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BY BURRITT & MEACHAM.
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WEEKLY JILMANAC.
Days of ? © I © ©S © (I
the * Ris. | Sets. Dec. N. Slow, rises.
Week. H MH MD M SM SH M
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Wedn’dy 26 5.24 6.3613.25.45 2.1711.30
Thursd’y 27 5.23 6.3713.45. 1 2.27 morn
Friday 28 5.22 6.3814. 4. 3 2.37 0.16
Saturday 29 5.21 6.3914.22.52 2.46 1. 2
Sunday 30 5.20 6.40 14.41.27 2.55 1.43
Monday 1 5.19 6.41 14.59.47 3.3 2. 7
<[ ’s Last Quarter 28th day 7h 33m A. M.
AFFLICTION AND RESIGNATION.
They who love to turn aside front
the bustle of the world, and look in
to the retired nooks and corn rs,
where the humbler actors in the
great drama of life are performing
their allotted parts, may not be dis
pleased with the little story which 1
am about to relate. Its events are
few and short, but I do not despair
of imparting a portion of the chas
tened and serious pleasure, produced
in my own mind, by a simple and un
obtrusive scene of patient suffering
and pious resignation.
I w T as on a visit to my friend
E****g, the loved and honored pas
tor of the little village of D .
Attracted by the fragrance of a clo
ver-field, opposite my window, I went
out, towards the close of an after
noon in July, to breathe the pure air
more freely, and indulge, as I best
can in a solitary walk, the train of
my own reflections. I turned into a
winding by-path, which gradually
rising, brought me to the summit of
a little eminence, commanding the
view of a broad and transparent
lake. It was near sunset, and all the
western sky was Hushed with the de
parting day. The moon was also
faintly visible, and to the eye of fan
cy, seemed waiting patiently for the
time when the heavens should be left
to her sole regency. Seated on a
low, grassy mound, I leaned against
the great elm that overshadowed it,
that I might revel, undisturbed, in
the luxury of the scene. But one
human habitation was near, and that
so near, that 1 should have hisitated
to remain, if an air of deep stillness
about the place, had not led me to
suppose the family, in this busy sea
son of a farmer’s life, were probably
engaged in their field-work. I had
turned my dazzled syes from the
splendor of the retiring sun, and was
about to enter the cottage for a glass
of cool water, when I heard a low
voice, the solemn, religious tone of
which, inspired me w ith such an in
distinct feeling of-awe, that I paus
ed at the threshold, and the scene
which presented itself in an adjoin
ing apartment checked my progress
entirely. A young girl, evidently in
the last stages of Consumption, lay
on a bed, the light curtains of which
were widly withdrawn, for the free
admission of air. By her side, with
thin, but smoothly combed white
locks, stood an old man, holding her
hand in his, and uttering over her
his feeble benediction. As I was a
bout to rctir- , respecting the sanctity
of private affliction, a middle-aged
woman, of a remarkably sweet and
quiet demeanor, came out from the
sick room, and obliged me to ex
plain the cause of my visit. She was
pale, and seemed laboring with a
heavy sorrow ; but meekness and re
signation were in her accents, and
even a faint smile was on her lip,
when she motioned me to rest upon
the little bench behind me, with the
assurence that I should not be deem
ed intrusive. The young girl, she
told me, was her daughter; and 1
inquired if she were past all hope.
“ All in this world, sir was the re
ply, “ but the Lord hath given her
counsel, and her hope is with him.”
As she said this, the weak voic< ol
the invalid called her away. The
face of the dying girl, though pale
and emaciated, was touched with a
lovely serenity, that made one almost
envy her quiet happiness. “ Mother
I am dying," I heard her say ; “do
not leave me now, for this night I
shall not be with you.” Her two
sisters, one a dark-eyed, blooming
Waiden. the other a pretty growing
creature of fourteen, now entered to
gether. They had been absent on
«ome domestic concerns; for the
poor may not be idle, even in their
greatest affliction. They went up
softly to the bed-side—and I saw
how difficult it is for the young and
tender to command their emotions
like those of maturer years, whose
spirits, repeated calamity has sub
dued ; for while the dying Mary
passed her feeble hand affectionately
over the golden clusters of hair that
shaded the innocent face of the
youngest, the poor little girl’s heart
too lull, and she sobbed aloud.
Calmness was restored, however,
when Mary said, “ let me see you
all, for my hour is at hand :’’ and as
they gathered, around her, she re
quested them to sing a hymn. There
was a moment’s silence ; and then
with trembling voices that became
steadier as they proceeded, the two
sisters sung :
Be hushed —be hushed the rising sigh!
’Tis God afflicts—we ask not why,
The voice of mercy, ever nigh
In darkest hour,
Bids e’en the tear in sorrow’s eye
Confess her power.
Father, we feel thy goodness still,
Wliate’er the cup thy hand shall fill—
Tho’ pain and woe the spirit chill,
Tlio’ one by one
Our fondest hopes decay— thy will,
Not ours, be done.
Teach us thy mandate to revere.
Wean the weak soul from things too dear;
And if still rise the struggling tear
At thy decree,
Oh, let the spirit, wearied here,
Find rest with thee.
I shall never forget their suppressed
and gentle voices: sweet, so clear,
yet low, as if they feared to alarm
the flitting spirit. While they sung,
the happy Mary looked upward,
and her soft eyes seemed blest
with a celestial vision. As the last
note died on their lips, a form darken
ed the entrance. it w r as F****g,
come in this season of sorrow to of
fer them comfort and sympathy. Al
though they spake not, he knew
that he was welcome; and when
Mary asked him to pray with her,
the prayer was short bat impressive.
No additional excitement was pro
duced. He did not seek to display
his own power, by operating upon
their feelings; and when he had
done, it was evident that they had
received consolation from him. But
an alteration had taken place in the
features of Mary: her hands were
clasped ; she look and at her mother,
and a smile came over her face like
a soft spirit hovering to take her in
to heaven. Her features became
rigid—the smile passed away—and
w ith it, the innocent soul had fled.
As F****g and myself proceeded
slowly homeward, he told me the fa
ther of Mary had died about a year
back, of a lingering consumption;
and, as she, throughout bis sickness,
had been his constant nurse, her sis
ters being too young, and her mother
an invalid, there W’as little doubt
that the unwearied attention which,
by night and day, she had bestowed
upon him, had ripened the seeds of
a disease, probably hereditary, into
this early and fatal maturity. When
I remarked on the calmness and re
signation of the mother, which had
particularly struck me, “it is but an
evidence,” said my friend, “ of the
{lower of our blessed religion which
carries with it the fulfilment, as well
as the promise of comfort to its vo
taries. Mary’s mother has met with
many trials; and is so inured to dis
appointment, that she projects few
schemes of earthly felicity. She
holds her children, like every other
earthly blessing, merely as in trust,
so be cheerfully rendered up when
called for by Him who gave them ;
and she has but little faith in the sta
bility of any happiness which does
not directly emanate from a religious
source Indeed, as wc advance in
life, do we not all feel ourselves
drawing nearer to the same conclu
sion ? ‘ Hope st ill leads on,’ it is true,
but we follow her with a slower and
a surer step, as we grow older ; and
become suspicious other allurements,
because we cannot live one day with
out seeing something of their fal
lacy.”
From the Connecticut Herald.
Antigua, March sth, 1826.
“ A most distressing and inclan
chollv shipwreck occurred near this
island the past week, attended with
such circumstances as seem almost
incredible, and we can only say, that,
for the wisest purposes, though often
to us inscrutable, the Lord has done it.
“ About four weeks -since, there
was a yearly general meeting at St.
Kitts, of the Methodist Missionaries
from the neighboring islands: from
this place went the Rev. Mr. White,
w ife, three children and servant;
Rev. Mr. Hilliar, Rev. Mr. Oake,
Rev. Mr. Jones, wife and infant child.
They left St. Kitts a few days since,
to return to this island, having ad
ded tolheir number Mr—^_anoLh^
rise tibieruntartes, pacisquc imponere morem, parcere subjectia et debeiiare auperbos.—Virgil.
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 182 G.
er missionary, and his wife. The
vessel in which they embarked, call
ed at Montserat; the number of the
mission family, at that time, amount
ing to thirteen souls, as above, in
cluding one servant. At Montserat,
their friends advised them to*leave
the vessel in which they were, (b -
ing a dull sailer,) and go on board
the mail boat Maria, then ready to
sail for this island They did so ;
and a young lady also took passage
with Ahem. The schooner which
they left, arrived here seasonably,
and brought the baggage of the mis
sion family, which they did not think
best to take out, the ordinary pas
sage being only a few hours. Some
alarm (after the schooner’s arrival)
was felt for the safety of the mad
boat; but as the wind was very
high, it was supposed that*she had
probably lost some of her sails, and
put back. On Friday, P. M. the 3d
inst. however, word was brought to
town, that part of the wreck was
see'n on the Weymouth,* with two
persons on it. Two or three boats
immediately went down to her, and
found it to be the wreck of the mail
boat Maria, and the only survivor of
twenty-one souls was Mrs. Jones, in
a state of insensibility. It appears
that she had been placed by the cap
tain (Whitney) between the bow
sprit bitts, where she could not wash
away. She was in her night dress
only, with her husband’s cloak or
coat on, and a sailor’s cap on her
head. The body of captain Whit
ney (and the only one found) was ly
ing near the wreck. He was buried
yesterday. He had not been dead,
probably, more than an hour, as he
was seen on the bow-sprit about 2
o’clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Jones,
it is hoped, is slowly recovering, and
so far restored to her recollection,
as to say, that she know r s all the cir
cumstances of the wreck ; but the
doctors forbid her being questioned
at present. The following circum
stances, however, have been com
municated by her:--The vessel struck
on the reef, in the night. Three or
four days had elapsed when she was
taken off. Mr. White, his wife three
children, and servant, were all swept
away together, clinging to each o
ther ; Mr. Ililliar attempted to swim
to Sandy island, and was drowned in
her sight; her infant was w ashed a
way from her arms; her husband
died on her lap, the night before she
was taken off, and was washed away.
As returning recollection opens to
her the horrors of the scene she has
witnessed, I am told she often ex
claims, “ O, captain Whitney, why
wny did he save me !” She must in
deed, be an unhappy, lonely woman;
and time can never efface from her
remembrance this mournful event.
She is undoubtedly most to be pitied,
for we have reason to indulge the
hope, that her kind friends are in
heaven—that the scenes of Wey
mouth shoal were but a passage to
the heaven of bliss. Dark, deep,
and misterious, are the ways of a
righteous and unerring Providence !
With wond r and astonishment, we
behold a delicate, slender woman, of
twenty years, for four days without
sustenance, exposed to the inclem
ency of the weather, supported—
while hardy seamen were dying a
round her, and finally, the sole sur
vivor of twenty-one persons! We
see, in a few short hours, the whole
mission family of this island, called
from their earthly labors, but to re
ceive, as we trust a heavenly re
ward : but who can stay his hand ?
or who shall say to the Supreme Go
vernor of the Universe, w hat doest
thou? Shall not the judge of all the
earth do right ?
* A shoal, about four miles from
the harbor, and, only half a mile from
a small island, called Sandy island.
From the Missouri Advocate
New route to the Pacific Ocean, by
Gen. William 11. Ashly, during
his late Expedition to the Rocky
Mountains.
The General Government having
under consideration the propriety of
establishing a military post at some
point within our Territorial limits,
on the coast of the Pacific, the pres
ent, is perhaps, the most apropriatc
time to communicate any informa
tion, which may in the least tend to
facilitate the consumation of a meas
ure, in our opinion, of so much na
tional importance.
Heretofore, those great barriers of
nature, the Rocky Mountains, have
been called up in judgement againsk
the practicability of establishing'^ 1 !
communication between this point
and the Pacific Ocean. But the great
Author of Nature, in his wisdom, has
prepared, and individual enterprise
discovered, that so “broad and easy
is the way,” that thousands may trav
el it in safety, without meeting with
any obstruction deserving the name
The route proposed, after leaving
St. Louis and passing generally on
the North side of the Missouri River
strikes the river Platte a short dis
tance above its junction with the
Missouri; then pursues the waters
of the Platte to their sources, and
in continuation, crosses the head wa
ters of what Gen Ashley believes to
be the Rio Colorada of the West,
and strikes, for the first time, a ridge
or single connecting chain of moun
tains, running from North to South.
This, however, presents no difficulty,
as a wide gap is found apparently
prepared for the purpose of a pas
sage. After passing this gap, the
route proposed falls directly on a
river, called by Gen. Ashley, the Bu
enaventura, and runs with that river
to the Paciic Ocean.
The face of the country, in the gen
eral, is a continuation of high, rug
gedt and b; rren mountains; the sum
mits of which arc either
with pui»quaking-asp?or cedar; or
in fact, almost entirely destitute of
vegetation Other parts are hilly
and undulating; and the valleys and
table lands, (except on the herders
of water-courses, which are more or
less timbered with cotton-wood and
willows,) are destitute of wood; but
this indispensable article is substitu
ted by an herb, called by the hunters,
wild sage, which grows from one to
five feet high, and is found in great
abundance in most parts of the
country.
Soil. —The sterility of the country,
generally, is almost incredible. That
part of it, however, bounded by the
three principal ranges of mountains,
and watered by the sources of the
supposed Buenaventura is less sterile;
yet the proportion of arable land,
even within those limits, is compara
tively small; and no district of the
country visited by Gen. Ashley, or of
which he obtained satisfactory infor
mation, offers inducements to civi
lized people, sufficient to justify an
expectation of permanent settle
ments.
Rivers. —The river visited by Gen.
Ashley, and which he believes to be
the Rio Colorado of the West, is at
about fifty miles from its most North
ern source, eighty yards wide. At
this point, Gen. A. embarked and de
scened the river, which gradually in
creased in w idth to one hundred and
eighty yards. In passing through
the mountains, the channel is con
tracted to fifty or sixty yards, and so
much obstructed by rocks as to make
its descent extremely dangerous, and
its ascent impracticable. After de
scending this river about 400 miles,
Gen. A. shaped bis course North
wardly, and fell upon what he sup
posed to be the sources of the Bu
enaventura ; and represents those
branches as bold streams, from 20 to
50 yards wide, forming a junction a
few miles below where he crossed
them, and then empties into a large
lake, (called Grand Lake,) repre
sented by the Indians as being 40 or
50 miles ivide, and 60 or 70 miles
long. This information is strength
ened by that of tho white hunters,
who have explored parts of the Lake.
The Indians represent, that at the
extreme West end of this Lake, a
large river flows out, and runs in a
Westwardly direction. *
Gen. Ashley when on those waters,
at first thought it probably they were
the sources of the Multnomah ; but
the account given by the Indians,
supported by the opinion of some
men belonging to the Hudson Bay
Company, confirms him in the belief,
that they are the head waters of the
river represented as the Buenaven
tura. To the North and North-West
from Grand Lake, the country is re
presented as abounding in salt.
The Indians, West of the moun
tains, are remarkably wall disposed
towards the citizens of the United
States; the Eutaws and Flat-heads
are particularly so, and express a
great wish that the Americans should
visit them frequently.
SUPREME COURT.
The Supreme Court terminated
its annual session on Tuesday of last
week, after an incessant occupation
of more than six weeks; during
which time, (says the National In
telligencer) out of an hundred and
ninety caes on the docket, the court
was able to dispose of only forty-nine,
leaving three-fourths of the docket
untouched. It cannot be denied af
ter these repeated evidences of the
fact, that the laws are not adminis
tered, under the present organiza
i {ion of the courts of the United States,
' is promptly or efficaciously as they
. ought to be.
Among decisions had, was one of
great interest to the people of Mary
land, as to claims for quit rents by
the heirs of lord Baltimore, which it
was decided were relinquished and
extinguished by certain acts of the
British parliament in 178 U
CONGRESS.
Friday, April 7.
In the Senate yesterday, a bill was
introduced by Mr. Benton, to author
ise the President of the U. States to
sell certain land, the property of the
United States, in the State of Mis
souri. The bill lbr removing ob
structions in, and deepening the chan
nel of, the harbor of Mobile, was or
dered to a third reading.
After a few minutes spent in re
ceiving reports of Committees, the
House of Representatives, yesterday
went into Committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union, when the
subject of the Mission to Panama
was again taken up for consideration.
The Committee was then addressed
by Messrs. Brent, of Louisiana, and
Buckner, of Kentucky, in favor of
the Mission; and by Messrs. Rives,
of Virginia, and Hamilton, of South-
Caroiina, against it. Some resolu
tions were offered by Mr. Markley,
of Pennsylvania, on the subject of
the Message of Mr. Monroe.
Mr. Hamilton will resume his re
marksto day, unlessthe House should
take up private business, which has
the priority.
Mr. Woodbury, from the commit
tee on Finance, reported the fol
lowing bill:
“ A bill repealing in part, the duty
on imported salt.
Sf.c. 1. Re it enacted, 4*c. That,
for the term of one year from and af
ter the 31st day of December next,
the duty imposed and collected on
salt, imported from any foreign port
or place into the United States, shall
be fifteen cents per bushel, and no
more ; that, from and after the 31st.
day of December, A. D. 1827, the
duty imposed and collected, such salt
shall be ten cents per bushel, and no
more ; that, in calculating said duty,
every fifty-six pounds of salt shall be
computed as equal to one bushel,
and that said duty shall be collected
in the same manner, and under the
same regulations as exist for the col
lection of the present duty on im
ported salt.”
The bill was read and passed to a
second rending.
Mr. Smith, from the committee on
Finance, to whom so much of the
President’s message, as relates to the
subject, was referred, reported the
following bill;
“ A bill to reduce the duties here
tofore levied on certain articles. ’
Be it enacted by the Senate 4’ House
rs Representatives, of the United Slates
of America in Congress assembled,
That, from and after the 31st day of
December, 1826, in lieu of the du
ties imposed by law on the importa
tion of the articles hereinafter men
tioned, there shall be levied, collect
ed, and paid, the following duties,
that is to say :
On Coffee -3 cts. per lb.
On Tea, as follows :
Imperial anil Gun
powder - 35 do
Hyson, Young Ily
son, a.id Cfiulan 25 do
All other Green
Teas, and Black
Teas of all kinds 15 do
On Wines, to wit:
Madeira, Burgundy
Champaign and
Tokay - 50 cts. per gal.
Marsalla, or Sicily
Madeira, Sherry,
St. Lucar, Pico,
Fayal, Lisbon,
Oporto, and all
other Wine of
Portugal - 30 do
Teneriffe and Mal-
Sr aga - - 20 do
All other Wines,
• when imported,
otherwise, than
in bottles or cas
es - - 12 do
Claret, and other
wines not enu
merated, when
imported in bot
tles or cases 35 do
Sf.c. 2. And be it further enacted.
That, the teas and wines which may
he in deposite in the Public Ware
houses, on the said 31st December,
next, shall be subject to no higher
duty that will be payable on teas
and wines of similar duty than will
be payable on teas and wines of simi
lar denominations in the preceding
section.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That, the duties on all wines and spi
rituous liquors, which may on the
passage of this act be in deposite, or
may hereafter be deposited in the
Public Warehouses, shall be levied
and paid on the number of gallons
only ivliich may be in the casks at
the time the same shall be legally
withdrawn from tho place of depos
ite.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
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dcr the same regulations, as the
present duties laid on the said artic
les imported into the United States,
and with the same right of draw
back as is now allowed on the same
articles ”
The bill was read and passed to
a second rending.
The engrossed bill “ for removing
obstructions, & deepening the chan
nel of the harbor of Mobile;” the
engrossed bill “ for removing ob
structions in tfte river Savannah;”
and the bill “granting the right of
pre-emption, in the purchase of lands
to certain settlers in Florida ;" were
severally read the third time, passed
and sent to the House; the two for
mer for concurrence.
The resolution submitted yester
day by Mr. Johnson, of Lou. w as tak
en up and agreed to.
The Senate proceeded, according
to the order of the day, to the con
sideration of the bill from the House
of Representatives, “ further to a
mend the Judicial System of the U.
States.”
The Senate Commitiee on the Ju
diciary, to which the hill was refer
red, reported a substitute for the
second section of the bill. This sec
tion of the hill, as it came, from the
House, is, in substance, as follows:
“ That the seventh Judicial Cir
cuit of the United States shall, here
after consist of Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois ; and Kentuckey and Missou
ri shall form an eighth Circuit, Ten
nessee and Alabama a ninth Circuit,
and Louisiana and Mississippi a tenth
Circuit ; and the Justice of the Su
preme Court now assigned or alloted
to the seventh circuit, shall, until
the next term of the Supreme court,
and until anew assignment or allot
ment shall be made by said court, fce
assigned to the eighth circuit; and
the three additional Justices, whose
appointment is provided for by this
act, shall be severally assigned by the
President of the United States to the
said seventh, ninth, and tenth circuits,
until the next term of the Supreme
court, when it shall be the duty of the
Justices thereof to assignor allot
themselves to the several Judicial
circuits of the United States, and to
make record thereof according to
law.”
The substitute for this section,
recommended by the Committee of
the Senate, is as follows :
“ That the seventh Judicial Cir
cuit of the United States shall here
after consist of Ohio and Kentuckey;
and that Indiana, Illinois, and Missou
ri, shall form the eighth Circuit;
Tennessee anil Alabama shall form
the ninth Circuit ; and Mississippi
and Louisiana shall form the tenth
Circuit; and the Justice of the Su
preme Court appointed for each of
said seventh, eighth, ninth, and
tenth Circuits shall reside there
in.”
Mr. Van Buren (Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee) rose, and en
tered into a general view of the de
fects of the Judiciary system, which
require a remedy: the inconveniences
suffered by a portion.of the Union in
consequence of these defects ; the
necessity of extending the system,
and tho expediency of extending it
in the manner and the degree pro
posed by this bill, kc. kc.
Mr. Ruggles, of Ohio,'followed in
opposition to the amendment, and in
favor of th»' bill, as it came lrom the
other House ; and it was opposed al
so by Mr. Harrison.
The amendment was supported by
Messers, Rowan, Noble, Kane, and
Benton, each at considerable length,
and Mr. Randolph also advocated
the amendment, and addressed tho
Senate in a speech of more than two
hours’ duration.
The question was then taken on
agreeing to the amendment, and car
ried by the following vote :
YEAS.—Messrs. Barton, Benton,
Berrien, Bouligny,Branch, Chandler,
Chase, Clavton, Cobb, Dickerson,
Eaton, Edwards, Findlay, Hayne,
Hendricks, Holmes, Kane, King, Ma
con, Marks, Noble, Randolph, Rob
bins, Rowan, Smith, Tazewell, Tho
mas, Van Buren, White, Willey,
Williams, Woodburrv —32.
NAYS.—Messrs. Harrison, John
son, of Ky. Ruggles, Sanford—4.
Mr. Rowan then moved further to
amend the bill, by adding thereto the
following sections:
“4. And be it further enacted. That
the Supreme Court shall, in no in
stance, decide that the Constitution
of any state or any provision thereof,
or the law of any state, or any law
of Congress, or any part or portion
thereof, or of cither or any of them,
is invalid or void, by reason of any
supposed collision between them,
or any part or portion of them, ot
any or cither of them, and the Con
stitution of the United States, or
any article, section, or clause thereof,
unless at least seven of the Justices