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CHKOMOLh ASu SK'.sTiNEL. | AUGUSTA.* FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11. FOr CONGRESS, HINES HOLT, Jr. OF MUSCOGEE. Election o~i F . it Monday in January. Corresponderce oj ihe Chronicle arid Sentinel. Mil EDGEViLLE, NOV. 8, 1840. In the House th s morning, Mr. Hardeman, chairman of the committee un internal improve ments, moved a of the indefinite postponement of the ijill providing for the prosecu tion of the Western ai ji Atlantic Rail Road. After a few remarks by Messrs. Hardeman, Crawford of Richmond, Flournoy of Washington. Rogers and Toombs, the House agreed to re-consider by the fol lowing rote; Yeas 98—Nays 63, The bill “to extend the time for taking eut grants for lands in the counties of originally Early, Irwin, Appling, Hall, Habersham and Rabun, and to provide for the disposition of the same if not granted within the time extended,” being the spe cial order of the day, was taken up, amended and passed. The bill to lay out and organize a new Judicial District, to be called the South-Western Judicial District, being the second special order of the day, was taken up, amended, and passed, after a few re* marks in favor of the bill by Messrs. Toombs and Murphy of DeKalb. Yeas 115 —Nays 61. fcThe bill, from the Senate, (being the bill of the j last year,) providing far biennia! sessions of the Legislature, was taken up as the third special or der of the day, and passed, agreeably to the requi sitions of the Constitution. 5 eas 160—Nays 19. This bill goes into operation from and after 1543. The remainder of the morning was consumed in i acting upon private bills and public bills ol little j interest. This afternoon, the bill more effectually j to prevent the issue and circulation of notes of a smaller denomination than five dollars, was taken up and postponed indefinitely. In the Senate, the bill requiring the Banks to re- | some specie payments was taken up, and passed . with only a single amendment, though many were proposed. Yeas 75 —Nays 5. The ameadment which prevailed was the motion of Mr. Gordon to •trike out the words ‘-or bunks whatsoever and that of Mr. Morris to insert, in lieu of them, the words “other banks or brokers excepted.'' A long and animated debate took place on these motions, which was participated in by Messrs. Gordon, Echols of W., Harris of Burke, Cox, and Miller, n favor of them, and Messrs. Jones, Graves, and Dunagan against them. 1 send you a copy cf the bill as it passed the Senate. The only question be tween the houses i«, that relating to the 4 per cent, law, which was virtually repealed by the bill as it came from the Hou-e. We have yel to see which ' branch will recede. The Senate also passed the j bill to pievenl illegal voting, of which I send iou a copy. It has yet to pa;-? the House; where, judging by the past, it will be 10-t. The Senate I rejected Ihe bill to repeat the act, passed at the last session, to relation to pedlars; and passed the bill Xo amend the rent laws u;’ Augusta, by which sub tenants are made liable for rent while they occupy or use the premises, and provision i« made for the landlord’s tailing possession iu default of the pay ment of rent when due. v \ Nothing else of interest occurred in this branch , •f the Legislature. Q. Lafayette fouise. THIRD DAY THURSDAY. Purse >SO0 —3 mile beat.-. Col. W. Hampton’s ch. f. Fanny ! 1 . Walton & Lamkin’s t. It. Gano 2 2 Col. Johnson’s ch. h. Fordham 3 3 Time—lst heat 6 00—2 d heat 5 55. Fanny the favorite, at two to one against the field, and won the race very handily. Entries for to day. Purse SBO0 —4 mile heats. Col Hampton’s ch. h. Santa Anna, by Bertrand Jr., ©at of Daisy—s years old. Col. Crowell’s g. m. Omega, by Timoleen, darn by (>scar —6 years old. Benton Martin’s z . h. Cavalier Cervantes, by Ber trand, dam by Sir Andrew —5 years ©id. Govoynor of South Carolina. By a slip from the office of the South Carolinian, we learn that the election for Gover nor and J-ieut. Governor of South Carolina took place on the 9lh inst., aad resulted as follows ; jroa governor. Ist Ballot. 3©ha P. Richardson, 104* James H. Hammond, .*47 B. K. Hennagan, (not a candidate,) S David Johnson, “ “ “ 5 FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR, Ist Ballot. Wm. K. Clowney. 94* James Ferguson, 51 J. S. Ashe, 13 Blank, 1 "Elected. t The Inauguration of the Governor elect, took place yesterday. Virginia. The Legislature nave net yet fixed on a day for the election of a United Stiles Senator—Mr. Rives will doubtless be elected, although the Adminis tratio'n party are moving’ heaveu and earth against him. | .Missouri. The Van Buieu majority is about 7iUO. A NswspmK SSpoN-iiru.—Some anonymous fellow-sufferer published somewhere in some pa per, the following lament and storv : “Want to get a few of your papers that have the latest news ?” . Certainly, sir—how n any will you have?” “Oh, three or lour, 1 gt ees will be about enough. I’m going into the country and want to carry the news. They say we arc completely used up.” Here, sir, are the papers. “Well, I thank you f good bye sir !” Would that we could jpay paper maker, com positors, pressmen and devil, as easy as that! “Thank you, Mr. Devil for your weeks’ work!” “Ay, and not pav ? No, vou don’t catch this child !” Pay we must for the'services of others, and while we must j>ay, how c an others expect us to furnish them papers for nothing ? And yel ask such men to pay for their'papers and they think it mean and close listed ! I Publishing papers and giving them away, is a glorious business, if onlvj extensively followed ! Extensive Robber^. —Another burglary— the second within eight troys —was committed on Tuesday night. The jewelry store of Mr. Lavie, No. 56, Chartres street, was entered and robbed of jewelry valued at S7OOO, and S9OO in specie. The robbers climbed the wall in the rear of the building, descended by a ladder and got into the store through the back window.—AW Orleans | Picayune of the 3 d. I The Mail*-. The Charleston Courier of yesterday says:— The Wilmington boat brought no mail, yesterday bevond Petersburg. (Va.;) and there will be five northern mails due this day. From the particu lars 1 ven below, it will be seen that we have lit tle change of receiving a northern mad lor a day or two yet; and that we will therefore iu all probability be disappointed as to the expected re ceipt of the President’s Message to-day. 'Heavy Snow Storm at the North and Impassa ble Condition of the Mail Houle. A gentleman has lavored us with the following intelligence, derived from a letter, dated Peteis burg, (Va..) the s:h inst., addressed to him by a j passenger m the Wilmington Boat, which left I this city on the Ist inst. Tne Boat arrived at j Wilmington, after a tolerbably sraeoth, but long ; passage, about 12 o’clock t oon, on the 2d inst-, ! long after the northern cars had left; and the j passengers were compelled to wait untd half past 10 o’clock next day, wheu they took thecars (the next boat due from Charleston not having arrived) ! reached Weldon about 10 o’clock P. M. Soon after leaving Weldon, it began to sleet and snow and about 2 o’clock A. M., when within 12 miles | of Petersburg, it became unsafe to proceed fu r ther, ' and thecars remained siationary until about 8 o’clock A. M. Further progress was then made by main force, and Petersburg was reached about 1 noon (on the 4th inst.) where the passengers were still remaining on the sth inst., and were i likelv to two longer. The cars, which left Peters burg. on the morning of the for Rich mond. were stopped in consequence of the over turning of the locomotive. The Engueer and i two of the attendants were injured. I Providential Escape of the Hon. Wad nr Thorp- j toy, from a Shocking Death. We derive,from the same source, the following account of the narrow and providential escape of the Hon. Waudt Thompson from l>eing crushed to death by the train of cars. When within a mile and a half of Petersburg, the snow was so | deep in an excavated part of the road that it was I j believed the cars could proceed no further, and S several gentlemen got out to walk to the town, | among whom was Gen. Thompson. The cars 1 were, however, forced on, and while going pret ; tv rapidly, the locomotive propelling them, they ; overtook Gen. Thompson, who being in the j middle ot the track, and neither seeing nor being j I seen, he was knocked down, and the whole * i train passed over him in a state of insensibility. We are truly happy to add. however, that al- ’ though much bruised about the face, yet twenty four hrurs after the accident, he was deemed by j surgeons and others to have received no material ■ injury ; and it was expected that he would be ’ able to proceed, with his fellow-passengers, to Washington, as soon a-, the weather snould mo- j derate and the road become passable with safety. ! Gen. Thompson’s bruises were chiefly about the i face, which was buried in the snow and must have been cut by the ice and stones with w hich it came in contact. 7 here was no indication whatever of injury to his head ; and although there was a little soreness about the knees, no hone was injured. i 1 ■ - 4 frill ! To be entitled an Act to compel the Several Banks of this .State to tedeem their liabilities in specie, and provide for the forfeiture of the ! j charier or charters of such as may refuse. Section Ist. Be it enacted by the Senate and j j the Home of Represents ves of the Stale of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by ihe authority of the same, j That oh the first day of January, eighteen hun dred and forty-one. His Excellency the Gover nor, shall issue his proclamation, requiring that } the several Banks of this State, their branches . or agencies, which have heretofore tailed to re i deem theft liabilities in gold and silver, and all other Banks in thus State, shall on or before the j firr-t day of February, eighteen hundred and I forty-one, pay to any person or persons, other j banks or brokers excepted, in specie, every bill, j note, draft, check, receipt, or money on dcpo»;tc, (except in cases where such deposites arc bv ! terms of existing contracts, payable otherwise them in specie,) issued or received, or which may hereafter be issued or receded by them respec- i lively, upon demand or presentation ; and in ; case any of said Banks, their branches or agen- i c ; es. shall then or thereafter, fail, or refuse to comply with and perform the requi.ernent afore said promptly, then His Excellency, the Gov ernor, on due proof thereof, is hereby authorized and required to cause judi ial proceedings to be instituted forthwith, against such defaulting i bunk, in the Superior Court of the county, where | the same is located, to the end that the charier j of such Bank may be declared as forfeited and i amiuUcd, and that the assets of the same be im mediately placed into the hands of a Receiver, under adequate iecu'iiy, for the benefit of the creditors thereof: Provided, The defaulting Bank shall not within five days after such de mand and refusal to redeem its bill or bills, pro duce satisfactory evidence to His Excellency the Governor, that was an indebtedness then j due to said Bank by the person or persons de- j manding specie, and equal fi#the amount#ihen j demanded. Bec, 2. And be it J filter enacted by the j authority aforesaid. That the Governor, in his . discretion, may employ assistant, counsel to aid the Attorney or Solicitor-General in the success- j ful prosecution of such defaulting Bank or * Banks, and compensate him or tliena pq.r. of auv monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropri ated. Bec. 3. And hr it further enacted by the. authority aforesaid, That the bills of such de- j faulting Bank or Banks shall not he received in \ payment of any public dpc or dues, into the Treasury of this Blate or the Ua;;irai Bank, ex- ; cept those of tire Central Bank of Georgia, ivpifih | shall l>e receivable only in payment ot taxesApad other dues payable to the Stale or Central Bank, j From the Alexandria Gazette, The Democratic Party. Most heartily do we concur with the New York 1 Democratic Press, in its views, as to the true Democratic party of the United States. We have ever considered that the principle* wm advo cated were truly Democratic, and have almost invariably so called them. We repeat, therefore, i the following article from the paper above named i has our full approbation; “The Whigs and their .Conservative allies are now emphatically the Demucrplic party of this i itiion. They arc alike the demonacy of num bers and the democracy in principle. Their course has been directly opposed to the concentration of power in the hands of the national executive and to the interference of the General Government in I the local affairs of the States. These were the; crying sins of the old FcderaFparty, and for this j the nation cast them out from their high places j and doomed them to a long minority. During; the last term of General Jackson, hnd since Mr. | Van Buren came into power, Federalism of the j most odious kind his characterised the policy of i the Administration. . 'The tables have been earn- > pletely turned; men, assuming the name of; Democrats, have acted up to and beyond the worst dogmas of the federal school, while the par ty upon whom these wolves in sheep’s clothing have labored to stamp the ignominious seal of Federalism, have professed and practised the prin ciples of Thomas Jefferson. 'The counterfeit democracy, have been postraled by the genuine republicans ofjlhe country, and the will of the people is again omnipotent. | “What claim has the Administration of Martin [ Van Buren to the title “Democratic?” Why was { old John Adams termed a Federalist? Was it not that he strove to curtail the reserved rights of the Stale Sovereignties, that he endeavored 10 ac cumulate power in his own hands, that he strove to muzzle the press and that he in some mea sures, aflected the state and ceremony of a Euro pean Court. These were some of the principal | charges brought against him ; and a people jeal ous of the least encroachment upon their privil- j eges and of any even the slightest approximation to the government from whose galling yoke they had so recently emancipated themselves, rejected him when he applied for a new lease of power. But John Adams never committed such daring usupations, never ventured so openly to contra vene, dety and contemn the voice of the people, as Mr. Van Buren has done. He never attempt ed to disfranchise a Sovereign State—he never claimed to be a part ot the Legislature—he never originated a law. and then forced it upon the peo ple by a packed House of Representatives mis representing the popular will, after less subservi- j ent and more faithful public servants had five times rejected it—he never wielded the power of a bribed and pampered press,to destroy the charac ter of American heroes and statesmen —he never j charged American merchants with selling their votes and consciences for “ British Gold’’—he | never assumed the pomp of royalty in his fund- j lure and equipages—and, above all, he never at tempted to recognize a standing army, the worst | feature in the policy of despotism. ‘•AH these Martin Van Buren has cither directly j or indirectly done. Rissole aim has been the con- I centration and the perpetuation of power in his j own hands. He has w r estled with the people I for the prize—their highest and dearest piivilegea ! —and they have proved too strong for him. “ (rj> When the “ great Globe ” at Washing ! ton shall dissolve into its “ original elements,” will some chemist be kind enough to send us the result of such an analysis as he may make? We shall receive it as a compliment and a favor. Will ordinary lie dissolve it?” —Crescent City The component parts of the “ great Globe ” are numerous and of a corrupting nature. We have taken some pains to analyse it, and shall forthwith present our inquisitive friend of the Crescent City with a correct account of the in gredients that makes up the curious compound, j For the sake of accuracy, we suppose it to con- , sist of I**oo parts, say Jubegral matter, 1000 COMPONENT PA UTS, Malice .75 Manner 242 Envy 60 Vcnaiity 260 Rapacity 220 Shrewdness 100 Honor 2 Hood faith Sincerity Political integrity 4 Frightened babes 40 1000 I j The Crescent City asks if ordinary lie dis : solves it? By no means; it rather keeps it afloat. ! It is totally insoluble in all the usual menstruum?. | j But when subjected to the action of the concen- I iratcd solution of Truth, a singular change is j visible. It appears to be violently agitated froths i and foams a good deal, seems to have an inherent ! antipathy for the article, and to abhor its power, j as Nature abnors a vacuum. After a while, ! however, it gradually diminishes, and insensibly evaporates into thin air, leaving behind no token of its presence, save an extremely offensive odor, i Upon careful examination, one may discern at j the bottom of the alembic, an exceedingly mi- ; tiuie quantity of some substam e, which from an : apparent want of affinity with the other c»mpu- 1 nent parts of the Globe, has separated from them, j A very careful examination lias enabled us to ' ascertain the nature of this article—it is a mix -1 ture of Sincerity, Good Faith, and Political In | tegrity, but such extremely small proportion to j j the other materials, that the most Ivnx-eyed vision | can alone delect it.™JV*. O. Bee. Salaries of Governors* That “bright penny,” the Baltimore Sun, has i ‘ been curious in comparing the salaries of the 1 dillerent Governors, in the various States of the j Union. From the (Sun's rays, we are able to j mist the following list of compensations: Governor Roman, of Louisiana, £75*10 j Grayson, Maryland, 4200 i Seward, Mew York, 4000 Porter, Pennsylvania, 4000 McDonald, Georgia, 4000 Morton, Massachusetts, 3666 Hennigan, S. Carolina, 3500 Hilmer, Virginia, 3333 McNutt, Mississippi, 3000 Letcher, Kentucky, 2500 Reid, Florida Ter. 2500 Dodge, Wisconsin, 2500 Lucas, lowa, 2500 Pennington, New Jersey, 2000 Moorehead, N, Carolina, 2000 Conway, Arkansas, 2000 Polk, Tennessee, 2000 Woodbridge, Michigan, 2000 Reynolds, Missouri, 2000 Fairfield, Maine, 1500 Shannon, Ohio, 1500 Bigger, Indiana, 1500 Carlin, Illinois, 1500 Comegys, Delaware, 1333 Page, New Hampshire, 1200 Ellsworth, Connecticut, 1100 Jcnnison, Vermont, 750 /ving, Rhode Island, 400 _ ___ From the G messed Farmer. Manage me nt of Fruit Trees,, Preparin'' the Ground for Planting. —The first requisite to procure a good orchard is to se- UyCJt a dry piece of land. A sandy loam is pre ! ferable, but aay laud will answer if it is suliicient |ly dry. The land should be manured, ploughed j at least to the depth of one foot. smd planted with i some hoed crop the year previous to setting the i Uoec. Potatoes are preferable, as they leave the ground well pulverized. Trimming the Top in transplanting.— Trees when first set should he very‘cautiously trimmed, and all or nearly uil the top should be left the i first season. I kimw ‘hat in this particular I ; differ from the commonly received opinion. But I I have learned by sad experience, that Uttßing ofl and mutilating the, top* at the time ol transplant* i ing, retards their growth at least one-half, lor the | fir?t five years. 1 shall here adduce some reasons | why I think it a bad practice, setting aside my experience on the subject. The leaves ol trees aud .vegefihJes are the lungs, through which the sap is eial.OiUvod .and converted into vegetable fibre. This process “ cousfsts in the dccompo | sition of carbonic acid gas, is either brought to j the leaves by the sap. or absorbed directly by the ! atmosphere. The substance of all plants is most ly carbon ; and as carbon {# jUg common state, however nrnuteiy divided, is mostly ,>Jcen Up bv ! ih< saj) of plants, this most essential ingredieM* j* obtained in the form of carbonic acid gas, from Vhfch the oxygen is separated by the leaves un der lilft aoi-ion of light, leaving the carbon ready for assimilation s>r conversion into vegetable fi bre.” From this statement it will be seen that tiie leaves and roots act mutually’; the one is as necessary as the other to promote the growth of the tre*, pnd without this concert of action tne i sap would ascend and descend without adding any thing to the tree; and when the sap returns without being elaborated in the leaves, the roots cense to grew, or at least grow very little the first season. :gwjrwrir ~r;»i mmi m wmm, i i'wi n Misery”""* Washing the Trunk. —Trees should be wash ed annually with soft soap, and well rubbed with a woolen cloth. This is me best preparation that I ever tried to destroy lice, and give a healthy ap pearance to the trees. Orchards should he well ploughed and planted to some hoed crop for four or five years. Erie Co., IS4U. ‘ A. W. B. Lazy People.—Tnanks to Heaven and our ancestors, and to all others who had any hand in making us what we are ; thanks to them one and all that we fvere not born lazy. Laziness has been the parent of all the sins tnat have been com mitted since the morning of creation. Eve was in a lazy fit at the time satan tempted her; if Adam had kept her busy, she would have kept out of mischief, and we should all have been as innocent and as happy as young lambkins. If the antedeluvians had commenced building arks, when Noah preached to them, they might all have been saved : but they were too lazy to work, and so they were drowned in the great aequa cious catastrophe. The reason the Egyptians re fused to let tho Israelites go was because they were too lazy to make their own bricks,and wish ed to compel the Hebrews to do that work for them. The consequences are all known ; they were plagued grievously, and afterwards drowned in the Red Sea. Lazy people in our own days, are constantly plagued themselves, and are ever lasting plagues andjeyesores to others. The sight of a creeping, listless, indolent m n, or woman is misery to the tnnfly, and industrious People of this class are without friends, they are abhorred by their own relations, and universally dreaded. They not only hate to work themselves, hut they 1 hate to see work done, and would fain have the , whole world, a* useless and inactive as they are. Os this kidney are oui loungers, who delight in hanging about workshops, printing otlice£, and every place where they can interrupt business. Had we, as Homer expresses it, ‘A hundred mouths, a thousand tongues, A throat of brass and adamantine lungs, we could scaracely find time and strength to exe* crate, such characters. —Philadelphia Ledger. The Doubly Betrothed : or, the Huiity Conscience Founded on Fact. *BT J. T. S. SULLIVAX, ESq. j “ Thus conscience doth make cowards of us ait.” [Sha/rspeare. Near Coire, in the Orisons, on the road from Lenz, the traveller’s attention is arrested by the picturesque ruins of the castle of Ingegfels, an ancient fortification built on the first rising oi the towering rocks, that appear above its dilapi dated turre.s in the back ground. A pnriion of these crumbling remains have been renovated, and were at the lime to which this narrative, re ers, inhabited by one Stanzoeiger, a worthy old man. and a deserved host. Many a weary tra veler sought for rest and refreshment at his door, j am* never sought in vain. His affability and willingness to oblige and ; make his guests comfortable had given the “cas | tie inn” a very desirable reputation. During the early summer months of the year ! 1787 an English gentleman, on his return Iron, j a winter’s residence in Italy stopped at this hos : pilable dour and requested accommodations for 1 the night. Our host appeared in great distress; | he said his bouse was so l ull, that he feared he S might be unable to lodge “ milord” in a manner ! suiting his rank, although he could give him the nc.-t supper he had eaten since he left Italy. There being no alternative between an uncom fortable night in his carriage and the accommo i Jation offered by Stauzberger, he at once aligfal- I ed, and entered the famous inn. Supper was soon set before our traveller, and ! full justice done to the viands. “Now, for bed,” ' said the Englishman. I “ Milord,” replied Stsnzherger, 14 all my best apartments are occupied, but the picture room j is large aud commodious, and you may not be ! disturbed as others have been.” ; “ Picture room ?" inquired the stranger, “and I raav not Be disturbed as others have been ; what j mean ye, landlord ? Is the room beset by hob i goblins and ghosts?” i “Oh no, milord,” replied our host; “there is a picture only, which nas produced a disagreea ble riled upon nearly all who liave seen it.” j “Nonsense!"' responded the Englishman ; “if a picture is all that is to make me uncomfortable j for the night, I have no fears as to rny enjoying ! a good night's rest. So, show me this picture room, and awake meat an early hour.” Finding himself alone, the traveller exanrin icd his apartment. It was an old-fashionea room, wainscoted with oak, the cornices richiy carved, and ornamented witii rude devices. Here ami there hung an old dusty portrait ol some ances tor of the Slanzberger family, but in none could j he discover anything to give rise to the fears of! the old man. He laughed at the superstition of i his host, and prepared for bed. His bed stood opposite a fire place of huge dimensions; such as arc usually found in these ruins of an'iqui- j ly, over which protruded the grotesque carving in wood, unquestionably a work of great skill lor the days of their origin, in bold relief. On cast ing a hurried glance at these crude ornaments, our traveller discovered a small picture in their centre, which, till now, had escaped his scrutiny, shaded as it had been by the projecting wood i work that encircled It. “This may be the picture ,” said he, as he rose to examine it. And soil proved. It repre sented a face only, but so hideous, so perfectly executed, that at first he could hardly believe it to he a work of art. He took his light to examine it more closely. The glaring eye, the lacerated cheek, the distorted and mutilated nose and mouth, and the gore-c!otted curls, were frightful. He put his linger to the canvas to satisty his senses it was not of flesh, yet feared to touch the wound, dreading llie contact of the black blood that ooped from it. “ Damnable*” ejaculated the stranger, as he once again approached his bed. It vvps in vain —?the picture haunted him—and he again neared it, to satisfy himself it was a work oi art. This he did several times, until the ghastly expression of the features so worked upon his imagination in the dim light of his huge and but seldom fre quented apartment, that he rushed from the hated room, and determined to spend the night below. He paced the large hail where he had supped on his arrival, until the grey streaks of morning broke in upon him. With returning dav, the visions and impressions of the night vanished, and vvuen the landlord inquired after his night’s rest, lie felt ashamed to confess the cause, and laid his sleeplessness to iil-heaUh and over-fatigue. Too much exhausted to pursue his journey, he determined to'defer his departure until the ■next morning, and, if possible to learn the his tory of that dreadful picture. He rose at noon, much refreshed after a morning’s slumber, and sauntered about among the ruins and ancient woods of the neighborhood, enjoy ing the beauti ful scenery and the varied views of the surroun ding Alps. 4 s evening approached, ne desired the landlord would lav,,, him with his company at supper, an invitation oar talkative host could not fgfnse, and whiled away the time* by scrib bling ife cpcHasUng nuisancp, a journal, too often the daiiy record of ths folly and simplicity of travelers, wherein may bf foifmj she vanity and idle ambition of men ; whom we hayg here tofore deemed n» least sensible specimens of our race, and now are forced to confess them tha vic tims of the weak egotism of the male sex. Supper was announced, and our worthy host appeared >;i his best suit, prepared to annoy his guest with all the local adventures ot his me mory. His tongue acquired additional vigor from his frequent potations of the good Rhenish, . and he talked on in a manner that made nis Very 1 unceasing tones at length appear like the monoto nous silence ot solitude—at lea-t so far as the power lo reflect on subjects entirely foreign to his discourse, was concerned. Nothing daunted by the marked indifference and inattention of the stranger, he allowed himself to hurry on m all the wild, and what to him appeared, intensely interesting incidents of his own life, until the traveller put a stop to his narrative by assuming the conversation in the midst of one ot lus. to himself, inspired episodes. -I am forced to confes--, worthy host,” com menced the Englishman, ••that my rest last night was much disturbed by a certain picture in my apartment, from which, I presume, mat room de rives its named’ “The picture over the fire-place?” inquired the old man. “The same,” replied the stranger, “and I would I be glad to learn the name of the able artist, who could so'’depict distorted nature.” “His name I know not,” said the host, “but the history of the picture I can give you. and that is all I know ot the artist who painted it.— About three ybars ago, one cold winter evening, when travellers but seldom visit our desolate mountains, I was startled at the sound of a car riage and loud knocking at the gate. A stranger demanded entertainment, and was of course ad mitted. He desired supper to be served tor two, and requested me to join him. Desirous of learn -1 ing some news of the world, I gladly accepted j the invitation. At supper, I W’as struck by his , peculiar manner, his emaciated form, and the wild and settled melancholy of his countenance. He eat but little, and oftentimes during our con versation, in w hich, however, he exhibited but little interest, lie would turn his head, apparently with unwillingness and fear, first to his left and then to hi* right shoulder, as if he saw some thing behind him, and then turn back again startled ana shuddering. “Anxious to learn the cause of his distress. I inquired if he were ill. Ho replied peevishly in the negative,.and seemed so much annoyed at the question, that I did not repeat it again. He re tired for the night to au apartment in the north wing of my house, where I heard, long after midnight, groans ami exclamations which so alarmed me, that I hastened to his aid, fearing he might be ill, or some one might have entered Ids room. Ou knocking, he opened the door in his n;ght dress, evidently having just arisen from his bed, and with a fearful expression of counte nance, his eyes wildly glaring, he informed me that the cause of the disturbance had been noth ing hut a bad dream and the nightmare, and de sired in future to be relieved from all farther in trusion. “On the following morning he sent for me. I found him walking to and fro in his apartment, laboring under excessive agitation. ‘•I desire to leave this part of the house in- i stantly, and to be furnished with a commodious room elsewhere,” said he. “I at once gave him the choice ol all the lodg- ! ings in the house, and he schctad the one where ! you slept la-t night. Heie he remained locked up, receiving his meals through the half-openeu door, for weeks, permitting no one to enter, and never leaving the apartment himself. “One day he unexpectedly ordered post-horses, ana as he entered this room to settle uis account, j he presented me with some papers, and a roll of j canvas. “When I am gone.” said he, “have this pic- . lure carefully inserted in the circle over the tire place of my apartment. It will tit in, for I nave measured it. Should any inquire after the artist who executed it, let hirq read these papers.” “rie tossed me a purse of gold, and instantly left the house. A few days afterwards, the pos lilhon returned, and stated that the stranger nad 1 committed suicide at the next post-h«use.” “Could I see those papers?” inquired the j stranger. -Certainly,” said the host, rising to get them. I -Should you not feci inclined to repose again in ! that room, you will find ample interest to while away the night by their perusal. They are in Italian; I do not read the language, but have heard the contents translated.” So saying, he produced the papers after a few ; j moments’ absence, and delivered them to the Englishman. Wishing his guest good night, af ter inquiries as to his further wants, the land lord took his leave. The stranger opened the ! mysterious package, and having read attentively, copied it? contents. Translated they ran thus;— -I am a son of one of the wealthiest and most respectable noblemen of the city of Bologna. In my youth I fell in love with the Countess of C—. one of the most fascinating women of her day peace to her ashes!—ai.d was blest in the reci procation of my passion. Our parents had long ! been enemies, the result of an ancient family feud, whose inimical feelings had descended dm - j ing two generations to the children. Love con j quers all things, and it mastered in our young hearts the hatred that had so long existed between the two houses. We met in secret for years, and when I had entered upon the p.ecarious stage ot manhood, I confessed my adoration, and was drunk with delight on hearing the soft avowal : of reciprocated passion from those lips I was ; doomed never to caress. “Two years had passed, yet had I not,found i courage to demand of Count C the hand of his daughter. My father died, and I came into possession of his vast estate s. Having given no evidence of that animosity to the family of Count ; C . which my father never failed to exhibit, j and trusting to the vain hope of conquering the j hatred of the Count, I sought his presence, and asked the hand of the Countess. Enraged at my unexpected request, J was ordered never to cross j the threshold ot his palace again. “I t; ct the Countess, described the scene and ! the insult offered me, and endeavored to persuade her to elope. This she strenuously refused, and with filial attachment depicted the sorrow she would indict upon tbe gray hairs of her aged pa- , rent by such a step. “Many w ere the suitors that sought to win ike ! hand already pledged to me, but in vain; all were J rejected. r I he Countess exhibited soon a fearful change. The rose faded from the check, the lus tre from her eye, and indifference to surrounding objects became more and more visible every day. A change in myself had likewise attracted atten- j tion. and our mutual attachment was on the . tongue of friend and enemy. The Count relented, and having sought an in terview', informed me that, for the sake of his child he would banish the remembrance of the I pa§t and look upon my suit mare favorably. “Ab sent your-self-one year from Bologna,” said he, i “and if you return with the same feelings you now profess, my daughter shall be yours.” 1 willing- 1 !y acceded to this proposal, and look my leave, “Having cultivates a taste tor painting from my you* a. I determined to visit Koine, and there study the great masters in the art. The hour ot part ing arrived—l sought the Countess, renewed my pledge of faith and love, and receiving hers, left her with the firm belief that she vvouid oe mine |as soon as the period of trial had elapsed. It was a vain hope! Treachery thwarted me, and 1 am a wreck. “I reached Rome. I engaged arduously in my study. I occupied my mind with every pursuit • tending to make me the idol of my heart. Four had passed, and vet no letter, no token, no i sign ot a flection came in reply to mine. K I bt- j came restless and uneasy, 1 never dreamed of the possibility ff her infidelity; I could not bring I my mind to injure her by ihe tliopght—and it 1 would have wronged her pure spirit, to have charged it with such a crime. Month after month elapsed—still no evidence of her contin ued affection reache 1 me# I felt an innate sense that our letters were intercepted. I consoled my | self as well as the slight hope now left me would ■ permit, and thought in ont . ■ clasp her to my beating, heart, and calM 1 sl:ai ‘ ! ’ e * S «rn. It was a vaiuhuw M dered about restless and exhausted. ()i!i ‘ a n intimate friend from hologm ID if* 1 I c °S nize first, such chafes not *• , anxiety wrought upr, n my frame- SUc i. _ r( ' nat ar lt phoae haa sleeple*., nights produced - i ni 7; ,U o, , doubts an,J <ear * were happin^J o^ , cold reality to which I was destined ,o^“^ I inquired after the Countess. The y of my friend changed; he looked at me sZi'*' 011 ,ly ; felt my heart sinking within me. capable of one more effort, th ,t of rene-oh. D,? j ‘lotion, is betrothed.” he replied i mernbered nothing more. After a lew week '*l awoke from toe delirious fever into w hich.h: V tal news had thrown me. fan * a ' rounded me. 8 Uccs •*- I “ 1 as stil! in A letter w a3 ha„Aa j rre. It was from her. I broke the seal- “A, S j sl,e wrofe > “ this day the year expires are not her.. I, i, toe true-you i Another claims you as her own ! V oa p f . ' to your vows, false to me ! I have consented n j await this day, and if you came not c | a j |n J I promi-ed my aged father to yield, and row sees me another’s bride.' Let niv leiJ 1 "’ i written during your absence, during a sepaLf*’ which the trust in your fidelity has alone I! a ? : supportable, and which could call no respo - E from you. remain as monuments »f the dom heart you have broken. Farewell. Ferna, Vt e shall meet no more! You will neverVi I a lo ™ mort> pure, more disinterested, more «i. i sacrificing than the one you have di>caided ,M j. “ j saw it all—every treachery had been Drap . j tised, every lalsehood invented lo turn the cu rent of our loves. It flashed upon me like ts j lightning’s flash, and 1 relapsed again into nr former delirium. After an interval ot a mcnii 1 I was again myself, but now only the shadow I ->°‘hing was left my on earth but dt>p a i r a J . revenge. The thought of revenge quickened mv 'little remaining strength, and I soon found mv. ; self on my wayto my native city. I arrived at j night, and gave orders to my household not to promulgate my return. I was obeyed, and th UB j became the unseen observer of Ml that w a «g o in® on about me. I once met her—how charged | was sile! h(, w pallid the cheer k that could once have vied with the rose-leaf; how lustreless the 1 e . ve where love once held bis dazzling throne how- faded the grapeful outline of a form that ! might have served a model for Canov a ! I Wr)U lfl have spoken, hut my longue adhered to mv mouth. .She saw’ me not, hut passed me by. 1 ( never saw her more! That single glimpse j brought back to my heart all the warm anguish o! my youth—all the Are of my first born love! I could not linger on it in such misery. I de -1 lermmed to see, te tell her of my enduring afiec j lions, to convince her of my fidelity. I wroteto her. and entrusted the communication to aeon j fidential servant, with orders to deliver it inse cret, and to her in person. He accomplished mv wishes. hme read the loud confession—the letter dropped trom her hand, and she sunx lack insensible. The servant seized my letter before , the attendants reached the C’ountess’ side, and 1 returned with the news of the sad result. From that shock she never recovered. I followed her ,to the grave. I did not weep—l did not mean. I felt a joy that she at last was mine—at least no mortal could claim her as his own. I felt a ! fiendish exultation spring to life within me, and my whole soul was centered in the longing for rpvenge. Count C. had dud soon alter his daughter's nuptials, and no one s. emed left for my victim bat ti.e unfortunate bridegroom, and him I marked. He had wo n tbe only flower I had cherished from my youth ; for this I hated -him ; he had j taken her when ,e knew her heart was given to j another, fur this I swore vengeance—nor waited j lons for an opportunity. Same tune after her i death, he re-vDitcd alone the summer palace, where he had ei joyed so many hours of undis turbed h rppir-ess with that being whose decease had blotted out all the light that still beamed on my path. The moon was shining brightly. I could distingiush every approaching form as I lay in ambush at the road side. He at length ap peared. He rode heedlessly along, nor awaited the doom that was impended over him. I drag geu him to the earth ; one blow, and he lay sense less at my feet. Fearful that he might yet be alive, I seized a ciub that lay near me, and in flicted a heavy blow on his bead. With his blood died away my feelings of revenge; with his hie, expired, too. my sense of injury ; and as I gazed upon his mutilated features, a voice whispered, “He is innocent I” It was mv conscience. At that moment the houghs alx ve us parted w ith a sudden breath of wind ; the ravs of the moon fell upon that mangled face; I saw the ghastly expression of the dead countenance, and fled the spot a madman. \ ears I've wandered over fo reign lands; yet £0 where I will, the demon fol lows me, whispering “ murderer ” in 'my ear; look where I will, and see!—that fearful counte nance meets my eye. The thought of death is terrible, yet lite has grown a hiueous burthen to j me. In thisdread mountain of desolation, where the wir.ds howl, and the tempest unmolested sports amid the towering Alpine pines, here have I chosen this spot to transfer that demon to the , canvas, that I may grow familiar with his damn ed grinning. My work is done ; I cannot look upon it; it equals not the demon’s glaring, fiend : ifh face. “To the stranger who may be tempted to read tlus sketch ol a broken heart, and repining con science, let me say that treachery and deception drove me mad. Let me ask an impartial judg merit at his hand, and let me request ol him j never to inquire the name of one who is wedded to a persecuting demon —u guilty conscience.' It was day before the traveller had finished his tasK. He immediately ordered his carriage, and hastened to leave a spot where he had passed 1 night not soon to be forgotten. From the Evening Post. A FRAGMENT. She -vr-.s a bright and beautiful being, such as we see in oui dreams of fairy land—no cloud dimmed the radiance of her eye or shadowed the lightness ot that brow ‘where love sat throned,’ ■—she seemed like the habitant of some far off clime ot sunny skies and sparkling fountains, w here song-birds sport amid the sweet air, and. carol forth their music from the invisible spirit oi joyousness—and 1 loved her; How wildly 1 loved that girl. • * » * * M e met when I was in the dawnef existence* when life was all springtime and flowers, and the stream of time went laughing on amid the *vio let banks’—scarce a ripple disturbing the calm ness ot its waves, or ruffling the serenity of it* flow. To me the past seemed a blank. I kne* no happiness that was Viot centered in the present and that present was Ida. s>he gave the colors to all my bliss, and made each scene oi beauty more pleasing, i have gone forth when the moon was riding high above, and each thought and in tent was made sacred by the holv stillness ot the hour—and there , by the timehaunted shrine ot memory dedicated to thee , has thy image been worshipped. Time, change, circumstance, place all forgotten—my spirit dwelt but witn th.ee- • saw f.Vfe in all rny high and fond aspirations for fame and glory ; thine was the name that linge; red to bring me delight whenever it was uttered; instinctively it touched the chords ot niemotv and the sounds of melody they emitted, breathed a sweeter charm than that which drew the warn or to the tented field to bat’le in the cause ot I'*' dy Love. That charm was Ida. Apart hom the sunlight of that influence, the world held no 1 share or part in my affections; they were all tieas*