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A person once said to a father whose
son was noted for th it ho ilimg’i
his son was very much afraid of woik.—
‘Afra'd of work,’ replied tha father, ‘not
at all; he will lay down and g > to sleep
close by the side of it.’
A tar, half seas over swaggering into an
auction room and bearing the auctioneer
bawling out two or thiee times, “Who
bids more (han nine-pence ha’-penny
-—asked, “May we bid what we please?—
*‘Oh, yes,” rnplied the seller, “any thing
please, sir.” “Why, then,” said
Jack, “I bid you a good night, and be
Jianged to you.”
From the Fayetteville Obsc ver.
Some of ®ur readers, even in town,
.aiay not have heatd the flying visit paid
us byihis distinguished friend of “Gov
ernment.”—Those who have any doubts
upon the subject, will find his own ac
count of the matter in the subjoined Let
ter.
Major Jack Downing’s komplitnents
to Mr. Hail, and begs that ho will prim
this and send it toLJncle Josh at at D >wn
ingvil—the Major is back again to Wash
ington.
Fatevile in Karelin* Octobur 1833.
Deer Uucle Josh—As she Ginurnl and
I was settin in the east room tother day,
a smokin and a thinkin, says be, Major I
was thinkin, and (hare he slept. Well
says Igineral,what ware you thinkin abous
as forme, I was jist thinkin of nothin al
all —Says he, Major, Squire Btdil is* a
cute feller, he had every think redy when
I sent you to look at the bank in Fiiadel
fy,and that was the reason you found ev
ery thing strain, and l*m beginio t<>
think, unless we can katcli sum of them
chaps what an’t redy, die people wont
like my proklemcshuu agin Bidil and the
bank—well says I giniral, I’in plagy glad
to here you thinks rite once. Now says
ho Major, if youl jist g.< as fast as time
can hutryyouaod look at the bank in
.Fatevil and Charlstown, maybe they
Jiavent not all things s'rate (bare,and that
will help me out when Kongress cuwis.
Says I giniral, you know I’d g > threw
creation to satve you - , hot if any man
ketches me south side of P. D. he cat?
Call me a fool-with that the giniral smash
ed his pipe agm the poker, and says he
Major youre afteard to g<>; says I giniral,
you ought nut to say that, I’m not afeard
but then agin, I feel a lee le shy. Yud
Jtnotv when you go back to the het milage,
I’m to be president, and dont you tbtuk
if Han® and Mr. Makduphy seed
me in the South State, that tbev wouldnt
nullifi me with a graip vine? theres some
thin in that Major says the giniral, kinder
softinin down, but wP have many friends
ip the good oldNoith Stah*, Vvu l g° there
wont you? that I will gineral,sr»j' s I, »ud
that about the quickest. Wei, so yoon
as the giniral had writ down nil he wontej
me to doo,l started iu the ble w line and
traveled oashun fast. Till 1 cum to the
rale road in old Virgioy, and then I tho
I was a flyin, the lokemotiv went so fasi
I coudent think no h*>w, and it maid me
Sorter X ide: but when it runtotherow
nuke (called after J din of rowuoke) we
got to the eend an it, and 1 got into the
male stage and tho I should a had as
good a ride as* I had in the blew line, and
so I had for sleepin; 1 wanted to git i
Fatevil before nobody knoxvd 1 was cum
min,but the male stage went so plagv
slow, that a feller, tmin a baskit of swee
taters io market on his back got there fi st
and told era all about it, and as soon as /
arriv, hey cum runnin to ax me about the
giniial and 'he government. Wneres the
bank savs I, I aiu* go« time to chat now;
when they showed me the bank, I jum; t
rite in a mung urn, and say- I- hear 1 am
boys whares squire Husque- says he,l’m
heat Maj r, and desperate glad to see
you, with that he -huk me by the hand
and said he hoped I left the government
all well—ah well, thanke Squire, says I,
and the giniral has sent me to look, at
your bank and see if all’s rite. Says he
Major you shall sen evety thing, and so
at it we went, lo*>kin into one book and
then lookin into another; and it moot be
i was X ide from ridin on the rale road,
but I coudent find nothin rung, i told
you how cute Btdil and his folks was iu
fingerin and siferin, wel, squiie Ilosq iu
and these fellers hear in the pitty woods is
jist as cute. Thinks I, they bant got a
nv of the rino, so says 1, Squire Husque
I’ll jist look in y<»ur vawlt, with that they
turned out the kags us dollars and pmces
of goold, and I koun'ed and ward, until I
got the bak ake; finding every thing as
Strate as a pin honk,and fearin I cnudvnt
find nothin to help out the gtniral’s prok
lemashun again the bank, 1 turned round
and says I Squiie Husque,have you pad*-
our penshonners? Now, thinks I, 1 have
you but he lel’d one of his Clarks to
biing a g<eat big book, and says he Maj*
look; I Aid look Uncle Josh, and I’m a
lier, if I drdent find that all our penshon
ers had go*, what Kongress gin em, aud
that the bank h;>d p »de em, when govern* -
mpnt hadent a dollar hearjsays the Squire
Major rre yea satisfied, Says I Squire
H'lfjjite, its no use iu J.oi>lun any ignore;
hat tartial critter Amus.KinddJe has got
i e government in .apurty snarl, and J
’Hist stroke it bak agin to Washington to’
:elp io alter the Message before Kougres
neats.
SqrireHusque and the bnl on em,
wonted me to stay desperate bad to give
mo a publik dinner as theV said that deer
ueet and sweet talers was plenty jist now
rtut I cant stay, and I will git Mr. Hail iu
t int ibis that you may know what I’m
a d<»io. I think when I git back to Wash
ington and tell ihe gioit al all Ive seed,
wil be all over with Anius; no more at
present.
your hiving neflu
Major JACK DOWNING
To my Uncle Josh
at Dowuingvil. way down east.
Noty Bint; If yove forgot your jogri
iy and dont know whire Fatevil is I’ll
»ell yon; its upon a X creek,close on up’
n K ip far river,nigh on to a big swamp.
THE CREEK CONTROVERSY
Executive Department, I
Tn -cttioos ', 23d Oct. 1833. J
I have received to day by expiess hum
Hun. P T. Harris, one of the Circuit
Court Judges of this Stale, sundry docu
ments establishing the fact that ail at
empts by the civil officers to investigate
the circumstances in relation to the killing
of Owen have proved unavaihing, and
that the process of the C<<iirt has been sei
at defiance by the comm sliding officer at
Fort Mitchell. I transmit copies i f the
whole of these despatches, for ihj con
sideration of the President, and respect
fully request thi.i you wiil advise mo of
his determination on the subject, at an
early period. I have the honor io be,
with gieat respect, sir, your obedient ser
vant, JOHN GAYLE.
II m. Lewis Cass,
Secretary ot War, Washington City
Russell C*-urt h use. 17 h Oct. 1833.
Sir —To your Excellency, as Chief
Magistrate of'he Staie >f Alabama,! en
close Copies * fa correspondence between
the Solicitor General of this Circuit, and
the commanding officer a' F»ri Mitchell,
the affidavit of the Sheriff of this County,
the affidavits of two gentlemen by t.,e
names of Burton and C meh, (both of
wh* tn reside at<>r near Fort Mi cheli) >he
attachment which issued for the arrest of
Maj. Mclntosh, for a contempt of the
Court, with the Sheriff’s leturu thereon,
and the bill of indictment against David
Manning and others, for tho murder of
Hardi-man O wen. By an examination of
the le'tor of M tj. Mclntosh, it is obvious
that the soldiers who were present at the
killing of Owen, were at Fort Mitchell
when that letter was written; and that the
persons for whom subpeenas issued, were
secreted at the time the She-iff was per-,
minted to search within the Fort forth .m,
is established by Burton’s and Couch’s af
fidavits. From all the papers herewith
sent, you will preceive that tho process
of the Court is set at defiance, and that
without some assistance, we shall have io
submit to the military authority which has
been established at Fort Mitchell. Yon
can readily imagine, if the officer com
manding, refuse to give up the soldiers as
witnesses, that we cannot expect them to
be surrendered to rhe mandatory process
of the Court when that process is intend'
ed to biing them before the civil tribunals
to answer to the violated laws. He has
already determined “that the soldier wh<>
shot Hardeman O wen was in the lawful
execution of his duty,” and from this de
cision be no appeal, unless the
arm of the State is pul forth to protect
the Courts. It need not be stated to
your Excellency, that the common sol
dier is hut the mere machine in the hands
.?f the officer, and you can, without diffi
cuts’- B Q e Gia.t 'here is two much leasonj
to believe 'hat the apprehensions of the !
Sheriff arc fb-. * v tll founded. Y «i will I
also perceive, hat »’hc posse comitatus is
entirely insufficient je effo d adequate
protection to the Court at».d 'ts uffi ers.—
It only remains then f>r v ur J’-xcellt n
cy to apply the proper remedy, and ; '*ace
at the disposal ot the Sheriff a sufficlei.
force t>> command respect to the laws.—
Until this be d-.ne, nr tho United States
troops removed, it will be in vain to a<
empt to enforce the criminal laws in any
case where they may be resisted. In
closing his communication, I will oidv
>dd that the Court has received every
aid to his pi-wyr from C d. Picked, who
has been diligent in firrerini’ out the tes
timony, and active in bis cxeinoiiS to
bring to justice those who have been
charged with the murder of Oweu.
1 am, with g eat resnect,
Your ob-d’t serv’t-
P. T. II ARRIS.
Copy of a letter from Col. Pickett to Major
Mclntosh.
Russell C. H. Ala., Oc. 14, 1833
Sii —1 am advised through the medium
of the ’Globe,’ at Washington City, the
fficial paper of the administration, and
from other high and respectable sources,
that the commanding officer at Fort
Mitchell has been instructed to afford to
our civil authoi ities, all proper facilities
for putting the case of the killing of
Hardeman Owen in a train for legal in
vestigation. The Circuit Court of Ala
batna, for the county of Russell, is now
in session, and a bill of indictment a
gainst the perpe'rator or perpetrators of
that act, will this day be prepared. In
pursuance of those instructions, I have
thought proper, from a sense of duty, to
ask at your hands the aid tequested; and
to facilitate this object, that the detach
ment of soldiers who were present at the
killing of Owen be delivered over to the
Sheriff of this county. The reason why
his is deemed necessary, is owing to the
difficulty of ascertaining the name or
names of the person who committed the
act, as no one was present, it appears,
but the file of soldiers; or this may be dis-
pensod .with, if.you will be good enough
to furnish tho-State with the nanro or
name* iu question, and with the witness
es who will prove the fact.
Respectful!) your obed’t. serv’t.,
WM. D. PICKETT,
.Solcitor Sth Judicial Circuit.
P. S. Accompanied here with, is the
Globe of the 24'li August last, contain
ing the article alluded to; an answer is
respectfully requested. W. D. P.
Fort Mitchell, Ala., 15th Oct. 1833.
Sir—la reply to your communication
of yesterday, informing me that you have
been advised’htough the medium of the
“Globe,” at Washington Chy, die offi
cial paper of the administration, and from
other high and respectable sources, that
the commanding officer at Fort Mi’chei!
has been insiruc ed to affoid to our civil
authorities all proper facilities fur put
ting the case <>f the killing of Hardeman
Owen in a state for legal investigation, I
have to inform you tha: I have received
no instructions relative to iho case above
cited, and I apprehend I will not, from
the single fact that the soldier who shot
Hardaman Owen was in the lawful exe
cution of his duty. I must therefore de.
cUne your invitation to deliver to the
Shei fl’of this county the detachment of
soldiers who were present at the tone
that Owen was killed. Had any officer
o< soldier nf my command unlawfully
used violence orcommitted aov rHence a
gainsf the persons or property of any citi
zen of tne United States, sttsh as is pun.
ishable by th • known laws of the land,
no <>ne would have been mote ready or
willing upon legal application duly made
tu use their utmost endeavors t<> deliv
er over such accused person or persons
to the civil magistrate.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. S. McINTOSH, Moj. B\
4th Infantry Comg.
To Wm. D. Pickett, Esq
Solictor Bth Judicial Circuit.'"
Tnl ’tatk <>f Alabama, > Circuit C.,urt Octo-
Russeil County. j b?r Term, 1833.
To the Sheriff of said county, greet,
ing : You are hereby comm inded with
out delay to take the body of Majoi James
Mclntosh, if to be found in your county,
and biing him forthwith before the fL»n.
the Judge <-f the Circuit Court for the
coitiny of Russell, now in session, to an
swer to said Court for a contempt of the
same.
Herein fail not, and have you then aud
liter® this writ with your endorsement
theieun. Bevil Istucas, Clerk es the
Circuit Court for Russell county, this
Isth October, 1833.
B. G. G. A. LUCAS, Cletk.
Isstlred 15th October, 1833
I ue State 1 Sheriff's 11 turn went
t’-*- >to the Eort and called on
James M’lntosii, )defendant. He swore 1
should not touch him. I am satisfied if 1
had made the attempt it would have been
at the risquo of my life; that defendant
Was commanding officer of the Fort, and
had sworn on yesterday he would no' sur
render up anv one in the Fort.
E I) CROWELL, Snff. R. C.
Oct. 19, 1833.
Tkk Static of Alabama, ) Circuit Court, Octo-
Russeil County j ber Term, 1833.
Personally appeared Edmond Crowell,
Sheriff us said county, in open court,
who ueing duly swum, deposetn and sai-h
(hat on the 14th instant he bad placed hi
his builds by aider ot said court subpoenas
for Frank Barger, James Emerson, James
Kmgaud David Manning, officer aud sol.
diets <>f the United Slates Armv,
under M *j. Ja*. S. Mclntosh at Fort
Mitchell, in said county; that he proceed
ed to the quarters of ihe Major and told
him he had certain process tor the indi
viduals above named, and wished to serve
them. His reply was “i’ll be damned if
I give up a man.” After be had put up
his horse and returned, ihe Major upon
ascertainitig the papers were not to ake ihe
persons, bui meiely sub, ceuas, affiant was
permi ted to seat ch the Fori, but c* uld
not find any one of them. That he suc
ceeccd in serving the subpoeuaTm Lieut.
David Manning out of the Port. He
/"ulied, ‘ I shall not go.” That on tub
15tt» .’ust. a capias iu the ira-ure of an at
lachmem > 4 ’ r contempt oi said court a
gatnsi ihe said 51‘j w Mclntosh, was phu
ced in my hands by' ihe cleik oi said
coun ; that he again proceeded io the
Foil and the place wher Major was,
aud told him he had a capias io take
him to court. He lepliea “Yo'j shall
not touch me,” at 'he same time B™^mg
be had no treated ihe court bad no au»
«h ><i’y to taka him. That the reason he
did nut attempt to take his person when
he had the capias was, because ii would
have eueangetied his life by so doing.
That he is satisfied any attempt he may
make to serve process on said soldiers, or
upon the said Mejnr will bo resisted and
prove useless. That the power of ihe
country is sufficient -to execute process on
said persons, situated as they are with
arms and protected bv the Fort.
ED. CROWELL, Shff. R. C.
Sworn to 'tn open court, Get 17, 1833.
I do hereby certify the foregoing io be
a true copy from the original on silo in
mv office.
B. G. G. A. LUCAS, Clerk.
The State of Alabama, ) Circuit Court. Octo-
Russel) Couuy. J ber Term, 1833.
This day came Eli Couch in open
court, and maketh oath that he resides at
Fort Mitchell; he knows Sargeant Fran
cis Batger. James King and James Em
merson ; that they are soldiers in the
Fort, and under the command us James
S. Mclntosh; that he has seen them in
the Fort within one or two days past, and
almost daily for the last five or six
months; that they are generally there on
dut>; that when he went with the she
riff of Russell county with process against
them that they were absem from the said
Fort while all the other soldiers, he be
lieves, were present-
Sworn to in open Court the 16th Oc
tober. 1833.
B. G. G. A. LUCAS, Clerk,
The State or Alabama, ? Circuit Court. Octo-
Russell County. J ber Term, 1833.
This day came Samuel C; Benton in
open court, and makes oath that he lives
al the Fort and knows Frank Barger,
and James Emmerson, soldiers of the
United States Army at said Fort, under
the commabd of Maj. Jas. S. Mclntosh ;
that he has seen them or some one or two
of them there as late as the 13'h insti;
that they are there generally on duty and
have been for sometime past.
Sworn to in open Court, 16 h Oct. 1833.
B. G. G. A LUCAS, Clerk.
The State of Alabama. ? Circuit Court Octo.
Russell County. j ber Term, 1833
I do certify ihe foregoing to be true co
pies of originals now on file in my office.
—Oct. 17, 1833.
B. G. G. A. LUCAS, Clerk.
[Among the papers communicated to
the Governor, and by him Kamsmiued to
the War Department, is a copy of an in
dictment found by the grand jury of Rus
sell county, against James Emmerson,
James Ling, Frank Bargei, and five oth
ers unknown, for the murder of Harde
man Owen, and against D vid Man
ning and Jet emiah Ausnll, for the incit
ing to the comnvsion of said crime ; which
indictment, being a formal law paper, we
have not thought it necessary to pub
lish.] __ ‘
Grapes worth having.— There was
some in.tr. el concerning the grapes which
file spies brought to the camp of Israel,
hut modern travellers saytbat the valley of
Escohol produces bunches weighing from
10 tol2 pounds. AGorman traveller Scru
tinize, says, a cluster of grapes, two or
three Jeet in length, will give an abundant
supper io a whole family.” The burgh
of which specimens were shown in the
Hoiticultuial Rooms this rn ruing,) have
grown str prodigotisly in England, as to
cover in seme-cases neatly 1800 square
feet of ground. One at Hampl n Coer’-
is mentioned in William’s Vegetable
World, as bearing regularly about 2000
clusters, weighing a pound each on an av
erage. Vine stalks in Persia and Pules
tine not utifrequetitly attain the enormous
dinmeter offrom one to two fuel.— Boston
Adv.
[ Tiiere is nr was la«t year, a gr ipe vine
not far from Lexington, on site side of ihe
Frankh rt road, which mea-mred more
than a yard in circumference, six feet
from the ground.]
FOREIGN ITEMS.
I', is said tlja< Don Miguel has remitted
to England be’weeu 200,009 aud 400,
000/. sici ling agamsi“a rainy day.”
Lord Levenson Gower, second son of
the late Duke of Southerland, by hrs fa
■ her’s death,became possessed of the vast
estates ofthe Dake of Bi idgewa er, amotiu
'ing to neatly one hundred th >usand
; pounds per annum,arising in pail from ex
tenSive canal properly.
Ous of ihe hugest w 0.4 growers in
New South Wales is I homas Terry,E q
whose propeity is esli naled at 25,000/.
pe* annum. This individual once rank
ed as humble as Tom Terry, the con
vict.
A new pin has been constructed, the
pin and head consisting of one entire
piece of metal
In consequence of the retiring of the
sea at Leba, in Pomerania,a ve.-sel bound
io England, laden with oak for ship buil
ding, which was sunk off that port 80
years ago, has become visible al low wa
ler. Some of the limber has been got
out, and i 1 is found to be in a state of per -
feci preservation.
Col. Hawker says he has tried Vacci
nation since 1822 with his dogs; aud s
lillle, if any, has been the effect of distem
per after it, that be has nut lost a dug
since ihe year 1826.
Earl Fiizwilliam is about to div de his
larger estates. The English estates a
mountmg to upwards of 80,000/ a year,
are t<* be set led upon Lord Milion (re
cendy allied to he daughter of the Eail
of Liverpool.) and the Irish estate, worth
more than 30,0001. a year, unto ihe Earl’s
second son.
It is said that a strong desire exists a
mong the planters in the West Indies to
have asupply of agricultural laborers fr*>m
this country, to assist in the-cultivation of
heir estates, and to bring into use a
vast q lantity of land at present unproduc
! live.
This vintage in France 'his year is one
of ihe best that has been known for sev
t,;n| years past. The quality of these
wine' js almost eq/tal to that of tho cele
brated year t»f *l‘® comet, whilst the quan
tity is much larger, and oven beyond *bat
of what is called an average year.
The Congress of Sovereigns and the
United States.— Bell’s Weekly
ger, • f Bth September, in alluding to an
expected meeting at Toepiitz, of the Ein.
perors of Russia and Austria and the
King of Prussia, adds—
“ There is a very general opinion that
the Northern States of Sweden and Den*
maik will be represented in this confer
ence, and that even the Uni ed States
will so far take a part in the general ob
ject of the measure, as to endeavor to pro
cute a settlement of the long disputeci
question of the British right of search,
aud of seizing their own men on board
American ships. It would be absurd,
however, to entertain any apprehensions
that the Government of the United Slates
would make any common cause in the
general objectof a monarchial confederacy
and could become members of an alii*
ance against the rights and liberties of
mankind.
In a subsequent part of the same arti
cle, the Messenger thus explains the sup.
posed objectof the United States in such
a Congress, approves its justice, and ur
ges the renunciation of tiie British claim
to impressmem.
The object of the United S'ates is to
avail themselves of a state of peace to
procure what ought to be conceded to
them, namely, the British claim to search
their ships in time of war. We say again
and again, it is a claim against all rights
and reason on the part of our Govern
menu It is fin intoletable imposition u
pon ihe feelings <»f a people and Govern
m'enUhs free and high spirited as our
selves.
NAPOLEON’S LETTERS.
i From the correspondence of Napoleon
: with the Empress Jusuphifte, just pub
lished in Paris by the respectable house
.of Didot, and publicly announced as air
' thentic by her daughter, cx-Queen, Hoi
: tense, we extract the following interesting
j letters. It tnay be necessary to piemise,
that previous to the divorce and re mar -
riage of the Emperor, a tone of the most
familiar tenderness was established in his
correspondence with Josephine. Napo
' icon’- letters are such as would have'been
I written by any bourgois of Paris to his
wife. The following is addressed bv
Josephine to the Emperor, six weeks af
ter his marriage with Mmia Louisa, in
J/aich 1810, assuming for the lime the
language of respect;,
“Navarre, April 19, 1810.
“Sire —My soil has transmitted to me
your Majesty’s sanction io my return to
I Malmaison, and to a grant of the sum in
-1 dispensable lor the reparation of the Cha
; teao of Navarre This double concession,
Sire, In some degree reasures me from
misgivings caused by your Majesty’s si
letice. I was apprehensive of being en
tirely forgotten. lam Undeceived ; and
therefore less unhappy; or rather as hap
py as my position wilt admit. Towards
the end of the month. I shall go to Mal
matson. since your Majesty sees no ob
jec ion; but I should not so soon profit
by your gracious permission did nrt the
state of this house demand repairs essen
tial to my health and of my househod. I
shall remain but a short time at Maltnai
sou; and a' erwatds visit some battling
place. But during my sojourn ar Malin
ais >n your Majesty may be assured that
I shall live as secluded as if a thousand
leagues from Pa.i*. 1 i.avo made a great
sacrifice, Sre, and J become every day
more, conscious of its extent. " But it is a
sacrifice that da y inquires should be som
piete. Your Majesty’s happiness shall
remain undisturbed by an expression of
my fllictietr
“?»ly prayers for your Majesty’s happi.
ness ate unceasing; perhaps I sometimes
add a hope for some future mee ing; but
be assured, Sire, that 1 will respect to
>he utmost,the sacredoess of your present
position. Satisfied with the sentiments
of which I was formerly the object, 1
will seek no further pioofofyour regard
“ Phe only favor, therefore, for which
I shall importune your Majesty, is some
occasional mark of remembrance, calcula
ted to satisfy myself, and those around
me, tha.i your vsteem and regard are not
wholly withdrawn. .• shall thus become
less miserable, w ithout endaugei ing that
w hi< h>s the first ol>ject of my life—your
M ijestv’s Comfort and happiness.
JOSEPHINE.”
Reply.
/it the following letter the tutoiement
(or usd of the second person so essential
n» the original to the affectionate intima
c. implied hi the style,) can only be ex
ptessed m English by colloqual famtlart-'
1 y •
*‘i have received, dearest, your letter
of'he 19ih. —it is written in a bad style,
f am not changed—people of my sort
never alter. I kuuw out what Eugene
may have told you. 1 did not write
you because I received no letter, and was
luxi "s to do every thing you seemed to
w ish,
s *i »tn glad you ore going to Malmais
n, and that y>'O are pleased. 1 shall al
ways be gh'd “.hen you wiite t > me aud
ilw-tys answer your letters. I will say
ik; more oil you have compared the tone
»>f this letter with vour own. Read both
—.md judge from them which is the bei
ler friend of the two !
“Good bye, dearest. Be well be hap
py, and remove all things jo-t towards us
both, ••
“NAPOLEON.”
REPLY.
“A thousand thousand thanks for your
recollection ! My son lias just brought
me yotiHeiter. With what eagerness I
read it I and I yet was very slow ; for
not a word in ii but brought tears into my
eyes. But they were tears of joy I Mv
wnole heart is mine again—-such as it has
ever been, such as it will ever be. There
aro sentiments which form one’s exis
tence, and end only with our lives—l am
gtieved that my letter offended you. I
cannot call to mind its exact tenor; but
I know that the vexation arising from si
lence produced a painful feeling in my
mind. 1 wrote to you on quitting Mal
maison, and a thousand times since have
longed to wii e again. But 1 felt consci
ous of the motive of your silence, and
feared to be importunate. Your letter
was balm to my soul! Be happy—hap
py as you deserve! My whole heart ex
presses itself in these few words. You
have just awarded me a share in your
happiness; nothing—nothing can be sd .
gratifying as a proof of your remem
brance. Firewell, dearest (mon ami.) —
I thank you again and again, with unal- I
terabe affection. “JOSEPH I NE.”
In our opinion, these letters, being i
authentic,contain 'he value of a whole ro. ■
mance.— Ed. of Court Journal.
The report from Columbus a paper,that
the troops at Fort Mitchell were to march
immediately to expel the whites from the
Creek territory, cannot be well founded.
The troops are directed to aid the Marsh
al in his duties, and that officer has given
public notice that the settlers will not be
disturbed before the 15 hos January. In
tho mean time we cannot but indulge the
hope, that the difficulties may, m some
manner, be adjusted.— Mobile Register.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY NOV. 4, 1833.
A writer in the Petersburg Intelligencer brings
forward Gen. Robt. B. Taylor, of Norfolk, for
the next Governor of Virginia.
Mr. Clay’s reception at the North, is but one
long triumph. It is the tribute of the people t’o
talent and patr ionsni and lung continued ser
vice.—Jlichmond Compiler.
Dr. Bird, of Piautielpliia, has just conp'ct
ed a new i'ragedy, eruitieii—“Tl.e Broker of
Bogota.”
'Xwo Jurors were fined last, week says the
• Newborn tunnml, by Juuge Bettie, fur goingso
steep while ou uuiy. Justice, though bhnUlold
ed, must never nod.
Major Nc»h says .that four hundred and fatty
beds were made up and occupied at Holt’s Ho
ld, N. York, aud remarks, that rhe compound
snoring must be equal tu the music of a heavy
steam engine.
Leu > isialure-’uj New-Jersey ihe Hon. Mali*
ion Dickerson was unanimously chosen Vice
President ol Council, and Mr. Westcott re-ap
pointed Clerk.
j In the Assembly, Daniel B. Byall, Esq. of
Mouuiotitii, was unanimously elected bpeaker.
and B. B. Vuuthies reinstated Cletk.
Ihe foiiowb g was among t- e regular toasts
at the celebration ot it. George's day in Qi*e..-
Lec: —
” England and (he United States of America
—may the Atlantic which rolts ueeween them
always be a L J aciJic Ocean.”
We copy the following from the Thomaston
(Geo.) Hickory Nut :
'■ Huzsajor l/rson.—There is now in a snug
corner in this office, a sugarcane, the produce
of this season, upon the farm of Simeon Ro
gers, Esq. of this neighborhood, presenting six
teen matured joints. A gentleman who is fami
liar with the sugar cane in Florida, assures us
that it is equal to any produce of that sort in
that climute ”
The Natchez Courier of the 4th instant, states
that upon the same day, and about the same
hour, that the lute earthquake was felt in Vir
ginia and Maryland, the giouud at the village
of Washington, near Natchez, cracked for a
bout a hundred yards, making an opening rtf
froin one to three inches wide. A pole was in
troduced to the depth,of twenty feet, but its ftirj
ther progress was arrested by an angle in the
crack. No shock however, was observed, and
for this reason, it is not probable that the fiisiire
was occasioned by the earthquake,, although it
occurred simultaneously with it, and Natchez is
nearly iu the direction in which the earthquake
seemed to extend.
Mr. Clay, says tha Providence Journal,
breakfasted at the Pawtucket Hotel, in compa
ny with about sixty gentlemen, who were chief
ly in attendance upon him as members of Com
mittees from various places. After breakfast,
lie visited several of the principal niauulactui -
ing establishments, and among others, the fiist
Cotton Factory which was ever built in AmeriCß,
where he saw the two &ist spinning frames that
were ojfcrated iu it, and which are still in pos
session of Messrs. Aimy & Brown, the original
proprietors. It is to be regretted that Samuel
Slater, Esq. whose enteiprising genius first
orought oVer iiiid introduced in luis sam .■ facto
y, the ait of manufacturing cotton, was too
unwell to wait upon the great advocate of those
c.terests, from which tie has derived his wealth
ind extensive influence.
ibe foreign hiteliigeuce, says the B dtimaie
American, which has reached us within the lasi
two or three days, has a more warlike appear
ance than any received for a long The al -
leged projected interference by the Norther A
Powers with the settlement of ihe Belgian queg -
t on, by countenancing 6r aiding the attempt us
rhe King of i iolland t» re conquer is
i:i itself n declaration of hostilities. Neither
France nor England could submit to such a vio
lation of what they have been for two years
avowing to.be absolutely necessary to the peace
of Europe—the independent existence of ihe
Belgian Kingdom. To submit to sucli dictation
would be to abandon at once ail pretensions to
spirit, consistency and good faith, and to con
sent to au entrenchment of the principles of des
potism, iu the heart of Europe, from which no
thing can issue but deadly enmity to themselves,
it is altogether impossible that a universal war
in Europe should aot ensue, if such be indeed
the determination of the assembled monarchs ar
the Congress of Bohemia.
From Portugal.— Capt. Pitman, of the bark
Moscow, arrived at Boston from St. Übes, brings
advices to the J4th September. A batt'e was
fought a few days previous, between the con
tending forces of Pedro aud Miguel, in the
neighborhood of Lisbon, which resulted in the
defeat of the latter. Capt. P. brought no pa
pers. The battle alluded to is no doubt that o
the Sth, of which mention was made in the last
French papers.
FLORA’S COMPLAINT TO THE FROST.
Relentless foe.' whyvfrom thy foreign throne.
Where stern thou sittest by Lapland’s frozen
shore,
hose wretched sons their wintry woes bemoan,
Forever prisoned in thy region hoar.
Why dost thou thus usurp the Georgian skies
Anil spread tiiy fury o’er these fair domains?
Why bid around thy biting gales arise
Ihe fell destroyer of my blooming trains?
With sad regret and streaming eyes, 1 trace
Each tender plant that dropsit’s fainting head ;
I view full many a vacant vase,
Where once its charms a verdant favorite spread.
Charms, that with guardian hand some gentle
Jair, •.
Intent each morn and eve was wont to tend,
The 'eeble stem she trained with fostering care,
And fondly watched each vegetable friend.
To deck it oft she called her pencil’s aid.
And pleased to exercise her tasteful hand,
With gay device the mimic urn pourtrayed ;
And ranged her favorites on the painted strand.
FINIS.
The Editor of the Richmond Compiler is wa
ging a war of extermination against the gamb
ling shops in that city. So far it has been a’
task of more honor than profit to him : he has
lost ten subscribers by his chivalry and gained
,wo. We trust that this does not indicate tb{>
