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fiflaidMIA JOBMTA1 ■a runuiaiii wckki.it by PETKUMON Til WKAT-r, EDITOR AlfO PROPRIETOR, •t three O'JU.AM per annum, in advancei Sc.l'OUH.DJtrUlU AT THE KNUOP THE YEAH. , -H«ti»KWlll*»tNa«l»a4P»»l»»crtM * y««r.»or will as, B4.wrl>n Jl #i . (uo | hr ,*»ntto mV |>rrroo nul of ltie Slits, until ihr fhr PuPv" ...I. ,,.1.1 u, lAvaune or •atUflM-tory roforonc*. rlvm ••’•'WurliKMENM »rnU«rlnJni;j«ouU |ior .nurrn for Ikr AU» D w» -,T|* e ,„,is p,f ■quinl'or sicll io.«rlioutl,iri*llW A ^^Tiithu Juuruul li ihuapauuofiuu Itself. nnulltyiio.coiiiulaiiia 2V““-'MV.AND.h, AdwmtoUalwa,*««catoru. nr Climr. XT'- .* JSSSiiy law. W br bold on lb. firft TwwUy .. lb. H»i*-iba huunnfl.uin lb.forruno.rnd lbio. In Iho il- *a ,| b,b*w » „ ,|i., o.nlj'ln which Iho properly I. *N ic.ii lh..« l.I.n.Urlb.flvo. I. 1public ,Ill-Ill SIX- orJrioM to iho d«y of rule. 7* NKOADIM lou.l hoot o pulillo ouclion.i 1 ,'/,.M.n..n.h,b-WM..bou,u. | h,, ..K .1 . " I., in iho county wlioro too lot o fur th« »olc ofPnri thn (lr*tTur» thn plnco *»f puh- inoiitury. of Ailmii • - rivinr» n Stuto, ami ni irrto ho belli, tbeyivmi in like man. "".i'i ATY .1« r . prov I oo« t n t hr it« y o f , ole. „ **w"olioo ir, ths llohlor. niidllrodilor.or.ii E.UIo mualb. puhlllhod for fPIt’f.Sntlou will bo niodo to Iho Court of Ordinary fol *"* ..l? I Nil bo nubli.lioil for FOUR MONTHS. •OHS. ftlr |M*. »■> NKnaOKS, IUII.I ho pul.ll.liod for FOUR CONrii3.bolbr.any or.lor oh.oluio .hall bo niodo thorooo by the ^Iri.nfor Lstlnri of Admlulalratl.o, muni lio puhll.hod l»irly Cl Tj[Irdll-nl.ol"n fro* adminlolralloil, wontAlyaix aaonlhf—fordl,- l*T , 7.i' r .n fjiiarili.'ii'iip./orlydiiyr, ■1‘Tl.f.r forodoouro of Morl.ayo muni bo pulili.hcd moolAly for ^Urlr-f.ir oM.bli.tlliil lo.l paporo. for lhrfi.ll ..err of thro I"'?’ fur compollln* olio, from F.xocntoro or Admiulnrotora, JKma Bond 111. boon given by Iho doomed, l»r/«H»purc ofthie. "Soo'.'ilnn, will nlw.va bo oonlinnoil aocotding lo lh.ro,the logul 2i««at,.u„lor.olhorw!.oordorod. ,f 1iii!..Vi„oi, of ihirh lull comm uoa lor eel vc prompt attention althe ni d.h.oEoaoiA JOURNAL. "TouiTTANCKS IIY MAIL—“A “ugalTTANCKS nv la .1.0.0 « , R unml‘.iho'nublirb.r of n nawanapor.lo pay the rulmcriplion of , s rd*porioo,"nd fraukthe lotto,, If writlonli< 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 a nb o examined into tho c ourse 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