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THE TIMES,.’
8 P" bl “ h * d •▼•ry Wednesday morning.
IN THE GRANITE BUILDING,
Corner of Oglethorpe aiul Randolph streets, hv
*• FOKSITII, * W. L,. J£T£R;
proprietors.
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tinued until ordered out, and charged accordingly. ;
Legal Advertisements published ut the usual
rates, and with strict attention to the requisitions ;
of the law.
Shkrivk’s Salks under regular executions, must !
be advertised for thirty days; under mortgage j
rt fas, sixty days before the day of sale.
Salks of Laud and lVogroes, by Executors, Ad- J
miuiat raters or Gumdians, for sixty days before
the day of sale.
Sales ofporsonal property (except negroes) forty
DAYS.
Citations by Clerks of Courts of Ordinary, upon !
application for letters of administration arc to be ■
published for thirty days.
Citations upon application for dismission, by j
Executors, Administrators or Guardians, month- j
ly for SIX MONTHS.
Orders of Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied with
a copy of tlio bond, or agreement) to make title |
to laud, must be published three months. I
Notices by Executors or Administrators or Guard- j
ians.of application to the Court of Ordinary for j
leave to sell the Laud or Negroes of an estate,
four months.
Notices by Executors or administrators,to the j
Debtors and Creditors ••fan estate,for tx Weeks ,
ffj* Letters to the proprietors on busmens, must
bo post paid, to entitle them to atteutio i.’
LAW NOTICES.
William 11. Itfarttn,’
SOLICITOR and attorney at
law.
tJfricE, in Girard, Alabama.’
Wj j ESP EG r FIJ LL V teuil* rs Ins profession'll l
MMtf es vices i tlio public generally ; betakes this J
method of apprising, his patrons, tnat he makes no :
collection's sot le.- than.ten per cent, on dny sum !
uot cxceddiftg one thousand dollars, his reasons for ;
this p-rfbii -ation, is q gva general notice lo those who 1
have already tntru.-t'Jil .him With their business, with- ‘
out spccitl contract ; tWt they may withdraw the
■airte Ifihey prefer, aim all future patrons if any, may
Expect to bo governed by this,ic£ fee. • •
\VM. B. MARTIN.
..January 8, IS4&- ;; ... £—lf
LAW NOTICE.
William B. Pr/o>
Tttf AS settled himself in tjjc Town of LaGrange,
JEjRL Troup county, Georgia, and will practice
tew in the counties of Troup, Meriwether, Cowe a,
Cainpball, Carroll and Heard, of the Coweta Uiicuit
Harris, Muscog-e and Talbot of the Chatta
hoochee Circuit.
- Dec 13, IBf4 51~1 y .
Taylor Ac Goncke,
i . j
Y’S AT LAW;
i
CutW&kkt, (Randolph countV )Ga.
rlirE having ngsocin ed themselves ‘
.JL in 4 th£practice wf ‘he Law, will their at *
trillion’t/> V'.y iVtsioess'Cetfided tofliem'iiV t fur conn- i
fir if uCßandolph, Early, Baiter* Le**,SiViuter. Dooly
and Decatur in the South\voiierri,-and Stewart the
Chatfaliooc ice circn t. They will sSO attend the
courts in' B'jVFe’or and lfeiiry counties in Ahtbanm. i
WILLIAM TAYLOR.
, . iASWtS A.GONkKK.
NoVervher T3 194*. 416- l‘v. i
Clini cs S,’
ATTORNEY AT LAW;*
Crawford Ala.
4*i& - J
MS. ut. Piatt.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
A'efxß'y,’ Baker County,'Ga.
Jin 11,I 1 , pfri I—'f ’
Ifltnr HI. Belli tin tV ji
J
CuItfMKUS, G.V.
Office in Riiiijjf’ dl*buddings, on the V\ est j
side of tttotal Street, opposite the Mn'Jiot-House.
He will practice iutSr! douulies oftlie ChaUalioouheu f
Circuit. Feb £l. 1844 B—if (
Ac Steplrciisou,
ATTOR N E Y S X T L‘A’ \V;
GA. ‘
I IMF.* s}'.* y t
JAM as L. J
Frh 28. __ __ 9—ts ,
mrTicK
THE tftAKr haVe formed a’ portn’ersTiip in
the p/adtiiie oflw and will attedd to business
a the OhattalmdcHb'o Circfiit and il\e adjheent coup
es 4ii Alabama. 6ilice near tdie Market House,
J6HKS6N & WILLIAMS.
James Johnson,
Wiley Williams/ /ad‘. 20. 3-1 f
LAYV KOTI^E.*
THE undersigned have nssociliipd Joii'N A.
Jokes, Jr., with them in’ the of the
Law. Their business will be Irapsapted in ihv name
of JONES, BENNING & JONES.
SEABORN JONES', .
HENRY’ L. BENNING.
Columbus Georgia, May 1843-*—22—if.
COLQUITT & COOK,
AT.VORN £ Y’S A'T LA*#;
LA GRANGE,’ GEORGIA.
Will practice in the counties of Troup, Meriwether
Coweta, Fayette, and Carroll!
Walter T. Colquitt, Columbus, Ga.
Wm. C. D. Cook, La Grange,
April 23 3 1 ~ 11
DISSOLUTION.
THE Ln\v firm of IVERSON, FORSYTH
& MEIGS, is dissolver! ,by Ire retirement,of
H. V. MKIGS. Esq. Tire b isiness of lire offire
will be cotiliotnrl by Alfred Iverson, and John For
ay(h, under the style of
IVERSON & FORSYTH.
.ry y, & F, have removed lo th e new building
Ktwt sijeof Broad Street, rtf'nr the Market. Otllce
,p stairs o’ er M. Brantian’s Slo're.
Nov 20, 1844. . At—t
FALL AND W INTER
S. B. HAMILTON,
{Xexl door lo James Kivlin.y
HAS commoner; and receiving a large slock of Fall
and Wutter Clothing, wlrieli will be Boldchea|Y
for cash. * m 7
Clonks and Overcoats./ ,
Beaver, Pilot ami Flushing Over coats and firoik
Bine, Black, Olive, Green rind Bro>vn, FroA and
U.-eseCiate. Cass Tivcde and Satlinett Sack and
Frock Coats, Kentucky Jeans Froek, Dress and
Sack Coats,
Pantaloons.
Black and Blue OlJm anl Cast Pan's,
Ii igonal. Plaid ands rncy Cass do.
Satinet, Tweede nnrl J cans do
Vests.
Plain black and figured Satin V cats,
Black silk velvet do.
Fij. “ “
Woolen “ “
Cloth, Cass and Casbimoro “
Dent’s Dressing Goumis.
Hal* and Oapt.
Merino, t,ainb and Flannel ahirts and drawers,
While and colored Li ten and Muslin shirts,
Suspenders, Stocks, Collars, Cravats sod Gloves
Cotton, Silk and Merino half hose,
Silk and Cotton utnbreKaß &c. <ftc.
October M 1841: 43—If.
DISSOLUTION.
T IE Copartner-ihip heretofore existing unJer tlie
firm of m3 TER & WARD, is this day
I dissolve! by mutual cof> sent. Tife business of the
1 firm will bo attended to byjbhn Ward, who will be
l found at the ol i stan l. Those who are indebted
re ‘ , ' ,es,eii W C 1” m N“‘tJTfesAa,
> . JOHN’ WARD.
J/’wk ‘hjmbus, Jan. 1,1815, 3—3 t
FORSYTH & JETER, eiJitoss]
SCHOOL BOOKS!
TAKE NOTICE ’
MUCH has beti said about setting at
and tfing enabled lo do so because o
having bought a large nock in New York, extremely
! l'w for eftsn ; an I also, about veiling Books ll> per
[cent, lower than N. Y. pii6<, &c. J*c.
j Genilrnien, what does all this me n? ShotsM wp
not he willing t > let the people judge fo‘r
J This is our principle and ever hae been. Now a'l
’ that we have lo say ,in the matter is. that we have
jili • largritt and bt%t assortment nf School and Classical
J}toks v.ve r offered in this market, (at least the pu -
lie tell us so) aid tint we can a-dl u little louxr chan
any other house w.thin fify miles of us; notwith
standing! however!
New Book Store, 2 doors below tho Posi-Office.
J. M. TARBOX, & Cos.
Jan 1. 1844 1 —if
Just Received per Steamer No
tion,
! A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
DRY GOODS,
! Consisting of many new and desirable style*. AH
l of which, will he di*po?ed of on the most fivorabh
terms. The pubi c are respccifullj invited to call
and examine the same.
IVES &, BROTHER.
Nov. 27, 1344 48—if
NEW CASH STORE !!
It RAD LEV’S A DEAUION,
HEALERS
Foreign and Domestic!; Fancy and
§TA P L K
11. & A. BRADLEY, ?
CHAS, DEM MON, V
3rtaiitlol|>li’ St. tilunitrWs, Ga.
Nov. 6, 1844 45—(f
WAREHOUSE NOTICES.
Fireproof wareSuitse it
TIHE stthscribers beg to announce to their friends
, and customers, that they will continue the
Warehdusc and Commission Busi
ness,
At the old slan I f>rmcrly occupied by Messrs Sfrriith
Hayward & Cos.
Feyling grateful to our fr iends for the liberal pat
ronage bysropred on our former firm, we would re
spectfully solicit a continuance t their favor. Tnose
who may entrust business to out 1 care may rest as
sured of our personal aitenti n, and best efforts to
promote their interest.
(O” We are prepared to supply our planting cus
tomers, with
Bagging; Hope and Twi/te,’
And any o her goods they may wish, at the lowest ‘
market price.
it/* Liberal advances will bo mad a on Cotton, or
.. H. S. SMITH rs- CO.
H. S. Smith,
W. A. Redd.
Coiumbus. Oci. 30 1844. 44—ts.
FIRE-PROOF WARE-HOUSE.
COLUMBUS GEO.
J. C. & F. Y. .^USE.
(SurcesKO.t to Mall, Rure & Cos )
THE undersigned having taken trie well known
Fihe-Pkoof Wakk-hou.'E f rmerly occupied
l]y Hall, It use k Cos., under tlu’ir veivicus to iLi
nr re nil sol lire lac concern and die piihlir gt m-rti ly,
for the Stoking of Coit and other Mki.chan
bis£, and the l ansactiou of
C commission Bud ness
in nil its branches; pledging themselves to n>e every
exWti ni to promote the interests and lo render
faptiofi so those who in iy confide b.isincas to their
charge. , .
On bind a large supply ct
Rope and Tu iilfo,
whicn wi’li any other articles will he furnished to
our customers at the lowest market prices.
They will endeavour’ to make advantageous salts
of Cotton *hn de.-ire 1, mid will advance liberally on
;ne in Ware-li *use or on consignzjieiit 16 their
friends at at the North or Europe.
v . J. C. & F. N. RUSE.
Cdhunbu* Sept. 11 1844 37—ts.
SANFfTKD & B U Ts ‘Jf,
GENERAL COMMISSION”
• a rs and
FORWARDING BUSINESS,
Arat-Alwcoi.*.; Fi;a.
WOrfliD rS|idctlv offer tiieir services to their
friends, and lire public, in the alrove lm.—
Ajsj will give porHonal ot-trilioii to all
ous’ii-jss confided to tiieir care.
The usual advances made on co’ton shipped.
Tttos. J. Sanford, Glennville, Ala, )
M. M. Butt*,.Apalachicola. y
Nov'enmer 13,1844! 4d-~3pu!
riIDIIAS
COMMISSION ME RCH ANT
APALACHICOLA,
, 4 .
WILL continue trie Commission and General
Agviiky business at the above place. The
usual fucili i<-s affjrdt and to all those di*pos and to sld|
cottons to nnv Foreign |or\ or any port in the United
.’Stiitc-r. Receiving forwarding business, sirtctly
and promptly attended to.’
August 7, - 6tn
WARE- II OUSE
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
undeisigned have s assooiated togetner tm- i
JL -lei the firm of YONGE, GARRARD, and ;
HOOPER,f r the transaction of a Ware-House and (
Cptntnißsion Business; they occupy the huge Fire ‘
Proof Ware-House, known as “Yonge’s Ware-
House” and solicit from their friends and the public
generally, a *hare of patrbnAge.
WiVt.F. YONGE,
W. W .GARRARD,
; RICHARD HOOPER.
Colnmbiis Geo. May Ist, 1844. 18—ts.
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THE Subscriber having removed to this r.ity, of
fers his services to his friends and the public
g nerally in the above line of business, either for the
purchase'or sale of Cotton or the sale of Goods on
Wholesale. As ho intends devoting all his time to this
business, he hopes that he will be enabled to give
general satisfaction to those, wtifr witt favor him with
Uifir custom.
Ilfs office lor the present wi l be at the late office
of the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company.
6 PAUL KO36IGNOL.
References.
Messrs. Pillot & Leßarbier, N. Tolrk.
do W. Dearing,&Son, Charleston, S.C.
John Bones, Esq: Augusta, Georgia.
Artemas Gould, do do
Jas. Eraser, do do
Robt Campbell, do dp
George Hargraves, Esq. Columbus, Ga.
John Banks, dp do
John Wuolfolh. do do
FOB SAUK,
Qibfk BAGS Rio Codec.
rj"U Apply as above.
Juno 5, 1844. 23-If
“ Notice. ~ ,"... ’.
A promissory note made by Francis B. Lewis, to
the undersigned for twenty-five dollars,
sotno limb in April 1841. The public are cautioned
from ttading fdr the above note, as the same is my
property, 1 never having transferred it-
W. S. MeGIBONY.
Dec 25, 52- 3t
THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.
COLUMBUS, GA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 22, 1845.
MUSIC.
CHAS. D. WE EDEN, professor of Music,
respectf.illy inform* the citizens of Columbus,
that he his arrived in this place, where he intends
to locate permanently ; and tenders his services to
all who may wiplr.lnstrjcijcn upon the Piano Forte,
Oigan, Flute, and m Thorough Base.
C. D. VV. will also, form a C ass for Instruction
in Vocal Music, (See Advertisement.
C. D. VV. has taken Room No. 2, under Lyccurii
Hall.
j REFERENCES.
M. Wellborn, | \Vrn. L. Wynn.
Duct. Bovkin. 1 Rev. T. B/siade,
Win. Rudd, J f 11, Groooale;
A. H. Cooper, J R. B. W. Mur.ro,
Jan 15, 1845 3—3 t
JIEW GOOOS ! jfisw GOODS ! i
fIAHF. Biilßcriber is rqw receiving at the old store
JL former y occupied by M Stewart &
Fount line, ami more recently by Mess-rs. Hill, Daw
son & Cos, an entire new and ilesirablc assorUnent of
FAMILY OROUFISIES &C. &C.
which he offers to the public ut prices to suit the
times. H. McKAY. ‘
Dec. 4,1?44. 49—-f 1
gQiJBZVm&e
A CHRISTMAS lIY’MN.
BY LON•FELLOW.
It was the calm and silent night !
Seven hundred years mid tifty-thrce
Had Kome been growing up lo ii.iglu,
And now was •pieen of land ami sra !
No sound was In ad of clothing wars—
Peace brooded oYr ilie liuslicd doinaiu ;
Apollo, Pallas, Jove and Mar*,
Held undisturbed iheir nncient reign,
111 the solemn midnight,
Centuries ago T
’Twit in the calm and sib nt night !
‘J’be Senator of haughty Rome
Impatient urged his chariot’s flight,
From loralv revel ro ling home !
Triuniphul at chef, gleaming. hwII
His trcHt with thoughis -f boundless away
What recked the Roman wlrat belcl
A paltry province faraway,.
In the solemn midnight,
Centuries ago ?
Within that province far away
Went plodding home a weary boor ;
A streak of light before him lay.
Fading through a half-shui stable dooi;
Across his path. He paused, for nought
Told what was going on a>iiljir:';
How keen the stars 1 Ins only thw mht 1
The air now calm, snd cold, and thin,
In die solemn midr.ight,
Ceniuiies.ago !
Oh ! strange indiffeience ! low and high
Drowsed over common joys and cares ;
Tln eunh was still, bui kui w not why :•
The world was listening—unawares !
How cairn a mony-nl may precede i
One dial slrdl thrid'the uo'ld for ever .’
To that null moment none
Man’s doom was linked, no more td sever/
In the solcti a midniuhi,
Cen I'.fries ago !
It is dir calm and s6l inn u glii !
A ihousund bells ring out, and
Tlu ir r .vmis pealjj va'di arid r-niite
The darkheiK —cliarmud anil holy now!
The n-gtit ihat • rst no shauie had wo.n,
‘i n it n happy name is given,*
For in dial riablo lay, low b rn,
The peae. foT Prince of earth and heaven,
in the solemn midnighi,
Ccntuiirs ago !
THE PATRIOTISM OF WOMAN.
BY MBS. SIGOUIt NKY.
Hoyy. sluill we aid the land we l<ve ?
OVf dusty lotnrs o pure ?
Aid caieli ibr wairior’ wrathful mood
From Amazonian ore ‘/ j
No, i t jV, no.
Ami I the strife of angry miiulfi
VVidi lilted voice f io\e ?
Or whm* tue long prue ssioti wind*,
Boldly to mu, and move ? ~
No, ftiitcr, no.
Tn our place, the hearth beside,
.'1 he patriot’.* heart to elirer,
f i lie yt ring unfolding rniiid to gufle,
The I ut lire sage lo rear, —
Wlure sleeps the cradled infant fuir,
To Wtt'ch \y irti love, hud kneel in prayer,
Soothe each sad soul with pity’s smile,
And frown on every lat ni wile
That threats the pure, domestic shade;
Sisters, —so best our life shall aid
The land we love.
lIISCELfiASY.
THK CHItISTIAN MAIDEN.
BY Mil BY V. SPENCER.
[From tlte I.nfiics’ Nn i >nal Mugaz'ne.]
‘•A'.vVy with liiT—shti. blaspheme, ttie yd,—let’
her be east to the lions.”
It was a higifojjity in Carthage. The sun
shone with enclbutled splendor on the
wtiile palaces that glil eted along the beau
tiful biy of tlie Nuinidian city. The streets
were ttiiongeil with the populace in gala
dresses, for it wps a fes'ival in honor oftlie
gods. Towards the greal ha.l ul'justice a
crowd poured continually, though .the av
enues leading to it were blocked up; but
the rumor had gone abroad that a Mazarine
irlajdeu was tliat day to be tried, and’ the
public curosity was alive to behold her de
meanor or hear her fate.
Within the hall there was scarcely room
to stir. ~A’ dense mass of spectators filled
it to suffocation, and ii was with difficulty
that the officer's could keep the crowd from
encroaching on the’ space reserved for the
judges.’ The “most intense excitement per
vaded the apartment. The audience as if
impatient of control, heaved to and fro, and
more than once an i;.effectual attempt was
made to rush on the prisoner, while ever
and anon the shotft would’ rise from’ the
crowd,
“Away wiih her—she blasphemes thet
gods—let her he casfto the lions.”
The object of this angry cry’ was’ a girl, j
scarcely yet in her eighteenth summer, and j
surprisingly'lovely. She stood at the bar!
witliclasped hands amt uJt-lil'ied eyes',’ hhV
iips moving as if in prayer, apparenlly re
gardless alike nf the howls of the thoh and
the angry looks of the judges.
•‘Will thou sacrifice? Again I ask thee,
wilt thou sacrifice? 1 said the piat’.or stern
ly re me mber— to refuse is daath—.he em-’
perbr is inexorable.”
Tlie maiden convulsively wrung her
hands, aiarjve tear drop stalled in her
eye. A breathless silence ensued.’ Not
withstanding the cries fbr blood, the spec
tators weie agitated by many and varlops
emotions. Some were secretly favorable
to the new others pitied the
accused on her youth and beau
ty, but at least lialT of the audience we're
bigoted Pagans and thirsted for death.—
These being the most brutal, had the as
cendency, as in every popular tumult. But
all kept silence now, awed by the feelings
of suspense which ever’ attend the crisis of
.ftnother 1 s fate or our own.
To the tnaideu those few moments of
silence were crowded with recollection.
The events of her whole life rushed past
her. She saw once more the pleasant val
ley where she had spent her childhood.—
She beard its cool waters, the tustle of its
palm trees, the tinkle of its sheep hells on
‘.he distant hill. Then other associations
rose up before her. Sire saw hfcrself atv
tacked by an angry wild beast, and saved
only by the javelin of a cbar.ce traveller, a
young Nuinidian hunter. The gratitude,
deepening into love, which ensued ; the
mutual pledge of fidelity till death; their
separation in consequence of his entering
into llie army and being ordered lo the
German frontier with his cohort, moved be
fore her like scenes in a magic phantasma
goria. Then came her conversion to Chris
tianity, her sei ret baptism in an upper
chamber where the persecuted sect met,
Iter arrest an l imprisonment, anti now this
scene! She felt that she stood alone, with
no friend nor relative to advise: an orphan,
poor, and o’ a despised religion. Oh ‘ if
iter brave sol 1 ter had been there, she knew
she Would have one bosom lo lean oil in
this terrible crisis. 13ut no pitying eye
looked on her from the crowd, ami seas
rctfed liettv xl her and her hold lover. Yet
though thus deserted, her fail It did not de
sert her. In rat nest prayer she sought from
j heaven, and lie who stood by Polycarp a
i mong the lions heard her ciy. The mo
j mentary weakness brought on by her re
| collections of how many dear lies yet bru :d
her to earth disappeared, and she looked
■ firm!y at the judge, her iorm erect, and her
I eye life that of Stephen when he confront
j ed his murderers.
: “Wilt thou sacrifice? I ask fur the third
: and last time,” demanded the prattor.—
i “‘Cast incense upon the alter of Jupiter and
thou shall besaved, Refuse and thou diost
ere high noon!”
The spectators bent eagerly forward and
held their breaths, to catch the maiden’s
answer:
“I ant a believer in Christ,” she said
cal.nly, ••Hint wlio.n ye calf the Nazirene.
I cauiiot sacrifice to false gods ‘ Do with
me as you will.”
There was something so meek, yet dig
nifiod and courageous in these words that
the mob’s fury was fra moment elicited in
admiration. Liut their heathen prejudices
and and thirst for blood soon attained the
asceffdency ot better feeling. A low sullen
murmur ran through the crowd like the half
stifled growl of a tarnished wild beast which’
grailu,illy deeponed into a shout ; and then
caiue execrations and cries for vengeance.
•“Away with her—she blasphemes the
gods—let her be cast to the lions!” roared
the angry multitude.
lit m hast chosen thy fate,” said the
judge rising. “ Away, with her to the li
ons,” ,
The maiden turned deadly pale, buttliongh
only a weak woman, she evinced no other
sign of horror or ,leat. When the soldiers
apprjuchnd to seize tier, she shuddered for an
instant, as if site already felt the fangs of the
lion; hut immediately this trace of emotion
vanished,'and she signed fit them to lead on.
Vet there was sti.l 1, ft one mortal leeJingin
her bisom. As she stepped from the bar she
shrouded Iter face in her veil to conceal it
’root the gaze ol the crowds.
“To tne lions with her! Let Iter he cast
to them at once. 1i o ! for l lie amp hit iicatre’
shouted the crowd, rushing tumultuously af
ter the condemned maiden struggling and
lighting with cacti oilier to get near tint they
might spit upon the prisoner, and now and
then lasiiing themselves into a fury so great
that it was with diflictiity the soldiers could
keep the mob from tearing her limb from limb'.
The slight frame of the maiden now shook
perceptibly with terror, for though she had
nerved herself to face the lions, her viigin
delicacy effrahli from being mado the victim
oi a coarse and brutish rahlde.
In this mantlet her conductors struggled
thro’ttie streets, until in sight ot tlie amphi
theatre. Here at the corner of one of the
ways, they were met by a vast crowd com
posed of the lowest mob of the city, who
hearing ot the condemnation’ of a I'ctzarone
had gathered together ripe lor mischief. LeJ
on by some ot the vilest of tiieir demogogues
they had resolved to assault the officers in
charge of the prisoner, they might sacrifice
her more summarily than by the lions in “.he
arena.
‘“Stand back 1” said the captain of the guard,
unsheathing his svfoid, as be saw the threat
ening aspect of the cro'.vd.
“Down with him !” cried one of the rabble,
hurhng a missile at his head. “Give us tiie
prisoner, or you die with her.
“Close in men, close iri !” shouted the offi
cers undauntedly. You pay with your lives
for the safety ol the prisoner.”
The little hand gathered in a compact cir
cle round the maiden, and prepared to main
tain the unequal contest.
“Down with them all,” shouted one of the
most prominent ts the rioters, “soldiers and
prisoner —they ate scarcely ‘ Nazacenes.—
Down With them!”
With these words he headed a rush oftlie
crowd tliat bore hack the scanty band oftlie
soldiery, like leathers that are swept by the
gale. Stones and bricks, meanwhile, tilled
the air, ami tliougtr tbe soldiers were defend
ed by shields, several were wounded. The
prisoner, in tliis onset, would have fallen a
victim to the missiles of the mob, but for two
of the more humane of the soldierv, who
covered her with their bucklers. Thus push
ed hack bv the guards retreated against the
wall of a neighboring house, and being now
covered in the rear, essaped with more hope
of success to make good their stand until
succor should arrive Irom tlio city legiona
ries.
But the futility of his hope was soon jap"!
parent. Tito mob swelled rapidly, extending j
tar down the thoroughfares on either hand.
The whole city seemed up. There were
doubtless among the crowd many who were
secretly lavorable to the prisoner, and a still
greater number'wliq wished not’ to see her
per.sh except by a lawful death, but the more
violent, it not most nutnertnous, had attained
the temporary ascendency, and the others,
uncertain of their power, were afraid io move
lii l(pr behalf.
More than half of the guard had now fallen;
the others were worn out and wounded. The
soldiers began to murmur.
“Why should we die to protect for an hour
or two the life of a Nazirenel” said
one of them. “Comrades, let us surrender
her to the people.”
A sullen murmer of asdenf ran'along’ the
seamy ranks, and thtS mob, hearing the mu’
tinous words, desisted, and broke into huzzas.
The maiden saw that her hour had” come,
and sank shuddering to her knees, lifting her
agonized eyes to heaven in a last appeal.—
Suddenly, over the deep roar of the hufczas,
rose the trumpet of cavalry, and the pave
ment seemed to the kneeling girl to rock be
neath Iter, under the tramp of many horse
men. She started to her feet with Budden
hope. The shouts ol the'populace had'ceas
ed simultaneously ; and now was heard,'close
at hand, the clatter of hoofs and the shrill
sound of the trumpet. Lffie-a'fltWili of sheep
awaiting the apbroa(jlt,'Wwofv*rj Ktooi the
late now silent, with black.
agape at the sudden ap
narttion of the horsemen. Down they come
Hots solid earth shaking under them, while
tar in tire van, on a barbed horse, roso thei r
leader.
“'Disperse, ye knaves!” ho cried, in a tone
used to command, as he rose haughtily hi his
stirrups* “D,sper.se, or wo ride you down.”
And turning to his troops, he waived his
sword and shouled,
‘‘Charge!”
.7- word struck terror into the! populace.
For one instant they hesitated, hut form in
stant only. Up the long atenue, to where
it turned to the lelt, they beheld the glittering
I ncs of cavalry advancing at a gall, p, each
lile wheelingaroitnd continuously as it count
less numbers yet remained behind, and at
the sight, the stoutest heartagave way. The
cry “fly for your lives,” rose on every hand,
and, darling into the bye-streets or rushing
headlong down the main thoroughfare, the
mob dispersed with the rapidity of mtgic
By the time the feuding files ol the cavalry
had come up tlm street was empty.
Throwing his proud steed hack on his
haunches as lie reached the guard the com
mander ol the cohort addressed his brother of
fi or:
“‘We were just in time, 1 see. I heard, on
landing, that t here was a riot in the city, and
tlio cause, and i gatloped at once thither.—
W e are to-day cotiie from Italy ; and 1 bring
iirtportant news.’ Diocletian is dead and the J
j)Gt seed ions Against tlio Clinstims arc to
he stopped. It is wolf we came up as we
did—”
He would have spoken further, but at this
instant his attention was arrested by a shriek
from the prisoner and the mention of his own
mime. He turned quickly around, and for
the first time Ins eyes fell on the maiden.—
Quick as lightning he leaped from his horse
Ringing the bridle to the nearest bystander,
anil rushed towards her.
“Julia ! Antony!” were the mutual ex
clamations of the lovers as they fell into each
others arms; for it was the Nuinidian hunter
now risen to high’ rank,'wno had finis oppor
tunely arrived to rescue his mistress.
Language would be too week to describe
that meeting. In haste the lover ordered a
tcharriot to he brought for Julia, end by his
commands she was conveyed to .the house of
the pmtor, whose wife took’ charge of the or
phan girl. The intelligence of D o.letian’s
death spread with inconceivable rapidity; and
those who were favorable to the Christains
now spoke boldly out. The great mass of
the influential citizens, as usual, sided with
| he new order of tilings. The tide of opin
ion turned and the mob finding their ascen
dency over, sullenly submit.ed like wilde
boasts confined to the limits of their cage, and
restrained front harm.
The young officer himself soon became a
Christian, Ins conversion to that faith being
doubtless attrihut ,b!e to the example ancf ar
gument of Julia.
On the pleas; n shores of lie NmnkTian
hay, stand the ruins of s once splendid palace.
Tradition says that tit .-re lived the Christian
maiden and her puissant husband; the hero
and heroine ol our story.
The political press in englauij
In propiriioii to the progress of liberal
principles in England' has been the increase
ol the power oft lie press. A correspondent of
a Boston paper, writing from la*udou says on
the .snbrfict:’
“Li enumerating the governing powers ol
England, you have not done when you have 1
mentioned king, lords, and Commons.’ The !
jtress is to be named, arid that Rot at the tail j
of the list. The press has outgrown the
power of what is called the government, to
control it, either by fear or favor. Look at
the Times newspaper, with a not revenue
equal to that of a third-rate European poten
tate. Ministers have briied it until it is
beyond’ the teach of their bribery. They
look up to it with tear and trembling, and a
degree of humble obedience. It is the voice
of the most vigorous intellects of England,
saying what will be most likely, to S'nd an
echo in the breasts of one hundred thousand
independent Englishmen, as they swallow
their buttered toast and boiled eggs. Look
at Punch,'too,'with wit and wisdom enough
to insure him a hundred patents of immorfi li
ty . He governs a great part of England very
ipuch for its good. Tlio Pecksniffs of the
land take hints from him, much to the benefit
of their dupes. Hence one may conclude
that England is growing, and has grown wiser
and of course, happier. Yet, if one were to
write down the folly end the humbug and un
happiness of England, it would be difficult to
decide where to begin, and quite impossible
to end,”
Unproductive Land. —Hew many are
there who own from 300 lo 500. and more,
acres of land, of which one-third, or at least
one-sixth part lies totally unproductive in
useless brushwood, in uncleared’ swamps, or
in land rendered worse than p c.fiiless, for
want of proper draining? the owner not seem
ing to remember that for every such acre
not yielding eomefliing in grass, in pasturing,
in tillage, or in growing timber, he should
charge himself, as with sit much lost or
thrown into the fire or the sea. There is no
mistake more common! than that of suppos
ing that the more land a tnan has, the great
er must be his profits—forgetting that the
profits arises not from the land ilself, any
more titan from an idle mill or ship, but from
the skill and manner of usiug it; anti so in
dispensable is capital in the business of farm
ing, tliat in general it may he laid down as
axiom, that money employed in agriculture,
will yield an interest in an inverse ratio to
the area to which’ it is applied". Thus if
SIOO be expended, and yield 10 per cent,
the probability is that it would yield much
more if applied lo half that area,— Skinuer's
Address.
Locomotives on Inclined Planes.—
Mr. Ezra Coleman, of our city, a brother of
the inventor of the eniian attachment to the
piano firte, has constructed an improvement!
on the locomotive engine, by’ which loaded
trains may be carried up inclined planes,
without any stationaiy (tower. Experi
ments on a miniature scale have shown
that the little locomotivo used, with about
90 pounds of steam can run up an inclined,
plane of2| inches per foot, w;'it a56-pouDd
weight, and doubtless pou;ld haVe taken up
a much heavier wleght, am! at an angle of
greater degree. The machinery is placed
on a frame, so that it requires little trouble
to attach it.tc hiV'ehging. £t propel* ft screw,
which acts on rollers placed bettyeen'the
rails; there is but little friction, the screw
and rollers being both movable. The en
gino is at the perfect control of the director,
artdUtero is no danger of a backwaid move
ment, It must prove a very desirable ac
quisition to railroad companies who have
planes to descend.— Phil. Gaz >
A Little too Liberal-A would-be,
prophet down fjouiii, said lately,’ in one of
iiis sermons, that “he w;as sent to redeem
The world and all things therein.” Where
‘ujton a native pulled out two five dollar
bills of a broken bank, and asked him to fork
over the specie lor them.
[VOL. V.—NO 4.
CONCIItiSSIO.YAL.
SPEECH OF MR. BELSEII,
OK ALABAMA.
In the House of Representatives, January 3,
1845— 0n the jmnl resolutions reported by
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, pro
posing lo annex the Republic of Texas lo
the. L’niled Stales ; and on the
offered tluiveio by Mr. Wfiler, of Ohio, and
Mr. Douglass, of Illinois.
j -Mr. Belser having obtained ‘.he floor, rose
i and said that, in his opinion,'a great error had
j accompanied mo.-t of our recent discussions.
He had scarcely heard an argument during
j the session, on any subject, in which the
speaker had failed to mention some incident
I connected with the late Presidential election,
i Believing this to he wrung, ho had prescribed
j a rule for his guidance in future ; which was,
j that, whatever might be the topic under ctm
| sideration, lie would endeavor to keep his vi
’ sion bounded by the record. Arguments
! addressed to the popular ear were usually of
I a peculiar kind, well enough in their place,
but when reiterated here, they unfit the re-1
| prestillative for correct thinking, and were a
! waste of the public lime.
The subject on which the House was now
called to act had been before tiie people ol
the Slums in their primary assembl e.- ; and
without undertaking to say what had, or had
not, been decided by them, he would say this;
that a sufficient expression of opinion had
been throughout the United States to entitle
this people, and tiie Government of Texas
to action on the question. For sometime
past he had made up his mind in favor of it ;
and if, on any occasion, he had evinced an
unnecessary z?ai for its early consummation
he hoped tfiat the fact would not he attribut
ed to unjust motives. 11c was an American
in feeling—a native of the sunny South—ear
ly taught to admire her institutions—to love
people ;’ and,'under such circumstances,
-t was hut natural that he should have the
warmest solicitude lor her prosperity. Hav
ing sbd tins much, in the way ofpntroduction,
lie would next proceed to the examination of
the interesting question betore the commit
tee.
Ihe constitutional right of annexing a
foreign republic to this Government, by a
concurrence of the legislative power of both
countries, present.-for our consideration no
common matter ; and before such legislation
is atteufpted, the giouud on which wo stand
ought to he fully viewed. Candm- compelled
him to admit, that, so far as Ins research had
been extended, he bad discovered no prece
dent embracing the exact poipt. Since the
commencement ol the present century, the
I Louisiana and Florida Territories had be
come portions of the United States ; and out
ol lit; lormer, several new States had been
admitted into tlu Union ; hut these acquisi
tions lo our national domain had, in the first
instance, l eon obtained by the treaty.mak
ing power. Thc?o then being no legislative
exposition which fully meets the question,
we nius , at a proper time, look into tiie char
acter of our tx.ivermnent for its solution.
Some iliete are wlio contend tliat Texas
cannot be constitutionally annexed to tins
Government, either by treaty, hill,’ or joint
resolution. ‘l'liey assimilate the Union to a
political firm, ol which the Slates are mem
bers, and say that any contract of anfiexctiofl’
made with Texas, without their et lre as
sent, would he vp and, Tuey entrench them
selves behind ti e treaty ot J 783, fixing the
limits ot the Un.ted States, and publish it aa
their opinion that the power to admit new
Slates vested in Congress is to he confined
to those limits. They further declare that
slavery is a stain ooytir national escutcheon,
and that ttie authorities of the Federal Gov
ernment have no tight to increase it by the
annexation of anew slave territory to tlia
Union : that, by virtue Os the compact, it is
limited to those States whore itexjsted when
life instrument was framed ; that, under that
compact, a single slave cannot he constitu
tionally brought into that Union ; and vet,
by the proposed annexation of Texas, all the
slaves in that Republic are to he made to
form a part of our population.
Thso who bold ibese doctrines, With a few
exceptions, are the abolitionists of the coun
try—the men whose daily vocation is toslan
der and vilify, as far as they are able,’ the
present administration. They hate the Pres
ident and his Secretary, [Mr. Calhoun] be
came these statesmen have foresight and
firmness, enough to counteract UreatWritain
—in a word, to be Americans. They are
.thesalt e who once desired to seo Louisiana
remain a desert for howling wolves to roam
over’ sooner than it should become a part of
this Government. Tiieir direct influence in
the councils o: the nation is limited;: but
still they hold the balance of power in sev
eral of the largest States. They are never
found i.n any political conventions except
their own ;'and, by stratagem,'are ci deavpr
ing to circunwcrb: our institution. They
have their friends, on this floor—men of
talent—whose exertions should he reserved
for a better cauee ; fur if s'avery be the evil
ol which ,they speak, they should recollect
that G. Britain, with the aid of New England
entailed it on us ; and further, that not only
ourprosperity, but likewise our personal se-
I curtly, is involved in the keeping of the two
races separate and distinct.
There are others who, to a certain extent
disagree with those whom he had just advert i
ed to. They acknowledge the light of the,
treaty making power to admit fireign territo- !
ry into the Union, but deny that it can he
done by the legislation of this Government i
ainl Texas, They maintain that the treaty-;
making power must first incorporate the ter- i
rilory before Congress can admit the new
Sites. They say that, by the Constitution,’
the power of making treaties is vested in the
President and two-thirds of the Senate ; and,
thus conferred, that .pongreeb has no au-!
tliority over the subject; that Bueli legists-1
tion, if permitted, would supercede our writ- j
ten Constitution, and substitute ■ for it the I
omnipotence .of the British Parliament
They further Contend that the United Stajes,
having recognised the independence of Tex
as, by the act made her a perfect nation ;
that every compact between independent
nations is a treaty ; and that every treaty
must be made by the President, and after
wards! be referred to the Senate for ratifica
tion.
ll - tiie views of either of these, parties are
correct, then the question is concluded ; tor
neither the consent,of all the members of the
Confedeiacy. not that of two-thirds of t|ie
Senate, can be obtainc I for tbs measure ;
and hence it becomes our duty to examine
With care their petitions.
In the settlement of these difficulties,
which have been so eagerly presented by the
opponents of annexation, there are three
clauses in the Constitution of the United
States to which a fair intepretalion must be
given.
let. The legislative power of the Union,
vested in Congress, and to consist of a Sen
ate aqd House of Representative^.
2. The treaty-making power, vested in
the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, two-'lords of the
Senators present concurring in any treaty
which he may submit.
3. The power of Congress to admit new
States into the Union,under eerlain restric
tions, intended to guard and protect the
States.
From the readingof rhese several provisions
lie inferred, that there could he b.t little
alilliculty in coming oa correct co clusior,
j provided the character of our Goverutnent
i'* kept clearly in view. All sovereignties
,of which history informs us, are said to be
j based on three fundamental provisions—
I executive, legislative, and judicial. Tint
; mode in which these several poweis are to
he e xercised, forms the main distinction
between governments. In those \vinch are
Unlimited, ih.y are concentrated m a single
individual. Sometimes they are Judged in
it few select persons; and wit n such is tiia
case, it is denominated an uncontrolled ar
■sti cracy. Our Government is uidtke c ith
er of the foregoing. Sowreignty with us
■ rigmally exisled.m the people of the Sta o
Governments. lor the purpose of form;
ing a mure perfect Union, a porlipn of it
has been transfered by the Constitution to
j the Federal head. tljen, is the
I best exponent ol the public will; for it is
| chosen by those who are, to a great extent,
, lie original fountain ol ult legitimate au
! the rity.
i J , f t,.. p r it.
The right of every nation to take care of
i itself, and to provide every thing v\ liich may
ihe necessary lor its preservation, is a prin
ieiple too plain to bo questioned. The afir
j thority to incorporate foreign lerritoiy with
| our own is not expressly delegated to the
; President and Senate, hut it attaches asap
me dent to sovereignty; and this sovereign
ty is more perfect in the law-making power
than in any other department mentioned’ in
the Constitution. If, then, sovereignty
gives the right lo acquire foreign
eiliiet by ponquest ur by purchase, tliat
right cau be most prop rly cxercisqd', by
that branch o! the Government m whicK’ it
most clearly exists. The language of tlje
Con-litution is, new States may he adm.it
ted by Congress into the Union. How cqfi
new States he admitted into the Union, By
Congress, composed of foreign territory,
without, at the sone time, admitting for
eign territory! Jf to adm t new Slates he
a power exptessly given to Congress, tiien’
all the means which are appropriate may
cons ilut.onally be employed to carry the
same into effect; and tlfo degree of its ne
cessity is a question of legislative discre
tion. In such cases, the legislature can
muulc and model the exercise, v f its pow
ers as it's own w sdom and the public in
terests shall require. T'iiis power , to admit
new States is not to he found in the arti
cles of confederation, its origin is but co
cvaLwith the Constitution; still the debates
on the adoption of that instrument clearly
indica e that those who made it a part of
our national compact did not intend to lim
it its operation to vvliat was [lien considered
the teiritory of the Union, “'hey were, for,
supplying the defects which manifested
themselves during the existence of the con
ledetation; and the task before tliem vvaq a
perilous and diflicult one. They
intend to [Wovide merely for the exigencies
of a feyv years, but they intended to act for
posterity. Their design was not so coqfcr
ati expanded territoiy on life Federal Go
vernment, to be used entirely for its own
put poses, but they intended to create, af.
counterpoise to it in the independence of* the
Stales. Territory, accordinglo
was made for mapfciqd: and, vvhep incor
porated into the Union, it was to be guar
ded by those needful rules and regulations
which Cyngr,ess night prescribe;’ anp. as
soon as p isi-ible, thin right of guardian
hip was to cease, States were to be l’rafn
cd out of it, then to foe admitted into, flits
American family. Every government,fhen
in. his opinion, -vvlijeh possessed the power
of increasing iis* population, had a!so the
inherent right"to provide territory for its
use. , ,
Another ground, lie said, had also been
assumed; which was, as he had before sta
ted, tliat every compact between indepen
dent nations is a treaty; and that, lor this
reason, Texas could not be annexed with
out the intervention of tiie treaty making
power. He observed that, since the adop.
tion ol’ live Constitution of tiie United S.,
many compacts by acts of legislation had’
been entered into between t|ie Federal and.’
State Governments, and’ also between the
former and foreign nations.
On the 4th March, 1789, Congress as
sembled under the Constitution, which but
a little while before had been ratified by
eleven States. In November.of the same
year. North Carol na also acceded to if;
and in May, 1790, the assent of Rhode Is
land was likewise obtained.
On the ?J April following, Congress.
passed an net accepting from the State of*
North Carolina a deed of session of the
claims of. State tq a ceitaip district ot
western territory therein named. And
on the tvventy-fuurth of’ April, JBC2, a
s milsr compact was concluded with the.
State of Qporgia, fur an amicable settle-’
ment ol the Emits of said State, and for the
establishment of a government in the Mi?--
sissi| pi Territory. By u Georgia ceded’
the country west of the Chattahoochee fiv
er. . * v ’ ; ,
He would here inquire whether these
were legislative contracts for the admission
of territory into the Uni >n? Next,'whelher.
they came within any express provision of
the Constitution of the United Slates? and,
lastly, whether they were entered into by
; sovereigns?
! Bv reference to these acts of cession, it
; would be seen that they contained stif iiia*
l tions between the patties ,of the gravest
j character, that they were, compacts which.
! when ratified by both parijes, could not he
; repealed. Thawhev wjgre not simple acts
ot legislation, with them no’
plighted faith;'hut were exactly the reversed
According to his judgment, those cases
qamc not within a tty express provision of the
Constitut,ion.’ The (tower given to Con*,
gress “to exercise exclusive legislation io J
all, cases whatever, over such dialrict,„(n6t,
exceeding ten miles square,) sis may, bv
i cession of particular States an<s 1 the accept
, tance of Congress, become the seat of thp
Government of the United Slates, ami to
cxetcise like authority overall places pur
chased by likecbnsent'ofof the Legislature
I qf the State in which the same shall be,
: for the erection efforts, magazines, arsen
als. dockyard?,” &c. did not authorize such
j extensive aequistiichs by Congress fioai
the States. Neither did that other clause,
: which says‘‘new States may’ be admitted
by Congress into the Union: but no new
| Slate shall be formed cry erected within the
’jurisdiction of any othe. State; or any State
i be formed by the junct on of two or more
States or parts of States, without the con
sent od the Legislature the States concern
eri, as Welles of the Congress;” nor that
still other, clause, which declares that “the’
Congress shall have’ power to dispose of,
and make all needful rules and regulation*,
rejecting, the territory or other property
belonging to the United gjates.” These
legislative contracts were not for’ the ad
mission of new States, by Congress, into
the Union, but for the admission of large
territories into i‘, to be placed, afterwards,
under the superintending case of that body.
But to remove all doubt on that subjeet.
he would next refer io the admission of
Vermont into the Union; —a Sate which
came into it nftir the adopt on of Con
rtitu-i ri'ofthe United States, and wh’cb,