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CHRONICLE AM) SKN' TNEL. AU G U S’TTT - ty~- f 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*