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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. _ .—r, AUGUSTA| TUESDAY MORNING 2t. Public 3lee!ing| We are gratified to learn, tha*|a pap- ; is now circulating in this city callingle meeting, on Thursday next, of the citizens of Richmond countv, opposed to the adrri.niitration.—lt has already numerous -names on it, a<|d will be pub lished to-morrow. i SherifTs Sales of Jfcriven County’ which will be found in this ilarning’s paper, came to hand last night, havinc| a postmark of the sth April, and. which was deigned for May sale. I : \ The individual who has taken-the responsibili ty of removing from the reading room the late numbers of Bently’s Miscellany and the Knick erbocker, is notified to be careful in future, or he may o K tain rather an unenviable notoriety through our columns. Advertising a Wife. Wc received through the Ppet Office yester day, a letter from a citizen of Columbia county, who is unknown to us, inclosing a five dollar bill, asking us tc advertise his Ivifc as long as the bill would pay. While (|ir acknowledg ments arc due to this individualaor this manifes tation of his friendship to our taper, we must, without desiring to express any fpinion as to the propriety or impropriety of his bourse in the un fortunate quarrel with his wife, Saost respectfully decline inserting such a notile in our paper. We may be in error in refus m| to publish such advertisements, but while we citertain our pre sent notions of the sacred chtralter of the matri monial alliance, we cannot content to do any act which may in any manner affect those relations. Independent of this considera|ion, is another, which, w’ith us, will always fori4 an insurmount able barrier to such publications We feel that there is a paramount obligation resting upon us, both in cur individual and edit ffial character, to protect the gentler sex, and wlu |i their depravity is such that we cannot consist ntly protect, we certainly never will consent to ;iid in crowning their misfortunes with contur; ely and reproach through our columns. The m*ney therefore, is subject to his order. | Hamburg Jourlal. Is the title of a new semi-wci-kly paper which made its appearance on Saturday last, in our sister town. The Journal is ditvoted to commer cial intelligence, literature, the Icneral news, &c. and is a highly respectable she* t both in its con tents and appearance. We ho ;»e it may receive, as it no doubt will merit, the p: ronage of a liber al public. At a meeting of the Stockln ffers of the Geor gia Insuranceand Trust Cerrrp -ny yesterday, the following gentlemen wore el Icted Directors for the ensuing year. | Edw. Thomas, Jackson, Adam Johnsron, Wr|, P. Rathbone, T. S. Metcalf, S. 3i neeland , Hays Bowdrie, J. Adams, John Phmizy, W.|M. Rowland, A. J. Miller, W|H. Morgan, A Gould, G. |l. Newton, P. Fitzsimmons, I. f* Tuttle, D.L. Adams, Thi. Bairet, I. Henry, C. Greiner, Geo. W. Linhr. At a late meeting of those Opposed to the Ad ministration in Mclntosh cyunty, resolutions were adopted approving the lamination of Har rison and Tyler. School 800 js. The publisher, S. L. Griffin, f Macon, Geo', has laid on our table copies of the Southern Second and Third Class Books, desigi j?d for the use of Schools in the Southern andl Western States.’ The partial examination whi|h we have given these two books, adapted to th<|younger classes in schools, warrants us in recoinn-JJ?nding them to the attention of parents and intruders generally, througheut the South and Wes f They are got up in a plain and neat style, and t fe selections are of that character which are calcu! ted to interest and instruct the pupil, Rhode Island JEFection. The New \ork Courier at d Enquirer of the Ifilhsays:—“We have a lev returns from the late election in Rhode IsJacd. \ The Democratic Whig majority in Providence was 800 ; in Bris tol 75 in Cranston 47. Th> re has been a gain of several representatives -as fa as heard from.— The Democratic Whig major ty in the State is estimated at more than a thou and votes.” The N.\. Evening Star >f the same date, says—“ The Election, which ime off yesterday, has resulted in a complete W ,ig victory. Prov idencc was at least 600 ahea«| and several towns have returned Whig member*; and the majority will he 1000 in the State.” I S. Jcnks Smith, formerly fjlitor of the Sunday Morning News of New YorJt, died on board the packet ship England, at sea, n the 3d of March- The Army and Navy Chi htticle says:—“We learn from out door rumor, lit in such away as to leave on our mind no do bt of its truth, that Purser J. Colston has bean dismissed from the Navy, by the President, for \ defalcation in his accounts. What the atnc-ui pof that defalcation is, we do not know.” Arms and Munitions oi War.— The follow ing statement exhibit* the Srcsent resources of the United States m army ajd munitions of war There are now in the arsen Is, 600.000 muskets ready for use, besides 400, 00 that have been distributed by the genera! g vernment to the re spective states; 30 0 piece.- ‘of heavy cannon, an abundant supply of ball an I all kinds of projec tiles. There is a sufficient i store of materials to manufacture 6000 pistols a -d swords per month. The amount of gun-powde on hand is stated at 1 2 000 barrels, with matei ala for 4000 barrels more. Correspondence of the Philadelphia North American. New-York, April 15. The sales of Cotton to-day are sojae 700 bales, prices rather drooping; the range ol ordinary sales is 6 a 9d cts. Flour stands as yesterday, scarce and at full pri ces. New Orleans sold this morning at $5 37; common southern, Georgetown, &c., 6 25. Nor thern Corn commands 56 cts., and Rye 57 a 57 1-2. Jersey Oats 2S a 30 cts. Molasses droops. Sugar and Coffee sell fairly at the established low prices. Bills on London 7 I 2 to S, dull; bills on Paris f 5,27 1-2. Domestic Exchanges —Philadelphia 5 1-4 aoj; Baltimore 5; Richmond 6 1-4 a G 1-2 ; Charleston 3 1-2, 3|, a 4 ; Augusta 10 all; Macon 11 a 12 ; Savannah 7 1-2 a 8 1-2; Mobile S 1-2 a 9 ; New Orleans 8 a 9, Report of the Committee on Foreiern Re lations on the Hotindary Question. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the several messages ot the Presi dent of the United Stales, communicating to Congress, at its present session, certain official correspondence in relation to the question of the territory in dispute with Great Britain on our Northeastern frontier; and also certain resol.i tions of the Legislature of Maine on the same subject, REPORT. Thai they have had the same under considera tion, and now deeem it expedient to communi cate to the Senate their views for not making, at the present moment, a general report upon the whole subject. They feel that they will best per form this duty, by placing clearly and distinctly before the Senate the existing state and condition of the pending negotiation between the two Governments. The President of the Unitad States, in his an nual message of December last, informing Con gress that, “ for the settlement of our Northeast ern boundary, the proposition promised by Great Britain for a commission of exploration and sur vev. has been received, and a counter project, in cluding also a provision for the certain and final adjustment of the limits in dispute, is now before Che British Government for its consideration.” The President has not thought it advisable to communicate this counter project to Congress ; yet we have his assurance, on which the most confident reliance may be placed, that it is of such a character as will, should it be accepted. finaHy-seltle the question. This proposition was officially communicated to that Government du ring the last summer: Mr. Fox, the British Minister, in his note of the 24th January last, doubtless with a perfect know edge of the nature of the pi eject which had been submitted by the American Government to that of Great Britain, assures Mr. Forsyth, “that be not only preserves the hope, but he en tertains the firm belief, that if the duly of ovgoci atingthe boundary question be left in the hands of the two National Governments, to whom alone of right it belongs, lire difficulty of conducting the negociation to an amicable issue, will not be found so great as has been by many persons ap prehended.” And in his subsequent note of March 13, 1840, he states that he has been in structed to declare, “ that her Majesty’s Govern ment are only wailing for the detailed report of the British Commissioners recently employed to survey the disputed territory, which report, it was believed, would be completed and delivered to her Majesty’s Government by the end of the present month, (March,) in order to transmit to the Gov ernment of the United States a reply to their last proposal upon the subject of the boundary negotiations.” Thus we may reasonably expect that this reply will be received by the President during the present month, (April,) or early in May. Whilst such is the condition of the principal negotiation, the committee have deemed it expe dient, at this time, to report upon the subordinate though important question in relation to the tem porary occupation of the disputed territory- They trust that the answer of the British Gov ernment may be of such a character as to render a report upon this latter subject unnecessary. In any event they have every reason to believe that the slate of suspense will be but of brief duration. The committee, ever since this embarrassing and exciting question has been first presented for their consideration, have been anxious that tr.e Government of the United States should con stantly preserve itself in the right; and hitherto the desire has been fully accomplished. The territorial rights of Maine have been uniformly asserted, and a firm determination to maintain them has been invariably evinced though this has been done in amicable spirit. So far as the committee can exercise any influence over the subject, they are resolved, that if war should be the result, which they confidently hope may not be the case, this war shall be rendered inevitable, by ‘he conduct of the British Government. They have believed this to be the surest mode of uni ting every American heart and every American arm in defence of the just rights of the country. It is but justice to remark, that the Executive branch of the Government has, from the begin ning. been uniformly guided by the same spirit, and has thus far pursued a firm, consistent, and prudent course, throughout the whole negotia tion with Great Britain. Whilst the committee can sec no adequate cause, at the present moment, for anticipating hostilities between the two countries, they would not be understood as expressing the opinion that the country should not he prepared to meet any emergency. The question of peace or war may, in a great degree, depend upon the answer of the British government, now speedily expected. Warilke.—The“ Buffalo Advertiser” copies as follows from the Toronto Patriot:— “ We stop the press to say that we have just heard, from an authority which may be relied upon, that His Excellency the Lieutenant Gov ernor, has received important despatches from Major General Sir Richard D. Jackson, in refer ence, it is supposed, to the North Eastern Boun dary question. Indications of activity, in our military defences, have been manifested. Our authorities are on the alert; and serious difficul ties must therefore be apprehended.” The leading article of the Fairiot strongly ur ges the probability of a war between Great Brit ain and the United States, on the ground that the former country cannot give up the disputed ter ritory, without at the same relinquishing the Canadas, and concludes with the following ad vices: “ Our parting words to our loygl fellow-sub jects are, keep your muskets clean, look to your flints, and above all, keep your powder dry, for a contest with the United States cannot be a small war.” The Toronto Colonist of Wednesday says an order has been issued by the commander of the forces, intimating that none of the officers station ed in the provinces, can for the present be allow ed leave of absence from their regiments. The same paper says, the despatches above referred to by the Patriot, are sa d to be of an important character, but their precise nature have not trans pired. The New York Herald says: the English prints, the Canadian, and many of the American unite in thinking there will be a war. It is said also that General Scott thinks so too. Well be it so— we think otherwise—positively and de cidedly—and we’ll see who comes out right England and the United States can’t be kicked into a war. It is all trick and political manceu vre. From Che Savannah ‘Republican . From Florida. We arc indebted to Captain Pearson, of the steamboat Isis, arrived this morning from Black 1 Creek, for the following information: Captain Pearson states that information reached • Black Creek on the 16th inst.. by express from Fort Fanning, that on'the 13th, as an Orubulance was ’ returning from Fort Griffen, escorted by a non commissioned olßcer and six privates, (regulars,) . it was attacked within about 8 miles of Fort Fan nintr, by a party of about 15 Indians, as is said — mules were killed, and the Ombuiance burnt. From the teamster’s statement, there was among the Indians, who fired first, a white man , 5 (stout, well built and athletic) dressed with white pantaloons, calico shirt,black vest, hat and whisk ers. As the driver sprang out of the wagon on one > side, the white man entered it on the other, who i said, according to the teamster’s report, “Don’t run, and we will not hurt you.” One ol the escort 1 was badly shot through the body, but he was taken off by his comrades, who behaved wilh great cour age and determination. Letters received at Black Creek, 16th April, from Tampa Bay, dated 9th April, says—“Two Indians came there a few evenings before, at tattoo —said they came from Hospitarka, exhibited white feathers and other indications, desirous of being at peace. The information does not say whether the i commanding officer secured and confined tin se hostile? ; the presumption is, that he did so, as it was Gen. Taylor’s orders that all Indians coming ’ in to the different posts, should be immediately secured and treated as prisoners.” From the Buffalo Commercial Advocate £ Journal. Actual Daily Expenses of President Van Bureu’s Government. Gentlemen: The follow ing table, carefully form' ed from the government books in Washington, shows tire amount of expenses of the administra tions of John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and Martin Van Buren ; by which a person can see and know the increased and extravagant expendi tures of President Jackson and Van Bnren’s gov ernments, over and above that of J. Q. Adams. — “By ye shall know them,” and by their promises ye must judge them, in regard to Re trenchment, Reform and Economy: Expenses of the United States Government , under J. Q. Adams. A. Jackson. M. V. Buren. Total, 4 years. 8 years. 3 years. $50,501,862,00 145.792,735,00 111,406.963,00 Year, 12,625,465,50 18,224,091.88 37,135.654,33 M’th, 1,052,122,12 1,518,674,32 3,094,637,86 Day, 34,590,31 49,929.02 101,741,52 Hour, 1,441,26 2,080,23 4,239,23 Minute, 24,02 34.67 70,64 Second, 40 58 1,171 By the above schedule it will be perceived, that ’ the daily expenses of Martin Van Buren’s gov ernment exceed those of John Q. Adams, the en ormous amount of $67,151 21 ; and the present Administration’s expenses per year, are $24,510.- 188 S 3 more than those of John Quincy Adams per year. Furthermore, every minute that takes its flight adds $46 63 more to our expenses than it did under Mr. Adams ; and every second of time, cents more. About all the mints in the world will soon be required to coin specie currency sufficient to grease the wheels of our Loco Foco Government; anil where, in the name of common sense, will r>e found gold and silver bullion for the purpose ? Unless new mines are discovered, it cannot be ; done. Think of this, ye advocates for an entire metallic currency. Great Britain. Commerce and Navigation.—By order of the House of Commons, a return has been made containing six several accounts relating to the trade and navigation of the United Kingdom for the year ending January 5, 1840, compared with the year ending January 5, 1839. These ac counts are —Ist, of the imports of the principal articles of foreign and colonial merchandise; 2d, exports of such articles ; 3d, exports of the prin cipal articles of British and Irish produce and manufacture; 4th, gross and net produce of cus toms’ duties; sth, number and tonnage of vessels entering inwards and clearing outwards, exclu sive of coasting vessels ; Gth, number and tonnage of coasting vessels. By the first of these ac counts it appears that the gross amount of duty received on the imports of the principal articles of foreign and colonial merchandise was as follows : 1839 £22.966,214 1840 23,278,089 The total value of the exports, the principal ar ticles of British and Irish produce and manufac ture, was: In 1839 £43,344,631 1840 45,28 ’,254 A few of the chief articles exhibits more speci fically the difference of the two vears 1839, 1840. Cotton manufactures £16,715,856 £17,694,303 Cotton yarn 7.431,869 6,857,826 Hardware and cutlery 1.498,327 1,809 000 Linen manufactures 2,730,272 3,422,488 Woollen manufactures 5,795,069 6,278,099 The gross receipts of the Customs’ duties in the two years were as follows : 1839. 1840. Duties inwards £22,966,214 £23,278,089 Duties outwards 115,586 127.18.2 23,081,800 23,405,271 Deduct for payment for drawback, &c. 844.978 323,591 Nett receipts 22,236,822 23,081,680 The account of the number and tonnage of ves sels entered inwards and clearing outwards gives the following sums total: ENTERED INWARDS. Ships. Tonnage. 1839 19,639 3,501,254 1840 23,114 3,957,468 CLEARED OUTWARDS. Ships. Tonnage. 1839 17,204 2,916,302 1840 18,423 3,805,752 The last account, which is solely confined to coasting vessels (excluded from the sth,) is as fol lows : ENTERED INWARDS. Ships. Tonnage. 1839 128171 10,491,752 IS4O 130,254 10,610,404 CLEARED OUTWARDS. Ships. Tonnage. 1539 137,803 10,825,523 1840 142,895 11,266,073 A Pacific Tone. Lieut. Gov. Harvey, in his speech on dissolv ing the Legislature of New Bruns.vick at its re. cent session, thus alludes to the Boundary Ques tion : “The prospect of any further disturbance with the neighboring States appears to have greatly diminished, if not wholly to have vanished, in consequence of the prudent course adopted by our more immediate nelgl hors of Maine, in having . placed the conduct of the Boundary Dispute ■ wholly in the hands of the General Government of the United States—thereby affording to both > countries the most satisfactory guarantee that the - peace and friendship now happily subsisting be tween ivvo of the greatest and most enlightened - nations of the world, and in the maintenance of - which their best interests are acknowledged mu r tuallv to consist, will not be suffered to he dis i turbed or interrupted on light or insufficient grounds.” i B From the Providence (R. I.J Journal. Dreadful Shipwreck.—On the 6th instant * on Connecticut river, Rhode Island light bearing e eas t within nine days sail of Rhode Island elec o IWn having for a longtime been on allowance of t provision and water , the hermaphrodite brig Lo i- co Foco, Captain John M. Niles, was knocked on ner beam ends duiing a tremendous squall , h remained in that position twelve hours, when she n began to settle and went down head first, a num- J her 0 f passengers were taken off by the relief hfe 1, i oa t Constitution, in charge of the well known pilot old Tip — Crew and officers all lost. t. Capt. Niles has left quite a number of friends J in this place, as also at the Boston Custom House, i* on whom the announcement of his dreadful end must -have an heart rending effect. It is said that the Whig young men of Boston j will send about two hundred and sixty delegates i to the National Convention in Baltimore. The Sentiments of a Patriot. — We in vite attention to the fodowing extract of a com munication, published in a Cincinnati! paper as long ago as 1822. It indicates the lone of sen timent at that time, of the People’s candidate for the Presidency of the U. States. W e have seldom read any thing in the same space, that embraces more genuine republicanism. I believe that the preservation of the Union of the States depends upon the existence ot our civil and religious liberties ; and that the cement which binds them together is not a parcel of words written upon paper or parchment, but the brotherly love and regard which the citizens of the several States possess for each other.—De stroy this, and the beautiful fabric which was created and embellished by our ancestors crum bles into ruins. From its disjointed parts no tem ple of liberty will again be reared. Discord and wars will succeed to peace and harmony—barba rism will again overspread the land ; or, what is scarcely belter, some kingly tyrant will promul gate the decrees of his will, from the seat where a Washington and a Jefferson dispensed the blessings of a free and equal Government. I be lieve it, therefore, to be the duty of a Represen tative to conciliate, by every possible means, the members of our great political familv, and al ways to bear in mind that, as the Union was cf \ fed ed only by a spirit of mutual concession and ! forbearance, so only can it he preserved. j W. H. HARRISON.” Destructive Freshet. —The Batesville, | Ark., News of the 19th gives the following partic ulars of a great destruction of cal'le, horses and other property by a late freshet in St. Francis river: Every day brings us additional accounts of the losses of stock by the late freshet. Capt. Tunstall lost some hundred head of cattle, and several fine horses, among them Etna, the Volcano Filly, that won the sweepstake over the Batesville Course. Charline, we understand, was in the water some 48 hours, but like a “ game un,”as she is, came out unscathed. Mr. Samuel R. Hinton thinks he has lost some 30 very fine brood mares and colts- With his, was C. F. M Noland’s Colling wood filly Rhody. The loss to Randolph and Lawrence counties is immense—sso,ooo would baldly repair the damage done. Ethan Allen in England. —Col. Ethan Allen was a man destined to strike the world as something uncommon, and in a high degree inter esting. He was but partially educated and but obscurely brought up—yet no man was ever more at ease in the polished rank than he. Not that he at all confirmed to their artificial rules and I titled etiquette; but he had observed the dictates of J natural good sense and good humor. His hear ing was in total defiance of fashion, and he look ed and acted as if he thought it would be a conde sccnsion tnus to trammel himself. It is well | known that in early life, in his own country, he j { acquired an influence over his fellow men, and led them on to some of the most daring achieve ments. He seemed to have possessed all the ele ments of a hero—a devoted patriotism, a resolute and daring mind, and an excellent judgment. His conduct as a partisan officer is well known in this count r y, and was of great service to the cause of liberty during our revolutionary strug gle.—He was taken prisoner and carried to Eng land—where his excellent sense, his shrewdness and wit, introduced him into the court region. A friend of our earlier life, who was well acquaint ed with this part of the history of this singular man, used to take great delight in telling us some anecdotes of Col. Allen, while a prisoner in Lon don. We have before mentioned the firmness with which he resisted the attempts to bribe him from the cause of his country, and the caustic sa tire with which he replied to a nobleman, who was commissioned by the ministry to make him formal offers to join the British cause in Ameri ca. The incident is a striking one, and it will bear a repetition: The commissioners, amongst the tempting largesses, proposed that if he would espouse the cause of the king, he might have a fee simple in half the State of Vermont. Tam a plain man.’ said Col. Allen in reply, ‘and I have read but few ho ks, but T have seen in print somewhere, a cir cumstance that forcibly reminds tie of the propo- j sal of your lordship : it is of a certain character ! that took a certain other character into an exceed- j ing high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory thereof, and told him that if h*? would fall down and worship j him, this would all be his; and the rascal, added j he, '•did'nt own a foot of them!' His interview with the King at Windsor is j mentioned as highly interesting. His Majesty ; asked the stout hearted mountaineer, if they had ; any newspapers in America. ‘But very few, and i these are but little read,’ was the answer. ‘How then,* asked the King, do the common people i know of the e grievances of which they complain and of which wc have just been speaking?’ ‘As to that,’ said he, ‘I can tell your Majesty, that amonust a people who have felt the spirit of lib erty, the news of oppression is carried by the birds of the air, and the breezes of heaven.’ ‘That is too figurative an answer from a matter of fact man, to a plain question,’ rejoined the King, j ‘Well, to be plain,’ answered the rebellious sub- ! ject, ‘among our people the tale of wrong is car ried from man to man, and from neighborhood to i neighborhood with the speed of electricity; my ; countrymen feel nothing else—out of the abun- j dance of the heart the mouth speaketh. I will , add, with great respect to your Majesty, that such a people cannot be put down with the sword.’ The King made a long pause, as if strongly ! impressed with the truth of his remarks. At length, changing the subject, he asked Col. Allen if he knew Dr. Franklin; and being answered in the affirmative, inquired concerning his experi ment with electricity, and expressed a curiosity to experience an electric shock. The British sov ereign seemed to take pleasure in the conversa tion which he kept up for moie than an hour, and at length made Col. Allen promise to visit him j with his countryman. Dr. Franklin, at his palace in London. Some weeks after that, he was re minded of his promise by the nobleman above menti med.and an hour fixed for the home-bred philosopher of America to explain the mysteries of a new discovery in the science to the royal fam ily. They attended accordingly, and with an ap paratus chiefly of his own invention, Dr. Frank lin exhibited many of those simple and amusing experiments, for which he was so noted, and at which the royal children, even those of a larger growth were much delighted. In this playful way, Dr. Franklin took occasion to convey instructions as to the properties of this astonishing fluid. While the royal habitation was thus in a most unkingly uproar, the Premier was announced as in waiting. The king seem ed for a moment disturl>ed. ‘I forgot my appoint ment wilh the minister,’ said he, ‘but-*M» matter, I will eschew business for once, and let North see how we are employed.’ Accordingly the minis ter was ushered in with little ceremony, and it was. soon concluded that he should have a shock. Allen whispered to the Dr. to remember how he had shocked us across the waters, and to give him a double charge; whether it was designed on the hint of his friend or not, was not ascertained, but the charge was so powerful on the nerves of his lordship, as to make him give way in the knees, at which all, especially the princesses were almost convulsed with mirth. Some of Col. Allen’s happy retorts at the clubs and fashionable parties are still remembered and often repeated. On one occasion he waschallen ged to a glass of wine, by the beautiful Dutchess of Rutland, who seems to have been particularly a pleased with his independent manner, ‘you must t qualify vour glass with a toast’ observed the lady. £ The Varmounter, very unaffectedly observed that t he was not used to that sort of ceremony, and t was afraid he might give offence. If, however, { the lady would be so good as to suggest a subject, , he would endeavor to give a sentiment. ‘O, yes’ , said she ‘never mind the subject any thing will , do, so that it has no treason in it.’ ‘Well,’ says , he, ‘this may do for a truth if not for a toast,’ and fixed his eyes adoringly on the far-famed court beauty, he proceeded. ‘lf any thing could make a double traitor out of a good patriot, it would be the witchcraft of such eyes as your ladyship’s.’ _ * The blunt sincerity with which this was spoken, together with its exact fitness to the occasion and the person, caused it to belong hailed in the beau monde, as an excellent good thing; and although it had the effect of heightening for a moment that beauty to which it was offered as a tribute, it is said the fair Dutchess often afterwards boasted of the compliment as far beyond all the empty homage she had received from the glittering cox combry of the city. A lady once snecringly asked Col. Allen, in a large assembly, at what time fashionable ladies of America preferred taking the air. He perceived her drift, and bluntly answered. ‘Whenever it was necessary to feed the geese and turkeys.’ ‘What,’ inquired the lady, do the fine women in your coun try descend to such menial employments v Allen was always aroused at any attempt to depreciate the fair ones of his own country, and with a great deal of warmth he replied, ‘American ladies have the art of turning even amusements to account. Many of these ladies could take up the subject of your Gf race’s family history, and tell you of feats of valor and bursts of eloquence to which your ladyship is probably indebted for your distin guished name, most of which it is likely would be as new' to you as the art of raising poultry.’ The sarcasm produced a deep blush in the face of live fair scoffer, but it produced for the captive and his countrymen an indemnity against court ridicule for the future. A Chivalric Sailor Scenk.— ‘ When I was a poor girl, working very hard for thirty shillings a week, I went down to Liverpool during the holi days where I was always kindly received. I was to perform in a new piece, something like those pretty little affecting dramas they get up now at the minor theatres; and in my character I repre sented a poor, friendless orphan oirl reduced to the most wretched poverty. A heartless trades man prosecutes the sad heroine for a heavy debt, and insists on putting her in prison, unless some one will be bail for her. The girl replies: ‘Then I have no hope—l have not a friend in the world.’ ‘What! will no one be bail for you to save you from prison!’ asks the creditor. ‘I have told you I have not a friend on earth,’ was my reply. But just as I was uttering the words, | 1 saw a sailor in the upper gallery, springing ; over the railing, letting himself dowm from one ; tier to another until he bounded dear over the orchestra and footlights, and placed himself beside me in a moment. “ Yes, you shall have one friend, at least, my poor young woman,’ said he with the giatestex pression in his honest, sun-hurnt countenance, ‘I will go hail for you to any amount. And as for you (turning to the frightened actor,) if you don’t bear a hand and shift your moorings, it will be the worse for you when I come athwart your bow’s.’ Every creature in the house rose, the uproar was perfectly indescribable ; peals of laughter, screams of terror, cheers from his tawny mesmates in the gallery, preparatory scraping of violins from the orchestra, and amidst the universal din, there stood the unconscious cause of it, sheltering me, the “poor distressed young woman,” and breath ing defiance and destruction against my mimic i persecutor, lie was only persuaded to relinquish his care of me by the manager’s pretending to ar rive, and rescue me with a profusion of theatri cal bank notes. —Dutchess of St. Albans. A Yankee M ks. Malaprop.—The philoso pher tells a laughable lapsus linguae, which hap pened to a worthy spinster in Middlesex county, several years ago. Counsellor S . a very i dark complexioned man, in whose family she rc i sided, had joined a “ Society for propagating the Gospel among the Natick Indians. ” One d«.y, | wdiile he was attending a meeting of this Socie i ty, a gentleman called at his house for him, and the lady in question said to him—“ The squire is not at home ; for he is gone down to Natick to attend the meeting of the Society fur propaga | ting Indians." I ' —Boston Post. I Benjamin Franklin.—The type of hones ity and *of his profession. Every §of his life ; is without a|j ; and though the rfj* of death j struck ay to his heart and put a . to his exist ence, his deeds should ever remain a “ copy ” for ; the craft 2 m Ex-Sheriff Parkins, of London, died on Sun day 13th at Newark. Last Words of Cm met. “ Let no man write my epitaph —for as no man who knows my motives date now vindicate them, i so let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them Let ■ me repose in obscurity and peace, until other times : and other men can do justice to my chaiacter ; i when ray country takes her place among the na- I tionsof the earth, then —and not till then—let my epitaph be written.” He stood before the assembled crowd, And not a glance had quaiied; Nor his lofty heart in high re.-olvcs Had for an instant failed : The haughty sou’s of bitterest fees Within their bosom shook, As he bent his clear eye proudly round, With such a fearful look. And these were the high words he spoke— “ Are not these lips as free To bear their witness to the cause Os glorious liberty,— As free to speak the sacred words Which only tyrants fear, As those which coldly break the rights. Os injured freedom here ? And they will speak —the fires that glow Within this breastof mine, Were kindled at the holy blaze Os freedom’s hallowed shrine; And till the heart itself be dead, Its beatings throb no more, Its pulses, still to freedom true. Will tremble as before. Ye have the power if not the right To crusli this feeble frame, ° ’ But ti e high spirit’s fiery zeal It is not yours to tame: And while ye dare to brand with crime That never strained my brow, I too may dare to brave the power To which 1 will not bow. Yes, do your worst —ye may spread your pall To darken round my name, But the fearless spirit ye cannot bend— That still remains the same— And for that name I would not stoop To ask one memory. Till every rock and blade of glass Upon this soil is free ! Let not my martyr’s fate be read While Erin wear’s her chains: I would not ask one friendly hand To wipe away the stains ; And o’er the pillow of my rest One tear must not be shed. Till the holy cross of freedom may Be placed above the dead.” * TheG Watch.—l have now in rr, t a gold watch, which combines embellisl * utility in happy proportions, and t* Us sidered a very valuable appendage to'th * of a gentleman. Its hands, face,°ch : Perßo t are of chased and burnished gold, jj? ar,(^c *st, sparkle with the ruby, the topaz. the Sold se as emerald. 1 open it and find that out which this elegantly chased casi " or * Cs ’ vtitjj. mere shell, these hands motionless W | ures without meaning, are made of 1 ese in vestigate further, and ask, what j s . 1 i which all these works are PUt in “!- Sprin &l)T of! lam told that it is „ Jade made what is steel 1 The reply i sth;j( ■ S,e °‘- la* has undergone a certain process V Sl f° n that the main spring, without wh‘ h 1 would be motionless, and Us h a i . 6 vv aicii embellishment, bul'toys, j s figures and. not sufficiently good, do—but ot iron. Iron is therefore ti ° U 1101 cious metal; and this watch is ana \ pre * society. Its hands and figures, which un? 601 of resemble the master spirits of th e lae b°lir, movements every eye is occasionally E ’- to * bose Its useless, but sparkling seals, topaz and embellishments, the arist o ’ fUj|es ' works of brass represented the middS*' h> * the increasing intelligence and power Wk the master spirits of the age are moved- i * iron mainspring, shut up in a box, constant i r work, but never thought of, except when • disordered, bro*e, or wants winding U p sv U ises the laborious classes which, like spring, are wound up by the payment of which classes are shut up in security, constantly at work, and absolutely viecessa^iS the movements of society, as the iron is to the gold watch, are never thought of ex 'K when they require their wages, in -P want or disorder of some kind or other J?® gli&h paper . "~ L * A “Nigger” Verdict.—About the co > 1 mencement of the present century, a black m a #■ who had lived at the north end of Boston Ji denly disappeared, and it was thought hei drowned himself. Accordingly, diligent sea-"-; was made, and at the end of two days his b-t was found in a dock in Charlestown. As ism in such cases, a jury was called together; and'* the story go3s, (which is true for all we’know they were all « men of color.” After some liberation, they brought in a verdict somethin* * follows : “ Dot, going home one berry dark | knight, he fell from the wharf, ami was killed and the tide coming in strong, it floated himovei to Charlestown, and he was drowned ,- datthe wedder being beny cold, ho froze to death 1 ' | The coroner who was very waggish, notwith - standing the solemnity of the occasion, said, “ You may as well add, died in the wool!" Slide of Earth in Canada,— On the worn ing the 4th inst, a large tract of land several hun dred acres, near Three Rivers, Lower Canada, slid v offinto the river. There were upon it two houses, several barnes. 40 horses, cows, and other demesti,- £* animals, and 500 fine sugar maple trees. Th? * land went off gradually, and the inhabitants (including the men employed in making su*sr who took the alarm as soon as they saw the tree moving,) made their escape. Novel Enlargement.—An editor in Pm:- f* sylvania lately announced to his subscribers he was going to enlarge his Sheet. He gotiM ried the week after. Naked Justice.—TheN. Y.Chronicle slate that Justice Bloodgood in attempting to arresti ■ rioter was so severely handled by the mob thit * he lost his shirt and a majority of his panta loons.” Bloodgood, however, showed good blood and justice was triumphant. A Prf.cious Genius.—‘Where islhe Easlf inquired the mistress of a school of one of he: young pupils, whom she was questioning on the situations of the points? North, South, East and West. '•ln the Jug!' answered the little geogra pher. A Hint from Judge Lynch.—At a meeting of the citizens of Natcbes, recently held for (he purpose of devising means to rid the town of in cendiaries. the following resolution was passed: “ Resolved, That the pickpockets, gamblers, , and loafers who have no ostensible mode of mi king a living, be allowed forty-eight hours to leave the city, and qll those remaining alter tbit ■ & time, may expect to receive their just dues. ■ ♦ • The Rev. Mr. Fielding, a Roman Catholic Pne"*”- who had been residing in this city for some tiraf. as assistant Pastor in the Roman Catholic lias, a few days ago, renounced the Romish faith-* and, we arc told, has i« ade a profession of tti, Protestant Episcopal Religion. —Savannah Rcput Not Married Vet* Not married yet! ah, let me think . How horrid is the thought, That eighteen summers have escaped, And still I am not caught; And sti!l--and still —’tis like to be, If things don’t alter soon No matter —I’ll live on in hope, At least another mcon ! No offer yet I—ah, what a thought, For maiden past eighteen, With face and form as faultless too, As any ever seen ; Ah, wherefore do they keep me back, Ah, why this long delay i No man need ask this maid but once, To name the wedding day. _ From the New Orleans Picayune. Sonnet to the first Musquitoe. . Aha ! you herald of a race accurst, . i I hear your trumpet! Now 1 feel your sting, m You ravenous, b'ood-thirsty little thing- p You outlaw little devil you ! How .. W You drink my blood to quench your raging wi - V Come, “blood for blood,” you wretch. J hard to kill, Mg When ’tis my own blood I am doomed to Drink deep, and quaff the red wine till y ou tu ‘ ‘ ’Tis your last belly-full, as ’tis youi first; You’ve got to cie—you’re standing on the • Os deatii: and all because you took Come, say your prayers ; be ready for the w . Once —twice —one instant only to repent } j D.e, wretch ! Go down somewhere, ana • sent you. f. _ - - (Fj* The friends and acquaintances 01 ‘ . „ er . Mrs. Benj. Hall, are requested to attend al of their daughter This Morning, at 9 0 from their icsidence, without further notice^^ MARRIED, t M In Jefferson county, on the 9th instant, V Rev. Joseph Polhili, Major John C. B aB .‘ j p o l- Miss Henrietta A., daughter of Na‘baui * hill, Esq. both of said county. p, || On Wednesday, 15th instant, by the Duncan, S. T. Chapman,‘Esq. Editor, of bus Enquirer, to Miss Cornelia J- P uk ’ well, (S. C.) , I ~— ~~ load ' I Consignees per South Hamburg, April -L ’ Stovall, Simmons & Co; Reese & cra nto«P son; S Kneeland & Son; Goufd & Bulkl)> " & Smith; I S Beers & Co; T Tobin; * Lam J Co; Dr B Harris; C A Greiner; JO Dunlap | Benson; Jeffers & Boulware; H W Sullivan; rott.