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InJ Lg.vn up a code of articles of belief, which i
his subj ’-‘ts w e '~* uesired to subscribe to, aud he
had iuaf itei • court, of which he had made j
Lord vicar-geiier*), for the express !
trial of tho. » „„»e ui Erudoxy in the king's creed
was at a!! qo- » ■ -d. v either could the unhap
py merchant hojie “» *?- • “avn-’r wiiii the judge,
for itwis k'i.> . . hat # ' -n-nvell w:s strongly at
tache! it the growing reformation ami liom the
iHlsof si verity wi-n which he had 1 itt-lv risked
some ol the nil he rents <>t the Romish treed, iu
his new character ol vic.ir-g; nerai. it was scarce
ly probable that he would show mercy to one at
tached, by atiil lore, to papal Home.—
Stringers as t* ev were, poor, unknowing and un
known, w nut had n.ey i.oi to fear, and w hat was
left for hope !
The morning of trial came. The fogs of that
dismal month spread like a daik veil over our
earth. There was no benfcty in the landscape, no
light in the heavens and no hope in tlie heart.
The judges tnok their places: a irowd of
wretched delinquents came to receive their doom.
e suppose it to he a refinement of modern
days, that men are not punished for their crimes,
hut only to deter others from committing them.
This court of Henry's seemed to think other- .
w ise; there was all the array of human passion
in the judges as w ell as in the judged. On one
hand, r. cream fear abjured his creed; on anoth
er, heroism braved alt eontingenciej, courting
the pile,and the stake, with even passionate de
sire ; and the pile and the stake were given with
stern and unrelenting cruelty.
At length there stood at the bar an aged man
and a youthful girl; the long white hair of otic
fell loosely over the shoulders, and unshaded a
face wrinkled as much by care as bv age ; the
dark locks of the other wee braided overacotiu
tesance clouded by sorrow, and wet with tears.
The mockery of trial went on. Jt was easy
t# prove what even the criminal did nit attempt
to gainsay. The aged merchant avowed hi
fidelity to the pope as a true son of the church,
denied the supremacy of Henry, over any part of
the fokl and thus sealed his doom.
There was an awful stillness through the court;
stillness the precursor of doom—broken only by
the sobs of the weeping girl, as she clung to her
father’s arm. Howbeit, the expected sentence
was interrupted; there came a sudden rush,
fresh attendants thronged the court ‘Room for
Lord Cromwell! room for Lord Cron well!’ and
tiie vicar-general came in his pomp and his state,
with all the insignia ol office, to assume his place
of pre-eminence at that ‘ribunal. Notes of the
proceedings were laid bofore Lord Cromwell.—
lie was tohl of the intended sentence, and he
made a gesture of approbation. A gleam of hope
Jtal dawned upon the Italian girl as Lord Crom
wel. entered, fshe watched his countenance
while he read; it was stern, indicative of calm
determination; but there were linos in it that
spoke more of mistaken duty than innate cruelty.
Yet, when the vicar-general gave Ins token of as
sent, the steel entered Emilia's soul, and a sob,
the veriest accent of despair, rang through the
court, and where i? met with a human heart,
pierced through all the cruelty and oppre 'sion
that armed it, and struck upon some of the nat
ural feelings that divided men from monsters.—
That sound struck upon Lord Cromwell's ear,
his eve sought tb** place whence it proceeded ; it
tested on Emilia and her father. A strange emo
tion passed over the face of the stern judge-—a
perfect stillness followed.
Lord Cromwell broke the silence.—Fie glanced
over the notes that had been handed to hint, speak
ing in a low voice, apparently to himself—‘From
Italy—a merchant—Milan—-ruined by the wars—-
jv, those Milan wars were owing to Clement’s
ambition, and Charles’s knavery—the loss of
substance—to England to reclaim an old indebt
ment.’
Lord Cromwell’s eye rested once more ti >on
the mcichant and his daughter. ‘Ye are of Italy
—from Milan ; is that your birthplace.’
We are Tuscans,’ lcplied the Merchant, ‘o
Lucca ; and oh ! noble lord, if there is ir.< rcy in
litis land, show it now to this uohapj y girl.’
•To both, or to neither!’ exclaimed the gir ;
*ve wifi live, or we will lie togeter!’
The vicar-geceral made answer to niether.—
He rose abruptly J at a sign given by him, the
proper officer dcc’arod tha court adjourned ;
«hc sufferers were hurried back to their cells—
souse went whither they would—others, whither
»|hey would not; but ail dispersed.
'A faint and solitary light gf»nccd from a chink
of <fhe prison—it came from the narrow cell of
the Italian merchant and his daughter.
The girl slept—ay slept. Sleep does not al
ways leave the wretched, to light on his unsullied
with a tear. Reader, hast thou known intense
misery, and canst thou not remember b"<* thou
hast felt and wept, and agonized, until the very
excitement of thy misery were out the body's
power of endurance, and sleep, like a torper, a
lethargy, bound thee in its chains ? Into such a
sleep had Emilia fallen ; she was lying on that
prison lDor. her face pale as if ready for the
grave, the tears yet resting on her checks,
and over her sat the merchant leaning, asking
himself whether, treasure that she was, and had
ever bec:f to him, he could wish that sleep to be
the sleep of death.
The clanking of a key caught the merchant’s
ear; a gentle step entered their prison. The
father’s first thought was for his child. He made
a motion to enjoin silence; it was obeyed ; his
visiter advanced with a quiet tread ; the merchant
looked upon him with wonder. Surely— -no—
and yet could it be ? that his judge—Lord Crom
well. the vicar-general, stood before him—and
stood, not with threatening in his eye—-not with
denunciations on h's lip, but took his stand on
the’other side of poor Emilia, gazing on her with
nn eye in which tenderness and compassion were
conspicuous.
Amazement bound up the (acuities of the mer
tihant. He seemed to himself as one that dream
• Awake, gentle girl, awake,’f said Lord Crom
■*V*>ll, as he stooped over Emilia. ‘Let me hear
<*»v voiee one# mofe as it sounded in miafi ear in
.nrtler day*.’
like gmute tecetrts fell too lightly to break the
«i" that rfer.ry slumber; aod the merchant,
iiwluse fears, feelings and confusion formed n per-
Aci;t chaos, stooping over his child, suddenly
■“•jjwofc* “her with the cry of‘Emilia! Emilia!
■*m* ke, and behold oar judge!’
‘Nav, tuy, not thus roughly,* said Lord Cmm •
'seeH, Out ike sound bad already recalled Emilia
*o a sense of wretchedness. She half raised her
■welf from her recumbent posture into a kneeling
one, shadowing tier dazzled eves with her land,
it#r sfreami ig hdr falling fnwdtl efteottfer o r°r
her shoulder, and thus resting at the feet of her
judge.
‘Look ou me, Emilia!’ said Lord Cromwell.
And eucoura -ed by the gentle accent*. h he raised
her tear-swoilon eyes to his face. As she did so,
the vicar-ge icr.-d lilted from Ins brow his plumed
cap, and ieve and« and the perfect outline of his fea
tures. Ami Emilia gazed as if spellbound, until
gradually shades ui doubt, of wonder, of recog
nition. came struggling over her countenance,
tiii I finally, in a voice of passionate amazement,
she exclaimed ; ‘it is the same ! It is our sick
soldier gue-t.’
*Ev. n-o,’said Lord Cromwell, ‘even so. tnv
dear and gentle nurse. He who was then the
pour dependent on your bounty, receiving from
yourchanty lus daily bread as an alms haththisday
presiiled over the issues of life and death, as your
judge; but fear not Emilia; the sight of thee,
gentle girl, comes like the memory of youth ar.d
kindly thoughts across the sterner mood that
bath lately darkened ov-t me. They whose
voice may influence the destiny of a nation, grad
ually loose the memory of gentler thoughts. It
may he, Providence h ull sent thee to melt me
back again into a sober nature. Many a heart
shall In* gladdened, that, but tor my sight of thee,
had bee i s.ul unto death, i bethink ine, gentle
girl, of'the (lowers, laden with dew and rich in
fragrance, which thou used to lay upon my sick
pillow, while t.iis head throbbed with agony of
pain upon it; fondly thinking that their sweetness
would ha a balm; and how thou wort used to
tea! into my chamber and listen to tales of this,
ihe land of my home ! Thou art here; and how
hast ill >u been welcomed! to a prison, and well
t.igii to death. Rut the poor soldier hath a
home ; come thou and thy father, and share it.’
An hour' v. ho dare prophesy its events? At
the beginning of that hour, the merchant and
his daughter had been the sorrowful captives of
a prison : at is close, they were the treasured
guests of a palace.
A DEATH-BEI) CONFESSION OF \
MURDERER.
About forty years ago a great sensation was
created in Liverpool by the murder of a cenile
man of high respectability. The body was bound
by a watchman in an upright position, support
ed by railings which fenced a shipwright's yard
on land now funning part of the east quay of the
PrinccVdock. On examination it was discovered
that the deceased had met with his death by a
fracture of the skull, executed with a blunt instru
ment. A reward was offered by the mayor, and,
in consequence, information was given to the pul
ic, tint the deceased gentleman was in tl e habit
of visiting a female hi tlw neighborhood of the
place where the body was found ; and on the ap
prehension of that female, a watch was ta •
from lie-r person which was proved to he thepiop
erty of ths deceased, and so satisfactory wa his
fact with some corroborant circumstances, thru
the prisoner was committed for trial. A stable
keeper or groom who was in the habit of going,
1 y the decased’s orders, to fetch his watch which
he ha.i on some occasion forgotten or purposely
left w ith the prisoner, having casually read i a
newspaper that part ol the evidence respecting
the watch, gave such information to the .nngis
trate that the prisoner was released. The mu
stables were on the continual look out to discov
er the murderer, hut without effect ; and from
that time to this, the friends hf the deceased,
who are now of the first standing in Liverpool in
point of wealth and respectability, are ignorant
the cause of the murder and of t tie murderer. The
person who confessed the murder was the widow
of the murderer, who haul been dead manv years,
i lie confession was to the following effect
That she was standing at the door of her house,
and the deseased passing by, being in a state of
intoxication, caught bold of her; she ran info
the front parlor, and he with her, she called out.
and her husband, who was a pilot, happening
to come in at the moment, took up the poker anil
killed the deceased at one blow ; when he saw
'he dreadful effect of the act, he wept most bit
terly. In the course of an hour, he v.nd his wife
began to think how the body should be disposed
of, when the wife hit upon the plan of taking the
li'-’dy out between 12 and 1 o’clock at night very
dark and rearing it against the railings, where it
was found by the watchman. She lifted the
corpse on her husband’s back and lie carried it
a distance of 200 or 300 yards. They put out all
the lights iti the house immediately, and went to
lied, but from the agitated state of their feelings,
they neither could slcepon that norformany nights
afterward. The police examined all the houses
about, and o:i one occasion theirs, but fortunate
ly, -he said her husband was ont on dnty in the
pilot boat, otherwise, she thinks, as this terror
was so great he would have discovered his guilt
bv his agitated manner. She often determined,
after her husband died, to confess all the cironni
staoces to the relations of the deceased who was
a single man, but she was afraid she would be
deemed a principal iu the murder, and put upon
her t»i;i?. She died on the same day slie related
these facts.— Liverpool Standard.
The Murderers rs Isaacs. —Col. Daniel N.
Smith, Sheriff of Jones county, left this city last
evening, wi»h a requisition from Gov. Gilmer, on
the Executive of South Carolina for the delivery
of Henry Jones, who by his own confession, was
cognizant of the recent brutal murder in that
County. Cowles, the ventriloquist implicated
as the instigator and one cf the principals iu the
diabolical affair, his been nonrehended in Pensa
cola, and lodged in jail. The Governor, ven'rr
derstand, has received information that he awaits
his demand to bring him back to the scene of
Hs guilt. Dickerson is the only one now remain
ing at large.— Federal Union
Sudden D< •On Tuesday evening last, I.
T. Cushing, Coroner, was called to view the body
of a man found dead in an out-house on the
premises of the Globe Hotel. On the inquest,
the-deceased was recognized as Mr. C. S. .Bry
an, a respectable citizen of Twiggs countv. It
appeared he had recently arrived from Augus # a,
where he had been ou the transaction of business
1 and had taken and paid for a seat home, in tire
stagethnt left on the evening of his decease;but
on its departure, he could not be found. Tt wa«
supposed his death was occasioned by a tit. Ver
dict of the Coronor’s Jury—“ Death bv he vis
itation of Providence.” His remains were taken
to l iviggs county for intermeat.— ib.
A PROFITABLE BUSINESS.
We understand that an individual of this t“wn
says he had made fifteen hundred dollars by at
tending to bis own business, and five hundred
more by l p tt-ng other pen ie’s ,e.
'I >.i« -on-, ’y is t■ot a . : n, .uid pays well, |
| and J! present Is trot one ; veraoae.— IValchtoiCer j
THE GEORGIA MIRROR.
From the Baltimore Farmer and Gardner, \
SILK.
The following coiiinimunicatiou is from a gen
tleman who has been succesfully engaged iu the
cuirure ofsilk lor several years, and tbe informa
tion which lie gives, may be relied upon as cor
rect ; it is very important to beginners, and will
save them much troublesome inquiry. In the
spring of 1835, we had tbe pleasure ol examining
a lot ofsilk raised and reeled by Mr. Smith, and
even at that early period, after comparing it with
the best specimens of Italian silk in the market
it was pronounced by good judges to be a su
perior article. It was sold to a manufacturer for
seven dollars a pound, when the best icifxirted
silk wa> selling for lour dollars.
To the Editor of the Yankee Farmer :
Dear Sir-—As I have been engaged for several
years in the business ol growing silk, I am par
ticularly interested, and also feel interested for
those who may beengaged in the same. I there
fore oflerfor communication in your valuable pa
per, the following as tbe result of my experi
ence :
I have fed worms to some extent for the sev
en past years ; at the first the business was perfect
ly new, and consequently we had ever? thing to
ica-D from experience; and I have ascertained
to ivy own satisfaction, that being supplied with
Mu merry trees which will product both daily and
late teed, the time to commence hatching the
eggs is tl.e first of June. 1 commence, therefore
as soon as the leaf begins to unfold, which is gen
erally the first week in June, by exposing a quan
tity of eggs to the uir; and I continue to expose
them for hatching every ten days, until the first
of August; in this way 1 have successive crops,
which will take the’ feed as it grows and also
require about the same amount of labor through
the season, which is far preferable to having a
large crop of worms, which at first will require
bat she help of one or two, and the age, require
twenty or more. When the worms begin to ap
pear, which is generally early in the morning, I
place on them tender leaves, to which they will
soon adhere ; 1 then draw them off upon a pa
per and keep each day’s hatching by themselves,
placing the day of the month upon the paper,—
rev a cocooner almost any outbuilding will an
swer the purpose.
1 build try shelves in a simple manner, by ma
king use of two inch scanfling for posts; J nail
on slats to receive the shelves, one foot apart, giv
ing them four feet in width at tbs bottom, making
each shelftwo inches narrower as I ascend, that,
the worms falling I'rom one. shelf may lodge on
the next below. We remove the worms from
the li’ter immediately after the first, second third
and fourth moultings, and also when they are rea
dy to wind their cocoons, we remove them to
she!> es prepared. <
After trying the various methods in use for the :
accommodation of the worm to wind, we experi
mented withstraw in variousways, and the result
ol our experience, have found that the best me
thod for using it, is to cut rye straw one inch and
a half longer than the di c tr nee between the shelves,
tying it in bunches, of some twenty in a bnneb,
from one to two inches from the bottom ; placing
them between the shelves and spreading them at
the top. 1 have practised putting upstraw in this
way, the two past seasons, and find the worms
will wind in them very readily, and the cocoons
are gathered with the greatest ease and neatness.
With regard to reeling, I consider ii important
m >t the cocoon shook! be reeled before it become
necessary to stifle the chrysalis—for this tftev
will yield more silk, and it is stronger and moi’e
nice. 1 have practised reding in this way the
two past seasons, and therefore judge for myself.
I offer this for publication for the benefit of
those who are going into the business of growing
silk, and who have had no experience.
Respectfully yours,
TIMOTHY SMITH.
Afnherst. Mas, Dec. 2d, 1838.
Large Colton Stalk. —The San Augustine (Tex
es) Herald, of the 28th November, says, they
have in their office a cotton stalk, raised on nu
upland farm, by William Todd. Esq. of Shelby
county. Tt is thirteen feet six inches in height,
and yielded 400 bolls.
The Galveston (Texas) Gazette states that n
bout one thousand emigrants arrive monthly at
that port alone. Many of them are planters, Cvho
bring their slaves wi h them from the United
States.
PICK YOUR SEED CORN.
Seed corn should be selected from the stalks
in the fall. The Baden eofu abont which so
modi fuss is being made, is nothing more than
corn thus selected fora long series of years, where
two or more ears grew upon a stalk. By select
ing yonr seed thus, you will soon have the Ba
den corn. Perhaps the size of the ear—the
smallness of the cob—-the shape and soundness of
grains should be made an object of as much care
as the number of cars on a stalk. By taking
care to bring'corn to maturity as soon as possible
an pulling it soon as it is ripe enough to save, you
may have early corn and visa versa.
Parallel of the seres. —Man is strong-—Woman
is beautiful. Man is daring and confident-—Wo
man is diffident and unassuming, Man is great
in action—Woman at home. Man talks to con
vince—Woman to j ersuade and please. Man
has a rugged heart—Woman a soft and tender
one. Man prevents misery—Woman relieves it.
Man has seien. e—Woman taste. Man has judg
ment—Woman *er.>ibility. Man is a being of
justice—Woman of mercy.
A ragged military officer, and a still more ban
dy legged negro, met at the bar of a public house,
where the following conversation took place:
“Cuff. you.re a good honest fellow, and I like to
compliment a man what's lived an honest life if
he is black ; you sha'l takea glass of drink with
ine Cutl.” “Well; capting, I's berry dry, so 1
won’t be Ugly ’bout it; some niggers is too proud
to drink with militia officer; but when he’s sober
he jisas good as nigger—’specially when de nig
ger’s dry.”
Croot/.—‘Well wife, has the paper come yet ?”
“Yes’husband, and a bill came with, it, for one
year’s subscription.”—-‘What kind of a paper
have they got today, hey, pretty tolerable, any
thing new?” “Oh yes—l’ve read it through—
and though—*Shall I go and fetch it for you?”
“Never mind now, wife—but what did you say
in the first instance, a bill camo with it?’! Yes
husband, a bill, it is in the upper drawer.”
I’hat is the most important item in the paper—
I’ll sit right down, and forward the money, and
then I’ll read the paper.”
Would that many others in debt for papers—
not for Cue veai alone, hut fffr two three, feyr, five,
Ace— would copy the above example ; thea would
Editors be encouraged.
Anecdote cf the Uiraffe— The New Orleans
Sun relates a humorous story of aver * well
dressed and geuteel looking person, who? was cu
rious to seethe Giraffe, & who stepped up to the
‘roan wot’ receives the money, with—
‘ls the Giraffe, to be seen here V
*Yes sir,’
‘ I want to see him.’
‘Very well sir.’
‘The price is fifty cents isn’t it ?’
‘One dollar, sir. Kilty cents for sercanU !
‘Well, I’m a servant.’
‘You a servant!’
‘Yes, sir.’
‘The a- ■ I! Whose ?’
1 Yours, sir—your bumble servant.’
‘Walk in and take a seat; Tho joke is worth
the price of admision.’
Suieariug. —A . olane person being reminded
of the commandment, Swear not at all,—“Why
I don t swear at all” he replied :“I only swear
at those I am angry with.”
The eloped Wife.—Philosophy A fellow re
cently eloped with the wife of a respectable far
mer in the western part of Massachusetts. After
the arrest of the fellow, he railed him into his
presence and the following dialogue ensued :
“Doyou love my wife ?” said he.
“Yes.”
“Do she love von ?”
“Yes.”
“You shall have her. Prepare to leave im
mediately.”
He took a horse and sleigh, bade his wife pack
up her clothing put her trunk on board, gave
her fifty dollars, and oft they started together for
Canada.
There’s philosophy for you !
i ‘We planted on shares.' —“John.” said a trav
eller to s farmer's boy who was hoeing in the
field, “your corn is small.” “Yes we planted the
small kind.” “But it looks dwarfish and yellow.”
‘■Yes, we planted the yellow sort.” “1 mean you
will not get a half a crop—do you nndersfand
me?” “O, yes,sir—l understand—we don’t ex
pect to, for we planted on scares.”
Mr. Bennett, or the New York Herald, in a
letter from Washington, rhus speaks of the fair
Representative of one of the discoverers rs the
"Western hemisphere.
“Yesterday 1 railed on Signoriria E'ene Amor
igode Vespucci, at her residence in U street, and
as I entered, found a very beautiful woman be
fore her harp, who rose the moment 1 entered,
and very politely requested me to be seated. I was
struck with her beautiful features and fine form,
nod soon learned that [ bad mistaken Mrs. H.'
ol La., for Miss \ espucci. 1 was surprised le
find that she could converse so fluently at.d cor
rectly in English, and at the striking’ fairness of
her complexion, which was so unlike the Italian.
The entrance of Signorina Vesugcei, however,
soon dispelled the error, and I was left alone
with the lively and talented Italian. 1 addrt ssed her
in her own language, and I never saw oneso charm
ed as she appeared to be to find one with whom
she could converse in her native tongue. Her
dark eye sparkled with delight—her counten
ance beamed with pleasure, and her smile was
quite radiant. She wore on her head a cort of cn
put*. °r brigand’s cap, richly ornamented with
gold lace—her arms, most beautifully formed,
were bare, to the elbow, and a large black man
tilla wax thrown over her shoulders. 1 never saw
so expressive an eye. I could almost see. thmugh
it, the movements of her mind and heart. She
fold me that she had arrived in New York, of
which she spoke in the most enthusiastic terms
of praise, with hut asingle letter, and without a
single acquaintance, and in one week she knew
almost every one in if, and was treated with the
greatest hospitably and kindness. She spoke of
Clay in high terms, and expressed her admira
tion of cur country. She spoke fluently and
with the most graceful and animated gesticula
tion. After conversing some time. 1 took iny
leave. Signorino. said V “ Viaugnro il huon amndr
“Bl piacere, dtrive, dersi," said she, with a deli
cious smile.
Were Ia member of-Congress, thnuvlit I, as
T wended my way to the capitol. she should cer
tainly have my vote for a section of public lands
if it were only for the sake of having it reeorded
that America, several hundred years after its dis
covery, bestowed upon the beautiful descendant
of Amerigo Vespucci, a township of lam!, out
of respect to his memory, and for the singularity
ol the incident. J
UNITED STATES SENATE
MEMORIAL
op
MART A HELENA AMERICA VESPUCCI. ,
Pitying a demotion of public land and that she
mart hr admitted to the rights of citizenship.
Ordered , That so much thereof as relates j 0
public land be referred to the Committee on Pub
lic Lands; that so much as relates to the rights
of citizenship be referred to the Committee onthe
Judiciary : and that it be printed in the original
French, with an English translation.
To the Congress of the United States:
Maria Helena America Vespucci, a descendant
of the celebrated Amerieus Vespucius, of an il
lustrious family of Florence, is now in America
—in the United States. She has been obliged
to quit her country on account ofhe political op
inions. She has separated herself from her family
in order to avoid drawing upon them the displeas
ure of their Government. She is now alone, with
out country, without family, and without pro
tection.
America Vespucci quitted Florence on the
4th of October, 1834, and has been traveling from
country to country without a resting place, (ap
pul) without security, sustained only by the in
ternal conviftion of having performed a duty to
her country. After many difficulties she arrived
in France. There she found an asylum.—
The good Queen of the French restored her
to courage by granting her protection (even) s 0
far as to permit her to travel under the auspices
O' re nch flag. But this generosity does
not give her a country; this protection does not
bestow upon lmr the title of a citizen.
The details of the life of a voting female, out
of her country, would be too long to relate. Ev
ery person ofdelicate feelings may imagine her
sad and painful situation.
She is now in this quarter of the globe, which
has been baptizedfSby her ansestor : by him who
has bequeathed to it his imperishable name, and
who rffay be said to have at the same time lles
sw *♦ Item heaven ; for this nation thpngh vtftrogt
is already one of tbe first iu the world. It is ore*
perousand rich ;it is his name that it bears.-
And it, moreover, Americus Ycspucius be re aid
ed as one of those old fuller mariners feugz
perea narius,) whom civilized nations take So
much pleasure in rewarding lor their former se°r
vices iu the persons of their descendants, to whom
should America Vespucci apply it not to Amer
ica, which now possesses superiority and strength
on the ocean ? 6
America Vespucci will make no demand on the
American Government. Those who make demauds
are presumed to have rights to be established or
justice to claim. She has neither—She knows
that the Americans have been magnanimous to
wards all who have rendered servicvs to the na
tion ; that they have been generous towards all
who have done a noble act tor their country -and
that they have moreover, granted protection’ and
even assistance to emigrants from other nations.
There is none but a Veapucius who has given
his name to a quarter of the globe. Will tho
Americans do nothing for the descendant of Am
ericus ? She desires a country she seeks a land
that will receive her as a friend. Slie has a name
that is sli her inheritance, all her fortune. Mav
this hospitable nation grant her a corner of
land to which it is so riesi, and may the iit| e 0 p
citizen be bestowed upon the poor emigrant.
If An erit us Yespucitis were now alive the A
mermans would rush in crowds to offer him hon
ors and rewards. In the. nineieenth century niff
this civilized nation forget that in the veins ofhis
descendants flows the same blood ? America
Vespucci collected all her little fortune to reach
tfe;s country ; new she desires only to make known
her position to the Congress of this great nation,
feeling confident that the Americans'will never
abandon her. She will not ask, having no other
claim than that of bearing the name of America
but she will receive a gift from the uation bv which
she hopes not robe regarded as a stranger. 'I bat
"ill not humiliate her Suchaii act of generesi
tv will console her feelings, honor her name,
flatter tier family, and even her c ountry. Yhr’
iriits ol a nation always honor ihc.se who receive
them. When the world shjiil know that the A
nierican nation hasrioue an an ot gcneiosiiv in
favor of the descendant ot Vcsptich.s will' not
the approb ition of all man kind he a glorious
reemr.pese ? And true grattitude will ’"remain
in the heart of
AMER[CA VESTUCCI.
WashisgtoS, Jan. 29, 1839.
From. the Rational Irtelligcnc'r.
New York Febuarv 17.
The Grpat Western, is in, having left *Kjistol
Jan. 28,6 o'cloc k I‘. M. :uul arriving hsie last
.evening, 8 o’clock, with 106 passengers. She
made tire Northern passage, arid had very rough
time.
The news is important end interesting. The
french Ministry lave all given up their .daces
and the King and Marsha! Moult were ttying
make anew Ministry with lau poor success.
Thiers ha I driven up Mole o sharply, that Mole
deemed ;r retreat prudent. Admiral i'audin is
promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral. The
Afniiiteur (official) publishes an ordinance prohib
iting the e\potation <d grain Item the French
pons. A dearth is appreliended in France.
r i he laboring classes in England continue in a
great state of excitement, stimulated by the high
prtce of bread. A National Convention is talked
of for the laboring classes. Lord John Russell
has come out for a m derate fixed duty upon
foreign grain. Durham and Brougham h.uv
written strong letters against the Cut." laivs. This
is indeed the sole topic of talk in the British pa
pers, and on the subject the whole Public are
more or less engaged.
It is worthy of remark, that the moneyed ant!
mnnuiacturmg classes now alone support them,
i'he Commons, it is thought, will follow in the
wake ot Lord John .Russell and the House of
Lords veto their repeal.
There is a story in the London Sun that ike
ioung Queen is to oe married to the Prince Al
bert, Duke ofSaxe Coburg, 22 of age, a fine
handsome fellow, Ac —but the Ministerial papers
say theie is no truth in the story.
r!i” commercial news, however is more impor
tant than this gossip. The Bank of England has
again begun to proscribe Amerscan bills of ex
change. Ihe blow is aimed at our cotton market
and at Mr. Jaudon and the American stocks.
1 ite I nna probably thinks cotton is too high, and
that our State stocks are too brisk on the London
Exchange. The cotton market has not adranced
since the last dates, but stands firm.' This will
greatly disappoint those who expected a rise.-
The grain market is without change, but would
have fallen otfin England if France had n»t put
an interdict tiron the exportation.
T ue British Government »n India have declar
ed war against the Burmese Empire 1 John hull
v j t iiowls most lustily, however, against Russia.
hough these India doings are not of much inter
est, yet we caonot but mark the mighty ambition
ot our father land. Is not her eye already on Can
ton and China, as w;!I as on tlie Oregon and Yu
catan ?
Fn-m Canton we have later dates via Calcutta,
over-land, and via Great Western. This is a new
new way of getting news. In, Bengal there has
been a severe gale. Calcutta is alive with pre
parations for the India war. A steam-ship is <d
teady launched at Greenock to go to the East In
dies rur Cape of Good Hope. Tlia British ex
| edition is to be prosecuted to Cabnl, notwith
standing the recent change of policy by the Court
of Persia.
From A ;rginin, wo have particular information
of the results of Saturday's voting bv the two
ntanehrsof the Legislature fora Senator of the
United States, to serve for six years from the 4th
day ot March next. Three times they voted)
with the following results of the joint vote :
Ist. 2d. 3d.
John Y ., Mason, 6G 67 67
John Tyler, 62 65 61
AVm. C. Rives, 29 28 32
Scatttering. 7 4 4
Further proceedings in the election weie tbpn
postponed to Monday, (yesterday.) when the at
tempt to make a choice will be continued.—l’B
- J. Grsoi,so.\ (the ex-repreSenfative In
Uongress from Mississippi) has been appointed
by the President of the United States, with the
consent of the Senate, to be Dicfiict Judge of
the United State's for the District of Mississippi-
Nat lnt.
We regret to state that CJorvemor LfrvtPKi? Iras
Veen compelledto return home by the serious indi's*
'position of a member of his family.- ih,