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deriug by the Hide of yon bnbbling brook—cut ting tin- iiirHiß o’yr llje frosty hills With n family sround liitn—ift the dashing of battle ; —in the hour ofpt-neo—and oh! ntihe present mom .4, vi<-ti him ns In*is!—Hut all bis bright Moons inn) hrtjie* here, have born hut type* of j hu ~,ul* liins hi that happy land to which he i*h.a*:rni g.—“thsl will behU et<rnal home!” Til u tinning, the speaker Imde me look In anoth.T dir-'Cltonl looked, and beheld the ini oplin -1 of a Miirria ; fe-uival, I mw the bride,all gb c, and fiilcty—uud the- parent* and friend* Made in {mppini *• upon the Union.; Boon I re it her arrayed hi her travelling dren*. *UttJ Waning for ll*e carriage Her husband v. as about to return to the fnr west, I could inu':.‘ upon Ui-r countenance —upon the timid blush ui h i elitek—and thru ita death like pih .lets iiiiJ the ehnngc* isl the fire of her <■, ail that t patting within. And as she wjilnvndcd iu t” the Carriage— the tear ih.it fell upon he: mother’s hand, told how fondly who |ovi and iiur partfil* and their fireside! In a few years, l saw her return j hut oh I how changed I—The savage had robbed her of her husband—nnd she lutl escaped with her lov-. jug tnlant, and wa* again restored to the *tin of her mother. I hail -< en enough, and as the. visum vanished, and I awoke, I involuntarily repute I th- Words of the poet: — “llmue, swf ‘t Home, There is uo place like Ilotne.” ALFRED. v .v,.,.;’ C*Rgf,ld39. 1 vTji: 111vu>: i ~ VC>n THE l KHALI*. Ti -u pent nee, aud It’* Advocates. ” U i* n cruel lei for the (Inc mind, I’ull of amotion., grnsroua and true, To furl it’* light flung hack noon itsolf | All it's venrm lmpnt*' rcpell and and chill'd, Until it filliU refuge ill ili*l‘*iu! And Woman, to whom sympathy ialifr, The only aiiijospbere in which hi r soul It velojtrti ntt ii has of good and true, flow must eiic feci the chilli” 7Vi the hft/iri <>/ Mclntosh County. Ltnica i Fur an individual to address n body, tinnier rms and intelligent as yourselves, might be i ui'idcred in the obstruct, ii* egotism nr pre sumption, lint if you will be pleased to reflect j that it is not only an individual but a cause ul-, so, which addresses itself to you, I shall need no further apology for tny remarks, A question, the, importune* of which is *e euiid to none that has ever occupied the atten tion of society, Is now exciting the public mind, [mrtii’lilwly iff tha State of Georgia, and In this question are involved, till those principles which tend to exalt and dignify, or to debase the moral character of man, I, like many j others of a similar nature this cause has most to fear front pretended friends whose sinister designs are calculated to effect any thing but its advancement, It i the meridian of a day which dawned on u in cheering brightness, but which is already ovei.shadowed by the clouds of sophistry and caprice. It will be ad mitted by all, that to allow ourselves willingly to be made the injured subjects of an evil eus tout is indirectly to acquiesce in the eommis , ..in of it. and the ohiect of these few observa- j tionsi i.tn endeavour to con’ nice the Lmiiesol Mc Intosh that they, in common with their sex, • have the right to be heard and should not de lay In asserting their claims to deliverance from an evil which has wrought much of deso lation among their own sex in every country , in which it exists. * The cause then which addresses itself to you is Temperance, and the correction of those abuses which it'* opposite invariably engcu- j dcr*. It ts unnecessary for me. to enlarge on the namherlc * evils which have resulted trom “Intemperance.” While it* iiillueitco is fell, in vain'det - tile mother with anxious and unvvti wring solicitude endeavour to instil into the j, mind t.f her son * those principles of action’ xv filch, if listened to and elierisited, would j throw arotinddtim a barrier,impenetrable by (fie . insidious as-auju of temptation; in vain doe* • the sister w nb all the disinterested affection by j which her line is c’naracteriaad attempt to I •UHlilhtie her pProthev to the nequisitl.ui of those v'f¥tHt< which ate indlspciisunle to the enjoyment of a life of happiness. In vain i say are the heart burnings und mental depres sions which the female sex in every sifffhtion j in life have been called to experience, by the ; povv or of this common enemy. (tut there is a fact which is as surprising as it; i true and which calls loudly on you lode date year sentiment* in v gat'd to this cause It has !cm stuted by individuals in the public prints that the ladies have no business to mi d dle with this subject, especially as far as re-; (Sards any Legislative enactment which may be made in reference to it; and will you not respond to this libel ou the philanthropy, be )u volencc and iuleilcct which you undoubted- Jv , / Will you willingly take these as sertions as a quietus to your energies and ef foit iu the cause of Temperance ? In a word will you given tacit assent to the avowed opinions of those who w ould not have you heard, or will you at once show to the world that you are not a whit deficient in those sympathies which have ever linked benevo lence vv.th the cause of suffering humanity! The question then is not, w hat is to be done ? But how shall the desired good lie effected? I would respectfully suggest that every lady in M'clutosh county, should record her name W lit rev era Temperance register can be found The Cause is assuming anew feature, it has called upon the Legislators of our country, to , skid iu it* propagation ; and the press is teem-! tug with productions pens whose ink has refused to flow on guy other subject. The field is open, nay, conquest in- ; viiCs you! It may reas luably be presumed that .were every Lady iu MVlutosh county, to en list in the Temperance cause, the effect would bfi irresistible. Such an undertaking, in such a cause, and with such advocates, would inevitably be the antecedent to a general ex jsiisioa <-f the fir front <-u. vicinity, aud who can viy where the influence of such an exam ple would stop, who can calculate on th* amount of benefit which might accrue from such * proceeding? The reformation which has already beeii brought about in society by the cffo/is of the friend* of Temperance war rants u* hi entertaining the most sanguine hope* for the future. Vaiiousare the blessing* which must result from the permanent establishment of Temper ance Societies. Yoorexertion* will be rewar- ’ fled by constant evidence* of improvement in the moral co dition of mankind. The tear* of sorrow and anguish which have hitherto trickled down the cheek of the destitute w ill be succeeded by tears of joy and gratitude to the friend* of Temperance. You will scatter flowers among the gra-a which ho* grown over premature graves, and you will bequeath a legacy o those who shall come after you. which shall be more fragrant than the memo ry of the most renowned of earth’s conquerors. The propriety of urging children to pledge themselves by their own act to abstain from \ intoxicating drinks can hardly be dwelt upon too forcibly. To the mother this came com ’ mends itself particularly. It is from her that ! the child receive* it’* first instruction* iu the principles of virtue, und she would fail to ac | quit herself tu her duty, if she did not incul- I cute on her children the tiecestity of abstain- I ing from excessive drinking. Ii Is common ly said by persons of more mature age, that ! their habits of drinking were formed by the ! example of parents, and, although they may not have been confirmed in these habits at home, yet it has been there they have imbibed j a relish for drinking which has been since in creased to excess. There is another relation ship, too, which might w ith propriety be noti ced, it is that of the widowed mother! If there is a cause next, to the religion of her God, w hich claims her advocacy, it is that of which j we arc speaking. In Iter children, *he sees the only ties which bind ber to the unfathoined I future,they are the ‘yesterday and tomorrow’of! her existence, through them only docs ln- look back on the irrevocable past, omTfor them alone docs she gild the ray’s of life’!-, setting ! sun. To those then who are mothers, we j j w e would, in behalf of the temperance cruise, ! i earnestly recommend a pledge in which their ■ own names should be united with those of their ! children believing that this would have u hap- i py influence on their minds, when the moth ; er’a counsel should h ive Ceased to point them i to the path of virtue and integrity. The enemies of this cause have attributed our/.cal to Fanaticism,but we would tell them j that it Is Fanaticism which, despite their i taunts and reproaches, still’look* to the glori oils prospect which stimulated those individ uals who first embarked in the establishment of this reformation, it is thin Fanaticism which “brook* u> delay” in endeavoring to bring about that day, when men shall listen to j the voice of experience, and In which whole- ‘ j some laws, will not fait to command that res pi ct to which they are entitled, and in which j men sh ill be morally Free ; It is that Fauati : cism 100 which now culls r sportfully but, ear nestly, on the Ladles of M’olntosh, to come i forward, uud bv ullaehiug thuir names to the Temperanco list to disclaim the insertions and ; principles of those who have said “she shall have neither part nor lot in the matter,” CAROLUS. RUgti'Hif. ----- --~-rt roll THE DAHIEN HER.VLD. Tltr Temiierunce Cause, “.Now- by Si tt orgr, the work goes bravely on.” Mh. EdiTOH: There never was n truer line indited, than that which saysy “Man never (J, but always to bt blest ” Man is never satisfied with bis lot. “restless disposition—his longing after future happiness and gain, leads him, like the hue, from object to object, until at lust he throws : Ins counters in the stream and reaching to re deem them, loses h.msslf. I m et’ not cite in stances to prove the asserftmi. Our dully in •rerenurse with men verify the statement Nor need I tell the reader, that the loudest advo cate of Republicanism is not the best patriot— nor the most prodigal Philanthropist, the most chatitable man. By it* fruit should ev ery tree be judged. Alexander was a brave and successful warrior —but was he not the tyrant of Maecdon I Caesar drove back a horde of Gothic and Vandal barbarians from his country—but did he not overturn the lib erties of Horn J Bonaparte exalted France to a high pitch of glory—but did he not sutler the Imperial Diadem to rest ir on Ins head, and drench the ground with the blood of the Gallic youth! Hut this is enough to show that man is but human, and prone to use pow er when he qooe possesses is, with an iron rod. The allusion will be understood by the intelligent reader. A writer tn your paper of the 2lih*inst. un der the signature of “Coro? ns” hasentered the field like a true knight, with sword and hel met ; aud made a desperate charge on my ar ticle of the 10th. But lam so strongly armed vv tth reason, that Ins thrusts pass'd by me like the idle wind, —and thanks to uiv protecting star, enough of me ts left to reply. 1 must; confess hi reasoning stagger'd me. and regret that he did not apply argument to refute mv article, the whole of which he considers bare assertions and an effort produced by Fanati- : usin. 1 atn no fanatic—l never was. Party spirit, nor the excitement of a moment, never carries me aw ay. Reason is always permitted to view passing eveuts in their true light, and to walk baud in hand with Justice and Mode iit ion. I seek not the glory ofCtesar —l is |i S hot the welfare of Rome.- It was this feeling which induced rue to write the article that brought Carolus to the field, aud now that he h#s volunteered his aid in the great cause of Temperance, he shall wear all the laurels he can reap in the conflict. CiirvTnr admits, aud I say it with regret, that the Temperance Party are determined to THE; XttCriIfTOSH. OQTJNTT; HERALD, adopt that old and Uncharitable adage, “he who H not (hr mix against us ’! Could there ever be any thing so ungenerous and unreason aide? So uncharitable and pmscHptivc 1 What! are we to be forced into measures against our will, or set down and branded as the advocates of Intemperance? Forbid it Justice! Forbid it Reason! Forbid it every generous and noble sentiment that exists in the breast of man. .Such sentiments a s the*e 1 were used in the days when France was bleed ing at every pore—when her streets were drenched with the blood of her best citizens, — and the rack and the engine sent their thou sands unanointed to their God. Such were the sentiment* of u band of wtetclies who un derthe delusion, of deism and fanaticism, trod the Bible in the dust, and in it’s stead dissemi nated principles, which to this day chill the blond at the mere recital. They shouted “tho-.e who are not for utareagainst us!” aud the unconscious babe, as it slept upon its mother* breast, was airn from her—the bus band from bis wife, —the f.tlber from his home —and the sword performed the last office! Shall 1 point you to Spain and tell you of the scenes enacted there 1 But I need not. The page of history is alike open to all. lam thankful that my lot is cast in this glorious republic, where such unhallowed sentiments never can thrive. The sob el Freedom never will nurture so noxious a weed. It may spring into existunce, ■ but the wholesome breath of ! public opinion, will blight it ere it urrives at i maturity. Carnlut is 100 candid, and if I mistake not ‘ his friends will chide him for it. lie openly admits that the subject of Temperance will “ere long be discussed freely and candidly in every Legislature assembly.” This is what petisely I asserted. 1 stated that the Tern | perauee party relying on their own strength. were now making a political question of the I matter, aud desired to bring he subject before : the people, ami make the question at future j elections “Temperance, or Anti Temperance.” ‘t hey have heretofore denied that their ob ject was political, but those better acquainted with human nature than “Carolus,” predicted J that this would bo the result. But, her.*, they ! calulute without then host, “i’vvas this, that , ut times, aroused politician* of nil parties to a sense of duty, mid as one man, they warned ! their friends of the approaching religious crisis, it is a question which should never be brought ’ to the ballot box. for the friends of Temper > ance may rest assured, that that is the rock j upon which ihtir gallant barque will founder. ‘ ; The political sea is not its suitable element. It should goon ‘‘conquering and to conquer” like the “still small voice” of reason, it is illy calculated to buffil the waves of a mighty 1 political commotion — the lambcauiiot encoun- j tor the Lion with the least hope of success. Hut I may be deemed ‘ Fanatic,” ami I will leave the fgturc verify mv assertions. Suppose that the legislature should, at it* next session, repeal the act granting licenses would it not bring the selling of liquor back to the point from whence it was taken by the ] license law ? Undoubtedly. What was that point f Why, every person was then at liberty to sell as little or as much as lie pleased. It is I the height oi folly to think of correcting the evils of intemperance by abolishing the license i law—for my life upon the question, no court in Georgia would even de ermine otherwise, than that every individual has n legitimate right to sell his owe lawfully acquired proper ly m any quantity he pleJSe* -the state may levy a tux upon it,"and likewise, under certain contingencies, an additional tax—and it may place it in a position to avoid the payment of the additional tax, ns, for instance, the right to sell as little as one gallon without a license— j but no human power can rightfully say to any t individual youtkall not tell directly or iudi- I’reetly, your goods, or chatties in quantities to j suit your own pHUnae. The™*tate jr tv sav. j that if you sell /■'*> than a gallon, you shall pay another lax of live dollars per year, in dependent of the. first tax upon the valuation of spirituous liquors. We have to pay (axes to support our state Government. We pav a tax upon the value of our spirituous liquors; and, as 1 have just slated above, if we desire to sell iu less quantities than one gallon, the slate, makes us pay five dollars more—not be cause the retail of liquors is regarded us an evil. but because the state needs the money to lie.p pay its expenses. If individuals imagine that the tepeal of the license law w ill or e.oi stop the retail of spirituous liquors, they are very much mistaken. If such a calamity should ever v ts;t the state of Georgia, ( w hich God for bid,) as the repeal of the license law for tlie retail of spirituous liquors, would inflict upon our country, it will icquiiv an age to correct the mischievous legislation, perhaps, of a sin gle day. Grog shops would spring up like mushrooms in every mile square iu Georgia, and w ould to Heaven they possed the preeo-., city—ruin and moral desolation would take up its abiding place in this state now on the high way to prosperity and glory—aud what will be the compunctious visiting* to our temper ance friends when after their strenuous exert ions to destroy the hydra-headed monster of intemperance, they find they were but chaunt ir.g the dirge of their own principles, and pre paring the funeral train to attend their last obsequies to the grave ? It is a remark of Bacon’s that “all error is founded on some truth.” \\ ho denies that the abuse of ardent spirits is an evil of a great and dangerous character 1 While we all look on and deplore its existence, what means can we successfully adopt to arrest it ? Does the con firmed sot require the eloquence of a Beman— the philosophical reasonings of a Kiuridge— or the solemn warnings of a Morrison to con vince him of the evils of intemperance? No. His physical disorders, his moral destitution, and his cripled and enervated frame, are elo quent and convincing enough. What means can save him, or restore him hack to his primal days of sobriety and happiness? Penal laws never can. Our attachment for objects in creases in a direct ratio with the means adopt- ed to withhold us from them. Education, the force of public opinion, arid that giant-like lever the newspaper press, arc the only sure and perinutietit corrector* of acknowledged evils. As intemperance and tipling shop* are evil*, many of our best citizens throughout the state think that penal enactments cun reach them. It i* a mistaken-idea. So far as they may be legally recognized as nuisances, the laws are specific enough note, against them. Spirituous liquors like gunpowder, steam and fire, are perfectly harmless unless abused. It would certainly be a plausible argument against gun powder to poult to the battle- s ground of Waterloo, and the sanguinary fields of carnage in every land—but the fault lie* in the madness of ambition provoking the spirit of resistance to the haughty stride* of tyrants. W e could feelingly argue against the use of steam vessel* by pourtrayiog the horror* of that night that Consigned so many of our friends to the deep and coral eaves of the At lantic, by the unhappy explosion of the Pu laski. as well as the wreck of the Home, and , the hundreds of explosions on our western waters—but the lamentable consequence* of tlit sc events,are to be traced to the carelessness of commanders and engineers. It is folly to say that the world could not do uithout gun powder or sleuin —how did OUr ancestors “pur sue tin even tenor of their way” without th> -e concomitants of war and commerce ? Ido not : endorse the opinion, although I have heard it staled by experienced and scientific men. that the evils which have resulted from the discov ery of gunpowder and steam, have greatly oer balanced uli the good they have ever effected. But 1 do affirm that the remark n justly appli cable to distilled liquor*. We point to the confirmed drunkard, and discourse eloquently upon the evils of intemperance—but we too often forget that God has so constructed poor erring human nature that moral perfection i* more to be desired than ever to be expected- Many evils are committed because the moral principle is not in the ascendency—in my strong man flee from the weak, because the first possesses but little firmness of purpose. Extremes of all kinds are dangerous. There is a healthy mediocrity in the gratification of ; all our desires or passions—and where Ibis is lost sight of, injury may tie the consequence. We runnot by any principle of correct ethics, deduce conclusions, in consequence of the abuse of an ariiejs ;;r su'ostance, as an objection j to iisi(e. This is an acknowledged legal, as well as an irrefragible moral aphorism. It is a work of supererogation to apeak to the drunk- j anl of the evils of intemperance—he know* their dreadful extent—their blighting and | deadly mildew updo his health and fortune, | without the aid of a commentator. If it were eonsideied necessary, and the j limits of a newspaper coiuribuiioit would per mit, 1 could bring forward the views of John Marshal, late Chief Justice of the United States, to sustain the opinion, that every indi ; vidual has the legal right to dispose of hi.* lawfully ucquired property in any quantity, however small or large. And that ardent spirits is property, no one will deny who re flects that it requires capita) aud labor to pro dues it. and a*such, it was regarded by this eminent Chief Justice. But loattempt to deny the right to sell liquor* in oiy quantity, levels to the ground one of the greatest pillars w hich sustains the temple of rational liberty—that pillar in our constitutional fabric, w hich sus tains all personal chatties, of whatsoever kind, to the proper use and disposal of their legiti mate possessors, or rightful owners. Ido not believe that any legal gentleman in our coun try could successfully disprove this position. It is founded in law. and sustained by the first i principles of equity. i Experimental legislation has been adopt’ and, ’ time afie - time,, hi in our Union, to correct lint mischievous effects resulting from the saleOf intoxicating liquors. Licenses have been advanced to such an amount us to have almost acted as a prohibition to the legal sale of ardent spirits —when that was done, it had the effect of making many tolerably good men, very bad men. They sold liquors icilhoiit li cense, because they could not afford to pay for the privilege—and thu become, in one sense, out-laws in a rivil community. Prohibitory statutes have had a bad, not to say a highly demoralizing effect, wherever they have been adopit'J. In South Carolina the license law was increased in 1835. from fifteen to fifty dollars—and 1 do not think I hazard a doubt, (and my means of knowing the truth of the statement are not very limited.) when I assert that the amount now paid for licenses through out that S'ate is not greater, in the aggregate, than it was when the license was only fifteen dollars —of course, taking into consideration the increase of population—l I know that grog-shops arc more numerous iu that Suite now than they ever were before, i The consequences of intemperance, and the existence of grog-shops are evils w hich can alone he corrected by public opinion—the dif fusion of knowledge—and the press. Whoever thinks differently, will doubtless be satisfac torily convinced of his error, by subsequent experience and reflection. But. however diffi cult may be the means of destroying this evil that individual will certainly deserve well of his country, who can point out the legal and practicable means. I have already extended this article to too great a length. Mr. Editor, but allow r.je one word more, and I will conclude. The sensa tive Mr. “ Carolus ‘ could have forgiven all ray previous remarks, if I had not alluded to the Ladies! There I touched a tender cord, and foresooth he swoons away, wounded no doubt, but not mortally. He wishes to know if there is a spot in the civilized world in which the influence of woman has not been felt ? 1 answer, no! and felt most strikingly, too. sir, “Carolus. - ’ by many of the lords of creation ! FIDES. Important. —The Red Lander, a Texi. an paper of the date of July ‘JOih. “slopped the press” to announce the arrival in town of the scalp of Col. Bowles, the Cherokee I chief. A MODERN FAUST. Among these individuals who should have been seen somewhere else yesterday morning, might have been seen at Mr. Re corder Baldwin’s offirc of busiiias*, a pro fessed follower of the great Faust, vulgarly known a* a‘jour piinter.’ lie was a case —all sorts of a ease—a walking ••vlilion of the striped pig, or in other words an uncor rected copy of the i corks of intemperance, sewed up, and boundby no teetotal rule of entire abstinence. He looked blurred, or like a 6ad impression of a worn wood cut of our American eagle, or of a runaway ne gro. ‘You were found sleeping out la*t night,’ said the Recorder. ‘NN ho and what are you V addressing the badly set up bill of humanity in the dock. ■Me, I’m a poor—d—n poor specimen of the art preservative of all art* —vulgarly called a‘jour printer.’ or ‘typo,’ said the printer. ‘And need correction,’ said the affable Recorder. *1 thought you a fool case. Why were you not at your lodging last night V •Because I lost my place, got out of sorts —had no quoius (coins) to get locked up any where else : in fact, out of cash which is the copy of our existence. Ah ! sir. I’ve felt the pressure of the time a* well as other folks—have had an impres sion, and a heavy o ie, of the difficulty of justifying iny actions by the right mea sure.’ •But a correct man of vonr profession,’ said the Recorder, ‘would have been at his case setting up. I don’t see vv hat altera tion van should make in the copy of your verdict. You were lying down sir.’ •Yes I had come to a period, that’s a fact, arid the watrhinsu made a parenthesis of his arms to raise me up, and a note of ad- ; miration of my body, head downwards, while bringingrne to this new fangleJ pres* to have a proof taken,’ rejoined the jour.’ ‘The watchman charges you with being, tipsy, sir.’ •I i ret my matter too much last night, that’s a fact.’ ‘When that watchman placed you on ; your feet you could not stand straight— i leaned in every direction, and staggered about as though you were working off the new grand lottery oil the side walk.’ ‘I thought, sir, that I was on rule and figure work , but Charley soon gave me - rap with something more than a shsip's foot which in a measure straitr>\‘ enc d t ne. He well nigh <?'•'!; ibi’.ted the matter of my up per case, sir.—throwed my brains into pi.’ ‘! . nail have to send you to the calaboose, sir : lock you up for thirty days.* •Thirty days ! What ! lockup mv form for thirty days. Oh ! you don’t mean that, *ir.—You have no rule fir doing it. “Why, sir, you might a* well send me to lie on the galties in the swamp at once. Thirty tiny* in the nllabo i*c ! That would in deed be living on the imposing stone. L< t me go this time, Mr. Recoider; I will see and correct errors, avoid all outs, such a* the watchman discovered, in future, and present a clean and revised proof sheet of mv conduct hereafter. I’ll tell your honor what it is : that watchman who handle* the j book so often don’t always follow copy. Why-, he swore there against me as if his oath was stereotyped and as if he knew it ; like a book.’ The recorder told this modern Faust | that he was fully impressed with the siu eerity of his determination to reform but that unless he trot some person other than himself to vouch for it. he must give him a short situation, sav thirty days in the cala boose. j.Y. 0. Picayune. Life in New OiiLr.ANs.—lf in the win ter we are the gayest people on this conti nent, with more variety of life und manners than any other city presents, in the summer w e arc the dullest. The monotony ofexis ! tence caused by the very general absent, e* is only varied by the fever and the exci i ting scene", in creates. We proceed to nten tioaefoe, the®* relation of which caused a chill through our heart*, and struck the ’ “electric chain” by which vve arc strongly bound. It surely must have thrilled the heart of the beholder with sudden horror. Dr. Lambert, an excellent as well as an eminent French physician in this citv, n la te.* that during his frequent rides through the different streets, his attention has al most alway s been attracted as he passed a i house where a pool family lived. The family consisted of a man and his wife, both rather young, and the latter good looking, ; with a little infant smiling in beauty and about ten months old. lie was led to no tice them from the appearance of content that lived there, and their being frequently ion the banquette before the bouse. After the fever set in, he still saw ‘hem for some • days, happy a* usual : but at length he mis sed then, from the accustomed place,” This he did for two days, until, on the third, feeling uneasy for them, be stopped his gig before tic house, alighted, and rapped at the dm r. No answer, silence was in the mansion. II - pushed open the door and went in. There lav the husband and wife on the floor—both dead of the fever, and the former decaying. The child was alive, and with its little arms around the dead i mother’s neck, vainly trying to draw the sustaining fluid from the breast. Dr L. says that, familiar as he is with scenes of death, nothing before has ever shocked his ; feelings to half the extent. With a praise worthy benevolence he has taken measures to have the infant protected. Such is ‘life in New Orleans.’—.Yei e Orleans Times. More Stabbing. —We learn from the Norfolk Beacon that an affray took place at Edeton N. C. on Friday last, in which Mr. Bland, the Postmaster, was stabbed > through the body by a man named Whita ker Benbury. It appears that Mr. Bland was engaged in opening the mail, with clo sed doors, when Benbury knocked at the door of the office and demanded admittance, which was refused. Benbury then broke i open the door, and on his refusal to leave the house, Mr. Bland attempted to put him . out by force, when he was stabbed through the body. Fear* are entertained that Mr. B. and would not recover.—Benbury has been arrested and is now in jail. What ag gravates this outrage is that Mr. Bland has j a wife and six children dependent upon his exertion for support. It is also stated that Benbury has a wife and four children, whose feelings may well be imagined from the rash and guilty conduct of their pretcc tor. [ Reported for the Cincinnati Daily IVArgj .4 Hogue \hnosl rbnsum ntaie and notorious scoundrel, whose real name is Hines, aud who figures with as many aliases as the Emperor of Russia has titles, came very near bring consigned to limbo yesterday in this city, under the fol lowing circumstances: A person of whom , he hai) borrowed a considerable sum of money about three years since, recognised him, in this city, and charged him with it. Hines denied his name, he at the time • using the alias of Austin. The creditor, vt hose name w e have not learnJ, went to the office of M tn. Doty, Esq. and got out a capias for his arrest. By some means, Hines found out the movement, and re paired to the steamboat Pike, w here he assumed u long face, aud told the pass engers that he had fallen oterboard and lost all his money; hut he had cheek for a large amount that he was to draw at Louisville. Several passengers lent him money, in all about sloo, which he promised to fay at Louisville, and with which he made off into Kentucky. nix’ trunk was seized and conveyed t o Mr. Doty's office, where it was upend, and found to contain some very valvKihle cloth ing, a reference 3 in hie res; enable char arter to Alov. Roman, of L uisiana, a dose of arsenic, bonds to the amount of about fit 1230 under which he had been pieced in different names, for some of his viliaoics, seveial memorandums, and the following interesting sketch of himself original ly published In the Savannah Georgian, cut from a Philadelphia paper, lie is repre sented to possess a very insinuating ad dress. and as he will doubtless attempt to play off some of his pranks in this neigh borhood, our citizens should be on the lookout. found in his trunk, it is as certained that he has, at different times, travelled and practised his schemes, under the aliases, of Doctor limes, Thomas Al ston, 11. P. Richmond, A. H. Burrhees, and Faulkner. He has been in prison both in New York and Philadelphia, for his rogueries. Tub Slavs Vessel.—Our readers will recollect that we published an aerouiit of the alleged piracy on board the Armistcad, in our last, and if her subsequent capture and detention at Newport, K. I. The abo litionist* hr.Ve opened a subscription to en able them to employ eounsil in behalf of the Alricans, and otherwise to administer to their wants. It is said that the Black* were not born in slavery, but were native Africans, kidnapped and sold into slavery iu Cuba, and purchased bv He nor Jose Ruiz a few weeks after their arrival there, and then shipped on hoard the schooner for his < states on the same island. On the pas sage they killed the captain and took po sessiou o| the vessel, in which they were endeavoring to retain their native country, when tliev were raptured hy Captain Ged ury. It is believed that if they had risen on their original captors, who were pirates by the law of nations, they would have been justified —but senior Ruiz purchased them in market ovort, although they were sur reptitiously imported into Cuba in violation of the Spanish laws as well as the law of Nations. These matters will be derided in at ourt ol Justice, and will present some points altogether new. The New York Express says “the property will he pre ciousb poor property for the Abolitionists here, as they who have seen these poor fel low* represent them to he in appearance hardly above the apes and monkeys of their own Africa, and the language they jabber is incomprehensible here, while an ajv proaebing winter will ti.akc the North more horrible for ifcem than even slavery in Cuba.” y . Divivofor Truth.—lt is related of the African —Joseph—the leader of the slaves 1 ! in the insurrection, on board the Armistad, that, at one time he wanted the vessel .anchored at sea, when the wind w as ahead. 1 He was told there was no bottom ;he told them to let the anchor go; then seeing the schooner drifting, he jumped overboard and was under so long they thought lie would never rise, but at last appeared, came on board, and said there was no bottom to be found. All the negroes of the sea coast of Africa are excellent swimmers, indeed they may almost he called amphibious. They are often employed in searching after anch ors, from which the cables have parted, and the depth to which they can dive, and the length of lime they can remain under the surface of the water is almost incredi ble.—Transcript. The new Steam Frio ate.— The strain frigate now building in the Brooklyn Navy- Yard, is rapidly progressing. The keel w as laid on the Ist of July, and she will be ready for planking to day or to morrow.. This is working against time and nearly equals the building of a steam frigate at Greenwich, England, which was finished in eight weeks after the laying of the keel. 11l England, a certain sum of money was appropriated expressly to settle in how short a time a government vessel could he huilt. The steamer frigate now building in the Navy Y'ard, will be a little larger than the Great Western, and her engines • will be put in at West Point, where they are now constructing. -Yetc York Court of Sessions. —In the \ case of the people against Barney Corse and Isaac Hooper, indicted for the abduction of Tom Ilnges, slave of John P. Darg, of Mis • souri, and the attempt to compound a felo ny between said Dsrg and his slave, who i robbed him of ASOOO. On motion, the I Court decided to receive the testimony of said I)arg de benecsse, on the condition of Mr. Dars finding it necessary to leave the ■ citv- before the next term of the Court of ■ which due notice was to be given*— Journal , of Commerce. The Cotton Crop. —The Colorado (Tex -1 as) Gazette says that the crops throughout the country never were more promising. The natives had commenced in good ear nest, and the hands in that neighborhood pick ‘JOO lbs. per day. The Darien Herald speaking of dogs, thinks it better that “ninetv-nine innocent i ones” should suffer, than that a guilty one I should escape. We are of the same, opinion, and right dog- matic at that. — N. O. Times.