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Fisas lbs fc .uui.-rr. Pot*.
LLE&aFD 21E THE NIGHT.
Wtchai*n— ull ut of tbs r. gkt,
w.'.4t it 4 sijr.* ofpromu *.”
Blessed be the night! ssng the tired la
ir Jrrr, a* with weary *tcps, he battened
home front the scene of toil. He had torn
himself from hi* family in the morning,
and gone forth to hi* daily task, because
lie knew that the dear object of hi* affec
tion mutt he fed and clothed. To him
there was but one way in wich subsistence
fur hi* lotted ones could he procured, and
that wit* labor, screre unre,jutting labor.
To him the curae tva* literal, by tne sweat
of thy brow ehall thou earn thy bread.
And he. had obeyed the curae with a light
heart, for ho know that at eve the object*
of his love wutil I smile upon him with af
fertionato gratitude for his sclf-acrificing
xertlons. Hi* sinewy arm had risen and
I’lllen. His heavy hand bad been plied,
td his back had been bent in act ors toil.
Tne perspiration had fidlcn from hia ms tly
hrow, and hi* weary feet hud I een dragged
about until they could with difficulty be lif
ted from the ground. The butterfly fa
vorites of wealth had looked upon him in
scorn- and he had borne in patient silence,
their contemjvtious look* and taunting
words. But now the day was passed
The instruments of toil wrra laid aside.
Hi* coat was donned, and he cheerfully was
‘vending his wav home, trolling a merry
• ii ch, ami anticipating the look* and grate
s A Words of hi* affectionate family. Nor
tvs*! thjg anticipation vuin, The cldc:.',
children fan with eager ateps and jiyful
bound*,*'to meet their sire; the younger
ones clang around his limbs, and hia wife
met him at the door with subdued but cheer
ful countenance.—'The eldest daughter
placed* chair for her father—a younger
took his hut, and all gathered around him
to tell him tlie joy* an I griefs of the post
fiav. His wife spread the frugal board,
and the parents, with the children, seated
themselves around it, with heart* grateful
to the Great Donor of all earthly gifts.
As the (ether looked around upon the dear
group, and beheld hi* look* of love answer
ed in the animated countenances of all, he
fell that to him the night wasindeed blessed,
which restored to him pure and unalloyed
jov*.
Blessed be the night! exclamed the mer
chants, as he summed up hi* bat account,
Ciosefftftl IwJgCra, ami prepared to leave
his counting loom. He had gone forth ta
hia bu'iiues* in the morning, with a fearful
heart and an anxious countenance. He
knew that to him the day must leone of
trial and perplexity. He knew that how
ever wealthy he might be, the times were
hard, money could with difficulty be ob
tained, and the payments he was to make
were many and presung. He knew that
notes were to be pail, or if not paid, thev
would bo protested. In this case, his mer
cantile honor, which is the breath of the
merchant, would be tarnished. Hia bus- |
mess might be prostrated. His doors
might be closed, and bankruptcy stare him
in the lace, His place in society would
he lost and these for—whom he suffered
trial and vexation would sink with him to
indigence and obscurity. He haJ planned
and striven that his family might hold an
honorable place in society. He had beheld
them, the honored and the ornament* of
the circle in which they moved : and now,
the queetiou come to him, should they be
suffered to fall—-should the elegancy of
refined life be lost to them—should they
bee*'**'# the scorned of those of whom the-'’
bad‘"mb.morel? No! l| would make
< Vi.y • to mvo them from ao sad a
c..’- •r-'Mhy. Still, he might tail! And,
t> . ini, die thought tvs i anguish. Thus he
had looked forward to the night with fear
ful tv- f Codings of the state in which it
might find l<itn. But the day bad passed.
Jw embarrarsments ha I licet! met and sur
r>our,.;:d. His honor hat) remained untar
riished, and the prospect before him was
brighter than it had been in the morning.
Me closed his ledger*, an ! turned, with a
I ghtncd heart, to aaek his home. His
counner.nnce, lit up with i still brighter ra
ilitncc, as he thought of the dear beings
who would fjrcct with joy his return to his
dwelling. Ilia door wa (mined. His manly
son, hi* lovely daughters, and his fond
wife, met him on the threshold, llis
daughter* conducted him to the couch.
Hi. wife and children caressed him, while
one of hi* daughters ran to the harp, and
rang and played in strains that would have
dri’ e: the demon, care, from the bosom of
the most miserable of men. The family
gathered around ; nod os the kind inquiry,
the merry song, and the witty repartee
went round, the Merchant felt that, blessed
•ndeed was the night that drove away can
kering care, and brought with it peace and
happiness,
Blc.sed be the night! cried the Mcr
t knot's Clerk, as he turned the key in the
door, and hastened to wend his wav to his
witting amusements. The day had not
l>< i-u, to him, one of great trials. Bank
rupted had not threatened to overwhelm
him, nor had his mercantile honor been in
ouilgcr t f being tarni-hod. lie had not
been called upon to | ay heavy notes, nor
had the rage of disappointed men stared
him in the face. Still the day had been to
him a wintry one. Histiiiils had been
of that st all clar.s which, although they
eppear trifling, yst weary the inind and
tody with their little perplexities. Hi had
stood behind die counter, or turned over
the leave* of'.he ledger, but it hud been
for another; he had smiled on those who
were annoying him, ant! had obeyed with
ready steps the calls of the importunate,
but it bad been forannthcr; he had soothed
the petitiont, obeyed the imperious, served
■lie impatient, and smiled upon all—but it
had been for another; be had suffered
blame when it had not been merited, and
had not received praire when it had been
hie due—and this had been for another; he
had felt that he might be the menus of ac
cumulating thousands, am! vet the profits
would not be his, but another’s. His part,
hs had fat, was to obey, and he had obey
'd, for the future promised him that hie
patt chatilJ not be always that of the un
derling. He beheld himself, in the future,
on honored merchant, and for that he now
strove and suffered. He saw that where
ris master now was, he would himself,
sometime, be. But the day was past —its
were orer—the inaolcet no more
insulted him —the petulant scolded him no
more and the impatient no longer hurried
‘■■its It;* roarjanirz* were trailing for
him, and he bent hia Hens with cheerful
alacrity to ward* them; they reserved him
with a shout, and a hearty welcome, lie
sealed himself among them, and care soon
fled from his hrow : the joke, the hearty
laugh, the merry aong, and the pleasant
tale went around. And as the merchant’s
Clerk felt hi* head cheered and enlivened,
lie feit thut the night wa* indeed blessed
which freed him from care and restored j
him to sociability and pleasure.
Blessed be the night! sang the votary of
pleasure, as he was whirled away to the
scene of dissipation. The whole day had 1
been spent in a aerie* of exertions to kill
the enemy, time. Who that has not felt it,
can realize the misery of such a situation ?
The hours, whicli to the well-crnploved
man glide away aa insensible as if they had
not been, seem to the votary of pleasure to
be clogged by the bond of aome malicious
spirit. Hi* weary eye* turn from the
li*tlrs game, or uninteresting O'**: |, and
the face of the M il, and back jq ltu , mhie,
or the book, with un’'.ry,ng regularity.
Hut the bands of *.,ic dial will not move,
and the fee of the watch supports too
fui ,v fully the testimony of its friend, the
.dial. The ennuyed man turn* away in
| despair ;he seeks the street; he looks for
I some amusement in the passing crowd, but
the faces are all common-place. He seeks
the old miser, with the same countenance
he lias worn for the last forty years— the
old roue, with his wonted leer—the man of
business, with the same care-worn courtte
) nrnce, and the young bloods, with their
I wonted swagger. My fortune for anew
face ! but no face is their. Every one
seems to be rnalicioua determined to wear
the same faco he has always worn, with no
variation or shadow of cliunge. Wearied
and disappointed, the voluptuary seeks ]
the parlour again. He must, per forre,
be content with vapid jokes, and forced
smiles, until the dinner bell, which is to
afford him some relief, shall wring its wish
. ed-for invitation. By dint of much indus
try, and many forced j tkes, three hours
arc disposed of at the table.—Then, again
comes the tediousness of expectation.—
That is past. The votary ofpleasuie cries
that the day has cone, and life shall now
begin. As lie whirls rapidly away with
his merry companions, lie (eels that the
■ night is indeed blessed which frees him
from the grasp of the demon, ennuni, and
| restores him to the gay laugh and the noisy
| rout. Alas ! to him the night was not
blessed : the aching head, and the repentant
heart of the terrible next day, assured him
that he was noton the road to happiness.
! Dies ted be the night! sang the house
j Jess wanderer, as tvU’j weary steps, and
; slow, he turned the corner of an obscure
alley in a large city. The mantle of dark
nessfell upon him like the muntle of charily.
What was it to him that the night found
; him without a place to rest his head ? What
was it to him that hit onlv pillow was the
stone step, his only couch the brick side
i walk, hia only covering the starry canopy
of Heaven, and his only provocative to
slumber tho damp dews of night? What
i was this in comparison with the blessed
| privilege of being protected from the cold,
scornful ga/.e of men ; What was this in
comparison with the endurance of even the
pity of man? To the manly breast there
is no thought more galling than the con
sciousness of being the object of pity. It
mortifies one’s pride, destroys his self res
pect, and places him, as it were, below
, the rank of hi. fellow-men. But that :!?y
j the wanderer had endured both the scorn ]
and tho pity of men ; lie had wardered,
through ail parts of the city, soliciting
something with which to sustain his mortal
frame, lie had sometimes met with pity,
more often with acorn, and always with 1
cold, contemptuous looks. He had been
frowned upon until he almost shrank from
himself, ns too abject a thing to live. But
now the day was j'ast. He could nc 100-J
ger behold the contcrnptious stare; nn;! ns
he srnted himself in a dark corner, which
he knew no man would penetrate, he felt 1
that the night was blessed indeed which |
protected him from grievous annoyances,
and restored him to something of self-pos
session and happiness.
Blessed be thanight! cried the wanderer
on the deep, as the sails fluttered in the
night breeze, and he was borne rapidly on
to the desired haven. The live-long day
had the ship lain becalmed, under the
scorching snn of the tropics. To venture
upon dock had been almost hazardous
under that burning sun ;he had lain, then, ■
stretched listlessly upon hi, pa!!?!, panting !
for breath. Occasionally he had sought
amusement at chess; but hp could not]
keep up tho interest of the and he]
had sought his pallet in despair, He was
anxiously expecting to meet with friends ’
when he should arrive in port. There hud :
been a long separation, and the prospect
of a re-union was sweet indeed ; but it had
deemed as if the ship would not move, and
his eager de-ires streched him upon his
pallet in a fever of impatience. Every
nerve and fibre of his frame seemed strung
with the in tensest feeling of anxiety. But
darkness had, at length, covered the sea as ;
with a shroud, he had beheld the sun sink I
to r “St. in fiery redness, beneath the billow : 1
the calm seemed to vanish with the sun ; j
for directly a breeze sprang up, the sails
fluttered in the wind, and the ship went
leaping over the billows. Oh !it was a:
wild, delirious joy the wanderer self as he
leaned against a mast upon deck and felt j
his temples bathing in the night breeze. lie j
knew the ship was bounding over the wave,
and that every moment it was bringing him
near to his io.'\<r seperated friends, and the |
though was joy- lucre is a wild excitement ,
in the mind ol a novice upon the deck of a ;
ship at night. The cries of the sailors, ]
the flapping of the sails, and the ship’s |
leaping every moment into apparently a
dark abys, ail tend to excite him, and to j
teach him that the situation is new indeed; j
but above all, is the exciting thought that |
he is one of a small band out upon the fa- ;
thornless ocean, hundreds of miles, per
haps, from other human beings—and that ;
they might all perish in the deep and there
would be none to teii their fate. But this j
melancholy thought vanished front the |
mind of the wanderer, as he felt himself
born rapidly on. And he felt that blessed
indeed was the night which freed him front
the burning sun of the day. restored the
breeze and gave the sweet assurance of a
more speedy re-union with his friends.
Blessed be the night! exclamed the Stu- ;
deut, as he opened the easement and let in
the ‘eel night breeze upon his throbbing
®SES SEetHSa&S; e&VSWte
temples. The day had been spent in study
and thought. He had poured out his glow
ing thoughts upou the hitherto silent
parchment; and he had looked with pleas
ure upon the sentence which he thought
might infuse his own enthusiasm into the
minds and hearts of others. Thus the day
had been spent; not withont pleasure, but
he greeted the night with joy, for it brought
, with it the *ea*on of enlm meditation.—A
holy joy diffuse* itself over the heart of the
enthusiast at night. The raitnness that
dwells around the hushed voices of fellow
rnen, the darkness giving anew impulse to
the imagination, all conspire to render it
the appropriate season f or thought. This
; the student felt, a*, he looked out upon the
istai’s dim twinkling in the firmament and
| gave him ,elf up to pleasing meditation,
j * c '*’ ‘.here arc, who know the j~* of calm
thought; but those who do, would not
sacrifice them for any other earthly joy*.
The enthusiast remained absorded in pleas
ing revery, and at its end he felt a wiser
arid a better man. And be thought that
blessed indeed was the night, that brought
with it such calm and holy joys.
Thus hath an all-wise and merciful God,
] in ceasing for a season man’s avocations,
made it the instrument of innumcrablejoy*
’ and blessings to liitn.
Mississippi.— Affairs in Mississippi seem
to have come to an awful crisis. The ma
jjesty of the law is openly trampled upon
i courts of justice afford no protection from
i outrage and even murder. In fact there is
j no law but mob law, and no right but that
,of the mightiest, ft would appear as if the
! whole system of law had been overturned
j and society had resolved itself into its orig
| innl clement, leaving mankind in a state of
I nature. These convictiou* are forced upon
I u* by accounts published in the papers of
that state. We read in one of a murder
commited in a court ofjustice, in the pres
encyofthe judge upon an individual in the
custody oflhe law—a crime, we venture
to say that is unparalleled in the records of
human atrocity. In another gazette wc
read of the governor of the slate being spit
upon—in uncihor, of the Circuit Judge of
j the United States having hi* nose pullcu
tfi)’ an officer of his own court, and on ils
very threshold. To this list other outra
ge* might be added too numerous to men
tion. For particulars, readers are refered
to extracts from Mississippi papers.
N. O. Bulletin.
From the Southern Post.
I The season of flower*, the mo*t beauti
ful part of the year, is this portion of the |
] ®prtng, and suen is now the charming and
welcome season spread around us, in bright
and pleasing contrast to rule Winter’s
; storms and dreariness. The wanderer now
at every step is almost led to cry aloud,
“how beautiful!” The flowery lawn; the
sparkling stream, the masses overhead of
delicate green fringe and the cerulean blue
■till, still, above combine to form a pros
’ pect pleasing to the sight and in sweet har
j mony with every other sense of body or of
j inind subdued to gaze upon it. Each sound
that echoes o’er the verdant mead, wild
heath or green wood comes with a rtph or
mellow intonation and fulleth on the car
like notes of humjn joy or some wild strain
of melody heard somewhere, and not quite
forgot—the song of birds, a distant bell
perhaps, the baying of some cur, tlm low
sound of cattle on the hills, the ringing
] sii'QKc atld echo of the woodman’s axe ;
i these, and a thousand other sou?.'!"., mingle
■ and blend together till the air is filled with
j music rich and rare; and how refreshing is
: the breeze, how well adapted. How conge
nial to the senses all the rural prospect!
the heart, on witnessing it, expands with
, gladness, and be full it must with pure de
votion in such a time as this—the most le
jthaigicand insensible are wakened from
j their apathy and led to wonder and ac
: knowledge the power and goodness of the
great Creator, and their own comparative
littleness. The balmy air is overladen
with sweet odors and the waving boughs
with blossoms, the young green leaves un
folded from their rlaspings, beckon with
fairy fingers to the passing clouds, or at
pale evening drops her curtain o’er the
scene, reach out to gather up the falling
dews, that they may scatter them again in
welcome showers, at morrow's nootide-so
should we gather up the riches showered
on our heads to scatter them again around
.in sweet refreshing charities. The joyous
] vine is springing from ils lowly bed, With
, da.” ping tendrils diming tip aloft upon the
] shoutuv.'s of some rugged tree or on some
, craggy height, that it um , 1 >ok abroad no.
j be debarred the scene of general rejoicing—
so should we live to aid the joys around
i and rise the nearer heaven. Dame Nature
; is a housewife —she hath her times of labor
and of visiting—this is her four o’clock,
when she may don her dress of sober gte\
and deck herself in all her jewels, she
cotnes with songs to meet us—her halls
the broad, broad, wood are carpeted with
flowers and filled with mossy couches, in
‘ viling us with her to pleasant converse or
to sweet forgetfulness of woe. She waits
[ our coming with a smile, yet with impatient
I attitude, as if her cares may call her soon
] away, and we tnav never icarn w hat we
have lost by our delay. Let us go forth
while yet the bloom is on the flower, for
beauty is but a shadow left by tho rainbow
and conlinueth not a glance of noonday,
and her charms arc whithered. Let us go
forth with the young bee of early Spring,
that we may gather knowledge in its fresh
; ness, so we may learn to nistinguish the
I (lower in its purity and fairness from . the
j scared and sickly bud of summer, and learn
to admire the beauties and wonders of
Providence, rather than find fault and
uiurtncr with our situation. Let us go forth,
I that w c may contemplate the Creator in his
wonderful works, and while it purifies and
! elevates the mind it will tit us for morsl
and intellectual disciplin, and teaches us,
. by drawing parallel between natural and
1 moral beauty, to be able to distinguish be
tween vice and virtue.
Frying Pork.— Takeone fresh egg. beat it.
add half a gill of sweet milk, and a sufficient
I quantity of flour to make a batter, freshen <:nd
I fry the pork as usual; then dip the pieces in
| the batter, which will of course abhere. replace
j them in the fat. and after a little more frying,
a light and delicate cake will enclose the meat.;
and thus constitute a dish for a middling sized 1
family, which wtll tempt the palate of the most ■
fastidious. Try i: ladies - -Skat? ea tele# Oolutn-,
bian.
RKDUCTIO!k’ COWENTIO.V.
Remark* of Mr* Hopkins,
or MCINTOSH.
In Committee of the Whole , on the Report of
the Committee of Thirty, proposing to lay
the Slate off into forty-six Senatorial Dis
tricts, to be composed of tiro contiguous
counties.
Ma. Chairman: Ido not rise sir, with the
intention of taxing the house, with a lengthy
or argumentative discussion of the subject un
der consideration, but by a few rapid and de
sultory remarks, 1 design to point out the ob
jection* which I have, to the propositions sug
gested by honorable gentlemen. On a grave
and momentum* subject like this, it becomes
a duty obligatory on every rue in bet upon this
floor, to support with zeal, if not witli ability,
he conceives to be me true interest of his
| country. Impelled by this conviction, I shall
give utterance to my sentiments freely and
without reserve, though they may be at vari
ance with the views of a large majority ofthts
Convention; I trust, neverth.less, to be for
given for the consumption of your lime.
Were I, sir, to nit with folded arms, and
calmly listen to the ruinous propositions which
have been made by gentlemen on this floor, to
the interest of the smaller counties, without
rising in my place to repel them a* the repre
sentative of one of those counties, I would in
deed sir, be recreant to the interest of my roa
slitucnts, and utterly unworthy of the trust
confided to tnc. Will not mr, the propositions
of honorable gentlemen have a tendency to
engender evils infinitely more to be dreaded,
than those which now exist growing out of the
extravagance and indiscretion of an overgrow
ing Legislature. True sir, it may dimmish
the numner of its members; curtail the cxjieu
dtlures of the Stale, and augment tile facilities
of legislative duties—but, sir, can tti’s mucii
desired project ; this great boon, w inch has
received its encomium in rapturous strains from
almost every member in this house, beaccoin- ■
piished without destroying the equality of rep
resentation ; the rights of my constituents.
Will the suggestions of gentlen en, if adopted,
be an inprovement to the Constitution, or re
move the difficulties which now exist—No sir,
it would make them ‘a thousand fold’ more in
tricate; it would throw the who.e weight of
power into the densely populated counties,
and forever destroy ever thing that is dear to
us of the smaller; it will annihilate the privi
lege which we now e ijoy,oflegiataling for our ‘
interest, on terms of equality and jierfect re
ciprocity. Let gentlemen Confine themselves
to the restrictions composed upon them by
the Legislature at it* last session, or at once
forsake them ; banish all restraint, and boldly
strike for reform, final and complete. Away
with the Cos .stitution; build up anuthcron its
ruins, that wtll meet present and future exi
gencies, which may arise and be binding on
the people for ail time to conn . The Consti
tution as it now stands, is infinitely betterthan
I any thing iliat c*n grow out of uie wild and
cunaericai suggestions of gentlemen; it w ill
always be a check for preventing any injustice ]
being exercised to any of the smaller mem- ‘
bers of the Stale; our very existence depend* |
on preserving a distinctness and an indepen- !
deuce of the counties. The Constitution it- j
self would be literally destroyed, if this mutu- j
algood feeling should be interrupted, or if any
of the thickly populated counties should gain
alt Influence, or much more, a power or nn as
cendency over ary of the rest. Hut honorable
gentlemen contend that the small counties
claim too much from the large ; that they de-1
round the territorial basis in both branches of
the Legislature; that they are willing to arro- ]
gate to themselves not only the power which !
the Constitution gives them ; but desire to ab
sorb the rights of the larger counties themselves
Upon what ground gentlemen predicate their .
argument, I am at a loss to determine ; surely
it t* not upon the ground of equity and justice. I
Wc claim as members of the State Confedera
cy. and a* citizen* who are willing to stake j
their lives and their fortunes upon the altcr'of ]
ihpir country, to heard in the councils of 1
tho Sir le, not as rrouchtug menial* to power, ]
but as the untrammelled representatives of a
free and intellectual people. But, M r . Chair
man. if we are obstinate in urging a claim, to
which th- fundamental law of the land entitles
us ; to struggle for territorial representation
in the Settle ; d> wo not yield in the other
branch of the General Assembly one half of
our power to subserve the interest of the w hole 1
j State. The county of Chatham sir, has four j
i representatives in the House and otic m the
Senate; she reduces her power but one-fourth,
while we lose one half- can we do more than
this? No sir. no one can reasonably expect it.
Why do we hrar no ir.urtner and complaints
from Chatham, she witn a population 0t20,000
and a representative power of fifteen thousand,
is willing to accept he report of the committee
of thirty, which will give them no more power
in the Senate, than vhc county of Dade, the
smallest and youngest county in the .-state. Is
not this magnanimous; does she not set an I
example of getteroettv to the up-country wor
thy of mutation ? If she retains 3 members
while I retain but one, tt is because her terri
tory, her popalation, and her taxation justly
entitle her to it.
I hope sir, th t no one will fancy me oppo
sed to a reduction of the Legislature. I believe
I it necessary. The financial affairs of the State ;
the annual accumulation of new counties; the
rapid increase of her population ; all combine
in urging a change of Legislation. Out sir, I
fear that change will never be effected, unless
you adhere to the terms already before the
people. They arc willing to accede to this,
but in any thing else which savours of injustice
they will never incur. You may fix what
terras you please upon us here : but gentlemen
do you not know, that there is another groat
and august power to which we can appeal for
a revision of your decision, superior to you,
and even the Constitution itself; that power
is to be found in the sovereignty of the people ;
a power w hich acknowledges no authority su
perior to its own will, but the power of Al
mighty God. You may prescribe what terms
you please, but unless they are above suspi
cion, they will never be ratified by the free
men of Georgia. No sir, I for one will never
vote for ratification unless this is done, so long
as I have a tongue to remonstrate, ora vote to
cast against it.
PEHactstTEs of Office.—The New York
Dispatch relates, as a current anecdote in that
city, that a year or two ago a country cousin
applied loa friend in povverfor assistance to a
berth in the corporation's gift. He was accord
ingly set to work at one dollar and a half per
day; and in a few months called again upon
his friend, to inform him he was going out to
Hurlaetn to make his first payment on ahouse
and lot he had purchased. “How,” said the
other, “how is this? did yor. not tell me you
were poor 1” “Yes.” “And you have saved
money, to buy a house on a dollar and a half a
day ?’ The other laughed, and after some j
hesitation answered: “I’ll tell you what it is
sir—that was a darned good berth you gave
me—l got a dollar and a half front the city— j
then the contractor gave me two dollars a day j
to watch the sub-contractors, and they gave me ;
two dollars mere not to watch them. 1 ’
—i
| Tlte A atoo Banner, printed at Benton, Miss
| on the 4th jhst. is entirely filled with adver- j
: tiseuients, the greater portirn of which are for (
’ public sabs of property undo;- execution!
How to make a See .I’LATiON.—Among the
Public Defaulters i* Gordon D. Boyd, late He-!
ceiver of a Land Office in Mississippi, in which
office he was retained long after tile fact of his
defalcation was bruited abroad We perceive
that hi* lands amounting to upwards of SJO.dUJ
acres, are advertised for sale, by the U. 8.
Marshal, in the Mississippi papers, for the pur
pose of paying hi*default. But what is the
fact 1 These lands cost a Hum amounting to
nearly a third of the amount for w hich lloyd
is said lobe a defaulter. (WJ,000;) and if they
were ever paid ft rat ull, were paid for with
the fnoney belonging to the government, re
ceived from other purchasers oflands. They
cost him about S!tS,QOQ, at the minimum price
of 8125 per acre : Now, the government, has
seized upon them, not as it* own property, j
which they are, but as Boyd'* never paid for,
or. paid for withthe government’s money:and
being chosen spots, and sold, not for cash, a*
government land* are, but on 1,2 and 3 years’
credit, will, it is supposed, command on an
average not less than 810 an acre or 8200,000!
So that Gordon l>. Boyd, by using 825,000 of
the public money in buying public lands, will
be enabled to pay up hi* w hole default of 800.- 1
000 nett! Who would’nt plunder Encle Sam,
when instead of h<*ing thrust into the peniten
tiary, a* Toby Watkins w as, one can get such
fat pickings as this?—{ ft. Virginian.
Fatk oftiie Hornet.—The U. 8. Sloop of
War Hornet, was lost in the Gulf of Mexico a 1
few yearsago, in a norther, and it has always j
been believed that none of her crew survived to !
tell the circumstance* attending the mournful
disaster. Wc learn however, from the N. Y.
Dispatch, that a gentleman just returned from
, the prairies of Illinois, has seen a sailor, culti
vating the land near the Kaskaskia river, who j
statesthal he wasone of the crew of the Horn- ,
ct, w hen she was lost. She struck upon a rock,
while making for a harbor—and he knows of
the escape of no persons excepting himself and i
five other seamen, who were saved in a boat, j
[ w hich soon after drifted ashore on the island j
of Cuba —whence, after various changes of;
fortune lie is found it the West. He assigned
as a reason of his not mentioning to the Consul
abroad, or to others the mournful event, that
his term of service had not expired, and he did
not wish to return to the U. R service. The
editor of the Dispatch winds up his account as :
follows: “That such a man as this sailor was !
seen by our informant as he states we have |
implicit belief; that he might have been, roman
-1 ring in bis story is possible, but not probible. *
At any rate, we stand ready to put any of the
friends of any one of the ill fated crew, in away
to obtain more nartieulai information: and shall I
in a few days, nigest and collate what wc pos-1
scss> and make it public.”
A> Honest Roque.— ln looking over the
correspondence detween Levi Woodbury, Sec- 1
retary of the Treasury, and his peculating
underlings, we fell upon the following rare
] specimen of honesty in a rogue, lie had
gorged himself with the public money tinder j
the ey eof the Secretary, who would not re
move him, and he had the franknet s to confess
his own vitlany, and throw up the office of j
which he confessed himself unworthy.
New Orleans, February 20. 183i).
Dear Sir:—With this, you will receive my
account current, aggregate of moneys receiv
ed, and account with the Treasurer of the
United States, which have been delayed in
their transmission by my leaving the office,
nml there being no mail at Greensburg during
] the last month.
In this I also tender you my resignation as
receiver of public moneys, being on longer
; worthy of the trust; and in conclusion, must
recommend Mr. T. N. It ay lies as a gentleman
| more worthy to flit the vacancy than any one
of the present applicants.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
PARIS CHILDRESS.
Hon. Levi Wooubcry,
Secretary of the Treasury, Washington City.
; Childress was and is a defaulter to the amount
I of $12,11870. — Richmond Whig.
The Divorce Cask.—A correspondent at
Hardford informs u* that the case between the
Rev. Dr. Jan is nnd his lady has been happily
settled by the counsel of the parties. —The
condition# have not r.s yet been made public.
It is understood, how rer, that a very res
pectable support has been settled upon Mrs.
Jarvis, and that in their separation she takes
her oldest daughter with her—Y. Com Adv.
New Orleans, May 21.
Important from Mexico. —The schr. \\ liter
Witcn, from Vera Cruz, which pls • the left
on the Bth inst. arrived in this city early this
morning She brings the important intellig-,
ence of and lota) defeat of the federal ntmv un
der Urreaand Mejia, and the death oflhe latter.
We have been favored withthe following ex
tract of a letter, which we hasten to lay before
our readers:
“Sacrificio*. May 7th. 1839.
Yesterday an express arrived here w ith the
intelligence of the complete discomfiture of
Generals Mejia and Urrea. The former has
been shot by order of Santa Anna. Urreaand
Escalada have fled. The battle was fought at
Aeajetc in the environs of Puebla. Gen. Valen- 1
cia commanded the government troops. We
rejoice at this defeat,os the federal party has.
for a long time, impeded the march of cominer-1
cial affairs,”
l : nc.rperted Kindness. —The Reading (Pa.)
Eagle of the 7th inst. states that cutting lim
ber on the land of Mr. John Keffer, of Cumro
township, Berks Cos, three young red squirrels
were found, whose eyes were not opened.
They were taken home and placed in charge ;
of a cat. which had recently lost its offspring,
where they received the same attention and
material care as is usually given by that ani- I
mat, readily affording them nourishment. Two ;
weeks have already elapsed, and the little in- ]
truders are growing finely, playfully frisking
about their foster mother, unconscious of the
danger which, under other circumstances,
would appear to environ them.
”
Anecdote. —At a hotel a short time since, a
servant girl inquired of a gentleman at the
breakfast table ifhis cup was out. “No” said
he, ‘but my coffee is,” The poorgirl was con
! siderably confused, determined lo pay him in !
j hisowucoin. While at dinner the stage drove I
t;p, and several coming in, the gentleman ask- j
ed. “Does the stage dine here ?” “No, sir,” :
said th girl, “but the passengers do.”— Bos- !
ton paper.
The Circleville Herald notices the death of
a Mrs. Peters, in Pickaway county aged 80
years. At the time of her death, her children,
grand children and great grand children num-’
bered 234 of whom iB9 are now living in the i
State of Ohio! Need the rapid increase of
population in Ohio be long r a marval ?
! _ “'<* learn from the Detroit papers that the :
forthcoming wheat crop in Michigan promises
; to be very abundant.
The Legislature ofConnecticuthasdivorced
aniati trom his wife, on the ground that he was
married without his knowledge or consent, j
The New Orleans Courierstates that the ex- I
press mail is to be discontinued at the expiration ‘
of the present contract.
UNEXAMPLED
MAMMOTH SCHEME !!!
Th# follow ing details of a or a Lottert,
to be drawn in rv*rmib**r next, wiirrantj us in declar
ing it to b** UN PA RALIJ£I.ED in the history of
Lotteries. Prix*** lo the amount Hive NKW KfOtt
nr.rs orrcHV.D to the public. It is true, there are ma
ny blank 8, but on the oilier hand, the extremely low
chorj?** of sgO |*er Ticket—the Value and Ni vile*
of tie (,• amtals, and ihe revival of the g<xd old cus
tom of warranting that every price shall be drawn
and sold, will, we are sure, give universal satisfac
tion, and especially to the Six Hr nosed Prixe Hol
ders.
To those disposed to adventure we recommend
early application being made to us for tickets—when
the prizes are all sold, blanks onlv remain—the first
buyers have the best chance We, therefore, em
phatically say —DELAY NOT ’ but at once re mil
and trans mit to us your orders, which shall always
receive our immediate attention. Letters to be ad
dressed, and applications to be made to
SYLVESTER & CO.,
I!>6 Broadway, New’ York.
Observe tle Number, 156.
8700,000 :!: 8.100.000 :: $*<?,ooo!
6 prizes of 9 k i0,000 \ !
2 prizes of 81 *I,OOO 1 2
3 prizes of SIO,OOO !
Grand Real Estate nnd Bank Stock
LOTTERY.
Os Property situated in New Orleans.
TV The richest and most magnificent Scheme ever
presented lo the public, in this or any other coun
iry.
TICKETS ONLV 820.
Authorized by an del of (he Legislative Assembly
of Florida, and under the Directions of the Com
missioners, acting under the same.
TO BE DRAWN AT JACKSONVILLE.
FLORIDA December Ist, 1839
SCHMIDT A HAMILTON, Managers.
SYLVESLER & CO., !sfi Broadway.
New York, Sole Agents.
no combin.tion nvmeeus ! ! !
100,000 tickets from No. t upwards, in succession.
The deeds of the Property and the Slock transferred
in trust lo the Commissioners appointed by the
said act of the Legislature of Florida, for the secu
rity of the Piizc Holders.
SPLENDID SCHEME! ! !
j 1 Prize—The Arcade—2B6 feel, 5 inches, 4 lines,
on Magazine stfet i; 101 feet,
It inches, on Nnichcz street ;
126 ft-et, 6 inches, on Gravity st.
i Rented at about 837,000 per an
num Dollars.
Valued at 700.000
1 Prize—City Hotel—l 62 ft on Com
mon street, 116 feet 6 inches, on
Camp st. Rented at 825,000-
Valued at _ 500,000
I Prize—Dwelling House (adjoining
the Arcade) No. 16, 24 ft. 7 inches
front on Natchez st. Rented
at 81200 — Valued at 20.000
I Prize —Ditto (adjoining (lie Arcade)
No. 18,23 ft front on Natchez st.
Rented at 81200 —Valued at 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto (adjoining ihe Arcade)
No. 20, 23 fret front on Natchez
st. R- n:l at 31'-ljD -Valued at 20,000
l Prize—Ditto—No. 23, North east
corner of B sin if Custom-house
street; 40 feel front on Basin, and
40 fed an Franklin st. by 127 ft.
deep in Custom-house st. Renti-d
at R/500 —Valued at 20 000
1 Prizre—Ditto—No. 2-1 South west
corner of Basin <t Custom house
street; 32 feet, 7 inches on Basin
.12 feet, 7 inches on Franklin, 127
fed, 10 1-2 inches deep in from of
Custom house street. Rented at
81500—Valued at op tyio
1 Priz.—Ditto—No. 339, 24 feet, 8
inches on Royal street, by 127 ft.
II nrhes deep. Rented at SI4OO
Valued at 15,000
1 Prize—2Bo shares Canal Bank
Stork, 9100 each 25.000
1 Ditto—2oo ditto Com do, do do 20,000
1 Ditto—lso ditto Mechanics’ and
Traders’ do do 15 000
1 D.tto—loo do City Bank do do 10,000
1 D.tto—do do do do do do 10,000
t Ditto—do do do do do do 10.000
1 Ditto—so do Exchange Hank do do 5.000
I Ditto—so do do do do do 5,000
t Ditto—2s do Gas Light Bank do do 2,500
1 Ditto—2s do do do do do do 2,500
1 Ditto—ls do Mechanics’ dt Tra
ders’ do do 1,500
1 Ditto—ls do do do do do 1,500
20 Ditto each 10 shares of the Louis
i iana Stale Bank, 9100 each, each
Prize SIOOO 20,000
10 Ditto each 2 shares of SIOO each,
each Prize 8200, of the Gas Light
Bank 2,000
200 Ditto each 1 share of 8100, of the
Bank of Louisiana 20,000
200 Ditto each 1 share of 8100 of the
New Orleans Bank 20,000
150 Ditto Each ! share of 8100 of the
Union Bank of Florida 15 000
;
6000 Prizes. 81,500,000
TICKETS $20 — SO SHAKES
The whole ofthe Tickets with their Numbers, as
also those containing the Prizes will be examined
and sealed by the Commissioners appointed under
the Act, previously to their being put into the wheels.
One wheel will contain the whole of the Numbers,
the other will contain the Six Hundred Prizes, and
the first 000 Numbers that shall be drawn out, will
be entitled to such Prize as may be drawn to its num
ber, and the fortunate holders of such Prizes will
have such property transferred to them immediately
after the drawing, unincumbered, and without any
: Deduction !
TY Editors of every Paper in the United States, in
the West Indies, in Canada, and other of the British
Provinces are requested, to insert the above, as a
standing advertisement, until the Ist, of December
next, and to send their account to us, together with a
paper containing the advertisement.
SYLVESTER & CO., 15C Broadway, N. Y
May 21, 1839. until Dec. 1.
He who maintains the right, though counte
nanced by the few, and opposes the wrong,
though sanctioned by the many, must forego
all expectations of popularity till there shall be
less to censure than applause in human conduct
And when this is the case millennium will
have dawned.
The influence ofthe good man ceases not at
death; he as the visible agent is removed, but
the light and influence of his example sttlj re
main; and the moral elements of this world
will long - show the traces of their vigour and
purity; just as the western sky, after the sun
has set. still betrays the glowing traces of the
departed orb.