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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.”