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THE HER VI,1):
For Ihe H> raid I
• There in me,
1. 1 all ihiu cold an J hollow world, no fount I
tlf deep. strong, deal hit-:love, uve within 1
A caotlu r' h'art,”
To a rational mind how delightful to con
template the inscrutable way* of God in hie
provision for the human rare. Man coined ~
into the world, without hit knowledge or eon | .
sent, weak and helpless ; totally unqualified !
to provide for himself. To woman i given ‘
tkorn dining, and indissoluble affection*, that
proven eliield *ndbuckler to the we,ikuud Imp
lean lutic oru'denmiuiltcd in liei charge.
The greutdivinity U**ecn tit, in hi* wiedont. |
to inseparably connect tln* bappinea* of the I
parent, with that of (1m- < hi and : and though the
jun'Utal dutiea arc arduous, they are not only
r ndered toieralde. hut picaaant.
Ilmen in creating woman, seem* to have i
collided innii to her conscle** Chtc, and mire j
nerved attention. The cradle of infancy is her ■
peculiar charge, and her kind comp isniofli cease
hut with our live*. Her lianda direct our car j
lie t step* her gentle voice trachea u* lo lisp |
our fir-t expression*. Nli<> wipe* away the, lirai 1
tear wo shod, —and to her arc we indebted for !
tile, chief pleasure* of our lives.
Wliat are the wild throhhings of unspeakable
bliss when re| os tig in Iter arm* ihn image
of herself around its lip plays the bright smile
telling of happy dreams, such as finite** in
f iney on y know*.
Who can look along lin** path nnd behold it ‘
filled with niontiinents of maternal affection, i
without feeling the deep sense of the morel oh
ligation* lie I* under to love, serve, nnd obey
the friend who lin* been so kind nnd tender to
us ? When the streams ofjoy are dried up, and
the green spots in memory’s waste have be
come parched, blighted, and withered, then the
thought* of other times and early days route
over tin; soul; it istliru We remember tier who
loved ns for onrar/re*. However we may be
slandered and abused, by those who have mode
lies their refuge however unheeded are our
tears, sighs, and regrets, by those with whom
wo are surrounded -y ct, tin ir is One earthly
friend whose love never posses, itltei*, or chan
ges, Though we may have wandered in tile
by places of iniquity, though we may have be
ciimo degenerated, and depraved, despised by
all mankind, as the off scouring ofthc earth
i lie mother knows no difference. We are still
the same being dial she ha* so often lulled to
repose we are still the child of lier'Jove, and
to save us from harm, how willingly would she
receive the blow turned for our destruction.
AOHK'OLA.
.Soiitln Hirer, Crimbn county, July 11.
Hftwr-hrff ‘Hrgivrftti Os nrihu.fi / i'dopa
hy Urn. P. H. Porter —ln the late war
with England, (icmeral /'oiler acqiiireil
bright nnd unlading laurels by his patri
otism ami gallantry. Ii will lie *9en, by
the follow ing article from the Buffalo Jour
mil* thut this veternn Im* had the appropri
ate honor of rovieu iug a British regiment
on the spot where, pist a quarter of a ren
wry ago, he encountered, at the head of
his brigade, tiro legions of lord Welling
ton :
Mr. ('lnv, in company with liiw intimate
Iriond, (it'll. Porter, crossed over the river
yesterduy, at tli> Falls, to witness the pnr
inle o( the Ittil regiment,and wore received
with ail military etiquot by the Colonel
and his stall. The Colonel very politely
invited hin distinguished visitors to review
the regiment, /hit though Mr. Secretary
i ursytli, n y ear or two ago, complied with
a similar invitation, In review a body of
troops at Montreal. Mr. ('lav germed to
think, Notwithstanding the precedent, tliat
such occupation of arms belonging to the
soldier, rather than to the statesman, and
therefore declined his share of the intended
honor in favorof his warworn friend, w hose
title to the name and honors of a soldier,
more than one English regiment has be
tore had occasions to appreciate and ac
knowledge; and (Joneral Porter took pos
ition, and reviewed the troops. As the col
umns passed him in review, his thoughts
must have reverted to the times when on
this same frontier, and in die very vicinity
of die spot where he stood, British columns
were displayed before him for far different
purposes.
Anecdote. Vn cxrentrio preacher hv the
name of Phi|ip Gibbs. ((ieorgia.) used to
tell the following anecdote of himself, and
of his own father-iu-law, of the name of
Bussey Mr. Russev was a Haptist preach
er, and was in the hahil of buying corn on
credit'from a man of the name of Moses.
Mr. Gibbs was once sent on the same er- !
rami, but was refused the corn until his
lather-in-law had squared up former uc
eounts. Oil his return, he repaired to the
place of meeting, where Mr. Hussey was
preaching from one of the declerations of
Moses, ns found in the Bible.
During the discourse, Mr. H. happened
to ask the question several limes—
irhst di es Moses soy !” for the purpose of]
impressing the matter upon the attention of
the congregation. This inquiry so struck
the odd fancy of Mr Gibbs, that he rose
gravely in his place, and audibly replied,
Be fore Cod he soys, he will let you ho re no ‘
more corn until you hove paid him for
what you Aurc got.” So ludicrous an ‘in- j
terruptlon, so disconcerted the preacher
and excited the risibility of the people, that
the meeting broke up in confusion.
Charleston and Cincinnati Railroad. !
It appear* In a communication in th. ('liar
leston Courier, signed by Ocneral Havno,
that Otis great work is not to bo abandoned,
lien. llayne states that South Carolina,
if even left alone in the work, could not
permit it to stop short of the mountains.
The Courier, in reference to the publication
of General Hayno, says, it •• puts an ex
litiguicher on the report which has been
current here end elsewaro, that the idea of
carrying the road beyond the Colombia has
been abandoned.” The next instalment
on the road is not to be called for before
the of October.
ir York, July ‘CI.
High.) Important from Emtl**t- 4
ill dny* liuer—ltloody Itlot* nt Mir
mi Mg hu in—tir In Egypt—•ltlnsi*.
leroiit fantMcrrlal state ol atriilrs.
The Steam ship Great Western arrived at
2 o’riock bringing tidings not very Welcome—
War in the East, dullness and decline in the i
Cotton market, and an advanced rate of tnter
e*t in London.
The resuit of all till*intelligence will be un- j
favorable hereto those who were anxiously !
looking to Europe for higher pi tec* of Cotton
and lower prices of money.
Pro.u Oi war in the East, consequences m*y |
also result unfavorable to the preservation of
the peace of Europe.
France assert* openly, hy Iter Deputies, lb*
necessity of protecting Turkey against Mu ista,
winch nation, it is assumed, is stimulating the
Egyptian-. Ail parties, ,M. llcrryer, M. Dur
[pm (Million lhirrot, and tlie Ministers, were
of one accord in voting ten million* of francs,
lo enable Prance t i do her part in protecting
Turkey. The comb.a.d fleets of I**iui::s and
England, in the Levant, where very powetful.
Whciher they will act in harmony, remains to
he seen.
Captain Walker, who virtually directs all
1 the operation* oi tin; Turkish fled, has been
invested by the Sultan with the rank of High
Admiral.
It hi* er- ntcd Komi surpi io’ at Con itantiiio
plc, that tlie Porte, who has been so poor for
I sometime post, appear*suddenly to have cnor
j inou* sums at hi t dispo* |. I.mg standing ar
rears have been paid off, nnd reedy money is
forthcoming for every tiling.
We are— mod accountably- without cur reg
ular flies I>y this ship, ami arc indebted to Mr.
Gilpin of tfie Heading Itoom, for a file. if his
papers -from which we glean our intcllgence.
f, iNonx, Thursday, July 4.
War in tit East. -We have to announce,
on the milhoritic* of letter* of the l'Jtli ull,
from Constantinople, that the Multan has not
only declared war against Meliemil All, but ns
but as supreme Cdipli of Ihe Faithful, and
Representative oi tli ■ Prophet, pronotineed
sentence of excommunication against the I’u
dm and hisaon Intbrahim, deposing them from
the Government of Egypt and Svii i. The
sentence w as pronounced by Ids Highness on
tlie. (hit, the fetvah or bull of malediction being
prepared hy the Grand Mufti, after a grave
runmituiion of the most learned Doctorsuf the
| Musstiltnan law. The Ifth being Friday, the
M ihomedan the .salience of exeom
mtmieatfo.i was lo be read in all the Mosque*.
The Turkish (1 t left the Golden Horn tit two
| division*. The f;r*t sailed on the Hth, mid the
I second on the Oth ultimo. They were to ren
dezvous at Gallipoli, where I > t•) mariners
were waiting to be token on hoard. With large
quantity iof military and other supplies. The
j fleet consists of thirly-four sail of all sizes, wll
equipped, and the crews were in high spirits.
Previous to the sailing of the second division,
the Sultan, though in extremely bud health,
w ent oa bokrd the Mahmoudi, the Admiral’s
ship, to say n few words of encouragement to
the officers nnd men, and to give them the
benediction of the Prophet. Tlie reception of
Ins Highness w as most enthusiastic.
Among tho English men on board, vvcreGapt.
Walker, Conollv, and l.ee, the first of whom
the Sultan raiser) to the rank of Rear-Admiral.
General Joclmws, n French officer, who serv
e l w ith dltinetlon ill Greece and Spurn, was
likewise on board,hut though know ntobe in
mainsprings of the expedition, lie haadcrfiilfea
accepting any recognized rank, choosing to ap
pear a* the friend of the Captain Pacha. The
Sultan Itnv ing taken leave of Ihe officers, with
drew ami I the roar of artillery. The destina
tion of the (loot was Alexandria, which, it was
reported in Constantinople, Mehemot Alt Imd
left in a defenceless condition.
The Sultan's final resolution being commun
icated to the European Ambassadors, an Im
perial Firntau was prepared, on the l'dtlt ult.
by the Hiuntboul steamer, to Hafiz Paehin
which that Goner.il is investee with the lkieli
iillcr of Syria and Egypt.
Since the above was written we lim e receiv
ed (ionium papers, with letters from Con
stantinople of the same date as the above,
TJicy anuouiiee that the Egyptian unity in
Arabia, under Kirsehul Paella, lias entered
Hnssorah; that laird Ponsmthy declared that
the time for tergiversation was post. a.at that
lor acting was come at last; and that Admiral
Poussin was in the greatest distres, Franco
having as aimed something like the protce
torshlp of Mchemet All.
On the tllib tilt, news reached Vienna from
Alexandria, to the ellect that war had com
meiieed in good earnest in Syria, and that the
troops of Ibrahim Paelta fell back from all their
positions, fighting as they retreated so that
the Turkish army Wtis encamped tii the ter
ritory of Mohemet AI i. They likewise slate
that 5,1 W ICgepiians deserted to Hafiz Puelta
at the first onset. It appears that Ibrahim
was not himself present at (his engagement,
being at the time at Aleppo; for the instant the
news reached him he commanded the division
stationed there to advance and meet the ene
my in the field.
To have allowed I Inti/, to approach Aleppo
undisturbed would have been to permit him to
be joined by thedivissjona commanded bv the
Pachas ot Bagdad and Mossul— an error w hich
Ihrahntn is too good a general to eommit.
ling land and Prance must now declare them
selves; and it they would prevent Europe from
being involved iii the blaze of this w ar, they
must net unanimously with good faith. No
time is to be lost.
The Cotton Market, it will be seen by the
annexed statements was flat, and declining.
The Bank Directors hod under consideration
: the propriety of raising the rate of interest to
1 (> per cent., but adjourned without doing so.
lis actual rate ot s^per cent how ever is a,most
unpreeeiiUented, and caused much complaint.
Lady Flora 11 vs riNcs. —The announcement
of yesterday was in the following words:—
I “Lady Flora Hastings is in a very languid state,
j mid is weaker this morning.” Up to a late
hour last night noamenduient had taken place,
and the Morning Post of to-day states that “the
i physicians were without the slightest hope of
the recovery of their uufortuimte patient.”
The answer to inquiries this morning was,
‘‘Lady flora ernuot recover.” The Duchess
of Kent is deeply affected by the hopeless ron
| dilion of her favorite, who is universally ad
mitted to be one of the most amiable of the fe
male nobility. The Duchess has been a eon
slant attendant at Lady Flora’s bedside. The
Queen also considering the peculiar circum
stances of the ease must feel the matter acute
ly. Nevertheless, it has been observed that
her majesty has visited the Opera more fre
quently than usual; and dinner parties and
equestrian exercises hav e been the order of
the day. Doubtless this routine of pleasure
has been recommended by her Majesty’s wise
advisers, in order to divert her Majesty's mind 1
from the melancholy scene within the walls
of the -vlace. With reverence be it spoken,
it would he difficult to find and other excuse
tor so apparent gaiety iveere there is so much i
for grief—fur daily and iieightly displays
m Parks and Theatres, at a lime when the !
roval heart would tie naturally prone to conn-’
sel seclusion. It is expected that there will!
be a very General mourning among the hih- j
er eilrles for Lady Flora lias tings.
It is announced in the London gun of the :
evening of sth July, that the Lady Flora
Hastings died at 2 o'clock, on the morning. n|
T.K2Z IfIOZItfTOSJft.; COUNTY HERALD.,
victim (vve presume from what we *ec in the ■
paper*) to outraged se.nibilttie*.
Monos*.— Both Robert Dale Owes sod Dan
iel Webster have been presented tothe Queen.
There had been another most destructive
fire tn Dublin.
A severe snow storm occurred in Eng land on
the 27th of June.
All the prisoners tried have been found guil
ty of the great Gold Dust Robbery. A reward
j of $3 OK) is offered for the Jew Davis, who had
! sailed for Mew York.
Lady Hnlwer’s t.’heveley has had it* day.
!It can do no injury to Ilulwcr now. A friend,
who lia> a personal knowledge of the lady,
| write* thus to me; “It is a work which *up
■ piie* a key to certain strange opinions mi Hie
Hidwer’s last novels. I believe that Lady .
labour* under a monomania, yet she t- a clev
er woman, and her work show* it. Hhe has
lived at Hath for some years, and there iscon
sidered a* an oddity. Her favorite pursuit
i* Album-hunting—that is, she get* ell the al
bums she can, and in them write* verst-*, more
eulogistic than poetical, about Charles Keans
acting. She is what you would call a “bold
beauty.” Her bind writing is strong and
and ialling, like the woman’* mmd. Before she
and her husband parted, she used to annoy
linn (at his own table in particular) by attack*
iipon lii* habits, person, and friends. On sev
eral occasions, I am told, she almost drove
him In insanity by the adroitness and severity
of Her attick*. One day, while atdinr.er, tin
fled at him,and bit his lip through! It isquile
untrue, a* she says, that Sir H liulwer was
unfaith ul to her wlnle they lived together.
He wa* fond of her person uml talents, uiid
shadowed out more than one of hi* early
heroine* from his wife. One day aft* r they
had separated, site met him in the street, mid
slipped her carriage to abuse him ! She late
ly went to a masquerade at Bath, as M.idanie
Pompadour; and almost naked. She says that
ihllwcr’s i* “a Brummngen title,” and when
someone said, “It made you Lady liulwer,”
replied, “It did not and could not make linn
a gentleman.” Hhc ha* a very handsome in
cotnq allowed her by her husband— more in
dued than he can well afford logivc.”
Qi ci.n VwrroMi*.—The Queen’s time for the
lust week previous to the sailing of the “Great
Western,” was mostly taken up in visiting Lady
Flora II istings, in grieving lor her sickness, in
riding about, and playing at cards to recover
from the effects oi lier grief. The. Queen in
tiled tin Queen Donager to dine with her one
day and Daniel Webster the next. She ex
pressed a great curiosity to see the great Dan
of America.
Some scrubby people hissed tlie little Queen
at Ascot IKath, and it was repotted thut luidy
Litchfield asserted she saw and beard Ihe
Dudies* of Montrose and Lady S trait Inges
trie hiss her Mnjoaly.— These two ladie* deny
tile soft impeachment. This is a tall dunities*
for Queens mid Duche* tea lo be engaged in.
lies Majesty ’a IL>t sehoi.d.—The follotvi.g
is the list of ths ladies com prising her Majesty ‘s
present household, with the amount oi their
salaries annexed :
Principal lady of the llcdchaaiber.
Marchioness of Normandy - £SOO
hadies of the fJerU’llatnlier.
Marchioness of Hreadaibane - 5,*)
Marchioness of ‘l'avistock 500
( otinless ol ldtai lemoiit - - 500
Counter of Burlington - - s‘to
Lady Portman - - - 500
Lady Liul.’ton .... Oik)
Lady ILtrhttin .... SJJ
iu. non ,W#hkV 'Mo**.
The lion. Margaret Dillon - 300
The Hon. Miss Lock* - HO;)
The Hon. Miss Cavendish - - 300
The Hon. Matilda Paget. - - 800
IMiss Murry .... non
Miss Lister .... 3(K>
Miss -Spring Hico - - - 80!)
Ilc'lchomber Hboutn.
Lady Caroline Barrington - - 30!)
Lady 11. Clive .... H.H)
Lady Charlotte Coplc - - 300
The \ I .-count ess Fortes • - 300
The Hon. Mrs. Urrad - - 3)0
Lady Gardner .... 3t)()
The Him. Mrs. J. Caiiiph. il - 300
TiirQockn’s Body Guahd, - Mrs. Smashum
otherwise Lady Norinamly, the female Premi
er of the Palace, ingeniously cuntriv ers to ex
tend the period of her attendance upon the
Queen by volunteering the monthly duty for
other ladies of tho bed-chamber. At present
Mrs. Smashum is the representative of only
three absentee* which gives her four month*’
residence s’ the Palace instead of om- ; but it i-*
exj-ect’ and dial ati arrangement may be made
w uli other ladies of the bed-chamber, by which
tier attendance upon her royal mistress tiny be
rendered permanent.
Extract of a letter dated
New York, Monday, P. M.
The steam ship Great Western arrived at
her old station at about 2 o'clock this after
noon. having left Bristol on the tilli nut
with dates from London to the duv previous,
and the same from Liverpool. The Great
Western bungs 105 passengers. The Brit
ish Queen was to leave Portsmouth on the
11 tli inst.
I regret to be obliged to inform von, that
the advices just received are of a most dis
tressing nature. Cotton had declined 3-4(1
■ from the date of our la.-t accounts of the
13th lilt, and was still heavy, w ith a very
moderate demand. This depression was the
result of a continued and increasing- scarcity
of money, w hich had reachedsuch a height,
(hat it was thought the rate of interest
would he raised to 6 per cent, by the Dank
ot England, (it had previously been raised
to 5 1-2) and even a stirpension of cash pay
ments appears to have been looked for by
some, —Letters from the eitv full bear out
the deplorable accounts given in the papers,
and states that it was almost impossible to
del ne the \ alue of money —ashigh as 11-2
a 2 per cent, per mouth, being paid on
securities. American stocks were, of course,
unsalable at any price, and although 1 have
not seen anv quotations for them, I fear a
lie aw reduction in prices must have taken
place.
In sucha state of affairs it becomes evi
dent that, specie must now go forward to
England from bis, m large amounts, to make
up lor the deficiency caused by the de
creased value of our securities and of
cotton ; audit is to be trusted, our banks
will not be terrified into any needless meas
ttros ol precaution, by the change from their 1
vaults to those of the Hank of England, of
the specie which now lies idle here. It is
perhaps, however, premature to speculate
in this way.
From the Correspondent of the New A'ork
Star.
Liverpool, July sth. 1839.
Your great countrywJan. Daniel Webster, is
in London. The papers say that he. with his
lady, daughters, and their relative Mrs Paine,
have apartments at Brunswick House Hotel,
Hanover Square. It is said that the American
merchants in London are going to giva him a
grand dinner. He has attended most of the
Courts of Law. chaperoned on several oecas
ions by Lord Brougham) and at each visit had
a sent on the bench with the Judge*. Mrs.
Webster ha* been at Court, as well ns Mr. IV.
At the Queen'* In*i Bull at Buckingham Palace,
Mr. Mrs. nnd Miss Webster, were among the
guests,(in the official )i*ts of the company
their name* are pul first) and there were nlo
present the American Minister and Mr*. Stev
enson. Mrs. Paine, Mr. Vandcrpoel, (of the C.
54. House of Representatives) und Mrs. V. Ma
jor Chase, (C. S. Engineer) and his lady, Mr.
I). Hush, Secretary, and Mr. R. Singh-ton, at
tache to the Legation. At the last levee, a
rnong the presentations, were Mis. Samuel
Jatidon, M.-.s. Frederick Bronson. Miss Murray
and Mis* The Morning Fost give* ail
tb*-i- dresses, but I shall only copy thatof Mrs.
Webster “Costume dc Cour, composed of a
most splendid skirt of white tulie over a rich
white satin slip, trimmed with tulle and ribands;
train of rich striped blue watered silk, hand
somely trim mod with tulle and ribands. Head
dress ofostrieh feathers and diamonds; lappets
of rich point l ice.”
I should have mentioned that Major and
Mr*. Van Buren were at the Queen’s ball.
Marryait’sthree volume ‘ Diary in America,”
i;, out, hut 1 have only seen a few extracts from
it in the papers. lie seems hard ujmu Uncle
Ham.
From the Washington Globe.
Working* of the Emancipation act
in Jamaica. —The government of Great
Britain lias proposed to Parliament the
suspension •( the constitution of the Is- :
land of Jamaica, and to subject the people
to the rule of the government and council,
and tince commissioner* appointed by the
crown, superceding, for five years, all the
functions of the Colonial Assembly elected
by the people. The state of thing* which
hi** given rise to this proposition origina
tes in the policy which revolutionized the
domestic relations of this colony. The
cruelty imputed to the local authorities in
the punishment of the black population,
siurc the negroes have been *ct free from
the control® of their masters, produeted
several appeal* fioin the English Admin
jstralion to the Colonial Legislature to
change the system. The latter, neverthe
less, maintained it ; nnd then an act of Par
liament, subverting the internal regulations
of the local Legislation within it* admitted
sphere of action, having been obtained by
the Minisity, the colonial representative
body resolved on resU.ance, by refusing
to perform uny other legislative function
until theact violating their legislative right,
should be repealed. This course ol the Is
land Assembly stripped the Governor of
the necessary police, of the appropriations
n-itl of other essentials iu maintaining the
Government of the Island. The project of
the Ministry proposes to strip the colony
of all its constitutional,rights, and subject
it to arbitrary authority for five year*, a*
the corrective of its contumacy.
If the matter is closely scanned, it will
be seen that Great Britain has found it im
praelieable to liberate the blacks without
enslaving the whites. It is found that the
severity necessarily exerted by the public
authorities to keep the slave in subordiua
! tion, since the immediate supervisions of
(toasters is withdrawn, is greater than before,
I it-i n,mi-hsu , ni .wnrfl (he seversnrr
i of the rominumly of interest and sympa-
I thy growing sul of the old relations exis
i ting between the whites and blacks are
much more fatal. From the statements
i which we give below from an F.nglish pa
per it will be seen that the whole scheme
of the British policy in regard to the
blacks in Jamaica, must resolve into a
struggle between the races for mastery
auil will end in the extermination or ban
ishment of the whites. The period is look
ed to when the right of suffrage conceded
to the free blacks will put the whip of leg
islation in the hands of that numerical pre
ponderating race ; anil then, if not befote,
Jamaica, in its domestic Government, will
bens much a black Government .is St. Do
mingo. Ii will be observed that the British
journal from which we quote, looks to the
ultimate ascendancy of the negroes in the
Assembly of the Island, and Very naturally
anticipates that the obi v question w ill be
‘‘black or while,” or which rare shall gov
ern. The result of such an issue can hard
ly be doubtful, when it is stated, on the au
thority of the Ministry, that—
“There were in Jamaica about 5,000
w bites, 28,000 persons of color and blacks,
who had been some time free, and 350,000
negroes lately emancipated. The consti
tuent body had been represented by Sir
Lionel Smith as between 1,500 and 1,900;
; but the number was perhaps, about 2.000.
; and neither the colored population nor the
| black had at nit-sent any vote in the clee
; tiou of the 45 members of the House of
Assembly. Fifteen month must elapse be
fore 350,000 blacks and persons of color
j could have any influence on the representa
’ tion.”
AA lien the three hundred and fifty thou
| sand blacks become constituents of the As
j senlblv, it is not ditlieull to foresee that the
| colony will no longer be a white, but a ne
, gro colony. That it may be a more valu
able possession to the Crown, is quite pos
! sible. The negroes may submit more stu
* pidly to the arbitrary authority of the
i mother country than an intelligent assem
| bly of w hite men, who know something of
political lights ; and this may serve to ex
| plain that philanthropy which has been at
; work, under the color of emancipating one
race to enslave both.
Commercial Troubles in Florida-
Ihe merchants of Tallahassee, Florida,
have held a large and spirited meeting, and
resolved to sustain the Union Hank
against the attempt of the citizens of Cen
tre ville, (Leon co.) to force the Banks to
resume specie payments before October.
What with Commercial, Constitutional
and Indian troubles, we conceive the unhap
py Florediaus have enough to do.
Death’s Doings. —E. W. Chester, Esq.
who formerly practised law in Georgia, and
was well acquainted with Judge Augustin
Smith Clayton , of that State, lately deceas
ed, has published in the last Evangelist an
affectionate tribute to his memory, which
concludes as followes :
Thus called to look over the list of my
early acquaintance and professional associ
ates in Georgia, I find that death has dealt
his blows with an unsparing hand. Shaler
Ilillyer, Esq. my earliest friend, (the broth
er of the Rev. Asa Hillyer, D. D., of New
Jersey,) sickened and died at the first court
which we attended together after my ad
mission. Os the five members of the bar
who formed the committee for my exami- i
nation, Stephen Upson died a few year* J
after. At the time of hi* decease he might
justly be esteemed the head of Georgia bar, j
and was expected at the ensuing session of
the legislature, lo be elected to the U. S.
Senate. In that body he would probably
have held a higher grade than any man
from that state since it was represented by
Mr. Crawford. Ofthc other member* of
tlie committee, I believe all hate departed
excepting Governor Gilmer. Judge Dooly
who presided at the court ha* long since
gone. Oliver 11. l*rince, Esq. the rival in ,
wit of Judge Clayton, afterward* a United
State* Senator for one session, and com
piler of the laws ofGcorgia, perished in the
Pulaski. Judge Crawford, who succeeded
Judge Dooly iu that circuit, has closed his
career. Thomas W. Gobi), for a long time
a leading member of Congress, and after
wards a judge of the Ocmulgee circuit, died
years ago. And of niv own age, Merri
’.vether, Holt, Venable, and probably num
ber* of other* have gone to their final ac
count- Os these, lam not aware that any
except Holt was a professor of religion.
Clayton ha* followed.
Readers, like myselfin middle life, when
tlie passing of a friend from the atege of
action calls them to look around for their
early associates, may sometimes, in the
awakened reminiscences of the past, feel
! that, in what they esteem the meridian of
their day*, they are dwelling amidst the
tombs of their friends —the survivors of n
generation. And w hen thus aroused to the
reality that mortality is inscribed on all of
earth, we may well enquire, where next
shall strike the deadly dart—who shall be
the next victim of the destroyer—but with
more and deeper interest, whither will
speed the spirit when the mortal pait finds
its resting place in the tomb.
We find in the M iurnee Express one of the
very best parodies ever written, entitled “the
leg treasurers.” It deserves to be set to music
and chauuted by every man, woman and child
in the United States. It opens thus,
I *etbetn on their winding way;
1/w.k liuW they make their trotters p lay !
Thru coat tail swinging backward* fly,
Filied with the spoils of rictory.
IMPORTANT LEGAL OPINION OF
COL. JOSEPH M. WHITE, or FLORIDA.
[t-OCNSELLOH AT LAW.]
The undersigned has been asked his legal
opinion upon the right of Messrs. Schmidt et
Hamilton to organize and carry Into effect a
Lottery under the laws of Florida.— It appears
that an application was made hy them to the
Legislative Assembly of the Territotry for
such a prfvilege, which was granted hy the
Senate and Legislative Council, and vetoed by
the Governor. It was ascertained that by a
previous act in force, and unrepealed, certain
Commissioners therein named, were authori
sed “to raise such sum or sums of money, by
lottery, ui such scheme or schemes, as they
may deem appropriate or advisable “to com
plete a Court House and Seminary. The Com
missioner* have deemed it “appropriate and
advisable” to adopt this scheme, which they
have a perfect right to do, so long as the net
stood m force, and without limitation as to time.
If it is urged that such au act, for such a uur
ptisr, ‘vii-ir -inuT-mi-;;Torsont*^ 1 an operation,
the answer is obvious, that the L gislature has
not specified the extent or duration of the
scheme. The discretion is given to the Com
missioner*, who have acted upon the subject,
and it is not in the power of the Governor, Le
gislature, or Judiciary, to hinder, or obstruct,
iu any manner, the execution of such plan as
the Commis'ioncrs shall agree upon.
I am of opinion, therefore, th.it Schmidt &
Hamilton have the legal right to execute the
scheme agiecd upon, in concurrence with, and
under legal authority of the Commissioners.
I have seen the paper signed by the parties,
and consider it sufficient in taw to authorize
the scheme for tfTe disposition of the Arcade,
und other property in New Orleans.
JOS. M. WHITE, of Florida.
Few York July, 10th 1839.
Tun New Orleans Real Estate Lotte
ry.—lt is with feelings of satisfaction that vve
are induced to lay before our readers the above
lucid opinion of that eminent lawyer, Colonel
J'is. M. W iiite, of Florida, in reply to the un
founded assertions made by some interresled
individuals, and also, We regret to add. in a
few instances, by the public press, against the
legality of the grant under which this lottery is
to draw. Our numerous friends, and even our
enemies, will now be compelled to admit that
this is no longer to be eon nierod as a “hoax
indeed the evidence of such being the general
belief has hitherto been so slight, that had vv e
consulted our own individual judgement, Col.
White’s opinion would never have been taken
—but we have yielded to the voice of our
friends, and taken his opinion—and ta-hold the
result—a most triumphant one !
•Mr. Lot is Schmidt, the principal manager,
being also desirious of refuting any slanderous
observations that may have been made, adverse
to the validity and fareness of the lottery in
question, has come hence from New Orleans,
provided with introductions of the hi best na
ture, and is fully prepared to give such New
Yoik city references, as will be satisfactory to
the most sceptical, and a complete answer to
the endeavor made by some parties (who have
an object to gain,) to cast odium on the con
cern.
JoAn W‘incy Adams and the Abolitione.il.
—After daubing the Ex-President with soft soap
till they despair ofidentifying him with their in
terests, the Abolitionests have taken up the cud
gel, and set themselves to beating him. AVe
could have told John at theout-set that it w-ould
never do tomeelthe"vvagabones” halfway. If
he wished to be treated civilly,he should either
have keot entirely clear of them, or gone the
whole figure.
Most of our readers are aware that Mr. Ad
ams lately addressed two letters to the signers
of the numerous petitions sent to his care for
presentation to Congress, praying the immedi
ate abolition of Slavery in the District of Co
lumbia. In these letters he declared himself
opposed to the object of the petitions, i.e. to the
immediate abolition of slavery in the District,
and by so doing has roused the ire of the whole
fraternity. 11l particular, Mr. William Good
ell Editorofan Adolition paper in Utica, has
taken the Ex-President in hand, and in the
opinion of the Boston Liberarator (doubtless a
very impartial judge,) has usedhimup entire
ly. “The Ex-President himself,” says that or
gan of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Socie
ty, “can hardly fail to see and feel that he is
entirely used up and put hors du combat by
the iron linked argument of his clear-headed
antagonist.” Bah !
GENERAL HARRISON.
The Columbus, (Ohio) State Journal
of Friday last, says.—General Harrison
arrived here on Saturday, to attend the
U. S. District Court as a witness, in an im
portant law suit now pending. He was in
excellent health, and received the cordial
but unostentatious greeting of his friends
with all the active frank less of his youth.
Truth- —\Vc wonder if nil our female
readers lake proper care of their teeth!
We hope *o of course, but we fear not.
Home of our fashionable artists “could tell
a tale would harrow up the soul,” about
young rosy and lovely creature* ; the star*
in the bright galaxy of mode and the admi
ration of all our sex. Hwccl souls who
smile and sigh and simper, and shew a set
of most beautiful teeth once the propart)’
of a sea calf or hippopotamus. Os courts
when Isdics have hud teeth they riioubl go
I to the dentist ; have then, plugged and all
that; and if they have got no teeth, why the
proper wav is to get them ; but the best
way (ami that is as good as any) is lor them
to take rare of their teeth when young, and
never under any consideration let this duty
pass. Brush your teeth with cold water
and a little Peruvian bark in the morning;
again with water only, directly you leave
the dinner table, and let this also be the
last tiling Joudo on going to bed. More
j depends on the state of your teeth while
sleeping than during any oilier portion of
I the twenty four hours. Never pick your
teeth with a pin nor stifle; any metal to
eoinc near them;crack no almonds nor
other shelled fruit between them, and w hen
you arc sewing, never on any consideration
bite of thread. Take your scissors ; they
are made lor it; teeth were not. Remem
ber how enticing a plain woman is with a
heavenly breath, ami how disgusting an
angel would be with a bad one, and take our
advice—we charge you nothing.
Timksix Mississippi. —A correspondent
of the Cincinnati Daily Gazette writes from
Mississippi as follows: —“Notwithstanding
the recent large issues of the Union Bank,
amounting to nearly four million of dollars,
no perceptible relief had been afforded the
community.—The courts arc still crowded
with suits, and the newspapers filled, to tho
exclusion of almost all oilier matter, w ith
the advertisement* of sheriff’* and mai shals
sales. lam afraid the whole state will have
to change hands, and become tire property
of its creditor-, before we can again get
rightly in train.— Pittsburg Gazette.
Another Swartwuct. —The Rogers
ville (Tennessee) paper informs us that
Gen. Nathaniel Smith, late the Indian Em
igrating Agent for the Cherokee*, has fled
to Tcxns, with from 70 to §IOO.OOO of Un
cle Sa n’s money in his pocket, having first
; sold off his own property and pocketed tile
j proceeds.
A Definition. —“ Gentility is neither iu
birth, manner, or fashion; but in mind. A
high sense of honor, a determination never
to take a mean advantage of another ; an
i ndheritaucc to truth, delicacy nnd polite
j nest towards those with whom you have
dealings, arc the essential and distinguished
charectcristics of a gentleman.”
Great Strawberries. —Ajnarket wo
man near Cincinnati ha* for several years
past, says the Gazette, made SI,OOO per
aero from her garden, by raising strawber
ries. The variety she cultivated is called
tile Hudson, and they measured from 3 to . r >
inches in circumference.
To be admitted to the bar in the West* it is
only necessary to get the county couit to
certify to your honesty, Ac., then get a li
cencr from two judges, and take an oath ne
ver to be concerned in a duel.
A patent has lady been taken out in
England for anew process of embalming
ami preserving subjects for anatontcal pur
poses. By tins method a bird or a man may
he preserved, and the flesh remain as soft
and pliable as glove leather.
Money, which ansvvesr such a variety of
purposes, has been used to hire a person
into health. A gentleman eured his wife,
who was complaining, by giving her a dol
lar a day for every day that she did not
complain ; if she uttered any complaint her
wages were stopped for that dav.
The number of letter* brought by tlm
Great Western, was 9,230. These at 25
I cents each, would pay to the proprietors of
the boat §2,307 50. This on the presump
tion that all the letters were single ;
whereas doubtless very many of them
were double or trebel. On all such letters
; the charge is in proportion to the number
of pieces.
The Earl of Dartmouth, at the desire of
: the trustees of Dartmouth College, N. 11.,
has presented to that institution a splendid
: portrait of his grandfather, its founder.
A liberal donation of valuable books for
; the college library lias also been made by
Earl Dartmouth.
The Chartist petition, which was presen
ted to the British Parliament on the 14th
ult. contained no less than 1,2t*0,000 names.
It took ten men to lift it. A party which
can mustre’such a host of names is not to
be despised, however it may be regarded
in other respects.
At a celebration in Berks Cos. Pa., the
following toasts was drunk :
By AV : L. Stone.—Little Davy, the man
of whom we read in the holy scriptures—
he slew Goliah with a sling. The sling he
used was composed of leather, stone ‘and
string; the sling we use is made of sugar,
water and gin.
AVe could not but smile when we came
acrose the follow ing passage in the official
correspondence between Col. Bee, the Tex
an Envoy to Mexico and the Mexican Min
ister for Foreign Affairs. The extract is
from Col. Bee’s letter.— Bali. Chronicle.
‘‘l should be happy if you would have
the kindness to make known to His Excel
lency (Santa Ana) the president of the re
public, the fact of my arrival here, assuring
him of the high consideration in which I
hold him, and of the pain I have felt at
learning the loss of his leg.”
Duels. —The New Orleans Courier of the
11th inst. says, “it is reported, thatthree fights
with small swords took place yesterday on the
ether side of the river. The consequences are
said to be, three dead, and three wounded.—
AVe give this story as it was told to our ship
news collector, without at a!!meaingto vouch
for is authenticity.”