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po«tin»ster mny enclose money
pity ilia »ub«cription ofs
•y himsolf.”— Amo*Ken-
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE AUCTION.
A TACT.
It was ft tempestuous night, tlm wind, whistled
ftirfully,and hailstones, whose size threatened to
demolwh the windows, rattled ngainst them with a
pertinacity as if latest their strength. In the par
lor ofa fine old-fusliioned house, beside rather a
comfortless fire, on such n niglit, were seated the
family of Mr. Sunderland, consisting of himself,
tjiifo daughter, nnd a faithful maid.servant, A
heavy gloom, more of sorrow titan of anger, rest.
oO on each brow, not even excepting that of the
maid-servant nlluded to, from who,e enger glances,
ever and anon oust toward the family group, a close
observer would have noticed the deep interest site
took in the cause of their grief.
Tlte picture was a melancholy one, for virtue in
distress lias no light shade to relieve; all around it is
dark and sombre. The sensitive artist would have
thrown aside his pencil if the subject hud been pro.
sealed to his view, us we have described it, and Ins
heart would have received nil impression, which
could not have been truusferied to canvass.
‘To morrow,’ observed Mr. Sunderland ‘is the
anniversary of the melancholy death of our dear
U enr y_t„.morrow will he ten venrs since the ves
■el in which he sailed, was lost, utid all on hoard
perished—all, all.’
•Alus,’ exclaimed the wife as the tears coursed
their nay down her cheeks, ‘to.morrow will he n
melancholy duy.’
‘Indeed it will, fur to-morrow litis house, which
blunged to my father—the furniture which lime
has made, as it were, part of ourselves, nnd asso
ciated with many a pleasing event in our lives, is
to be sold—torn from us by the unrelenting linnds
of creditors ; but thank heaven, misfortune, not
crime, lias reduced us to litis stage of poverty.’
Will they sell everything, 1’u—can wc secure
nothing ?’ usked the daughter.
•No. my child, unless with what little money a
friend has generously loaned mo, 1 can secure a
few articles. Ellen, my dear, lake your pencil
and pul litem down, first the sideboard, two beds,
chairs and kitchen tilings. The sideboard, it is
true, will tie to us now u superfluous piece of turoi-
turc, but it belonged to my mother, and I cannot,
will not part with it.’
‘But my Piano, Pa—must it go.’
The wile sighed ; the father cast his eyes to
wards the Dickering tire, and the daughter was si
lent. The fate of the Piano was decided upon. A
melancholy pause in the conversation plainly told
how severe was the alternative—for the law never
studies tlie feelings of its victims when exacting
the penalty of a bond.
‘Go Mary.’said Mr. Sundcrlund, addressing the
servant, ‘go and request the Sheriffs officer wtio is
wnicliing the properly, lo walk into the parlor, lie
is only doing his duty—no doubt it is ns pain I u I to
him as it isdistressing lo us. Let him haven seat ut
our fire, and u glass of wine, for it is u severe
night.’
’It is indeed a fearful night,’ observed Mr. Sun
derland,‘and we have behuvud rude lo this man.’
‘Mother, 1 made a fire in the room where lie—
hut ’
‘Speak out child—it wns will) the last slick.’
‘Father, it was ’
Mary returned with (lie officer, a polite, gentle,
manly man, for suclt should bo tlie character of
•non who have to perform a part in the drama of
kle, unlike that ol the inquisitors of old. whose
province it was to torture by the ruck, with
'Mi dillerence, however, theirs was a physical tor.
'ire—ours a menial one, administered with all the
utcety ami precision of legal justice ! The officer
politely uccepted the invitation—lasted the wine,
and endeavored to cheer his victims, by enuinoru.
ting many cases of similar kind, equally poignant
*ed distressing. Titus the evening passed heavily
and cheerlessly away.
Go the morning of the contemplated sale the re
was tu bo seen a crowd of people flocking to the
iou-.j of Mr. Sunderland. Some out of sheer
in artless curiosity, friends of the family, who came
,1U| mockery on tueir lips—and empty purses.
Ubiers with un intent to purchase, hut not one
among :lu? crowd showed iho least desire tu aid, us.
VOL. XXXV
one. ‘ Was it,’ sarcastically asked Mr. Clifford,
•then, sir, why did you not buy it for him V
Mr. Sunderland wns much affected at this little
incident, ‘Ho little knows how much he lias lace-
lain this heart. Hut 1 will purchase tlm piano for
my child. He stepped up to Mr. Clifford, ami told
him the desire ho had lo purchase the piano for his
daughter, mid he Imped would not bid against him.
‘Sir. said the stranger, ‘as much as 1 respect
your foeliligs, and iho sympathy of this good com
pany ; I cunnot, nay will not niter the determina
tion made when 1 lirsl entered this house.’
‘ And pray, sir, what mny that he ?’
‘ 1 o purcht.se every tiling in it, and by heaven I’ll
do it, though I pay double price.’
‘Strango,’ muttered Mr. Sunderland, ns he found
Itis family in another part of the room.
1 lie stranger fulfilled his promise, nnd actually
bought every tiling, from the house itself, down lo
tho very nxe in the cellar !
Alter the sale wasover, and tho company hud
retired, Mr. Clifford requested the auctioneer to
walk with him Into mi adjoining room. After the
MILLED SEVILLE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER. 10, 1S44.
NO-50.
Metaphysics for the Million.—Love.—Love
is a state of being uud not being ; for somebody, al
though if lie does not choose to love at all, he need
iml love nny body, must, if he loves, love somebo
dy. nnd nobody necessarily loves nobody.
Since somebody loves somebody, und nobody
Iowa nobody, love is a relation between somebody
nnd somebody, and nobody and nobody, respective-
•y-
Now tho relation between nobody and nobody
must he the same as the relation between someho-
dy and somebody. For a relution cannot bo a
thing nnd not a thing; und if the relution between
somebody and somebody lie a thing, that between
nobody und nobody must be a thing, too. which is
absurd.
Therefore, since a relation which is nothing is
beyond our ideas, love is not ns has been alleged,
thetheme of the minstrel, butof the transcendental
idealist. So that a poet, to sing about love, must
necessarily be a madman ; his eye moving in ».
splendidly insane orbiciilarily, nnd his pen bestow-
„ „ . ing a nomenclature nnd a residence upon gasconr
lapse of a few moments they both returned to the ; non.entity, as onr friend Lord William would ray
parlor, whore the family still remained. The nuo- | Thus we see that love is a non entity, wiicl
tionecr looked around, gave u knowing smile, wish
ed them ail a good day, and us lie left the room,
was heard to suy—‘I never heard of such a thing
—u perfect romance, lia ! Iin ! Iin !’
•You are now,’observed Mr. Sunderland to Mr.
Clifford, ‘the owner of this house nnd furniture—
they were once mine—let that pass.’
*1 am sir, fur the lltito being, your landlord.’
‘1 uuderstantl you sir, but will not long remain
entity, w.iiclt
nccounta for tho vain attempts of philosopher to
define it.
How odd it is that a non.entity should riiso
sighs, draw tears, break hearts, occasion hloid-
shed ! How singular that it should pinch waisic.
lighten bools, and reform tailors’hills ! What a
strange being is mortal man.
Corollary.—Love being a non.entity, and nor.
entities not admitting of mutual difference, conte-
ii the world ; laugh at tlie misfortunes of our
This
{*««» creatures, und even mock llioir distresses,
T noising in silence their sufferings. The
auctiuneer was now making his arrangements by
l^urisliing ills hummer, rolling his eyes and using
is tongue, 'Tbe motley crew gathered around
,'"V 1 ns house was pul up first, it wus accurate.
J. scribed—tree from all incuiriheranees, und
u Jecl to but very small ground rent. It wns
irietl at livo thousand doiluis. There were sev-
I f* Mdurs, nil uf whom seemed
cltsie n.
your tenant ; l was going to observe, however that j »'tere is no differences between love, com.
monly so called, and the love of n good dinner.—
And further, the heart that loves a good dinner is a
heart thut truly lov»s —Index.
Hope in Women.—A Germnn girl recently
arrived nt Cincinnati, from Pittsburg, expecting to
go no further. She wns a Imndsomo girl, nppnr-
ently above twenty years of age ; seemingly with,
out any friends, except those she had made by her
kind, amiable mariners among ihe pasengers.—
We saw her, snvs the editor of the Cincinnati
Message, yesterday morning, sitting nlone, weep,
ing bitterly ut her lonely condition, some who were
her companions across the ocean having left the
hunt. Seeing her ill tenrs, wo inquired into the
cause of hor grief, and tho old story of pligtiled
trotli and broken vows was the cause. Site wits
betrothed to a young mun who left his home for
this country, to belter his fortunes. After having
been here n couple of years, he wrote from Alba
ny, N. Y„ for his betrothed to come over. She
did coine, und went to Albany in search ofliim,
but he had left for Cincinnati; she started for, anti
by tlie wav of Buffalo, Cl.mvelund, nnd Pittsburg,
arrived at this place ut tlie time designated, finding
her slender stock of funds exhausted. She re.
mained on board tlie Hibernia until just before she
star ed yesterday morning, her lover enme not, hut
she heard ho hud been there, nnd had left for St,
Louis. A gentleman who heard her story, and feel
ing for her destitute condition, kindly took her un
der Itis charge, and paid iter fare to that port.—
When ho last saw her she was in better spirits, be-
ing confident that she should find her friend. In
women, it may he said with truth, that ‘‘hope keeps
tlie heart whole.’’
Napoleon's cook boasted that lie could dress a
chicken in three hundred und sixty.live different
ways, and thus from tlie same mutcrial furnish tlie
Emperor’s table with a new disli every day
throughout tlie year. But tlie versatility and skill
even of French cooks urc, we think, quite surpass,
ed by Loco politicians, who can cook a lie and
serve it up ns u new dish through a series uf years;
of tlie acluul accomplishment of which we can re
member many iuslurices. It is said the profes
sional cooks of Paris care very little about the
quality or kind of meat that i:
there nretwo or three articles which I am anxious
to puichuae—that sideboard lor instance is u fami
ly relic ; I will give you the fifty dullars, the price
you paid, and 1 feel assured, under tlie circumstan
ces. you will not refuse mo this favor.’
•I cunnot lake it, sir.’
‘Obdurate—ungrateful man.’
,Will you not let Pa buy my piano, sir,’ humbly
asked Helen, ‘lie will give you tlie price nt which
it was sold.’
*lt is painful to me, young Indy, to refuso even
tills—I will sell nothing—not even the wood saw
in tiie cellar.’
•Then, Mr. Clifford,’exclaimed Mr. Sunderland,
'we have no further business here ; come my dear
—Ellen, gut your bonnet—that’s your band.box—
let us quit this house, we are nut even free from in.
suit. VVhere is Mary V
•1 am here, sir—tlie key of my trunk is lost, and
I am fastening it witi: a rope.’
'Stop, my girl , but melhinks I purchased dial
trunk V coolly observed tho stranger.
‘Mr. Clifford—I am nut so old, but that I can re
sent an insult—nay, will, if you carry this arro
gant, and to me, strange conduct, much further;
II int pour girl lias been lo me and mine the Lest,
and 1 mny say tlie oldest friend; slm lias remained
with us in poverty, assisted us in our distresses, nut
only with her purse, hut her liuuds ; site is to me
not a servant, liul one of my fumily—for tlieru is
—thunk lieuveu—no suclt base distinctions in pov.
erty, that exists in u state of blasted wealth. Here,
here, with nothing hut wlmt we huve upon our backs
—the master und servant are equal. She is pan
uf my fuiiiily and 1 will protect tier from insult.
Thul trunk is Iters, und who dure lake it from Iter?
Not you sir !’
Mr- Clifford nt that moment cast Itis eyes upon
Mary, wliu at that moment arose from the floor ;
for a moment they gazed on each oilier in silence.
•And she you say, bus been to you a friend.’
‘Indeed she lias a kind and noble one.’
‘Mr. Sunderland, stuy one moment ; my good
girl pul down that trunk,take a seat Madame ; per
mit me Miss, to hand yon a clmir: Mr. Sunderland
will you he seated ? 1 have yet something more lo
suy. When you requested me to yield up ttie wish
[fhoji the kiflev advertiser.]
To tbe Public-
1 have always heretofore acted nnd voted with
tbe parly calling itself ilia Democratic party ; but
tin ving recently determined to ubundon that party,
au dio torn for HenryClny for President, 1 think
it d'uo to myself, and to the political friends with
whom 1 imvo formerly uctod, to give the reasons
which have induced mu lo pursue this course.
Idy Grand Father wns a Whig of 1770 nnd serv.
ed his country faithfully in the Revolutionary war.
My futiler carried to his gtuvu tlie scares of the In.
dian tomahawk received in the Indian wnrs of tiie
Nort h west Territory, which followed the Revo,
lution. A near relative of my father placed his
life ill jeopardy nt tlie battloofthu Thames, nnd
reiidiued his country u service un thut occasion
which will not soon he forgotten. A def endant of
such n stock, I should be n traitor to every gener
ous it npulse uf humanity and patriotism, If I did not
warm ly sympathise with the lew old revolutionary
patriots yet alive, ami feel a deep interest in ox
tension to them thut just reward for ilioir patriotic
servic ts which we who enjoy tiie fruits of their
toil, so justly owe them.
Sou ib time since, 1 was informed by a lending
whig, that Juincs k. Puik, tlie individual that my
parly nud nominated for President, had voted and
spoke in Congress against allowing Revolutionary
Soldiers pay fur their services, I at once pronoun,
ced it a whig lie, a nd called fur the proof. They
j'ireduced whig ne.wspupors, hut having no cunfi-
c,'ence in them, I refused to take them for proof,
'1 ’hey then produced tlie Debates and Journals of
C ongress, published by authority of law, giving an
in ipurtinl stiitom ent of tlie public acts of all men
wi thout regard to party. I examined these docu
me nls nnd much to my regret, I find that tlie stnte-
me nls of the wli ig newspapers u.e true lo tlie let
ter. I find that Mr. Polk not only voted on one o
iwo occasions a guinsl allowing the old Soldiers us
much for their i services a month in the revolution
as ho wusgntlji ig a day in Congress for voting a
gainst them : i jut that lie voted against them on
five dilicreol o cessions, from 1328 to 183~. An
on cine oceasic m made a long speech against the
For tho belief! t of iliose who wish i<> refer to llie
documentary ( iroofus I have done, I here give tlie
dale, book nnd I page of each vote. The hook re
ferreJ tois'Ct uigi'cssionul debates.”
May
23,
1828,
Vol.
4,
page
2670,
Mar.
li 19,
1831),
Vol.
0.
page
029,
Mure
k 20,
1830,
Vol.
0,
page
735,
Fell.
17,
1831,
Vol.
7,
page
730,
M u y
2,
1832,
Vol.
8,
page
2713.
I lllll
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into tho c
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of M
to servo os the basis
I had to purchase this sideboard, I told you that it I of the dish ; nnd our political cooks care very little
was my determination to buy it, and I tell you now | about tlie subject matter ofa story as tlie has of a
that I will not sell it.’
•This, Mr. Clifford needs ho repetition.’
‘Aye, but itdoes, nnd when that young Indy made
the sume request for hor piano, my answer was tlie
same. Slop, sir, hear me out; no man would act
so without a motive ; particularly a stranger, would
court tlie displeasure ofa crowded room, and heat
up ogainsl tlie frowns of many, without an object.
Now 1 had un object—and llml wus—be seated sir
—Maduine your attention—that object was, to buy
litis house and furniture, for the sole purpose of re-
slori< g them to you and yours again !’
‘Sir is not this a cruel jest ?’
•Is it possible,’ exclaimed tlie mother nnd daugh
ter.
Amazement look possession of Mary, nnd her
trunk foil to tho floor with a crush, causing her
smull stuck of clothing to roll out, which she ea
gerly gathered up and thrust hack, without any re-
“urd to tho manner in which it was done.
•The auctioneer,’ continued Mr. Clifford, ‘has my
instructions to have tlie mutter orrnngnd by tlie
morrow. In tlie monnumo you are at home, Mr
Sunderland ; you are in your own house—and 1,
tlie intruder.’
’Intruder, sir 1 Oit say not thut—I will not tell
you wlmt a teliof this knowledge is lo me, hut 1
nm yet to know how i am lo repay you for all this
and wnut could Imvo induced, a total stranger,
thus to step forward. All! a Ihouglil strikes me—
gracious heaven! Can it bo f look on me, Mr.
Clifford—imy, stuff not.’ Tlie stranger actunlly
recoiled from tlie glunce of Sunderlund’s eye.
•Look on me, sir, has that girl—iliul innocent girl
who stands trembling ihere, any interest in this j
dish. Like llie French cruisinicr, they can
muke anything out of anything. It is a wonderful
business, and Ims been carried to a surprising per-
feci ion.—Fredonian.
Printing Offices.—When Dr. Franklin’s mo.
ther-in-luw first discovered that the young man
hud u hankering for her daughter, timl good old
lady said she did not know so well about giving her
daughter to a printer—there were already Iwo
printing offices in tlie United Suites, and she was
not certain the country would support them. It
wns plain young Franklin would depend for tlie
s ipport of his family on tlie profits of a third, and
this was rather a doubtful chance. If such an ob-
jection was urged to a would.be-son-in law when
there were hut two priming offices in tlie Uniled
Slates, how cun a printer hope to get a wife, now,
ivlien tlie lust census shows the number to be 1557.
Twenty seven Days Without Food.—A fami
ly residing in F'roiil street, Baltimore, possessed a
favorite cat, about half grown, which was a pot
with their little boy. On lho28th July the cat, af.
ter having been playdug with tlie child, was not to
hu found ; several unsuccessful searches Wore
made, hut without effect, until the 21th of August,
when some one of tlie family Imd occasion to go to
an unfrequented closet in the cellar, und found tlie
cut l lie re, still alive. It Imd been in this prison
twenty-seven days, where tho child Imd shut it up,
without uutur drink. It wus reduced to skin and
hones, having sucked one of its claws nearly off’,
but after great attention from the kind lady of tho
house, it is iu a fair way to recover.
‘Spanish without a Master.”—A "darkey,”
i-onerous net of yours 1 speak, sir. and let mo know ! and af. m. c. ut that, met a companion yesterday,
® . * - ttV- -..A tlm ! vvliiwit tm lints firnnklPfl •—
uiixious lo pur-
.. ,on Bioutand five hundred dollars wns nt Inst
upon which ho dwelt for a moment. Mr. Sun.
tol ' ® #m l ,r ®* , 6d Ins lips together, and muttered
I lars^i ''it cu, t ,n y dither fifteen thousand do I-
’ ‘devon thousand five hundred dollars, going
inw.1!. e, ~T Uvict; '—dtroo lime, for tho lust time go.
lektiiTi 11 dmusund’—thank you sir—going at
I tliiiu ' j ,lln d— l,l| ue eight thousand, twice—eight
I‘Cliff i > l ' llue duies—going—gone—wlmt name?
1 •tail ti W# ' respunse, und ull eyes rested on
Hurir' 1 i ° lu " ki "a "inn, who Imd remained silent
‘he wf,,* 10 bidJin S "d Iho speculator—and who,
•• hs*® 0lle '' "ddspen-d Mr. Sunderland lo his wife,
hotr* * lur ' l;ll| d iu silem grief, ‘wo Imvo no
•per went round; was u total stranger-
f
now.
|-lhw,’ ? * n d #mcn
said tho auctioneer, 'wo will
ud |,y ,j l ' iaob ‘ 1 “ r d- in regard to which 1 inn request.
Iniw-u creditor to suv. that it U ait old family
WMaditUihawWtuYih
I ?! “ U of h if pnssibh
vner to retain pus-
■ it i, l ' “ |>“s»iuie. 1 mnrely mention it, as
I «o»ih*iK* * l,u lM| d ur »hot peculiar aifcumstan-
nld.
‘things are
I willin'.* Ul8 ‘ ,L ' s i r,: ‘ l 0 fleet
mnn toemed
rtuiiHto muii, wlm
ly wag bid bv Mr
sUrtnSl'r '“ tl a K“’" ,s ‘ ' llp uiifortui
Clifford * l * ei1 dollars. Twenty w_„
Cliff 7 , "V f - v h by Mr. Sunderland, fifty by
family „i'! r *d‘'! ,ci -'d the anxious parents, and tlie
n ' ,v » u ,! C ° 0f dimiture wns knocked down lo tlie
s'.nod W r e,st,r ‘ | i' dm house. A gentleman who
. vniirkod ih-»t tho net wav n cold Imarlk-ss
at once, that I nmy spurn your offer and resent die
insult.’
‘I will not deny, sir, but site Ims.
•Me Father, denr Father! 1 never boforo saw
tlie gentleman’s luce.’
•Say not so Misi ’
•Sir—I—I indeed Father, I ’
Remember ton years hack ; call to mind a light
haired hoy, whom you cslled^ ’
•Brother /’
Gracious Heaven ; Henry my boy !•
•Is here ; I am your long lost son ! !’
* ***** *
Need we add more ? Our readers can readily
imagine that a more cheerful fire blazed upon llie
hearth,nud tlmt Mary, iho faithful servant, was not
forgotten in the general joy which prevailed on the
occasion.
There is move reality than romance in tiie sub
joined extract from it capital little story in a late
'number of tho Knickerbocker;
It is surprising how n woman will stick to lior
betrothed •‘..gidnsl the fielJ.” If I knew that Iter
lover hud scraped his motlior to dentil with an
lo* her a foe for life
oyster-shell,! should only ma
by Ihe really friendly act of giving llie info
lion. A woman in such neuse will doubt the
timoRy of u whole regiment under omit, ami the
evidences of her own senses into the bargain.—
Besides, if you could, by some miracle, coautnee
her, you would ‘ accomplish nothing, for she
forgives even more obstinately thin, she disbo.
lieves. and unless you can actually produce before
her eyes n previous living wife nnd five children,
(all tho bona fid* property of her suitor, 1 you had
much liet'nr let Imr ulmic.
whom lie thus accosted :—
| "Look hear, Fete ; wlmt’s do moonin’ob all dis
1 1 hears do white people talkin’ so much ’bout—do
Spanish widout a master ?
‘•Well, Mr. Brown, 1 doesn’t know,’, was tlie
reply.
“1 b’lieves dat;—don’t cbery body know de
Spanish aim got no master ? Niggns Imb masters :
hut dis child hasn’t got none, and lie do’l make no
fuss ’bout it nuddei" Yah, yah. yah !"
Peio scratched his pate and pretended to look
very wise at Mr. Brown’s attempt at tlie faceti
ous.
Jambs K. Polk and the Catholics.—In Ihe
course of llie past week, Mr. Polk astonished llie
House hy reporting that llie Wuys and Means
of which lie and Mr. Cumbrcleug liavo it is
known,complete control, recommended the rbJf.c.
tion of n hill passed by the Senate, for tho Relief of
tho Roman Catltolic Church in St. Louis. The cir
cumstance has created much sensation here. Tlie
inhabitants of tlmt city, it would appear, have re
ceived u present of n set of hells, front F- once, of
tiie estimated viiltio of six or seven thousand francs
lit,, duty on which was claimed, and tlie sum of
§(117 00 deposited at New Orleans with the Col-
fornm- { lector, to wait llie result of an application to Con-
Clay on th is mhji-ct, nud 1 find thut on May 13,1S3
vol. 8, png e ; 330, lie made a long speech in favor of
puying lit e - aid Soldiers, und on Mav 19, nt page
933, lie vc le .d in favor nf tiie very bill, in tlie Si
ate, while T dr. Polk hud voted against it in lit
House.
With th es e facts before mo so clearly ami satis
fuctorilv p ro von, 1 linve determined llml let mhe
dn us tiiey u ill, as for inn. 1 shall vmo against Jiitni
K. Polk a ml for Henry Clay, and I think tlinlov
ry man wl io bus a drop of revolutionary whig blood
in ids vein s i night to do likew ise.
WALTER N. JOHNSON.
Ripley, Mi ss„ Aug. 15th, 1814.
Anti Due ling Law.—Mr. Clay.—A number
of years a, go, about llie time General Jackson u
coming foi w tud in all his glory, Doctor Beech
preached a s ermon against llie practice of duelin
dunouucin g it ns it should be denounced. Tlti
sermon of m ost decided sentiment, und couched
strong lut igi luge, was given to the public in
pamphlet. It was extensively road. The Doctu
liiinselfsu vs that it had no reference to nny man
in purlieu iur —hut was aimed against tho pernici
ous prami ee. Polkofucoism Ims reconlly limited
up this old si irmon, and published extracts from it,
1 in a way to i Jeceivo and to convey llie idea that llie
sermon ha d been written with especial reference
tn Mr. Clt y ! . In that view copious extracts from
llie sormo n I mvo been published. No mail Ims
been tiie sul iject of more unfuiindo i nnd malicious
abuse tbs n Ur. Clay—and tltese attacks increase
in nuinhein nd malignity as his prospects brighten.
In Apr il, 1 '.833, a hill lo prevent dueling was un.
der coiisi der. uiou before the Senate. Upon tlmt oc.
mission J Ir. < 'lay addressed tlie Senate. We annex
his remit rks, and the vote which followed.—They
speak fo r the tnselves. Wc commend the remarks
to the ci ireful perusal of tlie render. Do they nut
fairly st He t'ne evil and the remedy ? So ihouglil
all the ' Senators hut one.
“Mr. Clay rose and said, that lie had taken no
part tin is fur in the debate,—not that lie Imd felt
no into rest in llie question, but that lie thought it
hotter ' o postpone iiis remarks until the hill came
from 'lie committee. No man, said Mr. Clay,
could n lore heartily wish for tlmt stutu of public
opinion and.society which would prevent tliu prac
tice des igued to lie prevented by tlie bill before
llie Ser: ale. No man, continued Mr. C., can he
happier than I shall he, if this practice could for-
over be suppressed, eradicated and discountenunc.
ed.
“Mr. Clay uuid he thought tho great object of llie
bill befo ru '.lie Senate should hi indirect itself to
the pur ificntion and correction of public opinion.
U was f. ulilic opinion which constrained a man in
a certain sect ion of tint Union from resorting to
this modi i of resenting insults and injuries ; and it
was also tlie sume public opinion which in another
section of tli o country exacted from individuals a
resort to this practice in order to settle their dis
putes. Ln i his inner section of (lie country, tiie
only alter nn live offered a man who Imd been in.
juredor irisi tiled was whether lie would live in igno.
nominy a ltd disgrace or expose himself to the loss
of a life in n personal rencounter, and under this
alleruati vo there were hut too few tlmt lull able lo
refuse th at exposure of human life. When pub
lic opinion should be rectified in this particular,
then we in ight expect lo see this practice averse lo
religion ai id abliorent lo humanity wholly eradicat
ed. in th e mean lime il was the duty ol tlie Sen•
ate to do w lint it could to bring about tlmt result.
Mr. Cloy w ith a view to this end, said lie should
most cliee, •fully vote for tho hill, under tlm hope
tlmt if il c ould not entirely abolish tlie practice, it
would nt i »st diminish it, un i aid ultimately iu pro
ducing sui :h a statu of society us would entirely
tend to do struy it.
"The In II was then passed, Mr. Hubbard nsk-
ing for ’.lie yeas and nays, by llie following
vots :
Yeas—-Messrs. Allen. Benton, Buchanan, Clay
of A la..C lluy of Ky., Clayton, Davis. Fulton, Gruu.
dy, Hubl ard, Lumpkin, Lyon, McKean, Merrick,
Moulton. Niles, Norvell. Prentice, Itoaiio, Robin
Robirisoi t, Haggles, Smith of Conn., Smith of I t
Strange, Swift, Tipton, Trailer, Walker, Wul
While, 1 A'illiamu, VV right, Young—31.
Nj.y—Mr. Sevier—1.
LE » Tlllt l ItO.11 MB. CLAY.
Ashland, 27ih July, 1844.
Gentlemen :—I Imvo received your favor in
forming me lliut my views, us disclosed in my let
ter from Raleigh, on llie qucsliuii uf llie Annexa
tion of Texas, are misconceived, if not misrepre-
nted in your quurlcr; ami lliut it is supposed
tlmt I have changed my opinion from wlmt it was
1819. 1 endeavored lo express myself in that
letter ns explicitly as I could and I do not think
now that il cun he fairly misinterpreted.
In 1819, when I addressed tlie House of Repre
sentatives, tho Executive Imd negotiated tlie treaty
ilh Spain, hy which Texas was ceded lo lliut pow-
but Congress Imd not then given any sanction
to iho cession. 1 believe now, ns I thought then,
that tlie treaty making power is not competent,
itliout the concurrence of Congress, to cede
wuy nny Territory belonging to llie United Stales.
But Congress, by repealed acts, subsequently muti
nied its approbation of tho treaty ; und these acts
endcrcd it us valid und obligatory upon the United
Slates, it' Congress imd given its assent, prior to
the conclusion of tlie tieuty. At tliu - . period of
1819, Texas as claimed by us, w as unpeopled. No
hostile incursions imd been made into il by citizens
f tho United Stales. In 1825 and 1827, there
were but lew inhabitants uf Texas, consisting of
some colonists, plunted there under llie authority
of Mexico. At neither of the three periods above
mentioned Imd any Slate or section, in this Union
imiiilested any opposition to Texas composing a
part of it. it Ims been said tlmt .Mr. Adams’ud-
ministration offered to negotiate with Mexico for
Texas, notwithstanding the existence of a war be
tween Spain and Mexico, and thut it could not
therefore Imvo believed that llie acquisition of Tex
as, ut tlmt time, would have involved tlie United
Slates in war with Spain. Here it is urgueu tlmt
ho ratification of tho lute treaty could nut have
compromitted our peace.
Mr. Adams thought it desirable to obtain Texus,
wo foreign powers claimed it, Mexico was in
possession, und Spain wus doing nothing lo assert
unit enforce her claim. Her representative Imd
n gone so fur as lo stipulate, in a convention, to
acknowledge tlie Independence of Mexico, although
limt convention was not ratified hy Spuin.
Mr. Adams Imd a right to authorize tlie negotia
tion of u treaty for tlie acquisition of Texas with
both or either of tlie powers claiming it. it wus
natural that lie should t' n ‘;iu with that now;” w'niuii
Imd tlie possession of Texas. Spain Imd inter
posed no obstacle. She Imd made no declaration
thut ehu would regard tlie acquisition of Texas as
an act iff war. Iu point of fuel, no overture wns
forumlly made to Mexico to purchase Texas, no
nogotiul.ori was opened, no treaty was concluded.
Il u negotiation had commenced, or if a treaty hud j
been signed, ami Spain imd protested, tiie prudent I
mid cautious policy which characterized Mr. Ad- I
am* f idministruiiou,would undoubtedly have promp I
ted liioi to quiet Spain, and accomniodute the mat* j
icr. previous to the annexation of Texus to the Uni
ted Siatos, nnd without plunging them iu war with -
Spain, llotv totally different are ull tlie circum- !
stances under which, with Mr. Adams’authority, 1
authorized tlm overture to Mexico, from those
winch attended tlie recent treaty of Mr. Tyler ! I
So fu from Mexico being silent, she repeatedly I
and solemnly declared lliut she would consider an
nexation as war will, her. Texas was no longer
an uninhabited country. It hud been wrested from
Duelling.—Tb* follow!** it llw reply of Mr.
Clay to a letter recently aeaeeeeed to him by a
number of the citizen* of Fayett* ud Weetmore.
land coueties
AaHLXNDv August 1,1844.
Gentlemen I. duly received yoor letter of the
15th ultimo., on the subject of duelling, and I tip-
predate fully Ihe friendly,pione and patriotic motives
which prompted you tu addreas-it lo me.—Perni
cious as the practice undoubtedly tor I hope you will
excuse me when I say that there as* other ques
tions in public uffeirs of much higher and of more
general importance. The victims or votaries of
that practice are but few io number, and bear no
comparison with the immense number of euflerers
from tho rejection of wise measures of national
policy, or tho adoption of those of an opposite char
acter.
I expressed, in strong terme' of condemnation,
my opinion aguius’. duelling in a letter which I ad
dressed to my constituents, in March 1824, which
is tu be found in the published collection of my
speeches. Again, within a few years post I give
evidence of my strong disapprobation of it, by vot
ing in the Senate of tbe U. States, for the bill for
suppressing duelling in the District of Columbia.
With these proofs of my sentiments, I think,
gentlemen, you ought to be satisfied. But you ask
me whether, if L were challenged to fight a duel, 1
would reject the invitation 1 Considering my age,
which is now past 67, I feel that I should expose
myself to ridicule if I were to proalaim whether 1
would or would not fight a duel.' It is certainly
one of the most unlikely events that con possibly
he imagined, and I cannot conceive a case in which
I should bn provoked or tempted to go to lha field
of combat. But as 1 cannot foresee alt the contin
gencies which may possibly arise, inthe short rem.
mint of my life, and for the reason which I have al
ready staled, of avoiding any exposure of myself to
ridicule, l cannot reconcile it to mysense of propriety
to make a declaration one way or the other.
You have, gentlemen, done me some, but not full
justice, in respect to the affair of the lamented Cii •
ley. When i first obtained my knowledge of his
difficulty with Mr. Graves, I did not think that
there was the smallest occasion for a combat be
tween them. 1 believed, from the first, that tlie
matter would be amicably accommodated until the
day when and after (he parties went out to fight.
On thut duy I wus confined lo my room, by illness,
und il was altogether accidental, that I obtained
information that tlie parties hud gone out. Bull
wus neither informed of the place or the hour of-
their meeting. Contrary to the impression which
you cnlertuiii, I did advise the employment of the
police to arrest the parties and prevent the duel.
The constables accordingly went out in search of
liiuin, but like myself, being ignorant of the time
uud place of tlieir meeting, they mistook the route,
and f ailed in the accomplishment of the object. It
you would read attentively tlie whole of my cor.
respomlencu with Mr. Wise, to which you have re.
fi-rred, you tyili fipd thqtit sustains the preceding
Btnlen.A •
1 urn, gentlemen,
With great reapeofe .
Your friend and ob’t servt.
H. CLAY.
; Messrs. Alex. Plumor, William Campbell. Eli
Cope, Juliii Durr, Joseph Darr, Bela Smith,
j Amie Smith, Eli H. McClelland, Robert Cuw.
] ningliam, James Finley, John Boyd, M. P. Smith,
j Win. Brookens, and E. Newton, &c. See.
Mr. Clay’s Private Character.—We do not
believe it till necessary, before an intelligent com.
muniiy, to enter into a defence of Mr. Cluy aguinst
tlie malignant attacks ofliis envious opponents.—
He belongs lo tliu Nation, lias been for a third of a
century intimately connected with public affairs,
| and his acts und Itis influence are stamped on every
I page of the history of the country for that period.
; He is known nt home, and throughout the civilized
j world, us u high.ntinded, inteliigeiil Statesmun,
' open.bent ted, candid, frank, generous almost to a
gress to permit this importation free, whiclt under
the circumstances was usual. Mr. Verplunck al
ways acted on the principle that nil ornamental or
useful articles of any kind designed for public edi
fices of any kind presented lo them as free gifts,
were admitted free of duty. Mr. Polk (whose ha.
tred towards tho Catholics is woll known) it teems
thought otherwise. It is hoped that those Catho-
lies who are shouting so loudly for Polk, will pon*
der upon tliis.—Nines’ Register, June 28ffi, 1834.
tliu dominion ol Mexico by citizens, many of whom ! supposes the people of the United Stales.
. . ••-■■- I who of uli other* should bo well reod in Itis history,
! public and private, it supposes this people ignorant
I of what every school boy should know—lo enter
I into u defence uf him, ngninst the stream of vitu-
pcralion poured upon him by Jacobins und Dema-
' gogues. So we think—but others among us think
I these attacks should bo met and put down.
: At tlie solicitation "of many conscientious, up
right men,” who had been deceived as to Mr.
Clay’s moral character, the Secretary of the New.
, ui k, N. J. Clay Club, uddressed a note to Rev. Dr.
I Buscom, President of the Transylvania University,
I well known here, asking him to state whether Mr.
I Clay who a sabbath.breaker, gambler, &c. Tho
following is Mr. Buscom’s reply ;—Index.
TRANSYLVANIA UNIVESITY,
Lexington, Ky., July 24th, 1844.
! My Dear Sin:—In reply to your letter of thn
! 9th inst., I own it to truth, virtue, and the claims of
\ society, without uny reference to the political strifes
of the duy, to say, I have been in intimate and coil-
went mined from Hie United Slutes.- Tiie war be.
tween Mexico and 1 exits had nut been terminated
by any treaty of Peace. Mr. Tyler not only did
not consult Mexico, hut lie announced that her as
sent to the annexation wus altogether unnecessary.
And he proceeded lo conclude a treaty, embracing
a large extent of Territory uud u numerous popu
lation, nut comprehended in the Texas wiiich the
United States ceded to Spain in 1819.
In the mean time loo, n powerful opposition had
arisen iu the United States against the annexation
f Texas to them. Several States had declined,
through tlieir Legislatures, against il, and others, if
nut whole sections ut tlie Union, were believed to
bo adverse to it. This was the opposition to the
measure, to which in my Raleigh letter, I alluded,
when 1 spoke of a ‘eousiderahle and respectable
portion of the confederacy.’ I did not refer to per-
is but to Stales or sections.
Under such circumstances 1 could not but regard
the annexation uf Texas, at this time, as cumpro
milting tho honor of my country, involving it in a | fide.n'.ial intercourse with the Hon. Henry Clay,
i both iu public und privulo life, for more titan twen
ty years, and know the charges enumerated in your
letter, against the private character of Mr. Cluy, to
! he utterly mid basely false. Mr. Clay, us is known
mid division at home were too great sacrifices lo j lo tlie wliolo nation, offers no claim lo Christine
war, in which tiie sympathies of ail Christendom
would be against us, und endangering tho integrity
of tlie Union. 1 thought then, uud still believe,
that national dishonor, foreign war, and distraction
take, for the acquisition of Text .
But, gentlemen, you lire desirous of knowing hy
what policy I would he guided, in tiie event of my
election as Clod Magistrate of tlie United .Stales
iu reference to the question of the annexation of
Texus. I do not think it right to announce in u-J-
vance, what will lie the course uf a future adminis*
• ration in respect to a question with a Foreign pow- '
er. I have, iiowever, no hesitation in saying thut,
f ir from having any personal objection in tlie no- '
•taxation ut Texas, 1 should he glad to see it, witlt- '
out dishonor—without war, with the common con-
sent of the Union, and upon just and fair terms. I j
do not think lliut Iho subject of slavery ought to af.
fact the question, one wuvor tliu other. Whether
1 exits he independent, or incorporated in the Unit
ed Stu! ’ 1
tiie d
become extinct, at some distant day, iu my opinion,
hy the operation of tlie inevitable laws of popula-
lion. It would lie unwise to refuse it permanent
acquisition, which will exist as long tlie globe re-
mains, on account ofa temporary institution.
In tiie contingency of my election, to w hich you
have adverted, il the uffiiirofucquiring Texas should
become a subject of consideration, I should he go-
veined by the stute of fact, and tlie slate of public
opinion existing ut the time I might he called upon
to act. Above ail, I should he governed bv the par
amount duty of preserving this Union entire, und
iu liurmotty, regarding it as I do us the great guar
anty ut every political and public blessing, under
Providence, which, as u Ireo people^ we are pcimil-
icd to enjoy.
1 am gentlemen, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
II. CLAY.
Messrs-. Thomas M. Peters, J
und Johnson M. Jackson. \
March of Etiquette.— Tlie old nnd oft.repent,
ed pliruse "I give out” being deemed inelegant by
tlie more refined classes, "I contribute externally"
lias been sudstiluled. vVImt shall we come to at
Inst 1
piety, iu (lie parlance of our churches, but in view
of tlie ordinary accredited principles of good moral
character, uu clinrge can be brought nguinst him,
w itliout violating tlie obligations of truth and sound
jujtico. Tu elicit interrogative charge, therefore,
contained iu your letter, and reaching me in shape
of a question, I return fur answer, that I regard one
and all uf them, as shamefully unjust, because n»i
true, in whole or in part.
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’l.
Dr. J. G. Goble. H. B. BASCOM.
Only Courting.—".Mo, wlmt docs cousin John
hug miste r Bridget so for ?”
"La! Simon you huve such eyes—lie’s only
couiriin’ her, my child.”
“•Golly gracious! Ma—don’t he courtlier hard
tho'ueh 1”
"La. Simon—do hush !”
The latest case.—A young Indy in Boston de
clares she will never wear a watch in Iter bosom,
for they’ve got hands l
! Mr. Clay and the Gilley Duel.—The atroci-
' ous und oft-repeated yet still reiterated slander up.
; on Mr. Cluy, in regard lo the Ciiley Duel, is thus
. , , emphatically and forever disposed of (in the minds
tales, I do nut believe il will prolong or shorten • of nil honorable men) by a letter from Mr. Clny
duration ol tlmt institution. It is destined to • Initial-If to Dr. Gublo ol Newark published in tho
Tariff Advocate of yesterday. Will those presses
which have defamed Mr. Clny in this matter have
the honesty lo publish denial ?—N. Y. Tribune.
Ashland, 10th August, 1844.
My Dear Sir : I received you friendly letter, with
llie enclosed slip, cut from a newspaper, and I^ppre-
' ciate, and am lliaiiklul lor the motives which prompted
' you tn address me. 1 wisli you would obtain and pe
ruse tlie correspondence which passed between Messrs.
Wise, Graves and me, respecting the lamentable affair
! between Messrs. Graves and Ciiley, published about
i three weeks ago. 1 have net a copy of it ; but you can
i obtain it in New York.
It establishes 1st. That tlio draft which I suggested
, of the challenge was made expressly with the view of
j leading to an adjustment of the dispute amicably, and
| not, as alleged iu the slip you forwarded, to clo.-e the
I door.
2d. That I never believed that the controversy would
occasion a hostile meeting, but continually though;,
that it ought to be, and would be amicably settled.
3d. Thai I was ignorant that the parties were lo
meet in combat, and at what hour they were to meet.
And 4ih. That when I accidentally beard tha| they
had gone out lo tight, although I did uot know tbe hour,
nor tho place, I advised the police to be called out.
and they were called out; but they missed the par
ties in consequence of their takingsn unexpected f- ^
1 was not upon the ground, ami bad nothing ve’ ' ’
In do with tho conduct ofthe combat. . agency, as
far aa I had any in the wholo transaction ( directed
to the object of an amicable settle®*^ ^ , he difficll |.
>y-
The Dandy and the Landlapy.—A dandy,
who wanted the milk passed to him ut one of our
taverns, lluis usked lor it :
“Landlady, plettnu puss your cow down this
wuy.**
To whom tlie lady thus retorted : 4 Waiter^
lake the cow down to where tiie calf is bleating !’*
‘Did you present your uccouni io the defendant?’
inquired u lawyer of hU client. *J did, your honor.’
‘And whut did ho say ?’ “Ho told me logo to iho
devil.’ ‘And what did you do then?* Why then
l came to you.’
1 an. respectfully, your ok ., i#rMnt<
Dr. 1. G. Goble. jp, CLA y.
w tVBr — A Washington letter la the
. . i. 1 r .oune says—"Th. ffocreltry. of the Trua..
0 *e. r eight million, to. hi. er.dk in \'Mt
public, depositories, .btive th# current waqta of the
Government, and Ih. loan -of/U.tqd • half mil-
itona, not dun UU January n«U, U already paid