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THE JIEJI \M):
For th* Herald.
BERKS ADR
Come, oh come to the moonlit bower,
We wait the spell of tliy beauty's power ;
Come to the bower nh lady bright,
Come for ‘tis Flore's festal night :
We haw cull'd for thee posies of varied hue,
Fresh with the twilight's earliest dew,
We have wreathed a chaplet of ever green,
For the peerless brow of beauty's queen
The scented grove is mir banquet roan,
Fill'd with the night dowers’ sweet perfume ;
The glow-worm hath left his mossy cell,
And hath lit his lamp for our festival;
We have wait'd the lute ‘u*ath tie* ;;rrenwood tree,
And have tuned its chorda to love and thee;
Then come to the bower lady bright,
Conic for ‘tis Flora's ftaial night.
Tim flowerets’ J*wy gum ofhope,
Will melt 10 tears if thou corneal not
And Ihcsighoftheltephyr ahull b* the tale,
Os ih> luta unstrung ami th<* minstrel's w ail
Theft home with the, light of thine own bright eye,
And the voice ofthe charmed melody,
Come, fur our light will lie dim the while,
Wc lose the ray of ihine own sweet smile.
CAKOLUH.
Fur the Herald.
KNOW THY SKI,I ’’
The motto, which I have prefixed in this
paper, contain* n precept o( the greatest im
portance. Our happiness, which ia (he final
s-inl of our existence, him] the mark at which
we aim, though somcliinca injudiciously, in all
our conduct, cannot hu obtained without being
acquainted with those sentiment* and affect
ion*, which arc to enjoy that happiness. Be
fore w e can learn whether nny particular pas
sion can he gratified with nny particular ob
ject, wc must compare the passion with the
object ; and before wc can compare them,
wc must know them; for it is impossible
to discover Hie relation between two things,
whilst wo arc ignorant of the tilings them
ulve*. An inattenlion to this principle
produces many of the inconsistent and unsat
isfactory pursuits, in w hich we see mankind
continually engaged. Without considering
the passion that influences them, and without
examining the propriety ol what they pursue
as the menu* of gratifying it, they run incon
siderately from project to project, until at
length they ure bewildered in the mane of their
own absurdities, and, upon recollection, are
ul a loss lo find out the principle, from which
they have acted, or the end which they have
had in view. Those who know themselves,
follow it very opposite course of action. Be
fore they permit any affection to prove a gene
ml influence upoitnheir conduct, they deliber
ate whether it is proper to indulge it. If they
determine that it ought, to be indulged, they
next consider the object which is adapted
to gratify it, the mentis of obtaining that
object, and tho probability of being furn
ished with those means. By using these pre
cautions, they know their aim they know,
and are satisfied, when they have fulfilled them.
As the advantages resulting from the study ol
human nature arc great; so is the study itself
agreeable unit interesting. Knowledge is de
lightful to the mind; and every new idea brings
along with it n new pleasure: the pleasure is
increased if the idea is important us well as new:
every thing become* important m pro parti on
as it is connected wtihus: nothing lms a strict
er connexion with us than reflections mi hu
man nature. The study of human induce must
therefore he interesting and agreeable. The
study ol the dUtcreiil sciences is only the study
of nun in different view*. Logic considers
us as men of seiMp; ethics, as men of virtue;
criticism, us men of taste; jurisprudence, us
members if society. Mathematics and na--
turnl philosophy have not indeed such an itul
llnde relation ions;bill they desire alt their
value cither from improving our*judgniints,
front enlarging our conceptions, or front min
istering io our enuvfliiitncy. Two methods,
totally different, and neither stiflicleiit, have
been followed in studying human nature. One
is from hooks; tlie other is from men. Both
should be joined, lie who observes only the
first method, may perhaps lie able to form a
regular system; his general principles may be
just; bis application ofihaut may bo pluusible:
and his inferences may be draw n according to
the strictest rules of reasoning. But after all,
the observation of the poet will be verified in
his learned labours: “They may reason, hut
they are not man. 1 ’ When he comes to ex
amine Iris work,he will find, that, though the
outlines may be justly taken, and some of the
most obvious proportions accurately masked—
yet malty ofthe liner feathers are omitted, some
aggrav a tod, others distorted; the air utid graces
of the original lost; and that the picture, how
ever regular and exact it appeared, when view
ed by itself, bears, when compared wiith what
it was intended to represent, only tin same dull
and mortify ing resemblance which a skeleton
has to a human body. There is a fineness and
a variety in our frame, that mocks the formal
regularity of a systematic thinker, lie who
gains his know ledge of men, only front being
much in company, or seeing the worlds as it is
called, will not commit so many mistakes as
the other; but for a very obvious reason—be
cause ho will confine himself wholly to w bat he
sees and hears, 110 will remember facts, uml
tell stories; but be w ill deduce no consequences,
nor make any observations on them. A few
general remarks, perhaps, be may have which
he will apply indiscriminately on every occa
sion, and if they happen sometimes to be justly
applied, chance, and not its ingenuity, should ;
have the merit of these. If we would study |
human nature with success, wo must join the j
two methods above mentioned. W e must;
have experience, in order to correct our reas- I
oning: and wc must employ reasoning in or- j
der to profit by our experience. The latter
taking advantage of every incident, w ill use it j
as a lest of some refined deduction; the former
•taking advantage ofevery incident likewise, j
%iU convert it into a subject of solid reflection. I
Thoughthe>kitow}edgeofbooks is necessary,
•swell as IhaTftfmen. yet I must own that I j
- | v—.|ii— sap", j - -0 r mr~v r ~
receive greater satisfaction from the latter, j
than the former. Formed for society, and
fond of it, / experience, from my obtervation*
on the usual occurrence* of life, not only the
intellectual delight of having the number of
my idroe increased, but the moral one of par
ticipating in the joy* and distresses of those I
converse w ith. When I hear a sentiment that
can proceed only from a laudable principle in
the person that utter* it, my mind is trans
ported with a pleasure superior to that, which
can arise from the investigation ofthe sublime
truths, which the understanding alone is fitted
to unravel being the connexion that subsists
between the conduct and the sentinent of a
good man, my mind is satisfied with its reflect
ions, and my heart rejoices in tliediscovery of
virtue. Sometimes, inylccd, unfavourable ap
pearances o’truce themselves upon me, but in
much cases I exert my ingenuity in putting
favourable construction* on w hat I see; and if,
after all, I am unable to reconcile it lo virtue, I
solace myself with the merit of being willing
to do so. These reasons will explain the pro-j
pricly of my assuming the character of a Vis
itant, and of living in such a manner us to ren
der that character applicable to me. I propose
to communicate my observations on the com
mon incident* of life in a loose unconnected
manner, ns my humor may prompt me, or as 1
the subject themselves shall direct. I hope i
they may he of use to convince the learned |
pedant that familiar occurrences arc worth at
lending to; uml the shallow coxcomb that they
are worth observing. Before I conclude, it
will not be improper to obviate some disagree
able impressions, which the gravity, perhaps
seventy, of tins prefatory communication may
have a tendency to make. Though my reflec
tions are sometime* abstracted, iny disposition
is easy. lam inclined u> view every thing in
the most agreeable light; and to create to my
self imaginary pleasure*, rather than imagina
ry uneasinesses. I conform myself to the tem
per of my company, ns far as rules, which I
deem more sacred than those of complaisance,
will permit. With the cheerful lam gay ; w ith
serious I am grave ; w itb the witty I am smart.
I talk of state tiflairs with the politician ; of
commerce with tho merchant; of trifles with
tho coquette ; of divinity with the parson.
When I am pensive, I murmer not tit the plea
santry of others ; and when I am frolicsome, I
do not think them bound tojoin me in my im
pertinence. I am happiest in small companies ;
and these I think are best when they are com
posed of near an equal number of both sexes.
The conversation lias then an agreeable mix
ture of sense and delicacy. Nothing offends
me so much as double entendres, especially
w hen ladies are present. I believe they really
feel all the confusion that Bppenrs in lilt ir fa
ces, and therefore can not forebear looking up
on those wliftkoccasion it as inhumanly sporting
lUamuelvs* tit tho anpensr. of others. One pur
ticular more in ray disposition I must men
tion, because it is a particular, on w bich I great
ly value myself—l prefer the conversation of
a fine woman to that of a philosophe r.
ALFRED.
Xevcrsink Cottage, August, 18,'il).
National Dun's.—lt will be seen by the fol
lowing table, copied from a recent speech In the
English House of Commons, that Sweden and
Switzerland are the only nations which ate
free front a national debt:
Proportion of
Debt per head.
££ sand
England, BJO,<XX).<XK) ll'i 0 tt
! France, HfUltilOOO f> II) 7
I Bosnia, 35,50;000 Oil 9
Austria, 77,100,00'! 2 7 it
Prussia, 29,701,000 2 7 7
Natlnrlamls, 1 23 5 3
Spain, 70,000,000 3 0 8
Sicilies, 13.971,000 I 18 4
Havana. 11,311,000 2 It! 0
Sardinia, 1,584.000’ * 1 2
■Turkey,’ 3,667,000 0 7 0,
Sweden - - 1
Pot-tug 11, 3 618,000 1 2 6
Denmark. 1 700.0QQ I 18 t
Rome, 17,142.000 7 9 0
Poland. 5,710,000 1 33
Saxon v, ‘Vis 3,300,000 2 9 e
Hanover, 2.231.000 1 11 0
Baden, 1570.000 1 9 2
Wirlemborg, 2.506,000 [ 12 7
Tuscany, 1,384,000 1 111
llesse, (Darmstadt) 1,184,000 1 3_ll
Hesse, (Electorate) 220,000 0 Cl
Switzerland,
Norway, 362,000 0 3 1
East India Company's
territories, 47,600,000 0 9 0
RELATIVE PH ICES OK COTTON.
Wc find in the Globe the following table, giv
ing the, number of pounds of cotton exported
m the last 20 years, with tho average price
per pound.
Year. Pounds exported. Price per lb.
1816 88,000,000 24 cents.
1820 128.000,000 17
1821 124.000,000 16
1822 144.000,000 161-2
1823 173,000.000 II
1824 142 UOU.OOO !5
1825 176.000,000 21
1826 204,000,000 11
1827 294.000,000 9 1-2
1828 210,1 Kk), 000 10 1-2
1829 201.000.000 10
1830 298,000.000 10
1831 277,000,000 9 1-4
1832 322.000,000 10
1833 325.000,000 11
1834 381,000.000 13
1835 386,000,000 16 1 2
1836 423.000,000 16 8
1837 444,000,000 14 1 4
1838 590,000,000 10 3
MisttßV t\China. — Noliteratnrein the world
teems with so many maxims of morality as
that of China; it strives lo inculcate charity and
benevolence; hut wc arc afraid that it has but
little influence on the practice ofthe people.
It is not mi uncommon sight, walking through
the suburbs of Canton, to see wretches, in the
moot abject state of poverty, lying huddled
’ togetheron the cold pavement, where they are
l left to die, unpitied and unrelieved by the
thousands that pass them. Six of these mis
) arable objects, more dead than alive, were
I lately seen in a squats’ lying together with
j three others, already become corpses, and one
I ofthe poor wretches was seen to despoil the
, dead of their scanty covering to shelter her
from the cold. Yet, though thousands of their
counlryiiien beheld their misery, not an arm
was stretched forth lo give relief, nor a morsel j
of food was given thorn to prolong their miser- 1
able existence. Such sights arc anything hut
uncommon in iht- crowded streets of Canton.
tub OTOINTOSn OOVNTy **BRALD.
Vnun the Corsair)
.Hr. W sills* Wt-rontl I.oiler from
Engl u ml.
JOTTINGS DOWN IN LONDON.
I was at Aimar k’sofl Wednesday. Remem
bering the former curliness of its hours com
pared with other London bails, I lost my cof
fee at a most agreeable dinner party to be there
at eleven. No long pueue of carriages in King
St., no line* of footmen from perron to stair
case! I shewed my ticket, paid my hall guin
ea, mounted to the ante-room, and entered the ‘
blazing hall —solitary us a ruin in Perse poll*.
I turned aside lo the tearoom. The maids all :
stood silent behind their “black and green,”
and stretched out upon one of the red sofas, lay
one unhappy French dandy, contemplating
hi* patent leather shoe with itic fixedness of a
statue. I stepped up to the nearest table.
“Black or green, Sir t” said the maid. “Did
you mean that emphasis upon the green,”
thought I.
I drank my tea, and re-entering the hall
was struck with its alteration since I had last
seen it. The old fashioned and cracked blue
relievos were replaced by gliding and mirrors,
I fresco* and painted wreaths, the orchestra had
been embellished, and the long settees cover
j.d with a showy chintz. ‘J be candelabra*
’ against the wall* scented to have increased j
Irutn hundreds lo thousands, and the hail uiito-j
geiticr appeared to have been made more wor
thy than n used lobe, of (he flowering-place ol
birth and beauty.
All at once, at a quarter to 12, the carriages
| began to pour into KmgSt., the let-down steps
| ral-tat-tat-ed, the “all right” of the footman foT
i lowed like the answers to a roll-call, and up
the broad stair case in a long and steady pro
’ cession, came the shawled and flowered advent
ol aristocratic girl hood. Five hundred bell’s,
beaux and chaperons, entered the dazzling hall
within fifteen minutes, and within twenty min
utes from the hushed and complete desertion I
have described, Wolpperl's bund w as [rourtng
fourth its intoxicating music, and the file hun
dred “brave, and beautiful'’ the
waltz.
Describing a hall i* like describing a spot of
greensward, or a hand’s breath ol sky on a star
ry night. How to get you behind me that you
may set- through my eyes l My first thought
at Almack’s was to discover my old” friends
those who had shone in my time -the tu-wly
“come outs” of four years ago. I forgetfully
looked for them in the waltz—under white ro
ses those who had buds in their hair— wtio
could aflorri to dress with a severe simplicity.
■Scarce one tube seen ! (In the floor I had no
acquaintances. Bn on the long banquettes.
more gaily dressed.—with fullblown red flow
ers for lltu while buds, unit with pearls, emer
alds and rouge for lilies of the valley, blue rib
ands and blushes.—There I found them, —w ith
their eyes upon younger and fairer likenesses
of themselves—the sisters who hud replaced
them in the hollow of the wallzer’s arm!
Growing old ! Growing old !
I sat down by one of the most beautiful de~
bidantus of 1885 a magnificent woman Mill
ft-but the mother of three or four heirs and
heiresses of a great fortune and great name, —
whom 1 never remember to have seen sitting
in a ball room before.
“Is it n good or hud thing,” 1 asked, “that
there l no progression in one's memory of
people ?”
‘I low 1”
“Why, I remember you, slight as Pysche.
in white muslin, and with a single japonic* on
youk tempit u*4r HM>r 4r4WMwi. for fivfc
J ears, up to this moment, that is my inettarg
of Lady ! And here, in a single
minute, I must replace this long famtlliar pic
ture by a tnrlmn and diamonds —the slight form
of dancing seventeen, for”
This was not vary llatte mg, but I was talk
ing to a sensible woman, w!:otv* quite willing
to speculate w ith me either upon the changes
in herself or others. 1 could not go on, how
ever, without Saying what would have seemed
complimentary, for as a young mother, she w as
of that style of beauty which is seldom seen
out of Kn land the beauty of mature form in
higher health and bloom even than tit girl
hood.
“Hoxv is it,” she asked, “that all tho young
men come back from America so desperately
io love. Arc the American girlsso much pret
tier than ours J”
It was a question for which I was
(Sr l had insensibly drawn a comparison he-:
tween our ladies and those of England at every
party and in every drive since my arrival.
W hen I was in this country before, tnv ctnn
pansotts were between the Knglishimd Conti
ne.ntal women. Between these mid ours the
• contrast was to tuy eye entirely new.
! Tlie bust and neck of almost every lady with
, in reach of our eyes, might have served as
models of sculpture. From the zone to the
chin English n, front si vonteen to thirty;
ure almost invariably superb. W'e looked ill
vain fora hollow cheat ora hem hack, or what
ts sometimes called a “thread-paper looking
girl.” The shoulders full, were dazzling fair,
and of the healthiest tint of white, and the car
riage of the w hole host graceful and stately.
W -.thin these limits 1 think (and my friend
agreed with me) lie all the perfections of the
English Venus. W e looked at features. There
was scarce a clnsssic l'otehend or nose in the
room. At the feet they were rather of use
ful than ornamental proportion to the figure.
At the grace of the dancers—you could not
find in .ill Fiance so indifferent dancer asthe
best at Aimack's. At the complexion—ruddy
and coarse; though for the best of reasons,
that probably every lady oil the floor had been
on horseback for three or four hours every day
in the season, exposed to tho lender mercies
of a riding hat, and such sun and wind as plea
ses the clerk of English weather.
W e busied ourselves composing a Venus
from the national beauties. The French fur
nished the limbs and grace of movement, the
Greeks and Asiatics the nose and forehead, the
English hair, throat, neck, and bust, tlie Amer
ican complexion, feet, and eyes. The mouth
w us still tube provided, but we agreed to share
the honours of that feature between us. All
this ol course might be disputed on individual
exceptions, but it is curious how nearly uni
versal are these perfections to the nations to
which we named them.
In the course of the evening I found myself
ris~a-tis tn the quadrille to the Queen’s most
beautiful Maid of Honour. She is a daughter
ot Lord Rivers, rather tall, and combining a
most majestic embonpoint of figure, with a
slighest of limb, and a slenderness and statei
ness of neck seldom seen in such graceful pro
portion. To the £3OO a-year. which the Maids
of Honour receive lor dress, (he Queen, my
partner informed me has added another hun
dred. thinking the sum insufficient. You know,
probably, that on their marriage they receive
also a dowry of £IOOO. Then their are the
Ladies in Waiting, who are of the highest rank
of nobility, and the Bedchamber women, who
receive also £3OO a-year. and are generally la
dies of good birth in reduce*] circumstances.
These all take their turns of service for two
months together. My pretty and noble infor
mant gave me these household statistics very
good na tu redly between past nr at and rfos-o
dos. and as she was closely connected with
those who had the best opportunity of knowing.
I asked her a question ortwo touching the per
sonal qualities of her Majesty. She thought j
Victoria fancied herself very beautiful, “which i
she w;ts not,” and a very good horseman,
“which she was not decidedly,” and that she
was very impatient of a difference of opinion
when lit private with her Laities. She admit-
ted, however, that she was generous, forgiving,
am( “tleven r than roost girl* of her age.”
When ulone with tA*or three of her maids, j
*hc said, the Queen was’ tto more like a Queen :
than any body else,” and was “very fond of a ‘
bit of fun or a bit of scandal, or any thing that j
would not have done ifother people were pro- |
sent.” As far as it went, I should think this
might be relied on a* the impression her Mu- ;
jesty make* upon those who daily a wociale ;
with h-r.
I made the round of the Dowager* on the 1
bark seal* after awhile, a.id heard the •amt
complaint* I had heard five years before of the
deterioration of Aimack’s, and “and what n
once,” elc. ete.-*-tbe tune forever harped up- j
on by those who forgot nothing of the past, i
and remember nothing of the present, but the
draw backs. I saw the same runk present how
ever, the younger daughters of the same noble
houses, and I was told every where that there \
was the same or more difficulty than ever in ‘■
procuring tickets from the Ladies Patronesses.
So I conclude Almack’a is what it was in
fashion, an.l sevnn to my eye not “goneofT”
in beauty.
The candle* had long looked sickly, and the
window* where like transparencies with the
daylight coming through the linen curtains,
j long before the ball was over. I left the floor
I crowded with imtirsd waltzer*. and walked to
j my lodgings in Bond Street, in broad day—
: nothing stirring bid the sun, however, except
I the cabs of the roues at the play-houses in St.
| James Street, and then here and there one who
j like myself was loitering to enjoy the morning
j air on his way to bed. A month of this life
i once in three years would be, I should think,
a full surfeit for a man who was old enough to
| have come to hi* senses.
From the Huston Mercantile Journal.
on the Frontier.
An occurrence took place near Fort
Winnebago, in the Wisconsin territory, a
! short lime sinre, which was near involving
| two powerful tribes in an exterminating
i warfare, and will serve to illustrate some
• points in the Indian character.
The land* of the Menominee* adjoin
those ofthe Winrtebagoes, and these trides
; have for years lived not only in peace, hut
| in bonds of friendship and intimacy with
I each other. It happened early in May last,
’ that a Menominee, in a drunken frexile, slab
bed a Winnebago and what was consiil
-1 ered extraordinary, was suffered to remain
1 for some hours afterward in the W inntlta
j go camp—and departed without tnolesta
! lion In the course of a week or tw o after
this transaction, Yellow Thunder, a Win
| nebago chief of a w arlike character, railed
at Fort Winnebago, and in an interview
with MajorW. V. Cobbs, who commanded
! that post, narrated the occufience. and sta
j ted that he had been selected by hi* people
|to avenge the murder. He had according
’ lv taken with him a band of warriors, and
! it was hi* intention to carry death and de
solation into tin- Menominee country. Ili*
plan* appeared to he formed with judgment
and skill. The Menominee*at that time
resided in several villages, at some distance
from each other—and the design of Yellow
[ Thunder was to fall upon the unsuspecting
Menaminees in each village successively, j
i cm thrm off in detail, and thus exterminate
| this powerful and warlike tribe.
Major Gftbbs, who, by long and familiar
intercourse with .he Indians, vv as well ac
quainted with their character, took prompt
and decided, yet prudent measures lor pre
venting this sanguinary design of Yellow
Thunder from being carried into effect- He
had a long talk with him—attempted to
show him not only the impropriety and
injustice of such a proceeding, but its im
policy— ami expatiated on the evil conse
quences to hi* people which would result
from open hostilities with the white* cnevi
tably be the case, provided his intentions
were cassictl into eifect. At length he. so
tar prevailed upon Yellow Thunder as to
induce him to postpone the execution of his
projects of revenge until attempts to settle
it bv other means had failed, lie immedi
ately sent an express to the head chief of
the Menominee*, who was then sixty miles
olf, informing him of the occurrence, and
requested hi* presence immediately at the
fort. And in a few days the Menominee
chief appeared at Fort W innebago, accom
panied by sixty-livo ofthe chiefs ami prin
cipal warriors of his nation, completely ar
med, and encamped near the Winncba
gors, tinder the guns of the fort.
Major Cobbs assured both parties, that
if either band commenced hostilities, he
should open his batteries upon the aggress
or without ceremony—and set himself to
work in good earnest to heal the difficulties
between them. He was at that time suffer
ing front severe indisposition, but he was
so fully aware of the importance of adopt
ing proir.pt and decided measures, if he
would prevent a sanguinary war, that he
caused himself to btfearried to the place of
council, between the two encampments,
where he conferred with the chiefs, some
times with one, sometimes with both to
gether, for several days—using ail his pow
ers to induce the tribes to bury the toma
hawk.
The chief of the Winnebagoes was at the
outset furious for war, and would not pati
ently listen to any proposals for peace.
One of the warriors of his tribe had been
loosely murdered—and dreadful vengence
must follow. On the oilier hand the chiet
of the Menominee.*, was from the -com
mencement anxious for a continuation of
peace. He regretted the unhappy circum
stance which had excited the angry and
revengeful ‘"‘•lings of the Winnebagoes —
but was unwilling to surrender the offender,
(his nephew.) to the vengence of his foes.
He said that if the Winnebagoes had killed ]
him on the spot, when he had perpetrated
the crime of which he accused, they would
have acted right, and in accordance with
Indian customs—and he would not have
complained—but after suffering such an
opportunity for immediate revenge to es
cape. they had no right to insist upon hav
ing in offender placed in their hands. For
the sake of peace, however he was willing
to make some valuable presents to the
Winnebagoes. which he hoped would have
the effect of disarming them of their resent
ment.
It was with much difficulty that Major
Coobbs could get the Winnebagoes to lis
ten to any overtures for a compromise of
; this kind. But it happened fortunately
! that a case ofa similar kind had occurred a
few years before. Life had been taken in
a drunken affray, and the offended tribe
had been induced to forego their revenge
by a rich display of valuable presents.
This precedent was urged with much force
by the commanding officer ofthe fort-—and ‘
the time was appointed when the final de- j
termination of the parties was to be made
known.
The major was canied in his chair lo the
plac of meeting. The Winnebago chief*
were on one sideof him, and the Menomi
nee* on the other. lie made them a har
angue, in which he repeated all his argu
ments in favor of a peaceable termination
of their difficulties ; and he strongly urged
upon Yellow Thunder to accept the condi
tion* offered by the Menominee*. While
he was speaking, the wile of the Winneda-
I go who had been killed was silting in front
nf the warriors, weeping bitterly and sob- j
; bing as if overwhelmed with dreadful ca
lamity. W hen the major had finished his
remarks, the chief of the Menominee* arose
and made a speech, in which he deeply re
gretted the difficulty which had taken place,
and avowed hi* sincere desire for peace—
and concluded by ordering present* con
! Mating of strings of wampum, furs, &e. to
I be brought forward, to the value of two or
three hundred dollars, which he offered to
; the \\ innebagoes its a peace offering.
A silence now ensued for a few moment.*,
when the desolalw. widow arose frooof her
recumbent posture —and with a firm step
J walked up to the warrior who had killed
her husband, and who was standing near
the principal chief—w ith a forgiving smile,
\ she tendered him het hand, which he took
and shook heartily—at the same instant the
: head chiefs advanced toward each other,
and shook hands—and the whole of the
\5 innebagoes and Menominee* mingled
with each other, reuewing their former in
: lereonrse, and exchanging congratulations
on the peaceful termination of an affair,
which, at one lime, threatened the most
sanguinary results. The pipe of peace was
then smoked, and the tomahawk was bur
ied niith the usual ceremony. The com
manding officer of the post then retired
w ithin the fort, much pleased with the suc
cessful result of his attempt at pacification.
From the .Yew Orleans flee July 29.
IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS
BATTLE BETWEEN THE TEXIAN
TROOPS AND THE INDIANS.
The following highly interesting letter to the ]
! editor* of this paper, was receive yesterday ;
j by the steamer Velocipede, from Red River.
Natchitoches, July 25th, 1839.
Gentlemen —lnclosed you will herewith re
! ccive an official report of an engagement w hirh
took place on the 15th instant, and a letter
from general Rusk dated the 17th instant, sev- .
eitty five miles northwaa* of Nacogdoches. 1
Texas bet vveeen a large body of the Cherokee*.
, C.iddus and other Indians, and other troops
under the t-oininand of brigadier general K. II
Douglas* ; from which n will Ire seen the ene- j
my sustained a heavy loss.
Taken from the Red Lander, a newspaper ,
published at San Augustine, Texas, dated
July 20th, 1839.
11 (:ai* Qi artfbs, )
Cainp Carter, July 16, 1839. y
! To the hon. Sydney Johnson seretary of tear, j
Sir -on yesterday, the negotiation on the j
■ [(art 6t the commissioners hating failed, under i
! your order, the whole force w as pul in motion
‘towards the encampment of Bowles, on the
: Neelies. Colonel Landrum crossed on the
west side of the Neehes. and marched up the
river ; ihu regiment under Colonels Hurlt-sion i
and Rusk moved directly to ihecampuf Bowles
Upon teaching it, it was found to lie. abaudoii- ■
cd. Their trail was assertamed, and a rapid
| pursuit made. About six miles above their ell- j
; campment, ill the vicinity of the Delaware vil- j
lage, at the head of n paratrie, they were dis !
I covered by the spy company, undercaptuin J.’
1 Carter, anfl a detachment ol 25 men, front cap
tain Todd's cosnpony. led by m-neral Husk.— j
The enemy displayed from the point ofa hill— |
! general Ru*k motioned to them to come on— i
1 they adv anced, and fired four or five times, and
| immediately occupied a thicket and ravine on
| the left. As we advanced, the lines were hit
! mediately formed, and the action became geu- j
j eral. The ravine was instantly charged and
flanked on the left by colonel Burleston, and ‘•
a pait of his regiment; the rest of Burlestou’s j
regiment were led by lieutenant colonel Wood- j
1< ff. A portion of general Rusk s regiment:
charged at thesAnte, time—and another portion
took a positiou on a point of a hill to the right.
and drove a party who attempted to flank us
Irotn that quarter. Thus instantly driving the !
enemy from the ravine and thicket, leaving
eighteen dead on the field, that have been found
i.utl carrying off, as usual, their wounded, as
w as seen by our men.
Our loss w as, two killed, one wnffnded mor
tallly and five slightly ; towil: —D. 11. Rodg
ers; of Cap!. Ttpp’s company; John Crane, I
of Harrison's company; H. F. Cron son, of
same, Hooper, 11. M. Smith, and Ball, of Bur
rellson's command ; James Anderson, of Capt.
Lew is’ company ; Solomon Albright, of Capt.
Vansickle's company; Geo. S. Daughter, of I
Capt. Box's company, tlightly. Col. Laud
rum was not aide, having so much further to i
march, to participate in the engagement, but!
: has been ordered to join this morning. All be
haved so gallantly, that it would be invidious
■to partieularize. The action comtruneed
about a half an hour before sunset, which pre
vented pursuit. Most of their baggage was
i many horses, cattle, corn, and other property. j
By order of K. H. DOUGLASS.
Brigadier General T. A.
Jas. S. Mayfield, Aid-de-camp.
A letter from Gen. Rusk, dated 17th iust.. ;
has also just reached place, in which he ;
remarks.—‘We had another engagement today !
with tbe Indians, who occupied a very strong ‘
position. The contest lasted an hour and a half, j
i when we charged and drove them from their ;
station in which, however, they sustained con-!
siderable loss, the amount of which is not yet !
ascertained. Botch was found amongst the j
dead. Their numbers were very considerable;
I think sor 600. Our loss was, 2 men killed
and upwards of 20 wounded, amongst who
are my brother and Major Augustine, of San
Augustine, county.’ We are happy to learn
that every precaution has been taken to cut off;
the retreat ofthe enemy, and there by prevent
a protracted war. We shall anxiously await
further rntelligence from that quarter, and will j
endeavor to keep our readers promptly and
correctly advised on this important subject.’
P. S All the above news is corroborated by
persons direct from Nacogdoches, (Texas.) to
this place.
The time of day. —A boy, who displayed a
long dangling watch chain, was asked,—
“\\ hat’s the time of day, Josiah ?” He drew
’ out his watch cerimoniously.and after examin
ing it awhile, referred to another and sked,
“Is this figury nine or figury ’leven ?” He
was told it was tbe figury seven. “Well then.
Joseph, it lacks just about half an inch of 8.”
Death from the Kick of a Horse. —An
Englishman, named John Ncary. was kil
led at New York on Saturday last bv the 1
’ kick of a horse.
Katina Munk.y*— A hinu-ah ofCßißWci.-*
W bile in the act ofsigning* receipt* few days
since in Richmond, a person laid upon a log a
handful of Ashuelot bank bills, (8156 worth)
when a steer (there is uo accounting for taste )
seized and swallowed the whole at a mouthful.
All attempts to force him to dtagorge his ill
gotten wealth were fruitless. Fortunately
ample proof wns comeatalde, and the Directors
did net hesitate to make good the loss.
fineene X. U. Seutincl.
Uniform Postaok. —A Loudon Paper of
July Ist hasthis paragraph :
“Among the passenger* who have reached
this country by the Great W estern, is a gentle
man delegated on a special mission by the
Post Office Department at Washington m the
authorities of our Oenral Po-t Office. ‘1 he
object in view i* one which will produce the
grenltst advantages in facilitating the com
merce between Great Brittain and the United
State*. If we are correctly informed, the spe
cial messenger from W aslungton is to make
full inquiries into the plans of Mr. Rowland
Hill for the establishment of a uniform penny
postage, w ith the view of extending the sys
tem to the United Stales at the earliest possi
ble convenience. Should the government of
the United Stales adopt Mr. Hill’s plan, letter*
will ps* throughout the whole continent of
the United State* at the same rate as it is in
tended they shall shortly do in this country.”
A Tiiriluno Spectacle.— The New York
Dispatch of yesterday saya—“Oa Sunday af
ternoon the residents in the vicinity of the cor
ner of Henry and Jefferson street w ere struck
aghast by the spectacle of woman, hanging
by her arm* from the three story dwelling
house of Mr. Fenn, and trying apparently to
get her feet in at one ofthe round attic windows.
The attention of the occupants 01 the house
was immediately called to the woman’s dan
gerous situation ; and *he soon began to beg
lor assistance, m great fright. Taking a gen
tleman with him Mr. Fenn repaired in all
haste to the roof, and stepping over the ballus-
I trad on tbe roof lifted the woman up by her
wrists, while he was himself held round the
middle by the gentleman who accompanied
i him. The creature whose life hud been thus
■ in peril, was a servant in the family, and gave.
no other reason for her conduct than that, be
i mg tat tho roof she thought she could get into
I her chamber by the window. She will hardly
try the same thing over again.”
JE}* The number of letters brought by the
Cire.it Western, w#s 9,230. These are 25 cts.
earh. would pay to the prop ietors of the boat
#2.307 50. This on the presumption that alt
the letters w •■■re single ;—w hereas doubtless
very many of them were double or treble. On
ail such letters the charge is in proportion to
the number of pieces.
The Chartist petition, which was presented
to the British Parliament on the 14th ult. con
tained no less than 1280,000 names. It took
ten men to lift it. A party whwh can muster
such a host of nenv s is not to be despised,
however it may be regarded in other respects.
Caitioh to Sf.renadbks. — A case has been
tried in Hamilton County, Ohio, in which the
right of newly married couples to undisturbed
slumbers has been clearly vindicated. It ap
pears that a Mr. Williams had taken to him
selfa wife, and had taken up his residence in
the house of his father. The second or third
day after the wedding, the defendants in the
suit, with a number oflioys, serenaded the
brttfo and bridegroom, by firing a cannon di
rectly under their windows, thereby greatly
terrifying them and breaking sundry pains of
glass. The jury found,the defendants guilty
of committing a riot, and the court sentenced
to eight days imprisonment in the dungeon of
the prison.
Liberal —The Hon. Thomas W. W i liam*
of New London, member elect of the next
i Congress, has made a denation ofsloooto the
Colonization cause, —Hartford Courant.
This is real liberality. Persons of an ordina
ry mind might suppose that a thousand dol
lars git en to clothe the naked, or feed the liuu -
gry. w ould have been more charitable. Not so
| —it is much better to expend large sums in.
1 sending a few black rascals to the cost of Africa
to live in idleness and druukenem. It is far
more of a philosophical experiment too.
The British Queen cost three-hundred
and seventy fire thousand dollars ., The
I new steam-ship President, of 2400 tons,
will be launched on the return of the Queen.
Heavy bets are pending in England on the
Queen and Western, which is {he fastest
boat.—fi.Y. .Star.
Shocking. —The St. Louis Argus states that
’ in that city the other day the dead body of a
man was found floating in the reservoir from
whidli the city is supplied with w ater. In con
sequence of this discovery the water was stop
ped, and the reservoir emptied.—The Argus
very properly calls on the city anthorities eith-
I er to erect a wall around if, or build a house
! Over it. .
“e have come to the conclusion that oneof
the ‘seven vials of wrath’ mentioned in Rev
elation, was filled with mosehitocs— they were
a great invention, that’s a fact. Job knew noth
: ing about them, for they makt sorer ‘boils’
ilian any he was troubled with. Happy Job!
and yet he didn't know it.
Marriage, Fight and Death.— The Craw
j lordsville, la. Examiner, gives a singular
account of the mairiage of Joseph Rush to
Jane Rush, of that vicinity. They had
been married about three weeks, and lie
attempted to choke her the first night—
said that he had killed tw o wives previous
ly, and one man for his money. At the
time the act was committed we were about
i noticing, he took an axe into the room and
swore that he would kill her before morn
ing, hut finally gave her a respite until
morning, swearing he would execute his
! fiendish purpose. In order to prevent her
; escape he laid in front of the door, fell
j asleep, when his wife, in order to save her
! own life, took the axe and gave him a fatal
j blow. She gave herself up, was tried be
i fore Judge Naylor and discharged.
Fatal Affray at Natchitoches.—We learn
! from a gentleman who arrived last evening
from Red River, that a son of Gen. Gaiennie
had been murdered at this place. It seen.s
some difiiculty had arisen between Gaiennie
and a young man, a clerk for a Mr. Norma; a
challenge passed, but Gaiennie refused to fight
except at the plantation of his father, to which
the clerk objected, and the duel was dropped.
Gaiennie if seems owed Norma an account,
and was soon after requested to call and set
tle it. When he called, Norma threw in his
face ashe entered a tumbler of ground Cayenne
pepper, which had apparently been provided
for the occasion and told his clerk “to sho<st. : ’
He fired immediately and the young man fell
dead. Both Norma and his clerk were soon
arrested, but not however before they had
attempted to escape. —New Orleans Times.
July 18.