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■j. u -tiruciioji. The travellers had
’ ! t onward*, and on leaving; this their last
uniting place, some negligent wretch |md omitted
to extinguish his fire. The sp.wfcs being still a-
live, and the western gale springing up, had
fanned them into a flame.-which, proceeding from
brake to bash, and from hush to tree, speedily
set the whole furest iu a [daze. The youth, ar
rested in his progress, was gazing on the awful
spectacle before him, wh**uou a suddeu the voice
of lamentation reached his ear.
lie looked about mid beheld at a little distance
from him, surronuded by the all-devouring ele
ment, a large serpent, writhing, as it seemed, in
the last agonies of death, bound and fastened as
ho was in the fetters of the flames.
On observing tho approach of the traveller, the
serpent lifted up his voice and said, *Oh youth !
pity my miserable condition; and although ive
arc, it is true, naturally enemies, yet extend a
helpin' blind, and save me from the wretched
fate which, without, assistance, instautlv awaits
tne.”
The youth had drunk deep of the bitter cup of
adversity, and from experience had learned the
value of kindness and compassion. He said “al
though wo arc taught tho maxim, that to serve
the wicked is toiujure the good, yet thy condi
tion is so deplorable, and thy destruction so sure
uuless T help thee, that 1 will for once net contra
ry to the advice of tho wise.’ Having said this
ho fixed his wallet to the end of his spear, and
stretching out the hand of assistance, desired the
serpent to take speedy advantage of the means of
escape offered to him. The set pent lost no time
in coiling himself up iu the hag, aud was drawn
safely out of his portions situation.
*Go,’ said the youth, ‘wherever thy inclination
may load thee, and hence forward out of grati-,
tude for the service uow rendered thee, abstain
from injuring mau.’
•What!’ asked the serpent, Most thou require
ti u to the bag hanging at the saddle bow; by | Jew,” the incidents of which commence with
•'-.pans of which he had been drawn out of the the crucifixion of our Saviour, aud termiuate
Now,” said the fox, ”1 knoiv that th m * with ihc end of the world, is now performing
'cfc - what is Ihlse; for how could a serpent nightly in Paris to crowded houses.
> ' Uu great size - be contained in to small a com-1 *
. 1SS • .5 Louis Philippe, the King of the French, is one
Tho deluded serpeut, bent on the destruction I of the richest, if not the richest man iu Europe,
of the youth, was auxious to prove to tin* for the I
truth of his assertion, and offered to conv
POLITICAL.
>" f°x the ,The correspondent of the London morning Herald
rinco him savs: t*The preseut wealth of his Majesty is de
ity again placing himself Within the bag. The , dared^to be incalculable, and iu increase is do-
fox said that indeed if he should witness it with j scribed to be so ouormously progressive, that
Correspondence of the Journal of ■‘Commerce.
Washington Satukdat, Jan. 3d, 1835.
be presumed that their absence was supposed by
them to be rendered necessary by the unsettled
state of our Relations with France; for it can
hardly be supposed that, as representatives of
Louis Philiippe. they were enemies to Lafayette.
As to the British Minister, and the Ministers of
the other principal powers, their absence is ac
counted for by the circumstance that the princi
his own eyes, he could no longer doubt; and ! sa y q, e contemplated object of M. Thel- ted States, With
would then fairly and impartially decide between | nison might be attained by King Louis Philiippe, Ranks; and, if i
them.” . if he live long enough; for, large as it is, the Na- best mode by tv
Upon ibis the young man stretched open the
mouth of tho bag, and the serpeut deceived by
the words of the wiley fox, coiled himself op in
it as before.
The fox iustantly called’ “O youth- tliou hast
now the enemy in thy power; give him no quar
ter; he is in thy hand spare him not.”
The youth with all speed closed the mouth of
the bag and dashing it with violence to the ground
preserved himself and the rest of mankind from
the fangs of the ungrateful serpent.
The wise say, dimly indeed must burn the lamp
of that man’s understanding, who suffers himself
to bo cajoled by his enemy.
Fail River, Dec. 27.—Relict.—Daring the
recent storm, in which the tides rose to an unu
sual height, part of the small hill upon which the
meeting house, near Howland’s Ferry Bridge,
in Tiverton, stands, was washed away, exposing
to viciv a number of graves not before known
to the oldest inhabitants of that uaigliborhnod. 1
tional Debt of France might (if you believe c«r-
tain actuarie) be absorbed or purchased iu a few
years by the treasurers of the King of the Barri
cades. This, is, no doubt, an exaggeration ; but
that he is beyond question lb* richest mau, and
the most economical man and the closest-fisted
man m the universe, I could get you fifty people
to verify.by affidavit.”—Augusta Courier.
The House, this morning, resumed tne consid
eration of the resolutiou oflured yesterday by Mr.
Gamble, of Georgia, directing the Secretary of
the Treasury to communicate to the House
whether in his opinion, it is practicable or cou- ph's which governed the whole life of Lafayette
venient for that Department to collect, safely I are at war with those on which the existence n{
keep, and disburse the public roouev of the Uni- j their respective governments depends.
s. Without the agency of a Bank or dir. John Q. Adams, appointed on tho pa
so, to report to the House the
rliich, iu his opinion, that object
enn bo accomplished. ' J r. Clayton, of Georgia,
having the floor from yesterday, rose in support
of the resolution. There were considerations
which, in his opinion, not only justified, but cal
led loudly for, its, passage. It'would bo recol
lected, he said, that a part of us, in the South,
were opposed to a Bank on constitutional grounds;
and it ought not to be forgotten that, on. the
same grounds, the renewed charter was, reject
ed by tho Executive. His main argumeut was
. From the Slate Rights' Sentinel. that the Government had no right to grant char-
Srr.—Some friends, whose opinions are *uti- t 0 **s 0 f incorporation for any purpose : (hat the
:d to deference, deem it iucumbeut on mo to .Government bad no right to do indirectly that
tied
avow, or disavow, the authorship of a I’ozeu
couplets, latcly/becoine a matter of grave aud
high controversy. Though, supposed for twen
ty years past to be mine, they have recently been
which they could not do directly; ergo, if the
Government can’t charter a Bank, they have
no right to make use of ono already chartered.
VI JB Thus, it i? unconstitutional to charter a Bank in
ascribed, by sundry acute critics, first to O’Kelly, Philadelphia; but if we employ and use a Bank
and then to Alaeijs. Disdaining, heretofore, to,
notice such charges' of plagarism, from a perfect
confidence in the ultimate power of truth, aud a
contempt for this petty species of annoyance.
Ou diggiug carefully into tho bill several skel- j my silence is now broken, only iu compliance
nns were found, many of the bones of which with tlie wishes of those w h°m I esteem. Valu-
were nearly in a state of perfect preservation, j j u 8 these rhymes very differently lro.n others,
In one grave was found 7gun barrels, 2 pistol becomes me, -on.so unimportant.su ’ject,
barrels. 6 brass kettles, a large quantity of beads, m ere b to avow myself, the author. I lie linos in
several pieces of blankets, 2 clay pipes, iron pots, I qnestiou, then, good or bad, are mine alone :
shoes, pieces of earthern ware, pieces oT the neither Alcteus nor O Kelly has the smallest
right to them. Originally inteuded as a part of
pieces ol earthern ware, pieces
skins of animals aud some other articles, which,
owing to their decayed state, it was impossible
to decide what they had been. Among the arti
cles found in addition to the above, were 20
junk bottles, most of winch were filled with wa
ter. corked and sealed ovpr. The water ap
peared to be as pure as when drawn from the
fountain. When these relies of ancient times
me to abandon the very dictates of my nature? j w# . re buried,or how long they had lain iii the
Kmnvest thou uot that there is an inherent prill- * -> «• —* — i —;
ciple fixed within me, which bids, nay, com
mands tne to do all the harm 1 can to every son
, of man ? I cannot, aud will not give up that dis
position, which was planted within me by my
Creator : aud sir. I will uot go from this spot,
till 1 have inserted my deadly fangs both into thee
and into thv camel.’
‘Did 1 not, but this instant,’ replied the youth,
•render thacan important service ? Aud among
what class of God's creatore» is the custom to
return.evil for good ! and with what tribe is it
held right to sully the pure stream of kindness
and affection with die foul dress of cracky aud in
gratitude ?’
’It is the practice of you man,’said the serpent,
‘and.although to reuder a service, is. abstractly
considered, todo good, yet when misapplied, as
in the present itistnpcc. it becomes a sin. I w-ll
therefore punish your presumption and foliy. that
your example may be a warning toothers. * I will
sell von the.article 1 purchased in your market;
you will surely buy for once that which you sell
all the year.’
The youth, in great alarm, bent the knee in
supplication to tho earth; but compassion was a
stranger to the adamantine heart of the serpent,
who called out,‘Prepare quickly, and say wheth
er I shall bite thee first or the beast.’
The youth repeated that it was most unjust &
cruel to return evil for good, and defied the ser-
po«e to prove by credible witnesses that such was
the practice of mankind, adding, that if tho snake
should really produce cvideuce in support of' his
proposition he would cast aside the mantle of hope
and hold out the hand of despair to be bitten by
him.
.•Well, then,’said the serpent ‘let us refer our
dispute to the cow grazing in youdermeadow.’
They tveuf, and no sooner risked the cow what
was the usual return for good, than she replied,
•‘if you ask what is the practice of man, I must
unhesitatingly tell yhu, it is evil. I myself was
for along time in the possession of a man; mor
ning and eveuing I supplied him with milk and
but er ; year after year I hrouglit forth a ‘ralf,
which he soul to supply the wauls of his family.
At length from increase »f years, my milk dried,
and I lost the power of bearing young. My ty
spot where they were discovered, wo have uo
means of fo, niing even a coujeclure.—They are,
no doubt, the remains of a portion of’ the Indi
ans who once inhabited this section of our country
—and the presumption is that the grave, in which
were found the articles ahove enumerated, con
tained the remains of some Indian chief. Tile
bottles and beads had uot been injured by the
band of tune. Every thing elsei some of the
bones excepted, found, was greatly decayed.—
Monitor.
a longer poein—which, like the life'of him. for
whose sake I projected it, was broken off unfin
ished—they were published without my knowl
edge or couseut, aud, however the couirary may
have been assumed, contain uo personal allusion.
Whatever my life may be like, whether roses
or thorn's, the public is iu no danger of being
troubled with confidence.
I am sir.
Very respectfully.
Year ob’t- humble serv’t.
RICHARD HENRY WILDE.
fYaskinglon Hist Dec. 1834.
Uncommon Cold Heather.—A resident iu this
neighborhood, who has observed the thermome
ter with some attcutiou, daily, fpr the last 10 or
12 years, never saw it btlow zero before Sunday
_ morning, though it has beeu within that period
. ropoi teil to have been seen lower in other ther-
1SOMINATION OF JUDGE WAYNE. motqctcrsthan his. On Suuday in.iruiug, how-
‘•It is understood (says theNaiioual lutelligen- ever, i’ stood-at two degrees below zero. But,
cer of the 8th mst.) that the President of the V- yesterday morning, it tell to thirteen degrees be-
niter) Stales yesterday nominated to tho Senate,
as a Judge of the.Supreme Court, (to fill the va
cancy on the bench, occasioned by the decease of
Justice Johnson,) James M. Wayne. uo*v a Rep
resentative in Congress from the State of Geor
gia ‘
POST OFFICES—GEORGIA.
According to a statement from the General
Post. Office, lastely. published, of the Post.Offices
established, discontinued, and Offices the names
of which have been changed, since the first of
July last, it appears that, in Georgia, the follow
ing Post Offices have been established :*
Appliug county, at Camp Ground.
Murray county, at Rock Spring.
Dekalb county, at Rock Mountain.
Tho following have been discontinued:
Irwin county, at Angus.
Walton county, at Hampden.
Stewart county, at Williams’.
Clark county, at Williams' X Roads.
Haucock county, at Warren’s Mount:
Aud the Post Office in Upson county, called
TorbertvilJe, lias been changed to Marshcll’s Fer
ry.— Constitutionalist.
lore zero, supposed to be the greatest cold ever
observed iu this part of the couutry. At Green-
leaf’s Point, (at the junction of the Potomac and
Eastern Branch Rivers.) it .vas as low as 16, and
at Alexandria from 13 to 15 below. The sensi
ble cold was uot greater thau we think lias beeu
experienced with the thermometer at 5 or 10 de
grees above zero. But it was uot the less effect
ive. It was, if we may Use the expression, a
still and silent cold. The Potomac froze over
on Saturday uight, aud On Sunday night froze
so hard that carriages might have passed over it
The Pittsburg Gazette says that orders have
baeu received at the Arsoual ucar that city, “to
forward, without delay, a large number of heavy
cannons to New Orleans, The number, we be
lieve. is from eighty to one hundred. The order,
we are told, was imperative to send them off
The Raleigh Register of Tuesday, nnnonuces
tho final passage of the Convention Bill, to a-
mei.it tho Constitution of the State of North
Carolina—the House of Commons having acce
ded to the amendment of tho Senate. One of
tho principal objects of this bill is to obtain an
equal Representation of die people in the Legis
lature. - ■’•
rani master no sooner perceived this, than, un- immediately, sf possible.
mindful of ray good and faithful services, be drove
me from his yard to seek for food and shelter, lie
eared not where. 1 strayed into.this plain, aiid
being unfettered and at my ease, I have regained
somewhat of imTinner fat & sleek appearance.
It was but y'estcrJiiy that my master passed this
way, and observing tho improvement in my con
dition, actually so d me-to his butcher, audtomor-
, roe I am to bo led to the slaughter house. Such
is the return man makes for good!”
“Prepare yourself quickly,” said ths serpent.
“To condemn,” ausnered the dismayed youth,
“upon the testimony of a single witness, is con
trary to our most holy lnw ; produce another Si
t^en acta* you desire.”
T'-.oy weir standing near a tree and they ap
pealed tnti Je t mid, ‘1 have sprung up as you see
me. in this desolato plnee; and here, standing up
on ono stem, and oceupyirg but a small portion
of God’s tyirth am ever at he service of passers-
by. I spread out my bran- hrs in every direction,
to . fiord shelter to the’ searched and weary tra
veller. Often have I saved a wretched inisera-
Ido m.»a. who fyui for ray timely aid, must have
muk under tho burning rnys of the sun. Mark
♦lie restih : he no sooner begins to derive the ad
vantage of my assistance, ami to recover from
the fatigue ,:f his journey, even yet while be is re
posing under the shade which I cheerfully give
him. than he looks shove and around him. saying,
•how gratefully bends yon branch ! it will serve
mo for *i how. This liinb. how beautiful! hew
straight 1 I will have it toe a handle to my spear.
Ho thro utterly regardless of the injury he inflicts,
severs them from my body, and 90 recompenses
motor thosnfvice I have done him. I am think
ing how I can bos; afford shelter, while ho is
meditating.upon the readiest way to tear mo up
by the very roots.”
“There* now,” evlaimed the sorpent, “arc
tho two wun«s*c*s you required; prepare in
stantly : meet your fate.”
• Life.” answered the youth, “is dear to all;—
give me one clinnet more, aud if- you produce
y«vt .mother witness. I will resist no longer, but
will then submit to the will of God.”
It happened that, a fox was standing uenr, and
was listening with great attention to their dis
pute.
”\Ye will ask the fog,’ 1 said tho serpent; “and
when ho pronounces judgement against thee, I
will delay no longer.” 1
Before the young man could put his qucsiiou
the fox shouted, “Man always returns evil fur
good; but, pray sir, what service do you pre-
; ml to have rendered the snake, that you should
inv* made yourself obnoxious to punishment ?”
The youth related nil ihat had passed. “You
Appear an intelligent pprson,” answered the fox.
••why tfn reforc, do you «t:\:»* what is so couirary
to tensor, -ni 1 corart m • e ? You know H ill
.1 :* •‘v.loecrtuy thing lbut
' <. :nth :>• justice.”
uso red ih, fox t tan I tho words of
> jraiy nidr»^M,»Br-ap<fdi#eclinht)rfnitA!
in Philadelphia, chartered by the State of Penn
svlvnnia, we do that by indirection, which the
Constitntiou forbids us to do. The President
had decided that we could not establish a Bauk
in Philadelphia or elsewhere for the purpose of
collecting and disbursing the revenue, and, yet,
he had, for a year, employed iu that business,
Banks already established. But we were told
that this great monied power, constituted as it
was, with oue head and twenty limbs, was dan
gerous to the liberties of the country. To this
argument he allowed some plausibility, though,
at the same time, he thought it applied with as
much force to the forty little pet monsters, as to
tlu» big monster, and its twenty-four whelps.—
The object of the resolution: was to ascertain
whether we could manage the fiscal concerns of
the nation, without coming withiu reach ol the
talons of either the big or little “monsters.” He
went on at some length to recommend an utter
divorcement • l’the monied power from the gov
ernment; couteudiug.tlrat if the monied pow^r
was of itself dangerous, it would be much more
so’when operating with the power of Govern
ment, which last power, as he showed, had, of
all others, iu all times, beon the most dangerous
power, often overthrowing the liberties of the
people.- Mr. Allen, of Kentucky, said, among
other things, that he had read the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury on the mode of keep
ing and discounting the public monies, with care,
and could not see that the information sought
iu the resolutiou was there afforded. It did not
appear to him to be an important inquiry, wheth
er it was practicable for the Government to trans
act allks bu^ness without the fiscal agency of
any bank at all. It was the promise of many,
and the desire of some, to. have a.hard money
currency. To those who sought that object, it
must be desirable to dispense with banks and
bank notes altogether. If we were to fix our
eyes upon that period of our history in which pa
per motley was most rapidly multiplied, it would
undoubtedly he the present time, when wc were
talking so much about the necessity of a return
to bard money currency. For, one, lie was de
sirous to kiiow whether, iu the opinion of the Cab-
The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 3d iust. men
tions auotliei death amongst the medical students
iu that city by Small Pox. in akin? three the pre
sent season, out of a class of six hundred, all by
this loathsome disease, aud which might have
been prevented had vacciuatiuu been attended
to. '
The SalcinGirceMr says that insurance cannot be
effected in Salem or Boston, to cover the risk ol
French spoliations.
Property inWeic York.—The Now York Ga
zette says. “Wo do not bclivo that, at ■ auy for
mer period, real estate ever-sold so high, ns at the
preseut moment. Yesterday the store 150 Pearl
street, went off at auction for $41,700; aud the
the old house corner of Nassau aud Piue streets,
sold for $35,000.”
[ From the Charleston Courifr.l , . . , ,* ur l* -
Out relations ,nth France.-A better Ihw n . Th ®t ^
Washington, dated 7th instant, states that the | CityofColouel John Ridg*, head of the Chcro-
Comtnittee of Foreign Relations of the House of I delegation, and A. bunt i- iej are a-
Representatives. had rejected. 6 to 2. a propo- voraW ° l « ‘ be emigration of the Chcrokees
sition offered by Mr. Wayne authorizing reprisals
in rouformity to the President’s reroinmemiatiou.
This would seem to settle the question of any
war measure beiug sustained even in the House
o f Represeii tatiyes.
RAIL ROAD FROM SAVANNAH TO MA
CON-
Wc copy from the Georgian of the l2lh. the
following proceedings of the City Council of Sa-'
vannnh.
Important Proceedings in Council.—At an ad:
jonrued meeting of Council, he'd on Saturday
evening, 7 o’clock ; a quorum lieiug present, bu
siness was proceeded to.
Col. Alfred Qruger. the Engineer appointed by
Council to sui voy the route for a Rail Road or-
Canal between this City and Macon, submitted
his Report and Maps of Survey, whereupon Aid.
I Cuyler. offered the following resolutions, which
BvaGEAtir and Arson.—Last Monday eve- were unanimously passed:
tiiiig about 7 o’clock, a Rat broke into Mr. Mer- “Whereas the survey of tho route .of a Rail
ifirn’s soap and candle factory, No. 180 Chapol , Road communication between this City aud Ma-
street, and feloniously took from a candlestick a
lighted caudle, with which lie retreated through
a bole iu the floor, and having the benefit of a
light, dragged it safely to his private rendezvous,
which was composed of shaving aud other com
bustibles. The movement ol the rascal was
discovered just as the light was passiug the floor,
and iu n moment more the lodgings of the thief
were iu flames. The whole building would have
shared the same fate, but for (he timely discov
ery of the arson, which enabled the proprietor,
by tearing up tbe floor, to nip the mischief iu the
bud.—Jour, of Com.
Cold Bathing.—Yesterday, about .one o’
clock, a man who had partaken freely of some
warming potntions, leaned imnscjf against a
spile ou the pier above Peck slip, to enjoy the usc
rum-inspiring reveries by which ho had been so
ofteu lulled to happy forgetfulness. While in
this position lie became rather drowsy, aud tum
bled into the dock. A number of persons, who
were at work in the -vicinity, bearing the splash,
ran to the fellow’s assistane, and got him out be
fore be bad drank much more salt water than be
had taken of the “crittur.” He was then' lean-
e. up against a wall, where he stood dripping
and smoking, preparatory to being sent to the
Alms House.—Jour, of Com. M
The Boston Gazette of the 22nd ultimo says—
that Francisco Ruiz, the carpenter, one of the
Pirates under sentence of death, has becQmp de
ranged sinee the 19th. He has erected a cross t 0 ascertain on what terms a loan of money for
in his cell, before which he is continually p^os- *
tratinK himself, and Uttering the most frantic cries.
Ill will probably be necessary to put him iu irons,
to prevent "his committing violence upon himself.
yesterday. The cold still continues. Our navi- j inc*t, it was proper to return to a hard money
gation is probably closed for the season—Nat.! government, and carry on our fiscal operations
tnhi. Cith inxl. ~ without paper currency or bauk agency. He
was sure that the measure contemplated by the
resolution would contribute more than any thing
else could, to tho promised return to a bard mon
ey currency, and to the obstruction of the flood
of the paper money which was uow issuing or
ready to be issued. Mr. Polk, as Chancellor o*
the Exchequer, rose to resist these vigorous as
saults. Time was, he said, and not very long a-
go, when it was contended that uothiug hut a
Bank, aud ouly ono Bauk, could act successfully
as the fiscal agent of the Treasury. But now,
when it was ascertained that other ageuts had
succeeded, it was for the first time ascertained
that no Bank was necessary; but, without giv
ing any opiuion of his own, he had indicated
the opinion of others that «o Bank agency was
necessary. Mr. Polk proceeded to show that
the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury re
sponded directly to the inquires put iu the reso
lution. Ur; Polk here read an exctract from the
Report, and added, —
The Secretary then says that it is practicable
to act the business of the Treasury without Banks,
but he does not advise it, in the present state of
things. The resolution was, therefore, unneces
sary. and improper, its inquiries having already
been answered, and the measure contemplated
by it, noticed and discussed, but not recommend,
ed. The debate was for some time continued
by Messrs. Fillmore. Ewing aud Jones, of Geor
gia when, Mr. McKitu moved to lay the resolu
tion ou tbe table, which motion prevailed; 10G
to 87. . ‘ ' '.
This day being, by the rules of the House, de
voted to private business, the orders of the day
were taken tip. The first among them, being the
bill for tbe relief of Susan Decatur and others,
was taken up for consideration. Mr. \ intoti ob
jected to its consideration, aud moved its post
ponement to Friday next. IIo said that to en
tertain this bill would bo to postpone till next
session every other private bill. He might have
addetl, that while this bill was on. the calendar,
no other business would he done oil Friday and
Saturday thau to debate it; for, like Atny Dar-
din’s horse, .it seems destined as the conveyance
to immortality of all who will ride it far and long
enough. Mr. Vinton mentioned that it had al
ready consumed at least six weeks time, first and
last, and had been five times rejected. But Mr.
Cnmbreicng, in reply, said it had been rejected
oaly-by small majorities of the House, and for
the reason solely that members, though they
were.in favor of the principle of tho bill, could
agree upon the mode of distributing the sum
granted upon tho claimants. Einally, the hill'
was laid on the table, Yeas 96; Noes, 90.’' But
there is no doubt that a re-consideration of the
vote will he moved on Monday.' A le-considcra-
tion of the vote on the case of poor Kilborne was
moved today.
Washington, Dec. 31, 1831.
This day having been set apart, by a Joiut
Resolution of Congress, for the celebration in
honor of the memory of Lafayette, no legislative
business was transacted. Thctwo Houses as
sembled and were called to order at tho usual
hour. At £ past 12, the President of the U.
Ftates. the Secretaries of the Departments,
some few of the members of Foreign Legations - ;
and the orator of the day, attended by the Joint
Committee, assembled in tho Senate Chamber,
and accompanied by.tbe Senate and tho Vice
_ art
of Congress, af the last session, to deliver an
“Oration ou the Life and Character of Lafay-
ettd.” took the rostrum, in discharge of the duty
assigned him, at 1 o’clock, and spoke about two
hours and a half. 1 never heard hirn speak bet
ter nor more distinctly. lie was heard, with
ease, by every ono throughout the vast hail and
galleries, and he Was lisleucd to with the most-
profound silence and respectful attention. Sever
al times, indeed, be .vas interrupted with half
suppressed plaudits from the galleries, hut the
Auditory seemed to he made sensible, by theuoise
thus made, of the impropriety of this mode of
expressing their admiration.
In regard tj the merits of the performance, 1
might speak very strougly without exaggeration.
Every oue who beard it was struck with the dig
nity aud serene simplicity by which it was char
acterized. The narrative was excellent, and in
a discourse wherein narrative necessarily oc
cupies so promiueut a place, it might, without
prejudice- to its other merits, bo deemed its chief
excellence. Though familiar, as every Ameri
can is, with the details of the life and actions of
Lafayette, 1 never before saw thorn placed in so
interesting a point of view, nor rendered so clear,
consistent aud intelligible. The illustrations
which were occasionally produced, iu connexion
with the narrative, were extremely elegant and
happy, and served to exalt, in a high degree, our
ideas of the character of Lafayette. Tho priu-
ciples inculcated throughout tho oration were
those which Lafayette exemplified iu his life,—
disinterested devotion to liberty, and uncomprom
ising hostility to hereditary*rule. In his exordi
um, the orator exhibited great skill in arresting
the attention of his auditors, aud preparing their
minds for the reception of his discourse. The
very embarrassment and tremor which for the first
few sentences, marked his utterance, jwell suited
his remarks on. the difficulty and delicacy of the
task assigned to him. He seemed to feel that
be was, as he said, to speak to the North Ameri
can people by their own appointment, upon the
life aud character of one whoso life for neat ly
half a century had formed a part of the history of
the civilized world.
As the orariou is soon to he published, as I un
derstand", by order of Congress, I refrain from
preventing any sketches of it, which tvould bnt
do injustice both to the orator and the subject of
his eulogy.
T E LEGRAPH
aCACCW, Ga.
Thursday January 22, ies5. L
([/=• We must again claim the indulgence 0 f
our readers for lack of editorial. The editor had
hardly recovered sufficiently to attend to any^
siness, from a sickness of several mouths ,] Ur3
lion, when he met with an accident whicVkill
for some time prevent him from holding a p..,'
On Saturday night last, in eudeavoring to t -
tinguish the flames in which a uegro gi r J
enveloped, from her clothes taking fire, his hand
were so dreadfully burnt as to preelvde the b 0 p e
of using them for some time to come. T lt!)
other members of his family also had their ha^h
badly burnt; and the house itself narrowly ei .
caped. The gil l, who ’was about 13 years old
lived about thirty hours after tho shockin''
cident.
We have received from the Hon. James M.
Wayne a “ Report from the Secretary of ths
Treasury on. the present system of keeping and
disbursing the public money,” and various other
public documents.
BOB
A letter from a friend at Washington City, of
the 7th inst. says: “James M, Waytie h’as just
been nominated to the Senate, as Judge of the
Supreme Court, in the place of the late Judge
Johnson.”—Avgusta Sentinel.
con, made by Col. Cruger, and his Report on
the same, arc satisfactory to this Board, and
clearly show tho practicability of tho work, the
facilities offered, tho absenco of obstructions, and.
the great aud permanent advantages which must
result to both cities, and tbe whole stale, from its
completion—ami, whereas it is necessary to kuow
to what extent the authorities of Macon will unite
with tbis Corporation, in undertaking the work ;
aud whereas, the said survey was made by this
City, iu the confident expectatidn, that the City
of Macon would share the expeuse to a reasona
ble extent— -
“Refofcerf—'That tho Roport of Col.. Cruger,
of tho Survey aforesaid, be adopted, aud that the
maps thereof be deposited iu tho Clerk’s Office,
for safe keeping, public inspection, and further
Resolved, also—'That the Mayor be authori
zed to correspond with the corporation of Ma
con, to know what proportion of the Stock in
such work, that Corporation will subscribe for,
and that he he authorized to assure that Cor
poration, that this body will subscribe for 5000
shares, and that the City of Macon he requested
to subscribo for half that number of shares at
least.
•Resolved—That the Mayor be authorized and
to .isk of that Corporation a re-erobursement-of a
p-oportion thereof.
"Resolved, also,—That the Mayor be authori
sed to corresdond with persons ami capitalists.
this work can be negotiated, on the faith of the
city, and a pledge of its interest in the underta
king.” -
Ajoint committee of Council and Citizens,
was .ppointed' to s^ect n site for a Lazaretto—
.A'^aV.rin'ihreracts entitle^ “Tkc Wandering S’CetincIi Afa ad^urireA
We are informed by a letter from a friend at
Carrollton, Mississippi, says the Augusta Couri
er) 'hat the election, which ended on tho 8th
Dee. has resulted in the election of Greenwood
Lejiore, late chief of the Choctaws, to represent
Chrroll county in the next Legislature of the
State-of Mississippi.
Senator Mangum.—We learn from authority,
(says the Salisbury, N. C. Watchman) that we
have confidence in,' that Judge Mangum has de
clared his determination not to resign in accor
dance to the will of tho dominant party iu the
Legislature.
Thomas H. Benton having declined being a
candidate for Vice-President,, the Pennsylvanian
nominates James Buchanan, of that State, late
Minister to Russia, to run for that office upon
the Van Buren ticket.
-MEAT, HO ! MEAT !!
^Whjfc shall we all do for meat ? is the univer
sal cry. Empty smoke houses is a common and
most distressing complaint. Hogs are as scarce
as—as any thing. Fresh pork retails at Iffcu.
a-pouml, salted aj 12 a—aod not a whole kg m
'be bad*at that.' - ' A hundred thousand weight 0 f
bacon aud pork would fiud a rea.i y sale here.—
The weather uow is fine for curiug meat, and
’those who have it to sell had better bripg it in,
whilst the cobl weather lasts.
Also wanted, soi. e 10,000 weight of lard-as
much butter; and fat beef,'mackerel, codfish, ,a
proportion ; with onions, potatoes, &c. t a
match. .
A snow storm.—Mr. Abizer Snow, of Bruns
wick, was lately' presented by his wife with
thret boy3, weighing21 pounds!
Concert.—We invite tbe attention of tbe Pub*
lie to'tbe proposed Concert ofMr. GRONLD.ND.oa
Saturday evening next. From the acknowledg
ed superior abilities of Mr. G. as a musical per
former, and the popularity of the tunes selected
wc anticipate for him a crowded house. Those
who were prevented by the badness of the weather
from attending his last concert, bad better avail
themselves of the preseut, (as it w ill be the last,)
opportunity to witness his astonishing powers.
Mr. Gronlund will be assisted by tbe talents of
Messrs. Hudson & Sinclair.
EXECUTIVE PATRONAGE.
On the 6tli instnnt. in tbe Senate of the Uni
ted States, the following resolution, offered the
day before by Mr. ralhoun, was taken up and-a-
dopted:
Resolved, That u Select Committee be ap-
l, 7he Southern Planter o nd Horticultural Ly
ceum” has been removed from Macon to Odium-
bus. where it will be continued by C. E.Bart-
pointed to attend to inquire into the extent of LETT ‘ F.sqr... e solicit for the work a coati-
Executivc patronage ; the circumstances which
have contributed to its great iucrease of late ;
the expediency aud practicability of reducting
the same, and the means of suph reduction ; and
that they have leave to report by bill or other
wise.
On motion of Mr. Calhoun, it was ordered
that tlie Committee consist of six.
Mr.-Calhoun wished that the Committeo might
consist of two members from each of the politi
cal parties. For it is well known, said Mr. C.
that there are different political interests in the
Senate. That when ho considered the extent
of the Executive patronage and influence, and
its important effect upon our future prospects,
he wished to go into its consideration free from
all prejudices, and to give it an impartial con
sideration. He wished the Committee might be
immediately appoiated,
Mr. Poindexter proposed that the election of
the committee will be postponed till tomorrow
morning.
Mr. Calhoun objected.
And so tho Senate proceeded to ballot for tho
co’mroittec, when Messrs. Calhoun, Southard,
Bibb, Webster, Benton, &. King of Geo-gia, were
elected.
Yankee Farmer.—-This is the name ofanagri-
euliurai paper printed, at Cornish, Me., the first
uumber of which lias been ,received, edited and
published by S. W. Cole. ' It promises to be 3
valuable adjunct to that class of periodicals al
ready published.
nnSTVYKEHS
nuance aud increase of patronage.
FROM LONDON.
requested to address the Corporation of Macon,
on the subject of the expense of said survey, and- President, proceeded to the Hall of the House
,.lr /’(.rnnr-iti/m rf-pmhnrsi'mDnf-Alf n nf 4/pnrpcontnlii'/‘8 U'horn cs*;itc troro nrnvi/lDil
of •Representatives,^-where seats were provided
for them in front of the Speaker’s chair. The
privileged scats on the floor, and tlie front galle
ry, were occupied by ladies, aud tho opposite
gallery was crowdeil with gentlemen. Tjierc
was not a single Foreign Minister from any of
tho principal powers present, though all were
invited under the resolution of Congress. The
French Mmister and the members of the French*
Legation, were specially invited to attend, and
were particularly careful not to qltend. it must
Tlie British Ship Parsoe, Capt. M‘KelIar, ar
rived yesterday from Londou via Portsmouth,
sailed 10th D p c. bringing us files of London pa
pers to the eveuing of tho Pth Dec. and a Port-
smoutn paperof the 8th. We make the follow
ing extracts from the Londou Courier of tho la-
nest date, beiug the only paragraphs we find of
sufficient importance to transfer to our columns-
London, Dec, 9..
Arrival of Sir Robert Peel — Expresses reach
ed towu early this morning to announce that Sir
Robert Peel arrived at Dover Last night about
twelve o'clock, and immediately proceeded to
Louden. The Right lion. Baronet reached his
house in Privy-gardens about eight o’clock this
morning. His Grace tlie Puke of Wellington
visited the Rigt lion. Baronet at oue o’cluek at
his residence, and remained with him for a con
siderable time. These two Statesmen after
wards proceeded to St. James* Palace, and had
a long audionne of his Mnjest)’.
Such are the facts; the rumours on the sub
ject are-these :—It is stated with confidence, in
well iuformed circles, at the West crei, that Par
liament will he dissolved bn Friday .by Procla-
We have received the first number of the "Hor
ticultural Register and Gardener's Magazine."
published at Boston by George C. Barrett. r.t
tho office of tho New England Farmer—T. G.
Fessenden, editor. It is a neatly executed woA«
ornamented with several engraving-;, and rom-
prises a pamphlet of 40 pages. The llorticsl-
tnral Register it to be published monthly, at $2
per annum.
Mr. Fessenden has long been known as a writff
on horticultural and agricultural subjects: and
we have no doubt of hist being-fully able to sus
tain his former reputation. x
Wo have also received the first number,®!
"Tht Marul Reformer and Teacher on th ' Humus
Constitution,'' a small monthly papiphlet of ft
pages, edited by Win. A. Alcott. and published
by Light •& Hortou at Boston—price ono dollar
a year, in advance.
Specimens of tho ahove works may bo soeu ,J
our reading reom.
We have received tlie 2d Number of of a it*
paper just established at Jacksonville, East Flor
ida, entitled tlie Jacksonville Courier,—published
by L. Currier & Co. Wc extract the fo!k"‘ :: r
paragraphs:
Jacksonville is situated on tlm left bank '-
St.John’s river, about twenty fivemilesfrt* 1 ! u
mouth. The river hero is about one tnile l f*
width, and tn some places above, it is ten
teen miles. It is affected by the tide whk
upon an average, from one to one and a
feet. It is very crooked,~is navigable 10 'J
place for vessels drawing ten feet of water,
for one hundred tuttl fifty miles above
good navigation For vessels of eight feet dr* 1 ^
It abounds in fish, of which some of tin* P r *‘
pal nr«j mullet- trout, perch, bass and dr 00 ’ .
Oysters can he had here at all times aim se^ ^
Abundance of wild game are to he found t
rivers, creeks and woods. ^, 9
The soil in this vicinity is sandy, but ' ;:1 ‘
tho raising of a variety of tropical P' ai ' ls, ; „
and vegetables, and the country abounds
if-.
b n* 5 '
motion. It is also stuped that tho appointments ; press, cedar, excellent piue and live 0‘ lK
ot the Ministers hre Jikcly to he made official- 1 and many other kinds. t y
East Florida extends from the river
ly known this evening or tomorrow.
City Twelve o'clock.—Tho arrival in Loud
of Sir Robc>i twi hna trwlnv nnturnllv enrit
to
cr.
_Robe; r t Peel has today naturally excited
much interest, and given rise to many rumours,
the principal one being that he has accepted the
Premiership, aud that the Parliament is to be
dissolved on Friday. This report, however,
like others tliac are current, we cannot trace to
any authentic source, and
premature-
ry’s, which separates it from Geon
Florida. It is about 350 niile? in lengt '*
sive of tho Keys. Its situation-- between ^
lantie ocean aud tho Gulf of Mexico L a . , a |-
for healthful breezes, and to this cause is ,na ‘.^ 3ti j.
tributable tlie mildness and salubrity oli’ s 1 • , y . ;
We have seldom any snow. Our own
may, therefore, be^in this section isquite limited. The ^ |
silica the 23d‘of Dec.- hai ranged frqhr ,