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EDITED BV THOMAS IIAVNES. VOL. VI. xVO. 17. Sf’fj.Unbari of BY P. L. noniMSOM, State Printer, And Publisher (by authority) of the Laws of the l,niled States. ISSUED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING. • « fFTF.RMS. —Three Dollar* per annum. No *ub.*c option taken fur lea* than a year, and no paper tliacontinued, but at the option of tbo publisher, until all arrear age* nre paid. CHANGE OF DIRECTION.—We desire aiirh of our aubacriber* as may at any time wbh the direction u* ’.‘.eir paper* changed from one Post Office to another, to infunii ua, in nil rases, of the place to which they had been previously sent ; us the mere order to forward them to a different office, places it almost out of cur power to comply, because we have no means of ascertaining the office from which they are order*'l to Ire changed, hut b\ a search through our w hole subscription hook, con taining several thousand names. AIH ERTICEMENTS inserted at the usual rates. Sales of LAND, by Admi. •istraters, Eieeiitors, e>r G until nine, age required by law tube held on the fir»»t Tues day in the month, between the houiw&tf ten in the forenoon and three in the after ■coon, at the Court House in the county in which the property is situate. Notice ol these sales must lx ghen in a public gazette SIXTT DAYS previous to the day of •cals. Sales of NEGROES must be nt public auction, on the fir«t Tuesday of the month between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the 'detiers testimentarv.of Administration or Guardianship, may have been cranted, first <iv»n< SIXTY DAYS notice thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this State* ■and al tb door of th* Court House w here such sales arc to be held. Notice .or the sale of Personal Property must be given in like manner, FORTY f> \YS pi avion* to the dav ot sale. N- tire io the Debtors ami Creditors of an Estate must be published FORTY DAYS. Naive that application will be nr.de *® the Court us Ordiaary for leave to sel| LAND, must be published for FOCR Ml ‘N i iiS. Notice fi«rleave to sell NEGROES, »wast be published for FOUR MONTHS bafiare any <rder absolute ’•hall he made by the Court thereon. Notice ol Application for Letter.** of Administration must be published THIRTY HAY>. N *ti<eot Application for Letters as Diatni««ion from the Administration of an Es t*-ts, are rrt|Hired to be published rnonfhlv for SIX MONTHS. __ MISCELLANEOUS. THE WIFE’S REVENGE. A LEGEND OF GERMANY. A sm»!l h imlrt re»ted upon the side ofone of the loftv moun tain* of the Julian Alps, which then, e lowering aloft, ci>nci’’l •«! fmtn view its snow rnmutd peak ; mid the enciriliiig clouosof night. Three person* still lingered around the scanty fire in the 1 cheerles- kit. hen of the inn, though it was midnight. Silence had fallen upon them as they gazed upon the decaving embers, whidi now blaz-d up, then sank again, sending forth no warn th n<»r creating any sound indicative of their presence, save otto and then a sharp crackling as the landlord stirred them up.— They smoked their pipes with that meditative look peculiar o i those who havejii't heard, as they had, a wild and fearful oar- ’ rative. The narrator, and the most remarkai;.. of the three, wa-'a stranger, unit just arrived in the vicinity after some years of foreign travel. Want and hardship in other lands had ; given him the appearance of an older man than he really was j by usurping a few of the wrinkles of Tune to trace them on his | visage. The fierce rays of a tropic stm had bronzed his com-j plexion, and constant familiarity with danger had bestowed up- > on him the reckless, undaunted air ot a warrior not unused to I scenes of blood and strife. Yet the soldier’s manly frankness 1 was warning; for, in the quick, glancing eye and compress d lips, might be seen the workings of a mind capable of devising i anything subtle and villainous, allied to the resolution necessary for the execution of any of his schemes. ‘ Look ye, my goml friend,’ putting aside the lamp which rested upon Ihe table placed behind himself and the persons he ; addressed, ‘did vim deny your belief of what I said concernin'.' 1 the spiiits who walk among our hills at night? Do you not be- j lieve in them ?’ * Certainly not,’ replied he, with a sort of forced scornful i smile, as if by it he would discover a mind of superior mould ; ; yet that were fooli-h, since bv the attempt at a sneer, he did but betray the -llpersiitimis weakness he strove tn conceal. N* nc of the h .rrit.le tales of his native land seemed capable ! of receiving anv credit in the stranger’s mind, for in the quii k • glance of recognition which passed—unobserv *d bv tlnir com panion—between the old host and himself, the cause of his con duct became evident since some plot seemed hatching between them which could bring nn good tn the other—who was a miller —— <S he was the person imposed upon. * I’ll tell yon wh it, mv good friend,’ said the It >st, interrupt ing their cinitimied di-cti.siou, *’tis full time to part ; so mv i goo<l Frans, ea i«t lake a him ?’ ‘ Why, yes,* s id ll e miller, in an uncertain tone as iltoitgii ! he dmbte I whether to go or <> remain ; but rising, lie w alk d to the window and looked out upon the >ky, then with a cold shudder he closed the casement and returning to the hearth, sat d*>w n in silence. * Well, miller, what’* your mind !’ ‘ I think I’ll rein mi here to-night.’ ‘ Couldn't think of it, miller.’ * W> 11, II said h , after a little while, ‘ I -nppose I must go, as yon will t >t ],*| me 'toy, bill Lt me t- II von, I shall ii«-t soon f.rgvt tlti».’ and hastily wishing the stranger ‘a good night’s rest,’ he inrned his steps homeward. Nn sooner had the la-tech', of his finn-ie. * died awav. than the h-.st, -li .king ilie stranger cordially bv thelim.d, exclaimed, ‘ R'itht glad ami to see you again mv worthy Kleiner, a fine ganie voti’v.' pitted upon o r Irieudlv miller.’ ‘ Av, truly, old friend; little does In- think that he so* nt the wli<«le evening listening to the words of a rival, returned to claim the bride he strove so long t » win.’ * Ao, mv go >d •> iy, s’r.nge things hive happened since you left ns, io seek a fortli. e in foreign laud-.’ * Wic.it? whai ? mv lovely M ,rta has— ’ ‘ M irried the millet *Uv all ih. sjorit-of the II >r’z. and finds of hell! I would have s| .i,t him w hile lie sto al nefore me, h id I but kn >wn that he dared !■» wed mv promised tn id-!’ .Tiied> mon ol'pa-simi. with magic hand changid the ex pression ol hi. visage. Wlr re previously reigned the calm, contented look of die traveller, r titrne I to his native land, to seek his ffi iih'i d wif •, now' predominat <1 the thirst for venge ance. He rii'lw*d to the dom, a. if to pursue the miller, but the host threw himself before him. ‘ Be c Um, go id K’riner. I have a s< |ixme whi< li -hall by one blow, destroy the mdl* r and tii* fannl v. L.i.trn now.’ Gradually, as the fdl plot discovered to the traveller a new wav of revenge, his whole appeara. ce changed, and when the Ims* eimcluded, his external fierceness had disappeared, but the calm that perv idl'd his countenance showed lie- con-neiing fire that glowed within. Let ns leave them, hastily preparing for the execution of their plot, an I acco npa iy the miller as he cends the rugged path which lead* to his moniitaiii home. There are those who will titter their disbelief of sometliing they pretend to consider ridiculous, who, when alone in some wild glen, or trackless forest, will ponder on the subject, in spite ol their wish to think of something less fearful, till, from very fears they own to themselves their belief in what they have heard, and thus hope to exorci-e the phantom which haunts their minds. Such was the miller, and frightful were the images which filled hi* imagination as he pursued his mountain path. He became convinced ot w bat he brfose denied, and from every rock ami hillock, from every hush and tree, lie expected -ome awful spirit to appear and overwhelm him in hi* wrath. His nature was fierce and fiery ; though in his cooler mo ments he bad been styled cowardly, and even justly so; yet, when aroused by an imagined injury, he could like many others in this world, perform feats on the impulse of the inonu ir, which, when calm, he had not the heart even to attempt. 11, was quick and vindictive and it was always ns convenient fm ( him to forget a favor, as it was natural for him to reineinher an injury. He was alive to suspicion and jealousy, and ns hi. character wis nn exet ption to the national one, hr was hilled mid despised by all save one sweet soul, who seemed to lom him most when most she saw him spurned. Who can aerimin for woman’s love? Who can describe that sweet flower, grow- flwik ing unnoticed upon a tender stalk, blooming the while for the most worthless object upon earth—a jealous husband, but she who owns the passion ? In case, she loved not her husband merely because he had once been the very god of afit'cti>m. but because she saw in him the scapegoat of lii< fellows, alid she knew it needed all her love to make him happy. When passion had endowed him w ith more than his usmi.l strength and courage, and he hurst out « iih threats and imprecations a aiust his neiglihots, she, poor ill-u-ed creature, would cling to his neck, his arms, his knees, pray ing him to be calm, and detaining him till reason had again assumed her empire. Sometimes incensed at her interference lt>- would with brutal violence dash her from him, and then curse her for In i— tore! Yet, though the violent love he al ways professed for her before marriage, ceased with the cere mony, and did nut even dwindle into the solid admiration and 'stecm as iti'fien does, he watched her with the vigilance that a lu>v would a new purchased dog, to see that none should dare he Kind to him, lest some one should wrest his growing author ity from him. Heueared his home; it wasa truly grand and magnificent retreat, and vet of course hail been sought l>\ him, merely on account ol its utility . anti liter, fore in gazing upon it, its u-e gratifi <1 his tie-ire for gain, more than -uLliii.ity fired his itnag ioa imt. Tin- s< inc was wild but heaut.fnl. Some hundred fret ttl'inr whine he stood, a m< itnlain toireiil I'a-l is over a t recipice, and on rat h -ide ol ti e ravine throtiph wliit h it took its emu -e lay tv o immense lock-, lb ti ming in and proh > ting the pretty stitati lu iow ; a I. \v sinti'id ev.igreens partially cot .red the stein rocks, fi- ding but si auty room to 'tike root in • thri- eldL. For <uir mon cut the mil ■ r delil erati d vletl ir he should take the usual y rt dangerous lot tpath i p the imk.or follow the more i ir< niton-hor-e load w h'n h wns iiit'cli -al< r; he chose the Litter, w lii< It was Ito'niii< h med. He gaitnif at length the r- <'ky summit, and plainly saw the light liurniug in his dwel ling, hut as he turned his head to look in another I’irection, im pulsation of hi* heart , “:>seil, hi- hair stood on end, for h ■ be-j held a t-ill, stately figure, w hose while dress seemed besmeared 1 with hitman hlm.il ; in his right ha- d he held a skull, within I | which glowed a light, in his lilt a ina-sive fleshless hone. I Fear crept upon him as he gazed. A cold, deaih-like chill! I ran ihrrmgh hi- v» in-, and hi-', -haki'ig knees prevented hisac-| I eonipii-liiu'g the l purpose of bi- heart. A sepul bral-toiied I voi.ie tints wi'h ni'-asiired ;u c'-nts sounded iu his ear: ‘Stand and li-teii, maw of i lav, the fierv spirit of vengeance | | who rides upon the ilmnder-cloud. and directs the forked light-! i nines, hid- ye li-ten nod obey ! The rival ve thought dead will this night return, and the wife ofyour bosom will fly with him.’ Au unbroken pan-e ensiled ; at last, the miller raising his i 1 j I - ad. glanced at the spot w here he had seen the misty spirit 1 j vatii-b. For one moment he did not seem to realize what he | j ' had seen and heard ; at the next, as the assertion of his wife’s ! 1 i infidelity occurred to him, he rushed toward the house; the! door yielded to his might but no wife greet, d him; he sealed | I himself, the sense of fear li ft him, but the determination of re- ' ' venge had taken posses-imi ofhis mind, for jealousy had sting ■ | him deeply, be believed his wife guilty, and then a thought | struck him. \\ nh the fury of a maniac he knocker’ at his hed ■ room door until it flew ofTthe hinges She was not there! His 1 ' worst suspicion seemed confirmed, and in his bosom reigned j that species of phrenzv, the person affected with w hich often i says and does things of which he is unconscious. The noise j he h 'd made awoke his liitte babe, whose wail now met his ear. ‘ Ha ! ha! ha !’ lie shrieked, ‘child of a guilty mother.’ He - sh .tched ilie ini-in l from its pillow, and for a moment gazed fix- i j edlv upon it, but mu one sp irk c.f paternal fondness wa- in that ' I gaze, for if >ny li ol t yer existed, fits passion smothered its infill- 1 encc. Unmi oil'til ofhis screain--, he shook the hoy as be e.x , cl >i.ned, ‘ Death wine heller for thee, hoy, than life, embittered Iby the knowledg- ,>f a mother’s crime !’ Madly h< flew from jlliefion-e ; a little beyond the threshold he beheld his wile ap ! pioaehing him. , ‘ Al>, husband.’ saul she, sweetly, ‘ I have waited very, very ! long for yon. h'-neath the rocks.’ !■ j ‘Woman, it is fal-e ! You have been to see your paramour. | Away !’ Sin- saw her i liild, who cried as he heard his mother’s voice, ! I ami discovered upon ler hn-liand’s countenance, as she ap- ■ i iiroach- d lion, th- fi--mfisli marks of rage, she attempted to ■ snatch h r chil 1 fear.ng for its safety. He pushed her from ; him. ‘II t-b tod—F l a 's, what w> old you do? Give me my j i clnl R-.t wit arm he Ic-ld aloft his weeping boy, and; ‘ wi h the other, das ied In- wife. < <nne o i —o t wiihtm , ba-e woman ! Upon youd r pre ! cipi* e’-e !gy ou -h ill gaza upon his destruction ! It will be ,n.i<ri-l | . -,m l||*- st irow !’ •Mv chili! on einld ! give me mv child ! Oh Frans! by ail y.m li I i sa. r--if, I pr.<v you give me hack my boy !’ She pray, d, -lie -creamed, -he dung to his knees to deter him from hi- evident intention. In vain! Who, with one j spark of fi man’lly glowing in hi- frame, or who, with even the i outward at-i-ilniti -of a man, could have resisted that fair beirg’- , pray rs for the safety of tier child! Who could have disbe i hev- d h r prute-t >ti->ns ol innocence ? H>- gained the precipice’- slippery edge, dragging after him ' bis siir'ukiug wife, who dung to him with more that, woinan’.- i-tre-'gth, -trivi g lodetain him. ; ‘ Spare him. I'''ran- ! -pare our sweet child !* I But unmoved as the fi tn rock he stood upon, he threw bi- Icf h uni upon In i-shoulder and pressed her to the giound. ‘ Now, h i-e aduliress, hdiold the death of v our ! abe,’ be siid. and at arm - leu.'th li Id aloft the uiirmi-cious boy. I 1 wa- wli'-retlie c-ataraci d-asluit down ii-io die foaming abyss, lo < a-t hi- only chil i ! A wild laugh bur-t from his lip-. His\ r/ v'-n r.' was comvlefe ! Ihea, tm th li si time, tea-on threw one bright gleam to ■ • tome lii-tiimi'l'ii n- Ini-om. H«- gazed upon the fair being j vy II l-uy in-eii-i>i|e at hi- feet Vt t ll<> pil yev iliced itself for hei : I he seemed ind- ed cim-rions i.f iiis a< t, for seeing her revive a ! liitl h<- exdaiined, ‘Go now and -* ek your paramour ; your hush md I How- his child! 'lien giving ime high leap into tin-i air. tell d ep in the wild watery cataract. Poor ill-u»'d w if. ! innocent, vet In lieved guilty, what was i then your stile ? Morning tlawned and In-held the widowed| wd’e, the chilillcss moiher, gazing y ii-antlv into the gr tve of her ! h-isb ind aid -on. But tbo other-, tin- former rival of th? mil- i I I-r, and die vallninous ho-t, were there. ‘ Behold, woman,’ exclaimed the lorm*‘r. ‘ I am he, who in I the gui-e nt the spirit ol Venge im-e, fed thv I nsliaiid’- ear w iili | stories of iliv in.iddity. 1 once liis rival, now the enemy of ! Iliee, base woman !’ ; He hnt appr .a.-lied so near Io h'-r as lie spoke that she 1.-ant I lor head a- it to whisper to him: lie liviil low ; with one lionipl | -he placed linn beiw. en liei-i If and the fatal brink, -and, quick ! ! a-lightning, ptish'-d him toward it widt all her force for in ' ; ! one moim-ti', although the morning h >d found her a raving ma- i nine, she saw the cause of h'-r hil-!> md’s eondti t. In vain he I ' I endeavored IO i-.-gai . hi, lull nice. lie-lipped ami rolled over' 1 into die 3 awning cha.-in, to meet in death the victims of hi, ! wrath. I ! The country people still point nut the fatal spot to the trav- eler, and ,trange tales are told of a woman’s spirit that still flies • ' about the Miller’s Cliff—and even now, though fifty years have ’ j pass* d -im-e the occurrence ol’ the events mentioned in this nar- ! ’ | rative, none dare venture near the rock of the Wife’s Revenge. i Virtue without, fear. — When, upon mature deliberation, you , ! are persuaded a thing is fit to he done, do it boldly ; and do , ! notafli-i t privacy in it, or concern yourself at all w hat imperti , nent censures or reflections the world will pass upon it. For , it the thing he not just and innocent, it ought not to be at i tempted at all, though never so secretly ; and if it he, you do n very fooli-hly ol’ those who will themselves do ill, in censuring - ami condemning what you do well.— Epictetus. II • ' If you intend marrying for love, pay your addresses Io the 11 l-ttly ; it for legacies, court those who are to leave them ; and if for connexion, court the whole family. YIILLK»GKVIIaIaE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY YIORAUAG, MAY 21, 1539. Our Ct>stsf’ir»tcc—-Ottr Ctntnlry-—fsur I'orly. From the A’»w Yerii Ditpalch. WIDOWS AND COWS. The Greenfield Gazette states that a lady in West Spring field has a cow from which is made 17 pounds of butter a week, through the season. Kven iu November she produced 12 pounds a week. The Gazette wonders soinebudy is not af ter the ‘ vidder’ for the sake of the cow. The Greenfield Gazette’s ‘wonder,’ reminds us of a story, which vve were assured by the narrator, was of actual occurrence. We might give names, date, and scene, but perhaps our infor mant would not thank us for stating things so particularly—so we shall adopt fictitious designations of our character, aud leave the town out altogether. Goodman Jones died at the age of fifty, and was gathered to his fathers, leaving a widow of his own age. At and about the same time, Aunt Smith died too— and as her case was parallel to Goodman Jones’, in all except her sex, we presume she was gathered to her mothers. She left a disconsolate widower, over whose lieadjust as many years had rolled, as the widow Jones had counted. This was allowed on all hands to be an astonishing coinci dence. All the women pitied Goodman Jones, poor man, and all the men commiserated with widow Jones, poor woman.— W idow Jones had a large farm—so had widower Smith. Widow Jones had a large dairy—so bad widower Smith. As to the acres of mowing and tillage and woodland, each had about an equal share—and in children, Providem e had blessed both alike. ‘ What upon airth,’ either would do with th se vast possessions alone, the old women declared they could not tell. This diffi culty suggested a ready remedy, and the gossips did not let the defunct man and woman get cold in their graves, before they macle up their minds the relicts should be yoked together, and the estates, hereditaments, and property, personal and real, be held in joint proprietorship. Matches they said were made in Heaven ; and that 'bis nia'ch was there made, they considered j the essential preparation of widowhood in each, a positive proof. 1 M idow Jones and neighbor Smith were not long in liegring what gossip was astir; audit has even been insinuateaihat I each had arrived to the conclusion named above, before any body else had thought ol them. It is certain when each reques ted the prayers of the congregauG.7 that the bereavement might be sanctified, widower Smith looked pretty steadily d vpr die rail of his pew at the seat of widow Jones; and widow Jones moved ' her white handkerchief from her eyes just long enough to see ' her companion in bereavement supported himself. After church they walked beside each other, so far as their roads lav together, and once during the next week, widower Jones paid widow Smith a visit of condolence. So far so good, bin the visit of condolence got out of date, like an almanac, and cannot be us» d as a pn text after a certain sea son. Some oth.-r arrangement must be trumped up, and vvid- ! ower Smith was not long in finding it. His wagon stopped one morning before widow Jones’ door, and he gave the usual country sign:. I, that he wanted somebody in the house, by ilroppini! the reins, and setting double, with his elbows- on hi.- ! kiiv-s. Ont tripped the widow, lively as a cricket, with a tre mendous bla< k ribbon on her snow-white cap. Good morning was soon said on both sides, and the widow waited for what was further to he said. “ 'Veil, Ma’am Jones, perhaps you don’t want to sell one o'fi y-otir eows, no how. for nothing, any way. do you ?” “\\ eil there, Mister Smith,you couldn’t have spoke my mind better. A poor lone woman like me does not know what to do , w ith so many creturs, anti I should be glad to trade, if we can fix it.” So they aujotirned to the me tdow Farmer Smith looked at Roan—then at the widow—at Brindlr—then at the widow— and -o through the whole forty. The same call was made ev- ■ cry day fora week, but Farmer Smith could not decide which cow- he wanted. At length, on Saturday, when widow Jones ; was in a hiiji-y to get through lier baking for Sunday—and had “ ever so much to do” in th*' house, as the farmers wives and widows have on Saturday, she was a little impatient. Farmer Smith was as irresolute as ever. ‘ That ’ere Downing cow is a pretty fair cretur —’ he stop ped to glance at the widow’s face, and then walked round her -—not the widow, but the cow. ‘That ’ere short horned Dm ham is not a bad looking beast, but I don’t know’ mother look at the widow. ‘Tite Downing cow, I knew, before the late Mr. Jone* bought her ’ H'-ri- he sighed at the allusion to the late Mr. Jones she sighed, and both looked at each other. It was a highly inter e-ting moment. ‘ Old Roan is a faithful old ntili-h, and so is Brindle—but I have known better.’ A long stare succeeded this speech,—the pati-e was getting awkward—and at last Mrs. Jones broke out ‘ Lord ! Mr. Smith, it l'/n the cow you want, do say so.' The intentions of the widower Smith, and the witl-nv Jones were duly published the next day, as is the law and the cus’om in Massaeliusetts; and as soon as soon as they were ‘out pub lished,’ they were mairied. I hf. T <»BACro Trade.—To the report which we publish ed the other day, made by Mr. Jenifer of Maryland, concerning the Tobacco trade, there was appended a letter from Mr. Ste venson, our Minister to England, addressed to the Secretary of State. From this letter it appears that Mr. S. has left no stone nut' rued in hi- eflorts with the British Government, to obtain a reduction of the duty on Tobacco. Mr. S. deserves credit for his zeal in the matter, and will no doubt command the particu lar gratitude of the Tobacco growing States. His efforts have been unavailing; and although there seems no prospect of a change in the British policy, Mr. S. will persevere in his duty to his country, and press the matter on all suitable occasions. 1 be position assumed by the British Government is that the question is ptiie'y one of revenue similar to the duty on brandy, and not one in which there is any reciprocity as the restretmns j enforced against the cultivation of tobaec > within the three kitig | dotns plainly -how ; and that however great the justice and pro- - priety of a reduction may be, as it regards this country, the - treasury of Great Britain cannot sustain the loss that w ould be i the consequence, at the present moment. Mr. Stevenson ex ; pressed a hope that something may be done hereafter, at a pcri : od when circumstances shall be more propitious. I Our National Administration has evinced every disposition to foster the tobacco producing interest as much as possible, in j its management of our foreign relations ; and we are led to be ! lieve that it will yet succeed in relieving the important staple, ■ measurably, at least, of the onerous and almost prohibitory dn- ■ ties and charges levied upon it itt some of the foreign tradintr ! ports. — Rich, Comp, [Prom the New-Orleans Ree.~\ THE GREAT COTTON CASE. The many speculation— -in ojnnion, we mean, not in cotton, i —indulged in of late In a portion of this community, relative j to the many and astounding frauds, they supposed a legal inves- I tigation into the v< ry extensive operations of Mr. Vincent Nolte, would doubtless develope to-the pulflic eye, are all, it seems to j be brought to a more sudden stand than even they promised in the cotton market. We understand, that by the very active and effective efforts of Col. White, one of the attorneys con cerned in the case, the whole m ittcr is happily settled- upon something like the following terms, viz: The Citi>? h Bank agrees to advance to the sellers of the cotton in litigation, the amount due therefor,—upon the security of xxoltc’s bills en dorsed by said venders, —the Bank to become the trustee tn sell the cotton ; and meet the bills when they arrive at maturi ty with the proceeds of sale. This we regard as a most fortunate issue of this whole mat t<r; one for which, if we are not misinformed, many planters are under great obligations to Col. White. George R. T. Shewer, one of the band of patriots who, ni 1773, threw the tea overboard, from the ship Dartmouth, in Boston harbor, is still living, at the advanced age of one hun dred years. Good.— The mistakes of a layman are like the errors of a pockt't wat< h, w-htch aflects only an individual ; but when a II clergyman errs, it is like the town clock going w rong—he tnis- I leads a From the (Alabama) </ the liuios. “TRUTH STRANGE—STRANGER THAN FICTION.” Died, »• Tuesday eveuing, 7th inst bv a sudden casualtv. Miss Mary Am L. Barber, in the 17th year of her age, and L. B.‘Young, <*gi*4 24 years, both of Tuscaloosa. We were never more deeply impressed with the full force and meaning of tlx above rather paradoxical quotation, than by witness ing the event wa have here recotded; and we know of no casu alty incident to human nature, mote distressingly paiig'iil in its details. Indeed, the story of tlx last lew years of these lameuted individuals, if wrought iute fictiou, would be deemed by the most credulous ro mancers, as almost the hyperbole ol extravagance aud improbabili . ly t We have not all the particuUrs necessary, did we design, to go into dot.iils—but an incident or two will answer our purpose: The parties bad been, it seems, for some years, attached to each other— not merely a slight acquaintance, or aa every-day friendship, in the hollow, modern meauing ol the term—but a real, deep, pervading affection, creating a permaneat union of soul, although “ Circutnstai.ee, that unspiritnal god, Whose touch turu* hops to dust—the dust we all have trod.” seems to have prevented a union of hands before the hytnenial altar. But “love lacks not heralds;” and the youth, whose attachment to the young lady was of that noble and elevating kind which spurns at adversity, found means, by interviews and correspondence, to keep alive that “heaven-enkindled hope,” which partially—like the atones for the lack of possession ! They were both of a pions turn, and had, we believe, at the same altar, not many moons ago, mads a public profession of religion I In fact, there seem- to have been be tween them a sympathy, stroug and endearing which assimilated al most tln-ir entire existence. And it was iu the innocent iudulgence of yontlitnl sport* and recreation, that the ».;d event which clumped i the scent oj their esistence, occurred. Ou the morning before men i tinned, ■* party ol some dozen young ladies and gentlemen had made j arrangement* to go upon a “fishing’’ excursion; and, hilaruus with joy, and young bosoms beating high with hope and anticipated hap piness, (of which none evinced more than the deceased) —the party proceeded tc the rendezvous, about a mile below the city, an the margin of the river, in a beautiful se duded spot. There, in the tranquil shad', with tbo loveliness of nature, io unadorned beauty, spread out around, above, and beneath them, and the music of their i own gi ntle voices—always doubly so wl en we know we are beloved j —breathing life, and joy, and happiness into theii existence—alas! they little oeemeu l ‘ le ‘'ootstep of death was even then in their very midst ! The deceasefl, wi?. I .' jl'tve or four others, had epaired in :. light canoe, to tite opposite side oi the stream, to fulfil, perhaps, some pleasurable whim or caprice of the party 1 so intent were they on enjoyment, and so her dless of the future, that the subject of drown ing, <xc. was mentioned in connection with the ,',‘”htef frivolities ol conversation, in jest, only a few short moments before the awrul ity burst upon them, with its fatal consequences to two of the partv, by the upsetting ot the frail conveyance! They both went down, ; their hands firmly grasped in the chilling close of death. Sadly dif | feren', to the parents of this interesting young lady, was the evening which gave them the ghastly semblance of what hatl been their own beloved child, from the morning which bore her from them, joyous I as tie gilded butterfly, whose garish plumage is but a mockery of the j shortness oi its summer ! As for the lonely young man deceased, we believe he had no relations near; his sad and untimely end mav long opt rate as a heahhy corrective in the young, of the two careless pursuit of pleasure; while his attachment to one worthv being, may encourage ti.e young of both sexes, to cultivate these virtues which form the only basis of that “love,” which is "stronger than death!" “ I hev were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death \ they shall not be divided!” They wire both interred in the same I grave. Singular loss of Muscular Power.—\ man has been wa'king the streets of Boston, lately, from the Eastward, who has suffered such j a perfect loss of contractile power iu the posterior muscles of the neck that he is wholly unable to hold up hi* head. Such is the sen ■ sation of weight, and so inconvenient is it to havo it dangling as it ! were on the breast, wholly interfering with the use of the eyes or month, that a somewhat complicated machine has been invented ex pressly to remedy the case. An iron rod runs duwo the line of the spine supported by straps from the hips upward, encircling the body! • Upon the top of the rod a broad band embraces the forehead, aud i thus the organs of vision are kept on a horizontal line -and thus the j poor fellow threads his way over the city, hooped up almost like » ! cask. How admirable, simple and symmetrical is the apparatus na i lure employs—snugly packed way on the back of the neck, which j maintains the head in an upright condition far more peifectly than I the clumsy contrivances of man, when his ingenuity has been taxed to its utmost.— Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. A man ia Transvlvania lately fell upon his scythe and killed him -1 self at the age of 120. Old time having been a little haggard with liis own tnowet. This man, whose name is Juan Graza left a son ! 100 years old, and « hopeful grandson of 80. Wr should like to ! know how a juvenile of this latter age, fei Is towards his “Grand Pa.” I Inn* must be something quite childish and interesting in seeing such a stripling creeping on the knee of “ Pa’s Pa.” VVe suppose the young fellow gets many a good lecture from the old gentleman about le impropriety ot spending too much of his time in running after 'he girls before he arrives at years of discretion.— N. York Gazette. Punishing a Justice— Lord Ilichinbroke, the Cynthio of the “ Tatier,” was a gay and dissipated nobleman of Queen Anne’s re gn. The following anecdote of him, we are assured by contemporary writers, is time. An old Justice in Westmin- I ster had committ'd him to the roundhouse for a drunken frolick, | and obliged him to pay for some windows w hich he had broken . on the occasion. Soon after his lord-hip knocked up the Jus ; tice at midnight, alleging business of importance, which could ! not admit of delay. The magistrate made his appearance, af ter some time, in his furred gown and double night-cap; when his lordship told him that be had had the misfortune that eve ning to tear his rufllle, and find only called on his honor to bor row a pin. HON. ELY MOORE. , If it were necessary to multiply t vidmice to show that the spirit ot !• fderalism t°nds, now, as much as in days past, to a creation of pri vileged orders in society—to a contempt of pretensions founded up on merii, unless it is accompanied by the extraneous influences of birth, family connexions, or something that < reams r ink independent oi merit—die bitter personal invective that has been directed *t the gentleman whose name heads this paragraph, since he fust entered upon public life, may be refered to as permanent and palpable. Be I is one of the late representativi s of Congress from the citv of New \ ork. Ihe democracy’ of the city found him pursuing the occupa tion ot a Journeyman Printer, appreciating liis merit and regardless ot the sneers ol the "merchant princes," and the mushroom aris tocracy et the city, have twice elected him to Congress. Federal hatred with its supercilious up-turning of the nose, snuffed the offence, the innovation upon its notions of exclusiveness, in tba very breeze ! A practical mechanic the representative of the proud anil haughty city in Congiess, was gall and wormwood to the decayed and degen erated, but still assuming aristocracy ! Four years ago he took his seat in Congiess, and he carried with him a replication for talent which has not been diminished, though a frequent recurrence of dis ease has materially interb red with his usefulness. His published speeches in point of plain practical good sense, in all the requisites of aide an 1 substantial argument, bear the test of critical examina tion ; and in point of intrinsic merit, are not behind the best of the , list four sessions. Act such is federal discrimination, when influen ced by partisan partiality, and a natural hatred for merit of an ob scure origin, that while it would land the fasti in and bombast of Hoff ’ man, and the feverish incoherent ravings of Prentiss, it could sneer ’ al and ridicule tho practical good sense, the genuine eloquence of i Ely Moore. Federalism too, accuses him of obnoxious principles— • of being a follower of Fannv Wriglit—of moral derelictions. \V» - have nn knowledge of his abstract religious principles, but from our i knowledge of the in in, should have no hesitation in saying that the general libertinism of opinion of Fanny Wright found no favor with him. So far as moral character is concerned, (here his accusers pro liablv infer from an assumed false position,) those who have had an opportunity to know him at Washington, the place above all others, 1 here vice and immorality assumes its most attractive form, have not - failed to observe, that with habits naturally retiring and unobtrusive, he seems one of the minority, who, surrounded by moral contagion, are untainted by its influence. Such is the man, and such is the rep- , resentative, towards whom federal invective gnashes its most enven omed tooth! The pleasure with which vve pay this tribute to talent and moral worth in a democratic representative, we confess is no i small degree enhanced bv the consideration that he is one of our ( craft—\ JOURNEYM AN PRINTER—[Mu, York Era. The Exploring Expedition.—C‘,wno\n Topham, of the ship Amer ica, at New York from Pernambuco, reports that tho exploring ex pedition arrived at Orange Harbor, on the 17th of Febniarv, in 40 1 days from Rio Janeiro, all well. The Peacock, Relief, Porpoise, 1 I Sea Gull and I'lying I' ish, sailed on a cittiso to the south. The Vin- - I cennes was surveying in the neighborhood of Orange Harbor. The * Relief was similarly|emphyeil in the Straits of Magellan.— l 6. I*. C. RD IASOW. PROPRIETOR. POLITICAL. From th* Washington Globe. SPECI AL MISSION TO E? GLAND. The President lias determined not to send a special minister to England at present, and we are permitted to publish the following extracts fiom the cotrespoi dence between Lord I almerston and Mr. Stephenson as explanatoiy of the views of the two Geveniments up on the subject. [EXTRACT.] Mr. Stevenson to Lord Palmerston. Lord Palmerston lias probably already been apprised that, among the proceedings of the Congress of the United S ates at the close of its late session, provision was made for a special mission to Great Britain, in rt laiion to the subject of this controversy, should it in the opinion of the President, he deemed advisable to appoint one. In virtue of this provision, the undersigned has now the honor of ac quainting bis Lordship that the President of the Unite’d States (de sirous of conforming tu the indicated wishes of Congress) his direc ted him to anuiuinre to her Majesty’s Government bis willingness to institute such a mission, and change the place of negotiation, which had heretofore been agreed upon, from Washington to London; pro vided it should lie agreeable to her Majesty’s Government to do so, and would, in their opinion, be the means of hastening o: facilitating the final adjustment »f the controVi rsy. In submitting this proposition of the President, which lie lias now , the lien r of doing, the undersigned flatters himself ih it Lord Pal merston will not fail to appreciate the motives which have influenced the President in making it, and see in it, not onlv an additional pro f of his desire to terminate amicably this protracted and painful con troversy. hut the earnest solicitude which he foi ls to place the rela tion* of the two countries beyond the reach of those casualties bv which, in the present state of things, they arc so liable to be injured. T o this proposition, th * undersigned lias been directed respectful ly to urge the early consideration of her Majesty’s Government. The impoitance aud urgency of bringing to a speedy close the pending negotiation, and the existing embarrassments in which the two countries are now placed, will, the undersigned persuades him self, sufficiently explain the earnestness w ith which he lias pressed the subject upon the consideration of Lord Palmerston ; and, in clo sing this note, he can indulge the confident hope that the final deter mination of her Majesty’* Government will not only correspond with the just expectations which are entertained by his own Government, but that it will lie the means of leading to such an adjustment of the whole controversy as may be compaflble with the just rights and ho nor of the two countries, and the peaceful and friendly relations, up on the preservation of which so essentially depend the prosperity and happiness of both. (Signed.) A. STEVENSON. 23 Portland Place, March 30, 1839. [EXTRACT.] Lord Palmerston to Mr.'Stevenson. Iler Majestv’s Gc-veinment- consider the communication which Mr. Stevenson lias !'“ei> instructed to make to the undersigned uport the subject of the proposed mission of a special envoy to England as a fresh proof of the friendly disposition of the President, and of the frankness which it is hoped will always ch irai terize the intercourse between the two Governments; and her majesty’s Government has ten to reply to that communication in ilie same spirit anti with tlie same frankness. T' e President is desirous of knowing whether it would in their opinion be the means of hastening or facilitating the final adjustment of the controveisv. That it would always be agree able to her Majesty’s Government to receive anv person enjoying the confidence of the President, and sent hither to treat of matters affecting the interest of both countries, the undersigned is persuaded that tin* Government of the United States cannot possibly doubt-J but her Majesty’s Government do not see that in the present state of the negotiation such a mission could he likely to hasten or to fa cilitate the adjustment of die controversy. It was the wish of the British Government in 1831. when the award of the King of Nether lands was given, that any further negotiation which should be neces sary upon this subject should be carried on in London. But tho Gnveinment «f the United States expressed a strong desire that the sea' of negotia iou should be in Washington, and the British Gov • rnment acquiesced in that arrangement. Now the question at present to be considered is whether any ad vantages would arise-fri'in transferring the negotiation to London. Undoubtedly if the state of tire negotiation w’ere such that the two Gnsremuif*nts wa'ie at liberty *to arrive at a final and immediate set tlement of the controversy, by a conventional division of the territo ry in dispute, her Majesty ’s Government would he of opinion that advantage might arise .torn the missinn propos’d to he s> nt to this country by the Government of the United States. But Maine hav ing refused to agree to a conventional line, and another ref rence to arbitration being in the present state of the matter out of the ques tion, the only course left op.m for the two Governments, with a view to arrive at a suhition of the controversy, is to cafise a fresh survey of the territory to I e made, for the purpose of endeavoring to trace iinon the ground i self, the line of the treety of J 783; and the under igned is sending to Mi. Fox. for the consideration of the President, a draft of m convention for the purp< S" to be appointed bv the two Governmnts for this end; and her Majesty’s Government hope that the report of these commissioners will either settle the question at issue, or furnish the two Governments such information, as may lead directly to a settlement. But this being ll e present state of the mat ter, it appears to her Majesty’s Government that a special envoy now sent from America, would not, upon liis arrival in this country find any thing to discuss or Io settle in .connection with this question, tho discussion or settlement of which rottl 1 he of importance rommen sutatnawith the expectations which such a mission would naturally excite on both sides of the Atlantic ; and that if, in consequence thereof, the envoy s» sent were to return to the United States, before t! e two Governments had finally settled the whole question, a disap pointment might thereby be created which, however unfounded it would be, might, neveitheless, produce bad effects in both countries, Iler Majesty's Government having thus stated without reserve, their inp <s-ion upon this matter, leave tlt° decisionofit to the Pre sident ; and the undersigned has onlv further to assure Mr. Steven son that her Maj’ six’s Government are very sen-ib'e to the spirit of friendly confidence, which has dictated Mr. Stevenson’s coivtntimca 'i' n. (Signed.) PALMERSTON. Foreign Office, April 3, 1839. [From the leouisianinn of Mho 10.] THE BANKS. At the commencement of the late session of the legislature, he banks implored ami petitioned the members to pass a law of indemnity for she suspension of specie payments during the preceding twenty months. Their friends ami partisans declared that it was ips ible for them to do any thing for the accom modation of he public or to relieve the necessities of trade, un il such a law should be passed, as, if thiy brought suit a gahist a delinquent debtor, he could plead that'their charters w ere forfeited, that they were th ad in law. and consequently could not bring suit. Many of the members Were of opinion that such a law would be unconstitutional, as having a retro active opcr ition, and that it was not called for by the then ex isting state of affair . The act passed, however, both houses, ; was appr <v< d by the Governor, and is now a law of the State. But has it wrought the slightest alteration in the conduct of the Banks? Has it induced them to ex'-end their accommodations? > Have they advanced a single step since the-passage of the act 1 towards telieviiig the embarrassments and distress of the com ’ inunity ? Let the deep and universal complaint of those who ' r ■ engaged in commerce, answer this question. The legisla ture was entreated to pa-s the act of indemnity as a measure . that would euab'e the Banks to come out li! erally in the wav . of discounts, for the relief of the manifold distresses of the . community, and all opposition was silenced by the positive and plausible allega ion that the Banks were in such a peculiar con i' dition that they were deprived ot' the power of suing their debt -1 or> in ca>e any of these should take advantage of circumstan ces ami refuse to repay them—and that consequently no relief could be obtained for those who wanted bank accommodations, , unless ti c law in question were passed. YV. 11, the law was ! passed, and the situation of things is the same—the public dis tress is iinditninishcd—-and the Banks pursue the same griping i policy which was complained of before its passage, and which , they professed to be so anxious to change for one more liberal, i mote conformable to their own permanent interests, and more ’ conducive to the public prosperity. 1 he reasons assigned for this obstinate adherence ti such a ; pernicious policy is, that the Banks, having no confidence in , one another, cannot pursue any specific mode of nctioh. This , i> a confession that, as a body, they ate not unfit to answer the , purposes for which they were created—that, after granting ac commodations to a long list of favorites, after covering the md with paper nioney, enhancing the prices oi all the neces* sariis of life to an exorbitant pitch, and, in a word, rendering j bank, discounts indi pensable to all who are engaged in com , menial transactions, they arc obliged to stop short, and leave . the community to take care of itself, while their managers are ; gorged with wealth obtained by an exclusive system of favqp* itism. • ...... WHOLE AO. 277.