser
tion of the holy crusade in which he pro
fesses to be engaged, and base personal
ingratitude to Solomon Southwark, to
whom he is under the obligations of a
son to a father ; that with the further
ance of the plans of this combination,
the “ Buffalo Patriot” was subsidized
with ,<7OO. and thereupon came out up
-lon the Morgan question.” It should be
understood, at the same time that the
Editor of the Geneva Palladium was
himself “ an early and zealous inmate
of the anti-masonir camp,” and of
course “lit acquaintance with its ma
chination entitles hi’ expositions for- . -
side: able weight.” The Albany Argus,
the New Y ork Enquirer, and some of
the other opposition papers press this
charge home upon the administration.
Mr. Adams lias been publicly declared
to be no meson —and at Washington very
strong suspicions are entertained that
Weed was strongly encouraged to carry
on this insiduous w ar in favor of thee >a
lition. It has been noted among the
signs of the times, that neither the. Pre
sident nor any of the heads of depart
ment thought fit to grace with their pre
sence, the masonic ceremonies which
w ere instituted at Washington in honor
of lie Witt < Minton.
An attempt has also been made to in
troduce this Morgan affair into the
House of Representatives of Pennsyl
vania, in the siiape of a petition from
Indiana county—but the pistol missed
fire—“ Mr. Einlen demanded the pre
vious question in which he was sustain
ed by a sufficient number of members —
and on the question shall the main ques
tion be now put ? it was determined in
the negative ;’ which decision put the
question out of the uouse for one day ;
and Mr. Mitchell said he would not a
gain call it up.”
The inquii v which will prosecuted
in the Western part of New York, un
der the auspices of a Commissioner, re
commended by the Lieutenant Govern
or to be appointed, and specially charged
by the Legislature with powers for that
purpose, is calculated to satisfy the peo
ple and to allay the Morgan fever. To
show to what extremities the public mind
has been hurried by the excitement of
the occasion, we may state, that an old
man, who was suspected of being con
cerned in taking off Morgan, apd who
was summoned before the court as a wit
ness in one of the pending prosecutions,
w as missed from his neighborhood—and
the masons were immediately charged
with his assassination—and this suspi
cion is assigned bv the Lieut. Governor
as one of the reasons for making a criti- j
cal investigation in the Morgan Drama:
it now turns out that this old man is a- !
live ; that he has merely cone to pay a !
visit to his son in Vermont; that he dis
claims any knowledge of the fate of
Morgan; and that he intends to return
to his home in New-York. — Hich. Enq.
Minister to England. —The appoint
ment of a minister to England is a
source of great embarrassment to the
Cabinet—as the delay is undoubtedly
injurious to the numerous unsettled
questions now pending between the two
countries. It seems that when Mr. Ad
ams bargained with Mr. Clay for a trans
fer of the Western States, he found it
necessary to make another bargain, to
secure the ultra federal votes; and ac
cordingly, cave a written pledge to Mr.
Webster, that the tory interest should be
provided for. This letter was seen by
the late Mr. Stockton, of New Jersey,
and is now the source of much vexation
to Mrt Adams. There appears to be
no doubt that Mr. Clay accepted the
verbal assurance of Mr. Adams, that he
should be appointed Secretary of State ;
but Mr. Webster, representing the old
Hartford convention party and Essex
junta, calling to mind the unceremonious
manner in which Mr. Adams formerly
quitted their ranks, exacted a written
promise, the fulfilment of which is now
I demanded, in the appointment of Min
: ister to England. Mr. Adams is, there
fore, on the horns of a dilemma. He
I wishes to complete the bargain with Mr.
Webster, but Mr. Clay opposes him, on
! ground that the appointment would
be, obnoxious to the New England re
publicans, and would confirm the charge
of a previous understanding. Mr. Web
ster himself is not very desirous of hav
ing the office, but he w ishes to hold .Mr,
Adams to his original compact. Mr.
Adams contends, that his promise to the
federal party has been fulfilled in the
appointment of Mr. Rufus King; this,
however, is not exactly the case, as the
appointment of Mr. King was a return
for the aid afforded by “tiie family.” In
this cross-firing between the high con
tracting parties, Mr. Adams proposes to
settle the matter by the appointment of
a uniform federalist as minister to Lon
don : Mr. Gaston, of North Carolina, a
clever man, without any influence in
his State. Mr. Clay is more favorable
to this appointment, from the hope of
gaining something from North Carolina.
We, of the old democratic party, who
look on those bargains and amalgama
tions with disgust, have only to remain
quiet, until the formation of anew cabi
net reverts to the people. Nevertheless,
it is a cause of very just complaint, that
this country should remain unrepresent
ed in Great Britain, at an uncommonly
interesting and important epoch in the
affairs of Europe.— N. Y. Enquirer.
Norfolk, April 9.
Lamentable Occurrence. —lt is with a
feeling of deep sorrow that we announce
the following occurrence, w hich has cast
a gloom of sadness over our whole com
munity :—On Saturday forenoon, the
following young gentlemen, midshipmen
in the U. S. Navy, viz: William J. Sli
dell. Frederick Rodgers, Robert M. Har
rison. raid Bushrnd If. Hunter, manned
a sail boat, and proceeded down the riv
er, as they had been accustomed todofor
recreation and practice. The wind was
blowing fresh; but when they had pro
ceeded about three miles dow nit became
flawy, with intervals of dead cairn. It
was after one of these intervals, that a
sudden and very lieaVy flaw of w ind
struck the sails, when the boat capsiscd,
filled, and instantly sunk, carrying down
with her Mr. Slidell, who never rose.
Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Harrison cheered
each other for sometime, but exhausted
b v cold fatigue, the former sunk, and the
latter soon shared his fate. Boor Hun
ter was on the. eve >f follow ing his ill
fated companions when an East river
schooner, then beating down, picked him
up, nearly in a state of insensibility, and
put back with him to the Navy Yard, j
where, with proper care, he was in a lit- >
tie time restored to health. Mr. Rodgers i
was the son of Com. Rodgers. They
w ere all young men of the finest promise. >
An account has been going the grand
rounds of the newspapers—(we have
seen i; even in a French newspaper)—
of two men in Vermont, who, to im
mortalize themselves, we suppose, un
dertook to shoot, and actually did shoot,
an apple off the head of each other in ■
succession. Many persons, particularly
the old women and children, have ad
mired the dexterity of the marksmen;
but more have been disgusted at the
rashness arid folly of the action, suppos
ing the account of it to be true.
And it is true enough that the feat
was actually performed ; but then this
is not the whole truth. When the whole
Story is told, it appears the* before they
proceeded to action, the head of him
who bore the apple while it was shot at,
was most carefully ensconced in a huge
iron pot, in the bottom of which there
was a small hole, on which the apple
was placed, so as to touch the head
through the hole. Thus the heroes
came off unhurt.
They had better luck than the man
who came to Savannah some years ago,
as the story runs, and to protect his
face from the nmschettos, one night, hid
his head in an iron pot. Hut unfortu
nately for him the muschettos, nothing
daunted, bit him through the pot, and
he found, in consequence thereof, in the
morning, that his head was so much
swollen that he could not get it out a
gain.—Vao. Journal- _
BOUNDARY LINK BETWEEN ULORUIA
AND FLORIDA.
The Southern boundary of this State
must be of deep interest to the public:
ns it involves not only a question ol right,
but more than two millions of acres of
land, w hich, good or bad, w e should like
to possess if they belong to us. The
Executive of Georgia has not Lot n un
mindful of his duty. The follow ing let
ter from Governor Forsyth tnthe Fresi
dent of the United States, w as transmit
ted to Congress, with other documents
relating to the same subject, on a call
made op him by the House of Repre
sentatives. We publish this letter, t nly
because it gives all the information ne
cessary to understand the claim ol Geor
gia.—Southron.
To the President of the United States.
Mlilkookvillk, Dec. 29, 1H27.
Sir—l have been ’requested by the
General Asseembly, to open a corres
pondence with you, in order to facilitate
the adjustment of the Boundary line be
tween this State and the Territory in
Florida. It is well understood here,
that until the act of Congress, passed
the 4th of May, 1026, authorising the
President to run and make a line divid
ing Florida from Georgia, is altered or
repealed, the Chief Magistrate of the U
nion has not pow er to comply with the
great expectations of the State in rela
tion to its Southern Boundary. This
communication is made, therefore, un
der the expectation that it will be laid
before Congr* ss with such recom
mendation as the respective,rights of the
States, and of he United States, may in
your judgement, require. The subject
is of det p interestto this State, not from
the value of the land, 1 lie* title of which
is dependant on the decision of it, hut
because the description of the boundary ;
is a part of our constitution. To the l -
nion it is of little moment, except asit .
affords a fair occasion to consult tranklv *
the w ishes of one of it* members, and to j
establish a character for liberality totfip
individual Slate, of far greater mipor- i
tance than the acquisition of a fi w hun- 1
dred thousand acres of arid territory.—
It is one too, in which even a concession
to the State, if the right wpre doubtful
is recommended by the consideration
that the land which would be given tip,
will remain a portion, although in a dif
ferent form, of the United States, and
of the resources of the Union.
Addressing myself to the Government
of the Union, tq whom the territory of
[ f londa r,Mi belongs, no ilonbt is Enter
tained, that a di niomtration of the right
of the State w ill be followed by a prompt
acknowledgement, and such legislative
provision, as may be necessary to sectire
a full enjoyment of it. The Southern
limits of Georgia depend, Ist. upon the
Chatter to the Lord Proprietors of Caro
lina, of 1663. 2d. upon the Proclama
tion of the King of Great Britain of 1 763,
establishing the boundary between Geor
gia and the two l’loridus, and lliclviiigV
commission of the Stltbof November, and
the 3d of September, 1783.
Confiningmvselftothe Southern boun
daryofthe State, according to the terri
torial limits fixed in the compact w ith the
United States of 1804, it is a line begin
ning at the Southern branch of the St.
Mary’s river, thence up the said river to
its.source, thence in a direct line to the
junction of the Flint and Chatahoochie
ravers. Subsequent to the Treaty of 1782,
Spain having obtained from Britain a
cession of the Floridas, without any dis
tinction of limits, was disposed to make
territorial pretensions inconsistent with
our rights. The treaty of 1795 conclu
ded at San Lorenzo by Mr. Pinckney
and the Duke of Alcudia, put an end to
the instructions of Mr. Jefferson, then
Secretary of Shite under General Wash
ington’s administration, describes the
line between Florida and the United
States (acting for Georgia) in the words
used in the treaty of peace of 1782 be
tween the United States and Great Bri
tain. For the purpose of preventing
disputes, and to produce an immediate
good effect on the Indians, on the bord
ers of Georgia and Florida, Mr. Pinck
ney introduced, without instructions, in
to the treaty an article, the 3d, provid
ing for the immediate demarcation ofthe
boundary line described in the 2d article.
This article required the appointment of
a commissioner and surveyor by each go
vernment, who were to meet at Natchez,
within six months from the dale of the
ratification of the Convention, and to run
and mark the line according to the pro
ceeding article. They were .to'make
plats, and keep journals of their proceed
ings, which were to be considered apart
of the convention, and to have the same
force as ificserted therein. A commis
sioner and surveyor were appointed by
the United States to execute those stipu
lations. It is not necessary to detail aH
the circumstances which occurred from
the meeting ofthe American commissi- j
oner with the Spanish officer, who was ‘
said to be a commissioner of Spain, toa i
period when the work was finally inter- I
rupted and left unfinished, which by some
fatality, happened precisely at the point ]
where the present Southern boundary of I
Georgia begins on the Chatahoochie.— <
It is sufficient for the present purpose to
recall to your recollection those facts
resting upon the assertion ofa commissi
oner of the United States, that every ar
tifice was used by flie Spanish governor
of Louisiana, w ho is stated to have been
the commissioner ofthe King of Spain
to prevent the commencement of the de
marcation : that every obstacle he could
secretly interpose, was presented to de
lay the execution of the work: that by
the dishonorable intrigues of the Span
ish authorities with the Indians residing
in the vicinity ofthe line to be marked,
and their disregard ofthe provisions con
tained in the 3d article of the treaty, they
at last succeeded in compelling tin A
merican commissioner to abandon the
work, and leave it, as it continued to this
day, incomplete. The State now asks
from Congress the fulfilment of the sti
pulation made for her in 1795 with
Spain, and the completion of the work
not completed, because Spain was un
faithful to its engagements.
The currents of events favorable to
tiie i pose and to the prosperity of the
Union, have placed it in the power of
Congress to do immediate justice. It is
not now necessary for you, Sir, to pros
ecute a painful and tedious negotiation
w ith agovernment most unwilling to un
derstand the just claims of others, and
procrastinating through policy, the ac
knowledgement of them, when they
can be no longer denied. The Uni
ted States stand in the placo of Spain,
hold the title of that government, and rio
other, to the. Territory of Florida, and
they have only to satisfy themselves with
what Spain could justly claim in a con
troversy with this State under the con
vention of San Lorenzo. That conven
tion, requiring a direct line to be drawn
between two unchanged geographical
(mints, does not seem susceptible ol con
troversy, and were the subject now for
the. first time agitated, none could be
anticipated. But a difficulty is known
to exist, and is to be found in a peculiar
provision of the before mentioned act of
Congress, of the 4th of May UI2C. The
motive for introducing that provision is
perfectly understood, and duly respect
ed ; it was intended to prevent, what it
has pi-duced, delay and discussion. —
The provision is, that the line to be so
run (dividing Florida from Georgia) and
marked, shall be run straight from the
junction of said rivers Chatuhoochie and
Flint to the point designated us the head
of St. Mary’s River by the Commission
ers appointed under the Sid article of the
Treaty t>{ Friendship, Navigation &.o.
&c. between the United States and
Spains made at San Lorenzo, &c. A c.
This provision was founded on the be
lief that the point designated as the head
of St. Mary’s, mis the source of that ri
ver. This belief, entertained he.re as
well as at Washington, recent and accu
rate examination has shown to be un
founded. Theevidence relied on by the
State on this point, is already in your
hands : the chart of the St. Mary's pre
pared by Mr. Mcßride, and his report of
the examination m-deby him for the
source or head of that river. The sup
position on which the provisions of the
act ofCongress was founded,being shewn
to be erroneous, no disposition can ex
; ist to persist in retaining it to the injury
j of the State, unless the right of Congress
ito insert it, is already shewn, and it is
I required by their obligations to the oth
er Stales. If Spain were now tliepar
! ty interested, it i scarcely possible that
i rn utter disregard of the obligations of
| truth and justice, she should insist that
the line should be run and marked to the
point designated as the head of the St.
Mary's, by the Commissioners appointed
i under the Sd article ofrbe convention of
; 1795. On the hypothesis that Spain
i.was still the owner of the Florida*, and
so forgetful of honor as to make such
] demand,by what argument could it be
• sustained ? It would be asserted thru the
acts of tiie Cormni iom ippth sed ttn
! der the 3d attirlo had become a p ar ( (i c
! the Convention, and was as obb ‘„i llv
las if inserted in it. This asseitm,, ,
true only of those acts of the Comic,,
sinners which they were authorised L
the Bd article o perform : they were ail.
thorised to run and murk a line; i,-', .
been done ! it has not; more than j
miles of the line is yet to be run a j
marked. To meet this state of tacts ,i
might be asserted, that it being fin', i
impracticable to run arid nimkthe line •
that time, the Commissioners agiM
upon the two terminating points, ai) ,|
described in their plats and journal, t,..
direction ofthe line to be hereafter run
and marked, and that the head ofthe
St. Mary’s was thus agreed to be witltm
a certain distance of a rr.ouiici raised.—
Were the Commissioners appointed tor
this purpose ? Certainly not. They
were appointed to run and mark a h n ,.
not to establ.-sh the points, between
ohirh the line should at some dj,, ail
time be run and marked. Bv what au
thority did the Commissioners exercise
this power? It is not given by the g,|
article ofthe Treaty. No airreemm;
made by them is binding upon either of
the powers who appointed them, unless
subsequently ratified by both. Suchn
agreement as the one made was not w jth
in the spirit of the article, but is dirrof-
Iv contrary to it, since it substitutes an
artificial object as the point of termina
tion for the natural one fixed on in tie
Convention, and confessedly rhai.on
the line. Tile extent ofthe agreement
is stated by the American Commissioner
EUicotin these words: “Itwastherefo
agreed, the termination of a line, sun
posed to lie draw n No. 4 ri. E. 7 40 per
riies, from t.'.e mound 15. should be Men
as a point to, or near w hich, a line should
be drawn lrom the mouth of Flint Ritt r
which line when drawn should be final,
and considered as the permanent boun
dary between the United States and Isis
Catholic Majesty,provided it passed net
less than one mile north of Mound 15.;
but if on experiment, it should be found
to pass within lessthan one mile north of
the said mound, it should be corrected
to carry it to that distance.” No re
marks on tin: peculiar character of the ■
time described, are deemed nece* <arv—
The passage is quoted to shew- that El
licot transcended his authority, and did
w hat was not binding on his Government
unless subsequently ratified by it. It is
presumed he had no instructions to maU
such an agreement: if he. had, tl < State
denies that the Convention of 1795 au
thorised them to be given.
Was this agrement ratified by the tiro
powers, pt ior to a cession of Florida by
Spain to the United States? It was tak
en for granted that it was not. The sti
pulations of the 3d article are jet to be
performed, and the points to w hich the
line, from the junction ofthe Flint and
Chatahoochie, is to be run, is to he de
termined by referring to the second ar
ticle of the Convention, not by an ap
peal to the agreement of Ellicot, It isa
geographical point, unvarying and unv i
ed, not the creation of man’s labour.—lt
is a spot described by two Governments*
not that substituted by their subordinate
unauthorised agents. The agreement
of Ellicot w as not obligatory, even upim
himself. Prior to the running and mark
ing the line, had any error, geogrnphi
cal or astronomical, been made by acci
dent, it was in the power, and iuvastli*
duty ofthe Commissioners, to comet it
as soon as it was discovered. Can it be
pretended, that ifEllicot had discovered
immediately after the. supposed sources’
the St. Mary’s was agreed upon, that the
spring or lake from whence issued the
Southern Branch was tint true source
of that river, he was bound to abide ly
the judgement he had on imperfect in
formation, and to run and mark tiie line
contrary to the provisions the Conven
tion, to the injury of his country!
If the line nad been completed by F.i
licot under the mistaken impressiuri en
tertained by him of the true source el
the river, and the mistake had been dear
ly ascertained, it would have given the
General Government great satisfaction
to have been able to rectify, by a nego
tiation with Spain, the error committed.
Called upon by Georgia, would the Ge
neral Government have hesitated to re
present. that a great Government would
but consult its honour and its intere-t.
by ratifying with frankness an error can
mitted by its inferior officers. Can i'be
doubted that the United States would
have seized the first occasion to oblige
Spain to surrender to Georgia a territo
ry held in consequence of such answei
If such would probably have been tile
course of the General Government, id
the error been eon sum mated by the run
ning anti marking of the line, I leave jx-'i
to consider, w hat w ould have been tk ’
conduct bad Spain, remaining owner o
the Territory, obstinately persisted in
claiming to have it run and marked nr
cording to Ellicot’s argreement, after
the mistake committed by him had brut
discovered and exposed. The 1 nited
States, tracing the failure to coiii|det
the work to its source, might have over
whelmed Spain by justly deserved re
proaches for disgracefully afteinjifiv
take advantage of its own infidelity t
sacred engagements,by indignantOTib |: ’
of the intrigues and artifices used—ar.ft
of the treachery displayed fiomth’ 1
ing of the Commissioners at Nat’ t-'’ -.
until Ellicot was driven from the < -
tahoochie. I shall be pardoned tor >
posing the Government of Spain v".
have exposed itself to rebuke byaii' J|
eing such claims. The possibility ha
been admitted, to bring fairly nto vt
the peculiar position of the Lnited.'tt -
in relation to this question. The Ty “
tees of Georgia, who arranged tie < 01
vention of San Lorenzo, are the ho
by purchase, of the title of Spain nn ■',
that Convention. In this, their pi'”
position, their former relation ta in- !
cessarily remembered, no pn-ten’i f 1
can be made by the U. is. which ’
have been disputed, if made by .V n
w hile the i loridas belonged to that p f '’
er. Nb claims of Georgia, which tin 1
States would then have seriously pr*-”
upon Spain, can be honourably re----
by the United .States bolding the prop 1
ty a cession from that power. Ala
it would be tlie extremity ot diiiraf
the Federal government seek to t|
vantage of an error committed by d’
j thority, while acting as Gnaidkn ot_‘
i rights of the State, when Providem - ‘
i placed it in its power to correct the r
1 by a single exertion ol it* own wj .
i The accompanying copy ot an J 1
Cutis Me-sngeto theOrneral
of tills State, and ol an Act p -