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Quay, for the sake of lue lresh river
breeze, was her favorite resort. But
never in all her water-side promm
adcs, was she hailed by the uplifted
finger of the watermau. With looks
purposely averted, he declined ta
><ht4y such a The
hackney coach drived whilst 'she halt
ed over against him, mustering up
all her scanty puffings for an excla
mation, drove oil to the neither pave
ment, and pleaded a prior call. The
chairman in answer to her signals,
had just broken lbs poh's. Thus her
goings were crn*npt within a narrow
cirele ; many thorough fares, besides
being strange to her and inaccessi
ble, such as Tbaracs-street, through
the narrow pavements ; others, like
the llill of llolborn, from their im
practicable steepness. llow she
was finally to master a more serious
ascension, (the sensible incumbrance
of the flesh, clinging to her even in
her spiritual aspirations) was a mat
ter of her serious despondency—a
picture of Jacob’s Ladder, by sir F.
Bourgeois, confirming her, that the
celestial staircase was without a
landing. For a person of her ele
phantine proportions, my aunt was
of a kindly nature : for 1 confess a
prejudice against such giantness.
She was cheerful, k eminently char
itable to the poor, although she did
not condescend to a personal visita
tion of their very limited abodes. II
she had a fault, it was in her conduct
towards children—not spoiling them
by often repeated indulgences, and
untimely severities, the common
practice of bad mothers ; it was by a
shorter course that the latent and
hereditary virtues of the infant Shak
erly were blasted in the bud. Oh,
iny tender cousin !** (for thou wert
yet unbaptised) Oh ! wouldst thou
had’st been—my little babe cousin—
of a savago mother born 1 For then
liaving thee comfortably swaddled,
upon a backboard; with a hole in it,
she would have hung thee up out of
harms way, above the mantle shelf,
or behind the kitchen door —whereas
thy parent was no savage, and so
having her hands full of other mat
ters, she laid thee down, helpless,
upon the parlor chair ! In the mean
time the ‘Herald’ came. Next to
an easy ssat, my aunt dearly loved a
police newspaper: when she had
once plunged into its columns, the
most vital question obtained from her
only a random answer—the world
and the roasting jack stood equally
still; so without a second thought,
she dropped herself on the nursing
chair. One little smothered cry—
my cousins last breath, found its way
into the upper air ; but the still
small voice of the reporter engross
ed the maternal car. My aunt nev
er skimmed a newspaper, according
to some peoples practice. She was
as solid a reader as a sitter, and did
not get up, therefore, till she had
gone through the ‘Herald, from end
to end. When she did rise ; which
was suddenly, the earth quaked ; the
windows rattled, the ewers splashed
over; the crock ry fell from the
shelf, giul the cat and rat ran out
together, as they are said to do from
a falling house. ‘Heyday,!’ said the
uncle above stairs, as ho staggered
from the concussion; and with the
usual curiosity, he referred to his
pocket book for the royal birth day.
But the almanac nut accounting for
the explosion, he ran down the stairs
ut the heels of the house maid, and
there lay my aunt, stretched on the
parlor floor, in a fit. At the very
first glimpse, he explained the mat
ter to his own satisfaction, in three
words—‘Ah ! the apoplexy !’ Now
the house maid had done her part to
secure him against this error, ho
holding up the dead child, but a
she turned the body edge zi-ays, he
did not perceive it. When he did
see it: —but 1 must draw a curtain
over the parental agony. —
* * * * *
About an hour after the catastrophe,
and inquisitive she neighbor called
in, and asked if we should uot have
the coronor to sit on the body '! But
my uncle replied, ‘there was no need’
—‘But in case, Mr. Shakerlv, where
the death is not natural.’ ‘My dear
madam,’ interrupted my uncle, ‘it
was a natural death enough.’
From the Casket.
letter from an irisii gentlewo
man IN LONDON.
My Dear Child.
I thought it my duty incumbent
upon me, to lit you know that your
only living sistei, Carney Mac-
Frame, has been violently ill of a fit
of sickness, and is dead; therefore we
have small or nor hopes of her gitting
better. Your dcurmodtlicr constan
tly prayed for long and speedy re
covery.
lam sorry to acquaint you that
your god-liilher, Patrick O’Conner,
rs also dead, llis ditli was acca
sioned by eating rid hirrings stuffed
wid paraters, or panders stuffed wid
rid herring, 1 don’t know which; and
notwithstanding th surgeons attend
ed him for three weeks, he died sud
denly for want of help on the day of
his ditli, which was Sunday night
last. The great bulk of his estate
comes to an only dead child in the
family.
I have made a prinent of your sis
ter’s diamond-ring to Mr. O’Hara,
the great smallbecr brewer, for tlireo
z" 0 fs and I have taken 'h" gr -it
corner-house that is burnt down, on j
a repairing Inse.
1 have sint yon a Dublin Canary- j
bird, whicli 1 have carefully put up ;
uia rat-trap, with some food in aj
-miff box, which will come free of all
charges, dhly paying the captain for
tfnrpassage.
Pray sind me the news of the pro
sadmgs of th House of Commons
nixt week; for we hear they have
iv’en us leave to import all our pa
lates to England, which is great
news indeed.
Write immediately, and don’t stay
for the post. Dirict for the nixt
door to the Bible and Mood, in Cop
per Alley, Dublin, for there I am
now; but 1 shall remove to-morrow
into my new house. Don’t sind to
me iu a frank again; for the last lit
ter that came free was charged thir
teen-pinec. So no more at prisent
'from Your dutiful modther,
Ctuney Carrnyl .Mac Frame.
P. S. 1 did not sale this litter, to
prevent it from being broken open;
therefore send word if it miscarries.
Your cousin-in-laiv, Thady O’Dough
arthy; is gone for a light-horse-nian
among the marines.
From the Casket.
GAMBLING.
j An old ruined gamester in hopes
to make a prey of a young gentle
man that came to town with his pock
ets foil of money, took him to a
gaming house, and there to encour
age him to play showed him several
topping sparks that were born to no
fortune, wiio by play had purchased
great estate; and lived in pomp and
splendor, by a success in shaking
their elbows.
"You show me.” says the young
gentleman, “the winners, but 1 pray
what has become of the losers'!”
To which the old prig making no
reply, a third person overhearing
their conversation, told the young
gentleman, that since the other was
silent and confounded with shame at
the question, he would oblige him
with an answer—“ Many of these
losers,” saith he, “taking the high
way to repair their losses, have been
hanged; others are gone to sea to
earn their bread; some have taken
up the trade of being bullies to bau
dy houses; others, that have not hid
themselves as servant under a livery
arc begging or limping about the
streets, or starving in jails for debt,
w here you will be ere long, if you
follow that rascal’s counsel.” “The
punishment,” says the young gentle
man, “is lit for the sin, when men,
possessed of great sums of their own
money, will play the fool to make it
another man’s; and, if this be the
humour of the town, I will return a
gain to the country and spend my
estate among my neighbours and
tenats, where you, sir,” speaking to
the gentleman who dealt so plainly
with him, “shall he very wel
come.”
From the Casket.
/ THE HOLY BIBLE.
If right lvt read, nor prejudice the mind,
The llibie is the text-hook of mankind.
1 look upon the Bible as the old
est and best of books. The history
of creation is said by Strabo, to have
been handed 'down to the Egyptians
by a Chaldean shepherd; and its
superiority to all other books is pro
ven by the oue important circum
stance, of its influence in civilizing
mankind. Its doctrin s are superi
or to those ot the Mahometan Koran,
and of the Talmud of the Rabbis.—
The Bible inculcates universal char
i ity, which word signifies in the ori
! ginal, love To say nothing of the
j glorious principle of love, the laws
which it inculcates arc at the same
time the most lenient, and powerful.
Human laws are founded upon them
, but they are like the rays of light
I compared with the sources from
whence they spring. On tho sacred
page of the Bible we find woman ele
vated to her proper dignity, hut
among thos* nations where it is not
read, woman is the drudge of the
Sultan and the Caliph. The light
of learning and wisdom flourishes
where the Bible is read, but at its
boundary commences the night of
darkness and superstition. It has
illuminated the world of literature
and science, and cast a halo of glory
around the atmosphere of intellect.
It smiles on the calm and sunny
scenes of life, and gilds the evening
skies of the faithful in the dark hour
of death. What the compass is to
the mariner, the Bible is to the
world. It teaches the king in the
government of his empire, and the
peasant iu the tilling of his field. It
proposes reward to virtue, and pun
ishment to vice. It interests equal
ly the brilliant intellect and the
bumble capacity All that is good,
grand and sublime is contained with- 1
[in it. Many cannot relish it, be
cause their taste is p rverted; and
[ many reject it from prejudice. To
understand the Bible is tit once to
ibe introduced to a high source of
.enjoyment—the highest source on
! earth. When I hear ama nexclaiin
1 against the Bible, 1 cannot refrain
| irorn taxing his mind with ignor
ance.
If you are a literary character and
wish to behold elegance, perspicuity
and taste, turn over the leaves ol
the sacred book. Are you phased
with poetry' you have at once an
OIIGIA STATESMAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1827.
inexhaustible fountain. You have
beautiful scenery, sparkling imager
and ideas clothed in sublimity of lan
guage. It contains numerous sper
mens of the angelic lyre, and I doul
whether there is such a field fur tl
poet ia the world. The poet win
draws his scenes from the Bible nev
er can fail to please—his writing
are always new. Are you pleased
with the thunders of eloquence? —
Here is another inexhaustible source.
Some passages of Scripture are ir
resistible, What can be more grand
and sublime than Divid’s descrip
tion of the appearance of the most
High? “He bowed the heavens al
so, and came down, and darkness
was under Ins feet, he rode upon a
cherub, and did tly, and be was seen
upon the wings of the wind.” Do
you ask for more such passages? I
could quote a volume, but let the
description which the prophet Hab
akkuk gives of the grandeur of God,
sullice. ‘Before him went the pes
tilence, and burning coals went forth
at his feet: he stood, and measured
the earth; he beheld, and drove
asunder the nations: the everlasting
mountains were scattered: the pur
petuai hills did bow: his ways are
everlasting ” It was such eloquence
that made Felix tremble on his
throne. But poetry and eloquence
are not the only beauties of the Bi
ble We there find sound science
and philosophy. We there read of
chemistry, and of an experiment
which dissolved gold and rendered
it potable. Aqua Regia will dis
solve gold: but to drink it is fatal.—
History is complete. There we
have the biography of many great
and learned men. But it is a vain
endeavour to attempt scanning the
whole. '
The history is, in lac Bible, of
him who groaned on Calvary. From
that sacred summit a if tod of light
broke forth upon the world. It was
the drawn of redemption! Supersti
tion fled affrighted before the glori
ous appearance of Christianity, and
the Church of the living God arose
on the ruins ofthe Heathen altar. —
The automatons of Pagan idolatry
tumbled to the dust, and the false
deities perished on Olympus. That
glorious gospel which effected this
gr at work is contained within ttie
Bible. Like the rainbow which is
liung out in the heavens, it was sent
as a token that God would be mind
ful of us. Glorious token! I rejoice
when I read it, and I would recom
mend it to all my fellow travellers to
the grave. The waves of time are
rolling on to sweep us away, and as
w'e pass through the dark vale of
death the light of Calvary will illu
minate our path to the superb pai
aces of God Darkness and death
are horrific to the lonely mind, but
the Bible will overcome those ter
rors, and infuse a calm serenity in
the darkest hour of existence.
MILFORD BARD.
Public Sentiment: —The Senate of
Alabama, previous to the adjourn
ment of the Legislature, unanimous
ly, and the House of Representa
tives, with only ten dissenting voices
adopted the following resolution:—
Resolved by the Senate ofthe State
of Alabama. That they belive Gen
eral Andrew Jackson to be an intel
ligent citizen—an honest man—a
genuine republican—a pure and in
corruptible statesman—and that the
decided wish of a large majority of
the people of Alabama is, that he
may at the next presidential election
be fairly and constitutionally eleva
ted to the highest office in the gift
of the people.
Georgian.
From the Augusta Chronicle.
Tax on Bachelors. —A bill has
been introduced into the Legislature
of New-York, by Mr. McClure, to
repeal the Dog Tax, and levy the
amount received therefrom, on Bach
elors between 30 and 45 years of
age !! This has kicked up conside
rable dusi among the anti-matrimo
nialists of New York, who took it
quite in dudgeon, and called a meet
ing on the evening of the 26th" ult.
“to taki measures to prevent the
passage of the bill, and to express
their indignation at the proposition,”
&c. &c. The Bachelors and the
Dog Tax ! Heavens, what a combi
nation ! \\ by at this rate, the stub
born hearted votaries of “single bles
sedness” will soon be disfranchised,
Unless they march off, one and all,
in double quick time to the old tune
of “Hast to the wedding.” Le pan
vre dtableux. We fear their meeting
will excite but little sympathy except
among themselves,where we doubt
not, there will be a plentiful exten
sion of phisiognomy. These indig
nities are increasing upon heir hands
very fast.—lt is but lately that a bill,
nearly similar, was laid before the
Legislature of Tennessee ; *nd if we
are not mistaken, a few more such
measures will prove more etlicaciou
in melting their icy hearts, and re
ducing the long defended citadel
that contain them, than all the mucl.
! boasted artillery of Cupid.
The meeting of the Bachelors wa-
I held, in which many resolutions wer
! passed. The Chairman ofthe meet
| mg received the following note, ei
j closing a leather collar, hearing tb
following inscription—“ lam G.
McClure’s Dog—Whose dog m
! yon
New-Yokk, Jan 2G, 1827.
Sir—By exhibiting to the meeting
ver which ycu have t e honor to
reside, the enclosed pattern Collar
uch can be afforded'cheap, and in
’>) quantities, at the shortest notice,
>v orders being left at the Bar, you
will center a favor on a brother
Buchelof in dull times.
Respectfully yours,
THIRTY AND OVER.
P S.—They can be made of gilt
leather, if required, and the inscrip
tion to fancy and taste.
From the U. S. Gazette.
THE GREY HAIR.
Come let me pluck that silver hair
YVbich’mid thy clustering curls I see :
The withering type of Time or Care
Hath nothing, sure, to do with thee!
Years have not yet impair’d the grace
That charm’d me once, that chains me now;
And Envy’s self, love, cannot trace
One wrinkle on thy placid brow!
Thy features have not lost the bloom
That brightened them when first we met ;
No:—rays of softest light illume
The unambitious beauty vet!
And if the passing clouds of Care
Have cast their shadows o’er thy face,
They have but left, triumphant there
A holier charm—more witching grace.
And if thy voice hath sunk a tone, ■
And sounds more sweetly than of yore,
It has a sweetness all its own,
Methinks I never mark’d before !
Thus young and fair, and happy too—
If bliss indeed may here be won —
Iu spite of all that cate can do ;
In spite of all that Tin.*: hath done ;
Is yon white hair a boon of love,
To thee in mildest mercy given ?
A sign, a token from above.
To lead thy thoughts from earth to heaven ?
To speakjo thec of life’s decay ;
Os beauty hastening to the tomb ;
Os hopes that cannot fade away ;
Os joys that never loose their bloom?
Or springs the line of timeless snow
With those dark glogsy locks entwined,
’Mid Youth’s and Beauties morning glow,
To emblem thy maturer mind—
it does —it docs then let it stay ,
Even Wisdom’s self were welcome now ;
Wlio’d wish her soberer tints away,
When thus they beam from Beauties brow?
—''+»—■■
From the Richmond Whig.
The following is the Census of New-York,
taken in 1325. Besides valuable statistical
information, it is a mode! in its kind.
Census ofthe State of .Yew- York, for 1825.
Whole number of souls, - 1,616,458
Males, - 822,81)7
Females, .... 793,897
Subject to Military duty, - - 180,645
Qualified to vote, - - 396,132
Aliens, - 40,430
Paupers - - . *- 5,610
Persons of colour not taxed, - 38,770
Taxed, - 931
Qualified to vote, .... 296
Married females under 45 - 200,481
Unmarried between 16 and 45 135,391
Under 16, .... 361,624
.Marriages the year preceding, 11,553
Births—Male 31,514, Fem. 29,869, 60,333
Acres of improved land, - 7,160,967
Neat cattle, .... 1,513,421
Horses, - - ' - - 349,628
Sheep - 3,496,539
Hogs, - 1,467,573
Yards of failed Cloth, domestic
manufacture preceding year, 2,918,233
Flannel end other woollen cloths
not fulled, - - - 3,468,001
Linen, cotton, and other cloths,
domestic manufacture. 8.079,992
Grist Mills, - - . . 2,264
Saw Mills, .... 5,195
Oil Mills, ... x2l
Fulling Mills, ... 1,222
Carding Machines, ... 1,584
Cotton factories, - - - 76
Woollen Factories, - - - 189
Colton and Woolen Factories, - 28
Iron Works, - 170
Trip Hammers, - . . - 164
Distilleries, .... 1,129
Asneries, - - - - 2,105
Deaf and Dumb persons, - . C 45
Os which supported by charity - 141
Idiots, ..... 3,421
Os which supported by charity, . 442
Lunatics. - . - - . 819
Os which supported by Charity 184
CONGRESSIONAL.
Monday, January 29.
In the Senate on Saturday, the
consideration of the bankrupt bill
, was resumed : a debate took place
on the motion of Mr. Barton to re
consider the motion, to strike out
the 93d section. Mr. Barton’s mo
tion was negatived, Ayes 19. Noes
26.
The House of Representatives
was again occupied on private bills
on Saturday. Such as had passed
through the committee of the whole
on Friday, were read a third time
and passed. The residue of the day
was occupied in the discussion ofthe
bill for the relief of Willie Biount,
formerly Governor of Tennessee,
whose claim on the government a
rises out of expenditures during the
| late war. This case had been fre
quently betore Congress, and has
been acted on from session to ses
sion, but lias never got through both
louses. It was ordered on Saturday
to be engrossed and read a third time
o-day, by a vote of 73 to 68, the
Yves and Noes being called on the
question. A brief discussion also
took place on a resolution offered by
Mr. Forsyth, Dir. cling the Secreta
o! War to comply with the terms
a former call, and returning to the
lepartment the papers which had
en sent in answer to the call. Mr.
ursytb disclaimed any intention to
u-ure the Department, but attn
and the imperfect return to a nus
! . prehension of the import of the
resolution. Mr. Everett, on this ad
mission, suggested that if the former
resolution was not understood, the
best way was to prepare anew one
which would be understood, and. not
to direct a compliance with that
which, it was admitted was not un
derstood. The resolution on mo
tion of Mr. Everett, was finally laid
on the table.
Tuesday, January 30.
In the Senate yesterday, the con
sideration of the Bankrupt Bill was
resumed. Mr. Robbins spoke at
considerable length, in support of
the bill. The bill was then laid on
the table, with the und rstanding
that it should be taken up on Wed
nesday. The bill for the relief of
John Macartney, was fully discussed
and rejected.
In the House of Representatives,
yesterday, Mr. Everett offered an a
mendment to the resolution offered
by Mr. Forsyth, and laid on the table
on Saturday, which was adopted
Some discussion took place on the
resolution off. red by Mr Woods in
relation to the conduct of the com
missioners appointed to treat with
the Chickasaw and Chocktaw In
dians but the iim having elapsed,
the discussion was arrested. The
bill for the relief of Willie Blount
was passed after some discussion ;
and after an unsoccessful motion to
.ecommit by Mr. Long. The bill
to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to exchange ten millions
of stock, was then taken up in com
mittee of the whole on the state of
the Union, on motion of .Mr. Cook.
An amendment was offered by .Mr.
Veeplanck, the purport of which was
to give ;t discretionary power to the
Secretary of the Treasury to issue
treasury notes, should the other pro
jects fail. The committee then rose
and the amendment was ordered to
be printed.— JVat. Journal.
Wednesday, January 31.
In the Senate yesterday, an un
successful attempt was made by Mr.
Dickerson to call up the bill for dis
tributing a portion of the revenue
of the United States among the sev
eral states. The bill for the relief
of Parke Walton, of Mississippi, was
after some discussion, rejected. The
bill for opening a military road,
from Fort Smith, in the territory of
Arkansas, to Natchitoches, in Lou
isiana, was considered and rejected.
The hi!! authorizing the confirma
tion and settlement of private
land claims in East Florida, was, as
amended, ordered to a third reading.
The senate was engaged about two
hours in Executive business.
In the House of Representatives,
the resolution offered by Mr. Woods,
and discussed on Saturday, w'as laid
on the table. A bill was reported
by Mr, Mercer, from the committee
on roads and canals, to authorize the
subscription of stock to the Chesa
peake and Ohio. Canal Company, to
the amount of two and a half mil
lions. The house in committee of
the whole on the slate ofthe Union,
discussed the manufacturers’ bill
Mr. Pierce delivered his sentiment
in favor of it. and Mr. Claiborne,
and Mr. Mitchell of South-Carolma,
agatfist it. On motion of Mr. Davis
.of Massachusetts, the committee
then rose.
Mr. Saunders offered the follow
ing resdlution, which lies one day on
the table.
Resolved, That the Secretary of
State communicate to this House, a
list of each-newspaper in each ofthe
states, ih which the laws of Congress
wer directed to be published in the
years 1825 and 1826 : also a list of
such in which the laws aro directed
tube published in 1827, designating
the changes which have been made,
and the reasons for each change.
Thursday, February 1.
In the Senate yesterday, Mr.
Chandler from the committee on (he
Militia, reported a bill to provide for
the national defence, by the estab
iisment of an uniform militia system
throughout the United States, and
for the discipline thereof. The bill
for the establishment of an Arsna! in
the state of Maine, vras ordered to a
third reading. The bill appropriat
ing annually one half of the sum of
two millions of dollars, hitherto au
thorized to be kept in the treasury,
to the debt due to the commission
ers of the Sinking Fund, untill that
debt shall be extinguished, was tak
en up, and, after some discussion,
was laid on the table.
The consideration of the Bank
rupt Bill was resumed. Mr. Smith,
of South-Carolina, opposed the bill.
He was replied to by Mr. Berrien.
Mr. Hayne closed the debate with a
brief and eloquent speech in sup
port of the bill. The question was
then taken, on ordering the bill to a
third r< ading, and decided in the ne
gative, as follows:
YEAS—Messrs. Bateman, Benton,
Berrien, Bouligny, Edwards, Harri
son, Ilayne, Johnson of Ky. Kane,
Knight, Mills, Robbins, Silsbee,
Smith of Md. Thomas-:-15.
NAYS—Messrs. Barton,
Chandler, Chase, Clayton, Cobb,
Dickerson, Eaton, Hendricks, King,
Macon, Marks, Randolph, Reed.
Ridgely, Buggies, SaDt'ord, Seymour,
Smith of S. C. Tazewell, Van Burcn,
White, Willey, Williams, Woodbu
ry—2s.
The House of Representatives,
acted on the manufacturers’ bill in
committee of the whole on the state
of the Union. The proposition of
Volume 11.
Mr. Barm y, which went to
a fourth minimum was agreed to
Some other propositions were made
to amend, but they were rejected
and the committee then rose and
reported the bill. Mr Cambreleng
moved his amendment in the House
and commenced some observation*
in reply to Mr Davis, who spoke ait
length, and with much ability, in f a .
vor of the bill; but the House ad
journed before Mr. C. had made*
much progress. It is probable that
the bill will be to day ordered to be
engrossed and read a third time.
The rejection of the bankrupt bill
by sS large a majority in the Senate
has excited general surprise; the
expectation having been, not only
that no large majority would be
found against that measure, but that
it would pass that body. It is vain
to speculate on the causes which,
single or combined, may have pro-,
duced the defeat of this measure
But it may be worth while to ob
serve that it has not yet been decid
ed, that the bankrupt laws, which
some of the states have established
(or themselves, are unconstitutional
while such laws exist; and are ad
mitted to be of force and validity, it
is possible this may be one reason
why senators, even from some ofthe
commercial states, have not felt in
clined to favor an uniform system of
bankruptcy. A serious division of
opinion also obviously exists as io
the question whether the bill should
be confined to merchants, and tra
ders, or extended, under certain cir
cumstances, to other discretions of
persons also. This diversity of sen
timent doubtless had its influence in
deciding the fate of the bill. Wo
think the vote so decisive as to dis
courage all hope of a general bank
rupt system, at least for some time to
come.—A at. Journal.
Extract of a letter from Iluvanna,
dated, January 11.
The squadron under I lie com
mand ol Com. Lnbordc, consisting
of three frigates, and threa brigs,
discovered the Mexican squadron
soon after leaving this port. La
borde immediately gave chase, and
soon discovered that Com. Porter
‘lid not wish to hazard an engage
ment with him. Com. Porter suc
ceeded in getting into Key West
with his squadron, where he i.s so
strictly blockaded by Laborde. The
brigs Mart -and Bellona, are con
stantly employed to transport pro
visions from Havana to Key West,
to supply the Spanish squadron. The
Government are highly pleased with
the conduct of Laborde, and are
using every effort to get ready for
sea, the other ships in port, which
will join Laborde as soon as possible.
Com. Porter had taken a schooner
from Africa, which had previously
landed three hundred slaves on the
coast of Cuba. This schr. and the
brig Hercules, before taken, are car
ried into Key West
From the Georgian.
The Revolution in Texas:— The
New Orleans papers of the 13th
inst. contain some further ' informa
tion on the subject of this event,
which has hitherto been but vague
ly hinted at. That a revolution
commenced bv such discordant and
molly materials as this should sue*
reed is rather doubtful. It appears
that on the ltilh ult. the united for,
ces of Nacogdoches and Ayeh Bayoit
had declared the Province of Texas
Free and Independent of the United
States of Mexico, and hoisted a flag
in Nacogdoches inscribed, “Liberty
and Independence.” It is said that
a few days previous to this declara
tion. six Indian Chiefs, irt that vicic
itv, held n council and promised to
engage in the undertaking—and 200
Indians, principally Chcrokees, ac
tually joined the new party. The
new Republic had been christened,
Republic of Fredonia”—aifd their
(lag consists of a s,ripe of red and
white, emblematical of the union be
tween the red and whit© men. By
later accounts than the above, it ap
pears that a treaty has been entered
into between the insurgents and
twenty three Tribes of Indians. A
National Congress is to assemble at
JNacogd aches on the Ist Monday in
February.
Masonic Honour—Rovet perhaps
did any body of Frecmasonspay more
deserved honours to humblo but in
flexible intergrity, than yesterday,
when: 190 members of a single lodge
followed the corpse of Mr. Pcndrell
to that most durable of all masonic
or architectural works—the grave 1 .
Mr. Pendrcll was hv trade a shoema
ker, and resided when alive, in New
gate street. At the time when a
reward of 1000/ stg. was offered for
the apprehension of young Watson,
he secreted him in his house dress
ed as a female, watched over him
to prevent the approach of every in
truder, accompanied him to the
United States, af America, and nev
er left him till he saw him in a place
of safety—yet was Mr. P. very poor-
Ilis refusal to betray the trust he
accepted, and obtain the reward,
was a great sacrifice of interest to
honour, and his further exertions on
behalf of the young man who had
confided in him were made at a
great cost of time and trouble. «©
was rewarded in life by the testimo
ny of his conscience, and in death bjr
the avowed approbation ot those
who were best acquainted with his
merits — Lop Paper.