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ambition liaJ been the motive operating on th • Prcsi- .
dent, why did he not take Mr. Bolts' advice, and ,
•* approve the bill, and win the icarm, hearty, zealous
eupport of the WHOLE il'h 'g party, ami be triumph- I
anti” Here, again we find in Mr. Bolts’ assertions |
the most palpable contradictions.
But to leave the other matters in Mr. Botts’ re
markable speech, of tl»e 10th February, for future no
tice, and to return to the immediate point before us,
we have brought forward four distinct grounds of ev
idence to show the (Keep designs of the Whigs, from
the commencement, against the President, having for
their termination his resignation. We now proceed
to further confirmation.
The Missouri Republican, of the 20th April, one
•f the especial and confidential organs of the ultra
Whig party in 18-12, has its leading cditwi.il headed
* President's Resignation,” and makes these re
marks on the subject:
1. “No man of nice honor and tender conscience
as he pretends to be, would have clung thus lung
with such tenacity as he has to a situation in which
be had proved himself so unacceptable to those who
had placed him there.”
2. “ When the sky falls he will resign, and not be
fore, maugre all the WHIGS can do to produce so
besibaßi.k a result.”
3. When he was a Senator from Virginia, at the
rate of only eight dollars a day, he made a great show
of conscientiousness, &c., by resigning his seal, (pc.,
but since his umrpatum he has bestowed so much
bounty, &c., and instead of getting eight dollars a
day, gets sixty-eight, and that now is the price of his
conscience. Congress would do well to pay hi ll
$50,000 for the rest of his term, and request him tore
sign."
4. Again : " As his acciilenry professes high regard
for the rights of instruction, t rc would respectfully sug
gest to the voters of all States yet to hold elections daring
the present session, to cause a column to be inserted in
their poll books, or some designation on their ticket, ei
ther for or agaiusl ms resignation,” &c., &i\, &c
This is confirmation strong as light of the fact;
Fieri is this all ? Observe how exactly the editor, or
rather one of the touts of this infamous conspiracy,
against the Government, to he consummated by stri
king down the Constitutional Chief (Magistrate, fol
lows in the foot-sleps of his aicli leader. Mr. Clay
in his speech on the Veto, says : “ 7 'acre were other
alternatives before him besides Vetoing the bill: ami
t’nst it was worthy of his consideration whether consist
ency diet not require that the trample which he had set
when he had a constituency of one Slate, should not be
followed when he hail a constituency commensurate w th
the whole Un : on.” In the tamo strain followed the
whole mass of the ultra |>re*s, and it wai at one time
a universal subject of talk among the Whigs in this
city.
So far as we have gone, wt* have given the facts as
they are, with hut little comment. We have n*t
deemed it necessary to comment and enlarge upon
them; they arc so palpable, and the inference flowing
from them so plain, that all can without difficulty
make the proper application. In fact, hut one infer
cnee can he drawn from them, which is, that the
President has la»cn without cause a much injured and
persecuted man— anil one that deserves a far better
tre<atmcnt at the hands of his countrymen.
In our next, we shall devote ourselves to John Mi
nor Botts more particularly; whatever we may have
said of him up to this period has merely been inci
dental*
from the New York Her dil, 9l!i inst.
The Irish Repeal Agitation in America.
Revolution in Europe.— The en
thusiasm manifested by our Irish fellow
citizens on the subject of the repeal of
the legislative union between Great Brit
ain and their native country, since the
arrival of the last steamship from Eng
land, almost beggars description. Os the
inflammatory character of the sons of
the “Green Isle,” we have had, heaven
knows, ample enough demonstration, hut
the nightly meetings at Washington Hall
—the “ Dublin Corn Exchange” on a
small scale in New York have shed
great additional light on the excitable,
enthusiastic temperament of our Irish
brethren. Every night this week the
Hall has been crowded. Upwards of
five thousand auditors, according to the
most moderate calculation have attended
on each occasion. The speeches have
been as fiery as newly distilled Ennish
owen, and the cheers such as only Hi
bernian lungscould give. Ex-Governor
Seward, Charles O’Connor, John Me Ke
en, the Hon. Mr. Leonard, several Cath
olic priests, and two or three young and
promising lawyers, have been the prin
cipal speakers, and if the amount of mo
ney contributed affords any fair means
of estimating the efficiency of the orators,
they have reason to congratulate them
selves on the success of their eloquence.
Hard working laborers, who earn a dollar
a day, have marched up to the treasurer’s
desk in crowds, and cheerfully contribu
ted their two or three dollars each in aid
of the cause. It was originally contem
plated to raise the sum of one thousand
dollars in the city, ■ hut the cash has
llown in with such unexpected rapidity,
that the committee have very properly
determined to improve the opportunity
—do keep the steam up, and collect sev
eral thousands of dollars.
No doubt a great deal of the eloquence
expended at Washington Hall, has found
its exit from a prudent regard, on the
part of the orators—some of them at le:ist
—to that scriptural precept—“ Cast thy
bread upon the waters, and thou shalt
find it (some) days hence.” Prof. Espy
rs not the only man who finds the study
of the weather a profitable one. But
what of that I The machinery of agita
tion deserves oil as well as that of a steam
l»o:tt. Does it not !
This Irish movement hasat last attract
ed, the attention of the party newspapers.
They are in some trouble about what is
best to be done. That Irish vote is an
interest ing business. The “Courier" pre
sents an amusing spectacle of this jter
olexity and indecisiotk. it affects great
sympathy for [>oor, oppressed Ireland.
The ‘ Courier” prays most fervently for
si repeal of the tmionr lit tween (treat
Britain and Ireland. But the “Courier”
does not like these public meetings. It
asks the American people to sympathize
with Ireland, hut in a quiet, private way
—just as the “Courier” sympathizes with
decency and honor. “ Unless,” says the
Courier, “ we are prepared to say that we
could and would approve of public meet
ings in England to dissolve our Union,
we cannot and should not give our sanc
tion to public meetings in the U. States,
to dissolve the union between England
uud Ireland.”
This is just what we might exjiect from
the organ of that paltry clique who have
uniformly reviled and abused the Irish.
Tnis is just what should be said by those
who have heaped on Irishmen and the
Irish character, every species of insulting
calumny. This is what was to be
expected from the organ of the clique
who have denounced the natives of lre
i land as unworthy of American citizen
! ship; and who, alter every election, have
represented the Irish voters its guilty of
j the grossest corruption and vileness.
But the “Courier” is about the very
i last quarter to which any man of intelli
| gence and patriotism would look for an
accurate exposition of the duties of an
American citizen. What! Are our citi
zens to be restrained in the public, and
open and decided expression of their
opinion, on a question intimately con
nected with those very principles of truth
and liberty on which the foundations of
their own land now so happily repose ?
Did we not, in the hour of Greece’s strug
gles for independence, meet openly to ex-
I press our sympathy and offer her our nc
j five aid ? Did we not contribute our as
j sistance in the effort to effect her dismem
berment from the Turkish empire—from
whom we had always received respectful
regard, and to whom we were indebted
for some f«vors I Did we not openly as
semble in the cause of suffering Poland?
And yet, now at this day, the editor of
the “Courier” has the face to tell us that
in attending or sanctioning these meetings
in behalf of Ireland, the people of Amer
ica forget the duties of citizenship ? Un
doubtedly, interference in any forcible
way in the contest between Ireland and
her oppressors on the part of this coun
try, would be a violation of treaty obli
gations. But the American citizen vio
lates no right—transgresses no law, in
giving free and open expression to his
opinion on the question of the justice and
expediency of the Irish Union. But the
truth is, the “Courier” is identified with
a little clique of financiers and stock-job
bers, who have their connexions in Lon
don, and it dreads the influence of free
institutions and free opinion.
On the merits of this great question,
now so greatly agitated here, we do not
enter minutely at present. That work
we reserve for another occasion. In tlie
meantime, however, we must say that the
entrance of the “Courier” into ihe field,
gives a somewhat new aspect to the bu
siness. Prince Robert Tyler goes the
whole hog for Ireland, and hence we ar
gued the other day that the chances were
increased in Ireland’s favor. But now
that Col. Webb, “of the regular army,”
has taken the opposite position to the
Prince, the chances are balanced with
inithem itieal exactness. The Colonel
neutralizes the Prince and Ireland stands
just as she did before Prince Robert took
up the cudgels in her favor.
Seriously, however, it is very evident,
that this agitation has assumed a most,
important aspect. So long as it was con
fined solely to the Irish population here,
it excited little public attention, and was
harmless enough. But now that broken
down politicians and office hunting spec
ulators of both parties have made the
discovery that a great deal of capital may
he manufactured by affecting sympathy
for Ireland, they are at the work with all
possible energy. The result must be,
that a great deal of public feeling will he
excited in England against the people of
this country for taking such an active
part in the agitation. From the present
state of fee'ing in Ireland itself, we should
not be surprised soon to hear of its burst
ing out into open insurrection. And if
revolution should break out in Ireland,
what is to prevent a movement among
the radicals in England?—a similar
movement in Scotland ?—and a general
emeute in France, among the republican
masses of that excitable nation ? The
present condition of society in l>oth these
countries is inflammable in the highest
degree—a single torch may set all the
elements in motion—and war with all its
horrors—civil war and insurrection, may
shake western Europe to its foundations,
before the year shall have expired.
We live in a strange time—and may
expect any kind of explosions. So pre
pare.
From the New H ittipsliirs G.tzette.
lifinjcratic Banner.
Free Trade; Loir Duties; So Debt; Separation
from Hanks; Economy; Retrenchment; a>ul a strict
alhcrcncc to the Constitution. —John O. Calhoun.
FOR PRBtmSNT,
JOHN C. CALHOUN.
F' 1 'lt VICE PRESIDENT,
LEVI WOODBURY,
Subject to the decision of a Democratic
National Convention, to assemble in
May IS 11, os recommended by the
States of Maryland, Michigan, Ken
tucky', Louisiana, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts and Mississippi.
Tiie Convention.
We understand that the Convention
met at Concord on Thursday the Bth inst.
Hon. Levi Woodbury, who being at Con
cord, and owing to the declination of one
ol the delegates from Portsmouth, was
electc J by the other delegates as a substi
tute, was chosen President of the Con
vention. Hon. John 11. Steele was nom
inated for Governor, to be supported at
the annual election in March next. The
whole number of votes cast was 225 and
were ns follows:
Por James Farrington, 1
John H. White, l
John W. Weeks, 2
Franklin Pierce, 3
Ezekiel Hurd, 5
Benning W. Jenness, fi
John McNeil, 15
Benning M* llcnn, 41
John H. Steele, 151
Hon. Henry Hubbard we perceive at
the tail end of his speech seasonably'
backed out, and by way of letting him
down, the Convention have chosen him
as a delegate at large to the National
Convention. But N'lm/iortc. The choice
of the other five is to lie left to the five
Councillor Conventions. This is well
enough, though the whole might as well
have baan left to the 12 Senatorial Con
ventions incorjio rating two contiguous
districts into one.
An attempt was made to nominate Mr.
Van Buren to the Presidency, subject to
the decision of the National Convention,
and it brought on 1 considerable debate,
but it was n. g. no go.
From the New York lleral.l.
Reception of President Tyler by the Democ
racy of New York.
One of the most magnificent receptions
that ever was given by the people of N.
York to a public man, was extended yes
terday to President John Tyder on his
arrival here. We have seen and mingled
with the reception of Lafayette —we
have seen and mingled with the reception
of Gen. Jackson —and in fact we have
seen every public reception for ihe last
twenty years— but that extended to Pre
sident Tyler yesterday far excels any sim
ilar event of former days. The day was
cool and beautiful, and probably full two
thousand human beings were out in the
streets— in the Battery —or on the wa
ter.
Mr. Tyler is a good an amiable and
a patriotic man. He has made several
sad mistakes in his appreciation of human
character and political movements— but
on the whole, he deserves well of his
country for his firmness and indepen
dence in resisting the influence of the
stockjobbers. If this class of men, with
the broken down politicians, could have
insulted the President 011 his arrival in
New York, as they did at the Ashburton
dinner, it would have been done at once.
But this reception was got up out of
pure generosity by the choice elements
of the “young dcmocracie,” and the ultras
of both factions were afraid to say a word
against it. The democratic leaders of
the Corporation and of Tammany Hall
have done it all —the miserable little
cliques, who have heretofore attempted to
create Tyler parties at the Tabernacle or
Military Hall, have been of less weight
than a feather in this great reception. In
fact, there is not a grease spot left of them.
O.i this point the “dcmocracie” of New
York have exhibited a magnanimity, a
generosity, which entirely disgraces the
mean and miserable conduct of Baltimore
and Philadelphia, when he passed thro’
these cities of the plain.
On the whole, Captain Tyler must see
that the “dcmocracie” of New York is
all-powerful in these northern regions
that they give the tone to every great
popular movement—and that what has
been called the Tyler party and the Ty
ler men, are nothing at all not equal in
influence or sagacity to our own John
Jones, who after the President himself
and Captain Bob Tyler, was the most
mysterious stranger inquired after by the
people. “Where is John Jones?” “Where
the devil is John Jones ?”
Movements of the President.
The following are the movements of
President Tyler, as contemplated by the
Joint Committee of the Common Council,
who have him in keeping during his stay
in the city:—
Carriages are to be at the Howard
House at 1-4 to 9 this morning, to convey
the President to the Battery, in company
with the members of tin? Cabinet. He
will he accompanied by the Mayer, the
Joint Committee of Common Council
Major Gen. Satidford, Maj. Gen. Lloyd’
Gen. Prosper M. Wetmore and Robert
C. Wetmore.
The navy agent barges will be in read
iness at the Battery to convey the compa
ny to the Independence, and subsequent
ly to the North Carolina.
At 10 A. M. the company will be lan
ded at the Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn. Af
ter visiting the city of Brooklyn and the
Navy Yard, the President and company
will return in procession of barges to Cas
tle Garden, at 2 P. M.
Carriages will be in attendance at the
garden to convey the President to the
Governor’s room, in the City Hall, where
until 4 P. M., he will receive those citi
zens and strangers who wish to be pre
sented to the Chief Magistrate.
At 8 o’clock in the evening he will
visit the Bowery Theatre, and at 9 Nib
lo’s Garden.
To-morrow at 10 A. M., carriages will
lie in attendance at Howard’s, and the
President, the Joint Committee, and the
Common Council will visit the Croton
Water Works, and the various public in
stitutions of our city, and return to the
Hotel at about 2 P. M., in time to leave
in the eastern boat at 4 P. M.
The Aquatic Procession. The Pre
sident of the United States visits the ves
sels of war in the harbor and the navy
yard this morning at 9 o’clock, escorted
by the navy barges and the boat clubs of
the city. Several new and splendid
yachts will part in the movement; among
which the Emma, of Newburgh, owned
and sailed by Captain Robinson, and the
Petrel, of this city, will be most conspic
uous, on account of their great speed, ele
gant models and beautiful proportions.
The sight of this part of the performance,
in honor of the President, will be the
most interesting of the whole.
The PresiJcnt’s Progress and Reception.
'Pile President and suite left here yes
terday afternoon for Providence, as will
be found reported in another column.
His reception iu New York, as well as in
Baltimore, Philadelphia, and other cities
and villages through which he has pass
ed, has been characterized by some un
precedented features.
In Baltimore and Philadelphia the
masses of the people seem inclined to
turn out and pay him respect, partly' on
their own account, and partly because he
is the Chief Magistrate of a great and
mighty nation. But such yvus the influ
ence of the cliques of office-holders and
office-seekers, as to drive the goy'ernments
of these different cities even to disgrace
themsely'es. In none of these places ha\ r e
the whigsexerted themselves to show him
respect and attention; and in some of
them so great has been influence of party
feeling, that even the democracy have
received him with coolness.
In this city the whigs backed out alto
gether, and left the field to the democrats
and office-holders. A greater assemblage
of people iu our streets has never been
congregated to witness the reception of
any President, not even excepting Presi
dent Jackson himself. In the case of
President Jackson, however, the people
turned out to receive him; in President
Tyler’s case, the people turned out to
witness his reception. As to cheering
and enthusiasm, there has’been none—
it was calm—general gentlemanly all
through.
One most remarkable fact is worthy of
special notice. During the greater part
of Monday, the streets of New York
were filled with from 150,000 to 200,000
people, with no armed police, no gens
d'armes, to keep them in order. And yet
there was no noting, no disturbance, no
noise, no disorder. The people were
their own police. In Boston there may
be even double the number assembled
and there, as here in New York, of the
most heterogenous political character
yet will there be no police, or gens
d'armes , required to keep them in order,
or prevent disturbance. There is a moral
sublimity in all this, which not only does
honor to our institutions, but to which
no parallel can he found in the other na
tions of the world.
From ihe New York Herald.
The Irish Repeal Movement in this Country
Relations of Ihe l uitei StJltse with i.ug
laiid'itiid iturope.
We give in this day’s paper, a full and
accurate report of the first great public
meeting of the Irish and American Re
pealers, which took place yesterdy after
noon in the Park cf New York, with the
City Hall on one side, and on the other
side the great Croton Fountain, springing
sixty feet up to heaven.
This meeting, iu all its bearings and
aspects, miy be considered one of the
greatest popular movements that ever
took place in this country, having a ten
dency to excite the people of Europe,
and to breed revolutions across the water.
It must not be considered as an isolated
movement of a few Irish emigrants in
this country, sympathizing with their na
tive land—it is the beginning of a genen
rai outbreak —a popular enthusiasm —J \
in favor,not only of revolution in Ireland
—but of revolution throughout Europe.
In this movement on this continent, all
parties and all classes partake, with the
exception of the government, who have
treaties to observe—and of the commer
cial classes, who aje bound by the ties of
interest to the present state of things in
Europe. We see men occupying the
highest political and local position al
ready'enrolled in the movement—inclu
ding the son of the President, members of
Congress ex-members of Congress
and State and municipal officers of every
grade.
There is no mistake in the meaning
and purpose of the agitation in this coun
try, whatever shape it may take in Ire
land, in England, or elsewhere. In this
country the agitators mean revolution—
not barren legislative appeal an over
turning of existing governments —and
the establishment of popular institutions
throughout Europe. New York is the
centre of the revolutionary movement
and from this point their purposes will be
best explained.
One thing will follow. Will not the
progress of this business affect the peace
ful relations now existing between Eng
land and the United Statet ? Will not
the active interference of populal move
ments here with Irish affairs, call out the
British Government in remonstrances &
reproach, as in the case of the Canadian
revolution? The relations of the two
countries, will soon get in a ticklish
condition. Let 11s pause and ponder, Ire
fore we go too far. And yet it may be a
question whether the grand motives in
this business may not be lo “salt the cat
tle for the fall election,” as a politician
once exclaimed to Mr. Van Buren in the
State Convention of New York, as the
motive which caused him to offer an ul
tra radical resolution that had no chance
ot passing—merely the manefactuling of
a little political capital for home consump
tion, instead of a serious purpose at revo
lution abroad. It is very safe for a pa
triot in the Park of New York to shake
his fist across the Atlantic at the poten
tates of Europe quite safe—perfectly
safe.
The reign of incredibility is' as fatal
to the temporal interest of religion, as
that of superstition is; it will be best
understood in an age when good sense
conducts dispassionate inquiry.
Ben Gannh, an Arab Chief, in alliance
with the French, recently sent to Con
stantino, as a present to the commandant
of Algeria, a standard, and fifty pairs of .
ears which he had taken in combat with
the troops of Abd-el-Kadcr.
Whose knnck'es are hit 1
The New York Couriorsays “The
importance of a commercial treaty with
England, based upon liberal principles,
and securing to both governments fair
equivalents tor such an arrangement, is
so manifest to the intelligent and liberal
minded men of both parties, that no one
but the ultra tariff advocate, who is pre
pared to sacrifice every interest in the
country to his cupidity’', or the politician
who looks only to the ‘spoils of victory,’
presumes to raise his voice against it." j
The Portland Light Infantry, Capt. J.
S. Wilson, having made all necessary ar
rangements for the purpose of attending
the celebration on the 17th inst., intend
to depart from this city in the cars, ac
companied by the brass band, on Thurs
days morning, the 15th, at G o’clock, to
witness the reception of the President of
the United States, and join the escort, if
desired unite in the celebration of the
17th pass the Sabbath in Boston, and
return home on the 19th.
The P. L. I. will encamp at East Bos
ton, on a beautiful location, between
Webster and Summer streets, near the
Eastern Rail Road terminus. Pastern
Argus.
The President’s Movements.
It is said that the President will leave
Washington, and arrive in Baltimore on
Wednesday, June 7; he will leave Balti
more and arrive in Philadelphia on Fri
day', the 9th; leave Philadelphia in the
Amboy line on the 12th, and arrive in
New York about two o’clock the same
1 day. He will leave New York on
r Wednesday, the 14th, for Boston. The
: Transcript says
* “We understand that a magnificent
‘ suite of apartments re being fitted up at
the Tremont House, for the reception of
* the chief magistrate of the Union, who
‘ will be here at the celebration on the 17th
inst., and who will be received most cred
r itably and properly as the President of
i the United States."
, The celebration on the seventeenth,
from present appearances, will attract an
immense throng from various parts of the
country. The military procession, wc
presume, will he more brilliant than any
spectacle of the kind ever exhibited in
the city. We hear, almost daily, of com
panies from distant parts of the state, and
, from other states, which have signified
| their intention to be here on the occa
sion.
It is the intention of the committee of
arrangements to erect seats on the glacis
; of the monument square, for the accom
modation of Indies, to the number, it is
1 calculated, of 1500. Those ladies who
. were most active in getting up the fair
in 1810, by which the funds for comple
ting the monument were obtained, will
r of course be provided for.— Boston Cour
ier.
| Visit to the Warrior and Statesman of the
Hermitage.
l
The following’ sketch of a visit to the Hermitage,
. Jhc residence of Ex-President Jackson, by a dearly
IfeNßechcd friend, (Mr. F. E. Blair,) is so true to those
I WTnc'lcd feelings of tenderness, sadness and venera
tion, with which a kind and manly mind, still in its
* vigor, regards the last stage of bodily decay the
“ sear and yellow leaf” of the man, whom he had
long admired, almost idolized, for his great quali
ties, and loved for his estimable and amiable ones,
and for the warm and abiding friendship, with which
I* that eminent person had honored him.
L The sketch is equally honorable to the head and
) heart of the gentleman by whom it was written. As
- such articles stir up the worthier feelings of our na
ture, they arc adapted to gentle man’s heart, as this
f affords an opportunity of making an ‘‘amend
honorable,” and confess some appropriateness on
the remarks and reflections wc shall append to it
wc give it a second insertion, and respectfully in
vite our reader’s attention.
Interesting Letter,
Extracts from a letter from the Editor of the Globe , written
from the Hermitage.
I reached this place y'esterdny, having
had a most pleasant voyage from Saint
I Louis to Nashville. The weather was
, j fine, and the shores of the Cumberland,
, in their wildness of verdure, and the joy
ousness of the wild birds, which enchant
, ed me with the woods when 1 was a
young hunter, made me happy in the
scene, which contrasted so beautifully
with the turbid strength of the Missis
sippi, its drowned bottoms, and naked
"; hills. I did not read a page on the Cum
berland, and scarcely did any thing else
on the Mississippi.
5 ******
' Judge Catron and his kind lady were
1 obliging enough to bring me to the Her
* tnitage iu their carriage. We found the
1 venerable patriot in much better health
than I expected. He was out on a little
1 excursion in his carriage, on our arrival;
1 and when he returned he gave a welcome
as affectionate as he could have given a
| long absent son. To-day we went to
church together, where the sacrament
; was administered. He was the first to
’ lead the way to the table, to which he
l was followed by a multitude of young
men and women. I did not see a single
gray head at the communion but his own
venerable, bleached, and bowed one. * *
| Gn our return from the church, I asked
him if the house was built before the
’ death of Mrs. Jackson ? He replied that
the church was built by her, and was
her church ; that the last time she ever
attended it was a sacramental occasion ;
that she was extremely solicitous that he
, should unite himself with the society,
and that he was strongly inclined to do
so; but that his attitude then before the
public would have subjected him to the
charge of acting hypocritically, which
lie could not bear, as he detested hypoc
risy more than any other baseness. But
\ he added, that he assured Mrs. Jackson,
1 when he had left the political scene, and
* his motives were no longer liable to mis
construction, he would comply with her
inclinations and his own, and join the
church. In the mean time, he would
serve his God without associating him
self with any religious society.
At the close of the sermon, the preach
er gave notice that there would be at 3
I o’clock, a funeral sermon over a young
*ndy of twenty, whose corpse would Ire
brought to the'church nttliat hour. He
invited the young particularly to attend.
The General told me, on our way to the
Hermitage, that he was too muchexhaust
ed to attend the funeral service at the
church. When he had got out of the
carriage, lie told the driver that he must I
I have the carriage at the door in half an j
hour. He told me he had, upon reflec
tion resolved to go to the house of the
mother whose daughter had died, and
accompany the remains to the church.
He said the mother was a widow, who
had sustained a great calamity in the loss
of an excellent husband; that she had
been badly treated by those to whom she
had a right to look for kindness in her
distress; and that attention to her, under
her present affliction, was a duty lie
■would attempt to perforin, however, fee
ble his effort might be. As soon as he
had made a slight repast, taking one of
the ladies of his family with him, he set
out, and is now out in the performance
of this sad office, although from weak
ness and shortness of breath, he is not
able to walk a hundred yards without
requiring a seat.
Every tiling at the Hermitage hears
the impress of the General’s character
all is on a large scale, and of a useful
and magnanimous cast. The tract con
sists of 1200 most exuberant acres, near
ly one half in fine cultivation, and fenced
with a strong, old fashioned fence, a por
tion of it with cedar rails. The house
is a noble country mansion —on two
sides the massive columns covering the
fronts, the other two being adorned with
wings, containing the dining room, kitch
en, nursery, &c. The centre has two
rooms on each side of a very large hall,
in which ascends a broad winding stair
case. The parlors are twenty-one feet
square each, and thrown into a parallelo
gram by two folding doors. The bed
rooms above are of the same size with
the parlors. The grounds immediately
around the house are shaded by locusts,
catalpas, sugar trees, &c., interspersed
with cedars and shrubbery, and at this
moment are as fragrant with flowers as
the groves of the orange or the coffee
plantations of Cuba. On one side of the
lawn leading to the house is the garden
which embosoms the monument which
covers the grave of Mrs. Jackson, and
that prepared for himself—a dome rais
ed on marble pillars, the foundation of
which is ascended by a circle of steps,
which make the elevation. On the oth
er side of -the lawn is the orchard; and
in front is a large woodland, (whose ex
tent cannot be seen) for the most part of
the tall tulip poplars, and left almost in
a state of native \yildness. In the rear,
on a smooth velvet pasture, rolls out a
spring, or rather a flood of lucid cool
waters, which give a peculiar darkness
to the green of the foliage by which the
fountain and stream are overshadowed.
Every thing at the Hermitage looks
perennial perpetual ; and the old man,
from the very marks of age which glorify
his person, appears immortal. Nothing
here hears the stamp of ostentation and
fastidious taste. There is an easy ele
gance which impresses the feeling that
nature had done every thing, and art no
thing ; and that all the comforts and all
the duties that abound were scattered by
the profuse luuul of tlio same benevolent
Power which created Paradise a wilder
ness of spontaneous bounty and beauty.
The General complains himself that lie
has not cultivated a taste for rural ele
gance. Every thing about him shows
that lie has not studied the art of land
scape gardening; but his farming is like
his fighting for, although not done by
rule it turns out well.
The Sullivan Watchman gives a most
unsavoury account of one Levi Garrett,
a merchant in the town of Liberty, who
it seems has run away with all the money
he could get hold of, amounting to twelve
or fourteen hundred dollars, and carried
off the wife and two children of one of his
neighbors.
The Daily Saratoga Recorder is to he
published at Saratoga Springs, by J. A.
Cos rev, from Monday next, to December
Ist, lor $1 50. It will contain a daily
list of arrivals at the Springs.
The Oxford (Maine) Democrat has nm
up the name of John C. Calhoun as its
Candidate for the Presidency. Chas.
Mercury.
Another prize fight occurred in New
Orleans on the 23d instant. Two men
by the soubriquets of “ Hewes,” and the
“Liverpool Pet,” fought thirty rounds, it
is said, to the unbounded admiration of a
thousand lookers on* The “ Pet” was
nearly killed.
A Dear Bottle ol' Wine- M
The editor of the Richmond Enquirer
has received notice from a correspondent
iu Bremen that he has sent him a bottle
of the celebrated “rose” wine, which is
22S years old. The writer gives this
account of it:
This rare article can only be obtained
at the Cellar in half bottles, and then in
small quantities. Until recently, it was
only permitted to lie used as a medicine
in cases of extreme illness. Its flavor is
exquisitely delicious, though its taste is
not peculiarly rich. A thimble full is as
much as is usually drank at a time.—
You may rely upon its having attained
to the age of 228 years! It was about
the time Pocahontas was bom. I pre
sent it to you for the ijge and benefit of
the individual Stales composing the
American Union; and I flatter myself,
that it will teach them a most valuable
lesson with regard to public economy.
This bottle of wine cost originally 20
cents. By allowing two per centum for
leakage, shrinkage, <fcc., and six per cent,
interest on the purchase money, added
to the principal annually, afterwards bear
ing a like interest, and you make the
present cost seven millions eight hund
red and eighty-four thousand, seven
hundred and nineteen dollars and twen
ty-eight cents !! ! A larger sum than
the entire public debt of Virginia. For
my own gratification, I employed an ac
curate arithmetician to make a calcula
tion for me, and the above is the aston
ishing result.