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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 Ftfß VALE VT Till* OFFICE