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SATURDAY MORNING, APRI . (25. *
The Presidency,
In the conclusion of our remarks yt itcrday, on
the proceedings of the great meeting i this citvs
we promised to urge upon the people f Georgia
the support of Harrison and Tyler in pi Terence to
3lr. Van Buren, —a wrk in which we <ig -ge with
the more p'easure, because of a thorough convic
tion, after the most deliberate invesag; r.io-a, of its
propriety and absolute necessity. i
One of the prominent objections whii h has been
urged against General Harrison by the . ah Buren
party at the South, ana also by some vljo would
scorn the support of Mr. Van Buren, i that he is
an Abolitionist. Before we had deterra eji to ur'e
upon the people of Geoigia the claims I General
Harrison, and whiie occupying entii vj neutral
ground to the two candidates, we fell it !u j* to can
dor and truth to correct the grossly er :n|*ous im
pression, which had obtained in Georgia :njlhe sub
ject of General Harrison’s opinions on hi*- absorb
ing question. How far we have succe dc|J in that
effort, those of our realers who hav tjaid any
attention to the conclusive testimon which we
have arrayed before them from time ojime, can
best attest. That we did present an a ray of facts
• which should carry con viction to the m ncjof every
i.npar.ial, candid man, none will deny i arid that it
has had such an effect, the very large meeting in
this citv abundant y attests. And, a thhugh we
feel confident that those who have re d he testi
mony adduced by us, do not desire anj th ing addi
tional to satisfy the doubts heretofore entertained
by them, nevertheless, we shall, in th> p; ogress of
cur defence of General Harrison, sub lit to them
yet other proofs to convince them bey nc the pos
sibility of a doubt of his soundness up n the ques
tion of Abolition.
Our object on the present occasion i , t j present
our readers with a few facts taken fro i ilocumen
tary evidence, furnished by a Cabir t officer at
Washington, conclusively establishing in our mind
the unfitness of our present rulers f r .heir 1 igh
stations. j
It will be recollected by those who are familiar
with the contest which resulted in t e idefeat of
Mr. Adams and the election of Gen. Ji . kjmn to the
Presidency, that one of the n ost promi eijt charges
made against the administration of Ml. Adams,
was, the extravagant and profligate c: pejnditure of
the public money. That this charge contributed
more to the defeat of Mr. Adams tha « any other,
no one who is familiar with that ever ful struggle
will deny. General Jackson was he; ikied as the
champion o r retrenchment and reform in the public
expenditures ; and lie came into pow r pledged to
curtail those extravagant expendilur s which had
been urged with so much success aga usi his pre
decessor. How far these pledges h v< been re
deemed, the intelligent reader is fully aware; it is
only sufficient for our purpose on tb , cccasion to
assert that, *0 far from a reduction of those ex
penditures, the documentary evident ; which has
been furnished from time to time.abu daptly prove
that they were more than doubled ! Bijt that has
long since passed, and we fear it is q itj forgotten
by many whose duty it is to watch w emthe great
est vigilance the operations of the G virnment.—
And our object is now to notice the iteess of the
appointed successor of General Jac tstjn for the
high duties which the People have qlosed upon
him. Unfortunately for the country, hel sme into
power, not to carry out the pledges f Jeform and
retrenchment made by Gen. Jackson, vttich he had
so ruthlessly violated with impunity b ~t he came
into power asserting that “it was glo y l-nough for
him to follow in the footsteps of 1 is jillustrious
predecessor.” That he has redeeme r lat servile
p’edge, we shall now proceed to shei , ly exhibit
ing extracts from the documents fm isaed by the*
Secretary of the Treasury, the Cab :ve: associate
of Mr. Van Buren, which we find ini ocjuoed to the
consideration of the American peoph hi Mr. Bond,
of Ohio, in his Speech on the Treas Iryl Note Bill.
To many of our readers, who 1: ,v.| seen and
heard so much of the prating of th allvocates of
the Administration, about its econot > lind the ex
traordinary frugality with which th pj.-nple’s mo
ney is husbanded, this document |vi 1 doubtless
cause astonishment if not alarm. ' h? t the exhib
it is true, no reasonable man will so • a moment
question, for it comes from under ll j 1 and of Mr.
Van Buren’s own Secretary.
After having noticed and compa :d many other
extravagances of thr present admi dsjration with
the ex -enses of the administration >ftMr. Adams,
which was so much denounced for ts prodigality,
the speaker proceeds ;
I will not detain the committee going into
all the details of these extravagar expenditures,
but will name one or two which hilve recently
attracted my notice. The Secret; ryjof the Trea
sury sent us a document, No. 17 oil the present
session, giving “ the sums annu Sli paid under
each material head of expenditure ” (for the years
1835 to 1838, inclusive. He t er j states the
contingent expenses of the Sen te paid in the
year 1833 to be £127,823 10. A similar com
munication, embracing a detail o ll e annual ex
penditures of the Government ro n the Ist of
January 1817, to the 31st of Dcc liber, 1831,
was made to Congress by this sai ,e Secretary on
the 4lh January, 183 G. and const u es document
No. 39 of this House, in the firs ession of the
twenty-fourth Congress. lam tl is particular in
referring to these documents, bee u: e I intend to
contrast a few of the expenditure in Mr. Adam’s
Administration with those uud» Vlr. Van Bu
ren. The materials for the coi p rison will be
taken entirely from these docu ic its furnished
under the official sanction of the »r. sent and past
Administrations, by the same E et utive otii er.
By document No. 17, ahead’ ujenlioneJ.'M r.
Woodbury states the amount j ffij i n 1838, for
the contingent expenses of the eijate, at
$127,823 10
By document No. 29, before n inj
tinned, he states the a nounl 1 1
for the contingent expenses o; dip
•Senate in 1828, at 1 41,200 00
Thus exhibiting an excess o | $86,620 10
in one single item of expendit re| in the second
year of Mr. Van Buren’s pr> tj economical
Administration beyond the an iupt of expend.-
ture for the same item in the hist year ol Mr.
Adam's alleged extravagant At ministration !
Again. The contingent exj crimes of the Sen
ate as before stated from Mr. 1 odburv’s docu
ment No. 17, r v r 1838, .ire $127,823 10
The contingent expenses of the ei i
ate, as staled in bis document \ ).
39. for tie years 1825, 1 :2J,
1827, and 1828, are 103,295 17
I ,
Excess, $24,527 93
Thus proving that, under A r. Van Buren’s
Admiaistra ion, the Senate, lb a large and de
cided rn ijority in the body in f vt. : of h:s Admin
istration, paid for their coni .gmt expenses in
one year, (1838,) the sum of 5‘.j4,527 93 more
j iti'ta was paid for the same Item in that body
during the whole four years of Mr. Adam's Ad
ministration. —-- -
In document No. 17, Mr. Woodbury states the
amount paid in 1835, for the contingent expen
ses of the House of Representatives, at
$199,950 00
In document No. 30. he states the
amount paid for the same item in
1825, at 54,500 CM
I Excess against the Administration
i in one year. $145,450 00
| In document No. 17, contingent expenses of the
House for 1836. are staled at $200,0 0 00
In doc. No. 39, same item, 1826, 59.000 00
Excess against Administration, $141,000 00
i In document No. 17. contingent expenses of the
House for the year 1837, are staled at
$225 000 00
In doc. No. 39, same item, 1327, 99,735 12
Excess against
In document No. 17, contingent expenses of the
Hou»e for the year 1838, are stated at
$373,960 00
I In doc. No. 39, same item. 1828, 8.1,000 00
Excess against Adminst.in I year, $293,960 00
In document No, 17, contingent expenses of the
House for 1838, are stated at $373,960 00
In document No. 39, same item for
1825 1826, 1827, and 1828,
four years together, stated at 284,235 12
Excess, $89,724 88
Again proving that, under Mr. Van Buren’s
Administration, the House of Representatives,
with a majority of the friends of tne President so
large that they elected their Speaker (Mr. Polk)
on the first ballot, paid in one year. for their con
tingent expenses, the sum of $89,724 88 more
than was paid for the same item in that body
throughout the entire four years of Mr. Adams’s
Administration.
Can our readers, we ask in all candor, after see
ing this expose, remain longer in ignorance as to
the causes which have brought the Government to
the verge of bankruptcy, under an administration
which came into power with an overflowing Treas
ury', during a period of profound peace, save only
with the Seminoles, and yet in the short space of
three years, is now unable to pay the debts of the
Government ? Would any man of sound practical
sense entrust the management of his private affairs
to the custody of a man who would thus manage
his financial arrangements ? Certainly not. If,
then, he would not entrust his private affairs to the
management of such a man, how much more im
portant is it that he should not commit to the keep
ing of such men the affairs of a Government upon
the fate of which hang the destinies of millions of
people !
We are conscious of the aversion of mos*
readers to long articles, hence we are admonished
to bring this to a close, with the assurance that we
shall “continue the hoar-houne” and endeavor to
exhibit still more glaringly the incapacity of Mr.
Van Buren to administer correctly the affairs of this
vast Republic, and to convince the Peop e of tiie
necessity of rallying around the standard of Har
rison and Tyler.
Another Reason.
We have seen nothing so appropriate, in the
whole Presidential canvass, as the following reply
of an inte ligent planter, a few days since, to a
city Loco-Foco, who, while discoursing upon the
Presidential election, and hearing that the planter
would give his support to Gen. Harrison, tauntingly
remarked, “he is a mere Granny.” “So much
the better,” replied the planter, “ the country is
* in labour and has need of his services.”
Wm. 31. Price,
The late District Attorney of New York, who
decamped to Europe, said to be a defaulter, has
addressed a letter under date, Paris, 23d March,
1840, which we find in the N. V. Star, to
Messrs. Curtis and Vanderpool, in Congress, al
ledging his innocence and asking for the appoint
ment of a committee to investigate his accounts
with the Government. He says he shall return
to this country this month.
The Richmond Compiler says, “Doubts in
crease as to the at first supposed large amount of
money carried off by W. B. Dabney, 7’he num
bers of those who believe that he took none have
been added to. In the course of the examina
tions of the Bank, rumor says, that except a very
small amount (about $5,000) checks have been
discovered to represent the deficit. The stronger
opinion is that the transaction through which the
Virginia Bank has been defrauded commenced
many months since; that Dabney was the dupe
of others in its inception ; and that he has been
intimidated into the prosecution of it through
threats of exposure, while he hoped that by that
course those who duped him might be enabled
ultimately to refund the large amount he had
embezzled for their benefit. Whether or no this
will ever be made to appear to the satisfaction of
the law, is problematical; but that public opinion
will settle down to this conclusion we feel satis
fied.”
Correspon ience of the National Intelligencer.
New York, April 19.
Two packet-ships have arrived to-dav with
dates from Havie and Liverpool to the 24i1l ult.,
but as the papers are just up by the Havre pack
et, I have not time to examine them ; and all I
sec is, that there is no remarkable news. Cotton
was on the decline at Havre, and the market was
dull.
I find the following paragraph copied into
Galignani's Messenger from the English papers;
but Galignani well remarks it is but a puff for a
book, and no reliance ought to be placed upon it:
“ We give the following from the Era, a Lon
don weekly paper : ‘lt is on high authority we
are enabled to communicate to the Public that
the United States have made a proposition for
the settlement oi the boundary between New
Brunswick and the State of Maine; which pro
position will be rejected by the British Govern
ment. We can furthermore confidently state it
to be the intentien of Lord Palmerston, as soon
as he is in possession of the entire report of the
Commissioners whom he appointed to survey
the line, to address to the Uni ed States the ul
timatum of England, cal ing on that Govern
ment tor the immediate recognition of the origin
al claim of this country in its full extent. It i<
said that Lord Palmerston has determined or
this extreme course from alarm at the impressior
made by a recent ‘ Exposition,’ the result of at
examination and analysis by Mr. Urquhart o
the papers presented to Parliament relative to th<
Boundary (Question.’
Pennsylvania.—The Legislature of the
State, whert it adjourned on Friday last, adjourn
el to meet again on the 12th div of next month
(May.)
r If there be one, and we apprehend there are j
* many, among our numerous readers who thinks
the opposition in Georgia to the Administration
. ought to stand aloof in the present contest for
President, we commend to his special attention
; the following calm dignified and very sensible ar
ticle from the Boston Courier, a paper which has
) heretofore occupied neutral ground in tnis con
■ test, but has now doffed its coat and “ enlisted
j for the War.” It is an article of singular force
* i and ability, and addresses itself to the common
t sense of every reflecting man.
* The Government and the Country.
It must he a subject of congraulalion to all
j well-wishers of the prosperity of our country,
? that at last a fair issue is making up for the de
ci-ion of the people at the next Autumn Elections.
The government of Van liuren has lasted long
IO . .
' enough to afford to every citizen an opportunty of
' judging of its character and of the Jesuits it may
’ lead to. if extended for a still longer term here
; after. No trifling indication of its true nature
may be found in the fact, that during the three
years of its career, none of its opponents have
been conciliated, excepting those whose opposi
tion once constituted its greatest recommendation.
The accession of South Carolinian Nullification
to the ranKs of the administr. tion, constitues a
strong argument among moderate men in other
Stales, for its condemnation. Another fact is
, equally strong against it; and ibis is, that the
divisions, whicli heretofore existed in the oppo
’ sition, have been ail made up. The reason for
' which can only be found in their increasing dis
-8 like of the common opponent. The misconduct
' of the ruling powers is so palpable as to demand
’ of their patriotism a sacrifice of their mutual ani
mosities, in tones which cannot he resisted. Lit
tle attachments to men have given way to com
mon attachment to the country. And disputes,
which were of no service but to encourage evil
doers. have been hushed, in the desire to fra ■ e
a single energetic combination. The question now
• before the nation is not one about men. It has
» little reference to any admiration of this or that
party idol, It is a higher, and yet quite as sim
ple a tone, agitated between the government on
one side and the country on the other. An army
of office holders and office-expectants are con
tending with the active and industrious of pri
vate life, upon the point, whether the nation is
hereafter to go forward as it has done since 1789,
or whether it is to go backward to where it was
in 1785, and the other years of the Confedera
. tion. A period of poverty and wreb hedness,
w'hen no industry flourished but the indutry of
’ the lawyer, and no wealth was created excepting
that made by usury feeding upon the vitals of
labor.
Things being thus, it must strike every one
i that neutrality can no longer be considered a vir
r i tue. Whatever individuals may think of the
j man who has been named as the candidate of the
t [ opposition for the Fresidencj’, they must remem
ber that a prejudice against him, which shall be i
. so far indulged as to prevent their voting, will
t work not so much injury to the candidate him
, self, as to the cause which they have most at
heart. Arid, furthermore.that if it is an object
to bring round a charge of public measuers, which j
shall aaaiu assure to labor the bread it fairly earns
it is not right to quarrel with the only present ]
: method by which that change can he brought
; about, merely because it does not exactly square
! with the notions of political justice they may
j consider to he the best. We are among those who ;
have as many personal feelings to sacrifice, as
probably any of the community. The confession
of this, however, so far from derogating, in any
degree, from the force of the argument in sup
port of the nomination, appears to us to bear
directly the other w ? ay. If the end in view was
only the elevation of the man, W. H. Harrison,
the work might be left to the partizans of his
who would expect to gain office by his success. j
But it is wholy different from Ibis—and one
which makes individuals sink into insignificance
in the comparison. That end is to renew the
energetic action of the Un-ted States to make
our citizens what they have been, industrious and
useful, without converting then) into gambling
! speculators, ravenous place-hunters, or despair
ing idiers The present administration in a dead
weight upon the country —and if human energy
can succeed in throwing it off', no matter by what
• means or instruments, provided only the lair and
honest, every inhabitant wili have an opportunity
to feel compensated in his business far his exer
tion, even if he should never be led to think
1 again of the'iodividual for whom he may have
voted in the process.
The country is suffering from one end to the
o'her, by a <aus which ;s not the less active, be
cause a majority of the voters have not yet been
1 able to fully understand it. That the persons
whom they have loved to honor, and upon whom
they have showered all the blessings in their
power, politically, to confer should turn out to
have been incompetent to the management of the
i trust committed to their rare, is too mortifying
j an i lea to their pride to allow of any hut a very
reluctant confession of it; truth. Yet this is the
r true, and the only view, if wm would seize a j
5 complete conception of our present difficulties. j
| i The administration may have been corrupt, but
it might be difficult satisfactorily to establish the
truth of the allegation if we advanced it; and we
1 have no desire to assume the ground of merely
t general invective. It has manifestly conducted
t the affairs ol the government upon the narrow-
I cst partizan basis, but even this might he pardon
ed, it able and energetic agents had been employ
ed upon a strongly conceived and wisely matured
» system. Unfortunately, there has not been a
f sign of such a thing. What system has been
adopted is only a system of casual expedients,
1 taken up for the moment without reflection, and
' dropped when-fcjipericnce proves their inefficacy.
And the agents stand before the nation without
a single lecommendalion beyond their zeal in
electioneering. Hence it is, that while the party
was thriving, the country was going backward un
til mailers have come to the pass they are now in.
» The nation was prosperous just so long as the ad
, ministration was engaged in the simple work ofun
- ; settling all the foundations of its prosperity—but
1 I now that the edifice has tumbled over this heads,
» ■ and it becomes necessary to think of building up
s anew, is the moment when the incapacity of the
master builder and his journeymen oecomes daily
> more apparent. In order to conceal this a little
; longer from the senses of their suffering votaries,
i the officers in the pay of the Government are bu
: sily employed in drowning all sense of pain, with
• shouting democracy into their ears. But it will
i not do. For common sense will teach any body "i
t that that cannot lie sound democracy which ruins |
r the prosperity of the people, or which undertakes
v a business for which the managers know them- f
- selves beforehand to be utterly unfit.
It is very true that, in the United States, it is !
t easy to gel along in conducting of public affairs |
a with very little wisdom, as in any country under ;
e the sun. For no where is it so practicable to
y make error acceptable to the majority who rule,
!- by merely dressing it in a fine party uniform,
i* There are many among us already lo swear black
i- is white, if the authorized organs of the demo
ns cralic party find it expedient to require such a
n mark of devotion. There are others who per
n Cecily understand what freedom of the mind is,
n hut reserve the partial exercise of the privilege
>f only for those occasions when the cause of 'he
ie party may be advanced by it. \et after all, these
people may never constitute the rnajoiify among
us. They only serve to mislead and to perve t
the plain judgement and sound common sense of
'* their honest neighbors. And when the lapse of
time brings about the proof of error, by showing
h the consequences of ignorant and unskilful agents,
then is their power wholly departed from them.
| The progress of public distress, and the hour of
danger, are fatal to quack politicians. Exactly
in the proportion that the deception has been
successful, for a season, is the retribution likely
to be severe. rerhap> it has not yet made its ap
proach indubitably known; but it must come,
soon or late. Nothing but a total reformation of
the public policy, such as can never be expected
from the present rulers, can avert it from ultima e
ly falling upon them with crushing force.
We do not imagine that the labors of men will
contribute half so much as the inevitable march
of events to this consummation devoutly to he
wished. Yet even they shall not be wanting, at
least so far as our vote is concerned. Without
entertaining a particle of personal preference be
tween the individuals wnose names ate before
the public as candidates, or the least expectation
of benefit to ourselves, greater than every free
citizen will share in common with us. from a
change of administration, we do yet earnestly de
sire to contribute something to a correct under
standing of the reasons which requi e, at this
moment, such a change. Multitudes of honest,
sound-hearted, well-disposeci individuals, have
suffered themselves to he for a moment led away
by their feelings, acted upon, as they have been,
by the flashy, common-place and tinsel declama
tion of active and ambitious demagogues. They
have not perceived that these speakers are gen
erally of that class which hold in one hand the
loaf of office, while with the other it helps to blow
the beautiful soap-hubbles which form the only
food they ever furnish the many, in return for the
help they ’•eccive by their votes. They have
not fully understood that the joys of freedom of
thought are promised to them oqty that they may
the more certainly become bondslaves to the
bidding of the democratic chiefs. They have
been treated like raw country boys, whom a
clever recruiting-officer strives to enlist into the
ranks, by talking of the pleasures and freedom of
a military life, and showing to them the hard
money bounty, while he leaves them to find out,
after it is too late for them to help themselves,
the pleasures which Florida swamps.yellow-fever
and Seminole Indians will give them. But they
are not yet so far engaged in the swamp which
the President has made out of our public affairs,
but that one vigorous effort on their part may yet
set them free, and we hope for their own sakes,
as well as ours, that they will not hesitate to
make it.
In all political history, there never yet has
been a greater deception than this freedom of
thought, as connected with the rulers of the de
mocratic p»rty of the present day. Lei any man
but cast a single glance at the House of Repre
sentatives of the United States. Let him per
ceive that, upon a measure palpably wrong in
principle, the only speaker in its favor is David
Petnkcn of Pennsylvania; his only argument is
the moving of the previous question; and yet,
that it is carried by the full vote of the demo
cratic members ; and let him ask himself, how
much freedom of thought, was allowed to every
one of those members, before he put in his vote 1
i He may then judge what the professions of elo-
I quent partizans a~e really worth. He may then
understand what good sense, right principle and
honest intentions will avail, to resist even the
worst measures which, under such a system, the
' heart of man can devise. He will then under
stand that any reform will he a good reform, and
I that, although no party may be perfectly free
| from the reproach of intolerance, towards dissent
I from its favorite doctrines, yet, th >t there is a
great difference between one party, in which
; personal integrity, capacity and long experience
are a’lowed some portion of the respect to which
they are justly entitled, and the other, in w hich
all these considerations are entirely lost sight of,
in the one great object of ruling by the mere
force of numbers, and without any regard lo
right.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
Washington, April 20, 3 p. m.
United States Senate.
The mournful intelligence of the death of
Hugh Lvwson White, of Tennessee, was re
ceived in this city yesterday. He died on the
10th of this month, at Knoxville. The lullow
ing is an extract of a letter, dated
“Knoxville. April 10. 1840.
“It is with feelings of the most heartfelt sorrow
I announce to you the death of our venerable
friend, Judge White.
“In the midst of numerous friends and rela
tives, he breathed his last at half past eight o’clock
this morning, without a murmur or a groan.—
Pure as his spirit came f om his Maker, it return
ed—and although he wished to live, he invariably
said that he had no fear of death.”
Immediately after the Senate met. Mr. Ander
son of Tennessee, arose, announced the melan
choly event in very appropriate terms, and paid a
merited tribute to the character and services of
the deceased. He then offered resolutions ex
pressive of the sensibilby with which the Senate
■ received the intelligence, and directing that the
members should wear the usual badge of mourn
ing one month. He also moved that as an ad
ditional testimony of respect, the Senate should
| immediately adjourn.
| Mr. Preston rose and seconded the resolution
in a speech imbued with deep feeling, which pro
duced a strong impression on the Senate and on
the audience.
The Sena e then adopted the resolutions unani
mously, and immediately afterwards adjourned.
House of Representatives,
general appropriation bill.
At one o’clock, the House resolved itself into
Committee of the whole, (Mr. Casey in the chair)
i and too* up the bill making appropriations for
\ the civil aud diplomatic expenses of the Govern
\ ment.
Mr. Everett, of Vermont, rose, and addressed
the committee at length on the general policy of
the Administration.
One cause of the extremely discursive and de
sultory character of the debates on the bill un
doubtedly is. that the President’s message has
never yet been referred and considered in Com
mittee of the Whole. It was the practice for
members to take the occasion of the House being
in committee on the message, to express their
views in reference to the general polity of the Gov
ernment, and its leading measures and doctrines.
This usual opportunity not having been afforded,
they have tanen advantage of the appropr ation
bills being under consideration in committee,
where the previous question could not be applied,
to make these general political speeches.
Accident. —A man yesterday, while hurry
• in ? great speed round a corner, met two ladies
5 °f his acquaintance, and pulling off' his hat foi
‘ getfully, the following load of freight tumbled
i about the side walk :—Two apples ; seventeen
f old letters; several unpaid bills,one of which for
j >1 25 was receipted ; one clean shirt bosom and
1 and collar; cigars ad lib.; a bottle of sarsaparilla
| syrup; apairof globes; a pair offal-e whiskers,
| a number of the Boston Notion; ditto of the
Brother Jonathan; half a pint of pea nuts; two
pair of browu drilling pantaloons; and Harrison
song book. The articles we understand have been
nearly all recovered.— Picayune.
Emigration.—The official returns, made to
the English House of Commons, of the number
of emigrants who have embarked from the various
ports of the United Kingdom during the year 1
show 62,207 persons have emigrated from that
country. Os these, 12 658 have proceeded to the
North American colonies; to the United States
33 536 ; to the Cape of Good Hope, 227 ; and to
the Australia colones. 15.786. Os the number
which came to the United States, 30,142 were
from Scotland, and 2,843 were from Ireland.
Fire Days Later from Europe*
The packet ships George Washington, Irom
Liverpool March 25, and Chades Carrol!, from
Havre March 25, have arrived at New York.—
We are indebted to the New York Herald for
an extra containing the latest advices:
There was a report in London that the King
of Hanover was dead.
Lord Lyndhurst was dangerously ill on the
22d March.
Cava i) a. —A motion has been made to have
all the expenses of Lord Durham and Powiett
Thompson, as Governors of Canada, laid before
Parliament.
France. —The question on the Secret Service
Money had not \et been decided on.
Toulon, March 18.—All the ships in our road
stead are getting ready for sailing at a moment’s
notice.—They are expected to be sent on a cruise
oil the coast of Africa, from Algiers to Morocco,
during the continuance of the expedition against
Ahd-l Kader. It is almost certain, however, that
the Emir obtains all his ammunition from Mo
rocco by land-carriage, and this we shall never be
able to prev nt.
Emigration from Germany to the Uni
ted States. —“At no period,” the Mayence
Gazette observes, “was emigration to North Amer
ica so considerable as at present. The emigrants,
in general, are families in easy circumstances,
some even rich, and whole caravans of them are
daily passing through this town. The Ameri
cans will be delighted with thrir new colonists,
as most of them are young, active men, between
20 and 30 years of age. On the 13th and 14th
instant, upwards of GOO persons left the environs
of Alzei for Havre by land. Only a short time
ago, 60 persons from Bingen, Upper Hesse and
Rhenish Prussia, took the same road, and will be
followed to-morrow by as many more from the
Grand Duchy of Baden.”
Chinese Affairs.-Ii is well known that dou
ble pay has been given to some parties engaged in
hastening and accompanying the armaments to
China, and that at our arsenals the sabbath has
been employed to expedite the completion of the
required instruments of destruction. Besides the
addition to our taxation for the increase of the
army and navy, the price of the tea has advanced
more than Is. 3d. per pound, which, on the an
nual cons imption of the kingdom, amounts to
upwards of £2,500,000 sterling, chiefly paid by
the working classes.— Standard.
From the Brrston Mercantile Journal.
Adventure in the Cumberland Mountains.
Some years ago some gentlemen went on a
hunting excursion to the Cumberland mountains,
which divide Virginia from Kentucky. They es
tablished their camp in a wild, secluded valley—
and made preparations tor a week’s capital sport.
But on the first day’s diversion, Capt. Stanwood,
a brave and athletic officer in the army, strayed
away from his companions in quest of game—
and after wandering about for some hours, was
obliged to entertain the very unwelcome opinion
that he had lost his way. But accustomed to a
backwoods life, and armed with a good ride, a
tomahawk and hunting knife, he did not regard
the event in so serious a light as many would
have done—and, indeed, if he had been provided
with provisions, he would not have suffered a
moments uneasiness about the matter.
As the shades of night began to fall, he struck
a light with the fire-works he carried in his pock
et, built a good fire with the diy wood which he
found in abundance around him—places his arms
in such a manner that he could seize them in an
instant if necessary, then stretched himself upon
the ground, and overcome with the fatigues of
the day, slept soundly until morning. He then
arose and resumed his attempt to find his way
back to the camp. He soon came to a portion of
this unexplored wilderness, where the trees were
not large, but w here there was a dense grow th of
underwood—and after he had been with much
labor striving to make his way through it for
about an hour, he became aware that some wild
animal was follow ing in his footsteps.
He cou ! d distinctly hear the cracking of the
hushes —and could now and then catch a glimpse
of the creature through the bushes at a distance
—yet he was unable to ascertain the species of
animal which seemed so kindly determined to
cultivate an acquaintance with him. He howev
er looked to the priming of his nffo, loosened his
knife in the sheath, and prepaied himself to make
a desperate struggle, if attacked.
It was not long before he emerged from the
thick growth of underwood, and found himself on
the side of a barren mountain, where the rocks
were disposed in platforms and shelves, one over
the other, and exlending apparently to a great
distance. He stepped out on one of these plat
forms. and commenced walking off rapidly, with
the intention of putting as inuch space as possi
ble between him and bis prowling enemy—occa
sionally looking back to learn if he was followed.
He had not gone more than a hundred and forty
yards, before he saw creeping out of the thicke-,
with a stealthy pace, an enormous panther, or
catamount, which took a ledge above him, and
foil iwed after him, apparently resolved that they
should not part company until they had become
a little belter acquainted with each other’s merits.
Captain Stanwood. although brave and tnu-ed
to perils by flood and field, well knew the char
acter of his cunning and ferocious companion,
and did not feel so much at case, as if a deer, or
even a wolf or near, had come out of tl e thicket.
He knew- that he should not get rid of the pan
ther until after a combat, which must lesult in the
death of one. perhaps both. He was a good
marksman—but he well knew the consequence
of only wounding his antagonist—and resolved
not to fire at him until he could be sure of lodg
ing a ball in his heart — otherwise the ferocious
beast would spring upon him, an r ’ in his rage and
agony tear him from limb to limb.
They journeyed onwarcs in this way, for a
distance of two or three miles—whenever Capt.
Stanwood stopped, his enemy on the ledge above
him would also stop and lie down, with his huge
paws projecting, cat-like, from his breast, as if
ready for a sudden spring. At length Capt. S.
found himself approaching the termination of the
rocky ledge and was very anxious to bring the
affair to a crisis, before he entered the wood—
where the advantage would be altogether upon
the side of his grim adversary. Besides, the pan
ther had been gradually lessening the space be
tween them, and was now within a distance of
not more than sixty or seventy yards.
He slopped—the panther also stopped—(’apt.
Stanwood looked to his flint, and primed his rifle
with fre-h powder. He also took his hatchet and
knife from his side, and placed them on a rock,
breast high, against which he was standing, that
he might seize them at once if his rifle should
fail him, and he be compelled to grapple hand to
hand with the fiercest and most dreaded of the
inhabitants of the wilderness. He then put the
rifle to his eye, and directed it towards the white
spot upon the panther’s breast, which was visible
from the spot upon which he stood. It was an
anxious moment, and he fancied for a moment
that his nerves trembled. He knew that his life,
perhaps, depended upon the accuracy of his aim
and he resolved to suspend operations a min
ute, for his nerves to acquire their wonted rigidi
ty. He then again coolly raised his rifle—put it
to his shoulder, and the sharp report reverberated
from the sides of the mountain. He saw, through
the smoke, that the catamount sprung*upwards
six or eight feet, and he fell motionless upon the
rock. Captain Sianwood reloaded his rifle, and
then ascended to the side of the mountain, until
he reached a spot above which his enemy lay ex
tended— he fired another shot at his head, but the
animal moved not —and he was convinced that it
was dead. He then found, on examination, that j
the first shot had pierced hi# thorax, and perfora- j
ted his heart.
Captain Stanwood went on Lis way, rei o ,
that he had so fortunately escaped. K e
the forest before tiim, and pursued a dire
which he thought would »a'<e him to the ! ° n
He was fatigued and hungry—but late ia
ternoon a black bear crossed his p-ah an ] 6
ing a half stifled growl, seemed inclined to
putc his further progress. A bullet from the (•
tain’s rifle, however, put an end to4h e conn-* i ’
fore it had hardly began—and in a few ' e *
the bear was flayed, and our adventurer UnU es
ed on, carrying on his shoulders the
of the animal, and enough of his flesh to
him fora good supper and breakfast on t'
lowing day. He came, about sunset, to ful "
ledge, in which was a cave, where he h r
idea of passing the night—and was ahom
eringsome materials fora fire, v j,- i' U
ded to proceed on his way as ° c °.
lasted. He soon reached the hank* * r
stream, which he could not ford 3 3
knew' was hut a few hours walk from
and concluded to return to the cav e I ** Cam P*
supper, and take up his lodgings for the°n T ne
and in the morning resume his journev. " s u "'
It was quite dadt when he reached die Cav
He entered it, placed his rifle against
with which the floor of the cave was covert’
when, to his astonishment and horror, he Krag ,
a man’s foot! He spiang back and caughu* 1
his rifle—at the same time he heard the individual
whose slumbers he had thus unceremoniously,
ten upted. jump up and seize his arms. s,l*
wood yelled out in a voice that must have alarm
ed all the wild beasts within earshot, “Wh
there 1 Speak quick, or I fire.”
The occupant of the cave hastily answered “4 *
friend ! Don’t fire ! Stanwood, I’m glad I’ve found
you at last.” u
Stanwood recognised the voice of Captain
M ilson, an old friend and companion in arrn s
who had made one of the hunting party and
who, it appeared, bad started that morning alone
in quest of his friend, who, he rightly imagined
had lost his way. He had hit upon his track in
the afternoon, and followed it until he came to
the spot where lay the carcase of the bear— and
continued on until he came to the cave, where
finding that Stanwood had gone on, Wilson
worn out with fatigue, resolved to abide till morn
ing. He had thrown himsel down on the leaves,
ami had j ist fallen into a sound sleep, when he
was aroused by Stanwood seizing him bv th»
leg.
The friends struck alight—made a rousing fire
roasted and eat some huge slices of “bear venison”
—and passed a comfortable night in the cave—and
toe next morning returned to the camp without
meeting with any further adventures.
From the Louisville Literary News-Letter.
On Courtship.
BV A RETIRED BACHELOR.
As matrimony' is the most important duty a
man owes society, it follows that courtship, which
is the avenue leading to it. is worthy of great
consideration. To conduct a courtship with con
summate tact is an evidence of uncommon en
dowments. The grateful suitor is often more in
debted to the excellence of his management,
than to any more solid pretensions, for his suc
cess, An awkward, bungling wooer is either pi
tied or ridiculed by the lady in the case; and one
who is deficient in skill in courtship, is adjudged
lacking in the gifts most desirable in a husband;
just as he who makes a wry face at sangaree is
not expected to he a proficient in the imbibition
of m n! julaps.
There are but few pleasures which have recei
ved such high eulogiums as courtship. From
Jacob to Addison, the most distinguished of our
species have added testimonies to the exquisite
ness of that delight; and I, at an humble distance,
following their examples, like E ihu, will ‘also
speak mine opinion.’ My experience, like Ches
terfield’s, encircles the giddy round of pleasures;
and in looking back on the v u riegated path [
have trod, 1 discover no flowers ot such surpass
ing beauty and fragrance blooming thereon, as
those which appeared in the sunlight of the hope
which the Inver only knows. The alte; nations of
hope and tear.—the pre-eminent luxury of a smile
and the endarkened terror of a frown.—the pen
dulum-iike swing ng between the shade of night
and the lustre ot day—the gay som aersetls from
j the Greenland of despair to lae Calypso of bliss,
i so far from producing an excitement which with
ers the blossoms of happines, only causes a suc
cession ot clouds and sunbeams most congenial
to their growth. W hile one is engaged in woo
ing the fair being whom his fancy has deified, he
may, it is true, occasionally be plunged in agony;
but what is such distress to the paradise which
comes over the heart, when from that sea of doubt
and distress the benignant form of hope is seen to
ri-e in all the beauty of Gytherea’s goddess!
While reverting to these ineffable delights, a vast
torrent ot association is pouring down from the
heights ot the past and though radiant bows are |
spanning its sprays, yet my feelings are sad, for
they remind me ot joys gone, forevei gone in that *
voyage from which there is no returning. Au
roral lights in all their blended beauty and bril
liancy ot hues are for the contemplation ot my
memory, while to my hope the sky wears the
cheerless blue of winter. The past has many
oases gemming its wastes, while the future stret
ches down before rne in all the nakedness of a re
gion .swept by the storms of Spitzhergen. To
one in my situation, memory is a most benignant
goddess. With a pencil of light, she m kes the
curtain of the past brilliant with pictures ofscenes
forever flown, and on them I love to linger with
all the fondness which beams from the eyes of
the Oriental worshipper when gazing on the mys
terious beauty of the evening star.
It it daring the progress of a courlship that the
power ot the lair is peculiarly acknowledged.
Woman is then the tyrant and’man the suppli
ant at the teet of the haughty empress of his af
fections; and it is a singular attestation to the
truth of this power, that even in those barbarous
nations where she is condemned by law and.cus
tom to the most degrading servitude, woman
sways an unquestioned sceptre o* er the conduct
ot him who is afterwards to be her tyrannic lord.
Among barbarians, while men are wooers they
are obedient to the mandates of those whom they
adore. But this vassalage of the sterner sei
lasts but tor a little while. Matrimony reverses
the relations of the sexes, and he, who whiles
suitor, was as tractable as a lamb, when a bus*
band, rules with an unrelenting tyranny.
days of chivalry are often referred to as the pe
riod when the fascinations of the fair were most
scrupulously acknowledged. During courtship
this was the case, but when the suitor became the
lord, his right to iule with sovereign sway was
undisputed. .There never was an age or nation
in which the influence of woman was so u ai ver '
sally fell as it is in our own country at the P re ®“
enl day. Now is the golden age of woman*
rule. He who refuses to wear the yoke, is regar
ded as a wretch beyond the hope of redemph° n '
But I wander from ihe immediate subject u»d fr
consideration.
In the East, at the present moment, he w ' lo
would win the smile of woman must wear awhile
the yoke of servitude. All remember how long
he who saw the ladder in his vision by the way
side, served for the light-lipped lady of his love;
and from that time to the present, the rule h aS
been unchanged, and the suitor must work for
one he loves. Seven years !ah>r is frequent
the price at which the lover purchases his m' 3 *
tress. Labors he not lightly? Aye, he
would not be cheered through the sultry heat
twice seven summers, by the smile of
whom he was laboring, lacks that devotion wm c
elevates him who is the subj cr of it and is Joe
jta her whom Le worshps. We have laflen ° s
( belter times, and though we give no such eviden
ces, yet is our devotion as true as that which m*