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or Congenial notisc* v*m. t. ;j.
lustrated the era of Mr. Van Uuren’s former
administration—multiplied schemes for ex
tending Executive power and Presidential
patronage; profuse and profligate expendi
tures of puhjic money; the impunity and
protection of faithless public officers, pur
chased by the merit of their party services;
anew brood of defanltets of the Hoyts and
the Harrises—a race the entire disappear
ance of which since IS4O is one of the proud
est proofs of tlie justice and necessity of the
change then decreed by the voice of the peo
ple. But it were vain to attempt an enum
eration of the teeming abuses that must ev
er attend the fundamental heresy of Mr.Van
Bureti’s political system, which, instead of
regarding government as a high and holy
trust for the good of the country, sees in it
nothing but a job to be ail ministered for the
benefit of a parti), of which the President is
the head and grand almoner.
Now, I would ask, wi'.iat is there to he ap
prehended from Mr. Clay s election, w hich
ought to have the weight ofa feather in the
scale, when compared with thetb ; a) and des
tructive evils, poisoning the vital elements
of republican freedom and virtue, as we!l as
the essential sources of national prosperity
and happiness, which we have every trasi.u
to believe would inevitably follow the resto
ration of Mr.Van Buren ? We shall, doubt
less, have paraded before our eyes, in stereo
typed horrors, the old arid threadbare appa
rition of the Tariff, the Bank and Distilla
tion. On the subject of the Tariff I do not
hesitate to say that Mr. Clay’s need, devel
oped in his recent letters, is in every res
pect as just, as sound, and unexceptionable
as that of Mr. Van Buren, and his practice
infinitely better. Mr. Clay did not vote for
or approve the tat ill'of IS2B, consigned to
an odious celebrity, under the name of the
Bill of Abominations, which Mr.Van Buren j
and his friends carried by their votes. It is 1
rather an unfortunate coincidence,consider- j
ing the professions of Mr.Van Buren, that |
all the Tariffs which have been most com
plained of in the South owe their existence
upon the statute book to the votes of himself
or his friends.
It is no want of charity, then, but the re
suit of the most candid and deliberate con
sideration, wdien l express the decided opin
ion that Mr.Clay is far more In be relied up
on for a practical adjustment of this delicate
and complex subject, on terms just and sat
isfactory to all sections of the Union, (har
monizing their vatious interests by the gold
en rule of moderation, which is the only
pledge of permanence and stability in any
airangement that may be made,) than Mr.
Van Buren. The wise and temperate spir
it so strikingly exhibited in ids letters which
have been recently given to the public, sus
tained by his well-known influence with his
friends, and his own high and unquestioned
character for frankness and decision, is a
guaranty which no portion of the nation will !
slightly regaid.
With respect to the Bank, if the country
♦diall lie reduced to a ctiotce tietwcen itie
odious and grinding Sub-Treasury Scheme ],
and a National institution of Finance, pro- f
perly guarded against abuse by the jealous”
(restrictions of its charter, as well tis by a
■vigilant public supervision and control, 1 do
mot believe tlurt the sober judgment of the
people, under the pressure of such an al
ternative, would find any cause of quart el
against those who, .free ftom constitutional
difficulties on the sufject, should go for the
latter, in preference to the foimer. Arid as
to the Distribution of the proceeds of the
Public Lands, that stands necessaiily and
evidently adjourned, as a practical question
until the revenues of the nation, compared
with its expenditures and engagements,
shall he in a very different situation from
that in which they now are, or are likely to
be for years to come. My own individual
opinions on these subjects have been so of-
Xen and fully stated that 1 need Tut repeat
■them here. What I mean to say at pres
ent is, that these are issues either hypothe
tical and speculative, or neutralized by
•equal ud opposing considerations on the
sillier side, and should not divert the mind
for a moment from these higlni, and more
urgent and vital questions, which are the
true taste of a sound and correct decision
jn the pending Presidential election. Those
tests I have already adverted to. They are
mich as are inseparably connected with the
purity, character, and preservation of the
Government itself, and in my Immhle judg
ment, are overwhelmingly conclusive against
the pretensions of Mr. Van liuren.
As little shall we permit ourselves, I Must,
■to he “frightened from our propriety” by
■the old and hollow expedient of a senseless
and arbitrary use of paity names. Those
who are so prone to ring the changes on the
nomenclature of Federalist and Kepubli
can would do well 4o remember that they
have men, reading and inquiring men. to
deal with, and not children. Try Mr. Van
Horen and Mr. Clay by anv test derived
from the authentic history of political par
ties in this cwuutiy, or by tire standard
of those great principles which -exist in the
essential elements of our popular institu
tions. sind Mr. Clay stands before 1 1 u* world
the far better Republican of the two.
In that great array and struggle of the
two parties of the country (among the most
memorable in our history) which arose out
of th controversy and war w ith England
in ISI2, where was Mr. Clay and where
was Mr. Van Horen I Mr, Clay gallantly
leading the Repohlie.au hostsin the lfmi&cnf
Kepteseutatives. nod sustaining the admin
istration of Mr. Madison with .nil the ener
gies of his pairiotism ami eloquence; Mr.
Vail Boren uniting with tin* Federalists to
tittpo.so tint illustrious man from power, aud
to supplant hi* Administration’! Try them
Again by that standard which Mr. Van Bit
won himself, in a must elaborate speech de
livered iu the Senate of the United States
tu'l93B, declared to he tin.* true and legiti
mate distinction between tins Federal an.l
Republican parties—the one seek to extend,
the other to reslniin, Executive power.—
The public have not forgotten the various
schemes so sedulously devised or counlKU:
a need by Mr. Van Boren during tlw whole
period of his Administration, and fully ex
posed at the time, to augment Kxeeutice pa
tronagn, discretion, and power; and noth
ing. surely, has more eminently distinguish
ed lire career or M l ’- City than Iris ogrsjapt
and persevi iing efforts to lestrain, and to
pi ovule lit'W (flKes ami stcuntios the
enlargement or abusive exercise of the
powers of that department of the Govern
ment. Judging them, then, by Mr. Van
Burcn's own definition of political parties,
as correctly laid down by him in 1828, but
totally lost sight of in his subsequent prac
tice, let the sober and impartial judgment
of the country decide which is the Federal
ist and which the Republican.*
It is impossible for any reflecting man to
contemplate the actual and prospective con
dition of the countiy without seeing in it al
ready the germ of new difficulties and trou
bles, which may, in their approaching de
velopement. agitate our glorious Union to
its ceri're. The Oregon and Texas ques
tions in our foreign relations; at home, a
deficient revenue, with all its ordinary sour
ces pressed uptotheir farthest product ireWm
it, and some of them, rhereis reason to appre
hend, beyond ; thetariffcontroversy re-open
ed, vjiitli all the conflicting interests and pas
sion ,which never fail to be awakened by it;
adJejd to these, the rekindled fires of the
abolition excitement—each and all of them
are questions which carry in their bosom
the tearful elements of civil discord and in
testine strife. The worst and most danger
ous aspect they present is, that all of them
t'.tin v into immediate and opposing array,
if n. ‘t into angry and hostile collision, the
secti( it, it’ interests and feelings oftlie differ
ent r pngi ai'hical divisions of the Confeder
acy. Whose, nt such a moment, is the mas
ter-s licit that t ,?a v have power to still the
risin t tempest, before it sweeps with dis
tinct ive fmy over the U ,;e ~ur J ** l happy
Uni,lm ; or, should this oiv’vc hopeless and
impiEs-dlde, whose the comfuending genius
“to fide thewhiilwindanddire( ‘thestorm?
To preside over the destinies <>* a g*' eil *
Republic, in a crisis of such com,’ 1 icat, 'd
diffi cully and peril, calls for something m ,,|e
lha i the tuts of the mere parly po/iticJu' n -
It c emnnds the holiest moral and inttdlec*
tua qualities of the statesman —courage,
self'-possession, elevation of character and
elejvation of views; a nobleness and geuer
osil y of nature that attracts confidence, and
cat! inspire enthusiasm ; the spirit of per
suasion and the spirit of command combin
ettf. Let the annals of the country, in
solme of the darkest moments which have
evler lowered upon its fortunes, he consulted,
atld they will atisvvet whether Henry Ci.ay
oil Martin Van Biren is the man for such
a 4-tisis.
I I have tints, my dear sir, with fiankness
dtlte to our relations of friendship, personal
atjul political, given you my views on a sub
ject which is soon to absorb so large a por
tiion of the public attention, and to which
nfo good citizen can he indifferent. I flatter
nfiyself they will meet your concurrence,
afnd that of our Republican friends who
Ijiuve acted with us in the trying scenes
tfhrough which we have passed ; but, in any
#*ver>f, lam sure they will lie received by
Jyoii with the kindness and cordiality, in the
1 ‘ f which 1 pray you to believe me,
r most truly and faithfully, yours,
W.C. RIVES.
Col. Edmpnd Fontaine, Hanover.
* hi the speech alluded to (made on the 12ih Febru
ary, 1828, on the powers of ilit Vice President ns pre
siding i fiieer of the Senate) .Mr. Van Buren comments
on the “attempt” of Mr. Adams, in his inaugural ad
dress, “to trace the origin of the two great political
parties,” “which,” lie adds, “have divided the coun
try from the adoption of the Constitution to the present
day;” and, after rejecting Mi Adams’s theory, lie
gives his own in the following words: “ They (the two
great political parties of Federalist and Republican)
arose from other and very different causes. They are,
in truth, mainly to be ascribed to the struggle between
two opposing principles, that have been in active op
eration in this country from the closing scenes of the
Revolutionary war to the present day—the one seek
ing to übsorb, as far ua practicable, oil power from its
legitimate sources, and condense it into a singi.e head;
the other, nn antagonist principle, laboring as assidu
ously to resist the encroachments and limit the extent
of Executive authority.”
fobe-smbe remon©©.
Death of Washington. —The following
vivid and touching sketch of the last mo
ments of the Father of his Country, is from
a letter in the New Yoik American :
“ Passing the great hall ornamented with
picturesrif English hunting scenes, we as
cended the oaken staircase, ‘.vi'h its carved
and antique balustrade. We Stood at the
door—we pressed the handle—the room
and the bed where he died were before us.
Nothing in the lofty drama of his existence
surpassed the grandeur of that final scene.
The cold which lie had taken from expo
sure in overseeing some part of Iris grounds,
and which resisted the earliest domestic
remedies that were applied, advanced, in
Uvo slimt days, into the form of that flight
ful form of diseases of the throat—lan/ngt
tin. It became necessary for him to take
Iris lied. Hi* valued friend, Dr. Craik, was
instantly summoned, and assisted by the
best medical skill of the surrounding coun
try, exhausted nil the means of art—but
without avoiding him any relief. He pa
tiently submitted, though in great distress,
to the various -remedies proposed; but it
became evident, from die gloom settling on
the count enaures of the medical gentleman,
that the cas was hopeless A4v*n<*ng in.
siiliously. the disease had fastened ilself
wilb deadly certainty. Looking with.eaUw
ness on the sobbing group around Trim,
he said, “ Grieve not, my friends; jt js as
I anticipated from the first; it we all -owe
is about to he paid; l am resigned to the
event.” Requesting Mrs. Washington to
bring him two wills from his escrutoire, lie
directed one to be burnt, and placed the
other in her hands, as his last will and testa
ment; and then gave some final instruc
tions to Mr. Lear, his .Secretary and relation,
us to the adjustment of his business affairs.
He soon alter became greatly distressed ;
and as. to the paroxysms., which became
rc<w;e violent and frequent, Mr. Lear, who
was,extended on the bed by his side, assis
ted him to turn, he, with great kindness, but
with great difficulty, articulated ;‘ I f eß r I
give you great trouble, sir, but perhaps it is
a duty we all owe, one to another; 1 trust
you wilt receive the same attention when
you .shall require it,*
” As the night waned, the fatal symptoms
lrename more imminent. His bteath be-
3CD m ja EHi it Hi U STJTJB *iLA St “ST *
came more labored and suffocating, and bis
voice soon failed him. Perceiving his end
approaching, he straightened himself to his
full length, he folded his own hands in the
necessary attitude upon liis chest, placing
his finger upon the pulse of liis left wrist;
and thus calmly prepared and watching his
own dissolution, he awaited the summons of
his Maker. The last faint hope of his friends
had disappeared. Mrs. Washington sat
stupified at the foot of the bed. her eyes
fixetl steadfastly on him: Dr. Clark, n
deep gloom, stood with his face buried in
his hands, at the fire ; his faithful black ser
vant Cluistripher, the tears nncoiitr illetl
trickling down his fare, on one side took the
last look of his dying master, while Mr
Lear, in speechless gt'ef, with folded hands,
bent over his pillow on the other. Nought
broke the stillness of his last moments hut j
the suppressed sobs of the affectionate set- |
vants collected on the staircase; the tick of j
the large dock in the hall, as it measured ‘
off, with painful distinctness, the fleeting j
moments of his existence; and the low
moan of the w inter w itul.as it ept through \
the leafless tnnw cavi rui tiers, the labor
ing and wearied spirit drew nearer anu
nearer to its goal ; the blood languidly j
coursed slower and more slowly through
its channels ; the noble heait stopped—
struggled—stopped—fluttered—the tight
hand slowly slid from the wrist, upon which :
its finger had been placed—it fell at the j
side—and the manly effigy of Washington
was all that remained extended upon the 1
bed of death.”
What is True Religion I" —The follow
ing beautiful reply was wiitnnm a young
lady’s Album, (in answer to the above seepti
cal interrogatory; by Mr. Jno. I>. Smi-li, of
New York:
True religion is a font tain of bliss, refresh,
ing the weary traveler in ti is tale of tears.
It is a cherub of innocence communing with
the poor in spirit. It is the winged messen
of consolation to the forlorn childten of
mis.'o r tune. It is an unbroken mirror of de
votion reflecting “one Lord, one faith. anil
one Impii.si’' 1 ” for all nations. It is an nn
changeable u’ ° r f? l,,rv . irradiating the
footstool of tlic D, il y. Lis n bright star
of revelation in the “vkstiul lirmuinent
“Tl.nt guides the wandt. ‘' r as ‘ IP strays
O’er life’s dark ocean and l.s trackless ways.
It is an infalliable chart, the ever
varying course of human opii. ‘ on * R' s n
faithful sentinel of time for the a
to meet the sad decrees of death. ‘ s a ,
guardian Angel to the slumbering vn-tu”’ 1
the grave. It is a beacon of hope heno. ’ e
the bar of the eternal judge. It is the sane- ,
tified odour of an inunotlul soul, perfuming
the heavenly throne of Omnipotent Justice.
It is 1 lie holy innocence of a contrite heart
ascending before the altar of Divine Mercy.
And it is the saintly Queen of peace, who,
silently, bestows a pterions gilt of benign j
charity upon her penitent subject, and causes !
him to return in thanks of .adoration—“ O
thou Almighty Being, whose eye surveys
creation’s utmost bounds, and at whose nod
the noblest nations tremble—tkou, to whom
the humblest look for mercy —look on me!"’
Truc Female Nobility. —The woman,
poor ar.d ill clad as she may he, who balan
ces her income arid expenditure—who toils
and sweats in unrepining mood among her
well-tiained children, and piesents them,
morning and evening, as offerings of love to
her husband, in rosy health and cheerful
cleanliness, is the most exalted of her sex.
Before her shall the proudest dame bow
her jeweled head, and the bliss of n happy
heart dwell w ith her finever. If thete is
one prospect dearer than another to the
soul of man—if there is one act more likely
to bend the proud and inspire the broken
hearted—it is for a smiling wife to meet
her husband at the door with his host of hap
py children. How it stirs up the tired
blood of an exhausted man, when he hears
a rush of many feet upon the staircase—
when the crow and carol of their young voi
ces mix in glad confusion—and the smallest
mounts and sinks into his arms amidst a
mirthful shout. It was a halo ft one every
countenance that beamed around the group!
There was joy and a blessing there.
Social Kindness. —How sweet are the af
fections of kindness ! How balmy the in
fluence of that regard which dwells around
our fivfsidcs ! Disti list arid doubt darken
not the brightness of its purity ; the crav
ings of interest and jealou-y mar not the
harmony of that scene. Parental kindness
and filial affection bloom there iu all the
freshness of an eternal spring. It matters
not if the world is cold, if we can but turn
to our dear circle, and ask and receive all
that our own heart claims.
Offer the snetifioes of righteousness, and
put your trust iu the Lord.—Psalm.
m*mmm gy*r dartre—— nrsrwm q—i
Mil®© £ Li. A MY.
Prospects ts Cotton. — Messrs. Editors —
The following interesting letter from the
Journal of Commerce, on the subject of the
Cotton Crop, we think will he found highly
interesting to your readers. It goes far to
settle the question that under no ciicumstan
ces, fan it exceed 1,800,000 Bales—and
that it is highly probable that it may riot lie
-over 1,000.000. If these t nets are sustain
ed, the present prices are but the effect of
‘legitimate causes and not the consequences
of mere -specii la lion. W.
Tlie following is extracted from a letter
not written for effect and contains some in
formation ;
New Orleans, Dec. 30, 1543.
My last letter was dated 19th instant,
since then out Cotton market was quite ani
mated, and the tendency of prices lias been
steadily upward, until “ middling” Cottons
have leached 9c. os you will see by the quo
tat.iou-s at foot. Even at these rates, factors
offer their Cotton so sparingly, that orders
in any extent cannot be filled. One of the
largest brokers in the city, with whom 1 am
very intimate, informed tne Inst night, that
of 6000 bales he expected to purchase yes
terday, he was only able to procure 250, ow -
ing to the factor’s demanding generally to
id above the quotation* alluded to. The
op'nif.n prevails liere in all commercial cir
cles (except the agents of English manufac
turers ami merchants who affect to believe
differently) that Cotton will not he lower
this year, and that in all probability it will
advance Id or more before the Ist of March.
To this opinion I subscribe, as the accounts
we are daily receiving from the inferior,
give the most gloomy picture of tin* im
mense destruction of Cotton in the fields
caused by the rains which have fallen almost
incessantly since the Ist November till the
23d December, in all parts of the Cotton le
gion ttibntary to this city, and for a great
portion of the time in the country tributary
to Mobile. As you ate not familiar with
Cotton planting, 1 will now digress a little
front the Cotton market to the Colton plant
fort he purpose of showing the reasons on
which rnv short crop views are predicated.
Asa general rule the seed of all plants
which arrive at maturity fall immed’att ly to
the ground. To this the Cotton plant is
somewhat an exception.
The boll or pod in which the seed is con
tainer!. ami to w hich the Cotton is attached,
opens gradually, and a portion ofthe Cotton
is fastened by a gluey substance to the cen
tre of the boll, where it unites with the
branch or stalks. \\ hen the boll opens, the
Cotton gradually projects, until it becomes
in a string like form, some five or six inches
long, when, if not picked, it falls to the
ground and is lost. Whilst in any poition
of the stage 1 have described, (which, in
good weather, lasts about three weeks from
the opening of tire boll,) strong winds or
heavy rains are certain to beat it out. This
is uniformly the case in a climate where the
plant arr ives to perfection, but in the highest
latitudes in which Cotton is grown, as ii
parts of Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama.
Georgia and South Catolina, it possesses
more tenacity, lire* boll not opening quite so
u ideas it does fat tiler Soul li. In long rainy
seasons, such as they have expetienced in
the above section- of the country in Novem
ber ond December, the Cottonseed getmi
nates in the pod, ami when its growth is
diet ked by frost, tlie seed tots, arid the Cot
ton attached becomes comparitively worth
less. Such lam informed from sources to
he relied on, is now the case in Arkansas,
Tennessee, North Alabama, and tlie North
ern boundaries of Mississippi and Louisia
na. Cotton picked whilst it lias the slight
est moisture in it. must l>e exposed to the
sun for days on scatiblds, which every plan
ter lias provided for that purpose, before it
can be put under cover and considered se
cure. If, then, it has rained almost inces
santly for two months, which cannot he de
nied by any candid person in possession of
the facts, how was cotton to he secured ad
n ‘ttirig that it was picked in the rain, (a ve
i jf,‘’probable ‘iririg by the way,) or whilst
it was lint, immediately afti r the rain?—
Three for ‘tlisof the Cotton crop is gat he r
ed in the mi ‘*ths of October, November and
December, aim’ ll,e sei,son {,,r C '"-
ton is consider ed A 1 <" d •’)’ ,lie
January. Von mi’ 8 * ,)<?81 ’ “• l,ial
picking Cotton is a vt > Y Blow process, and
that it takes four tr, >= gu.,d weather
to gather an overage c.""R ! ‘he aver age sea
son commencing about t ,,e . h™ 1 , e r*
letnber and ending the mu l January.
No contingency can therefore’ iIMM ‘ ‘■'hub
will make the crop exceed 1,700, -ale.-.
This I consider a higher estimate t, ‘ ini
million bales was on the Ist of Nover.’ber,
and so it is considered by those who bet
freely in the beginning of December, that
the crop would exceed 1,500,000 bales, for
now the same parties will not bet on 1,700.-
000 bales, and betting is out Souther n mode
of testing the sincerity of opinions express
ed. After weighing well all matters con
nected with the present Cotton crop, 1 have
come to the deliberate opinion, that, under
the most favorable circumstances, lire crop
cannot reach 1,700,000 bales, and that iti all
human probability it will not exceed sixteen
lot ml red thousand bales.
The following are now the quotations of
our market. Inferior, 7£ a7jj; Ordinary,
8 a ; Middling, a9 ; Middling Fair,
O jaO.l; Fair, 9$ a l(i; Good Fair, 10£ a
Good and Fine, 11 cents.
As king as our currency will remain in an
excellent condition, no fluctuation will oc
cur in our money market of any impor
tance. We have to remark, however, that
ottr Slate stocks are gradually improving,
and the time is short when they will stand
in tire money markets of the country as fair
as M.ey are ciit’ffM t. “ 7 t* m " s * observe
also, that it is a duty we owe the country
stockholders of the Georgia Rail Road to
inform them, that the stock has been for
some time past very rapidly advancing, ami
is in much demand. As there are plenty of
purchasers and few sellers, we cannot fix a
quotation ; but would advise country hold
ers, who may-have occasion to sell, to try
the market well before selling. The fine
location of this road : its management ; the
regularity and punctuality with which all
rts business transactions ate conducted, and
the heavy business it now does, with the
pursued of a rich ami increasing business
with the West, by a contemplated junction
w ith the Stair* Roarl, all contribute tit itn
prove the confidence of capitalists in this
slot k ; and the impression is becoming quite
common, that this stor k will at no distant
day he the best in the Southern country. —
The roarl and outfit, it is understood, cost a
few litiudr .1 thousand dollars more than the
capital paid in, and the directors have pur
sued the safe and holiest course, of suspend
ing dividends til! the deficiency is made up.
As this road, however, has never mail*; less
than 6 per cent on the whole amount of cap
ital invested, anil generally more, as ap
pears by the annual reports, it require? only
a reference to tlie assets and liabilities to
show the real value of the stock—ns the
suspension of dividends can be only tempo
rary, and in tlie mean time the net profits are
evey day addin.’ to the value of the stock.
Geo/giu Constitutionalist.
Thriliing Incident. —In 1787 Wheeling
was beseiged by a large army of British anil
Indians. So sudden was the attack made
that no time was affoirled for preparation.-
The fort at the time of Iho assault, was
commanded by Col. Silas Zane, the senior
officer who was in a blockhouse some ,5.0 or
100 yards outside of the wall. The enemy
made several desperate assaults to bleak in
to the fort, but on evety onset they were
driven back. The ammunition for the de
fence of the fort was deposited in the block
house, and the attack was made so sudden
ly am! unexpectedly that there was no time
to remove jt. On the afternoon of the se
cond day of the seige, the powder in the
fort was nearly exhausted, and no alterna
tive remained but that sortie one must pass
through the enemy’s fire to the blockhouse
for powder. When Silas Zane made the
proposition to the men, to see if any one
would undertake the hazardous enterprise,
at first all were silent. After looking at
each other for sometime, a young man step
ped forward and said he would run the
chance. Immediately half a dozen offered
theii services in the dangerous enterprise.
While they were disputing about who
should go, Elizabeth, sister cf Zane*. rump
forward and declared she would go for the
jinwder. Her brother thought she would
flinch fiotn the enterprise, but he was mis
taken. B'lie had the intrepidity to date and
the fortitude to bear bet up in the heroic
risk of life. Her brother then tried to dis
suade bet fiom the attempt by saying a man
would be more fleet; and consequently
would run less risk of losing his life. She
replied that they hntl not a man to spare
from the defence of the fort, and if she
should fall, she would scarcely be missed.
She then divested herself of such of her
clothing as would impede her speed, ami
ran til! she arrived tit the door of ‘.he block
house, where her brother, Col. Zttlie, hasten
ed to receive his intrepid sister. The Indi
ans. when tiiey saw her bound forth, did not
fire a gun, but called aloud, ‘ Squaw, squaw,
squaw !’ W hen she hail told her brother
the errand .>n which she came, be took a
laHe-cb ill and fastened around her waist,
and poured into it a keg of powder, she
then sallied back to the fort with all the
buoyancy of hope. ‘I he moment she was
outside of the block-house the whole of the
enemy’s line poured a leaden storm at her
hut tlie balls went whistling by w ithout do
ing her any injury. She afterwai ds mat t ied
a Mr. Cluirviile, of Ohio.
Revolutionary Anecdote. — Tn the latter
part of the year 1779, and the eailyjiait of
’SO, while the army remained in their win
ter cantonments, it was rcmaiked by Wash
ington's military family, ibat when the wea
ther was favoral lea confidential servant of
the general entered at precisely the same
time, soon after dusk, made his obeisance
and departed—that shortly after, the com
ma tide!-in cl iefwitlidte vv, bending his course
towards a li tre ixteiv <f woodland, at
some distance fn>m the camp ; that lie en
tered arid was absent about half an hour.—
1 hese juorceding occasioned some anxiety
and no ordinary degree of curiosity among
the officers—tlit* younger and more reck
less, judging by themselves, threw on! sly
insinuations, while the graver and bettei
disposed jionion who better understood,
and thoroughly confided in the lofty a*>d im
maculate purity of their commander’s char
acter, repelled the slander with contempt
ami indignation. No one presumed to ask
que-lious.
Two young officers, one fmrri S. Caroli
na, the other from Virginia, who were uni
ted by the warmest attachment to each oth
e,- deteremined to solve the enigma.
‘j , Pi **hituPs path wassonght, found, and
traced to its fei . n,im,s nrajestick oak.grnw
ing in 1 lieeentie of a s.'~' rll open snare for the
magnates of nature like,
iriii rmt tlie too nenrns>pi nnc Ii ri t * 1
Positions were selected, whence *nc *’ 1
servers could discern v hat passed near in.’
tree without being themselves visible.—
These preparations being made, ami the first
favorable occasion, the weal her fine for the
season and the young moon shedding but a
feeble light ovei the landscape the officers
repaired, secret ly, to their jrosts and jier ceiv -
ed their commander, not engaged in soft, il
licit dalliaricg with some frail fair one, hut
his arms folded on his breast, pacing slowlv
backward and forward, absorbed in pro
found meditation—after several minutes
thus passed he sunk on hi* knees, what a
spectacle ! the young men were awe strick
en ; there in thedepihsof the primeval for
est, surrounded by the mysteries of night
nnd nature, his companions solitude and si
lence, Ii is witnesses; the bright-eyed watch
ers of the starry host, there, like the He
brew leader of the chosen people, in the
hallowed seclusion of Mount Sinai knelt
Washington in sjnniu"’ communion Wiiii
God— in fervent supplication at the foot
stool of the mercy seat, for the deliverance
of his country from foreign bondage, and
strength and wisdom to himself for complet
ing the perilous, but Providence-assigned
task. Yes, there knelt the humble. i.e
vont Christian, the sage, the hero, the hope
of liis fellow-citizens and the oppressed of
all nations, the mighty leader, the bane of
despots; ultimately the deliverer and father
of bis country, the foremost man of all this
world, the mail in all the hoary registers of
time without a rival and without n shadow,
Washington, worshipping the temple of the
illimitable Universe.
What a scene! Can fancy amid her
liajijiie-t creations; imagination in her
proudest, loftiest efforts, jiicture aught fuller
of heart-purifying, soul exalting, holier sub
limity ?
It’s mental contemplation is associated
with feelings above and beyond tin* routine
of our present existence, and evinces that
lire likeness of the Eternal is not yet effac
ed from human initnie—even that, is a ray
from the light of heaven, and ati antepast of
man’s immortality.
Is there one fiee heart so cold am’ dead
as not to glow at the recollection that Wash
ington was in the totality of his nature, char- j
actor, personalities and habits, body and
soul, purely American—not ati atom of for- 1
eign alloy in the glorious aggregate.— !
American Democrat.
The Reason Why —After the election of!
1840 a iminlicr of Loroliieos were earnestly j
engaged discussing the reasons vvliv the whig*
Ii “I beaten them so badly in the proceeding 1
< lection. One insisted that it was bermi-e i
the pgople were fouls that tliev had nil tin ir j
s’ li't s t .ken away by the kuoiiskin mumme
ries. Another declared that it was not that
so much as the bribery of thousands of voters
bv the banks and foreigners, whilst the third
asserted that the people had gone mad, and
gut drunk upon excitement and hard cider.
“ What do you think it was, uncle Josh,”
said the first one, turning to a little hump,
hacked, gin, blot eyed, frosty beaded old man,”
who w as sitting cross-legged by tlie fire, f u *
riouslv chewing Ids quid of tobacco, and who
seemed to lie the Sir Oracle of die coterie.
“ You don’t know any thing about it,” sa i(j
the gimblet-pycd man, striking his fist fmi_
onslv against the floor. “It van than h~U
fired songs what did the business. I tell y ou
it was enough to run anybody crazy to listen
to then songs, when a jirctty girl was s j n£ ._
irg them.” “ And.” continued the old man.
junijdng up, and giving his stick un emphatic
thump against the dog-iron. “ I will never
vote for any man for Posidant whose name
wont rhyme in poelrv. It’s no wonder Mr.
Van Burett was beat, for Ins name wont
ilivme to any thing but ruin. — Claz.
Churning Hotter.— Every good housewife
know s that at times, for some peculiar caus
es, (n.iist generally extra sourness or bitter,
ness of the cream.) much difficulty is experi
enced in ii aking the cream into butter. A
lady writer in the Indian Farmer, recent.
mends the following course in such cases
\A e have (says the Western Farmer.) for
years used soda or saleratus fertile same pur
|ius(>, and found i 1 cm usually successful :
I wish to inform my sister butter-makers,
of the means I used, wli’elr so successfully
removed Ihe difficulty. 1 churned, perhaps,
three l ours, tn no purpose, and then tiied to
think of son ething that I had read in the In
dian Farmer, or some <>'her periodical. 1
could not remember precisely, hut 1 recol
lected the i( asoii stated, was the cream be.
inu too sour. I then t 1 ought of soda, (jier.
lash 1 presume, would do ns Well,) and dis
solved a laige tecKpom.fol in a jiii.i of warm
water, and is I poured it in, churning at the
sane time, it changed in a moment, and
gradually firmed into u beautiful solid lump
I of sweet butter.
Singular Classification. —The Washing
ton coin spot and( in of the Philadelphia Inqni
rer, lias a very odd way of clus-ifying the
I honorable Representatives ofthe jnople at
the Capitol. He says :
j “At the commencement of anew ('on.
j gtoss, it is extremely difficult for reporters
j I” become acquainted wit'* the new members.
I My jdan is ibis. | i jvj.y them into constel.
hi ions. 1 (list take the bald heads, then the
i grey heads. Alter mustering these 1 pro-
I reed to the trd heads, tl e black beads, nnd
j last but rot least, ihe /A/-£-brads !”
From Tlaijti. More Insurrections. —The
effioils of the colored race in Hayti to re-es
tahi.-li their govi remit on a peimnnenl ba
sis cimtii ee to he attended with and flic allies.
Captain Barmin', of the biig Sydney, in
tvvi niy-ni f days from Aex Caves, reports
l ii! on the sth ol December there was a
| large gatlieiii.g of the disaffected blacks
1 about fifteen miles from dint city. General
R(-vc re sent one of ins aids to ascertain the
! purpose of tin r assembling ; Lut tliev, in*
: stead of respecting his mission, committed
j stall violt iico ii j on him that lie died soon nf.
j ter. Gen. Revere then marched against the
insurgents, attacked and united them, taking
their leader prisoner. Tire latter was shot
nt once, and when Captain Barnard sailed all
was quiet.— N. Y. Com. Adr.
i A Remedy for Cancers. —Colonel Ussey,
| of the pari'li of DeSoto, informs the edi
; tor of the Caddo Gazette that he has fully
j tested a remedy for this troublesome dis
-1 , ;>se, recommended to him by a Spanish
| W(iln . n *i * native of tlie country. The rem
„ ; , ,i • T ake an egg and break it. then
, pour ...it the wr„: u * ‘}'<> “>
the shell, put in salt, ana w,,h ‘ he
as long as it will receive it; si.'.'’ then. .to
gether until the salve is formed ; pui a pnr
t on of this on a sticking-plaster, and aj.ply
it to the cancer about twice a day. He has
made the ex|)erirm-nt in two instance* in
his own family w ith complete success, li e
can |>lace little confidence in the efficacy of
the ajiplication suggested, but the bare pos
sibility of its being of any value as a reme
dy for one of the most formidable diseases
to which humanity is subject, induces us to
transfer tiio statement to our columns.
The Oregon Emigration. — Major Harris,
a famous traveler, is now at Independence,l
Mo , preparing for a great expedition to oc-B
egou next spring. He is connected withH
Maj. Adams, who gives some excellent ad-l
v c * to emigrants wishing to join them.—l
Major Adams says that not withstanding®
“ large bodies move slow,” lie can lead his®
xperliiins to the shores of the Pacific ini
four months. The distances are nearly and
subjoined : fl
From Independence to Fart Laiamce, 750®
“ Fmt Laramee to Fort Hill, s'' l ®
“ Fort Hull to Foi t Wallah-Wallah, U | H
“ W. W. to Fost Voncouver Jfiß
Every man should lie provided with
least a good t ide, six pounds nf powder an,■
twelve pounds of lead. The best size ban®
for ii rifle is forty to the |iound. This siz
will easily kill buffalo, hut a smaller calibf®
would he better suited to tin* game west 1 V
tin* mountains. Each jiersoi) should ha\®
at least 1-10 llm. bacon, 160 lbs. flour, 10 Il'-B
salt. 20 lbs. coffee, nnd 40 lbs. sugar.
would do well for several persons to copal J
lute a mess—each mess to be ptovided wit®
a small tent and cooking utensials. Mid,®
are much belter to endure this trip
horses, though a horse is very useful in tun*
r.ing buffalo. A horse, to be of use in hua®
iog, must be kept for that exjiress purposf®
A Lover's r.illet Dour.— Those who
lich in love find it not easy to express it ■
sufficient words. For this reason some i®
it by letter, fin which you may obtain 8 11101 ■
del in any ”Complete Letter wiiter, *’ J
some by advertisement of which tlie ”
iug is a juicy specimen: I
“ Any gul what’s got a cow, a P l "®
feather bed, with comfortable fixens, > ■
dollijis in bal'd pewter, one that has hm 1 ®
measles, and understands tending cbih n®
can find a customci for life by writing 8 ‘®
Lt dour addressed Z. Q,., and stuck in,jj®
crack of Uncle Ebenezer’s barn, j’ olll ■
hog pen.”