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J - H. CHRISTY & T. M. LAMPREY, > EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. > IDcuotcb to Nous, politics. Citcraturc, General intelligence, agricnltnre, fcc. (TERMS:—TWO DOLLARS A YEAR, NEW SERIES—VOL. IL, NO. 13. ATHENS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1848. U '‘' VERS!TY 0F GEOa ™ U3R ™ VOLUME IVI. NUMBER 25. Miscellaneous. The Heir of Lina. BY WILLIAM J. SMELLING. . There is a beautiful Scotch ballad by ibis title, that I never saw but once in my life ; but it made a very strong im pression on me. As the ballad is not to be found, I will endeavor to tell the story in prose. The Laird of Linn, in Galway, was one of the richest landed proprietors in Scotland. Besides his lands and dwell ings, he had Hocks and herds and a good store of gold. Moreover, he was a man of frugal and parsimonious disposition, so that the gentlemen of Galway avoid ed his company, and the whole country side cried shame on hita. Nevertheless bis riches grew and increased to a mighty sum, and there was no telling what Leans of treasure he had snuglv concealed. The Laird of Linn did not marry till late in life, and his wife died within a year after fheir marriage. She left him one child, a son who was the joy and plague of his existence. Though natu rally ol a noble and generous temper, lie was wild and reckless and extrava gant. Seeing and bearing his father ridiculed every day, for bis miserable temper and habits, he resolved at all events not to be like him, and spent all the money lie could lay his hands upon, among low and dissolute companions, in drinking and riotous Jiving. So true it is that one extreme often produces the other. It was in vain that his fath er remonstrated with him; he onlv grew worse as he grew older and older. At last the Laird of Linn lay on his death bed. He had outlived all his near relations, and he had uo friends, so that he was in a manner obliged to leave all his substance to his son, and besides, next to his gold he loved his prodigal heir. Previous to his death, lie called the Heir of Linn to his bedside and spake thus to him : ** My son, when iny lips are cold in death and my tongue silent in the grave, I know li.ow it will be with you. You will spend all the substance ofyour an cestors, and all the gold I have got to gether, in dissipation and extravagance. .Nevertheless, I do not wish my son to live a beggar. Therefore give heed to iny only command, and if you disregard «l, may a father’s curse cling to you. You know the upper chamber of my house in Kippletrigan. It is now lock ed up, and I have thrown the key into the sea. When you have not a friend xvho will lend vou a bawbee, and when you are actually suffering for a crust fo appease your hunger, break the door •open, and you will find a certain relief; hut if you open the room before that time, I say again, may a father’s curse cling to you.” would buy it. I will go and break open | your hand and seal, and 1 will the upper chamber. My father told me '~ I should find relief there, and perhaps be meant treasure. If it should prove ! people so I will be a wiser man than I was, j inouey, and not waste it upon knaves/' be done. John of the Scales knew that few to lend money to To the house he went, then, and ; just seen what reliance is broke the chamber door open. He " ‘ found relief, indeed. There was no-! thing whatever in the room exceptin, see what poured out upon his seat so ns to ruin his authority so signally as this judgment — .must be supposed to do, until ihe year the country had so muchjlS4S. * * But wc are not toimagine common thing j “this vial will^otally destroy the Papacy, nd he had ! though it will exceedingly weaken it.” be placed j Fleming had previously assigned the friends in such a case. He had not j commencement of this century, corre«- thc least idea that the Heir of Linn i ponding with Napoleon’s attack upon would ever be iheownomf * !.i.« /.r i> c ... . 1 high stool, and directly over it a halter j part of the sum. He therefore called j dangling from a hook in the ceiling,— (for pens, ink, and paper, and sat down He looked up, and read these words: j before the company, and wrot ‘ Ah, graceless wretch and wanton fool! lou are ruined forever. This is i former master, the only relief for those who waste their j Then the Heir of Linn strode to the patrimony as you have done. Behold, I window and. ojiened and took out a then-put the rope round your neck,! bugle from under his tattered gaberdi and save vour family the disgrace of 1 and Mnw till iLp ii.lctc „i. coin rattling about his ears. I will ’not say that he felt no pain in his neck the next day, but at the moment he fell none. Joy rushed into his heart like a torrent, at seeing himself rescued from death and beggary. The space between the ceiling and the roof contained an enormous treasure. On the upper side of the board from which he thought to hang himself, was fastened a letter ad dressed to him. He hastily tore it open and read us follgws : “ My Dear Son—I know your char acter, and thatnocxposiulation or advice can wean you from the desperate course you are pursuing—nothing hut mis ery sharper than death,can work a cure on you. If, therefore, your misfortunes and sufferings should be so grevious that you prefer death to enduring them, 1 have some hope that you will not rash ly encounter them again. You have made the trial—take my gold, redeem your land and become a wiser and bel ter man.” The Heirof Linn did notleave the spot without pulling up a prayer to heaven for the soul of the parent whose admira- laden with in and save your family the disgrace ending in a beggar.'* “ Very excellent counsel,” said the i of servants rode Heir of Linn, “ and as I must either hang mounted, leadin' or starve, I think I’ll even take my 1 ’ father’s advice, and hang. It’s the shortest death of the two,” so he mount ed, fastened the halter around his’neck, and kicked the stool from under him. But the Heir of Linn was not to die sn. The board on which the hook was driven gave way with his weight, and he fell to the floor with a shower of gold be the owner of a hundredth j the authority of Rome for a great obscu- —‘ " ' ' inlPopety. But the fixing nf the 1S48 for the vial that would great- the pro- | !y weaken, though not destroy is most it to his j remarkable; for never, has the Papal 1 authority been so near its downfall as within the last four mouths when the Pope seemed to have fan all prestige } ,, , . . . - •? , that surrounded him solar that the peo- and blew till the joists and rafters shook | plewcre on the point of imprisoning him. and right scoffingly • with the din. Presently a fair troup up, i popery alone, But it is not in o well armed and that Mr. Fleming shows Ids accuteness ~ule with them, j of interpretation. Allud They dismounted struction of the French monarchy by and brought the bags of gold into the > the former revolution, he says.* “ This judgment will probably begin about the 1794, and expire about the hall. “ My father’s land is my own again ! <l,. ur^: i" i i ° ■ J • t. • i* , • •« O I . 1 tliSWUl 111(7 \Clll cried the Heir ol Linn, joyously, and ; 184S.” Upon this ihe New EtHamfPu- before the company had recovered from ' ritan of this their astonishment, he had counted \ warranted down to John of the Sca’es thejust he had agreed to take. Then turning to his servants, ho said, “ Scourge ; eck remarks nphasis—“ Now here The Sabbath iu Paris. The number of distinguished preach* ers in Paris has surprised me. *1 ex pected to find “ a city wholly given to idolatry.” Butin the pulpits of this city -—besides a host ol preachers less dis- tinguished—there are at least six or eight eloquent and powerful advocates of Christianity. The French temperament is full of oratorical lire, and Paris to-day is witness that the spirit of Bosquet and Massillon is not dead. When a son of New England first wakes up iu Paris on a Sunday morn- ing, he finds it hard to convince himself that it is really the Sabbath. Thestill- ness, the sucred calm of this holy day are absent. Iu the streets he finds ev erything going on as usual. The shops are all open, the masons and carpenters work on the houses, and ifie carls the de- ! lumbering through the streets. It is a day of extra fetes, and the shops are closed a little earlier than usual, to give all lime to go to the theatres or other places of amusement. I remember Sunday mornin something truly wonderful—that, ing a hundred years before the time first named, he should have fixed on 1794 olutlon, this viper out ol theHouse of Linn with | tor the era of the first French dog^ whips.” And it was done. { which was to begin the des Ihe company now crowded round j the French monarchy, and on 1S4S him, congratulating him on recovering! the year which was to finish it. political. The Hon. E. C. Cabell, of Florida, addressed the citizens of Jacksonville, East Florida, on Saturday, the 26th ult! j the people The Jacksonville Republican describe "* ' his reception there as being highly on thusiastic and gratify: spoke principally on me comparative claims of Taylor and Cass to the confi dence of the Southern people. “ Mr. Cabell (says I he Republican.) al so referred to the ground less charge made j against Mr. Fillmore, which he thought i was well iltasirate-d by ihe speech of j McAllister, of Georgia, who asserted! that he bad heard Mr. Fillmore deliver' an Abolition speech in Ne .v York iu 1844,; which was said to bo well described in a letter at that lime published in thcDe- i mocralic papers iu Georgia. Yet when j this same letter was brough which was to describe Mr. Fillnn Abolition speech, lo, not breakfast a French-; slavery was to bo found the papers do not always sjm gerntinglj—at least in this cas not.” * ° ° * they d«» The Double tiautc. We should iroagitte that by thi* lime. South had Iteconm aware of the double game that Looolu- coism is attempting to play upo„ ihu Mr. Cabell! subject of slavery. H«*rc Gen. Cass is ! upheld asa “ Northern man with Soutli- iern principles,” while in the free Slates { he is represented as au ardent Wdumt ! proviso man. Such Ins undoubtedly I was eighteen months ago, and that he is ■ still such, at heart,-there is every rea son to believe. The following letter, says tin: New Orleans Bee, was written •• by a gentle- mau of high respectability ami mature judgement.” Detroit, Aug. 20. ]$43. Gents: Slopping here on my way light,' North, 1 have sought (juicily to aso-it.iiu, si Gen. Cass’ friends, what are and what would i the Wibuot l'ro- i • . — y - . o: j— luiiuou it. a siii- ms patrimony, and excusing their own j gle correspondence between prophecy ' bave not been gleet and ingratitude. But he said them, “ Caitiffs, slaves, dogs, begon Pollute the floor of my house no long If ye enter my grounds again, I will | prophecy have the servants loose the dog To Master Lackland he said, “ Come to my arms-—come to my heart, my brother ! Live in my house, and share with the Heir of Linn in all things.” And the Heir of Linn became ano ther, man, and was an ornament to his country, anti a blessing to his tenants. Remarkable. In the year 1792 there was reprinted in Boston an unpretending little work, whieh had been originally published in London nearly a century before, name ly in the year 1701, entitled the Rise and Fall of Papacy, by Robert Fleming. The cause of its republication in Boston was the astonishment and inlereslexciled matt opened his eyes with astonishment j being reported as the principal topic of j viso, provided he when I told him that the theatres in . the speech ! And this letter, which jirov-11 h ive uo hesiutiii London were not open on {Sunday.—> ed the extreme frailtyof Mr. McAllister’s ! {South Why, said he, what do the people do | memory, turns out to have been written ! lion U with themselves? j by that gentleman himself, who wj , But it the stranger will turn aside ' its date, on a Northern lour ! But the destruction of j lb ‘ s crou 'd and enter some of the j most complete refutation of Mr. McAllis- 1 here are the must rabid Wibuot P churches at the hour of prayer, he will ter’s statement, Mr. C. read to the as- j men of his own parly. This is iiuiori- mbly a letter from Mr. Fillmore himself, j ous and acknowledged. Take this fact rept away by the infi- j (in reply toone written to him by a (which, if the individuals were known ~ _ losing the print-1 in the {South, the names of such fierce ed remarks of Mr. McA.) iu which he > Proviso men as Collector I expresses surprise at the assertion, and Judge Hand, Chancellor F; attended an Alxdi- j and others I do not remember, woub tion Meeting or made an Abolition speech • make evident,) with the other importaa the State of New York, in the xcholv and acknowledged fact, that G**u. Cas i_ j find there are yet many thousands who : and fulfilment is wonderful, but such a' arou,,d them. I have seen reli- ! memlierol Congi ! j double one, showing both beginning and S‘ ous audieuces iu Paris as large and a '* j end is still more so.” Coupled with the j attentive as at New York: and hav r _ egard to Popery, it tnav I beari l the gospel of ourcommon{Saviour | declares that he Well justify the attention that has been preached as faithfully in French re-awakened to Mr. Fleming’s remark- ! English, able work.—Boston 'Transcript. saunol depend upon his opposi- the interference of Northern ngi- :il! tutors on the slavery question. 1 liml that his most intimate political friends ble wisdom had discovered a means of ^ * be ver iHcation of its interpretations raising him from beggary and despair to affluence, and of weaning him from the lollies and vices which had dis graced his character. To evince his gratitude he resolved lo mend his life from that day forward, and become all bis father’s heart could of prophecy in regard to the fall of the French monarchy. We say interpreta tions of projjhecy; for Mr. Fleming mere ly aspires to the rank of an interpreter of the mystical vaticinations of the Rev elations. He assumed at the outset that Biblical students are agreed upon cer- more trial of the-false friends whom he had wasted his lime, his sub- With ificse words ihe ol.l m „ a fell ‘"u- hiS c . h ^ ler - H f ick on hi. niiw nnrl lore ke P‘ his newly discovered weald. But first he thought lie would make '? !n P°j n ', s ' such ns that Pupal Home ' the Babylon ol the Apocalypse ; that the seven heads of the beast are the sev en forms of the civil government that back on his pillow and expired. The Heir of Linn did not grieve long for hi3 parent. He soon threw open his bouse to nil coiners. His forest fell be neath the axe, his chimneys were al ways smoking, a hundred men eat daily At his board, and he bought him horses and hounds, and be lent money without counting, to his dissolute companions. He feasted and drank, and gained as if ho could not get rid of his substance fast 'enough in all these ways, he took no care of his affairs but gave up the gui dance of them to a bailiff* or steward ‘named John of the Scales, who was a knave and notorious usurer. John cheated his master in various ways, ami put more (ban half Lis rents aud moneys into bis own pocket. At last, what the Heir of Linn’s fath er had foreseen came to puss. His mon ey was nil gone, and he had no means of keeping up bis excesses except bv 'selling bis lands, but there was no one •rich enough to buy them except John *of the Scales, and every one knew how lie came by his money. The young Laird was in desperate want of cash to pay his gaming debts, and was more- yjver heated with wine, when his unjust steward offered to buy bis estate. It was Ahard case,but after much reluctance he Agreed upon‘the bargain.’ “Give me gold good John of the Scales, and my lands shall be yours forever,” said the Heir of Linn. Then John counted down the good yellow gold, and a hard bargain he had •of it. For eveiy pound that John agreed to pay was well worth three. The last money went like the first. And the Heir of Linn was a' beggar.— tie first went to the bouse that had Hincc been bis ofWn, but now belonged ’to^Jqbn of the Scales, to seek some re lief. He looked into the great banquet- •ing hall, but there was go feasting going on in it. The fire was out, the dinner ta ble was taken away, and all was deso late aptl dismal. •« Here's sorry cheer,” said jtfae Heir of Linn. , Jphfr would not give him a penny, but told him to go to the friends he had spent few money upon foolishly. He did so» bat it aid no good, Some of them pretended they did not know him, and oat one would lend x him a farthing, Or offer him a dinner. So he wandered about forlorn and hangry* for two days, foFwork he could not, and to beg he was ashamed. At last in his extreme misery he bethought himself of his fath er’s dying words. ‘ l '.* v I’haye not gold the old house in Kippletrigan yet,” said he, “ for no one succeeded each other in the Roman na- secret, liifbe'lieard JohiiRRhe Scales j ! io " : that the,government „f the Pope was going to give a great entertainment, and that all the lords and ladies of Gal way would be there. When the Heir of Linn entered his j A Poor Scholar. ■ One of our somewhat famed scientific and literary men of Boston was recent- ,r the I Se si - ? ° r - chi,ry T " yi " r ' s i;,r 1 sm u: course of his life. The Southern people must vinced, that, in Mr. Fillmore presented a candidate 1 himself ^ >nhy The Kiiig Suakc. A late writer in one of the public ji nals represents the king snake of . . -, South as the natural enemv of the mock-1 li ** l J* J^ose oMward sliow.iurleed, gave > . , . . • , , , , asili, a powerful and venomous reptile, i slru, . , S indication o! poetic and authorie I l - h j .'ipenly tu l| cclare, though not aware that he is the enemy destiny. After greeting Professor B.,! of any other of the serpent tribe. * • «h«hlw «... ... i i himself t the South, however, I believe it is erally understood that he makes war on every other species of serpent; he is most renowned, however, lor combats with the formidable mockasin, in which he is believed to be always the conquer or. He not only attacks the mockasin when he accidentally crosses his path, but he hunts him with alt the cunning and perseverance with which a dog hunts a rabbit. When he ’ Yt 1 ll,e shabby gentleman went . this day of agitation about slaver}', th he is not of the Abolitionists nor with them. When the old and trusted ser vants of the Democratic party, such as Marlin Van Burcn, the first Northe that he was in great destitution, sought charity, and hearing that Professor was u friend lo the cause of education, &c„ i „ find called upon hint as a poor IduUar R’"! Soa'hem ptlne.plcs, and Ben- for relief. 1 [jamm F. Butler, who used to be the elite! “ Poor scholar, eh ? Ah ! come in, sir; walk into my library, sir, I am a friend to literature, aud shall be proud butler of Democracy, h reported the resolution on the su slavery, which is now put forth Baltimore Platform—when such Aedly not two enthusiastic Proviso advocate, , the Whigs j and I ask what guaranty Itas the {South tliat this trimming politician will not de- the time of need 1 There is, ho! however, a still more important fact, to which, iu connection with these suspi cions, I wish to cull your attention • Every member of botti Houses of Con gress from Michigan voted against the recent Compromise Bill, and in favor of the Wiltnol Proviso in the Oregon bill. Now it is said here that Mr. McClelland is the very ex|x>neul of Gen. Cass’ jiri- ictually vale opinions and wishes, and iu the bject of I event of his election will be the Post- as the I master General. Mr. McClelland is 4 the most rabid Proviso men in the last of the seven. He then tains that the 1200 days spoken of der the several forms of * 42 months,* 11 have ku a time, times and a half a lime,” &c., | mockasit fails. He then round the body of the mockasin and tightens his folds; and never relaxes the tenacity of his deadly embrace un til the life of his victim has become ex tinct. This is generally r hou: class understand rite : tllld de ; l!ire> ,, ial llu „ evcr uni...>• i t /n !'l'u Abolitionists, or spoke Class-icsf replied the fellow, lri „ in lhe wholo co \ n Lord bless you, what are they ?" ! _ nichmmi 7Ws . Heavens!” ejaculated the now sme- | T , . cd Professor, “did vou not say, sir, that! boldly ic:wl with i ness their doc-Jbidd' of his lif! father’s hall, it was crowded with richly I a l re lo be! taken for 1260 years. He holds ; brace of twelve hours, an dressed gentry ; but he was a be^ar! *bat Anti-Christ began his reign in the ! snake holding him as lovingl in rags. He appealed lo the charily’ oF >' carC06 • for . the Papal form of govern- j Th . , v ..„ „ ; » q » | Geu. Taylor at Home. -perhaps less. But j *<■“ «^e? i*>°r j The following is an extract of a let- ane instance, in which the sir, and so I be, a mighty poor |er j rom found alive after »..««. ....... - **--*- l the ki eher, to hi: 1 his o]>iuiim to the highest Will he not desert us after the election ? Let the South look to it; es pecially alter the last act of Congress has proved that Democratic Senators are ready to sell us loo. Iu haste, Q. c, that while Cass ik hero rags. He appealed to the charity ... ike company that he was starving, say- ! ment ing. To one he said : «* You have feast ed at my board a thousand times—will you now deny me the crumbs that fall from vour own ha'vf faLU i ftrrras.and throne'immediately^ruccccd-1 He is nm ofgreat length, Imes—wifi j* «■» *«*» of the Os.ro Joths; the £ “ ‘ “<* ? “"1 JSf? 1 ? ly as at first. The king snake is equally hostile scholar; ; , a i„i my fault thtmgh. «r, ! "l cT”,/ Bahi.'n f P tT I I | h'ere^given to^etn' c mI:lc,,er represented as ^ more trie kingdom that was to “continue but ashort harmless to man. He "toanMter,"Tgaw j TZl}" ! bTMSm fell through an extensive wood, I met with fair steed and trappings:" to a!" 1 awa y- and lho lille of University third, •• I lent you a thousand pounds,! B ' sho .P "' as f ven 10 ar,d and er asked nner of* vile ' l * ,erc was l be commencement and grad-! 7., ® mar ^y w, th ike said it was a shame that |'“^1 expansion of papal power. / Un tiie subject of the outpounn. e vial he says:—“ There is ground to hope, that to repay after idolatry was publicly authorised j Rome. In that year it was first and But, they reviled him,and called him a spend thrift, beggar, aud all manner of vile names. ‘ ‘‘ . such'a wretched object should be suf-1 Dn die subject of the outpou fered to come among them, and one, to I, e V1 . he says: ** There isgi J coiled up so near the carriage truck ol my wheels actually grazed whip, probably twenty times in the course of ten minutes. He would, each time, raise his head, look at me, and -hom more than all the rest, his purse j “°P e » had always been ojien, called on the i ol her such centupy, [ue wrote tu 1701, about the beginning of an-* wr ! lh t his » bul absolutely refused ° ! *° budge an inch. I left him there. I l century before the time of which lie peaks,] things may again alter for the ' better. For I cannot but hope that some mortification of the chief support- i shi 'Id judge him to have been about five feet long, as he crossed the road just before I came up.with him. The mockasin is an ugly lookin; rants to thrust him out of doors. But one man took his part. It was Mr. Richard Lackland, a poor younger son of a wealthy gentleman. He stood i r . . , . *: —n . — r •; — -ov *— up and said, “I never ate at the board ! ers . of Anitclirist will then happen, and j tomer. He is also short and thick, and *»t the Heir of Linn, I never rode bis I P? rba P s lhe French monarchy may be- somewhat resembles the rattlesnake in ,} ve( j | gin to be considerably humbled about j * orm and color; though he has more of i . i that time. • * Ttm tn the pvnirn. i the dark nnnnpro kn#> Uo lo -mphibi- ofhook haveroeive gold'noble", n'ntl thaTis' nil I exact 'y fu,file ' 1 in the'Freuch revolution, i jt'itl.line. When attacked on the land, 1 own in the world, aoj here are «ix of' and ,n ,lle rev,val nf Protestant religion “f attempts to seek refuge in the water. "rviee of the man who e I ' vll,cl1 succeeded that. ■ Oreat stories are told about his venom er shat against'the ttoor. F™tn another course of remark he and the fatality of his bile ; i, ut I . s l, ; , 11 draws the conclusion m this more tits-! aeard of by sled by mere ap pearance, and who is careful of what he says, is indeed high praise. It is not wondetful that such a man, as Gen. T. is here shown to be, should so warmlv attach lo him all who know him, and will account for and justify the gener ous enthusiasm which is every where awakened among the people, to place him in the Presidential chair. Just such a man as General Taylor is, the country wants for President, and wisely lover! * bere ^ or e has it been decreed bv the head. We were still talking as I with- i |,e ?,!; le \° P ut 1,im thal " liii;e - drew, he accompanying tne behind, and , / he bttler was written in bew Or- I turning towards him, he said hastily, l eans ’ ™ 1 l,e 8 ‘b August, aud thus re- , > Sloop, stoop'.’ I did not understand j .!!? Gc[lcril1 Ia 5 1 ‘ ,r - I him until I felt my head hit against the i , Vj 1 al ,7 "f a ^ back, I called on Gen- beam. He was a man who never miss- era , fa >’ lor ’ ,u “''"pa'fV with the edan occasion of giving advice, and i !’2 a ^!‘. e ^" b _°, wa V,'. at , a3 Cbaplam Slipping a few shill scholar’s hand, the Professor told him to—slide. Stoop a. Little. The following story, related by Dr.; Franklin, in a letter to Dr. Mather, has i been often told, aud is well worth teli- ! “The last time I saw your father,” I says Dr. F., “was in 1724. In taking my leave, he showed me' a short way out of the house, through a narrow pas- "hid, was crossed by a beamo horses, or shared his purse, or recetv favor from hitr. to the value of a farthing. But what then? He was a worthy gentleman when he bad the means. That time. * • But as to the expire- j lbe dark coppery hue. He is at tion of this vial, I fear that it will not he , OU3 > and is sometimes, though y j j until the year 1794.” This was most j taken j n the water, by t vord ” ‘ l ‘ nct * orm : ** ^ beru f° re We may justly, ^1 any having died in consequence of it. ailu tlAil „ C55 ! —ppose thal the Frettch monarchy, ai-1 The general impression is, thal the skin I Lick Sprin-s, a letv days ... «... =..„,,.h..l ~:n «l apersou bitten by this reptile assumes j L., a belle ’of Bourbon them at the service of the band was And as I atn a gentleman, lay a finger on him while I wear A glad man the Heir of Linn, to find * •», , , , , ... one man worthy lo be his friend. He \ !f_ r d L? took the six nobles, and advanced to wards John of the Scales, who was. , , , standing at the end of the hall, attired , tb Ir "'I : in gorgeous apparel. “You, at least,” said the Heirof L “ought lo relieve my necessi: yon j and I lands/ Then John of ihe Scales began to re vile him. and declared that he had given him much more tor ihe lands than they were worth, for he did not at all like to be reminded of his extortion before so much company. *» Nay,** he said to lhe Heir of Linn, “ if you will but re turn me half of what I paid for your father’s estate, you shall have it back again,*' well authenticated account upon this, he said to and have the world before you ; stoop^a little as you go through it, and you will avoid many hard thumps!* This ad vice, thus beat into my head, has fre quently been of use to me ; and I often think of it when i see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon a people by carrying their heads too high. Intrepidity of a Lady.—We copy the following from the Louisvile Journal: A remarkable instance of inuepidity and coolness was exhibited at the Blue [o, by Miss nty in this ul last, inwards the etui of this [that is,' and that the most efieelual "remedy "is | rera^rorn‘^“exeursfen on boreeback! -■re last] century. . he sound of a vtulnt! I have met with were riding down the long hill about a These vertfied mte/pretations were , fe* ™e who could swear lo the fact.— j quar , er of a mile Irom the hotel at full peed, the lady being a little ahead.— South thau Taylor, who is a .Southen man and owns hundreds of slaves, just as Polk was said iu Pennsylvania to bo more of a tariff' man than Clay, iu the North, his friends are the most violent of all Wilmot proviso men. Will the people be deceived by this double game now as they were iri ’441—Rich. Whig, Mr. Fillmore and the Working Men. Hon. John’ W. Crockett, who is a sou ol the celebrated David Crockett, was several years a member of Con gress from Tennessee, and is now edi tor of the New Orleans “National,** bears the following testimony iu favor of our candidate lor the Vice Presiden cy : “ We know Millard Fillmore, hav ing served with him and worked with him for four years in the national coun cils, aud we know him to be as free* from the taint of abolition as any mau ,m-j in this Cuiou. He is a republican of jj e J the old school, and It j would have to bo , n _[ unfaithful and untrue to himself u* bo ent countenance aud looks like the ! u, # ,l f uu a,,( * unfaithful to lho great body of moral integrity he is represented J >lbe |>e»»ple of this country. He is I -tiphtuically one of them. He .fee, it ‘ act,’ and • sympathize’ with abnli- itnsls us charged, but he‘acts'aud pathizes with tile great body of lho revoun^ i l * ie ^‘° Grande. We found the Gener- I sfnnn°n! al siuin S b y himself on the porch as quite accessible and ' He pretend _ fine ey i his larkably fin very very systematic, p tual, temperate man, and never touches wine or liquor of any kind. He is.ready. to talk upon any thing excepting his ad-] 3 ventures in the recent of him, that he replied h is told i honest, hardfisted mechanics aud labor- i old friend, •rs ofc uutry, lor he is one of them. ratulatcd him on his honors |^ be mechanics of the CJiiiicd Slai aud victories, “ that for his part could ! wil1 g Ior y *»* such a mau as Millard Fill- > considered so remarkable us to justify i Providence Journal. j the republication of the liook in 1792.; | or • But why is it that a new edition has a . .- 7 I JBut why is it that a new edition liasait- ^ .re growing m l. upon my ruins, red J, |hii llme> in lhe ci „ f Nu ' v 1 »> a rollowi... gave you a good bargn.n ol my York ! Mr. Fleming is right H^tio— i*‘T ot •"» crew, an Irishi 000 A he fellow was brave, but i ’ * • . “ , , 0 ,; lenow was b txing the commencement of the papal . r power at 60G, and making its duration ', '1 , “ ° f Sr ° g * y el neveromilteil 1260years, ue cnlcttlmed that wesfemld I../, 1 ?" , ! l,,s tW er eve O' tnglit as lie fiiidtbe“l>eginuingoftbeend”lolwlSti6.' l ° '* 3 Ku,1 | nl(> ' : ^» ‘ I never murder- But the prophetic reckoning was accord- ‘ “ aD , an , a 110 a,an ever "ordered ing to the then existing inode, 360 days j "*** &0 hless all mankind.* ** 'for a year j whereas actual lime runs, j ■ according to the Julian mode 365 days; Henry IV, of France, one day reach- for a year—making the nitmber of 1260 ed Amiens, after a long journey. A lo- l" 3 oy 18 y ears - So according to cal orator was deputed lo barange him, . T r , Mr. Fleming, the realtime for the fall of; and commenced with a very loti" string I .‘ erh ?P i 1 "V "P? • r,e » d p *' 1,0 “'ll i Popery to commence would be in 1843.! ol epithets—‘‘Very great soverei °n, very lend me the sum,' r said the Heir ufLipn. 1 Speaking of the l’upe he says: “ He good, very maguanimons’U-oAnd also," 1 unrelore give me a promise under cuncot be IV fcj v ? attjr via] interrupted the king—“ very tired.” he but see those young life thal he saw fall around him at Bue na Vista and Monterey, lie would be willing to be the rest of his days un known”-—or words to that/irnouul The minister of whom I speak said that Gen eral Taylor was a man of the most p.-u- At a sudden turn of the road, Tne gentle-] dent and sound judgement, of all that man’s saddle turned, and he fell from ; he had ever seen. It is common lo hear his horse, but bis foot remained in the ; men who know him well say, “no one stirrup, and the horse, although his pace ] ever heard General Tavlor say a foolish was somewhat slackened, kept on bis'thing,” and thal those who question way, dragging the fallen man upon the Gen. Taylor’s capacity only show ground. The young lady, seeing this, their ignorance of his character.—-He reined in her own horse by a sudden effort, leaped from him whilst he was still in rapid motion, ran back, seized the other horse by the bridle, and re leased her gallant from his perilous sit uation. The feat was witnesed by hundreds at the springs who could find no words strong enough to express their admira tion of the daring courage of the beauti ful young heroine, has the most remarkable gift of inspir ing every one who comes in contact with him, with respect for his opinions and confidence in his judgement. In every thing he appears to be forgetful of himself. ‘‘The Chaplain remarked to me, while talking, about something else, “I never saw a man in my life but who had more or le$s vanity,* and then added, 4 except Zack Taylor/ 80 you see that more, because be has added to the di"- nity of their profession, and pursuit; by raising himself from the position of the hnmblc, industrious and respecta ble mechanic and laborer to the front rank of statesmen. “From an intimate personal knowl edge of the purity of his character, his manner of life, his sympathy with-the masses, his lofty patriotism and unwa vering integrity, we express the opinion, without hesitation, and without dispar** ageinent to others, that he is the most suitable man that could be found in the whole Uuiou, to place on the ticket with Geo. Taylor/* An ignorant fellow was boastittg lhaj in his travels he had been caressed eve ry where, and that he bad the great folks in Europe. “Haveyou seen the Dardanelles ?' asked one of the compu? ny. “Yes/* replied he, “I dined will} them at Gibraltar, and fouqd tbezq ceffept company !’*