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'xMM OlOfttU rOVUMft i> rnuun wm«*lt ii PBTKRSON 1IIWBATT, 1 editor and rtormxTOR, , M thukb DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE I Jb/foUR OOLLARJ AT THE END OP THE YEAR. „....L»arif>tlo«will !>• r«>.l»«ir.r 1«.*th.n . yo.r,»or will .at l‘iJ r a.T,«r*illn<it b« ■•nttoanjr por«ou out of (lioStota, until tko m0Mf it imiihu advance or a«ti>factory rnforonc® given. ••^Sf i ridSMKNTd areUaerlad at?5 conla |»or auuare for tlrn i Y _Iidm aadSOcaata paraqwarelor each Insertion thereafter. A JJjJJJ jjli,, journal U the ijmcoofleu llnaaiu email typo,containing »njn ^ir^ofliANO.by Adiamiatratori.Kaoctttora, or Ounr- y ^ r?ronalwd,bylaw,to be bold on the Aral Tucduy in the kI,wcbathehouraofteuln the forenoon and tlirco in the al< m attheCouit-hmiro, «« that ountyin which the property la W raoo". • " fl#of th<J$e given In a public g>uotto 8»X* n*va nrevioua to the day of aale. T «.oof NKGROKS muat beat a public auction,on theiflratTuee A 8 !f the inoath, bela-een the nanalhoura of aule, at tbo placo ofpub< rV I. ik« p>enntv whore tl nan oTTunrntm. BATCH noun 4. We contiaue our aerie* toAjTi and in doing »o announce to our friend* that tin prospect brightens daily; Prom all portion* of ibocountry we arn eon- stantly in the receipt of now* which give* ua more Ac more confidence in the success of our cauae. Aa evidence of lhia fact wc can point you’to the recent VOL. XXXV MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1844. NO* 46- whore tho lottera teptainontnry, of AdminiNtra- "•“'.OMrJluMMP. may liuvu b«»n gr.uMd, «r.l giving SIXTY jJJJJ no "| CP thereof,in one oftho pnlilicgnaottenof thiu fitnto, and at V* . rik« Rnurl.hi Su^Uhjt of Ike Court-koa«u,wkero.seh Mluarutoba hald. ,h No.C (« ">• sf,P«-s»J P~P»«y.;»»•« baglvou la Ilka , *p PORT V day* prevlouato the day of aale. * tintice to the Debtori and Greditora of au Katnto muat be puliliahed R-iiP# ibatanpHcadten will bo made to the Court of Ord, Notice tamanp -||#| b( , publi i.hoil for FOUR MONTHS. *% V «t co for leave to «oll NEGROES, muat bo pnbliahed for FOUR MONTHS,heforeany order absolute abali be mndc thoreon by the C rs«*mi«for Loiter* of Admlnlatrntlon, munt bo publinhcd fAirly -v*^A»r disiaiiaion from adminiatration, monthly nix month*—for dia- ■ i ^J,^“foi^S«aro h oF'^ , rtgaglI mutt tin iiuWl.koil moalAIr/or <t*v>- fc ; nnaaion i papera, for the JkU nmc* o/ thr month*— for compelling a idles from Execntora or Adralniatratoi IhweaBo^hM becu given by the doceaacd, the full tpact of thru Slffi'cationa will alwnya be continued accoiding to theac, tho legal * \ ... ..aUiiniliNrwiin nrilaroil. J2SZZ unleanothirwi.o ordered. an huaineie ofthiaklndcontinuoatoreceivcproraptattcution althc Office of the GEORGIA JOURNAL, n QUITTANCES BY MAIL—“A poatmaater may enclose monoy .Intier to the publinher of a newspaper, to pay the subscription of a third nerson,andfrauktho lettor,if writtenby himself.”— AmotKen- MISCELLANEOUS. fFEOM CHAMBERS’ EDINBURGH JOURNAL.] THE WEDDING. A BACKWOOD SKETCH. During R residence in America, no observing person can fail 'o have remarked, whether he Ira. vel in Canada, the U. Slates or Texas, the vast num ber of Irish families every whore to ho met with. They bear such distinctly marked peculairitios, that no mistake erfh occur in attributing to them their native soil. It has been my lot to visit ma ny of the settlements of those wanderers from tho green isle, but nowhere did I meet any family which so singularly interested me, as one which a few months back was residing within the limits of Texas, consisting of the futher, mother, a son and iwo daughters. Old Rock, or as lie is generally called, Captain Rock—a name doubtles assumed— emigrated to America seventeen years ago—bis family then consisting of two daughters ; for the the son was born afterward in the land of his adop. lion. For seven years, the sturdy Irishman, (ori ginally well informed and well educated, though his early history was never known) contended with the difficulties incident to new settlors, with various success in different parts of the Union, when he was induced to join the first band of ad. venturers who, under General Austin, obtained leave from the Mexican Government to locate themselves in Texas. The family obtained a grant of land as a matter of course, but old Rock did not fancy settled agricultural pursuits. To have round him a wel! stocked farm, cleared and productive fields, and herds of cattle, would have required a degree of perseverance and patient personal lubor of which he was incapable. Me preferred the life of a wandering squatter, upon which he at once entered, and which he has never sinco deserted. Building a boat, old Rock embarked in it on one of the Texian rivers, with his family, an old gun, and a small stock of ammunition, and, following the windings of the stream, did not stop until he came to an abandoned log hut or frame house, where he thought he might find temporary accommodation. Of these deserted houses Texas has many, their abundance arising from various causes—dentil from fever, the terrible civil war, oroftenerstill/rom men having hastily chosen location and built there on, before it was found out thut the spot was unde sirable and unproductive. Rock was not nice ; if the neighborhood supplied game he was satisfied. Sometimes an acre of sweet potatoes, Indian com and pumpkins, might be put under cultivation, oth erwise the family lived entirely upon venison, wild fowl, fish and oysters ; and it wus whispered, pork uponoccasion. A reported fondness for this lattor article was one of the causes of old Rock’s migra tions. No sooner did lie pitch himself in nny neighborhood than it was said pork was at a premi. um. Pigs certainly disappeared most mysterious ly, but though all threw the blame upon Rock, he ever averred the panthers, wolves and stray hunters to have been the real culprits. However this might be, after some months residence in any particular spot, the family usually received a polite notice to quit, and find another dwelling place. Eighteen several times had the Hibernian patriarch removed his lent at the bidding of his fellows j any neglect of such orders being usually followed by the ioflic tion of thut summary justice called Lynch Law. When I became acquainted with tho family, ear. ly in the autumn of 1842, they were residing on one of the tributaries which pour into Galveston bay—known as Dick’s Creek. The son was six- teen, a small made lad, who entirely supported the ' family by means of his gun, being one of the most expert hunters 1 ever met with in the backwoods. Every article not produced by themselves—their clothing being entirely of deerskin—was obtained by bartering venison hums, whicli they always carefully preserved for this purpose. Rock and his wife were now old ; the former, though yet sturdy, moved about only in his boat, and smoking by his fire, the latter doing all the cooking. Mary and Betsy Rock, the daughters, it would he vain to attempt faithfully to delineate. Fat, brown, and healthy, dressed in petticoats and spencers of deer skin they were the most original pair it was ever my, lot to encounter. They could neither read nor write, hut could hunt and fish most excellently well —and two udventurous days thoy were that I spent in their company. They hud never seen an En glishman hefore sinco they were grown up, and my pictures of lifo at home enraptured them. With the younger daughter Mary,—the other was en gaged to be married to a Yankee—I became a pro digious favorite, and many a hunt in canoe and in the prairie had we together. But to my story. After leaving them witlt a faithful promise of pay ing another visit, I found myself six weeks after, again at the door of the once elegant frame house, where I had left them. To my surprise, it was half burnt and desolate. This disuppointed me much, for I had brought up several appropriate pres- ents for both my young friends. Pursuing my wuy, npthe river, i halted at a farm house, where I found several persona collected, who quickly informed me that the family hud been “mobbed” off the creek, with threats of being shot if they settled within ten miles of the spot. Where they had Rone to, no one knew, nor seemed to care—and lc, ° Pities being the very extempore administrat ors of justice who had warned them off, l soon do- parted, and gained the itouse of my friend Captain °u, whore I purposed ruralizing during some 1st I r ^ rotn Tod I learned that two fat pigs had j. V msappoared and suspicion most unjustly, as atterwards turned out, having fallen on the Rocks o squatter and his family had to acck a new rest- "gplaco. On hearing this, I give up all idea of y er agnjn seeing my fair friends. I .days passed in the usual occupations of a j n .'8 Party, when, on tho nftoi'iioou of tho fourth self WUI1 ^ n ' ono ttt the log hut hut to amuse my- over certain lately arrived English papers, while y companions wore searching the country round some cattle which my friend the captain was foo/? 11 * s e '^irg- About an hour hefure sunset rein* e ^ S w ' llc ' 1 * supposed to ho those of ono of the ,l,„ P ar *y °f cow hoys, were heard behind |„, l U 'thanat its side, and in n minute more the Vn „"' > ! 1 ' rn > s ed,and in walked—Tim Rock. The tlier,j lller ’ having satisfied himself that I was u v ®" c ed close to rnc, and answered my My first enquires were after liis sis- grcoiinn tors. “Why,” said lie, “sister Uct is to he married to-morrow, and bister Marv lias sent me to invito you to tho wedding.” “How,” said I, in some surprise, "did your sister know 1 was here ?” Tim laughed und replied that, when 1 stopped with my bout s crow at tile farm houso, lie wus on the oppo. site bank in tho big timber hunting, but dared not communicate with mo in consequence of what had occurred. After u few words of explanation, I shouldered my gun, my packet of presents fur the young ludies, and leaving a line in pencil for my trionds, followed Tim through tho forest until we reached the water’s edge, where carefully conceal, ed by overhanging trees and bushes I found a mod erate sized canoe. It was almost dark when I step ped into tile boat, hut still 1 saw that it already con tained a human being ; so my hand meclmnicalty sought the butt end of my pistol. “You won’t shoot me, sir,” said the rich, full, merry voice of Mary Rock to my infinite surprise. Tint laughed heartily at my mistaking her for nn Indian, and then cautioning me to speak low, until all the hous- c8on the river were passed, wo placed ourselves in the craft and commenced our voyage. 1 knowing the bayou to a nicety, acted ns steersman. Mary sat next with a paddle, and Tim at the bow with another. It scented that, determined to have me at tile wedding, the brother and sister with the consent of their friends, had sturted to fetch me ; feeling certain that I would come, after the promi ses I had made to that effect. It seemed that they had judged rightly; for here was I, in company with two of the rudest settlers in the wilderness, embarked in a frail ennue to go 1 knew not wiiither nor had I cin e much. This roving spirit it wns,indeed which initialed mo into many secrets and myste ries of the woods aud prairies which escape the more sober and methodical. Tlte record of thut night’s journey would in it self be a curious chapter in western economy ; but more important matters forbid. Suffice it to re. murk that after sixteen miles journey down a rivor by moonlight, and as many more across tho rough und sea-like bay of Gulveston, enlivened by merry jocund talk all the way, we arrived about dawn at tlie settlement of the Rock family. It was a large doserted barn or warehouse near Clare Creek. The family were alteady up and stirring, and engaged in active preparation for the important ceremony ; and to my surprise the supply of eatables and drink ables was both varied and great—all, however, being presents from the bridegroom, one Luke, a wealthy land owner of Texas, in possession of much cleured ground, and many hundred head of cattle. It may be matter of surprise that a man well to do in the world should have chosen a bride so every way rude and uneducated ; but in Texas women are scarce ; and the lover might have looked far be- fore lie could have found a more cheerful and good natured companion—more willing to learn ; more likely to he loving, faithful and true, than Betsy Rock. Tho blushing bride received me in a cotton gown, shoes and stockings, and other articles of civilized clothing previously unknown loiter, and in which she felt sufficiently awkward. But Luke had sent them, and Betsy wished to appear sumo- body on her wedding day. My presents were all therefore, except a bead neckluce, employed in decorating Mary who, secreting herself behind a screen with her sister almost convulsed mo with laughter by appearing in a few minutes after in a man’s red hunting shirt, a cotton petticoat, whito stockings and mocasins, the body of a silk dress sent to her by a Galveston lady, and a cap and bonnet. Never was Loudon or Parisian belle prouder than was this little rosy cheeked, light hearted Texian beauty. About eight o’clock the visiters began to arrive. First came a boatful of men and women from Gal veston, bringing with thorn a negro fiddler, without whom little could have been done. Tlton came Dr. Worcester and his lady from St. Leon in a ca- noo. after them Colonel Brown from Anahuac in his dug out; and, about nine, the bridegroom and four male and an equal number of female compan ions on horseback, the ladies riding either before or behind the gentlemen on pillions. Ere ton there were thirty old persons assembled when a most substantial breakfast was set down to, chiefly, con sisting of game, though pork, beef, coffee and rar er still, bread, proved that Luke hud had a hand in it. This meal being over, the boat in which the party from Galveston had come up, and which was an open craft for sailing or pulling, was put in re quisition to convey tho bride and bridegroom to the nearest magistrate, there to plight their truth. The distance to be run wds six miles with a fair wind going, hut against us on our return. The party consisted of Luke, who was a young man of power ful frame, but rather unpleasant features; tho bride and bride’s maid, (Mary Rock officiating in this ca pacity,) papa of course, myself as captain, and eight men to pull us back. The breeze was fresh, the craft a smart sailer, tho canvass was full all therefore being in our favor, we reached West Point, the residence of Mr. Parr, the magistrate, in less than an hour. Wo found our Texas in So- Ion about to start in chase of a herd of deer, just reported by his son as visible, and being therefore in a hurry, the necessary formalities were gone through, the foe paid, and the usual doc- umenl in the possession of the husband in ten min utes. The eye of tho old squatter was moistened ns he gave his child away ; some natural tears ; she sited, hut dried them soon ; and presently everybo dy was as merry as ever. No sooner were the formalities concluded, limn we returned to the boat, and to our great delight found that, close-haled, we could almost make the desired spot. Tlte wind had shifted a point, and ere ten minutes, wo were again clean full, the tide with us, and the boat walking the waters at n noble rale. All looked upon this as a good omen, and proportionahly morrier ; none more so than my own particular friend Mary, who, in her finery, was an object of much good humored jolting from the men who surrounded Iter.—About one o’clock Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luko wero presented by old Rock to the company at the barn ; and, after an embrace from her mother, tlte bride led the way, accontpa- nied by Iter lord and muster to tho dinner table. Tlte woods, prairies and waters, as well the Gal veston market, had all liberally contributed their share of provender. Wild turkeys ducks, geese, haunches or venison, wero displayed beside roast heof, pork, red.fislt, Irish and sweet potatoes, pump kin and apple pie, and an abundant supply of whis key, brandy and Hollands, without which a fete in Texas is nothing thought of. An hour was con. Burned in eating and drinking, when Sambo was summoned to take his share in the day s proceed- ings. Tables, such ns thoy were, wero cleared away, the floor swept, partners chosen, and despite tho remonstrance of one of the faculty present, Dr. Worcester against dancing so shortly after a heavy meal, all present, tlte dissentient included, begnn to foul it nimbly. Never was there seen such danc ing since tho world begun, never such laughing, such screaming, such, fiddling. Every one took off shoes and stockings. 1 was compelled to do so, to mvo the toes of my especial partner, Mary, and to the rapid music oftho old negro, reels and country dunces wore rallied off at a most surprising rate. All talked and joked, and laughed, such couples ns were tired repealing to seek refresh- meal*, but the dancing never ceasing, except at rare intervals, when Sambo gave in from sheer fa- i tiguo und thirst. Such wus the slate of thing, un til about nine o’clock, when a sudden diminution of it, our number was noticed by all present. Mary had before let me into the secret; and the bride and bridegroom wero missed, as well as the four couples who had accompauied Luke. Rushing in to tho open air, we descried the husband and wife on their fine black horse, galloping beneath the pule moon across tho prairie, escorted by their friends. A loud shout was given them, and those who remained, returned to the house to renew tlte dancing, which was kept up until a late hour. It was fourduys nftormy departure ore I regarded my companions at Todvillo. Such was the wedding of ono of those hardy pi. oncers of civilization, whoso descendants may yet he members of u great and powerful nation. I saw Luke and his wife, as wcli as Mary, on many subsequent occasions; but 1 never learned that the American backwoodsman repented his union with the wild Iristi Diana, who had hunted deer on Murtany island with the English stranger, could paddle a canoe with more ease than she could use a needle, and shoot a duck with more facility than write her name. Luke, however, is teaching her more useful accomplishments : and Betsy, ere her children—one of which 1 have already seen—ure of an age to require instruction, will doubtless bo ablo to render it. I hope, however, my picture will send over no ono to wed Mary, for though I have for the meantime returned to civilization, t can not yet resign a certain faint notion, that there might he worse lives than that of a Texian settler witli such un associate. ter and brighter revelation than theirs.] For I know thut my Redeemer livotli, and that ho shall stand ot the latter day upon the earth ; and though, after my skin, worms destroy this body yet, in the (lash shall 1 see God ; whom I shall see for my self, und mine eyes shall bohold, and not anotii- Interesting Discoveries in Arabia. The editor of the New York Commercial Ad vertiser, who gave a former article on this subject to the public, has been furnished with the follow ing interesting information in addition to that pre viously given : In tlte year 1834, somo officers in the service of the Mon. East India Company discovered on the coast of Hadramaut somo ancient inscriptions, partly cut in tho ruins of an old city, partly in tlte living rock, and in a language quite unknown.— Copies of one of these inscriptions were sent to Germany, in the hope that there some learned philologist would be able to translate it, and unfold its “hidden meaning.” This hope was not realiz ed, and the mystic writing hud nearly proved use less, when the Rev’d C. Foster, of England, the author of“Mulioinmedanism Unveiled.” and a well known Oriental scholar, hit upon the interpretation. This gentleman waspreparing, last Summer, a treatise on Arabian geography, when he met with these inscriptions in Wellstcd’s Travels in Arabia. He attempted their translation, but ultimately re linquished the task as hopeless. Turning after ward, for material for itis work, to a tract on ancient Arabian history hound up with his copy of Schul- ten’s Monuments of Arabia, hut so rare in England as not to he found in the library of the British Museum, he opened on a title and monument which instantly struck him, from the equal length of the two documents, and the apparent identy of their locality, (near Aden, on tlie coast of Hadramaut) as an Arabic version of the uudecypherable inscrip tion he had seen in Wellslead’s travels. Awakened to new hopes by this discovery, Mr. Foster prosecuted his researches, and succeeded in decyplieringthe record, which had stood the ravages and mutations of 2500 years, and which takes us back to the ago of Jacob and Joseph, and within five hundred years of the flood ! In this record are restored to the world its oldest characters and lan guage, while it also contains a full and cleai decla ration of the great central truth of the gospel, "he preached to them Jesus and tlie resurrection." Al though the Arabic translation was the clue to this discovery, Mr. F. corrected several errors and re moved some obscurities. The inscription is in three parts. The longest is of ten lines, engraved on asmooth piece of rock forming one side of the terrace at Hisn Ghorab. Then there are three short linos, found on a small detached rock on the summit of tho hill. There are also two lines found near the long inscription, lower down the terrace. They all relate to one transaction, an incident in Adite history. The tribe of Ad, according to Sale, were descended from Ad, the son of Awes or Uz, the son of Aram, the son ot Shem, the son of Noah. The event recorded is the route and entire destruction of the sons of Ac, an Arab tribe, by the Aws, or tribe of Ad, whom they invaded. In Mr. Foster’s book fac-similes are given of the inscription; the Adi- tic and the Hamayaritic alphabet,and a glossary con- laining every word in them, its derivation and its But it is not the antiquity of these monuments, howevor high, which constitutes their vulue ; itis the precious central truth of revealed religion which they record which thoy have handed down from the first ages oftlie post diluvian world,that raise them above all price. Viewed in this respect, they strike at the very root of scepticism, and leave not even his o» n hollow ground boneatli tlie feet of the unbeliever. For if wliulthe infidel vainly bring into question ns originating with Christianity, stands here, registered as the primeval faitli of mankind, there is an end, at once, to tlie idle sophistry of un belief.” “Tlie inscription on the rock of Hisn Ghorab. a contemperary witness of the faith oftho most ancient of tlie ojd Arabians, changes tlie state of things, placing beyond the cavils of scepticism itself, at once, the fact and tlie purity of their be lief in the scriptural doctrine of the resurrection; and presenting to the eye this great Gospel truth, £to borrow tlie noble languugoof Mr. Burke,] ‘cov ered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages.’” The New York Sun copies the above from the Commercial Advertiser, and appends the following remarks, on which tRe road or may set his own value ; This is a translation evidently from Arabic and of a rrvjch later date than tlie translator supposes. The reference to “the surges oftlie sea against the castle”—“sowing arid rice”—“ needle worked, many coloured silk vestments”—“coursers with long necks, dun colored, iron gray und bright bay”—.-vheso are modern phrases and do not go hack to the days of tlie patriarchs—they are abbre viated Arabic phrases. “Snrash Dxeralih” is a mixture of Hebrew und Arabic. Egypt is tlie head quarters oftlie truly ancient works; Arabia of those of a mo re modern character. The inscription a bove may not he older than the time of Muhu- i met. election in Louisiana, whan in the 2d al district we have gained over the vote of non- year 018, in (he 4th district 477, and in (he St. Temma ny Senatorial district, 477, alao, making a total gain of tha Bute, be- A “Down East Courtship—A curious occur rence on a matrimonial subject took piaco while our comedians were ‘down East.’ There was a respectable man in Boston, who had two beautiful daughter.-; the girls wore know to be dowerless. An old bachelor, a physician, known for his kindness of heart, wishing to change Ilia life of single blessed ness, had the father’s permission to address either of tlie fuir daughters on the tender subject ; and, as he wascortuinly unprejudiced us to which lie trust ed to chance in his intended selection. He tossed up a liollar—head for Eliza,tlie reverse for Anne. Head won, and the fair Eliza received tho very business like offer of the doctor’s hand and heart. This offer she was not inclinod to uxcept ; so the following letters were written and sent:— “ Dear Sir,—I am very sorry that I must re. fuse your kind ofi’er ; but I am sure my sister Anne would jump at it. Yours, &c. ELIZA A.’ Tlie philosophical gentlemen immediately wrote as follows:— Dear Miss Eliza,—I have to apologise for the mistake I made—I meant to have addressed my letter to Miss Anno ; 1 have written to her pei bearer- Hoping soon to he your affectionate hro ther. J. B.’ And it is a well known fact that tlie doctor and ‘dear Anne married, and, as the‘Fairy Tales’say lived happy together, while the fair and fastidious Eliza inurried a scamp for love. The scamp bo came a bankrupt, and left her, with two helpless child ran, to penury and misery. But ‘good Aunt Anno’ being childless, adopted the liltled bereaved ones. Slavbry in England and in the United States.—Lord Brougham, and oilier pliilanthro. pists Ly profession in Great Britain, have made a great deal of noiso about the case of a man in South Carolina who was sentenced to be hanged for slave steuling. Thoy held up one of the Amer ican Stales as tlie only civilized community in the world in which such a penalty for such un offence was authorised by luw. Tho fuel of the case how. ever is that tlie law in question was an English law pass in 1750, while South Carolina was under British rule. It had remuined obsolete on the stat ute book, its existence scarcely known, until tlie oeoasion referred to, when the Stale’s Attorney found himself obliged to urge it against the prison, er. The man, however, was pardoned, and there was au end of the matter. Judge O’Neale, before wiiom tlie case came, has given a brief history of the affair which is pub. lisliud in the Glasgow papers. In tlie course of his letter the Judge nsks : "Is Scotland free from the sin of slavery—whito slavery? Are there no taskmasters in England,Scot- land and Ireland, who can vio witii the very worst a- monjj6t us 1 Compare our slaves, negroes though they be, with your while servants, your starving laborers, your suffering tenantry; and if they have not more comforts, more happiness, South Carolinians will be content to be branded as merciless tyrants. But until censors, ‘Physician, heal thyself /’ ” The London Times, commenting on the Judge's let ter, is constrained to rnako these admissions : “T/ie diff rcnce between England and Carolina is, that our ‘white slaves’ are so cheap that nobody will buy them.— They are a drug in tlie market. It is the interest of the employer to leave them as free as possible. The selfishness of power and wealth, of land and capital, tells not directly on the individual‘white slaves,’but on the system of the whole labouring mass.” This is a pretty fair exposition of servitude in England. Tlieslavery of English labourers is that of a caste subjected to a superior caste. “It is the interest oftlie employer to have them as free as possi ble." That is to say, the domestic relation be tween the employer and tlie labourer is as slight as possible—for tho reason that the former wants tlie service of tlie oilier without incurring responsihtli- lies towards him beyond the small pittance of wages which is fixed by tlie muster himself. He comes under no obligation to furnish regular em ployment, but discharges tlie labourer at will ; he is not huund to support him when tlie poor man is sick ; lie takes no care of tlie old broken down la borer. Neither does the English master do anything to see his working man comfortably provided witli lodgings, food or clothing. He pays t|io wuges greed on and that terminates tlie whole obligation ot llio employer, while out of his scanty allowance thus afforded, the laborer must do for himself us well us ns lie can. He lias sold his time and his abour to his master ; he must have work or per ish; lio is at tlie mercy oftlie master—for his la- hour is “a drug in the market ;” tho employer can Imvc at Ii is own price, und in the language of the Times, ho screws tlie poor working man down “to a sculii of living wliich-lic would be ashamed to al low in his horses and dogs.” of 1,572 t votes in about one half i ing more than the Locofoco majority in 1843. But to the changes which it ia our buainaaa to ro- cord. And first let ua hear wbat one of our old revolutionary patriot* baa to tay. It always give* us pleasure to hearken to their counsels. Wa taka the annexed extracts from a letter published ie the New Lisbon, (O.) Palladium, dated Elkrun Township, July 12,1844. Mr. Mitchell :—Permit an old man, a compan ion in armainthe Revolutionary War with our much beloved Washington, to say a passing word to my young friends about the great importance of the coming Presidential campaign. I was in the Rev olutionary and last wars,, and may be permitted to ssy, that I love my country and'ita institutions dear ly, and intend, so long as I am able, to aid in the perpetuation and glory of those institutions, to do so to tho extreme extent of my ability. Lhave, further, always been a Democrat, and yet remain ono to all intents and purposes—voted, a* soon aa It removed from Virginia, where property qualifica tions are required for the right of suffrage, for Jas- Monroc, three times for General Andrew Jackson, and for Martin Van Buren. ;!1 explanation, with notes of copious illustration upon every point which they involve. The f first inscrip. tion of ten lines is thus translated. We dwelt, living long luxuriously, in the zenanas of this spacious mansion, our condition oxempt from misfortune and adversity. Rolled in through our channel, The sea, swelling against our castle with angry surge : our fountains flowed with murmuring fall, above. Tho lofty palms , whose keepers planted dry dates in our valley date-grounds ; they sowed the arid rice. We hunted the young mountain goats and the young hares, with gins and snares; beguiling we drew forth tlie fishes. We walked with slow, proud gait, in needle worked many coloured silk vestments, in whole silks, in grass greet) chequered robes. Over us presided kings, far removed from base ness and stern chastisers oi reprobate and wick- ed men. They noted down for us, according to the doctrine of Heber, Good judgments, written in books to be kept; and we proclaimed our belief in miracles, in the re. surrection into the nostrils of the breath of life. Made an inroad robbers, and would do us violence; we road forth wo and our generous youth, with stiff and sharp-pointed spears rushing onward. Proud champions of our families and wives ; fight ing vulianlly upon coursers with long necks, dun coloured, iron gray, and bright bay. With our swords still wounding and piercing our adversaries, until charging home, we conquered and crushed this refuse of mnnkind. The short inscription in three lines reads' thus; With hostile hate, the men oferimo We assailed ; onward rushed Our horses and trampled them under foot. The two line inscription, which is under the long inscription on the terrace, is as follows : Divided into parts, and inscribed from right to left and marked with points, tnis song of triumph, Sarasli Dcrabh Transpierced, a,id hunted down, and covered their fuces with blackness, Aws the Beni Ac. On the subject of these inscriptions, Mr. Foster, in his dedication of his book to the Archbishop of Canterbury, thus remarks : “What Job, [who, living in the opposite quarter of Arabia, amid tlie sands of the great northern desert, had no lasting material within reach on which to perpetuate his thoughts,’ so earnestly de sired, stands here realized.” “Oh that my word* were now written!” Oh that they were printed inj& book! That [like the kindred creed of the lost tribe of Ad] they were graven with an iron pen, and lead, in the rock forever ! [For mine ia a bet. An innocent man hung by a mob.—Under this caption tho Paris (Mo.) Mercury narrates some curious particulars connected with mob law. Some years since, Mr. James Barnes, son of Aquilla Barnes, of Missouri, wus hung by a inoh in Arkan- hocauso lie was suspected of having mur- IIyulen in a Huruv.—If tho following story he true, either literally or any foundation on fact, it certainly partakes in no small degree of the ludicrous. It is narrated, however, us bona fide, and is said to conic all the way from Russia : An English merchant, residing at St, Peters burgh, desired loimarry a Russian lady, which can not be done without a special edict from tlie Em peror. He had given up all hopes, when, ono evening, a frieud happening to find the Emperor in a good humor, repiosented tho mntier to him, and desired his permission. “Let Miss A. nnd B-be married immediately,” was tlie order given by Nicholas. This Ukase was signed at G P. M by ten it had passed through tlie offices of registry whence, by eleven o’clock, it wus in tho hands o the synod, and by midnight the police were trotting tlie streets to put it in execution without delay Mr. B. wus fast asleep, when u thundering rnp at the door frightened him awake. Visionsof knout and the like, floated before his half wakened brain, when the iear-faced soldiers burst into his chum. t>er and ordered him to follow. “In God’s name, what have 1 done?’ he exclaim- e-d.‘where am I logo? Mustl be dragged off at this time of night ?” “We have a warrant for you, which must be /executed immediately,’ said one of them and he proceeded to read : “By the grace of God, the Autocrat of all the Russians, &cc, orders the mar riage of Mr. A. to Alias B. to be solemnized im mediately, &c." ‘You sec he admits of no delay,’ observed the officer gravely. Tlie astonished merchant was then hurried off to a priest, and thence in company with this functionary to tlie house of the lady, who was thundered np in tlie same way ; and ere her eyes were fairly opened, or her dishabille half arranged, the t wain were one flesh. The clergyman attested the execution of the sentence, and ubruplly departed with tlie offi. cers, leaving tlie astonished couple to get over their confusion. dered tlie “Wright family," in ono of the counties of thut Stale. Barnes to the very last asserted Ills innocence, but the mob were inexorable, and he was hanged by them. It now appears fromstatemenls in the Van Buren (Arkansas) Intelligencer that the real murders have been found, and are in confine ment at Fayetteville, in that State. There are three of them, by llio nurncs of Star und Reese, and they are said to have frequently boasted of tho crime. They will be convicted, it is said, on tlie testimony of many witnesses to these confessions. But their conviction will not restore tlie innocent man to life, nor save Ins murderers from tlie stings of remorse tor so cruel an uct. The editor oftlie Mercury says that the news of Barnes’s innocence is truly gratifying to him, "for we pursonuily knew Aquilla Barnes, and tlie Bar. lies family, twenty-six years ago, at Old Franklin, Ilowurdcounty, Missouri. His father, grandfather, and uncles were men of high standing and icspec- lability, many oflliem exemplary members of tlie church of Jesus Christ. How puinful it must have been to liis father, and mother, tlte wife of his bosom, with her helpless babes, and Ids relatives, to ho thus deprived of his society ; and to think, too, that a mob hung him, without judge or jury, under the charge of murder, thus blasting his fame, and put ting a stain upon his poor little children,his uuotiuud. ing wife, his aged father und mother, together with Ins brothers nnd sisters, his friends aud relatives.” Beautiful Apcloguf..—A shepherd wns mourn ing over the death of his favorite child, and in the passionate and rebellious feeling of his heart was bitterly complaining that what lie loved most ten. derly,and was in itself most lovely, had been tu. ken from him. Suddenly a stranger of grave and venerable appearance stood before him, and beck, oned him forth into the field. It was night, and not a word was spoken till they arrived at the fold, when the stranger thus addressed him ; "Whenyou select one of these lambs from the flock, you choose tlie best and most beautiful a. mong them.—Why should you murmur because 1, the good shepherd of the sheep, have selected Irom those which you have nourished for mo, the one that was most fitted for my eternal fold.” Tlte mysterious stranger was seen no more, and the father’s heart was comforted.—Jeremy Bent- ham. The “British” Party. It is a singulur fact, that whilst the locofoco par ty are continually charging the whigs with being tlie “British” party, all their leading men in lhia and many of the oilier stales, wero most prominent in tho party opposed to MADISON when ho urged upon Congress to declare War against Britain, in defence of “FREE TRADE AND SAILORS’ RIGHTS”—a party who declared thut England was “the bulwark of our Religion,” and thut it was “unbecoming n moral and religious people to re joice at victories obtained over her,” whilst lit the same time she was stirring up tlie suvago tribes to tlie murder of defenceless people on tho frontiers ! HENRY CLAY it waswho stood beside MADI SON, and by liis eloquenco in Councils of tile Na tion,aroused (lie slumbering ardor of his country men, and urged them on to deeds of noble during, which gild tha pages of ourcountry’s history dur ing thut eventful period Where wero the rovi- lets of Mr. Clay and the whigs at that lime ? Cust your eyes around and single out the leading mem bers of tlie locofoco parly, and it will ha found that those who are now so pot-valiant in denouncing llio “British Whigs,”—those who ure now so loud ly urging tlie re-anncxniion of Texas, at tlie risk of dishonor, and of enluiling au unjust war upon llio country, and who scout the whigs for their op position thereto as her enemies—were then found in the ranks oftlie “PEACE PARTY,’' opposed to democratic Madison and tlie war, ns thoy arc now opposed to his right hand man, that true Democrat HENRY CLAY. Look round, old brother Dem ocrats, and judge for yourselves, and determine if we speak not tlie truth ! Look at all those who have held the offices, honors and emoluments, in the control of tlie loco party, since the formation thereof, and almost without exception they will he found to have been of “The Peace Party in War, nnd tlie War Party in Peace.”—American Whig. This is probably, the last time my couoael will' he intruded upon the old or youngpof my country. My remaining days nmst be few upon earth, and I\ call upon you all for this time, and-henceforth* to- stand by Henry Clay, and thereby perpetuate the true principles of Democracy. Wm, MANKIN. Accompanying the above was another comraui nication from Jonathan N» Ashford and Isaac Man- kin, Jr., selling fortli their reasons for abandoning: Loco Pulkoism. Thus the good cause continues to - progress most cheeringly. WESTERN NEW YORK, ALL RIGHT ! Tlie following is an extract from a letter to the Rochester Democrat, dated Dansville, July 19,' 1844. "I conversed with several during the day who will, if they live, vote the Whig.tioket for the first time in November. Among them is a highly res pected farmer in Alm.ond, Allegany county, by the- nnmo of Vun Campon, who-with seven sons, voted for Van Buren in 1840^ but who will* now vote for- Clay.” gov, ritner ! The Loco papers still insist upon claiming Gov.. Ritner as a convert to their principles. To set this • matter at rest we insert the annexed notice from- "Carlilu Herald,” published within a few miles of Gov. Rimer: "The Chairman ofthe Whig Slate Central Com. mittce has placed in our hands a correspondence which has lately taken place between himself and our distinguished fellow.cilizen,. Ex-Gov. Ritner, . on llio subject of the next Presidential election. Gov. Ritner gives liis views in a frank, clear, and - furcibio manner in favor of the Tariff, the curreu. cy, the distribution of tho proceeds of the public luuds,und against tlie annexation ofTexas,affording conclusive proof thut he has not changed liis opin. ions in the slightest degree on these great questions. The publication of his letter will speedily demolish the Locofoco slanders that have lately been put forth charging him with' freindship for Polk and opposition to Mr. Clay.” THE STAR THAT NEVER SETS, Vermont.— The Leaven of Truth at work.—The St. Julinsonbury Caledonian, published at Danvilio, . Vermont, says : “We ure credibly informed that in ono district n a town not forty miles distant from us. where there are some twenty-five voters, und were here tofore there have been but one or two whig*, there- is not to he found now a single Loeofoeo—all of. them having within a lew weeks united themselves ill) the whigs,and are going for Clay and Prolec- tion. Four or fivo of these men attended the Bur lington Convention. They say they have been. cheated and deceived by their former political < Iricnds upon tlie Tariff; and now, seeing the whigs are in tlie right, they are going with them. “In unother town, where the Locos had some two - hundred and fifty votes last year, wo are told by good authority tiiat one-half of these refuse to go • into tlie support of Polk and Dallas. They think- they are culled upon to adopt new maasures and, odious men, nnd they cannot consent to be Tolkedl This don’t look much like "Polk, Dallas, and Victo- rv,” as their leaders now shout.” more help. The New York Republic, a very ably conducted paper which lias heretofore been neutral in poiitios,. lias raised tlie Whig Banner. At the close of an. urticlo announcing tho change, the editor says : “From this time henceforward, then, this Jour nal will give a steady, zealous and honest support, to the Democratic W big party, and use its best on- deavors to promote the election of Henry Clay,, whose principles claim the confidence of the peo ple, and whose services entitle him to the highest- of nil earthly rewards.” The New York Tribune says t “There is a township in Pennsylvania which gave Van Buren 72 majority in 1840t and oat of 200 vo ters in the town, one hundred and twenty-five are members of the Clay Club." The same paper lias tho following : “A short time ago, it was bousted by the Plebi- an & Co. that there was but one Whig in Tivioli (a - little village on the Hudson) and that he was week- in tlie faith. We have since received an>ordcr fori 25 Clay Tribunes from that place, cash paid." NO CHANGES, EH ! The West State Journal (N. Y.) says : “A gentleman whose veracity ia not to he im peached, stated that in one election district in Lon- ox, Mudison county, where parties in 1840 stood* 24 Locofocos to 14 Whigs, there is now but o;i« Folk man." OHIO. To the Editor of the Ohio Slate Journal: Dear Sir :—I have been, and still am a Demo crat, and I have voted for Martin Van Buren, but since tlie party choose to advocate the annexation- ofTexas to the Union, and make that a reason why. Mr. Polk should he elected President,! for one can not go for him, and Henry Clay wilt have my vote iu October.” STEPHEN SMITH. Mill Creek, June 24, 1844. South Solon, (Madison county) Ohio, > June 27,1844. V Mr. Spring:—Having been a warm supporter Potato Cheese.—Boil good white potatoes, peal them, and when cold, mash them until not tho least lump remains. To five pounds of this, add one pint of sour milk, and as much salt as you think suitable. Work it well, and cover it, letting it re- main three or four days, according to the season ; then knead it again—make the cheese the size you like and dry them in the shade. Put them in lay. ers in large pots or kegs, und let them remain for a fortnight. They will be good for years, if kept in close vessel* in a dry place. “Old Hickory" onco said that "all who trade on a borrowed cnpitul ought to break.” There will be a striking example of such u catastrophe next fall in tho fateuf those who have dubbed their can didate “Young Hickory” with a view of borrowing for him tho popularity of “old Hiclory." * Ilart. Courant. (fir At a Whig meeting in New Orleans tlie other day, ono of the speakers was rudely interrupted by some one crying out, “Hurrah fur Texas and Calhoun.” Tlie Whig sneaker instuntly respon ded, "Hurrah forHenryCiny and the United States. The applause was tremendous. of tlie Democratic party for upwards of 38 year*,. Lo I wish you to publish to the world, and to the Loco foco party, that 1 have left their ranks,.and shall go for Cloy and Frelinghuysen. WILLIAM P. LLNV1LLE. There was a meeting of those “who have for merly supported the Democratic parly, and who are fHe now favorable lo the election of Henry Clay to the Presidency,” called at London, Ohio, for tho pur pose of forming a “society to promote tlte principles of the Whig party.” The cell waa signed by Wm. B. Coulter, Z. T. Fisher, Wm. Jenks, Jno. F. Uiienowitb, II. McCampbell, Geo. Phifer. MISSOURI. William Hines of Howard coanty, has abondo*. ed tho Locofoco party, and declared hit intention to vote for Henry Clay. Having broken ike ica he calls on his friends to follow him. Miastssirrt. Tlie Natchez Courier says: “ We yesterday saw, and heard of five citiieus of