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CO,Vd f riTASTIOWAIAtt f r. printed and published uy WILLIAM J. BUNCE. Conditions, &rr. I*r I'or Hie CITY PAPER, twice a week, Five Dollar* per w„pay able in a.Uanca, — CDI, PHY P VPKKi mice a week, Three Dollar! per annum, in aiWnnee. paper disconliimeit till directions to that effect are given and all arrearage! PAID, yy TERMS. ■ • • Eire Dollar! per annum payable in advance. rt“ADYRHTIdKMKNTs .... Will he inserted at the raleof Siif ly-two and a half l enli, per square, lor the lir!t insertion and Forty-three and three quarter cent!, lor each continuance {ry COMMUNICATIONS by Mail, mail he l‘oil-paid. rry Sale! of land and negroei, by Administrator!, Kleeutor! „ (1 uardia,.!. are required, by law, to be held on the l.rst 1 ues dav in the inonlll, between the hours of ten m the forenoon anil three in the afternoon, at the Conn-House of the eouily which the properly is situate.-Notice ot these sales must be given in a public gaaetle SIXTY day! previous to the day of ■ale. Notice of the sale, of personal property must be given in like man ner, KOHTY day* j reviouh la lli« day ol »alc. Ntice to the debtor! and creditors of an estate must be published ufor FORTY days. From the Neo-York Mirror. human nature. Written by Matilda Murray of this city, lor theVrumium of Fdty Dollars. The human mind is like a tilling held, W here two contending champions scorn to yield, Reason and Passion-each in turn prevails. Just us the owner regulates the scales. If wisely he on Reason’s side declare, Passion must yield, and happiness he there; But if. alas, to Passion's side be lean. Disorder reigns, and desolate* the scene. When Kemble wan hissed by an exaspe rated audience, in consequence ot a iude ness previously offered to a t male lavoiue, It - could not have cbosen a in .re plausible excuse than the one which gained him uni versal applause. “ Human nature, »anl the great tragedian in Ins high, shrill, pecu liar voice ; “ Human nature, “ Human nature!” It was eloquent in the extreme, ’['he ingenuity of tiie world could noi li ive devised a wiser pretext than the trailtiusand inconstancies of human nature. Good and evil arc strangely commingled lugethei. Opinions always fluctuating, and passions counteracting each other, whirl the mind m :! .1 !ii mmi us on olid.’ •, ”.i- >tmn ‘ and, ,ni is . singularly con .rue d, uut ■ ■ ->iettif I' l * '•* {Jen f. uwn bdlv.m nostomly -b i .edin he t S1 - >*l U}o<’S, t ilCCO'Hii; f sniijLiiu t.> i»* j -|j ? . \ .♦»!■ ol ‘ irtil Or 1 i*. f,, M Ml' ' • .» A ' ~,» ..j\ 1 ’tween bapi» s u,. i k It! ..MJilluiwtl l>v l 'fc i tl* mS by shiiino, he ailv sacrifice* nt to thly .. :; h • aOfiruloto, ■e < • jj, ; 1 i u j* ev ■' ;. .♦ . t; ;Vt r< -lift'- 'V.t 1 .i • ' 1 ! ' ’ to 1 ■ de ■ ■ i 1 1 ‘ ml ’ T , ~.r . cnu.'s aiid . ocs on t 1 <• gs ■■ + , , ..in... • i*>i.» ’j >■■ like ele.t trlcitv i« lbe. summer loan, V mil »v ’utii, v iiieb gmles irresistibly from ;.. j, ,j. li, ■ ■ ll . : IS Mol- ■■ Mill ~,1.1, ; • i i- ■ the leain n! ,n > ,ir ft u t'Ue ■’« i*> 1 l» £■ 1'; 1,-- ■id >lie ‘il rifer in’ ,• Id.' ' Hi' orme. profeso ■ 0,1 ;c ’ Hl' ! 1 ....uu.i. weary the slowly rolling hours with exer tions'; the one gaining admiration by the ridicule of praise, and the other ingeniously furthering the cause of humanity by glutting himself With the blood of his fellow men.l We cannot 100 Deeply impress our minds! with the value of virtue, or too carefully mould our meditations into ihe shape of truth. Earth abounds with fascinating temp tations, which surround the adventurer to dazzle his vision with lalse glares, and be tray bis attention with cheating s muds. The ambient pleasures will sometimes prove too strong for eagle eyed resolution to resist, and faith often sleeps when the battle is nigh. Unless trained by long discipline into the practice of honour, he may not always bil low the best inclination, or have any good inclinations to guide them. The flowery wreaths of vice stupify his »enses with their fragrance, and lull his conscience into a fa tal repose, till the deluded mind is entang led in her hundred-thousand folds, and the I whole man sinks a horrid victim to irretri- 1 evahle ruin. Then too late he sees his er j ror; then the chains which seemed at first) but garlands of (lowers, are metamorphosed into serpents, whose breath is rank poison, ami whose touch is destruction. Vainly he struggles in their nauseous embrace —seizes o“ # , ... their slippery forms in his useless grasp, or attempts to control their billowy motions, unit trample them beneath his shrinking feet —Alas! the creeping folds have encircled his body, and imprisoned every limb; gasp ing, he is enveloped in their countless tods, and yields, conquered and shuddering, to torments horrible as hell! The course id vice is a steep descent, and we pass with accelerated velocity down its dreadful abys. —a false step, or a heedless turn, may plunge us into the lion’s den, and the Spirit of God dwells not with the abandoned one, to pacify their rugged natures or soften down their ire. Let us on the other hand observe the no blest work of God—an honest man. It is the constitution of humanity to endure eve ry sorrow which is not the result of sin, and the good man turns a shielded breast to the ills of life, which rattle like harmless hail stones on an armed knight. Virtue to the mind is a more imperishable protection, than Spanish steel to the body ; and he who has equipped himself in her sacred suit, walks gigantic and immortal amid the loudest dm and fiercest dangers of tumultuous war.— The greatest monarch who has gained his magnificence by the sacrifice of honor, has no dignity to compare this ; and La Fayette in his plain bine coat surrounded by the en chantments which virtue has bestowed, is an object comparably of more interest and admiration, than the sultan half buried in his treasures of the east. Many weak min ded mortals, at the onset of their career, vainly suppose it possible to trifle a little with the pleasures of vice, and afterwards erect themselves in the strict practice of all that is just, honourable and good. They would amuse their tastes by sipping forbid den sweets, being careful not to drain the poisonous bowl to the bottom, and fondly imagine they possess resolution, in which daily experience proves their fellow mortals so miserably deficient —to allow a few mer ry gambols on the brink of the precipice without the risk of being betrayed into the , abyss. A very few, by the peculiar bless ings of fortune, may regain their equilbrium, and re-establish themselves in the road to happiness ; but many, and by far the major ity, find their veins swelling with incurable malady, when they believed the venomous gulilet only touched their lip ; or dizzy and bewildered by the witcheries around them, lose their hold, and are hurled into the gap ing chasm, when they only intended a glance over the edge. An honest man is rarely to be found. There is no luck of those sort of beings who abound in negative virtues, who de light in religion, and detest the devil ; who go to church three times on the Sabbath, and never demolish a meal without a good long winded grace. The excellence of these consist in declarations of what feats they might have accomplished, if circum-l stances had not prevented, -H how no'' they would be—if they couK up like b ules, deficient in ' !i i passions of civilized socic their slated periods of youth a , a 1 decay—remote alike from t ’ the vices, the rewards and th .a‘ : es, Mdelicate pleasures and refined pair-* of a.;-j jtive existence ; and after having nude:gone’ the varieties of animal life, ' '.repose *r .uk’.lvjs in their ns ■ ■ II pe 1 fur a moment u:< i ■ iu-litv I the v • i imon a-. ;iifci! as ; not at never u.-en. ! h**sc compose <ut i lat-c’- ol the lill'i.RU Kill->.I : ■' ’ i M » ; 0 ‘Mi '»'•••j 0 *(’ It; >i| I(Hi!■ , i’ * Uf' ll'(| 'Hi wildS'd li * gat!, cm • .d reiMernbect. i ua the gieat! . d rid, coaspicuo .as the be-j . lor the glory r d.ivu an 'r» A'i ,tu .is or 1 d cue in ner., * *. i■ c 'Mill iied at once entbi'-a - itjeii u( honesty, with \v I , a ni<v • tise it. Virtue consi-U s . c! v r ’jai than >i resisting The imrul-e| 'l"l' ■'m nt ' urge, a y ng, \ dposi >so , giorioe mlert. k . ' r . ■■ ! i.e.Ui ■ . pin ii ■■ mo i c mgt ti(fiesill to attair to defy! cmnaitionrf j. k wr. .. g . . ; , • or-v-r 1,, iiing , i, , * t-,• ~ 1 jfm ever in air Ih.is ciij.ractceisti’ <jdlii.:.g4 i.ICa Augustus !•! . ■ men. He pi’ - I ‘ . ■ v ,ii at : an wave i oral couragi wine! with tin ' topper of unneces eh-play - faith! s,in tl* our of danger, i,d rises i ratio to 1 • th< ultsinwlucnheisenaairei sstrei 'je oiira c proportir.ii o tin rr . 1,1 it • beds a J >ry ground . ■ ... i a! < overclouded wid ii ... oon.iest s ah hand . he is brought to rt '■ Vic. i - I ■' ...ii- tram of f alse 1 phantoms urge lu ' requests, and offer -1 ing gold, aod glory, and all the earth can j afford, fn a smile if his lip, ora touch from: his hand ; and the plain unadorned form of; Truth on the other, call with her silver v nee, and bids him beware—then does this I invaluable charm close his ear to sounds that would betray the unwary, and soften visions that would ruin the thoughtless gay. Indeed his mind is a beautiful piece ol mo ral mechanism, which presents a barrier to shield from almost every weapon, or affords a remedy for every wound. What ills it cannot palliate, it teaches him to endure, land when fate banishes bin. from (he pros perous rays which often shine on the vici ous, it enables him to tread the dark laby rinths with a light step and a fearless heart, confident and happy that joy awaits him at the end. He. possesses a thousand resources fur a greeable thought, which hushes his bosom j into a serenity imoerviotis to the storm. Cheerfulness perpelu illy irradiates his heart from which he has wisely shut the greatest '. enemy to man No matter what tempests brood over his head, or what terrors start up at his feet, whether he Unit on the lull J tide of triumphant prosperity, or smilingly' row his little boat, industrious to. the oppo sition ol winds ami waves—he happily me ditates, that il his barque is overwhelmed, he can beat the surges with his arms; or it no means of security vary the waste a i’ouuil, the worst that can befal him is the • momentary crisis, which not all creation ■ could much longer have averted, and he e- I ludee 'he cruelty ot the angry storm, by ; c using the very winds which wreck his • vessel to watt hi n to everlasting (»eace. M utlius, on the contrary, pursues pleasure • >ver llik* path of vice, and, for a few con • temptinle and evanescent throbs of joy, s pays a price, than which, fir less woo'd ijhave purchased an eternity of delight. Be - fore his youth had ripened into the energies s of manhood, he thought he perceived many i ways whereby he might indulge in idleness, i without making the results visible in the • tenor of his conduct, or the recitations of t his task ; but he was at length discovered I in a falsehood which he had invented to ex i cuse a crime, and, in addition to the advan tages he had lost, he experienced the fla , gellation of his tutor, the disaffection of, : his companions, and the reproofs and con-| i tempt of all his friends. When the world I presented a broader path, and he had r grown to be a mover in a wider sphere, his - propensities for evil increased in propjr ; lion to the importance of his situation, un r til he was elevated from the meanness ot i being despised, to the dignity of being liat-| s ed. By a thousand unprincipled actions he, • has accumulated a fortune, which he lavish-1 es to gain pleasures he cannot enjoy, &triendsj ;it is impossible for him to preserve. — The . very hirelings who'atten on his abundance, , detest the hand from which they receive tlieir i favours; and while the flatterer, fawninga . bout his person, draws a veil over his vices or i eloquently softens them into generous iudis i cretnns, he is watching the effects of his dose as the subject of future exposition and n , dicule. Manlius himself, in the midst of abundance, and the idol of the warmest and > most promising friends, with thousands to protect him from the attacks of his enemies, , and charms to dissipate r flection, is yet anj i utter stranger to (hat cheerfulness and buoy ancy of spirits, which ever accompany Au i gustus thro’ all the vicissitudes of life.—j , ['hough he is sated with luxuries, he trem bles at their insecurity, and writhing beneath > ' existence as anguish, he shrinks shuddering from its close, as despair. His pains have: no remedy, his pleasures no delight; his mind 'ike p ,lrv leaf fluttering in the air.j ■ ■ . ■ ■ ben " "’ - ai d ' and ti, mental ** r , . ! ‘ toi .•<••• !.’ iU'ly fabric, -at i n, ;<ore -u «■ ... •' 'ail ilioi , eh as ... -v j, ',;.j ostly dec n ations; every < 1/ accelerates its ruin, ami while the cottage, unostenta • jt. >usly and without danger, lifts its thatched ■ r-of to the winds, th - feeble temple, spread-. MOf.V A . vcp 'li toll, .yoga .M» '.he vpc’s tof Dr. i ..ilea lut< P of'es J. .0 n l; , r M . 'lvor, vof ml, 01: •,v >, ...od .;d it ■ |throws >1 strong '-gfi .><> edn<»s of ji ■Dw AH ■Km . P e is with the ! noo r ; rojo. b< lon tli public 1 f this I'.on 1 try ", , ■ . , at ih,^gentle c'<- h. i- . c qipli .it.on < ‘coio,■ a citi/i is ■ ill ' til i' S .tcs, li.nd intent!* gi\:og i•, (tores on 'lvi 1 i.;.v during. he ensuing win ,;t i’ ll nledjiiil.l, Jlu in I,■ ■|j v i 4 . Irom.i 1 »iginal inami-. 1 pt, and ■.■ onus; tfct in which v. plat ; full con \'i hit all Oer v; . 1n- ii d* \ Dance ' Olill • i t- I 11- 10 ■ 0 j*p -.0,,g0 ■:j of Ireedo’ii, and partieul •ny u convrri the higher institutions of learning > nurseries »f dc ;■ it!-, n; •; new ligi , > 1 t ,]e " ■<'".•■■ ' 'in ,•( vid mm, . . nw> « , -•, 1 the University of B < (the time ol the great church refortnaiinn-in! it!" sixteeif.h ceniufv, m ulterwa ds fallen Ito decay, hid been .-at 1 * organ h ! in IST, bv the government of lii. ~'qv.blic. Sevt ral professorships which till hat time ad 1 ue*ti .a suiecun-s, ere then provided!, i ■ ” ire ■ Gan mao . di. •iiged to in,i ■ men country. 1 lie menu* wore , rejoiced, and tyrants were alarmed,' wneni, in Switzerland, the only free State of the , j continent ot Europe, tlmt new temple of,, mental freedom was erected. Already some , lyoung men from Prussia had come to study ( at Basel, when the Prussian governmentj) issued a prohibition agiiost its snlijects vis-i jitmg tu.it university. But this seemed not! j yet *o satisfy the Holy Alliance. They tookh advantage ol the poliiical debility of Swit-I, zerland, caused by her own governments, to * deprive the growing university of some of , its must liberal teachers, intimidating the,■ others •>« well as the government itself.— ( On the 27th ol August, 1824, the govern- ( ment ol Basel received three notes from the ( governments of Prussia, Austria, and Hus-', jsia, which demanded that Dr. Pollen and , Dr. S ——, Professors of Liw at Basel, , should be given up to the tribunal of in quisition, which the King of Prussia had es- ; tablished at Koepnick, near Berlin. They were accused in these notes ol being the chief movers of a great conspiracy, tending to subvert the monarchical state of Germa ny, for which purpose they still abused the neutrality of Switzerland, in which they had taken refuge. These three notes were |supported by two others from the German j governments of Hesse. Darmstadt and Nas- 1 sau, demanding likewise, that the two pro lessors, being their born subjects, should be delivered up to the common tribunal of in qusition at Koepnick. The government of Bern, at that lime the directorial Canton of 1 Switzerland, joined these five notes with an urgent request, that the government of Ba sel might not for the sake of individuals hazard the welfare of the country. The government of Basel summoned the Dwo professors to give an explanation of ’ these accusations. Dr. Pullen declared “ that all these political accusations yvere' | * lii some European papers the name of Dr Follen is written h\ Itn us, • Latin termination, which was form- rly used by learned men ia Germany, but is now getting out ot use. as unfounded as vague.” He maintained that he himself was not bound to appear be fore the tribunal of Koepnick, and that Swiizerland and particularly the govern - ' merit of Basel was neither obliged nor enti tled to deliver him up to the foreign powers. “ With regard to Prussia, Austua and Russia he never was under any obligation to them ; and the obligations which, as a native of Hesse, he had to that country, had ceas ed : for, after having acquitted himself of his military duty as a volunteer during the war of 1813 and 1814, he had emigrated from thence and had become a member ot another state He was appointed professor at the cantonal school of the canton ol Gris ' ons, in IB2U, and afterwards at the Univer sity of Basel. The public authorities ot : I both cantons would testify, that lie had al iways conscientiously discharged me dunes Jof his office, and that his private life was ir reproachable. “ Being now a member of the Canton of Basel and of Switzerland at large, it lie had commuted an offence, he had an incontesta ble right to be judged by no other laws and no other tribunals tba.< Oy tlie laws and tri bunals of ike slate to winch he belonged.— Nevei theless, he was now demanded uy for eign giv mine.its, which hail no authority over him, to be given up to a tribunal of po litical inquisition, wnich, by the Prussian law, that is to say, by the king’s absolute j will, was free from every legal tie. Could there be any doubt that these attempts a gainsl his liberty, were really attempts againslthe liberty of Switzerland herself? A state which would permit that one ul its sub-, jects should be judged by the laws aiul tri bunals ofanother state, would resign its own sovereignty ami political existence.—Par ' i ticular compacts, by which atone a common ' .wealth can be bound to deliver up its muabi it,mts. did 1 ‘ stbel een Zetland anu {the five ab. ve mentioned power . Theiefbre, jp, without. v■■ g ■ ■...■•at r indcpen j ;deuce, and oer D) • oue of her members. j “ If the foreign governments really be-1 lieved t.mt he had abused the neutrality of ■* .I-- P 0 f dim.- r uixusa-i ! IlcCiiHsiU”; 1 1 iiroois rui-atsou tl - ■■ no.- had seni. ;o!> lilted to the serious exam-1 • ••iltior of a rou.'i, I hey deserved tin- •. -• | ■d v, as.(he . ! *«e ■• ; er in the mlmsd-atior i ' •:nesc 'vernments v*a- ■■■ great, that -1 a.* vea<» , - U.’- doc. coded iiiwn the • . 'O- , , 1 (■; 1; j j . 7, c*r ti" .oUeii'ce in or to L o>i 1 ■i- , ( aa I • .... in; ■! tiiosel go vent u. 'in* some • noe ore ■ .f.i’usied viyi a public offic ■ 1.:, .te r- dominions,! vddere he then an ’• a:.’’tuity 1 -t I,j idtscbarging the dull » of Ins nfli.e. j I “Before the independent court of ft j independent state to vuitch he- cn hr lii-,| Me,ed ms 1,. :-hi \> ,c ms'dered. but .1 ;>m ; vale- person. ! 1 el >re the gm - on -.1 Bisel, whos-i ..ro ecdiin be chiedy ami i eniin.dy relied ,1, Ju lummun tlietu t ■ 1 - ■ . ■ ga. •jt mm .v i’ •dll".lie .:{ - ■ ’ If ‘ . IV 1 ii pete ual of, tfte “He the more hoped that this nquesil nuld be granted, as. some ye irs belore thej ivernment of the Canton of Orisons had i-'ued similar accusations and demands i-v! ich were brought against him by the Con g ss of Troppau.” )r. S. made a similar declaration. The tens of Basel and all true Swiss percei , tint in this case nut only two persons, the honor and independence of the coun vere at stake. The government of Ba sel, convinced of the justice of the above declarations, and encouraged by the public opinion, refused the demand of the foreign governments and required them to communi cate charges, that the cause might be inves tigated and decided by the Courts of Canton. But soon after three new notes arrived from the ambassadors of Prussia, Austria and Russia. They pretended “that the good understanding which subsisted between Switzerland and the three great powers, re-j quired her to believe them at their word. That Basel would destroy this good under standing, if it should delay to deliver the 1 ! demanded persons by insisting upon the communication of the charges.” These newi demands were aided by urgent letters from the three most important Swiss governments! of Bern, Zurich and Lucern, The united endeavours of the external and internal enemies of liberty broke at last the spirit of the government of Basel ; though, j according to the constitution of Switzerland, not even the whole confederation had a right to compel it to yield to the foreign demands. The government resolved to resign their right of judging this cause. And as they were told that the delivering of Dr. S. was mot so much urged as that of Dr. Follen, (whose lectures on natural law had probably ■ mulcted him more obnoxious to the lltdy Alliance :) they tried, by giving up the lat ter, to save, the former, who, as the father ui a latge family, seemed to have a stronger claim to their protection. Dr. Follen was advised to depart, and as he would not quit the country without being forced, they com pelled his departure by passing a resolution to arrest him. He then left the city, tharik ,|lul for the patriotic interest which many cit iizcns had displayed in his cause. To the igovei it merit he left the following declara tion . * \A hereas the li>'public of Switzcr lanii, which hud protected so many fugitive princes, noblemen and priests, would not pro 1 tect him who, like them, is a republican, he -|is compelled to take refuge in the great asy t lutnof liderty.the United States of Ameri - ta. His false accusers he summons before ■ tiie tribunal of God and of public opinion. . Laws he has never violated ; but the hei -1 nous crime of having loved his country, has > rendered him guilty to such a degree that he ; feels quite unworthy to be pardoned by the - Holy Allies.” f Dr. Pollen arrived at New-York in the ! same vessel by which, some time before, his I then only friend in the United States, Gen- I eral Lafayette, was brought to this country, ■ THE MAELSTROM WHIRLPOOL. I Letter from a gentleman in Washington to the Hon. Ji. E. Woodward, Judge of i Middle Florida. This wonderful phenomenon, that has ex cited the wonder and astonishment of the f world, 1 have seen. There are few of my I (countrymen who have had the opportunity, - in consequence of the situation of it being . remote from any port of commerce. Its la - titude and longitude 1 do not exactly recol lect. It is situated between two islands, • belonging to a group off the coast of Nor r way, called the Lowinstaff Islands, between Dronthiem (being the must northern port iof commerce) and the North Cape. Isup ■ pose the latitude to be about 69 north, but 1 will not be certain. 1 had occasion, some years since, to na , vigate a ship from the North Cape to Dron thiem, nearly all the way between the is lands or rocks and the main. On inquir ing of my Norway pilot, about the practica bility of running near the whirlpool, he told |nie that with a good breeze it could be ap iproached near enough for examination, with out danger. lat once determined to satis fy myself. We began to near it about 10, jA. M. in the month ot September, with a fine leading wind N. W, Two good sea j men were placet! at the helm, the mate bn . the quarter deck, all hands at their stations for working ship, and the pilot standing on j the bowsprit, between the night-heads. I • went on the main-topsail yard, witn a good wlass. I hod been seated hot a few ino j incuts when in n mu red the dish of 'he whirlpool ; tin limit ' water ■ '.et her cmi -• • :;n fowvub <h- ,>*u altliougn shi ii ■ v o fig s1- -V (ilium-j-, j the water. Ci irmed me extremely . for a mowent 1 thought that «?•*• action ’ was inev obi .She. however isw*red. ; ;.-r helm sweetly. and -c - . r. . ?) t I*“ the w- tves S' amii'i vuiid t,„. hv; ■ | for to - ; ii!« she iva- bn'.'i..;, ,-iiiy tations ! j.iirticult 'o describe ia, •to voursetl an immense circle running round ; a diame ot ■' and a bait nd, t'oj velocity in creasing as it tip; i • s <;d towards’ <'■; j centre, mi gradually chnnginj' its dark b - dont <o while— !u;,, tumbling '(<•<■■? to its voi'.'ey j vrv " concavt ■ much so a- the water in „ • etid when It ' f in 1 ag —all pi ..-so <■. !i. d d ! oi ■ .fed Ifim>A awful, - ■ oceii t; i V 1 ib<*■ iMU ip*. ui gin f«t 'wo hours ft •, evidentsy (subterranean passage, that leads the Lord (know* where. From its magnitude,! should 'not doubt that instant destruction would be the fate of a dozen of our largest ships, were they drawn in at the same moment. The pilot says that several vessels have been sucked down, and that whales have also been destroyed. The first 1 iliink pro bable enough, out I rather doubt the latter. I have thus, sir, given you a lame, but a true account. If hereafter lean occupy a leisure hour in detailing scenes and circuni-fc stances within my own knowledge, in the course of twenty two. years voyaging, I shall be happy, and will be amply repaid by the consciousness that I have contributed to add one moment’s pleasure to a gentleman I so highly respect and esteem. Michigan Herald. — &QG — The Weather. —lt is clearing up to-day ; I but lor the last lour days we have been visw ted with as cold and disagreeable a storm as is usually experienced in this climate ia Oc tober—a real equiimxial gale. Much ram has fallen, and ii lias been, and it yet re i mains cool enough to render winter apparel jcomfortable. We (ear that the ripening |fruit has suffered much. On Thursday we sauntered through Mr. Shaw’s fruit garde*, corner of Prince and M'Dougall streets, picking a delicious peach ii re, nd a rich cluster of grapes there, and we thought we had never seen so many peach trees so i .ch ly laden with the most enticing fruit. Hut in a note, accompanying a choice basket of grapes and peaches this morning, lie informs us that the gale has made sad havuck among the fruit that was about ripening. We fear the injury will be extensive. [aV. Y. Com. JJdv, 2 2d inst. lYarning to Newspaper Stealers —A res pectable shipmaster, who resides in the up per part ot the city, has frequently called to complain of our carrier for not delivering the paper punctually—on being assured that the paper was left, a watch was set, and a bout day-light a colored man was seen to descend the erea. On his return, the cap tain was ready to receive him with the pa per, and prelerring summary justice to toe law’s delay, he chastised the fellow with a cowskin until he was perfectly satisfied— since which he has received his paper with out disappointment. {AV. Y. Daily ddv,