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TO THE OLD STATE RIGHT MEN. Fellow-Citizens: —4Vhfrc are you ard Avh.it is your position? There are a few of us, three thousand live thousand, I hope ten thousand, who stand in an unfortun ate position,scattered over the whole state -knowing nothing of each other’s senti ments on the present unheard of and most unaccountable state of politics. Having no common and acknowledged channel of communication, we are unable to in terchange views and concert measures, to make our small force efficient, as it might be, to preserve pure the principles of re publicanism, as they existed and pre vailed in the old Jeffersonian school in which most of delight to say we have been raised. I say we have no common and scknowledged channel of communi cation. If we publish in a democratic paper, few or none of our fellows will get sight of our communication. If we attempt to publish in a whig paper, we find ourselves excluded from a hearing before the people, we find ourselves exclu- ded from a hearing before the people, as the writer of this letter to you is convin ced from the failure of more than one at tempt which he has made through a whig journal, to communicate with such of you as still prefer principle and the good of the country, to adhesion to any set ot men who may take upon themselves to change the name and principles ot the party, and then commanding all the old presses of the party, brand as renegades all who prefer the old republican paths of their infancy to old school federalism mis called whiggery. Under these circumstances I have con cluded to attempt a communication with you through the columns of the < 'onsti tutionalist. 1 select that paper becanse I once knew the editor a staunch state right man, and 1 believe him hones}. I have proposed to him such an arrangement as I hope will enable me to he seen by some of you, and if each one that receives a paper will communicate the contents to such of his county men as he knows or believes to be in a similar predicament with himself, it will at least afford an opening for our future converse, and if each a\lio approves the plan will take the Constitutionalist during the present criti cgl juncture, it may enable us to ascer tain our strength, unite our councils, and by concert, firmness, and moderation, we may raise the old state right party from the dust into which it has been trampled by whigs and democrats ; and though we may have no part or lot in the offices of the country, we may, if 1 am not mista ken in our numbers, talents, respectabil ity, and standing, by keeping in view nothing but the prosperity of the country and the honor of Georgia, exercise the controlling influence of umpire between the warring factions who seem bent oil destruction. In the fall ot IS3S the state riidit party elected Habersham, Dawson, Warren, Foster, Gamble, King, Cobp lit, Cooper, and Black, to represent the state in the Congress of the United States. \Vc were at that time opposed equally to Harrison, Clay, Webster, and Van Huron, and our representatives went to Washington un committed to either party. They were all men of respectable talents and decent acquirements; none of them considered at home all-eminent. But no sooner had they reached the city, than they were as sailed singly and in mass with strains of -most fulsome flattery and sickening adulation. They were the ablest dele gation ever sent to Congress by any state, and what was most astonishing they were, every one, great men, even War. len’s hard features were rendered fascina. ting by his good Matured laugh : we used to call it a neigh or necker. Weak hu man neture could not stand such an as sault, and our state right delegation, in stead ot keeping aloof and occupying the position which had exalted them to* demi gods, which, in fact, enabled them to have the abolitions petitions thrown out, and which, if maintained, would have enabled them to do much, very much, for Georgia and the south, they took sides in the presidential contest— presto past. Their power vanished, their talents passed away, the speaker’s chair slid from under Dawson, and Warren’s beauty faded like a summer rose. Gen. Harrison is nominated, the south holds og, he repudiates abolition, and declare that he does not believe that Congress lias power under the constitution to~ charter :t bank, and we support him. During the contest the democrats charged us with being leagued with the whigs ; the papers denied it; the politicians and nied it; we believed them and held on. The party was charged with going for a bank; it was denied ; we wore told the bank was not the issue, and should not he made a question, that it never had been made a <i nest ion with our party, and should not then. Mr. Dawson was publicly asked it he was in favor of a United States Bank and would not answer. We be lieved and held on. Harrison carried the state by 8000 votes, and no sooner was the election over than the mask was thrown off. The party became the whig party, and The Bank blazed upon the standard they unfurled to the storm; and now it is attempted, and that, by false hood and deception, to reconcile us to a tariff, more odious than the bill of abomi nations which set the country in a blaze, and shook the union to its foundation ; more odious »than the bill to resist which we proclaimed nullification, buckled on our armor, shouldered our muskets, and appealing to the ultimate ratio regum, swore we would die rather than submit. I for one have never revoked or repented hat oath*. T still hold it hefore God sacred t-o my country. lam still bound by it. And now jreare branded as Uenogades , because we will not abandon the creed of our childhood, the creed of our fathers, our religion in politics, and adopt old fashioned federalism under the banner of ♦Dawson was baited with the speaker's chair, btu |Oonthe found it wm artificial fly. ffiflOfTll UllU iihj ■ bank, the tariff, &c., &.C., to the end of the chapter. Rinlgadis! Renegades from what ? When did ire support Clay, the bank, or the tariff? My old state rijjiit brothers, 1 do not know how you feel, branded us renegades by such light men as Crosby Dawson and Thomas Bruns wick King. Such Changeling editors as Clayton, Jones, Greeve, and Steel, et ce teris alias; but for my own single self I had as lief not be, vs live to be in awe of such a thing, as I myself; and I now sol emnly vow on the altar of my country’s good, influenced by no personal conside ration, l will not support Henry Clay or his nteasures. I will not support those who support 1 lenry Clay or his measures, so help me God. I will oppose Henry Clay and his measures. I will oppose those who support Henry Clay and his measures. I will support those who op pose him and them, until this al omina tion modern whiggery is banished the land, so help me G> and. And now my brethren, I have taken a brief review of the four past years; 1 have endeavored clearly to define my position, and now again 1 ask where are you ? An Old Slate Right .1 tan now and far ever. N. B.—l long to hear from some ot you thiough the Constitutionalist. Wlure is Troup, and Gilmer, and Stocks & Janes. We supported them in their strength. 1 am told they think with us ; why will they not stand forth,assist us in our weak ness, and point the way to safety? The man who slumbers in such a crisis is a traitor to his country. P. S.—We respectfully request such whig editors as believe they are right,and who have the magnanimity to allow a small and scattered remnant of their for mer friends to communicate with and comfort each other, to give this letter a place in their columns, particularly tho Chronicle &jSentinel, and the Recorder. From the Cincinnatti Gazette. THE UNION AS IT IS. Our country as at present limited, ex tends in length 3000 miles at the great est point, 1700 in breadth, and contains about 2,300,000 square miles. It has a frontier line of about 10,000 miles, a sea coast of 3,000, and a lake coast of 1,200. The United States comprises about one twentieth of the habitable land of the whole world. In 1700 our population amounted to 3,929,337. In lSlOto 17,- 002,660 —of which 2,487,1 ISwereslaves. The employments of the people were thus divided : Agriculture, 3,717,756 Commerce, 117,565 Manufactures and trades, 791,545 Navigating the ocean, 56,025 Do rivers, lakes, canals, &c., 33,067 Mining, 15,203 Learned professions, 65,235 We have twenty-six States the popu lation of which is well known. The Territories, by the last census, were pop ulated thus : District of Columbia, 43,612 Florida, 51,177 Wisconsin, 30,945 lowa, -13,112 Washington became the capital of the United States in 1800. The general height of the Alleghany range of mountains is about 2000 or 3000 feet above the level of th : ocean. The highest peak in this range is Black Moun tain, N. 0., which is 6 476 tect. Round Top, the Highest peak of the Catskill, is 3,804 feet. The Rocky Mountains have a general height of 9000 feet, though some peaks .are natch higher and have been estima ted as high as from 20,000 to 25,000. The highest peak of the Green Moun tains, Mansfield, is 4,280 feet. The highest peak of the White Moun tains, Mt. Washington, it 6,428 feet. Mount Marcy, west of Lake Cham plain, in New York, is 5,460 feet high. The chief cities and towns were thus populated in IS4O : New York, 312,710 Philadelphia, 228,691 Baltimore, 102,313 New Orleans, 102,193 Boston, 93,333 Cincinnati, 46,338 Brooklyn, 36,233 Albany, 33,721 Charleston, 29,251 Washington, 23,364 Providence, 23,171 Louisville, 21,210 Pittsburgh (witho’t environs) 21,115 Lowell, 20,796 Rochester, 20,191 Richmond, 20,153 Buffalo, 18,213 Newark, 17,290 St. Louis, 16,469 Portland, 15,218 Salem, 15,0 V 3 In 1810, the capital invested in foreign trade, &0., stood thus : Importing and Com. Merchants, $119,295,367 Domestic Retail Stores, 250,301,799 Fisheries, 16,429,629 Value of imports in 1840, 107,141,519 Exports of Domestio Produce, 113,995,633 Do. of Foreign Prod. 18,190,312 Home made or family goods produced in 1810, to the amount of 29,230,350 The condition of our manufacturers stood thus : Total amount of capita! employed, $267,726,579 The Cotton Manufactories amounted to 1310. They employed 72.119 persons. Capital invested in them $51,102,359 Woolen Manufactures employed 21,342 per sons, capital invested, 15,765,121 Revenue, 88,234,512 Expenses, 26.643656 The regular army, according to the law of 812, consists of 9,012 men and olficers. Territories, 1,557,722 Navy, July, 1841. 11 ships of the line. 15 frigates (first class.) 2 do (second class.) . 21 sloops of war. 4 brigs. 8 schooners. 2 steam frigates, and several smaller steam vessels. Os the public land, 100,000,000 of acres are surveyed and unsold. The whole expense of the Revolu tionary war estimated in specie, $135,193,703 Force of Imagination.—A man of much presence of mind, living near Ab erdeen, heard a thief breaking into his house in the night. He reached to a bottle of soda water on the mantel-piece, and as soon as the fellow's head was vis ible, took deliberate aim andcut the string. The cork hit him in the face; and the thief thinking the soda blood, fell on his knees, and roared for mercy. He was suffered to depart on promise of amend ment. Cross Readings.— The “Alabama Tribune” says the Eastern mail yester day, brought us— “ Free trade—low duties—r.o debt— separation from banks—economy—re- trenchment—and strict adherence to the Constitution. Victory, in such a cause, i will be great and glorious; and if its principles be faithfully and firmly ad- ! hered to, after it is achieved, much will it redound to the honor of those by whom it will have been won ; and long will it perpetuate the liberty and prosperity of the country.”— John C. Calhoun. The time is not far distant when such a result will he accomplished by the votes of the people.— N. O. Jeffersonian. From the Madisonian. We have been favored with an address delivered before the literary societies of Randolph .Macon College, Va., by Gov ernor G ll, m kr,which should be read both by the youth and the young men of our country. The production is one of the best of the class that we have seen. We regret that our space will not permit us to copy it entire. We give, however, an extract, which will be found interesting to the editorial corps : “Great changes, and certainly great improvements, too, have been made throughout the civilized world in the newspaper or periodical prop's. The num ber and talent of those now engaged in conducting literary and political jour nals, entitle them to be considered among the professions which exercise the great est influence in forming the taste and character of our age. The scope an 1 importance of the periodical press have Deoil vastly extended. It is,much more now than a mere chronicle of events. It is far from being content with sketching a portraiture of the times. It is a mighty power which directs the thoughts of men, &puriflesor pollutes the chief fountains of public opinion. The editor now fills a station of great responsibility to society. To fulfil the duties of his trust, he should possess high moral and intellectual at tainments. lie is not only a witness tes tifying to the world, under the strongest obligations “to toil the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,” but he is also an advocate, a counsellor retained by tho people, to sift the facts which he presents, and deduce conclusions of the utmost consequence to private feelings and public justice. The sophistry or chicanery of other advocates miy be re vised and corrected before some calmer or more astute tribunal; but the editor, especially the political editor, stands at the bar of the supreme bench, whose de- j cisions are final and whose errors may be j fatal. Whoever undertakes to instruct others in the great concern of Govern ment, should himself he well informed ; whoever attempts, weekly or daily, to lec ture his countrymen on the policv of measures and the qualifications of states men,should himself be more than a states man, more than a legislator or a judge— he should be a philosopher. The labors of the periodical press are becoming daily more subdivided. AVe We have already scientific, literary, legal, medical, ecclesiastical, political, agricul tural, and commercial, besides various other miscellaneous journals, devoted to the tas es and pursuits of every interest and sect of our country. Information is derived from these sources by many to whom libraries and books are inaccessi ble, or who have not leisure for their ex amination. Much the larger portion of our fellow-citizens rely on these sources. The perfect freedom of the press in the United States brings every subject under the focus of public opinion. This stri king characteristic of our institutions rests on the axiom that “error ceases to be dangerous when reason is left free to combat it,” and experience has taught us the wisdom of this axiom, no less by the utility of subjecting our highest interests to the test of reason, than by the danger of trusting to the passions of a ribald and licentious press. The freedom of the press, like the freedom of the citizen, is under the salutary re-traints of obliga tions imposed by a just regard for the rights and the feelings of others. It is safer to trust the licentiousness of liberty (so far as the press is concerned) to the corrective of public opinion, than to a power in govern men t which may prove the licentiousness of despotism. AVheu this remedy fails the general corruption ot the press will only indicate the speedy decline and downfall of the Republic.” A Fair llit.—“ Can any thing srood come out of Psazireth.’ —There are vet some vestiges of civilua li oi in Florida. They hung a man there the other day for killing his wife.—.V. Y. Herald. T is, Mr. Bennett, and had you l>, en a resident of Florida, instead of New York- ’A - would have beeo hung tong since tor your ras ahty and abuse. Pori L on (Ferula) Coni. Garttfe. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMRER C, 1813. FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. JOHN C. CALHOUN, FOR VICE PRESIDENT: LEVI IVOUUUIJiIY, FOR GOVERNOR, MARK A. COOPER of Murray FOR CONGRESS, JAMES ||. STARK, of Butts. IIERSCHELL T. JOHNSON, of Jefferson. FOR SENATE, COL. A P. TOWERS. Ton representatives, STEPHEN WOODWARD, WII.LIAU F CLARK. JOHN LAM All. We marked the birth-day of our Journal, by unfurling to the breeze the broad banner of Democracy, and inscribing upon its bright field the stainless name of John C. Calhoun, the American Aristides, as our First Choice for President of the United States ; and for the Vice Presidency, the name of that wise, honest and able Statesman and unswerving Patriot, Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire: Subject, of course, to the decision of a Na tional Democratic Convention: The Delegates to be chosen directly by the People —to convene at Balti more, May, 1844, and there individu ally express Faithfully, the will of their Constituents. We ask but a fair field and fair play —and thfn “ God lefend the Right.” “ Let me not ce misunderstood AND LET ME I.NTR! AT THAT I^MAY NOT BE MISREPRESENTED.” \Frtract from Mr. Clay's Speech, a short time before retiring from the Senate ] The Senator (Mr. Calhoun,) was con tinually charging him (Mr. Clay) with the design if violating the compromise act l When had he swerved from itl \ He was still for adhering to it, as he understood its principles. Those prin ciples he did not consider incompatible frith the PROT LOTION of Ameri ran I industry , in preference to any ether. IIF- HAD LIVED, AND WOULD DIE, AN ADVOCATE OF THE PRO TECTIVE SYSTEM. 1111 HAD ! NEVER CH\NGED HIS PRINCI PLES. THEY WERE NOW THE SAME AS THEY mad EVER BEEN; out h i submitted to the restrictions of the compromise act as a matter of NECESSI TY. And lie did not even now think it prudent, because not practicable, to go | is far as his inclinations led him, with 1 the friends of PROTECTION But as far as he COULD GO HE Wi tULI) !” I [Speech in t'\e Senate , 23 d March, IS 13, a still shor i ter timz before retiring from that body. J C A UTION.cCH The Public are respectfully notified that 110 person is authorised to collect ! any dues on account of the American Democrat, but Mr. Jackson Barnes, Bookseller »$• Stationer, of this city,— : also, that all connection of \V. A. & C. THOMPSON, with the above named 1 paper, a id all right to receive, or collect cither subscriptions, or bills for adver tising has ceased. Editors in the different parts of the State, who wish to subserve the cause of justice, will confer a favor on us by giving the above one or two insertions. We shall at all times be ready to recip rocate it. Editor of Am. Democrat. Macon, Aug. 30, 1813. NOTICE. Postmasters will oblige us by forwarding to the Office of the American Democrat, any numbers of our paper which may not have-Icon taken from the Postoffiee, as we have applications for some of the earlier numbers. C 1. John Lamar is a candidate to represent the County of Bibb in the next Legislature. AVo have great pleasure, in being authorized to announce the name of Col. Lamar as a candidate for the suffrages of his fellow citizens to represent them in the ensuing session of oor Legislature. JVe trust his patriotic devotion in thus responding to the wishes of the Democracy of Bibb, at no ordinary sacrifice of personal interest and convenience will not be forgotten. The Democratic Ticket is now complete, and stands For the Senate, COL. A. P. POWERS. Representatives, STEPHEN WOODWARD, WILLIAM F. CLARK, JOHN LAMAR. RUMORED CHANGES. It is stateJ in so.ne of the papers, that the lion. Chas. A. Wickliffe will go out as Minister to France, and that Amos Kendall, Esq., will succeed that gen tleman in the Post Office Department. The distin guished reputation acquired by Air. Kendall, during his previous connexion with this department, both for ability and official rectitude, is a sufficient gua rantee to the country, that the [Hiblic inlcrttst will not suffer, nor the public service be neglected in his hands. It is generally admitted we believe that Air. Kendall made one of the ablest and most efficient chiefs of this department that we have ever had. A l« tier appointment could nut be n.aJe. Wc have been informed that while he was Pus; Master General, the British Government sent a com mission to this country, to examine and become ac quainted with the manner in which tht» official busi ness of the department vyas conducted in Washing pacify. It is also rumored that Francis Alallory, of Va., will receive the appointment of Minister to Constan tinople, in place of the late Commodore Porter, de ceased. Mas. Ellis, in her very interesting work on the “ Wives of England, ’’ alleges, that the most intoler able servitude ever submitted to, is that which a wo man suffers under the domination of a mean, tyran nical husband, (had enough in all conscience.) The witty wights of some of our exchanges reply, that a henpecked friend of theirs insists the lady has put the saddle on the wrong nag; that the condition of a poor fellow subjected to the gentle regimen of a At tyrant, is ten times move to he pitied—and that if the lady’s case might lie called purgatory, the man’s might lie named after a much warmer locality. OUR FRIENDS IN HOUSTON. We make use of the pres nt occasion to return our thanks to our friends in Houston for the liberal pat ronage they have extended, and are now securing to us; and though we do not wish our friends to be sur passed in good deeds, we hope that every county in the State will endeavor to rival them in the same vir tue. We have this week sent several papers to each of our subscribers in Houston, and other counties, which the/ will oblige us by distributing among their neighbors. WHAT ARE MESSRS. CRAWFORD AND STE PHEN’S OPINIONS 1 As the Whig press is so fond of catechizing, and seem so desirous of ascertaining the opinions upon various matters of our candidates for Governor and Congress, perhaps they will have no objection to let Uiknow what answers Messrs. Crawford and Ste phen’s would give to the following questions, and we would havdl it from a responsible source. Ist. Arc they in favor of a Fifty Million U. S. Bank, and if they are not, how do they reconcile this opposition with their support of Mr. Clay, with whom it is a cardinal object of policy 1 2nd. Arc they in fav.r of a Protective Tariff, and if not, how do they reconcile it with their support of Air. Clay, who declares that he always l :as been and will dis an advocate of a Protective Tariff. Are these gentlemen in favor of Mr. Clay’s proposed mutilation of the Constitution, or modification of the veto power, as it is more euphoniously termed, and if not, how do they reconcile it with their support of Mr. Clay, its author 1 Now we must have an answer before the elec tion, and not after. We wish it distinctly understood, that we impugn no man’s honor, but must have an answer before the election. One thing we had like to have forgotten—are they in favor of t e Whig Internal Improvement System as sha lowed forth in Mr. T. Butler King’s magnifi cent report 1 We dare them to an avowal, before the election. REBECCA AND lIER CHILDREN. Is the curious name assumed by a set of people in Wales, whoseemto have an invincible repugnance to toll gates and poor houses. Under the command of a man in female dress, they assemble to the nuni her of thousands, and pull down and destroy every toll-gate and poor house within their reach, in utter defiance of the military, the police, and the riot act. They have had several severe conflicts with the mili tary attended by considerable slaughter, but without any influence in stopping tho rioters, for while the military were quelling a riot in one place, the rioters wi re more active in another place, and recommence their destructive operations whenever the military leave the scene of disturbance. The riots have con tinued for months. DEATH OF JOHN ROSS. It is stated in the National Intelligencer, that this distinguished Cherokee chieftain met his death lately at the hands of some of the Ridge party, as an act of retaliation, for the death of Ridge, who was murdered two years since by some members of the Iloss party. He was undoubtedly the ablest, and influential man in the Nation, and his loss is perhaps irreparable. PRIKCF. Do WITGENSTEIN. In one of Mr. Walsh’s letters from Paris, we no tice on account of the death of this celebrated Russian officer at the age of seventy four. He was second in command of the Russian armies, in the campaign of Aloscow, and contribut 'd largely to tho destruction of the Grand Army. His personal qualities were as noble as his military capacity wa> brilliant. GREAT DELUGE IN NEW YORK. A\ e see in the New York papers, accounts of a tremendous flood of rain in that city, cellars were filled, lower stories partly washed away, and the side walks caved in. The streets resembled rivers in ap pearance, some lives were lost and considerable de struction of property. M. Dc LaAIARTINE IN MACON. Our readers are no doubt gratified in the annuncia tion ot the arrival of this distinguished statesman and poet, in Alacon. But unfortunately it is Alacon in France and not in De LaMartinc lias lately delivered an address at Macon, oh Alachinery Labor, and the rights of the tailoring classes, in which he seems to advocate doctrines, formerly considered Agrarian and Alobocratic in their character. M. De LaAlartine has a brilliant reputation as an orator and poet. GUBERNATORIAL CANVASS. We have always wished that these competions should he conducted on liberal anil manly principles. That the friends of either candidate should advance 1 1 adapted to promote the interest of their favorite, which truth and fact would sanction, without s© k ng to depreciate his opponent. And if there arc substantial objections, they should he statist with fairness and :rgnl with courtesy, without descend ng to the low aek tricks too ofeii resort and to, of c.x --■ ting the jealousy and apprehensions of patcu'ar terests in tuc Sjtatc. Maik A. Cooper is the legiti at candidate of the Democracy of Geirgi , ij mi tiatid by Delegates ©o.uing immediately iron the the people themselves-aye, and by them he will be enthusiastically supported. We arc proud that the democratic ranks comprehend many worthy of the high office to which Mr. Cooper has been nominated and we owe them gratitude, that they would not press their claims at the risk of weakening their party. On future occasions we trust their patriotic for bearance will not Lie forgotten. In whatever aspect we consider Mr. Cooper, we are sure the democracy of the State have, in nomina ting him made a sate and judicious selection. W hether we view him as a Georgian or an Amer ican statesman, he is sound to the core. In either capacity he lias shewn himself to possess the requis ites of high usefulness. lie is a tried, a proved man —he has licen weighed in the balance and found not wanting. Brought up in the school of old Hancock anu Put nam, (when they had statesmen in their councils,) in their palmy days of |>oliticul purity and enthusiastic patriotism, he has been from his youth up, an un swerving, an undeviating constitutional republicans— he has neither renegaded from his party, nor aposta tised from its principles, or flung by apostatising a shade of dishonor on the ashes of his kindred or po l.tical mentors. Air. Cooper, as is demonstrable from his course in our own legislature, and in Congress, is a thorough bred man of business, of untiring indtra try and |>erseverance, a respectable and convincing, though not a flashy or rhetorical speaker. In all the relations of social anil domestic life; Alark A. Coopers’ character stands uot only uablcmc isheil but exemplary. But it is not merely a Civilian, he has deserved well of his country—when the scalping knife of thq merciless Seminole, was seeking the blood of the women and children of our fellow citizens in Florida. Cooper and his command were among the foremost of the gallant ban Is from Georgia, who has tened to their rescue—during that severe campaign, none were more distinguished lor the fearless intre pidity, With which they met the savage enemy, or for their soldiery endurance of toil and privation, than Cooper and his gallant comrades. By the brave men, who shared w ith him the dangers and hardship* of that spirit trying period, wc trust their brother sol dier Alark A. Cooper, will not be forgotten as they march up to the ballot box, the first Alonday in next October. No man in Georgia understands more intimately, or entertains more sagacious and enlightened views respecting her true interests, than Mr. Cooper. By name," will they bes Allowed out and promoted with more judgment, or with more devotion to her honor and lasting welfare than by that gentleman, and Georgia will long thank tho Convention by which he was nominated. BOOKS AND READING. A fondness fur books and a taste for instructive and innocently amusing reading, discover a liberal anj ingenous mind, and are attended with many ad vantages and many pleasures. And it may be added, are generally the indications of superior intelligence. Wc find it difficult to imagine a situation in the ordinary routine of life, where an attachment to hooks, is a habit of deriving from their perusal, some of our most valued pleasures, is not a blessing a well as a gratification. For next to the influence which heart felt Fi y exercises a familiarity with the j ure principles, ennobling sentiments, the bright examples of all the virtues and the practical wisdom to be found in well ehosen authors, produces the happiest effects Upon character. This familiarity with the best ef forts of the master minds of our rare, has many of tho advantages which their actual society would afford. Who on quitting the company of good, wise, noble minded and highly informed individuals, does not feel himself a hotter man I does not experience a craving in his nature, to resemble those to whom his heart has been rendering homage 7 Does not feel a proii! determination swelling in bis breast, to render himself more and more worthy their approbation 7 It is not the lot of every one to enjoy tho benefits of such -ociely, but all have within roach an excellent substitute, a collection, even a small one, of judicious ly selectej liooks, thoroughly studied—even one thus studied, intimately known end intecstaminated with the heart and mind, will elevate an ordinary individ ual into a charac'e: that statesmen and philosopher* might envy. It is here proper to observe that to have tl>e fwH advantage of liooks, without allay or abatement, they must be chosen with circumspection, for the fruit of the tree of Knowledge is now as it was in Paradise of different natures- good and evil—it is therefore among the most incumbent duties of the friends of youth, to preserve them as free from acquaintance With the latter, and as familiar with thefoaneras possible. Alclaneholly indeed, is the reflection that many of the finest efforts of that magnificent maniac Byron, of the highly gifted Bulwer, arc adapted ta. taint and soil the youthful minil, by the attraction* they associate with vice and villainy. This remark applies with equal force to other re cent writers of fiction —also, to the Gilblas, Roderic- Random, Tom Jones, &c. schools, and in no small degree to one of our favorites, Laurence Stern—alas, for iTie infirmity of man—alas, poor Yorick! Works of this class should have no readers, hut those whoso moral characters are firmly established. But it were perverseness to seek amusement, or in,, struction from these dubious and dangerous sources, when books of the purest character and most attract ive interest arc in abundance within the reach of aIL Park Benjamin has deserved well of the republic of letters for starting and promoting the cheap publica tion plan. The Harpers, who have long been the benefactors of their country, are carrying that plan to perfection. These reflections were hastily thriwn together, to fill a vacant space in one of our columns, and we arc admonished to close them—we would like to see the. subject treated more methodically, as we consider it an important 0.. e. The Washington Globe is down upon Arnos Kendall, Editor of the Expositor. Probable reason —Air. Kendall is talked of as one of the candidates for the Gov ernment printing next whiter.. The G.obe is now at war with nearly all thei democratic presses of the tcu .iry.