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It is not an easy task to describe at any time the \
nous and rapid feelings of a human heart, and
'ja«. neart a woman’s ail we will say in the pro
s' >( case is, that indignation, surprise, sorrow and
pr Ue, were ail busy with Lady Caro hue, the last
.nentioneil gained the victory for the time and she
roac as ne ottered the bracelet, cheek, neck and
brow, were crimsoned with passioti, auJ she spoke
last and thickly.
‘Excuse me, sir, it is I who have to return that
trinket, and to express my regret at ever having
accepted it. The foolish professions made ou
both sides at the time of the gift, had better, nay,
indeed, shall be forgotten. 1 am glad my con
tact of last night saves ine the trouble of expres
(i:ug my feelings, and congratulate you on your
talent for reading manner so perfectly.”
Now, Charles Leslie had by no means calcula
ted on such a speech, and it had exactly the same
ed'ett upon him as his had previously had on the
la Iv, that of making him more angry, more in
dignant and more proud than ever; so, drawing
on his white gloves in such a manner as indicated
that he really was in earnest, that is to say, at the
expense of a fracture to one of them from top to
bottom, he answered, “Such being the case, MaJ
'. ! wih intrude on your valuable time no longer,’
. .1 taking up his hat, and walking towards the
door, he ended his visit w ith the same words in
which h“ commenced—“ Good evening Lady
C aroline!”—and disappeared. It is not to be sup
posed tiiat Caroline had retained her’composure
without a severe struggle and now when there
was no longer a necessity for it, now she was alone
(alone, indeed! he had just gone, forever!) she who
had been all coldness and pride, and appeared as
though she had never heard of such a thing as a
heart, was all tenderness and sorrow, and burying
her face in the pillows of the sofa, she sobbed in
intense grief. She had remained so for some
minutes, when a hand touched her shoulder; she
started—-trembled violently—but dared nut look
up; she knew that Vie was beside lier, and a wit
ness td all her weakness. He had returned with
intention of telling lier that he should leave
England the following week, but that was forgot
<n; her conduct, her harsh words and all were
forgotten, for the sake of those tears, lie laid
his hanu on lier shoulder, a few low whispered
wor H were uttered Os repentance and forgiven ms ;
she suffered hereself to be drawn nearer to
him, his arm encircled her waist and—— But is
it not a most unfair intrusion of ours, Gentle Hea
der ? We will be guilty of the rudeness no lon
ger; suffice it, the two proud, indignant, angry
people," were the best friends in the world in five
minutes, and after another word or two about
“that puppy, Mordnuat,” it was all over.
And well do vanished frowns enhance
The charm of every heightened glance,
Aird dearer seems each dawning smile
For having lost its light awhile.
Education of Daughters. —Since there isn season
when the youthful must cease to be young an i
the beautiful to excite admiration, to learn how
to if row old gracefully is perhaps one of the rar
est and in ist valuable arts that cau be taught to
woman. Audit must be confessed that it is a
most severe trial for those women to lay down
beauty who have nothing else to take up.—lt is
for this sober reason of life that education should
lay up its resources. However disregarded hith
erto they must have been, they will be wanted now.
When admirers fall away, and flatterers become
mute, the mind will be driven to retire into itself,
and if it find no entertainment at home, it will be
driven back again upon the world with increasing
force. Vet, forgetting this, do we not seem to
educate our daughters exclusively forthe transient
period of youth, when it is to maturer life we ought
to advert ? Dowe not educate them for a crowd and
*iot for themselves ? for show and not for use ! for
'line and not for eternity ?— Mrs. Moore.
Cousins. —There’s nothing like a cousin. Jt is
■he.sweetest relation in human nature. There
is no excitement in loving your sister, and cour
'iug a lady in the lace of a strange family requires
he nerve of a martyr; but your dear familiar cou
-’i with her bewitching freedoms, uml the romping
frolics, and the stolen tenderness over the skein
if silk that will get tangled and then the long
fr'Es which nobody talks about, and the long tctc
- ides which are nobody’s business and the long
" vs of which nobody pays the postage no, there
nothing like a cousin—a young, gay, beautiful
witch of a eousiii!
Depravity. —A. peasant, of the name of.T. A ugly,
is lately convicted at Mentz along with a woman
t!i whom he cohabited of haviug murdered ten
r ons dmiug eighteen months. It appeared, by
■ i.e evidence, that the criminal was a wood-cutter,
mi resided six miles from the city ; being idle, and
>.rous of subsisting without labor, lie determined
mob all single travellers who passed through a
ighbouring wood; for this purpose he used to
oneeal himself in a high tree, and take deliberate
• nat his victim : if he fell, he descended to finish
i:s work, after plundering, buried the body; if,
ikewise, lie missed nis aim, or the person, though
wounded, attempted to escape he gave the sig
lal to a dog which lie had trained, and which ef
fectually prevented that design. The number of
p rsons who had suddenly disappeared while pass
: through the wood, gave rise to suspicions, and
i'-d to the apprehension ot Angly and the woman
both of whom, struck w ith remorse, made a full
confession of their guilt. Angly and the woman
v re executed, and the dog was shot by order of
the magistrates.
Origin of the. Word Yankee. —Yankee is the
'chan corruption of the word English—Yenglccs,
fine lees, and finally Yankees. It got into general
use as a term of reproach thus : About the year
IT 4 4, one Jonathan Hastings, a farmer, it) New En
gk‘ id, used the word Yankee as a cant word to ox
: s excellence, as a Yankee (good) horse, Yan
kee cider, 6~c. The students at the college having
frequent intercourse with Jonathan, and hearing
him employ the word on all occasions when he iii
fended to express his approbation, applied it sar
castically; and called him Yankee Jonathan. It
soon became a cant phrase among the collegians
to designate a simple, « eak, awkward person ; from
college it spread over the country, till, from its cur
rency in New England, it was at length taken up
and applied to the New Englanders generally, as
a term of reproach. It was in consequence of this,
tli.it the song called A aukee Doodle was composed
An Irish tailor who had made a gentleman a
cod? and waistcoat too small, had orders to take
t ncui home ami let them out Sonic days after
tac gentleman inquiring for liis garments, was told
by the Knight of the thimble, that as the coat
happened to fit a countryman of his, he had let
em oat at eighteen per e a week.
In a late dispute subject of climate, ®n
honest Irishman vv ho was present, contended
vvannlv in favour ot liis own country. ‘ln tlie
first place,’ said lie, ‘the weather there is much
finer; in the next place, we have greater abun
dance of rain, and in the next place, the days arc
much longer.’ Tins however said a bye-stauder,
cannot be the case the whole year round.
‘Arrah, dear lioucy, hut it is though ; and that
is not all; the days are not only longer, but laith,
sard he, ‘there are more of them.’
Mistaken Civility —A Gentleman mistaking a
very small lady who was jh< king her way over
a very dirty channel, for a young one, snatched lier
up in his arms and landed lier safely on the other
side, when she indignantly turned up a face ex
pressive of the anger of fifty winters, and deman
ded why he dared to i ike such a li!. rty. “O! 1
humbly beg your pardon, (s;ud the gentleman,) I
have only one auiends*to make; ’ and he again
caught her up and place I her w here he first found
her.
Tiepartee. — An cldtily genth man travcll'iim in a
stagecoach, was amused by tiie constant ineM
words kept up between two ladies. C>ue ot them
at last kindly inquired it their conversation dm! not
make liis head ache, when lie answered v.ali .i
great deal of uaivettc, “No ma’am, 1 hate Lecu
married twenty-eight years.
I low did In die.— A small lad, the son ofa poor
woman, went the other day for a minister to at
tend the funeral of his hale brother.
“Where did lie live ?” asked the minister
“He did’nt live,” answered the boy.
“Where did he die thru ?”
“He died at home.”
“What made him die?”
“Cause he did’nt live, poor tiling.”
*■] mean what did he die of ?”
“He del of nothin';-.”
“He diua’t die of nothing? How did he die
then.”
Why, he died a homing*, if you must know.
Absence of Mind. — it is related ofa Prussian
duellist, that repairing to the place appointed, ac
companied by a friend, lie mistook liis bu.iucss,
and instead of shooting his antagonist deliberately
blowed out his brains.—lt would be very fortunate
for society if ail duellists made the same mistake.
/ isilcr.
Love is like a runningrivfcf—it goes downward ;
and downward; but it does rot comeback to the
spring. The poor o'd granny in the chimney
corner is a withered tree up the stream, and the
youngest born is a pretty flower on the bank be
low. Love leaves the old tree and goes' to the
flower.
Moderate capacity is best suit ’d to manage
common affairs; momentous transactions require
prompt consideration of many diversities and ex
tremes, which mediocrity of genius is iH quuiiificd
to collate.
From the. New Orleans Bulletin.
TEXAS.
By the steam packet Columbia, from Galveston,
we have received files of the I ioustou Telegraph'
to the date of March 31st. The District Court
was in session at Houston. Os its proceedings
the Telegraph remarks, tlie decorum that has uni
formly been observed,the cordiality and even oili
ciousticss, which have been every where shown in
sustaining tlie officers of justice in the discharge
of their duties, the intelligence and respectability
of the jurors, the decorous and gentlemanly de
portment of the several attorneys engaged, and the
ability, integrity and decision ( f the presiding
Judge, have combined to render the Court one of
the most august an i intere ting spectacles, which
our city has e\ er afforded.
On the 28th, at Houston, W. C. Quick and
David Jones were executed for murder. Tlie
confession and dying speech of the former was
forwarded to us, but there is no space for its publi
cation. On* the frontiers there was no di uimanee
except ail occasional skirmish between wandering
bands of savages. A party of surveyors, from the
head waters of the Gunldaloupe, report an en
gagement, in which a troop of Shawnees fought the
Caniaiicli vs and put them to flight with the loss of
eight men killed.
By way of improving the currency, soma iaeeii
ious’persims have suggested that the Government
of Texas, instead if issuing promissory notes,
should issue bills, each of which should be an im
mediate title to land representing some specified
portion, designated in advance, and numbered on a
map prepared forthe purpose. The scheme does
not seem to take, and will scarcely be attempt
ed.
The Mexican fleet had disappeared from the
Texian coast, whether driven off by the fright they
received from tlie steam engine of the Columbia,
or by the dread of other enemies equally formida
ble, has not been revealed. Recent arrivals from
Tampico, state that the blockading squadron had
returned to that port and sailed thence for Vera
Cruz. From this it would seem that all tlie par
ade of this blockade was got up more for bravado,
than from any serious intention of shutting up an
enemy’s ports. Perhaps the prime motive to this
excursion, was the hope of booty, which a rich
harvest might have been gathered from unarmed
passengers, but for the rccontre.with the Colum
bia.
Extract from a letter from the Collector of the
Customs at the port of Galveston, Texas, da
ted,
“Port of Galveston, April 7, 1838.
At the west it (Texas promissory notes) is now
better than any other bank paper except C. id.
banknotes. It is the only kind of paper money,
lam told, which passes current among tlie Mexi
caninh.io.fruits ol Bexar; indeed, there is nothing
to prevent its solvency, when there is so large an
amount due the government for tpxcs and custom
house bonds, to say nothing of the large amount
of government fees due on lands, as well as the a
mount to pay ou the new grants.
Tlip revenue at this port last quarter is
On Tonnage, $3,400 00
Duties paid, 10,979 07
do bonded, 35,904 90
Secured in public store, 2,505 05
$32,809 08
Less amount duties refunded, 2,707 83
Nett revenue last quarter, 850,101 25
Bonds to considerable amount are now becom
ing due and will take much of the money o'Ot of i
‘circulation. Your friend. Ac.”
THE <jSEOR*SIA MIKROIt.
From the Columbus Enquirer
STATE RIGHTS MEETING.
At a meeting ot the State Richts party in
Wn.tesville, Harris county, on Friday the -Oth
of April, Charles Keiinou, Esq. was called to the
Chair, and Dr. A. N. Light foot appointed Secre
tary, wire.i the following preamble and resolutions
w ere read and adopted.
Whereas, at a meeting of the Union party of
Harris county, at Hamilton, on the 4th of April
iust. certain resolutions *ere introduced and a
flopted, which convey a direct charge upon tlie
State Rights party, and all other Anti- Cau liurcn
men, of being Federalist and Abolitionist, or of
giving to tliem h'/'h countenance and support: In
answer to which charge,
Resolved, That although our political party is
tin’s criminated* this meeting will not recriminate
b\ charging the Van Boren party of this State
with giving their countenance and support, either
direct!) / or indirectly ley Abolitionism.
K> ioii•’J That tliis meetiug believes all polit- |
ie and ; Titles in the slave-holding States to he op
po-ed to Abolitionism, awl that it those ‘lunatics
shall i v r procure the passage ot an Abolition law
by Congress, the Van Buren as well as the Anti
\ hi Boren partv, —the Union as well as the State
Rights party, cfihoje States, will he found side by
aide resisting the execution of such law, even to
and ath, if necessary; which resistance must and
wiii-be choanal, and which will either dismember
the Union, which will be revolution; or put down
the law, which will be Nullification.
R ■•Milled, Tin t if the charge contained in tlie
resolutions is countenanced by the Van Buren
partv generally, wo may bid.adieu to all kind feel
ings’anil expressions of honest difference of opin
ion in politics : for such a slander is calculated to
engender iVclihg totally subversive of our social in
tercourse.
Resolved, That the introduction of such a
charge betrays in the author, either ignorance or
the most recklcs: indifference of consequences in
making charges or statements, for political cflect.
Resolve.!. That it is an aggravating feature of
the charge, that It was introduced by an individu
al who is not of us, but was brought up among
habits and institutions totally "different from ours,
and who is hot, cannot be so competent as our
selves, or those brought up among us, to judge of
our peculiar Southern institutions, interests and
polities.
Resolved, That inasmuch as tlie late Union
meeting referred tq, claims that the Van Buren
party is exclusively the Repuclican ami Anti- Ab
olition puny, this meeting asks where is tiic evi
dence that the Anti-Van Buren party ot Georia
ever gave their .countenance and support, either
iliifst!v or indirectly, to the Federalists or Aboli
tionists ! Have not the Federalists in Georgia
su'iej with the Union party ever since its organi
zation ? And u not the first Federalist placed
in the Executive chair by the almost itnamiinous
voice of tlie Union party l and has not yottr meet
ing identified the Union atid Van Buren party as
the same ! Po the members ol’your meeting be
ll- ve those Federalists will tliauk you for coupling
11.c.p with the Abolitionists? or do you think that
the old Federal party Iras become extinct in Geor
gia? This mooting- without charging them wirh
cither Abolitionism or a want of patriotism, de
nies that they have act; 1 with the .State Rights
or Anti Van Buren party of Georgia. We fur
thor ask, whom did the Anti-Van Boren party of
Georgia support for the Presidency in opposition
to Mr. Van ilnreu ? Is Judge White an Aboli
tionist? is lie.uot a sinvc-lioidvr ? did he ever en
tertain the high Federal doctrines, that Congress
has the constitutional power to abolish slavery in
the District of Columbia? lias not Mr. Van
Buren given from mid -r liis own hand, that lie
entertains that dectrne? do tlie members of your
meeting hold th'* same doctrine? We Anti Van
Baron man deny most positively that Congress
has the constitutional power to legislate away pri
vate property, in the District of Columbia or out
ofit. Was this doctrine once thought of while
adopting the resolution, that the present adminis
tration is entitled to the co-operation of the whole
Republican party ? We believe that no member
of your meeting, who was brought up among us,
hold any such doctrine.
Resolved, Tiiat tliis meeting docs not recog
nize the" offensive resolutions as having been ap
proved by :dl tiie members of said Union-meeting,
for we speak advisedly when v.e say they were op
posed by at ’least one individual present, who has
abilities, if called' into action, equal, to any other
in that meeting.
Resolved, ’! hat the proceedings of this meet
ing be signed bv the < 'Lairinan and Secretary,
ami published in tin Columbus Enquirer.
( 11"A RL i ’.S KE XNON, Cli’m’n.
A. N. LmtriToiiT, Seedy.
From the Columbus Enquirer
Messrs. Editors:—l perceive from some re
marks in you last paper, that certain resolutions,
passed a late meeting in Harris, have received a
construction which 1 think they would not admit
of when fairly Construed; a construction which 1
know that those who acted upon them never in
tended they should receive.
If you believe the meeting intended to make
the direct charge which you seem to infer, your
strictures would be merited and just; for it would
certainly betray the most consumr.te “ignorance”
and lnaiu Ax to charge any party hi Georgia with
intentionally ?iving countenance to the designs of
the northern f.aalico. Such a charge, if iafera-
Ide, was ni’Vcr iiifeudud, aadwc were cert July un
fortunate hi expressing our ideas, if such an infer
ence can fairly Lc drawn from the Resolutions. It
will be observed that they have reference especi
ally to the question with regard to a National
Bank, and hence to the next Presidential Elec
tion; ahil it is very manifest that either Clay or
lj < bsfcr will be the candidate of the Northern
V. lug Party—a party every where known and
d‘ -guati-d as the 1 Viiig Party. In Georgia no
party is generally known by that term.' It was the
opinion ol tlie meeting in Harris that our rights
and institutions would be much move safe in the
hands ol the preseat Chief Magistrate than in ei
ther of the individuals named above; and as they
are the favorite candidates of the fanatics, the
me -ting thought it no treason to say to those who
might go in for the same candidates with them,
“hands off;” "touch not. the unclean thing." Wc
may have erred ta our conclusions; if so, wc err
iu common with many Others, and are willing to
stand corrected. So fai from wishing to create
any tl.visions upon this all important subject, it
was the aim of opr meefingto unite and concen
trate the voice,of the whole people. I know this
to have been the sentiment of all who were in our
inecting; it toe “Author” of the resolutions shall
even so far forget hj.nself, or forget what is due >
from him to the community, the blessings of whose
institutions are daily show tied upon him, and of
whose kindness and hospitality he is daily partici
pating, as to coinpromit, or by thought, word or
deed to jeopardize its sacred rights and interests,
or fail to eontributerto its deftuce and ; refection,
he will then patiently submit to the appellation of
tr .tor and in that huur he prays that he may
meet a traitor’s doom.
“AUTHOR OF TIIE RESOLUTIONS.”
Fiom the New Orleans Bulletin.
THE ABOLITIONISTS.
The measures of the Abolitionists have been
hitherto looked upon with too much indifference
p.nd contempt by ihe Southern people. We have
regarded them as the offspring of men blinded by
a mad zeal and foolish philanthropy, who neither
reflected upon what they were purposing, nor pos
sessed the strength or tiie talent to organize any
systematic plan for the accomplishment of their
purposes. In this we have deceived our: elves,
and while slumbering in a dangerous security, the
work of the Incendiary has steadily moved on ac
quiring ue-.v strength and zeal from the spread of
its opinions and the inerea.ie of its supporters, un
til now it appears before <;S as an organized host,
disciplined by vigilant and skilful leaders, extend
ing from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, and con
scious of its power, ckunurhig loudly and unceas
ingly for our destruction. Weal.h, talent, relig
ious bigotry, and the fearful influence of tlie press
are ail combined in the promotion of the cause,
and--lira ao.v beginning to hi* used wi.lt a formida
ble effect. Books, p.i’n dib’ts, tracts, periodicals
and speeches are disse.Mr .:ted in every quarter ol
the laud, and stealthily conveyed even to our plan
tations and houses, while artful emissaries are sent
abroad to see that they produce the desired i;n--
pressious. Such ties are formed, conventions are
held, petitions are for warded by the thousands to
Congress; in short, by day and by night the work
is going oil, and no measures left untried which
may facilitate its progress. .Shall we continue
then to-repose in fatal security and attempt noth
ing for the preservation of oar rights, against
which the standard of abolition is raised, until it
lie forever too late. Laugh and jeer as we may
at the impoJoney of their fanner proceedings,
their strength can no longer lie and • put°d—areal
danger now hangs over us, an 1 unless speet.lv
and cited uai attempts nr* made to dispel ij the
bo nth may soon he involved m one general ruin.
The contest must be stripped of its r, ligious
mantle, and marie a political om*. ‘Then, and not
till then, will the friends of the Abolition cause i.e
stayed in their mail career. A solemn declaration
of the rights and privileges guarantied lo us by the
Constitution, should i.e made bv the Southern
States, followed by an appeal to the disturbers to
say, whether wc shall remain louver hi the peace
able enjoyment ol those rhht', or whether they
will force us to for.-;a : the glorious thii m, cemen
ted by the blood of otir common fa.here, and
under tie a iustli nth.ns tl:e snf-ty U.hh they rie-nv
us. Yv e hat*- pets’-on*--"!, eutr'-ated and reasoned
in vain. Our petition ; have bcmi sec-rued. Our
advocates have b r-n 'mocked, and our reasoning
ridu-*.!-‘d, a- r-im; !!!<’. sophistries of the interested.
VV knt tl;!-* re oatus (hr us but a final appeal in be
hah ot «>vr .a • lit-made, not in anger, or a tone
ol rept'H.ioh, but adh tiie tnilil forbearance and
finuur i xx inch tlie justness of our demands will
warrant, it we pursue not this course what have
we to hope lor, or what reason is there to expect
that any other means iff reljcf shall he found a
gaiust our enemy, whose 'watch word is destruc
tion, whose effort?• are unceasing, and whose stan
dard requires unconditional submission to tiie im
mediate liberation ot ml slaves, and makes it pira
cy to buy or s-etl an African, or subject him to ser
vitude ? Patriotism is the. only weapon we can use
against stuh fanatics, and it may erelong be too
late to try even ti.i-. It becomes ns then, as we
value our safety, and the peaceful enjoyment ofour
possessions, to resort without delay to the only
measure which promises to shield us from the ca
lami fric-Mliieh threaten.
r Fhc Suh-1 reasuvy /i t'.—Wc are happy to
learn, upon .so good ail authority as the Rich
mond Enquirer of .Thursday, that neither the Sen
ate Lit] nor tiie House Bill tor regulating the de
positories of the public money has any chance of
success; that the calculations and predictionsoi the
official journal on that subject are altogether fal
lacious ar.d gratuitous; and that the defeat cl"both
tbe-e b.i.s is inevitable. ’! I* * toll, wing is a copy
oi the paragraphs of the Enquirer from which we
derive this information:
“In fart, we understand that neither the Senate
Bill nor the House bill has any chance of su cess.
Avery intelligent member of Uongress writes
us ou tnc 2d instant: ‘j think no one now sincere
ly believes that the Sub-Treasury scheme v"iH be
come a law, either in the shape iff Mr. Wri 'ht’s
or Mr. Cambrel eug’s bilk’
‘‘Another writes u.s as .follows: ‘Do riot be de
ceived bv the apparent confidence of the Globe
in the ultimate success of either Wright's or
Cambreleng’s bill in the House of Representatives.
Their fate is as fixe.l r.s destiny. The defeat of
both is inevitable, "’lie Semite's bill cannot be
called attain. If it were, of those who voted a
painst laying on the table, eleven (whom lie enu
merates,) and perhaps others, will vote against it,
as lam confidently told, and do not doubt. Tala'
oil'Gray, who voted for laying on the table, and
the ayes wll! 1;: lOo: toth. :c add 10 a’:§?:;U-es, as
admitted by the Globe, and dm above H, mid there
will lie ILT) against the bill. Excluding the
Speaker and six vacancies, there are 235 votes,
leaving 109 votes in favor of the bill. The vote
on Mr. Cambrel*, ug's bill will have, in addition
to the Hlb, 12, and probably 13, (whom lie speci
fies;) add to these 1(1 absentees, and we have J 27
against, and 103 for it. In cither ease thevacan
cies cannot alter the game—the bill will be lost.’
National Intelligencer.
kVo are further indebted to the Richmond En
quirer for information on the subject of the minor
of contemplated changes in the Cabinet, which we
noticed the other day as bring in very general eir
cuiiiion, Mr. Dickerson, the Enquirer states,
will resign the office of Secretary of the navv about
the adjournment of Congress, and Mr. Ruder will
resign the office of Attorney-General nt an rarlv
day. Two members of the Cabinet therefore are
to he changed, Mr. Stevenson, the Enquirer
thinks, may withdraw from the mission to En
gland, but will not 1)3 recalled —which we believe
is what nobody presumed. Who will be suc
cessors to the retring members of‘lie Cabinet,
adds the editor of the Enquirer, “the deponent!
,a ith not.” That is we presume, the deponent
knows, hut under the rose, aud can’t di. dose.
Nat. Int.
The lion. Charles E. Haynes, of sugar speech
memory, decliuts Lcing a candidate tor re-eiectirn
to Uongress cn the '.rounds that he has been there
already long euoiy n, auk that there aie many
i* . ii in Georgia more able to serve ti c M..tc
himself".—ln beth of these reasons we heartily a
gree with Charley, and think at least lor the hon
or of ihe F-tate il.at he should be exiusedircm
further service. Aipnpcs. —We had, ou a time
a iazv lean, good for nothing cur, that alwavfe
walked very deliberately out "of doors when
saw preparations making to kick him out. We
have often thought of the prudence of this same
dog.— Col. Emu
Mr. Biddle's l> ll r. Mr. Biddle has addressed
along letter to Hon. John Quincy Adams, on the
subject ofa resumption of specie payments.—Ho
concludes Lis letter as follows :
“On the whole, the course which in my judg
ment the banks ought to pursue is simply this: The
banks should remain exactly as they are, preparing
to resume, but not yet resuming. They should
begin, as the Bank of England did, under similar
circumstances, by paying the small notes, so as to
restore coin to all the ini aor channels oi" circulation
—but not make any resumption until tuey ascertain
what cour.-c the Government will pursue, employ
ing in the meantime their whole ]».».v--r to forward
the crops to market. The American Banks should
do in snort what tire American Army did at New
i Cleans, stand ! ist behind their cotton bales un
til the e.noii" Iris le.t the country. r i i.ese are n:v
opinion verv .bdiheraU-rV Inrun and, and very frankly
expresse '. ’] hey ale thus set forth, nqi to inffiii
dice the course u.'or'u vs, but to ox pi. mi my o -,va.’*
Tlie N. V. I Id- ml of lire loth inst.says, that Mr.
J. 1). Beers of Wall-street, New Fork, lias receiv
ed a Utter tii i.i the Hon. Levi Woodbury, in
which lie state;, t ? t if the B inks will resume in
Mav next, the ovemnent wli extend to them all
its Mipp .n't an I influence, and timt as soon as tire
resumption takes place the notes of resuming
Bn-iks will be taken lor dues to the Government
and no miura.il or sudden demand made on them
tor spcc.e.
T-»is js a bait to catch Gn.is; and at the same
time some exploit, imi of Mr. 1? oner’s resolutions,
it is to lea ue the Ranks of New York with the
Gov rumen?, agaisst ail the other Ranks of this
nation, to the final ruin oi them all. He aims to
Use the Banks to ur.jjeiii tin Ban 'is.~Colu.uhit
1 'inns
uJki sb
From the Jacksonville Courier and fades.
Four Gu.lil.vnu. )
NewnansreU., (E. F.) April 1 3, idtjij. J
Mr. Editor . —it is with painful regret that ihe
citizens ot Alachua County have to acknowledge
the distress to which they arc ayain reduced, and.
. the sufferings th r y ate again to experience frem.
the depiid.uiuns of the Seminole Indians. And
'low (to their fair prospects promise So be blasted,
and they bti'f /hi l > wa it, and compelled to fur
-ake their lields, a .- ! bent their ptou-Ji siiares iaio
swords and in place of the hoe, substitute the mus
ket. r lie enemy ; c again arouu-.l and a.naiig t
us, and almost every day a ids to the sad Utle of
their inhuman butchery. Here may emphatically
be said to b” t o- scat oi hostilities; lor the In
dians arc, to a May cciiswicvaLic number, prowlin'*
about, murdering the i oiabitaats, and driving eif
our cattle and horses. There appears to be a tic
tachmetit of Indians who have left tiie nation ami
the main body, and tome to this section of the
country; and are pas-ing in the vicinity of fields
and settlements where they' can best mcltri ami
drive away those u ho are i ngaged m nrah-ng tin- r
ci\<ps, and some of v.horn Uu-y si.cor down iti
their fields.
On Sunday morning 1 art the 8 k iart. a party of
about tiltceu Indians were disci.vei. .t bv a liny in
a hammock near th? house of Mr. South, oa tiie
Ohesta River, about six mil s iroin the Natural
Bridge, on the .Santa i'e *in Columbia Cos. about
fifteen miles from this place. The Indians came
up to the toy threw him on the ground, and told
him to cover liis nu-e with his hat, and then shot
him in the head with liis own gun, loadj’d with
solid! shot and hit i tor dead. In about one
and a half hour the hoy so far recovered as to be
able to go homo, and reported that there were In
dians near by, wYeli report being confirmed by
the wound ho exhibited, a hasty flight was made
by all tile family except Mr. Ftnfffe, wbp was iciy
infirm, and about 110 years of age. The tijiioly
had got but a short die .afl?c from tjic house, when
they heard the report of two guns. 'Tire alarm
was son!) spread, and Capt. llandly with two men
went to the place where they saw the Indians sit
ting around tlie house and ou tire fences, apparent
ly very unconcerned. After the Indians were
gone, it was found that Mr. Fmith had been kit
led, and the hsus.* plundered of all that was valua
ble. Among wlm li wa. cm- 1<- of powder, frur
or live guns, p revisions, bedding, Ac.
'The next uay it was ascertained that they were
making tin-ir way hack towards the south, and
'about one hour before sunset a party of Indians,
heavily loaded, war. discovered passing within one
and a liaif miles west of tliis fort. This was soon
made known and a small Dumber of citizens (there
being at that time about twenty t fh'mive l.icr. at the
place) went out with u "Mu to ambuscade them,
In.t as the lial g.ns I ad stopped at a liamock, they
did not pass the place of ambuscade until alter
darn, and the party returned home. The next
day a party of about twenty went in pursuit of
mem, but owing to live difi'ir lty of trailing from
the dryness of the ground, and it being ascertained,
that they had taken to the hammocks, the Indians
were not discovered, though it is since well known
that they were closely pursued.
Indian signs were seen on the road in the eve
ning where apart of the scout party had passed on
their return not more than two hours before, with
in three miles of the fort. ’The same day one
Indian was seen but a few miles from this on ills' *
Creek road, ar.d it is probable that others were
near him.
On Monday the 9th, two men, Mr. Snowdon
and Mr. Townsend, were s hot down in the field
while at work, on New River, about twelve or four
teen miles trrnn this place, and their bodies awful
ly mangled by the Indians, supposed to have been
about six in number. In the vicinity of Hog
Town and Paine's Prunes there are known to be
a very considerable number of Indians, divided
into small parties and it is supposed that their
head quarters is at the Wanka-hoota. Indeed,
this section of country seems at present to be
thronged and overrun with these marauding foe®,
and not only do they murder the inhabitants while
peaceably pursuing their avocations, but families
are again driven to seek shelter and protection
at the forts and compelled to abandon their hah
made crops, aud all the comforts of home. h’n
less some speedy relief is afforded, not less than