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2 TIMS COURIER. RY J. G. M’WHO RTE It. ■■ 1 1 ii ■ <■ wTi—nei. TERMS- This Paper is published every MONDAY WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY Afternoou, at per an num, payable in advance. , COUNTRY PAPER—Published every FRIDAY afternoon at $3 per annum, in advance, or $1 at the expiration of EF* N<f Subscriptions received for less time than six months. 1 ■T ADVERTISEMENTS, not exceeding a square wiU be inserted the first time at 75 ets. per square and 37 1-2 tor each continuance. .'ml-Jr, . « AdvertMements es oae *!«»»«. published Wcrily, at 75 eesulbt the first iiaertftn, and 50 cents, for each con »?i~vertl«iny hv rhe year wit Ibe charged 30 dollars Ynrftodrag subscription and wilt be entitled to ono square IS' each paper. , When persons have standing advertisements of several squares, special contracts may. be made. C N> deductions will be made in future from these- SHI advertisement auft have tho bfr Inslft tionv marked on theiii otherwise they will bo inior ted ttllior. bid, and charged accordingly. .... „ 8 HERIFFS, CLE RKS, and other public offleers, wi,l hai e 23 per eeat. deducted in their favor. From the Crystal Hunter. GAMBLING, or RAIN and SUN SHINE. “Why do vou keep me so long a time at the dooil’*’«aW Fdward F. passionate ly »o his wife. The night had passed; but its cold wind entered the house, as Mrs- F. with a sorrowful heart,undid the lock. “It is late, Edward; and I could not keep from slumbering.” > He said nothing to this but flung aim self into a chair, and gazed intently on the fire. His sera climbed upon his knee and putting his arms around his neck, whispered. Papa, what has Mama been crying fort* Mr. F. started—shook off his boy, and said with violence: “Get to bed, Sir; what business has your mother to let you be up at this hour?* The poor child's lower Up pouted; but he was, at the time too much frightened to cry. His sister silently took him up; and when he had reached his cot, his warm heart discharged itself of its noisy grief. The mother heard his crying, and went to him; but she soon returned tT» the parlour. She leaned upon her husband and thus addressed him; “-Edward, I will not upbraid you oh account of your bars'll ness to me, but I implore you not to act in this manner before your children. You ate not,Edward,as you used to be. Those heavy eyes tell ofwretchedne s as well as of bad hours. You wrong me—you wrong yourself, thus to let my hand show that I am your wife—but at the same time let year heart know singleness in matters of moment. lam aware of the kind of society in which you have lately indulge ed. Tell me,Ed ward—for Heaven's sake tell me—we are poor!—we are reduced); we are ruined!—is it not so? Edward had not a word for his wife; but a man's tears are more awful than his words. “Well, be it so, Edward! Our children mav suffer from our falkbut it willredO'ibie my exertions for them. As for myself, you do net know me, if you think that circumstances can lesson my feelings f r you. A woman’s love is like a plan: which shows its strength the more it is trodden on. Arouse yourself,myhusband It is true, your father has cast you off,and *you are indebted to him a serious sum; but he is not all the world! Only consi der your wife in that light— A slight tap was now ‘heard at the door, and Mrs. F. went to ascertain the cause. Sho returned to her husband;— Mary is at tbe door; she says, you always kissed her before she went to bed. •Mv child, my child,’ said the father, ‘God bless you; I am not well, Mary. Nay, do not speak to me to-night; go to rest now—give me one of your pretty smiles in the morning, and your fathei will be well again, Mr. F too, was persuaded by his affec tionate partner to retire; but sleep or rest was not for him; his wife and children had ooce given him happy dreams—but now the ruin he had brought Upon them was tin ttwakoning reality. When the light of the morning 'aintly appeared above thr line of the opposite Ijouse Mr. F. arose, ‘Where are you going, Edward?’ said his watchful wife. ‘I have been consid ering,* he repled calmly, ‘and I am deter mined to ry my father. He loved me when I was a boy—was proud of me. It is true, I have acted dishonorably by him; no doubt have ruined him. Yesterday I spoke harshly of him; but I did not then know myself. Your affection, my dear wife, has completely altered me. I nev. er can forget my ill treatment of you; but I will make up for: I ill; —indeed I will. Nay do not grieve in this way; this is worse to mo than all; I will be back soon.* The children appeared in the breakfast room, Mary was ready with her smile, and the boy was anxious for the notice of his father. After a short space of time, Mr. F. returned. ‘Why so pale, my husband? will your parent nut assist you? •We must indeed sink, my love. He will not assist me. He upbraided ma I did not, f could not answer him. He spoke kindly of you and our little ones: bat he has cast us off forever.’ The distressed man had scarcely said this, when a person rudely came in The purport of this visit was soon perceived. Io the name <»f F’s. father, he took pos session of the property; and he had the pc w3r to make F*a prisoner. ’You shall not take papa away/ said the lit’fo sx>n r »t ihe same time kicking at the effievr. ‘Mama,’ whispered Mary* ‘must my father gu io prison ? Won’t they let us go too? •Here comer my authority,* said the Deputy Sheriff The elder Mr. F. doggedly placed himself in a chair. •You shall not take my papa aWay/ cried out the boy to his grandfather. - ‘ Whatever may have been my conduct, Sir/ said tbe miserable Edward, ‘This is unkitid in you. l imo hot a single feeling for mysfedf; but my wife—iny chil dren—you have no right thus io hbrrass them with your presence? 'Nay, husband,* responded Mrs. F. 'think not of me. ‘Your father Carjti'O distress me. I 'liaVe dot known you, Ed ward, from your childhood, as he ha»: but lie shall see how I can cling to you— Caribe proud of you in your poverty. He has forgotten your youthful days—he‘has lost sight of his own thoughtless years? Tho old gentleman directed his law agent to leave the room. Ho then slow ly, yet nervously, answered thus: 'Madam—l have ttof forgotten my own thoughtless days. I have not forgotten that I once had a wife as amiable and no ble minded as yourself; end I havri not forgotten fharyour liusband was her fa vourite child. An old man hides bis sor. rows; but let not the world therefore, think him unfeeling—especially as that world taught him to do so. The distress I have this moment caused was premedi tated on my part. It has had its full ef fect. A mortal gets to vice by single steps; and many think the victim must return'by degrees. 1 know Edward’s disposition, and that with him a single leap is sufficent. That leap no kas taken. He is again in my memory as the favourite of his prior mother—the laughing-eyed yotipg pet of a—pshaw—of an old fool; but why am 1 crying?’’ Little Mary had insensibly drawn her self towards the old philosopher: arid, without uttering a word, pressed his hand, and put her handkerchief to his eyes.— The boy, also, now left bis parent, walk ed up to his grandfather, and, leaning his elbow on the old man's knees, and turn ing up bis round cheek, said, ’‘Then you wont take Papa away?* “N«<! you little impudent rascal—but I’ll take you away; arid when your moth er comes for you,’l 'will treat her so well, that I’ll make your father follow after?* Thus came happiness at the heel of ruin! If husbands oftener appreciated the exquisite and heaven-like affec tion of their wives, many happier fire sides would be seen. One in love, and One in inind, ought to be the Ynotto of every married pair. And fathers would many times check improvidence, if they were to make use of reflection and kind ness, lather than prejudice and strict ness. Statue of Jefferson.- -Wo perceive by the proceed 1 t>gs of the Board of Assistant Aldermen, that 'Lieutenant Levy, of the Navy has presented to the cityihe colossal statne of Jefferson, cast by David, the celebrated sculptor at Paris. It is seven fuel ihiec or four inches‘th height, of ad mirable proportions, and a most striking resemblance, said by Lafayette to be per feet. The costume is such as he usualy wore holding a pen in his hand,and by his side the -OoclhraHon o r s Iriffepoudance. When placed on a pedestal about four feet in bejgh', it will be a commanding figure, will be generally admired as a finished specimen oi the arts. We arc glad that it his been presented lo a city which is const ititly lealizing all the benefits secur ed 'o us by 'ho great charter of our liber ties, for which >ve are greatly indebted to the labuts of the Immortal patriot. Dr. Sifii'h, we perceive, stated the cost at 2000 li .rics; we ire of opinion that the expense was S2OOO, and we are happy to perceive that our officers of ihe Navy are not regardless, when abroad, of those works of art which are calculated to en rich their country, and have the patriot ism to deVole So iArge a um for a single spo** cimen. We are actively engaged in get ting up the statue of Washington, which has been too long neglected. Tho statue of Hamilton,for the Exchange, is already contracted for. These monuments are considered in all countries as just tributes tu public worth and public services, and to (he rising generation they the best effect.— N. Y. Evehiug Star. From the Neio York Fortner. TO PREVENT HORSES FROM BREAKING BRIDLES. We have heard farmers speak favora bly of the following method of managing horses, recommending by the Farmer’s Register: While writing this letter, my attention Was arrested by a person calling to adbtli fer io run and prevent a horse frodi break, trig his bridle, that h*- had just been tied by. I will, therefore, state how I broke a valuable mare from that habit a few years ago. I came home one day and tied her and had scarcely reached my door before she broke a new bridle into three parts, and ran off. i ordered her to be brought back, and after some reflection, I cut a piece of leather about four inches long, and aboutt as wide as the head-stall, and drove two rows of small nails through ; while this was fixing,! ordered a small pad to bo made about the size of the leather, and filled it with wool; I then pressed the points of tbe nails into the pad, and put the leather under the head-stall, and walked away. She gave a sudden jerk to clear herself from the bridle, which forced the nails through the pad into her head, after which she made one or two slight efforts, and stood still. I then took a horsewhip and gave her sev eral cuts, but she would not break away: she appeared more afraid of the nails coming in contact with her head than she was of the whip, Afier this, when I tied her lor two o r three times I slipped the pad and leather under the head-stall which effectually broke her; and since, I have broke another in the same way.— Both of these were young beginners; but I imagine that old offenders can be broken in the same way. This can be used to make a horse lead into a place, or pass a fence or ditch, which otherwise he would be unwilling to do. Why are ladies dresses like money left ‘in a will> Because it is a ICg-i. see. LAMENTATIONS OF JOHN GREEN, STABLE-KEEPER, Confined in Ilorsemonger-Lane Jail for debt. ” Come all, whose bosom pity feels, 'My h.i' il condition see, And since I cannot pay my bills, Give credit unto me. My warrant many a mare has sold, At mnrt and country fair; But now I uffei. you behold, By warrant from the ftlayor. ’tri vain, his patience to implore, I pleaded ray distress; 1 could not pay one penny more, For 1 was penny-lets. Tao late, alas! I now began My errors to amend, And found that every stable-man Is not a stable friend. I qnce had stores of hay and corn. And days of.plenty saw; But now, expos’d to public scorn, ' I am a man of straw. They only know, whom Fortune’s frown - Compels to drink the cup,, How much a man is taken down, By being taken up. The cheapest comforts are forbid; And ttio’ it sounds so odd, My lips have scarcoly chew'd a quid. Since 1 have been in qubd. The spicy bowl, and flowing can, , ‘ I now must never touch, Though near tbe spot where rriariy a man Has had a Drop (dvmuch. By driy’knd night to endless cares My beauty is a prey; My hair is “ white, though not with years,” And Green is chang’d to grey: For though to right or left at Wilt, The bridled horse is led, A Bridewell is more certain still To turn a humanfiead. Ye duns, have done ’ nor thus upbraid ; My bonds I mean to burst; I’ll “pay you off”—that’s when I’ve paid The debt of Nature first! Miss Sheridan’s Com. An for 1834. BANK OF VIRGINIA. At the Annual Meeting of the Stock holders yesterday, held at their Bank Room, the following resolutions were a dopted. Resolved, That, the Stockholders dis approve of so much of the ilgreeirient,be tween the-President and Directors oi the Bank of Virginia Rod tbe Secretary of the Treasury of theUriited States, for the deposites of public money of the United States in the Bank of Virginia, as i$ em braced in the second, fiffh,sixth, seventh, and eighth articles thereof; so much o! the 3d article as stipulates that returns of the condition of the Bank shall be made to the Secretary of the Treasury, and to submit the Books and transactions of the Hank to the examination of the Secretary of the T easury, or his Agent; and so mlldh of the fourth article as stipulates, that (he Bank shall transfer any portion of its deposites,to any other Bank or Banks employed oy the government of tho U. States. Resolved, That tbe Stockholders can not consent that the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, or the Of ficer or Agent of any other government, whose authority is not recognised by the Charter; shall have any agency whatever in controlling the administration of the af fairs of the Bank, or in suggesting tp its Officers or Agents any wish or expecta tion, as to the manner in which the funds of the Bank are te be administered.— They therefore, deeply regiet, that the communication of the Secretary of the Treasury to the President of the the Bank,in which he declares, that “the department anticipates from you the adop non of such a course respecting your ac commodations as willprQve acceptable to the people, and safe to the government," had not beeii promptly answered by in formation, that the Officers of ibis Bank could not permit the interference of tbe Officers of the Government of the U. S. in any manner wnriteVer in the adminis tration of its affairs. Resolved, Thai the President and t>i r rectors of (his Bank be instructed to communicate to the Secretary of (tie Treasury of the United S. that so much of the .igreemoiK afw esaid as is heieby disapproved, cannot be carried into effect by this Bank. Henry IV, of France being out one day on a hunting match, lost his party and wos riding alone. Observing a country fallow standing upon a gate, apparently on the watch, he asked him -what he was looking for, “j’se come Herb” says he “to Zee the king,”—“Get up behind me, “replied the monarch,” and I will soon conduct you to the place whore yuu may see him.*’ Hodge, without any scruple mounted; but as they were riding along he put this sagacious question to his com panion. “They tell me he*s got a power of lords we*un—how may a body know, which is he 1 The king replied, “That he’d be able tn distinguish hint by seeing that all his attendants took off their hats, while he himself remained uncovered.” Soon after, they joined the hunt, when all the cir< le as may well be expected, were greatly surprised to see the king so oddly attended". When they were arrived, his majesty turning to the clown, asked him if he could toll him which was the king. “I dont know (answered he) but faith it must be one of us two, for we’ve both got our hats on, Voltaire io bib younger years wrote a very severe satire on a man of rank in France. The nobleman one day meeting the poet in a narrow lane where it was impossible to escape, gave him a drub bing'. Voltaire complained to the regent and requested justice. “It is too late,” replied the regeut, “justice has been done already.” Vanity Reproved.— *l am thankful that tbe Lov'd has opened my mouth to preach without any laming,* said au illiterate preadien ‘A similar event took place in Balaam's tin*/ replied a geotkman present. The Murder of Miss Cunningham. We publishad an article yesterday from the Port Deposite paper, (says the BaN timore Chronicle,) respeciing the arrest and imprisonment of a man on suspicion of being the murderer. ofMissCunningham in Cecil county in April 1825. We are now informed, in addiiion o the article published yesterday, that the man arrested yesterday, is a shoemaker, who has resi ded at or in the neighborhood of point Deposite, ever since the murder was com mitted —and that in one instance he ap peared as a witness, and testified strongly against two men, who, a few years since, wore arrested on suspicion of having com mitted, or 'being accessary te the said murder; and had it'depended on his testi mony alone, they lyould, in ajl probability have been convicted. The discovery now made, was truly providential, lie had hypothecated a' very valuable ring io a man to whom he was indebted, which ring the creditor placed upon his finger, and soon after, being in company, it was ob served and identified, Miss Cunningham’s name being still legible! On being questioned,Tie informed from whom he received it, and for what pur pose, and referred to two persons who. were present at the transaction. Process v/as accordingly issued, and the suspected Culprit was arrested, and is now confined in Elkton jail. On searching his prem ises, we also learn that a stocking, belong ing to the deceased, was also found, which, on comparing, corresponded pre cisely with its fellow, which .has "ever since been preserved by her family.— Nile's Register, of the 23d April, 1825, in mentioning the horrid account of the ‘murder, says—“ She was just about to be married, and her ring, the emblem of plighted faith, was carried off.— lt is pos~ sible that this circumstance may lead to the discovery of the murderer.'* AUGUSTA. WEDN ESDAY, JAN. 15,1834 (£7* If any of our triends can furnish us Numoerx of (he Courier of tbe follow, ing dates of the past year,they will oblige us; April s and 22; ahd May 13. T’hey have been borrowed and not returned. The Northern Mail, which heretofore passed through Edgefield Village, now goes by Aiken, on the Rail Road, and straight to Columbia, saving thereby some Bor 10 miles. We do not know that tbe advantages, thus gained,equal the inconvenience sustained by a change of the old, long established rout. COTTON. . The almost impassable state of the roads has prevented arrivals to Market, and the business done is small. Some small prarsels have been "sold, from a 10. We quote wajon prices from 8 a and tome inferior considerably lo'yer. Freights to Savannah CO cents per bale— not much offering We stand corrected, both by the Sentinel and Chronicle The latter says we were “ misinform ed.” No price.it seems, was tendered to Hi lt was only asked what it would take? The Chronicle, this morning, prottiis'es'its pa trons to rfppear soon in a new dress. The pnb.s lie would like to see it in a new dtess of the old principles, which were connected with its ear ly fame. The Directors of the Bank of the State of Georgia have determined to locate a Branch in Athens; and will, on he ?4’h instant, elect se ven Directors and a Cashier. The Cashier’s ’alary sl2oo—Bond, 30 000. The President recommends, in a message on the subject of the presents given tn Foreign Ministers, some of which are now deposited in the Department of State, that they be given to those to whom they were originally presented, if living, and to their heirs, if dead. In the lat ter case they would be considered as gratefu| memorials of the estimation in which the parent was Held. We perceive, that on the balloting, in the Senate, for members of the Joint Committee on Enrollments, Mr. Kino, qf Georgia, and Dr Lux, were chosen. Mr. King, being the first member on the Senate’s list, becomes Chairman of tbe Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills. A Colts race will take place over our turf on Monday, 20th instant. Four colts were entered Messrs. Phinizy’s, Greenwood’s, Dalby’s,' and Coleman’s Mr. Coieman has paid the forfeit, and withdrawn his from the contest. Mile heats. The passage of a few United States Troops through ColumbuS, it seems, had some tendency to depopulate that city. The Nutbjiers looked “shy"— we do not know for what. The Enqui rer says, “ The old looked on and shook their heads; the young enquired if it had always been thus; the little boys showed symptoms of aston ishment; and the negroes looking towards the woods, gave indications of bushing it. The sight was enough to make a man of moderate courage look shy; officers all whiskered and muffled in caps aud cloaks; drums beating dread ful notes; fifes, French horns, and trumpets blowing all kinds of marshal music; red coats and cocked hats; soldiers with muskets and bayonets, cannon arid canteens, ready armed for slaughter ” Would the Enquirer have our soldiers move from one station to another, with their fingers in their mouths 1 Two more companies, this morning, passed through t' is city up to the Arsenal. We under* stand they are destined for some of the Western military stations. The citisens of Columbus, having not been hurt by their predecessors, we hope will piuck up a little courage and attend to their business as usual. Mr. Benton's speech on the Deposite Ques tion has been characterised as coarse, vulgar and stormy. What we have sedn of it do»>s not deserve that character. His spfefech contains several decided bits, done in the very best man ner. The public cannot fail to understand them. Speaking of the decorum that used to be observed in debate in the Senate, he compli mented the Vice President for the peculiar deli escy and decorum of his Senatorial career, and extolled, for this cause, the opposition to Pre sident Adams’ Administration. If there was one brilliant exception, he said, the error was redeemed by classic wit,, and the heroic readi ness with which a noble heart bared its bosom to the bullets of those who felt aggrieved.ln another place, speaking of. the object of Mr. Clay’s resolutions, he said, that they led to no practical result. He stated, that the mover seemed to foresee this objection, and alluded to the effect which their adoption might have upon the public mind. Mr. Benton deprecated the adoption of barren resolutions for popular effe< t, and thought tbe experiment might fail of suc cess. If the Sedate passed these resolutions, and condemned the removal of the deposits, he remembered a case in which the Senate’s con demnation had been the highest passport to pub lie favor, and it might be, that a vote on these resolutions, Ih favor of the Bank, might be equally unprofitable to tbe Senate, which gave it, and to the Bank, which received it. Intrigue Indeed.— Mr Lot Clarke pays bis daughter a visit, and enjoys the contrast between a Southern and Northern winter for a few weeks, and lo .' the world is about to be turned upside down ! By tbe by, it is not far froth that in reality; but, whatever the Chronicle, or its correspondents, may think to the contrary, we venture to say Mr. Clark's visit here was in tended to have but iittle influence on its future position. Mr. Van Buren send Mr. Clarke here to see bis daughter I! If Mr. Clarke’s parental feelings were at so low an ebb Mr. Van fiuren deserves credit for raising them to the spring tide. Mr. Van Buren, now-a-days, has a hand in every thing going on. We wish he would take the Chronicle in hand—we are tired ol its sur veillance We think it likely, it was Mr. Van Buren who asked tbe Chronicle " what he would take.” as it was” no individuals or individual, to when we could possibly have (b.fore) had reference.” Macon City Council.— lsaac G. Sey mour, I. B. /Zjwland, D. Wilson, A. Ba ber, Scott Cray, H. Freeman; P. Ileath, W. B. Ball. Bibb County Officers. John L. Must tan sheriff, H. G.Ross, clerk superior court ; Martin Simmons clerk inferior court Wm. B Jourdan, receiver tax returns, Thomas R. Saulsbury coroner, Geo Vigal, Tax Collector. Monroe County Officers. Turner Huut sheriff, E. G. Cabanjss cloik su perior court, E. Bradshaw clerk inferior court. Crawford County Officers. Win. B« Files sheriff* E. M. Amos clerk superior court. Savannah City Officers.—Wm, H. Bulloch Recorder; P. Houstoun. Treas ures; F. M. Stone City Marshal; M. Myers Clerk; Gey. J. lleuly Messenger; J. Miller Clerk of J/arket; L- Wright Sexton; A. Harmon Super. Streets and Lanes; A. Harmon Super. City Watch; F. E. Tebeau Deputy do. do.; Thomas, fl. Williams, and J. Barthelmess Ser geants; John Haupt Keeper Magazine; J. T. Snider Contractor Sweeping Ciiina nies; L. Geridon Contractor for Lamps; Messrs. S. Philbrick, P. G. Shick, W. Marshall, W. Bruen and J. Davidson Port Wardens; J. R. Thompson Pump Contractor; J. F. Parisot Keeper City Clock; M H. McLeod Guager Liquors; Chatham County Election.— Dews sheriff; Pooler Clerk Superior & Inferi or Courts; Bell Tax Collector; Lathorp Receiver of Tax Returns; Eden Coroner; S;epheus Surveyor. Upson County Election. Meadows Sheriff; Yooge Clerk of Superior Cour’; Bethel Clerk of the Inferior Court; Wal ker Receiver of Tat Returns; Deavours Tax Collector. FUR THE COURIER. COUNTY LYCEUMS. Seventy or eighty County Lyceums areahea dy in successful operation, and measures are in progiess to have one in each of the eleven hun died counties in the United States. Several of these societies have made Success ful efforts to carry intellectual and moral im provement to every child Within their district— to see that every child, is learned to read and write, and that their redding and writing are properly applied to improve the mind and heart. The first instrume it used in this enterprize, is a “ Penny Tract," composed of lessons for the self instruction of children. By this tract, and the series which follow it, a child, or a family, learn letters, words, and sentence*, in the same manner as they learn the common objects around them; such as chair, table, knife, fork, fire, Sic. These tracts are one cent a copy, or five dol lars athojsand; and as one copy is sufficient to initiate a child, or an adult, into the art of read ing, the expense of supplying every family in a county is a mere trifle; and not only within the means of a lyceum, but of an individual. Io several instances an individual has furnished a copy to every family in a county, who were dis. posed to receive It. The first tract never fails to be learnt by the children who receive it, and to create a desire fur the secoud, and that for the third, and with the desire the means are soon found by families to procure tracts, and books, and teachers for themselves. In proof of the adage, that'kiiowledge •» post er, some families who have commenced in (his course of improvement, have soon found them elves able, not only to procure books and teach • ers, but mare decent and tnore comfortable clothing, which must eventually be followed by a richer supply of the various comforts and con veniences of life. County Lyceums arepeculiaily fitted for this mode of diffusing knowledge; for they can, not only procure and circulate the ” tracts,” but they can furnish, or aid circuit teachers, to meet the families of several neighborhoods, once a week in succession, and b» that means bring various kinds of instruction within their reach. To supply every family in a county with R copy of the Penny Tracts, ten oY twelve dollars would, on an average, he sufficient; and as that seldom if ere r fails to give an impulse which leads to other, and still other, means of instruc tion, although small in size and expense, like tnany other simple instruments, it is great in its results: and is not only an object worthy of every County Lyceum already organised, but of the organisation of one in each of the eleven hundred counties in the American Union. A TEACHER. [We are Obliged to our Correspondent for specimensof the Penny Tracts, mentioned Above, which can be seen by those interested in thesO matters.] Editor. FOR THE COURIER. THE LIDO SONG. [Set to music. ] • * • • She loved Italy, because there she had met the bright smile, and seen the farewell tear. She loved Italy, because in its soft sky she had seen the nightly wanderings of the same star, which had left some memory beams upon the loneliness of her exile. She loved Italy', because its streams flowed into the same ocean which murmured around the sea-island home of an absent onethe same ocean whose billow was now to be her pioneer to the true heart, ■round which were entwined her young affec tions. Love had thrown a beautiful iris around her feelings, and on the last shore of her spirit land she thus sung: 0! loose thy light bark, Gondolier, Upon thy Lido stream; For I mast leave this home so dear, Where uight-stars softly beam. O .' Lady, stay, one moment stay, And I will come to thl>e, And bear hy fairy form away, From this bright Italy. Yet still, O! hasten, Gondolier, Upon ihy Lido stream, / For I must leave this home so dear, „ This land where angels dream. ; O! quickly hasten, let iftc leave , 1 These calm Italian skies; This spirjt-land, yyliere Fariej weave Their endless witcheries. O Lady friend, I pity thee,—• That one so bright, so fair, Should leave this land of minstrelsy, To dry the exile’s tear. ’ 0! haste t to morrow I must l»< Upon the wave ; To-morrow I must skim the sea, ■ Which hides the Peri’s grnve> Far hence, to morrow, I thdst roam, ’. Upoi the ocean deep ; Far hence, must seek my exile’s home. Where sea born mermaids wefep. Kind Lady-friend, O ' leave the decjl; Nor try the moon-lit sea ; Let Peris have thy tear, but Thy smile for Italy, Ah, no! kind friend, kind Gondolier, 1 capnot, cannot stay: For bright hours gone, I leave my tea/; My smile has fled away. But she never found her exile’s h-aone.— Hit heart broke, and its sp»r it left the sea gin isle. —The wild storm bdrried her among the corals of the ocean. IORKAL. U S- SENATE.—The Senate being now full by the election of Judge Porter, from Louisi ana, we publish the following Alphabetical List of Senators, showing the stare of parties. We have placed Mr. Hendricks, of ImPana, in the opposition, as he generally votes with the majo rity, and Mr. McKean, ol Pennsylvania, in (he JgpksQn ranks; although it may prove the other wAy with these somewhat doubtful Senators:— £ C 0771. Adn. . Opposition or Ami-Jackso". Jackson. Bell, N. Hampshire Behton, of Missouri, Bibb, Kentucky ‘ Black, Mississippi Calhoun, S. Carolina Brown, N. Chambers, Maryland Forsyth. Georgia Clay, of Kentucky, Grundy Tennessee Clayton, Delaware Hill, New-Hanpihiro Ewing Ohio , Kane, Illinois Frelinghuysen, N. Jersey King, Alabama * Hendricks, Indiana King, Georgia Kent, Maryland *Linn, Missouri Knight Rhode-hlatid *M< Kean, Penn- MangUm, N. Carolina Morris, Ohio Moore, Alabama Rives, Virginia Naudain, Delaware ‘Robinson, Illinois Poindexter, Mississippi Slicpley, Maine Porter, Louisiana Talmadge, N. York Prentiss, Vermont ♦Tipton, Indiana Preston, S. Carolina White, Tennessee Robbins, Rhode-island Wilkins, Penr.sylva’q Silsbee, Massachusetts Wright, N- York, Smith, Connecticut Totilr—2o Southard, N. Jersey Sprague, Maine Swift, Vermont Tomlinson, Connecticut Tyler, Virginia Waggaman, Louisiana Webster, of Massachuscets/ Total—2B. * Doubtful. Alabama.—la an official response to the call of the Senate of Alabama, it appears under the authority of the Cashier of tbe State Bank at Tuscaloosa, that one hundred and wne suits had been commenced by that institution, for dis honored bills of exchange,, and one hundred and forty-two suits upon unpaid notes —ihe ag gregate amount of which was §228,849! From the Mobile Commercial Register we learn that daring tbe period in which these debts were contracted, th* Branch Bank ol the ; United States, and the Bank of Mobile have conducted fheit business succes fully, and that the former institution has not lost a single dob iar by bad debts within th* ’»•« seven years. Money Affairs.—Ke regret to announce that the at Hackensack, N. J. has suspended payment. The Brokers in N. York, have made same change I* l the discount of “Country Money.” The bills of Banks on the Hudson, are taken al' h H lf per cent, and the Connecticut Banks at tbe same rate. Those in the Western section of the state a 2 per cent. We find it stated in Poulson’s Dai’y Adver tiser, a paper than which none stands higher for accuracy and truth—that tbe notes of many of the local banks, in consequence of the remo val of the deposited, are now Philadeb phis at from one <0 eight, and even twelve p«Y cent below par, and that the evfl is rapidly fl!-, creasing.
