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The following little tale is none the worse for bi'intiold; THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. An old clock that hr.d stood for forty years in a farmer's kitchen without giving its owner any cause of complaint, early one. Summer’s morning, before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this the dial plate—if we may credit the ta ble— changed countenance with alarm ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless ; each member felt disposed to I lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when hands, wheels and weights with one voice protested their innocence. But now a faint ties, was heard below from the pendulum, who thus spake ; T confess myself to be the sole cause of the present stopping, and I am williug, for the general satisfaction, to assign my reason. The truth is that lam tired of tick ing* Upon hearing this, theold clock becanieso enraged that it was on the very point of striking. ‘Las' wire!’ exclaimed the dial plate, holding hip its hands. ‘Very good !* replied the pendu lum. ‘lt is vastly easy for you, Mistress Dial, who, as every body knows, always set yourself a bove me—it is vastly easy for you, I say, to ac cuse other people of laziness—you, who have nothing to do all the days of your life but to stare people in the face, and to amuse yourself with watching|all that is going otrin the kitchen. Think I beseech you ; how you would like to be shut up for life in this dark closet, and wag backwards and forwards year after year as 1 do.* “As to tliat,* said the dial, ‘is there not a w in dow in your house ou purpose for you to look through ?’ ‘For all that,’ resumed the pendulum, ‘it is very dark here; and, although there is a win dow, T dare not stop even for an instaet to look at it. Besides, 1 atn really tired of my way of life, an/1 if you wish I’ll tell you how I took this dis gust at my employment. I happened this morn ing to be calculating how many times l should have to tick in the course of only tile next twenty four hours. Perhaps some of you above there can give me the exact stmt.’ The minute hand, being quick at figures, pre sently replied. ‘Eighty-six thousand four-hun dred times.’—‘Exactly so,” replied the pendulum. ‘Well, l appeal to you all if the very thought of this was nst’enough to fatigue one. And, when I began to multiply the strokes of one day by those of mouths and years, really it is no wonder if I felt discouraged at the prospect; so after a great deal of reasoning and hesitation, thinks I to my self I’ll stop.’ The dialfould scarcely keep its countenance durir * this language, but resuming its gravity thus replied; -Dear Mr. Pendulum, lam really astonished that such a useful, industrious person as yonrself should have been overcome by this sudden action. It is true you have done a great deal of work in your time—so have we all, or are likely to do, which althouh it may fatigue us to think of, tlve question is whether it will fatigue to. —Would you now do me the favor to givs about half a dozen strokes, to illustrate m v argument V The pendulum complied, and ticked six times in its usual pace. “Now,’ resumed the dial. ‘I may be allowed to inquire if ihat exertion was at all fatigu ; ng or disagreeable to you V —‘Nbfin the least,’ replied the pendulum. ‘lt is not of six strokes that I complain, not of sixty, out of mill ions.—-Very good,’ replied the -dial; ‘but recol lect that though yon may think of a million strokes in an instant, you are required to execute but ona, and tha’ h vvover often you may hereaf ter have to swing, a moment will be given you to -swing in.’ Thm consideration staggers me, 1 con •fess,’said the pem’iihim. ‘Then 1 hope,’ resu med the dial plate, ‘we shall all immediately re turn to our duty, for the maids will lie in bed if we stand uUiug'thus.’ Upon tins fhj weights, who had never been ac cused flight conduct, used all their influence in urging him to proceed, when as with one consent the wheels began, to turn, the hands began to more, the pendulum began to swing, and to its credit ticked as loud as ever, while a red beam of the rising sun that stream through a hole in the kitchen Shining full upon the did plate, it bright ened up as if nothing had heen the matter. EXTRAORDINARY ANGLING ADVEN TURE. A few summers ago 1 wa3 pursuing my favor ite amusement, when I met with the following lu dicrous incident, over the recital of which, I have since had many a hearty laugh, in which, I have no doubt,-my readers will join. The scene ■of my adventure was a small hike in Perthshire, beautifully situated at the head of a richly wood ed glen’ and the undulating hills, which slope ■down to the water’s edge, are clothed with the no ble specimens of the Scotch fir; the reflection of the lofty trees, the grey »ock, and the purple heath er, upon the quiet deep water, gives the picture the cast of the most intense solitude, and the spir its gradually sink into a state ot melancholy pleas ure. It is the recollection of wandeting amid such scenes asthis which produces a sort of man ia for fishing which we often see in some anglers, and surely it is an e>disable one where the ima gination can revel on the wonderful and stupen dous works of our Creator. I was diligently working the silvery trout, with which niy hodk •was baited, when my reflections were disturbed bv alow muttering from the woods behind me. 1 had not listened long, before a k»ud crashing n mong the branches warned me that it was tim® to cut; and, as a bull is an ugly customer at all times, I seized my rod, and dashed for the nearest twee ; but a pike at this moment, not aware of my alarm, followed my example in dashing for my v a lt. There was no time to spare, so letting the reel run, with the aid of a little gymnastics, 1 established myself firmly on the first stock ofa stout pine, and viewed with great satisfaction, my savage blear-ey ed foe just in time to he too late ; he seemed to be determined, however, on a blockade, and kept tear ing upthe-turf, and putting his broad forehead a gainst my house of refuge, giving me a good sam ple ofhis bloody intentions. My attention was quickly recalled to my aquatic friend, who was making most woeful depredations on mv line, •which, fortunately, couM boast of nearly three acore yards and ten; he had nearly run it out, and it was with joy that I saw him his huge car case a couple of feet out of water, with the view of breaking lus bonds by the weight of Ids fall. I ■was prepared for this; and, after a few wild and unruly runs, he became much more tractable. It was out of my power to come to terms so long as •old homey stood sentry below, so I sat verycom fortably play fish ! A t this part of the lake tho water covers a shallow bank to the dejrth ofa few mch«M. It was here, after in vain seeking to case himself of mv steel, he made his last and giaua struggle for liberty. He took a furious dash, sprung and rolled about, and, at length run lumselfagtouud. pjeducmg an infernal commo tion in the water, which he lashed into foam a round him. It was not long before the bull’s fan cv was tickled; and possibly reasoning from my earnest attention to the pike, that there existed some connexion between us, made furiously at his new acquaintance. Here commenced one of the rarest combats that was ever fonght, but the knight of the water proved himself more than a match for his more lordly antagonist. However skilful I may be in playing my fish, I could not pretend to have any power over the motion of t lie assailants, but sat almost splitting with laughter, whilst my line, which was immediately broken, was twisted round the horns and legs of the bull, who was going right and left into the stranded fish, who was notwithstanding, scarcely hurt, as nothing very effectual could be done against his shiny sides* whilst every now and then he would turn to pin his enemy. An opportunity was not long in occurring, and his loug jaws and hooked teeth w ere firmly fixed in the nether lip of the en raged aud terrified animal, Who, bounded along the shore, tossing his head, arid using every effort to get rid ofhis tonnenter; but it was all in vain, his rearing and his rage was equally useless. I was quickly on terra firms, and leaving my rod dashed on in pursuit; in which I was joined by two herdsmen with their dogs who had come upon hearing the noise. \V hat is coursing, is fox-hunting, what is any chase that can be named in comparison with the sport we were engaged in? —These was the bull tearing on erect, and bellow ing with pain, and three dogs keeping up with him and every now ami hen venturing a spring at his nostrils, or at the dead and torn fish which still appended to him, his grasp in death as deadly as in life. This however, could not last loug, and the poor bull, completely exhausted, sank down vanquished by "a dead fish. The dogs were taken off' him, as likewise the remains of my pike, which could not have been much short of twenty pounds, and it was so torn as to be fit only for the dog s, who did not, however, seem to relish it. The herdsmen were much amused with the reci tal of my adventure, and assured me the bull would quickly recover from the efl'ccts ofhis spree r and such another, 1 hardly think, he would wish to be engaged in again. OUR COUNTRY. BV 'JUDO? STORY tVhen we recollect what lias been, what is, how is it possible not to feel a profound sense of the responsibilities of this Republic to all future ages! What vast motives press upon us for lofty effort! What brilliant prospects invite our enthusiasm ! What solemn warnings at once demand our vigi lance and moderate our confidence! The old world had already revealed to us, in its unsealed books, the beginning and end of all its marvelous struggles in the cause of liberty. Greece! lovely Greece ! the land of scholars and the nurse of arms, where sister republics, in fair, procession, chanted the praise of liberty and the good—where is she ? Her arts are no more. The last sad relics of her temples are but the bar racks of a ruthless soldiery ; the fragments of her columns and palaces-are in the dust, yet beautiful in ruins ! She fell not when the mighty were upon her. Her sons were united at Thermopylte and Marethon, and the tide ofher triumph rolled back upon the Hellespont. She fell not by the hands of iter own people. The man of Mace donia did not tho work of destruction. Tt was al ready done by her own corruptions, banishments, and dissensions. Rome! republican Rome ! whose eagles glanc ed in the rising sun—where and what is she? The eternal city yet remains proud even in her des olation, noble in decline, venerable in the majesty of religion, and calm in the composure of death. The malaria has but travelled in the parts won by the destroyer. More than eighteen centuries have mounted over the loss of the empire. A moral disease was upon her before Caesar had pas sed the Rubicon, and Brutus did not restore her health by the deep probings of the Senate Cham ber. The Goths, and Vandals, and Huns, the swarms of the North, completed only what was be gun at home. Romans betrayed Rome. The le gions were bought and sold, but the people paid the tribute-money. •Amd where are the Republics of modern times, which clustered afound immortal Italy? Venice and Greece exist but in name. The Alps, indeed, look down upon the bry.e and peaceful Swiss, in their native fastness; but the guai anty of their free dom is their weakness, and not their strength. The mountains ure not easily retnined. When the invader comes, he moves like an avalanche, carrying destruction in his path. The peasantry sink before him. The country, too. is too poor for plunder, and too rough for valuable conquest. Nature presents her eternal barrier on every side to check the wantonness of ambition. And Swit zerland remains, with her simple institutions, a military road to climates scarcely worth a perma nent possession, and protected by the jealousy of her neighbors. We stand the latest, and, ifwe fall, porbablv the last example of self-government by the People, We have begun it under circumstances of the most auspicious nature. We are in the vigor of youth. Our growth has never been checked by the oppression of tyranny. Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the world. Such as we are, wo have been from the begin ing ; simple, hardy, intelligent, accustomed to self government -and self-respect. The Atlantic roils between us and a formidable foe. Within our own territory, stretching through many degrees of latitude, wc have the choice of many products, and many means of independence. The govern ment is mild—the press free. Religion is free. Knowledge reaches, or may reach every home. What fairer prospect of success, could be presen ted ? What more is necessary than for the Peo ple to .preserve what tliey themselves have crea ted ? Already has the age caught the spirit of our in stitutions. It has ascended the Andes, and snuf fed the breezes of, oceans. It lias infused itself in the life-blood of Europe, and warmed the sunny plains of France, and the low lands of Holland. It has touched the philosophy of Germany and the North, and moving onward to the South, has opened to Greece the lesson of better days. Can it be America, under such circumstances, tan betray herself? That she is to be added to the catalogue of republics, the inscription upon whose ruin is, “they were, but they were hot ?” Forbid it, my countrymen. Forbid it, Heaven. 1 call upon you Fathers, by the shades ofyonr ancestors, by the dear ashes which repose in this precious soil, by all you hope, to be, resist every project of disunion ; resist every attempt to fetter your conscience, or smother your public schools, or extinguish your system of public instruction. I call uponyou, Mothers, by that which never fails in woman, the love of your offspring, to teach TS2U GEORGIA MIRROR. •them, as they climb your knees to lean on your bosom, the blessing of liberty. Swear them at the altar, as with their baptismal vows, to be true to their country aud never forsake her. I call upon you. young men, to remember whose sons you are, whose blood flows in yoiw veins. Life can never be too short which brings nothing but disgrace and oppression. Death never comes too soon, if necessary, in defence of the liberties of our country. From the Southern Rcorcder. A task for Philosopher t, Chemists, atul others— a fact to be relied on. —On the laud of Mr. Joseph Smith, in this county, there is a largp rock of considerable ength and breadth, that extends across the Spring branch, and had all the appear ance of a solid rock. On the 20tli ult. about 1 o’clock, there was a noise heard resembling the running of horses, aud in a short time a report was heard, and afterwards two more reports, and on examination, the rock was found to he bursted in several directions to a considerable extent, and even, where it went under the ground, the earth i c/it . Several large pieces were thrown to a con siderable distance. Many persons have been to see it, auil every examination ha3 been made that they could, to see if there could be any discovery Os sulpher, and nothing of the kind can be detec ted. A negro woman that was at file spring, states that during the time of the explosion, there was a kiud of mist or smoke above the rock in the air. The reports were heard for some distance. If any one doubts die truth of this, they will please call and see. WM. MOSELEY, Henry county, Sept. 6tli, 1836. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT PROFIT. On the 18th of August the State debt of Penn sylvania, as officially ascertained, was $24,030,00 3. 32, very nearly the whole of which has been ex pended by the State in the oonstructioii of works of Internal Improvement—Turnpike Roads, Ca nals and Rail Roads,—and when the works which the State is now prosecuting are finished her debt will rise to full $30,000,000. This at tire first blush would appear to be an enormous burthen for any State to sustain, and yet it is the result of the voluntary action of the people, who by their representatives in the Legislature have willed that the debt should be contracted on their behalf. The sound wisdom of tire policy which lias with so liberal a hand expended million after million in the es’ablishmenf. of artificial channels of trade that penetrate every part of Pennsylvania as she was before that policy was commenced, aud what she has since become under its magic-working in fluences. The increased value of property of ev 'cirv description lias already indirectly paid the debt many times over. In fact, no true estimate can be made of the amount of benefits which lias resulted to the people of Pennsylvania from their Internal Improvement system, and it will be rec ollected, too, that each successive year increases in a rapidly progressive ratio the vast aggregate of prosperity flowing from this source. But it is not only indirectly that the works of Pennsylvania are productive. The direct revenue derived from toils thus far in the fiscal year is nearly SBOO,OOO. and by the period of its termination it will proba bly reach $1,000,000. Had not the freshet taken plnco which in Jltno lust doetrnyed thirty miles* <*f the Canal on the Junistn, and has proved a seri ous drawback to the business and revenues of the Main Line, there is but little doubt that the toils of the year would have reached 81,250,000* or more—making a gross return of five per cent, on the whole amount oftlie State’s debt. The prin cipal portion of the revenue from tolls is derived from that part of the puidic works known as the Main I fine—extending from Philadelphia to Pitts burg. The Canals above the .Tunisia, including those on both Branches, costing about 85,000,- 000, have produced but little revenue to the State for want of tin appropriate outlet from Columbia directly down to the Chesapeake. That outlet is now in the course of construction, and its comple tion will at once bring such an amount of new trade into action that the State’s revenue from tolls in 1840 will be but little if any short of $2. 000,000 —Baltimore American . THE MISSISSIPPI CROPS FAILING. We copy the following gloomy intelligence from the NatchczgCourier of tho 12th inst: The statements we made in our paper of Mon day, relative to the cotton crop, was predicated on information received last week. We learn since then, from good authority, that the prospect is even worse than it was then anticipated. Notonlv have all the forms fallen off, but a great many of the young bolls, and very many half grown bolls are forced open by the drought, which don’t yield half the usual quautity of cotton. The northerly i winds w hich have prevailed since the Ist inst. with the unusually cold weather of the 2d and 3d have had effects on the plant similar to those produced by a frost. The leaves have all turned red, and many of them have fallen off. Vegetation is en - tirely checked, and nothing short of a week’s rain can resuscitate the plant. It is doubtful whether a rain now would benefit the crop; for it is too late for the fruit of (he second growth, even shoul J the fall be a late one. But at present there is every indication jqf a long, protracted drought, and our planters must be content with rery short crops. It is the prevailing opinion at present that they will be shorter (acre for acre) than in any previous year, since the period of the rot. This information we obtain from some of our most experienced planters in this neighborhood, but would be glad to learn that it is applicable only to this county. We fear, however, it is strictly true, in relation to all the upland cotton in this staMt. The earlier information is obtained on this subject, the better for all concerned—holders of stocks in Europe, as well as growers in America. A continuance of the present drought, for a week longer, would make the crops of this county the shortest ever produced. Many of our planters would.nou? lie willing to compound for one-third less than they raised last year; and there is every Veason at present to apprehend a continuance of the drought for a fortnight or more. Female. Heart. —The female heart may be com pared to a garden, which, when cultivated, pre sents a continued succession of fruits ami (lowers, to regale the soul and delight the eye: but, when neglected, producing a crop of the most noxious weeds; large and nourishing, because their growth is in proportion to the w armth and richness of the soil from which they spring. Then let this ground be faithfully cultivated *, let the mind of the young and lovely female he stored with useful knowledge, and the influence of woman, though undiminished in pow»r, will h« Itke “the diamond of the desert,” sparkling and pure, whether surrounded hy the sands of desolation, forgotten and unknown, or pouring its refresbihg streams through every ave nue of the social and moral fabric. From the So than Recorder. The savannah Georgian has recen’ly exhibited a more reckless course of defamation, in regard to the Chief Magistrate of the State, than it lias been our fortune to have witnessed in Georgia, since tire commencement of our editoral career. So regardless of the commonest rules of decorum and of decency, has that priut been for the last few months, that we had detei mined to allow it to pass unoticed by us, (if sanctioned by the real Editor,) to sink itself into that place iu the esti mation of the people, which sucli a course sooner or later inevitably prostrates the press that adopts it. We did so, too, because we knew that the prapei Editor of the Georgian was absent, and that upon his return, we hoped (as we still do) he would take the first opportunity to retrieve his press from the position into which the vandalism of his reckless substitute had brought it in his absence. For proof of these statements it is sufficient only to refer to the forged advertisement, purporting to he from the Executive Department of the State, aud which was so much ofa forgery as to find its way, with notes of surprise, as to what such a document meant, even into Niles’ Register, which professedly only embodies in its columns official and public documents. A pro duction of which we will only remark, if the wri ter does uot blush upon its perusal, we are sorry for him. But we are overruled in our determination in regard to tills matter, \>y the studied effort of the Georgian to misrepresent the official conduct of the Executive, in reference to a matter in which our fellow-citizens in one portion of the State are vitally concerned, and to whom, as they are within the immediate influence of the Georgian, it is due, that we should expose the utter imposition which is attempted to be practised upon them by it. We will take up the Georgian’s charges, iu detail, and leave the reader, to judge of its veraci ty by the specimen before them. “it will be recollected (says the Georgian of the 13th that the murder in Ware happened about the very time when his excellency ordered the troops to be discharged, and before he could pos sibly have been informed that Gen. Taylor was iu position.” To tile first branch of the sentence, we have to say that no murders have been committed in Ware since the discharge of the militi i. The murders iu Ware were committed on the 22d July, at which lime Col. Hillard of Ware, was in command of five companies ; nor were the orders of the Governor, for the discharge of his men, received until the Gtli August. Iu reply to the latter clause of the sentence, which is, “that his Excellency, at the time of the murders in Ware, which occurred on the 22d July, could, not possibly have been informa 1 that Gen. Taylor was in position,” we reply by the following extract from an official letter of Gen. Taylor to the Governor, superscribed Head-quar ters, Army of the South, Camp Gilmer, near the mouth of the Suwanouchee, 1 Fare count//, July 13 til, 1838. “I have the honor to inform yon that I reached this place ou the 3th instant, and am now here witli two companies of Infantry ami one of Dragoons---the latter of which, with one of the Infantry companies, will continue to occupy this position. One company of Infantry will be located at some suitable point inteimedh te be tween tiiis and Traders’ Hiil on the St. Mary’s river. A company of Dragoons is now on tho march for the vicinity of Waresboro, where it will take a position to protect that neighborhood A company of militia is also employed to act as guides and spies for the troops opperatiug in this quarter. •■I flatter myself that this force will be sufficient for the defence of the region around the swamp, by confining the Indians to it, or cutting them up, should they attempt to leave it, as there will be reconnnitering and scouting parties constantly in motion ; but should it prove otherwise, Maj. Dear born, who locates the company of Dragoons near Waresboro’, is empowered to muster into the ser vice, such an additional militia force, as may at time be required.” After some details in relation to the supplies, Ac. of the troops Gen. Taylor continues: “The disposition above having been completed. I shall return through East Florida, to Tampa Bay, where I shall be happy to receive any com munications you may think proper to address to me.” Here we find, that not only was it possible for the Governor to hear that Gen. Taylor was “in position,” but ill addition to that fact, he actually was informed ofhis depart uxe from the “position,” having made every arrangement necessary for the defence of the citizens from t} se Okefanokee In dians. But, says the Georgian, “his Excellency’s knowledge (at tins period, the 22d July,) exten ded to the fact that Gen. Taylor had been at Black Creek and was moving in the direction of the Okefanokee swamp.” Now where did the Geor gian derive this fact of his from? He seems to be accurately acquainted with the official intelli gence of the Governor, even to the specifications of places, elates and movements. But nnfortune ately for the Georgian his whole account of facts, Ac. are utterly untrue. Gen. Taylor never com municated at all with the Governor from Black Creek, nor uid his Excellency’s knowledge ex tend to the “fear,” of his being there, nor that “he was moving in the direction of the Okefano kee.” (Ten. Taylor’s communication is dated from Ware county, in Georgia, and at the time the Georgian imagines Gen. Taylor was moving from Black Creek towards the Okefanokee, lie had established his posts in Ware county, com municated his arrangements to the Governor, and being satisfied that all that was necessary had been accomplished, had actually returned to his post in Florida. So much for the security of the Georgian, on the Black Creek movements. To put the matter beyond all cavil however, the Governor of Georgia was officially informed by the assistant Adjutant General of the Army of the south, dated the 7th July, 1838, that Gen. Taylor had previous to that date, sent troops and pro visions for the defence of our citizens. What will the Georgian say now, to the impossibility of the Governor’s having a knowledge of Gen Tay lor’s being in position ? But enough on this point. Again ; the Georgian says. “But why is the letter ot General Taylor suppressed ? Why is it n6t laid before ihe people as the means of affor ding light npou tlris subject ?” To this we reply. Gen. Taylor’s letter has not been suppressed, as the Georgian politely expresses itself; but was laid before the people in the public prints of Mil ledgeville, shortly after it was received. So much for the Georgian’s suppression. Again says the Georgian, the organ at Milledge ville, (if the Georgian alludes by this term to our coteuiporary and frieud the Georgia Journal, or to the Southern Recorder, we would say, \ e claim only to be the organs of truth and j U3 _ tice,) was fully sensible that his Excellency had committed -an error in discharging the troops as precipitately. Another error of the Georgians. We should have said the Governor did commit a most egre gious and shameful error if he had continued the militia iu service, from their homes and occupa tions, and at the expense of tlie State, when he was assured bv the pioper officers of the United States Government, appointed for the defence of our border, that such service was wholy useless such steps having been taken by them as to en sure the defence of the citizens against the Ok«- fanokee Indians, and the further assurance that the militia should be mustered into the service should their aid be required. This would have been indeed an error, upon which the Georgian might have built with some confidence, to injure the character of the Chief Magistrate of the State. Again: “Many lives of our citizens may have been saved, had his Excellency not have dischar ged the troops at a time wheu lie was entirely j<r. norant of the position of Geu. Taylor.” To the first clause of ibis precious sentence, we say, not so, Mr. Georgian. No lives of our citizens “could possibly” have been saved by retaining the militia after the time they were discharged for none of our citizens have lost their lives either in Ware, or any where else, by the Indians, since that discharge took place. The murders of our citizens in Ware were committed on the 22d Jnlv • none since—the discharge of the militia took place on the 6th of August. Where does the truth lie now, Mr. Georgian ? The truth of the latter clause of the sentence, viz: the Governor's discharge ofthe troops, as the Georgian says, “at a time when he was entirely ignorant of the position of Gen. Taylor” is fully answered by the communication ot the Adjutant General of the Army to Governor Ulmer, dated the 7th July, and by Gen. Taylor’s letter to the Governor, of the 13th of the same month, from Ware. How can men be so reckless of their own consciences, as to make such unqualified assertions, not oniy without proof or information but absolutely in the face of it—for if the Georgian lias not seen Gen eral Taylor’s letter, it ought to have done so as a public journalist. The Georgian concludes with a flourish equal in veracity to all that has gone be fore it, about “the lives of our citizens so unjust ifiably abandoned to the blood thirsty savages,” Ac. Ac.; all of which romance of the Georgian’s, we have fully answered in what lias gone before. We have thus exposed the issue of misrepre sentation ot the Georgian, and we have now only to ask of the citizens of that section of Georgia, what faith or confidence can they hereafter place in any statement from a source tiiat could be guil ty of such an article as that to which we have re plied—in which truth is utterly disregarded, and justice and common faith put 10 scorn. We leave them to pass the proper sentence on such con duct; but will not close, without again referingto the absence of the Editor, who, had he been pre siding over his paper, we are wholly unprepared to believe, would have suffere I such an article to have appeared in his paper—or, at least, in the editorial columns of it. T/IE TRUE STATE OF THE CASE. The Van Buren p ipers are crying aloud, be cause Gov. Gilmer in his official capacity, addres sed a letter to Horace Everett, the Abolitionist, Chairman of the Committee on Indian affairs.— Now for the true state of the case. Who ap pointed Everett to preside over tint. Committee ? A V.is RuiucS Bi*f.yker or the House or Rur rkskStativks. Who submitted to his kind keep ing the interests of Georgia ? The leaders of tue \an Buren Party. With whom else, ou the Indian Committee, could Gov. Gilmer confer? With no one. The truth in, the Van Buren par ty compelled him to communicate with Everett, or desert the interest of the State. Either of which was sufficient to enable Tommy llaynes, and men of equally clastic consciences, to fabri cate falsehoods by the score. The party laid a trap torthe Governor, but to their chagrin lie would not step into if. He perhaps may have prefcired to write to Everett on the subject of our In dian Relations, (for he addressed him on no other,) rather than permit tlie rights of the citizens of Georgia to be violated, and their purses plundered by a corrupt administration. The blame, then, of close conference with Everett, is to be laid upon James K. Polk, and Martin Van Buren, and not upon Governor Gilmer.— Columbus Enquirer, The result of the election in Maine shows what odds the people have to contend against when the “Government” is in the field. The Whig vote is nearly 6000 larger than last year, and yet the V. B. vote is nearly 3000 more.* A thousand to 1800 office-holders were iu the field, actively engaged in interfering with the election, and running in foreign voters to overpower the resident voters. In another respect, it exhibits the power of tho “Government,” we use the word in the Jackson sense. Eighteen months .ago, the divorce was one of the most odious measures to the Y r an Bu ren party ol Maine, that could be conceived 01. It was recommended by the President, and it forthwith- became the great Democratic ineasi re, and all who would not support it were denounced as Federalists. Does this wonderful revolution, obviously effected by the Federal Executive, give any countenance to the assertion of Mr. Calhoun, that the power of the Executive is exhausted ? On iho contrary, does it not show that Executive patronage and influence are still as omnipotent as ever for mischief? A lady who has found the following remedy for the prevention of bed bugs, w ishes to make it public,—After cleansing tlie bedstead thorouh iy, rub it over with hog’s lard. The lard should be rubbed on with a woolen cloth. Bugs will not infest such a bedstead for a whole season. Tied Ants. —A small piece of camphor, laid in any place infested hy these troublesome insects, is said to cause them to make a precipitate re treat. A joke for the Ladies. —The editor of a paper iu Providence lately informed his readers, that the ladies always pull oil'the left stocking last- This, as may be supposed, created some little stir among his fair readers, and, while in positive terms, they denied the sta ement, they declared that he had no business to know it, even if such was the fact, and pronounced him no gentleman. ll® proves it, however, hy a short argument. “When one stocking is pulled oil first, there is another left on ; and pulling off this is taking the left stock ing off last."