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■ny interest. He ought to see the whole
advantages of any removal of the furniture,
any Change of the carpet, or indeed any
moVettieut within doors, which she may
hare resolved upon in her cabinet councils. ,
He may even assume a right to a voice in
these discussions, and she will like it all the
better, if he do not attempt too often the
exercise of the veto power. She is queen
of the realm ; he should he. in a manner,
a Prince Albert—a sort of a subject con
sort; never disputing her authority, but
making suggestions, as Prince Albert most
certainly will. He may be sure that if lie
attempts dictation, and merely expresses
wishes and acknowledges gratification, that
the bare expression of interest in house
hold matters, will place him in the attitude
of a “ power behind the throne, greater
than the throne itself.”
This participation of the husband in af
fairs at home, will necessarily keep him
more in the house He will never find a j
chance to complain of his wife’s gadding. ‘
because, having no inducement to seek I
sympathy and society abroad, she will be- !
come domestic from choice and habit. The ‘
participant in all her plans and pursuits, lie j
will know better than to be in a pel at her
trips abroad, because lie will understand her |
motive and her reasons for all such excur- |
sions. In a word, being e reasonable hus
band, he can but have a reasonable wife,
for there are few, if any faults of husbands
and wives that ate not mutual.
Maxims for Married Ladies. —The fid
lowing maxims, if pursued, will not only
make the men in love with marriage but
cause them to he good husbands. The first
is to be good yourself. To avoid all
thoughts of managing a husband. Never
try to deceive or impose on bis understand
ing, nor give him uneasiness; but treat
him with affection, sincerity and respect. —
Remember that husbands, at best, are only
men, subject, like yourselves, to error and
frailty. Re not too sanguine, then, before
marriage, or promise yourselves happiness
without alloy. Should you discover any
thing in his hun.or or behavior not altogeth
er what you expected or wish, pass it over,
smooth your own temper, and try to mend
his by attention, cheerfulness and good na
ture. Never reproach him with misfor
tunes, which are the accidents and infirmi
ties of life—a burden which each lias en
gaged to assist the other in snppoiting, and
to which both parties are equally exposed
—but instead of murmuring and reflections,
divide the sorrows between you ; make the
best of it, and it will be easier to both. It
is the innate office of the softer sex to sooth
the troubles of the other. Resolve every
morning to he cheerful all day, and should
anything occur to break your resolution, suf
fer it not to put you out of temper with your
husband. Dispute not with him, be the
occasion what it may; but rather deny
yourself the trifle of having your own will,
or gaining the better of argument, than
risk a quarrel or create a heaitburning,
which it is impossible to foresee the end of.
Implicit submission in a man to his wife, is
ever disgraceful to both ; but implicit sub
mission in the wife is what she promised at
the altar, what the good will reveie her for,
and what is, in fact, the greatest honor she
can receive. Be assured u woman’s power
as well as hot happiness lias no other foun
dation than in her hnshand's esteem and
love, which it is in her interest, by all possi
ble means to preserve and increase. Study,
therefore, his temper and command your
own. Enjoy with him satisfaction, share
and sooth his cares, and with the utmost
assiduity conceal his infirmities.
Marry a man for his good sense, amiable
temper, his sound morals, his habits of in
dustry, and economy, and you will then
have a good husband.
No attraction renders a wife always so
agreeable to her husband as cheerfulness
and good humor.
Scripture for it. —A distinguished writer
says—“ There is but one passage in the
Bible where the girls are commanded to
kiss the men ; and that is in the golden rule,
* Whatsoever ye would that men should do
unto you, do ye even so to them.’ ”
MDa© EL L M¥ □
The Brothers. —When the Russians in
the year 1809, conquered Finland, there
lived in the city of Wasa, two brothers, one
the judge of the court of justice, the other
a merchant, who, when the residents of the
city were compelled to swear an oath of
fidelity to the Emperor of tlie Russians,
alone and steadfastly refused it.
“We have sworn an oath of fidelity to
the King of Sweden, and unless he him
self releases us from it, we cannot swear
obedience to another ruler,” remained their
Constant answer to all persuasions, as well
iiiendly as threatening. Pi evoked hy this
obstinacy and fearing the example which
would he given by it, the Russians threw
the stiffnecked brothers into prison and
. threatened them with death. Their an
swer remained always the same, to the in
creasing severity and multiplied threats of
the Russians. At length the sentence of
death was announced to them as well as that,
oti a fixed day, they were to he conducted
out to the Gallows-hill, and there ue ex
ecuted as criminals, in case their obduracy
did not give way and they took the requir
ed oath. “Rather,” replied the judge, in
the name of both, “ will we die, than be
come perjured.”
“At this answer a powerful hand struck
the speaker on the shoulder. It was the
Cossack who kept watch over the brothers,
and now exclaimed with a kindling glance,
“Dobra kamerad” (*• bravo comrade !”)
“ The Russian authorities spoke other
wise, and on the appointed day permitted
the brothers to he carried out to the place
of execution. They were sentenced to he
hanged ; hut yet once more at I Ilia last houi,
and for the last time, pardon was offered
them if they would but consent to that
which was required from them.
“No !” replied they, “ hang, bang ! We
are brought hither not for speech making
but tw be hanged.”
*• This steadfastness softened the hearts
of the Russians. Admiration took place of
severity, and they rewarded the fidelity and
courage of the hrotheis with magnauimiiy.
They presented them not. merely with life,
but sent them free and safely over to Swe
den, to the people and to the King to whom
theV had been true to the death. The King
of Sweden elevated them to the rank of j
nobles, and after this they lived greatly es
teemed in the capital of Sweden to a great
age,”-— Miss Bremer.
The. fall of Alamo, or the last days of
Crockett —A pamphlet with this title has !
been issued in St. Louis, it is by Joint Hen- j
ry Brown, a gentleman who has resided j
many years in La Vairca, Texas, and writes j
from observation and correct information j
delived by enquiiy on the spot. It gives !
an account of Fannin’s Massacre a* well as •
the battles of Conception. Goliad, San An
tonia, and in fact the whole history of the !
war. We copy a part of the narrative of ,
The Death of Crockett. —Colonel Crock
ett, wounded ami closely pursued by a ntim- j
her of the enemy, rctiealed into the church, j
felling them as they approached. He sta
tioned himself in a niche; in the corner, I
determined to face the foe to the last, and ;
sell his iife dearly: with his favorite rifle ;
and a stipeiahuiulance of side-arms; he
hewed and shot them down with the same j
awful ceitainty which was wont to charac- j
terize his iuJomitahle spirit. His position j
rendered access to him impossible except
by a direct and exposed approach in front; 1
and after some eight or ten of them were |
laid dead befoie him, a feeling of awe seem- I
ed to seize hold of the assailants. One of ‘
them, which could speak a little liioken
English, probably pieferiing to have the
signal honor of capturing so noble a speci
men of American valor, to present to his
“dread master,” said to Crockett, “ Sur
render, setior.” A flash of the most Rover* I
eign scorn darted from the fiery eye. and as i
it pierced that of the etu my, lie seemed to
he transfixed. In a voice of thunder,
Crockett answered—“out render! No!—I
am an American !” and as lie spoke he sent
a ball through the heart of the paralized
foe. He appeared tor the moment like a
wounded tiger, strengthened and buoyed hy
each additional wound: now hewing them
down with his well tried sword—next deal
ing death with his fire arms. His person
was literally drenched with his own blood;
his strength must soon yield to its loss. Yet
such physical power wrought to the highest
degree of excitement, can peiform incredi
ble prodigies. This was the last concen
trated energy of a powerful man. amused,
animated and guided by one of the noblest
attributes of man—love of liberty. He
knew for what his life was about to be sa
crificed; but devastation and butchery
would follow the footsteps of his heartless
foes ; that helpless woman would be sacri
ficed to satiate the cruel desires of the con
querer; and feeling the holy inspiration of
a dying patiint, lie fought manfully till the
loss ot blood and approach of death stayed
his upraised arm; his rifle was broken to
pieces, bis pistols fell to the floor, and noth
ing but bis faithful sword was left. In the
agony of death with a terrible grasp, he
brought this last weapon U| on the head of
the nearest assailant, and fell victoriously
across his body, into the aims of deal'll. In
this coiner of the chinch there were twen
ty six dead Mexicans, and no other Ameri
can having fought or fallen at that point it is
considered beyond all reasonable doubt
that all of them fell hy the hands of Ten
nessee’s favorite son ! All weie now dead.
Not a man left to relate the wonderful
deeds of this illustrious hand ofhetoes!
Not a compatriot left to rear a monument
to their memory ! But, ah ! no monument
is required to perpetuate their fame. So
long as freedom lias an abiding place in
America, will their heroic deeds and proud
names he held sacred !
Home. —What a feeling does that simple
word convey to his eats who knows the re
al blessings of a home, that heltei fiom the
world, its jealousies and its envies, its tur
moils ami its disappointments; where like
some land locked hay, the still calm waters
sleep in silence, while the storm anil hurri
cane are sleeping without ; where glad fa
ces and bright looks abound; where each
happiness is lettected hack fmm every hea t
and ten times multiplied and every sorrow
comes softened hy consolation and winds of
comforts; and how little like this is the
abode of tbe great leader of fashion ; how
many of the fairest gifts of liiimauitv are
turned hack by the glare of an hundred
wax lights and the glitter of gilded lacqueys;
and how few of the dim ities us life find en
trance where the splendor arid liixuiy of
voluptuous habits have stifled natural feel
ing.
An Arkansas Snake Story. —ln the Ar
kansas Banner, published al Little Rock,
we find the following letter, dosciibinq a
most singular snake. We give it for what
it nay be worth :
Saline County, near Caldwell’s Ferry,
Januaty 26, 1544.
Mr. Editor. —A fevv weeks ago digging
in a mound near my house, I found a cavi
ty, (which had probably been made by the
gophers,) about three feet belowthe surface,
in the bottom of which lay a snake, in coil,
which, when measured, was four feet eight
inches long, and six and a half inches in
girth. It is of a beautiful sky-blue color,
covered all over with a soft fine fur, like a
mole, except its head and tail, which aie of
a silvery whiteness, and as smooth as the ;
finest morocco leather. 1 can discover no ;
fangs in its mouth ; but in bending back its i
tail, four fangs present themselves to view, i
resembling those in cat’s paws. As it is i
torpid, it is easily examined. lam anew
comer, and did not know but such snakes j
were common in this country; but my !
neighbors say (and they have all come to j
see it) that it is a nondescript. It can be I
seen at any time, as I have it in a box. Its
tail is composed of twelve soft flexible
joints. ,
I am, with great respect,
Your humble servant,
Thomas W. *v. Vindiver. I
©(DUVQQUBIIISt
Fidelity of a Dog. —“ Harry Frsnco,” in
the “Knickerbocker,” tells the fdlowing
touching story of the fidelity of a tog :
Attachment of a Dog to a Child. —“ A j
near neighbor of mine about six months
since, had a little hoy of four years old, who
had a speniel of which he was very fond, j
One day during the absence of the father,
the child was taken ill with the croup; the
mothet was alarmed, and it soltappened that
the servants were away, and die had no one
to send sot a physician. Tlie poor woman
was in great tribulation, for it spite of all liet
efforts the child grew worse. In about an
hour after the child was taken ill, her fath- !
er’s carriage stopped at tie doot, and her ;
mother made her appeariuce. Her fatli- j
pi’s house was about two miles distant.— I
Ti ie grandmother said th.it Carlo, the sick |
child’s dug “came rtmniig into the house, j
all bespattered with mud. and Hew about and j
acted so strangely that si e knew something J
must be the matter wilh little Billy, her j
grandson, and slu* came lo see w hat it was.” j
Until then, •* the mother of the child had not ‘
noticed the absence of the dog fiom the
room, sot the boy was playing with liirn I
when was taken sick. Tbe child re- j
mained ill three or four day, and then died ;
and during the whole time the dug never
left the bedside ; he watched the corpse
until it was btnied, and then took posses
sion of the little hoy’s chair, which he
would allow no one to touch, not even the
child’s mother. Every day lie absented
himself for three or four hours: and the
father one day going to look at his child’s
grave, found that the dog had almost scratch
ed his way down to the coffin. He was af
ter this kept within doors; but he refused
to eat. and in a short lime died in the chair
of his little master. If 1 had time, I could
tell you a story almost as touching, in rela
tion to a pig, an animal that, phrenological
ly speaking, has generally been looked up
on as somewhat deficient in the region of
the sentiments,”
The way rs the World.. —“ He’s dead !”
How frequently is that brief but aclmono
tory sentence uttered without exciting any
hut the most transient emotion—without
awakening a deeper or more permanent re
flection than the next passing thought will
entirely obliterate from the mind! Two
friends shall casually meet after a tempma
ry separation, and inquire after a third and
mutual friend. “ He’s dead !” is the mel
ancholy and impressive rejoinder. If men
of business, pet haps he also was one who
entered largely into their speculations—all
their projects for the advancement of their
fortunes—all their worldly schemes of ag
grandizement— yet “ he’s dead !” The in
telligencer is received with en exclamation
of surprise—a significant siiake of the
head—a sensation nearly allied to pity and
regret; hut it is not heard “ as if an angel
spoke; and as time passes, they hurry off
without farther comment to their respective
counting-houses, where the unexpected in
formation of the rise in sugars—the depres
sion of the money market—the fnilure of
some great house in which they had placed
iuplicit confidence, or some equally vital
and important affair, demands theii imme
diate attention —totally absorbs their minds,
and they entirely forget that they have just
heard an echo of their own inevitable doom.
—Metropolitan Magazine.
Short hut effectual Directions for various
Ends. —To embitter domestic life—main
tain your opinion on small matters at the
point of the bayonet.
To secure yourself against p. candid hear
ing—rail men hard names before y'U have
signified them.
To keep yourself in a state of discontent
—set your lieait on having every thing ex
actly to your mind.
To involve yourself in inextricable diffi
culty—shape your course of action not by
fixed principles, hut hy temporary expedi
ents.
To provide for yourself abundant matter
for shame and repentance —act under the
influence of passion.
To die without accomplishing anything
—always intend to do something great here
after, but neglect the present humble op
portunity of usefulness.
To gain extensive usefulness—seize the
present opportunity great or small, and im
prove it to the utmost.
To govern children (and men too) —com-
mend iliem oliener than you Idame them.
To he a successful reprover—fiist con
vince men hy substantial deeds of kindness
that you love them.
To he always contented—consider that
you will never in this life be free from an
noyances, and that you may as well hear
them patiently as fret about them.
When religion is made a science, there
is iinthing more intricate; when a. duty,
there is nothing more easy.
We love woman a litlle for what we do
know of them, and a great deal more for
what we do not.
Let mi man ever expect to prosper in
: this life, or gain the respect and esteem of
others, w ithout an undeviatiug course of in
tegiity and virtue.
Never look sot ancestors of your titles,
in the imperfect records of antiquity ; look
into your own viitues and the history of
those who lived to be benefactors of so
ciety.
’The greatest pleasure of life is love, the
greatest treasure contentment; the greatest
possession is health; the gieatesl case is
sleep, and tiie best medicine a true friend.
If a man has a right to he proud of any
thing it is a good action, done, as it might
to be, without any base inteiest lurking at
tiie bottom of it.
(.’onslntiloccupation preveuts temptation
and begets contentment; and content is the
true philosopher’s stone.
Men in hull-beggar tones demand of Fate i
a root ol life-liquorice, thick as as the arm, )
like the botanical one of the Wolga, not so j
much that they may chew the sweet bean
themselves, as fell others to the earth with it.
The man, who wants the bay.,net and
the law to enforce his opinions, admits fiom j
bygone conclusions, that his arguments are i
not in themselves sufficient to enforce con- j
viction.
In retrospection we shake away the snow
of time from the wintergreen of memory ;
and behold the fair years of childhood, un- I
covered, fresh, green, and balmy, standing
afar off before us.
The longer portion of life is a field beat
en flat as a threshing floor, without lofty
Gothard mountains; often it is a tedious
ice-field without a single glacier tinged
with dawn.
In the summer of life, men keep digging
and filling ice-pits, as well as ciicumstunces
will admit; that so, in their winter, they
may have something in store to give them
coolness.
It is said that Whitfield once said to a
brother who had made a very long prayer
‘ Brother, you prayed me into a good
frame, and you prayed me out of it again.”
Endeavor to tell your ow n weakness
when you ate unde: the necessity of teach
ing w isdom to fools and politicians.
It has been shrewdly remaiked by some
one that there are four orders of woman ;
the peacocks, with whom dress is nil ; the
magpies, with whom chatter is all ; the tur
tle doves, with whom love is all; and the
paradise birds, above them all.
The mechanic who is ashamed of his
apron, or tht*faimer who is ashamed of his
frock, is himself a shame to his profession.
An Eventful Year. —The year ISI2, was
probably the most evetiif:,! of any in histo
ry. ancient or modern. England was con
vulsed by the riots in the manufacturing
districts; Mr. Perceval lost his life, and at his
death commenced tbe detestable reign of
Liverpool and Nansittart ; Wellington took
the towns of Ciudad, Rodrigo, ami Badajrts,
and won the battle of Salamanca ; Spain
abolished her Peerage and proclaimed her
new Constitution; all South America was
in civil war; and Napoleon fought the bat
tles of Wilna, Smolenksi, Brodino, and
Moscow, and finally saw his mighty host
polish in the snow ; the English likewise
took Almarez and Seville, and witnessed
disgrace and defeat from the Americans
at sea and in the Canadas. In this event
ful year, no less than three millions of
Christians under the sanction of the mother
church and holy priesthood, were armed
for reciprocal carnage, and all Europe and
America were made slaughter-houses of
the human race. It was supposed that
more than one million of men, women and
children were butchered, or otherwise sac
rificed in this memorable year. What a
picture on the spirit of Christianity is this 1 !
The only event of the year ISI2, on which
a rational petsoti can teflect with satisfac
tion, is the spirit of freedom, which in
Spain destroyed the Inquisition and estab
lished her glorious Constitution ; and yet
even this noble work, in two years, was
subverted by the perjury of the most mean
and execrable wretch in existence—Ferdi
nand and the petticoat maker.
THE H (UMM ©GU© T .
Very Agreeable. “Cousin William.”
said a merry, mischievous young girl, re
cently in our hearing, “ what do you think
l heard a pretty young lady say of you V’
William blushed and looked as grave as
the circumstance that a pretty young lady
had said something about him would allow.
I don’t know—something good 1 hope.
Who was if, CozT’
“ Shan’t tell you ! but it’s the truth—a
very pretty girl did say something about
you.”
“ Well, tell me what it was.”
“ I shan’t; unless you will give me that
Annual that I wanted.’’
“ Well, agreed—you shall have it—now
tell me ?’’
“ Well, now—don’t blush so—she sa : d
you were the ugliest looking man she ever
laid her eyes on;” and off ran (he little
wretch with a meriy laugh that made the
house ring again.— Cincinnati paper.
A distinguished clergyman of the Univer
salist denomination—now resident in this
city—was accused, while in Lowell, of” vio
lently dragging his wife from a revival meet
ing, and compelling her to go home with
him.” He teplied as follows :
1. I have never attempted to influence
my wife in her views, nor her choice of a
meeting.
2. My wife has not attended any of the
revival meetings in Lowell.
3. I have not attended even one of those
meetings for anv purpose whatever.
4. Neither my wife, nor myself, has any
inclination to atteno these meetings.
5. I never had a wife !— Ex. Paper.
An exchange wants to know how it is
possible, in ceitain legislative assemblies,
to “ take the sense, of the House,” on a ques
tion, when it is a well known fact that the
House is utterly destitute of sense. ’T is a
knotty point.
A bickering couple, residing near Man
chester, were recently overheard at high
words, and the repentant Benedict ex
claimed, “ I’m determined to have one qui
et week wiih thee.” “ But how wilt thou
get it?” said his taunting spouse, with that
“reiteration” which matried ladies some
times so provokingly practice. “ I’ll keep
thee a week after tliou’rt dead !” was the
tender rejoinder.
A gentleman meeting n very homely man,
thus addressed him : “My dear friend,
you ought to take saffron constantly.”—
“ For what,” inquired the latter. “To
keep the ugliness out, for if it ever strikes
in, it will certainly kill you.”
It is said that old huchelots arc the loneli
est set of beings in society. They eat alone,
sleep alone, die alone, go to alone—
and yet neither men, women nor children
will let them alone.
A man by the name nf Bliss lately stole
a horse in Ohio, aud absconded or hid him
self. He can’t be found.
“ Restless mortal toil for nought,
Buss in vain on earth is sought.”
Mrs. L. A. Amiss is a milliner in St. Louis, j
It puzzles us how she can be both a Mrs. 1
and A miss.
IP©LDT 0 © A L
IION. A. H. STEPHENS.
Believing that it will be gratifying to the
friends of this distinguished Georgian to
leatn what estimate is placed upon his tal
ents and-qualifications as a Representative
in the Congress of the Nation from his na
tive State, even “in the Jerries,” we annex
the following piefatory remarks by the
Washington correspondent of the Newark
“ Daily Advettiser
]\ lr. Stephens on the District Law. —Mr.
Alexander It. Stephens, of Geo., is anew
member of Congtess, and one among the
very few w ho is qualified to shed lustre up
on the proceedings of the House. He is
small in person, and suffers much from phy
sical inability, arising from indisposition,
which at times is quite severe. He possess
es the reputation of a ripe scholar, and re
fined classical taste. Gifted with a rich
imagination, he enlivens his speeches with
rich illustrations. His voice is slit ill. clear,
and of considerable compass, but its intona
tions are made to harmonize with the senti
ment he utters. It is always with pleasing
emotions that he is listened to, while his
strong arguments and persuasive appeals
ate sent home to the understanding.
Mr. Chappell and the District System. —
In annother column will be found a portion
of the proceedings of the House of Rep
j resentatives of Feb. 14 1 hin which Mr.
j Chappell attempts to place himself proper
ly before the people, in relation to his
coutse upon the Congressional district bill.
Upon it, several of our cotemporaries have
dwelt with more severity than the cirriim
stances we think will warrant. Mr. Chap
pell's opinions upon this important subject,
it is true, were not generally known pre
vious to his election, hut that is no fault of
his, we well know—fur at the convention
held in the month of June, previous to his
nomination, we were informed of the opin
ions entertained by this gentleman, and
with a full knowledge of them, he was af
terwards nominated to fill a vacancy.
We would much have preferred that Mr.
Chappell had pursued a different course.—
In doing so, he would have represented the
wishes of tire Whigs of Georgia, and his
congressional career wouldbavepassedaway,
without ariv other feeling on the pait of
them and him than that of kindly regard.
As it is, Mr. Chappell has been severely
reflected upon, and we but do an act of
sheer justice when we say that it is the fault
of the press, that Mr. Chappell’s opinions
were not known to the people, and not his
own. Mr. Chappell refused to place his
name to the address of the committee to
the people, of Georgia because of itsadvo
cacy of the district law, and as before stal
ed, at the convention, in committee, he
freely made his views known. It is not his
fault then, that, being elected, lie dues not
represent a large majority of his constitu
ents. To be candid, with the opinions en
tettained by Mr. Chappell, if they were
really objectionable, be ought not to have
been nominated. It is there, that error
first was committed.
But, let it not be forgotten that, with
this exception, Mr. Chappell must truly
represent the Whigs of the State. For
years, has this gentleman been an active
and able defender of the party to which he
has been long attached. He was almost th®
first Whig in the State to raise the banner
under which we now fight, “ Clay and the
Lank /” He was foremost in rallying the
Whig Party to tire standard of the lamenta
ble Harrison; and on every occasion lie
has been a bold and fearless champion of
our cause. If he has committed one error,
or, if, to use the language of our chief, the
rifle Iras snapped hut once, it is our doty
“to peck the flint and try it again.” Let
ns do so with Mi. Chappell, and we feel
confident that die balance of his representa
tive career will reflect honoi upon himself
and those who made him a representative
in Congress.— Georgia Journal.
Clay's Sentiments an Abolition. —While
; dealing blows at random, like a man in the
J dark, some of the political opponents of
; Mr. Clay affect to doubt his authordoxy on
: a subject vitally interesting to the South.—
A few months ago, the Richmond Enquirer
i made Henry Clay responsible for a letter
written by Casius M. Clay to Mr. Ghidings
of Ohio, which was read by the latter to a
portion of bis constituents. The deception,
however, ditl not last long. Such will be
the fate of all slanders against Mr. Clay.
The Hartford Times, a political paper,
and the organ of the Van Buren patty in
Connecticut urges as a reason why the abo
litionist should not support Mr. Clay, that
ilia conversation on the subject of abolish
ing slavery in the District of Columbia,
Mr. Clay thus expressed himself:
“ .My Dear Sir, these ate my opin
ions, conscientiously formed, 1 am the son
of Virginia, a slaveholder in Kentucky—
and 1 would suffer the tortues of the Inqui
sition before I would sign a hill having for
its object the abolition of slavery in the
District, or in any manner give countenance
to the project.’’
Mr. Van Buren stops little short of this,
and declares from the “ lights before him”
he could not deem it safe to deny that Con
gress l ad the constitutional power to abol
ish slavery in the District of Columbia.—
Mr. Clay rests his objection on the want of
that piower. Which is the soundest South
ern man of the two I Ifslavery were abol
ished in the District, as Mr. Van Buren
thinks it may he, it would be the entering
wedge of its abolition in the States.
Mr. Calhoun. —The New l ock Repub
lic. Gen. Green’s paper, alluding to the
Globe’s declaration, that Mr. Calhoun will
support Mr. Van Buren says:
“We asseit upon better authority than
any person now in Washington can have,
that no one is authorised by Mr, Calhoun
to give such an assurance.
“ Is this a deliberate and wilful misstate
ment, or mere speculation ? We asseit
that no man who has any regard for his
character will stand sponsor for the declara
tion of the Globe.
“ When we say that our authority is bet
ter than that of any in Washington, we do
not refer to Mr. Calhoun’s published letter.
That Mr. Calhoun will cordially support
Mr. Van Buren’s election is impossible.”
[F©G§[EQ©M NIHW®.
VERY LATE FROM EUROPeT~
The steamship Hibernia arrived at Bos
ton early on Monday morning, bunging
Liverpool dates to the 4th ultimo, beina
nineteen days later that, our last accounts. 0
The most important news brought by this
arrival is that relating to the condition of
the foieign cotton maiket. It will he oh
seived by the extracts which we publish
below that the price of cotton had again ad
vanced, and that the sales for the week
ending the 2d ultimo had reached the as
tonishing quantity of 109,500 bales, exceed
ing in amount the sales for any similar pe
riod since the first introduction of the cot
ton tiade. The target part of these sales
consisted of American descriptions, and
more than half was taken on speculation.
I he sales fur the five weeks ending on the
3d instant reached tlie amount of 355,000
hales, against the 127,000 during the cor
responding period of last year. As an evi
deuce of the extent to which speculation
has been carried, and is still likely to be
carried, the Liverpool Times avers that a
single capitalist in the market had .£BOO,OOO
to invest in the staple ! The Manchester
spinners had become alarmed, and purpos
ed holding a meeting of the trade on the
6lh instant with a view to a discussion of
the subject, in order to endeavor to effect a
counter movement.
Wihner and Smith’s - European Times”
says “f the Oregon question “that the Brit
ish Government has given the new ambas
sadorwho lias gone to Washington to succe
ed Mr. Fox full powers to settle this bone of
contention, which, had it been allowed to
remain much longer in dispute, would have
proved a constant source of iriitntion, per
haps of speedy collision between the two
Governments. ‘1 he Presidency of Mr.
Tyler w ill he memorable at least for put
ting an end to the unseemly squabbles aris
ing out of the Noitlieastern and the Ore
gon territory disputes.” It is also said that
a correspondence is going on between
Lord Stanley, the Colonial Secretary, and
Mr. Everett on the same subject, and that
our Minister has hadjsevera!interviews with
his Lordship in relation thereto at the for
eign office.
r J he British Parliament was opened with
the usual ceremonies on the Ist ultimo, on
which occasion Queen Victoria attended
in person and read the speech, which was
handed to her by the Lord Chancellor.
Under the belief that no change would
take place in the British tariff’ in relation
to bread-stuffs, United Slates and Cana
dian wiieat bad advanced 2 to 3d. per 70
pounds, with an increased demand. Flour
bad advanced Is. 6d. per barrel, but the
demand was limited. In tobacco and Amer
ican provisions no material changes bad ta
ken place.
J be French Chambers have been almost
exclusively occupied since they met in dis
cussing the clauses of the addtess to the
King in answer to the Royal speech. The
Legitimists hate been taken severely to
task for their visit to the Duke of Bor
daux in London. One of the clauses ill
the address was pointedly levelled at them,
and proposed to “brand with disapproba
tion” those who had gone to pay homage
to such a person. Legitimists strove to ef
fect its omission ; hut all the eloquence of
one of the ablest men in Franco (M. Ber
ryeij was unable to overcome the storm of
disapprobation which that visit produced.—
An amendment substituting the word “ re
prove” for “brand” was negatived by a
small majority ; whereupon the Legitimists
retired from the Chamber. The paragraph
was then adopted, 220 to 190.
The State Trials in Ireland. —The State
trials commenced at Dublin on Monday, the
loth ultimo, which day was marked by a
greater degree of excitement than usual.—
1 lie Lord Mayor’s state carriage bore Mr.
O Connell to the Court, and was accom
panied by a procession which fumed at Mr.
O’CmuieH’s house in Merrion square. Ar
rived at the Court ofthe Queen’s Bench, the
doors of which were heseiged from an ear
ly hour, they were taken leave of by their
admirers with hearty plaudits.
The Attorney General’s opening shows
that he merely laid before the jury a
chronological history of Ireland during the
last nine months—the monster meetings,
the hurtling speeches of O'Connell, the
proceedings of the Repeal Association, the
organization of the Repeal movement, the
rent, and, in short, the whole machinery
for winking that great national movemen:.
He disclosed nothing which was not pre
viously known—nothing which was not
openly performed by the chief actors in the
face of day. Asa mere forensic displuv,
the Attorney General’s statement is pro
nounced to have been highly cieditahle.
On the other side, Mr Sliiel’s speech is
described as exeedingly brilliant, and one
of the most mnsterly on record, which, by
its beauty and the force of its reasoning,
lias raised him higher than he previously
atom! in the first class of living orators.
Mr. O'Cuiiiiell purposed addressing the
jury on Monday the 6th instant. Various
causes are assigned for the delay, but the
general impression is, that he was anxious
to know the purport of the Queen’s speech
and the debates in Parliament before he
commenced bis defence, in order to turn
them to the best account.
On the fourteenth day of the trials the
Attorney General took offeDce at some rc
maiks of Mr. Fitzgihben, one of the coun
sel fin the defence, and sent him a, chah
lunge in Court. Tlie Chief Justice gave a
most severe rebuke to the poseculing offi
cer.
THE COTTON MARKET.
Liverpool , I'tdt. 2. —The cotton market
has been exceedingly animated throughout
the week, speculators having received 9
fresh impulse from the excitement prevail
ing in the United States. The transactions
exceed, by nearly 10.000 bulcs, tho largest
weeks business previously known, and the
market closed with great firmness, at