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MODERN ULYSSES.
“ No sooner was tht’ hatchment matin-,
ted over the portico of Beechwood Hall, 1
announcing that its late proprietor, Sir
John Denvers, was dead, and that his
widow had succeeded to the splendid
mansion and broad lands, than it was
hailed as the signal (or .alack, by all the
unmarried men within a circumference
of twenty miles. They flocked to her
by scores, arrayed in the mourning clonk
of condolence, endeavouring to smuggle
in their love under the disguise of sym
pathy. Her lawyer, a hale bachelor of
sixty, requested she would do him the
honour to consider him less iu the light
of a professional adviser than a friend
zealous for her interests, and would fain
have presented her with a title to his ser
vices in his shrivelled hand : hut he had
already given her a surfeit of parchment;
and the man ot law discovered that, al
though his suit had fieipiently been suc
cessful in those courts where the presi
ding goddess is represented to be blind,
it was quite another thing to plead his
cause before a woman with her eyes
open, (u fact, ero she had worn the
•veedf ol widowhood for six weeks, her
paths were beset, and her dwelling bc
sciged ; and never, certainly, bail wo
man a better cl ilice of mending her
luck, for there was not one of the whole
five and forty lovers who was not wil
ling to stake his life upon the sincerity
and disinterestedness ol his affection.
She could not open a window in her
house, but a myriad of billets-doux came
showering into it like a snow-storm. —
S?li“ could not take a walk in her most
private grounds, but a lover started from
behind every bush, and (lung himself
upon his knees in the path before her.—
Others, again, affecting bucolics, would
wander forth into the fields, crook in
hand, and carve her name upon pverv
tree, to the great cndai'gevment of her
timber. Every domestic in her house
hold v. as bribed by one or other of her
suiiors. and she was under theconsequent
necessity of changing her establishment
twice a-vear, from tile lady’s maid to the
stable-boy. While, however, there ex
ists not a rebel in the citadel of the heart,
the fortress will hold out long against
external assaults ; and the widow had
got some antediluvian notions into her
head about ‘first love,’ ‘respect for the
memory of the dead,’ See. which, altho’ i
.10doubt, extremely silly, had the effect .
of disinclining her from a second specu- ]
lation in the hazardous adventute of I
matri nonv. As the number of her suit- J
ors increased, their individual chances j
of success, of course, diminished, and ‘
their audacity being in the exact ratio of j
their despair, her mansion was no sanc
tuary against the intrusion of her un- J
bidden guests. The matchless impu
dence of one of her visitors deserves j
particular record. It happened that one j
and v the widow went out, for several i
hours, to mII on a friend at some dis
tance, leavi ‘g only two male domestics, !
the butler and a foniboy, in tile house.— j
Towards evening, a horseman rode up j
to the ball floor, and applied himself j
with ni ue th > ordinary energy to the J
k i )"knr. He was a tall, militarv-htok
, ~r-m > with a cast of features >
I have been termed band !
• < ir i Pertain cv licalexpression j
w■! , i.-'i d**trae ed fi< in their pleas- !
mg feet. Tup stranger fl ing lii rein |
to r*ie !• v desir ng him to t a tie his horse J
to the stable md have it well fed and i
littered down for the night, and then j
stalked into the house, and ootwithstand- j
ing reiterated announcements from the
servants in chorus of “ Mistress is not at
home, sir,’ stopped not until he readied
the dining p irlour, when, turning to the
butler, who had followed him, lie said,
• Here, let that valise he taken lip into 1
her ladyship’s chamber, and let a fire he
lit there, for it's rather cool.’ ‘Very
cool, indeed,’ said the domestic, apply
ing the epithet to the speaker and not to
the neither, and was meditating some
impertinent observation, when the Mian- j
ger, carelessly, as if it had been his ;
handkerchief, drew a pistol from each
pocket, and placed them on the table
before him. The butler, who had a
mortal dread of fire-arms, quitted the i
apartment in haste, as if to do the stran- >
gcr's bidding, hut, in reality, to comma-)
niente to his fellow-domestics, the fe- |
males, his suspicions of the character of ;
the guest. Their conversation was, j
however, soon interrupted by the violent |
ringing of the bell; and it was some time j
before Geoffry could summon courage
to answer it. 4 Your pleasure,sir?’ said j
lie. re-entering the dining-parlour.— j
’ Some dinner!’ responded the other.—
The butler paused, but at length said, |
* Very sorry, sir, but we have not got any j
thing in the house.’ ‘Then look iu the
poultry-yard,’ was the reply, • let me
have a broiled chicken in half an hour.’
The other stared, but the stranger’s eyes
happening to fall upon the pistols, Geof
fry seemed to understand the appeal,
and being anxious to gooff first, hurried
out to counsel the sacrifice of a chicken
to their common safety. In the course
of the half hour, the dish was smoking
before the guest, who, having no notion
of glasses being placed on the table for
the mere purpose of ornament, pronoun
ced the monosyllable • Wine.’ 4 lf yon
please, sii,’ said Gooffrv, 4 we can’t get
at any, for mistress has got the key of
the wine cellar in her pocket.’ 4 Non
sense !’ exclaimed the other, ‘whoever
heard of a wine-cellar with only one
key ?—why, keys in a great man's house
are like pistols, there are always two of
a pattern.’ The allusion had its effect;
Geoffiy vanished in an instant, and
shortly re-appeared as Ganymede. In
a few minutes afterwards, the noise of
wheel* announced the return of I.ady
Denyers, who, on being informed of the
stranger's arrival, like a woman of spi
rit, went straight into the dining-room to
demand an explanation. On the next
Instant, the servant* heard a loudjgream
from their mistress, and, Coitcludf ..that
she was murdered, they, very dutifully,
rati out of the house, and set off at full
speed, each in a different direction, for
tile doctor. It seemed that no sooner
had the luily cast her eyes upon her vis
iter, than she uttered a piercing shrisk,
nnd sank upon the carpet. Now, when
a man faints away, the approved me
thod of treatment is to kick and cuff him
till he recover; but with a woman the
ease issoninwliat different. The stran
ger j isort bet m his arms, threw half a
glass of water ut her Geo, and pouted l
ttifi ,cm.itiidci dewn her liiio.it, and, at
last, succeeded in restoring the patient.
‘And is it really you, Sir John?’ ex
claimed the lady, when she became
somewhat tranquil. 4 Ay, in very deed,
Caroline,’ was the replv; ‘ghosts do
not drink Madeira and devour chickens.’
•Then you were not kilied and eaten by
those fi ightful Ashantees ?’ • You great
ly wrong that very respectable and nir.ch
slandered people,’ said Sir John; ‘they
have better tastes, and preferred my so
ciety to my flesh, insomuch that 1 had
some difficulty in escaping from their
hospitalities,’ ‘I hope my dear,’said
the ladv, 4 you were duly sensible of their
attentions?’ ‘I was very nearly being
insensible to them and every thing else,
for the worthy gentleman who did me
the honor to engross niy society, seeing
me determined on quilting him. follow
ed me as far as he could, and then fired
a parting salute Irom his musket, into
which he had, inadvertently, pul a bul
! let, and left me with half an ounce of
lead in my shoulder.’ 4 O dear!’ ex
| claimed the lady, * how very horrid.—
and did you walk all the way iu that
state/’ * I did not walk two hundred
yards, mv love, for I fell into a bush, ex
hausted from the loss of blood, when. 1
was picked up by an Ashantee damsel ol
sixty, whose charms would have made
your ladyship jealous, and who extract
ed the hall, put a plaster of herbs to my
wound, and smuggled me down to Cape
Coast Castle, where I found the report
of my death so well authenticated, that
I was challenged by an Hibernian bro
ther officer for presuming to doubt it.’
‘ And were you so rash as to fight with
Inin?’ * No, for I had not time, being
anxious to embark for England to re
lieve vour anxieties and to save mv ex
ecutors as much trouble as possible.—
Hut bow is my nephew ?’ •O, in high
health and spirits, and inconceivably
vain of the title.’ • I am sorry for that,
because I have not quite done with it.’
At this moment a noise was heard in the
passage, occasioned by the return ol the
domestics, bringing with them the posse
comitntus and fourteen of the lady’s lo
vers* who, taking it for granted that the
ferocious ruffian would have escaped be
fore their arrival, valiently rushed to her
rescue. When, howerei, they heard the
voice of the intruder in the parlour, it
became a point of precedence among
them which should enter first; at length
a clown, in the back-ground, pressing
forward to get a glimpse of what was
going on, inadvertently applied the sti
mulus of a pitchfork to the rear of the
man before him, who communicating
the impetus to the next, it passed on to
the van, and they all blundered into the
room, where, to their utter astonishment
they beheld the living Sir John tele-a-teU
with his lady. Doubtless, you will con
clude the baronet enacted Ulysses on the
occasion, and tlioveout his rivals at point
of sword. Credit me reader, lie did iio
such tiling : he w-as an old seldier, and a
man ol the world, and knew better than
to make enemies of fourteen blockheads,
so he ordered up a dozen of claret, and
they made a night of it.”
Humourist.
From the New York Constellation.
The following unique and graphic
description of the grand pageant in hon
or of the French Revolution, is from
tlie pen of our old fiieod Joe Slrick
land—his views of the best method of
getting lid “fa had king or ministry, are
emirelv new, and may afford a useful
hint toother countries besides Franc*.
in t’other Hull’s bed Nov. 27, 18 hun
dred Sc .SO.
Deer unUle Hen,
I gess if you’d bin here yisterday,
you’d seen a site thal’ed made yer bare
rize up as stiff’ as hogs brussuls—never
sence the airth w ar. put tugether, war
seen sich a time, we had the Vackaiiav
slmn, (that cum the day before) and the
fiench revvy luslmn, rite on top ov won
another, and sich an everlastin flustera
shun you never see, tie. soon ar the day
peep’d, the Itannon Bang’d undlh# hells
in awl the ineetin honzin rung as aph
heven and airth was kumin together,
evvry hoildy wasgoin tu mete won an
other in kansl strete, and awl git into
an evve'rlastin Long string, un then,
start, tu go throulhe streets, evvry bod
ily wore somethin that had three litillers.
Blew white and id kaus tliay sed that
waz the french knllerx. i seed won old
vvomman, that kuddent make it out no
other way, so she had a blew petty kote,
un wnn white stokin un won red wun,
un siie kawld it try kttller —when tlie
hole boodle got tugether in kaeal strete,
tliay started tu go round the silty, awl
the different had somethin tu
show on a stage drawd by bosses, 1 hare
waz a steem boat, on a thnnderin big
ox, un tho Printing thing un the Lord
knoze what awi, 1 knew youd like tu
kno what war, goin on in Yawk so I
tlioit I’d git a good place un take urn
awl down az tliay kum along, but lord
help ve, twou'il take half a dozen men
tu write awl there names, so I shall take
um down ar. samtny woodworth has sot
um in his book—there waz
The short, the tall, the fat, the lean
The fair, the brown, the brave, the
mean
The maid, the widow, wife and moth
er
And some who’re neither one nor
t'other
There waz
Querists, quihblers, quids, and quak
ers
Butchers, brokers, lawyers, bakers
Blacksmiths, boatme i, bailiffs, Initios
Carmen, coopers, caulkers, cutlers
Drummers, diapers, drivellers, dro
vers
Riggera, ravers, ranters, rovers
Farmers, fiddlers, fuddlers, furriers
Carvers, clothiers, clerks and curriers
Gownmen, grocers,gardeners, gilders
Bullies, bruisers, barbers, builders
Founders, framers, lools, refiners
Jurors, judges, jobbers, joiners
Saddlers, sweepers singers, sailors
Tanners, turners, tinkers, tailors
Tenants, tyrants, truants, teachers
Poets, printers, painters, preachers
i Tabacconisls, book-binders, stone-cut
ters, sawyers
With carpenters, constables, lovers and
lawyers
Musicians, coufcctioitcrs, vinters and
glaziers
With inn-keepers, ink-makers, bakers
and braziers
Auctioneers and attorneys, priests and
physicians
lEngraveis, designers, and sciibbling
magicians
. Shoe makers, waicii nruaers, conch -
makers, sail-makers
Rope-makers, chair-makers, pin-ma
kers, pail-makers
U nh weighers,
Surveyois,
Street inspectors,
Bank directors,
The seller of jewels,
And the fighter of duels—
this aiut more than haft ov um, but
wliat tikkled me most ov awl waz a
stage drawd by fore horses, with three
men tuakiii links with Zeb Howards pat
ent stuffin Masheen Dv the Lord Harry,
I thortl should have dyed latfin tu see
how thay made the guts fly, afore they
had got tu the Parade ground, by the
Lord tliay had made a chain of links
long emiff to draw a ineetin lions.—
Then kum along sum old revolution so
geis, tliay put me in mind ov oald Gin
! ml Stark, liter faces lookd as hard as a
pine not, un az thay went along, evvry
bodily liooraud as if heven un airth waz
kiiinin lugether—l knu wliot Vickua
shun meant, hut I didn’t no, exactly,
what the fiench revvylushun inent, so
thinks I, I'le jest find out what the div
vle the french revvylushun was about,
so I got mi oald frenchman, and give
him athrippeny horn, now sez 1, mister
french revvylushun—then he went on
un told me, that the king used to be
Charles X, and when lie acted about
right, the people awl ways put the X af
ter his name, but lie somehow or tother
got the divvle in him and wanted tu
make the people all slaves, and drawd
the fiddle strings so tight that tiiay coiild
ent stan it no longer, and so thay took
I the big X, and instead of putting it be
-1 hind, jest put it before un lialled him X
Char.es. I kouldnt stan it no longer,
so says I mister mounseer t.y jingo I see
von kno, a thing or tu—that wofull X,
that you ur.ed to put befoar the kings
name, you jest put behind jist as we do,
in Varmount, when we want tu git red
of a dog—we hang an oald tin kittle tu
his taie, and heel go as iph the divvle
kickt him on eend—now sez I, when
you git a king, or enny ministres in
france that you dont like, jist do as you
did with the king, jest fasten a big X tu
bis tale, un I’ll bet 4 pense happvny that
he wont stop—till lie gits out ov the
kuntry. Iph I haddnt katched a Dar
naslitin had kold, by keepin up the rev
vylushuu, I sliou’il rite a longer letter,
but I kant hardly hear myself speak, I
am so darn hoarse. Giv my Inv tu my
old sweet tiart Belt Webster, un my du
ty to mv kuzzen aunt nabby mayliew
that waz, now Dekon Bigelows wife.
Yores till detb,
JOE STRICKLAND.
From the Boston Transcript.
[A good hit at the frequent practice j
of keeping other men’s property and
paying a small dividend on the amount
clue therefor.]
Bankrupt Dividends— The anecdote
of the Berber’s failure in Wednesday's
paper reminded a friend to call and tell
us of a loss lie met with a few days since
bv the bankruptcy of a profeasin*! pol
isher of boots. The disciple of Day &,
Martin had his only change pair ofanow
ttackers in possession, for the purpose
of “ gihin on ‘em de reel shine”—but as
they did not appear at his door in due
time in the morning, he put on the yes
terday’s dull pair and found hi* way to
the shop of Coffee Brush, which was fast
as a door nail could make it. Cuff,
however, showed the dark of his coun
tenance through a bioken pane, and
said,
“Good mornin’ massa.”
44 Open the door, Cuff’.”
“ Oh, Massa, l bery sorry I cant ad
mit your honor.”
“ Cant, why not ?”
“ Why, I met misfortine, and been
‘bliged to turn bankrupt ”
“ Ah, that’s bad, —how much have
von failed for ?”
41 Tirl*en dollar sebenty-one cent
Massa.’*
i “ Well, hand out my boots Cuff,
make an honest settlement with vour
Creditor*, and you’ll do well enough,”
*• ne's one, Massa.”
41 Mend along the other.
41 Oh no, Massa. I only pays dibident!
ob fifty cent on tie dollar.
Dimnirf. —A western poet expresses
his horror of a dun in the following for
cible langusfe:
I'd rather fall among the bees—
Or bear the bites of bugs and fleas—
Thepoisonest snake come plump up
on.
Than meet that still more frightful
Dun !
Sonwthin/f Arte.—We are always
grateful for information. The following
is from the London Globe :
“In the Legislative Assemblies of the
United States, a hell rings for dinner at
five o’clock ; and the Houses, whoever
may be speaking, are said to be cleared
in a moment. The scene thus exhibited
resembles that in one of Foote's farces,
where it is announced to a host of star
ving authors that ‘‘the milk porridge is
ready.”
[We beg leave to inform the Globe
that the system has been entirely chan
ged since it was acquainted with the
übovementioned faet. At present, when
the hour of five arrives, the Sergeant-at-
Arms enters the House on horseback,
and blows Yankee Doodle through a tin
horn ; a gag is immediately fastened on
the mouth of him w ho occupies the floor,
by the Frier to Congress. The Speak
er serves a inint-julap all round, nnd the
Member* are marched out iu regular or
der to the tune of
“ O Unlike s noble fare will be never forgot’
By llieni who were there nnd them who
were not.”
N F. Statesman.
‘COMIC ANNUAL,
For 1831,
WITH numerous engravings: Ed
ited by H. J. Finn, just receiv
ed : also
DEMONOLOGY and Witchcraft,
bl So Walter Seott
DE L'ORMFj, a Novel by the author
of Richelieu, and Darnley
FRANCE in IRSO
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P. ROSE At CO.
LONDON, DEC. 8.
The express from Paris this morning
is of great importance, if we can put
confidence ‘ll) the speech of the French
.Minister of War, as well as in the Min
ister of Foreign Affairs, who almost as
sures the French nation that no war will
take place on the continent.
On the Bth, a great sensation was
created (in the House ol Lords) by the
arrest of a person who had been loitering
about there. One of the messengers
had told him that be could not be per
mitted there, upon wliirdi he drew a pis
tol and snapped it at the messenger’s
head. A large new butcher’s Untie was
found on his person ; and lie was under
examination before .Sir Richard Birnie.
From his conduct, he is believed to be
a maniac.
The members of the various societies
of trades, manufactures, &c. in London,
waited upon the King at St. James’
Palace, on the Bth, w ith a loyal address.
Their procession made an imposing ap
pearance. The number of persons is
stared at 8,.000 or 10,000.
Goethe was dangerously ill at Weim
er on the 27th November.
Brunswick. —Duke William carries
on the government by his own name, in
which the Courts of London, Berlin,
and Vienna, acquiesce.
On tiie evening of the 7th of Dec. as
the Duke of Wellington was leaving the
House of Lords, in company with the
Marquis of Salisbury, an attempt was
made to insult him by the rabble, hut
which was immediately prevented by
some policemen who were at hand.
The disturbances in England contin
ued. In Longhorough the ladies agreed
to give the advance price to the frame
work knitters. Fires have taken place
in the neigborhood of Bristol, a place
hitherto peaceable.
Fresh disturbances had taken place in
Suffolk and Kent.
The l’ope is stated, in letters from
Rome, in the French papers, to be dy
ing. These letters are dated the 20th
November.
A conference of the ambassadors of
the great powers on the affair of Bel
gium, was held at London, Dec. 6.
France, Austria, Russia, the Nether
lands, Prussia and England were repre
sented.
The counsel for the Ex-Minister of
Charles X. have requested of the Paris
newspapers, a suspension of a public
discussion of their case until after the
trial is completed.
In the Chamber of Deputies on the
6th, during the debate on the proposi
tion for levying 80,000 men, M. Madier
de Montj.m said that lie was opposed to
the project, because, instead of 80.000
men. he wished the number to be raised
to 120,000.
“ The Minister, said lie, has given us
to understand that war was possible; we
should be prepared for it. He then
made a long digression on the late events,
in which (lie said) a stupid tyrany alone
was lonquered. Fiance is united; we
have nothing to dread from the re-ap
pearance on our soil of that flag which is
no longer stainless, the Vendee has pro
ved that she accepted the reconciliation
offered to her by France, when, in 1816,
she joined her efforts to those of our
army on the Loire, to resist the common
enemy. How ever, as several of the Eu
ropeon powers are arming, let us also
run to aims. The only reproach I have
to address to the Ministry is, not to
have called for more money and men “
Marshal Soult, Minister of War, said
that the proposed augmentation of 80,-
000 men was not wanted. That the
government had every means to put the
army in die must respectable and for
midable state, and that it was persuad
ed no r car would take place. Neverthe
less (continued the Minister) ws are
preparing, and taking evetv measure
to insure success, should war breakout.
But I repeal, we do not require any
augmentation. The enthusiasm in the
departments is such, that number will
be exceeded by the voluntary enlist
ments, and there is scarcely a single
conscript that ha* not joined his regi
inent with the greatest alacrity.
M. Audry de Pucraveau made a
speech on the necessity of placing the
National Guards, the natural defenders
of liberty, on more respectable footing.
He, however, approved of the project
of government We cannot rely on the
promises of foreign powers England
is interested in the war—(Loud disap
probation on all sides of the House.)
M. Brigode, after some observations
on the necessity of being prepared at all
events, voted for the allowance
M. Jars, refuted the opinion of those
who thought that war was indispensable
to continue the revolution, 41 War. (said
he,) is a scourge, a legacy of barbarous
times. You cannot wish for war, and
in order to preserve peace, you are ready
to make every sacrifice. The kings are
alarmed hyoid recollections and bv re
cent catastrophes, we must hasten to
remove their fears, by showing them
onr revolution pure of every excess and
confining itself within the bounds of a
wise liberty. The riots in Paris have
been held out to them as an object of
terror; they were also told that anew
propaganda, modelled on that of the
revolution of 1789. was about to be for
med in Paris. This is an error or a
calumny, which we have sufficiently re
futed by our moderation and religious
respect for the principles of non-inter
vention.
Gen. Richemont read a long memoir,
which the feebleness of his voice pre
vented our hearing. The members of
both extremities of the chamber repair
ed to the foot of the Tribune, and lis
tened to the orator with the greatest at
tention. From what we could collect,
he recommended the instant occupation
of Belgium by France, he supplicated
Fram e not to trust 100 highly (lie friend
ly assurances of England. Remember,
said he, her conduct towards Denmark,
when, in time of peace, she destroyed
the Danish fleet, on the simple dread of
war. England is always guided by pri
vate interests, and she invariably cross
es all the design* of France, which had
for their result her aggrandizement and
prosperity. She allows u* to undertake
generous expeditions, and to reap dis
tant laurels; but there rests her benevo
lence towards us. Since the battle of
Hastings until that of Waterloo, her
polity has been invariably the Mine
Lei w> not be deceived by the sympathy
shown Cor our revolution by the English
people, who admire ard approve it, be
cause they themselves want the reform
of many abuses, which they have strug
gled in vain to obtain for the last forty
years.
Whatever may be the party in power,
(said he) Whig or Tory, it is guided by
the same principles towards us. They
will always maintain us in our present
limits, they will always oppose our ag
grandizement. Remember the Revo
lution in 1739; that nation likewise ap
plauded it, but it nevertheless waged a
gairist us a war of extermination. In
1 fSOO, when it wanted an armistice, it
signed the peace of Amiens, and when
our commercial relations had re-coin
menced, when our expedition 10 St. Do
mingo had placed us in her power, she
declared war against us. England
would never allow France to seize on
Belgium. She would willingly give
up Ireland to have the harbour of Ant
werp filled up. Financial embarrass
ments alone prevent her going io war.—
, She prevails on us to reject the offers of
a nation of brothers who want to join us.
She will make war when she can do it
at her ease, and with perfect conven
ience, Scc.
All this passage of Gen. Richemont’s
discourse was repeatedly interrupted by
the violent murmurs of both centres.
M. Sebastino, Minister of Foreign af
fairs, refuted the assertion of General
Richemont. The armaments in the
north are the consequence of error, at and
not indications of war. The ruler of
Russia was to!d that our government
was not free, that it was under the influ
ence ol a faction, but since truth was
made, lie gave us the most explicit as
suranue of peace, Gen. Sebastino then
declared that England was no longer
actuated by an old hatred towards
France She was the first to admire
our moderation and our increasing pow
er. We have, 1 repeat, the most posi
tive hopes that peace shall be preserved.
The Chamber then voted the law.
In the Chamber of Deputies on the
6th December, M.Cormenin read a pro
position for abolishing the accumulation
of places, which the Chamber agreed
unanimously to take into consideration.
The garrison in the citadel of Antwerp
is only 1500 men. French troops are
daily arriving on the frontiers.
Antwerp, Dec. 4.—The Breda Cour
ant says the following are the principal
articles of the Convention concluded at
London.
Ist. That the citadel of Antwerp
should remain in our possession, and
shall be occupied by our troops. Ii is
added that a corps of British troops will
come to occupy the city of Antwerp.
2. That Masestricht snail remain to
us, and that Venloo shall be restored.—
The Prince of Saxe Weimar will fix his
head quarteis there.
3d. That the fortresses of Belgium on
the North and East frontiers shall be
occupied by the troop* of the Allied
powers.
M. George Lafayette has been appoin
ted Ambassadore from Paris to the Uni
ted States of America.
The King of Naples died on the 9th
of November. The hereditary prince
was proclaimed immediately, under the
name of Ferdinand 11.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington
was burnt in effigy at Carlisle, Nov.
14th; and on the 15th his Majesty's
Principal Secretary, the Kt. Hon. Sir
Robert Peel.
Royal Society. —A considerable in
terest was excited in the scientific cir
cles in London by the election, which
took place Nov. 30, of a President of
the Royal Society, in place of Davies
Gilbert Esq. who had held the office
for three years, and who declined a re
election. Many of the scientific mem
bers were anxious to make choice of Dr.
Ilerschel, in opposition to whom how
ever the Duke of Sussex had been nom
inated. There was a full attendance of
members, among whom were most of
the principal learned men in the metrop
olis. The declaration of the result of
the ballot was expected with intense
anxiety, while the scrutineers were oc
cupied in examining the votes. Mr.
Chantry on the part of the scrutineers
declared that the Duke of Sussex was
chosrn, he having received 119 votes’
and I)r. Hcrschel 111.
The work of destruction by setting
fire to barns, haystacks, and breaking
labor saving machines, has spread nearly
over the whole kingdom of Great Bri
tain. It commenced early in the month
of November, immediately after the
King's speech was delivered to Parlia
ment, and continued to our last dates
from London, the Ist of December.—
The English papers are all filled with
the most appalling and frightful details.
All entreaties with the infuriated rabble
are of no avail. The civil authority is
disregarded, and it is only when the
strong arm of the government, aided by
the military force, is brought to bear up
on them, that they can be made to desist.
To attempt to copy all the accounts
would be almost a hopeless task; they
would fill twenty solid columns of a
newspaper. How these misguided men,
who complain of heavy taxation, expect
to better their condition by such wanton
and wicked acts, is difficult to conceive.
Dinner given by the English and Ameri
cans in Paris, to Gen. La Fayette.
The dinner of the English and Ame
ricans to the French, in commemoration
of the late Revolution, took place on the
Ist December.
The hour appointed lor (he service of
the entertainment was six o'clock, but
it was not until seven o’clock that Gen.
Lafayette, in full uniform, as command
er in chief of the National Guards of
France, entered the room, accompanied
by the veteran General Mathieu, Dumas,
M. Odeloon Parrot, Count Alexander
Delahorde, the Due de Montebello, and
several other French persons of conse
quence. The company was about 200
in number.
Mr. Buckingham (the chairman) rose
to propose the first toast, which he pre
faced by an eulogy of the bravery dis
played by the Parisians, in their conflicts
with the armed soldiers of the late des
potism, and their still noic glorious mo
deration after their victory, lie then
drew a parallel between the lieioes of
Thermopylas and tba l.eonidas of the
Louvre, declaring his opinion that the
Erst equalled the former. He concluded
by observing, that be was nr ibe position ‘
ot the Roman Emperor, who having ex- j
hausted all possible enjoyments, ottered
a reward to the man who should suggest
to him anew pleasure; for tli .t all pos
sible terms ol eulogy having been ex
hausted on the illustrious individual at
bis right hand (General Lafayette,) lie
was completely at a loss to find a term
c ipacle of expressing bis admiration ol
him—(bravo! bravo!) lie concluded
by proposing •* The health of the vene
rated citizen of both worlds—born in
one, and mk pted by the oilier—General
Lafayette.”
D lien the enthusiastic applause with
which this toast was drunk had subsided,
the illustrious Champion of Liberty,
rose, and returned thanks in English, in
the follow iog tei ms :
“ Among the proudest enjoyments of
my lilt-, I place tire sympathy and ap
probation bestowed on me by the Uri
tisli and American citizens hero assem
bled. 1 want words to express my gra
titude for the kind manner in which my
name was introduced by your President.
1 have been lor a long series of years a
woisliipper o( the fire of liberty—(loud
ami enthusiastic applause)—That fire
first kindled in England—transplanted
to America—w Inch now blazes in Fi auce
” ai| d which will, ere long, spread itsell
iii universal flame—(shouts ol applause.)
1 lie world is divided into two categories,
the oppressors and the oppressed’ It is
also divided by two, principles, divine
lights and the sovereignly of the people.
Both are now iu presence of each other,
and blood may soon Jlow. On tlie part
ol Fiance, 1 disclaim every idea of ag
grandizement—(cheers.) Her endea
vors to vie in reciprocal friendship with
all nations, persuaded the prosperity of
one is not only compatible with, but con
tributes to the safety of all—(cheers.) 1
have the honor of proposing “the Holy
Alliance" —(a loud laugh)—of Nations—
(loud cheers) —equality ol rights, liber
ty all over the world, and the improve
ment and happiness of the human spe
cies.”
Several other toasts were afterwards
drunk. The company separated at ra
ther a late hour.
From the Liverpool Mercury.
Salvation or the Country. —Now
that the humbug of the Indian corn is
at an end, Cobbett will have leisure to
save the country, which he promises to
do on the easy condition of being made
Prune Minister. VVliat a blow for Earl
Giey will this letter , 11 fiict, for who can
doubt that the King w ill prefer the man
who can save the Nation, to him who
makes no such profession ?
To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty.
Holt Court. 17th Nov. 1630.
” May it please your Majesty—
“ Being convinced, that if 1 wereyour
Majesty’s Minister, 1 should cause to be
adopted such measures as would in a
very short space of time, put an end to
the burnings, which are now a subject of
great alarm, and as would, in a few
months, restore the country to content
and peace, and enable it again to raise
its bead aloft in the world ; being thus
convinced, I deem it my duty to your
majesty and to mv country, to tender
my services to your Majesty ; and hav
ing thus discharged this duty, it only re
mains for me to add, that I am your
Majesty’s most dutiful, most obedient,
and most humble subject and servant.
WM. COBBETT.”
Two Revolutionary's gone! —ln Up
son county, on the 12th inst. by Isaac
Cooper, Esq. was joined in wedlock,
Win. Silliman, Esq. aged 77 (a sold.er
of the Revolution) to Mrs. Milly Lau
das, aged 60.
BOAT NEWS.
Arrived. — Boat Magnolia, Captain
Whitehead, from Darien, with a full
cargo for Day & Butts, owners.
Also, Ocmulgee No 2. Cutter owner,
and Charles Carroll ■— ■ owner.
Several boats departed
BY AXTCTIOrff.
>OOO Bushels Liverpool ground
HALT will he sold on Monday
next, 24th inst. at 12 o’clock, (noon) at
our store, Mulberry street, next door to
Chapman’s corner. Terms of sale
made known at the time.
J.T. ROWLAND,
C. A. HIGGINS.
Macon, Dec. 22. Auctioneers.
Oranges, Cheese, Meal,
AND RICE.
I ®
JLORRhS. St. Augustine sweet
Oranges, largest ever seen in this
Market,
12 Goshen Cheese in Boxes for fam
ily use.
325 Bushels of Corn Meal,
2 Tierce of Carolina Rice,
Just received and for sale at
J. PHILLIPS’
Dry Good and Grocery Stort, on Cher
ry-Street.
January 22 40
Whiskey, Sugar, &c.
Baltimore Whiskey,
30 do Portland Rum,
6 Or. Casks Madeira Wine,
10 do Sweet Malaga do
10 Barrels Cider,
20 Whole barrels Canal Flour,
40 Half do do do
15 IIIkIs. Choice St, Croix Sugar
10 do Prime N. O. do
20 Bbls. Loaf Sugar
20 do Lump do
20 Boxes Sperm Candles,
10 do Cavendish Tobacco
15000 best quality Cigars
100 box* Herrings
20 half bis. Crackers
20,000 lbs. Iron assorted
60 casks Nails 100 lbs. each
Now landing from Boat Magnola, and
for sale by DAY & BUTTS.
January 22. }g
~~ CHEESE.
1f |r uses GOS 11 1 IN CIIE ES E re-
JL\f reived and for sale, by
IIUNGEKKORDS &. STODDARD.
Dec. 4. 39
CANDZZa.
I | M | Boxes of Mould Can-
A W dies, manufactured and
lor sale bv
ELLIS, BIIOTWELL, fc Cos.
Dee. 8, 1830. 4i_
DOMESTIC.
Ctorgia and the Indians \\ e |^~ e
all along been willing to see the Indians
removed from the limits of Georgia and
other states ; and of course we have not
joined in the artificial or political | UI .
inanity of some not them loiks, in
half of the Indians. We had hoped
that Georgia would become more ra
tional, and not act the part of savages
in fixing upon and adhering 10 a eertain
day when the Indians should be driven
from her limits like wild beasts—that
know ing the sincerity of the general po I
vernnieutin her promises to remove the
Indians ns soon as negotiations could
possibly be made to remove them peace
ably, Georgia wou'd attend to her own
concerns, and render to Cesar the tilings
w hich are Cesar’s. The interference of
Georgia in a matter which belongs to the
general government, her tlneati>in P s.and
vindictive spirit and conduct towards the
Indians, has no doubt, already had a
tendency to protract their stay aumn”
them, greatly embarrassed the govern*
merit, and exposed tiie United States to
an expense in filming their removal,
five times greater than it would fltliet
wise have been. The reader will re
gret to see by certain bite proceedings of
the Governor and Legislature ol Geor
gia, in this day’s paper, that that state
has acted with great violence and pre
cipitancy in another Indian affair— not
afiording the Judiciary ol the U. S. an
opportunity of deciding a point of Con
stitutional law—a 1 ash act. which if sub
milted tobv Congress, and followed by
other acts ol violent c threatened by oth
er states, the spirit of whose language
om-IJerod’s all Hartford Conventions,
must soon produce a dissolution of tne
Union.— Columbian Ileghtu.
From the Sew-York Daily Advertiser.
\\ e publish to-day (tom the Miiledge
ville Journal ot December 25th, a mes
sage from Governor Gibner to lhelcgis
j lature of Georgia, transmitting a copy
j ol a summons from the Chief Justice of
J the United States, citing that State to
appear before the Supreme Court the
present month, on a writ of Error in fa
vour of the Indian lately convicted of
murder before one of the S’ate counsel
Georgia. This message it will be seen,
was referred to a committee, and a re
port made thereon, which was agreed to
by both houses. The resolutions which
accompanied it, request the Governor,
1 and all other officeis, to disregard any
and every mandate from that court for
the purpose of arresting the execution
ol the criminal laws of the State ; and
all the force and means provided by iho
laws and constitution of the State, an;
placed at the Governor's command, to
repel any invasion, from any quarter
whatever, upon the administration of
the criminal laws of the State. it
is added, the State w ill never compromit
her sovereignty so far, as to become a
party to this case ; and the Governor is
j authorised to communicate by express
I such orders as are necessary to insme
the full execution of the laws, in the case
01 the abovememioued convict.
We do not see but the State of Geor
gia is now fully in the field, prepared
fur a conflict with the government of the
United States, on a point of vital im
l portance, viz. the authority ofthe high
jest court of law known to the national
constitution. It rnoy peihaps he in the
power ofthe State to defeat the imme
diate effect of this process, by ordering
the convict to a speedy execution—a
j measure, that without regard to the eon
j sequences of disobeying the highest au
j thority ofthe Union, will stamp the gov
j eminent of that Stale w ith perpetual
j disgrace for the inhumanity ofthe meas
j ure. But it is probable tiiat this con
j sideration will have but little weight,
I when it is remembered how far they
j have advanced in the career of injustice
! and oppression towards the Indians.—
But resistance to the authority of the
Supreme Court, in the exercise of its le
gal and constitutional powers, is a mat
ter, at least tu the persons who may be
immediately and actively concerned in
it, of more serious importance. •• I'rea
son against the United States,” says the
constitution, “ shall consist only in levy
ing war against them.” Resisting the
execution ofthe laws by arms, is levy
ing war against the United States. It
is notin the power ol the Governor, or
legislature of Georgia, to sit injudgment,
either as n court of errors, or as a court
of arms, over the Supreme Court ofthe
United States. However much they
may consider the dignity or sovereignty
ofthe State coinpromitted bv the su
premacy of the national laws, or the de
crees ot the national courts, they must
either submit to them, or place them
selves in the attitude of forcible resist
ance, which is levying war, and there
fore directly within the constitutional
definition of treason. This brought
Fries of Pennsylvania to the bar. of the
court, subjected him to trial, conviction,
and sentence, and would have sent him
to the gallows, if a pardon from the chiel
executive magistrate of the U. States
had not interposed and saved him.
If this Indian convict is hung, in de
fiance of the writ of Error, we do not
see how the I’iesident of the United
States can extricate himself from the
predicament, in which his ow n rashness
and folly has placed him, w ithout exten
ding his constitutional authority for en
forcing the execution ofthe laws. The
situation in which lie is likely to stand,
may ten iris him the importance of con
fining his labours to the circle of Ins
own duties, and not to inteifere with
those ofthe other branches of the gov
ei nment. The constitution otiliges him
to execute, not tosnspend the lawsofihe
Union. And whenever a chief magis
trate of the nation takes upon himself
the latter power, lie ought to he brought
to the bar of the constitutions! tribunal
for the dial and punishment of such of
fences.
The Essex Register gives the follow
ing account of the Execution of Joseph
J. Knapp of Friday lust.
The Rev. John I*. Cleaveland visited
the wretched criminal daily (luring the
last two weeks of his existence, and w as
with him from 7 o'clock on the morrv
mg of the execution until lie was launch
ed into eternity. Mr. Cleaveland wax
requested by the Sheriff to be present
duiing the reading ofthe death warrant
in his cell when it was received from
the Governor, and aftet that, Knapp, of