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IHE MVSIERIOUS VVEUUiNG, }'
A Danish Story—Uy Henry Steffens* j,
(),j the nurth- v.c»t ot Z aland s rt*tcliCM »
small fVrti! p peninsula, studded v*Mth hr i» ,
.1- <, and counecied with the mainland by i>
narrow strip; of waste ground. .Beyond!
tbo only town which this liitle poi.insul<>
possesses, the land runs out into he stormy ;
Catiegat, and presents an awfully wild and,
sterile appearance. I'hc living sands ha ve .
here obliterated every trace of vegota tun;
and the hurricanes which blow fiom «l
points of the ocean are cons antly operating i
a change on the fluctuating sut f ice of the de I
set t, whose hi Is ol sand ■ isc and tall v/ith a |i
motion as iuccssant as that of the wives I
W i'ch roar around them. In travelling |
through this country, I spent upwards ol an,’
hour in this disliict, and ncv r shall 1 for-.'
get the impression which tho sceno made •
upon my mind.
While ri ling along through the deiolait
region, a tliu .tier storm rose over the ccan <
towards the north, —(he waves roared,—the <
clouds scudded along in gloomy masses be- <
fine he wind, —the sky grew every instant’
n; re ilu k, “menacing earth and *ea,”—the 1
sand began to move in increasing volume* 1
under my horse’s ( et,—a whirlwind arose !
and filled th* atmosphere with dus', —the
traces ol the path became invisible,—while '
air, earth and ocean seemed mingled and 1
blended together, every object being involv
ed in a cloud of dust and vapour,—-I could
not discern the slighter! trsce of life m
vegetation around the dismal scene, —the i
Btorra roared above me, —the waves of the i
aca lashed mournfully against the shore, —
the thunder rolled ,iu the distance,—a d 1
acircely could the lurid lightning fl -h t
pierce 'be heavy cloud of sand which whirl '
od around me. My danger became evident
and extreme; but a sudden shower of iai.
laid the a .inn &, erv.ib -d me to pu-h my v/iy
to 'he li de town. The storm I had just en
coun eted wn a Inn ml mingling ol all He
men ». An earlhqu ke h . sheen described
iisthos'gi w i.eh troubled nature heave
f, im 'h > den li of her bosom ; perhaps not
tnor* fancf illy might this chaotic tempest
have tvp fie l the confusion ot a widely dis
tracted mind, to which pensu'e and even
hope its -it have been long s rangers,—tho
cheerless desert i t iho past revealing only
remorse and grid,—the voice ol constiet ce
threatening I ke (be thunder, and her awful
anticipations cas'ing a iui id light over the
gl<) my spirit,—(ill at last (he long sealed*
up sources of (cars open away for iheir
floods, and bury thcangnsh of the distract
ed soul be .eulli their waves.
In th a desolate c un'ry there exited in ,
form i times a vi'luge called Unerw g about
a mile dis'anl ft in ibe shore. The mov
j n« mils hve now but>•’ I tlie village ; and
the deai enduuls d its inhabitants—mostly
slnpherds aid fisher neo—i »ve removed
their cult ges close to the shore. A si-g>e
solitary building, situated upon « lull, yet
ri sts its head ab ve die cheerless shit irg
desert. I’hii bolMing and 'he villuj>e
church —Was die cene cf the following my
sterious trai.saciioi .
In an eai ly year of ihe last century, the
Venn utile cure ol R >erwi» was one nig it
sealed in Ins s udy, abs >rbed in pious me
ditaliun*. His house lay at die exdemivj
of the village, and the simple mauneia ol
the inhabitants were so little tinged w:th|
distrust, that bolts and locks were uokn nvn
amongst them, and cv*!iy door remained
open and unguarded.
The lamp burned gloomily —and die sul
len silence of the midnight hour was only
interrupted by the rushing noise ot th* sea,
on whose w.iVei the p de moon shone n fled
ed, when the cure heaid the door below
opened, and the ne»\ moment the sound o’
men’s steps upon dm stair. He watati’ic -
paling a call to administer th - last offices
of rengion to some one of his parishioners
on the point of dea h when iw ■ foreigner*,
w.tipped up in white cloaks entered he
room. One of them approaching addressed
him with politeness! “ Sir, yen will h ve J
the gj dness 10 follow us inafnn ly. Y--u
must perform a mirruge cer m y; die !l
bride and brid groom a>e already ani'ing!
J< ur arrivil at he chmcli And hi<suiu ”
—hoi o the St ring-* r h *ll ou' a p irse lull ol
g^;d—“ wil; sutfiiiciiily recompense you
lot the trouble and alarm our sudden de
mand lias given you.”
rhe cuie stan d in mute terror upon the
Strangers, who seemed to carry s< mething,
feailul—atm. si ghastly in their looks, and 1
the demand was repealed in an earnest and 1
au limitative tone. When the «'d m n had
recovered from hisfint sin pi i«e. he began,
mildly t» represent tha his dn y did i#l nl-j
low him to celebrate so solemn a rite with- j
ou some knowledge o! he part-es, and (he j
'nteimention of those formalities r-quired!
by law. I’he other stranger hereupon slept
fi-rwtiid in a menacing a.ti.udi : " Sir ”
said he, •• you have your choice ; follow ns
and k>- the sum vve mw , ft'-r you—or re
main. and this bullet govs thmugh y.ur
head.” Whilst *p- ki g he levelled his
pis id »t th* forehead of <h v iirrable man,
and coolly war- d his answer ; whereupon
th* cure rose, dresse 1 himself, and intormed
hi, visitants —who had hitherto spoken Dan
i»h but with a foreign accent —that he was
ready o ac omp-tny them.
'S’l u mysterious strangers now proceeded
silemlv ororgli 'he village, followed by tlie
clergvm n.—l w,s a dark autumn night,
the in on having already set; but when they
* I • M>rv is u.U by k 't»{ ir »ns— ts t? birth, now,
• *• a , rofessor m Brtilnu—loircs ibe subject of tva *
C/tt. nec ;>« . els *Qi » lUo sh y
emerged from the village, the o!c mao per
ceived with terror and astonishment that the
distant church was all illuminated. Mcsn
t while his companions, wrapped up in then
white clicks, strode hastily on before hi it.
lino g'i the barren sandy plain. O i reach
ir g the church liiey bound up his eyes; In 1
*on heard a side-door up'o wi h a well
known creaking noise, and felt himself vio
lently push'-d into a crowd if people whose,
murmuring ho heard all around him, while
close beside him some persons earned on a
conversation in a language quite unknown j
!'o him, but winch he thought was Russian, 1
!As he,stood helpless and blindfolded, hr
(i It himself seized upon by a mao’s hand,
and drawn violently through the crowd. A
1 ist the bandage was removed from his eyes
■ lid he found himself standing with one of
the two strangers b. fm e (he altar,,— A row
of laige tapers, in magnificent silver candle
s ink-, e.di'rntd the allar ; and the ihurch i •
self was splendidly lighted up by « profu
sion of candles —The deepest silence nnw
reigned throughout the whole building, tho*
(lie side-passages anil all the sea's were
crowded to excess; but the middle p.assage
was quite clear, and he perceived in it a!
newlv dug grave, wi'h the # one which had,
covered i' leat.iog sgiinet a betuh. Around
him ware only male, figures, but on one of
’he distant benches he thought he
h (emale form. The tenible silence laalerlj
for some minutes, dunt g which not a m -
lion could be detected in the vam assem dy.
Thus when the mind is bent on deeds f
darkness, a silent gloomy brooding «>f soul
nfieii precedes the commission of the honiil
action,
At hist a man, whose mrigi ifir nt dressj
distinguished Ilim from all the rest, and b
spoke his elevated rank, rose and walk d
hastily up to the allar; as he passed along,;
his s eps resound ol through die building,j
and every eye w.-m 'urned upon liir.-"he ap
p ■ ned to be id midd e stature, with broad
shoulders and strong limbs—lvs g-iit was
commanding, his c mpli xion of a yellowi-h
brown, and ins hair raico black—'.ns (ea
lures were severe, and hirs lips compressed
as il in wradi—i bold aquiline nose height
ened the htiiglnv appear.nice of his coun
tenance, ami da: k shaggy brows ' wered
over his ti iy eyes, lie wore a green c at,
wi'h broad gold braids, snd a brilliant sUr.
S'fie b ide, who also ppproached, and kneel
ed b side him at the altar, was tnagmficen Iy
dressed. A bky blue robe, richly tiimmeu
: wiili silver, enveloped her slender limbs,
and floated in large folds over her'g-acclul
form—a diadem spirklit g wrh diaiiionds
.illumed her i‘a*r hair—the utmost loveliness
'and beauty might be traced in her features,
desp-.ir now expressed ifsell ie
them—her checks wore pa'e as ’hose of a!
corpse her features unanimated —her ips
were b'auched her eye* dimmed, and her
arms hung motionless at her side a# she
kneeled before the altar; terror oe. med to
hav* wrapped her consciousness at well as
h r vital powen in deep lethargy.
The cure now discovered near him an old
ng’y hug, in a par>y-citlouied dress, with aj
bUiud-red turban upon her head, who stood)
gazing with an expression of malignant fury
ou the kneeling b'lde; and behind the brnle-l
groom, ho noticed a man of gigantic sia& ’ and (
u gloomy appearance, whose eyes were fixed
: mnnnveably on 'h ground.
Horror struck by the scene before him,
(the priest rood mute for gome nine, till a
thrilli g I >nk from the bridegrm m reminded
him f ihc. ceremony he had come thither to
perform. Bat the uncertainty whe her the
couple he was now about to marry under
stood his language, afforded him a fresh
Mturee ol uneasiness. He ventured, how 1
ever, to a-k the biidegr m for his name, 1
ai d tha of his bride; ' N ander andPeo-{
ilors,” was the answer ictunied in a rough
voice.
The p‘iest uow began to read the ritual in
fain ling aecen s, fn qiienily stopping to re
peat the werds, without however, either the
bride in bruit groom H|)p ,- ariog 'o obsei ve his
cotilusion, which confirmed him in the con
jee.me that his language was almost un
known to eithe: t them. On pu«ti**g the
question, “Nesnder, wilt »h u have this
woman for thy wedded wile?” he doub'ed
whe'her be shcu'.d rer> ive any answer; but
to ids s ouishnn is »' »• bridegroom answer
ed in the afiinmiiv wi'h a loud and almos'
streaming v< ic, which rung 'hu nghou' vhe :
whole church while deep signs were Ilea: d
fiom evvry quail r of the building, and a
siltin quivern g like the reflection ofdistant
; lightning, threw a transitoiy motion ever the
ilt it hp le feator*'* of 'he btidt When the:
pm st ;urned t > her wrh the iub rrogatory :|
K mini a, wib »ho« U'*e thi” man for thy
wedded hu band f” >* *s lifeless fortn before
| him seemed to awak —i deep co vul*ive'
j throb of tei ror (n mb ril on her cii rk?—;
I her pale lips q *ered —a passing gleam of
tire shone in In eye—her brc. » heaved—;
a vinlent gush of '• fliiodeil ihe bri'liancei
of li r ey> s and the •»” was pro.n uncedl
like Ihe scream of angc -i uttered by idy
ing person, and seem . t find adt ept ch
in iba sounds ot g ief which burst h in th*
surrounding multi ude. Ihe bride then s nk
imo the aims of the horrid ol ' hag a- d as-j
(er s urn- mini s 'tail pa-seil in awlul si I
le ce, 'he rale r i<sc-f-k** lemale kneeled
again, aa if in a deep trance, and the cor
m oy was finis ed. The h iilegroom oow
rose apd ltd awm *be trembdog bride 1 I
low il by the 'all inr > and die old w mao;
die tv.m strangers then appeared ig in, an
h«viii*b nod he p i s \s eyis, drew liin
with vi- lerce thri ugu t.e crowd, ..mi pus
ed h ui out at '.he uoor, which liny boltc
from withif*.
1 •
For sums minute# th« old m*n stood en
deavouring to recollect himself, and oncer
’ain whether the horrid scene, with all i‘>
> ia*ily aUemlari' circumstances, mightn't
■ ave been a dream ; but when he had torn'
he bandage limn his eyes, and s>w the it-
Humiliated chunh b. tore h tn, atiti heard
mic rnuimuting f the crowd, h* was forced
'o believe its reality, To learn the issue,
! he hid himself in a co-ner of the building,
■ >atnl while hs'ening 'heie he heard the ima
i muting within grow louder and louder—-
Then it seitn-d as if a fi rce altercation a
rose, in which, be thought he c u'd recog
■jnise the rough voice of the bridegroom com
, mantling silence, —a long pause followed, —
a shot fell,~—ihe soriek of a female Voice
* was heard, winch was suer veiled by another
pause,—then followed 8 sound ol pick axe#
which lasted about a quarter ol an hour,
■>f er which die candles were ex inguished,
the door was flung open, and a mul nude
of persons rushed cut of the church, and
ian lowaida die sea,
The old priest now arose from his hid !
in ft place, aid ha*'em d back to 'he village,
wtiere he uwoke Id* neighbours and friends,
land relat'd 'o them his incredible and mar
|Vellous adventuie ; but every thing which
had In t erm fallen out amongst these sim
ple pm pie, had been so calm and tranquil
' - so much measured by (be laws of dully
{routine, (hat they were seized with a very
different alarm : they believed tl.at some
unfortunate accident hid deranged the in
tellec s t/f their beloved pastor, and it wa»
not without difficulty that lie prevailed on
some of them to toll w him to the chutch,
!>' ofidetl with pick# and spades
Meanwhile the morning had dawned the
sun at use, and the p iesi and hi* compan
ions ascended the hill towards lie cliuich,
they saw a tnan-t f-war studding off from the
Jshore under full sail owards the north. So
suprising s sight in this remote district,
made his companions already hesitate to re
' ject his stoiy ait improbable, and still more
s wets they inclined to listen to him when
{they sr.w that the side door of the church
1 hail been violently burst open. They en
■ tried full of expectation, and the ptiesl
showed them the grave which he hail seen
1 opened in the >.ig'it time, it was eviden'
{that ihe stone had lifted up and re
- {placed again. They, therefore, put their
implements in motion, and soon came to a
rjnew and richly Tuned coffin, in which
ijloy the murdered bride—a bullet had pier
,{ced her breast righ'to the heart —the mag
I nificent diadem which she had worn at the
falter no longer adorned her brows, but the
; distracted expression of deep grief had van
i 'shed from her countenance, and a heaven,
ly calm seemed spread over her features,
j The old man threw himself down on his
' kn-es near the coffin, and wept and p ayed
' aloud for >he soul of the dead while mute
' astonishment and horror seized his com
-1 panions.
t The clergyman found himself obliged to
[make 'his event instantly known, with all
hits fin umstanceg, 'o his superior, the bishop
i of 2'-'land ; meanwhile, until he got fur
j 'her r STiic'ions fiotn Cop-nhagen, he bound
[all !ns friends to secrecy by au oath. Short-
My alterwnrds a p< non of high rank sod
jtlenly arriv d from the capital ; he inquired
.into all 'he circumstance*, visited th*
grave, commended the silence which had
b"en hi herto observed, and stated that die
whel' event must remain for ever a secret
threatening at ihe same time wi'h'u sever
punishment any person who should daie t
sp a uk of it,
A''er (he death of the priest, a writing
was t oi,d in the parochial register narrat
ing thi* event, soma be'i p ved hat it m ght
h 've some si cret connection with 'he vio
lent political changes which occurred ir
Rus# ia, as er the d.-a'hof Catherine and
Poier 1 ; hut to resolve the deep riddle of
this mysterious aft' ir will ever be a diffi
cult, ifuut impossible task.
The interest belonging to the subject will
excuse u* for publishing the following,
which has alieady appeared iu many of
the Southern oapers
27 !E FRO JET.
We submit the lolluwmg “ Merxoran
dum” to our readerij, just as we have re |
reived it.—They have all the documents
,b> *ore them, and will judge for themselves :|
o The haste in winch Mr, It’s remarks
hive, necessarily, b’.n drawo up, has been |
'he cause of misappiehcns on which has led!
to some of the objections suggested by him!
Ito Mr. M'Laoe’s bill.
“ 1. The du ies >j cot'on good* are not
to be j aid in c sh ; consequently 'he man-1
ulac » er derives no bench so m hat cause,
| •• 2. Tin- drawback m the shop owner is
to be paid at once, and i* ’o b at a spsci-,
lie ra e i.f so much a ton ; so tha' m fraud
jean be committed, The drawback, though
lin the first instance, it b tutus ihe ahip
iowner, yet indirectly beneli * he tobarco
and cotton-griiwer, «s i •« ad -to a riduc
ti> n i f 'he Th . ge for treigh'.
J ‘ 3 The pi esence of a cu«'om hou#e of-;
I fictr at auction sales of •woollens, would be,
{actepiab'e to the fie merchant, who, as !
I well a# the manufacturer, complains if
'ra\>d* committed on t* e revenue throng.)
■!) ■ i' striinvi)talily of sale- a auction.
• 4. T du iesar of to be paid in cash, j
except on woollens—and his advantage, as
V' 11 as that tesu’ ir g from 'he suctioi du y
n w nib v s ■ giv wooffe *, b cause
tie dn ie# o l a ..ticle are i», s re ured,
ml b <a -e t i- branch of ma ufadure is
ii-.tiev d obe inos exp *Oll to loss from
'be ffuctuaiions ol fade and other causes. |
11 5. The woollen# that ere subject to the.
different iate# of 10 and 30 per cent, are
10 different in kind, 'hat it is believed tlir|
fraud apprehended could not be practised--'
-specially under the additional means pro
j video by the bill for coming at a true vaiu-|
|ation ”
We received by ye»terday ? s mail a very
.{elaborate and de ailed table of tlnee large
.!p*ges, pit-pared by the Secretary of Ihe
■1 Fieasury on the 7th iast. 33d IniJ before|
■ Congress, in ob disnee to .heir reqnisi inn.
jit is headed •* A Comparative Statement j
•'shewing the amount and tales of duties on-j
der the present tariff and hat proposed by
■ the Secrtluri/ of the Treasury, calculateoj
[Upon the imp u tatiuns of the year ending'
on the 30 h of September, 1830, valued at!
> ( 1 heir actual cost at the place whence ex-|
, ported.” The table i* full of interesting;
.'details —We can convey no adequate ideal
s| of there, in ihe few line* we have reserv
led for our own use. It is ruled in nine
1 columns. The Ist is a list of the articles
( the 2.1 ia the rale of duty—the 3d the ac
tual cost without the 10 or 20 per cent, add
!eel, or (he dutiable .haig-e added—4'h, the
'total amount of each paiticular manufac 1
lure or product—s'h, amount of du'iea un !
der the present tanS’—6 h. amount of du
, ties under th e proposed ’ a riff*— f;h, rate ot
per centege on actual cost under the present ’
tariff'- Bh, rate of per centuge on ectua |
: cost under the proposed tariff—and the 9th, '
is h- amount of duties.—We will state a
. lew of the results. Woollen cloth p ying
1 14 cents duly the square yard is now 54
75-100 p#r ct .proposed 'o b 10—blankc »
11 bo reduced -from 38* to 25 per cent
s Iho reducion on several articles of cotton
is per ct.—'wist, yarn and thread, pay
1 '"g b> specific pi ices, average duty 37±. to
■ be reduced 12| per ct —Nu> keens, now 30
1 to be 20. Ihe r< venue will bo S>l 1,512,339.
, Which, uddid to ihe 2 millions for the
- public lands, m kes Hi millions for the
- annual amount of the revenue of the Uni
ilted States I’l i* will no doubt be a grea
-1 ter sum, than wiiat will b» v/anting for the
necessary expenses of the government. It
tjthis projel then be adopted, what will be
• come the duty of the friends of 'he Hepub
,! lican party ? 1. To keep down the exj Qn
diiures f the government—to prevent all
1 wi,d projects for spending the money of the
i People, extending (he powers of the go
1 vernmem, and encroaching upon the pnri
• ciples ot the Constitution. We must resist
such an ab mumble and expensive pension
• system as y have now before Congress—
; all expeodllurcs for Internal Improvement,
- (and this unconstitutional system too they
are at emptir g 0 extend by a bill now be.
fore (he House of IlepreseniaMve*;} Ike. ■fkc
i I’tiis must become one of the rallying points
1 to ihe friends of St»ie Riglvs, and to the
■ tiue pri 1 cip'es of the Constitution,
in sac, there shoufff not be raised a sur
plus dollar for the Treasury. The 2d r»l
--) lying point is to cut down the percentage
i on the protected arlic is as faat as possible
> —and cer'amly it there be ary prospect of
r surplus revenue—to 1; ke off that surplus
I from the prn ected smelts. These two
ougli to be the tallying inarms of al] ‘he
friends of 'he Constitution, lei the TatifThe
now modified o whatsoever fo;m it may be. '
We umlers'and, ihn 8' me of the mem
bers of Cong - ess aie anxious to give the
whole question the go-by for the pi eseat ae#
•ion!—And i1 is ev, whispered, that this l
sentiment h s com f >in a member of the
rommi'iee ol M ulacuies. We will not '
enlaig upoo the mischievous consequences '
t thi* pi u 1 as'jr a'i n. ' We will not ske'ch 1
he s' mine piosnect whicli it presents to the '
hi ginaiion. P ssi g overall these, vre ask I
at once, whether these pn crasnna'ors are '
prepared jo cn inue under the dynasty of,
he tai iff (il *2B .v>d to rais from 'he p >rk- '
e'sof I e peop < 810 976,007, mure under j
ihe preseii' t» ft* nan ever under the pro- '
j ct of Mr Me Lane—and £d, io throw such i
a surp'us into the Treasury—a surplus, not '
only unnecessary, but calculated to corrupt I
'he politics us the people ai d to pervert the 1
pi inciplcs of the Constitution ? These pro- 1
cras'ina'ors have a political object to accoin- 1
p'ish, more mischievous in itself than this '
unnecessary raising, and this wanton wast
i ing of (he money. They must be defeated 1
j—and 1 hey probably will be. We have a i
i letter from Washington, of the 9'h instant,
which EXPRESSES "strong hoses THAT WE 1
SHALL SETTLE THE TARIFF.” \
['Richmond Enquirer. 1
WASHINGTON.
The following interes ing letter of the 7 h |
inst I m a corrcspoodent (not a hired
) one) ' f he Milleilgeville Recorder;
"A- « he Cherokee ca*e, I assure you it f
is considered here as settled, so far as 'he f
action Os the G■n ■ ’a 1 Government is cm- (
cerned The CuUrf, ami all i's liiemls re- (
gret thn iu itnpote'tKy is made raked, and ,
Judge MoL-ne h tnse'fis among 'he num- 1
ber, w n urge upon 'h de'ega’ion her**, to (
[treat immedia ely. The# a.e not •(.wilting 1 *
Mo do so, ami (hey are waiting it 13 under-ij
stood, ins ruction# from home for this pur-j ;
pose. I is thought that the c ointry will br 5
ceded b’loie mi l summer. The Sccie'arv i
of Wh ii.-hi ans liiiii#eif tooards them as 1 .
1 lie should do, J.le ’vinces no overweening |
ja i xie y, trei's th m courteously; but when!,
solicited, as he has oecn, to interpose thei,
powers of the government, to n s'rain the!
au'hoiities of Georgia, h? di-claims the f
rig* t, and refers to the President’s special p
m ssage. {f
-Go'he Tariff, we form no opinion. 1
| —Mr. Calhoun says that nothing will ba
.(ione, ami that he has been satisfied of thi»
fur three yean past, lie maintains lhat
I nullification is li.e inly mode if redfe-s,
{and that it is a constitutional rtnu-dy, tha
'can be »ff ctually, yet peaceably applied,,
{without effecting the Union. '1 hat 11 lute *
;}• •■'pplied, it must proceed first fiom tt c
F deral Government, which will put it
the wrong. Mr. Clay and the ultra tar, ff
men, express their surprize, that the South
{should not be satisfied wi h the bill reported
by the Committee on Mat utactuies. ilo
{contends that it makes great concessions.
{General Jackson and the Cabinet aie urg
ing with ail their influence, the adoption o£
|Mr. M'Lane’s piojecl tor a coropiomisf. It
is believed hat the bill is not just suck a otiH
| -8 of th tice he would recommend, nor as thn
{South ought to desire. But he insists, thal
;in the present crisis, hue patriots shoule',*
not insist on all their rights, even to the ut-»
jtei iDost farthing. That the nation must b«
first tranquil zed, and that the tnatier eaa
then be calmly adjusted. That the Consti
tution was the result of concession, and ihafi
the Union, so dear to all, can now only bo
preserved by the same spirit. The Presi
dent carries within hia own bosom, a deep
spirit of devotion to the cause of his coun
try. While upon this subject, he remaiketl,
that he should leave no child behind to wear
his honors, or to suffer his ignominy. That
he buried at the Hermitage, the Inst wot Id
ly cbject that was dear to him. That hence
forth he had nothing to live for but God and
his Country, and these he was resolved ts
serve to the best of his ability.
‘ It is supposed that the Bank qutstioa
will not be acred upon this session,
“The Pension bill has passed the House
by an overwhelming majority, as you hav*
perceived, and it is supposed, will pass the
Senate. The Secretary of the Treasuiy ob
served the other day, if it became a law, it
would cost the nation between 50 and
R55,()00,000. Sumo calculate sanguintly
on the President’s veto. He, speaking of
the vast rurnib-r of extravagant appropria
tions, now voted by Congress, remarked,,
that Mr. Clay was desirous to cast upuc
him i he responsibility of all those measures,
and that he was ready to encounter it. To
,j,iv.> you some idea with what recklessness
i the public money is squandered by the Ro«
preseutatives cf the People, on yesterday s,
bill was reported for »i me purpose, making
an appropriation ol $29 000—before getting
through committee 1 'h« wheis, the su:n
had swtSled up to 5954.000, and the seal
is s ill using.
“ Gen. Jackson’s prospers for the nrxk
Presidency are unclouded. The National
H publican young m*n convened here ou
Monday to nominate Mr. Clay. The matter
excites here otdy ridicule. Mr. Servier, the
I),'legate from Arkansas, referring ta their
age the other day, enquired of one of the edi
tors of die Intelligencer, if they had brought
their wei nurses with thorn. Upon die Y,ce
Presidency 'here is much mure of JouOiful-’
ness— so much so indeed, that I will not ven
ture an opinion about it.
" Mr, Stevenson is to be Minister fa
England, and it is thought that Mr. Wilde
or Col. Drayton will be elected Speaker.
As gentlemen, they stand high in the HcuaCj
and ate universally respected.”
Another oulrag* at Washington —The
National Intelligencer of the 15th instaatj,
says i
“ Immediately after the adjournment at
the House ol Representatives yesterday, aa
incident occurred which has made so much
noise and excited so much feeling; here, that;
i' would be i.ff elation to pass it over in si
lence. It was an assult upon Mr, Arnold,
a Representative from Tennessee, by Major
Heard, at the foot of the Western terrace
of the Capitol, aa the former was passing
tiom the House to his lodgings. Not hav
ing been witness to it, we can only cay, in
general terms, that Mr,, Arnold narrowly
esc'ped injury, and prob.ble, death, from t
pistol shot, and that Maj-r Heard is said
have been considerably hurt in the encoun*
ter, toward the close of which many Mem
bers of Congress and oihera came up and!
interfered, to pot a stop to it.”
We derive the following particulars of the!
assault alluded to above, from the 7W«-
graph, of the same date i
\ “Attempt at Assassination —After the
House of Representatives had adjourned
yesteiday, Mr. Arnold, of Tennessee, be
lt gin advance of the other members, wat
parsing home ; as he was descending the
steps of the terrace to the street wsgt of thq
capind, be was assaulted by Morgan A.
Hoard, who aimed a blow at bis head with,
a large stick. Mr, Arnold dodged the blow,
and immediately stiuck the suck from hie
adversary’s hands j whereupon Heard drew
a large duelling pistol, cut down to about.
eight inches in the barrel, canying an ounce
ball, with 'he words “ New York” engrav
ed on the barrel ; and alter taking delibe
rate aim, fied ; the ball passing through
the sleeve of the right arm just abova the
elbow, tanging up to the shoulder, canyii g
away the under part of the coat and shut,
and laceialiiig the arm. Mr. Arnold find
ing Heard armed with a pistol, followed up
bis blows widi a light sword cane until 'het
scabb rd H w off anti having several times
knocked him down, was in the attitude of
ipiorci g him wi‘h 'he sword, when his area
■was arrested by Gen. Duncan of Illinois.
•• Tbi* c**s« present* * t•• msrkabje cf Dirin*
Prowd«nr.e. i’he H'tuitt hailjiwt irdjonrni* i ; thero were near
an bundled rr.eotbcts of C oui;ra»# to the of the ball, wao tt
passed near Mr. Tagswell's bead, aol yet Mi’. Arnold w»9 Ut«
ui y person injured' Tber*ad«r«of the Globe will recollect
that ibii Ma or Heard is the individual, w’i >, a few days since,
published a bulletin in the G obe, his ideation to as*
wul*. Mr Arnold for vrhftt he had laid *c the cf the
relative t a Hon.itoa." r