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POETRY.
ETE.IKHO I\ OBEBCE.
The following pretty version of a Greek My
thological Tale is from Tom Moore’s “ Evening
in Greece"—a second volume of which has just
appeared.
As Lore, one summer eve, was straying,
Who should he see, at that loft hour,
But young Minerva, gravely playing
Her flute, within an olive bower,
1 need not say, 'tis Love’s opinion
That, grave or merry, good or ill,
The sea bow all to his dominion.
As woman will be woman still.
Though seldom yet the boy hath given.
To learned dames his smiles or sighs,
So handsome Fallas look’d, that even
Love quite forgot the maid was wise.
Besides a youth of his discerning
Knew well, that by a shady rill,
At sunset hour—whate’er her learning— i
A woman will be woman still.
Her flute he praised in terms ecstatic,
Wishing it dumb—nor car’d how soon—
For wisdoms notes, howe’er chromatic,
To love seem always out of tune.
But Jong as he found breath to flatter,
The nymph found breath to shake and trill ;
As w eak or wise—it doth not matter—
VV oman at heart, is woman still.
Love chang'd his plan, with warmth exclaiming,
“ How brilliant was her,lips’ softdye 1”
And much that flute, the sly rouge, blaming.
For twisting lips so sweet awry.
I he nymph look'd down—beheld her features,
Reflected in the passing rill,
And started, shriek’d—for, ah, ye creatures !
Ev'u when divine, you’re women still.
Quick from the lips it made so odious,
I hat graceless flute the goddess took.
And while yet filled with breath melodious,
Hung it into the glassy brook ;
W here, as Us vocal life was fleeting
Adown the current, faint and shrill.
At. distance long ’twas heard repeating,
“ Woman,alas, vain woman still 1”
AERICELTDBAL.
/• rom the Mississippi Journal.
COTTON SEED OH. FACTORY.
It is with great pleasure that wo have it in >
tjtir power to annouuce to the Southern plan, i
tor, the success of the firm under the name!
of No mud A. PlummerCo. (consisting of!
the above named gentleman, his brother and
our old and well-known friend Major Ander-1
son Miller) in the completion of their i
extensive COTTON SEED OiE Factory
ami which’ enterprise may be considered i
the commencement, in this section of the
United States, of anew era ; and bids fair to j
make the Cotton I’lunter the most indepen
dent of Agriculturists.
it was with astonishment, that wo for the j
first time examined this immense undcrtak-1
ing. It is but a few months since, that the j
Compunv commenced this truly important cn- 1
terprise. i hey have now a substantial build-1
mg, eighty-four by eighty feet, one and a half |
story high, completed n steam engine of
22 1-2 inch cylinder and five feet stroke, in
full operation, drivings hulling machines to
prepare and grind the kernel for heating;
•eight cylenders for heating the metal; a cam
and seven lever presses in proportion, to car
ry on fhc business with despatch, and to the
Raving of the manual labor. Every thing
belonging to the establishment is new and
bright,and moves with the greatest accuracy
imaginable. The establishment is the largest
for making of oil perhaps ever built in the I
United States. It is capable, we learn, of I
making from one thousand to two thousand ]
gallons per day.
There are but two other mills in the Uni- j
fed Slates for making oil from cotton seed ;
one in Pctersburgli, Va. and the other in N. I
Carolina —both on a very small scale, scarce
ly, more than a tenth as large as that wo have j
described in this city of Natchez.
The making of most excellent oil from cot- j
ton seed is now no longer a matter of experi
ment. The business is reduced to a certain
ty ; one bushel of seeds will make •') quarts of
oil. The oil is tested beyond the possibility
of a doubt, as being among the best of paint
oils, and of being easily refined,and answer
ing as well a the very best winter strained
spern oil foi la ups, without the least disagree
able smell, : ns.vering admirably for woollens
machinery, dkc.
The quality of the oil, however, will speak
for itself, to all who may try it, more clearly
than our praise.
Independent of the oil, the cake is the ve
ry best of food for stock. For the present,
we shall say no more on this head. The
com| any, we learn, have gone to great ex
pense amt labor to carry this important and
new branch of business into proper effect.
For the carrying on the business, the firm has
purchased an excellent steam boat; and con- j
uected with '.he mill and boat, they have about
sixty negroes. The planters, we rejoice to
hear, have offered every facility in enabling j
the establishment to procure seed cheap and
easily. The planters on the river have pro
mised to the proprietors of the mill to save
all their s«ed of this year, and for which the
very best understanding exists between the
firm and the planters, about freight, passages,
oil, <Szc. This is as it should be ;—cntcr
prizing citizens should be encouraged ; tliosc
who picject, and those who undertake to put
in operation useful works of any kind should
be dealt with liberally.
We learn, further, that Samuel A. Plum
mer, Esq. has made arrangements to put up
a similar establishment for Florence, also in
Mobile, Alabama, to (lie one we have describ
ed. Most heartily we wish him success,
equal to that which he experiences here, ami
that the same liberality will be extended to
him by our fellow citizens of Alabama.
A girl forced by her parents into disagree
able match with an old man whom she detest
ed, when the clergyman came to that part of
the service where the bride is asked if she
consents to take the bridegroom for her hus
band, said, with great simplicity, “Oh dear no,
Fur; but you an- the first p> rson who liasa.kcd
VARIETY.
From the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette.
JACOB’S FIRST OFFENCE.
Having occasion one day last summer to look
into Judge King’s Court,to find a lawyer who,
we learned, had like ourselves, made at that
, moment his first appearance in that place for
several years, we found the court occupied
; with sentencing eertain criminals, against
, whom the jury of peers had pronounced the
j verdict of guilty. One after another his hon
-lor despatched the motely group of black,
j white and gray, who were congregated in the
prisoner’s box; some were to serve the public
for two years, and others for a rew months,
accordingtotheleg.il distinction of their va
| riotis misdoings ; and cacti heard in silence
his sentence, and looked all submission, as
j if he felt that if all was known, the punish
l inent would have been doubled. This si
lence, we have remarked, is the attribute of
of the prisoner’s box. The bold ami reck
less are silent because they would brave all
consequences ; the timid speak not because
they are timid. When the whole array of
culprits in the box had been disposed of, wc
looked for a movement of the people towards
the door, but instead of that, attention was
directed to an individual, sitting on a bench
at the right of the prisoner’s box. Changing
our position, we had a full view of him, and
we will now attempt a sketch of his person.
The mail was about 75 years of age, ami
bore those marks upon his visage which de
noted that labor and exposure had aided Imn
in his work. As he sat, Ins body leaned for
waid lo an angle of about forty-five degrees,
his right hand was resting on a staff, and in
his left, but lying on the bench, was a bag.
His dress was of the inu-t ordinary kind, his
beard had not that length which adds dignity
to age, nor was was it sufficiently short to de
note any recent attention to personal com
forts; a few stray white hairs were hanging
dounfroinundcracoar.se cap, with which
Ins head was covered. Recent confinement
had given more than a common paleness to
his visage, ami unusual dimness to his eye.
“Jacob,” said the Judge, in which feeling
for the age and wants of the prisoner had ev
idcnlly obtained the mastery over the stern
ness of justice—“Jacob,you have been found
guilty of stealing a quantity of poultry.”
Jacob turned Ins dim eve towards the
Judge, and slowly shook his head, while his
lingers played nervously upon his bag and
cane.
“The jury lias pronounced you guilty,” a
gain said the judge,in a tone which conveyed
a doubt whether the poor old man under
stood the nature of his situation.
“1 heard them,” said Jacob: “though I nev
er intended to steal from any in .ri, whatever
my wants may have been, and they have
been many ami pressing. I never intended
to take what was not my own. 1 have lived
75yearsin the same neighborhood, and
and ” Jacob had evidently lost the
thread of his remarks, he looked about as if
to catch some hint by which to enable him
to proceed, but be was unsuccessful; be
shook his head again, and cast his eyes upon
the floor.
“The court,” said the Judge, in a tone of
kindness, “have considered the circumstance
of your case, and pronounce the following
sentence—”
“Sentence—sentence,” said Jacob rapidly,
as lie again gazed on the judge ; “sentence—
I have iabored for a family, have fought for
the country, 1 have paid taxes lor the state,
and I aui now to be sentenced. Who is lie
thatcan say that Jacob ever wronged
j him in 75 years? 1 appeal,” continued he,
t in a low trembling voice, “1 appeal to Freder
ick, and William who were bovs and
men with me, whether I have been charged
I with a crime—let them speak for me.”
“They arc noth dead ,” said the officer.
‘Dead’” said the old man.
“Yes.”
“So they arc—t had forgotten—they have
been dead these ten years. But n« man,
dead or alive, ever heard uic accused of wrong
doing'till this charge was made—and what
had Ito do with the fowls ? I could have
lived without them—l need not steal them.
Steal ! 1 did not steal them.”
Again Jacob seetned to forget his subject ;
lie talked on incoherently, until be seemed
weary, when tbc Judge again prepared to pro
nounce the sentence.
“1 would call some of my relations,” said
Jacob, “but that 1 now remember that they
are dead also—thev arc all dead.”
Wheu he was again silent,the Judge said
to the officer; “take the old mail to prison,
and let him wait there thirty days,(the short
est time allowed by law for Ids oflence) and
let there be cudotsed on the committal, an
order for him to be admitted to the Alms
House as scon as the 30 days arc passed.
Jacob rose when the officer approached
him, hut it was evident that lie had paid but
little attention to the sentence. He took up
bis bag, and as lie was movingoutof thecourt-
I room, he muttered, “sentence —I did not
i steal.” He raised his eyes to the crowd that
were gazing upon him—a slight hectic flush
: passed over his visage—lie seperated, “hut
I thev are all dead," and then began his
I journey to the prison.
j For more than 20 years, it seems that Ja
,001) had mingled with society, man and boy,
he had been known as lioncst;notempation had
caused him to swerve from the track of duty,
and he had grown up and grown old, with
none to gainsay his ciedit. Childhood,s
sunny years, the long eternity of hovhood,
; youth’s gay sallies, and man’s sober occupa
. lions, had all come and gone, and Jacob had
passed through all unscathed bv serious cen
sure, unmarked by premediated guilt—ami
on the very threshold of Ins coffin, slipping as
it were into his grave, with almost four
score years upon hnn, ill an unguarded hour,
he made shipwieck of Ins whole voyage, and,
in sight of port, sunk into infamy.
\Vc all, it is believed, hedge about our
children with constant precept and whole
some examples, and wc should make honesty
not a policy, not a calculation, but a first
• movement, the instinetire feeling and prompt
[ing of the mind; and this must coins from
oare— oonrtnuad waWiiiigs. Thai jew
of this lusture may pass in safety, temptations
may assail in vain, and we may look back on
half a century of unsullied life, and thank
God that we arc not as other men ; hut when
the pride of a good standing fails us, when
•uroutward relations are less fair, when the
strong incentives to good from various con
nexions cease, all must then depend upon an
infixed, a safe and a sure principle of right.
Wc are not always safe : even the “ atten
dant spirit” of good Which each of us hath to
to watch over and guard us, seems sometimes
to have closed the eye, or to have lifted it to
wards a higher power—it is noten us, and we
fail-
LOVE STORIES.
I The world is full cf then. The press
: breatbesconstantly in their birth, and hreatiis
uiireuiiUcd sighs of “love,still love,” while!
those pretty little cupids called printer’s de
vils, bear them forth upon every breeze.— j
The swarms of novels, iiiigazincs, journals,
periodicals, and newspapers, arc so plastered :
with tiiis delicious honey that you cannot j
toucli a single leaf without soiling your fin-1
gers. Every page, every column is crowded !
with melting words, burning kisses and an
gellic forms. ’Tis dangerous, absolutely dan
gerous to read them—the heart is m jeopar
dy—it must dissolve beneath their influence
—human nature cannot stand it. Oh vc!
whom men call our forefathers ; ye who
“ went a courting” by stealth and made love
in silence—could your blessed spirits descend
among us—would they giieve over our baek
slidings from their examples, or would they
exalt their voices and exclaim, “ the milleui
um of love is come, embrace all ye children
of earth ?”
But to be serious. Is it not mystery, that
in a day of light and extended intelligence
like the present, people of education and j
common sense should take delight in such
things? What arc these love stoiies which
people arc so fond of writing, printing, and
applauding ; and which are read with avidi
ty by the young and the old ? What do they
contain? Truth—instruction—inoral influ
ence? Alas! neither. They contain noth
ing but bwe, and such love, ’tis enough to
make a dog sick.
Reader, if you are possessed of a propor
tionate share of this world’s credulity, I pity
you. What monstrous lies you must have
swallowed—eh ?
There is a spirit of untruth abroad. It is
pervering every taste ; it is engendering er
rors in every class of society. It whispers
to the little maiden, who sits patting the car
pet with her delicate foot, scarcely knowing
whether she has a heart or gizzard, and melt
ing at her own sighs—talcs of fictitious love
as foolish as they are false. To the eagei
and blushing boy it tells of female perfections
lie will never meet, of angels ho may never
behold ; and of adoration he shall never feel.
In the parent’s iningitiatipii it creates a
beauideal, which will make him loathe the
child entitled to his affection, however it may
inherit the feelings of human nature, and in
the bosom of that child beget contempt for
the worldly miudedness of that parent it
should love and honor. To all it breathes
desires which are unnatural, and raises hopes
which cannot be realised. And is it to keep
alii l: this deleterious spirit that time is sacri
ficed, talent prostituted, and paper squander
ed by the thousands. Oh ! is it no' to be la
mented, that tho-e gifted with what might be
made to benefit their fellow creatures, should
thus employ themselves ? Oh ! that the po
et and the painter, tiic discerning and the en
lightened, would condescend to look upon
the things around them; view nature and
life as they are, be content with the one as
God lias made it, and the other ns they find it.
H'liat myriads of bright eves and sensitive
hearts have wept over the misfortunes of a
Rosilind, or the sorrows of a Writer, which
were never) felt! and grieved at the endless
perplexities of a Mortimer, and suffered in
the hard trials of an Amanda, that had never
lived !
Nor is this all. These love managers raise
up whimsical notions of felicity which can
never lie attained ; cause us to be dissatisfied
with life as it is; and keeps us perpetually
longing for a state of being incompatible
with our present situation, liowover fortunate
it may be. They make folks act and think,
and speak anil feei as they do not, and as na
ture never intended they should They make
tenderness of heart and perfection oi' char
acter the universal attributes of person; and
moral depravity and baseness, the everlasting
attendants of an uglv face and deformed fi
gure; This is not fair to say the least of it
-1 beg that I may lie understood. lam no*,
one of those crabbed, tyrannical beings who
imagine all love to be a phantasy, all women
aclieat. 1 believe there are many liigh-soul
ed, pure hearted women, who are not unwor
thy of all the affection and tenderness a man
can bestow on them- And I believe there is
love, in this world, which time cannot con-,
quer or fate unbend.
But such love is uot written. Nor is it to
be found where writers seek it. it decs not
dwell in drawing rooms and bandboxes; nor,
in the bosom of a fourteen years old miss, or i
unbearded boy. It basks not exclusively in
the sunshine of wealth, beneath the figtrec
of luxury ; nori's it always enveloped in the !
form of beauty. But rather seek it on the
bleak hillsides and secluded caverns of the ■
world, where the winds of adversity blow, or
the serperts of persecution or contume
ly hiss.
Those who are familiar with the customrry
speech of “ His Britanic Majesty" on prorogu- |
ing the Parliament, may be amused with the fol
lowingjeu d'esprit.
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
On Saturday evening Madame Vestria proro
gued her house in person, and the following is
the speech delivered on the occason :
“My lords, ladies, and gentlemen,—l have
come lo meet you for the purpose of proroguing
this house.
“1 have such well grounded confidence in the
continuance of the steady attention you have gi
ven to its business, that the most pressing neces
sity alone could induoe me to resort to so ex
treme a measure. i
“ 1 wi, l ßt<l,e to you ill a few words, w hat that
necru ltv i „
“ My saaeon u ended, And I oan’f help myself
"Gentlemen of the pit and galleries,—l thank
you for the cheerfulness with which yon have
furnished the supplies V atid I have the highest
satisfaction in informing yon that they have not
only been adequate to our current expenses, but
that a surplus remains.
“This surplus I have directed to be funded,
and it will remain applicable to the futureexigen
cies of my management.
“My lords ladies and gentlemen,—ln looking
beck epon the sason which we are about to close’,
I find many circumstances for our mutual congra
tulation.
“ If it be a blessing to have preserved domes
tic peace what must it be to have preserved so
many domestic pieces as we have ?
“ Our crop has been abundant almost beyond
precedent, and the harvest lias been well housed.
“Order has been maintained, while orders
have been excluded.
“ m reverting with pride to the successful re
sults ot native exertions, 1 am not unmindful of
the assistance we have occasionally received
from our firm allies; the French authors.
“ I am happy to tell you that 1 continue to re
ceive assurances of the mosl friendly description,
not only from them but from all othor foreign
powers.
“ The freedom of the press has been guaran
teed, and the consequence has oeeu its cordial
support upon all critical occasions.
“ During the approaching recess my most anx
ieus endeavors will be directed to providing for
your future comfort and amusements.
“ Should the seats prove rotten, I will reform
the whole house.”
The delightful authoress of the “Charac
teristics of Women,” lias appropriately said
that no woman can devote herself exclusive
ly to the society of men without losing some
of the best characteristics of her sex. This
is true. The conversation of Gallantry—the
unceasing language of adulation—implied
always, if not expressed—gives insensibly
a taint to her mind ; it intoxicates, which
is to pervert. The habit of tete-atetes, the
habit of being always the sole or principal
object of attention, of mingling in nu con
versation which is personal, narrows the dis
position, weakens the mind and renders it
incapable ot rising to general views or prin
ciples ; while it so excites the senses and the
imagination that every tiling else becomes, in
comparison stale, flat, and unprofitable.—The
life of a coquette is very like that of a drun
kard, or an opium eater, and its end is the
same—the utter extinction of intellect, of
cheerfulness, generosity, and self-respect.
Newark Daily Adv.
Wedding, Wine, and Water. —The Cen
tincl of Friday, in publishing the nuptials of
Mr. Reuben Hunting, and Miss Sarah Lam
prey, which took place on Thursday evening,
remarks : “Pure water, such as graced the
nuptials of the first happy pair in Eden’s bliss
lul bowers, was used oil this occasion.” This
is what wc should term being temperate
“above what is written.” it did not proba
bly occur to the happy group, that our Sa
viour exerted his supernatural power at a
wedding inCanan of Galilee to turn water in
to wine, and thus “make glad” the hearts of
all present— Host. Ev. Gas.
Signal Grx.—lt is very mournful any
where, and at any time, to listen to sounds
which attest the distress and agony of our fel
low creatures: it is so amidst the dying on
the field of battle, or the deck of a ship, as I
know from experience, for I have seen both,
hut far more terrific and heart-appaling is the
sound of a signal cannon, heard at sea in the
pauses of a midnight tempest. 1 cannot tell
you what a shuddering it creates in your whc’. •
frame, as it comes booming through the dark
ness. I can have no conception of any thing
to equal it for solemn and awful majesty.
The first clod thrown upon the cofliu of an
aged man, who died with the prospect of a
happy rising, sends a thrill ol awe through
the soul; and the notes of a muffled drum
mourning for a patriot warrior, and the tolling
of a distant bell at midnight, for instance a
Convent hell among the mountains of Spain
and Italy, nave much sublimity in them; but
they are nothing compared to the sound which
travels from the deep thirsted cannon, to an
nounce tlie death and peril of the mariner.
From the Baltimore'Visitor.
The ood Family. — in the region of king
William the third, there lived in Empwich,
in Suffolk a family which from the number of
peculiarities belonging to it was distinguished
by tile name ofthe odd family.—Every event
remarkably good or bad happened to this fam
ily in an odd year, or an odd day of the month,
and every one of them had something odd on
his or her person, manners or behaviour.
The letters of Jhe Christian names of ail the
members contained an odd number of letters.
The wife’s name was Rehab, and the husband's
Peter, the had but one leg, and the
wife but one arm, they had seven children,
all boys, there names were, Solomon, Roger,
James, Jonas, David, Matthew, and Ezekiel.
Solomon was born blind of his left eve, Ro
ger lost bis right eye by accident, James bad
bis left car pulled off by a boy in a fight, Jo
nas had a stump foot, David was hunchback
ed, all these except David were remarkably
short, and Ezekiel was six feet two inches !
high. At the age of nineteen, the stump j
footed Jonas and hunchbacked David got
wives of fortune, but no girl would listen to
the addresses of the others. The husband's
hair was black as jet, the wife’s remarkably
white, yet all the children had red hair.—The j
husband had the peculiar misfortune of falliri"
into a saw pit, where he starved to death in
the year one thousand seven liuridn and and one,
the wife refusing all manner of sustenance
died in three days after; Ezekiel ami Matthew
were drowned in crossing the Thames, in the
year one thousand seven hundred and five.
There is an individual not fifty miles from
New Haven, Connecticut, who is v . ry singu
lar in his habits, and which goes to show how
lar imagination will carry a perse n. This
individual has shut himsvit up in the house
about one and a half or two vears. He ap
pears to be in perfect health, and every way
capable ol attending to business, if he only
thought so. He lias for more than a year fan
cied hirusrlt a tea pnt, and believes his nose
js the spout, and u alfatd to ham aov one
come near him for tear they will break it off.
It is impossible for any of his friendsjo con
! vince him to the contrary, lie never appears
i in the street except early in the morning, and
| then takes care never to meet any one. lie
| lias been known to go a mile out of his way to
avoid a person, lor fear of coming in contact
| and breaking the teapot into a thousand pieces
as he expresses it.—Arte Haven Herald.
ihilitical.
j An Old Democrat. —We have received a
letter from a distinguished Republican of
| thirty years standing, who is very indignant
•at the imposition which lie thinks is practis
jed upon tile People in different parts of the
| Union, by those friends of the present Ad-
I ministration who assume to be the Demacra
j tic party. He is indignant as well at this
j presumption,as at sundry other tilings which
lie repudiates. Without entering into all bis
feelings on tne oecasion, (our recollections
and political associations not being quite as
. ancient as his,) we think that lie shows good
| reasons for being a litte ruffled at cettain
• tilings which he enumerates. 'llierc are parts
; of his letter perhaps a little too caustic ; but
the subjoined passages of it appear to be en
| titled to a place in our coliims. Can the wri
ter be serious in believing that the removal
of the Government deposited is actually me
ditated ? If it be, the public reprobation of
i such treaheery to ihc country cannot be too
soou invoked.— Nat. hit.
Extracts of a letter front an Eastern .State.
“ Every Jackson man is ‘ex officio’ a Democrat !
and every one who has opposed his election lias
been limited down by the whole pack as an ‘old
Federalist!’ But the People will no longer bp
; deceived ! 'Ehey are beginning to learn that this
cry of Deiuoervey is all a hoax ! They ars now
j for first lime, since the election of Gen. Jackson
1 to ihell’residency, beginning to understand that
be advised Mr. Monroe to bring Federalists into
‘his cabinet;’ and within a short period they
have learned that Gen. Jackson has removed old
j Democrats from office, and filled iheirplaces with
! real old ‘Essex Junto Federalists ;’ that he hae
• appointed more Federalists to office than all the
j Presidents since 1801; that his Cabinet, proper
■ and improper, is nearly lull cf real old ‘bine light
Feds /’ that his administration has been ‘ ultra
■ Federal ;’ that the “ lleim of Tenor ” of 98—9
would blush at the proscription and hitter perse
• cutionsof the present day ; and the large expen
i ditures of that period would he rigid economy,
| in comparison with the wasteful extravagance of
this Administration.
1 “In what estimation are the People and their
Representatives held by these managers of Gen.
i Jackson’s Administration ! Have they not been
treated superciliously 1 Have their acts been
j respected ? Has public sentiment been consult
ed 1 Or lias the will of one man, or rather the
j will of some half dozen, been alone the rule of
action ?”
“ If, after the Treasury building has been Lurn
-1 ed, [bad omen!] the country shall be exposed to
i a greater loss, by removing the government depo
| sites from the United Slates Bank, where a cent
j has never been lost, to the local Banks, where
; near a million and a half of dollars has already
been lost, and especially after the strong
expres-siou of the opinion of both Hous
-1 es of Congress against it, those who achieve this
outrage on public opinion may indeed obtain an
| eminence, but it may be a bad one ! For not
, withstanding the Executive has claimed to be
! “independent, both of Congress and the Supreme
j Court,’ some little remnants of power remain in
both—and public agents will still be held roMpon
-1 sible for their acts.”
“The Post Office Department, too, requires
Gen. Jackson’s ‘ searching operation.’ Here, in
my opinion, have been the greatest abuses—-
which 1 trust will be exposed in due time.”
1 Popular Government. —The people of Mis
sis: qipi, in the new Constitution which they
! fiuve formed, have recognized the principle
j that all officers should be elected by the
1 people. And they are now making one of
; the fullest experiments ol popular govern
ment and universal suffrage, that has perhaps
ever been made in any country. They leave
| nothing to be done by their agents, in the
way ot tilling offices. In addition to the J
members ofthe Federal and State Legislature,
I the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of I
Public Accounts, Treasurer, Judges of the |
Court of Appeals, Circuit anil Probate,Slier-1
ills, Surveyors, Assessors, Collectors, Ran-J
gers, Boards ot Police, and Coroners, are all
elected by the people. Many apprehensions
are expressed, by persons both in and out
of that State, that this system will not be
found to bean advantageous one in practice.
The intelligent editor of the Nashville Ban
ner objects to it on the ground that it impo
ses unnecessary responsibility and Double on
the people. But who ought to bear this res
ponsibility hut the people? Government is,or
ought to he, instituted for their benefit: why !
should they expect to lie relieved from the |
trouble of their own concerns? If they find
their system cumbrous and umvieldv, if they
have too much government, let. them sim
plify and abridge it. We are not such devo
ted democrats us to believe that the people
can do no wrong; but we believe that the
government of the country is their business,
and that they have a right to make a bed in
which they must of necessity lie. It may J
be said that this popular system opens too
wide a field for demagogues, who make it
their especial business to humbug the peo-,
pie ; and thereby promote their own inter-1
cst. It is to he hoped, however, that the 1
people, by being so frequently called on to
exercise the right of suffrage, will learn lo ■
distinguish between merit and nieie preten-1
sions ; between patriotism and love of office.
A people must practice self-government to be j
tit for it. It you would make an individual!
fit for nothing, give him nothing to do '
Will not the same maxim held with a com* I
rnunity ? The intrigues of flic corrupt, the
designing, and the sycophantic, must be I
guarded against under any system of govern
ment. “The price of liberty is eternal vig
ilance.’ The corrupt intriguer, although I
always dangerous in every community, will;
perhaps find it more difficult to impose upon j
the people at large, than to gain to his inter-1
est a single individual, or a few individu-j
als, who may have the appointing power, j
We trust therefore, that the Mississippi
system will work well; and we wish that ]
i their experiment may met t with complete
| u« cess.— Alabama fit.
JiaLEOCiEYILLE
STREET LOTTERY
(Authorized by the General Assembly
die Slate of Geo) y
Paine Fortune stands in merry U10l)ll
Pouring her favors to the crowd—
Be ready, trend, before they l a n
W ho knows but y«„ may calc[j |teui _
MONEY lIOYEY |..r o Tv
MONEY!! TS 0f
! % rHKN , Ve , consicJ °r that F.,
Y- Y tune is daily dilTusintr w -i, k
happiness in all parts, and even- J, ai
this extensive country, throuok ii r "' :
of the LOTTERY s YSTK M
! \y. a . wcel j Qr » "heels by us
1 bringing the intelligence, i| la i
; of our friends or fellow-citizens '
.1 frizz ; and that it only re„»i-, u • :
ment of the trivial sum of
give us H noon c ilAi.es forap ri . 4e
*urely it is unnecessary to nr«e unon it
boral and enlightened people, ihe p o |j *
stepping in the way to wealth and q, ,
ol tin? propitious Dajne
'J'i'J/i .Viill «/f./l l7 u
WILL TAKE PLACE ON Tirr
SIYS EE VI H OF JI E V
at which time there will be FLOvm
• AIATOBCAmALnsjg®
K)BI„ ,-xcepl onto 8?«0,b,. w
iwdl be perceived that the ehanccsi
now much better Ilian before
| count oi the small prizes (“‘jy j,,
her) being drawn from the Wheel '
J SI SD>,ow
a S * Lo«/
f SI
IS * m
SSI #2*
a St *«*>
To»
'» «» * ««o
I Os 8 39(1
•J I Jg 8 20#
besides u grcalnumheroi AO’s
..husu will be perceived, that there
in die wheel more lh«n *25.000, cru-,
j prizes below # £OO
Those, vv ho Wish lo acquire f orl| -
\ smM SU,,IS > will do well to make nark
I vestments, before the golden nmmeu
ses, and will he gone forever. *
•SCHEME.'
1 * t izo oi $20,000 is S2OiJ
I>, ; izes ® f i°.ooo is
1 ‘!° 5,000 is ‘Mi
! d ,° 1.000 is ),»
* 900 is ;.
• r * <Jo 800 is u
5 do 'OO is aj
5 (| t> 600 i s 3|
5 do 500 is 2j
5 do 400 is •>(
* i° ;{ "0 is u
5 do 200 is 1J
: 35 do 100 i s 3 =
50 do 50 is 2
650 do 20 is m
I 5,000 do 12 is Bllj
2-e*> t'lan TWO Blanks to
USiK ICG.
Ail the Frizes tube floaiin.r f ron , il, ( ,
menrement. except i|, e lullouma, den,
; ed as lollows, viz :
I nisi I liv’s Draw is,;.—o p rw
f>.ono, I us 1,000, I of non, i 0( -
TOO, I of 000, 1 ol 500,1 of too 1 j'
1 el' ’OO.
t-H-oM) Day’s Drawing.—One Prp
10,000, 1 of 1.000, 1 ot 900,1 ot 800,
,00, I ol LOO, lof 500,1 of 100, I of*
• ol 200.
I'liidi’ Day’s Drawing.— (1,,,. J'„ s
10.000, 1 of 1,000, I of 000, I nfMlt
7i 0, 1 of 600, I of 500, I of 100 I of
I of >OO.
I'oriiTii Day's Drawing. —(),, e p n
10.000, i oi i.ooo i 0 f poo, iof son.
100. I of6oo, I ofsoo, 1 of 100, lull
of 200.
I 1 1- to ami last Drawing.—One I'm
20.000, I ol 1,000, I of 900, 1 ol 800,
700, 1 of GOO, 1 us 50(1, 1 of 100, I ol
1 of 200.
And on the commencement of dm f
: .Second, I bird and Fourth Day’s Draw
till- A'.'/ drown number shall be t-nli'H
a prize ol SI,OOO, and on the couch
ol the I.IS) Day’s Drawing, the first aii
dawn numbers.shall be entitled tea ry
Prize ol $ 5,000 each, in addition to s
pii. es as may lie drawn lo their nuinbe
The whole Lottery to ke oomph
five Dhv’s Drawing only !
!*K KKS:« ON !. \ TO ESU. IHt vS
The whole us the Prizes payable
il.i vs at lur l acli Dav V Draw ing—
n deduction of fufioen percent.
ii' l applied lur in twelve months
drawing to be considered as a
the hinds of the AiiDedgeville
The drawing to take place under
; perintendcnce of
WM. VV. CAILXEH
SAM. BUFFING 1*
SAM. HOCK WEI*
WAI. H. TOKRA?®
JOSEPH STOVaH
JOHN H. WARE*
j. w.a.sanfor™
ROBT. MUOMRH
Also, a Board <d Visitors.
PI! ISDN I PR ICE OF TICK™
M liolrs 10. Halves 5. (Juartcrs
For sale in a great variety u!
the I 'uininissioiiers Office cn W
opposite the PosKdfice and Slate
C; ORDEBN for Tickets, from wMt
ol die I’. Slates, (post paid.) will
prompt attention,
Addiess to PRIOR RBIhHB
Secretunj lo
•Vlilledgcville, Feb. J 6, J 833.
Spcec ties ■ a,
■JFot'JhTy’jtiftfßlD -FiT
u(»vi;\viov ■'
OF THE 1
S B m; OF SOI TH < V BOl Wi„
HEED 11 rOEI'MBM
B
TIARCH, 81.
To u hieh is prefiled the
nett r. t in v* ~VIW
Itisf Mimed. Uiiri fersP'B
51, |>. J- SE-IDI-’ ■