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I v y I J. W. & VV. S. JONES. AUGUST,?, Ga TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3,7840. ' Voi.. IV -No 7s~ 1 . • '■ V————— , i l| Tin; CHUO.MCLK AM) SEMIXEI, IS I s PUBLISHED I D -ILY TRI-WEEKLV, AND WEEKLY, L At No. 209 Broad-street. ITEn M s : ■ • Dnil i paper. Ton Dollar* per annum, in advance. I'ri Weekly ;mper, at Six Dollars in advance or ' f 8 >von at the end of the year. I Weekly pap >r, Three Dollars in advance, or Four at I die end of year. t CHRONICLE AM) SENTINEL, rvr«u s r a . h MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 2. [ ; Revival of the Tariff. I A large meeting was held in the incorporated I ; Liberties of Philadelphia, at which a number of I ■ resolutions wore passed.recommending mid urg- I ing (he adoption of high Tariff duties for the I benefit of Manufacturers, I Consistency. I I “ Never commit your opinions to paper, for Ithey may he brought up in judgment against I ; V ou” —is a motto, if adopted by many of the po |i liticinns arid demagogues of the present day, I would save them much mortification, and many I i uncharitable remarks. j Change is written upon the face of all nature, and man, ambitious, unstable man. submits to the I ; unalterable decree, as certainly as any portion of the vegetable or animal creation. Yesterday he J ; asserted doctrines and principles, which in chari .? ty vve must suppose were honestly cherished, I ■■■: upon a mature and deliberate reflection on the [ * subject of which he wrote and spoke. To-day I place is offered, lo and behold ! his opinions I “ U p on a sober second thought” hare changed.— [ ■ What a commentary upon the degeneracy of the ' limes, and the office loving propensities of our I? countrymen. Charity herself cannot offer any I other apology for the unfortunate victims of am liition than that which suggests itself to the mind I of every honest man. They have sold them selves and their principles for office ! ; These rt flccticns have been suggested on rcad ing the following letter from the Hon, 11. J. Wal t kcr, now a Senator in Congress from Mississippi i , —written soon after the removal of the deposiles from the Bank of the United States by General [I ’ Jackson. We invite the attention of our readers i . to this extraordinary document, and ask them to compare its principles with the recent support of j the Sub-Treasury in the Senate by Mr. Walker. A Verily, “ Times change and men change with 'I them.” | Natchez. March Ist, 1834. Dear Siii—As I promised at our parting to ■ give you my views on any subject which might be “interesting to your common constituents, I hasten to say that Mississippi will with great unanimity sustain you on the Dcposite Question. In fact the public voice loudly demands a resto ration ot the Deposiles, and the creating a Bank to supply a general currency. A State Bank can no mare supply and govern the general currency than a State Government can direct and control the affairs of the Nation. Go on—your consti tuents are with you—the Country must he reliev ed from the frightful sconces of distrees which have visited us. In haste, as the boat is leaving, Yours trulv. it. j. walker. Death of the Rev. John N. Majfit.—Ex trac* of a letter received in Mobile, 23d ult., from Louisville announces the decease of the Rev. i John Newlaxh Maffit, the eminent and pop ular Methodist preacher. He died at Maysville, Kentucky, from apoplexy. Late Ahuivai.s from Aokaxias, —By Saturday nights mail wc receceived the Little Rock, Arkansas Star, of the 15th November last. The New Orleans Bee says:—lt is currently rumored in Aashvillc that the Van Buren electo ral ticket in Tennessee is (o be headed Andrew Jackson. The locofocos in that state, it is evi dent, are terribly alarmed. They know that Mr. Van Buren is powerless in Tennessee, but think that Gen. Jackson tnav possibly sci urc the state for him, a« he secured the Frcs d. ncy >n 1830. The schooner Francis Amy, arrived at New Orleans on the 22J ult. from Ve.a Cruz, bring ing §49,477 jn specie. Mr. J. Lloyd Vanhook claims the name of "Lady Leg-Treasurer,” for a bay filly foaled April lllh, 1839—Sire, Wild Bill; dam by Clay’s Sir William. Among other reasons for choosing this name, he gives the fact of no Lcg- Trcasu.cr having ev. r been overtaken n any race From Ike New Orleans Bee of the 21th. Mexico. By the arrival of the schooner Francis Aviv, from Vera Cruz, which place she let* on the i 2th, ■a instant, we have received papers trom that city * up lo the 10th, and from Mexico lo the sth in stant. Verbal intelligence reports that troops are marching on the northern frontier; however, the *** papers wo have received no not make any mention of this fact. An engagement took place on lhe22d January at v adareylu Jomenez, near Monterey, between 300 Cu.nanche Indians and about 100 Mexican dragoons, in winch the Mexicans lost 17 men and a lieutenant wounded. From 25 militia men who hud joined the dragoons, five were killed and several wounded. The Mexicans repulsed the Indians who were marching on Monterey with a great loss. A petition has been presented to the chamber of Deputies, lo admit cotton yarns on the fron tiers of Sanla-Fe. Refer cd to the committee on finance. A report from the judiciary committee was read on the 2 till January, recommending the adoption of a I iw to establish a court martial lor the trill of robbers and murderer*. For the Chronicle Sentinel. Messrs. Editors: —Having lately passed through the Eastern section of the Carolina*, and in Georgia along the Savannah River, my at tention was directed to some of the great miner al resources of this section of country, which ap pear to he entirely unappreciated by its inhabi tants. 1 refer particularly to a great depo it of limestone which I first observed in Jones coun ty, N. C., near the Santee, and afterwards in the western part of Charleston Disirict, S, C„ and again on the Edisto, and in Georgia at Jaskson horn, where there is now a small kiln, not at present, however, in use. The purity of this rock, which approaches that of chalk, renders it admirably adapted for the production of lime, and yet notwithstanding its abundance, the lacilily ot procuring wood, it costing nothing, both the la bor of cutting and hauling, and the groat ex pense of lime, Charleston and Savanah and all the Southern coasts continue to lie supplied with Thomaston lime. Were men of capital and en terprise once aware of the means they have at hand, and of the relative cost at which this arti cle may be produced in the two sections of coun try, it seems hardly possible, that the South should took much longer to the North for lime, any more than, as was once the case, they did lo Germany for brick! Lime is hurried at Thomaston. Me., with wood » which never costs less than $3 a cord. Fine Anthracite coal has lately been introduced, and parti illy used as fuel, which may reduce the ex pense a little ; hut from the lowest estimates, as given in Dr. Jackson’s Geological Reports of the surveys of that Slate, it cannot bo produced at a less expense than §7 7 the hundred casks, which include the juice of the casks. These should hold by law, each fie bushels, hut they have been found to rontain less than a common flour barrel —three and a half bushels may he taken as their average capacity. The expense of transporation, &c. make them worth at Charleston about §2 per cask, or more; and as it is carried into the inte rior, its value rapidly incre ises, till on the very spot, where the rock occurs in the greatest abun dance, it has long been sold for $3 per cask ! In the Chester valley, Penn., lime is sold at the kill s for 12 J cents per bushel. It is hurdl'd in large kilns holding 1600 bushels, with only six teen cords of good hard wood, which costs §2,50 per cord. Fine Anthracite coal is ihere used al so to some extent, but the lime is not afforded any cheaper than that made with wood. At Potts ville whore coal is used altogether, lime costs twenty cents; the rock, however,has t.o be trans ported some twenty-five and some eighty miles. From the slight opportunities I have had of judging, I can see no reason why lime should not be made as cheap and as abundantly in South Carolina and Georgia, as in the Chester valley. Suitable stone for making kilns may not always be found conveniently at hand, but if granite can be t ansported from'Qoincy to build churches and houses, it, or a better material may also, to build kilns, and substantial ones made, which should last many drawings. Pine wood can every where be obtained for little or nothing. Os the relative cost of labor to effect the same end, 1 know nothing. But as to the quality of the the Southern may well compete with the Northern in purity and strength, though prejudiced work men may for a lime refuse to adopt the change, as is invariably the ease with any alteration in troduced in their business, which they, naturally enough, think they understand belter than any one else. As an instance of this, lime made from a particular rock in Rhode Island, a magnesian carbonate of lime is prepared at double the price in New York of Thomaston lime, while a pre cisely similar quality of lime, made from a rock, which is chemically the same at the latter place, hut which happens to be an unusual variety there, meets with no sale in Now York at a very low price. Some of those in South Carolina may not make so while a lime as the Northern, but it will be equally strong and similar for mortar, and far ther in the quarry it may he found purer. Very little of it, however, will he liable even to tins objection. That from Jacksonboro’, is remarka bly white. By opening the same bed on the Savannah ri ver, where, it must occur, with a few kilns there, and also on the navigable parts of the Santee and Edisto a company of enterprising men, or one man with a capital might, I believe, supply a** the lime required for Charleston, Beaufort, and the w hole Southern coast, for half the present cost of the Thomaston lime, and afford it to the neighboring planters at a price, which would make it an object to them to use it for renewing worn out lands, and keeping up those under im mediate cultivation, without their being compelled continually to clear new land, and cultivate ex tensive tracts for crops, whic i, with the aid of lime, might be produced on half the .number acres. These observations, a traveller’s notes merely, arc at your service, Messrs. Editors, and if they may call attention to some of the neglected ad vantages of this country, it will afford me much pleasure, that I made them. J. T. H. The Philadelphia North American of Wed nesday stales that about 0000 barrels of Flour were sold the day previous, at §5, for export, the greater part to Liverpool. Vessels are in de mand, anil 5s a barrel for freight to England is freely paid The Circus at Louisville, Ky., with all the buildings attached to it. as stables, <&c., was burn ed on the night of the ISdt insl. Loss estimated at from 7 to 8000 dollar*. Reduction on Freights. By reference to an advertisement in this day’s paper, it will ho seen that an important reduction has been made on the transportation of Freights on the Charleston and Hamburg Rail Road. Correspondence of the National Intilligeneer. New York, February 24, 1840. The packet ship Sampson, January 4th from London, came in last night. The dates are scarce ly any later, hut there is an item of news re specting “ the Amistad.” Lord Palmerston, it is stated, has directed her Majesty’s Minister at Washington to interpose his good offices in be half of the Africans, on hoard of her, and also certain directions have been given to the British Representative at the Court of Madrid, The Emperor of Russia was said to be sevctely indis posed. The losses of the Manhattan Bank are stated to bo §7oo,ooo—one thitcl of its capital I The Van Buren Directions of the hank are sustaining the Cashier at all hazards, and he cannot he got rid of jest now. There were no sides in the stock to day. The government has, or had over half a million deposited in this institution, which it would be well to hr looked after. The venerable James Maury, aged 95, the first American Consul at Liverpool, appointed by Washington, died last evening. Stocks have ris n to-day. Within n few days the North American Trust Company has gone up from 40 to 49. Some of these operations are said lo he the results of cornering —a Wall slrej' phrase. New Youk. February 25. A packet ship in from Havre gives us dates from Paris to Jan. 7lh or Sth. with later news from Africa and the Erst. The French are re covering the ground diey have lost in Africa, and the Arabs have been worsted in several conflicts. December SI, a French column at Bclida attack ed the Arabs, and completely put them to route. The Frencli in Africa are quite elated over their victories. The subject of a reply to the address of the King has been for some time a matter of debate in the French Chambers, hut one was about to be agreed upon flattering to the King, and coin ciding in hiscoufse of policy. His foreign poli cy was approved, and the good feeling and unity of action between France and England was ex pressively dwelt upnn. M. Villemnin, in reply to the attacks of the Duke do Nullifies, said that the alliance of England was one of the basis of the safety of Europe, and of universal liberty. This is a new tongue in France. There is no new feature in the Eastern ques tion. Russia has declared war against Khiva or Chiva, not China, as stated in some of the ac counts. This is supposed, by the English papers to he a movement towards checkmating the British in Afghanistan. It is stated now, positively, that the Queen was to have been married February 16. The cotton market at Havre, had been rather unselled, but holders were showing more firm ness. A decline, however; was anticipated on account of the abundance of the American crop. There is a story afloat, as having come to Eng land in a letter from Calcutta, that the Englsh and Portuguese residents at Macao had been ex pello Iby tbu Chinese from the town. That the English were expelled, wo have before heard, but the statement as to tbe Portuguese is doubtful. Our rivers are breaking up. The Connecticut is open, and navigable to Hartford. The Hudson is known to he >pen as tar as Poughkeepsie, anil is presumed to bo open to Albany. Steam navi gation will soon be resumed on all sides. Wc have not had a Northern mail since Sunday. Exchange on England may he quoted at 108. Several packets arc yet duo. The Patrick Hen ry, to sail 7th Proximo, is the only Liverpool packet now in port. The packets from England are bringing.in little or nothing. The Samson had scarcely any thing but ballast; hut the packets out are full, and over full. The freight of the Garrick out will he, it is said, three thousand pounds sterling ! She takes tea, corn, flour, cotton, flax-seed, &c. Tea is now going to England constantly in our ships. The opening of nur river, with the accounts from Europe, are quite unsettling our flour mar ket. and it may be some time before prices will be established. The opening of the river and ca nal will let loose the interior upon stores, and on ly an active foreign demand, such as wc arc not likely to have, can keep up prices. Slocks fell off to-day. There were no sales in Manhattan. United States Bank is 76£. From Texas, The Colorado Gazeltee of the 13th states that tile market was well supplied with goods suitable to 'he Mexican trade. One of theToxinn papers says the Courier, de nies that there was any tiling more than mere skirmishing between the Federalists and the Cen t alists 'ii the vicinity of Monterey. The Fed eral lender Canales, having received word from his friends in Monterey, that the Centralists had received a reinforcement of 1700 men, the order ' to retreat was given, and a complete disbanding , of the Federalists followed without fighting, much to the disgust of their Anglo Saxon allies, j —Large reinforcements were said to he on their ' way to join the government troops in the State of 1 Chihuahua and reports swelled lo 20,000 men, the number of Mexican troops destined to invade Texas. “ Filisoia left the city of Mexico on the 23d of December, at the head of 1500, infantry, lo act against the Federalists in northern Mexico, and with the avowed purpose of invading Texas. His reinforcements were ordered as follows : From Tampico 1900 “ Saltillo, 490 • “ Monterey, (Aristas’ division,) 1800 •• Apomea’s division, 1700 “ Canalizos’ division 2300 “ Troops fromßosa onChihuahua,7oo 8,850 From the New York Herald nfthe 2Gth. France versus America,—The Commerce contains a long and violent attack upon the French Government for not protecting its agents against insult in foreign states. Having alluded to the “insults upon the French flag by the En- 1 glish,” the Commerce enquires what has been done hi the all'uir of the French naval officer, ta ken away by an American vessel, which was cap tured during the blockade of Vera Cruz, and re- i specting the French vice-consul at Newport, in 1 the United Stales, who was dragged from his house, and put into prison, “ If,” adds this Jour- j rial, “the representative* of France are to he in sulted by the American authorities with impuni- i ty, what strength will they have, what respeclcan they inspire among the half barbarian govern ment* of the new continent. The Ministry tuu»l i give an account ip the first discussions of (ho Chambers ot the steps which they have taken lo demand Tor this insult a satisfaction, required alike by the security due to our trade and the honor of our flag.” Sp.uv.— The head quarters of Espnrtero, are still at Mas de las Matas; and General Leon, with the first division, is in occupation of Aguaviva, whence he has detached n brigade to Ginchrosn. 1 ho letups hints at a plan having been form ed by the Spanish Cai lists for getting Don Car los to abdicate in favor of his son, and then of procuring the escape of the young Prim e from Bourgos, and placing him with the army of Ca brera. From Mad. Tussaud's Memoirs of the French Her oin t ion. Last Ilnurs of Louis XVI. At length the 11 111 of December, 1792, was the day fixeu for the trial of Louis the Sixteenth, and he was escorted from the Temple to the Na tional Convention bv six hundred picked men, who surrounded the carriage whi n contained the monarch, three pieces of cannon preceding, and three following the vehicle; the advanced and roar guards were composed of bodies of cav alry. An immense concourse of persons beheld the sad procession; hut Madame Tuesuud ob serves, that they did so, without, evincing any symptoms of approbation or otherwise; u very few s..outs were heard, and all passed on slowly, having an nir of solemnity which seemed to awe the spectators. Mean time, in the Assembly, there was much debating as to the manner in which the king should be received. Legendre proposed to awe him by a silence like that of the grave; whilst Manuel suggested that they should discuss the question on the order of the day ; that they should not seem to be wholly occupied with the monarch. Thus, then, did this numerous assem bly feel mo.o embarrassed in receiving one man, than did that individual in appearing before the numbers who were preparing lo receive him ; and when he entered, such was the dignity of his ap pearance, that even the most ferocious amongst them was forcibly struck with the firmness ami self-possession which ho disnlayed. His replies were ever clear and direct, never the least eva sive, nor betraying the slightest hesitation, and lie was so totally free from agitation that he pa'took of some refreshment which was provided for him in an ante-rsom with the utmost composure. After many arguments on the subject the as sembly decided, Ih .t Louis should he allowed counsel, ami a deputation was sent to him to ac quaint him to that effect. He immediately named Target, and in case of failuie with him, Tronehet. The latter accepted, hut the former declined, stating that he had ceased to practice for the last seven years ; hut as compensation for this disappointment, Malcsherbes appeared ; for which generous and courageous act his name must, descend with eternal honor to posterity.— The meeting between him and his royal master was most affecting. The fallen monarch, charm ed with such proof of fiidelily and devotion in his former minister, sprang forward to receive him ; hut, overw helmed with emotion, he fell at the feet of the king, who raised his venerable and prostrate friend, and they remained for some time clasped in each other’s arms, and then immediate ly proceeded to the ground work of the defence, which many other persons offered to undertake for Louis, hut lie knew that he could not place it in more able hands than those of Mnlesherbes.— Free access was granted by the convention to the Temple, that the king and his counsel might con stantly commune together. Although M.tleshcr lies prov ii to be one of the most devoted adhei ents of Louis yet, during the period that virtu ous minister was in office. Madame Tussuud states, that he was by no moans liked at the court, by whom ho was designated, ‘i/uur/re vnleurs,’ which signifies a remarkably powerful vinegar, alluding to the stern aspect which generally per vaded In«countenance, and which many of the in mates and frequenters of the palace chose to de nominate ‘sour.’ As soon as the proceedings of the trial of the king had commenced, lie was restricted from see ing his family, and on consulting with his coun sel, found the time allowed them tor drawing up his defence was not sufficient, an I requested to have the aid of another who was younger and more active; whereupon M. Dcseze was chosen, and by means of the closest application lie was enabled to have all in readiness by the day stat ed. The mode of communication between the king and has family, after they were sepaiated, was managed with much ingenuity ; being furnished with materials for writing his defence, lie was en abled to inform the queen and her fellow--ufier ers of ult that transpired, whilst theyprieked with a pin the answers, which were conveyed by a variety of ingeoioffs means; often by lowering them, hod to a string, from one story lo another; sometimes they were enveloped in halls ofthread and dropped under the table by the servants, so that tbe unforluna e prisoners bad the melancho ly consolation of imparting their mutual thoughts and wishes. On the 26th of December, Louis was convey ed lo the assembly in the carriage of the mayor, being the appointed to hear the defence of the un fortunate monarch. He was, as before, perfectly composed, and even joked about Haiitcrre keep ing liis hat in in the carriage. When arrived in the midst of his judges and accusers, who were, unfoi tunalely, one and the same person, he was calm and collect das ever, Dcseze fully justifi ed the choice which had Iren made in his favor, by tie very judicious manner in which he ad dressed the convention. Although his argu ments repelled those adduced by the enemies of royally, yet lie tempered them with so much mildness, that ho avoided irritating the aecuscrs. In fact, not any thing that could he said or done was omitted, which might have been serviceable to the devoted monarch ; but, as he was prejudg ed by the majority of the members, all efforts to save him proved unavailing. When his coun sel had finished, Louis himself made a few re marks, which were delivered with the same un embarrassed air as upon a former occasion, when hf replied to the interrogatories which were ad dressed to him by bis judges. As soon as he retired from the convention, a most tumultuous discussion occurred. Lanjui nais, in the most daring manner, condemned the whole proceedings against the king, and calling the instigators of the 10th of August conspira tors, a furious uproar ensued, with cries of ‘Or der!’ and‘To the Abbnye!’ St. Just next spoke, and. abaough he had himself been somewhat touched by the king's mild and dignified appear ance, ho cautioned the asse rbly not to bo influ e iced by such a feeling, and placed the conduct of Louis in so treacherous a light, as to have a most powerful effect in prejudicing tbe minds of the assembly against tbe unhappv monarch. A counter feeling was then produced by a speech of Vergniaud’s, which was a master-piece of elo quence; yet a reply by Barreie, although posses sing no claim to a comparison with regard to the rhetoric which it contained to tha. of Vergniaud, appeared to cast the balance against the accused, and the 14lh of January was appointed for the decision nt the question by vote. .Madame Tussaud had frequent opportunities of seeing Barrere, as at her, uncle's house ho was frequently a guest. She described him as a good looking man, rather tall and stout; had much the appearance of a gentleman : was very polished in his manners, and his conversation was particularly refined. He was born at Turlies, was by profession a barrister, and was celebrated for the elegance of his language, although ton fond of antitheses. He was the editor of a journafcal led The Break of Day." When Brissot pro posed to defer the trial of the King, Barrere ex claimed, “ that the tree of liberty would never flourish until watered by royal blood,' He trans lated Young's Night Thoughts; he was noticed by Napoleon, who employed him in writing, but declared that his abilities were not of a high class: that he was too fond of metaphor and imagery, whilst his argument generally lacked good sense. At the restoration of the Bourbons he was exiled as a regicide. A popular fee’.ing appeared in some degree to exist in lavor of Louis, which was fcqnently evin ced at the theatres, partieulary at the performance es I,' amides lois ; and where the phrase occured, of “You cannot he accusers and pidges nt the same time,” it was followed by shouts of ap plause, and the actor was compelled by the au dience to repeat the passage; but such men es Rohespiere, Mural, and others, were very busy in turning the feelings of the people against the monarch, and persuading them that the existence of the republic was identified with his death, un til at last they so worked upon the public mind, that the populace was r used to such a pitch of frenzy against the members who defended the king, that many who had intended to vole for banishment or a more lenient penalty, at last de clared in favor of It sexecution, fearing, tha: if he were spared, there would he a civil war. and that the sacrifice of one life would he heller than that of thousands. This was hut betraying their con viction of the weakness of the government, com pared with the strength o' the people ; hut, whatever may have been the motive of the dif ferent members for giving the vole which they did, the majority, after a silting of twenty-two hours, were in favor of the death of Louis the Sixteenth. On a second motion, as to whether the execution should bo immediately or delayed for a time, it was declared by three hundred and eighty to three hundred and ten, that the sentence should he enforced without delay. On Gantt, the minister of justice, the melan choly tusk devolved, of communicating the dread ful tidings in the king, who received it with all that calm philosophy which he had before so of ten displayed in moments of dancer. Soon after the fatal decree was read in his presence by Ornu volle, Louis returned to his room, and, with his usual composure, gave orders for his dinner, and ate with his ordinary appetite. He was allowed to have the Abbe Edgeworth do Pinnont, as the minister to officiate in the performance of the last duties. The most severe trial which Louis had to un dergo, was that of bidding his last farewell to his family, which presented a scene which no words can convey an adequate idea. Convulsive sobs, and incessant weeping, deprived the females of the power of utterance. The princess royal, fain ted us the awful moment of final separation arri ved. His family retiring, Louis was again left to his reflections, and, rallying, he soon resumed his wonted composure. Clery, his faithful valet de chamhre, and the Ahhe Edgeworth, witnessed the last interview between the monarch and his family. The next day, that of his < xecution, Madame Tusenml describes as one of the most tneluncholy and imposing ol any she ever remembers to have witnessed. Every shop, and even every window was closed, and people mostly retired to the hacks of the houses, along the line by which thedreud (ul csrtalcade had to pass. Incalculable were the floods of tears which were on that day shed; and, although, what with the national guards, and other troops, the Boulevards, from the Rue du Temple to the Place Louis Quin/,e, were occupied by many thousands, yet a solemn silence reign ed, ns the carriage, containing the royal victim, passed between the lines of troops, which were under arms; cannon was also planted so as to he in readiness, in case any attempt at rescue should occur. Louis retained to the last all his [lowers, and i.is resignation and fortitude were the theme of admiration, even amongst his enemies. When nil the seal!',dd, he quitted, for an instant, the ex ecutioners, and advancing with a firm step, ad dressed the people, by declaring that lie died in nocent of the crimes which had been laid to his charge, and that he forgave the authors of his death, praying that his blood might not fall up on France. What more he would have said it is impossible to judge, as Santcrro ordered the drums to heat, that they might drown the mon arch's voice. He then submitted to his fate, as the Ahhe Edgeworth ejaculated, ‘ Son of St. Lou is, ascend to heaven!’ The Monks of Old. This pathetic poem, by the author of “Richelieu,” was wnltcoTin a melancholy occasion ; toe author having visited an old monastic church on tire conti nent, to bury a beloved infant. 1 envy them—those monks of old— Their books they read, and their beads they told ; To hum m soilness dead anil cold, And all life s vanity. They dwelt like shadows on the earth, Free from the penalties of birth, Nor let one feeling venture forth Hut charity. I envy them; their cloistered hearts Knew not the bitter pang that parts being that all Alfcctton 6 arts Had linked in unity. The tomb to them was not the place To drown the best-loved of their race, And blot out each sweet memory’s trace In dull obscurity. To them it was the calmest bed That rests the aching human bead ; They looked with envy on the dead, And now with agony. No bonds they felt, no ties they broke, No music of tbebeait they woke, When one brief moment ilhad spoke To lose it suddenly. Peaceful they kved—peaceful they died ; And tboie that did their fate abide Saw brothers wither by their side In all tranquility. They loved not, dreamed not—for their sphere field not joy’s visions; but the tear Os broken hope of anxious fear. Was not their misery f envy them—those monks of old And when their statutes 1 behold. Carved in the marble calm and cold, How true an elfigy. I wish my heart was calm and still To beams that fleet and b asis that chill. And pangs that pay joy’s spendthrift thrill Rh bitter usury. Gen. Harrison. The present canvass has brought to light through the columns es the National Intelligencer, the subjoined speech of General Harrison, deliv ered in the House of Representatives of thp United Htatcs, on the following Resolution', which was submitted by him : “ Haolwd, That a committee l>e appointed jointly with such committee as may be appointedi on the part ot the Senate, to consider and report what measures ii may be proper to adopt to man' itest the public respect for the memory of Gener al Tiniinki s Kosrivsso, formerly an officer in the service of the United States, and the uniform and distinguished fiicnd of Liberty and the Rights of Man.” In this proposition (he ruling passion of the mover, his enthusiastic admiration of the princi ples of tl e Revolution, and his zeal in behalf of liberty i.i general, and of the rignts of man, are plainly developed, Out it is to the following speech, delivered on that occasion, extracted from the file of the Na tional Intelligencer, that we bespeak the purlieu-, lar attention of our readers; On presenting the above resolution, Gen. Har rison addressed the House as follows: “The public papers have announced an event which is well calculated to excite the sympathy every American bosom. Kosciusko, the martyr of Liberty, is no more I VV'e are info, med that he died at Soleure, in France, some lime in Oc tober last. In tracing the cvcnls of this great man’s life,. we find in him that consistency of condui t which is tlie to lie admired as it is so rarely to lie met' with. Ho whs nolnt one time the friend of man kind, and at another the instrument of their op pression ; hut he preserved throughout his whole career those, nohle principles which distinguished; him in its commencement—which influenced him, at an early period of his life, to leave his country and his friends, am) in another hemisphere to fight for the rights of humanity. Kosciusko was horn and educated in Poland, of a noble and distinguished family—u country where the distinctions in society are perhaps car ried to greater lengths than in any other. Hi* Creator, had, hi wever, endowed him with a soul capable ol rising above the narrow prejudices of a caste, and breaking tiic shackles which a vicious education had imposed on his mind. When very young, he was informed by the voice of Fame that the standard of liberty had been erected in America—that an insulted and oppressed people had determined to be free, or perish in the attempt. His ardent and generous mind caught, with enlhusiam, the holy flame, end from that moment he became the devoted soldier of liberty. “ His rank in the American army afforded him no opportunity greatly to distinguish himself. But ho was remarked thioughout his service for all the qualities which adorn the human charac ter. His heroic valor in the field eould only be equalled by his moderation and affdiilily in the walks of private life. He was idolized by the soldierk for his bravery, and beloved and respect ed by the officers for the goodness of his heart, and the great qualities of his mind. “ Contributing greatly, by his exertions, to the establishment of the independence of America, he might have remained and shared the blessings it dispensed, under the protection of a chief who loved and honored him, and in the bosom of a grateful iirnl tiff ctionale people. “ Kosciusko hud. however, other' views. It is not known that, until the period I am speaking of, he had formed any distinet idea of what could or indeed what cught to be done for his own. Butin the Revolutionary war be drank deeply of, the principles which pioduccd it. In hisconver-- sations with the intelligent men of our country,, ho acquired new views of the science of govern-- rnent and the rights of man. He had seen, too, that, to he free, it was only necessary that a na tion should will it; and, to he happy, it was only necessary that a nation should be free. And was it not possible to procure these blessings for Poland I—for Poland, the country of his birth, which had a cla ; m to all his efforts, to all his ser vices 1 That unhappy nation groaned under a complication of evils which Imssraiccly a paral lel in history. The mass of the people were the abject slaves of the nobles ; the nobles torn into fa -tions, were alternately the instruments and the victims of their powerful and ambitious neigh bors. By intrigue, corruption, and force, some > f its fairest provinces had been separated from the Republic, ami the people, like beasts, transferred i to foreign despots, who were again watching for a favorable moment for a second dismemberment. To regenerate a people thus debased, to obtain for a country thus circumstanced the biesdngs of liberty and independence, was a work of as much difficulty as danger. But. to a mind like Kosciusko’s, thedilficulty and danger ofan enter prise served as stimulants to undertake it. “ The annuls of these limes gives us no detail ed account of the progress of Kosciusko in ac complishing his great work, from the period of his return from America to the adoption of the New Constitution of Poland, in 1791. This inter al, however, of apparent inaction, was most usefully employed to illumine the mental dark ness which enveloped his countrymen. To stim ulate the ignorant and bigotted peasantry with the. hope of future emancipation—to teach a proud hut gallant nobility that true glory is only to be found in tbe paths of duty and patriotism— interests the most opposed, prejudices the most stubborn,and habits the most inveterate, were re conciled, dissipated, and broken, by the ascendan cy of his virtues and example. The storm which lie hud foreseen, and for which he had been pre paring, at length burst upon Poland. A feeble and unpopular Government bent before its fury, and submitted itself to the Russian yoke of the invader. But the nation disdained to follow it* example ; in their extremity every rye was turn ed on the hero who had already fought their bat tles, the sage who had enlightened them, and the patriot who hud set the example of uersonal sa crifice* to accomplish the emancipation of tbe people. ■■ Kosciusko was unanimously appointed gen erallissimo of Poland, with unlimited power*, un til the enemy should be driven from the country. On his virtue the nation reposed with the utmost confidence; and it is some consolation to reflect, amidst the general depravity of mankind, that two. instances, in the same age, have occurred, where powers of this kind were employed solely for tbe purposes for which they were given. “ It is not my intention, sii, to follow the Pol ish Chief throughout the career of victory which,, for a considerable time, crowned his efforts, Gui-. ded by his talents, and led by his valor, his undis* ciplined, ill-armed militia charged with effect the veteran Russian and Prussian; tbe mailed cuiras siers of the great Frederick, for the first time, broke and fled before the lighter and more appro priate cavalry of Poland. Hope filled the breast* of the patriots. After a long night, the dawn of an apparently glorious day broke upon Poland. But. to the discerning eye of Kosciusko, the light which it shed was of that sickly and portentous