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From the New York Mirror.
RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN RANDOLPH
OF ROANOKE.
Onr principal amusements on ship
board were chess and whist, in Ixith of
which games Randolph excelled nil the
other passengers. The first time lie was
challenged lo ploy by the captain, he re
fused, and gave the following reason:
“ 1 have not played at chess, sir, for
the last seventeen years ; the very sight
of the l>oaid and men give rise to painful
reminiscences; for you must know, sir,
that the last game I played lost rue a per
sonal friend forever ! At one period of
iny life I was on the most intimate terms
with Mr. Jefferson, as you may have
heard, it being now matter of history, and
I soon toiind out that, politician and phi- j
losopher as. he was, he took more pride |
in his skill at chess than in any thing
else. Very few, indeed, sir, could heat
him* and at last he con'd not endure
defeat. Knowing this, and feeling that
I was his match, I had a! ways declined
playing, as I did not want to quarrel with
him, until one unfortunate evening, when
he touched my Virginia pride in so point
ed a way, I could no longer refuse with
honor, and we sat down to the game. It
was a warm contest, sir. Greek met
Greek. I at length cried out, “check
mate and lie never forgave me after
wards, sir.
None of us were great chess players ; j
the captain, however, was a very respect
able opponent, and after Mr. Randolph
had conquered his first scruple against.
renewing his taste for the game, not hav- j
ing any longer the fear ot Mr. Jefferson 1
before his eyes, he used to honor the
captain by beating him every fine eve
ning. The captain, who was a model of
good hunlftr, bore this very well, and
used to say : j
“ Yon have check-mated me again,
Mr. Randolph, hut you and 1 will never
quarrel. If I can only manage to beat
you once, before we reach Liver| oot, 1
shall he proud of it all my days !”
31 r. Randolph, however, was too much
for him, and continued victorious to the
end of the voyage. Ile felt gratified, too,
by this constant success, and used to
laugh heartily at the captain’s discomfi
ture.
Whist was a favorite game on board ;
and here, also, Mr. Randolph soon prov
ed his superiority as a player, it became
a contest each night who should have
him as a partner, and finally they took
turns. Our Ducth merchant prid. and him
self on his knowledge of the game, and
became rather jealous of Mr. Randolph's
constant success. 1 shoud mention here,
that the Dutchman’s manners were rath
er too free to please a man of Randolph’s
fastidiousness ; he could not bear any
thing like familiarity from a stranger, and
he once gave Mr. Mynheer a hint, which
I thought would have checked him. We
were conversing one evening at the tea
table about some debate in Congress, in
which Mr. Randolph had lakeu a par .
and 1 said jokingly :
“.sir. Randolph, suppose you recite a
portion of your -peecii on that occasion.
•‘Oh, no,” rep.iid he, “ I have no am
bition lo exhibit myself before you in
that manner.”
“Cos no, come, Mr. Rando!| h,” exc'aim
ed our Dutchman, “don't let your mod
esly stand in your way ; it is out of plac<
here.”
“ My modesty, sir,” said Randolph, ii
an excited tone, and turning lib fix*.*
gaze on the Dutchman, “You will p ett i
let that subject alone Mr. , it is to.
de'ic.ita a one for you to touch; and
wish you to recollect, sir, that too much
DEr/'OCRATIC Uanker TREE TRADE; LOW DUTIES; NO DEBT; SEPARATION FRORI BANES; ECONOMY; RETRENCHMENT;
AND A STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTION.—jr C. C.1.110V.Y.
familiarity may breed contempt!”
This sharp rejoinder silenced Mr.
and we changed the conversation.
A few nights afterwards a whist party
was made up ; the captain and Mr. Ran
dolph against the Dutchman and one of
acri Yorkshire passengers. After the
ohds had been dealt and each genth'mun
and examined his hand, the Dutchman
crii and dut—
“ I bet a guinea I get three tricks this
time !”
“Done, Mr. exclaimed Randolph
instantaneously.
This alarmed his opponent, who had
so often previously witnessed Randolph’s
good luck - , and who, moreover, had a !
natural antipathy to losing his guineas, 1
he, therefore, re-examined his hand, and
then'said, inn sudden tone:
“ Oh, stop ! I spoke too fast,” as I did
not see. Eh ! well, l will bet a guinea
that I get two tricks!
•Done, Mr. ,’ exclaimed Randolph,
in an excited tone.
“ Ah, no !” What did I say ? Let me
look again. Oil! I made a mistake. But,
I will bet on one trick, any how
‘Done, Mr. exclaimed Randolph \
for the third time, and now very much
excited ; his eyes sparkled, his lips coin
pressed, and he was evidently very an
gry. The Dutchman, however, either
did not observe the change in his man
ner, or if he did his love of money con
quered his fears, and, very composedly
looking once more at his cards, he said
quite coo!y:
“ What are trumps ?” Oh ! spades,
you say ! That is bad. I forgot; and— ,
I won’t bet at all.
lip this time Randolph was in a fnrv
and before any of its con'd interpose he
rose from his chair, threw Iris cards on
the table, fixed his eyes on Air. , and
Siiid
“ \\ by, von lubberly fellow, do you
know where you are? Is this the first
tiru.g you ever played with a gentleman ?
Ale you sure that you took a cabin pas
sage ? (Captain, where’s his ticket?)
You belong to the steerage, sir. You arc
out of place, sir ! Three times you have
offered to bet, and three times have I ta
ken it; and now you back out, sir ! Then
throwing down a guinea on the table, he
continued—l believe I owe you a few
shillings, sir. Give me change this in
stant, sir. I will not remain another in
stant in your debt, sir. Come, sir, the
change, and then we shall bo quits for
ever !”
Mr. was astonished. He opened
his eye«, and replied : •
“ Why, Mr. Randolph, you make a
great fuss about nothing. I cannot change
your guinea all iti a hurry, and if you’ll
only listen to reason, I’ll show you
where ”
But Randolph cut him short, and in an
exciting tone said :
“ Give me change this moment, sir, or
by heavens, you shall go ashore.” (We
were then on the banksof .Newfoun Hand.)
“ Yes sir, von shall go ashore. I’ll not
remain in the same ship with you, sir.
What sir ! to back out of a bet with aj
! gentleman, and tnen defend your con
duct. Go ashore, sir.”
Mr.— , more and more confounded,
exclaimed :
“ Now, Air. Randolph, what do you
get into such a passion for? Only listen
to reason, and I will show' you where
you are wrong. Only listen ”
Randolph cut him short again, in a
perfect rage.
“ Wrong, sir! And do you dare to
tell me, John Randolph, of Roanoke, that
l urn wrong in a mutter of honor. Wrong
sir, did you say ! Take that !’* And,
suiting the action to the w-ord, he thrust
the cand e across the table, into Mr. ’s
face, and then fell back ou his seat quite
exhausted.
All this passed in quicker time than I
have taken to relate it. We were thun
der struck ; but before any of us could
interfere, the deed was done, and Mr.
v quietly arose and left the cabin.
'Phe moTient he was gone, Air. Randolph
said, in a mild tone :
“Gentlemen, 1 beg your pardon. You
are gentlemen. Adm understand my
feelings. My Virginia pride was aroused,
and 1 con and not resttain myself: but l am
sorry if I have offended you, for 1 did
not mean it.
He then went to his state room.
Before we retired for the night the
captain said that lie coil'd not permit the
recurrence of such an affair, and that he
would have interfered had it not all oc
curred so unexpectedly and so quickly;
and we agreed, th t next morning, 1
should see Mr. Raudo'ph, while he uiw
Mr. .
Next day I took an opportunity of ex
po induing writ Mr. i.undylf I’, a: and o*;
in that, in.ltd as we \\> r villi n
he power of “going a Ore,” bill e! Jigt and
to remain c> op inion , we must u.ala
due allowances for each other’s pecn un
ities, give and take jo' es, and avoid ail
tr until quarrels; that at his time of
life, and with hi knowl* dge of the word,
he was inexcusable in ihtis giving way
.O'tidden | ass ion. aid acting like a toy
■list fresh non cel tge; Mr. con and
ot have tin ant o nsnlt him, and dj|
ot attach the ante mao umee to
at de ot I ett ing that he did.
He heard me very patiently, and then
MACON, \\ EDNES AY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1843.
j replied : ,
“ I believe you are right, sir. God
I forgive me tor being passionate ; but you
must know that 1 am like a hair trigger,
and go off at half-cock. Mr.- and
myself must keep apart. We don’t un
derstand each other, sir, I shall not cross
his path if he will not cross mine ; and
you may tell him so, sir.”
Meantime the captain had taken Mr.
aside and said to him :
“ Mr. , I am sorry for what occur
red last night, but permit me to say you
are partly to blame yourself. You must
have perceived that Mr. Randolph is in
if health and of a very irritable tempera
ment, and we have ail made allowances
for him and humored his eccentricities,
and I am surprised that you have not
fo.lowed our example.”
“Oh, captain !” exclaimed Mr. ,
interrupting him with a good Matured
laugh, "don’t make any hiss about it ; 1
don’t mind him at all. He is halt crack
ed, and it> ail a joke, tie'll lorget all j
about it he.ore to-morrow.”
The captain, de.ighted with the suc
cess of Ins mission, came to me and said :
“ We need not give ourselves any more
trouble about Mr. ’s feelings; he
hears it like a philosopher, and we shall
have no fighting.”
For three days no words passed he-1
tween Mr. Rando'ph and ,M. but in
every other respect tilings went on as
usual. Ou the fourth, day it so happened
that, just as we Were sitting down to dm- j
ner, the captain was suddenly called on
deck. As fie left the table he said:
“ Don’t wait for me, gentlemen, but ;
take the soup whilst it is hot.” Mr. ,
may I tiouble you to take my place?”
The Dutchman was in a “fix.” Mr.
Randolph, as a matter of respect, was al
ways helped first ; but it was necessary
to a- k first whether he wished for any
soiqi, as he did not always take it. Poor
Mr.——, first looked at one side and then
at the other; at last he made a low bow
to Air. R. and aid :
“ Mr. Rando ph, shall I thn twn.
Os Of* hplpini< yen* tu JHIIIC SOUp !
“If you please, Mr. ,” replied Air.
R. in the most affable tone.
The Dutchman’s face brightened up,
he became loquacious, and after the soup
was removed, he ventured to say; with
another bow :
“ Mr. Randolph, shall 1 have the very
great honor of taking a glass of wine
with you, sir ?”
“ \Y ith the greatest pleasure, Air. ,” i
responded Mr. R. in great good humor. 1
Thus was the mighty quarrel healed,
and day after day it was —“Air. Randolph,
do me the honor of taking wine wine; ’
or “ Air. , the pleasure of a glass of
wine with yon.”
But it really seemed as if nothing could
open the eyes of Air. , as to his true
position, or rather false position, with
Mr. Randolph ; for one evening when we
were discussing some question of lan
guage, Air. Randolph gave his opinion,
which, happening to confict with Air.
’s notions, he exclaimed :
“Oh, Mr. Randolph, that is all non
sense ! Yoir might as well say that high
Dutch and Spanish is the same !”
Air. Randolph looked astounded and
fixing his dark eye upon Mr. , said
in a very slow, distinct tone :
“ Mr. , 1 really thought by this
time you had discovered that it will not
do for us to quarrel, sir?
This rebuff had the desired effect and
no more altercation took place between
tlicon. Indeed, they afterwards became
more intimate, to our no small amuse
ment; tor when the rest of us were read
ing, or writing, or sleeping,and Air. Ran
do'ph was at a loss fbr a listener, he
woul 1 pin poor Air. in a corner and
keep him for an hour or two listening to
his reading of Greek poetry, of which
Mr. did not understand one word,
hut the beauties of wb.ch Kandolph point
ed out to him ! This happy state of
peace and good will continued thence
forth until our arrival in Liverpool, where
they paried never to meet again. Two
more dissimilar characters, having no
feelings whatever in common, rarely
come together in such close contact.
Rkvolutionry Relic. —There is now
at the Lazaretto below Ballimore, lying
among the condemn* and stores a brass can
non, whiclt was presented by Lafayette
to Congress in the early days of the
Revolution. It was u-ed at the battle of
Brandywine, and bears an inscription
proving it to have been cast 140 years
ago. The Secretary of the Treasury,
learning this fact, has ordered that it may
be preserved among the trophies of the
Govern uit.
N, w M i> ok Killing Whiles
A Yankee and a i-'r aich jkiu have t-oth
it on the same plan for kil.iug Whales,
o as to make that trad ■ less fata to hu
man ife. Prussic acid is concealed in
the bath of +h‘ harpoon, and when the
fish is struck, ki s hi n in ranter, so that
he ha *o tiineio flounder about, smash
boats, ».Vc.
T r. Poi>rr !i ;mu v .—The
iCassvi! e P.oncer <> the Is; ittst. sa_,s:--
HVe have been m some ot fheeouuti o.
mis Circuit lately, and conversed with
1 gout.emen from ail putts of if, aud cuu
| assure our friends below, that Cherokee
will do her duty nobly at the coming
election. There never has been a nom
ination made in the State, which was
supported with more enthusiasm by the
Democracy of the Mountains.
We again tell our friends that Chero
kee will give Cooper and Slade a larger
majority than it has ever before given,
the boastings of the Whigs to the contra
ry notwithstanding.
THE TWO CENTS.
A grocer in Clinton county sold a man
a pint ot new rum according to fair, and
made two cents clear profit. The drunk
ard shot his son-in-law while intoxicated,
and his apprehension, confinement in
jail, execution, &e. cost the county more
than one thousand dollars ! which tem
perate men had to earn by the sweat of
their brows! What say you, tax payers ?
Are you willing to pay a thousand to en
able the grog seller to make two cents ?
But the Larabee case is comparatively
no hing contrasted with a recent transac
tion about the first of July, 1843. An!
Indian, one of Vno e half civiliz and, rum- !
loving creatures who abound in the west,
stepi>ed out of Cattaraugus county into
the state of Pennsylvania, where, it seems,
men sell indulgences to sin, as well as in
the Empire State; and then filled his
pocket (bottle with real hedeye,) and the
seller of poison made two cents clear
profit again.
While under its mac’d ning influence,
he went into a farmer’s house near by, :
with whom he was totally tin cquainted,
and murdered a mother and live chi'dren:
nil that comprised the little family except
ing the husband and father, who was
from home. W hen he returned to his
little interesting family, what a sight met
his eyes ! enough, it would seem, to cur-1
d ; e his h'ood, and change the man to
stone. There lay the mother arid her
fivv little ones—from ten years of age,
down to infancy stretched upon the floor,
swimming' in blood, and all dead ! Oh t
wliat desolation u-ue there!
"No more for * >itn the blazing- hearth shall burn,
Or busy house wife ply her evening- care*
No children run To lisp tnoir sire's return,
Arid climb lit* knr e the envied ki&s to share.”
Shall I say it? Yes, I must, if it does i
disgrace God’s image. The Legislature
legalized the sale o' the reason-destroying
drink, the town officers sold the indul
gence to kill, itnd the pauper-maker clear
ed two cents. — Clinton Whig.
Real K untuck.— A worthy youth
from Old Kentuck, who put up last week,
during a visit to mine hosts of the Foun-j
tain House, Dix & Fogg, having risen at j
daylight and taken a stroll throughout
half the city’, to see the early fashions,
and watch the manners living as they
rise returned at what he thought “ ’bout
hreakfast time." He Was, however, doom
ed to find himself too early for the hotel
ordinary, and with a terrible appetite that
looked out of his eyes annihilation to all
edible creatures he roamed about the va
cant apart rue ts, seeking wliat lie might
devour At length, spying the tremend
ous gong, that copper tocsin of the soul,
whicli had arrested his attention on the
preceding evening, when summoning the
hoarders to supper, and encountering one
of the colored servants, at the same mo
ment he caught him by the arm with the
salutation—“ I say stranger ” “ Well,
sir?” “When are you goin’ to ring
that ’ere thunderin’ pan o’ yours, eh ?”
Baltimore Sun.
\V!IAT IS VIRTUE!
“A'irtue is the highest proof of under
standing, and the only so'id basis of great
ness.”—Dr. Ben Johnson.
“ Virtue is that quality in our actions
by which they are fitted to do good to
oih rs, or to prevent their harm.”—Ruth
erfo and.
“ There can lie no happiness without
virtue”—Seneca.
“The Christian Religion hath ascer
tained the precise quantity "f virtue ne
cessary to salvation.” Fa ley.
“An action, though honest, is not there
fore truly virtuous, unless it be out of
choice, and with a good will.”—Cicero.
“Virtue dwells not upon the tip of the
tongue, but in the inmost temple of a just
and purified heart.”—Seneca.
“That virtue which requires to he ev
er guarded is scarcely worth the sentinel.”
—Goldsmith.
“ Virtue presented singly to the imagi
nation or the reason, is so well recom
mended by its graces, and strongly sup
ported by arguments, that a good man
wonders how any can lie bad. —Dr.
Johnson.
“h L utter-y i npo sib!e there shoud
be ny virtue uu ess it is disinterested.
—Cicero.
“ irtne is beauty.” -Shak c peare.
“Virtue nuk-tii m -:i on earth famous,
in their grave# i'ltt tri 'iG, and iu Heaven
immortal.”—Ci.ilo
“Such as have virtue always in th ir
mouths and neglect its practice, are like
a h ,rp, wmcli emit a sound peasing to
others, w hile itself is insensible to the
music.” Diog n s.'
•• Every thi ig gr t.s not always goxl,
but a I godd tiling are great.”—Demos-
I thenes. , . .
I “ \ iruie, and the laws auu ordinances
of men, is the rule of a wise man.”—
Antisthenes.
“ Virtue is hold, and goodness novel
fearful.”—Shakspeure.
Did uoi jru forth u! m, ’twerc sit alika
As if we hail them not.”—Sha&speara.
The wintry btam of death
Kills not tiie bad of viitue, no, they spread”
Beneath the Heavenly beams of brighter suns,
Through endless ages into higher power.”
Thompson.
Virtue’s a solid rock, whereat being aimed
The keenest darts of envy, yet unhurt,
The marble hero stands, built of stu b basis,
While they recoil aud wound the shooters face.
Beaumont.
The whigs, in their speeches and pa
pers, are quoting with much complacen
cy the writings of Gen. Washington, Mr.
Madison, and other distinguished citi
zens, in support of a National Bank. As
they misrepresent the expressions of those
eminent and pure patriots, we beg leave
to submit to our readers, the following
extracts from undoubted documents :
Extract of a letter from Mr. JcJTermn to Mr. Gallatin ,
dated December, ISO3.
This institution is one of the most
deadly ho-tilitv existing against the prin
ciples and form of our constitution. The
nation is, at this time, so strong and uni
ted in its sentiments, that it cannot b*e
shaken at this moment. But suppose a
series of untoward events should occur,
sufficient to bring into doubt the compe
tency of a republican government to meet
a crisis of great danger, or to unhinge
the confidence ol the people in the public
functionaries ; an institution like this,
penetrating by its branches every part of
tbm Union, acting by command, and in
phalanx, may, in a critical moment, up
set the government. * * * * I deem
no government safe, which is under the
vassalage of any self-constituted authori
ty, or any other authority than that of
tiie nation or its regular lunctionaries. *
* * * What an obstruction could not
this Bank, with ;.]| its branches, be i>>
time nf war / it uiigm oietate to uo the
peace we snould accept, or withdraw its
aids. * * * * (merht we, then, to
give further growth to an institution so
powerful, so hostile? * •* * * That
it is c.o ho tile, we know : first t from a>
knowledge of the n r '"» ; r l — - r f; •- * -
sons composing the body oi the directors
in every bank, principal or branch, and
those of most ot tiie stockholders ; second
ly, from their opposition to the measures
ad principles of thc,government, and to
the elect.ou of those friendly to them ;
thirdly , from the sentiments of the news
papers they support.
OPINION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.
“ i do not scruple to declare that if I
had a voice in your Legislature (Mary
land) it would have been given decidedly
against a paper emission, upon the gen
eral principles its utility as a representa
tive, and the necessity of it ns a medium.
To assign. reasons for this opinion would
be as unnecessary astedious. Thegrouud
lias been so often trod, that a place hard
ly remains untouched. In a word, the
necessity arising from a want of specie is
represented as greater than it really is.
contend that is by the substance not by
the shadow of a tiling w-e are to be bene
fitted. The wisdom of man, in my hum
ble opinion, cannot at this time, devise a
plan by which the credit of paper money
9won'd be long supported.
“An evil equally great is the door it
immediately opens lor speculation ; by
which the least designing, aud perhaps
most valuable portion of the community
are preyed upon by the more knowing
and crafty speculators.”
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF A BANK.
OpijiioN of James Madison.
“ This power (to incorporate a Bank,)
was proposed to be vested in Congress,
in the original plan, reported by the com
mittee of ihe convention, among the enu
meration of powers which now form the
eighth section of the Ist article—hut that
alter three days ardent debate on the spe
cial subject in that body, the power was
rejected and stricken out, upon the prin
cip e that it was a power improper to be
vested iu the General Government.”
OPINION OF HUGH L. WHITE.
“ I hold lhat, by the constitution of the
United States Congress lias no power to
create a Bank, and having no power to
create it, we have no power to continue
it beyond the jieriod limited for its termi
nation.
•‘ Alueh has been said of the President’s
(Jackson) opinion upon the subject of
Banks, and his ideas respecting the dan
gers to be apprehended from the opera
tions of this Bank. He appears to be
maintaining the same doctrines maintain
ed by the Republican People ol Pennsyl
vania in 178 , 178(3, and 17 7, and, as I
veril y believe, the same doctrines intend
ed to be incorporated into the constitu
tion, and made j erpetual by it.’
A UNITED STATES BANK.
Testimony of Langdon Cheves, the
Second President of the U. S. Bank, as
to the powers of such an institution.
The following extracts are from his
corresfiondence in 1837:
“ 1 am of the opinion, that a National
Bank will not aid but embarrass the
restoration of the currency, and that af-
• \ NO. 18-
- terwards, it would be an institution in
finitely dangerous under many circum
r stances and in many views.”
“ I admit, that under a very wise and
circumspect management, it might be an
useful institution ; but it is as certain as
any thing depending on human action
and human will that it will not be so
managed. Besides, I have no doubt,
Congress have no'constitutional power to
establish such an institution ; and this
has been the clearly expressed judgment
of that school of public men who claim
Air. Jefferson as their head, and who
have administered the government for
almost forty years."
“The institution of the late
Bank was a departurf. from the
PRINCIPLES of THAT SCHOOL, BADLY
JUSTIFIED, OR RATHER LAMELY EX
CUSED AT THE TIME } SINCE GENER
ALLY REGRETTED BY THEM J AND FI
NALLY BY THEMSELVES ATONED FOR
IN THE BEST MANNER IN THEIR POW
ER BY PUTTING IT DOWN.”
The author of these sentiments, Lang
nox Cheves, was the President of the
late Bank, which he redeemed from the
ruin and disgrace brought upon it by his
predecessor Jones. He was a member
j of the South Carolina delegation in Con
gress, during the late war; he ranked
with stern distinguished men of that
State then in Congress:—as Gen. Will
j iams, Wm. Lowndes and John C. Cal
houn. Upon the Speaker’s chair becom
| ing vacant, by the appointment of Mr.
. Clay as one of the commissioners to ne
' gotiate the peace, Langdon Cheves was
elected to fill the vacancy.
Accident to the Harry of the
W est. —The steamer Harry of the West,
on her route to New Orleans, grounded
near Cape Girardeau. She swung round
violently against the bank, and came near
sinking, but was saved by throwing over
board a qnantity of the deck freight.
JMeiO- Orleans paper.
How very like the history of the real
“ Harry of the West,” is this calamity of
the steamer. He was once a noble dem
ocrat, “a steam engine in breeches.” (as. 11
the Englishman said of Uamei vteOstor.)
But he'got on too great a deck load ol
« swung round violently on a bank,” and
has been of little value to any body since.
To be sure, the federal wreckers got him
off, and tried to run him two or three
times, but he always broke down insight
of port. — New Haven Register.
Air. Clay carries misfortue to all water
craft—as it were a judgment of Heaven
upon the hostility to commerce of his fa
vorite. measures. This “Harry of the
West” has been bogged once before.
long since we noticed that the “
lotion, y Frigate, knocked up a schooner
bearing his name, at Norfolk. The ‘Hen
ry Clay,’ anew and very spendid boat
was dished in the Alississippi, on her first
trip, a few months before the Louisiana
election. Let all who go down to the
sea in ships, or who exchange the pro
ducts of distant regions, beware how they
offend Castor and Pollux, by christening
their craft after the great enemy of Free
Trade. —Charleston Mercury.
A Singing Mouse. —A very remark
able little animal, a mouse, having the
surprising ability of warbling notes
which very closely resemble those of the
lark, has lately been exhibited in Lon
don. 'Phe animal also imitates various
other birds with ease and fluency. It
was very recently caught, and has be
come very tame, and sings very fre
quently.
An Hibernian Blunder. —The.
“Knickerbocker” tells the following, as
coming from an Eastern correspondent.
It is clever and amusing :
Not many days since, a little child,
two years old, the son of a poor Irish
widow, lay in the middle of anew road,
kicking up a dust, and roasting in the
sun. Presently came along an Irish
teamster, who in the most deliberate and
careless manner walked his team over
the little fellow, and crushed him to
death. Some dozen or twenty Irish shan
ties were in full view of the catastrophe;
and as might be expected, there was a
rush and an ullulloo from a hundred wo
men at once. While some took up the
dead body, others shouted after the team
ster, who, apparently unconcerned, was
making slowly off. They forced him
back to the scene of the catastrophe,
where they did not hesitate to accuse him
of having caused it purposely. Pat of
course denied it strenuously, declaring
that he did not see the child, and was
therefore wholly blameless. But with a
hundred fierce eyes glaring upon him at
once, and fifty tongues hissing in his ear,
he became coufused, began to waver,and
finally gave up the point entirely, prob
ably us a peace otiering to his tormen
tors.: “Thrue, thrue, Mistress Conolly,”
said he to one of them, while he scratched
his head sorrowfully, “I did see the boy
lymg there, ’pon me word; but I thought
he teas asleep !”
Rum the root. —A man had his
choice of three things; murder, robbery,
or drunkenness. He chose the latter, got
drunk, and then committed the other'
two.