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AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY 24.
UTEST FKOAI ENGLAAiT
arrival ° F ™ E
STEAMER CALEDONIA.
FIVE DAYS LATER.
From the Courier 4- Enquirer qf the 20th.
We received this morning by our express from
Boston, London and Liverpool papers to the 4th
of May, by the steamer Caledonia, at that port
from Liverpool. The papers do not contain any
news of importance. We extract the following
from Wilmer’s American News Letter of May
4th.
The encouraging prospect which the improv
ing stale*! our commerce has lately held out to
us, still continues to brighten, and as there is
very great probability of a good and plentiful
. harvest, we have reason to hope that the re-ac
tion will maintain itself, as there seems to exist
great confidence in the government and their
measures, which undoubtedly has proved a prin
cipal element in the late fortunate change.
The events of the last lew days have not been
altogether of an uninteresting character, though
there has been none of that excitement manifes
ted which is generally so prevalent in a great
and enterprising nation.
The funeral of the lamented Duke of Sussex
takes place to-day in London. Great prepara
tions have been made, as it is intended that it
should be conducted in the same style as that ol
the late Duke of York, with all the pomp and
ceremony attendant upon the obsequies ol roy
alty.
The excitement prevailing in Ireland on the
subject of repeal seems to be increasing, which
has, doubtless, been influenced, by what has
reference to this subject. Mr. O’Cmmett Is ac
tively engaged in support of tits ultra, measures;
this, combined with the influence of the Catho
lic priesthood, is thickly sowing the seeds of dis
sension, which will, if allowed to proceed, rend
once more with civil and religious discord this
unhappy country.
The educational clauses of the Factory Bill
have caused considerable excitement, though
there is now little doubt that the speech of Sir
j. Graham on the subject will have its effect in
composing, in some degree at least, these fac
tious differences.
Parliamentary.—Mr. Hume moved for a
return of tne correspondence which had taken
place between her Majesty’s Secretary of Stale
for the Colonies and the British North Ameri
can Land Company.
Lord Stanley Had no objection to lay the pa
pers before the house, but he trusted it would be
heard with satisfaction that the parties who had
put their names at the head of that association,
had subscribed funds for the relief of the emi
grants who had been disappointed of being con
veyed to the colonies.
On the 2d inst. Mr. Hume brought forward
his motion for a vote of thanks to Lotd Ashbur
ton for his conduct in reference to the Treaty of
Washington. A long debate ensued, but as this
subject has been so often discussed in both hou
ses of parliament, we shall not trouble our read
ers with any further notice of it. On a division
the motion was carried by a majority of 142.
Massacre of the Governor of the Mar
quesas Islands and Suite.—We regret to stat.?,
that very melancholy intelligence has just been
brought to this country from the new r rench set
tlement in the Pacific, by a merchantvessel, the
Sarah Ann schooner, which left Otaheiteon the
23d of October. It appears that the French Gov
ernor of the Marquesas with fourteen attendants
had been on a visit to the native King, Nica
hevar, and, suspecting no danger, they left his
residence to return to the French station, with
out, probably taking proper precautions against
the tieachery of the natives. They were at
tacked on the way, and the Governor and four
teen persons were killed. This unfortunate event,
proves the unfriendly disposition of the natives,'
but what will it avail them? The French Gov
ernment will instantly send out a sufficient force
to crush all opposition.
Improvement In-Shipping.—lt is only a short
time since our docks had an unusual number ol
vessels at whose mast-heads a broom w-as fixed,
denoting them on sale; but within the last week
this sign of depressed times has so rapidly de
creased that there are now scarcely a dozen ves- 1
seis advertised for sale; the others having either 1
been advantageously chartered or sold. From
this we may contemplate a speedy increase in
the demand for export goods.— Liv. Standard.
The amount of specie brought by the Caledo- 1
nia, entere ’at the Custom-House, is $959,561. 1
> Commercial.
The advic.es from the principal manufactur
ing districts indicates a gradually improving
trade. The demand for produce continues good,
and considerable business has been done, though,
comparatively speaking litlle activity has pre
vailed, and no improvement can be noticed in
prices. For home consumption there is a full
amount of business doimr, and export orders are
decidedly on the increase. There is decidedly
more buoyancy than for some time past, which
plainly indicates advancing prosperity. The
cotton mills, generally, are at full work, and in
creased activity prevails throughout the woollen
districts, which is evident by the advanced pri
ces obtained for the raw material at lhe public
sales just concluded. In the Potteries employ
ment is becoming more plentiful, andan increase
of action is observable in the hardware trade.
On the whole, appearances are very favora
ble, and a brisk trade may be reasonably expec
ted, though, from the vast extent of the sources
of supply, there is little probability of any ma
terial advance in prices, even with a moderate
amount of speculative transactions.
'fife increased consumption of provisions
may be also adduced as an evidence of improve*
ment in the condition of the laboring popula
tion. In the agricultural districts the state of
things is not by any means so encouraging,
though it is to be hoped that the harvest may
prove sufficiently good to obviate the evil effect
in this quartet ofthe fall in the price of provis
ions.
There is no change worthy of notice in the
London money market. Consols maintain their
price, though the market for them is heavy.
Ti.ere was a decreased demand for cloth at
Manchestet on the 2d inst., though this is to be
attributed to the advance in price demanded by
the holders. Buyers make a stand, and refuse
for a moment to comply, though, as the demand
is generally admitted to be large, prices of all
kinds are fully supported.
State of Trade.
The demand, yesterday, for some descriptions
ofgoods, and especially for printing cloth, was
not quite so animated as on the preceding Tues
day; but shirtings continue in extensive de
mand, and many of the buyers seem desirous of
making contracts at the full prices of last week.
The yarn market continues flat, and some des
criptions have been bought a shade lower than
last week. Still, we believe, there is no accu
mulation of stock; and the market may be con
sidered healthy.
We are glad to learn that the continued de-*
mand for manufactured goods has caused some
advance of wages in the neighborhood of Black
* bum, where two firms of spinners and manufac
turers (one of them amongst the largest in the
kingdomjhave liven notice ofa general advance,
amounting to 10 per cent, to all the hands em
ployed in their factories. To what extent this
example will be followed remains to be seen.—
Manchester Guardian, Wednesday.
France.
The Paris papers of Monday have , reached
us. Their contents are not important. The
Moniteur publishes the text ot the new postal
treaty concluded between Great Britain and
France. The other journals are chiefly occu
pied with the report of the committee appointed,
during the short session of July last, to enquiie
into the charge of ministerial interference in the
then recent elections.
The theatre of Havre was consumed by fire
on Saturday last.
Spain.
We have accounts from Madrid to the 24th
ult. inclusive. The discussion on the address
in answer to the Regent’s speech commenced in
the Senate on that day. Among the distin
guished personages who crowded the galleries,
were Messrs. Olozaga, Cortina, Gonzales, Bra
vo, Garnica, and other deputies, and M. Mer
cia, an attache of the French Legation.
The Chamber of Deputies was still occupied
with the verification ot electoral returns. The
elections of Zamora were approved, and those
for Teruel annulled.
London, Mayl.
Cotton —The market has remained in a very
quiet state, but prices are not lower. Os 150
bales Bowed of middling quality, offered by
public sale, only 10 were sold at 3}d; the remain
der was bought in at 3jd to 4Jd if lb. The pri
vate sales of the week are— 450 Surat at 3}d to
3}d; 30 Bengal at 3|d to 3}d; 100 Madras at 3{d;
90 Bowed at 3Jd to 3 Jd; 500 Carthagena 2}d to
3d.
London Monet Market, May 3.—There is
nothing new in the operations in public securi
ties. Consols startedat 96} for Money, and
have since been done at 96}. The changes
clearly show how easily the market is affected
in consequence of the absence of transactions
of magnitude. We, indeed, expect no change
until after Monday, when the Chancellorof the
Exchequer brings forward the Budget of the
year. Exchequer bills are a shade firmer, and
are quoted 6870 prem.
There has been little or nothing done in the
Foreign Bond Market, except in Spanish; the
5 cfs. were down soon after the commence
ment of business, to 21}; and the 3 per cts. to
31}, but they have since recovered to 22 and 32
respectively; Mexican 29, Portuguese 3 per cts.
46; Chilian have been done at 88.
From the MobiieAdi'erliser.
iNeep It Before the People.
Let the principlesPand measures upon which
the Whig party propose to administer the Gov
ernment never for a moment be forgotten. Here
they are, as laid down by their great champion
Henry Clay, and as cordially embraced by eve
ry true Whig in the Union:
A sound national currency, regulated by the
will and authority of the nation.
An adequate revenue with fair protection to A
merican industry.
Just restraints on the Executive Power, embra
cing a further restriction on the exercise of
the veto.
A faithful administration of the public domain,
with an equitable distribution ot the proceeds
ol sales of it among the States.
An honest and economical administration of
the General Government, leaving public offi
cers perfect freedom of thought and the right
of suffrage; but with suitable restraints a
gainst interference in elections.
An amendment ol the Constitution, limiting the
incumbent of the Presidential office to a sin
gle term.
These are the cardinal doctrines of our party,
and with them inscribed upon our banner, we
confidently appeal to the judgment of an en
lightened and patriotic people.
Contrast them one by one with the doctrines of
our opponents.
1. In lieu of “a sound national currency, reg
ulated by the will and authority of the nation,”
one portion of modern Democracy proposes
State Banks, and another, a Sub- Treasury and
hard money.
2. In lieu of “an adequate revenue, with fair
protection to American industry,” one portion
of modern Democracy proposes direct taxation,
anothet, a judicious tariff with not more protection
to American industry than to foreign pauper la
bor, another, a Van Buren tariff— which means
any thing, or nothing—in other words, “all sorts”
of a tariff.
3. In lieu of “just restraints on the Executive
power, embracing a further restriction on the
exercise of the veto,” modern Democracy sus
tains w-ith one voice the monarchical feature in
our constitution, and the one man vetopower a
gainst the will of the people. They advocate
the “largest liberty”to the President in the exer
cise of the veto, which circumscribes the legis
lation of the country to the executive edicts.
4. In lieu of “a faithful administration of the
public domain, with anjequitable distribution of
mA proceeds of sales •Jf it am—r-7-
modern Democracy declares that the States
shall not in their separate capacity enjoy the in
heritance bequeathed to them, but that the mo
ney arising from the public lands shall be ab
sorbed in the reckless and profligate expendi
tures of the Federal Government. They de
clare that the States shall not have these means
of paying their debts, but shall be ground down
with direct taxes, or disgrace themselves by repu
diation.
5. In lieu of “an honest and economical ad
ministration of the General Government, leav
ing public officers perfect freedom of thought
and the right of suffrage; but with suitable re
straints against interference in elections,” mod
em Democracy would revive Van Buren econo
my, and with it, Van Buren office-holding hones
ty. They proclaim it to be the duty of toe paid
officers of the Federal Government to instruct
the people howto vote, and to use the patronage
of the government in perpetuating the power ot
those at whose hands they hold office.
6. In lieu of “an amendment of the Constitu
tion, limiting the incumbent of the Presidential
office to a single term,” modern Democracy in
sists that the President shall be re-eligible to of
fice, that he shall be permitted to serve two
terms, whereby, as experience has proved, the
worst abuses ot power, and the most corrupt
intrigues, will ever be practised in the first, in
order to the attainment of the second term.
The Whig Clarion is the title of a cheap po
litical paper recently commenced in Raleigh,
N. C., and judging from the following extract
from the opening address, the editoi is “every
inch a Whig.”
It is small— it shall also be sprightly. Gall is
not in the heart ol the Editor, and will not be dis
tilled from his pen. He will not, if he were
able, drive a dagger to the heart of Locofoeoism,
his deadliest foe, but he must be allowed to poke
it with a stick; he must be excused for pointing
his pen at its foibles; and his Democratic friends
must not put themselves in a passion, if he
should sometimes put his thumbs under their
fifth rib. He particularly bespeaks the kind
feelings of his Terrapin friends of the last As
sembly, while he grapples with his long tongs,
and draws them out of their mud to the light of
day. No snapping, gentlemen, you have got to
be skinned, ana you may as well wag your tails
with pleasure, as to be hissingout “filthy sheet.”
We will try to wash the mud off your tubercles,
and as genteely as possible: and by skilful
culinary process, have you properly turtle-soup
ed for the public, at least that portion of it who
have strong stomachs and powerful digestion.
It is obliged to be done. Such an ado about
nothing, such a tempest in a Teapot, such tall
stultified efforts at crawling, such states-man-like
projects of the illustrious Thomas Thumbs of
that famous assemblage of democracy I Oh, it
is too good 1 You will excuse us gentlemen,
but y-Vl IUU->. roaUy L*. -lil&noJ, tk« -C
common country requires it, and you will feel
better individually, after it is over.
Tic Whig Clarion will be every inch a Whig
in its politics; it will not be overbearing or ar
rogant in its pretensions; it will not claim in
fallibility ; it will not judge harshly of the errors
even of Loco Foco democracy, when honestly
conceived and not nursed too fondly. But, in
the expression of its dwn views—it will be can
did, frank and manly. The Whigs of’76 knew
no concealments—the Whigs of 1840 practised
none—and the Whigs of the present day
have noth ng to conceal. Henry Clay is their
idolized leader —and a nobler, bolder, purer
specimen of humanity never came from the
hands of its maker. He conceal anything?—
No. If he has a fault it is that of extreme can
dor. He wears his “heart on his sleeve” and
the cunning Philistines have been profited by
being able to read his plans and views—while
adroitly concealing their own. With stfth a
glorious leader whose course is always open
and onward, whose sentiments he does not know
how to conceal, whose sentiments the Whigs
almost without exception adopt and feel safe in
adopting, what have the Whigs to conceal ?
Honesty in politics may be deemed by our foes
a rare bird in the earth. The Clarion at least
deems otherwise, and will always cat didly,"
honestly and fearlessly avow its opinion. Its
course, like Mark Anthony’s eloquence, will be
right on. Our bold and chivalrous Chief, asks
none but honest support, and if he cannot thus be
placed in the chair which has been so worthily
filled by a Washington and Harrison, better, far
better, were it to bury himself in the noon of his
fame in the shades of Ashland. If he must fall
in this noble strife, he will fall like great Ctesar
with his robes around him, and his memory
and fame will be embalmed in the hearts of
millions.
From the Newark Advertiser.
The Comet struck the Sun.
Such is the startling report. We find in the
the U. S. Gazette of this morning another com
munication from the indefatigable astronomers
of the Phila. Observatory, (Messrs. Walker,
Kendall and Downes,) containing the result of
their further researches, which concludes that
the late Comet did, on the 27th of February last,
strike the Sun and rebound! If these calculations
prove correct, this must be considered the most
remarkable circumstance in the annals of as
tronomy. We have time and room only for the
concluding passages of their communication:
Encke’s comet is gradually winding itself up,
ana must some time or other experience the late
ot this comet of 1843. That is to say it must ac
tually come in contact with the atmosphere or
permanent portions of the body ofthe sun. It has
already been a matter of speculation withastron
omers when this event shall occur (however re
mote,) what will be thefateoftheco.net?—Will
it join the mass ot the sun-a drop in anocean-or
will it rebound and glance off in another orbit, an
hyperbola for il.tance, and never return ?—Now
that which is destined some day to be the fate of
Encke’s comet, seems actually to have occurred
with the recent comet.
It appears to have come in contact with the
permanent portion ofthe atmosphere of the sun,
and to have been so much resisted in its course'
as to pass off in a path which, prolonged back
wards, enters the sun. It may have been before
a parabola or an eclipse, and'it may have been
the comet ol 1668 or 1689, or both, and in this
case something like a shock, or rebound, must
have occurred at this perihelion passage, which
has changed the orbit into a hyperbola, passing
thro’ the sun.
Whenever a shock of two bodies takes place
of which one is considered as fixed, the subse
quent path ot the other prolonged backwards pas
ses through the first. We repeat it that we of
fer these views of the subject as suggestions
merely, and hope that others will be more for
tunate in arriving at a positive certainty. The
perturbations have not been computed. It is
hardly possible that they can have produced this
alteration of the orbit." If such on alteration
has actually taken place, the powerful resistance
ofa medium near the sun—or actual contact
with the sun’s atmosphere can alone account for
it. Yours respectfully,
SEARS C. WALKER.
The Gazette remarks, that the general reader
can have little conception ofthe immense labor
bestowed upon this subject, which, we are credi
bly informed, has amounted to eight or ten hours
a day, since the 11th of March— close cyphering,
to say nothing of the ability required to direct
such computations correctly.
Cate Cod on Fire.—The Barnstable Patriot
says a great fire broke out in the Marshpee
Woodson Sunday last, kindled by fire from a
tobacco pipe, in the mouth of a Marshpee squaw.
Two thousand acres of woods had been burnt
over, and more than a thousand cords of wood
destroyed.—Cewr. Enq.
From the Lexington (Ky.) Intelligencer. ■
Power of Removal.
The extent of the present abuse of this power
is well calculated to induce an examinatiJXo
its origin, that, if possible, the evil should be
corrected. The federal constitution up!
on the subject. It vests the power of
ment with the President and Senate, but Sees
no express provision for the removal of public
officers. A just and reasonable construction,
“Ry*? er ’ °f t iat Potion of the Constitution
w Inch regulates and prescribes the manner of
appointments to office, would require the exer
cise ot the same authority to remove, that con
ferred the appointment—else a lesser authority
might undo and destroy that which a higher
power could alone establish. This view is
strengthened by a recurrence to contemporane
ous exposition of the Constitution. Alexander
Hamilton, whose authority, whenever it can be
brought to bear in favor of lessening the power
ot the Execusre, cannot be disputed, says, in
one of the numbers of the Federalist:
“It has leen maintained as one of the advan
tages to h? expected from the co-operation of the
Senate ii the business of appointments, that it
would contribute to the stability of the adminis
tration. The consent, of that body would be neces
sary to displace as well as to appoint. A
change ofthe Chief Magistrate, therefore, would
not occasion so violent or so general a revolu
tion in the offices of the Government as might
be expected if h« were the sole disposer of of
flees."
The numbers constituting the “Federalist,"
as every one knows, were written in defence and
support ofthe Constitution, and are regarded as
unquestioned authority as an exposition of the
views and intentions of the framers of that in
strument. There was, however, no express
constitutional provision upon the subject of re
movals, and Congress at its first session felt free
to exercise the power of vesting this authority
as it might see projier. Such was the confi
dence felt in the virtue and patriotism of the il
lustrious Father ot his Country, that it was pro
posed to give to the President alone the power of
displacing public officers whenever the public
good might seem to require it; and yet, notwith
standing the unlimited confidence felt in General
Washington, there were those who reflected that
there was no guaranty that the high toned inte
grity, the true virtue and lofty patriotism that
then adorned the Executive chair, would be con
tinued in those who might hereaiter succeed to
it. The proposition encountered determined op
posifion, anijL.was by the icuixlirg vote of
Jj —-vro-ftPresident, rtterelocr Adams, that it was
finally carried.
Such, then, is the origin of the power. You
may call it legislative censtruction of an im
plied constitutional provision, or you may throw
out of view the Constitution and deem it the
original action of the Legislature upon a matter
coming within the range of its authority. In
either case it has but the sanction of legislative
enactment, and it is entirely legitimate for the
same power to revise and remodel that enact
ment.
We have now traced the origin of this power.
Its abuses are numerous and glaring. We see
them every where around and about and among
us; and he who would not become acquainted
with them to his heart’s sorrow’, must close iris
eyes and stop his ears to things of daily and ha
bitual occurrence. We have also pointed out
the remedy. Has the evil assumed such a mag
nitude and importance as to require correction?
This is the only point now to determine. And
who can for a moment doubt it? What are
now, and what for two previous administrations
have been, all the officers of the Government
but the mere tools of the Executive? They
must do his bidding or they must leave his ser
vice; we say his service, for it is more his ser
vice than the country’s in which they are re
quired to be engaged.' They must enlist under
his banner—they must devote themselves unre
servedly and without a murmur to his purpose,
or their places are speedily supplied with more
pliant tools who will not hesitate to abandon
principle, sacrifice personal independence, and
yield up every other consideration for the sake
of office. For fourteen years has personal alle
giance to the Executive constituted the sole ten
ure of offices in his gift; but, until recently, a
becoming regard for the little virtue supposed to
be still larking among the people has .induced
those who practised upon this principle to cloak
it with a show of higher and worthier motives.
Twice only, and then by accident, was the truth
openly promulgated, when it was declared that
"to the victors belong the spoils," and upon anoth
er occasion that "the office holders are but the en
listed soldiers of the administration by whom they
are susto.ined." Now, however—and it will ever
be found that corruption grows bolder as it pro
gresses—it is officially proclaimed from the £x
ecutive mansion, and as it were, from under the
very hand ofthe Executive himself, that the go
vernment patronage is to be dispensed only in
return for political service. Honesty and capa
city are among the last qualifications sought for
in the bestowal of office; the first, the paramount
considention is the personal and political sub
serviency ot lhe applicant. To such a length
has this state of things been carried, that ap
pointments to office no longer afford a presump
tion of honorable or honest character, but rather
the reverse, since it can only be secured at the
sacrifice of principle, or at least that manly in
dependence which should characterize every
freeman.
But it were useless to dwell unon ♦?—
auu tAicm vi me corruption to which the
abuse of the power of removal has given rise.
Would to heaven that it were a matter with
which every one was less familiar, and of which
we had not such abundant and daily evidence!
There is but one means by which the evil can be
reached. Require the concurrence of the Se
nate in removals as well as appointments, and
you will banish from the land one of the most
prolific sources of corruption with which this
nation is now, ever has been, or ever can be
cursed, wffiile at the same time you will materi
ally diminish the immense power ol the Execu
tive, who is fast concentrating in his hands all
power, and reducing the other departments of
the Government to mere ciphers, making their
officers mere registrars of Executive edicts!—
Take from the President the power of removing
public officers at will, and you will have your
offices no longer filled by dishonest partisans,
willing to prostitute character and every thing
else for the sake of office. Honesty, fidelity to
the public interests, capacity, will lhen form the
requisite qualifications for office. Holding their
places by a certain tenure, dependent upon their
own good conduct, all temptation to err will be
removed, and the strongest possible inducement
for an honest, faithful administration of their
rusts will be held out to those in official station
A higher tone ot public and private morals will
at once take the place of the present debased and
corrupt state ol popular feeling which is daily
exhibited in all the various walks of life, from
he highest to the lowest, in public, official, pri
vate and personal transactions.
We have heard a great deal said lately of the
ecessit of checks and balances in «ur Govern
ment —ot the Executive upon the Legislature,
and the Legislature upon the Executive. Here
is an important part ot the machinery of Go
vernment which requires to be regulated and
adjusted. Here is a part which needs to be
checked, in order to restore the whole to a just
equilibrium. No pretended veneration for the
Constitution can be set up as a barrier to action
upon this matter. It requires not that a finger
should be laid upon that sacred instrument to
accomplish this important object. We invoke,
then, the assistance and hearty co-operation of
all who desire to perfect the noble work be
queathed us by our patriotic fathers, and let us
transmit it to posterity, not only unimpaired, but
enriched and improved by such means as expe
rience has pointed out to us.
The Isthmus Canal.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot, wri
ting at Cincinnati, gives the following informa
tion relative to the intended canal across the
Isthmus of Darien:
Mons. Ellet, the distinguished engineer of the
proposed canal across the Isthmus of Darien,
connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific ocean,
is now in this city, where he has, for some time,
been confined by severe illness. Mons. Ellet
informs me that he has agreed to complete the
canal within five years after reaching the
ground; to do this in the time proposed by him,
the labor of four or five thousand r. en will be
necessary, not one of whom is to be an Ameri
can—all are to be brought from Germany and
Ireland, the Americans being rega ded as too
independent to submit to the French and Eng
lish manner ot ruling the common laborer.—
The extensive London house of Barin'? and
Brothers are represented to be the heaviest stock
holders in this scheme, a scheme long kept se
cret until these gentlemen ag.eed to furnish the
funds for making the great M’Adamized re
running trorn the City of Panama to the Bay of
Chorera, according to the Company’s contract
with the Republics of New Grenada. This
road is about fifty* miles in length, passing
through a fine coal region—was commenced
in 1837, and finished five months since.—
The canal from bank to bank will be one
hundred and twenty-eight feet; at the bottom 67
feet in width—the whole length 48} miles and it
will have 4 locks. New Grenada has given to
the Company eighty-six thousand acres of land
along the canal’s line, in addition to which four
hundred thousand acres can be taken by them
from any other part ot the country*, unless pre
viously appropiated by government; however,
the present settlers along the canal are to. be
paid at the rate of one dollar per fanegude, a lit
tle over an acre, for the land they may own, and
the Company happens to pitch upon.
The extract from a London paper, now **oin**
the roundsof the United States press, estimating
the cost and probable profits of this great work
and als j the advantages, particularly to vessels
of America and Europe trading to the West
coast ot America, Australasia, Oceana, and
Eastern Asia is represented by Mons. E. as be
ing substantially correct, especially as saving
much time and avoiding the dangerous passage
byway of Cape Horn. It maybe interesting
to the mercantile community to learn that, in
stead of 16, the Company have finally decided
upon charging butß francs per ton on merchan
dize passing through the canal.
Col. Long ofthe United States engineer corps,
has made his head quartersat Cincinnati, to su
perintend the improvement of Western rivers,
where he will probably be killed by excessive
borings of inventors ot snag and dredging ma
chines.
A New Barometer.
Glspert, a celebrated optician in Paris, has
devised a n»w ml curious kind of Barometer,
W’hich is t A.'iluig much attention. It consists
ot a repiesentalii 11 of a rural scene, in which
two lovers are walking.—The lady carries a
parasol, and the gentleman an umbrella. In
fine weather, the parasol is opened and raised,
while the umbrella hangs in the hands of the
gentleman. At the approach of rain, the para
sol is shut and lowered, while the umbrella is
opened, and raised over the couple. The affair
costs forty francs, and sells very rapidly.—From
England, especially, the demand is very great
Remedy for Indigestion.—A friend has
handed to us for publication the annexed reme
dy for indigestion, a complaint which is so gen
erally prevalent in this country. It was com
municated to him by a gentleman in Great Bri
ain, who says in his letter on the subject—
“ Having suffered much from indigestion I
send you the remedy to relieve you. It arises
by rejecting too large a portion of the phosphates"
ol lime and magnesia contained in the bran in
making our bread: being quite sure that our
All-Wise Creator, in giving us wheat for our
food to support our frames, placed in it ever}’
necessary constituent for the health ol them, and
made known to us through progressive knowl
edge he is pleased to grant us. When, there
fore, you derive benefit from it, please to make
it known to our brethren in America.”
Remedy for Indigestion.—Boil half-a-pint
of white wheat three hours in a quart ol water,
or a little more if necessary.
Drink half-a-pint of the liquid, twice or thrice
in a week.
To Make Wui.lesoe Bread.—six ouncesol
bran boiled one hour and a half in five pints of
water; strain the liquid from the bran,and dilute
it with water, sufficient to make the bread.
Two ounces of salt.
Five pounds of flour.
Two table spoons full of yeast.
In baking a larger quantity, each article must
be proportiai ably increased.
A Valuable Chair.—The Newport Herald
‘Oates that the identical chair in which ,G<ffi j
Benedict Arnold sat, 180
ed and tfcprateT rfie clianer oT
of all the freemen of the colony, was introdneed'
into the Senate Chamber on Tuesday, andfilifo
by Gov. King.
The peak of one of the Helderberg moun
tains, about 12 miles from Albany, is still cap
ped with snow.
The Benefits of Advertising.
When a trade man has a quantity of goods to
dispose of, it is to his interest that the public
should be informed where he transacts his busi
ness, the kind and quality ofanicles that hedeals
in, and what special inducements he holds out to
purchasers calculated to make it an object with
them to bestow on him in preference to others,
the benefit ot their custom. For this reason, a
shrewd dealer will, in the first place, be particu
lar to look out for a suitable locality, where the
merchandise which he has to otter for sale, shall
seem most likely to find a ready, safe, and pro
fitable market. He will next take pains to pro
cure a store that may be considered the best
adaptedfor an advantageousdisplay of those com
modities peculiar to the line of business which
he follows. Then he will so endeavor to arrange
his assortment of articles upon the shelves, in
the windows, and otherwise about the premises
as to present his stock in the most attractive man
ner to the view of the public. One of the most
important steps after all, will be to call attention
to this establishment by means of advertising the
articles on hand through lhe medium ofthe pub
ic journals. This is the only sure way of ac
uiring that publicity to his name as a dealer, by
reason of which a large run of customers is so
often obtained.
It is a matter ol great surprise to many, how
large fortunes are sometimes accumulated out
ofthe simplemanulacture ofblacking, horehound
candy, pills and such other ordinary things,
which require neither talent, ingenuity, skill nor
great labor on the part of the producer. The se
cret of their success is easily explained. The
persons who have amassed wealth tn such cases
have been those who well understood the philos
ophy of advertising.
People now-a-days are in the habit of consult
ing a newspaper before they go forth to make a
purchase. They want to know something about
how an article is recommended, and wherein it
differs in point of superiority or cheapness, from
such as may be procured anywhere else, before
they take the trouble to ajiply for it.— N. York
Plcbian. )
Egypt— the Pyramids.—A Scientific Com
mission at the head of which is Dr. Lepsios,
has been sent by the Prussian Government to
examine the great architectural remains of An
cient Egy pt. 'The discoveries of the Commis
sion in the Pyramids have been pursued with
diligence and success, and much audiiioual light
is promised to be shed on objecw which have
so strongly attracted the atteuiion or other por-
r t |.. TA.v*- uno- filCt
from one of Dr. Ls last letters, comintnaJjTa
officially to the Prussian Government. It is aa
ted from Gizelt, at the foot of thu Pyramid of
Cheops, January 2d:
“What will you say when you learn that we
have advanced no f urther than this ? We ar
rived here on the 9th of November, and here we
have passed the first day of the new year. But
who can foretel the extent of the rich harvest we
may reap on this earliest scene »f this friskily
of mankind? it is incredible how little this
spot has been exj lored, though more visited
than any other part of Egyju. But it is my task
to gather the fruit, and 1 have no wish to dis
pute the claim to it with my learned predeces
sors. The best maps of this site hitherto pro
duced, represent two tombs besides lhe Pyra
mids, having particular incriptions and figures.
Now we have drawn a minute topographical
plan of the whole monumental [.lain, and on
this plan there are marked, independently ofthe
Pyramids, forty-five tombs, whose occupants 1
have ascertained by the inscriptions. There are
altogether eighty-two tombs, which on account
of their inscriptions or other peculiarities, de
mand particular attention.
With the exception of about twelve, which
belong to a later period, all these tombs were
erected contemporaneously, with or soon after
the building of the Great Pyramid, and conse
quently their dates throw an invaluable light on
the study of human civilization in the most re
mote period of antiquity, The structure, res
pecting which I could speak only from supposi
tion in my work on Egyptian architecture, is
now developed before my eyes; all the archi
tectural parts are perfectly made out; and to
my great satisfaction the suppositions 1 hazard
ed are fully confirmed. The sculptures in relief
are surprisingly numerous, and represent whole
figures, some the size of lite, and others ot va
rious dimensions. Their style of execution is
bold and decided, but evidently not restrained by
the laws of proportion, which at a later period,
were implicitly observed. The paintings are
on back-grounds of the finest chalk. They ate
numerous and beautiful beyond conception—as
Iresh and perfect as if finished only yesterday.
The pictures and sculptures on the walls of
the tombs represent, for lhe most part scenes in
the lives of lhe deceased persons, whose wealth
in cattle, fish, boats, servants, &e. is ostenta
tiously displayed before the eye of the spectator.
All this gives an insight into the details of pri.
vate life among the ancient Egyptians. The
scenes thus represented are explained by the
inscriptions, which sometimes n .me lhe nume
rous members of the family of the deceased, to
gether with all his lilies and offices. By the
help of these inscriptions, I think 1 could, w ith
out much difficulty, make a court c; lendar of
the reign of King Cheops. The most splendid
mausoleums are those < I the princes, w ho were
either relations of the king; or |«rs»>ns holding
high appointin'■» l r- r: 1 t it-. 1 ruse
structures ate nulmJ iu u.v yro.uuitty ol lite
Pyramids.
In some instances I have traced the graves of
father, son, grandson, and even great-grandson
—all that now remain of the distinguished fam
ilies which 5C90 years ago formed the nobility
of the land. The post of 'Superintendent of the
King’s Buildings’ must have have been in those
days of colossal architecture, t n appointment of
vast importance, and it was ft rquently given to
princes of the blood-royal. One of the most
magnificent tombs I have discovered here,
(which with many others, was completely bu
ried beneath the sand,) is that ot a prince of the
house of Cheops, who held the office of chief
superintendent of buildings. It may be presum
ed the greatest building ofthe age; the Pyramid
of Cheops was executed under the direction of
this personage. I now* daily’ employ fifty or
sixty men in digging, and in other kinds of la
bor, and a large excavation has been made in
front ofthe Great Sphinx.”
Curious Relic, — A Nut for Antiquarians.—
Mr. L, M. Parsons states in "the Lorain Repub
lican, that he has in his door-yard a block of
white limestone as near the form of a bust as
could be expected from the hand of nature. It
was found in 1838 by Alfred Lamb, in Brighton,
Lorain county, Ohio, covered with a thick coat
of Moss. In three places upon it, “1533”—and
when found there was a draft on the stone of a
three masted ship in full sail, with a flag upon
the middle mast. The stone was taken to the
house of Mr. Lamb, and boys cracked nuts up
on it until they entirely defaced the engraving of
the ship. Mr. P. states thereare numerous wit
nesses who give a corresponding statement a
bout the engraving of the ship, and the other en
gravings are still perfect and well executed.
On removing the stone frsm its erect position
a flat stope 8 inches in diameter 1} inches thick
has been found beneath it, upon which 1533 was
engraved upon the under side.
About ten feet from this stone, another stone
of like quality was found, six inches thick and
about three feet in diameter (six sided,) support
ed by three pillars eight inches long, of pyramid
al form. There was no mark of a tool upon
any of the stones except the engraving above
mentioned.
It is said there is no other stone of a like qual
ity in the vicinity where these curiosities are to
be found.— Cleveland Herald.
tuRSDAY MORNING, MAI 26.
| More Cheap Publications.
indebted to C. E. Grenville &: Co.
the Encyclopedia of Geography;
Potts and Mr. Smith, tales
by |s Ldslie; also, the Lawyer, his charac
ter t rule of holy life, by Edward O’Brien.
Lijf Djelegates to the Whig Convention
f I Continued.
kwefher John H. McMatb, Elisha Train-
m<llei»ry Harriss, Alexander Hall.
ino-A—James A. Meriwether, Dr. H. T.
SM, JuAius A. Wingfield, John A. Cogburn.
LpiA-Dr. Bomar, Willis P. Menifee,
D'lcntßirtli.
C. Perkins, Zachariah Bai
lu*yjjsoyiUer.lu*yjjsoyiUer.
C. Scott, Rufus W. McCune, Dr.
|’J Wright. _
Khat as the Crime? —The New York 'True
. ajate date says—“ The Independence may
bet Sfoitpected here from Pensacola, with
officers, Lieut. Homans and Mid
shfWshaw, under arrest; charged with the
«' ? pion of a revolting crime.”
arrived some days since
atra* York. Nothing was said, however, in
ot either ot the officers named being
unj r crest. We see by the Washington Spec
tati, mt “Midshipman Henry G. C. Shaw,’>
haiegned.
4w.eston Cotton Market.—The Mer
curcyesterday says:—The accounts received
yesriy by the Caledonia, seem to have im
pabdo our market a renewed activity—not
helm these accounts are considered ot a fa-
VQbe nature, but because they’ are not worse
taiiose received by the Great Western, and
a great measure had unsettled the
About 2000 bales were disposed of
if not at a slated decline, nevertbe-
to buyers; holders
—... ■ -I J. mg '... ;
previously rcftfSM.
■ H Steam frigate Union.
, Jfr/ational Intelligencer of Monday says;
frigate Union, constructed on the
Vof Lieut. Hunter, (and commanded by him)
tsorfolk on this day week for Boston, by
1 of the residence of the Secretary of the Na
j(on the eastern shore of Virginia,) having
, Passengers for the latter point the Secretary
1 his family. The weather was fine, and trip
ksant. What is of most interest to the Pub
however, as well as the inventor of the snb
i rged paddle wheels, is, that the Secretary’
tressed unqualified satisfaction at the per
mance of the Union, andfreely declared that
I tar exceeded his utmost expectations, and
is in fact triumphantly successful.
Southern Literary Messenger.
We learn from the May number, says the
iarleston Mercury, that this periodical is to
sold by lhe administrator of the late proprie-
L It offers, we should think, an excellent op
rtunity for a literary speculation. The fol
wing is lhe notice:
OL’THF.RN LITERARY MESSENGER FOR SALE.
Will be sold on Thursday, the 29th day of |
tie, at public auction, to the highest bidder, ,
i establishment ofthe Southern Literary Mes- :
sger, together with all the appurtenances
tneunto belonging, to wit: Printing Presses, ,
'ipe, Fixtures, &c. «c This pajter, in com
pent hands, will certainly yield a handsome
renue, as it did to its late proprietor, T. W.
Aliite, deceased. It is 100 well known to the
Itrary world to need any encomium from me.
Terms.—One third of the purchare money
wl be required in cash, and the balance at six
al twelve months from the day of sale, well
Mired.
Iny communications to the undersigned,
(pkt paid) will be promptly responded to.
RICHARD HILL, Jr.
Administrator of T. W. White, dec’d.
lon. Daniel Webster.—The New York
Hrald ot Sunday motning says:—Thisdistin
gtXshed statesman arrived at the Astor House
yeterday afternoon. It is understood that he
le.vcs on Monday.
Restoration of Com. Elliott!—lt is stated
tribe Philadelphia Sentinel, that the President
if the United states, during his present visit to
Tirginia, will take up and thoroughly examine
iito the proceedings of the Naval Court Mar
tial by which Commodore Elliott was suspend
edih 1840. From the tenor of lhe accompany
ing remarks of the Sentinel, we infer that ti e
1 t'iotfitai{>e restored to his former posi-
Storm and L\ ? „ _
„ \of Life in Baton Rouge.—
The Baton Rouge .
~ \eette of lhe 13th, states that
a strong wind accom.. . .
... , , , rued with hail, rain, ter
rible thunder and hghtt. , , . .
. , , passed over that part
of the parish known as tt TT .
„ , . Highlands on the
Tuesday prev.ous. A you. c an( , raith _
ful negro boy, belongmgto &
struck down and killed bvthelik . ’ _.
• The
Gazette says;
“Cotton gins, stables, sheds, fences,
blown down and away. Coni, cotton, cand, Pr< j
other tender vegetation were cut up by the h?. 1
The tornado spread over a tract about two mile!
in width only, and its devastation ceased after a
journey of a tew miles. In other parts of the
parish, the rain was abundant and refreshing.
Vegetation is pushing on at a rapid rate.”
From the Mobile Advertiser.
Let it Never be Forgotten—That the
countrv was in a very prosperous condition,
when Gen. Jackson was elected to the Presi
dency, and that neither party then found any’
fault'with the currency or with a United States
Bank, which had been the agent for the Govern
ment for forty years, and never lost a dollar ot
the public money.
That Genera! Jackson assailed the Bank be
cause its Directors relused to make it a political
machine, and he took Irom its vaults the public
money, and put it into the vaults of numerous
pet banks, telling them through his Secretarv, to
discoant freely upon it.
That these pet banks did as they were requir
ed, aid thereby’ caused other banks to loan free
ly, and hundreds of new banks to be chartered,
whicl made paper money so plenty that it be
gan t» be used lor speculating purposes.
That these speculations were so numerous
anti reckless, that the sales alone of the Public
Lan* rose from an average of about three mil
lions :>f dollars a year, in value, to twenty-five
millims in the year 1836; and imports increas
ed even in greater proportion, and all trade and
coinnerce was driven forward into the most
reckless and ruinous excess of speculation.
That in this same year, 1836, the last ol Gen.
Jacksm’s adminis'ration, he relet red in his mes
sage o these ruinous speculations, in the public
lands a.- an indication of public prosperity! and
his party through the country called on the peo
ple tisu-tain his administration on account of
theAt’A andA/«d jo-fees which thev obtain
ed. '
N«W, NTI E OTHER HAND, LET IT NEVER BE
Foßtori RN —That the present exhausted and
deprisseii condition ofthe country is the effect if
the RtAC : ION if the SPECU LATING TIMES of Jack
soa yi I '. an ilnren—that when the speculating
/. -lite "ounlry in 1836, the country Jill
ptO'l) ‘c :>ei ! Mibi :! ltd— nns
hroueb •«*'■■■■ so"- ' '• ■" •' c' -F ;tc.:ivted by
Whij’stutesnieii, m.eiiusß.puaialion, Bankrupt
Lavs Slay Laws, <f-c.
£3*A brilliant ball was given on board the
U. S. ship Pennsylvania, at Norfolk, on Wed
nesday evening, the 17th inst. by Capt. and Mrs
Zanttinger. The Beacon says:
Tie entire deck was converted into a ball
room; a rich canopy decorated with flags of
variats nations being spread over head, and the
deckfastefulv frescoed, with mottoes intersper
sed. At the extreme end of the ball room was a
grotti with arched bowers, in ti c windings of
whick the ftiir waltzers looked like so many
sylpfe and fairies—gracefully floating as it were
on tie air, when moving to the strains of deli
cious music.
Tip spar deck, first, middle and lower gun
deck>, were decorated with evergreens and bril
liantly illuminated, the captain and officers of
the ftnnsylvania exhibiting the greatest cour
tesy n escorting the guests aiong the decks and
through the compartments of this magnificent
vessel Nothing could exceed the beauty jmd
order ‘very u*here conspicuous.
A splendid supper, with a table beautifully
arranged, was set out in the cabin, on which was
spread out the choicest viands and richest con
fectionaries.
Tilt Boundary Survey.—St. John, May 9.
—Three of the gentlemen connected with the
Boundary Survey, arrived here in the North
America, from Boston. Theirnames are Cap t.
Boughton. Capt. Robinson and Lieut. Pipon,
all the royal engineers; they came from Eng
land to Bcstot by the Steamer Hibernia. Mr.
J. D. Featherstonhaugh, who has been for the
last two years employed in surveying on the
Disputed Territory with Captain Broughton,
hasbeen there for the last fortnight.—Lieut. Col.
Escoun, the commissioner, has been at Bangor,
according to the terms of the Treaty, and will
be here with the next steamer from Eastport.
The surveying party expect to commence
their labars in the forest about the beginning of
June, and if the American Commissioner, Mr.
Albert Smith, accedes to the arrangements pro
posed by Lieutenant Col. Escourt, a great num
ber of men will be employed, who, by being di
vided into parties at different points, will ex
pedite the progress ofthe work—which, however,
under the most faverable circumstances, is ex
pected to continue two years.
From the N. O. Picayune.
Important from Texas.
By the arrival, yesterday, of the steamship
New York, Capt. Wright, we have Galveston
dates up to the 16th inst. The news will be
found of unusual interest.
One ofthe most important items is the pub
lished fact that a large force left Texas early in
the spring on another Santa Fe expedition, al
though this time their object is war and not
traae. Some time in March, Col. Snively re
ceived a commission to raise a body of 300 men
in the frontier counties of lhe north-east, for a
descent upon Santa Fe and the capture of the
tyrant Armijo, and the traitor Lewis, and furth
er, to inflict suitable punishment for the barba
rous treatment visited upon the tradit.g expedi
tion under McLeod anu Cooke.
The Galveston Civilian of the 16th instant
states, that “the principal difficulty was, not to
raise enough men, but to keep from raising too
many. Five bundled are known certainly to
be in the field, and it is thought that the force is
nearer eight. The place of general rendezvous
was Coffee’s station, the time the 15lh April.—
The men were to elect their own commander at
the place of general meeting, and march imme
diately.”
The whole thing has been kept a secret in
1 exas—and in this the editors of that country
have pursued the wiser policy. The calami
ties which betel the former Santa Fe expedition
were in pan caused by the to. great publicity
given of its movements.
The route taken by the present expedition is
to the south of Red River, ouly crossing the
stream when the road rendered it necessary.—
Military operations were to be exclusively con
fined to the territory of Texas and of Mexico.
The St. Louis road will be entered 150 miles
from Santa Fe, within the territory of that de
partment.
Col. Snively is a prudent, brave and merito
rious officer, and if he is in command of the ex
pedition, we may look for the most favorable
results.
The Civilian says that “the city of Santa Fe
will be entered, and, if it is deemed prudent, and
the people ot the country are ableto distinguish
their friends and benefactors from the tyrants
and blood-suckers who now oppress them, a de
scent will be made upon Chihuaha, and the
whole of Northern Mexico may be revolutioni
zed.”
By far the most important news brought by
the New York, is the fact that Gen. Houston has
issued a (proclamation denouncing
Com. Moore as a pirate, arid making waVnpon
the Mexicans contrary to his orders. The Com
modore is moreover charged with acts of diso
bedience, contumacy, and mutiny, by Houston,
is declared suspended from all command in the
navy of the Republic of Texas, and is ordered
to report forthwith, in person, to the Head ol the
Department of War and Marine of that coun
try. We now give the two concluding para
graphs of President Houston in his own words:
“And 1 do further declare and proclaim, on
failure of obedience to this command, or on his
having gone to sea, contrary to orders, that this
government will no longer hold itself responsi
ble for his acts upon the high seas; but,in such
case, requests all the governments in treaty, or
on terms of amity with this government, and all
naval officers on the high seas, or in ports for
eign to this country, to seize the said Post Capt.
E. W. Moore, the ship Austin and brig Whar
ton, with their crew’s, and bring them, or any of
them, into the port ol Galveston, that the ves
sels may be secured to the Republic, and thecul
prit or culprits arraigned and punished by the
sentence of a legal tribunal.
“The naval powers of Christendom will not
permit such a flagrant and unexampled outrage
by a commander of public vessels of w’ar, upon
the rights ot his nation, and upon iris official
oath and duty, to pass unrebuked; for such
would be to destroy all civil rule and establish
a precedent which would jeopardize the com
merce o f the ocean, and render encouragement
and sanction to piracy.”
This proclamation is dated at Washington,
on the 23d of March, and signed by Houston
himself and the acting Secretarv of btate, John
Hall./
It is seldom that we have been more aston
ished than while leading this document of Gen.
Houston. We do not know how far Commo
dore Moore has disobeyed the orders ot the Ex
ecutive of Texas, who has very probably com
manded him to do many things he was'utterly
tinabL-to obey; but under the present circum
stances to thus publish him as a pirate and mu
tineer, is an act we never supposed Sam Hous
ton would be guilty of, and we are utterly at a
loss to imagine how he can justify his conduct.
While Mexico is at war against the Govern
ment over which he has rule; while armed
bands from the former country are continually
making inroads into Texas, carrying her citi
zens into the worst species of captivity after de
stroying their property—while all this is going
on, an officer ofthe Texan Government, princi
pally through his own exertions, fits out a little
squadron to act against the common enemy, and
for so doing, is publicly proclaimed an outlaw
and a pirate! Houston may have reasons for
this unaccountable course, but for the lives of
us we cannot fathom them.
In the meantime, Com. M. has the sympathy
and best wishes of almost every man in Texas;
and even should be be biougtii <0 cruivvoivu a
prisoner, not a tribunal could be found to try
him. Should he succeedin capturing the Mex
ican steamers, and bringing them safely into the
harbor of Galvesu n, he w ould be hailed with
acclamations by the entire population, while
Houston would descend to an infamy his acts
are fast hastening him towaids.
From all we can learn, Com. Moore is acting
under sanction of Col. Morgan, one of Hous
ton’s commissioners, who has even written a
letter to the effect that he is perfectly satisfied
with the Commodore’s movements. We also
find the following letter in the Texas Times of
the llith inst., from Com. Moore himself, which
shows that Col. Morgan fully sanctions the
course he has pursued :
Texas Sloop of War Austin, outside N. 1
E. Pass, (Miss.) April 19, 1843. J
pinckard, Editor of Texas Times,
. ''Galveston, Texas :
in ttn^, ent m y be j n g declared, by Procla
mation ov e p res! id e nt, as a pirate or outlaw,
you win pt\, e state, over my signature, that 1
go down to' a\ c j. t | ie Mexican Squadron, with
the consent ‘■ n KuH concnrrence of Col. James
Morgan, Y. ls Nn board this ship as one of
the car) _, j n to effect the se
cret act of t ongressK relation to the Navy,
and who is going with im Relieving as he does
that it is the best thing tha. coulJ be done for
the country
This ship and the brig have ex. el , ent men O n
board, and the officers and men ar*..,n c,, r
the contest. We go to make™r</rXa/7in,°-
gfcto turn the tide of ill luck that has s 0 ] o ng
been running against Texas.
You shall hear from me again as soon asnos
sible. x
Yours truly, E. W. Moore.
We have not the room, at present, to say as
much upon this subject as we could desire, or
enlarge upon its different bearings. At another
time, we shall dwell more at length upon Hous
ton’s conduct. We cannot close, however,
without stating our belief that the indirect call
made by Houston upon foreign Governments,
to seize the vessels of Com. Moore, will not be
respond, d to. Even ifthey have the power to
interfere in a matter ot th s kind, before any
thing will be done, Com Moore will either have
been himself destroyed by the Mexican squad
ron, or else «ill have taken the latter and bring
it safely into Texan waters. Should the latter
be the i- ue, Sam Houston will ascertain his
own im- otenee, and the commander of the Tex
an squacron will be hailed as one ofthe great
est ben-f .ctors of his country.
A pal y of Mexicans, numbering some 15,
were re ently attacked by a small company of
Texan s, ies < n the Nueces, and all were killed.
The Te; ns were commanded by Capt. Wells.
Out ofa patty ofß Mexicans, who w™
~ i - near scgftrtia row days since,
t*Ao « < -il a tw.-.c, mer ino e wounded
by .x.iu. in. \... ■■ w<m m piusuit.
The report of Capt. Cameron’s safe retreat,
with a portion ofthe Mier prisoners, isstill con
fidently believed in Texas. Many say that lie
is now safe among the Apaches, but we can
hardly credit the news.
Gen. Lamar intends to make Austin his per
manent residence.
The Texan papers contain a list of the propo
sitions made by Santa Anna to the people of
that country. The Houston Telegraph inti
mates that Judge Robinson, the bearer of these
propositions, first addressed a note to Santa An
na, assuming for himself the right of making
peace, and that he did it solely for the purpose
of attaining his own liberation. We give the
4th proposition of Santa Anna, premising that
the Dictator saysthat unless it is agreed to, none
of the others will be entertained or even listened
to:—
4th. That the inhabitants [of Texas] will lay
aside their arms; and it is one essential and pos
itive condition that they* recognise*in Mexico
her right of property to the territory, and ac
knowledge the sovereignty of the nation, her
laws, ordinances and general orders.
It will be some time, we imagine, before Tex
as agrees to this.
Houston has issued a proclamation calling
upon all the armed bands in the West to dis
perse, with the exception of that under Major
JohnC. Kays, of Bexar.
The Santa Fe Traders.—Later dates from
St. Louis inform us that a party* of the traders,
who left Santa Fe about the first ol April, have
already* reached St. Louis in safety, and that the
rest are near that place. This party numbered
some 180 and came by what is called the lower
trace. It is thought that Warfield is en the up
per trace, on the look out for a party of Mex
icans.
Ten men are now in the jail at St. Louis
awaiting their trial for the killing of Chavis.—
Among them is Dr. Prefontaine, who looks well
and betray’s no serious concern about the scrape
he has got into. In fact they all entertain but
little apprehension of the result of their coming
trial.
A party ol traders are about leaving Inde
pendence for Santa Fe. A party of Mexican
troops w ill meet them at the lines, and by many
it is thought that Warfield has not a force suffi
ciently large to attack them.— Picayune.
New York Money Market, week ending
May 20.—The general appearance of business
is daily becoming more satisfactory. The
large importations of sjiecie in teluin flu the
crops of the country, and its gradual diffusion
throughout the interior, in place ol importations
ot meichandize, have placed lhe pending busi
ness upon the soundest possible basis. Stern
necessity has tor the las’, three or four years
comjtelled the practice of lhe most rigid econo
my, and the restoration now going forward may
be considered as its fruit.
We have doubtless imported and ordered
more specie than our purposes required, or than
was our legitimate share, and some of it will
work its way back again the moment importa
tions to any extent are resumed. But the banks
now hold a much greater amount than they have
ever had before, and would no doubt part very
cheerfully with one half their stock. The mer
chants from the interior have bought more free
ly than they have done for two or three years
past, and the payments of old arrearages have
been made quite as satisfactorily as at any time
within that limit.
So far as business is concerned matters ap
pear to be resuming their former channels, and a
more cheerful and confident feeling pervades
the community. Money is, if possible, more
abundant; loans have been made as low as 4
j>er cent, and from the present appearances the
prospects are favorable for a continued plenti
fulness, for some lime to come. The danger
we have all along apprehended from this condi
tion of things has been that the sad lessons
taught us by experience during the last few years
might be speedily forgotten, and that in place of
a gradual improvement upon legitimate princi
ples, we should have the fitful fluctuations ot
speculative movements.
These we conceived to be opposed to the true
interests ofthe whole community, speculators or
otherwise, and we doubt not that those whose
fortunes, created upon the prices of 1839, have
vanished into thin air, will fully agree with us.
The genius of the people requires nostimulant
to set them in motion when lhe prospects are at
all|favorable. They wiligoquitefastenough,and
the more judicioussystem, in our view, israther
to exercise a sound caution and check too rapid
an advance, so that our progress may be more
permanent and the country be less subject to
violent fluctuations.
Since the sailing of the Hibernia a very mod
erate business has been done in toreign ex
change. The quotations are somewhat lower,
and the demand at the moment quite limited.
We quote on London 108tol084 .
Baris 5f.27k-05f.30
Hamburg .35j®351
Amsterdam I* i
Bremen..*. 771®-
The fluctuations in stocks have not been as
considerable as during the last three or four
weeks. The prices have been generally main
tained, and the appearance of the market is
favorable to a continuance of the present rates.
The operations in stocks are daily becoming
more extended, and attention is directed to many
descriptions which have for some time been neg
lected.
Since our last notice the result of the propo
sals of the Ohio commissioners for a loan of
81,50,000 has been made known. It appears
that of this amount $600,1X10 have been posi
tively taken, and lhe parties subscribing nave
the option of taking the $900,000 at any time
prior to the Ist of September. Perhaps nothing
could give better evidence of the improved feel
ing of the communitv than the fact here stated,
as it is unquestionably true that if those propo
sals had been made three months since, the re
sult would have been a total failure. Thechange
which has taken place in the prospects of busi
ness seems to have inspired a greater degree of
confidence in state securities, and investments
are made with more freedom. We only hope
the States will project no more new improve
ments until those unfinished are not only com
pleted, but proved to be profitable. A judicious
economy on the part ot the States, and an un
flinching determination (0 persevere in the es
tablished systems of taxation to meet their pay
ment of interest, will have the effect to restore
the confidence of capitalists both at home and
abroad. — Com. Adv.
A writer in the Whitehall Chronicle says eve
ry administration should be known by its char
acteristic cognomen; as for example:
Mr. Madison’s as the War Administration.
Mr. Monroe’s do Pacific do
Mr.J. Q.. Adam’s do Economical do
Mr. Jackson’s do Experimental do
Mr. Van Buren’s do Stealing do
Mr. Tyler’s ' do Treacherous do
Counterfeits.—One dollar bills, purporting
to be issued by the Bank of the Slate ot South
Carolina (old emission) seem to be increasing
in number at this place. We have seen several
within a few weeks, which were taken by per
sons not much accustomed to handling money.
We have recently heard the opinion several
times expressed, that there are persons in some
of the upper Districts who either manufacture
such bills, or are well supplied with them from
a distance. It would be well for our citizens to
be on the look-out lor such “harpies,” as it is
jirobable someot them may be secured.—Green
ville Mountaineer.
Ovuner. wnicii nitsxtetm a’sort
of half Tyler paper, contains these paragraphs:
Rumors.—As time and chance happen to all
men, the rumors of removals and appointments,
which float about in State street from day to
day, may or may not be true. —The rumors of
yesterday were, that Nathaniel Greene, Esq.,
was appointed Postmaster, vice Geo. W. Gor
don, removed: Seth J. Thomas, Esq., Navy
Agent, vice J. Vincent Browne, reformed: Hon.
Robt. Rantoul, Collector ofthe Port of Boston,
vice Hon. Levi Lincoln, to be translated to lhe
gubernatc rial chair of Massachusetts in 1844.
N. B.—Mr. Rantoul had not teceivedthe ap
pointment o collector yesterday, at ten minutes
past 11 A. M.
“Thomas J. Whittemore has been appointed
Postmaster at Cambridge.”— Post of Friday.
Steamboat Explosions.—A writer in the
Journal of Commerce thus describes an inven
tion to prevent boilers from bursting, patented by
a Barnum, and in su: cessful operation on board
the steamboat Croton.
This apparatus consists of a float upon the sur
face of the water in the boiler, which of course
sinks as the quantity of water in lhe boiler is di
minished, and lowers one end of a lever, to
which is attached a rod with a button on the
end, which opens an orifice by which the steam
escapes irom the boiler, and is conducted to a
separate engine, which jiumps water into the
boiler until the float has reached its proper ele
vation, when the steam is shut off. Now it will
be perceived that this plan cannot fail to keep
the boiler full of water if it operates properly.—
But should the water fail to be pumped in, the
float sinks still lower and another stopper is re
moved, and steam is conveyed directly into the
engine room telling the engineer, in language
tfot to be misunderstood, to pump water into the
boiler. Every contingency appears to be provi
ded for. This process is performed as well
when the vessel is at rest, as in motion; and the
foam of the water in the boiler cannot prevent
the salutary action.
Jj-We have seen and admired the beauty of
the firmament at various times and in different
places—at morning, when the rising sun reflec
ted on it lhe light ol its bright and virgin purity
—at evening, when, before setting, he imparted
Io it a rich and golden glow—and at night when
studded with billions ol brilliant stars, it seemed
a zone ol diamonds. We have seen it in the
North, v hen radiated by the aurora borealis, and
in the South, when the peculiar combinations of
climate 1 nt it their attractions; bnt never did we
see it so nilt ly grand, so sublimely beautiful as
it looke.. >ll 1 uesday night. From the zenith
to the horrizon it was a succession oflight blue,
trailer® 111 on ill'L'.lnd lookedlike an aerial chrys
.—Hizeu P.e, which froze while the waves were
in a st;,c undot-u: >■
less be.. . y.-- I*i
The Ruling Passion.—Ctesar folded his robe
around him and fell with dignity “even at the
base of Pompey’s Statue.”
John Adams died on the 4th of July, 1826,
the 45th Anniversary of American Indepen
dence, with the word independence on his lips.
Thomas Jefferson’s last words on the same
day, were—“ Warn the committee [of public
safety] of their danger.”
Napoleon died with the professional phrase
"Tele d’armce," trembling on his tongue.
General 1 larrison’s last words, [supposed to
be addressed to Mr. Tyler] were—“ Sir, I wish
you to understand the true principles of the go
vernment. I wish them carried out. I ask
nothing more.”
Bunker Hill Monument.—lt appears from
the official statement that the whole expense of
the structure was $100,963 68; and the iron
work, conductor, &c., cost some $721 more.
It is estimated that the expense has been lessen
ed one-half from the amount which the obelisk
would have cost had everything been contractea
for at the usual market prices. At the market
prices the expense would have been 8200,000.
The sum that was available to the committee
at the commencement of the work was $33,576;
about one third ofthe amount required.
The Washington Monument, at Baltimore,
which contains only half of the number of cubic
feet; and the material of which is lar inferior in
quality, cost $220,000, more than double the ex
expense of this. The new Custom House in
Boston, though of far different construction, con
tains only an equal amount of cubic feet, and
has already cost the sum of $700,000, and will
require some $300,000 more to complete it.
From Antigua and St. Thomas.—The Br.
brig Halcyon, Capt. Dean, arrived at this port
yesterday, from Antigua via St. Thomas. She
sailed from the former on the 6th, and touched
in at the latter port, on the Bth inst. Capt. D.
brought no papers. He informs us that slight
shocks of earthquakes continued to be felt in the
island.
By an arrival from Point Petre, Guadaloupe,
at Antigua, two days before the H. sailed, Capt.
D. learned that fourteen American vessels had
arrived within a short time at that port, and pro
duce and provisions of all kinds were very dull
of sale. The market was so much overstocked
that three had left, without discharging their car
goes.—Savannah Republican.
From the Nashville Banner.
Corn Htalk Sugar. I
It will be recollecled that we published a com
munication 111 November last Hum Mr. \V. C.
Rogers on the subject ofthe manufacture of Su
gar irom Corn Stalks. The fetter below irom
the same source further explains the process, and
more f ully describes the mill used for extracting
the juice Irom the stalk:
Caledonia, Henry County Tenn i
March 24, 1843. J
Dear Sir: I have received various letters ask
ing information about the construction of Mr.
Vaughan’s Mill for making sugar from Corn
stalks, the manner of cultivating the corn, pro
cess ot manufacture, Sec. To save the trouble
of ittture enquiries, 1 send you this communica
tion, which you will oblige me by inserting in
the Banner.
The millis comjiosed of two upright rollers,
one 58 inches in length, lhe other 46, which are
secured by a strong frame 8 feet long, 3 feel wide
and 30 inches high; 17 cogs on one roller work
in an equal number of cogs in the other, and are
moved by a sweep; lhe short roller has a body
24 inches long, 20 inches diameter, a neckpiece
at the top to be inserted in lhe irame 8 inches lung,
10 inches diameter, a cog space immediately un
der the top neckOinches long and 17J inchesdi
ameter, and a neck al bottom 8 inches long, 10
inches diameter, making its entire lengttt 46
inches. The long roller is of the same dimen
sions, with similar body, neck piece and cog
pieces, with the exception that 12 inches are add
ed to the top neck ol the long roller for the inser
tion ofthe sweep.
In grinding, the stalks are passed by hand be
tween the rollers, and Hie juice is squeezed out
on their passage. If not sufficiently pressed out
on the first passage, they are returned a second
time between the rollers. The juice is caught
by the bottom piece ofthe Irame, which is three
feet wide like a platfonnjand sloping on one side
so as to make it run out into a vessel placed there
for the purpose.
After the juice is obtained, it ought not to stand
more than an hour for fear of fermentation. It
is then placed over the fire and as it begins to
boil carefully sk burned. VV hen boiling the scum
should be rapidly removed as it rises.
If some ofthe syrup can be taken between the
thumb and finger and w’iten moderately cool a
halt inch or inch long can be drawn, it is thought
boiled sufficient. If you wish only to make sy
rup it is not boiled quite so much. To make it
grain into sugar a lew spoonfuls of limewater
has been recommended.
The only fixtures used by Mr. Vaughan in
boiling were a common ten gallon pot and three
other potsofabout the same size. _The nrocgss
is nerctaer intricate nor tedious. Lorn standing
in the field may be cltt, ground up and converted
into elegant syrup in three or four hours.
From the foregoing description it will be seen
that the principle upon which the mill is con
structed is the same as that of Mr. Webb’s of
Delaware, as described in the June number of
the Albany Cultivator for 1842, with the excep
tion ol the dumb returner or third roller, which
is not found in Mr. Vaughan's mill. The pro
cess of boiling ami manufacture is the same.—
Neither the plan ofthe mill or process is new;
mills of a similar description have been Heed by
planters in the lower part of Georgia for making
sugar and molasses lor the last twenty years.
To Mr. VVebbol Delaware, is, however, due the
great credit of substitutingCornstalksfor canes.
Is it profitable ? is a frequent question. Mr.
Vaughan thinks he can make sixty gallons of
molassess per acre, which, at present prices re
tailing in this neigiiborhood, would yield a pro
fit ol 25 or 30 dollars.
When the manufacture becomes common in
lhe West, such is our unbounded capacity for
making corn, of course the profits would be no
minal. But if only made for family use, it will
be a great saving, and become, when we get in
the way of making plenty of molasses, an actu
al blessingtochildren and negroes. Three days
are sufficient to grind up and make 60 gallons
of molasses, and the work will come on at a sea
son when the time can be easily spared. The
refuse juice is alone valuable lor making a most
grateliil beer and good vinegar.
As to making sugar, Mr. Vaughan failed in
the last year, but will plant 15 acres the present
spring and “try again.” The supposed causes of
his failure I gave you in my communication of
October last.
The corn I had like to have forgotten to men
tion, is the common sort of corn, planted and
cut in the same manner as any corn, with the
exception of removing the shoots as they appear.
Mr. Vaughan cut his corn as lhe fodder began
to ripen, at which time he thought the juice
would be most apt to be matured; of course he
stripped off the fodder before he cut it. Cost of
Mill, $6.
American Sculpture.—This magnificent
art seems to have outstripped all others in this
countrv, in the proportionate number of its pro
fessors’ tn the rapidity of their progress, and in
the accomplishment of successful endeavors.
Powers, Clevenger, Brackett, and the incompar
able Greenough, have all done much to raise the
standard of Art in America to a high and envi
able station.
Greenough is in Washington superintending
the removal of his immortal Statue of Washing
ton from the Rotunda ofthe Capitol to the east
ern garden.
Clevenger is in Italy, with his hands full of
rttxu Kipittiy auvauciug I*- r
tion. Ha has modelled an ideal bust of “The
Lady of the Lake,” and also one of an Indian
Warrior, which are attracting a good deal ol at
tention among the isiters at his studio.
Powers is also in Italy. He has been made a
professor in the Academy of Art, at Florence,
and is a great favorite. He had just completed
a model of bis “Greek Captive,” and his “Eve”
is already begun in the marble.
Brackett is in Boston ; h’s head of Dr. Chan
ning is highly spoken of. It is a pity that a
young man of fancy like his cannot find a help
ing hand, to enable him to study, like the rest, in
the best schools of sculpture. He has it in him,
and needs but the sunshine of encouraging
smiles, and the support of a friendly hand to
bring it out, with honor to himself and to his
country. — N. Y. American.
The Fell Destroyer.—An incident occur
red in the neighborhoou ol our office a few days
ago, which reads a more impressive lecture on
lhe effects of intoxicating fluids than Pollard
himself could deliver. In a small brick tene
ment dwelt, or rather existed, a lone and solita
ry couple, husband and wife, without any visi
ble means Os support, yet giving themselves up
to intemperance, as it drinking was the sole end
and aim of their being. It was on Saturday
night last that a physician was called in great
haste to this abode of wretchedness. His visit
was brief, it was to ascertain whether there
might not be a temainingspark of life that by his
skill could be made to 1 e-animate the wile, who
lay a corpse upon lhe bed; she had just commit
ted suicide 1 The story ol her death was told
by her besotted husband. He had tumbled down
upon the bed early in the evening, overcome by
liquor, and fellasleep. About eight o’clock he
woke up, and the first object that presented itself
to his view’ was his wife suspended f rom the top
of the bed-post by a cord round her neck. He
rose from lhe bed, with as much haste as one in
his condition could exert, cut the cord, laid her
on the bed, and went lor a doctor. The wretch
ed woman had not drawn a sober breath for three
weeks; and the re-action of much excitement
which Nature could no longer sustain, had pro
duced what is commonly called “lhe horrors” —
a state in which existence is intolerable; and she
had committed suicide by hanging herself.
They were English people, who had seen better
days and moved in respectable society. The hus
band had lollowed the sea as a ship-master, but
heavy misfortunes which he had not the moral
stamina to stand up against, overwhelmed him
—be abandoed himself to the bottle, and his
hapless wife became his partner for woe, as she
had been tor weal.— Norfolk Herald.
A N EDt.t: Manufacturer.—Among the
many c rious things 1 was permitted to exam
ine at I: vet straw, nothing awakened so
L' lei- • • .. h nisewile rejoice with me. V* e
are no .•* i.e t.cj.endeni on foreign coun
tries for an article of such primary necessity as
needles. This, lam fold is the first attempt of
the kind in America, and is now almost perfec
ted. I saw needles in various stages of the pro
cesses by which they are made from the wire
prepared on the same premises; and was sur
prised at thef acility afforded by the curious ma
chine w’hich human ingenuity had invented to
lessen the manual labor, and multiply the results
of the numerous operations. The wire is first
cut into lengths, which will make two needles
each. The depressions where the eyes are to be
made, and where the grooves ate found in the
finished article, are stamped in both needles by a
single stroke of a machine, with which a single
hand can turn 0f1'30,000 in a day. It is then
turned over to a boy, who, with a another ma
chine, punches the eyes, and again another sep
arates the two needles, and smooths away any
irregularities left or made by any of the former
processes But the eye of the needle is still
rough, and must be bored by another process,
which leaves it so smooth as not to cut the thread.
After this a man grinds a handful at a time on a
common grindstone, holding them in his left hand
and giving them a perpetual rotary motion with
the right, so, that, when lheoperation is finished
they int.s...; round as well as sharp. They are
now to be “ch. hardened.” and finally bur
nished, all of whictriswfcne by simple processes
in which immense numbers Cjp be subjected to
the operation at the same time 'Ar. Bond's let
ters from Rockland.
£>We cut the following from Chandler’s’T.
S. Gazette.
A man cannot possess anything that is better
than a good woman, nor anything that is worse
than a bad one.
Witty Retort.—The minister of the town
of Abby, [Ashby?] Massachusetts, by a strange
concatenation of events, became semewhat un
jxipular among the people ; and they, to shew
their spunk, at a March meeting elected him hog
reve. The gentleman elect happening to be pre
sent, rose and addressed the moderator thus:—
“Sir, I was chosen some years ago as pastor of
this flock, but as my flock has turned to swine.
I think this change of office exceedingly appro
priate. I will endeavor to serve according to the
best of my abilities.” 4
I he Last Bachelor.
scrap book which we chanced to
of our rambles a few days since,
jllowing amusing history ot a
ib, which we recollect to have
?ars ago. Those of our readers
I it, will doubtless be pleased to x
fuaintance with the quaint, phi- ’
am Cotjiss,” and to those who
so fortunate, we beg leave to in
"the last Bachelor"— of that club.
le Last Bachelor.
v 4S ’ J ear ’ s Eve in 1820, that twelve
y g protessnuxiif men sat around the table ofa
rile doll* had been re
but an’expressive'blac? b < ‘! lpon lhe niaho K an y
Lnirit, J^ P t u n 1 bo,lle ‘ an<J a single thin
P The Old B ‘“ S^ l ' a ”hmember.
hn.i h r.?i h sI . rUL and the last
table' gt^ostofffiemd'yearpasseiiove'r I ’’
“No, no 1” timidly remonstrated Earnest Gour
lay, a pale graduate just frmi the University
who sat modestly at the bottom of the table, “no
no! it is a sad hour not a merry one' We have
lost 100 many hours of the year to throw away
the last. Let us lie rational until the clock
strikes, at least, andthendrink if you will For
my part 1 never pass these irrevocable periods
without a chill at my heart. Come St John in
dulge me this time! Push back the bottle!” lhe
dark eyes of the handsome student flashed as he
looked around, and the wild spirits of the club
were sobered lor a moment—only !
“ Good advice,” said Fred Esperel, a young
' physician, breaking the silence, “but like my
own pills, to be taken al discretion. Sink mo
ralizing, I say. There arc times and places
enough ..hen we must be grave. I for one will
never mope when I can be merry; what say,
O'Lavender ? Fill your glass and trump my
philosophy.”
“Smother me! but you're all wrong,” hiccup
ed lhe dandy, who was always sentimental tn
his cups, “Gourlay, there—l am shocked at
your atrocious cravat, by the way, Earnest—
Gourlay is nearer to it—but—but he smacks of
his vocation ! No preaching, let us be—pass
the bottle, Tom —sober. S -nd for a dozen
‘white top,’ and when the clock strikes twcl—
twelve—how those olives make me stutter I—
seal it up, solemnly, for the last surviving m-m
--member—solemnly, I say?”
‘VViiat’.sthe use.’thundered Tom Corliss, who
till thetrnra Dotlie had not spoken a word, and
Irom sundry such symptoms was.xitrongly sus
pected to be in love, "who would drink it? not 1
faith ! What, sit down whcti such fel
lows 'slept without their pillows,’ to drink! It’s
an odd taste of yours, my dear macaroni! It
would be much better to travestie that whim,
and seal a bottle of vinegar for lhe last bache
lor 1”
This proposition was received with a univer
sal shout or approbation. The vinegar was or
dered, with pen, ink and paper. Gourlay wrote
out a bond by which every member bound him
self to drink it, in case it fell to his lot, un the
night lhe last man, save himself was married;
and after passing round the table, it was laid
aside with its irregular signatures, till twelve.
As the clock struck, the seal was set upon the
bottle, and after a somewhat thoughtful bumper,
the host was called, and the deposit with its
document, was formally charged to his keeping.
It was on the last night of 1830, that a gentle
man, slightly corpulent, and with here and there
a gray hair about his temples, sat down alone at
the club table in street, » ith a dusty bottle
and single glass before him. The rain was
beating violently against the windows, a»l in a
pause ofthe gtist, as he sat with hands thrust
deeply into his pockets, the solemn tones ofthe
old South striking eleven, reached his ear. He
started, and seizing the bottle, held it up to the
light, with a contraction of the muscles of his
face, and a shudder of disgust quite incompre
hensible to the solitary servant who waited his
yleasure
“You may leave lhe room, William,” said he,
and as the door closed, he urew from his pocket
a smoky, time-stained manuscript, amt a num
ber of letters, and threw them impatiently on
the table. After sitting a moment and tighten
ing his coat about him in the manner ot one
who screws up his resolution with some diffi- >
culty, lie filled his glass from the bottle, and
drank it with a sudden and hysterical gulp.
“Pah! it cut like a sword. And so here 1 am
—the last bachelor! I little thought it ten years
ago, this night. How fresh it is in my mind!
Ten years since, I put lhe seal on that bottle <
with my own hand. It seems imjxissible. How '
distinctly 1 remember those dozen rascally Ben
edicts who are laughing at me to-night, scaled
round this very table, and roaring al my propo
sition ! All married—St. John, and Fred Espe
rel. and litlle Gourlay, and to night, last ol all,
O’Lavender has got before me. And I aiff—
it’s useless to deny it—the old bachelor. J, TOlll
Corliss, that am as soft in my nature as a ‘milk
diet!’ 1, that could fall in love any time in my
life, from mere propinquity ! I, that have swort
—and broken—more vows than Mercury I A- J
that never eye, ni.r touched a ilelt-
-esice
making love presently to its owner! I, TtflJM
Corliss, an old bachelor! Was it for this 1 flitl*<a
ed with you, ? Was it for this 1
ed shadow iltree nights successively to you,
tered you into the beliel that you was a wit, anas:-
found you in puns a fortnight to keep up the 11-- A
lusion ! Was it forthis I foreswore laughter, oK-.ri
serious , and smothered your moth«ra|
with moral saws ? Was it for this, I say, that I,'
have danced with the time-out-of-mind-wall
flowers, and puckered my wits into birth-dawß
thymes, and played groomsman monthly ani ; )
semi-monthly at un unknown expense for netv
kerseymeres and bridal serenades? Oh, TofltSK
Corliss! Tom Corliss! thou has beaten the
bush for every body, but hast caught no bird,
thyself!
And so, they have each written to me a letter ®
as thty promised. Let me see:
Dear Tom —How is the hippocrene? I think ®
1 see you with lhe bottle belote you ! Who “
would have dreamed that you would drink it? I
am married as you know, and my children sing
'we are seven.’ 1 an. very happy-very. My
wife you knew her—is a woman of education
and knows every thing. I can’t say but she
knows too much.' Her learning does [tester me, .)
nowand then—l confess 1 think if I were to 3
marry again, it would be a woman that did'nt
read Greek. Farewell, Tom. Marry and be
virtuous Yours, Harry.
N. B. Never marry a ‘woman of talents.’
Ha! ha! ha! ‘happy—very happy.’ Humbug,
my dear Harry ! Your wife is a blue, and viru
lent as verdigris, and you are the most unhappy
of Benedicts. So much for your crowing.—
We’ll see another:
'Tqm— 1 pity thee. Thou poor, flannel-wrap
ped, forsaken, fidgetty bachelor! drink thy vine
gar and grow amiable! Here am I, blest as
Abraham. My wife is the most innocent—that’s
her fault, by the way—the most innocent crea
ture that lives. She loves me to a foolish de
gree. She has no opinion but mine, no will of
her own—except such as I give her, you under
stand—no faults, and no prominent propensities.
I am as happy as I can expect in this sad world.
Marry, Tom, marry. ‘The world must be peo
pled.’ Thine ever, Fred.
N. B. Don’t marry a woman that is rcrnatk- ,
able so. her simplicity.
I envv not thee, Fred Esperel! Thy wile is a
fool, atid thy children egregious ninnies, every
one ! Iho i wouldst give the whole bunch of
their c; : rotty beads for thy liberty again. Once
more:
Tom —My lad get married! ‘Matrimony,’you
know, is like Jeremiah’s figs, the good very
good lie test of the quotation is inapt. My
wife is the uietlmst «>«"■? in the t”' l - >'• 1
i A,,, uy t tie way!—my house is the
resort i ah th- gay fellows about town. I’m
quite li. ..i. , .y u ile is, that is to say—evely
where. 1 am excessively happy—excessively—
assure yourself of that. I grow thin, they say,
but that’s age. I’ve lost my habit of laugh
ing, but that’s proper, as I’m warden. On the
whole, however, I’m tolerably contented, and I
think I shall live these ten years, if my wife »
settles down, as she will, you know. God bless “
you, Tom. How is the vinegar? Well, marry!
mind that. Yours always, G.
N. B. 1 wouldn’t marry a beauty, Tom.
PoorGourlay! His wife’s a belle, and he’s
as jealous as Bluebeard—dying absolutely of
corrosion. It’s eating him up by inches. Hang
the letters! they make me melancholv. One
more, and I’ll throw the boding things into the
fire:
My sweet Tom—l hope the gods have pro
mised thee a new weasand. The vinegar im
proves, doubtless, by age. It must be a satis
faction, too, that it is nectar of your own bot
tling. Here 1 am, the happiest dog that is cou
pled. My wile—l took warning from Gourlay
—is not run after by a pack of puppies. She’s
not handsome, heaven knows—l wish she were
a trifle prettier—but she’s as good as Dorcas.
Ab! how we walk and talk, evenings. I prefer
that time, as 1 can imagine her pretty; wnen I
don’t see her, you know, Tom. And how we sit
in the dim light ofthe boudoir, and gaze at each
other's just perceptible figure, and sigh! Ah,
Tom! marry, and be blest, as I am!
Yours truly, Phil.
P. S. Marry a woman that is at least prettv,
Tom.
The to Is forbid that 1 should marry one like
yours, Phil! She is enough to make one’s face
ache! And so you are all discontented—one's
vjjfe-is too smart, another's too simple, another’s
too pi tty, apd another’s too plain! And what
might nofrnitt"have been, had I too been irrepa
rably a husbanc
■ *J® ma ’ Ud bachelor.’ I didn’t think
it though till na'.Wjud isA my lol> wilh all
my peculiar ntft>.**A Tv with all my
dreams of woman, Ry romawetTWy -skill in phi
landering, is it m- sot to be laid on the shelf,
after alii AmZto be shunned by sixteen as a
bore, to , at by schoolboys as an old
bachelo'r to be invited to superannuated tea-
Irinkitgs, to be quizzed with solicitations for
founding hospitals, to be asked of my rheuma
•.isnf and pestered for snuff, and recommended
icwaim chairs? The gods pity me!
But not so fast! What is the prodigious dis-