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The Last Citation.
Two criminals were executed nt Madrid in 18-
38 for their ferocious and blood thirsty conduct
dunn" the mats of 1835. They perished by the
earota, or iron colar, substituted in Spain for tho
halter—and not only protested their innocence to
the very last moment of their lives, but summoned
their accusers and judgos to appear in judgement
with thorn, within a fow days, before tho bar of the
Great Judge. Yet the guilt of these unhappy
criminals was most notorious; the murders for
which they suffered had been publicly committed,
sod the only wonder was, that they should have
escaped their just punishment for so long n period
as three years.
This bold and pertinacious assertion of their in
nocence by such undoubted criminals fills tho mind
wi:hthe most painful emotion. We cannot but
shudder at the infatuation which led them to go be
fore their maker with a lie upon their lips; and we
begin to doubt what degree of credit may be due to
the last solemn assertions of many who have died
for crimes proved against them by only circum.
llantial evidence. Can it be possible that inno
cence and guilt, in the same awful situation, with
the terrible apparatus of death before them, an
unpitying crowd of fellow.men around, with no
hope for the future but such as may be founded on
the mercy of their creator—can the conscience-
stricken criminal and tho guiltless victim of judicial
error, under these terrible circumstances, feel n-
like be equally able to call down upon their judges
Ihe swift-coming condemnation|of the Great Judge?
It seems incredible that such things should be; yet
a reference to the history great of the past affords
msuy instances in which this problem of our nature
remains on record, only to be solved at that day
when the secrets of all hearts shall be made
known.
Spain was governed, in 1311, by Ferdinand IV.
a monarch possessing many excellent qualities,
being brave, just as generous ; yet he died in the
prime of life under very singular circumstances
arising out of a departure from the love of justice
which ho had usually evinced. Three noblemen
were brought before him charged with having mur
dered a fourth : they strongly protested their in
nocence, and affirmed that, if time were given
Ibeni, they could bring proofs of it; but the king
disregarding their intreaties, ordered them to be
thrown fiom a lofty rock. The unfortunate mon
continued to make the strongest asservations of in
nocence, decluring that the death of tho king, with
in thirty days from that time, would show the truth
of their statements, for that they summoned him to
come to judgement with thorn before the throne of
Heaven. Ferdinand,at this time, was in perfect
health; but whether the startling prediction of his
victims produced its own fulfillment by affecting
his imagination, or whether some other malady at
tacked him, history does not determine—he died on
the last of the thirty days, and hence obtained the
the surname of Ferdinand the Summoned.
About this period, which abounds in circumstan*
ces that show the superstition and intellectual dark-
nessol all classes of people in Europe, the cele
brated order of Knights Templets was abolished.
This powerful body, half monastic, half mill,
dry, had acquired a strength and influence
which made them hateful to the jealous eyes of the
sovereigns of Europe; while, individuality, they
were feared by the people, who suffered from their
vices. Warriors of the cross, they passed freely
into court and camp, wherever the nobles of the
land were assembled ; they were privileged to dis.
play all the pomp and circumstance of war—to
practio all that was then considered gay, gal.
lant.and refined, oradopted to win the lovo ofdames
of high degree ; while their vows of celibacy cut
them off from all chance of honorable alliance with
theobjects of their admiration. Many a noble house
had been dishonored by these soldier priests; many
a humble hearth was robbed at once of the
innocence of its brightest ornament and of all,
in the shape of wealth, that rapacity could wring
from those too powerless to resist. Still, though
guilty ofambition and profligacy—tho vices of the
camp; though convicted of avarice and luxury —
the sins of the cloister; those wrought not their
downfall; Ihtirwealth, as a body, was immense,
and greater than their political power; so Pope
dement V., then at Avigon, and Philip the Fair at
I (, nee dy prelate and avaricious king) caus-
H all Knight Templars within their dominions to
, se ' z «d on the same day, and thrown into secure
dungeons. Jacques de Malay, tho Grand Master
°i ihe order, and several of the best and bravest
among them, were accused of sorcery, and other
dark crimes against the laws of God and man, which
admitted not of proof, and could only be met
y a solemn denial , some of them, in the agonies
of the torture to which they were subjected; con.
essed to impossible enormities, and wore there
upon condemned to die. Not so Jacques de Ma-
J y > he appears lo have possessed qualities, bolli
P ysicaland mental, that might give tho world as.
u .*? nc ® a man ’ m ' n S'* n g ti>« martyr’s fuilh
‘u tho warrior’s pride, he nevor quailed un.
n n er the severest torture, but strongly protested
|Utonly his own innocence, but that of iiis order.
f * n , ttl Hie u„i fury ordeal of fagot and slalto, bc-
ro tho cathedral of Notre Dame at Pari*, lie ap.
“ r ud wit hu , ! s | mkeil scrBni(y . |1| S deportment
com' a , majesty, for he had long boon tho equal
panion of princes ; and of culm dignity, for ho
• conscious of innocence ; and he had, withal, a
uistmn fuilh whose lervor could not ho chilled
Imw"' l ' la ' l0Ur death.—Humbly admitting that
tho a, 8 uil, y.°f'ha °ur common nature,lie denied
, i crl "" ! * imputed lo him, and committing his
ill,.,. ,u Maker, he summoned Clement and
1 "'hp lo n
year l ,jH 1 l'*’ ar with him in judgement within a
P|.[; IJwy both outlived tho period, tliougl
in ii,'' . j 0 fi< ’ 01 ' after, as to occasion some doubt
wl 1 ""j'us ol the believers in tho marvellous,
ik- p' er a' 8 sudden death was not a fulfilment of
>ntnd Mailer’s prediction.
HeiiMt; duGonlault Riron, was ihe friend
!o ii,, i • 1 °fl’rnneo before that monarch came
adh U '’irone, and ho continued lo ho bis firm
howev" 1 • r SHmo *' me alterwurils, Disappointed
(,,-j *'• 'n some prujc'Cl of ambition, he caballed
valet * "* m "* lc , r i and being betrayed by bis own
i was committed to the Pastille. Henry was
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mueli ultacliod to ibis brave chevalior. and introat.
• , 0 acknowledge his fault umi bo forgiven :
n t either the lliron was Innocent, and his valet
n traitor, or lie continued to hope that tlml person
would not ultimately criminate hint, and proudly
relused to make any concession. When put
upun Ins trial, he wus found guilty ; but ho
still trustod to Henry’s favor for a pardon : tho
King, however, was not less offended by bis ob.
Curacy than by his trenson, and signed the war.
l ant for his execution. Notliingcould huveexceoded
tbu surprise of Biron whon he was informed tliat he
was to die on the following day ; ho broke out in.
to u vehement protestation of innocence, upbraid.
i 11 ® king with ingratitude and cruelty, and defi.
ed and denounced his accusers and judgos. nccus-
mg the chancellor who bad prosidod at his trial of
unfair deuling, and summoning him lo appear in
judgment with him within the year. The chancel
lor thrice armed in the consciousness of his own
uprightness, did notjdie, but lived five years long,
ertlinn Biron—until 1617.
The Portuguese in 1040 threw ofTlhe yoke of
Spain, and nominated John, Duke of Braganza, to
the throne. At his dumh ho Ur..... ,.v r i.
and Pedro, and a daughter, Catherine, who became
the unhappy wife of our second Charles. Alphonzo
who was a prince of mean intellect married a
princess of Nemours ; she had a good dowry, a
handsome person, considerable talents, and few
virtues ; and they succeeded to the throne. Don
Pedro tile younger brother of Alphonzo, was evory
way his superior ; and tho shrewd, intriguing, un
scrupulous princess of Nemours soon contrived
that her husband’s imbecility should be so appurent,
as to justify his removal from the throne to make
room for Don Pedro. Her own divorce then fol
lowed, and she artfully demanded back her dowry,
well knowing that it was irrevocably squandered ;
but, ns hor real object was to become the wife of
Don Pedro, she managed to bo solicited to marry
him, and so to reassume the name and rank of
queen. Having carried this point, the guilty puir
thought it necessary, for their own security, to have
the deposed king and divorced husband closely con
fined ; be submitted without complaint, and with
only a momentary ebullition of anger, on hearing
that his brother bad married bis wife; For fifteen
years he remained a melancholy captive in the cas-
lie of Cintra, the beauties of whose ‘gloriousEden’
he was not suffered to enjoy. When on the point
ofdeulh, he said. *1 am going, but the queen will
soon follow me to answer before God’s awful tri
bunal for the evils she Ims heaped upon my head.’
She died a few months after him, in 1683; having
been more miserable in the gratification of her
passions, than tier victim could have been in his
solitary prison.
The last and most remarkable of these citations
is connected with the history of the reigning fam.
ily of this country ; and its details are, perhaps,
more touching and romantic than nny that have
preceded it. George the electoral Prince of Ilan-
ovor, who afterwards ascended the throne of Great
Britain, was married, enrly in life, to Sophia Doro.
tliea, Princess of Halle, a young lady of great
personal beauty and accomplishments. Sho was
the only child of her parents, and had been reared
with much tenderness, so tiiat she carried to the
court of the elector that unchecked gaiety of heart
which so often leads innocent and inexperienced
females first into imprudence and then into error.
She allowed herself, soon after her arrival, to make
somo piquant remarks upon the rnthnronarta and
inelegant ladies whom her father-in-law, after the
custom of the small Gorman sovereigns, kept open,
ly nt his court, and thereby she created enemies,
who were ever on tho watch to injure and annoy
her. Hdr own conduct was irreproachable, until
in an evil hour, there came lo Hanover the young
Koningsmark, a Swedish nobleman of nn ancient
and honorable family, who wus high in favor at the
court of Stockholm. Tho count, fascinated by the
manners of the princess, (whose husband wus ab
sent with his father’s army,) paid her the most flat
tering attentions which she carelessly, but is be
lieved innocently, admitted. This afforded the
elector an opportunity of accomplishing her ruin.
A trnp was laid for her, which had the effect of
bringing Koningsmark to the neighborhood of hor
apartments at an improper hour. The unfortunate
Swede was nover moro seen in life, nnd So
phia, being arrested, was conveyed, wilhout loss
of time, and with the concurrence of her de.
ceived husband, to the custle of Allien, on tho banks
of tho river Ahlen where site remained in close
confinement thirty-two years.
It is not to be supposed that this incarcerations
of a young nnd beautiful wurnun, the wife of a
powerful monarch—for George in lime became
king of Great Britain—could bo an unimportant
secret. Their son, the Prince of Wales, who was
never on very good terms with his father, was anx
ious to seo her, and twice at the risk of his life,
swam his horse across the river that surround
ed the castle where she was confined. There is
something very touching in this filial devotion to
a mother whom ho could scarcely remember to
have seen, and who was accused of such grave of
fences ; but the heart of the old German baron
who kept the castle was mnde of such stern stuff,
ns to be proof against all fine emotions, and the
young prince could not obtain an interview with
his mother. There was no evidence against her
that could justify a divurce, and on one occasion
her husband niado overtures lo her for a rcconcili.
ntion : but she proudly replied, “ If what I am ac
cuseri of be uue, I am unworthy of him ; if the ac-
cusation be false, ho is unworthy of me ; I will not
accept his offer." Immediately before tier death
slie wrote a letter lo him containing an affirmation
of hor innocence, a reproach for his injustice, and
a citation to appear within a year and a day, at the
Divine tribunal lor judgment. This letter she con-
fided to an intimate friend, with a solemn charge to
see it delivered to the king’s own hand; but ai
this was an undertaking of a delicate if not n dan
gerous nnturo, somo months passed by without its
being convoyed lo him. At length his visit to his
electoral dominions seemed to present the desired
opportunity, and when lie was on his way to llano
ver u messenger met him, and delivered the pack
cl to him in his coach. Supposing tliut it came
from Hanover, he opened it directly; but its con-
rents, and tho fatal citation with which it ended, bad
such an effect on him, that lie fell into convulsions,
which brought on apoplexy and death, lie expir-
ed ut the palace of his brotlier v tho bishop of Os-
nnburgh, just seven months after his unfortunate
George II., thoir son, always believed in his
mother’s innocence, and had she survived Ins father
|,e would have restored her to tho rank ns queen
dowager. Soon after his accession ; lie visited
his electoral dominions, and caused some altera-
lions lo be made in tho palace. On taking up ihe
floor of his mother’s dressing-room, the remains of
Count Koningsmark wore discovered. It is pro-
MIL LEDGE VILI.U; TuBsDAY, AUGUST C, 1844.
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not calculated to silence unwelcome insinuations
about his parentage. Sophia’s Rtory remains on
tho page of history, a melancholy example of the
miseries that may result from the neglect of those
minor morals so important to womon. That she
was essentially innocent there is little room to
doubt, but if she lind also been duly scrupulous to
maintain those appearances of purity which are
necessary to tho perfection of woman’s moral sta
tion, her whole destiny might have adorned a pal-
uco end added lustre to a crown.
Sucli is a brief sketch of some of the most famous
citations recorded in history. There is matter in
them for serious consideration, not as encouraging
a superstitious belief in marVels, but ns showing
the influence of the mind upon tiie body : a subject
of sucli importance, that the writer gladly leaves it
lo ubler hands.
The Press and “Iron Horse.”—We extract
the following from the elaborate and very interest
ing report o! Rev. G. D. Abbott on tho power of
the press :
“No reflecting mind can contemplate the present
position ot tho United Oiuu.., . (
viclion that it is altogether without a parallel in the
history of nations ; thut we live in an era preg.
nnnt with events ; that the press has for us as yet
undeveloped energies, that may in our land, ns it
lias already done in otliers, work reformation or
revolution. The whole land is a vast school. Tho
rail car, tho steamboat, tho manufactory, tile work
shop, and the (arm-yard, the mines of the Schuyl
kill und of Galena, are all schools. Tho printer is
the daily teacher. Cunard’s mail to-day brings tho
‘latest’ from London and Liverpool, Paris, and
Canton; all night tho presses of Boston and Now
York groan with their labor, and to-morrow tho car
and steamer are bearing every description of news,
and of moral and immoral influences, towards ov-
ery point of the compass. The iron horse, whoso
sinews are steel, and whose provonder is fire, ‘is
olP for Washington and Buffalo, St. Jjouis, and
New Orlpans. His unceasing thunder,louder than
that of tiie‘war-horse,’ echoes among our hills all
day, and his fiery train illumines our valleys at
night. In less time than it once took to go from
London to John o’Groat’s, the nows of the other
hemisphere Is home over one half of this- The
mail.bag with its teeming sheets is dropped in eve
ry city and village of a territory 1,500 miles square!
The columns of the ‘Chronicle,’ and the ‘Times,’
read the Monday’s breakfast in London, have but
ono intervening Sabbath before they enliven the
offices and parlors of Boston and New York; and
ere tho Acadia sees Holyhead again, they are 1,-
500 miles further on, in the saloons and vernadahs
of Louisiana.
Every thing seems to conspire to arouse and
excite the public mind, and reading it will have.
Origin of Paper Monev.—The veracious Span
ish historian, so often quoted by Irving in hisCon.
quest of Granada, Fray Antonie Agrnpida, relates
that tho Count de Tendilla, while besieged by the
Moors in tho fortress of Alhama, was destitute of
gold and silver wherewith to pay his soldiers, who
began to murmur, as they had not the means of
purchasing necessaries from the people of the town.
“In this dilemmn,’’ says the historian, “what does
tins most sagacious commander ? lie takes me a
number of little morsels of paper, on which he in
scribes various sums, large and small, and signs
thorn with bio own band and name. These Old tie
give to the soldiery, in earnest of their pay. "How
you will suy, uro soldiers to bo paid with scraps of
paper ?’’ ‘Even so,’ I answer, and well paid too,
as 1 will presently make manifest—for the good
Count issued n proclamation, ordering the inhabi
tants to take theso morsels of paper for their full
amount thereon inscribed, promising to redeem
at a fuluro time, with gold and silver. Thus, by a
subtlo and most miraculous alehymy, did this cava
lier turn worthless paper into precious gold and sil
ver, and make his lato impoverished garrison abound
in money-’* Irving adds—“The Count de Tendilla
redeemed his promises like a loyal knight, and this
miracle as it appeared in the eyes of the worthy
Agrnpida, is tho first instance on record, of paper
money, which has since spread throughout the civ-
ilized world with unbounded opulence.’ - This
happened in 1484.
Coffee Electricity.—Although it is not quite
new, it is not generally known that a man may bo
literally and truly electrified with newly ground
Coffee. The manner of doing so was exhibited to
to the writer of this a fow days ago at tho shop in
New Town. A largo coffee mill driven by a
steam engine, was grinding coffee into a huge bar
rel. In the barrel stood a copper scoop, directly
under the fall of the fresh ground coffee. An iron
red being held within an incli or so of the copper
scoop, an instantaneous flash of lightning, or stream
of electric fluid, was nttructcd by tho iron. The
same result followed when the finger was employ
ed instead of tiie rod, and a slight shock, like the
puncture of a pin, was quite perceptible. By a
rude contrivance, a shook was also communicated
from tiie ground coflee to the luil of a cat, when off
scampered tiie bewildered animal in a state of tiie
most earnest astonishment. Altogether the mat
ter is curious, nnd nut beneath the ultentian of tho
philosopher. Can there bo electricity in flour,
oatmeal, or snuff? These are exposed to friction
U9 well as coffeo ; and a test which proves the one
lo be genuine or the reverse may bo useful with
regard to tiie oilier loo.
Copper Balloon—An experiment is about lobo
mado in Paris on air balloons, which is exciting the
curiosity of the scientific world to an extraordinary
degreo. A balloon composed of sheet copper, the
200ih part of nn inch in thickness, is so far com
pleted that it is now exhibitedjto tho public, anil is
expected to ho ready for ascent in the course of
the present summer. The constructor is M. Mar-
cy Monge, who lias undertaken the work for tho
purpose of testing the practicability of aerial nav
igation, and of rendering balloons subservient lo
iho study of electrical and magnetic phenomena.
The idea of a metal balloon originated with Lans in
1760 ; and in 1784 a melalic globe was construct
ed, but without success, by Guytan de Morvoan, the
grandfather of M. Mongo. In tho present balloon
Iho sheets of copper have been soldered by Dr.
Richemont’s autogenous process ; that is, the
edges of tiie sheet have been fusod together with
out uny soldering substance, by means of tho oxy-
hydrogen biow pipe. Upwards of 1,500 square
yards of copper have been used in the construction
of lliis globe, which is about 30 foet in diameter,
weighs 800 pounds, and is estimated to contain 100
pounds hydrogen gas. It is stated in the Journal
Universal that M. Dupuis Delcourt, the celebrated
French aeronaut, will shortly moke an ascent in this
balloon. Tho main object proposed by its con.
struclor is the power ol traversing the air by a sys.
...... tem which he has developed in a memoir submitted
i i . ILmomoiilof his arrest, and that his | to tiie French Academy. One of the advantages
strangled at the moment oi ** > • j . | , , , far >ilb. or
a tmosphore, it is proposed to connect it with the
eurth hv a metal wire, so as to conduct the elec
tricity from tho clouds ; by these means it is sup
posed that the formation of hail, which is so de
structive to the crops of the farmer and gardener,
muy be precluded. The idea of rendering the bal.
loons warders off of liuil or purgroles, is highly In
genious, and most people will be glad lo witness its
rrealization.
An Irish Piper’s opinion of Scotch Music.—
He sal awhile in silence—for such were his habits
—and having “sucked his dudeen," as they say, he
b-egnu to blow his bellows and played “Scots wha
Iran.” When he had finished it, “Well,” 1 observ
ed “what a line piece of martiul music that is !"
“No, no," he replied, “there’s more tears than
bl-ood in it. ft’s too sorrowful for war ; play it as
you will, it is not tiie tiling to rise tiie heart but to
simk it.”
“But wlrnt do you think Guyner, of Scotch mu-
1 i.c in general ?”
“Would you have me spake ill of my own ?” he
replied with n smile, “sure they had it from us.”
God knows they haven’t," ho replied “the
Scotch airs, many of them, is tiie very breath of the
heart itself.
Even then I was mueli struck with the force of
this expression ; but I was too young to perceive
either its truth or beauty.—Chambers Edin. Jour
nal.
Times ain’t now as they used to de.—Folks
don’t go to bod now.n.days—they rotirc. Nobody
eats their dinner—people take some refreshment.
Nobody goes to church—but tiie people attend di-
vino service. There is no Sunday—it is Sabbath.
No ono gets his tooth pulled—it is extracted. In
stead of drinking tea or coffee, the fashionable on
ly sip a little. No ono tears n hole in Iiis panta
loons— but it is no rare thing that he lacerates them.
The ladies dont go u visiting—they only make
calls. Young men don’t go a courting—they only
step in to pass tho evening. Our grandmas used
hard backed chairs, but our belles have stuffed backs
lo their seats.
The I. - ft Vi n V Pravpu —I romomUi-, on ono oo
casion, travelling in this country with a companion
who possessed some knowledge of medicine ; we
arrived at a door, near which wo were about to
pitch our tents, when a crowd of Arabs surrounded
us, cursing and swearing at the “robellers against
God.” My friend, who spoke a little Arabic, turn
ing round lo on elderly person, whose garb be
spoke him n priest, snid "who taught you that we
were disbelievers? Hear my daily prayer, and
judge for yourselves lie then repealed the Lord’s
Prayer. All stood amazed nnd silent until the
priest exclaimed, “May God curse me if ever 1
curse ngnin those who hold such belief; nay more,
lh.it prayer -shail he my prayer till my hour bo come.
1 pray thee, O Nuzareno, repeat the prayer, that it
may be remembered nnd written among us in let
ters of gold.”—Mr. Hay's Western Barbary.
Cure for Diarrhea.—As there are numbers
suffering at ibis time from the effect of this serious
disorder, we publish for their special benefit the
following simple remedy vouched for by tho New
York Aurora :—
“Even utter all other remedies have failed, a
certain cure for it will be found in rico water. Boil
the rice, take the water, make it palatable with salt,
and 1 , drink it copiously while warm. We never
knisw tliis simple thing to fail.”
One of the best anecdotes we have beard of the
effects of Polk’s letter, occurred in Chatham, ns we
letirn it from a gentleman direct from there. 'Hie
Standard, with tho letter, arrived in Pitlsborough
on tiie night before the candidates commenced
til eir canvass. Mr. Hauglilon, the gallant Whig
who lias battled so manfully and efficiently in tile
ca use, procured a copy of that paper, nnd instend
of exhibiting it, lie copied off the material part, in
which Polk goes for discrimination for Protection,
and read it in his first speech ns his own doctrine,
an d demanded of iiis opponents whether they np
proved of it? No! replied Gen. Cotton and Mr.
Jackson. Will you vote for any ono who holds
sui;h principles ? asked Mr. Houghton. Certainly
not ! again replied the Locofoco candidates. Mr.
Iln.ugliton then coolly drew the Standard from his
pocket and asked the General to be good enough
to rend Mr. Polk’s letter, in which lie would find
tho identical language, word for word, which they
had repudiated ! Hero was a fix! But they
soon, got over it, nnd discovered that it was the
very doctrine they had always been in favor of!
Fayetteville Observer.
[FROM THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN.]
Bear Creek, June 16, 1344.
Mr. Editor:—Permit me through your little
news carrier, to salute my old personal and once
political friend, Garry Grice.
To Garry Grice, Esq., Greeting ;
Dear Sir :—I am pleused to know that you have
returned to your adopted Slate, after a long ab
sence, in health, and possessed of that native geni
us nnd sprightly wit, with which you were when
you wrote the epistle of tho Blind Bug. But, my
old friend, I discover from your last discourse,
found in tiie Jeffersonian of the 14th ult. that the
ravages of time, which presses upon all tiie human
family,and should cause you and me to recollect
that awlul declaration that says: It is appointed
unto men once to die, nnd ufter this the judgment,
has pressed upon your memory ; in consequence,
of which, notwithstanding you took tho first chap,
tor of the epistle of bugs for your text, you havo
been unhappy in your conclusions nnd unfortunate
in your applications. To make you sonsiblo of
this fuct, audio refresh your memory, permit your
old friend to make a few canft'd.p'WAionW-ciuvhErU
candid answer. You have at last identified your po
litical position again. You know in 1840, you was
like tiie Dutchman's Bull, in a gang by yourself—
still, whenever you bellowed I thought it sounded
Van Burenisli. In your discourse you state when
you left Georgia there was no whig party then, and
that you know there is magic in a name; and ask
•if wo have had our feelers out—thereby compar
ing the whig party to your blind hug. Now, sir,
if this conclusion und application be correct, then it
follows that all parlies who change, or have their
name changed, nnd all parlizans who change their
opinions arc blind bugs with their feelers out; and
when they clinnge having received knowledge from
the touch, clinnge their courso or astlo bnclc. Is it
not unfortunate you did not recollect that in 1836,
whon you and I belonged to the State Rights party,
formerly the old Troup party, there was no such
party as the Republican Democratic party. I bad
known tho old Clark party, of which 1 think you
were a member when we elected you to the Legis.
Uture, afterwards in tho main, called Union but
now Democratic parly. Ain l not correct? If
yon.hnvo they bad thoir foolers out, and you, Col
quitt, Cooper, Black, and perhaps my old school
male Iverson, Haralson, und a few others with you,
finding out something by your toucli—linvo you as
a party and men turned your course or astlcd back ?
You insinuate too, that Mr. Clay is the blind bug on
tiie U. S. Bunk question. Now, sir, lias not Mr.
Clay openly acknowledged his conviction and con-
version on thutjsubject? Ifyen, how unfortunate then
that your recollection lias so failed you ; fur what
soever maketh manifest is light; and if lie was a blind
bug lie could not havo seen his error, and, instend
ol an open acknowledgment, he would have turned
his course or nstled back, and, liko somo others,
have been found in different company and a differ
ent plnce, and have said 1 am just tbe same—which
is a trick 1 cannot account fur, unless they uro like a
green lizard in the spring of the year. You know
you may seo them on a rail and they are green, but
scuro tliem und they will run round, and when you
sen them again they are a dove color.
You once said you had been in the State as long
as myself; but this, I presume, is an unintentional
mistake. I expect you thought l had never lived
in Georgia boforo I returned front Alabama in
1824. Sir, 1 was born in Georgia, Oct. 21 1796, and
never lived out of the Stale but throe years and a
few months in my life. Being blessed with n tol
erable good recollection, 1 know something of the
rise, progress, and change of men nnd parlies from
the days of VVm. II. Crawford, nnd the Crawford
and Clark parties, afterwards Tioup und Clark par.
ties, afterwards in the main Stato Rights and Un-
ion parties, and now Whig and Democratic parties.
I nlso have some knowledge of the doctrines held
by those parties, and tho shuffling, turning and nst-
ling hack of certain bugs in that time.
Now, my old friend, I will ask you a few ques
tions. and I hope you will give mo a direct and
cuudid answer to each one :
1. Was Gen. Washington n Republican?
2. Did he not preside ns President of the Con
vention. when tho Consti ulion was framed ?
3 Was he not President of the United Stales
whon Congress chartered the first United Stales
Bunk ?
4 Did he not, under tiie solemnities of oath of
oflice, sign tho bill ?
5 Did lie not, before signing the bill, consult
Jefferson on the subject ?
0 Did not Jefferson ndviso him to do what he
did?
7 Wa
which, prudential motives
strict secrecy on this subject
(lis frequent altar-
cations" with Id* father, in conjunction with the
thrown upon his mother, had already given
l,,ru ' . .wl anmA ri litInrv nn
tho parts of the Jacobites, and this discoveiy was
to study iho constant atmospheric currents. It is
likewise proposed to employ this balloon in decid
ing whether it is possible to prevent hail which is
duo to tho electricity of concurrent clouds. As
the balloon m«y be kept suspended a long lime in the
A. flag.—We find the following in tiie Louisville
(Ky)Journul :
“Our (lag, fluttering in the sky, lias attracted the
attention of thousands. Many good Whigs are a-
bout, imitating our example, and at no distant day,
those who view our city from a distance will be.
hold tho semblance of a forest of inasts, with hun
dred.* of Whig pennants streaming to tho breozo.—
The Locofoeos, who look upwurd from our streets,
will bo appalled by wliat they will mistake for a
second stonn of meteors.
“ A Locofoco friend, who often talks for the sake
of talking, tells ns that wo shall be uslmmod of our
flag after the November election, If Mr. Cluy is
beaten, we shall certainly be ashamed of it. In
that caso, we will send the flag lo some Locofoco
hostler for a horse blanket, and send the staff down
to the creek as a roosting polo for pokes."
Ajt Important Discovery.—The Louisvil'e
Journal states that a discovery was rccendy made
of great importance, where limestone water is us
ed for steam boilors. Mr. Kellogg, of the Louisville
paper mill, was informed by a miller, near Madison,
Tndia.na, that a certain kind of clay, found in that
neighborhood, infused in the wnter of the boilers,
would prevent the formation of the Mine crust by
absorbing tho lime. Mr. K. tried somo of the
clay, nnd found it effectual. Subsequently bo dis-
cc'ver-ed the sanio sort of clay (a greasy bluish clay)
near his paper mill, and found it to answer tiie
same .purpose. His engine runs constantly, ex
cept on the Sabbath. The beginning of each week
be puts a quantity of bis Clay in ten gallons of wa
ter nod purnp9 it into the boilor. When the water
is drawn cfftlio following Saturday night, the boilers
aro f/ce from crust and are readily cleansed.
A New and Surprising Feat.—Mad’lle Lola
Monies, a famous dancer, is making a fortune in
Baris by anew and surprising feut. At her first
Ic ap on the stnge, she slovs short on tho tips of her
Uies, and, by a movement of prodigious rapidity,
detaches one of her garters, to tho utter amnzo-
ment of every opera glass. Mad’lle Lola then
takes another leap lo the very adge of the pros,
eeniuin, shaking with her fingers tiie ribbon which
she has just detached, and, mustering tier most fas
cinating grace, flings that ribbon lo the spectators,
amid the most enthusiastic and extravagant ap
plause. What next.
A Mistake Corrected.—An orator holding
forth in fnvor of “woman,” concludes thus :—“Oh,
my hearers, dopend upon it nothing beats a good
wife." “I bpg pardon,” replied ono of his auditors,
“a bad husband does."
Jefferson a Republican, and an ablu
statesman ?
8 Die) lie not, when President, sign thu bill fix
ing a branch of the United States Bank nt New
Orleans ?
9 If tho fountain is corrupt, is not the stream
equally as corrupt ?
10 Did not Madison, whon President and under
his oath of oflice, sign the bill chartering the second
U. S. Bank ?
11 Did not Washington, Jefferson, Madison and
Mon roe, in their messages to Congress, recom
mend to that body to pass laws granting protection
to our manufactures to a certain extent ?
12 Did not Wm. II. Crawford hold to tho same
political doctrines that Wasiiington, Jeflerson,
Madison and Monroe (lid ?
13 Does not Henry Clay hold the same docilities
they did ?
14 Was not a large majority of tho old Craw
ford party in Georgiu Bank men 1
15 Was not iho Troup party composed, in tho
main, of the old Craw ford party ? and were they
not bank men ?
16. Was not the Slate Rights party, in the main,
composed of tiie old Troup party, and were they
not Bunk men, o a largo majority of them?
17. Is not a large majority of the Slate Rights
party now Whigs, nnd are they nut bank men ?
18. If so, does it not prove (bat they nnd their
great leader, Henry Clay, bold the same doctrines
held by Washington, Jeflerson, Madison, Mutiron,
Crawford, nnd the parties above named ?
19. If they were Republicans nnd constitutional
men, nrn not we ?
20. Do you not, in declaring a U. S. Bank un.
constitutional, indirectly accuse Washington and
Madison of ignorance or perjury ?
21. Is not that going a great length for sucli a
man os me or you ?
22. Did not the United States prosper mueli dur
ing the days of the bank ?
23. Wus not exchange equalized ?
24. Did tiie Government ever loose a dollar by
the bank ?
25. l)ui it not make one million and a half of
dollars ?
26. Has it lost uny tiling since tho U. S. Bank
was wound up ?
27. Did not tho lam pressure of limes commence
the same year Hie bank was wound up ?
26. Was it not owing to the balance of trade be
ing against us ,and a demand for specie?
29. If (lie country was beucfitlcd by the bank,
will not tho same cause produco tbe same effect ?
You next, indirectly, charge the whig* with Abo.
litionism, because John Quincy Adams and others
ure wliigs and abolitionists.
80 Are there none among the Democrats T
31 Can you prove, from hie conduct or his
speechee, that Frelinghuyeenie an abolitionist?
32 If nay, is It not unkind to charge him, direct
ly or indirectly, without proof?
33 Does it not look like you were bad scared
and hard run ?
34 Are all the Methodists and Baptists abolition
ists, because some at the North are t
35 Is not Mr. Clay a slave holder T
36 Is Mr. Dalits a slave holder?
37 If nay, does that prove him lo be an Aholi.
tionist ?
Now, Sir, I will tell you the reasons I am where
I am ; viz : in the whig ranks. I was taught to
believe that Washington, Jefferson and Madison,
under whose administration I came up to manhood
were Republicans and great statesmen, with char
acters above suspicion; and from ever thing 1 could
learn, Wm. H. Crawford held the seme doctrine, and
observed the same practice. So I deliberately
joined the Crawford party; and when I returned
from Alabama, in 1824,1 found the Troup party
held the same principles, and united with them, and
was one or the 125, in Henry county, that voted
for Troup in 1825. Did you vote with me at that
time? When the party took the name of States
Right, believing they held the same sentiments,
Bank not excepted, I stuck to them. Now they are
called Whigs. As regards the great national
question, I am still with them. So, it seems lo me,
l have neither changed my place nor color. As
regards the local matters of the State, lam a Geor.
gian, and determined according to my best judg.
ment, to act in my official station, aacor<tt»g ««• »u.
oath prescribed by the Constitution. And as re-
ay rdtf.tj-,,- tnjrvIF ibr- mmnmBni«'Srt brought forward
not only becume mediator, buthcldold Hickory with
one hnnd, and untied the rope from J. C. Calhoun’s
neck with tho other, I consider it the ground upon
which tiie north and south united and pledged them,
selves to abide.
Now, sir, I will ask you a few more questions :
33 Did nut Martin Van Buren go into oflice
with nn overflowing treasury?
39 Did lie not come out leaving liio Govern,
ment millions in debt?
49 Was not the United States bound, in good
faith to pay it ?
41 Was the rate of duty, according to the com.
promise act, sufficient to defray the expenses of the
Government and pay the dobt ?
42 Wlint other way could Congress havo raised
tiie money, than a higher rate of duty or a direct
tax ?
43 Do you not prefer a tariff for revenue pu*.
poses, which always operates protective to a direct
tux ?
44 Is tho duty, according to the act of 1842,
moro than is necessary to pay the debt and support
the Government ? If so, I say bring it down to the
standard,
As regards tiie annexation of Texas, lam in fii-
vor of it, nnd take a different view of the matter
from Olay, Webster, Van Buren nnd Benton —but
I presume they are honest, nt least Cluy, Benton
nnd Webster; ns lo Van, lie bus astled so many
ways, 1 hardly know when he is honest. But the
Convention has cliisseled him out, and poked lit
.Mr. Bulk, and I say Amen.
Then let him Rtn> at Kimlerhook,
And, if he chooHea, read his book;—
But if he tlooa not, shear his sheep,.
Or else lie down and go to sleep.
But while I am anxious for tho annexation of Tex
as, I am not prepared to say I will support ho man
opposed to it. Here I think your memory Iiqs again
failed you, and to refresh it 1 will ask you a few
more questions :
45. Is annexation worth contending for as con
nected with tho Presidential question ?
40. If Mr. Tyler does not effect it, will it not be
because the Souuto will not ratify tho treaty ?
47. Is there any prospect of a change in tho
Senate during thu next Presidential lerm, unless a
revolution takes place in tho minds of tho people
mid Senate.
43. If you soy tits annexation of Texas is of
more importance than all tho rest, why does Mr.
Van Buren, who is opposed to it,go in for Polk ?
49. If the whole South, Whig and Democrat,
were lo unite on one man, could they elect him T
59 Would not sucli an event, in nil probability,
throw the election into tiie House ?■
51 In that case, under existing circumstances,
could a Democrat he elected ?
52 Is not that wlint your feelers are out for ?
Now, my old friend, believing, as I' firmly do,
that Henry Clay, with his native genius, powerful
talents, commanding eloquence and exalted patri
otism, which has commanded the attention nnd re
spect of the civilized world, holds the same politi
cal doctrines held by Wasiiington, Jefferson, Madi
son and Monroe ; and in rallying to his support wi-
oro only rallying to the standard reared by those
illustrious patriots, I most affectionately say to you.
and otliers : come thou and go with us, and we wilt
do thee good und not evil all the days of our life—
for it led 10 prosperity before.
50, having to go to hilling up potatoes,! must
bid you Good live;
WILLIAM MOSELEY.
X. B. I shall expect a direct answer to my ques
tions. W. M.
An Extraordinary Valentine.—Perhaps one
of these jokes that has lately iHken place occurred
last Valentine’s day, when a gentlemen buchelor of
this town, received through tho Post oflice, from
one of tiie most fashionable watering places, a
beautiful stuffed cat, with several mottos round its
neck with riband ; one in the shapo of a iienrl, on
which was written,“A gift from iho old maids of
.” Another, a fireside companion." “A
good housekecr daring an afternoon’s ride.” “Aji
old bachelor’s friend.” "Smile if you like—la-.^J.
if you can.” “When the cat is in the way, the
mico nt your house dure not play.”—Manchester
Advertiser.
Modern Inventions.—A correspondent of the
New York Tribune, writing from Venice, has tho
following in relulion to some modern invention*.
Ho says :—
The modern inventions of repeating and revolv
ing guns, such us Colt nnd others havo constructed
among us, are here found anticipated by some cen
turies. In one gun there are twenty barrels, which
arc turned round bv pressing a spring, while a flint
and hammer, which remained fixed on top, fire off
cncii in succession. In (lie other form, there is on
ly one barrel, but five cartridges revolve, and are
successively discharged through the barrel. This
curious anticipation of both tho modes of construct
ing repeating fire arms, seom too remarkable for
u mere coincidence, and it would be worth while to
inquire whether any of tiie modern inventors had
ever previously visited Vonice.
Tho Buy State Democrat has tho following good
one : “A clergyman in the North of Scotland, very
homely in Iiis address, choose for his text ■ pas
sage in the Psalms, “ 1 laid in my haste, alt men
nro liars.” “Ay,” premised his reverence, by
way of introduction, “ye said in your haste, David,
did ye ? Gin ye hud bccu hero, ye might hao said
it at your leisure, my mon I"
German Silver.—Few are aware of the poison,
ous qualities of this compound- It is very good for
gun mountings, rifles, &c. but nover should be used
in the form of spoons, or vessels for oooking. it is
composed of copper, arsenic and nickel. It civ
ilises very rapidly in contact with any acid, even
slight vegetable ones, nnd the small particles which
ure taken into tho stoinnch imperceptibly act as a
slow hut sure poison. Pure copper spoons would*
bo preferable. Every one Is acquainted with thu
nature of arsenic ; nickel is equally poisonous.
An Irish schoolmaster onco wrote the following
copy for one of his pupils;—Idleness coverelh Ihe
body with nakedness,