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earned by her sisterly derot ion. The poor
girl thought it a dream wl*cn thus sum
moned to enjoy honors reserved in her
simple ideas for persons of rank alone ; and
could scarce comprehend, when assured
that it was the very obscurity of her station
wmcn enchattceil her merit, and made her .
worthy of being thus honored.
Next day six young ladies come in two
carrieges to conduct the twins to the spot
called Tivoli, in the upper town, where
preparations had been made for a fete in
commemoration of the purest and most pre
serving virtue. Thero the simple timid
girl of Beauce, in the garb she had brought
from her native village, was crowned with
while roses, and at the end of the banquet
presented by the spokeswoman of the young
women of Boulogne with a purse containing
fifty gold pieces, as a willing contribution
from sisters of her own sex, justly proud of
one who had reflected upon it such unfad
ing lustre. .
How the unconscious heroine blushed
and resisted ; how the sum—one she had
nevet so much as dream of possessing—was
forced upon her ; how she honorably tried
now to discharge with it her debt at the
baths, but toihelr owner's liberality,brought
it undiminished away, may he left to the
readei’s fancy. He may bo pleased howev
er to learn that, by die physician’s advice,
Mautice exchanged his intended walk home
for an inside seat beside his sister in the
diligence, on the top of which he insisted on
fastening his beloved wagon; that a few
days were spent in seeing the lions of Pa
ris, which they had once so painfully cir
cumnavigated, and in visiting the kind hos
tess of Mont Rouge, who had acted towaids
them the Samaritan’s part; and that, avail
ing themselves of a return vehicle for Or
leans, they reached it late on a Saturday
night.
About tlie hour of ten next morning, (af
ter a passing visit to the shrine of the pat
ron saint of Paris and of the humble maid
of Artenary)just as its inhabitants were pour
ing to the house ot prayer, Maui ice appear
ed, now drawing, in his turn, up the street
leading to the church, Ida blushing sister,
half smothered wilh the flowers showered
upon her by the whole closely following
population of her native village.
The good priest, apprized of their happy
return, caused the brother to load his sister
to the foot of the altar, and founding on this
living text a most affecting exhoi ration to
Christian charity and fraternal love, and
Bgain blessing the maid he held out as a pat
tern to all around, alluded, in a voice falter
ing with emotion, to his former words of en
couragement, asking,
“Said I not truly,daughter, that the God
who approved would protect you ?”
TT*IHJ
The Dying Girl. —’Twas at the close of
a bright autumnal day, that sweetest yet
saddest season of the year, a lone mother
was weeping over the couch of her dying
child. The last rays of the setting sun
shone blight and joyous across the apart
ment, and gleamed with yellow lustre on
the pale face of the beauteous invalid, up
on whose brow and lips death had s'amped
his signet. The whispering breeze stole
silently thtougli the open casement,bearing
tiDon its wings the odor of a thousand wild
flowers, sportively playing with many a
fragrant blossom which thejrind hand of an
affectionate mother had placed in the little
window, to soothe and comfort her depart
ing child. As it fanned the fevered brow of
the lovely one, a sweet smile played across
her placid features. “ Mother, deal moth
er!” In an instant she was by her side.
‘•Ah! the calm evening breeze has revived
me. Come nearer —nearer to me.” One
look told that sad mother it was in vain to
hope for life longer. “Take my hand,
mother; now press thy cheek to mine. Do
not, do not weep, mother—L am better—l
am well now—l will soon he happy—l am
going to Jesus, mother. Dear mother, why
dost thou still weep— wouldst thou wish to
keep me here 1 I do not fear to die ; I am
not afraid of death; I feel that Jesus will
receive my spirit. Last night 1 dreamed
1 was in heaven ; oh ! it was so lovely there.
1 heard such sweet tones of music—deep
toned and holy. There were flowers that
never faded; and brooks and rivers of liv
ing water, whose course was never dry.—
There were thousands of angels dressed in
white. One approached me with a spotless
robe, and told me that was mine. I saw
my name written in the book of everlasting
life. Oh ! I was happy there. Mother, 1
long to go to that heaven. Thou w ilt he
lonesome, mother; but think that 1 am hap
fy there and thou ere long wilt join me.—
‘ray for me, mother! I am going—going!
Kiss me now, dear mother, farewell. I go
to Jesus—to heaven—fare The dis
enthralled spirit soared to the God she had
loved and obeyed; to the heaven she had
■o long hoped todwell in.— -Baptist Journal.
Beautiful Extract. —“ The glory of the
summer is gone by —the beautiful gieen
ness has become withered and dead. Were
this all—were there no associations of mor
al desolution—of faded hopes—of hearts
wither'!.ig in the bosoms of the living—con
nected with the decaying scenery around us,
we would not indulge in a moment’s mel
ancholy. The season of flowers will come
again, the streams will flow gracefully anj
lightly as before—the trees will again toss
, their cumberoua load of greenness to the
sunlight—and, by mossy stone and winding
rivulet, the young blossoms will start up, as
at the bidding of their fairy guardians.—
But the human heart has no change like that
of Nature—it has no second spring-time.
Once blithed in its hour of freshness it
wears forever the mark of the spoiler.—
The Jews of affection may fall, and the
gentle rain of sympathy may lie lavished
upon it—but the sore root of blighted fuel
ing will never again waken into life—nor
the crushed flowers of hope blossom with
Up*ir wonted beauty,”
It it ne-of lire advantages of practical
virtue, that, though in its course, there may
be first and last, yet nobody who ran it fair
ly ew failed.
Evening. —Evening is n precious time I
for friends who live together. Mauled j
people know it well, and brothers and sis- j
ters know it too. Contrary to the flowers
of nature, which close their chalices at the
close of the day. the loveliest flower of
friendship—confidence —loves most to ex
pand itself at evening, find breathes forth
its fragrance most gladly under the protec- \
lion of twilight and silence. Then talk we ;
over the questions of the day ; then con
clude we peace with our hearts, if we have
opened them before to our fi iend; then
seek we fconciliation from heaven, and
offer it tot lie world, el e yet the night comes ;
and then sleep we so sound and sweetly.—
Miss Becmer.
t “
The Ilarc ones of Earth . —Rare are they
on earth who live out their whole life, and
fully peifeet their powers, so that they are
able in continually holier forms to bring
forth the treasures which lies in their souls.
They are the heroes of life's drama, the
great geniuses of the earth.
But life has also voiceless geniuses. They
think deeply, feel most fervently ; but they
find no words to give hack those divine im
ages which their eye and ear daily drink in.
They pass by without being understood ;
like silent shadows they hasten away. Let
us look on them with pity and reverence,
for they are the most unhappy among tlie
childien of the earth. But we know that an
angel will hereafter loosen their tongues.
There are also beings who live only a
moment but to whom is given the blessed
gift, through a deed or a word, long to live
in the memory of mankind. These also are
rare on the ■ a t’h. Their life is rich, hut
short; a dithyramhic sung in the temple of
immortality— lbid.
One Mind. —lt has already been said, hut
it is so agreeable to repeat what one knows
is really so—that it is the peculiar impulse
of men to glance upward, to admire, and
what is admired to love ; and if there he mo
ments in which a general feelitigof brother
hood pervades mankind, they are those in
which a great nction or a mighty genius is re
veal to the world. Then the whole world aris
es as cue man andpays homage. This ho
mage is a brothel hood in which all with all
drinkout of the same living well,arid through
which they all acknowledge themselves the
children of one Father.
My enemy, wherefore strive we one with
another so bitterly ? We must indeed all
of us become of one mind, if we would see
God.— lbid.
A writer beautifully remarks that a man’s
mother is the representative of Lis Maker.
Misfortune, and even crimes set up r.o har
riers between her and her son. Whilst his
mother lives, lie will have one friend on
earth, who will not listened when lie is slan
dered—who will not desert him when he
suffers—who will solace him in his sorrow,
and speak to him of hope when be is ready
lo despair. Her affection knows no ebbing
tide. It flows ootiom a pure fountain, efo-oad
ing happiness through all this vale of tears,
and censes only at the ocean of eternity.
a
Saturday Night. —How many associa
tions, sweet and hallowed, crowd around
the short sentence “Saturday night.” It
is, indeed, but the prelude to more pure,
more holy, more heavenly associations,
which the tired fiame and thankful soul
hails with new and renewed joy at each
succeeding return.
’Tis then the din of busy life ceases—
that cares and anxieties are forgotten; that
the worn out frame seeks its needed re
pose ; and the mind its relaxation from
earth and its concerns—with joy looking
to the coming day of rest so wisely and ben
eficiently set apart for man’s peace and
happiness by the Creator.
The tired feborer seeks now his own
neat cottage, to which be has been a stran
ger perhaps the past w eek ; where a loving
wife and smiling children meet him with
smiles and cai esses.
Here he realizes the bliss of hard earned
comforts; and, at this time, perhaps more
than any other, the happiness of domestic
life, and its attendant blessings.
Released from the distracting cares of
the week, the professional man gladly be
holds the return of “Saturday night,” and
as gladly seeks, in the clustering vines
nourished by his parental care, the reality
of those joys which are only his to know
these peculiar seasons and under these
congenial ciicumstanres—so faithfully and
vividly evidenced by this periodical acme
of enjoyment and repose.
The lone widow, 100, who has toiled on
day after day to support her little charge—
how gratefully does she resign her cares at
the return of “Saturday night,” and thank
her God for these kind testing places in the
way of life by which she is encouraged
from week to week to hold on her way.
But on whose ear does the sound of “ Sat
urday night” strike more pleasantly than
the devoted Christian ? Here he looks amid
the blessings showered upon him, arid
thanks God with humble revetence for
their continuance.
His waiting soul looks forward to that
morn, when, sweetly smiling, the great
Redeemer shall burst death’s portals and
complete man’s redemption. His willing
soul expands at the thought of waiting on
God in the sanctuary on the coming day
and gladly forgets the narrow bounds of
time and its concerns, save spiritual, that he
may feast on joys ever new, ever beautiful,
ever glorious, ever sufficient to satiate the
joy-fraught soul that seeks his aid. it leads
him to the land of protection, and rational
ly points nut the way to joys on high—an
endless .Sabbath—a perpetual rest for the
vigilant, the watchful, the thankful.
“You mustn’t smoke here sir,” said the
captain of a North River steamboat to a man
who was smoking among the ladies on the
quarter deck. “ I mustn’t hey!—why not]”
replied he, opening his capacious nrouth,
and allowing the smoke lazily to escape.—
“Didn’t you. see the sign ?—aril gentlemen.!
are requested nottosnioke abaft theengine.”
“ Bless your soul, that don’t mean me—-I’m ‘
no gentleman!”
SOUUBQBRSi'’ mQS<OIBIL IL £± H
Truth Beautifully Expressed.— The fol
lowing passage, beautiful in its ruth and
in the expression of that truth, is from the
editor of the Baltimore American. It w ill
he felt and appreciated by every parent,
and most heaitily do we commend it to the
attention of children :
“If children could only be made aware
of the heat (fell delight with w hich parents
behold the development of talents and no
ble sentiment in their offspring, with what
avidity would they seek tae means ot ex
panding the sphere of tleir intelligence,
and cherishing the moral seitiments that im
part dignity to the human hararter. From
infancy to manhood the wefare and happi
ness of the child is the side object of the
parent’s solicitude. Uiulei all circumstan
ces ; through good or evil frit line, the pres
ent and future condition of those whom they
may have for ked in the cradle, or dandled
on the knee, is the polar star to which their
affections point with undrviating constancy.
“ Should their path thrmgh life he pros
perous, ‘lie possession ol wealth and dis
tinction is only precious in their eyes, as
affording the means of conferring on those
wlio are, in futuie years, to he their repre
sentatives, the honors that attend riches and
exalted character, and should adversity be
their lot, and difficulties beset them, they
aie forgotten in the hope ‘.hat circumstances
may ensure a better fate to ther childien.
The child may be affectionate, and tender,
Lut the filial lelation is not susceptible of
the intensity of affection wl icb belongs to
the parental tie. It is this depth of love
that enables the old to pass from the stage
of life without regiet. They feel that in
their children they will continue !o live, and
that, however this world and its concerns
may be lost to them, succeeding generations
will recognize in their offspring portions of
themselves. With what unspeakable de
light does a father behold the first manifes
tations of exalted intelligence in a son, and
how does he dwell upon actions that be
speak nobleness of purpose and soundness
of integrity, If these feelings of gratifica
tion are inexpressibly delightful, so on the
other hand the emotions with which he
views indications of an opposite character,
are unutterably painful.
“ To see the object of his paternal solici
tude, over whom he has watched day after
day, and year after year, falling off from the
path of virtue, and deaf to the appeals of
honorable motives, is to him a source of
bitterness, of regret, to which no temporal
blessings ran furnish an antidote. Honors
may await, and the confidence and love of
his fellow beings may for a moment rheer
his path through life, but when he reflects
that this honor and this love are to be
changed into contempt and dislike in the
pei son of his own child, he feels as if it
were better to be deprived of all than to
witness so heart-rending a contrast. If
there be reserved for human life aj<>y more
exalted than all others, it is that of behold
ing its last moments cheered by the fond
ness and affection of a worthy and virtuous
) Ulul if llioi O Lo tx pwng more ago
nizing than any oilier, it is that of a dying
parent, w hose last thought rests upon the
crimes of a depraved but fondly loved
child.”
Accidental Kissing. —Mr. Pickwick bow
ed low to the ladies, and notwithstanding
the solicitations of the family, left the room
with his friends. “Get your hat, Sam, said
Mr. Pickwick. “ I’ts below stairs, sir,”
said Sam, and lie ran down after it. Now
there was nobody in the kitchen but tlie
pretty housemaid, and Sam’s hat was mis
laid, lie had to look for it, and the pretty
housemaid lighted him. They had to look
all overthe place for the bat, and the pret
ty housemaid, in her anxiety to find it, went
down on her knees, and turned over all the
things that were heaped togetlui in a little
coiner by the door. It was an awkward
corner. You couldn’t get at it without shut
ting the door first. “Hereitis,” said thepret
ty housemaid, “ This is it, ain’t it 1”
” Let me look,” said Sam. The pretty
housemaid had placed the candle on the
floor, and as it gave a very dim light, Sam
was obliged to go down on his knees before
he could see whether it really was his own
hat or not. It was a remaikubly small cor
ner, and so it was nobody’s fault but the
man’s who built the house—Sam and the
pretty housemaid were necessarily very
close together. “ Yes, this is it.” said Sam.
“Good bye, good bye,” said the pretty
housemaid. “ Good bye,” saidjSam ; and
as he said it lie dropped the hat that cost so
much tiouhle looking for. “ How awk
ward you are,” said the pretty housemaid.
“ You’ll lose it again ; f you dontfake care.”
So just to prevent Lis losing it again she
put it on for him. Whether it was that the
ptetty housemaid's fare looked prettier still,
w hen it was raised towards Sam's, nr wheth
er it was the accidental consequence of their
being near each other, is matter of unrer
tainty to this day, hut Sam kissed her. “ You
don’t mean to say you did that on purpose,”
said the pretty housemaid, blushing. “ No,
1 didn’t then,” said Sam ; “ but I will now.”
So be kissed her again. “Sam!” said Mr.
Pickwick, railing over the bunnisters.—
“Coming, sir,” replied Sam running tip
stairs. “ How long you have been,” said
Mr. Pickwick. “ There was something be
hind the door, sir, which prevented our get
ting it open for ever so long,” replied Sam.
The Pickwick papers.
General Bertrand , answering the ad
dress of his countrymen in Baltimore, took
occasion to say that “lie would seize the
occasion to correct an error too prevalent
abroad, respecting Lis share of credit lor
having accompanied Napoleon in his exile.
Hundreds of Frenchmen were as willing’
as he was to follow him, but the great diffi
culty wasthe want of accommodations ; his
particular position near the Emperor gave
him the preference—but he would repeat it,
hundreds, thousands, he would, almost say
one half of France, would have shared his
fate, if it could have been done.”
Singular. —A child having the measles,
and -supposed .Ui.have died in Cincinnati on
Monday last, was laid out and.a coffin Order
ed, when strange to say, in about two hours
after, it came to life, and is now doing well. *
Cure far Bronchitis.—A minister of tlie
Piesbyterian church, resident in Greene
county, who has been laid aside from his pas
toral office by the Bronchitis, for three years
past, has entirely recovered his voice by the
application of Cioton oil to the surface of
the throat, against the organ affected, sent
him three weeks ago by Dr. Hudson. One
drop, daily rubbed over the surface, produc
ed a singular and powerful eruption of the
skin, which, as it progressed, restored his
voice to its full tone and vigor, so as to en
able him to commence anew, public preach
ing.—N. Y. Evangelist.
Ccvghing. — A correspondent of the Lon
don Med cal Gazette states, that to close
the nostrils with the thumb and finger dur
ing respiration, leaving them free duringin
halntien, will relieve a fit of coughing iu a
short time.
Hone-Radish. — It is easy to have a sup
ply of horse-radish all winter. Have a
quantity grated while the root is in perfec
tion, put it in bottles, fill it with vinegar, and
keep it coiked light.
Note. — It is very much improved by keep
ing it in this way if kept from the action of
the air.
To preicnt Earthen Ware from. Crackivg.
—lt is a good plan to put new earthen ware
into cold water, and let it heat gradually
until it boils—then cool again. Drown
earthen ware in particular may be toughen
ed in this way. A handful of rye or wheat
bran thrown in while it is boiling, will pre
serve the glazing, so that it will not be de
stroyed by acids or salt.
Corns may be cured by bindiug them
tight at night with a piece of sponge moist
ened in a solution of pearlasli. The corn
maybe brushed off in the morning, having
been dissolved by the action of the caustic.
Cotton Gin. —The Tuscaloosa Monitor
gives a description of an improved cotton
gin, invented by a Mr. Kelly of Vicksburg,
Miss., the right of w hich for this State has
been purchased by Dr. Maclin. “ The im
provement (says the Monitor) consists in at
taching three setts of grates and two sta
tionary brushes, through which the saws
pass in their revolution as closely as possible
without friction; in enlarging the brush
w heel, if practicable, to 18 to £0 inches di
ameter, and by boxing the same in an air-tight
cylinder, except at and around the journals;
in attaching a tnor.t board under the saws,
beyond which they project through the
long grates § of an inch into the htush
wheel cylinder.” Cotton picked by the im
proved gin will biing a cent or more in the
pound than other cotton. It would behigli
| ly beneficial to attach to common gins “ a
grated flue, from six to ten feet long, through
which the dust that may pass the brush
wheel, may full in its passage to the pick
room.”
Tic Cotton Culture in India.—A late num
ber of the Natchez Free Trader contains the
following extract of a letter on this subject,
received from one of the gentlemen who
went out from that place withCapt. Bayles.
The letter is dated at Broach, Julie 14,
1543 :
“1 have ginned some four or five hun
dred bales of cotton at this place. These
people despair of ginning the India cotton
on our gins, as the staple is so sl.oit and
coarse. I expect to hear from England
soon whether the cotton 1 have shipped is
approved or not. The company has sent
out to Idler, of Philadelphia, for some more
of his gins ; they have already a great many
here, sent from England, all of which ate
of no use without great alterations being
made in them, if they are then. lam to
plant two or three hundred acres of land
with the native or indigenous cotton, this
season, as the Mexican lias entirely failed
in every part of India where the expeii
ment has been tried yet.
“One Mr. McMitrce las lately come
here (from Natchez I suppose) to make his
fortune by cotton planting and ginning.—
He will very soon find out his mistake.”
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LETTER FROM MR. CLAY.
Ashland , 2S//i July, 1843.
Gentlemen —l duly received your fa
vor of the 13th inst. in which you inform
me that conflicting opinions prevail in your
Slate in regard to my opinions on the poli
cy protecting Domestic manufactures and
you request of me information in relation
to them. I take pleasure in complying
with your request.
My opinion is thittl e Revenue necessaty
to an economical administration of the Ge
neral Government ought to he derived in season
of peace, exclusively fine duties imposed on
our foreign imports, and that a Tariff for that
purpose ought to he so adjusted as to afford
reasonable encouragement to our domestic
manufactures. lam npposd to direct taxes
and internal duties, except iu time of war,
when they may he necessary to give vigor
and success to our arms. lam opposed to
the doctrines of free trade with foreign
powers, all of whom subject our commerce
with them to restrictions, often very great
and burthensome.
These opinions I have always entertained
and still eritettain. 1 never was in favor of
duties being so high as to amount to a pro
hibition of articles on which they were laid.
I have thought it best for all interests that
there should be competition. I think it of
great importance that a tariff should possess
stability, as freqnent changes affect injuri
ously all our great interests. To impart
to it that character it should he moderate,
reasonable and certain.
I voted for the Tariff of ISI6, 1524 and
1832. I think they were all reasonable and
moderate, at the times they were respec
tively passed. In the infancy of manufac
tures, the object being to acquire the skill
and accumulate the capital necessary to
their successful establishment, a greater
degree of protection is expedient than is
requisit after they have made a considerable
progress. The difficulty lies in fixing that
degree. In 1816, we were without much
9Xpetience, arid failed to make in all cases,
a] proper adjustment of the measure of pro
tection. Eight years experience in 1824
enabled Congress to fix it with more equity >
and precision. Eight years progress in our
manufactures in 1832 justified some reduc
tion in the most of duties, and generally the
Tariff"of 1842 is more model ate than that of
1832 As mir manufa* lutes advance and
become perfected, less and less protec
tion will be needed, until many arti
cles will be able to compete with tire for
eign rival articles, without any protection at
all in the form of duties.
I was not in Congress in 1828, anil there
fore did not vote for the ‘J at if! of that year.
The duties in many instances imposed by
that Tariff were extravagantly high, and, in
others, duties were impcsec. which were not
called for by any interest. That Tariff'was
a fraudulent production. It was fiarned by
a combination of some memhets from the
South, and some from the North, who were
afraid openly to vote against a ‘1 arid, and
yet wished to obtain credit for being favor
able to supposed Southern interests. It was
so shaped, with the design of defeating the
passage of any tariff; because it was be
lieved tliat, it was so injurious to the man
ufacturing interest in many respects, that
the honest and true friends of that interest
would not vote for it, Had it been defeated
those Northern members, who united in
concocting it, would have returned home
and asserted that they were the true friends
of protection, nml that its teally honest
friends were inimical to it. But it was not
defeated. The genuine friends of manu
factures tesolved not to lie cheated by such
a combination, and determined to take the
hill for the sake of the good that was in it,
notwithstanding the bad, which was put
there against, their consent. The schemen< 1
having succeeded as design* d,ll < h< i.iietti
members, who were concerned in it, after
wards bitterly reproached their imithei u con
federates for the disnpjioint incut.
1 have more than half a dozen times ex
pressed within the last two or three years
tin jnildic occasions, the opinion which 1
now communicate as to a combination of
the principles of Revenue and Protection
in a Tariff. 1 set and you herewith the last
speech on that subject which 1 made in the
Senate of the LL S. and also a brief sketch
of the principles of the Whig party, as 1
understand them, which 1 prepared,
I have no other objection to the publica
tion of this letter hut that it would imply a
sensitiveness in regard to my opinion
vvhi, h 1 do not feel, and I think it has been
already sufficiently promulgated.
I am your friend and ob’t serv’t.
H. CLAY.
Messrs. Joel Branham and Roht. Bledsoe.
The Presidtnoj. —The Whigs of Marion
County, Missouri, held a meeting on the
2Stli ultimo. Delegates were appointed to
repiesent that county in the Distiict Con
vention shortly to he held. Among the
resolutions adopted was the following.
Resolved., That the delegates from this
county, lie, and they are heieby inst meted
to vote for no man as delegate to the Whig
National Convention, who will not suppoit
for Picißidi'iit of tho United States. Henry
Clay first, Ilrnry Clay last, and Ilenry
C/ay all the time.
The Whigs of St. Louis county, Missou
ri, held a meeting for a similar object on the
2d instant, at which the following resolu
tions among others, were adopted :
Resolved, That as regards the candidate
of the Whig |>aity for President of the
United States, we do not know or cate to
know any other than the great statesman
and patriot and exalted Whig, HENRY
CLAY, of Kentucky, under whose banner
we go into the approaching contest, sharing
with the Whigs of the whole country the
high and fixed resolve that he must and will
be elected.
Resolved, That the Distiict Convention
lie requested to send to the National Con
vention a Whig, sound and true, who will
go for HENRY CLAY, “ fits?,last, and all
the time.”
Ilenry Clay. —The Raleigh Register
says: “ One thing especially recommends
Henry Clay to the suflerage of the gieat
body of yeomanry of the United States.—
He is one of them. Born in hutnlde ohscin
ity, he owes not his elevation to wealthy pa
rents or splendid family connections. What
ever he is, he is indebted for, to that oiigi
nal gieatness of mind, the gift of his Crea
tor ; to that principle of unwearied, patient
and persevering industry, which no obstacle,
however great, could turn back from its pur
pose ; and to the discriminating judgment
of his fellow-citizens who best knew him,
and who well appreciated those talents and
that patriotism,on which a nation may safe
ly rely.”
General Clinch. —The St. Augustine
News notices the suggestion of the Whigs
of the name of Gen. Clinch for the vacancy
in Congress, and remarks:
“ Though for some years past Gen. Clinch
has been a resident of Georgia, yet from his
long residence in this Territory, and his in
terest in East Flotilla, our citizens will feel
the liveliest satisfaction in his acceptance of
any station which might he urged upon him.
Judging from the past, we can truly say,
that among all her gifted sons Georgia has
none who, we believe, will he found more
cajiahle of doing her justice, or more devo
ted to her true interests than this gentleman.
To the sincerity, the decision and the chiv
alry of a brave and gallant soldier, he adtls
the comprehension and business talents of a
statesman. Could he be induced to accept
a place in Congress, to his State and not to
himself will he the gain. To him the sta
tion will add nothing ; in his State and the
nation his character and influence will be
of great advantage. It is a patriotic wish,
that be may be elected, and that lie may he
induced to supply the vacancy in the Con
gressional delegation of Georgia.”
Speech of Mr. TVebstcr. —A t a great mass
meeting of the Whigs of Massachusetts,
recently held nt Andover, in that State, Mr.
Webster, addressed the vast assemblage on
the state of the country. The papers con
tain only a part of his speech, the hour for
starting the express having arrived before
he had concluded ; but in that he declares
his political opinions to be with the Whigs
and his object” to restore Massachusetts to
the political position, which she last year >
lost.” He dedicates the whole force of hiV
aigument to show that it is both the power
and duty of the National Government j 0
regulate the currency of the country;
whether by a national bank or otherwise’
and condemns the present administration for
promulgating a contrary doctrine. As to a
national bank, while doubling whether the
stork of a hank In he established by private
subscription would be likely to command
the confidence of the country as liefore, he
says—“ Still lam as ever, ready to agree
that the old batik of the United States was
perfectly constitutional, that it was decided
to be so by solemn decisions of the Courts
and the abundant precedent of legislation
and to re-establish it shall have my hearty
support, believing it as 1 do, a powerful
controller of circulation, and as preventing
serious excesses.” On the question of ih e
tariff'he condemns all ultra ism, and while
disclaiming “nn ultra protective tariff
amounting even to prohibit ion,” insists that
a jiower of discrimination does belong to
Congress, and that it ought to be kejit in
; view by them, and applied in all proper
j cases.”— Charleston Courier.
A voice from Virginia. — We notice that
the Whigs have recently held a grand fes
tival nt Amherst Conil House. The num
ber piesent was estimated at from 1500 to
2000. The Editor of the Lynchburg Vir
ginian says that he never witnessed a mote
gratifying spectacle. There were several
eloquent and highly interesting addresses
made upon the occasion. This looks as if
! the VYliigs intend to act as promptly and
ii ffieiently in the ensuing contest, as they
! did in 1840. We like to see it, for it is
| nothing but rght and |>n per that the pen
’ pie should meet together, interchange sen
timents, and form (duns, in the execution of
which, our Republican f* rm of government
will Ire perpetuated, tnd the common pros
perity of the people enhanced. We hope
to hear of many such meetings during the
coming year.— Murtinsbnrg Gazette.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.
On the Penitentiary. —Messrs. Foster,
Dunrjgnn, King, Iverson, Stapleton, Dtxi n,
Spalding, Storey. Johnson of Early and
! Hunter.
On the State of the Rejtubltc. —Messrs.
King, Bartow, Bowers of Bibb, Rrrfh-v,
McAfee, Reid, Rogers, Tankersiey, Coue
and Bates.
On l-'/nanre. — Messrs. Phillips, Wilier,
Saver, Iverson, Powers of Effingham,
Echols, Mitchell. Ridfey, Farris and Carter.
On Panls.—M essrs. Bartow, Spalding,
Mi.sely, Tumlin, Reynolds, Chastain, Rol -
inst.n, Bivins, Jones of I)i K;.lb, and Ilar
tison of Putnam.
On the Judiciary. — Mt?srs. Miller, King,
Foster, Iverson, Powers of Bibb, Osborne,
Pryor, Piles, Wood, Sanford and Harrison
of Randolph.
On the Military. — Messrs. Kenan, Ander
son, Pitman, Ashe, Collins, Snelling. War
then. McAithur, Brown, Tiaylor.
On Internal Improvement. —Messrs.
Sayre, Kenan, Powers of Bibb, Baitow,
Meieililh, I’islmp, Hendiiik, Young and
Smith.
On Printing —Messrs. Tunkersley,
Hines, Culberson, Jones of Warn n, Jomer
soii, Darden, AValts, Goddard, MiComrick,
Johnson of Elbert, Ligl tsey. Bates and
Tarver.
On Public Education and Si hoots. —
Messrs. Bruddns, Tucker, Thompson. Law
| hon, Dawson, Baiksilale. CrstVli w, Wynn,
i Davies, Curry,Dufour, Hall, Walker, Hay
slip and Sims.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOt SK.
On the State of the Republic. —Messrs.
Toombs, Howard, Preston, Sanford, Ken
dall, Bui ton, Thomason, Woodward of
Bibb, \\ illinoham, Lawrence, Ferrell,
Butts, Cailton and McArver.
On Finance. — Messrs. Meriw ether, Jones
of Muscogee, Hillhousc, Hill, Kendall,
Mouis, Fjiier, Alexander, FJourney, Wilt,
Thorpe and Guyton.
On the Judicialy— Mesßis,Howaid,lMv rnwe
liter, Hardeman, Hunter, Worril I, Cary ..Fel
der, Hardwick, Brantley’, Winfrey, Varne
doe. Stroud of Walt.in and Bell of Jones..
On Banks. —Messrs. Grieve, Thomas,
Clark of Chatham, Jones of Museogee. AJr
len, Clark of Bibb, St round of Clnike,
Hamilton, Robinson of Coweta, Holmes.
Robinson of Luwrens, Leslie, Street of
Pitts.
On Privileges and Elections. —Messrs.
Thomas, White, Alexander, Boggs, Mitch
ell of Franklin, Drake, Polhill, Watters,
Pettee, Sanders, Black, Brewton, and Ware
of Paulding.
On Public Education and Free Schools.
—Messrs. Hardeman, Ware of Clarke, An
derson of Wilkes, Davidson, Clack, Reeves,
Boynton, Brown of Camden, Nelson,.
Greene, Marshall, Buffington and Mimms.
On Internal Improvement. —Messrs. Hill
house. Toombs, Jordan, Lawhon, Thoma
son, Holt, Grieve, Owen, Sapp, Rozar,.
Norman, Martin of Morgan and Bivins.
On -the Penitentiary. —Messrs. Jordan,
Redding, Kirnzey, Walthall, Kennon, Dent,
Brantley, McDowell, Owen, Masters, Dix
on, Reynolds, Henderson, and Brown of
Baldwin.
On Military Affairs . —Messrs. Cleve
land, Dubignon, Wilcox, Hust, Clatk of
Monroe, Johnson of DeKalb, Pitts, Jack
son, Riley, Brown of Crawford, Cannon of
Rabun, Walts and Roberts.
On Enrolment. —Messrs. Redding, Lit’
tie, Mitchell of Gwinnett, Davidson, Boyn
ton, Welborn, Smith of Ogletheorpe, An
derson of Taliaferro, Howell, Harris of
Morgan, Winfrey, Johuson of Troup and
Carter.
On Petitions. —Messrs. Stroud of Wal
ton, Darden, Mingledotff, Blount, Daniel,
Cobb of Carroll, ‘Pucker, Cannon of Gil
mer, Berry, Powell, Adams of Montgom
ery, Stapler and Wilson of Early.
On Printing. —Messrs. Hunter, Crafts,.
Bush, Woodward of Houston, Bell of-
Stewart, Wilson of Warren, Fincherßaus
lerson, Clements, Prescott.
On Engrossed Journals. —Messrs. Ken
non, Clatk of Chatham, Royall, Ware of
Madison, Turner, Haiden, Pearson, Kel,
logg, Vincent, Seitnan and Edwards.