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> THE GEORGIA JOURNAL |8 PUBMSMRD WEEKLY BY PBTEBSOW Til WE ATT, PROPRIETOR, AT TilRBB DOLLARS TER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, Or FOUR Dollar* at the ciul of the year. i ««ri will rnciiv««t far I•«» tliau « year, nor will iu> ' 'W In /sail ** hl a,i nrrMr V ( * «**«■ paid r w .»ln >1 h« a'ttttonuy parson out of the Htate, until tin f 1 * * i|(| „,,)nrv i« |* *i.l in irj or ■utisfactory roferenco given .v'pRri^KMV.NT.^ are inaortml nt 75 cent* per souure for tin * , ” r * ;1 a vi l.V) jenH pereipiarefor each luaertiuothereafter A Jo.ir.rtl in the apace of ten linos in small type,containing. ‘Jj,.. i<r) words. 1,11 ^,|n, .,f|.AND, by Administrators, Kaecutora, or tluar “ »ra wqnlreil. bv law, to lie hHd on the llr.t Tuc-day in the ’ja-batween the houra often in the forenoon anil three in the nl , at the Cojrt-houae, iu the county in w hich the property i« •Vj’ Soticeof theae aaleamiut ho given in a public g icettc SIX »VS urerioua In the day of aalo. l* «»f NEORDBH iiri*t be ut i public auction, on the flrat ruc» ’'afthenniit'i, b’tiaeen t'n uaual hours of sal", at the placo of pub 'jii t« th** county where ho lettorj tostamontsry, of Adiniiii-trn *•* duar lianahip, may have been granted, first giving SIXT\ thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this State, and at Ja>r of the Court-house, where such sales are to be held. Vatics for the sale of P m von *1 Property, must begivon in like man POIlTY .tars previous to the day of sal". a,ce t » th' Debtors and Creditors of mi Estate must be published PORTV days. ... - « t«.s I’m aiuilication will be made to the Court of Ordinary foi . L\ND, most be published for FOUR MONTHS, vies for leave to sell NEOROKS, inii't be published for FOUR I )\Tll^i b.’tore any order absoluto shall bo ntado tboreon by tin- tun i«in'«v ofthiakind continues to rcceivo prompt attention at tlir XoftheOROlir.n JOURNAL. bK,||TT\NCES ItY MAIL “ A puatnnater may enclose money *|«tiertothenul»ltshiir of n newspaper, to pay tbo subscription of a \ nerinii.a.id frank the lottor, it written by himself."— Amot Km- jg, P. N. 0. POETICAL. THE BEAUTIECIi There is but o very mimito poslion of the crcn- that we enn turn into clothes nnd fund, nno tification for the body ; but tho whole creation my he used to minister to tho sense of beauty.”— Dr. Channing. The lSenntiftil! the Jtcniiliful! Where do wo find it not? It innnnll pervading pmri- And lighieih every spot. It enarkleenn die ocenn wave, It giiitere in the dew * We see it in the glnrimie sky, Ami ill the flow’ret’s hue. On inniintniii top, in vnlley deep, Wc find its presence there ; The licnutifni ! Hie Rt-uutiful! 11 livelh everywhere. The glories ol the noontide day, The still mul solemn night, The chunging season*, nil cun bring The tribute of delight. Ther. ’s beauty iu the child's first smile, Aiidiu dint look offuith— The Christian's Inst on eurili, before llis eyu is dosed in death ; And in the beings dint we love, Who have ourlend'rest cure— Tne Beautiful.' the Beautiful! ’Tie sweet to truce it there. 'Twas in the glance that Ciod threw o'or The young created eurtli, When ho proclaimed it “very good The beautiful Imd birth; Then who shall say this woild is dull, At.dnll (o sudness given, While yet there glows on every side The smile that cutue from lleaven l If so much loveliness is sent To grace our earthly home, How beautiful! how beautiful! Will be the World to come! London, April, 1U43. Mari.nda. [FROM THE LOUISVILLE JOURNAL.] MAY. this is the beautiful month of May, The season of birds and of flowers ; The young mid the lovely are out and awny, Hul the up springing grass and the blossoms at play ; Ob! many a heart will be happy to-day, In this beautiful region of outs. Sweet April, the frail, the capriciously bright. Hath passed, like the lovely, away; Vet we mourn not her absence, for swift a( her flight, Spring forth her young sister, an ungel of light, And fair as a sunbeam Hint duszlas the sight, Is beautiful, beautiful May. What scenes of delight, w hat sweet visions she brings, Of freshness, ol gludness, nml mirth, Of fair sunny glades, where the butter cup s prings, Of cool gushing fountains, of rose vested wings. Of birds, t>. os, mid blossoms, ull beautiful things, Whose brightness rejoices the eurtli. Hus fair is the landscape! O'er hill tup ami glade, What swift-varying colors are rolled— The shadow now sunshine, the sunshine now shade, Tlieir light shifting hues fur the green earth have niude A garment resplendent with clew gems o’erluid— A light woven tissue of gold! Oh: yes—lovely May, the enchantingly fair, Is here with her beams and her flowers; Their rainbow like garments die blossoms now wear, And all in tlieir lieultli-giviug odors nmy share, Fur the breuth of their sweetness is out on tho air— Those children of sunbeams and showers. The fragrant magnolia, in loveliness drest. The lilac's more ddicute hue, The violet, half opening its azure lined vest, Ju*t kissed by a sunbeam, its innocent guest, The light‘floating cloudlets, like spirits at rest, All pictured hi mutiouless blue. There brighten the landscape, nnd softly unroll Their splendors by laud nnd by sea; They eteul o'er the heart, with a magic control. Thai lightens the bosom and IresheiiH the soul— On! this is the charm dial enhances tho w hole, And makes them so lovely to me. How sweet, when tho mouth’s in the flush of its primo, To hear, as we wnuder alone, Some bird's eudden song, from die sweet-scented liino, AnJ catch the low gush ot its exc|iiisito chime, And set it to music, ami turn it to rhyme, With a spirit us light as its own. Audsweet to recline 'neath the emerald robed treos, Where fairv like foot steps have trod, Withilia lull ol r the waters, the hum of the bees, Helling into the spirit, delicious degrees Of exquisite softness! In moments like these lhave walked with Liao angels of God. Bweetseason of love, when the fairy queen trips At eve, through the slur-lighted grove; Whit vows are now breathed, where '.ho lioiioy lice sips . What cheeks, whose bright beauties the roses eclipse, Arc crimsoned with blushes! Wliut rose-tinted lips Are moist with the kisses of love ! t, loveliest of months'. with the praises l slug, Thy glories nro passing nwuy, iilitlie dew from the blossom, the bird on the wing ; it, round thee it garland poetic 1 fling, *eei shier of April! young child ofthc spring . Oh! beautiful, beautiful May! Amelia .J. II. STEELE & P. THYVEATT, Editors. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY. JUNE 20, 1843. VOL. XXX1V-NO 38. J l c boat reeled nml shivered under the momen tum Riven it by the suiloi's pluvgo, lnit He who holds tho w liters in the hollow of his Imnd watched over the forsnked. The mother clasped her littlo ones yet closer to her breast, nml raised her eye to heaven in un agony of prayer too earnest to wail for words- The wave that she feared was just about to whelm her, was broken in its crest by the Ntrnngo weight it borc-nnd as its waters neared her —a sullen—tin uuearthy sound broke on her quick ear, and the spray which Hew across her face came blood-stained. The dead body of the sailor who had deserted her, bumped an instant against tho boat’s side, nml then drifted awny from tho sight of mor tal man forever! He hud struck upon the shnrp points of rock’s beneath the sui face, and escaped tho lingering death to which he thought he had left his companions, by a sudden awful plunge into the presence of his Maker. In another instant the deserted woman felt a strange sound beneath her feet. The boat was grating on the sand. Another bom d before the wave and it was fast. She sounded the water with her arm, nnd toiler inexpressible joy found solid earth. In an instant she stepped from tlie shallop, caught her infants in lier arms, and aimed for the shore which seemed at a littlo distance. The water deepened—loiter waist—loiter throat—she stag gered—nnd the stifling •bubbling cry* of her chil dren nerved her w ith new strength. An almost superhuman spring, and she w as sate again—and anon sho recoiled ns the earth seemed to sink un der Iter feet, nnd another footstep would have plunged Iter into an Qhyss, in the very sight of safe ty. The agony offenr—the strength of despair— tho lightning of hope—each seized her by turns till ul length, in n delirium of joy she left the sea he* hind Iter, having escaped its last engulphing wave, amt falling on her face in the damp sand, she pour- cd out her soul in gratitude to tho God who had delivered Iter and her little ones. Shfr rose, shuddering with cold, now that the struggle was over- Her children quivering with terror, and sobbing in discomfort, clung to her knees. The wind, as if I leaven had held it back until her escape, increased iu fury. Rain fell in torrents,and the waves drowned the shore fur above the point at which she first ft It safety. Her eye wandered in vain for help, the cold sky, the lashing wave, tho bleak rock, the barren sand, mocked the hope of the mother for comfort or safety. A re action of feeling had taken place—her heart was sinking within Iter. A voice! Again and nearer! A man upon the rocks earnestly beckoning, ns if some new and imminent danger beset the fugitives from death. She saw no more, but 6unk insensible upon the *«md, and her children raised a piercing wail beside Her. Unerring instinct !—They did not shriek thus when sho sunk dow n to prayer. Another moment, and the man wlto was shout ing the warning is beside the shipwrecked mother- IIis bnrdy wife attends him. She has caught the children each by n shoulder, with more strength than gentleness, though with gentle purpose, and is scrambling up the rocks. He hears tho still in sensible form ofthc mother, and as he ascends, his hat has fullen behind him, and is dancing in an ed. dy of water over the very spot from which, an in. slant before, lie had caught his unconscious burth en ! The tide now nt the flood has swept like an avalanche over tho nook among the rocks and the fragments of the deserted bout are fretting among the craggy points of that inhospitable shore. In tho cabin of tho fisherman the mother is soon restored to life. Her first thought is for her chil dren, whom sho embraces again in h passion of joy. She unclasps a rich necklace from tho besom of her little daughter :—“Take this gac e of my grati- tude,* she exclaims—‘accept it as an earnest, you to whom I owe tho life of tny children ! The fisherman shook his heud- “I could not make use of such riches,” he said. “The products •f my labor suflice me. To you this gold and these jewels will he much more useful titan to tne. Re tain them.” The mother took the hand of her preserver.— Young and beautiful even iu humble vestments, which the fisher's wife lmd substituted for her rich and drabbled clothing, her air was full of majesty* “Tlmnk you !»’she cried—“thank you ! You are right. The service you have tendered cannot bo paid with gold, and laud, I trust, w ill pul it in my power to testify my grutiiudo iu a manner worthy of you.” “Your safety will ho our recompense, and we desire no other,” sttid the fisherman, and '.lie honest face of his wife, lighted with placid joy, boro testi mony that she joined iu the sentiment- “Tell tne, my friends” the ladv asked after t pause—' On wlmt coast has this misfortune thrown us ?” “On that of Denmark.” 'l’he mother wrung her hands in despair—‘Den mark,” she cried; “then are my children still, lost, though they have survived the perils of the ocean “While Finn and his wife live,” said the fisher, in un effort to console tlieir unfortunate guest, “vou captain,'added Finn, with the chat uctcristic cool ness of n Danish peasant—''but, captain, will you not enter my humble cottage a moment for repose and re IVi! slime nt V The mother shuddered, lest tho invitation given in bravndo might be accented in earnest—and then —she n mother, nnd the lives of her children went nt stake—for an instant sho trembled at the possi* bilily that her host might intend to betray her. Tho voice of the captain ns ho declined the proffer- d civility, and renewed Itis promises to the Fish- erntan, re-assured her. as the tones died away in the distance. Iu a moment more, Finn entered tho cabin. Lose not a moment, mndnme!’ ho said, Mho storm has abated—the waves arc more worthy of trust than man, and we must embark on the in stant !' All the strength ofthc mother returned at this new exigence, and hushing her children into silence by a sign, she followed Finn, us he took a circuitous path among tho rocks, known on ly to himself; and in n low moments, without tho exchange of 11 word, they were emourked in tho Fisherman's skill’—the fasts were cast elf, the honest peusant worked at his ours with a will; ami, tuten hours,the dawning light showei him the coast of the Low Countries. Through the night had he been guided by his familiar pilots, the stars; nml labor was so much bis habitual custom in his hardy calling—he had so often endured it ns a utter of course and of habit* that with such a stake in success, he did nut once think of fatigue. Suddenly a new danger caught his eve. Two trmed boats were pursuing him ; and notwith. standing they were crowded with soldiers awk ward ufloat as« cow on stilts, they rapidly gained on him. It was evident that they had been lying in wait near the coast, to intercept tho very pre cious burthen which ho carried. He uttered no cry of rurprise* ‘Down, madam,' ho said, without any appearance of being disconcerted—‘down in the bottom ofthc boat, for it needs ballast !* The mother, unconscious of the threatening danger obeyed mechanically. In the next intstant, mus ket halls whistled past the cars of the intrepid Fishermun—had they rped nn instant before, tho mother would have escaped tho perils of the sea but to have been murdered by the hirelings. Finn measured with his eye tho distance yet be tween Ids bout and the shore ; and he saw that it was impossible to rcuch it before ids pursuers would overtake him. He formed a sudden and desperate resolution—ho ceased to fly. He even turned his boat’s head towards his pursuers, and making a trumpet with his hands shouted—‘Boats ahoy \ What do you wish V You are not alone !' answered Ids pursuers. True,'replied the Fisherman as the boats were now so near each other that they could converse with less cflort. ‘True—l have a good cargo of fish for companions. You can provision your selves with them if you wish, (here was no need to fire upon me for that.' Advance !’ Aye ! aye !’cried Finn gaily ycl tremulously. It was proper and natural that a poor fisherman ‘And do you know who were tho prescribed whom you dnred to save ?' •I know her majesty Isabella, the wife of Chris, linn my sovereign. 1 knew equally well tho two children, for if their ornaments had not betrayed them, the edict against them told me w ho they w ere. If I have merited death, mss life is in your hands.' And the wife of the fisherman dragged him almost unresisting tu his knees beside her. A murmur ran through the assembly, they thought it was their death warrant. ‘Thou hast a noble and worthy heart. Finn,'said the interrogator in a kinder voice. ‘Wo have but prnc'iced this apparent harshness to be sure of thy identity. An imposter might have claimed thy good deed—no imposter could have braved death as thou hast done. Thou hast suved. at the peril of thy life the well beloved sister and nephews of the Emperor Charles Fifth. Charles is no ingrate, rise Finn, and kiss tho hand he presents thee, ex press but a wish and I swear its gratification.’ •Sire,' replied the fisherman, ‘I am old. I have need only of a cabin by the seashore. If I have done well in performing the duties of a faithful sub ject, in saving the fixes of my fellow creatures, in exposing my own life for my sovereign, are not the words of approbation which l have heard from I your majesty a sufllcient oi.d glorious recum- ; pense V j 'For thee it may be ; but not for us. We name thee. Warden of our fisheries ntOatcndand ennoble time. Rise, Chevalier Finn !' Tho emperor look from his own neck an order suspended with a string of gold, nnd Isabella clasped the chain over rude vestments of the Fish erman Finn. At the commencement of tho nineteenth century there still lived at Ostend the descendants of the fisherman. Tlieir arms consist of an imperial eagle, and two basques proper, on a field gules. [FROM THE TUSCALOOSA (ALA.) MONITOR.] Portraits ofthc 1 Ith C'ougte^. I.t the Speech of Mr. YVilde of Georgia,deliver- cd in the House of Representatives iu 183'J, on the Tar iff, he thus introduces, iu a style of beauty pe culiar to his own classic genius, a sketch of some of the distinguished men of the Fourteenth Con- gross, (1810.) Mr. Wilde says, The restrictive system is more plainly to be tra- ced to the embargo, non intercourse, non-importn. '.ion, war, and double duties. When peace came, those duties were about to expire. A new system of revenue was to be devised, and the manufactures, threatened, as they believed, with ruin, earnestly and humbly entreated that the amount required tu revenue should be so imposed as to enable them to stand the shock. It was under such circumstances that the four* r.ecnth Congress assembled. At that time 1 had •the honor to be a member of this House.—It was an honor then. Wliut is it now, I shall not suy. It is what tho twenty.second Congress have been pleas, cd to make it. I have neither time, nor strength, nor ability, to speak of the legislators of that day li was proper anu natural mat n poor nsnermati . as they deserve ; nor is this the fit occasion. Yet should be awakened nnd alarmed before two boat j the coldest or most cureless nature, cannot recui loads of soldiers. The coarse brutes enjoyed what , to such associates, without some touch ot generous they thought was the trepidation and energy of ; feeling, which, in quicker spirits, would kindle into fear, and as they stood up, tlieir boats reeled under j high and almost holy enthusiasm, tlieir shouts of laughter, as the Fisherman’s skiff*, 1 Lowndes.—I're eminent—yet not more proudly urged by his nervous arm, shot towards them- than humbly pre-eminent—among them, was A scream from the lubbers I A splash! The igentloman from South Carolina, now no more ; the estimate of human nature was, not very high. It may be that his past associations had not tended to exn It it. Unhappily, it is, perhaps, more likely to have been lowered than raised by his subsequent experience. Yet then, nnd ever since, except when that imprudence, bo natural to genius, pre- vailed over his better judgment, he lmd, generally, • he good sense, or good taste, to adopt a lofty tond of sentiment ; w bother he spoke of measures, or of men, of friend or adversary. On many occasions he was noble and capttvuting. One, I can never forget. It is the fine burst of indignant eloquence with which he replied to the tunnting question, " wlmt have wc gained by the war? YVKBaTER.—Nor nmy I pass over in silence u representative from New Hampshire, who Imsal. most obliterated all memory of that distinction, by the superior fame he has attained as u Senator from Massachusetts. Though then but in his political life, uud hardly conscious, perhaps, of his own ex- iraordinarv powers, ho gave promise of tho great- . ess he has since achieved. The same vigor of thought ; the same force of expression ; the short sentences ; tho calm, cold collected manner, the air of solemn dignity , the dead, sepulchral, uttim- passioned voice; all have been devolved only, not changed, even lo the intense bitterorss of bis frig- id irony. The piercing coldness of his anrcaam wns indeed peculiar to him ; they seemed to be cm- amnion* from the hpirit of the icy ocean. Nothing could be nt once so novel and so powerful—it was frozen mercury becoming as caustic us red hot iron. awkward Fisher's clumsy boat has si ruck their bow, with its whole momentum, nnd awkward sol diers fall over the gunwale nil around into the sea. N»r is there _ loss confusion among tho other skilF load of soldiers. Their boat dipped water first over the other, us the soldiers swung their arms, and swayed, nnd fell upon cnoh other, in vain uttempts tu succor their drowning brethren. Wliut! another cccidcnl! The awkward and frightened fisherman bus taken sudden sweep, and run into them too. And now he is pulling away for dear life, without a thought for the safety of tho soldiers of Denmark ? What! a heud peeping over the side of the fisherman's boat—a woman's head ! never mind the men overboard pursue !* But the ours ltuve all been thrown to the drown ing men. •Fire upon them ?* But tho muskets have fallen overboard with their owners or from their arm, or they ure in tho bottom of the boat—in souk. * * * * That night fisher and bis wife laughed long but not loud, for there might have been listeners. The good man Finn never made any inquiries about tho soldiers who had taken u cold bath ; and as all wcio saved, ns they did not cure to bruit tlieir own dis comfiture by a single stupid Fisherman, and as he was too modest to boast of his victory to any body but bis wife, the honest couple lived on in quiet and content, until they hud almost forgotten the ndvou- veniurc. On an April morning, six yours from that of tho shipwreck, a party of soldiers entered the fisher man's cabin. Without the waste of a word they were seized and bound, hurried to a carriage, con- have nothing to fear, inudame, for yourself, or your! veved to u sea-port, embarked on boaid u vessel MISCELLANEOUS. [TRANSTATED FRON TIIE FRENCH OF BETHoUD.] THE NOBLE FISHERMAN. On the 15th of April, 1533, a shallop wasdiift ing in the North Sea, at the mercy of the winds Lid waves, which threatened every moment to overwhelm it. A woman, two children and a sail °Mvere ulono on the waters in tins frail vessel Tne woman wrapped in u large clocik, under the •heller of which she hugged tier children to her heart, a'u-ruately wept and pinyed. The sailor, having Ibr a long time struggled against the temp r *t, ami endeavored in vniu to urge forward the •hallop in his charge, had closed his arms on his breast nnd waited in sullen silence tho death which •eemed inevitable. Through tho thick mist hi* practised eye ul length saw hope—‘Land ! Land ! he shouted, and retaking his oars, plied them with w vigor. Vain! His exhausted strength could surmount •he rebufl*,even with apparent safety iu his reach. Hi* struggles to gain tho shore seemed hut to kngt.jcn the distance between the bout nnd the •'-rand. At length ho a ;ain abandoned his hope ta* labor. The quick eye ot the mother detected hi*purpose, as he relieved his person of his lienv- ,cr garments.—“You will not abandon my child re, Ji3 perish !'* she cried in agony. I he suilor looked wishfully nt the unhappy suf- fc^rs. He measured the distance to the shore. *bh his eye, and looker! over the hunt’s side, to the 'itr-rs which, here partially sheltered, seemed to b'il and vest ns in cauldron, the receding tide coni fifing the furious gale. To save one of these i'lclrsjones was impossible, lie ventured on no ! Vord of advice or consolation lost his mercy should •"•hiier his judgment, hut while the mother yet hop. ed-—while she leaned forward with lips apart, and •ye* pressing from tlieir sockets to catch a word, n |' r ea;b in answer, he cut all short by diving sudden- h into the scu. children.” •But you know not, my friend that a price is on my heud on those of my children. Wc were fly- ing from tho soil of Denmark, when the storm for ced us buck upon it. 1 am— •Keep your secret ; do not tell it to me !”— cried the Fisherman abruptly, checking the revela, lion she was about to make. ‘All that 1 have need to know is that you came here in distress, and that you nro in worse distress while you remain. The storm wifi soon abate ; the const of tho lower Countries is not fur distant ; tomorrow perhaps this very evening, I will conduct you with safety from the kingdom, to a place w here the persecution of your enemies, whoever they are, shall not reach you. Snutch some repose, meanwhile, and confide in my hospitality. The good but humble couple hastened to prepare near the hearth, a pallet of straw, upon which the beautiful unknown did not hesitate an instunt to pluce herself and her children. With an arm round each she was in a moment wrapped in sleep. Tne good man Finn stood breathlessly attentive, while her guest clasped her children a moment— and struggled, almost from the bed to the floor— Then “«» change came o'er tho spirit of her dream” —an eloquent expression of joy passed over her pale features—her lips moved in earnest thanks giving, and her countenance settled into a placid and silent repose, betokening the consciousness ol aaletv; Tiie Fisher aud his wife conversed with quick aud intelligent glances over their guest. They both knew that she Imd again p issed through her peril in the vision; they both felt happy and thanked, in her calm slumber which spoke so well tho sense of safety. In this cnlin rest she past many hours. At length her slumber was disturbed by coarse voices outside the lull—they were roughly interrogating the Fisher; The questions she needed not to hear distinctly to understand—the answer of Finn she did not catch, for it was spoke lor her care as well as for the soldiers w ho hid visited the cabin. •A hundred pieces of gold • cried the fisher— Uuly, captain, a sum like that would ho worth striving for. Be assured I will take care of the runaways if they fell into my hands. A hundred nieces of gold ! Not a soul shall escape shipwreck, from this day r orlh for a twelvemonth, that I will not bring to your quarters. A hundred pieces of gold ! 'But, d confined in a small eubin, where their bonds were taken ulf. They were treated with kindness, but allowed not a word of communication with any person. Thu suitor who brought them food did not understand a word of the Danivh language, and never opened his mouth to speak to them. Thus they suiled—to them it seemed many tedious days, for they could not help connecting the adven ture with tlieir succor to tho beautiful outlaw, and her children. The rattle of cordage, nnd the tramp of men on deck told the practised ear of Finn that the voyage was ended. But to wliut purpose ? They were hurried from their floating prison to u close carriage—the horses dashed away for un hour, their carriugc stopped. They were led front one surprise to another. In u magnificent apartment, urnid a glare of fight, the poor Fisher man nnd his wife confronted an array of nobles and ladies iu ull the gorgeousness which in that age marked the ditference between prince and peasant. • You are the fisherman Finn ?’ For the first lime the fisherman and his wife, in their confusion, saw that there were grades of rank even among the nobles who blazed before them, in wliut seemed to the poor peasant almost the innjes. ty of Heaven. The personage who iu a stern voice uttered the above question, alone was seated. •I am iliut man,’ the poor Fisher tremblingly re plied. •You five on the seacoast of Denmark, near the village of Lorgen?’ Finn bowed assent. •You extended hospitality to a woman and to two proscribed children ?’ ‘I did.’ ipurest, the calmest, tbo most philosophical of our •country’s modern statesman. One no less remark- ;ablo for gentleness of manners, and kindness of •heart, than for that passion'ess. unclouded intellect which rendered him deserving of the praise—if ev. er man deserved It—of merely standing by and let. ting reason urgua for him. The tiue patriot, inca. pubic of all selfish ambition, who shunned office and distinction, yet served his country faithfully, because lie loved her. He, I mean, who consecra ted, by his example, the noble precept, so entirely his own, that the first -station iu tho republic was neither to be sought after nor declined—u senti ment so ju.»t uud so happily expressed, that it con- I tinues to be repeated, because it cannot beimprov- j cd. j Pinckney.—There was also a gentleman Irom I Maryland, whose ashes now slumber in yon ccme- ! try. It is not long since I stood by his tomb, nnd recalled him as ho was then, iu all the pride and power of his genius. Among the first of his conn* trymen mid cotemporuries, as a jurist and states, mail, first as an orator, lie was, if nut truly eloquent tlm prince of rheturiciuns. Nor did the soundne ol Ins logic suffer any thing, by a comparison with 1 the richest uud classical purity of tiie language in which iie copiously poured forth those figurative il j lustrations of Ins argument, which enforced while they adorned it. But let others pronounce his cu j logy. I mu*t nut. I feel as if his mighty spirit j still haunted tlio scene of its triumphs, and when 1 j dared to wrong them, indignantly rebuked him. i These names have become historical. Then were others, of whom it is more difficult to speak because yet within the reach of praise or envy, For one who w as, or aspired tu be, a politician, it would be prudent, perhaps wise, to avoid ull men tion of these men. Their acts, their words, their thoughts, tlieir very looks, have become subjects of parly controversy.—But be whose ambition is of a higher or lower order, has no need of such reset ve Talent is of no pm ty exclusively, nor is justice. Randolph.—Among them, hut not of them, iu the fearful uud solitary sublimity of Genius, stood a gentleman from Virginia—whom it weie superflu ous to designate. Whose speeches were uuiver- j sully rend. Who^esatire was universally feared. | Upon whose accents did this habitually listless und j unlistening House hang, si frequently, with wrapt : attention / Whose fume was identiflo I with that j body for so long a period ? Who was a more, dex I terous debater ? a riper scholar ? bettor versed in the politics of our own country ? or deeper read iu the history of others 1 Above all, who was more thoroughly imbued with the idiorn of the English language—more completely muster of its strength, and beauty, delicacy ? or more capable ol breuth- ing thought of flume in words of mugic, aud tones ofsilver ? Calhoun.—There was, also n sou of South Car olina, still in llie service of the Republic, then un. j doubledlythe most influential member of this House, i With a genius eminently metaphysicul ho applied to politics hi* habits of analysis, abstraction, und | condensation, nnd thus gave to tho problems of j Government something of that grandeur wInch the Peace.—In France, a prize of one thousand francs has been offered for the best essay upon Peace.” Most gladly would we see peace reign between nations us between individuals. But we apprehend that there is little prospect in this day, when human life is the spoil of every vagabond, uud some of the human race are so depraved us not to be satisfied with one victim, but riot, us iu New Jersey lately, and elsewhere, in the cold blooded massacre of whole families. If two gentlemen have a difference, there is no tribunal where their differences may be honorably sullied and peace restored to anxious household friends, but science in gunnery too often determines who lias the rigitt of stretching in death the bleed- ing corse of the husband und the father, tho vie- tim of w hat the world calls “honor.” Without en larging, wc extract Irom the Pennsylvanian ; Perhaps the best essay upon Peace that can be levised, would be such improvements upon the art of destruction that a buttle could scarcely have sur- viyors,—upon the principle that tho excess of n mischief is most likely to effect a cure. The nutt ier trade might then possibly full into disrepute. ' a curious commentary upon civilization and . higher mathematics have borrowed from Astrono- ' my. Tho w ings of his mind were rapid, but enpri- | eious, and there were times when the light which 1 flashed from them us they passed,glanced like a mir ror iu the sun, only to dazzle the beholder. En- j grossed with his subject—careless of his words— his loftiest flights of eloquence were sometimes fob ‘Without regarding the edict which puts a price lowed by colloqu al or provincial barbarisms* But upon their heed, you not only frustrated the ven- though often incorrect ho wus alwuys fascinating. jennee of tho Danish people, but audaciously and ulore discoinfillcd nnd overturned two boat loads of soldiers sent in pursuit of the fugitives?* A smile of grotesque triumph at tho success of nu encounter under such odds, lightened the Dane's —Language with him was merely the scaffold of thought—employed to raise a dome, which, like Angelo's, he suspended in the heavens. Clay.—It is equally impossible to forget, or to omit, u gentleman from Kentucky, whom party has eye a moment, then u shade of sadness crossed his I since made the fruitfel topic of unmeasured pune eyrie ana detraction. Of sanguine temperamcid aud impetuous character, his declamation w as im passioned, his retorts acrimonious. Deficient in refinement, rather, than in strength, his sty L? wus less elegant nnd correct, than uuimntcd and im. pressivc. But it swrpt away your feeling with it like a mountain torrent, and tlm force of the Mirearn left you leisure to remark upon its clearness. Ills fuutures* •* the tale though marvelous, is exactly true.' ‘And do you know,* continued his questioner, with increased sternness in his manner, ‘ what penalty you have incurred ]’ •Deutli!’ answered the hero, his form erect, and his first confusion nnd fear entirely thrown off. human progieusion, that, us old as the world is, nu- lions have not yet hit upon a better method of ad- justing their differences than that which is iu vogue among dogs, cats, und the rest of the lower ani mals, and that biting and scratching and tearing out each others eyes, should be the final argument be. tween governments as well as between curs con- tending for a bone in a kennel. The resemblance is perfect, with the exception perhaps of the uni- clo of “ glory and honor,” which humanity is sup. posed to derive from being a subject for tbo sur. ;non. Tho quadrupeds ure content with the es- initials, and gain nothing from wounds but the mart. It is to bo hoped, however that the time is not fur oil when pugnacious empires wid ho regard- ed in the same light as pugnacious individuals who, iu ull decent society, rank with hull terriers and oilier amiable creatures of thut sort. Luck by the H'ny, \\ e have often liearJ quoted and tnis quoted, too. that “ there is a tide in the affairs of men which taken ut its flood, leads on to fortune.” The fol. lowing story which we are assured has more than a foundation on fact, certainly proves the truth of this undent aphorism. At ull events tho indivi dual who is the hero of tho tale, according to another of't-repeatcd saying, was “bom to good luck.” A young lawyer of this city possessing talent in his profession, hut little pecuniary ability to start him swimmingly into fife, by one of those singular chances which are us rare as they nro fortunate, has suddenly, us we leaiyi, become the possessor of a large estate, the attainment of which is indeed remarkable*. The genilemun is well known in the community and especially in the meridian of Court street. Two years since, tins same individual was in. dobted die liberal generosity of one whose muni ficence is well known to the public, for the means d entering upon his professional career, without whic lie probably would never have realized the fol- lowing lucky turn of fortune. Our young barrister w.is established iu a comfortable office by the aid of his wealthy benefactor, uud gradually attaining a degree of notoriety, he soon began to number bis clients with no little satisfaction. One day, which seems to have been marked iu bis calendar as es. pecially propitious and smiling, a laboring Irishman entered his office to consult with hi in upon particu lar business, for which he had been refused the ud. vice of utiier professional gentlemen. Pursuing the necessary details, lie drew from Ids pocket sundry documents unconnected with the original matter iu reference, which, exciting tbc attention of tbe lawyer, proved to be certificates of depoiile for a large sum of money in the Bunk of Dublin, the value of which was previously unknown to ids client. This appearance of tilings, naturally enough ut- traded professional observation, an examination was subsequently instituted which rctuittrd in the fuel that property to the amount of £00,000 had been deposited to the credit of the hitherto poor laborer in the bank, nnd of establishing Ids title ulso to a large lauded estate in Ohio, which was valued at 181.700,000 and bequeathed to the Irishman by the will of a wealthy but unknown re- Intive. Tiie gratitude nnd generosity of the (liber* (inm nation is wcli known ; but/’with a liberality which is not generally manifested, except in cases of sudden and unexpected accession to fortune, the now wealthy client insis f cd upon relinquishing all claim to the lunded property of which he hud be come possessed in favor of ids lawyer, reserving to himself only tiie personal estate—in itself a fortune. The money has in part been withdrawn from the bank of Dublin, and we understand that £15,000 mine out to this country in one of the late steamers, tho *• removal of tiie deposi'es” probably being iu favor of some one of our American banks. It is stated that this matter whch bus resulted so fortu- nu'.ety, has been in process of settlement lor sever al months, the lawyer himself having journeyed to the El Dorado of the West in 'lie prosecution of ihu special business of Ids generous client, and hav. mg returned with a portion of tho incomes de rived bum tho lurge property there held in posses sion. We givo tiie above as it has been related to us from what we deem credible authority; und, for the sake of aii the purties concerned, as well as for the iucreuso ol the city taxes, we hoj>e it may prove true lo the letter.—Boston Transanpt. We can’t Believe it.—A western paper re lates that a man ha J just returned to Louisville, af. ter an absence of twenty years from his family .— His wife, in his absence, supposing him dead, mar ried a second and third time, aud became a widow. The long-lost husband has wedded her again, and they are to be married once more. In his absence he was captured ofTCuba, and for many years was a prisoner in Spain. He escaped and joined the army of BolivCr in South America, nnd fought in many battles. Ho found his old wife some what changed in everything except her heart. A Remarkable Fall of Water.—Two hun dred miles from Long.Island sound is n narrow pass % tn the River Connecticnt r only five yards over formed by the shelving mountains of solid rock, whoso tops intercept the clouds. Thro' this chasm are compelled to puss ull the waters which in the time of floods bury the northern country. At the upper Coos the river there spreads “twenty-four miles wide, aud for five or six weeks first rate ships might suit over lands that afterwards produce the greatest crops of hay and grain in all America. People who can bear the sight, the groans, tho tremblings, and surly motion of water, trees nnd ice through this awful passage, view with astonish ment one of the greatest phenomena in Nature.— Hero water is condensed without frost, by pres- sure, by swiftness, between the adamantine sturdy rocks, to such a degree of induration that no iron crowbar can be forced into it. Hero iron, lcaif and cork have one common weight, here, Muudy ns time, and hurder thun murble, the stream passes irresistible, if not swift as lightning : tiie electric lire rends trees in pieces with no greater ease than this mighty water. The pasaugo is about four hundred yards in length, and of u zigzag form, with obtuse corners. At high water ure carried through this straitv masts uud other timber with incredible swiftness* and sometimes with safely ; but when the water i» too low, though of the largest size, and splintered like a broom, to the amazement of spectators— The meadows, for many miles below, are covered mill immense quantities of wood thus torn in pieces, which compel the hardiest travellers to re. fleet hew feeblo is man, and how great tlm Almigh ty, who formed the lightnings, uud the irrestible power nnd strength of waters ! No living creature wus ever know!) to pus* thro' this narrow, except an Indian woman, who wus in a canoe, attempting to croas the river above it, but carelessly suffered herself to fall within the pow er of the current; Perceiving her danger, she took n bottle of rum she had with her aud drank the whole ot it; then lay down m the canoe to meet her destiny. Most wonderful to toil, she went safely thru’and was taken out of the canoe soma miles below very much intoxicated. Being asked how she could be so daringly imprudent as to drink such a quaniity of rum with the prospect of instunt death before her, the squaw, as well as her condition would let her, replied—“Yea, yea, white man, it was too much rum for once, to ho sure ; but 1 wiis not willing to lose a drop ul it ; so l drank it, nnd you see I have saved ull.'*—.Y. Y. Sun.' 1 Coffee.—This is so favorable a bevt-rngc, that every mode of improving its good qualities will in tercut the many who like its flavor. An Ohio- paper recommends tiie following receipt us excel lent both on the score of taste and economy :— “Take one pound of Coffee and one p mud of dried apples, cut the apples into small pi. e , and brown the coffee nnd make coffee nnd diink it as usual, and you will find it to be delicious, \< u w ill think it equal to the real imported cofiee, aud onu pound will go as fur ns two of tho Rio.” Alabama Coffee.—The editor of the Montgo mery Advertiser slates liiut he lately drum; Cofieo ruEed iu the green liourtu of Mr. Duncan Au tauga county,and that it was superior i•» Il ivor lo tho foreign article. This is the first in-t < • of which we Imve any knowledge, that r< [‘u e lias limn grown to maturity in the United . . It is- probable that the peninsula of Florida, hi- only two or three degrees n rill of Cuba, and n .- mb- |/ng that Island in temperature and perennial vege tation, might bo converted it.Lo coll-e planta tions. Potatoes.—The Richmond Compilergl\ its ilia following circumstuncea connected with Hie History of this valuable esculent. It says : “A friend has sent us an old uud queer looking book, entitled- “The ancient nnd present state of the county and. city of Cork,” &e., by Charles Smith, M I). By a turned dow n leaf, wo ure directed to a para'jiaph iu it relating to the introduction of potuU es into Ire- laud. As wo suppose all know, this veg 'able was transported from this country, where it was in use by the Indians, to Ireland, by Sir Walter B.ileigh, and wc learn from this old book that lie lauded nt Cork, where the first potatoes were plai ted. “Tho book says: ‘The person who planted them, imagin ing that the apple which grouaun the atitot was the purl to be used, gathered them,but not liking, tiie taste, neglected the roots till the ground being dug afterwards to sow some other grains, the pota toes were discovered therein ; and to l’u« great sur- prise of the planter, greatly increased ; 1mm those few ihi» country was furnished with seed.” Wild Pioeons.—lit Iowa the pigeon-: verm like ly to invade the territory ; the accounts of their numbers exceed any thing of the kind that wo have ever heard. It is said that there is uu immense pigeon roost in tho forks ol the Mnquokctu, in Jack- sou county, such as was never before scon m tliut country. It is three miles long and lia.fa mm; in width. There cun be nu estiniute mudo < i tlieir numbers.—Their roosting places are about a milo distant from their nests uud feeding pirn . .«•, being three in number, and each uno covering a m ction. laud; and, in passing to and fro, they darken tho air with tlieir number ; break down young trees wi;h their weight ; and hundreds are kiiie I i»v get ting untangled in the falling limbs and blanches. The people kill them with clubs , and their noise is so great tliut when a gun is fired among them the report cannot be heard; and a pet. on can. stand in one place and shoot all day, the nirJs- re turning as soon us you cun load. They ure build ing their nests, and the people are ulurmed lest they should destroy tlieir crops. } Presents to the Emperor of China.—Tho English and America^ Governments seem to b» viewing with each other which shall most« li. dual ly dazzle the Celestials by the number a.* I magni ficence of tlieir gifts. When wo read the account* by the Iasi dteam-ship, of the many superb thing* that Imd been despatched by the British Ministry to the Chinese potentate.we began to fear that com- petition was out of the questiou. But our appre hensions on this score have been hnppi y relieved by tho following paragraph from the New \\ orld I of Saturday We understand tlmt a small packet addressed to ; the Etnpt reror of China, and bearing the great seal ; ol the united States was received on boaid tbo Brandywine ftignte on the day of her departure from Norfolk. The package was enclosed in a bcuuiiful box of rosewood, eigiit inches >quaie, with u glass cover* It is said, by those likely to be the best informed on the subject, that it contains a copy of “Ahasuerus.” It will be quite impassible fur Quern Yictoiia to find anything within the limits of her dominion* tliut cau mulch this present from Capt. T\ ler ! New Financial-Scheme.—A correspondent in Washington whose occasional letters, have given hints of coming events, or hints which Kei ii.. d lo prevent certain contemplated acts, writes to us ns follows.—Phil. U. S- Gazelle. Mr. Spencer has a grand scliomo of finance and circulation on foot, to issue ten millions of Trea sury notes, ull of 850, all redeemable ut different banks in tbo large cities, w hich are to be made do. posit banks. The plan is fixed and sealed, and it is intended as a movement against u United Slates Bank by giving a circulation to the couutiy iu tho form of their notes. Great importance is attached to it by the Cubinel ns a political move, and it will probably be the nucleus on which to build a greht political iitucliiue embracing discounts and ex changes, Ate.