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happy tears over it, because 1 looked up lo heaven anil thought lie might see me. 1 have sometimes, though not often, met with small insults; but if ever they threatened to grow greater, I hogged the people to de sist in the kindest way I could, even smiling, and saying 1 would please them if 1 had the heart; which might be wrong, but it seemed as if deep thoughts told me to say so; and they used to look astonished, and left oh; which made me the more hope that St. Mark and the holy Virgin did not think ill of my endeavors. So play ing and giving alms in this manner, 1 arrived in the neighborhood of your beloved village, where I fell sick for a while and was very kindly treated in an outhouse; though the people, 1 thought, seemed too look strange and afraid on this crucifix—though your son never did, —though lie taught me to think kindly of every body, and hope the best, and leave every thing except our own endeavors to heaven 1 fell .sick, madam, because I found for certain that the Signor Montagu* was dead, albeit I had no hope that he was alive. She stopped ftwhih lor breath, for she was growing weaker and weaker; and her hostess would fain have had her keep silent e; but she pressed her hand as well as she might, and prayed with such a patient panting of voico tube allow ed to go on, that she was permitted. She smiled beautifully and resumed: —So wheu—so when 1 got my strength a little again, I walked tin, and came to the village; and I saw the beautiful white church spire in the trees; anti then 1 knew where his body slept; and I thought some kind person would help me to die with my face looking towards the church as it now does~and death is upon me* even now; but lift me a lit tle higher on the pillows, dear lady, that I may see the green ground of the bill. She was raised up as she wished, and after looking a while w ith a pi a cid feebleness at the hill, said in a very low voice—Say one. prayer for me. dear lady, and If it be not too proud in me, call ine In it your daugli ter. The mother of her beloved sum moned, a grave and earnbst voice, as well as she might, and knelt, and said, 0 heavenly Father of us all, who in the midst of thy manitold and merciful bounties bringest us into strong passes of anguish, winch nev ertheless thou cnublest us to go through, look down, we beseech thee, upon this thy young and innocent servant, the daughter that might have been, of my heart,—and enable, her spirit to pass through the strug gling bonds of mortality, and be gathered into thy rest w ith those we love;—do dear and great God, of thy infinite mercy; for we are poor woak Creatures, both young and old. Here her voice melted away into a breath ing tearfulness; and after remaining on her knees a moment, she rose, and 1 oked upon the bed and saw that the weary smilim? one was no CABINET, - WARR EATON, JUNE 7, 1828. CONGRESS. Both houses adjourned about 8 o clock on the 26th u\t, after having passed 162 acts and six joint resolu tions. The resolution of thanks to Mr. Speaker Stevenson, after an ex hibition of a good deal of want of magnanimity and modesty on the part of Mr. Wright of Ohio, and o thers, was passed by a vote of 111 to 28 —a joint resolution extending the franking privilege to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only surviving sign er of the Declaration of Independence, passed both houses. They passed an art making provision for the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution. It provides, that every officer of the Revolutionary army, in the Conti nental line, wlm was entitled to half pay by the resolve of Congress pass ed Oct. 31st. 1780, shall receive full pay in said line, to begiu March 3d. 1826, and to continue during his life provided that tho whole amount ho not more than the full pay of a captain in the said line. Fvery pensioner under the act of 1826, shall have the kino tit it he has re ceived deducted froth what he is to re ceive; and all pensions for him are for the future to cease. livery surviving hhn-commissioned ofticcr, musician and private of said army, who enlisted for the war, and continued in the army until its termi nation, and thereby became entitled to 880 by the resolve t?f May 15, 1778, shall receive his full monthly pay in that service, to begin March 3. 1820, lor life—provided that none now on the pension list shall be entitled to it; and that the applicant be not a fo reigner. The money due sha.ll not be trans ferable, or liable to attachment, levy •r seizure, by any legal process w hat ever, but accrue wholly to Ids benefit, and bo paid to those to whom it is due, or their authorized attornies: that which is now due, and that which shall be due, semi-annually. Amongst the appointments made near the termina tion of the. session, were the following. James Barbour of Virginia, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain, William llenry Harrison of Ohio, to be. Envoy Extraordinary and Minis ter Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Colombia. Peter B, Porter of New York to he Secretary of War. Col. Gamble and Henry G. Latrtiar, says the Courier, have been With drawn from the list of candidates for Congress for some time past. The last Georgian says, it is authorised to erase also the name ol Edward F. Tattnall. FOREIGN. | If is said that a declaration of neu trality from the Courts of London, Paris, Vienna, und Berlin, is expect-1 ed to be published ass bn as war breaks out between Russia add the Porte. Advices from Lisbon to April 12th, state, that although DOll Miguel ex ercised all the power of an absolute Monarch, lie had not yet proceeded to the length of declaring himselfj King. Orders liavb been givfcn by the; British government to complete the! evacuation of Portugal by withdraw ing tho marines occupying the forts in the Tagus. The Prussian Envoy at Constanti nople has been recalled, for having, it is said suffered the Porte to believe that it would receive support from other powers in case of hostilities with Russia. We hare news from Constantino ple to March 26. There is nothing of importance. The Divan, which considered war with Russia as in evitable, was continuing defensive preparations with great activity. For the RURAL CABINET. Mn. Editor— The pledge l gave you of contributing my mite to toe general stock of miscellaneous matter, which shall fill the columns of the Rural Cabinet , 1 shall attempt, in pai t, to redeem, as I have of late, been very little, and never in my life, much ac u?loined to writing, especially in your department. I hope, therefore, you and your readers, will make all necessary allowances, should I fail to interest you. Os one thing, lam cer tain, that if i do not amuse, or instruct you, I will not olfend, by any thing ei ther personal, indelicate, or vulgar; I shall begin my series, with some re* marks upon domestic economy. The pressure of the times, which is seen and heard and felt in every thing around us— seems to me to point out this as a Very suitable topic. I have no doubt, that you will conclude before I finish iny ob servations upon this subject, that my the ory, as is very common with the rest of the world, is far better than my practice. This I shall not deny; yet some good may result to mvself and others bv an exami -0 V • - - NBfc/ -*• • ! nation Into the tendehey of some of those habits, which are th<s**ources ol so much misery to the liufivlfb fa uily* , . The uames of Lycurgus and Fabricius have adorned the pages of ancient histo ry on account of their contempt ol riches anJ luxury; ard in modern tunes, our Franklin gathered for himself, never fading laurels for the many useful lessons lie gave to his countrymen in relation to industry and frugality. That inan whose tame has eclipsed that of all others, for whatever was truly great and valuable, while he filled the first office in the go vernment, was equally distinguished lor | private as for public economy; and the good man, Washington, was as exempla ! ry in his life as he was pure in his morals. | “He prefered to be, rather than seem to be good.’’ He ccituioly i9 a benefactor of mankind, who teaches the best art of living well and happy, for, as we live, j so we are apt to die. Wp complain unjustly of hard times. ] This is a monitor of our own creation,j and he may be destroyed far more easi ly than the infant Hercules subdued those serpents which the jeuluusy of -Ju no* sent to work out his destruction. The Devil himself is very often impro perly charged with our own voluntary misdeeds. Have you any correct data of the vast sums of money—which are daily spent in pampering unnatural and artificial ap petites? Would you believe that the peo ple of our state, expend annually more money in the consuptian of ardent sjiiKts than they pay towards the euppoitof go vernment? Yet I fear, figures ami sums would convict ns this folly. In the purchase of tobacco , another article of luxury, simply, we pay quite as much as our annual tax, of the high rates, of hi ch ,we so ollen complain. The use of this weed has a deleterious effect upon nine constitutions where it benefits one. Ami by exciting the system so much with this powerful stimulant, it gradually loses its excitable capacity; nr.d this too often leads to the use of ardent spiiits—as a more effectual means of stimulation. Thus the list of drunkards may be, and l verily believe is increased by the injudi cious and unnatural consumption of an article-, which seems to have been intend-1 etl by the Author of our Being, tor valu able medicinal purposes only, and not as i a luxury. Nmv this propensity to indulge either in the U9e of sp'r ts nr tobacco, is not na tural—and nothing but continued prac tice overcomes that repugnance of tSie palate, which is manifested and felt by every person, until custom confirms the habit. Intemperance kills twenty per sons—yes, 1 think fifty, where old age destroys one. This enemy of the human race, outstrips the sword, famine and pes tilence. We see its baneful effects in the rags, which cover the shivering child of poverty—the paleness that shrouds the bloom of health, and in the rank weeds which cluster around the premature grave of that suicide, who sought a resting place, but alas! found a bell by plunging the dagger into his distracted care-worn and bleeding heart! Let any nun these hard limes, only keep ajournd of one months unnecessa ry expences, and he will probably find it the most certain check upon his prodi gality: We are, as a State, by means of our misplaced economy, paying a tribute of millions, every year, to the support of our nothern manufactories. I have little doubt that our staple production, cotton, would be more advantageously manufac tured among ourselves and necessity will soon require this of us in self-defence. It is the only anti-tariff* policy we can pursue. The machinery necessary for domestic purposes is not costly; anil one machine and a good hand to manage it would spin ‘ertpugh to supply a family of fifty slave?: And if one valuable cotton factory were put in successful operation in each of the large and populous coun ties—-they wGuld command as regular a patronage as our mills. We must be clothed as well ns fed. The raw material would be exchanged for the manufactured article; and thus a barter and exchange would be carried on mutually beneficial. Moreover, the far mer should find a market for all his sur plus produce Vvhich could be given for the cotton clothes, inaile at the factory. A proposition was made by one* of our skilful and enterprising citizens to ne gotiate a loan with the legislature for the *John Schley. • i purpose of setting us an example In this 1 useful branch of manufacture- Fro m some cause or other, the application did not succeed. Its failure must have re sulted from its not being distinctly un derstood—lt should have enlisted tha warm and patiiotic support of all parties and every philanthropist. Labor can be had cheaper here than at the North, land the raw’ material being at hand? can Ibe procured upon better terms. Gur | black population, with a little practice, ! would be quite competent to- the man | agemcqt cf the machinery.. We asst e qually impolitic ar.d unwise in (he large sums of money wo annually pay toother ; States for pork, hoises, mu’es flour amt I corn. Stock of every kind might be raised in the greatest abundance by en closing the waste pasture and tfieitdcw V lands, sowing barley lots, peas, potatoes j and turnips in suitable quantities. But. i poor and dependant and tributary we ! shall be. while cotton, like Aaron’s rod ! swallows up, the rest. Cotton kills our stock with famine—washes away otir lands—keeps our negroes exposed arwt sickly—inflates bur own vanity—involves’ our people in speculations —i3 the source of many failures and much bank ruptcy —k*eps our roads impassable by tearing them iin with its transportation and imparts <0 our institutions an insta bility and uncertainty extremely prejudi cial to our inprovement and happiness. This subject might be profitably pur sued through every department of indu* try and labor; but time and prudence seem to suggest that enough has been said for the present. There is a great difference LeUveen ‘a splendid and a happy laud’ These hard-times call uj on ns to be -ober mind ed, frugal and enterprising. Let us study use and convenience rather tha nr ostentation and show; and it is hoped the period is not far distant, when ‘the impress good sense’ will be seen in all wft do and think. qUINTILLIAN For tho CABINET. SCRAP MONGER, No. 11. When we look at a field of corn, \vc find that those stalks which raise their i heads highest, are the emptiest. The sattic is the case with men : those who assume the greatest consoqrnwn-rr, have generally the least share of judg ment and ability. There is no vice more insupporta ble and more univers fly hated than pride ; it is a kind of poison, which, corrupts all the good qualities of a man, and whatever merit he may otherwise possess, this single Fault is sufficient to render him odious and contemptible,so that hy pleasing him self too much, lie displeases every one, else. Pride is the first vice which takes possession of tho heart, because it derives its source from self love, and it is the last that remains, what ever efforts may ba made to expel it. If we examine our own thought?, we shall find that they arc principal ly employed on the past or the future ; we seldom ever think of the present, and if we do, it is only to enable us to Say plans for the future. Hence it happens, that \vc never live, we al ways hope to live, and are preparing ourselves fur beingSiappy: butitisrer tain, that we never can be so, until wo fix our attention upon something so lid and lasting. KJ It is not abundance and riches that can make us happy, but the use we make of them. Horace, therefore, is not contented with wishing wealth from Use gods, he begs also, that they would teach him the art of enjoying them, opes, artemque puendi. A man who is skilful in style, knows from the reading of the first two or three sentences, at most, the calibre of the writer's intellect and acquirements. If he secs words which convey no precise idea, or have no business in that place, if he sees a starved thought puffed out like a dropsical carcase on spindle legs, ora bladder puffed with wind, he, at once; discerns the radical, incura ble fee bib h ess of the writer; if he r . laborious attempt to raise ix trivial or ordinary object hey. nut its natm-.d level, by overstrr.ir.od, r.wkard eff v 3 cr quaint thought, and dispror-vr*