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Quay, for the sake of the fresh river
breeze, was her favorite resort. But
never in all her water-side promin
ades, was she hailed by the uplifted
finger of the waterman. With looks
purposely averted, he declined ta
citly such a Fair-opian Fair. 'I he
hackney coach driver whilst she halt
ed over against him, mustering up
all her scanty puffings for an excla
mation, drove off to the neither pave
ment, and pleaded a prior call. The
chairman in answer to her signals,
had just broken his poles. Thus Ker
goings were crampt within a narrow
circle ; many thorough fares, besides
being strange to her and inaccessi
ble, such as Thames-street, through
the narrow pavements ; others, like
the Hill of Holborn, from their im
practicable steepness. How 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 I confess a
prejudice against such giantness.
She was cheerful, & eminently char
itable to the poor, although she did
not condescend to a personal visita
tion of their very limited abodes. If
she had a fault, it was in her conduct
towards children—not spoiling them
by often repeated indulgencics, and
untimely severities, the common
practice of bad mothers ; it was by a
: hotter course that the latent and
hereditary virtues of the infant Shak
crly wore blasted in the bud. Oh,
my tender cousin !** (for thou wert
yet unbaptised) Oh ! wouldst thou
had’st been—my little babe cousin—
of a savage mother born ? For then
having 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,
«pon the parlor chair! In the mean
time the ‘Herald’ came. Next to
an easy scat, 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. Ono little smothered cry—
iny 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, and the cat and rat ran out
together, as they are said to do from
a falling house. ‘Heyday,!’ said the
uncle above stairs, as he staggered
from the concussion; and with the
usual curiosity, he referred to his
pocket book for the royal birth day.
But the almanac not accounting for
the explosion, he ran down the stairs
at 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 bis own satisfaction, in three
words—‘Ah ! the apoplexy !’ Now
the house maid had done her part to
secure him against this error, bo
holding up the dead child, but a
she turned the body edge ways, he
did not perceive it. When he did
see it: —but I 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 not have
the coronor to sit on the body ? But
my uncle replied, ‘there was no need’
—‘But in case, Mr. Shakerly, where
the death is not natural.’ ‘My dear
madam,’ interrupted my uncle, ‘it
was a natural death enough.’
O
From the Casket.
LETTER EROM AN IRISH GENTLEWO
MAN IN LONDON,
My Dear Child.
I thought it my duty incumbent
upon me, to lit you know that your
only living sister, Carney Mac-
Frame, has been violently ill of a tit
of sickness, and is dead; therefore we
have small or nor hopes of her gitting
better. Your dcai a inodtiicr constan
tly prayed for long and speedy re
covery.
1 am sorry to acquaint you that
your god-father, Patrick O'Conner,
is also dead. His ditb was acca
stoned by eating rid hirrings stuffed
wid paraters, or paraters stuffed wid
rid herring, I don’t know which; and
notwithstanding th surgeons attend
ed him for three weeks, he died sud
denly tor want of help on the day of
his ilith, which was Sunday night
last. The great bulk of his estate
comes to an only dead child in the
fiunily.
I Lave made a prisent of your sis
ter's diamond-ring to Mr. O’Hara,
the great smallbeer brewer for three
gifn as and I have taken thb great
corner-house that is burnt down, on
a repairing lase.
I have sint you a Dublin Canary
bird, which I have carefully put up
in a rat-trap, with some food in a
snuffbox, which will come free of all
charges, only paying the captain for
the passage.
Pray sind me the news of the pro
sadings of tin. House of Commons
nixt week; for we hear they have
given us leave to import all our pa
rates 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 Moon, in Cop
per Alley, Dublin, for there I am
now; but I shall remove to-morrow
into my new house. Don't sind to
mein a frank again; for the last lit
ter that came free was charged thir
teen-pince. So no more at prisent
from Your dutiful modther,
Camey Carrnyl Mac Frams.
•P. S. I did not sale this litter, to
prevent it from being broken open;
therefore send word if it miscarries.
Your cousin-in-law, Thady O’Dough
arthy; is gone for a light-horse-man
among the marines.
From the Casket.
GAMBLING.
An old ruined gamester in hopes
to make a prey of a young gentle
man that came to town with his pock
ets full of money, took him to a
gaming house, and there to encour
age him to play shewed him several
topping sparks that were born to no
fortune, who 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 I 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 ban
dy houses; others, that have not hid
themselves as servant under a livery
are begging or limping about the
streets, or starving in jails for debt,
where you will be ere long, if you
follow that rascal’s counsel.” “The
punishment,” says the young gentle
man, “is fit 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 be very wel
come.’’
From the Casket.
THE HOLY BIBLE.
If right we read, nor prejudice the mind,
The Bible is the text-book of mankind.
I 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 one important circum
stance, of its influence in civilizing
mankind. Its doctrin s are superi
or to those oi the Mahometan Koran,
and of the Talmud of the Rabbis.—
The Bible inculcates universal char
ity, which word signifies in the ori
ginal, love. To say nothing of the
glorious principle of love, the laws
which it inculcates arc at the same
time tho most lenient, and powerful.
Human laws are founded upon them
but they are like the rays of light
compared with the sources from
whence they spring. On tho sacred
page of the Bible we find woman ele
vated to her proper dignity, but
among those nations where it is not
read, woman is the drudge of the
Sultan and the Caliph. The light
oi' learning and wisdom flourishes I
where the Bible is read, but at its
boundary commences the night of
darkness and superstition. It has
illuminated the world oi’ liturature
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 in the tilling of his field. It |
proposes reward to virtue, and pun
ishment to vice. It interests equal
ly the brilliant intellect and the
humble capacity All that is good,
grand and sublime is contained with
in it. Many cannot relish it, be
cause their taste is p rverted; and
many reject it from prejudice. To
understand the Bible is at once to
be introduced to a high source of
enjoyment—the highest source on
earth. \\ hon I hear ama nexclaim
against the Bible, I cannot retrain
from taxing his mind with ignor-
. ance.
II you are a literary character and
wish to behold elegance, perspicuity
and taste, turn over the leaves oi
the sacred book. Are you pleased
, with.ppetrj ? rc‘i have at once t»n
GEORGIA STATESMAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1827.
inexhaustible fountain. You have
beautiful scenery, sparkling imagery
and ideas clothed in sublimity of lan
guage. It contains numerous speci
mens of the angelic lyre, and I doubt
whether there is such a field for the
poet in the world. The poet who
draws his scenes from the Bible nev
er can fail to please—his writings
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 David’s descrip
tion of the appearance of the most
High? “He bowed the heavens al
so, and came down, and darkness
was under his feet; he rode upon a
cherub, and did fly, and he 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,
suffice. “Before him went tbc 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
petual hills did bow: his ways are
everlasting ” it was such eloquence
that made Felix tremble on his
throne. Bet poetry and eloquence
arc 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.
'fhe history is, in the Bible, o
him who groaned on Calvary. From
that sacred summit a flood of light
broke forth upon the world. It was
tho drawn of redemption! Supersti
tion (led affrighted before the glori
ous appearance of Christianity, and
the Church ofthc living God arose
on the ruins ofthc Heathen altar.—
The automatons of Pagan idolatry
tumbled to the dust, and the false
deities perished on Olympus. That
glorious gospel which effected this
great work is contained within tne
Bible. Like the rainbow which is
hung 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
we pass through the dark vale of
death the light of Calvary will illu
minate our path to the superb pal
aces of God Darkness and death
arc horrific to the lonely mind, but
the Bible will overcome those ter
rors, ami 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 inc following resolution:
Resolved by the Senate of the State
of Alabama That tney bclivc 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 oi
the people of Alabama is, that he
may at the next presidential election j
be fairly and constitutionally eleva-1
ted to the highest office in the gift I
of the people.
Georgian.
From the Augusta Chronicle.
Tar on Bachelors.— A bill has
been introduced into the Legislature j
of New-York, by Mr. McClure, to j
repeal the Dog Tax, and levy the .
amount received therefrom, on Bach-,
elors between 30 and 45 years ot
age !! This has kicked up conside-;
rable dust among the anti-matrimo- !
nialists of New York, who took it
quite in dudgeon, and called a meet- j
mg on the evening of the 26th ult.
“ to take 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 ! Why 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 j
of “Hast to the wedding.” Lepau-'
vre dtableux. We fear they meeting
will excite but little sympathy except •
among themselves, where we doubt '
not, there will be a plentiful exten
tion of phisiognomy. These indig- :
nitics are increasing upon heir hands ‘
very fast.—lt is but lately that a bill,
nearly similar, was laid before the ’
Legislature of Tennessee ; and if we ■
are not mistaken, a few more such ‘
measures will prove more efficacious
in melting their icy hearts, and re
ducing the long defended citadels
that contain them, than all the much
boasted artillery of Cupid.
The meeting of the Bachelors was
held, in which many resolutions were
passed. The Chairman of the meet
ing received the following note, en
closing a leather collar, bearing th» ;
’ following inscription—“ lam Gen.
i McClure’s Deg—Wftjec dog ar
you i" 3
New-York, Jan 26, 1827.
Sir—By exhibiting to the meeting
over which you have the honor to
preside, the enclosed pattern Collar
which can be afforded cheap, and in
any quantities, at the shortest notice,
by orders being left at the Bar, you
will confer a favor on a brother
Bachelor 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
Which’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 lest the bloom
That brightened them when first we met:
No : — rays of softest light illume
The unambitious beauty yet!
And if the passing clouds of Care
Have cast their shadows o’ertby 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—
In spite of ali that care can do ;
In spite of all that Time hath done ;
Is yon white hair a boon of love,
To thee in mildest mercy given ?
A sign, a token from above.
To lead tby thoughts from earth to heaven ?
To speak to thoc of life’s decay ;
Os beauty hastening to the tomb ;
Os hopes thatcannot fade away ;
Os joys that never loose their bloom?
Jr springs the line of timeless snow
With those dark glossy locks entwined,
’ Mid Youth’s and Beauties morning glow,
To emblem thy maturer mind —
It does—it does ; —then let it stay ,
Even Wisdom’s self were welcome now ;
»Vho’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 1825. Besides valuable statistical
information, it is a model in its kind.
Census of the State of New-York, for iSttS-
Who!;; number of souls, - 1,616,458
Males, - 822,897
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. 29,809, 60,333
Acres of improved land, - 7,160,967
Neat cattle, - 1,513,421
Horses, ... - 349,628
Sheep ----- 3,496,589
Hogs, - - . . 1,467,573
¥ards of fulled 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, ... 12 i
Fulling Mills, ... 1,222
; Curding Machines, - - - 1,584
Cotton factories, - - - 76
I Woollen Factories, - - - 189
j Cotton and Woolen Factories, - 28
Iron Works, - - - - 170
Trip Hammers, - - - - 164
Distilleries, - - - _ 1,129
Ashcries, - - - - 2,105
Deaf and Dumb persons, - - 645
Os which supported by charity - 141
Idiots, - - - 1,421
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 ol 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
i and passed. The residue of the day
was occupied in the discussion ofthc
bill for the relief of Willie Blount,
formerly Govurncr of Tennessee,
whose claim on tho government a
. iscs out of expenditures during the
late war. This case had been fre
quently before Congress, and has
been acted on from session to ses
-1 sion, but has never got through both
• houses. It was ordered on Saturday
1 to be engrossed and read a third time
to-day, by a vote of 73 to 68, the
Ayes and Noes being called on the
question. A brief discussion also
took place on a resolution offered by
Mr. Forsyth, Directing the Secreta
ry of War to comply with the terms
of a former call, and returning to the
Department the papers which had
been scut in answer to the call. Mr.
. Forsyth disclaimed any intention to
■ iisure the Department, but attri
-1 ...dthc imperfect return to a mis
-1 pprehcn'ion th? imnort <_ • the 1
resolution. Mr. Everett, on this ad
mission, suggested that if the former
resolution was not understood, the
best way was to prepare a new 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
1 the bill. The bill was then laid on
I the tabic, 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 offered by Mr Woods in
relation to lhe conduct of the com
missioners appointed to treat with
the Chickasaw and Chocktaw In
dians but the time 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
recommit it 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 a 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. — Nat. 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 bill authorizing the confirma
tion and settlement of private
land claims in East Florida, was, as
amended, ordered to .1 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, was 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 ai d Ohio, Canal Company, to
the amount of two and a half mil
lions. The house in committee of
the whole on the state of the Union,
discussed the manufacturers’ bill
Mr. Pierce delivered his sentiment
111 favor of it, and Mr. Claiborne,
and Mr. Mitchell of South-Carolma,
against it. On motion of Mr. Davis
of Massachusetts, the committee
then rose.
Mr. Saunders offered the follow
ing resolution, h hich lies one day on
the table.
Resolved, That the Secretary of
State communicate to this House, a
list of each newspaper in each of the
states, in 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 are directed
to be 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 the
Militia, reported a bill to provide for
the national defence, by the estab
lisrnent of an uniform militia system
throughout the United States, and
for the discipline thereof. The bill
for the establishment of an Arsnal in
the state of Maine, was ordered to a
third reading. The bill appropriat
ing annually one half of the sum of
two millions cf 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 ori 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 reading, and decided in the ne
gative, as follows :
YEAS—Messrs. Bateman, Benton,
Berrien, Bouligny, Edwards, Harri
son, Hayne, Johnson of Ky. Kane,
Knight, Mills, Robbins, Silsbee,
Smith of Md. Thomas—ls.
NAYS-—.Messrs. Barton, Bell,
Chandler, Chase, Clayton, Cobb,
Dickerson, Eaton, Hendricks, King,
Macon, Marks, Randolph, Reed.
Riderely, Ruggles,Sanford. Seymour,
Smith of S. C. Tazewell, Van Buren,
White, Willey, Williams, Woodbu
ry.—2s.
The House of Representatives,
acted on ths manufacturers’ bill in
committee cf the whole on the state
of the Union The proposition of
Volume 11.
Mr. Barney, which went to establi 8
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 observations
in reply to Mr Davis, who spoke at
length, and with much ability, in fa
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 so 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
for 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 ofthc
commercial states, have not felt in
clined to favor an uniform system of
bankruptcy. A serious division of
opinion also obviously exists as to
the question whether the bill should
be confined to merchants, and tra
ders, or extended, under certain cir
cumstances, to other discriptions of
persons also. This diversity of sen
timent doubtless had its influence in
deciding the fate of the bill. Wc
think the vote so decisive as to dis
courage all hope of a general bank
rupt system, at least for some time to
come.— Nat. Journal.
Extract of a letter from Havannct,
dated, January 11
The squadron under the com
mand of Com. Laborde, consisting
of three frigates, and three brigs,
discovered the Mexican squadron
soon after leaving this port. La
borde immediately gave chase, and
soon discovered that Com. Porter
did not wish to hazard an engage
ment with him. Com. Porter suc
ceeded in getting into Key West
with his squadron, where he is so
strictly blockaded by Laborde. The
brigs Marte and Bellona, are con
stantly employed to transport pro
visions from Havana to Key West,
to supply the Spanish squadron. Th®
Government arc 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 Airica, which bad previously
landed three hundred slaves on tho
coast of Cuba. This schr. and the
brig Hercules, before taken, arc car
ried into Key West
From the Georgian.
The Revolution in Texas:— Tbc
New Orleans papers of the 13th
inst. contain sorrite further informa
tion on the subject of this event,
which has hitherto been but vague
ly hinted at. That a revolution
commenced by such discordant and
motly materials as this should suc
ceed is rather doubtful. It appears
that on the 16th ult. the united for!
ces of Nacogdoches and Ayeh Bayou
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, in that vicin
ity, held a council and promised to
engage in the undertaking—and 200
Indians, principally Cherokees, ac
tually joined the new party. Tho
new Republic had been christened,
Republic of Fredonia”—and their
flag consists of a siripe of red and
white, emblematical of the union be
tween the red and white men. By
later accounts than the above, it ap
pears that a treaty has been entered
into between tbc insurgents and
twenty three Tribes of Indians. A
National Congress is to assemble at
Nacogdoches on the Ist Monday in
February.
Masonic Hun our~-~-fc ever perhaps
did any body of Freemasonspay more
deserved honours to humble but in
flexible intergrity, than yesterday,
when: 190 members of a single lodge
followed the corpse of.Mr. Peridrell
to that most durable of all masonic
or architectural works—the grave’
Mr Pcndreli was by 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, «f America, and nev
er left him till he saw him in a place
of safety—yet was Mr. P. very poor.
His 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. He
was rewarded in life by the testimo
ny of his conscience, and in death by
the avowed approbation of those
who were best acquainted with hh
merits.— Lor Paver