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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.