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EDlTrit BY THOMAS HAYNES. VOL. va. NO. 2. , V h't of BY P. 1.. ROBIWSO!*’, Slate Printer. And Publisher (by authority ) ofthe Latrsofthc United States. ISSIT.n EVK.RI Tt'ESDAY MORNING. 83* TERMS.—Three Dollar* per annum. No subscription taken for less than a i vm, and no paper discontinued, but at the option of the publisher, until till arn'ar* ages iin'jJttith GE Ol' DIRECTION. —We desire such of our subscribers ns may nt any time wish the dirertinu oi their papers chnnsred from one Post Office to another, to | nforui ns, m nil rn<c<, of the place to which they hnd been previously sent; a* the mere onb'r to forward them to a tiitlereut office, places it almost out of our power to coinpit. b cause we hint' no means of ascertaining the office from which they are order*- ! to l»e clrttued. but by a search through our whole subscription book, con taining several tlion- md names. ADY I'RTI>T.M I'.VI'S insert, Int the usual rate*. Sales of LAND, by Admi-’ ■ rstrab rs, E\<-enters, rr Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first Tues day iu ihc month, between the hour* of ten in the forenoon and three in the alter noon, ai the Court House in the count* m which the property is situate. Notice of these sa cs must be uiven in u public gazette SIX TV DAYS previous to the day ol •ale. Sale* of NEGROES mu«t beat public auction, on the first Tuesday of the month b*lw <»n the usual hours of sale, nt the place of public sales iu ti^'county w here the I •iter* t -liment.u v. of Administration or Guardianship, may have been first ' go me SIXTY DAYS notice thereof, in one of the public gazettes oi this State, an I nt th • door of the Court House when* such sales are tube held, N-'t--c -ortho sale of Personal Property must bs given in like manner, FORTY i DAY’S pieviou* to the day of sale. N’viit ' to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published FORTY’ DAYS. Notice that application w ill be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell LAND, must lx* published for FOGR MONTHS. N-i .* f«r I -nc to sell NEGROES, must be published for FOUR MONTHS before any order absolute shall be made by the Court thereon. Notice ol Application for Letters of Administration must be published THIRTY’ DAYS. Notkeol Application for Letters of DismisMon fi*om the Administration of an Es tate, are re.piired to be published montldx for SIX MONTHS. ' MISCELLANEOUS. THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. In a small town io the New England States, there resided some years ago two young men, whose subsequent fortunes serve forcibly to show the advantages of personal application to study and business «*n the one hand, and the folly of relying on ancestral honors and extensive patrimonies on the other.— Samuel Led, ard was the only favorite son of a g ntleman, who, j in the point of riches and honors, stood confessedly at the head of the aristocracy of that section of the country. Nature had ; done much for Samuel's person, though she had not been re- ’ markably generous towards him in the bestowment of her men- ! tai gifts. The fact however, that he was the darling son of. the rich and Hoti. Judge Ledy ard, was enough in his estima- ’ tint) and that of his father, not only to make up for what na- i ture had refused to grant him, but to give him great superior!- ; ty over his less favored neighbors. The best that the fashion of this world can give, were abundantly provided to gratify the vanity of Samuel. That he was superior to every one else i non«- dare openly to deny, as all feared to incur the haughtv frowns of the patrician father, and it is not astonishing that ; S inui 1 should presume "himself to be all which the flatteries of I his family ins sled that he should be. W ithin a few rods of the stately mansion of Judge Ledyard, | stood the bumble dwelling of Peter Le Forest, the house joiner. ; Peter ha I a son of the same age of Samuel. Stephen Le For est, however was a poor boy ; and what if possible, was still more to his shame, (in the estimation of the Ledvards.) he j was the son ol a joiner—a laboring man. The* gh Samuel ' and Stephen wa re near neighbors from their birth, little ac- j qunin ance ami less intimacy was allowed to subsist between ! them. 11 S uiitiel in his great condescension ever did speak to S eplien, it was to remind him of his father’s greatness and the o'iscurity of Stephen’s, ami to insult him by any other means at hand. St ph. n bore this becomingly; for the thought never had enten d his hea I that he could be equal to the Ledvards. These b ys, for most of the time from six to sixteen, went to school, but not together. Common schools were too vulgar for the L dyard family. A select establishment must be pre- . pared for the children of the Judge, while Stephen, with his scanty supply of books in the chimney corner, or under the tu ition of different pedagogues, bad to make the best progress he could. He applied himself however, and made good pro- ■ fici ncy. When these youths were at the age of sixteen, and a, Samuel was about to enter College, the Ledyards learned with surprise and indignation, that it was the design of Peter Le Fore-t to send Stephen also to College, and nt the same University, where Samuel was to acquire his literary honors! 1 Stephen Le I- orest, however, had as good a right to go to College as Samuel Ledyard; and the faculty being independ ant of both, would receive the former as readily as the latter. Tiie thought tlr.it Stephen wotdd be classmate with Ledyard was revolting to the pride of the Judge and his aristocratic son, but determining that Samuel should have no intercotyse with Stephen, and trusting that die great wealth-of Ledy; rI ! would ex ilt the former in the good esteem of the faculty and the students over the latter, he w as sent to Cambridge, and en tire I the class wi It Stephen. During their lour y ears’ residence at College, Samuel ad hered strictly to his determination to have no intercourse with poor Steph, nL ■ Fore.-t, the laborer’s son. To his felh.-w stu- | dents lie professed to know the Hunt', and knew him only to despise bis poverty and obscurity. The prodigality of Sain- ! u il was proverbial, in the College, and in mote than one instance : his violation of pr nciple and neglect of study, subjected him to the reprimands ol the President. Stephen pursued the even tenor of his way, attended to his studies, recited his lessons wa 11, and by his amiable and unpretending deportment, acqui red the goo i will of the bet.er part ol the students tint! the ap probation <>f others. He w i-, prudent in his expenditures, and by keeping school during t'te v aeatious, earned nearly enough to pay hi-College bills. W hen the four years were out and the class was to be gra duated, Stephen had the first part in the ex. rcise assigned him, while Samtn Ivv -s hardly noticed. These arrangements were , very dissatisfactory to the L<-dyards ( but they could not lie al tered. Stephen left the -rage applauded by the vast crowd of spectators, while Samuel’s p. rforinance engaged no expression from the audience but llio.e of disgust. Alt.ir h aving the College, both Sanni. 1 and Stephen were placed in situations to prepare for the bar. Indue time Ste pien was admitted to practice, and opened an office in the vil- 1 jageof his nativity. Samuel’s father dying about this time, he abandoned his I gal -Indies, presuming that business would lie unnecessary to him—so great was the inheritance left him by his father. For some years he made it his only business to dash about in stately pride, expending w hat he regarded as the inexhaustible riches, left him by his father. Time, however, proved his mistake. Before prodigality and dissipation, ‘rich es took to themselves wings and flew away.’ The gaming ta ble in ide fata! inroads upon his property. He saw Stephen flourishing in l>is profession, and despised him; for though in the course of a few y<-ars Stephen had accumulated more pro perty than Samuel had remaining, still it was a circumstance sufficiently damning in his view of the former, and sufficiently honorable in his view of himself, th at Stephen was the son of Le I ore»t, the carpenter, and he was the son of Ledyard, the Judge. lii ten year; Samuel had not one cent remaining. Hurra— seiHiy creditors, and having too much pride to stand in his Im - niili.tion before Stephen, now a man of wealth ami influence, h<* left his native village and entered some petty office on board of a ship in the Navy, Here his habits were such as caused him to be i asiiiered and he was dismissed fiom the service in disgrace. iu the meantime by industry and perseverance, the joiner’s son aro.e to eminence in his profession. Before Ledyard >n <' H'd t v Navy. Le Forest stood at the head of the bar in hi county, and about the time of Samuel’s leaving the bur in dis grace, St. phen was appointed to the same honorable office Standard of Union. AIILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUI-LSIIAY -RORABNG, FI which the senior Ledyard had formerly held. Since that time, Samuel Ledvard has been sentenced to the sta e Penitentiary for his crimes, w here he remained a miserable object of' pity w hen I last heard from him. These are facts substantially true. The names only nrc fictitious. They seem to show how the wheil ot fortune in a tree country will carry the meritorious upwards, while it precipitates the profligate into ruin below.— \Ve lune not thought to adorn the tale by any faneilid embel i lishments. The desire not to trll too long a story has compel led us to leave out studied descriptions. We were present at the trial of Ledvard. Le Forest was the presiding judge on the bench ; and w hen his duty called him to pronounce upon the unhappy criminal, we saw the tear steal down the manly cheek ot' the Judge, and his voice faltered as he gave utter ■ ance to the dread language of the law. For ourselves, we could not so well command our passions. We thought of the past, we looked upon the present, and wept. How could we help it? Oh that youth in every circumstance would learn, that “pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit be fore a l:dl, w hile he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.” I Il'rotn the IVathuiiffon ('orrexpondent us the United States Gazette. AN INTERESTING WIDOW. I noticed among the crowd of fashion that flitted thro’ the ■ aventie, a widow lady, whose history is so singular, and whose ! personal charms are so attractive, that I linger with wonder j over the first, and w ith honest devotion and admiration over , the last. This lady is not vet on the other side of five and thirty years, J and yet she has lost four husbands ! and what is most extraor- I dinarv, they all died by violence. The first husband was killed | in rowing a regatta between London Bridge and Shoreditch. He was aboard the winning barce, the Lady Stanhope, when ' a man in the losing barge, the Duke of Suffolk, struck him with the blade of an oar, in a moment of irritation, and the | poor fellow died a few days afterwards. The wife and w idow, of course, went into weeds, and retired to the rural scenes of Warwickshire ; where she resolved Io spend the remainder of her days in seclusion. 11 did so happen, however, that a gal lant and fashionable major, attached to the 84th regiment of his majesty's infantry, found his way to the young w idow’s re treat in Warwickshire; and although her grief was excessive, sincere and unqualified, she could not for the soul of her resist his eloquence, when he threw himself at her feet and descanted with all the eloquence of a Tully, and in the mingled cadences I and sentences of a phi'osopher and the platonic lover of the I delights of a ‘ fourth estate’ in the world of beauty. He talked ' of love and honor, and chivalry; and swore that lie lived but i to adore her, and was ready to meet the noblest and most gal | hint knight that the world conkbaflbrd at the tournament, and win the favor of his lady love by trial of battle. The lady lis j tened, lingered, and wept and rejoiced over the passions of the’ ! lover; and at last cast oft’her weeds, and abjured the Sylvan | scene of Warwickshire, gave her hand to the gallant major, ! and set up an establishment in the Moor-fields Finishing Square. zK few' months as er her union with the major, she accompa- I nied him on an excursion to Belgium. While at Brussels, they f spent an evening in the Library o r the Orange Palace, and the lady received, as it was subsequently supposed, an nninlention al insult at the hands of an Austrian col >nel. The major was : impetuous; in a paroxism of madness, he spat in the face of I the ofleuder. Usual cards wi re forthwith exchanged, and the i sequel was adml on the banks of the Senne. At the first J fire, the major fell mortally wounded, and scarcely had lime to commend his wife to the protection of an English Admiral, then at Brussels, before he surrendered “ his honors to the world airnin, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace.” Ag’nin Here wte<ls nnd seclusion resorted to, by the unfortun ate lady; and she had resolved, at one time (o enter a monastic institution, and devote herself to the rosary and cross; but, ere 'he could carry her rash design into execution, a Scotch merchant, a native ot Glasgow, a man distinguished for his! ; wealth and enterpiise, who accidentally happened to be in Brussels, sought, wooed and won her already twice widowed. In-art. liiey were married at the H >tel de Ville, and soon after migrated to London. The husband, not more than a mouth afti r his mari ige, was called by imperious business to ■ Scotland, and leaving his wife at her establishment in Moor fields, sailed in the ill-fated Rothsay Castle steamer for the north. With that unfortunate vessel, he went down to the bot tom of the Dec]>, deep sea, I and from that disastrous day, no fond hope of the ultimate res toration of his lifeless form has greeted the anxious ear of love and affection. But the widow was not destined to remain in ie-r ‘ third estate’ of weeds and anguish. Sir Charles ****** i about the [leriod < f the widow’s third wi low hood, returned to London, flushed w ith success and possessed of wealth abund ant, from Coromandel. He sought and found the will >w of the Moor-fields, as she was then familiarly designated, and it is scarcely neci s- ry to say, that dashing and gallant soldier was soon the ‘ commissioned lord and master’ of the young w idow’s h-art. Soon after the marriage i;f Sir Chart* s with the widow i might have been eight or ten months afterwards—he was ord -r <1 on a diplomatic mission to the German Slates ; and | whilst making a journey from Lubec to Frankfort on the j Mayne, in a stage coacp, the vehicle was set upon by robbers, a id Sir Charles, and all the inmates of the carriage were bru ■ tally murdered. The wife, now once more a widow, bad re ! mVimtl in England, and was left to weep over the death of a fou.th husband, who, like his predecessors, had fallen by the 1 hand of violence. I met this lady in Florence and in Rome, some few years ago. She was then intimate at the Villa of the Marquis of Hastings, and it was there I first learned her extraordinary story. Yes terday I met her in Pennsy Ivani.i Avenue, and to my surprise she recognized me. She remains in the citv but a few day s, and is now on her way from the city of Mexico to London. She is beautiful, and though her life has been chequered by m lancholy ami disastrous incidents, she appears to have lost none of her pristine Imoyamy of spirits,- nor have the united att i< ks oftime and sorrow made any impression on the elegance of In r form or the brilliance of her personal beauty. In reply to a good natured remark that I made in relation to the sweet, of matrimony, 'he said, ‘ I know little of the raptures on which you dilate ; there was a lime when I could appre ciate them ; hut 1 suppose that if i listen to your sex, I shall be i obliged to lake another husband. But, ah me! I dread the ' idea, for it appears that some fat dity attends me;, all, all die, < whom I love ; ami the man who takes me next, must possess more courage than the Austrian troops did at Jena.’ Ido not doubt, tli-it the widow, ere the lapse of a couple of months, will ' have her fifth husband ! TIIE RECLAIMED HUSBAND. a [ / ranslaled from the. Vreneh.~\ Mademoiselle I) had been educated in the convent of , where she was placed in her infancy, and had never seen any tiling of the world. At the age of eighteen she was taken from tin-convent and given in niariiageto Monsieur C, •i a young man of handsome person and m inuets, and possess -1 j ing cmisideralde talents. M idetnoiselh- D was young and very beautiful, posses- I sing a susceptible mind and fine talents. Suddi-nly placed ■ amid the fascinations of the world, it had the effect of enchant ment upon her. This being the first time she had ever been addressed in the tender way, her love for Mons. Cwas most passionate ami devoted ; ami on his part the passion was , reciprocated with great ardor and attachment, and much strengthened by his filial regard for her father, who, being old i ami infirm, would not consent to part with her while he lived which in all probability would not belong. About a year after their marriage a young actress made her , appear nice on the French stage, ami her beauty and grace ; drew forth the praises of every one who saw her. Among these whose hearts became entrapped by the captivating charms of Miss T , was Mons. C . It was impossible that an : armour of this kind could long be concealed. It soon reached Owr (’lUfiilru—lhir t'erftf. the ears of his young and virtuous wife, who was overwhelmed for a time with grief hv the intelligence. Like most of her sex, she did not sink under mi'lortuiie, but sunimotied up her resolution, and ever concealed her chagrin from her aged pa rent. She firmed a plan to regain the lost afli < tiims of Iter husband. Having been shut up from infancy in.the wallsofa convent, h.-r opportunities for studying the graces had been none. But prompted li\ a strong love, and despotism, she forms a determination to acquire them; and, if |-.oss‘>ble, re claim the wandering affei-tions of her husband. She goes to the theatre—sees her rival—divests herself of jealousy, and j attentively and assiduously sludit s her attitudes, fu r manner, voice a.id person. Her genius being great, and determination strong ; her success was incredible. At length, as she wished it, the young actress fell ill, and it was announced that she i ould not perforin in the play tliai j evening. Our young wife hastens to the manager, and offers i Iter services to undertake the part. She is accepted, and it is j given out that a young lady, a perfect stringer, will make her ! appearance as a substitute for Miss T , who had been slid i denly taken ill. Every body flocked to the theatre to see the i young stranger, ami .among them Muns. C . She dressed herself to perfection, played her part to admira- | lion, ami come off with great eclat. W hen tiie plav was con cluded, she mixed with the audience in the parterie, among I whom was her husband. All were loud in tlieir praise of the stranger actress, in which she joined, and the husband warmly applauded her taste and discernment. On their return home, the young actress was the engrossing ; theme of conversation. Mons. C was in love and in rap- I lures with her. “Ami pray, my dear,” said she, “which do I you think plays the best, the stranger or MissT ? “Ob, ! there is no deny ing it—there is no comparison—tiie stranger |is a perfect angel.” “Behold then in me the stringer and the | angel,” cried she, throwing her arms around his neck—“see | what I h ive done to regain the affei-tions of a much loved hus . band !” He was struck with surprise ami astonishment, and . could hardly credit what he heard. On repeating some of the j passages as she had portrayed them on the stage, he beheld the ] . angel in his wife. He was overcome with her love, genius, i and perseverance, and fell at her feet vowing eternal constancy j —a vow which he inviolably kept. Correspondence of the Boston Morning Post. Peoria, Dec, 26, 1838. My D< nr Sir—Having a leisure day while waiting for the stage | to take me to Galena, I embrace the opportunity to give you a sketch of the plans of internal improvements adopted by the State of Illinois, ami now in progress to completion. I’he first project is to unite the waters < f Lake Michigan with the Illinois liver by a canal, and by that river with the Mississippi.— I This work commences on the north fork of the south branch of the j Chicago river, at its navigable point, lour miles to the south-west of I Chicago, and extends seven and a half miles to “Tiie. Point of Oaks, on the river Des Plaines, and down the vallev of this river i to the end of the lake level, twenty-five miles, to a new town called j Lockport. Here are two locks of ten feet lift each, by which a i very valuable and inexhaustible water power is obtained, from the waters of the l ike. From Lockport, the canal is to run in the same valley, to Juliet, crossing the Des Plaines here, by a dam, thenc? ! passes Marseilles and crosses the Fox river by an aqueduct, between the main bluff and Ottawa. A navigable feeder connects it with the rapids ot Fox riv‘*r. four miles above Ottawa, and extends through the town to the Illinois river. The canal passes flown the tight bank of the Illinois, below Ottawa, to a point when- th- river is navigal le ! for steamboats, at all stages of the water. The whole length of the canal, iuchi ling the Fox river feeder and the Chicago river, is 105 mih-s; and the estimated cost, eight millions six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The expense is to be defrayed mainly from the sales of each alternate section of land along the line of the canal, and two miles in width, which the United States have given for this purpose. The whole lineot the canal is under contract, and a por tion of it completed. When done, it is supposed that merchandise can be transported from New York, via the Hudson and Erie canal and tin- Likes, and be delivered by this canal, to St. Louis, in six- . teen days. | Tin- second division of improvements, the State has appropriated ‘ SIOO,OOO to improve the Great Wabash, in conjunction w’itli Indi ana—one hundred thousand to the Illinois rivet—one hundred thou sand to the Rock river—fifty thousand to Kaskaskia river—fifty j thousand to the Lillie Wabash—two hundred and fifty thousand on I tin- mail loute from \ incennes to St. Louis—and three millions live i hundred thousand dollars lor a railroad through the centre of the j State, from near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi, to Galena. I A southern cross railroad, from Alton le Mount Capnel, one from Alton to Shawnee I’oivn, and another from Belleville, to intersect the Alton road to Mount Carmel—for all these the State has appro priated 1,750,000 dollars. A northern cross railroad, from Quincy-, on the Mississippi, is to go thtotigh Jacksonville, Springfield, (which is to be the capital of the State in 1810,) Decatur, D inville, and the direction of Lafayette, in Indiana, uniting with the great works of internal improvement in that young but thrifty State—l,Bso,ooo dollars are appropriated for this road. A railroad from Alton to Hillsboro’, Charleston and Paris, to the State line, towards Terre Haute, to unite .(gain with the Indiana improvements—l,2so,ooo dollars are appropriated for this work. Seven hundred thousand dollars are appropriated for a railroad from Peoria to Warsaw, at the foot of the Des Moines rapids, on the Mississippi. Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for a railroad from ; Bloomingto > to Mackinaw, and thence in two branches io the Illinois ; liver—one through Tremont to Pekin—the other to Peoria. fSesides these State works, there are several canals and railroads ! undertaken by private companies, one from Naples to Jacksonville, : now under contract, and partly built—another from Jacksonville to /Xugusta, on the Illinois river—another from Chicago, twelve miles, to j Des Plaines, and designed to be continued to Galena—another from ' opposite to St. Louis to the coal mines in St. Clair county. These gigantic works would startle the citizens of the east; but i any judicious person, in examining the nature and extent of this great State, would say that they evince great energy and sagacity. Phis State is large enough to form eight States of the size of Massa chusetts; the country, generally, is level and remarkably favorable lor the construction ot railroads ; and during a considerable portion of the year, the common roads are almost impassable. The produce of the soil will be nearly doubled in value, for large districts of coun try, by these works while every article of necessity or luxury pro cured from abroad will come at a diminished cost. The benefits accruing to the citizens, and of course to the Slate, from these two sources alone, will be more than sufficient to pay for the outlay, if there were not a farthing of direct income derived from the invest ment. It will be but a few years before one or more railroads will be extended from the eastern termini of these, through Indiana and Ohio . to Lake Erie. When this shall have been done, the people living . on the Mississippi, in Missouri, and along this Slate, wiil be able to , reach New York and Boston, if the Great Western road is built to 1 Albany, in five days, and avoid the tedious and dangerous route j ’ over the Alleghany range. If you will cast your eve over the map ' of the United States, you will find that the most direct route from 1 this quarter to Boston and New York, is by the way of Lake Erie. I Massachusetts should not hesitate, and she will not, if she consult her own interest, to complete her road to zklbany, at whatever cost it may require. With a little enterprise, she may secure the direct custom of these vast regions; regions soon to be as well peopled as they are vast —abounding in mineral resources, and blessed with a soil of unrivalled fertility. The government and the citizens of M issaclmsetts have not studied their true interests. Tlu-y have sought their customers—the con -1 sinners of their foreign and domestic goods—through circuitous i channels; they have helped to build upNew York, and Philadelphia, , and Baltimore, and New Orleans, by commissions, that they mi->ht - ' have retained at home. Massachusetts has the largest share°of trade to India and China to the Baltic and the Levantshe has a . fishery worth ten millions of dollars a year—a manufacturing indus | I try worth sixty or seventy millions annually, and yet she has little | or no direct communication with those who consume the surplus pro- I duce of her commerce and her labor. Iler banks are greatly in 1 | fault on this point; they, in a measure, compel the manufacturer s and merchant to send his goods to a di taut city, by refusing to dis ’ I count accommodation paper on a pledge of goods, but discountin'' i i drafts, becaii-e they can get a higher rale of imeiest under the term I erchiuige. This policy ought to be changed, either by the voluntary , action of the banks, or by legislative interposition, authorizing a higher rate of interest on home notes than on bills of exchange. ( . If Massachusetts will but be trit® to her own interests, and take I suitable measures to secure the direct trade of those who now con- I tfirme the products of her industry, she mav have a city that shall 1 rival in size and opulence, the proudest in the Union. * j W illi very great respect, ' I am, dear Sir, your ob’t serv’t, I I C. G. Gref.ne, E«h. DAVID HEXSHAW. <:nntiAßY POLITICAL. Prom the W 'ashintfton Globe. PUBLIC SEN I’LMENT. In various quarters ol the Union great and imposing meet i lugs of the people have been recently held, all manifesting the strongest rlett-rinin >tioii to imiititaiii the popular rights against j the new and insidious eni-roai Innents w hii h the moneyed power I is making through ev< ry political avenue it ran open to itsi If. Pife most f-iul .mil detestable of all these attempts, as yet tin redressed, is the attack on the right of suffrage iu NEW JERSEY". In this State the people, on th- Bth of January, have spoken in a voice as appalling to the iieaeln rons assailants id tlieir rights, as that of the cannon to their i neiny at Nt w ()i leans, ] on the day which gives date to the anniversary, honored bv the j New Jersey convention as that on whit h they would assert the I riglns of tin- people. Delegates < hoseu from every county, approaching twothou ! sand in number, met in the State-house, al Trenton, on the j Bth of January, and having chosen Thomas (». Haight, ot .Motiinoutb, piesidii>g officer, and other subordinate officers, the subject which called them together wa» fully discussed, and al) the tacts, together with a clear elucidation of the ip’.ei* and law, presented iu the form of a preamble and resolutions. We regret that our limits do not enable us to give the proceed ings in extenso. They establish, beyond doubt, the state of the case in relation to the fraud and violation of law iu the sup pression of the legal returns electing the five Democratic cau didiites, repeatedly presented in the Globe, and never more clearly than in the speech of General Wall and the letter ot Governor Dickerson. We confine our extracts from the pro ceedings simply to the resolutions, which aim directly at piac tical results. . “Resolved, That we solemnly call upon the House of Rep ; resentati ves of the United States, who are to assemble on the first Monday of December next, to exclude the above named - persons [the minority Federal candidates returned] from the* I seals they will attempt to occupy, pending the investigation of the case before that House, believing, as we do, that the sole design and purpose of this daring and unprincipled fraud is to pack a fraudulent majority in the House at its first organiza tion, to secure the appointment of a Speaker and officers of the Federal party, and to maintain themselves in power in defiance of the Constitution, the laws, and die voice of the people. 11 Resolvetl, That the lawfully elected Representatives of the people of this State—five of whom have been, in the manner before stated, denied certificates of election—be, and they are hereby, respectfullv requested to repair to the seal of Govertt -1 ment on the first Monday of Deci mber next, and there, in the ; name of the people of New Jersey, cl i’nn at the hands of Con | gress that justice of which they and those whom they represent , have been deprived by partv spirit for party ends. That the facts that have taken place in a sister State, and the means there pursued to crush the people, and ( by force and fraud, and the bavonets of an armed soldiery, to | w rest from them their rights, taken in connection with what has transpired iu our own Slate, give us too much reason to believe there i- a concert of action among the Opposition throughout the country to seize upon atul retain power at all buzzards, and >at the expense of liberty, if not blood. We cannot but view these movements with concern and indignation, and we call upon every friend of Republican Government to mark them well, and to marts well their authors and abettors, and be pre pared to defend, to the hist extremity, those privileges which have been consecrated by the blood of the Revolution, and which we, for ourselves, are determined never to yield. “Resolved, That we tender to the Hon. Garret D. Wall, our warmest thanks for the promptitude and ability with which he came forward ami maintained the cause of his f- llow-citi'zens— such fearless and disinterested patriotism will ever be remem bered by n grateful people. And finally- n-v ,l«» re nr»rl lu.. t. y—pl - on TSI-l VCS in the face of the whole country, by those principles of justice and right which constitute our hope and safety, by the tnemorv of our sires who rescued them from the hand of oppression, by the duty we owe to ourselves, to our children and our coun : try. that we will as men and freemen, unitedly strive together, to displace those who, dressed in a little brief authority, have presumed thus daringly and wickedly to rob us of our dearest birthright ; and that we will never cease our < (Torts until the la-.v shall again rule, and the supremacy of the ballot box be fully restored.” IN ALABAMA. A full State convention of the Democratic delegates attend ing from forty-one comities, (we presume the whole,) held a session of four days at Tuscaloosa, beginning the seventeenth of December. Many important subjects were considered.— G--V. Bagby was renominated—an address ordered—com mittees of correspondeiK e appointed, and a general party or ganization for the whole State recommended. Iti regard to national <-om-t ins, the following resolutions .were adopted: “ Mr. Phelan, from the committee to whom a resolution bad beeii referred instructing them to report suitable resolutions I expressive of the sense of the coiiVftitinu in relation to a Na ■ timial B ink, and th 1 .- Sep iration ol the fisi-al affairs of the Go i vernment from all connection w hatever with banks, and the ex pediency of that policy, repotted the foliowing resolutions: “ Re it resolved by the Delegates of Hie Democratic party >of the State of Alabama in General Convention assembled Lt. That it is the deliberate sense id the convention that the incorporation of a bank, by the Federal Government, is un authorised by the Constitution of the United Stales, and that the reflection of near fifty years has tended nut to strengthen and confirm the Democratic party in this opinion. “ Resolved 21, That if a National Bank were clearly au thorised by the Constitution of the United States, it is further the deliberate sense of this convention, that such an institution w ould be essentially uncongenial to the general frame and cha racter of our institutions; that it would be demoralizing, from its very nature, dangerous from its power; the natural ally of a strong central Government; the natural adversary of State Rights, am! therefore highly inexpedient; and that the expe rience of fnrty years has tended but to strengthen and confirm the Democratic party in this opinion. “ That the policy of separating the fiscal affairs of the Federal Government from all connection whatever vvith j banks or other corporate bodies, and establishing a proper Constitutional Treasury, demands of the Democratic party of Alabama their cordial approbation, and deserves, and will re ceive, their steadfast and hearty support. “ Resolved 4th, That the exclusive use of gold and silver coin in the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Govern ment, would be a great and salutary reform. Il is, however, in the opinion of this Convention, that it should be introduced with caution, and by slow degrees, so as to give ample time to the banks of the country to accommodate themselves with the least possible embarrassment to a change so radical and impor tant in its character.” The lollowmg proceedings were had in convention on the subject ol tin Presidency and Vice Presidency ol' the United States : Wednesday, Dec. 19, 1838. “ The Convention met pursuant to adjournmi nt. “ Mr. Bethea, from (he committee to whom had been refer red a resolution instructing tlii-in to inquire into the propi-ii-tv of nominating candidates for the offices of President and Vice Prcsidi nt at the next election, reported the following resolu tions : “Resolved, That it is inexpedient for this convention to make nominations of President mid Vice President of the Uni ted Slates. “ Resolved, That the Convention do recommend to the De mocratic Bt-puldican party thro ighmt the United States the propriety of holding a national Convention at the « itv of Bal timore, or some other proper ami convenient place, on the day "I • A. D. 1839, for the purpose of selecting suita- ble candidates for the offices of President and Vice President ol the United States for the ensuing term, commencing on the ’ 4th day of March, 1841. I*. L. RO ’IYRON, PROPRIETOR. “ Resolved, I hat the convention do earmsdv r< conimeud to the D mm ratic Republican party jn the State of Alabama to'take such measures as will certainly ensure a full represen tation iu said national convention. Resolved, I lint a committee of five be appointed bv the president of this Convention, to correspimd with such commit tees as may be appointed in the dilTfi-'-nt States of die Union m relation to said national convention.” I he proi-et dings are sigm-d by R. I>. Wallhell.. president, and J. J. W n ter, vice pr > d n . From the rennttylrani'iii. THE LA I E GLORIOUS VICTORY. We subjoin from tin- K' ystone a notice of our late glorious triumph in the Senatorial disirii-i comimstd of A lams, Frank- Im arid Cumin Hand, ft <-in vv hit It u will be siyn that the Rit m rite s have h>-1 no Its- than tbit teen hiiudri-d votes in lliftt ! district alone since the October ♦ lection-. This r> stilt is in j every respect a highly iuqortant one. It is tiie first time since j the explosion of the Ritnrr tonspiracy, that any portion of : tiie people o| the state have had an opportunity < f passing ; judgment at the polls upon the conduct oi Stevens and his fol j lovvt’rs. This very district in Oet, bi r gave a majority of, eleven hundred f rßitm r, and Stevens himself made up the ‘ issue tor the recent contest by saying in the Gettv-lmrg Star that “PROVIDENCE had, it) the removal of Mr. Cassatt, thrown upon that district the honor and rest><>nsibiliir of de ciding the question as to which party was riuht in the late ex citing difficulties at Harrisbutg.” The cm- thus given was [ taken by the opposition organs throughout the district. Gen. Miller, the democratic candidate, who was trie of the members of the Harrisburg Committee of Svafetv, was denounced as a i ingleader of mobs,” “a member of the revolutionary tri bunal,'’ who sought to introduce a “bloodv reign of terror.” 1 he people were told that to elect him would be to insult the ashes-of Mr. Cassatt, ami would l e “holding an unhallowed level ovel his tomb —thus ntaki ig the whole matter turn upon th» single point of who were right and who were wrong in the difficulties at Harrisburg. As the Rilnerites would have it so, the decision has been made, and the verdict is one of the deepest condemnation against the conspirators. The district it-elf was one of the most fa vorable that could have been selected by the Ritner parly. They regarded it as a strong hold, it having b en originally framed for their purposes, and it is likewise the residence of Stevens and of Penrose. The day of the Governor’s Jnaitgu-s ration was also chosen lor the special election, in the hope that many democrats would be absent, and everv effort was made by the despairing conspirators to gain such an expression of opinion liom the people as might tend in some degree to rover their retreat; but their labors were useless. The effect of their atrocities is far more deep and abiding than was imagined by the guilty. Ihe conduct of those men, who to advance their own selfish purposes, trampled upon the constitution and the laws, invoked the aid of bullets and bayonet', and brought the commonwealth to ti e very verge of bloodshid and civil win, is neither to be li-rgotteu nor forgiven. They can never rise again, and they have not only destroyed themselves, but they have likewise made a shipwreck of the party which once sustained them. Fheir course has resolved ami masonry’ into its original eh meats. They who have for years rallied under I tli-d banner now return to the ranks to which they’ originally belonged, while dernoctacy dai'y gains new strength through out Pennsylvania from the revoltin'.! exhibition of tie princi ples ot those vvho have acted as leaders against the good cause. Prom the Keystone. GLORIOUS VICTORY. That the public may see the extent and magnitude of the victory which the democrats of the 14th district, and through them the cause of the people throughout cur State and Union have achieved, we subjoin the majorities given at the October election, as well as those on I uesday last. It w ill from them be seen that the lion of anti-masonrv and federali.-m lias been ; hearitvW KwW'glni'liuiniyrvti'tniil Iu insinm den*—tT'Ctiauge-rn— j 101 G in the county of Adams. Porter. Ritner. Miller. McFailand. Gain. •Adams, 1775 759 1016 Cumberland, 417 705 276 Franklin, 246 259 J 3 Whole gain, j 305 Prom the Washington Globe. SEN AT E PROCEEDINGS. It) the Senate, to day, after the transaction of the morning i business, the bill for the graduation and rc-dm ti m of the price lof the public lands came up on its third reading. Messrs, j Clay, Calhomt, Rm-han an, Nth-s, Bent-n. and King addressed the Senate, and the question on the pa-sage of the bill being taken, resulted—ayes 27, noes 22, as fdlows: YEAS—Messrs. Allen. Benton, Buch min, Clay of Alaba ma, Cuthbmt, Foster, Fulton, Hithhat-d, King, Liyn, Lump kin, Lyon, Mont -it, Nicholas, Ndes. Norvell, Pierce, Robin son. Sevier, Smith ofConmctii nt. Smith of Imliamt, Tipton, 'Attlker, V. hite, Williams of Mississippi, Wright and Young—— 27. ° NAAS—Messrs. Bayard, Brown, Calhoun. Clay of Ken tucky, Crittende n, Div-is, Knight, M> K--an. Merrick. Prentiss, Piestoti, Rivt-s, Roane, Robbins, Ruggles, Southard, Spence, Strange, S vift, Tallmad'-, Wdlia-ns of Maine—22. THE PIR NCY AND MURDER ON BOARD THE ECLIPSE. I he Salem Register publishes a lull account ol the pirnv and murder contmilleil by the Malays mt board the ship E lip-e, front which we learn tiie following particulars :—The ship airived at Tra Bangun, on the coast of Sumatra, on the 22nd of Augftst, and im mediately commenced taking on board a cargo ot' pepper, which was weighed on shore by the chief mate and four of the m- it, vvho resided with the Rajah oi’ the place. Oil the 26:h, at sunset, a num ber of Malays, carrying with them a quantity of pepper, boarded the ship. Among them was one of the hea I nu-n, called Oo>oo, who was brother to the man hired as his assistant, according to tiie custom on lite Pepper const, by the captain of the Eclipse.. Oosoo and ope of his companions supped with Captain Wilkins in the c ib ifi. W hen they had fimsheil, they went on deck, and ptoci edtd to weigh the p ’pper brought by the patty, and while doing this the Ma lays made the attack, by killing a hoy named Bibbage, and stab ing the second mate. Oncol the pitales assaulted (he captain, vvho ran to Onsoo for protection, lull was instantly nnirdcred by the treac.her . j oils chief. Seeing that the Malays had obtained possession of the l'l round house, and all tiie ship’s weapons, a portion oi the crew r'-treat i ed into the rigging, ami the remainder pimped overboard and swam ashore, a distance ol two miles. Tin- Malays then began to plun der the vessel, in which they were aided by the cook, who had pre viously evinced a mutinous disposition, and" vvho accompanied the pi ■ rates when they left the ship, which they did at midnight, carrying , with them about $27,0 if) in specie, two chests of opium, a quantity I of arms ami ammunition, and a variety of weal ing apparel ami other , articles. Such of the crew as had fled aloft, then descended, and, . j fearing another attack, manned a boat ami rowed to a French bark, ' which lay at a instance of nine miles, but could not procure any as sistance from her, owing to the sickness on board. On the morning ol the 27th, the chief mate was informed ot the catastrophe, by threo l . of cf the crew who had swam to lan I. He inimeil atelv coinnuinb -1 cateil the intelligence to the R ijah, vvho promptly manned and armed live boats, with which to re-capture the vev-e), not then knowing that she had been abandoned by the plnmlereis. W hen they arrived on boanl, they’ found bod es of the captain and boy, Babbage, but . no living person. Every thing was found in a most confused slate, k Shortly’ alter, three ol those vvho had lowed to the Fre ch bark re turned. Besides the Captain and boy, one of crew lost his life by the bursting of a blunderbuss. When orilei w'as somewhat restored, die catde w as slipped, and the Eclipse left for Muckie, where she ar rived on the 2nd ol September, ami her officers and crew received every assistance that could be afforded, from Captains Peabody and Silver, of the ship Borneo and brig Liuill a, both ol' Salem. In introducing Io its renders a long uccount of the above sad as - lair, the Salem Register takes occasion to make one of those false e and malignant charges against the govet nniint which are so common with the reckless whig press. It asserts that all the outrages vvlticli _ our commerce has suffered in that part of the world in which the pi racy above described took place, are to he attributed to the “imbe cility and negligence” of tiie present administration. Among the 1 many falsehoods which the opposition press are in th® habit of daily e circulating, we look upon this as one of the very fust class—as ourj bf those great black lies; which have not eVeo th® ghost of ? fdt»>- NO. 26a.