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SHERIFFS, CLERKS, mid other public officers, will have 25 per cent deducted in their favor. ADVENTURE WITH A HON?” The thrilling account subjoined of the miraculous escape of a gallant young En glish Olficer from a Lion, is copied from Mr. Waterloo's Magazine of Natural His tory. We commend it with great confi dence, not merely as a narrative of pecu liar interest, but as embodying unexag gerated facts; Mr. W. having heard the exciting story from the mouth of the offi cer himself: In the month of July, 1831, two fine li ons made their appearance in a jungle, some twenty miles distant from the can tonment of Rajacote, in the East Indies, where Captain Woodhouse, and his two friends, Lieutenants Delamain and Lang, were stationed. An elephant was dis patched to the place in the evening ou which the information airived; andon the morrow, at the break of day, the three gentlemen set ofi on horseback, full of glee, and elated with the hope of a speedy engagement. Ou arriving at the edge of the jungle, people were ordered to ascend the neighboring trees, that they might be able to trace the .route of the lions, incase they left the cover. After beating about in the jungle for some time, the hunters started the lordly strangers. The officers fired immediately, and one of the lions fell to rise no more His companion broke cover, and took off across the coun try. Tne officers now pursued him on horseback, as fast as the nature of the ground would allow, until they learned from the men who were stationed in the trees, and who held up flags byway of signal, that the lion had gone back into the thicket. Upon this, the three officers ; returned to the edge of the jungle, and having dismounted from their horses, they got upon the elephant. Captain Wood house placing himself in the hindermost seat. They now proceeded towards the heart of the jungle, in the expectation of “rousing the royal fugitive a second time, they found him standing under a large bush, with his face directly towards them. The lion allowed them to approach with in range of his spring, and then he made a sudden dart at the elephant, clung on his trunk with a tremendous roar, and wound ed him just above the eye. While he was in the act of doing this, the two lieu tenants fired at him, but without success. The elephant now shook him off; but the fierce and sudden attack on the part of the lion seemed to have thrown him into the greatest consternation. This was the first time he had ever come in contact with so formidable an animal; and much exertion was used before his riders suc ceeded in urging him on. again in quest of the lion. At last, he became somewhat more tractable ; but as he was advancing through the jungle, all of a sudden, the lion, which had lain concealed in the high grass, made at him with a redoubled fury. The officers now lost all hopes ofkeeping their elephant in order. He turned round •’> abruptly, and wasgoingaway quite ungov ernable, when the lion again sprang at him, seized his hinder parts with his teeth, and hung on them, until the affrighted animal managed to shake him off by in cessant kicking. The lion retreated further into the thicket; Captain \\ oodhouse, in the mean time, firing a random shot at him, which proved of no avail; as the jolting of the elephant, and the uproar of the moment, prevented him from taking a steady nim, No exertions on the part of the officers could now force the terrified elephant to face his fierce foe, and they found them stdyes reduced to the necessity of dis mounting. Determined, however, to come to still closer quarters with the formida ble king of quadrupeds, Captain Wood house took the desperate resolution to proceed on foot in quest of him; and after searching about for some time, he saw the lion indistinctly through the bushes, and discharged his rifle al him; but he was pretty well convinced that he had not hit him; for he saw the lion retire, with the utmost composure, into the thicker parts of the brake. The two lieutenants, who had remained at the outside of the jungle, joined their companion, on hear ing the report of his gun. The weather was intolerably sultry. After vainly spending a considerable time in c reeping through the grass and bush es, with the hope of discovering the place •of the lion’s retreat, they concluded that he had passed quite through the jungle, and,gone off in an opposite direction. Re • solved not to let their game escape, the lieutenants returned to the elephant, and immediately proceeded round the jungle expecting to discover the route which they conjectured the lion bad taken. Cap tain Woodhouse, however, remained in the thicket, and, as he could discern the .print of the animal’s feeton the ground, he boldly resolved to followup the track’ at all hazards. The Indian ganiefinder, who continued with his commander, at last espied lion in the cover, and point ted him out to the captain, who fired, but unfortunately missed his mark. There was now no alternative left but to retreat and load his rifle. Having retired to a distance, he was joined by Lieutenant Delamain, who had dismounted from his elephant on hearing the report of the gun. This unexpected meeting increased the captain’s hopes of ultimate success. He lost no lime in pointing out to the lieuten ant the place where he would probably find the lion, and said he would be up with him in a moment or two. Lieutenant Delamain, on going eight or ten paces down a sheep tract, got a sight at the lion, and instantly discharged his rifle at him. This irritated the mighty lord ofthe woods, and he rushed towards him, breaking through the bushes (to use the captain’s own words) in most magnifi cent style.” Captain Woodhouse now found himself placed in an awkward sit uation. lie was aware that if he retraced his steps, in order to put him in a better position for attack, he would just get to the point from which the lieutenant had fired, and to which the lion was making: wherefore, he instantly resolved to stand still, in the hopes that the lion would pass by, ata distance of four yards or so, with out perceiving him, as the intervening co ver was thick and stronir. In this, how ever, he was most unfortunately deceived ; for the enraged lion saw him passing, and flew at him with a dreadful roar. In an instant, as though it had been done by a stroke of lightning, the rifle was broken and thrown out of the Captain’s hand, his left arm at the same moment, being seized by the claws, and his right by theteeth of his desperate antagonist. While these two brave and sturdy combatants, “whose c uragc none could stain,” were yet stand ing in mortal conflict, Lieutenant Dela main ran up, and discharged his piece full at the lion. This caused the lion and the captain to come to the ground togeth er, while Lieutenant Delamain hastened out of the jungle to reload his gun. The lion now began to eraunch the captain’s arm; but as the brave fellow, notwith standing the pain which this horrid pro cess caused, had the cool determined res olution to lie still, the lordly savage let the arm drop out of his arm, and quietly placed himself in a crouching position, with both his paws upon the thigh of his fallen foe. While things were in this untoward situation, the captain, unthiuk ly, raised his hand to support his head which had got placed ill at ease in the fall No sooner, however, had he moved it, than the lion seized the lacerated arm a second time; craunched it as before, and fractured the bone still higher up. This additional memento mori. from the lion was not lost upon Captain Woodhouse; it immediately put him to mind that he had committed an act of imprudence in stirring. The motionless state m which he persevered after this broad hint, show ed that he had learned to profit by the painful lesson. He now lay, bleeding and disabled, un der the foot of a mighty and irritated ene my. Death was close upon him, armed with every terror calculated to appal the heart of a prostrate and defenceless man. Just at this world withall its flitting hon ours, was on the point of vanishing forev er, he heard two faint reportsofa gun, which he thought sounded from a dis tance: but he yvas totally at a loss to ac count for them. He learned after the affair was over that the reports were occa sioned by his friends at the outside ofthe jungle, who had flashed off some powder, in order to be quite sure that the nipples of his rifle were clean. The two lieutenants were now hasten ing to his assistance, and he heard the welcome sound of feel approaching; but, unfortunately they were in a wrong direc tion ; as the lion was betwixt them and him. Aware, that if his friends fired, the balls would hit him, after they had passed through the lion’s body, Captain Wood house quietly pronounced in a low and subdued tone, ‘to the other side! to the other side!’ Hearing the voice, they looked in the direction from whence it proceeded, and to their horror saw their brave comrade in his utmost need. Hav ing madea circuit, they cautiously came up on the other side, and Lieutenant Dela maine, whose coolness in encounters with wild beasts had always been con spicuous, from a distance of about a doz en yards, fired at the lion over the person of the prostrate warrior. The lion mere ly quivered; his head dropped upon the ground, and in an instant he lay dead on his side, close to his intended victim. ROBBERY -SUICIDE. A highway robbery occurred in Ma honing township, in this county,on Tues day last, the particulars of which, and the subsequent suicide by the robber, have been related to us as follows. Mr. Branton Holstein fell in with a stranger at New-castle, at the tavern of Mr. Lewis, on Monday night. The next morning the stranger accompanied Mr. Holstein on his road home,being on horse back. When within three or four miles of New Bedford, the money of Mr. 11. was demanded, and to enforce the demand a pistol was presented to his breast. Mr. Holstein then surrendered his pocket book, immediately after which the pistol held in the hand ofthe robber, was fired at him, The explosion frightened his horse and Mr. H. was thrown to the ground. When rising, a second pistol was discharged, the ball from which pass ed through the neck of his horse. The robber then rode rapidly off The a larm having been given, no time was lost in pursuit, and the robber was overtaken tv\ o oi tin ee miles the other side of Y oungs ■■ town, on the Warren road. He had stop ped for refreshment and when overtaken by his pursuers was coming out of the house and proceeding to the stable for his horse. It so happened, either by ar rangement or accident, that the wounded horse of Mr. Holstein was rode by one of the pursuers. On being asked by the per son who first accosted him, whether lie knew the white horse which was coming up, he answered that be had seen him a few miles back. He was then touched and told that he was a prisoner. Step- ping back, he drew a pistol, and threaten ed to shoot any that would attempt to ar rest him. Still holding the pistol in his hand, he retreated along the road a few rods, his pursuers not liking to shoot him down, or risk their lives, yet following and closely surrounding him. After pass ing over a short distance in this way, some wagons were met, when one of those engaged in the pursuit cried out “stop the murderer.” The robber stopped, hesita ted a moment, put his pistol to his temple and discharged it. He breathed for about two hours afterwards, but never spoke. It is supposed that seeing the bloody horse of Mr. Holstien, who was not present him self, and hearing himself called a mur derer, that he believed he really had committed that crime, and through des peration took his own life. He had no papers on his person except a receipt for 5 dollars, from which it would appear that his name was J. F. A. Caldwell. His clothes was marked J. Caldwell. The horse he rode is represented to be a fine animal, a racker, of a bay color. The money of Mr. Holstein was recover d. From the Mobile Register. The Grand Jury of Tuscaloosa County, in this State, on Friday the 251 h ult., re turned a true Bill against Robert G. Wil liams, the Editor of “the Emancipator” New York, for circulating within this State, publications of a seditious character, tending to excite our slavT population to insurrection and murder It is said in the “ Flag of the Union,” though not “ authen tically,” that the Governor v ill make a deinandupon the Executive of New Vork, for the delivery of Williams, to be tried under the laws of this State. Tile clause of the Constitution relied upon to sustain the claim, is that which declares that “ a person charged with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall/tc . from justice and be found in another S'.al ,shall, on demand ofthe Executive authority cd the State from which he fled, be delivered up to the State, having jurisdiction ol the crime.” Should such a demand be contemplated, there will arise some very grave and in tric te questions of constitutional law, which we hope will receive therr.ost earn est and patient investigation, before the de cision is made. ‘The South stands now, on imperial grounds. Our rights are clear, undeniable, undisputed. The whole mass ofthe Northern people confess them, —and though they have not in the most instances, answered our just expectations, in the offer of such aid as we know to be our just due for restraining there, the au thors of the mischief, —the voices that ob ject to any action, or doubt our constitu tional rights, and the moral obligation to do something actively to uphold them for us, are few and feeble. We have no di visions, on the subject south of the Poto mac. There is not a man—not one—who, on this, separates from his neighbars ol every shade of opinion on other subjects. With this array of moral force, unshrink ing determination, and enthusiastic una nimity here, and the admitted conceit of northern feeling, with the spirit of our de mands, —our position is,we repeat it, im pregnable. Let us be wary, while we are resolute,—cool,while weare firm, —and so assert our rights, as not to lose force at home, or weaken on r admitted constiution al rights abroad. Let this question of the right to demand abolitionists, be carefully considered, before we are committed, to a new state of the case, in which, differences of opinion, serious and consci entious, may impede the acquisition of guarantees and securities from our north ern countrymen, —which they would be willing to grant but for terms which n volve principles totally distinct from the merits or demerits of the abolitionists. It seems to us that nothing would he more likely to embarrass the true queslicn, than a conflict between two States of tire Union, for possession ofthe person of the citizen of one of them, to be tried by lavs, not applicable to the place where his jf fence was committed, and for Un offence which, wicked, incendiary, treasonable as it is in the fanatical violence of its purpo ses—is not technically a crimeagainst any law of the Slate, which protects him. There would be little question ofthe right on our part to demand as a compliance with the spirit of the Constitutional Com pact, that the authorities of New York should enter into an arrangement with us for the suppression of the incendiary ptb lications ;—-it would not be a large con cession to make an arrangement by mutu al legislation, for the reciprocal delivery of gross offenders against the municipal laws of each other; and it is a duty, from which they cannot shrink, for them, eitherby actsofspontaneous legislation, or in aid of Southern legislation, to retrain l>y penalties and punishments the issuing oat of their borders of revolutionary and in cendiary publications into another Stale Until these measures,one orail, are takm we must depend upon our own vigilance, and fortify our institutions by watchful and energetic action. In a few weeks, both legislatures will be in session, Ours sits first, and, as in aggrieved State we can require Iron New York, such acts of legislation as will mark her abhorrence oi the designs of our enemies, and the sincerity of her pledges, to uphold the Constitution in all its original vigor and with all its strictest exclusions, of the right of interference with our Institutions. Would it not, therefore, be better, to approach a question of such immense importance, in a direct and dig nified manner, rather than press, now a measuie which, however plausible some of the grounds may seem, to some, is con sidered of doubtful right, even at the South, and which undoubtedly will be contested vehemently elsewhere? The Charleston Courier, publishes n extract from an Address, delivered some years ago by Gen. Harrison, one of the Whig candidates for the Presidency, in which he expresses it, as an object “near” I to his “heart.” —that the surplus revenue of the general government should be ap propriated to the “emancipation” of slaves! He adds —“with the sanction ofthe States holding the slaves, there appears to be no constitutional objection to its being soap plied.” The General is now made so prominent a candidate, and his friends cal culate so strongly on his receiving the Southern votes, which Judge White now claims, that these ardent desires, and constitutional notions ought to be known. —Mobile Reg ister. LATE FROM EUROPE. New York, Oct. 17. The packet ship Orpheus, Capt. Burse ly, arrived yesterday morning from Liv erpool,having left that port on the 17th ult. We have received Liverpool papers of the 16th, and from London to the evening of the 15th. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. On Friday the ses sion of the Chambers for 1835,was brought to a close. The royal ordinance for the dissolution was delivered in the Chamber of Peers by M. M. Persil, De Broglie, Duperre, and Mason. The number of Deputies in attendance did not exceed 45. The Moniteur of Saturday contains a list ofthiity new Peers, who have been ennabled for the active part which they recently took against the Republi cans. In a word, there are only two a motig the new Peers, who are not support ed by pensions grunted by the Govern ment! The design of Louis Phillippe is now to govern by the army,and occasion ally through the exercise ofan unjust pre rogative by the Chamber of Peers. The law abolishing the liberty of the press, has already extinguished several political publications in Paris. The British Parliament was prorogued i i. ihe 10th Sept, to the 10th of Nov. by the King in person, who delivered the f lima lag speech: ‘•?uy Lords and Gentlemen, I find with great satisfaction that the state of public business enables me to relieve you from further attendance, and from the pressure oi those duties, which you have perform with so much zeal and assiduity. 1 re ceive from all foreign powers satisfactory assurances of their desire to maintain with me the most friendly understanding and 1 look forward with confidence to the preservation of the general peace, which has been, and will be, the object of my constant solicitude. [ lament that the civil contest in the southern provinces of Spain has not yet been brought to a term ination; but taking a deep interest in the welfare ol the Spanish monarchy, I shall continue to direct to that quarter my most anxious attention, in concert with the three powers with whom [concluded the trea ty oi quadruple alliance; and 1 have in furtherance of the object of that treaty ex ercised the power vested in me by the legislature, and have granted permission to my subjects to engage in the service of the Queen of Spain. I have concluded with Denmark, Sardinia and Sweden, fresh conventions, calculated to prevent the traffic in African slaves; I hope soon to receive the ratification of a similar treaty, which has been signed with Spain. I am engaged in negotiations with other powers in Europe and in South Ameri ca, for the same purpose, and I trust ere long, the (United efforts of all civilized na tions, will suppress and extinguish this traffic, 1 perceive with entire approba tion, that you have directed your attention to the regulation of municipal corporations in England and Wales, and I havecheer fully given my assent to the bill, which you have passed (or that purpose. 1 cor dially concur in this important measure, which is calculated to allay discontent, to promote peace and union, and to procure for those communities the advantages of responsible government. I greatly re joice that the internal condition of Ire land, has been such as to have permitted you to substitute, for the necessary severi ty ofa law, which had been suffered to ex pire, enactments of a milder character. No part of my duty is more grateful to my feelings, than the mitigation of a penal statute in any casein which it can be ef fected consistently with the maintainance of order and tranquility. Gentlemen of the House of Commons, I thank you for the readiness with which you have voted the supplies. You have provided not on ly for the expenses ofthe year, and for s he interest upon the large sum awarded to the owners of slaves in my colonial possessions, but also for several unexpect ed and peculiar claims upon the justice and liberality ofthe nation. It is most gra tifying to observe, that not’only have the demands been met without any addition al taxation, but that you have made some further progress in reducing the burdens of my people. lam enabled to congratu late you that the terms upon which the loan for the compensation to the proprie tors of slaves has been obtained, afford conclusive evidence of the flourishing state of the public credit, and of that gem eral confidence which is the result of a de termination to fulfil the national engage ments, and to maintain inviolable the public faith. My Lords and Gentlemen I know that I may securely rely upon your loyalty and patriotism, and I feel confident that in returning to your respec tive counties, and in resuming those func iions which you discharge with so much advantage to the community, you will re commend to all classes of your country men obedience to the law, attachment to the constitution, and a spirit of temper ate amendment, which under Divine Pro vidence, are the surest means of preserv ing the tranquility and increasing the prosperity which this country enjoys.” The Corporation Reform Bill, had fin ally passed, as amended in the House of Lords—and, with the Irish Tithe Bill— the North American Colonization Bill, and various other Bills, had received the King’s sanction. From the Red River Herald. IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS. A meeting of the friends of Texas is called, to be held in this city this evening 1 and measures wifi be adopted to render timely assistance to our brothers in Tex as.— N. O. Paper. Isaac Parker had just arrived from Tex as, bringing the intelligence that Gen. Cos had landed near the mouth of the Brasos with 400 men, with the intention of joining the 700 federal troops stationed at San Antonio de Bexar, and marching against the people of Texas. He has is sued his Proclamation, “ declaring that he will’ collect the revenue, disarm the cit izens, establish a military government, and confiscate the property of the rebellious.” Messrs. Johnson and Baker bore the ex press from San Felipe to Nacogdo ches. Stephen S. Austin has written to several citizens of Nacogdoches, that a resort to arms is inevitable. They have hoisted a Flag with “ The Constitution of 1824” inecribed on it, and two hundred freemen gathered around it, determined to stand or fall with it. We subjoin the following letter from General Houston to the gentleman who brought the Intelligence: San Augustine, Texas, ) sth Oct. 1835. y Dear Sir:—At your request I hand you a memorandum, that you may be in formed of our situation. iVar in defence of our rights, our oath and our constitu tions, is inevitable in Teros. If our Volunteers from the United States will join their brethren in this sec tion, they will receive liberal bonnties of land. We have millions of acres of our best land unchosen and unappropriated. Let each man come with a good rifle and one hundred rounds of ammunition— and come soon. Our war cry is “Liberty or Death.” Our principles are to support the Consti tution, and down with the Usurper !! ! Your Friend, SAM. HOUSTON. To Isaac Parker presen.t We have no time to make any com ments. 'The people of the United Slates will respond to the call of their brethren in Texas ! Honesty its own Reward.— Yesterday forenoon, Mr. Farrington, merchant, of Coffee House Slip, stepped into hack No. 39 driven by Thomas Blake,whilst stand ing at Park Row New York, with a pack age ol $30,000 in his hand, and rode to his residence in Fourth street. On fl lighting, he inadvertently left the package lying on the seat of the carriage, suppos ing it was in his pocket, and entered his house, and the carriage drove off Shoitly after he missed his money, and at once concluded he had left it in the hack, but he had not taken notice of its number, he knew not where to look for it. Whilst contemplating what step he had best to take to recover his money, honest Blake, drov • up to his house and boldly entered the door, money in hand. Mr. Farring ton generously tendered him SBOO as a reward for his honesty,but though repeat edly pressed upon him, he has repeated- I ly and decidedly refused its acceptance, j We understand Mr. F. intends forthwith to present to Blake an elegant carriage, | horses and harness; and should he carry I such a resolution into effect, we doubt not I that honest Blake’s coach will produce him substantial evidence that honesty is j always the best policy.”—New Yorlf Tcvies. THE HUES OF AUTUMN. AN INDIAN TRADITION, But every drop this living tree contains. Is kindred blood, and ran in Trojan veins. *♦***♦»» Here loads of lances, in my blood imbrued, Again shot upward, by my blood renewed. Dryden’s Virgil. “Those bones, Stranger?” said the pion eer, “why that ignorant varmint can tell you nothing about them—they were the frame work of men who kicked their shins against these knobs a million years before his people came here to scare game and burn the prairies, The Indian evidently understood the words ofthe rough hunter, though he did not vouchsafe a reply to the hereditary en emy of his race. He did not seem, how ever, to take offence at the interruption, but waiting patiently until the other had finished, he drew up his blanket around him and, rising to his feet, stood erect on the mound. The light of our fire arms was thrown full upon his attenuated fea tures, and lit them up with almostasrud dy a glow as that which bathed the au tumnal foliage behind him. He was mute for some minutes, and then spoke to this effect. “ Yes,they were here before my people. But they could not stay when we came, no more than the Red-man now can bide before the presence of the Long-knife. I he Master of Life willed it, and our fath ers swept them from the land. The Mas ter of life now wishes to call back his red people to the blessed gardens whence they first started, and he sends the Pale faces to drive them from the countries which they have learnt to love so well as to be unwilling to leave them. “It is good men who were meant to grow from the earth like the oak that springs in the pine barren, or the evergreen that shoots from the ground where the tree with a falling leaf has been cut down. “But listen, brother! Mark you the hue I that dyes every leaf upon the tree? It is born ofthe red water with which its roots [ were nourished a thousand years ago. It' is the blood of a murdered race, which flushes every autumn over the land when yearly the moon comes round, that saw it perish from this ground.” LIME JUICE. 4 Pipes Landing to day. And for sale by G. H. METCALF. AUGUSTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 183 5. ELECTION RETURNS. Our readers will get the best information on reference to oar table. The following is the recapitulation of the Constitutionalist —B4 coun ties lor members of Congress and 87 for Gover nor. We congratulate our friends on the result, never doubted by any body. Our opponents admit, they expected to have been beaten 5 or 6000 votes ; but are not equally honest in ac counting for the lessened majority. Every bo dy understands them- Let them keep up their spirits in the best way the} 7 can. Sch, ey, 30,557 Dougherty, 28,212 Cleveland, 3o ’ 124 Glascock, 30,460 Holsey, 29,810 Jackson, 30,207 Beall, 26,931 Foster, 27,569 Gamble, 27,389 Wilde, 27,607 Since writing the above,, this mwning,. we have seen majorities from all the counties’ (believed to be correct,) which place Judge " Schley near 2,600 ahead. PENNSYLVANIA. From the Returns so far, it appears probable* that Ritner will be chosen Governor of Penn sylvania. He is now upwards of 16,000 ahead* ol Wolfe, and nearly 19,000 ahead of MtiMew burg. Ihe Sentinel is principled against belting If he had told us, he did not chew tobacco, or could not eat a chmquepin, we might have known bow to meet his movement. But these sorts of prophecies bottomed on men’s wishes and to forward their party policy, can be met in no other way. Now how shall we do? The Spinel does not bet, and we do not go above the amounts mentioned. We will have to wait patient!) tlie result and see who is the best proph et. Ihe Sentinel says, in a twelvemonth no party in Georgia will support Mr. Van Buren, and the whole Union Party will bolt from the Little Magician! Let us prophecy too—now we will not be so positive as our neighbor, but we should not be surprised in that time to see the Editor ol the Sentinel, where he is not now. No body, we think, will be likely to dispute that prediction. It is too truly Delphic. Now we do not pretend to intimate that it is likely the Sentinel will be on our side. That would not be desirable. We like to know how many men we have, and we are afraid the Sentinel would not r< main there long enough to be counted. T hen there would be a mistake. Our aver sion to running about in that manner ought to have curbed the prophetic spirit of our neigh bor, and tendered him loth to include us par ticularly among the bolting squadron. Judging from the Sentinel’s remarks, he thought, in seeing our joke with the Savannah Republican, that straws show which way the wind blows!” He starts wrong—there is no wind blowing, or likely to blow, in that direction. All is as stea dy as the old Hickory, under whose goodly shade we repose—not a limb shaken to disturb the ma ture fruit, under whose load it bends so grace fully. Mr. Van Buren will be the next Presi dent ofthe United States, and dco Volente with the vote of Georgia, and, if the Sentinel would bet, we would bet him a gray goose quill, with a greater electoral vote, than any man since Wash ington. What will the Sentinel say to that pre diction ? W ill he take that as evidence of bolting ? He may, as he and his party always take the wrong end of a thing. The Sentinel and Chronicle arc at loggerheads about the course ofthe former in the late elec tion in this County. And we care not how ma ny lashes the Sentinel and its coadjutors get on that subject; for they plainly showed that prin ciple had nothing to do with their conduct, and* : the policy they pursued was the meanest trick ; cry. Os the Chronicle, much commendation has not been expected of us; but we owe it to truth and justice to say, that its course has been high-minded and honorable, distinguished by the closest adherence to its principles and per fect consistency in its views in relation to gen -1 enral politics. It sustains, through were policy, no man or set of men, who are not identified with its political creed —picks up no crumbs that fall from other people’s table, and endeav ors to grow fat on the sustenance it gives its political opponents. Those in this county who were busy in this hono-able work, are as poor as ever, and have not the consolation of honor able motives to improve their digestion by giv ing them quieting reflections. As the Ch ronicle says, if they had stuck to their principles, they would not only have had other people’s good opinion, but their own. But we do not intend to double teams on the Sentinel— it has an over match in its neighbor on the same side of the street. TENNESSEE. The Legislature of Tennessee was organiz ed by the election of Jonathan Webster, Presi dent of the Senate, and Ephraim. H. Foster Speaker of the House of Representatives—both unanimously. On the Bth inst. they elected, by a viva voce unanimous vote, Hon. Hugh L. White, United States Senator for 6 years from last March. Gov. Carrol’s Message was only ! seven lines in length—deeming it most respect-. ful not to present his views on any subjectto.be> acted on after he was out of office. The citizens of Nashville gave Judge White a splendid Dinner on the Bth, at which the Gov | ernor elect, Members of the Legislature &c. were present as guests. The following was the first regular Toast: “Our Country—Not the North, nor the South, nor the East, nor the West, but our whole coun try.” The following were the 6th and 7th. James Madison—A commentator on the Con stitution, whose light does not mislead. The President of the United, States —We re spect him for his talents, honor him for his ser vices, and love him for his virtues.— Great Ap plause. The exhibition of what is called a “Chi nese Lady,” at Washington Hall, is what would be termed in theatical parlance, “a great gag.” A homely Indian squaw, with
