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afore. H«r daughter you Will fi ii a pwffl'*'*
companion, and only passable, But you will
never lack society, so long as you can have the
cetnmuuion of you. own thoughts, any more than
I shall, so loug as your thoughts ca i oe co.u.au
nioated to me. Ou the whole, you .nay prepare
yourself far a very comfortable time I have
written to th**m somethin; about you, aud can
predict for you a very cordial reception.”
“A maa in iy smile rni s.uile i Ibeavillaiu*'-
so ui ly a tvo uiu aud tuere ia a coaceutration ait j
essence of main less, in a wo mil's villainy, that
makes even devils binsti' l’tie very uiasc il.ue i
ra»t of a ill in's vices gives them for the mo-t par j
a towering feature, and tii.-y are generally, ro
deemed by souls reiics of a hotter nature, J’iius.
we have honor mioug tiuev s, cuivnlry am in.;
brigands; aud we often see the beautiful milieu
nial peace, exemplified in the subordina j.i o:
tiieswart pirate to the gender dictates of tue cuiid
of love. The pride of sex—the eonsyious dig
nity of manhood, is s iJom wholly eradicated,
and prevents a total prostration of the mural
sense. But a .11 ,ui woman is t.ie ißrioe.-t -'fling
in nature, lj may he ho, 11 the coutiast between
what she is and what she ought to he —but we
never gaze upon her .without feelings of most un
qu illified abhorence. So soon ns, Esau-like. she
leaves the exalted standing which is her birth
right, she exchanges tire tlironcfor the lootst >ol,
aud is prostrated irretrievably. .She even seems
to acquiesce in her own degradation. Tiie sense
of thetr social inferiority b comes merged in .1
4 umiing conviction of mural wonkuess, and she
displays the depravity of the lost angels, vritilou'
the majesty of their ruin!
Such a woman was Mrs. Harris. She had
read the lettpr winch her nephew had written, and
trona the terms in which he spoke of his fair
charge, prognosticated the overtnruW of what ri ii
been her most darling hope,'he union of Eth and r fit
with her daughter. It is true mat 'or purpo-■ .
of security she had refrained from the divulge
meat tri her expectations, and been content to
play her card in silence. She had never even
dreamed of disappointment, but calculated as
confidently on the issue as if the game h id al
ready ended in her favor. But now, when the
revelations of a moment had and ished the cup from
her liog, she felt ail the working of the fiend.—
She lovod her daughter—as the tigress loves her
young; and she felt chafed an 1 revengeful, tint
her daughter had been slighted. She was hwa
man who plumed herself greatly on that low kind
of ingenious shrewdness, which the fox displays
ro its doublings, and she felt a something stronger
than chagrin, a malicious spitefulness, that for
once, her shrewdness had failed her. But she
was net ene to bear disappointment with folded
hands. She vowed that if Tylei wont l not mar
ry Martha, he should not mury M art ha’s rival,
natl tyjuieed tiiat Dorcas was to lie under riero-.v .
roof, and therefore the more exposed to her de
t gu». There was one circumstance tiiat opera
ted greatly in her favor. Mrs. EtIH write, Tyler's
mother, was a weak woman and comp etely under
her control. Her violent character was a rod ot
iron over the yielding disposition of her sister-in
law; and a certain terrible secret in repaid to the
latter was in her possession, an t sh ‘ used it as a
whip of scorpions.
“You arc my own husband's srper. Mrs. Krh.d
Waite,*’ she would say, w’ovn she ha Ia difficult
point to carry, “youaie my own husbi 1 Is sister,
Imt were you ten times his sist r. vou should not
rrtft“ with and triumph over me. I have no null
joe towards you. Mrs. Ethelwaite, but if l was to
mention a Mr. Somebody’s name in a particular
way, 1 could, and you know ir. put you in a con
ihtion that nobody would hire you to scrub their
kitchen. 1 don’t say I'll do it, bitl <1 > >av I can't
see the use of so much obstiuaticy when [ only
ask a small favor of you.” While she would h •
going on in this way, poor Mrs. Ethelwaite would
sit, pale as a corpse, and trembling like a !e if aud
such was tlft i effect upon Inr that sh • won I have
boon willing to sign her soul over to eternal per
dition in the next world, if she only could have
avoided infanv in this.
On the night when the travellers were expev. ted.
the three inmates of Bellevue were seated .11,ml
the parlor fire. Mrs. Ethelwaite was running to
the window every letv moments to listen for the
sound of the carriage; Martha, was biting the
nails of one hand and t‘ rumnung the con r* table
with the fingers of the other, while Mrs. Harris,
tvns gazing moodly on the lire, anti rnakiug a
final disposition of her plans before emaiing on
their execution.
‘T do wish, Mrs. Etlielwait",” said sti;, break
ing the. silence, “you wouldn't flying about
the room so. They’ll be here not .1 hit the soon
erforir. and so much fuss is enough to shatter
one’s nerrvs to pieces.”
“Well, sister,” said Mrs. Ethelwaite, her eyes
filling with tears, “1 beg your pardon. Indeed 1
did not mean to disturb you. Aud now to punish
myself, I won’t stir from my chair again till he
comes.”
‘•Don’t make a fool of yourself, and go to erving
■about it. I declare you a«« the strangest woman
1 ever saw. A body can’t speak to you but you
must make a baby of yourself.”
“Well, sister,” said sue, forcing 1 «. ni!e, “don't
scold me, and I’ll sit just as .till as I pbisibly can,
nn Ido whatever you wish m; to do ; only let us
ail meet Tyler with a smile on our faces.”
“W by, as to that. ! love the boy. just as much
ns you do. aud as much as 1 conH if he was ny
own, but 1 am not going to make 1 fool ot r.iys lj
for him. or for any bo. Iv else 1 will do ar/yin
towards meeting him with a smile, but 1 do-pot
much whether you will do yours, unless \ 011, get
a little of the tombstone out of your face, before
' he tna .es his appearance,”
“1 shall not have much time to do it in, then,
ot here b° com ‘s now,’ s iid she, running out of
the room, as she heard die carriage coming up
the avenue.
“Has he come ?” drawled out M irth 1 lazily, as
if it was an effort to speak; “well. 1 believe 1
will go out and meet him too And has Dorcas
coma, and may she sleep wiili me, mother?”
And without waiting for an answer, she left the
room in a slip-shod gait (hat slio took to be tiie
ne-plas of refinement.
“Fool !” muttered her mother with the deepest
scorn, as she closed the door. “Sleep with you !
yes ! you’ll hug her to your boson, and find her a
Viper j” aid with her h in is clenched and the face
of a fiend, she fairly stamped with rage. Mrs,
Hivr s would have been wanting to h-r nature,
had she lacked the common attribute of in- in
r.esi—hy aocrisy. She ha Ia perfect control, an
absolute despotism over her emotions, that won! I
jnv« mine the fortung of a diplomatist. And
e!re n'-edad it*trll; IV r fior plot was no child’s
whim, that a breath might alter, It was grounded
and as the fouodatioas of her nalire, and as she
Jiufo. did to herself its various windings, she bi
*; lus 4o klitsd tvftft th'e certainty of rosees* v iff..*
to meet the party with a cheerful smile, required 1
not even an effort.
“vV'eil, tnv boy,” meeting them as they entered '
the door. -how uo you do I—and you, my dear ? j
lam gfad to see you. We have been expecting
you a long time, a.id you are right welcome to i
Bellevue. Let me assist you iu taking off your 1
things.”
Who then thought that this affability, this
cordiality, this excels of (rankness, was but the
pi lymliie-i of the paiuied snake, before it darts
.ipo ii its " iciun!
Fnc acute obs?rVer might have noticed a slight,
m :>.unitary snide o! vexation on the features of
•I. s Harris a. sue removed the bonnet of Dorcas,
.r.i.J saw revealed a lace like those that tempted
■lie .la-.eis, ii at s.ie easily recovered herself,
while sue turned t > give the article to a servant;
ail per ..ips tiie very beauty of her victim gave
nei al .itioi.i. complacency from tilt- thought
ho w much more signal would be her triumph.—
Sue tbeietore conducted Miss Adein.ar to the
fir*- a id used a.I uer -I isciuutious to .inspire her
with Ilfecriou and confidence.
“and oo h id us 1:1 a rather retired situation, my
dear. xY e ii.ive but few visiting acquaintances,
so t.ut tor oar enjoy meats we are very mueh de
pendent on o.irsclves.”
“V ou certainly have 110 lack of resources,” re
plied Dorcas, as sue glanced at tiie ceutre-table,
loaded With the choicest boobs.
“Why, yes; Martha is fond of reading, and I
am ahvavs happy to encourage her taste. Some
ot them have just arrived from Loudon, and I
in pa will pirate you. I sent for them on your
account, tearing that you would, iu such a lonely
place, find It;tie enough whercwithto amuse your
self.”
“1 cannot call any place loudly, ma'am, where
iiv trie;.is are so kindly solicitous to anticapate
»v desires,” said Dorcas, overjoyed that she had
succeeded iu making an appearently favorable
impression, which she had been assured was all
that was necessary, and completely fascinated with
the affability sn l tendi-roese of her companion.
A gleam of satisfaction darted across the fea
tures ot Mrs. 1 Farris, which Dorcas very natural
•' v ints an acknowledgment ot her own
sensibility.
During this time, Mrs. Ethelwaite had been
■fitting on Tyler's knee, examining him with all
tho minuteness and curiosity with which the South
sea islanders inspected the first white man; ever
aud anon t irowing e: artu a ound td-neck; weep
mg k :ss;ag fen again aud again, till in the course of
ot ho foudiings she discovered the scar had bevn
'fectv i hy the death-blow of the pirate. Her
• ! exclaruati'in of surprise was followed bv the
-*> -1 repeated an.l importunate inquiries to its
can
“W iiv I forgot to toil von, mother.” said Tyler,
‘tli.it we had a pretty hardscufile with the pirates
on our return home ”
“And did fiicy kill you?” said she, hurriodly ;
and then reoiiectin;; herself, “no, they couldn’t
nave killed you, or you wouldn't have been here.
But dM they almost kill you?”
"No. mottier; they neither killed me, nor al
most kid'* Im v On *of them, however, set his
01 irk upon me, but 1 soon recovered, and here I
am is safe and sound as when I left you.”
“But you nave not told,” interposed Dorcas,
“in whose behalt. and to save whose life, you so
generously exposed vourseif.”
“'t t<» save mv own life, Dorcas.”
“Cos ne, conic; that will do. 1 ain not tnnch
ob i ie l to you for the cornpliiaeDt, but 1 must in-
Mst upon vour telling the whole storv.”
“Why 1 should have shown myself a strange
pattern ol manhood, to have let that fiendish pi
rale ;11 nip overboard with you ; and I’ll warrant,
every one there was ready to die with envy, that
i had deprived them of the honor of rescuing you
themselves.”
••Mr. Biazt fin particular;”said Dorcas, smiling.
“We will tell the story about him, to-morrow.
1.) the meantime, aunt, Dorcas is fatigued, and 1
ta:nk would be glad to retire---! know I can say
as much for myself.”
When the party had retired !V> their dreams, anil
left Mrs. Harris alone in the parlor, she gazed
s ealtiiily abon the room, and then rising from
her chair, muttered “Yes! saved her life! anoth
er difficulty in my way; but I’ll make him wish
and her too ;i ■! sh; had been made food for the
fisnes instead of having come here to tamper and
iuterelere with me ! 1 have got so go to hell, any
how ; a-xl since it is no use for me to try to go to
heaven, I li make up for it by doing as much harm
as 1 can white 1 stay here, to recommend me to
the favor of the devil!” and with this blasphemy
0.1 her lips, she snatched the candle and strode out
of the room like a fury, to seek the darkness, but
not the slumbers of midnight.
(To be Concluded.)
Woman. —I would by no means persuade yon or
any other woman to prefer a single life. It is not
the • primrose path.” Nothing less than a spirit
of meekness or seir-renmetation, and of benevo
lence, can make a woman who has once been first
haupy in a subordinate and second best position.
A id ibis, under ordinary circumstances, is tho
iiigue .t ; laces of a ingle woman. Depend upon
11 my ;e tr young trends, i* is safer.for the most of
us-to segme all the helps to our virtues that attend
ala 1 Mimic posiupn besides married life is the des
tui- Ileavei his .rioted to ns, and therefore best
fitted to af a eu all our powers, to exercise all our
virtue 1 -, aodedi forth all sympathies. 1 would
per-; lade you that you may be the cause of hapines.
to otliers. and of and oi course happy vourseif
for wneu was tiie fountain dry when the stream
continued-to flow? it a single life, according to
the wors view of it, is a moral desert, the faithful,
intheie passage through it, are refreshed with
bread from icavcn, and water from the rock.
IMPGRTANT NOT iCE.
Persons li-iiog the Life Medicines, are advised
to take the Pills at night, in suficicut quantities
to opperate two or thiee times ou- the bowels in
the course ofthe.nvxtday. Also, tu.xe « table
spoontul of the Bitters half an hoar before each
m at. For those of a delicate or eutcehkd con
stitution, half the quantity may besofiicient.
From the New Orleans Picayune of Mill inst.
DEATH OF GEN. RIPLEY-
The last Clinton Eouisania contains the tnelnn
choly- intelligem e of the death of Gen. Eleazar
W. Ripley, 3 native; of New Hampshire, but for
many years a resident of this state. IDs name is
associated with some of the most distinguished
events ir, our national historv. and recorded ou tiie
brightest page r»t our national prowess. The pa
triot, the statesman, the hero, is no more ; bu s his
memory is embalmed in tne affection his country
men. and will bo cherished’ as identified with the
national character, aud cousacrated by the noblest
trnpuEes of patriollffm.
THE GEOHOfA MIRROR.
_ ii? VjfciJk'A'jy £*♦
TAXATION OF OFFICE-HOLDEKS.
Our attention has been directed to the follow
ing portion of the tfstirnouy taken before tiie lu ;
vestigating Committee of the House of Kept eseu
tatives. at New-York, which afiords indiaputa
bl ewdeuceof the patronage ofthe Government,’
in that city, being habitually and systematically
brought io conflict with the freedom of elections.”
Are not these abuses and do they uot require
reform ?—A! at Int.
AREN'T S. DE PEYSTER SWORN AS
WITNESS.
Emmined t>y M r - M ise
Question While you were connected with
the custom-house, do you know whether or not
the officers of the customs were called upon to
pay any part of their salaries, or any assessment
or tax thereon, for party or political purposes ?
If yea, state whether you have eve I', 1 ', and when
you have made any such payment, aud State the
motive upon which such payments were made.
Mr. Wageuer objected to the propounding of
this interrogatory, aud called for the yeas and
nays.
The Com ulttee decided that the interrogato
ry should be propounded. cas—Messrs. Cur
tis. Dawson, Harlan, Smith, aud V* ise—6 Nay
1 -—Mr. Wagener.
The interrogatory was then propounded, aud
the witness gave the following.
Answer.— The Weighers were c alled on to pay
slseac-h for the support of the election, and
when I declined, M.. Vanderpooll, the Deputy
Surveyor, observed that I ought to consider
whether my 81.5W0 was not worth paying •jjlb for.
Under the impression that it was the price for
my situation, I paid it. The above oecured dur
ing the last spring election for charter officers.
During my holding office, for about five years. I
was occasionally called on, but always declined,
until within the last two years.
Question.-- Is the office of weigher, which you
held, regarded as one under the United States,
and the salary o! which was paid out of the Trea
sury of the United States ?
Answer.-— Latterly paid out of the Treasury;
formerly a commission was allowed on the a
mount of goods weighed. The office is one held
from the United States.
Question.—Do you know whether other sub
•rdinate officers besides yourself in the custom
house were called on and required to pay such
tax or assessment upon their salaries, for the use
of party and political purposes?
Answer.— Only by hear av, as it regards the
other officers, but 1 saw many ofthe Weighers
pay (the tax of sls.
Question.--* Was the money thus collected
from you aud others to be used for political pur
poses? If y ea, for which of the t hen and pre
sent political parties ?
Answer.— It was intended to be used to sun
port the election ol persons attached to the pre
sent administration.
Question —Who collected the tax from the
Weighers ?
Answer.-* Mr Vanderpool.
Question. —What office does Mr. Vanderpool
hold in the custom-house aud what his salary.
Answer.— At that time he held the office of
Deputy Surveyor. Ido not recollect the amount
of his salary. I be'ievo he now holds the office of
Appraiser.
Question. —Had he a book of the names ofthe.
officers from whom lie jcollccted, orh:,d he a list
of them !
Answer.—A list.
Examined by Mr. Harlan.
Question.-— Are you acquainted with William
M. Price, late District Attorney of the United
States? If yea, please to state whether he was
regarded before aud after his appointment, as a
man worthy to be intrusted with the collection ol
large sums of money.
Asnu'er.— l am acquainted with Win M. Price
late District Attorney, aud answer the question
in the negative.
Question.— Was the last payment of sls re
ferred to by you in your answer to me third ques
tion, paid belorc or since the present Collector
[Mr. lloyt] came into office.
Answer. —Since the last Collector came into
office.
Question.— Were you removed from office by
the present Collector ? If yea, state when and
whether any reasons were assigned therefor, and
what they were.
■Answer.—l was removed by Mr. Hoyt, (the
present Collector,) but have never eondesended to
ask the reasons, and must, therefore, ce under
the necessity of referring to the Colleator, who is
now present.
ABRAHAM B. VANDERPOOL SWORN
ASA WITNESS.
Examined by Mr. Wise
Question-— What offices have yon held iu the
custom-house ; when did you commence to
hold them; what the salaries of offices held by
yon ?
Answer.— -I was appointed to the office 1 f In
spector of the Custom in May, 1829, at $1,095
per year, and held it until 1856, when 1 was ap
pointed Deputy Surveyor, at $1,500 per year, and
March 1838, appointed Appraiser, at $2,000 a
year.
Questiot fc—Do you know whether the officers
t)I '.he custom house have ever been called onto
contribute sums of money to party and political
objects? What officers have been so called on
by whom; for what amount, with, or without re
gard to their salaries of office; when did they
contribute ;if they refused, was any intimation
given that their refusal might occasion their re
moval ; what amount has so been contributed and
collected, and for the support ot what party at a
ny one election ?
This interrogatory was objected to by Mr. Fos
ter.
Mr. Fostercalled for the yeas and nays.
The question, shall the interrogatory be pro
pounded ? was put, a,id decided in the affirma
tive.
Yeas—Messrs, Curt ii, Dawson, Harlan, Smith,
Wise—s
Nays—Messrs. Foster, Owens, Wagener— -3.
Other proceedings weie had, in regard to which I
Mr. Wise offered the following resolution.
Resolved, That the (blowing facts be entered
on the Journal; Mr Wise propounded to the wit
ness Abraham B. Vanderpool, the following
question, to wit 1
“Question 2d. Do you Lnow whether the offi
cers ot the custom-house have ever been called
onto contribute sums of money to party and pol
itical objects ? what officers have been so called
upon; by whuin; for what amount; with or with
out regard to their salaries of office; when did
they contribute ; ifthey refused, was any mtimn
atou given that their re fit Sal rr.iglit bcc'as'fdp (lieu i
removal, wiiat amount has oeeu so contributed
or collected, ami for the suppuri 01 what party at
any one election !” j
Ine witness took the interrogatory without ■
objection to propounding the same, aud procee- ■
ded to write ins answer thereto on the paper at
tached to the question, aud nad written the follow
ing. to wit ;
•*l leave known officers attached to the cus
tom-house to have been called ou lor:” —When j
Mr. Owens, member of the committee, mterpos- ■
ed, and informed the witness that he was uot
bouud 10 answer any interrogatory relating to his
private affairs ; and, thereupon Mr. Foster, aud
other member ol the Committee, objected to pro
pouu.ling the interrogatory. The witness here
commenced to tear off what be had written be
fore objection was made to the interrogatory. M r
Wise prevented him from doing so, by forbidding
the act. Mr* Foster insisted the witness had a
right to tear off what he had writteu, and that 1 j
was not his answer until it was complete and handed
in and asked the witness whether it was his answer,
and he replied “it was uotaud the committee hav
iug decided tiiat the interrogatory should be pio
pouiided* the said question by Mr. Wise was a
gain handed to the witness, and he returned the
following : ”1 decline to answer the 2d question.,’
The witness was then pernfited to retire.
Mr. Curtis called lor the yeas and nays on Mr
W ise’s motion ; and the resolution was adopted
Yeas-—Messrs Curtis, Dawson, Smith, Wageuer
Wise -5. Nays—None.
The examination oj Mr. Lyon tonUmtcd by .Mr.
IV,*e:
Question —TV hilst you w ere Depu y Collector
at the port of New-V ork, were you ever called
on as an officer ofthe Custom-house to contri
bute any sums ol money to party or political ob
jects; 11 so, what amount? was such amount
trom you, c;dled for in consideration 01 your
salary from the Government what pioportion iud
it bear to your salary ? did you pay it ! if not,
why not, ? who called for such contributions .
were other subordinates in the custom-house to
your knowledge called ou to contribute in like
manner ? for the support of wnat parly were these
contributions called for. was any menace, direct
ly or iiuliiectly of removal, heel'over uiese 01-
ficers, or y lursch, lor latlures to grai 1 such
contributions ?
Mr. Owens objected to the interrogatory.
The question, shall the interrogatory tie pro
pounded ? was put aud de-idea in the affirmative,
the yeas a i nays •Vating I ecu called by Air.
Owens. \ cas—uVlexfirs, Curtis, Dawson, H,u
lan, Nmith, Wise—s. Nays- -Messrs. Owens,
agener —2.
Ansi e: —I have frequently been called on to
cputriiniv to pohtii ai objects while I was Debu
-5 Collector, as an officer of the custom-house,
1 ne amount was from twenty dollats to one hun
dred dollars. The tax was pro rata according to
sailary. It bore a propotioii ot from one to si-;
per cent. I frequently paid a part of the amen jt;
when it was too nigh, and more than Leonid af
ford, I urged them to reduce it; in oco iiiiitmicc
where I was assessed twenty dollars. ?,r. Swart
wont \old the collector of the tax, that ten dol
lars was enough forme to pay. For a few years
back, I have not paid any thing 'o the Gc'i-ral
Committee, b •cause 1 Could not afiivrj to pay the
amount assessed, and because 1 could not c msci
enciously longer sustain the patty. The collect
ors ofthe Tainmay Hall. General Committor one
ol whom was John Becker, called on me several
times. Win. Tyaclt, once or tw ice called on me
to collect the amount with which I was assessed;
he was not the regular collector, but was one of
the General Committee. I believe that n arlv all
the officers of the custom-house, in doors and
out. and clerks, were similarly taxed, icd general
ly paid what they were assessed. It was assess
ed by ihe General Committee ol'Tarjmanv H»U.
and for the support of the i;arty,der animated »he
Tammany Hall party. It tin;‘individual d«f cot
pay the amount h“ was taxed with, the Collector
would remark. You will he repotted to the Gen
eral Committee; and every body well understood
that proscription would follow. ' The Collector of
the General Committee has :ji alphabetical book,
which contains tiie names <j| persons taxed, and
the amount each individual is required to pnv.
NEW YORK. March 17.
The news of Maine continues tube of a peace
able character, hut there is no! much ol it. The
agreement made by rho President, t‘v Govern
or of Maine pronounces inadmissible, but lie
seems, nevertheless, reluctantly to b • taking
steps towards yielding to it. The war is over, 1
am sure. The Maine Legislature have as ret
made no mare upon 'he .Messages.
ihe Augusta Journal contains Sir John liar
vey’s letter to Governor Fairfield, in which he says
“that h* will be happy to enter into such amica
ble communication with Governor Fairfield upon
the subjec t as may conduce to the attainment of
tiie desirable and important object thereby pro
posed to be effected.”
FROM MAINE AND THE BOUNDARY.
A message from Governor Fairfield was com
municated t? the Legislature ol Maine on Tiies
uay, in relation to the provisional ar. alignment be
tween Mr. Fox and Mr Forsyth.
Tim following letter from the correspondent of
the Boston Daily Advertiser contains all the* in
telligence of interest from the frontier :
lIoL’SE or IvKP RE9E.VTATIVES AUGUSTA.
12 o'clock M. Tuesday , March 12.
A message from the Governor in relation io the
Memorandum of .Mr. Forsyth and Mr. Fox.
The Governor considers the arrangement unsatis
factory and unequal, and advises that the military
force of the State should not be icith drawn unless
the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick shall
withdraw his force, and the Government of Maine
be satisfied that he entirely abandons the idea of
expelling its Ibices. Gov. Fail field also resists
the recommendation to allow Gov. Harvey con
current jurisdiction in measures of protection to
the property on the Aroostook, and advises that,
irt case .Sir John abandons his position, and
withdraws his military force, the military force,
ol Maine shall also he withdrawn, and a suffici
ent armed or unarmed civil posse be left on
the Aroostook for its protection.
In a postscript to the message, the Governor
says that lie has received a note of a pacific char
acter from Sir John Harvey in which he intim
ates his willingness to enter into arrangements
upon the basis of the Memorandum of Mr. For
svth and Mr. h ex. The message and Sir John
Harvey’s note have been committed to the Com
mirtee on the Northeastern Boundary, and 5.000
copies ordered to he printed.
I lie Oxford and Cumberland militia still re
main in town, and have been this forenoon man- I
amvring in front of the State House. Gen. Scott i
Is i iUVni’iTr 3wd 'tmr, 1 umliYsUdH, t'ottfi ! P>& IhjM 1
aj present. He is acting the part ot a f,acijica/,o
anil it is to be h*peU that his eitoru * p rove
successfully, Notwithstanui. g the belligerent as
pect ot affairs here, iam stiu ul opiumn u,ai w, jr
will not result. But stiff 1 see r.o p ~ Lability u UI
Maine will / retd, one io,u jrom Uie j unLiO/, tri, ti u s
taken.
GOV. lIARVL i IO GOV. Fi.\Ri .T.LD
lhe ioitowtug copy ol me uote trom uo»
Harvey to hou F «ufield is copied from »h©
c. lube ol Saturday evening ;
GoVk.KMSK.XT HotSE,
Fedehu K.TO.N. B.J Mak h 7,1839.
Major General Sir John Harvey presents his
compliments to Governor t airfield, and, with re
ference to a communication winch he has jus
received from her majesty’s Munster at VVasb
ington, transmitting a •Memorandum under the
joint signatures ot .Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of the
State, aud Mr. Fox, containing terms of accom
inodatmn, recommended by the Secretary of State
and her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary, t 0
Governor Fairfield and himselJ respectively,’begs
to say, that he will be happy to enter iuio such
amicable communication with Governor Fairtie
upon the subject as may conduce to the att c
meat ol the very desirable aud important
thereby proposed to be effected.
Nn John Harvy lias auswered Mr.
niumcatiou by expressing his eutire readiness 'to
give effect to tfce proposed so
may fie depeudeur upon him.
iiis Excelleucy Gov. F.drfieJ & c .
FROM THE NEW \ G'r K EXPRESS
It Gen. Scoit succeeds j a havim, ..tT- * .
little douiu Hunan an anr can bf madeffi,
a mutual military occr.iWi.ur, ot the Aroostook at
cast i>:o icnyoic ,te.l >1 ,<• respective Government
can agiee upon defi:, ,i iVe or a conventional line.
.lame, we are we,, ; , wa re, cannot and will not ’
we tun.*,.after the K\eps she has taken, abandon
the limner laudsott! , e Aroostook so the tiespavseix
01 mills assumed guardianship oi fair JGli\
i , i VK V ’ whu ' *‘ s badfy discharged H.e asumed
ouIV. W here l ■ * ; ,i SCO'l aia ihere wffj „ ol b(
figli ‘“g; umess Rruish atuhoruio:, are mad.
We may also 1 eiuark that the Hrotocai of tff e Bru
d, 1 , SU 5U asinngioo, an .01 tiie United
s * / a ? -‘ pacific by
._u JOii.a .UhllDKAi., win, win uot, lueiatore
cucoui.tgc birJolHs liAivvi,i many rash act!
A- ou j promise, it is probable, must ta'.e place m
ihe sot' i ineut ui m,, quest,o- , and, luckily .suet,
a coin) .roiinse can beedectefi as will be tor the
beuet. t ot the British Empire, amt m. injury, it i iot
are.-4 bene In, to .name, i tie Bruish want me ioaii
tmt Taaiue warns the river St. John as a boundary
I- re ami its free navigation much more. Tiie omy
veal diiiir ally m bringing about tins compromise
is the high Tory character ofthe population an
this side ol tne St JOHN h fm, having lied from n
republic here have a horrui in being hrouglu b;itu
amlor its government Mane, tis vciy true, w ()l ,|,i
lose a slice nt land, but such a compromise woul.i
clone for all her loses. If such a compromise
should he offered, and Great Brtain, xai,,,,
titie should vet insist upon her claim, vnieffv br
cause she wants, a read and aid have u. tGer, mo
should be justified in forming an alliance with Rm
s.a going to war, and never ending itiidMeli .il
cs ablisiied lor England a boundary hue n 1 thiv
cunt incur, nothing south of the North Fide.
St. Augustine March 14.—The fidlnwin'’ i>
what we learn from the best source* ol the recent
depredations in .Middle Florida.
On the night of Monday, the 10:h u!t., a par.y
supposed to bo five iti number, attacked ihc dwel
ling of Mr. \V Lite, 12 miles east ot Tallahassee,
and three n lies south ot the Augustine road, kil
ling Mrs. White, Mr. Whites nephew, and a
negro, and departed wither/ commuting ar.v rob
bery. On Friday night a party supposed to bn
eight in number, attacked, robbed, and burned
the dwelling of Mr. Fondatvis. rime miles south
ot I alllahassee, ar il three miles vest ol ihc rail
road, murdering IVudarvis, his wile and two chil
dren. On the subsequent Monday a small com
pany of 1 allah.jssre voluuhits were surprisedbv
I lie Indians in a hammock near the same piarr,
who shot oue of the p.uty through the head. Thu
volunteers killed one Indian. On Tuesday afto>
noon, (the next day,) three wagons in the employ
of Government. Io- ded with hay and oat , were at
tacked o" the Wacissn road, eight miles cast es
the St Marks river. Two ol the wagons went
burned, and four person* murdered. By this
time a large body of volunteers n ere in the fi&ld
who scoured as far as the Orilln, without finding
further,signs of Indians, cx crept trails leading into
swamps.
The whole uiTair appears to amount to tins. A
band of Indian*-, probably not exceeding a doz
en, ftn any dozens were reported b\ lovers of the
marveilons) pressed the St; Marks.- aid in one
week killed five ve persons, wounded ihiee. dc
stroved one house, and two-public-wagon*. all al
most within sight of the Capitol of Florida. They
did net go into Tallahassee: possibly they had
heard of the bar? aoren modntiotis let strangers.
Plunder they could carrv axvnv, and as to menev,
there is none there but Union Paid., which might
go at as great a disrourt rn ihc Everglades as
elsewhere.
From first to lan there must have been near
five hundred volunteers in etuso, duly armed with
pistols, hnwie knives, double barreled guns, an<l
ail sorts of mtvderotts weapons. They had “glo
ry enough,” for one fortnight. Some of them
rode a whole dny-on a horse's hack, which is dis
tressing to the uninitiated ; and some of them fas
ter! from breakfast until supper time, with no sub
stance whatever, except ham and bread, and the
contents of a liquor flask.
Middle Florida has received a mournful lesson
of the calamities to which the East Ins been long
exposed. If such horrid massacres be perpetra
ted in the midst of a thickly settled country what
must have been, or is now the condition of our
sparse and comparitively unprotected population ?
AVe stated in our last that the house of James
Riz, Esq. at Picnlnta, had been destroyed bv fire
The damage we understand, has been much great
er than onr first notice would indicate ; all of the
fences and eight of the buildings on the place
have been consumed.
The dwelling and out houses, and the remain
der of the fences on the plantation of Philip Wead
man, F q. on the Picrdata road, about 11 miles
from *hfs citv wore burnt a few days since. Un
til xv ; t bin a short time past this place has been or
riio'ci) ay a military post. These conflagrations
are thought to be the work of incendiaries.
iSlanlt .Voles
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