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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.”