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- - . rm. —, IV - . i- LlstsTOMlcsoßu: *R al&s*#*: in roof.’ If- tk . I.fff Jtll>n.iUr% A iisplet# f*vmf k.l'tljj jYiaoiiHer wajr in tuc !a* i . “ Oh 1 had it l:d I jng-r, U imjltt bac l snt *tr mgrt, A.d died icmcwHm older v - Hil it jrcwen op te crt-heod, Then aun; a tat tr<ntl<l Jl'.vf mourned ir, the dr'pent of wot , tm the rnrtafn V drawn te, . Him it ji. gess 10 The Had, to which other can T.° A Cit * tn:* o> 7 *uixna- REFI.KTJONN NUN AUTUMN. ArTVMSi ha# surely mm* to pay her yearly visit, irid in warn us of decay ! The leaflet ha up wreslllog with ill* jml; ibe it<*l m < evening now gather! upon it, and it** froshnem* i is stricken. Summer, soft eyed Summer ! art \ thoa gone *7 Ye* I tiil bear thy sweet adieu j sighing low In the vales, on thy faint liftath i -(eel* troiYi leaf to l**f away! Hut why should | wc mourn 7 ‘Hi* flower may fade and its frit- 1 prane# die, yet there I* within it the sends of j eternal rriidva'. ift 1 In coniwftiou with humnn life, we are too Apt to reflect upon yellnvr autumn, with ftcl ing; of tm luucholj'. It becomes a season of contemplation, nnd our thought* g n upward to I’m Author of >ur tiding, hovering like timid spirit# around His fit ly altar. H tt there itwjmolhivf! lithe fall of lilt: year whit • . .n it* mournful dbcay, which charm * thesotil artdewei ten* human life—the rustleof the eh ft tv, 3it if green—-the winds low sigh -the ('.eeV.'iig door; the house cricket’s prolonged ehirp—utul th't lit op hearth,send ont thoughts hack on an erratic! of memory, to those char ming hours of happy day* of youth mid hope : —dnyu of childhood -of innocence, • i with many a b loved yua from whob uhave now p ,rt -a forever, we vat around e taintly alter and partook of the f* cling of nt ; times, Oh 1 how ugree.ihlgs-e those melancholy reflection*, at they linger and play in the tabernacle of a virtuous heart 1 If w • coni” m plate the changer of the season, in con icctioa with an iierenfter, we fed nn in expie-sib’ * be ::’y In the comp v ison, which cannat cum*a to couvlnce the liberal uud crea tive rolwd-beyond the grave, “v lcrcthe wick cd <•• * *t from trouble end the w ary are at rest!’ It presents en argument dipped in beautiful cuiutiriitg -like afl of nature*. 1 te pencilling*, ro woven with an existentt ey the unseen hand that tho keenest eye cannot touch the point at v. :t!ch every rep irate lint is parted from it iieigbouiing hue; iuunortality he come*an instinctive feciing, which carries thu •Owl upw ardt tve know not how, to its destined find eternal bahltathurof light and lift*. ‘A c • if ‘•••• change without annihilation, is a coucout taut *>f all of nature's w orks. She never cea as to operate. livery tiling w hich we see upon the globe has been ai;tnl.iugtt kX-i> tf.HMd“*'y*WtrT..c beau changed by tire to charcoal—passed from hence to various stma s of refinement, ttfitn It tins resulted in a con crete of an elementary light, sparkling in the hue and splendor As diamond. That man, who eye has never opened up on the imlselc*. operation.*) of nature—or wit iterated the devclo > taenls of her handy work —who hat; never felt tho charms of her spring time or hear Inn uwmicioiir *iiih. while view ing tin- autumn flower in its decline, has lift uni -a;-c-ctl the grandest lesson of Ills own im motiylity. Why doe* not the hearted alhiost, who bilties hU soul m an c > inttl sleep, repine at the tliflf- 1 rciMHt between his fiitc and that of the plant! Does he not ovo lb pride of ilia foro*t *h* line it* }c* in theautuian-reinote in tho spring te-r . ig and replenishing through mtefininubh*age# 1 Surely lie must, whiie he survey s hi own decayed and nerve les* limbs, cry out in despair, ‘.‘for me there is no returning spring!— my wtihorcd irtu k. never will cloPTh-ei^^rmu obiter rmd! my hoc plucks shall net more recWPmT gloss Bfyouth !no young i.nd vigoroua sup will WtrAulate through tlia,. chilled nnd collapsed vcs'-t!*; !” Alas! it would not be so ‘ \\ hat! the plant be (dictated and the season come again, while the tornn’ the earth w thins face upward, walking ill th majesty of mind, with ers nnd sink to an ignoble and eternal sleep ? “Believe the mu*- ! tin- autumn blest ofiUath Kills not tho bud*of vi iue; no—they spread Beneath the heavenly* ‘ ainioftirigliiersuns. Throofh endU*s age-, ir.to higher pon ers.’’ At; r.rfr;;!hn.— ‘t is longsittcc tve have doubted the expo ‘ *noy of capital pun ishments. Tlh~ aecec* which often occur ai : .e gallows, arc at calcwlntcd to excite reverence for tho I’ a s, among the good, or to .feter the vtlliau rum the commission of crime. Tho Hi. J bus IN. H. Chronicle of thelSthuH gives a account of the ex ecution vs two i: • for murder, both of ta hoir\ solemnly r. otested on the scalfold that they were not uilty of the crime for which they were bout to suffer death. Ib'lh declared the’-readiness to die. As *oon :i they w< re turned thu sherilf *ca*l a reprieve v mother individual tiara cl I Viley, who ’ ,ui been eondr ed along with them for the same crime. As he had expressed a wish •> see the bodies before the coffin* were srd, he was brought out, and kneeling w. be kissed the cold cheeks of hisunlor mme companions, be side who.n he win'll have bieii lying cold and liiViess, b* . ~r t’* * tlemency of the LiemcniintCov mo-. Flic scene must i have been deeply alfec - g.—Boston Mo. Jottr, Tvro AVortr.x ukd fok Mcrukr. The trial of M Knowls and Mrs. Sim mons, for she inur,’ r of their husbands in Wood county, Ohio has just terminated. The former escaped, but the ■ -oof against li*. • latter was 100 con* ‘usivc, and she has 1,, sent to the State -unatic Asy lum— fc? insane it the *’ nc the offence was cc-tiiodtted. Weitrrn linik. —This institution, we j are happy to Ivif n, t* r#euv*irrg Irorn its rer< nl ileprf sim. Alrfa'ly Imn smog'*** incuts I'ccu on |* which Will enable it to re deem its clrculd ion, and we hope in u short lime In *tlubil l llu; ("ibliv, such an account of it* affair* #n( mansgen enW l * w ill not only restore it to pulilic coMldcnce, hut prove it to be Ji it* resources, sound to the core. The cikelution, wc sie informed is but $C5,000, af>i its ejiectc fund*, specie end specie Certificates, tVee trrn <lrorgia>% Murder.— w neglected to notice in our last, a niurdei which was committed some lim< during ifie session of the Superior Court in tin uwii of Summerville, in the new ('ouiiiyWr <‘hattooga. We are not a ri) no in ted wjth the piirtlenler* attenuimt on this act olidoodefisij- ffeport eay* that a Mr. Hint |,ovejA- while lying on the *huiu< r in Lome one of the stores was ; truck on till side of the bead w ith a draw ing knife, wfiieh nearly severed lh< parts, and caused death ill a few days. Ihe blow wi*s ilifilt by a man iiitin<'l Hunter, f„r some Irilinij offence, and who was im mediately tsken into custody. On VV< iliesd iy last, a company of pen tlcman pan[e<! llirongh ibis place having ifi cuit'id v in i> incii, one charged with tjia of fence oi milder, committed on the person of a geniieiti m from this Ht.ite by the name offilovir. ‘l'he <th< r individual, if we mistake not, wn* the son of the accused. This man l-laver it appear* hail removed a family to Alabama, in the mii jhborlmod of W ctuuipkn, tind ahuut the time of hi* leaving to rejoin hi* family in Georgia w as waylaid and mjn Ji ld. lb. A Sutinnul yum nntinn of Silk (irower* is to be held in M city of Wuslangton, I). C. on the 10th : .. at which it is expected there will In date; licit from every congres sional district ill Inc Union. This it is said will be the moil numerous assembly ever known in tlx* Untied States. The object is to promut) Lbe failure and taunul.'ielurc of ilk, ;ta it if-ftfimdllen* ili stiiW to be come a icioht extennive ujtd important branch of American industry. Arrange ment* are making for the accommodation of 1000 delegates, end the exhibition of such specimens of American manufactured silk! it* many he brought to compete for the prizes oflerd by the American Silk Society. (Yen’ Article of Mcrchanilite. —There was shipped in New York, on Saturday on hoard thesti nibtiat John NV, Richmond, which drriveij here on Sunday morning, a common meet barrel, directed to Luther Pollard, fl iston, Mass, with the letter V>. Inclosed in bjrackcls After the arrival of the bout at the depot, Lidia Point, one ol the hands oh hoard, iliseov. id that the head of the barrel wits not in its proper place, and undertook to replace it. In doing so It became necessary to take it out; when tilt: barrel was found to contain the hotly of a young female apparuntlv about *35 or 30 years of age, with nothing on except a pair of fine, white cotton hose, marked with u letter D. ‘ v <‘ nre mfoTrnssUtf ityjvWfNFfoliV that tint person recently deceased, of small statute with a delicate fr/lltie, anil long bla*k hair, nnd was packed in the barrel with straw. We are requested by the coroner to -ay that the body has been placed in a coffin, deposited In a tomb, nnd that tiny friend of the person may receive the necessary in formation by applying to him. Latfsi* Accounts From tiik (!hfro krk*. The Ozark (Missouri) Standard, contains accounts from Fayettevillo lo the 10th October, from which it appear* that the commanding officer# at Fort Gibson and Kart W >yne, have issued orders upon the keeper of the military store* at Fayette ville for an additional supply of arms and ammunition, viz: for Fort Gibson, 132 mus ket*! Fort Way ne. 100 musket* and bay onets, 100 cartridge boxes attd belts, 100 bayonet scabbards and belts, 10.000 mus kets cartridges, 10,000 title eariridguM uml 500 musket, ilinu. The Htandavsf e’ serves, we wish to create no tfnneces*an excitement, hut give the infiiWtiatiou as we remw nk The*’matter may be settled without any serious difficulty, hut we tire compelled to say, that all the information we have received favors the rontravv opin ion. There tire 50,000 Indian w arriors up on the frontiei, and it is impossible to fore tell what will be the effect* of the first blow which may he struck lit the event of union among the different tubes, the force* of the Government upon the frontier would he to tally inadequate to the protection of the citizens, and the militia must be looked to a* the strong arm of defence. A Sava?- /V-lifiysCetns to have been non led by the desperate degi e misery to yvliif Mobile is reduced. l.yiich law is now addeh to tin’ catalogue of other crimes, and burning at the stake, n is presumed, will be the (bush ing touch. A young b.tr keeper named Cos ling, of the ('it} llotH, Mobile, having lost his “.diet of motley, which he was accustomed to place at night under his pillow, some time ago, threw out a hint, before the hotel was burnt, that a Dulr h servuut girl in lie house had prob ably taken it. A Dutchman present rt marked, that a thing more probable was, that he him self had burnt the hotel. Five persons, indu 'd tig the Dutchman, and disgraceful to relate a highly respectable magistrate, and one or two other citizens of good slam! : decoyed Gosling, on the night of October 18th. to go in a carriage with them. They tied him to a bush, guxo him fifty stripes, anti then agreed, in council,to6r fliVt to ashes. ’ The Hide Company fortunately came up—and as the city is under martial law, anesled the oflin ders and carried them before e committee of Safety ‘ m they “ere committed to jail in deflit, v l $3,000 bail each. By last ac count -at excitement “us produced, and them threatened sumary execution. We have late accounts, says the Alexandria Gazette direct from “the Hermitage, 1 ’ in Teu i -see, which represent General J. kson as til Ins usual health, and his life likely to be pro longed i t consequence of the excitement pro duced by the result of the id tCtion in Ten nessee. and the suspension of the Uauk.s—an excitement which is grateful to his tempera ment, and urn'-’ which he always thrives. It i-rstimat ‘d, that more than three thou sand persons were discharged from employ ment, in the city of New York, on Saturday last, for want of employment for them, ip con seduenoeof the derangement of tk; monetory concerns of the nation. TH U M CMS BT/CO 6 K COVNT7 HEFAIp. Maco* N#vgtnb< r Ik, iw'il) ton AN MARK FT It become# our duty to notice ihcilow nws.d tendency of prices. Advi**#* from leverpoo! to die ‘doth HopUim Jer, noth:* a decline there of l 0, i*l —whfb tbe scarcity of money her#, ami the Mr* nglhoned conviction of* large nop, op, r ites against itsb :ing taken on *{>■.< u Ist lon i I ‘n ull w.; cun learn, the pi :ent crop will tm it out larger lli.m ever before known. This! i* owing to the mtldfall -front has kept off five 1 week#heyowjtile usual lime the season has , been favorable fbr tWc openrng and picking out . —and none lias been lost by btorma or rams, i An extentive rain even now, by degtrnving much ofllm unpicked cotton, would ftiateiislly 1 affect the aggregate of the crop. Receipts of < ‘niton average i lo flflff ling* per day. On one fitly last week, over a thousand 1 hags *v, re received. It is mostly stored. Pri- 1 ce* from wagons, 71 at-i cent* . Telegraph. Awi ri.!--On Friday night, one of the negro IwurH s belonged to Mr. Jostah I)ick*en, of this eon lit#, eaught fire, and was consumed lo the :*romid : and, shock ing to relate, a valuable negro man, with his wife and child, perished in the flames- Tub Wbathbh—! is very dry and dusty yet. We had small shower on Friday morn ing : fora few minutes it rained very hard, but was “'ion over. For four or five mornings past, the ground his been covered with a heavy frost, together with ice of considerable thickness. Tam;ei.i Amii.no tub Cm i* ki . - Itv a letter received lust evening, from Arkansas,” say* the Hoonvilh* Kinigraut. of the 17th, “we learn that the hostilities existing between the Boss and Ridge parties, temporarily snrpress ed, has again broken forth, and several individ ual* have been killed. The letle.r, bearing dull t; aiihiille. Sept. 23d, state, that on the night previous, almul midnight, the Ridge par ty crossed the Washington county line nnd murdi rH lleng nnd two of the Ratliff of the R,,*s party. Beng was sick when they imJ and red linn. Hr is (c.td to h t* h’ vll a man with lil* people The tnWi .ler of these in dividual* has cail#ed , „n-lij ruble excitement, ptie. Ridge party are flying to the while* for promotion. Wlions it w’ill end t* uncertain, hut it is believed that vengenee iti the order of the dßy.” Rbahouvbi.b Comh.aint.—The only prison er in Nantucket jail has given the sheriff no tice that unless the prison is repaired so as to Jjni.ird him from the inclemency of the w heath er, he cannot remain much longer. PimttiA, (Tminois ) October, 12, intlO The peaceful neighborhood of M oshington, Tazewell county, was recently the scene ot one of the moat diabolical nets ever perpelra led. The particulars aro briefly these, gather ed irom n gentleman who was on the spot the ! same day : On Tuesday morning of lti*l week, Mr. Qogar, a Frenchman, who had resided with his wifuin Washington for two years past, and with whom he was known to have had several matrimonial quarrels, threatened Iter so auvcrely u to cause tier to determine to leave hi* roof the first opportunity. Hogar having, after breakfast, repaired to his work as usual, nt a tan yard in the suburb*, Mrs. II •htainen a horse and set out for the house of her brother at I’utridge point, intending to claim his protection. On Jh<: wty.. s'a, flrWkiisfmnd. He instantly returned lo his house, look two pistols which he Imd purchas ed fn I’eoirn the Saturday before, went in pur suit of hi* wUu, uml overtook her u mile from town. Seizing her with the fury of a fiend, he dragged her from the horse to the ground, dobbtraiejy drew u pistol uud shot her in the head. At that moment aiming man approach ed tm horseback, when Ilo:.'*r drew thu other pistol uud fired another ball into the head of it id victim. Hu then proceeded to load his pistol attain, a# he walked away from the body out on the prune. All tin* was done whilethe young man was in sight, and who passed suf ficiently ne,ar the sufferer tohear a groan which ho supposed Was her hist. He hastened to wards Washington, and thrnrxt moment heard ! another discharge from the pistol, j As soon a* tie could make the horrid circum stance known, several citizen# repmred to the I place, and found Itogar weltering in In* blood : w ith the up |>or part of In* fae<* tdo wen off by i the contents of tho pistol, which he had him- I self discharged in Ida month. Hue hit mf§ i cos not there. Incredible as it may 81 prat she had survived the two justed shot, ha r riwso jfMim ttw|*Pwrncl anJftatt to the rneaiewt 3 house, (Mr. Trimble’#) aquarWETa mile dis tant. Bhe remembered nnd related distinctly what passed until the first pistol was fired, but knew nothing more until *lie found herself nt the house spoken of. Surgical aid being had, it was ascertained that the first ball did not pas* through the skull, but was found in the iiair, flattened by the resistance it bad met with. The second bull had penetrated the skull, end was found just within it, sp’Jiintwo. Tho pieces were extracted with some dtfli cully : in a few days the wound healed, and M rs. 11. raised as it were from the grave, is now in perfect health. Hogar, a* already stated, was a Frenchman. His wife is a native of Germany, about thirty years of age, of sprightly manners, and rather handsome person. They were married In France about four years ago, had a child, still living, three years old, and had been aliout that length of time in this country. Jealousy is said to have led the wretched man to the per petration of this act of revenge, which, through the mysterious agency of Divine proudenee. ha* resulted in his ow n xb ith, and of his intended victim.— Register. From Vera Oatz — The hark Ann Eliza, t apt. fti -coe, from Vera t’ruze. brings SIOO,- LM in specie. ” e learn from Captain Hiseoc, that the French brig Natade had just receiv ed on board the last in-talemenl of the stUXi,t>) agreed to ’ lie paid to France by the Mexican Govern ment. The conducta conveying ike above money to \ era Cruz from the capital not having arri 'ved the day- previous to that appointed for its payment, the French Consul called on the Commandant of Vera Uri. . and threatened to protest the following day. He was answered that there was no occasion for such proceed ings, as the money was ready for him. The Commercial Houses at Vera Cruz sub scribed the amount immediately, and lent it to Government until the Ooudueta should arrive, i which was then on he road about 30 leagues ; distant from Vi a Cruz. The money was (laid by the French Consul on the day it be came due. No news from the Capital. The Republic ; was in a state of tranquility. The Federalists having been completely put down, the Cen tral Government were more firmly established , than ever. Tbe Congress were proeeeding to ; reform the Constitution, agreeably to the ex pressed wish of the Ex-President. Santa An na. General Nelson, we understand, is to receive 1 the appointment of Principal Keeper o; the j Penitential y. INAUGURAL ADDRESS F GIIAW.es j V J. Ml DONAI-D, ESQ. Deliierei in the I hum of Jlept cte.ntat\ree >in Vfedatj'luq, Sov. 9. 1839. Rkixow-Crmca Regarding the oflioo to * w hich I have b en ojHod by tho people, is x liu .l roposed iu On: for their benefit, I prom ise you that it shall be discharged in such ■winner as shall, i.t my jislgwival, best aflat tnafe it.* object Tho present is, in many respects au au*pi 3 cions time for calm rad wi*e deliberation ‘l'ne measnro# adopted by you for the ac quisition of our territorial rights, carried out i by the en*-rgy of vourown Executive, sustain ed by the prompt and zealous cooperation of the federal authorities, have happily term in#- j ted a subject which has long been one of an !>rv and embarrassing controversy with the I (ieuertd (ioveriimelit, • i ‘l7iit abandonment of the objectional le pol . icy of a high, unnecessary, protective tariff, and of the exercise of questionable and doubtful Imwers by the .National Government, has been followed by a *tatc of quiet and harmony in i the Southern section of the Union, which is ! w ithout a precedent in the history of the Re- ! public. The spirit of fanaticism too, which, fora lime, wore an alarming aspect, and seemed to i threaten danger lo the conlederacy itself, ha.* been met and subdued by the solwr reflections 3 of the people, clearly demonstrating how safe- j ;,* “error of onmion mav be tolerated, when | reason is left free to comfiat it.” While this elate of tilings augurs well for , the permanency of our political institution*. , it enables the State Governments to devote all , their faculties and energies to the improve-; menl of the moral uml intellectual condition of > the people, and lo such subjects as shall pro-, 3 mote their prosperity and happiness. Whatever you undertake for the accom plisment of these cardinal objects, and which ; promises lo the people equivalent benefits foi , , btndens endured, shall have my support. The power vested in the Executive arm by | f'on-i Option uud “talutes pa--’ <t in pursu it T.r the Inforcrno lit of the law shall ! 3 be faithfully and impartially exerted for thi* purpose ; but in the performance of this duty, ‘ I look with confidence to the aid which your ; wisdom and patriotism shall give me—ln the ; 1 scrupulous observance of the law* by all go,l j citizens*—and to their rigid administration by ; all public functionaries. Undue excitement is, at all times, inimical I to rational action, lad us then w hile engaged ’ in the public service, forget all those unkind feelings and animosities which sometime# j grow out of an animated political contest; let 3 a nobler rivalry for the general good assume 1 their place, and with the blessing of Him, in whose hands ara Ilte (Jesiirtic* s f mbffßs, xvc may hope that our labor* will be signalized by “wisdom, moderation and justice,” and result m the increased happiness of an approveing ! people. A TALE UK CHIVALRY, i 1 The Child of FJIe li* fought • well, Ar Ina waapott hr waved * mniiir, That joone he slew that eartish knight, And lyde him on it* pl .yn* —The Childc I of EIU. In the early part of the reign of Henry the Second of France, a famous combat w as fought j between two squires of the court, named Jar ruic and Cbntnigncrnie. Some word* of the former —mpiermetore ,,Wt upon lus (Jttrnac *) step-mother, and he ) afterwards repeated them at court. When Juntas heard of the calumny tiiat w as abroad, ; he came before Frauds 1 and declared that ; whoever hud giver birth to such a report lied j m Ins throat.” A challenge immediately pas ! set! between Chataigneraie nnd Jarnac, but s Francis forbade the combat. No sooner, how | ever, did Henry 11. succeed to the throne. than Jurnac renewed hi*challenge. The king j assented ; lists were prepared at St. Germain, land Henry and hi* court attended. Both j champions having sworn to the justice of their ’ quarrel, the king gave the signal, nnd tho coiu i bat liegaii. The combatant* were armed in proof, and fought on foot with sword and buckler. Jar- I nac was a slightly formed man, and being op ; posed to a fierce, haughty, and powerful adver i sary, a lively interest was felt in his behalf. It was a goodly rite lo see how the sparks flew ; from theirsvvords nnd helmet*, with what care j they fovned, and bow skilfully they availed themselves of any uugarded opening. Now j they traversed hi’ther And thither with sImPP ; quick steps, strikiff':. thiuuing, lprdiiig. ns PW*y fowarumid receded ; ! and now was Jarnuc beaten back by the over bearing force of hts enemy. Covering him self with hi* buckler, lie retired before the increnscing violence of Ins adversary, and cau tiously watched for an opportunity wliicb ; might bo afforded by the other’s fierce haste. 1 At length by a luckey strokehe dealt Chatnig j iterate a dreadful blow upon the leg, and com pletely disabled him. He foil to the ground, and Jarnac, standing over hint w ith his sword 3 pointed at his throat, required him to confess 3 calumnies he had uttered. This the wounded man refused to do, and. therefore, hi* life be -3 cattle justly forfeited to the conqueror, w ho, ■ i how ever generously placed it in the hands of King Henry. i The proud and haughty Chataigneraie, ntor tilicd bv his unexpected defeat, refused to be j spared, and on his wound being dressed, he tore away the bundles, and died from effusion'; l of blood. Such was the judicial combat fought j ’ between two squires tn the year 13-47. ’I he , squire, lie it observed, was not the mere alien-: dant of llje knight, us is vulgarly supposed ; j nor was he always a candidate for knighthood, j ns is frequently assumed by writers upon chiv alry. Thanksgiving-. —Jog says the reason pump kin pies are always associated at the North with Thanksgiving is. that no Yankee everhad hi* belly full without feeling remarkably grateful. This being so general a sentiment, induced the early setlers to adopt the autumn lor these measures of praise. This also ac counts for superior ease w ith which men leave sugar hogsheads, and piles of bunched onious, to thank the Creator for his benefits, when the pumpkin crop is a full one. He further re marks, that the worst purgatory a minister can preach to a Yankee, is a warn) place where pumpkin pies are baked by wicked loafers, who, after having sweatened their lives out making them, are compelled to look hungrily on, while the “faithful” eat them. Rather a crusty punishment ire think. Sheridan made his appearance one day in a pair of new boo’s : these attracting the notice of some of his friends. “Now guess,” said he, •‘how 1 earn* by those boots?” Many proba ble guessses then ;*ok place. No,” said Sheri dan. - no—you’ve not hit it, noi ever w ill—l bought them and paid for them.” “If a girl were to fall in love with you.” said a young lady to a corporal, “what would you do ?” “Present arms ’.” replied he. A Pedlar w ith his cart, overtaking another of his clan on tile road, w as thus address, d: — “Halloa, friend, w hat do you carry ?” “Drugs and medicines,” was. the reply. “Good!” re turned the other—"you may go ahead—l car ry gravsloues !” Flogging in the English Army.— \ re cruit belonging to the94th Regiment, now j •tationed iii Chester, was flogged on Thms- ; ( day fortnight baiween 6 and 7 o'clock in the j morning tor disposing ot bra kit. The ( -Ik *- i •crGaaittc siys he was sentenced to te reive o hundred lash os, hut nature having giv- I eu-say under the weight of pvin and ago ny* Vtwee.n sixty sod aeventv only were inflic* and. 111.- screams were he.ard 918*11- ncy, a Balance of mile front the place of puniahib-nt.—The blood ina down his back in sweams, while in one or two in | stances, the flesh actually flew off as the drummer stosil with his reeking lash, which heoerarifKisll) cleared with hi* finger. 1 he recruit had l>ee only sixtnonls in the army, fin Saturday iruF-ning last, at 10 o’clock j two soldiers were subjected to this most : debasing torture, ou the publick part of ■ the Tower of London. A fine young f< 1- j low, named Jarnian, whose crime was in- 1 !*ulting his sergeant, received one hundred i lashes without uttering a word or groan, , ; although the punishment was unusually ! severe, the drumraers being changed every ten lashes, instead of twenty-five, as hcre -3 tofore, and the cat, tit* instrument of pun- . ishrnent, very heavy. After the poor fel- J l low had received the hsndned lashes his j hark presented a mangle appearance, and j i the blood poured down Ilia poison. On be- j ing released a great coat was thrown over i his lacerated body, and he was taken to j the hospital. A* soon as the first man left j j the square, the second man (Slade) a much slighter person than the other, was called | ;to the front, lie was sentenced t- receive ; ! one hundred and fifty lashes. It was evi- j dent that he did not possess the nerve ol j the other man ; he shook so violently that ] he was scarcely able to pull his jacket off i and his teror u*evident to all. Upon be j ing tied up he shook from head to foot, and i tbe moment he was struck he began to i shriek loudly, and earnestly called out ‘Mercy mercy!* which washeatd very dis , tinelly all over the Tower. Slade no sooner began to call out than the drums were bea ten to stifle htacries, and re-echoed among the walls. When about seventy or eighty lashes had been inflicted, the poor fellow s head fell on his shoulder, and it was Slip*, posed he had fainted: but such was not the case, as the commanding officer walked up lo the triangle, and on looking him in the fare ordered the drummers to proceed. At this time, with the exception of the druin- Mtcrs who were selected to flog it took all the others to secure him, his back being literally cut to pieces front his neck to his loins.—his cries for merry were unavail ing until a hundred lashes had been inflic ted, when it was found that he was unable to bear anv more, and he was ordered lo be taken down. JJ. wus led away betwen two of his comrades, a truly shocking spectacle of suffering humanity. Van Amhurgh Outdone. —l he linn em peror, (as we suppose he must be called, to distinguish him from Van Amhurgh,) Mr. Farter, made hi* first appearance at Ast t.y’ on Monday evening, ina piece entitled “The Miracle, or Afghan, the Lion King.’ In the first act of thi* piece, Mr. Carter fought with a tiger. The beast of prey in the outset mastered the man and dragged him from a platform down a flight of and after a contest for superiority for some time, the animal is mastered, and is led off tame as a kitten. All this takes place on the often stage, without the restraint of a cage; i the tiger has the same latitude as all his brother performers, uncontrolled. In the second act he introduces the novel and beau tiful display of a lion in harness, peaceably nnd docilely drawing him in a chariot. : The lion is a magnificent animal but meek 1 and mild, and seems to manage itself rath* ;or than be managed. In the third act he | brought out a beautiful leopard, and played with it, attached to a leading string, a* he j would have done a lap dog. His pei sos-l mauces. course, comprehended |JI the ! exMttimcnt* of thrusting his arms fflul legs HWhe moutl# of the |irrttiirfE and all 1 that was vrtllCf ase, elegance, and | perfect safety. Avnen the curtain drop* ! ped th# audience called loudly for the Lion 1 King, and be presented himself to receive the congratulations of the house, leading in his fa\oritc tiger, who partook of the repast. Fan Amhurgh Wounded hy a Lion. — The audience at the Porte Saint Martin w as last night much alarmed by the following incident:—M. Van ‘'Ampurgh was be ginning his exercises with a young lion, when by some accident he hurt him, and the animal turning sharply round wounded hint in the leg so as to produce a slight loss of blood, but M. Van Amburgh considered it so little worthy of notice that he con tinued his performance, and actually put his head into the animal’s mouth afterwards nor was the representation interrupted. But after the fall of the curtain the audience called loudly for the appearance of Atn burglt, and the director came forwatd to an nounce that he was then in the hands of surgeons, and consequently unable to ap pear; nor will lie, we understand, be able to perform to-night. We mav take this opportunity of sa) ing that Van Antburgh's perioaent with the new lion, on Monday evening, succeeded perfectly. Awful Warning. —A Philadelphia pa per gives an account of the execution of a murderer, who, in his dying speech at tributed the origin of his crime (through a long course offices gradually leading from this soursc") to the practice of borrowing newspapers. Having indulged in this mean and sordid habit, knowing that by every act of the kind, he robed some poor jirin ter, and snatched the bread from the mou ths of hungry children, he become har dened in iniquity, and fitted for the psr forntance of any low and sneaking villany of which human nature is cajiable. Hair-brained. —A girl in England commit ted suicide in September beeaus’ she could n't turn her hair black. Something like Sappho, the ancient red headed poetress. We have no doubt her red hair caused her lo jump into the sea ! Shallow Hoax. —A chap has been loafing about the city for twoorthree weeks, begging. —The principal point on which he rested his claim to charity, was a wooden leg. fastened to his knee, which was bent, leaving his foot sticking out behind. A wag happening to; route up with him. slily attached, and our loaf- j er. rather than fall down when his leg left him, stood straight up. as well as any one. I.KOAL I IFF- O’, flit- MISSIsSIIT 1 ” Extract of a letter from our Western correspondent : ‘This tudicial district c.vnsprt.## six coun ties. One Judge holds the etteuit Court for the trial ol all criminal, common law, (over fcbO) chancery cases -three uratvi y ai it. each county -Rosily tTI thclawyoio practice throughout the VTt ole district, and tide from Court to court, u company, (apropos riding. Imre, me.im*, as in England, being on the ‘outside of the critter.) The day after the adjournment of the Court, wc all started ol together lor the next—judge, lawyers, and all ; a party often—distance, 33 miles. From this habit of riding together from county to county, j and pulling up at the same houses—being ■ bitten bv the same hugs--sleeping tn the same bed, and drinking from the same j spring, an intimacy and heartiness of good i feeling and sociability gr°” up, o( which n< ; the north you know nothing.—Thus, on i our ride, there being no tavern on the road when we had accomplished halt the dis tance, we turned a side toa fine spring in the bushes, well known to all the ‘old sogers of the party —alighted — and drawing trjjiu i our capacious saddle-bags—(you don’t know the article, l believe) our amply stores of bread, beef and ham, made a meal ; that a dyspeptic Court st. lawyer might | well envy. Most of our lawyers are old stagers— who have known the country in its infancy. 1 Oar judge is a first rate man. who, though I quite young, has raised himscll to his pro ! sent station by his own exertions. He ha* been every where, and seen every thing ,i.c. of western life. He supported himself 3 while gelling hi* prole*.ion, by shoving a keel bootat 75cents per day—before that by digging vaults—had danced the war dance with the Cherokee* in Arkansas shot panther, deer, and such small fry, ‘in any quantity,’ as they say here. He told me that he bad killed over 300 deer. How that would make one of your Eastern Judges start! Speaking of Grave’s answer to the Investigating Committee, that he had hardly ever fired a bullet, Ate, he said, that if die question had been put to him) he could, in truth have replied •that he bad shot more lend than any three men in Kentucky could lift with levers. Many of the others, too, arc old hunters —and itt the evenings, after the Court ad journs, they spint out their wild talcs of border warfare, deer shooting, panthers hunts, Ac, with nil Indian fight, or a stab bing, by way of spies, till bedtime. I lis ten! anil enjoy it much.—Practice is much pleasanter here than that at Louisville, and ■ 1 have taken quite a fancy to the life 1 lead,’ i —Boston Journal. The Duke of Wellington. —The fol lowing aticrdole ofthe Duke of Wellington, not generally know n, exhibits in a strong highl the indefatigable perseverance and foresight of the duke, and especially ex onerates his grace from the charge raised against him by many writers, of allowing himself to be surprised by Bonaparte while amusing himself at a ball at Brussels at the time referred to: —At a dinner, a short time since, the duke was asked, ” Has your grace seen the pamphlet published in America, by Ben, Grouchy, in answer to Gen. Boy's attack on hint respecting the manoetivers on the day previous to Water loo ?” *‘l bavr,” answered the duke, “and Grouchy has the best of if He could uot move w ithout orders, and orders he cer tainly did not receive. As to his ma oeuvers, I know all about them. I was a witness to them*’ “ You, ” exclaimed one of the party; ” every one thought yrmr grace was in Brussels.” “ I know they did; but they were wrong, for on the evening in question I and Gordon ( who was killed at Waterloo) left Brussels, took a squadron of hor-e escort, no one knowing us, and joined Ac Prussian head quarters. I Pas tmnnf whole of that night in conference with Blucher, llulow, IP- York, and Klest In the morning I observed to Billow, ‘IfI. had an English army in the position in which youis now is I should expert to be most confoundedly thrashed.’ The attack of Grouchy soon after commenced, and the Prussians were defeated. I waited long enough to see that event, and I then thought it time to be off, and on the 17th Bonaparte made that monstrous move ment on my flank which was the com mencement of the battle of Waterloo.” — Marion. Alabama, 0< tober, 24. We have the driest times here that I ever knew in my life. Water is selling in the cane brake at one dollar per gallon, and scarce at that; but vve have plenty about Marion yet. The Sufferers in Mobile. —The officers and crews of the frigate Macedonian and sloops of Erie, Levant and Vandalia, at Pensacala, have made up a purse of &578, 25 for the Mobile suf ferers. Heavy Loads. —The Harrisburg Reporter says: We noticed a locomotive in full flight Uloiig the Lancaster rail road, the other day, with a trutn of 17 double and single cars at tached. On the day following a train depar ted west with 14 well filled ears, fullowjpg “the smoking horse.” The Queen of England has paid off all tho debts of her father, the late Duke of Kent, and the creditors have passed a vote of thanks to her Majesty. Napoleon's Diamond Ring. —A superb dia mond ring, which was worn for three years by this extraordinary man, and of the value of 15.000 francs, has just been presented, togeth er with an autograph letter, by one of the resi dent ambassadors, as a present from bis sover eign to Mr. Thomas Holloway. Husking Corn Gratis. —Two fellows re cently utteinped to steal a large quantity of corn from a farmer in New Hampshire. They were discovered and seized by him. who com pelled them to do a day’s husking gratis, under threat of exposure. His Marine Majesty. —The Alfred, Captain Sawyer, arrived at Newbaryport on Monday, front a markerel cruise. Captain S. reports that he saw the Sea Serpent off Boon Island, 2d instant—head ten feet above water; Sup posing it to have been a boat, called all hands —when near the ves*cl. it sunk under water.