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LOVE AND WAR.
March ! nor heed those arms that hold thee,
Th >u«h so close they round thee come ;
•Closer still they will enfold thee,
When thou bring’st fresh laurels home.
Dost thou dote on woman’s brow 7
• L»ost thou live but in her brenth ?
March! one hour of victory now
Wins thee woman's smile ti'l death.
Oh ! what bliss, when war is over,
Beauty's long miss’d smile to meet,
And, if wreathes our temples cover,
Lay them, shining, at her feet.
Who would qot. that hour to reach.
Breathe out life’s expiring sigh
Proud as waves that on the beach
Lay their war-crests down and diet
There ! I see thv soul is burning ;
She herself, who clasps thee se,
Points, ev’n now,,thy glad returning,
And, while clasping, bids thee go ;
One deep sigh, to passion given,
One last glowing tear, and then—
March ! nor rest thy sword, till Heaven
Brings thee to those arms again. Moore.
From Fraser’s Magnssine fur May.
SUMMER & WINTER EVENINGS
SUMMER EVESINO.
How bright, and yet how calm, this eve !
Above, below, all seems to me
So lovely, that we might believe
'Twas nature’s jubilee,—
For earth and sky, this glorious even,
Seem glowing with the hues of heaven.
How beautiful that vivid sky,
Lit by the parting sun’s last rays !
We gaze, till it appears more nigh
And fancy, as we gaze,
That deep blue sky a boundless sea,
Covered with vessels gloriously.
Yes ! each dark cloud a barque appears,
Each whiter one the foam—
There one to distant countries steers,
While these sail quick towards home;
And all look most intensely bright,
Glowing in heaven’s own glorious light.
Turn now towards earth, and even there,
AU, ail is beauty and repose—
The perfume breathing evening air
Is wafted o’er the rose ;
While a thousand bright and glowing fl»wers
Are cooled with dew in these evening hours.
And hush’d the sky-lark’s merry song,
And silent all the humming bees :
The soft west wind, that sighs among
Those gently waving trees.
Seems t» lament each parting riy.
Until the next return of day.
WINTER EVENllta
The bright and glowing snmmei’s past?
‘ Tis winter, and in storm and rain
The day was darkened—now at last
The sun appears again
Just for a moment glads our sight,
And seen midst cl uds seems doubly bright
Again look upwards—once again
Behold the wintery sun has set;
None of thoes summer barques remain;
A nobler image yet
Strikes on the Christian gazer’s mind.
And leaves all others far behind.
The sun whose way through that expanse
Has been since "first his course began,
Through storms Si clouds, seems to our glance
A fitting type of man; -
For thus the Christiau’s narrow way
With clouds are darkened day by day.
Thus, as the sun in winter’s gloom
Sinks more than ever bright.
The Christian's hopes hiX way illume,
And gild his path with light;
As the sun sets, the Christian dies
But on a brighter, happier day to rise.
Anecdote. —As Messrs Webster and
Ewing were wending their way to Circle
ville, when ab >iu seven miles from the
town, their passage was intercepted bv a
fiee w ich had fallen across the road, and
which an honest yoeman was leisurely
cutting out. They surveyed tho premi
ses, to see how the difficul y might be
overcome. Oar knight of the axe, not
Inowing either of the distiqgushed Sen
ators congratulated, himself on the timely
airrival of two such hale and able bodied
men to his assistance : and very frankly
advised them, as the best means of esca
ping the difficulty, to get down from their
carriage, and aid him in the removal of
the obstruction. Pleased with lhe repub
lican plainness of the suggestion,and find
ing the man’s strength inadequate to the
task in hand they followed his advice.—
Mr. Ewing first took the axe, and wield
ed ii with effect,as he does his arguments
[n the Senate and at the Bar. He was re
lieved by Mr VVebster,who was less fam
iliar with chopping logs from the road,than
with removing the obstructions of choplo
£ic from the wheels of government. Hisef
forts were so labored and ineffectual, as
to at tract the notice es the woodsman, who
declared to him, ’‘you are not doing your
best now, sir ? —you must be playing the
possum! You don’t bend your hack
epough, sir.” The tree cut off and the
way cleared, our travellers resumed their
journey—and left the countrymen bies
sjng his stars that they had been directed
4hat way, (which was off the main road,)
that propitious hour.
OPOSSUM HUNTING IN INDI
ANA’
From an unpublished work, about to
be issued in the West:
Onedav as I was leisurely riding along
through a heavily timbered district, I
came suddenly upon a lad apparently be
tween ten and twelve yeats old. I had
passed no house for many miles, & could
see no ‘clearing’ in any direction around
tne. I was surprised to find a mere child
alone it? such a wilderness. 1 dismount
ed and approached him. lie stood at the
foot of a dead tree,from a hole among the
roots of—which every now and then is
sued a tremendous growl. He turned
his ey< s upon roe for a moment, as 1 near
ed him, and I was struck with the intel
ligence of his countenance, and his appa
rent indifference at the approach of a
stranger. He had a certain waggish look
and on the whole I was satisfied that he
had seen travellers before, and, that not
withstanding his youth he knew perfecly
well what he was about. Ho was armed
with a long stick, or pole sharpened at
one end, which he was very dexterously,
but unceremoniously, thrusting into the
hole whence proceeded the terrible grow
ling that had first attested my atten'ion.
‘What have you, my boy?’ enquired I,
after surveying birfr for a few moments.
‘A stick, if I know,* replied the urchin,
turning up as quizzical an eye as can be
found in a thousand, and thou giving the
occupant of the hole a tremendous punch,
which bought forth a growl that made the
woods reverberate.
‘And a pretty sharp one too,if I know,’
responded 1, smililng. ‘But what have
you treed?’
‘I have a ’possum holed ' replied the
boy, giving a second arch look, and ano
ther tremendous punch.
‘(should rather think you had him halv
eJ,’said I, stooping down and peeping into
i he burrow.
‘Du you belong in these here parts?’
askod he, eying me attentively, though
with something of a leer, as before.
‘f do not, sir.*
‘You’re a traveller, looking at tire land,
specten to purchase, if I know,’ continu
ed the b<>y.
‘Specten to purchase’ It cannot be the
imp of a band of robbers, thought I, wish
ing io sound my purse. But I almost
immediately replied, ‘A traveller, though
net on a laud speculating tour, if I
know,*
‘Yon never lived in tho wood«, I ’low,*
said he.
‘I never did. But how do you know
that?’
‘I think so. An you never hunted *pns
eutn-?’
‘No—never.,
‘I thought that too. Why,’ he con
tinued, dropping his pole, and assuming
a look of some importance,—‘when you-’
vo been as long in these here backwoods
as me, you won’t talk of halving a ’pos
sum in its hole. 1 hey’ve more lives than
a cat, and I might s and here till harvest
and punch, and be no better off, Wait a
minute or two, and I’ll show you how to
hole a ‘possum, a little the slickest.’
Saying this, he took a large jacknife
from one of bis pockets, and an arrow
head flint from another, and heaping .o
geiher a few pecies of spunk, or dry rot
ten wood, he struck, and tn the course of
ten minutes had a ‘pretty smart’ fire kin
dled at the mouth of the possum’s hole’
This, he said, was for the purpose of
‘smokeing him out.” Pleased with the
boy’s activity, and the most manliness of
his every action, I seated myself at a
short distance to watch his movement,.
‘The tree may burn, and your horse
may get sceared and break away, if J
know,’ said he, ‘and you had better look
nut.*
But before I had time to look around,
a large ’possum gallopped past me. The
y onnjg ‘Hoosheroon,’ —ho we ver, was close
in the rear, and the animal’s flight was
soon stopped: for no soonerdid it fee! the
weight of the boy’s stick, now that it had
emerged to the light,where its movements
could be seen, than it dropped down, and
keeled over on its side, to all appearance
dead.
•That was a wall aimed blow, my boy,’
said I.
‘But it hain’t done much, though, if I
know,’ said he with a knowing shake
of the head’
‘Why, you have killed the animal,’
said I, ’and what more do you warn?’
‘I want to halve it,’ replied he, not yet
forgeting my witticism, and with an arch
smile, which I did not exactly compre
hend.
. ‘And if you’ll hold it up by tho hind
legs for a moment, I’ll show you how we
do these tilings back here.*
I assented, though not without some
fears of his waggery, and he whipped
out his jacknife. But the blade had hard
ly found its way through the animal’s skiu,
when I flung the oppossum over my head
to the distance of twenty feet,and jumped
nearly asfar in an opposite direction. The
truth was; I soon felt the animal’s cold
tai! against my wrist, and looking down,
saw’ its eyes glaring, it jaws extended, and
its back curving to a degree that would
soon have brought its mouth in very close
neighborhood with my hands. I thought
it best to get rid of such a dead charge,
as soon as possible; and ‘in less than no
time,’as theyoung Hoosherhoon w uild say,
I and the opossum were something like
a distance of forty feet apart. The b y
had anticipated the result; aad seizing a
club, he bounded after his enemy & brou’t
it to its back again, “as dead as ever."
He then turned round, and enjoyed a
I hearty laugh, at my expense, apologizing,
i however, by ‘sposing it mought have
been dead.’ And, though I was not ig
norant cfilje character of the animal, dead
I certainly thought it was, after receiving
such an unmerciful punching, and such a
blow as the young Hercules had .given it
when it emerged from us hole.
‘I presume it is dead now,’ said I, a
gain approaching.
h ‘As dead as it was afore, if X inw,"
answered tho boy. “Why, these hero
things has fifty lives, and will sometimes
run after there heads is off. I understand
managing ’em well though,and if you ain’t
in too big a burry, and’ll wait a little bit
longer, I’ll show you how to kilt ’em
‘But this is certainly dead,* said I,
turning it over two or three times with
my foot.
‘As dead as it was afore, and I’ll show
you,if I know,’said the boy,as he moved off
in the direction of the fire he had kindled
to ‘smoke out’ the possum. He soon re
turned with a live coal stuck in a split
stick; and opening the jaws of the animal,
he forced the fire into its mouth and hold
it there till the dead came to life, and
began to scamper away again. I now
expressed myself satisfied that it was not
dead, and he quickly pursued & overtook
his victim. Again it was stretched upon
the ground, and the young‘Hoosheroon’
began his preparations for its execution.
He cut a forked limb from a sapling, and
sharpened the prongs. This he placed
over the possum, one of the prongs on
each side, and driving them into the
earth, thus confined the animal so that it
could not possibly escape. He then took
his jack-knife, and proceeded with great
deliberation, to sever the animal’s head
from its body. Its struggles were great,
but availed it nothing; and io a few min
utes it was not only halved, but quartered
too, and its different parts were scattered
over the ground.
It was near night, and I accompanied
the youth to bis home, which was about
a mile distant from the scene of the pre
ceding exploit, where I was made ‘com
fortable’ till the next morning. I thought
the little fellow had performed qnte a he
roic action, worthy ”f being recorded, as
illustrative of the characrerand habits of
the back wood’s youth. His parents, how
ever, seemed to look upon it as a com
mon affair; and his mother chid him that
‘he had not taken an axe with him, in
stead of going and butchering the animal
so unmercifully.
Mr. Lucas Knapp, of tho town of Au
sterlitz, has a team id dogs, with wh ch
he is in the habit of riding out daily. The
dogs are but about fourteen months old,
and tho last December, w’hen the roads
w here bad, they travelled from the resi
dence of Mr. K. (who is a cripple) to Win
chester, Conn., a distance of sixty miles,
in one day, drawing him io a small wagon
which he has forthat purpose. He re
turned by the same novel conv \vance in
the same space of time. Columbia Sen
tinel.
London Porter.— It has been general
ly believed thaisuperiority of London por
ter is caused by its being made of Thames
water, but this, from its impurity,ha» been
long abandoned by the London porter
brewers, who use either New River water
or hard water, I believe, chiefly the lat
ter. London is built on fine sand and
gravel, and about two hundred feet below
the foundation of the city tuere is a stra
tum of clay and a stratum of chalk, and
here is found a most abundant supply of
water, which is lifted by pumps. Hence,
the superiority by no means lies in the
water used, but in the immense quantity
made and in the art 'f the manufacture,
[t is very remarkable fact, tha’, except
at Dublin, this beverage has never yet
been equalled in point of strength and
fl ivor. Good porter, of the most refresh
ing quality, is now sold all over the me
tropolitan districts. Imitations have been
tiled, with great exertion and ouilay of
capital, in different paits of the country,
but they can all be detected bv then
burnt taste, and bear no comparison to
<ho rich, full body of the genuiue London
porter. This generous liquor, as is well
known, is always drunk out of pewter or
silver pots, which impart a finer flavor to
the month «f the drinker than i glass or
eartbernwa'e weie used. The reason
for this can be scieniifically accounted for,
bv the electro-chemical action which is
is going on betwixt the acid of tho porter
aud the metal; and, therefore, the popu
lar taste is quite correct in adhering to
pewter po’s. The Scotch,who impoi t Lon
d>n porter to a large extent,do not seem c<>
be aware of this remarkable fact,as they al
ways drink the liquor from glass tumblers.
Betweensix & seven millions of bbls, of por
ter or strong beer are made annually in En
gland t in 1830 the qtanti y exported was
74,902 barrels.
A Southerner had a large shaggy dog,
of what is commonly called the cur spe
cies, of which he gave in the presence of
a number of peisons, the following char
acter :
■He’s a little the keenest critter you
ever did see, —real wild cat—muscle
and grizzle all over—can eat a hedge-hog
—dodge a thunder clap and whip any four
legged animal that ever walked the earth.’
‘ He must be a scrowger,’ said a hog
merchant present— ‘ but, I’ll bet you a
cool ten dollars that I’ve got an old boar,
inthe field out yonder that he can’t make
run, no day.’
‘ Done !’—exclaimed the Southerner—
taking out the money, which was cover
ed by that of the hog driver. It was a
cold win’er morning, and the company
had to wade through the snow ere they
could reach the old boar. When they arriv
ed at the field,the animal was pointed out;
he was standing passively in a corner;
and no sooner did the dog perceive his
antagonist than he seized him by the
throat and they both rolled into the snow
together,
“He’s a screamer; shouted the South
erner.—‘May be so,’ replied the hog dri
ver, holding out his hand foi the stakes, —
‘but he aint agoing to run—for he was
frozen to death last night—and dead
boars float use their legs now a-days.—
Huron Reflector.
Why is a Lady’s Gorset like an op
position Steam-Boat?
D’ye give it up. Because it reduces the
A SPANISH DUEL.
We once saw a duel fought between
two South American Spaniards, on board
a schooner belonging to Cumana, on the
Spanish Main. She was lying at the time
in St. Pierres, Martinico. The combat
ants were the owner and the Captain of
the vessel, both large muscular men, in
the prime of life.
It was early in the morning—some high
words, evidently of an irritable tendency,
passed between them, and first attracted
the notice of the crews of the surrounding
vessels. The storm of words increased,
and with looks of defiance, and eyes
sparkling with indignation, they stood face
to lace, making violent gestures, and ap
plying to each other the most insulting
terms which can be found in the Spanish
language. This wordy warfare lasted,
perhaps a quarter of an hour, and we ex
pected every moment to see them come
to blows. But suddenly, as if by mutual
consent, they ceased their revilings, and
passoddown the companion-way together.
In a few minutes they re-appeared on
deck. They were now each lightly clad
in a white shirt and ’rowsers. Around the
left arm were wound several folds of some
partycolored garment, and in the right
hand they brandished that deadly weapon,
the Spanish knife.
As soon as they s’epped on the quarter
deck, they confronted each other, and we
shall never forget the demoniac expres
sions of their countenances at that mo
ment. On their swarthy visages were
fearfully impressed all the evil passions
which disgrace human nature. Their
lips were firmly compressed, and we al
most fancied we could hear the grating of
their teeth. Their large black eyes, blood
shot with frantic passion, seemed like
glowing embers. For an instant they gaz
ed upon each other, as if each sought to
wither his antagonist with a glance—then
they addressed themsr-lves to their sangui
nary work. And never did we witness a
more extraordinary display of address and
agility ihaoby those two Spaniards, thirst
ing tor each other’s blood.
They fought foot to foot. Thrusts
were rapidly interchanged, and were jor
some time skilfully parried by the \eit
arm, wh ch was used as a buckler. ihe
blows were all directed at the body, and
soon the white vesture of one nt the com
batants was sullied by a crimson stain.
This seemed only to s’imulate him to
more desperate exertions, and a moment
after a stream of t lood was seen flowing
fromhis adversary’s bosom—and thus they
fought, inure like demons than men, their
own crow silently gazing on the featfai
scene; meanwhile some Captains of A
merican vessels lying near, hastened on
board to put a st. p to the mortal struggle.
But ere they could reach the schooner,
the Spaniards were both stretched on the
deck, which was it ><>ded with gore. One
had received three dangerous wounds in
the breast—the o'hor two in the bieast,
and three in 'he abdomen. I hey were
carried on shore, but whether they lived
or died, we n ver learned, as we tefi the
harbor of St. Pierros a tew hours alter.
Lowell Journal.
I do not know a more vexatious linle
thing than to have to pay the postage and
do the business of persons who have u- t
the least claim ei'hei upon my purse <<r
u ,y time. Wneo an acquaintance, or e
ven a stranger, j eq tests information or a
ny other favor winch I can reader him
without much i .convenience—provided
he pays the postage on his communication,
I regard it as a ‘Christian duty to comply
with his request, and I do it cheerfully.—
Bit when he taxes rny kindness from ten
to twenty-five cuts m addition to the
trouble, I suspec him a once to be defi
cient in the quality us good breeding, il
not of moral hunes’y I> is » least an
exhibition of thoughtlessue;?> which won
derfully cheapens th'e man tlte es ima
lion of him to wn -m tie writes, and is a
very sure wav of having his busines® neg
lected. For if the receiver of he unpaid
letter be penurious, bis displeasure is sure
to be incurred —And if he be generous,
he tikes to confer his favors chiefly, upon
those who manifest a similar disposition.
Mutton Machine — The reader has
heard through our columns, of the New
England Scrubbing! Brush and Sausage
Machine, but the Mutton Machine, of
which a Kentuckian boasts in a Western
Journal, is vastly its superior, both in use
fulness and variety of execution. The
machine is described as occupy ing the up
per and lower apartments of a two story
mill/ The narrator describes it at much
length. He says he first saw the sheep
“toted” into the upper ro m, where its
head was d icapitated, & the body thrown
into the hopper of the machine. He then
descended into the nether apartment, and
Io! out of the lower end of the millemerg
ed a wool hat, a leather apron, and four
Quarters of mutton, cooked “wretched
nice.” Jonathan may yield the palm.—
The Kentuckian draws the longest bow.
Hold on, Kentuck! Vermont will
match you yet. What think you of a ma
chine, fed with hemlock brush, turning
out white ash rakes, with every tooth pin
ned in?
Out and Yaw.— A Frenchman and a
German had one sausage between them
for spuper. The question was how it
should be divided. “Let us cut it in two,*
said the Frenchman. ‘leather,’ i eplied
the German, ‘let each of us take-an end
between our teeth; and at a given signal
pull for our portion, ‘Agreed!’ exclaim
ed the other. The sausage was seized;
and each fixed his teeth into the end that
was nearest him. ‘Are you ready? asked
the German. l Ouil' replied Monsieur,
through his clenched teeth — etes-vouzl
‘Yawl’ ejaculated the German, giving the
signal, and dropping both jaw aud sausage
in the necessary open ejaculation of the
word. Thus the sausage fell whjaily to
Monsieur’s lot.
Concord, Mass. June 26, 1833.
To the Hon. Edward Everett,
Sir—ln behalf of the Am’rmasonic
Committee of the County of Middlesex,
—the delegated representatives of a large
and respectable portion of vour fellow cit
izens and constituents “who deem the In
stitution of Freemasonry dangerous to the
political welfare of the Republic;” whose
motto is “the Supremacy of the Laws;”
and whose principles “forbid their sus
taining any roan for any public office who
does not consider his allegiance to his
country his highest earthly obligation,”—
I have the honor of soliciting from you
an expression of your views and opinions
relative to the Institution of Freemason
ary and the tendency of Secret Societies
generally.
A Convention of the Anti-masons of
Middlesex County being about to be held
in this town ott the Ist of July next, 1 beg
permission, in behalf of the Committee,
to lay befote that Convention such reply
as your leisure and inclination may per
mil you to give.
With sentiments of respect, I remain
youis, &c.
HERMAN AT WILL.
Charlestown, Mass. 29th June, 1833.
Mv Dear Sir—l have your favor of the
27th inst. addressed to me on behalf of
tits Anti - Masonic Committee of the coun
ty of Middlesex, in which you request an
expressi on of my views and opinions, re
lative to the Inslitu ion of Freemansonry,
and the tendency of Secret Societies gen
erally.
My public engagem mts, as you are
probably aware, are of such a nature as
to make it impossible for me to attempt a
detailed exposition of my views on this
subject during the present week. Nor is
this perhaps necessary. I notice in your
letter that you quote one or two sentences
from the letter of Mr. Wirt, of the 28<h
Sept., 1831, as containing the principles
of the “large and respectable portion of
my follow citizens and constituents,” ««n
whose behalt you address me. In the cor
rectness of those principles I fully concur.
“The Supremacy of the Laws” is rhe
fundamental principle of civil society.—
“The allegiam e due to the country is the
highest human obligation of all men, who
en er into civil society; and I conceive
the Institution of Free Masonry to be at
war with both these principles.
With respect to this Institution, I came
to the conclusion, and expressed it repeat
edly in public, several years before the
present controversy arose, that its preten
sions to antiquity are unfounded. It is
probably the growth of the last century i
and a half, it has frequently been admit
ted to me, by respectabln members of the
Society that it is useless; and that as such
it had better be abolished. Its only a
vowed objects—charity and knowledge—
can be much better promoted, by public
associations. If it be useless, it most be
worse than useless, because it occasions a
waste of all the time, attention, and mo
ney-necessary to keep up its organiza
tion. The titular and ceremonial parts of
it. es displayed before the public, appear
to me strangely at variance with good
taste, particularly in a republican commu
nity.
But the great objections to the Institu
tion lie much deeper. All secret societies
are dangerous, in proportion to the ex'eui
of lheir orgauiz ition and the number of
their members. A secret Society, so wide
ly diffused and connected as this, puts a
vast power, capable of the moat danger--
ous abuse, into hands irresponsible to the
public. The secret ceremonies and rites
as they have been disclosed,appear on ma
ny ground.*, highly objectionable; and the |
oaths and obligations are open to the most
weighty exceptions, on the score of reli
gion, morals, and good sense. 1 am a
w are that some of these oaths must have
been taken, by many great and good men.
That does not alter their character. Aud
as I cannot believe, that they cou.d have
stood a da}’ before the fore t of public sen
timent had they been openly administered
and received, it is not the least objection
to the Institution, that as a secret society,
whose rites and ceremonies must be sub
stantially unknown before hand, great and
tood men have been surprised into giving
ii a seeming sanction.
The force of these objections is im
mea urably increased by the fact, that .
within a few years, the Institution has;
been actually made the instrument of the j
g-eatest (die greatest because irreparable)
evil, which can be inflicted on society, thu
destruction of the life of a citizen; f diow
ed up by systematic and successful at
tempts to screen the murderers, in deft
anco of the most rigorous efforts, on the
pirt of the tribunals, to bring them to
justice.
It is unnecessary to say, that I speak
of the tendency of the Institution, as e
vinced in cases that have occurred, and
consequently may occur again, and not of
a necessary effect in all eases. When I
reflect that Warren and Washington, a
mong the dead, and Marshall among the
living, and numbers of pious, virtuous and
honorable men, in the community around
us, (some of whom I have 'he happiness
to count among my personal fiiends) are
members of the Institution, I cordially
adopt the sentiment of Mr. Wirt, in re
ference to the same point, that “both jus
tice &. prudence demand discrimination,”
and that it would be “an unjust proscrip
tion to involve innocence with guilt and
treason,”
Such are my views of the subject, ve
ry hastily expressed—which in compli
ance with your request, you have my per
mission to make public. I am aware,
from some little experience that this may
expose me to obloquy, which I would ra
ther avoid. But if a man cannot safely
venture on the expression of sentiments
like the foregoing, it is idle to boast of the
liberty of speech and the press.
I am dear Sir, respectfully yours,
? EDWARD EVERETT.
Mr. Hmm an Arsrtu..
AUGtSTAa
FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1833.
AND
nATIFiCATZOBT.
We occasionally receive notices of the irregu
larity with which our paper is received —not that
they are not all received, but that they do not
arrive in time. Thus a corres; ondent at New-
Haven writes us under date of 16th, that he that
morning received nine numbers of the Courier.
We should like to know, where they have been
th us congtegating.
Mr. Wkbstkr had returned to Philadelphia at
which place he was on the 18th inst. It is said
Mr. Clay does not intend to return his visit, as
contemplated this summer, in consequence of
the prevalence of the Cholera in Kentuckj’,
which has carried off many of his friends.
The fish-story, by a Looker on, like most fish
stories, is rather improbable. It is besides not
altogether new. Under lip is only substituted
fornose. As baits for Trout, we aie fisherman
enough to know, neither nose nor under lip, are
much to be depended on.
The Editors of the Charleston Courier hare
purchased the Establishment of the City Gazette
and will continue that paper.
The ship reported .ff the Capes of Delaware
as rhe Sth June Packet from Liverpool, was
probably the Algonquin, which sailed from Liv
erpool on 26th May.
Relative to the truth of the reported triumph
of Ratification in the Upper Country, we accep
of the endorsement of the Federal Union. We
desire none better. Who does the Journal give
for its endorser 1
“ Philom” in the Georgia Journal, forgot to
add to the distinguishing traits of character,
which he ascribes to Grand Jurors, that they
mind the. business which properly belongs to their
office.
Judge Clayton explains, very satisfactorily,
the cause of his borrowing money from the U.
States Bank, which gave rise to the report of his
changing his views of the constitutionality of
that Institution. He carried funds to the North
to purchase machinery, which he found to be be
low par. They were sent back to Georgia to
get Northern drafts, the friend, to whom they
were sent, used the money and failed. Judge
Clayton, in the mean time, had made his con
tracts, and pay day was near at band. To fulfil
h s promises, therefore, he was obliged to “raise
the wind” somewhere ; and highly respectable
friends, in Washington City, enabled him to do
so at the Branci) of the United States Bank. His
views in relation to this Bank are still unchang
ed, he says. And he further believes, that the
Bank did not intend its agency in this matter to
have any effect" in changing his opinions—-that
trtl they expected was “ ample security for their
money,” which fbey received We wish theae
common-sense views, presented by Judge Clay
ton, had produced more effect than they did, on
a recent occasion, on Mr. Forsyth’s political
enemies.
In answer to the Milledgeville Journal, «e r<>
pfy, that the duty of sending “ Richmond” out,
ou a Missionary excursion, has been performed
for us, by bands burning with at least as much
zeal as we could bring to the cause. We think,
however, the Journal and its political friends
have little reason to insinuate want of liberal
dealing with them. Although we, with migl t
and main, maintain our own cause, we exclude 1 '
none from our columns, because they differ with
us. “ Richmond’’ has flown on the wings of tha
Courier to every part of the State ; and his po
liijcal friends have multiplied him in pamphlet
form 3,500 fold ! To bind him up with “ One of
the People” would, then, on our part, be now a
work of supererrogation. It is, besides, not in
the Rules of the Jockey Club, to ask us thus to
“ carry weight.” Our horse is of the best blood;
if you wish him beat, do it fairly—no dead
weight—no Jockeying.—The “ People’s” blood
has n> ver yet flinched from any struggle, and if
the favorite does not this time come out ahead, it
may be, because the political jockies have too
much themselves at stake, to allow him to win
the race. But we think •• One of the People”
has taken the track and will keep it.
Our friends of the Milledgeville Journal a«4
not as /air as usual in explaining the difference
between the conduct of Governor Gilmer and
Governor Lumpkin. We approve the conduct
of both, and can see no difference in the opposi
tion they both had reason to expect to encount
er. It was precisely the same. Did not Gov.
Gihuer expect, if re-elected—could he have a
voided expecting, th:>t he would have met with
all tl.e opposition Gov. Lumpkin has received
from the Missionaries, the Indians and the public
authorities to which they appealed, when he
voluntarily—without any solicitation, offered
these missionaries and others pardon before they
had entered the walls of the prison—was not that
expectation the motive of the offer ? We ap.
plaud most heartily Goy. Gilmei’s willingness,
as the Joun al says, to avoid “ a question of
such fearful import;” and if our approbation of
Governor Lumpkin’s conduct has any alloy in it,
it arises from his “ disputing every inch of
ground” with almost too much obstinacy. He
was rather too uncompromising—hf jeoparded
the object we all wished to accomplish—he
tained the stand the State had assumed with tob
fierce a determination. If the deluded mission
aries had not repented of their conduct, a dan
gerous collision might not have been avoided
with the General Government, and this the mis
sionaries themselves assign as one of the princi
pal reasons for the course they finally took-
They saw that the Governor was unrelenting— -
would not recede an inch, aWT’lhey were, there
fore, willing to withdraw their suit in the Su
preme Court, rather than be the cause of era*
broiling their country in a ptofitless strife 00
their account. It does not become the Journal
to be repeating the allegations of confidential a
gents of the Governor begging the missionaries
to do so and so and they would be pardoned.—
Tbe Journal sees, that they are falsehoods Why,
then, reason on them, ad captundum vulgus I
The Journal should be above such arts. Tha
public expect more of its honesty anff good stosel,
