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Tim following lines, copied from tlte vo
lume of Poetry by Mr. Simms, to which nl-
lu?ion was made a few days since, are of
more than ordinary merit. They derive
a touching, if not a sympathetic interest,
from the melancholy fatennd ml verse for
tunes of the race of men who nro fast hast
ening to extinction, and whoso removal
westward ia so feelingly recorded in verse.
[Southern Patriot.
THE BROKEN ARROW. (1)
Te warriors, who gather the brave to deplore,
And repine fur the Chief, ye shall witness no
more, 4
Ect the hotehet of fight still unhuried remain,
Whilst we joy in the glory of him that is slain.
Unbounded in soul, as unfearing in fight,
Yet mild as the dove, when mitempted to smile,
Unarm was resistless, his tomahawk true,
And his eye, like the eagle’s, was lightning to
view.
Ear down in the valley, when cv’ning was still,
I heard the deep voice of the Wolf (it) 00 the hill;
■y Xml hark,’’ said the Chief, us it echoed below,
«■ ’Tis the voice of Menawe, (3) the cry of my foe!
>) lie comes not, the coward, to mingle in fight,
0 Whilst the day-god can offer one streak of bis
light,”
But in darkness that emblems liis bosom s own
hue.
He seeks to perform what he trembles,to do !
The Chief took his rifle, unerring ns fate,
His eye glow'd as proud ns his bosom was great;
1 heard the flint strike on the steel, but in vain,
For 1 heard not the rifle re-echo again! (*})
Go, sigh notaway as the coward has done, .
The remnant of life o’er the fields we have won,
But a mournful farewell to pur fruit-trees, (5)
we'll leave,
They o’ershadow our fathers, they shelter the
brave!
farther west! farther west! where the Buffalo
roves,
And the ted deer,is found in the velley he loves;
Our hearts shall be glad iu the hunt once again,
’ Till the white man sbnll seek for the lands that
remain. (6)
Farther west! farther west! where the sun as he
dies
Still leaves a deep lustre abroad in the skies;
Where the hunter may foam and hi. woman may
rove,
And the white mao not blight, what he cannot
improve.
One song of regret to the wilds that we leave,
To the Chief, o’er whose grave still his warriors
must grieve,
He died ns a hero, and equall'd hy few,
Himself the wor6t foe, to the white mao too true-
Farther west, farther west, itis meet that welly.
Where the red deer will bound at the glance of
an eye;
Yet, lonely the song of our parting be sung,
For the arrow is broken, the bow is unstrung !
1. The Broken Arrow, p. 7.—This term is
figuratively applied to the Indian Chief, Mack
intosh, whose adherents were the inhabitants of
a section of the Creek nation, which bears this
name.
£• I heard tlie deep voice of tho Wolf on the
hill, p. 7—Mad Wolf—This Chief was the one
who shot Mackintosh, exclaiming to him, to die
hy the laws he hail himself made.
3. 'Tis the voice of Menawe, the cry of my
fce, p. 7—This was the Chief, who commanded
Che party, about two hundred who went in pur
suit of Mackintosh,
4. For I heard not the rifle re echo again, p.
8—This is but partially true. Mackintosh did
utteippt a defence, but hit aim, and not his rifle,
was defective.
6. But a mournful farewell to our fruit trees,
»c'll leave, p. 8—Tfiat their fruit trees, should
svem an object of regret at parting, when there
Were other, and more powerful motives for grief,
may seem in our eyes absurd ; yet I have good
Reason for the line. Of the Plum they are pas-
sionutely fond. 1 have ridden for An hour un
der one continued orchard, that fringed the
gpad.
0. ’Till the white man shall seek for tl;e lands
that remain—This is literal ; 1 observed to an
old Chief of the Mackintosh party, on reading
to him the articles of tile late treaty which ivus
Received while I was- in the Nation, that lie
would find good hunting ground in the west;
^plenty of buffalo, deer, he. “All!” snid lie,
" after a momentary brightening of countenance
at tlie intelligence, “yet when wc get good settled
there and the pipe smoko well, whiteman will
•Want more land.” This needs no comment.
Author of IFavtrly.—It seems that 3ir
Walter Scott has declared himself to be
*he author of tho Wuverly novels. The
editor of the National Gazette *ays, “ Wo
«tw yesterday, in Sir Walter Scott’s hnnd
writing, unquestionably authentic, his ac
knowledgment that he isthe author of
Wuverly; and his manuscript refers to
•tho lifo of Napoleon as liis work.”
,^‘/toger, where tea* /?"—At Kcnwyn,
during divine service, two dogs, one of
which was the parson’s, were fighting at
tho west end of the church. Tlie parson,
who wns then rending the second lesson,
nished out to part them ; and on his re
turn, doubting where he had left off, asked
clerk, “ Roger, wlterc wns I ?”—
V by, down parting the dags, to be sure,”
wud Roger, to the no §mall amusement of
e ewgfeuqtijyi.
from Tint rttr.cr axzcdotes.
FIDELITY. x
Every ope must recollect t|ie tragical
story of young Emmet the Irish Patriot;
it was too touching to bo soon forgotten.
During the troubles in Ireland lie was
tried, condemned, niuj executed oil a
charge of treason. Ijis fbte nqado n deep
impression on public Sympathy. He was
so young; so intelligent; so generous;
so brave ; so every thing that we are apt
to like in n young map. His conduct un
der trial, too, wns so lofty nnd intrepid.—
The noble indignation with which lie re
pelled the charge of treason against liis
country; the eloquent vindication of his
name ; and his pathetic appeal to posteri
ty in tlie lio|ieless hour of condemnation ;
all these entered deeply into every gene
rous bosom, and even Ids opponents la
mented tho stern policy that dictated his
execution.
Hut there wns one heart whoso anguish
it would he impossible 1 to describe. In
happier days nud fairer fortunes he had
won the affections of a beautiful and in
teresting girl, the daughter of the late ce
lebrated Irish barrister, (Curran.) She
loved lam with the disinterested fervor of
a woman’s first nnd early love. When
every worldly tnaxint arrayed itselfagaiusl
him; when blasted iu fortune, and dis
grace. and danger darkened around his
name, she loved him the more ardently
for his very sufferings. Since his fate
could awaken sympathy even of liis foes,
what must have been the agony of her,
whose soul was occupied hy his image ?—
Let those tell who havo had tlie portals
of the tomb suddenly closed between
them nnd the being they most loved on
eartli ; who have sut ut its threshold, ns
one shut out in a cold and lonely vivid,
whence nil that was lovely qnd loving haJ
departed.
To render her widowed Situation more
desolate, she had incurred her father’s
displeasure hy her unfortunate attach
ment ; and was an exile from the paternal
oof. Hut could the sympathy nml Wind
offices pf friends have reached n spirit so
shocked and driven in hy horror, she
would have experienced no want of con
solation, for the Irish are a people of quick
and generous sensibilities. The most de
licate and cherishing attentions were
paid her hy families of wealth and distinc
tion. She was led into society, and they
tried ull kinds of occupation and amuse-
incut to dissipate her grief, and wean her
from the tragical story of her love, but it
was all jn vain ! There are some strokes
of calamity that scatljo nnd scotch tbu
sop); that penetrate to the vital seat of
happiness, m,d blast jt, never nguin to put
forth laid or blossom. She never object
ed to frequent the hnuuts of pleasure;
but ahe was as much nloue there as in the
depthsufsolitude. Hhp walked about in
a sqd reverie, apparently unconscious of
the world around her. Slio carried with
Iter an inv :vd wo, tit at mocked nil the
blandishments of friendship, and “heed
ed not the song of the charmer—charm he
ever so wisely. 1 ’
The person, says the eloquent author of
the Sketch Hook, who told me her story,
had seen her nt a masquerade. After
strolling through (ha splendid rooms nnd
giddy crowd, with an nir of utter abstrac
tion, she sat herself down on the steps of
an orchestra, and looking about for some
time with a vacant air, that showed her
insensibility to the garish scene, she be
gan with the capriciousnesK of a sictyly
j heart, to wnrhjo a little plaintive air.—
I She had an exquisite voice ; but oa this
occasion it was so simple, so touching, it
breathed forth such a soul of wretched
ness that she drew u crowd, mute und si
lent around her, and melted every one into
tears.
The story of ono sp truo nnd tender,
could not hut excite great interest in a
country remarkable fur enthusiasm. It
completely won tho henrt of a brave offi
cer. who paid his addresses to her, and
thought that one so true to tile dead, eoulej
not but prove affectionate to tho iiving.—
Slip declined Ids attentions, for her
thoughts were irrevocably engrossed by
the memory, of her former lover. He so
licited put her tenderness but her esteem.
41e was assisted hy her conviction of his
worth, and her sense of her own destitute
and dependant situation, for she was ex
isting on the kindness of friends, in a
word, lie at length succeeded in gaining
her hand, thpugh with the solemn assur
ance that her heart was unalterably aim
ther’s.
Ho took her with him to Sicily, hoping
that a change of scene might wear out the
remembrance of early woes, She wsb
un nmiidde and exemplary wife, feud made
an effort to be a happy one; hut nothing
could cure the silent melaucholy that had
entered into her very soul. She wasted
away in o slow hut Impehesa decline, and
ut last sgpk into tlie grave, the victim of u
broken heart.
It was on this lady, Moore composed
the following lines:
She is far from the land where her young hero
sleeps,
And lovers around her are sighing; •
But coldly she turns from her gaze, nnd weeps,
For her heart in his grave is lying.
She sings the wild song of her dear native plains,
Every note which he lov'd awaking;
Ah | little they think, who delight in their strains,
How the heart of the minstrel is breaking !
Hehnd lived forhis)ove—forhinrountry he died,
They were all that to life hud entwin’d him,
Nor soon shall the tears of his country bc-dried,
Nor long will hie Iqve jftay behind him !
Oil! make her grave where the sun-brums rest,
When they promise a glorious morrow ;
They'll shine o’er her steep, like a smile from the
west,
From her own loved Rlnml of sorrow!
. •• MdLMHJjG^VILLE, Gi^R>( ALMOND AY EVENING, JANUARY 21), lt/Jf.
We hnvfc week
a friend withoopic&.gj’j
tars, which we take gronT^lWrstiMr.mTtrt-
ing before opr readers, Every tTii'uft
coming from the pen of (ho illustrious Jefi
Ihi'Hon, cannot full to excite a deep inte
rest, und particularly every suggestion of
his profound and philosophic mind upo.i
tlie subject of education, ought to be real
and treasured up by the youths of our
country. Tho circumstances which gave
rise to the letters arc ns follows :—In the
year 1822, a Society wns formed by some
of the Students of Washington College,
in this State, and named, “ The Jefferson
Society ;” nnd thereupon a coinmipoo wns
appointed to apprize the venerable Rflgo
of this mark ot their admiration eml es
teem, and to request of him the favor of
such advice, with regard to the object*
contemplated by the institution, ns bis
wisdom |nigh; suggest. The following
letter enclosing the ono herewith ncrom-
pnnyjng it, were in consequence received.
Their authenticity is unquestionable.—
They were furnished for publication hy tj
member of the committee to whom thej(
were addressed, and who is now a rest- 1
dent of this country.
h*ingtLiSBiey wi^gnin
) hy exorcise, as a Ii(ob qf tlurbody
41 MoNTicr.r.i.o, Fob. 97, j892.
Oenti,emi:n—I have received your fa
vorofthe 10th, and am duly sensible of
the honor done my nnmc hy its associati
on with tlie institution formed in yottreoi-
lege, for improvement iu the art of speitk-
iug. Tho efforts of the members will, I
trust, give a just reputation to the so
ciety, and reflect on its name the honor
which it cannot derive front it. inn coun
try and government like ours, eloquence
is n powerful instrument, well worthy of
the special pursuit of our youth. Models,
i,.'(Iee;l, of chaste and classical oratory, nro
truly too rare with us, nor do I recollect
any retnaWialjJp iu England- Among the
ancients, tlie most perfect specimens are
perhaps to lie found in Livy, Sallust, cud
Tacitus. That pith nnd brevity cousin
tute perfection itself for nn itudjcnce of
sages, on whom froth andfuncy vt’ould he
lost in nir. Hut in ordinary cases, and
with uh particularly, more developin'°- ut
is necessary. For Senatorial eloquent'e,
Demosthenes is the finest model, fur tho
bar, Cicero. Tlie former hud more logic,
the latter, more imagination. Of the c!o-
quence of the pen, we have fine samples
in England. Robertson, Sterna, Addison,
are of tiic first merit in their different
characters of composition. Hume, in the
circumstance of style, is equal to any.; but
his tory principles spread a cloud over his
many & great excellencies. The charms
of ids style nnd matter have made lories
of all England—and doubtful republicans
hero,
You sny that any advice which I could
give you, would be acceptable; but for
this you cannot lie in better hands than of
the worthy professors of your college.—•
Their counsels would, I am sure, embrace
every tiling I could offer. It will not,
however, be a work of more supereroga
tion, ifit will gratify you, qtpl will furnish
a stronger proof of my desire to encourage
ou in your laudable dipositions. Some
30or37 years ago, I had a nephew, thf
late Pater Carr, whose education I direct
ed, and had much at heart his future for
tunes. Residing abroad at I lie time iu
public service, my counsels to him were
necessarily communicated to him by let
ter. Searching among my papers, I find
a letter written to him and conveying
such advice ps I thought suitable to tlie
particular period of his age and education.
Ho was then about 15, and had made some
progress iu classical reading. As your
present situation may he somewhat simi
lar, you may find in that letter, some
things worthy of remembering. I there
fore enclose you a copy. It was written
in haste, tinder the pressure of official la
bors nud with no view of lioing ever seen
but by himself. It might otherwise have
been made nlore correct iu style nnd mat
ter. But such as it is, 1 place it atyotir
service, and pyny yqy to receive it merely
ns a compliance with your own request,
and as a proof of my good will and of my
best wishes for your success in the career
of life, lor which you are so worthily and
laudably preparing yourselves.
TIL JEFFERSON
■ N
arises, I
streugtHj hy ex
dHwVnhd that exercise \yill render them
^lauRq^l.'^’’rom tlie practice ql'tlte purest
Virtue; jioq[may be Insured you wifi derive
the most- sqltlinu}'comforts in every mo
ment of life and iu the motngnl of death.—
If ever you find yourself AnvirAoefnWuli
difficulties ntul perplexing mccnnwtafc®^
out of which yqq are nt a los^kpw to px-
tricato yourself, do what ia right, and he
assured tlint that will cxtricato you 'ho
bust, out of this worst situations. Ahlio’
you cannot see, when you lake ot»e step
wlint will be the next, yot go mi, follow
truth, justice, and plain dealing, apt! mJver
fear their lending you out oftlie labyrinth,
the easiest manner possible, Tlte knot
which you thought Gordian, will untie it
self before you. Nothing is so mistaken
as tl.u supjwiitioh that n person is to ex
tricate himself from u difficulty |*y intrigue,
l»y tlissituulatino, hy an UUtiutV, by an in-
'jiiVfc.. R. 'i bin iucti awn tlie ((iilicultioM ten
fold, ami they who pursue these methods
get themselves so involved at length tlint
tbSv eau turn bo way but their infamy be
comes more exposed. It is of great im
portance, to act a resolution, not to be
shaken, nevpr tell an untruth. There is
ho vice so tuonn, so pitiful, so contempti
ble ; 4nd l;e who permits himself to tell a
lie once, will find it easier a second nnd
third time. At length, it becomes ha
bitual; he (ells lies without attending to
them, and truth,
lievinghim.
jri '^seut than to hitsbqnd well your time.
VOL. VII.—Np. 62.
r ro t t! nwnr;7 u{i..u i|[ ffy
ceiyed, if tliey (‘oipjt qpon Atm. AH hup
talents, nil his cl 'qijence, mint he roused
to tlMk highest pitch, tot aualify him W
fultmlmrliaracter of his hruliant and fb«r-
less* pratecemor. And do we lose John
IPamlolpF; ? Far from it. If we have oof
/most grossly mistaken (lie foyeo of hue
character, he will soon repair the otisrbief
ho has sustained. The admirable re-
berishppur instructors, strive jo make
r/cry body ynur‘MW»nd : antTliie atfetired,
that nothing will be no pleatfmg ujf youa
success, to
Dear Peter,
Your affectionate uncle,
TIL JEFFERSON.
-v > A'* -_ (
h' • • ' I sources of liis mind, and (he unimpeacha-
rami tu* n.cVhsn ranch. Tv ^ •^^urft'y of his purposes,' will sustain hm( '
THE SENATORIAL EJECTION.
The election for Senator of the United
Stales is over ; nml John Tyler has won
tlie day—hy five voto9 over John Ran
dolph, and n majority of two of all mem
bers present. Wo are ns much surprised
at this result as our readers cun be.
\Y’e have never intended to deceive the
public. Wo scorn spell impositions.—
Let us succeed hy truth, orjiot nt ql|.—
When we snid some weeks since, that we
expected JAM) Randolph to bo re-olectod,
without opposition, yve uttered what we
most conscientiously believed. \ye be
lieved it from aff that we had heard, all
that we witnessed; from nil the signs of
the times. Hut the motion to proceed
forthwith to the election, (fruin ono of the
hest men iti the House,) failed; und the
elements of Opposition wore set to work.
The friends of- the Administration were
more active ; those w ho despised tlie n(j-
ministrnlion, but who Inid conceived Rome
prejudices against J. II., were more deter-
without the worn Hie- mined; than we had expected. They
This falsehood oftlie tongiio ) began to look out for a candidate to run
lends ;o that of tbn heart, and iti tjme, de
praves nil its good dispositions.
An hottest heart fifing the fiyst blessing,
a knowing head is the second- It is time
for you now to begin to fie choice in your
reading ; to pursue h regular course in it,
and not to suffer yourself to be turned to
the right or the left, by rcadiug any thing
put of that course. I have long agq di
gested aplnn for you, suited to the circutn-
stnncus in which you will be plhced. This
{ will detail to you from time to time, as
you advance. For the present, I advise
you to begin a course of ancient history,
reading every thing in the original and not
in translations. First, rend Goldsmith’s
History of Greece. This will give you A
digested view of. that field. Then take
it up in the detail, reading the following
ftoxiks in tho following order. Herodotus,
Thuclt!vu"-5, Zenophontis, IJeTlenieu, Ze
oopbontis, Atfabasrs, or Quititius, Curtins
or both, Diodorus Sicuius. This shall
form the first stfl^u ttf your historical rend
ing. Tlie next ivt’d he Roman History.
Sullust, Ca-itur, Cicero f 3 Epistles, Suetoni-
tts, Tacitus and Gibbon. From that, we
will ermo down to Modern History. In
■Qrtok and Latin poetry, you have read, or
will read at school, Virgil, Horace, Te
rence, Anacreon, Homer, Euripides, & So
phocles. Hoad rkn Milton’s Paradise
Lost, Shnkspenrc, Ossinn, Pope, and Swift,
to form your style in your own language.
In Morality, road Epictetus Zenophontis
Metnornbliu, Antonius, and Seneca, of the
Ancionts. In order to ensure a certain
progress in this rending, consider what
hours you have free from the school and
the exercises of tlie school. Give nliout
two of then; every day to exercise—for
health must not be sacrificed to learning.
A strong body makes tlje mind strong.—
As to the species of exercise, I adviese (lie
gun. While this gives a moderate exer
cise tq the hoily, it gives boldness, enter
prise, and independence tu the ;nirid.—
Gaines played with the hpll, and others
of that nature, are tqo violent for tlie bo
dy, and stamp fit; character on the mind.
Let your gun, therefore, he thq constant
companion ofyppr walks ; never think of
against him. A letter'wns addressed by
some 15 or 30 members to I’. P. Barbour—
he declined the honor. Applications were
made tq Jofin Tyler; fiut we understand
that lie also disclaimed nil opposition to
John Randolph on tho ground that our
party, ti;c friends of Stnto Rights, was too
small to be weakened by division. The
eyes of gpn;e of John Randolph’s oppo
nents were next turned on John Floyd,
the intrepid defender of the constitution in
the House of Representatives, hut he too
lent no countenance to the proposition.—
U wns then from* the force of these facts,
tlmt we stated on Friday Inat, the election
of John Randolph would lie unquestioned;
hut we wore mistaken, as the‘event hua
proved. It was on Friday morning, that
we learnt for the first- time, of the serious
. opposition to ho made to his election, and
that hi&C|»pouent9 were positively (inter-
mined to run John Tyler, lie was run,
and he via/ elected.
A combination of various .causes pro
duced this result. All tho gentlemen, who
epee belonged to tlte Federal Party, with
one or two exceptions perhaps, voted for
him. All the friends oftlie Administratir
on, of Adams singly, (if lie has a aingrtt
personal friend in the House.) nnd of Clay,
voted for him. Some of the friends of
Ronds nml Canals, to be made nt the ex
pence of tho General Government, were
rnngudonthe same side. Many of the
firmest enemies of the Administration, ns
unwavering Republicans, nnd ns honora
ble men as ever penned a ballot, voted a-
gainst John Randolph on account of cer
tain alleged sayings and doings of his dur
ing the last winter. Yet, even this com
bination epuhl not, probably, have suc
ceeded in favor of any other tnqn in the
Qommotnyealth, than John Tyjer ; be
cause. lie carried with him personal
friends, >yho would havpvoted for John
Randolph iu preference to any other man.
It ia also a port of the history qf this trans
action, that n porrpspqhdcnce was rend in
tlte House (at the instunce’of a friend of
John Tyler,) between that gentleman and
five republicans of the House of Delegates,
which might huve had the effect of unang
fur above n blow like this, lie jyijl know
how to profit hy Ida own errors. He wity
turn adversity to account, and will rise
greater than ever.' The excellent incum*
bent whom the cirtfcensof the District bail
proclaimed his successor wilt, we have
heard it said, retire from any canvass;
and tfie good people of Buckingham, P.
Edward, Cumberland and Chnrlotte wilt
send J. R. back by acclamation to thn
lloqse of Representatives. There he will
take stand along witfi Barbour and
Smytfi, and the present good and trae
men of thn delegation of our owp and of
our sister States, ferret corruption to its
den, ti(id vindicate the cause and consti
tution of our beloved country. Virginia
will be proud to own him tor her son ; and
tbe Coalition at Washingtop may chuckle
in vain nt his exclusiou from the 8ennte.,
Why, then, should we despopd ? Two-
tbirds, if not three-tourtbs of the present
Legislature of Virginia, are opposed to tlte
present administration. Tlie overwhelm
ing majority oftlie State is against It: E-
ven the veriest tools of tbe administration
will scarcely yehtpre to deny this ppsition.
Virginia is ypt true to her principles; and
firm in the Cause.of tjuir country,
Let us keep cool—Our cause is good,
and we believo it will etrengthep with
time. Most of the very men, whd voteq
against John Randolph, are against tho
Coalition. In a few months the ballot-
boxes will probably prove it; arid con
tribute to dissolve this administration
11 ipto dust ant| ashes!’!
ronszazv.
ing some foljr or five ballots ; most inatl-
therefore not permit yourself even to think
Sugar fronf Wheat.—A Mr. Wimmel, of Ber
lin, Prussia, (a breiv»r.) tins (tiscovered a me
thod of obtaining turr.ty pouwts of good clirys-
tulizcd Sugar from a Prussian bushel, (about !>3
pounds) of Wheat. Tho Paris papers consider
the discovery of immense importance, Mr
Wimmel has applied to the Eicrth government
for a Patent.-— V. F. .tier. Ad?-
Fa his, Ang. 19, 17?5.
Dear Peter— I received by M. Marric
your letter of April 2lKb. I am-much
mortified to hear that you hnui lost so
much time, and that when arrived at Wil-
liauieburg you werq not at all advanced
from what you were when you left Mon-
ticcllo. Time now begins to bo precious
to you. Every «'uy you lose, retards a
day, your entrance oa that public stage
whereon you titay begin tuba useful to
yourself. However, the way to repair tho
loss, is to improve the future time. I trust
that with your dispositions, the acquisition
of sciencp is a pleasing employment. I
can assure you that the possession of it
is wliat (next to un honest heart) will n-
bove all things render you dear to your
friends, and givo yon fame and promotion
in your own country. When your mind
shnll bo well improved with science, noth
ing will be necessary to place you in the
highest point of view, hut to pursue tho
interests of your country, of your friends,
and yourself, with the purest integrity, tho
most cliasto honor. The defect of these
virtues, can never be made up, by nil tho
other acquirements of body anti mind.—
.Make these then your first objects. Give
up money, give up fame, give up science,
give the earth and all it retains rather than
do nu immoral act. And never suppose,
that in any possible situation or under any
circumstances, that it is best foryotr to do
a dishonorable thing, however, slightly it
may appear to you. Whenever you are
about to do any thing, though it can never
be known but tp yourself, ask yourselfhow
you would net, wur.e tfio whole work)
looking at you, and act accordingly. F.n-
IHUwlil” ill Httl, dliti nvi tn t uiunip ;. j * ^ c» » c- ' i
courage a II your Virtuous dispositions, nnd you n preference oyer other candidates,
exercise them whottever an apnortunity ' I base nothing In it her to" a fid tor the
cause the merits of John Randolph are his
own ; independent both oi his opponents
and of liis friends.
Speaking in the frank and independent
character, which becomes the free citi
zens of a iron country, we confess that we
regret the result. Wc are pwnre, tlint tbe
opposition to John Randolph could not
have succeeded, without selecting (t can
didate, who was strongly opjSised to the
Administration, nud devoted to theprinci
pics of Virginia. Hence they looked to
Harbour—hence they looked pt Floyd—
hence they looked to Tyler. We arc a
ware that those persons, who were most
active in bringing forward John Tyler,ore
satisfied that ho is avowedly agtiiusi them
on these great questions. But we would
have humbly preferred Jpltn Randolph tp
any other man. The Legislature had pre
viously taken him front the Citizens of his
District, and placed him in tho Senate.—
Vy'batcver had been bis transgressions,
they had passed a sort of Act of Amnefc’y
over He was in the office. He had
warred with the CoaUtipn at Washington,
in a manner which had carried dismay in-
tq their ranks, Whatcyer were the errors
into whieli ffie excess of his sensibility had
betrayed him; he had defended the ram
parts of the Constitu tion with a zeal which
never wavered, and eloquence which
non.e could equal. lie scorned in gnjuu
respects the very man who was culled for
by tho occasion. Coiruptjoii had cower
ed beneath him—nnd the panders of pub-
Wfi.a .naaiira cv.-. v l lie abuses were shrinking under the ;ntiicli-
Wnte .to me once evu v poW e r? „f the modern Chatham". We
regarded it also of great importance to
keep owr good party together. m.U, «°
weaken its strength by any division—Jo
give onr eneniies not the slightest hopes
from oiir schisms, nor our country a mo
mentary doubt about our unaltered pur
poses.
The Legislature have in their jvisdom
decided otherwise. What tlten? Hindi
we indulge tiny hasty irritation? Shall
we despair fur one moment oftlie Repub
lic? Shall we in the aliglneSt degree.deft-
pond ? No, no. Jolui Tyler is buttnd by
every consideration of HniJbrQt principle
and ol’ generous interest to'go'with (lie
doctrines of Virginia. He will carry in
to the Eotiain of the United State;s. that
love far the School of ’t>8 arid ’Jht, which
he has so loudly nnd so often proclaimed.
The friends of the Coalition will bp df-
wliile walking, but divert your attention
by the objects surrounding yog. Walk
ing is the best possible exercise. Habitu
ate yourself to walking fur. Tlie Euro
peans value themselves pn having subdu
ed the horsn to the uses of man, but 1 doubt
whether we have not lost more than we
havegaiuedby the use of this animal.—
No one hue occasioned so much the de
generacy oftlie human body. An Indiun
goes on foot nearly us far in n day for a
u long journey, ns an enfeebled white does
on liis horse, and lie will, tire the beat
hqrsp. There is no liqbityotj wiij value
so much, ns that of walking far without
fatigue. I would advise you to take your
exorcise in the ufternoon—not that it is
tbe best time for exercise, for certainly it
is quT, but because it is the best time to he
spared from your studies; and habit will
soon reconcile it to health, nml render it
nearly ns useful as if yot; gave to thut the
jnoro jirecioi , hours of tho day. A little
walk in the iitoruing ofnliouthnlfan hour,
when you first rise, is advisable also. It
(diakee off sleep' anff produces other good
effecit; in the anirpnl economy. Rise nt a
fixed mjd early hour, nnd go to bud at a
fixed hour also: Sitting up lute at night
is injurious to the health nml not useful to
the mind. Having ascribed juopep hours
(o tytercise, divide what remain^, (I ipeau
of your vadnnt hours) into tliyc.o poytiqps.
Give the principal to history ; the other
two, which should he shorter, to philoso
phy and poetry,
tnontlp or so, and let me know the pro
gress you make. Tel) inc in what .man
ner you employ every hour in tlte day.—
The plan I have proposed to you, is adapt
ed to your present situation only ; when
that is changed, J shnll propose it eorres-
pondin?; chance of plan. You are now,
1 expect, learning French. You must
push thip, because the books which will bo
put into your bunds, when von advance
mto niutheinaticH pml natural philosophy,
will be mostly French, these sciences be
ing, superiorly treated in that language.—
Our I'uto're connexions with Spain render
that tho most necessary of tlie mqdern
languages after the French. When you
hcctqno a public man, you may have oc
casion lor it, u;id tho circumstance of
your possessing!that language, may give
COLOMBIA
We have perused a letter from Carthn-
S cnn, dated the 3d nit. which Btntos that
lolivar arrived at Bogota on t|io 14th of
November, dissolved the Congress, look 'h*
Government of affairs into his own OWN
HANDS ; reduced tho yearly expendi
tures from fourteen millions to three ; dou-
bled the pay oftlie naval officers; remain
ed tit Bogotn eight (toys, and then set out
for Venezuela. The corvette Cores had
beon qi-tjored front Oarthagena to Laguay-
ra to meet him there and lake him on
board.
Tlie letter odds that the army Was to fi»
reduced immediately.—yv*. Mv.
IMPORTANT NEtTt?.
Commencement of hostilities in Colombia F
De-flat of (Jen, Bermuda hy the Federal
Party at Cumatta !
St. Thomas, Dee. 2.
An arrival from Cnmana fias brought
important advices from that section of
Colombia. A battle took place on tho
19th tilt, between the troops under Gen.
Bermudez, and the militia who declared
tor tlie federal system, in wliiqb the for
mer were defeated, and Gen. BertqtulesJ
obliged to Hy to Barcelona. We have
been fuvprcd by a respectable Mercantile
House with an' extract of a lettor, con
taining the following particulars:
Extract of a letter from Cnmana, dated 2617*
November, 1890.
Ere this you will probably hare liearif
some bad reports about this place ; 1 will
therefore inform you of wltnt is going on,
us there have been many harsh thjngssaid
of this place by Bermudez.
** You are aware by what I wrote you
that this city bad culled bn Government
for a reform. To this pen. Bermudez
declared himself an avowed enemy, and
culled us a set of rebels, &.c. &c. Thee®
sentiments, and the despotical manner in
whiefi he has for the lust two years go
verned, caused the Province in general
to disucknowMge him ns commander ia
chief of the Department, not in n rebel
lious manner, hut by tbe forms qf n civi
lized body, that is to sny, calling the mu
nicipal body together, and declaring theta
intentions resjiecting Bermudez, pud also
their wish tp adhere to the Cnraceas sys*
tetn of a federal form of government.
“Gen. Marugns who commanded lion*)
and seconded by Col. Monies, which jai
ler Imd hitherto been ot the head of th®
Popular Commotions, got frightened nnd
ahtuuioned us, nnd nt the same time join
ed Bermudez, who had taken the hatter/
at the tnoutit of the river by some foul
means ; tbe gtenter part of the respeem-
hle inhabitants of the town fled, gome tq
lictqjudez, and others to the opposite
const, leaving only about half a dozen
mercantile characters here. The popu
lace wanted to attack Bermudez the mo
ment be Innded, hut the prudpnt counsel*
ofa tow pi* us prevented tho .commence
ment of hostilities. pirn night tho whole
force .was inure lied oijt to Attach, hut by
the exertions of a few was prevented, tho
inspits a*,d ifirigiie? of Bermudez, how
ever, aggravated the people so much, that
there wfl? no restraint on them ; and on
The J9tb, after q fieri tig to surrender (ho
battery to the imendant Col. Valcuilla, H
Was discovered that Bermudez was pre
paring ip attack, and Iiajf the s$Qpifcf bat
tery in his pussessidn, w hich up jo that
time had nut been occupied by either par
ty. -.As preparations for the ill result* of
tins conflict had not been neglected, it was
determined and, immediately executed hy
ihp military commander.Cof. Itui?, y> fl’t-
taek from the t hree batteries that hftdtieen
thro an ;ip during tlie two preceding
nights. 'At abouttjiiti'post 11 ar 12, a trp-
tr.uith.us tire was qpeiietj by twoxcssWs
of the xqqjosite party, who Had hq**4
watching e.iif moyenituits, pntl wMjs|i Wit:-
ffturned with much spirit, find itt'crCarro
,ft)rce ; in oue limir the two v's.-.els . r’-vrr.
silenced, nioet of their men'htdfig k*f'*
add (barest having tied, 'fctan. B*;m-<ii-r.
juui 41H>tuettwtju! hh/r
