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THE HER VED: For th: Ilirald CHILDHOOD “Oh, fi*t m* still tht memories Tim hallow try *c*n*, Whh stirred mjr bound.n j bwm, Whrr. existence nit ws green I love children. I delight to listen to their iunoeent prattle, and to take part in their little amusements—to feel a community of hitereat with them, in their little enjoyment* and re creations. There i* nothing on earth to unaffre ted, eo open, ao frank a childhood. How the light laugh gurgle* up from their young and unsophialiealed henna! They have not been out Into the world—they have not yet learned t disguise their emotions—to dissemble—to smile, when their hearts are rankling with en vy or hate, or to weep whn they secretly re joice They are a* an open book, in which one may tcadali that they are - all that they fccl. There are not wanting those, who have an utter aversion to children—who well nigh hale them. For myself, I want little belter evidence of a bad ungenerous heart—and prone a* I am to think kitidly of my specie* could almost say, ‘Let no auch man be tri sted.” lie can have small enjoyment in him-elf, and is cat talaly little calculated to contubuteto the hap piness of others, who cannot look with pure pleasure, upon the Innocence and artleaanc and hilarity of youth. To me, the playfi sports, the laughing countenances, the beam ing eyes of children, unpractised, as yet, in the bpay world upon which they ure coloring with such light heart*, —are a complete antidote ugainst ennui, or depression of spirit*. 1 remember, flint during n residence of one summer in the city some years ago—for, gentle reader 1 urn declining into the vole of years— I wo* for a few of the first weeks, exceeding lonely. There ino solitude like the solitude which u stranger feels in a large and populous city. You meet thousands in the thronging street*, nil passing on, intent upon their own MlttMcincM.'s and avocation* —and it is a thou sand times more cheerless tliuu to be in the still undsole.mn forests of thu wilderness, or by the solitary shoe of the ‘great mid wide tea.’ You have there the, communing* of your own heart, and the almost visible presence of the Maker of the World. Hut in the city, your thought! arc confused,- their variety leaves you no time to reflect--apd they wtary you into the very depths of gloom. One Saturday afternoon, when despondency sat heavy at my heart, I sullied out into the street. It was the holiday from the thraldom of the uchoolsssnnd their young inmates, neatly drtssrd, and happier than the king on his throne., were taking their pastime, uud ramb ling with their parent*, or elder hrot ers and sisters,about the streets. I was soon inocula ted with their visible happing*, as I met them in my lonely walk. How many bright faces gjoutried upon me! Yon hmk kindly upon a child, and how soon do they understand you! How their young eyes will beam upon you, ami how they will turn,—especially little girls —and look at you and blush, mid smile—and pas* on a little, and turn, and smile, mid blush uml look again! I know not how it is, hut in gazing upon children, 1 amaeliisli v invested • woh * —Tb > .iitd epaco art) untuiuJuled lam car ried buck to the morning of life, and for the moment live over the earthly day'* of the past. lie fore I had reached my room again, I lind all the familiar places of my childhood before m*. It wt! •* if i the hourglass of Time, inverted it, and rolled back again the sands which hud marked the weary lapse of years.’ I tvua again in the meadow in the field - about the lire *<dn hearth. My departed father’s voice was again in my dreaming ear— my mother’s hand was upon my young head. Again 1 saw my paper kite, in the gentle south wind, cleaving the upper air—and I gazed up on tlie same ample sky’ which spread over my boyhood— '.tad marked the passing rlauiL that dimmed its blue, I.ik. my own sorrows then, n fleeting and * few 1” It is my corneal prayer, that ns I glide slow ly down the declivity of years, it will please Wodto preserve in me that freshness of feeling, which enables nut to look upon childhood and youth, with such purity of enjoyment. It be guile* life of u* sombre spirit, ‘and the weari ness of the flesh,’- -mid while it teaches us, that e are receding further from the shore of y noth, it remind* us, also, that we are approaching that Other shore, where we shall eitcw an ex istence of immortal > outh, I. .11, then, cul tivate and cherish these cuiotiu . Let— ‘The bright thought of curly th<\ s -sttil gather on our nt.-moo now. And not die Sutter cure*, who-, trace I* stump'd deeply on the bin w : What though those day s return no mere ! Tie sweet remembrance , s not vain— For In uven is waiting to restore I t lie ct.t - M--... , r ’ 4LFKKD. Nsvehsixs Cos max, June, Ivor The following fish story, acorns to os a uhaler. The inventing powers of its author, if exercised in a creditable wav, might produce a Fulton or a \\ hitnev. .t seeuc nl Sen. A lady attempting to hand a billet tlotix to her lover, an otlircr oil the quarter deck, fell into the sea. The officer leaped overboard to her rescue. I The boat was immediately letdown, but! at the same instant an enormous shark with ! distended jaws, marked ;)iHu for his even ing meal. A sailor, with u bayonet in hand, i perceiving the appalling situatuhx ofthej lovers, became a fourth actor in the srwjye.; lie made a well timed dive, and, with a well directed aim, planted ihe bayonet in his shark slop's heart-—-The little love let ter was lost, but the thrilling words—l'm yours forever—were whispered in the lov er’s ear, while the shark was whispering yc’rc both mine forever. The Legislature of Kentucky have given furor to r. preposition to enact that AtrW tval drun ‘ enness be a sufficient ground for a divorce. There are few better reasons, i* w:r judgment. REDUCTION CONVENTION. Remarks of Mr. Spencer, OF LIUEfITY COUNTY Mr Cmajrma’*:—Very few word* shall cm- 1 brace the sunt ind substance of what 1 shall offer on the present c cession. 1 he brief course ol public Ine which I have run, has convinced me that sumo gentlemen upon t .is floor are Under erroneous impressions w hen they tell . tie, there tu< no necessity existing urging upon the Legislature, a call of a Reduction Con vention. My first impressions were In favor of a reduction of our LegisUture, and all my i after experience hastened to confirm that im pression. For three successive session* of the j Legtsisture, I have supported measures for reduction, both by my voice and my vote, and ! whan the Legislature lulled to do it, I felt bound to allow the people to do, what the Legislature wou and not do lor them—There was necessity | for a Convention, but, Mr. Chairman, there! is little difficulty ujion this question; the diffi culty is, it. to the inode uml measure of reduct- i ion. The forntei hus been settled by the Le gislature, the latter is left to our discretion. Fho rightofthe Legi lature, on this subject, has been assailed; and the proprity of the mode suggested, strongly denied. To both of these points I shall call the attention of thin re spectable Convention. (Sir, I know not whether I was more surpri sed or grieved, at the remarks which fell fiom some ul the gentlemen who differ with me on this subject, The proposit on now before us, is opposed because it is contrary to the spirit of republican).-tn, and they advocate another proposition giving to the more populous sec tions of the Bute, a greater influence in the .Senate, because it t* in accordance w ith the principles of Ihe present Constitution of Geor gia. First: They say It is anti-republican. Look abroad upon the mud in which we, live—exam ine the constitution of the United Btutes, and. tell me if thiit is contrary tothe spirit of repub licanism. Georgia with her population of about six hundred thousand, has her two Sen ators in the Congress of the United States, while Ncw-York, with more than two millions, has only two Senators. Rhodo Island, which upon your map occupies but nsmall geograph ical extent, has two Senators—Georgia uud Virginia, ftp fading over mi immence territory, have each, only two Senators—and so through out the Union, the States are all respectively equal, upon lh floor of the Senate. Populat ion is represented in one branch of the Na tional Legislature, and territory in the other. Would the gentleman from Richmond express tiiesi sentiments, if they were HTtw in a Con vention ol States, instead of u State Convention? Tell me. Ye Sons of Georgia—you who were born upon her noil; you, who derive your support from her bosom, here, having passed the seem sos your youth; here, having obtain ed the triumphs of mat liter years, and here, (I trust,) intending your remains shall rest when the clods of Ihe valley shall be your covering. Tell nie, would yon, in a Conven tion of States, thus speak hiiJ net? I think not. You give New York two Senators, you would rlnini It for Georgia, nml you would concede il to Rhode Island. In tins instance, then, do ttnlo others as you would that others should do vntta you; and be not afraid that it will he anti-republican, when I point you to the Constitution of the United Stutesas your pattern. Sir, 1 perceive the smile of triumph upon the countenance of these gentlemen gbut let them not be nitstukcii. 1 kttffw the ground upon which 1 stand, mid lira reply intended. I know the federal compact hi made up by sovereign States; and I hat the State embraces dependent counties but; if wo have n Legis lature at all, it mist consist of two branches, and one branch must be the populut branch, and the oilier must be represented according to territory. And by territory, 1 mean as now defined by county tin s, and not as respects relative extent. If both branches be founded on population you have no need for more than one. ‘Flu* msor s cot then anti republi Secondly: They advocate the other proposi tion, because it is in accordance with the prin ciples of the present Cumnitutio* *f this State. Tills ground sir, is equally unfortunate. Open the volume which contains the Constitution ofvaur State, mid what savsth.it Constitu tion 5 ? The Senate shall consist of one Senator from each county in the State. Tins puts each county upon a perfect equality in the zlcnate. Then sir, one Senator irotn two contiguous Counties, preserves the same t. quality, ana you might cluing ■ the proposition still Ittnher, un i not hi all violate the principles of the Consti tution. If then, sir, the Constitution now se cures to i tit'll county, large or small, populous or otherwise, an equal voice in the Senate, can it be contrary to the spirit of the present l ou stitution still to give these counties an equal voice in the Senate? Certainly not. These, M r. Chairman, were the two points maintained by some of my opponents. 1; t misunderstood them, I hope they will correct me; Ihr 1 would not willingly pervert vv hat they said, or mis represent their opinions- I take their silence, as tacit consent. Hut, says the gentleman from Richmond, we are required to equalize a- well a* reduce. Sir, this is not the proper place to accomplish this desirable object. If lie expects to equalize the representation, he must do it in the representative branch and mu in the s iute. If the present ratio does not give equal representation, let him make the tatiu less and the less he makes the ratio of representation, the closer will be the approx imation to equality Vnd no man will co-op erate wuh him more heartily than I will to ac complish this desirable end. lint sir. this ob ject cannot be accomplished. If the gentleman from Richmond, expect to he this, his expec tation will ho vain. His hopes here will be disappointed; he will return to his constituents ’issatisfied. and find them displeased. 1 trust Mr. Chairman. 1 have answered the ejections that have been urged against the proposition before us. It only teniaius that I should give briefly m_v teasons for supporting the measure. Lithe act by which we toe assembled, we arc directed to make senatorial districts of two contiguous counties. Is this act binding upon the convention ? I think sir I can demonstrate to you that it must be. 1 admit vv ithout hesit ation. that the Convention is a higher power than the Legislature, and that this Convention derives its powers and even its existence from the people, alone. The act of the Legislature, tit'll, of itself, lias no binding force upon the j convention, but regarding the cunriion which j the people have giv en to this act, we must feel some hesitation in setting it aside as null or I void. Look at it a little more in detail. The i act provides that the people shall elect delegat es on the (list Monday in April, that these i-lelegates shall meet on the first Monday in *Mav, in Mtiledgevillc, and in this, shall and *ii<>uld take an oath to carry into effect the I destjuj ofthe Convention and not to touch any : other part of the Constitution Now have not the people adopted this act, and sanctioned it as them own. if they had refused to elect delegates to the Convention, or if they had given their delegates •.-winter instruction, then we would have Wen under uo obligation to com; lv with the art of thv Legislature; but this was not the fact. The people held their elec tions at the time specified; the delegates ha** assembled at the. time and place appointed, and what is more, we have each of us taken the or.th prescribed by the- legislature for the WMtINr%QGLm dQVWTT &&&&&& qualification of the m*mbea* af thUConventlon. j'l hi* makes the act oi the Legislature the tn-! [atruction* of the people to their delegate*. ! Once more 1 remarx, tnat something is due to I the smaller counties in consideration of the I fact that they consented to meet in Convention If they had not been assured that their rights, would have been respected here, do you sup pose for a moment they would have agreed to the call of a Convention / Would they not to their last words have protested against It? or will you now sir, because they have thrown themselves into your power, run “rough-shod over them”? Will you because you have them in your grasp, now make them the vic ’ tints of your power ? Sir, lam not solicitous on this “proposition from personal considera tions. The county of Liberty has little to fear | on cither ground upon which the reduction I may be made. If you lake territory into the account, you will find our confines not very contracted. If population Is mude the basts ‘ of representation, we will bold u medium rank, I and if property nr considered, we will not suf fer in comparison with otnercounties,—or take i us in the aggregate and we claim a- large a : representation as the majority of the counties l of Georgia. Other, and 1 trust higher consid j orations have influenced inn in these remarks. I urge the proposition because you will then hove before you a limit to your proceedings, hut when you break down the hurt tors which the people at tile suggestion the Legislature have thrown around you, you have belore you a boundless ocean, over winch you may travrse, and whose shoreless waves,you may be enlirc , ly lo ti. But allow me to a*k, w hat is the povv ; cr for which lam contending? Is it a poser • to control Legislative ac.i n 7 Not at ail. It is • only the power to protect ourselves Irotn ah-! ■ solute oppressions, only the ..bility to pervert it.epassjge oi acts prejudicial to the interests • of the smaller counties. It is piamly this, wc claim to be only equal w here w c- are strongest, ; and grant the coniroliug power in the other • department of the Legislature. 1 repeal sir, , where we are strunges ,wc v> ill be only equal, and in theother branch of the Legislature they f will have the power. Does this took like the ■ minority governing ? Notataii. , Noiv gentlemen, allow me to ask, whence , Cornea this light, that hui buret upon modern t politicians with such noon-day brightness? How happens it, that they have just discovered I that former nolionsof republican Governments , were erroneous, and that equality of repre • Mentation must be claimed in both brunches of > the general assembly? Look ugain gentlemen to the principle* contained in the propositions - before you. There arc such as prevail in all . rqntblican forms of Government with which . 1 tint acquainted. From the constitution of - the United Btutes to the constitution of the I various States, you may go, and find the same features incorporated in theinVll. For nearly half n century, Georgia has retained this prin i ciplo in her constitution and no injuiry ha* - resulted. Nay more, her territory hus extend , cd, her population hus multiplied, her wealth t lias increased and her people have been happy. ■ This proposition comes to us recommended from ilio fact that its principles Itove been long tried and proved beneficial—-It comes to i us, recommended by the prudence, fore l thought mid upproputiotl of our forefathers, , whose opinions it is now too late to question, i It is based upon principles of eternal justice t —it must uud will prevail. A liM Y INTELLIG K.MT E. We give below the following extracts of let ters from out correspondents, dated at ‘ Fou r Kino, May 23, 1839 “Gen. Macomb and stbff left here thii morn ing for WunMugton, having, as ho aupufeHts, established u peace. Wo hud another Cmmcil ihii morning, at which, about 13d of all ages gnd both sexes were present. Nothing new transpired; the “talk” was u mere repetition of what they had agreed to before. Thetwcre allied, clothed, fobaccoed, and whijkeyW in tensively. They sent our numerous fresh ran iters this morning, to promulgate the “nrscr rv **•♦*'> in *M f tuiu that pea ic u ifßn established.” •*, . “Fort Kwa. “On the day appointed for the “bilk'’ I>p tween General Macomb and the Indians, the Pulled Stub s (lag was displayed on the ground marked out for the meeting of the hostile chief tains and warriors ol the Scrumules anil Mick* astikies, the Oeneral, and ihe highest military olllccrs of our Army, c,nrly in the day. the chiefs to the number of thtrly-tlvo, met the Oeneral and his stall'. Col. Uiirgoy first ad dressed the Indians, filling a c ip Ijotn a barrel of water which had been placed utyi> r the (lag ; lie pledged the Indians, telling litem that was the best, the most wholesome dAlik. Gen. -l/ioomb then taking the cup, pledged the In dians anew, and with a benignant smile, told his red brutheru that lie came from their Oieat Father at Washington, that lie, their Great Fa ther, had sent him to inquire into the diflicul bes which had so painfully disturbed them (the whites.) To him, their Great Father, lit* red children were as dear as his w hite ; lie loved both a ike; he regretted what hud taken place, bet the Indians lay down the sculping knife, the. ride, and the lomakaw k ; let them go South of little lYuse Creek. u.,d their Great Father would see that they were left tranquil and uu- ( disturbed. He would establish a neutral ground ami protect them from disturbance, by the protection of his troops. The Indians “were, they said, alike desirous of peace ; the w..r hud only originated from a misunderstanding with their white brethern; they would gladly laydown their tomahawks and silence their rides, but wauled some lime 10 gather their com before crossing the line ; they would, in the meanwhile, cease nil hostilities, and send runners to all their people to let them know the i Treaty.—The General replied, time would be allowed them to gather their corn, that sixty days would be granted ior .hut purpose; at the end of which all Indiana must be South of their! ime. Should any of them wish to go and visit ‘heir friends in Arkansas, the United Stales would furnish them with the necessary means, (to this lilt 1 Indians strongly expressed their dissent.) Should they, he then added, wish to have some of their trends come from there and visit them, the United States would allow them to come to 1* lorida and see their acquain tances ; they would then hear from all, and how they fared. The Indians replied. th‘ v would think about that. Then followed the explanation of the Treaty; it is in a few- words, viz: The Indians are to remain within a boun dary drawn from Chailoite Harbour up Peace Jreek to little 1\ ace Creek, thence in a straight line from w est to east to the Kissamee. thence down to the Okce-cho-bee Lake, and from thence again in a straight line from north to south to a small river which empties into the Gulf of Mexico, near Cape Sahel. The neutral ground is to be from Tampa Bay to Fort Mel lon. thence along the St. Johns to its source, and from thence South to the coast. The In dians are allowed sixty days to gather in their crop, and then to withdraw into their own lines. “Three regiments, the Ist and 7/h Infantry, and 3xl Artdlery. and four Companies of Dra goons, are to remain in Florida.” A waggon,containing goods, on its w ay from Black Creek tothe Mineral Springs, was plun dered by Indians last week. Some persons very honestly believe that the murder of Bkockfxbbjwx . near Picofeto. was not committed by Indian*, hut w hiles, as, it is said that his life has been threatened. This ■natter should be examined into by the coin- ■ maitding officer at Picoleta; and, if it la not done, it is suggested that the Coroner proceed to thespot and hold an inquest. Itatification of Peace. —The recent cove nant with the Indians, was sealed with the blood of another while man on Thursday last, near I’icoJuia. An old man named George Biackenberry, was killed near the landing, hi* house rifled, and burned down. Traeknofthc enemy crossed the road opposite Wcadman’s, 11 miles from this place. Innocexce M.vnr. Manifest. —Many of our readers will, doubtless, recollect the occount of a duel, published in nearly all the city paper*, about ItJ or IN months since —fought in the neighborhood of Houston, in which Mr. Chancy Goodrich and Mr. Lawrence, were principals. The latter had been assistant editor of the New York Star, and was of highly respectable connections. At the first fire, if we recol lect aright, he was killed. The ground* for quarrel originated in Goodrich’s having had purloined From his pocket hook, a Bank Note of 81000— -this occurred in an apart ment of u boarding house in Houston, in which slept five or six young men, inclu ding Lawrence. On G.’s making known his loss, he was requested to name the per son, whom he suspected, and after some hesitancy he desigated Lawrence. A chal lenge was consequent—-C. M. Stanley, a son of an cx-Govcruor of Carolina, and one i of those who occupied the room common to the member already mentioned, acted ns second for Lawrence. Stanley, according to the Galveston Ga zette, re mained in Houston after the death j of Lawrence—was taken ill, represented himself in straitened circumstances, and occasionally borrowed money to defray his expenses! Notwithstanding his apparent poverty, l in a short time after he called on a Mr. IHswell, about to leave Houston for this city, ami gave him a one thousand dollar bill to purchase goods for him. Doswell. on his return, having hi* suspicious excited, waited on Major Holman, who had seen lite note in the hands of Goodrich, and from the descriptions given by I) he, (Hoi- ; ! man) believed the note sent hy Stanley, to ; be the same. A l)r. Brnilh, who had ren- j i tiered Stanley asaisitance, and knew his ; circumstances, also coincided in opinion as > to his guilt. Stanly, it appears, is at present in prison i | -—not, however, for his supposed crime— J hut on a positive charge of stealing 8-VK) from a man in Houston, and to whom he afterwards returned the money, conse |tient ly the prosecution if followed up, will be less zealously conducted. Every good man will feel regret if such a ruffian escape, j ‘‘unwhipt of justice,”— ns, from all the circumstances, it is evident he has been the primary means of sending two highly deser ving young iru-ti out of life. Goodrich, it is stated, slang with remorse for death of Lawrence, became at times partially in sane, would start from his slumbers at night, scretttc out and rave incessantly of the cir cumstances connected with the duel. He afterwards wandered to San Antonio, re sorted to liquor, quarrelled w ith a gambler, who secretly emerfd hisrhamber, shot hitn, | and then, fiend-like plugged a bowic knife through him, so as to pin him tothe ma j tress,—A\ O. Louisianian, May'M. THE OM.AOK OHANOF. Anew article ol food lor silk worms, j has been noticed in the Philadelphia papers, and is asserted to be as favorable for the Silk Failure as the moat approved species of the Mulbetry. It is generally known by the name of Osage Orange, or Osage Apple, and is sometimes called the Madura. It is a native of our South Western States and Texas, and is generally found on the banks of rivers : but vv ill grow with great rapidity in almost any soil, anti endure the climate of our Northern States without in -1 jury. The appearance of the tree and fruit resemble the Orange, except that the leaf is considerably larger. The fruit though beautiful in appearance when ripe, is of no value for use. The tree grows to the height of about thirty feet, with a sprediog top, the foliage thick and is a beautiful shade tree, and should be cultivated for that pur pose if for no other. The wood of the tree is very hard and durable, and resembles the fustic. When properly trained and and pruned, it is a most valuable article for hedges; and probably more so in this sec tion of country than any other, ns it form* one sooner, with less trouble, and is more durable. Its branches are also armed with short thorns, it is propogated generally by cuttings, which succeed best of two year old wood, and the size of a man’s finger. A number of these trees can be found in tlie garden* about our city, where they have been cultivated for the last eight or ten years. A man in Transylvania lately fell upon his scyth and killed himself at the age of DiO. Old time having been a little haggard with his own mower. This man, whose name i“ Juan Graza left a son 100 years old, and a hopeful grandson of 80. We should like to know how a juvenile of this latter age, feels towards his ‘‘Grand Fa.” There must be something quite childish and in teresting in seeing such a stripling creep ing on the knee of “Pa’s Pa.” We sup pose the young fellow gets many a good lecture from the old gentleman about the impropriety of spending too much of his time in running after the girls before he a ives at years of discretion.— N. York Gazette. Robbery of tiie Express Mail.— The Nashville Whig states that a lad bv the name of Gill, who rode the Express Mail between Buchanansvillc and Murfreesbo rough, has been committed to prison in that city lor robbing the mail on the mornings of the 51st and 23d of April. The packages robbed were bound to Nashville and the north ; the contents have been recoveied, with perhaps a single exception, and will be restored to the proper owners. George W. Dixon, the editor of the Pol yanthus in New York, who slandered Miss Missouri out ofexistance, is now undergo ing prosecution fora lible on R. R. Minturn, deceased. Mr. M. became insane and died in consequence of the furious articles pro pagated by Dixon. A SOLDIER OF TIIK REVOLUTION IS NO MOKE. Not many of ail mat boat of noblest souls Remain to tell the tale of other year*— Not many now to me sound of time Do inarcn. A few— ab! bow few’ Yet linger at men post—but soon the reveille* Will call them to tiie general camp. And of oppre uiou’a wiongs, of sufferance, Anil of peril, and of toil, blood and strife. We, will! atlenliveear and glowing breast, .Soon no more flora their own lip* snail hear. Departed thi* life, at hi* residence in the vil lage of Hparta Georgia on Friday last, at 10 o’clock, A. M. in the seventy-ninth year of his age, Gen’l Henry Mitciiiu.. He was a native of Sussex county, Va., but for more than fifty years resided in this and the udjoin county of Warren. General Henry Much-! el was a soidier of the Revolution, and was a Whig ‘good and true,” when that name meant more than ‘sound and babbling echo.’ In his eighteenth year, he joined the continen tal army, and was an ensign in it*rank*, when Burfort was defeated at the Hanging Rock in Sotuh-Carolina, whore he w as cut down, as he j proudly bore aloft the ‘stripes and stars’, hav ing received, actios the cranium, from Tarl ton’s troopers, two sabre wounds, oneof which hastened his dessoluition. Neither wound*, nor captivity, could keep the young soldier from the field—he afterwards fought at Kutaw and near Petersburg, Va., w here lie did scr vice for his country and gained honor furhim sclf. General M. emigrated to Georgia at an important period of her history. No Slate, perhaps, at that time, not only in her territory, but her civii policy, was more unsettled ; strife and feud, and selfish motivss, prevailed and op -1 peraled to an a’ lining extent. To allay the one, and to defend and support the other, few men co-operated with his coworkers with a more hearty good will and determination than 1 did the subject of this short and impcrf'-ct memoir. He was often elected a member of the legislature during this unsettled crisis, and for many years presided over the Senate of Georgia. Aftr r which he was several time chosen an elector for President and Vice Pre sident of these United (state's. Both in his private and pol.tica!character, lie w as upright, rigid and just, ii> determination perhaps un yielding For the two or three last years of bis life, his health gradually declined, and for the last six weeks he war unable to rise fro n his bed. In his illness he sustained himself with characteristic firmness and fortitude, neither murmermg nor repining, when, on the day just mentioned, he breathed his last: leav ing behind him an affectionate family and nu merous friends to cherish his memory and to lament his loss. In the grave he sleeps unfettered— From all the ills of life and sorrows free— And he who was patriot, statesman,friend, Itiiaband, parent and master, with each strong chord And end-aringlie, is now but dust and ashes. Let no rude hand assail hint hei In this Inst let him repose— Until the trump sbol! awake a world O f tivingnnd of dead to judgment. Dost Waste the Steam. —lt is stated that a steam ferry-boat, which plies on the Alton, (III,) ferry, having more power in her engine than required, the proprietors have attached a pair of burr mill stone* to Iter, with which, the Telctjtaph says, while crossing the ferry and running uiF steam, she is enabled to grind about one hundred bushels of fine meal, per day. ,Mr. T MADPEtt* Htevkns, one of the leading Anti-Masonic members oflhe House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, has been denied his seat in that body, now in session, try a vole of4B to 30. Mr. S. was ! constitutionally elected, and his seat was not contested—hut uputi his application to be sworn, the Locofoeos took it into their heads that as he had declined taking his seat after the revolutionary proceedings of i la* winter he had forfeited it. Tttr. New Capital or Texas. —ln a late Texas paper, a writer describes the site of the new capital Austin, as a beautiful spot. Speaking of it he sa v*—“ The atmosphere is charged with the most delightful perfume —and every *hruh, every hill and every (lower seemed to extend a welcome to the weary traveller. I never expected to real ize your eloquent description ofTexas, till I saw the land* of the upper Colorodo.— There are hundreds of the most beautiful sites for building round the town level, and Rome itself, with all its famous hills, could not have surpassed the natural scene ry of the place.” The Malays. —We have been for some weeks keeping a sharp look-out upon the Eastern papers, for intelligence of the pun ishment infflictcd on the Malays for the pirn ry of the Eclipse-knowing that Commodore Hoed is just the man to make clean and speedy work ol it. At last the intelligence has come, in the annexed article from the Boston Journal of last evening. In a few days, probably, wc shall have the particu lars in full*—-V. I’orA Com. Adv. Important From Sumaera.— The ship Arabella, Capt. Rosrcrs, arrived at this port this morning, left at Singapore, U. S. ship Columbia, Corn. Reed, arrived day before, and saw the U. 8. ship John Adtuns, stan ding into Singapore Roads, both from Sumatra. Com. Reed received information of the capture of the Eclips, of Salem, at Colombo, and immediately repaired to the west coast. On his arrival, alter endeavoring (unsuc cessfully) to negotiate for the delivery of the Mandarines, and restitution of the stolen | property, Qualla Baitoo was bombarded two hours on the 23d December—one fort destroyed, and the other considerably injur ed. On the Ist January, .Vluckle was burnt j by the Columbia and John Adams. After cannonading the place. 100 men were lan ded from the ships, and the town and forts destroyed, with a considerable qnantity of pepper—neither ship sustained any loss— the Malays all retreated into the” jungle. No part of the property captured in Ihe j Eclipse was recovered. Samuel //. Goiicernenr, Ex-Postmaster of; New York City, ha* been bruught in debt to the Government in the sum of $26.03;} by the ■ verdict of-d jury of this City. The litigated accountsPovered along period and avast sum ot money. The Government claimed SIOO,-! 033; Mr. Gouverneur claimed a balance due ! him. The accounts we ‘e in great confusion; ’ and the Jury were bothered over 24 hours, and ! had to be recharged before they could agree; on a verdict. Mr. G. claimed a large sum in j commissions for extra services in negoeiatins louas (otherwise shinning’) to help the Depart ment along in Us difficulties. None of this was ! allowed him. He is able to pay tiie amount of tie verdict, and will pay it, or secure it incase he appeals. Thomas Haynes Bailey, the well known lyrical poet, died at Cheltenham on the 22nd April. > Nevv-Yobk, May *2O. Prom I lucre— Tiro day* Later. —We have, by the arrival of the Tccumach, Pari*- papers of the 24tli April, one day laler from Pari* than received by the Shakespear. The news from Pari* is more favorable to Loui* Philllpc. The Ministerial Evening Journal of the i£3d, commenting on the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on ihe IMd am! *23*l, say* that it is clear from the debate which was token part in by all the Chamber, that the conduct of the crown has merited the homage of all parties. The great warfare now *ecms to be the war of the Parisian Press. Late and Interesting’ from Canton. —The Boston bark Trenton, Captain Hallet, arri ved at this port on (Saturday evening, bring the Editors of the Express files of Canton papers to the 30th of January— twenty days later than received by prior arrivals. We have hecu favored with sletter dated Tuition, Jan. 30. It says that business remaiusquiet. The government are still using every mca.:s in their (tower to put a -top to the opium trade, and it is thought they will finally succeed. All kinds of foreign produce are dull of late. Long Ells and American Domeslick are very low, and shippers this season will lose money. Tews are high, particularly the new greens, for which such high prices are demanded by the Hong met chants, that buyers will not purchase at present, consequautlv the ships in port will be late home itfffc year. Canton, Jan. 20.—A number of war boats have it is said, been ordered to Hong -kong to drive away the ship stationed there. The Viceroy has been very ut:well of late, and his death even has been rumored several times. To the j;reat regret howev er, of hi* Chinese sul j ‘ct he does not vet “ramble among the lulls with the spirits of liis ancestors.” His late severe measures against the Opium trade in which lie is said before to have had no inconsiderable share, have rendered biin vety unpopular, people disbelieving that his acts proceed from a conviction of the danger of Opium smoking, but merely to curry favor at court. His son, it t,s said, lias lately been caught in the act of smuggling Opium, and the fortunate j capture of this Important prize, did not gave him his liberty until we!! paid for it; his ransom was, we believe, estimated :t0 000 Taels. \\ ilhin the last few weeks several Euro • pl ans, both here and in Macoe, have been attacked by the small pox, and some anxie ty prevails among the foreign community j as to its spreading, and about the i.-qpßiricn ry of previous vaccination, W hat other City can say it ?—ft ap peal* by the official reports, savs the New York Daily Evening Star, that all the boys in the city of Boston are members of the public or private schools, save 33 alone. The whole number is lfi.M'SO. There is no parallel to this in any quarter of the j world. yincon. Way'2s. —We have very hot and dry weather for the past week—the ther mometer ranging in the heat of the d*v from 87 to 04. Kain begins to be much needed.— Telegraph, The steam packet Neptune, was sold in Charleston on the 7th. and was purchased by Gen. James Hamilton, for B'JN.OOO, which is said to he upwards of 8100,000 i less diau . cost. Macon, June 1. 1839. Further Proceedings on the State's l>oc!.c*. The State vs. \t in. Huge,—Assault and Battery—Plead ofGuiltv, and exculpatory nrtidavid— Sentence : fine of 820 and cost. The State vs. Jason Faulk.—Furnishing a slave with spirituous liquor—verdict Guilty—Sentence: fine of s3oand costs. The State vs. Jason Faulk. — Retail ing without License—verdict Guilty—Scu tenre : fine of*so ant! costs, or 30 days im prisonment and Jail fees. rhe State vs Jason Faulk: —Misdemeanor in carrying unlawful weapons—virdcct Guilty -Sentence . fine of $125 and cost*. The State v*. Win. (jjiclficlii— LaroertT’ —Negro steaHtTTg—T-irdict Guilty—Sen tence : imprisonment in the Penitentiary for 10 years, from and after the sth day of June, 1839. Ihe State vs. Wm. Sheffield.—Larceny Negro stealing—verdict Guilty—Sen tence ; imprisonment in the Penitentiary for 10 years, from and after the sth day of June, IS 10. The State vs. John Carter.—Larceny— Negro stealing—Sentence : itnpi moment • n Penitentiary, from and after the sth day of June, 18,39. The State vs. John Carter.—Larceny— Negro stealing—pica of Guilty—Sentence ; imprisonment in the Penitentiary for 4 years, from and after the sth (lav of June, 1839. The State vs. James 8. Jackson.- Passing a raised bill—verdict Guilty—Sen tence: imprisonment in the Penitentiary for 2 years, from and after the sth day of June, 1839. A man killed bij a Shark. —Extract of a letter from a young seaman, to his parents, dated Mataxzas, April 15. “A melancholy affair occurred here yes terday. A man at work in a small boat, alongside one of the steamboats in the har bor, was sitting on the gunwale, which caused her to heel and to the astonish ment of all who witnessed the catrstrophe a large shark sprang up and look him from the boat, and he was seen no more. W “The next day a shark was taken, mcasi uring 13 feet, but probably was not the on A that took the man. They opened him aniM found in him a beef’s head with horns You may judge the size of the monster’s I mouth from the contents of his stomach.” j The government of Ute Netherlands have paid the $02,692 for the capture of the ship Mary, of Baltimore, in 1800. Those interested can receive their claims on ap plication to the Treasnay Departincdt. Mf.thodist Minister Mt/rdered.-i The Rev. Mr. Hogan oftho Methodist pes suasion, was murdered in Cass Count* Georgia, en the 9th inst. at his own housf J by his miller, named Westen Jenks. T| 1 murderer has been arrested and commits J to jail. 0 1