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’I lii (icu'ilc ufinsiun, which have bneti annt to ui
,hy u young tuivtis nuit. givex eviduncu of puotio ml-
•nl, nu I up tnko |ileaauro in poblisliiiig ilium. As
we Invc not spacu enough lo admit liiu whole of
the whole of them al ouoo in our column*, wo must
publish them separately !Yom time to time.
Nor. Beacon.
1,0 VE.
a iiuomxvt.
Hr Invrti lirr (or I lie aolNiiri,* of hoi r \ »**,
The crnrt*liil form wherein li«*r »|tuit «|w.
Th* lutlu of love—the swrei iiicLmIi.
Th« voice of mint if, •fnnitivelv frit,
And Minogeto him,and ainriliHg came (lie tho’t,
Though mu* a ftiiitugcr, thu* a hr source arrnifd no
Nnrli r'mtitfrn gnvii should oVr iii« nitiid Imvu wrought,
Aiitl bd inn arhiirran fur weal or a»c.' **
Hi« wurlil whh mirrotv'd to a pet■ % spot;
A pln« e held un it'd from each villgnr rye—
Where oil rriiinl, panning forum forgot,
Have one — lie'll »it utid inrdilnte ami sigh-
An l Ihu'at tiinea n cruel douht would come,
To dim perchance hi* bright imagining—
' rwoold vumah soon. and mellow into on *
Sweet thought—the hope ilia( gu*liew Iron) love’s spring !
And thus he tvtilkcil beyond the pule of man.
At least of those that piihrred 'round him (here—
A thing of sorrow mid ot pride to (linn,
To a.one n iiihii of loneliness nod tare.
In enrlv morning ere theeun would kiss
The liUrnhw train olVt lie grassy glii.lt*.
He’d wo.. the air, and brave the di<c/\ dill*,
Or stretched in lliouglit beneath the guileful shade,
Jiive up hie soul to ull the luxury.
The p tinting pinnies which day dreamer's see.
Tho\ei» tiittf/.e that tanned Ins lev. redtheek,
The verv birds that warbleu in his car,
Tho very rocks had power then to speak,
Ami echo hack the name he|i?ld en dear !
General Hamilton’* Letter.
OiwiciiBE Bend, Russell Co. Ala. )
March 4, 1644. \
My Dear Sim;
Oil returning from Savannah to this place, I hail
the pleasure lu receive your kiml favor of ihe 2llih
ult., enclosing an invitation of the Muscogee Clay
Club to bo present at the reception of Mr. Clay at
Columbus, un the 11th iust.
1 very much regret that the necessity for a short
but urgent visit to Texas, will cumpull me In leave
homo, fur New Orleans, on the 6t|i instant. 1
shall, therefore, have to deny myself the sincere
gratitieutiun which their invituti hi so ncc piably
promises.
You do me nu more than justice in supposing
that tile very high estimate which I have lung since
termed ul Mr, Calhoun’s eminent qualifications for
the (invent moot uf this conn try, should in on degree
interfere with my cordial disposition lodo honor to
the distinguished individual who is about to visit
you.
it is true, that however much I may have iliflur.
cd with Mr. Calhoun on a mere financial question,
which at one lime more materially divided the ouun.
try than at present, yet I have always recognized
in his admirable genius, consummate ability and
acknowledged moral worth, those resources for high
public service which in any station would confer
security and renown on his country, Hat it seems
that the usual organs uf the party to which he is
supposed to belong, whether nccrediled or not, have
so far pronounced n different judgement, as proha.
bly to postpone his claims in luvor of another dis.
tinguished candidate; and cerlniuly according to all
tns tokens of party organization, it appears that tho
Baltimore Convention will perforin no oilier otlioe
but to register an edict which has already gone
forth, and that like Mae I gel's celebrated milomaton
Trumpeter, lliis curious piece uf mechanism has
be« n specially wound up to sound a particular note.
Whether this mile will be in accord with the semi,
moot of the people of the United Slates, remains lo
be seen.
My own bosom testifies to the truth of a remark
that you most justly make, in tho Idler you have
done me the honor to uddtess me, that the prefer
ence which I have expressed for my distinguished
fellow countryman. Mr. Calhoun, is in no degree
inconsistent with the personal friends dp 1 enter
tain for Mr. Clay, or of the just appreciation which
I have formed of his ability and patriotism, during
a servit o for several years with him, in the Con
gress uf the United Stales; often in an excited op
position, in which wo are best able to estimate the
worth and power of those with whom we may be
associated.
I be came acquainted with Mr. Clay in Ihe session
of 1823, when lie filled tile chair of speaker of the
House of Representatives. Although at that time
u young member, yet, through his kindness and par-
liality I was placed at the head of one of its inllu.
cnliul committees. Our acquaintance ripened into
the strongest social intimacy, which continued
without abatement, until the formation of that great
party winch was constituted lo eflecl the election
of Genet ul Jackson lo the presidency of the United
Slates. It i* known to you we took difiereit! sides
I fell ti'Yself in the angry contest which marked
that great public convulsion, gradtia Iv separated
front him. Although I never indulged in the small
est personal abuse and denunciation of this gentle
men—which would have been so utterly inconsis
tent with our former relations—yet,after the elec*
tion uf Mr. Adams to the Presidency, I was in tho
habit of passing Mr. Clay, in the streets of Wash
ington, without even u distant recogn tion—for I
had then tho fully to regard an opponent of Gene
ral Jackson almost ns a public enemy of the coun
try. Such is the madness of party ! These? rela
tions continued until I was summoned In Mr. Ran
dolph to attend him to tiie field, under Mr. Clay’s
challenge, in consequence of the II .grant insult
which he had olf-reti him ill the Senate of the U.
Stales, in conjunction with your lauieiited nnd gal
lant fellow Rutiulrymiin, Colonel Tatnali, at lliut
time a member of the House of Representatives
from Georgia. There are some circumstances
connected wish litis duel which have mver been
made public, which ns they ate honorable both to
the living and the dead, I hope I may be pardoned
in relating. I do not think they ui i render Mr.
Clay’s reception less cordial and enthusiastic, u.
nioug a people wlm, if they cherish romantic, and
as they are called, I'ulso notions of honor, are at the
same time nlive lo tho testimonies of u galliot, gen
orous and feeling spirit.
Tho night before the duel, Mr. Randolph sent
for me in the evening. 1 found him calm, but in a
singularly kind and confiding mood. He told mo
that lie bud something on his mind to tell me. He
then remarked, “Hamilton, I have determined
receive, w ithout returning Clay’s fire; nothing shall
induce me to harm a hair of Ids In-ad; I will not
make his wile a widow, or his children orphans.
Their tears would bo shed over his grave, but when
the sod uf Virginia rests on my bosom, there is not
in this wide world one individual to pay this tribute
upon mine.” His eyes filled, and resting bis head
upon liis hand, we remained some moments silent.
I replied,“my dear friend,” (for ours was a sort
of posthumous friendship, bequeathed by our mo-
tliers.) *1 deeply regret that you have mentioned
this subject to me, for you called upon mo to go to
the field and to sec you shot don n, or to assume the
responsibility, in regard in your ow n life, in sustain
ing your determination to throw it away. But on
this subject a man’s own conscience nnd his own
husom uru his best monitors. I will not advise, hut
* under the enormous nnd unprovoked personul in
sult you have offered Mr. Clay, I cannot dissuade,
I feel bound, howevur, to communicate to Col.
Tatnali your decision.” He begged me not to do
so, nnd said, “lie was very much afraid that Tail,
nail would lake the studs, and refuse to go out with
him.” 1 however sought Col. Tatlnal and we re
paired, about midnight, to Mr. Randolph's lodgings
whom we found reading Milton’s great poem. For
•ome moments ho diJ not permit us to say one
word in teJalion lo the approaching duel; nnd he ul
once commenced one of those delightful criticisms
on e pussnge of this poet, in which he was wont so
enthusiastically to indulge. After a pause, Colo
nel Tattnall remarked,“Mr. Randolph, lain told
you have determined not to return Mr. Glny s fire;
I must say lo you, my dear sir, if I am only to go
nut to see you shot down, you rims! find some Other
friend.” Mr. Ruudolpli remarked that it was his
determination. After much conversation on tho
subject, I induced Col. Tattnall to uilow Mr. Ran
dolph to toko Ins own course, us Ins withdrawal as
one of liis friends, might lead lu very injurious mis-
constructions. At lust, Mr. UtuuJolpii, smiling,
•aid* "will TnUfltill, 1 promise you one tiling, if I
•eo llui devil m Cluy *s eye, un i that with malice
prepense lie menus lo tnko my life, I may change
my mind." A remark 1 know lie merely made h
piopitintc the unxitiu* of his friend:
.Mr. Clay ami himself mot at 4 o'clock the hoc
cccdiug evening, on the banks of the 1‘otomue. But
he saw no “devil in Cmy'a eye,” hut u mail IVarloan
and expressing the mingled sensibility and firmness
which belonged to tho occasion,
1 ahull never forget this scene, ax long as I live.
It has been my misfortune to witness several duels,
hut I never suvv one, at least in its sequel.su deep,
ly uHeeling,
The f un was just setting behind the blue hills of
Randolph's own Virginia. Here were two of the
most extraordinary men our country in its prodi.
gniiiv had produced, about lo meet in mortal coin-
loot.'* I leel that by these exhausted craters lean
plant a few of those charities which induce us to
took with indulgence on the opinions of others, uud
with it leas overweening confidence in our own.
Although I have not fell it worth my while, or any
body's while, to define my position, and to deter*
mine whether I am Democrat or u Whig—(for on
certain points I have differed and agreed with boll)
parties)—yet, I cuiiuot but feel and express my
strong regards for the Whigs of Georgia, who, at
a limn \v hen Smith Carolina needed friends, were,
nearly all, mdlifiurs to a man, and prepared “to hack
ns to death." |, therefore am little disposed tw
quarrel with them now, if they happen to have
made op their minds to support till individual for the
Presidency who was mainly instrumental in tin*
only substantial reduction of tho Tariff which lias
ever been effected, on any r» cognised principle of
public security ; who has stood forth on two occa
sions as the great ami successful mediator of the
perilous strifes of this confederacy ; and who,
hat. U hiist 1 attuall was loading Randolph's pis \ brilliant courage and surpassing genius, unites the
tol, I approached my friend, I believed lor the last j most attractive social qualities. I may have had
time; 1 took his hand; there was not in its touch tin
quickening of one pulsation. He turned to me and
said, "Clay is culm, but not vindictive” I hold my
purpose, **lJamiltoii, in any event remember lliis."
On handing him Ins pistol, Col. Tattnall sprung the
hair trigger. Mr. Randolph said, "Tattnall, al
'though 1 am one of the best allots in Virginiu, with
either a pistol or gun, yet 1 never fire with the
"hair trigger; besides, l have a thick buckskin
glove on, which will destroy the delicacy of my
"touch, and the trigger may fly before I know where
‘•1 am." B.ji from nis great solicitude forliii friend
Tattnall insisted upon hairing the trigger. On la
Uing their position, the fact turned out as Mr. Rnu-
my preference, my dear Sir, and they are entitled
to theirs, which liicv are quite likely lo make lar
more effectual than my own, by a triumph decisive
and overw helming.
Pardon this long rnmhling letter which is at your
disposal, to use ns you please* Retain hut the qs-
-‘uru ncc of the great esteem with which lam,
Faithfully and respectfully,
Your friend and ob't servant.
J. HAMILTON*
Rob't B. Alexander,Columbus, Ga,
The Teaching of Nature.— Were we to reason*
with the infill'd, to convince him that there is a
dolph anticipated; liis pistol went olf before the j Cod—vve could let tho Being that made him speak.
Arm to arm, we wi uid lead him to those Mill
sup.! haunts of nature, and let him hear IJis voice, as it
ay’s friend, called out that he would instant-1 comes up with a thousand tongues. And ns the
Iv leuve the ground, with his friend if this occurred | sombre shadows of evening gathered over the dark
word, with the muzzle down.
The moment this event took place, Gen. Je
Mr. Clay’s friend, called out that he would iust
agnttu Mr. Clay at once exclaimed it was entire*
iy un uccidi nt, and begged thill tho gentlemen
ought he allowed to go on, O.i the word being
given, Mr. Clay fired without effect, Mr. Randolph
discharging Itis pistol in the air. The moment Mr.
Ciay 8uw that Mr. Kundo'ph had thrown away his
lire, with a gush of sensibility, lie instantly ap
proached Mr. R. and sai I. wild un emotion I nov
er can forget: • l trust in God, my dear sir. you are
untouched: a ter what has occurred, I would no
have harmed you for a thouxuud worlds," Deep*
Mod, wo would point him silently through their
green tops, to the lights of heaven us they appear
one by one. In the high subiimily of such a scene
and enjoyed for sucli a purpose, wo need not,
we could not speak. And were he a man, had he
a soul, and were their in it one spark of its origi
nal divinity, he would how and worship, nay, more
if he did not vve should almost expect to see Ins
knees icfuse to sustain a form harboring such
impiety.
And were it our duty to maturo tho mind of a
Thu Boston Allas of the 4th iost. has the follow
ing article appropriate to the day:
The fourth of March*
One year from this day, tho lion. IILNKY
CLAY, of Kentucky, will enter upon his official du
ties as President of the United States. It will hi
a glorious day for our country, Tho People wilt
rejoice, with exceeding joy, at tho happy occur
rence—and they are, even now, on this day, highly
gratified in the anticipation of thut uuspiciou*
event*
Tho number of votes cast at the next President-
ial election, will be *275. Of these, there will be
necessary for a choice 138. If tho proper exoition«
ure mnde by the Whigs—and the zeal and enthiisi-
asm which now animate our party, throughout the
country, induce ns to believe that no fair and lion
orahlo elfort will bn omitted—Mr. Clay will receive
the votes of the following Stales, certainly—Mas.
sachusetts, 12—Rhode Island, 4—Connecticut, 0—
Vermont, 0 — New Jersey, 7—Pennsylvania, 20 —
Delaware, 3—Maryland, 8—North Carolina, 11 —
Georgia, 10—Mississippi, 0—Luusinna, 0—Ohio,
23—Kentucky, 12—Tennessee, 13 —Indiana, 12—
and Michigan 5. These states cast 170 Klecto.
nil votes—and will give our canoidate a majority
large enough for all uteful purposes.
Besides these States, however, there is full an
pqnai chance that Mr. Clay will receive the votes
ol Maine, 0—New York, 30—Virginia, 17—Illi
nois, 9—and Missouii, 7. These, if they nro so
given, will increase our Whig vote 248. There
will then only remain four States, casting 27 votes.
N. Hampshire, 0—Alabama, 0—Arkansas. 3—
making 18 votes, are very likely to go for Mr. Van
Burcn. and they tire probably ull poor Martin will
gel, South Carolinu has nine votes. Who she will
give them for, nobody can now imagine—but cer
tainly not for Van Boren.
il it is the pleasure of nn AII-NViso Providence
to spare liis life. I1LNRY CLAY will be Presi
dent of the United Suites in just one year from ilii*.
duy.
ly affected by this scene, i con Id not refrain from I child—to cultivate iu it u pure, chaste, unaffected,
grasping Mr. Clay by the hand, and said, "My good nod unexceptionable taste, wo would begin, not
Sir, we have been long separated, but, alter th" with books, hut with purer, simpler, rr.oro efficient
events of to-day, I leel that we must be friends for- teachers. We would line the nursery with vnric-
ever.** We had', been so. j tics of plants, that should be in successive bloom
1 do not know that I mioiiI-I have referred to this j throughout the year—when the liny liu.ud was large
transaction, if I did not believe ibis last incident' enough, we would put it into the crystal nnd the
hud no sintill influence on an important puliiic event '• “Hell—we would put before tlie eye tiie microscope
iu Mr. Clay’s life- I allude to tlto celebrated coin. Land under it the fiy, the worm und tlie leaf. And its
promise un tlie TurilFuf 1628, by tbe Stato ul South ! lesson* of music should come I rum brook and field
Carolina, | and grove. Its language of beauty, and grandeur,
I need i ol recapitulate tlie circumstances which I a,K ) sublimity should be tuu“bt from the deep for-
precipilali d that measure, or tbe feurful situation I es 'i t>t>d un lit* mountain lop and crao that !oo!ks
til which the country was placed, when Mr. Clay j oat upon the deep. In short it would be tile child
and Mr. Calhoun, standing as il were,over tlie truu
bled waters,approached nearer to each other to
of nature, not of air.
S toll instructors should be ours.
In such i
still the angry flood. Apart from all public consi- j inunion with nature, high thoughts arc horn.-
deraiions, winch could adequately find their origin! What man leaches is imperfect, what he teuclies
in his own patriotism, I have always believed, nl. j hears the impress of the fall, hut the .vorks of mu
though pride and delicacy have hitherto forbid an loro tire perfect, and the language they speak is
exp'aiialion, that the touch of our hands on the old j true, and the orator, the poet, tho literary man of
n .i.L. fi-i.1 i— >--- ' ■' '* - any class, who makes the most free use of this
source, will ho tho most successful iu his ef-
foils.
The Bible.—Book of Books' deep,
mine, whose sliults ages assaulted* aget
wonderful
Imve I ru
bai lie-fie Id outlie hanks of the rotutnae, was not
without its influence with Mr. Clay, when uniting
his exertions lo those of Mr. Calhoun, to compose
this seemingly disastrous qunrr-d, he took un anx
ious and friendly t stimute of wlmt lie deemed the
difficulty of my ow it position. But, in the vtcisvi- _ _
tudes of all human things, how strangely the rein-1 'ersed, and will yet traverse. Holy lineage.roil,
lions of party hud been changed! Iiereon the I displaying the record of the internal unfo'ding of
one hand, was General Jackson,to whom South I 'ho race of'man from the hour of liis birth—gigun-
Carolina had dedicated the embodied spirit of uli I '•“ drama of life’s beginning and end! lint mu j
her sons, beleaguering her with his troops, und Mr. " i*l* dark episodes and bloody scenes, hut whose
Clay, who hud been tlie unspared object of Iter re- morning# are iu light, which commences with
proucii, striving to avert u conflict. man's infancy, and ends where begins n now life
1 leel, sir. that the country owes him a large debt J "Ber deutii and tiie grave. History of histories !
of gratitude lor his ixen.'onsat this conjoin tore j l,uw often have I not descended into its depth with
and that tlie South bus never done him justio ' '
desire not to he misunderstood. There was no dav
| an ardent und inquiring heart.
Long—long wus it to me dark, mysterious, in
iu the week, Sundays excepted, on which tlie vol- j comprehensible, mid I could not separate the pro-
uuteers w hich 1 had the honor lo command, at that ' cajad metals front (lie dress and earth which tidlter-
time, in Charleston, would not Ituve gone out and | L '“ lo *• 5 the great pulse of reconciliation stoudily
Itave given Gencrul Jackson’s Regulars I.attic, il! beating beneath the varying weal and woo of
this wus lo have decided the issue, not withstanding I earthly life, amid the solemn blessings and curses
our just appreciation of the skill and gallantry olj ul l * ,u wailing mind, was concealed Irotn inun ;
the distingui-hed officer to whom their command M ua g have 1 slruyed and doubted, often despairing
Death of Judge Duvall.
A letter from n gentleman in dm neighborhood
apprizes us ol the death, on Wednesday night, of
tint Hon. Gabriel Huvall, at his seat in Prince
George’s county, Maryland, He Imd survived the
autumn of life, and lived far into its winter. He
was in tiie 93,1 year of liis age.
Ho w as a line old gentleman, and a noble speci
men of the race of American descendants of the
Huguenots, liis life was an unbroken series of
kind nnd good actions, and a lesson of virtue to ul.
within the influence of his example.
We have not the materials ol a biography of this
excellent and eminent citizen. The history ol liis
public life is familiar to all.
The first appearance of Judge Duvall in the
General Government was in the House of Repre
sentatives, which lie entered in May, 1794, as tlie
Representative of the District iu which lie lived.—
Service in Congress interfering, probably, loo much
with his professional pursuits, !to resigned his scat
in May, 1790, and returned tu his practice at the
Bar.
In December, 1802, ho was appointed by l’resi.
dent Jefferson to ho Comptroller of tlto Treasury,
In that capacity lie set veil with the approbation and
respect of tlto public until the lStlt of November,
1811, w hen his name and that of Judge Story were
on the same day presented by the President’to the
Senate, and the next day confirmed by that body,
to fill vacancies on tlie bench of the Supreme
Court.
As a member of that dignified tribunal, Judge
Duvall sat by tho side of his iflustrious friend, the
late Chief Justice Marshall, for nearly a quarter of
1 a century, nnd retired to private life only when
warned of the necessity of doing so by n growing
deafness, which disqualified him from longer dis.
charging the judicial function with satisfaction to
himself.
Since his retirement from public life, ho lias,
until lately enjoyed remarkable health fora man ol
Ins years. In his occasional visits to this city utid
Baltimore within the last few years, lie exhib
ited an erectness of port, and a vigor of step,
which might Ituve been envied by much younger
men.
Living, as lie did, to a good old age, he lias not
wo arc persuaded, left in tiie world i'rum which lie
Inis departed a single individual w ho, knowing him.
does not remember him with reverence and uffec.
tion.
Imd heuu confided, an I wlto, on u trying occasion,
added to his known valors > benignant a desire for
pence and conciliation. But, we knew tii.it on the
discharge of tlie first mu-ke'., the streets of our city
would run with fraternal blood. Mr. Clay lent liis
liatid to stay tlie torrent. Cun we, then, regard
>1 tlto way and the truth. Yet tlie eye became by
degrees, used to see by twilight ; and o veil for the
least of liis inquiring children, does ( Jod let his
lights shine ! Now 1 walk securely on the wonder,
lul course ; and, to my lust hour will 1 yourney on,
searching and praying. To effect man’s rcconcil-
with indifference the services such u matt rendered \ U'tion with tho true lifts, and with God, tiie devel-
ut such a time 1
opment of his nature ana his further progress, he
You will permit mo to remark tiial I now lake ! musl in the present age, especially, Itecor ne recoil
no part in tlie politics of Ihe country. I have not
voted for five years, at un election, nor. do 1 know
that 1 shall vole for tlie next five years lo come.
Engaged in an anxious and ardent elfin to pay my
debts, by tilling the soil un the hanks of this river—
the sunny acclivity of public honors has no attrac
tions tor me—I seek the valley, and prefer the
shade. There was a time when I might have clier-
lied other aspirations, hot that time has gone furev-
j nr. Retired, therefore, from the contest of parties,
I think my very position makes me a witness be
yond exception. But, still, my opinions may he of
very little value; such as they arc, you are cuti
tied in them.
I believe Mr. Clay’s election is about as probable
as any human event, in futurity, can well ho. A
vista of renown will lie opened to Itiin, which has
awaited the administration of no previous I’ri si
dent, since llmt of the “Father of our country." it
tie is able, by his commanding i .fiuettce lu arrest, in
Congress, Ihe portentous agitations of the sluve
question, and lo fix the Inriff firmly, un the basis u(
the principles nf hisuwn compromise, he w il in sav
ing liis country, have reaped liis own hurvest, ahun
dunt and fructifying, now und forever. 1 know III
man who Ims mure of the instrumental menus lo
perform this high function than himself.
1 believe, in the splendor of a yet unclouded ge.
nius. Ins ambition wifi he on a level with tiie august
position lie is likely to occupy. God grant that it
may he so!
That man must have limited sight, nnd strong
nerves, who does not see or seeing docs not feel,
that the country has to pass through u valley env
compassed with clouds nnd darkness. The crisis
requires n gifted sagacity, and tiie highest moral
Courage ; Mr. Clay has these qualities, ill a degree
conferred on few men. In making these remarks,
I beg you not t > consider, "ne of them ns intended
in disparagement of the gentleman who is consi
dered as hitherto, in opposition to Mr. Cuiliottn in
tiie ranks of the same party, to w iticit they are liotn
said to belong.
For Mr. Vim Bareli I cherish feelings of kind
ness and esteem, w hich 1 should be insensible lu
until liis merits and hit uniform friendship, if 1 did
not hotli entertain and express. If at any linn*, 1
Itavo ever appeared to occupy tut antagonist pusi-
tion to this gentleman, il lias been rather to Ihe
measutes nt his putty than himself—measures
which derived their authority irotn tiie potent influ
ence 1 of a chief, the repose of whoso declining years
1 would not now disiurli.il I could. Let the ray 1 *
of his glory gather together outlie hunks “I the
river I am soon destined lo visit, settle w ith col
lected majesty, eternal and enduring, on Ins fame.
You may well ask. if I entertain those feelings j '‘nick down in ti.e midst nf liis career, to adorn his
towards most ..four public me. to whom an, 1 np. cap with a trophy ol di at, action.
ciled ivitli tho scriptures.—Frcderika lire liter*
Hunting Lions.—"When tlie hunter .lias found
tiie place \vhero u lion usually takes liis noonday
repose, a tree not fur from the spot is selec ted. Tu
this tree (lie hunter repairs early in the morning,
when he knows the iioii is out in quest of p i a ev. He
climbs up into the tree, armed only with a hag foil
of stones, und six or eight short sharp lances, und
piitiertly awaits the return of his intended victim.
Between ten und eleven, us the heal of the day be-
eiu.s, tho lion returns, and should he even st e the
man, takes but little notice of him, but lies down to
sleep a way the time till the return of the cv'ening.
The hunter also remains quiet, and waits generally
till about an hour after noon, by which time tlie sand
lias grown so scorching hut, mat even the lion can
not set his foot upon il without enduring consider
able pain. Now the hunter begins by (1 ngirg a
Mono or tw o at thu most sensitive parts of the ani
mal’s bead. The latter grow Is with pain and rage,
for it is rarely that u stone misses its intended murk;
still he is unwilling to leave liis shady couch, and
lies roaring and lushing his tail, till perhaps a inis*
silo hits him tti the eye, and inflicts a torture be*
yond what he has paticnc A to endure. He now
spiingsup and rushes towards the lieu whence his
proceed, but be has scarcely reached the trunk,
wlien he finds himself truusfixeu by a well-direct
ed luuce, uud flow ling with poin, more from liis
scorched feet than his bleeding side, lie couches
ii-<iin in Ills former resting place. The hunter ul-
lows him hut little repose. Again stone alter
stone strikes his head, again he rushes madly at tho
tree, nnd again a sharp luuce is fixed into liis si* le.
Should the lion renew the attack, a third and fourth
lauco salute him, but by this time lie is grow,
ing exhausted w ith the loss of blood, crawls away
io some distance, whore tlie hunter’s eye watches*
him till the lord of tho forest has stretched his.
limbs io death.”—Pulhne's Travels in Kordofan,
Man.— Man is snot naked into tho world feoblo
and helpless—unendowed with the wings of the
bird, the sw iftness of the stag, tlie tortuous speed of
the serpent without menus of defence against (he
claws or dart of un enemy* nay, against even tlie
inclemency of tho weather. Ho has no shell, no
fleece, no covering of fur; nor even a den or bur
row lor his lulling pluce. Yet. by tho force of his
natural powers, he has driven tho lion from his
cave, despoiled tho hear of his shaggy coat for a
ves'incut, and the bull of Ins horns to form a drink
ing cup. He lias dug into the entrails of tiie earth
to bring forth elements of future strength; the ve
ry eagle, in travel sing tbe skies, finds himself
posed? I answer no one. Tho embers ol party
pirit are extinguished i*» my bosom, alter having
felt, as intensely ns most men, their burning In at
philosophical of ststesmau.of tho truth of the re
mark t hut “Old faction* ure volcanoes burnt out;
from ikeir .site, the fruitful olive end vine take
Charcoal Powder blended with nnd sprinkled
over putrid portions of n subject under dissection,
i nut snnsilile, with one of the most eloquent nnd with in the eottrso of n night, in great measure re
mnVH llieoffi-nsiviicfllovis. The Imndsof students
rubbed well with Hie charcoal before washing
'I'oou and Tool Surds.—There should bo at
•ached to every farm house, n tool-shed, capable of
outlining all the implements required oil tlto farm
during winter nnd a; other seasons when not in ac.
tual me. 1 Ito expense of such a convenience is
a mere trifle, compared with its advantages, and
would ho more, Ilian economizing a few years.
We have often been surprised on beholding the
ploughs, carts, ox.w heel., harrows, and wheel-bar 1
rows, exposed, in tho yard of a farmer, who wus
too “saving” to pay a couple of dollars a year fur
a paper, and who perhaps would look upon the an.
until disbursement for sucit a purpose as a drain
upon liis exchequer not “tu be endured.” And
yet lie could complacently behold liis tools rending
and rusting in an exposed situation, without even
thinking of the lessor tho saving ttiat might beef.
Fueled simply by providing a substantial protection
from the airs noil rains.— Maine Cull.
“Mo,-tux are M omen, all the world over.” says
the proverb, and we were never more struck with
the Iru; It of the remark, says tlto Piula. Spirit of
tlie Times, than wo were yesterday on looking over
the Compendium of the last IJ. 8. Ceasus.just from
the press. Tito very same peculiarity is there
show it to exist. io relatiot) to the two sexes iIt everV
j State *il tlie Union viz the unxiotv of Ihe women
to be thought young, uud their disposition to ackno.v.
ledge themselves under iillecu, or over twenty
years of age. until they cannot help it.
1 lie census show's throughout the Union, more
males than femal s, in every State between the ages
ol 3 ami 10 between 10 and 15, between 20 uud 30
nnd 4(1, und so on up ; while in every Stato, tlie
number of females exceeds tho number of mules be
tween la nod 20! Ot course tho women always
said they wore only 20 itiilii they were 30. Alt
vanity.—Oasis.
them, will dispel the usuul «tencli of dissection.
A Joke Political.—On the day of the Maryland
election,two men ol opposite politicos, were en
gaged in digging a well, one below filling the buck,
el tlotl one at the windlass. They bad agreed that
at 5 o’clock, they together would go and deposite
their ballots, each for their reipec party. But when
the hour approached, the one above quietly drew up
the bucket, set it on one side, and went to’ deposite
his ballot, leaving his companion at tlie bottom of
•ho well, without a possibility of escape, liis cha
grin may be imagined, when on thu return of his
feltow workman, he found the pulls had closed, and
he had lost itis vote. This is u warning to all poli
ticians to keep out of holes on election day.
Large lions.—A Berkshire hog, fattened by As-
alici Foote, Jr. E-q., of Witliamstuwn, wus sold in
Pittsfield, on Wednesday last that weighed 709 lbs.
Tlie rough bird weigt.ed 79 ibs, hams 104 lbs.—
Thu Butt says.
"The purchaser of this noble animal, Mr. Daniel
Boduitba.uf this place, has already contracted with
tlie Committee ol Arrangements tit euro the hunts
for tlie benefit of ihe guusis at thu great Berkshire
Jubilee in Bi-pt. next.
The Origin ok the Custom op having Goats
AMONG Horses.—*|*lm smell of goals, of their
urine und dung, is said to drive uw-tiy serpents, vi
pers, and miter venemuus creatures; the dung, il
immediately applied, to core their biles and those
ol mad dogs. They ure said to prevent tlie Inrcy.
scab, glanders, staggers, and other epidemical tlis
east's in horses, Ate., by their disagreeable smelt
which drives uvvny the atiiniuleulae that cuuscs
I these distempers.
Public Meeting.
DaHLonkga, Tuesday evening. )
March fit It, 1644. $
The Citizens of Lumpkin county, in favor of n
IJ. X. Bank and friendly lo the election of Henry
Clay to tlto Presidency, in pursuance of previous
notice, met at tlie Court House in Daltlonega, litis
evening, with a view to form u Clay Club, when oil
motion uf Robert Moore, Adolphus .S. Rutherford,
E-q. was called to the chair, und C. B. Bisson, re
quested lo net us Secretary.
Tlto object of the meeting being made known
by the chairman, a committee consisting of A. 11.
Hull, Wm. E. Derrick, Robert Moore, Jus. L. 11u-
well,C. B. Leitncr,D. McCurmic, innU. 11. Smith,
were appointed lo prepare anti report forthwith re.
solutions upon the subject, who after retiring lor a
■diort lime, returned und reported the following
a Iticit vvete severally taken ami adopted unanimous,
ly, viz:
llesolved, That we tin form nn nssneintion. to
lie known by the name and style uf “ The Clay Club
of Daltlonega;” That we are io Ihvoi of Henry
Clay lor President nf the Uidled States, nml that w u
will use till honorable mentis lo aid in h.s elevation
In lhat lofty and eminent station, for which bis tnl.
mils, his patriotism, liis tried and well known devo
tion t» the true interests of itis country’s good, so
(nilV ami fitly qualified him.
Itcsohed, That vve are in favor of a sound nn.
iionaI currency, to bo effected alone through tho
medium of a U. S. Bank.
llesolved, That we nro for a fuir protection to
tlie industry of our own American citizens in pre
ference to that of foreigners; that any tariff or tax
on importations not prohibitory in its effect, will
raise revenue lo defray all expenses of nor Govern*
ment without resort to direct taxation and that it
wid not have a tendency to oppress the pontile, a.
gainst their will.
llesolved, that we are opposed to repudiation and
in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the
puliiic lands among tlto Status to enable them to
meet their liabilities.
The Club tlicci proceeded to organize by tlie
choice of tho following officers,
A. S. Rutherford. President. Wm. Derrick,
1-t. Stephen 1). Crane, 2d, Robert Moore, 3d
Vice Presidents.
C. I*. Bisson, and J. J. Fin’d, Recording Sec’ys.;
A. B. Holt Corresponding Sce’v.
Eloquent addresses were delivered in the course
of tho evening, by C. Peeples, J. W, 11. Under-
wood, Col. Crime and Mr. McCunc.
On motion, A committee of 21 were nppointed
by Ihe Club to meet Mr. Clay either at Millodgovillc,
Madison or Augusta to oiler him our congratula
tions and respects; tlto committee consist of the
following person:
Tho President nnd Vice Presidents, Col. Peek,
James Gowdy, J. Garlrill. C. B. Sisson, J. Mitcfi-
ell.C. B. Lei’tuer, J. L. Howell, A. B. Holt, J. R.
Lawliorn, JJr. Alien, P. O’Connor, J. J. Field. J.
II. Smith, D. MeCormic, Mnj. Samuels, J. S Riley,
and Thus. Lillcy, Esqrs.
A committee consisting of the President, V. Mu-
bully, A. S. Allen, G. Hancock, A. B. Holt and
Col. Crane, were appointed to report to the next
meeting u Constitution and By-Laws fur Ihe govern
ment uf thu club.
On million, it was oidercd that the proceedings
of this meeting be signed by tlie officers of the
Club and sent to tlto Editors of tlie Southern Whig
at Athens for publication, with a request that they
lie republished by the Whig papers of tbe State, and
thut a copy of them bo also scut to tlie Editors of
tlie Jonesboro Whig in Tenn.
I lie meeting then adjourned till Thursday even
ing.
A. S. RUTHERFORD, Pres.
C. 11. Sisson, 1 „ „ ,
J. J. Field, J Rcc ’ Sl!C >’ s
Piiuebb Lovf.liss.—Tlie Nuutucket inquirer, in
giving some addition accounts uf afire, by which
tlie Aims (louse uf llmt place was destroyed, says:
"I'i.o -he Lovell. 1 s s tved six persons,two tit a time,
carrying them out by main force. First, she look
iter father and mother, one under each arm : n so-
cond trip, her sister und another person; und a
tid'd trip, two oilters, dragging them down the stairs
their feel striking on each stair : site made numb
er hip into the house, uud imd to escape through
tho window. Such noble conduct is worthy, not
only of regard, hut also deserving of some suitable
reward. Capt. Alex. Mucy also did efficient ser.
vice, entering several chambers i„ search of them
who were supposed to lie in them. Thinking that,
perhaps, some of them might Imve got olf their beds
ami lallen on the floor, lie got down on the floor, op.
on Itis stomach, nnd moved himself over the flour,
:<> make sure tlmt none should be missed by him.
Mr. George Macy, sun of Bimon Mucy, also saved
five persons, by itis own exertion, tho particulars
attending which wo imve not been able to learn.”
it is probably that the world may never Itenr
again ol PinEbe Loveliss, ns it probably never be
fore saw her name in print. Yet at this imminent
risk of her own life, she rescued from certain death,
six human beings. In tlie crowd tlmt is around us,
jostling us at every turn, vve think little of six, only
six of tile whole. But change the order of thomdit,
and one. becomes of infinite importance, if that one
should Ini ourself.— Wlmt gratitude, wlmt everlast
ing thunks, should vve, reader and writer, not owe,
and try to pay,to n woman who in such un extrem-
ily, should snatch us from a horrid death, and place
us in tiie itir and light of titis goodly earth, to live,
and breathe, and prepare! Btx limes that gruli’
tu-Ie, uud those thanks, are duo to l’huioe Loveliss,
lor she saved six instead of one.
" P u ' some of them were tenants of tho alms
house—mere paupers I" Even so ; they were
paupers, and, therefore, added nothing to the weultit
ol die Island, But it is not of wealth, or power of
increasing it, tlmt vve speak, else (lie loss of the
house would have been more titan the loss of the
eleven human beings that perished iu it, else the
salvnticn ol a horse would have been b liter than that
ul the six men, women and children, whom Ptio-hu
Loveliss rescued. But vve speak ofhuintm beings
in God’s image ; sharers with us of feelings, fears
and hopes, every one of whom bus as deep an inter,
est in tlmt immortality which gives dignity to lifo,at:d
consequence to death, ns has tlie highest fuuctioim.
r\, nnd part st patriot of our land. To lattde Phoebe
lor saving the great, the rich, and tlie useful, would
he an exaibitioti of selfishness ; applause for what
she Imd done lor us, as we approve a Bank direc
tion for tiie t xtent of its dividends. But her prujso
is that of Grace Darling. Slio risked her life ol
lho.su whose life was their a//. And when tho peo
ple of their section of the country make up the bal
ance wheel of this year's moral account, w ill they
not find I'niK jo LoVclias entitled lo make large de
mands upon their thankfulness us u philanthropist,
lor saving fromu miserable death those whom they
Mmmd love ? large demands upon their gratitude us
Christians, lor she was tho moans of adding to tiie
probation ol those for whom they sho ild pray f
IS. S. Gazelle.
i«» Prribrvb Iron prom Kust*—Sponffo the
pieces to In* presorted in a mixture of concentrated
tolu’.ion of inpuro soda, (soda of CJinniercu) one
piirt and three parts of water. Pieces of Iron left 3
months in it hud lost neither weight nor polish, w lido
»*imiiur pieces immersed for live days in tiie simple
water, were covered with rtM.
ANOTHHR
A Self Conceited Hduvbodv.—T|, 0 for •'
sketch (join a lam English iimg;.zi ll( . t . | l |’ l ' n '* lh|
„ I
churuefer thut is olictt met withm the 1 cl * *
of life t
There lived in the sa ne city with M
within a quarter ofa mile of the banking
individual to whom he turn d his tin,tights l,e '
""•rgettcy. Mr. Platim i wns ids unnic
• ilia.. ’ ' a •"«
•tig
• or
in this
•d
nn re p.issing nbjf r .
i'-Moi,
character is worth more than a
vnlion. fie was a study for an arii«t „ j,
for iimiikind.— He was u man ol surprisim. i .
lll.duccltd, and linrily educated ; ui any ,„' r r'
nis hi ■ capable of anything—to the last
liis existence accomplishing limiting. Ft mm, ,!•?]
lie hud displayed a loveol admiration nnd ttnnU ' *
a craveing adur a superiority and dt.iincsi,,^**’
burning ambition for fume. He hud tlie |,< d Vll f *
giant’s with a corresponding mental appaiut u j n*
I with uli his gilts, physical and suirilunl. t,|| U|
j orgies and aims, lie arrived at middle life „ ., en *
choly spectacle of failure nnd iucompeieney q\ ' ln '
j was no one object which he could pur-un will,
dines* and pnticnee—no sinplemnik lowhicU*
!! l , ors..veri"| l ly apply the combined *,
| his gtlled intellect. Ilu frittered his faculties
I a hundred trifles, never concentrated them *
worthy purpose once, l’ride, emulation, and’ih!
internal conscienciousness of xtiecgth, led i-
year after year, and day after day. im„ ’dtllieuC’
and trials, n. d carried him through them c- 1 -
drug him into deeper.—There was no 0 n e mja
w horn he would allow to perform anyone tiling
skilfully as himself. There was no liraiiolt nl kiLl
edge into which lie did not grope Itis vny, ut..j r r „^
winch he would not manage to extract sufficient
learning to render his conceit intolerable, t,„d Id
opposition dangerous to a more erudite nu'ta.r,
He could build u church—dam a liver—form 1
company— warm n house—cool u room—one and
"li ho would undertake at n minute’s notice tn,d
engage to execute better than arty other p.-rson i| r
tag. He asserted il with confidence, and J
ituve him, witen bespoke with all the eariiesinc.,
of self.conviction a d of Truth. He despised nil
works—all theories but his own; and these -,v,. r8
unapproachable, inimitable
He
wrote with hi.
own invented pen, used Itis own ink, sat,
"hair, made with his own incomparable tools \| tB
were ignorant, behind thewngu, burdened uiih su .
porstitious, dogged hj false p- iuciples, Tnis «ai
a text from which lie never c, used to preach.
A letter writer in the Newark Advertiser, «!,t e ,
that Mrs. .Madison was one ol the guests on board
the Princeton at tlie lime of the late horrible uc.
citk-nt. Tbe same writer remarks, that “it j s j
wonderful circumstance that, out of the grant „ utn
Iter of females on board, not one was injured and
but two are understood to Ituve been in the mime-
uiate vicinity of (longer*'*
Afflicting Death of a Young Physician, \V»
are pained to bear says the Newark Dai v \dver
Useful Thursday, that Dr. Tlteo. Junes oi .\l„ rr j,.
town (son of Dr. John H. Jones) while engaged in
a post mortem examination un Thursday last, prick,
tnl Ins finger, und a portion ul tlto blood oftim
corpse was sprinkled upon il. Aware of danger,
Ur. J. used precautions to prevent the spread of tlto
poison, but without effect; for the next day the
swelling extended from ihe finger through the arm 1
delirium set in. uud ho expired yesterday inoriiiim’
ul the early ago of 25 years. *'
\ anitv.—There is no dilemma in which vanity
cannot hud an expedient to develop.; it*
■stream of circumstances in which its buoyant and
light nature will not rise to float on the surface.—
Ami its ingenuity is as fertile as thut of the player
who (his wardrobe allowing him no oihci nii-titod
of playing thu fop) could still exhibit the prevalent
passion lor distinction, by wearing stockiu -s of Jjf.
ferent colors.
Grief.—As the myrrh and hyssop which drug,
ged the malefactors of old into forgeil'n.'i.ess ul
itteir doom, so there are griefs which stupit'y before
iliuir iust ami croiviiing coii8Uininutioii.
Never umiry but for love, but see thou Invest
what is lowly*
Perils of Ueautv.—Beauty is certainly a m<wt at.
tractive attribute, esp cially to the gentler sex. It lias
made many a luittme, speaking in a worldly sense. It
lilts m many instances elevated the humble a. d tlie
lowly to exalted positions of power ami »f wea lit,and
nus been Hie cause in a m ist every age ot the wood,of
Jealousy, crime and bloodshed. Its victims, we tear,
have been countless. Thu poor, tile friomhess a id tiie
beautiliil among the females ul our large cities, aresur.
rounded with snares and lempiai toils, w Inch n alt ng tut
.1 high degree of morality, constant watcliiuiness, auda
precocious knowledge of the world and ol the heart of
mail, will enable them tu resist.
But beauty lots its peril m another sense. The young
and inexperienced among the s'erner sex, are Irequent 1
ly captivated by a lair lace, a bright eye, or rosy cheek.
1-ancying that their affections are engaged, they seek as
partners lor hie, the object ul admiration ami d.st-aver
perhaps in the lapse of u few years, the moment that
sickness or time blights the roses on the cheek, or
dims Hie lire of the eye, that they worshipped tlie/om
l ather than Ihe soul, the graces and beauty of tin- per.
son rather Ilian the virtues of the mind, anil the sweet,
ness ot tlto disposition. Tlie poor wife is not slow to
peieettc the change from idolatry to indifference and
la’jjloct. Sli^ tools ifiat ifio outward glory ol tlie cas
ket was to admire, and’iioi the inward jewels of tliorpirit
a, id fl |L * hj-’Hft. J’lio dream of iiapiHiicss which had
captivated the young soul, gradually but itead.ly difap-
pears, and the iifc that proniiiid to be one of sunshine
and flowers becomes on of shadows and thorn?. lLtter,
lar better, Ind it been, it with les* beauty there had
been inure intelligence,—it with less of tlie splendor of
manner, there had boon moro of tho truth und liohmss
ol virtue,—aid that thus heart had been touched by
heart, mind by mind.
Just before tbe Declaration of Independence a Yan
kee pedlcr started down to New York lo soli a parcel
of bowls and dishes ho iiad made of maple. Jonathan
travei.ed over the city, asking every body to buy Iii*
wares, but no one was disposed lo buy uooden dibhes.
It happennod that a Amish fleet was then lying in the
harbor ol New York, and Jonathan strut k upon a plan
ot sellmg Ins dishes. So ho got a full naval uniform, by
hook or by a crook, (lor history doesn’t tell, how lie got
it,) and strutting up town one morning, a»kcd a mer
chant if ho had any nice wooden ware, that tho Com
modore wanted a lot. lor the fleet, The merchant re
plied that lie had none on hand, but there were some in
f*o.vn,and it lie would send in ihe afternoon, he could
supply him. "V • ry good,” said our naval oflircr, and
nut he went, and cut fur home ; and lie hud scarcely
dolled liis borrowed plumage, before down came tho
merchant, w ho seeing that Jonathan had sold none of
his ware, oflered to lake the whole if he would deduct
1.) per cent ; but Jonathan said he be darned if 1)8
didn’t take ’em home before he’d take a cent less than
Ins lirsi price. So the merchant paid him down in
gold, his price for tho wooden ware, which laid on hit
shelves for many a long day thereafter; und Jonathan
trotted home in high glee at the success of his ina»
meuvre win Jo the inerchaift cursed British officer*
ever after that.
The Dairyman's Daughter.—The editor of the
American Agriculturist, m nu account ofa v sit to an
hngiisJi yocmun’s house relates the following itici*
Death from Glanders. — A wiiu»
grower nt Noisy, in tin* Aube, having a glnmlured
horse, was giving him a drench, when tlto gag slip,
pud out of ids mouth, uud the operator fciived a
wound nil his check from a tootli of the horse.—
i'ho next day liis fnco was ii.(limed, every symp.
tom of glanders followed and dentil soon ei.su-
ed.
At ■» public sale of (tutograpix m Paris, not Ions
since, one of Moiiere, consisting of twelve names uf
• ctois for u tragedy of Coroeil-o brought upwards
d n hundred dollars; number, a few words
•»! Mademoiselle Do la Nullieto, more thun lif*
ty.
• NN hen we retired, we were shown ton low chamber
I hi the gable end ol tho attic. It was sutliciently roomy
j and pci led ly n«*i*t—ihe linen spread, and cur ams uf
j-.fthe bi d as white as the driven mow, On a unt’l
h:di round table lay a lew honks, which were prcci*8-
ly those with one exception, we are most certain to
| find at the larm houses ol our own country; being tbe
I Bible' Pilgrim’s Progress, B.xter’cr’s Sant’s HwU
j'Purser's One Hundred Points of Good Husbandry,
j and a volt.me ot Tracts, among vv Inch *he tin»t vve i»|eo»,
| o.i t.» was that beautiful tale, by the Hi v. Lmgli it ch*
j iiioiul, of the Dairy man's D.uighrer-
i i Ins vve fird read when a tool e chi Id, with an im-
i pri*8».;oii und interest that no story iii our subsequent
l multitari.ais read ng has ever surpassed. ItcpnHUff
' upon oar pillow* vve snuffed the fl.i ker.u/ candie, and
uere in lint country vvli'ch gave the author birth, and
•nf Iiviii the scene ot the tale itself, again went over it*
absorbing me dents. How many brilliant romance*
fiiiid with the vanities ui tin* vv oid will rise ai.d (all
—even the very names thereof perishing from tin earth,
when this true uud simple story ot u meek and lowly
Christian iiiaidcii, shall become more and widely knot* 1 ®
md flourish. God bSesa the author* of such heavenly
talc s I