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out rt'order by any common c sunlty or 1
t\n tol atteut'tia. Tl.e time su.d labor saved
by the iiw <t| this it*w imp niu i.t ol iius-
La..ilry. i» itum* n«« oi,olk Herul
‘Soi’ f>r 'hf V" l t.re of Cos ton.- —At a meet- ,
jug oi Hie A ia a. Boii**iy. A.r 5-a.<y u ;jil a *
report on the cic mteal < \an i ammos. a *e-!
ti-so* v S iro i< some t! !*.e ; u»n i* ! j
t.» •ia itations U i g.a. » oil ..ad bee. ,
j o tire 1 !.y \ 'loniit i‘..' erctno, i t ll.e i
r q. s' i'! ib** t ii-i.iiiti' . oi imu iii*iC'' Rial
a. i .cult IK* *f t- e so*.-.<*'>. Til** O.a nil a !
ij.vt ,of il-i’ e 'i-iis w undertaken ».th !
» jo •,sc"i»i s iin of the < ire ni.st.uie* s j
j eui ito Vr »*l is I|\ ll l!».i- so i iie et.b:v |Tioli
of I «llii:i ill to in.l t ots iijd.L ite tin
b**st n.atwr of hour vii ; -he cultivation ol
.cotto.i in l.ul;a. .Mr. Sr I’v stated, tin t in
cr:i-*r to render a rump i* .-on of tii.< I.iml ii
biiv practical tallie, it was absolutely u rn
snrv to take i.ilo account ri vari tv of • ircutii
st rices connected wit It tin* nit lire ot l in*' li
mates of tin- countries so compared,-- st. i
•os the limits of let: pcratiii"', the rapidity oi
cv.ipor.ilinti, the lot in of tl.e surface o! tlie*
country the radiating power of the soil, the
retentive power tor water. and many other
%»o tits. These were : 1 of the utmost i*n
purtanre ami would completely t oJif* the
action ot' th * soil, so that a soil w In. h hi one
situa'ion would I <* exi t Ih nt tor the cultiva
tion of coLton, would, ii another climate lie
to'allv unfit. Mhe lesillt of the i hemic and
examination oftiiese specimens show «*d them
all to bent* n fight, s-ndy and r tin r poor
description, enu-isting pi in; ip illy, cf a tine
sattd tiel 1 together In a small quantity ot al
umina. or clav, ;,u l colored with oxides ot
iron att.l manganese. 1 he quantity of organ
ic matter which they contained was small.
One of tho most important facts observed
was, the extremely small portion of entbon
ate, or i nice,l, any form of 'hue wjiiclt they
contained, showing flint (lie presence of this
substance is not so essential to a good cot
ton soil, as has been thought bvsotn writers
on the cultivation of cotton. The great dif
ference also, between the black cotton soil
of America and that of India was pointed
out ; .lie former being composed of a fine
white, siliciotts sand, containing but very lit
tle alumina, and colored wholly by organic
in ittcr; whilst the latter consisted apparent
ly ol the debris of vulcanic rocks. Mr. .Sol
ly concluded by remarking that the good
ness of the soils from Georgia depended pro
bably far more on the mechanical structure
than on the chemical composition ; and that
the presence of lime or any other substance
was of far less importance than that it should
be of a light, p rr.us .-nd not too rich a
character .—London AC enium.
Fron the Chicago American.
-v cuv-wn
Her step wts light and proirt. aria
buoyant as the young roc that bounds
over its broad play ground, the wide pra
irie, and speeding tj enjoy its blythe
ex istence.
Her face was passing fair; on the full red
lip- and dark, blue, flashing eyes, and the
pure white forehead, played the spirit of
beauty enchanted with its Paradise, and
bright intelligence beamed forth its exis
tence. and when the lips patted, the teeth
of daz/.litig whiteness were I • trayed by those
rosy guardians, lovelv [traitors to a smile,
which, so sweet and beaming, enraptured
the behohlet; ore felt as though some
angel had spell-bound his senses of which
spell lie would sooner die than break it.
so full did - it seem of beauty and mirth, and
rapturous joy.
Gay and light of heart as the bird that
warbles its carroling to the light of morn
ing beneath h* r window, she spread the
smile of gladness over all that were within
her influence; spile of themselves site
drew around lmr a train of pn-sionnte a l
miro.s. •> the oh: md yotit gos h i
*•••.(«*. ie .mi .rly i• w around i.er, ami I
sh, nehauted id. Tlierb; of pit too.’
riicw asy 1: ’ ...ii h-ruliieeye,
pii I heaven • rti evoletiee seemed to
nmve her hnsoin, its chosen abode; the
poor and unfortunate lde>secl her. Surely
1 thought if ever woman was to be loved
it is her, and heaven has sent her a shin
ing evidence of woman’s loveliness and puri
ty, to gainsay aught lit it libs been said of
worn in's ri Lioness and earthly nature.
Site seemed indeed a personification of
female loveltm :s and virtue.
Fa 'ier ha In'l //-*•* heller take a Sheep
tm.- -A valued friend and an a!> e farmer,
who abo it the time of tho temperance
reform was beginn ng to exert a heathful
i dlu ‘lice in the neighborhood <>f his
residence, said to his newly ired man,
‘•J in ithti l, I did not t .ink to mention to
you w.ieu i h red you, that I book ol
trying to do my work tins y -iv without
run. ll w m ,clt more must 1 give you
to .In without !”
‘*o, 1 don’t cro much about it,” replied
Jonathan; “yon may give me what you
please*”
“Well,” renn»**l dio tame r, *T will <give
you a sheep in tiie fall, if you will do with
out !”
“'greed,” said Jonathan.
Tile oldest son said, “Father, will von
gi-e me a sheep, if Ido without ruin ?”
“ Vos Mar-hall von shall have a sheep,
if you will do without.”
The Jioungcst sou, a sttipiing then said,
“Father, will you give me a sheep, if 1 do
withott !”
“if cs. Chin ller, yon shall have a sheep
also, if you will do without runt.
Presently (’handier speaks again.-
“Father, hadn’t you better take a sheep
too ?”
This was a poser. lie hardly thought
he could give up the ‘good creature’
yet. But the appeal was from a source
aat to be easily disregarde I. The result
was, tits demon limn was thenceforth
banished from the premises, to the great
joy and the ultimate lippiness of ah con
cerned.
Villainy.— -We have heard of a rir
cumstiuce which lately happened in this
dty not often paralleled in the annals of
genteel siviudlintr. A young ram, repre
senting himself as a Missis* ppian, applied
for lodgings at ;» respectable boar ling
house in Race street, and was soon quietly
established in one ofthe Lost apartments,
for which ha readliy agreed to pay liberal
ly, as pleasant accommodations were of
more consequence to him than the amount
of the extra charge. The new lodger
soon made rapid progress in securing the
good will of the inmates, particularly of
several young ladies, to one of whom he pre
sented a diamond ring, and to another a
gold, watch- Tu the course of .some days
he proposed to sake the diamond ring to
be marked, and with great gallantry offered
to the young ladies to have any jewelry
belonging to them handsomely ornamented
xviibt.ie initials of iheir names, at his ex
t pense. The credulous girls upon this mus
tbied their li.tle caskets of gold rings and
Other fin f ry, delivered them to the gener
ous strr.rrg.’r, who, it is quite needless to
add, henceforth decamped, not forgetting
to take the gold watch with him. It was
soon discovered that he had cheated severa\ i
tailors tit tiie ueigliboiliood. —l hlladtlfhza
_\. American.
( t u'lte a Difference.-- Among the many
cun toil* and luxuries w Inch the highest civ
iii/.aiiuU and refinement ol modern tunes
|ia»v i,lough* about tor ilie promotion ot our
aiiiss as social beings, the newspaper
i . \ ac unquestio' ably regarded as one of
t. , u.ost valued. Tiie ran ol leisure, in
ta enjoy tneiii of a comlnrtaMe ceinpetsnce
i..i,i-s up ins evening paper, just alter tea,
1 '(i peruse it at Ins ease. Seated c ostly be
| me a glowing grate, he unfolds the yet
I .t nip sheet, with the n;r ol’a man who has
.mi lor it, and devotes I.is thoughts to its
contents. Column after column is scau
'..•.i with an attentive eye-—the doings ol
< 'oti.tess, rite legislative debates, the state ot
i e matketv, the price ot stor ks, the news
ami incidents i I' the dnv. with the specula
-11oi- ot ilte editorial department upon the
I respect in tl.e great political world— are
i :ili tn turn devoured with an evident intel
i iectlial appetite that “glows with what it
rev els upon.”
Tins is exceedingly pleasant, as doubt
less > any ofuiir readers will testily, and as
we have m rselv■ s- experience'', it) other
days, ere weltewihe form and b.shiou ot
an editorial (ha r. But to I e seated day
alter (lav, at a table groaning wit It piles ol
unread ex* liangcs, with the (.ire task of
* .. '.; •eao ug ll
of news and sini'.g iuctdet.t to fill the col
umns (and a wailing “loini,” with the ever
rt hi mug and ceaseless call for * copy ’
ringing iti one’s ears, at.*l a coniustd mass
of id'-as which obstinately refuse to show
themselves in black auJ w hile, is—-a very
different thing.
Let thd-e who*- - e good fortune <t is to find
thi tr daily sheet interestingly and ably fil
led, read it with inward tliauktulnes that
sioital pati. nce and toil have concocted lor
them tlic pleasing repast ; and It l those who
are d.sposed to grumble because no'.v and
then their paper is dry and barren of inter
est, reflect that reading and w viting are ve
ry dillereut blanches !
Ciifi.lc tc Patriot.
THE OLD M 'ID'S KlllST OFFER.
1 must tell you the Inait renderi 'g story
—1 have long wished to do so, and the time
is at length arrived.---[Here her voice drop
ped into a confidential whisper ] Pot t, dear
Major Ogilvie. who is now and ad rind gone
heigh ho!—had bien long showing me
marked attention in fact, paying his ad
dresses, though Ire never made Lis declara
tion; when otie morning, after having sung
me a song ol I armellln's—the music I bel
ieve was Gluck's ah ! yon should have
lic.itdtlte JJojnr. he yas Sorh a sweet sing
er. AN ell, the iS.titir l*.-J g.itip nut to buy
a uew invented fish sauce,—-poor dear n an
he does like to have his fish well dressed—
nd l remember lie took Fraiic’uettc, my
liitle beauty of a spaniel, with him, so that
tlie Major ami 1 were all alone in the break
la-, t parlor, when looking beseechingly in
my I ice, he suddenly »eit down on one
ki:ee L. lore, me—-ah ! there was gallantly
in th isc days !-- and taking toy hand which
he tenderly pressed, made a passionate avow
al of his love. 1 fell tnyse'f blushing
crim-on when at this igitating .moment
ju-t as 1 was going to utter a palpitating
confession of my partiality, my eyes began,
to twinkle; 1 t* It i tinkling in nose, my
mouth opened in spite of myself, and i
sneezed like an explosion of gunpowder
right in bis upturned and imploring fee!
v.v, do tell me lady Stt-an, you know
ho w tremendously I always sneeze, did you
etvr —of all the awkward occurrences!
The M jor st un I, as lie might but re
covere I 'mipll -so did l—he gazed at
me te. .Iv i.iiil « .peclitigly, and I was just
about >(, *-oi i o litm troiM his ciispones.
i I r* wiih a second and louder
explosion tout seemed to shatter the very
no- e from my face.
Tins was a confusion to me and the Ma
jer, but -till holding my imprisoned hand,
hut looking downwards, to avoid the show
er bath that I wis unintentionally scatter
ing round me, he swore that ho never would
rise from his knees till I had pronounced
lits doom. ! uttered a heartfelt sigh, and
the soft avowal was just trem'ding on the
tip of my tongue, w hen 1 felt something on
thntipnf my tnse ! Lady Susan—-Lady
Susan —-it \v<t“ beginning to bleed l—did
you eix r—-eI n'l the distressing moments !
I struggled to withdraw my hand that 1
might uet my handkerchief, an action which
till* Major attributed to coyness, and there
fore did bit hold it more firmly. In the
contest, after frightfully spotting my tab
bionet silk gown, (hi ee very large drops of
blood tell upon the Major’s wrist! He
started tip; 1 closed my eyes and sunk in a
chair, overwhelmed with confusion, sup
pi sing I had fainted the Major hastily sei
zed a large tumbler of water and threw it in
my fice. A* sue It an unexpected sousing,
Is> reamed with surprise and terror. The !
Mateschal powder which I wore; I was al
ways famous tiir titv powder; mingling w ith
the w ater and blood, converted my face in
to a hideous spectacle; when, just at the
moment, the door flew open, and Franchette
thinking her mistress was killed, flew at tin*
poor dear Major, and I it a large mouthful
out ot his let! leg. while the good, horror,
stricken Doctor suffered the bottle of newly
invented fish sam e to fall from his hand and
t.c smashed to p'oees on the floor. Now
dearest Lady Susan! consider what must
have been my feelings!—did you ever!—-
such a s etie!
The Gilpin of confining Jurors fcati
Meat and Drink.—Tho G< thic nations
were famous of old, ill Europe, for the
quantities of food and drink which thev
consumed. The ancients in England, were
remarkable for their hearty meals. Gluttony
and drunkenness were so very common,
that those vic p s were not thought disgrace
ful; and Tactitus represents t lie former as
capable of being as easily overcome by
strong drink as by arms. Intemperance
was so general and habitual, that no one
was thought lobe fit for serious business
nfterdinner; and under this persuasion it was
enacted in the laws, that judges should
hear and determine causes fisting ; and
n- i after dinner. An Italian author, in
his “Antiquities.’’ plainly affirms that this
regulation was framed for the purpose of
avoiding the ui,.sound decrees consequent
upon intoxication ; and Dr. Gilbert Stuart,
very patiently and ingeniously obseves, in
his “Historical Dissertation concerning the
Antiquary of the British Constitution,”
that fro n the propensity of the older Brit
srirtß'to indulge e>rcssive ! y ih eating and
drinking has proceeded the restriction up
on jurors and jurymen, to refrain from
meat and drink, and to be evrn held in
custody, until they had agreed upon their
verdict.
On Thursday, the 9th, inst, the Hon.
Richard G. Dunlap was introduced by the
Secretary of the State to the Presi 'ent,
and delivered his credentials as Minister
Plenipotentiary and Envy Extraoidinary
of the P.cpublic of Texas.
Eitraet from the Memoirs of a Nnllifier.
'1 be entrance to Hell, 1 lout and, tl toi.gh a
very large cave in Kentucky. r l bat is to
say, the one appropriated to the Lotted
States; for each considerable district of the
earth lias belonging to it a separate road, for
tiie convenience of is own i iiizeos alone-
This cave was formed of a ttiultitude oi dif
ferent passages, which, after turning and
twisting about tn a most labyrnithit.e man
ner lor twenty or thirty miles, at length all
met locether and became oi fc exceedingly
broad and well trodden road. It was bril
liantly illuminated with gas, nt.d no turn) 'he
dr railway was ever half so smooth. 1 and
Kalout were travelling rapidly down its
steep declivity, having already proceeded
niauy miles, when suddenly we heard be
hind us a prodigious clatter. It was caused
by the ghost of a A ai.k( e j-edl .r, who was
journeying to tiie oilier world, with his cart
'of tin ware and other notions. The ghost
; soon overtook ns, and shewed himself to he
I fully as impudent and inquisitive as if he
were still alive.
He immediately set to work to find out
wjio 1 w as and where I came from.
‘•'l his is sorier a sla tiinlicktlar road,
stranger, by gauly ;” saiil he.
“Yes, rather -o.”
•*I goes*, Mr you’ve rome a long way?
“Not very many hundred mites.”
•*I expect, may be, you're from the
North ?”
“No, lam not.”
“Did you come by the Paint Mountain,
or over the Ohio River?” (to trace my route
by these landmarks)
“Neif her.’ -
“llogs and beef cattle sell tolerble low,
now, 1 guess? ’ (to ascertain whether I was
a Western man)
“I think it quite probable.”
“I suppose, Mr. you’ve tiad a good cot
ton crop this year ?”
“I understand that the crop was abun
dant in Cami lla and Georgia,”
4- l >< ckon, niny he. they raise tobacco in
the parts you come from.” (thinking to
track me to Virginia)
“They are fond of tobacco thevp.”
“I guess, strangers,” continued the
Yankee, you haven’t none of yon never
been in this couniry we’re goin to. before,
have you ? I’d like to know what kind of
a place ’tis fi*r tradin, down t ere. Aou
see, about two Lotos ago, old Mr. Death
come lor tno. He tub me by sirh a surprise
I hadn’t much time to git ready. But as l
was jist then about startin out on a pedlin
trip I tbought, as I was obleeged to come
any how. 1 might as well try if I couldn’t
make somethin on tiie roath So J gather
ed into my cart some heads and nutmegs
and tiu cups and other notions. I e lcuhite
I’il make a pretty tolerable considerable
speck on what I've got along. You don't
know how much n piec» tin cvypa fetches
in these parts, does you ?”
1 perceived, meanwhile, that the Yankee
continually kept ids eyes down on the road
over which we were pas ing, and industrous
ly and minutely examined the numerous
marks on its surface. 1 inquired the rea
son* “\\ hy, ’ said he, “there's old N'elie
miah Pet drones, lie's been owin me a tune
pence for about eighteen years. I reckon
I’ve asked him for that nine pence a thou
sand times. And do you think the hateful
sarpeut didn’t pushsft at last without payin
it! He died about two hours afore tne.
I’m lookin to see if I can’t find his track.
He’ll have to git into a tarnation Lot place,
but vvliat I’ll have that nine penes yet some
how.”
Travelling thus in company with the
Yankee, at length we reached the river
bhyx. There was old Charon, with his
boat, ready to take us across. He deman
ded twelve and a half cents from each of ns
for ferryage. The Yankee in vain, higgled,
neatly half an hour, *«> «et
him so take a ten rent piece. This point
was no sooner arranged, than it appeared
that a matter of much more consequence
w..s to Ire settled. Charon, who is custom
house officer, ns well as keeper of the ferry,
seeing tiie pedler’s parcel of merchandise,
proceeded to levy a heavy tariff upon it;
wlii.h, hy dint of initiiutuins, appraisments,
<V - e. was made to amount to about two hun
dred and fifty per rent. This the Yankee
was unable to pay; and Charon, declaring
tiie goods forfeited, directed them to he
seized for tiie benefit of tiie infernal treas
ury ; and, driving tiie pedler into the boat,
set sail for tiie opposite shore.
Never did I behold so deep a consterna
tion ant! despair as that manifested by the
Yankee, at the unexpected destruction of
his mercantile projects. 1 doubt not but
that tiie separation of him and his pedling
cart was infinitely more painful than that
which bad previously occurred between his
soul and Lis body. He stood in the hind
most end of tiie boat, with outstretched
arms, and piteous cries, and streamii g ey**s
riveted upon bis lost cart, as it remained on
tin: beach, until tire thick and pestilential
fug. which tlmsc glooinv waters continually
cast upwards, at length hid it from his
s g'.r.
Meanwhile, our boat elided slowly over
the black and sluggish stream which encir
cles the regions of the damned. Its horrid
waters were thickly peopled with huge
snakes and toads and dragons aud crocodiles,
and every other hideous monster which is
born ofthe sli neof a corrupt and (nitrifying
flood. So numerous that we could scarcely
force a passage amidst them, t> ey glared
upon us with their fierce ryes, and eagerly
stretched their frightful jaws, as we pas
sed. Suddenly, while looking among them
the face of the Yankee gleamed wjr'n anew
and intense delight, at sigl t of an object
which he discovered. It was a large cooler,
that incautiously, and in an evil hour for
itsc'f, lose to the surface, only a few feet
distant. The ci nature, however, seemed
instinctively to know the enemy of its race,
and, as briskly as possible, retreated towards
the bottom. It was an abyss upou which
nothing living could look without a shudder,
and into which it seemed that noi even a
ghost could ventuie without destruction.
Ncveithless, with his head foremost, the
Yankee eagerly plunged in. At the sight of a
native of Connecticut, the monsters, lately so
fierce and hungry, scampered away in all
directions, tumbling over each other in all
their fright. Down dived the pedler—and
the dark flood, closing over his course, con
c .tied hint for many minutes from our view.
At length he emerged, wit h the unfortunate
cooler captive, aud regained the boat.—
There, seating himself in the bottom, with
his back towards us, he took a knife out of
Ids pocket, and fell busily to work- We
heard the sound of much cuttting and scra
ping, b"t could not see h's operations.
However, at the first habitation that we
reached, after crossing the river, the Yan
kee produced and offered for sale an article
which he called “an elegant toitofse shell
comb,” and sold it, for'a high price, to an
old woman who had died of love.
Proceeding into the interior, we pres mf
ly reached the judgement seat of Rhaua
manthus, where sentence is passed upon
gi! who arrive in the infernal dominions.
The p.ourt was sitting, and business seemed
to be carried ou with wonderful despatch-
the cases of a multitude of ghosts having |
been alteady Oispostd cl that tnoruiog.
s*oo u w, beam one rs the constables call
out, “Yiigd Hoskins! Virgil Ho.-kius!”
••Here,” answered our comp..uiou the Yan
kee jK-dler, quaking up to the bar. Riiad
aiiiaiitbus was seated with a great number
ot huge account books belore bint. ‘‘V ir
gil tioskius is your inline, is it?*' said be
••Here it is, among the Hs, page 4y,.‘!58.
Ait, \ trgil! there's a terribly long account
against you. Let’s see a lew ot me charg
es. (reu't-s)
Virgil Hoski.xs Dr.
June 27, 18—, To selling, in the course
of one pcdiiog expedition, 497,3C8 wooden
nutmegs, 281,53 Spanish cigars made ol
oax leaves, and 047 wooden clocks.
V\ hat do you say to that charge, Hos
kins ?
lloslcins. Why. that was counted in our
place about the greatest peddlin trip that
ever was made over tiie Potomac.
JiUaUairuniliius reads : .1 tine 29, 18—,To
stealing an old gritdstone, smearing it over
wiiit butter, amt tuen selling it as a cheese.
Hoskins ih great suiprise, .limintimy !
surely you wouldn’t punish a tuau tor that,
would you !
llhadamonthus reads: December 13,
1780, J o making a counterfeit dollar of
pewter, when you were six years old, ami
cheat in j your own father wan it
Hoskins. Daddy was mighty glad when
lie found it out. He said it shewed 1 had a
genus.
llhadamanthus reads: July 2, 18 —, To
takii g a worn pair of siloes, which you
found in tiie toad, and selling them to a
pious ohl lady, as being actually the shoes
of Saint Paul.
11 /skins, with exultation. 1 made four
doll us and twelve and a half cents by that.
Rhadamanlhus leads: —July 2, 13—,T0
taking an empty old watch case, putting ;t
live cricket into it. and then selling it as pa
tent lever in full motion.
Hoskins. He, lie, lie,—that was one of
the cutest tricks 1 ever played in ail my
life.
Bh rt daman th ua. It vould occupy me a
v eck,Hoskins, to go through all the charges
against you. These few are sufficient. 1
really am getting entirely out of patience
with Nevv-Englund, for it gives me more
trouble than all the rest of the world put
together. You t.re sentenced to be thrown
hite a lake of boiling molasses, where uearlv
all your country men already are, with that
saute old grindstone tied to your neck, and
to remain there forever.
After the Yankee had been thus disposed
01, 1 witnessed a few other cases. Among
'the rest, an Old Virginian was condemned
tor fishing on Sunday, a Kentuckian for
horgestealing.-a Georgian for hard swearing,
and a South C irohoian for taking part with
tiie General Government against his own
State; but 1 have no space for au account
of their trials.
IMMEXSF. CLAIM <)F PROPE RTY.
Under this caption we publish some vveei-s
ago, an item stating that a suit had been
brought hy a journeyman, printer, named
Harponding, now resident in Tennessee, in
the U. S. Circuit Court, against the Reform
ed Protestant Dutch Church of New York
for au immense property bounded by Broad
way, Maiden Lane, Fulton, Nassau and
St. John s reet, supposed to be worth
twenty five millions of dollars. The Con
nersville Watchman copies that a. tide with
the subjoined remarks—Pen*. Sentinel.
About two years ago, tn the State of
Louisiana we became acquainted with the
Smith Harponding spoken of as having
commenced the suit, 't that time he cal
led himself Neville, a name he had assum
ed. some tVw yet,o ptcvitius, (nr what pur
pose we did not learn. Ho was as destitute
of sorts as we ever knew a jour printer to be.
though no vvotse off than most of them gen
erally ar«. He received enough from out
humble self, then a journeyman in the Lou
sinna Journal office, to supply his wants for
a lew days While there he frequently
spoke of his claims to property of great val
ue in the City of New York, and upon our
expressing some doubts ol the truth of what
he stated, and askinehim vvliat evidence of
his claims he nad to show he handed ns a
bundle comprising lepers from several at
tornies in New York, among which were
several from Aaron Burr, who appears to
have first discovered that the property held
by the church, w«s about reverting, or, per
haps, had revetted-to the Harponding fami
ly. We learned from the papers that the
land mow occupied bv the Church, was, we
think, in the year 1731, leased to it for the
period of one hundred years; by one Jlar
ponding, the grandfather, or, perhaps the
great grandfather of the claimant. Tf.p
ground urn not, at that time, within the
limits of the city, at.d was used a? a corn
field, and was of little value. Burr, upon
learning from the records of the city, the
situation ol the property inadu efforts to find
some of the descendants of Harponding,
and, after several years, three of them, a
brothi r and two sisters were found all three
residing in Kentucky, near Tennessee river.
]AVe understood from Smith, the other youn
ger brother, that lrs brother and sisters had
received from the Church the sum of four
hundred thousand dollars fora reiinqi’ish-
U’.ei'A of their claims on the property.--
Siiiith, at that time, was in Louisiana where
he had been for fifteen or twenty years, and
vv sby hisDien•!*■, -uippnsed to he dead, thev
having heard nothing from him during ail
that time, Age itleman from New York,
came across Smith in the town of Monroe,
sid informed him of the matter. A corres
pondence with Aaron Burr, and other legal
gentlemen in New York, satisfied him of the
justness of his claims', but poverty, prevented
him from taking any decisive steps towards
the recovery of the property. His broth
er, a short time previous, had offered him
§20,000 to relinquish his claims, blit lie
would not accept'he ofler ; all, or nothing
he said. Should he succeed in his suit, he
will be one of the wealthiest men in all the
country.
The way they do things at th - West. —
The St. Louis Bulletin announces the
marriage of a Mr. Ira Butler, of Con
necticut, to Miss Mary Curtv, of Jefferson
county, Tcnn., after a protracted courtship
of thirty-eight minutes, during which the
following scene passed between them.
They first saw each other in church, and
their eyes meeting, Mr. Butler nodded
knowingly to Miss Curry, who returned
the singal. They met at the door—l’m a
nodder, said the gentleman. I’m a noddee
replied the lady. ' Here's the church said
the gentleman-—there’s the priest replied
the lady—bow lovely those little children
look, said the gentleman. The lady began
to count her fingers. I’m not married,
aid the gentle nan, arc you? No, replied
the lady—lw'sh saiil she—looking the per
son---that you were married ? Interrupted
the gentleman, then marry me. just as
you please, said the lady And suiting
the action to the word, their marriage
closed the exercises of the day.— N. Y. Sun.
1 rein the A eu‘- A ork Courier and Enquirer •
HUMILIATLNG CONTRAST.
1794 and 1838.
Mr. Senator King ol Georgia, in the best
speech wliiehliecver delivered in Congress
remarked that more grey hairs had grown
upon the head ol our Republic within fifty
venrs, than ought to have grown there iu
centuries ot peaceful and constitutional
administration. W’e believe that he spoke
sincerely, anil therefore we cannot credit
the report that he has again allied aimself
witii tlie defaulters and plundeiers now iu
power the nu n whom their Inend Mr. Pic
kens-—the chivalrous Mr. Pickens, of S. C.
described as the most corrupt and profligate
set o. wretches that ever cruuled into pow
er.
We were never so forcibly impressed with
Ithe truth of Air. King's rematks, as we
Itave been in perusing the letters of General
Hamilton and Mr. Wolcott, in relation to
some of the early defalcations in the de
partment of the Treasury. Anv one who
will read these letters which we republish
below, cannot fail to be struck by the hu
miliating couttast which they present, with
tin*letters of Air. Secretary Woodbury,
written under similar exigencies. It will be
perceived that the rule adopted by General
Hamilton and President Washington, in re
gard to defaulters, was peremtory. It ad
mitted ofno evasion or excuse. When a
public offu cr so far neglected his duty, ns
to sutler a draft of the department to he re
turned protested, after In* had given notice
of funds on Land to meet such draft, he
was forthwith dismissed from office.
It Air. Woodbury had but followed the
precedent thus established in the better and
orrer days of the Republic, our official re
cords would not now exhibit the endless
catalogue of peculators ami defaulters, as
published in the documents of the Depart
ment.
Treasury Department. Feb. 10, 179N
Sir. : The enclosed letter of the 27th of
last mouth, from the collector of Tappahan
ttock, is relative to a subject equally delicate
ami di; agreeable. It is my duty to add
that hills have re'anted protested to the
amount of§.!000.
This conduct, though I trust, proceeding
from i,m ill motive hi the collector, is ol a
natute so fatal to the punctual collection of
the revenue, and at the same time, vitally
injurious to the public, credit, that I cannot
for hear to submit it as my opinion that the
public good requires the superceding of the
officer.
With perfect respect, fee.,
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
To the President <>J the U. States.
Tkkasury Di.rARTMK.vr, June 16 1798.
Sir, It is with regret that 1 inform you
that another collector lias suffered Treasu
ry drafts to return unpaid, which were
drawn upon moneys reported by him to be
in his hands—Ahrahant A rlicer, Esq., <h
Yorktown.— Enclosed are letters of apology
on the subject. All the drafts which were
at first declined were afterw *rt?s paid.
1 perceive nothing substantially to distin
guish this c; se from that of the collector of,
Tappalianno* k, who was lately superseded
on a similar account. Nor can I forbear,
how ever painful the task, to stiemit it as
my opinion, in this as in that case, lira
the goad ol the public service require s at
displacement of the officer. Punctuality
in tills respect is too indispensable not to be
made ' lie invariable condition of continu
ance in office.
With perfect respect, &e.,
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
To the President ofthe U. Slates.
Treasury Department Feb. 18, 1795.
The Secretary ofthe Treasury has the
honor respectfully to submit to the Presi
dent of Hie Uuit- and Stales certain documents
hy which it appears that John Muir, col
lector for the district of Vienna, iu Mary
land, has neglected his duty in falling to
collect, or to insti’ute in season, suits foi
the recovery of bonds for duties due to the
United States.
The collector lias moreover failed .o pay
certain drafts drawn on him by the Treasu
rer of the United States, for moneys appear
ing, hy returns to the Treasury, to be on
hand, and in this respect* he is found to
he in the same predicament as the collector
of York and Tappahonnock, who were su
perseded.
r ]’he Secretary is firmly of opinion that
the good ofthe public seivice requires that
this officer should be displaced; and, from
inquiries which lie has made of Air. Aitir
ray, ofthe House of Representatives, lie is
induced to believe that James Frazier is a
lit character to succeed to the office.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
OLIVER \VOLCO T T,
Sfmctary <>f the Treasury.
To the President if the U. Slates.
Here we see rio cavilling, no paltering
with delinquitiry. Nothing is said of the
politic’l or personal connections ofthe de
faulters, or of their ability to serve or injure
the administration. A just rule is strictly
applied without reference to persons or eon
sequences.
Ciu Loco Focoism peruse these lette rs
in connection with those of the present Se
cretary of the Treasury, to the seoies of
defaulters tn his employment, and say that
Levi Woobury does not richly merit im
peachment ?
Now read the following :
From the Pew York Courier and Enquirer.
OFFICIAL HONESTY
1, Wiliam Hendricks to Levi Woodbury—-
Greeting :
“I am informed that some things are sta
rted recently to the prejudice of Colonel
“John Spencer receiver at Wayne ;and 1 am
“requested to write to you. ** * It would
“to some extent produce political excih merit
“if he were removed for he has many warm
“anil influential friends both at Fort Wavne
•‘and iu Dearborn county, from which he
“removed to his present residence. Bet
“TER LET IT BE.”
2. John Spencer to Levi Woodbury—Gree
ting.
“My Democratic friends think that I
“ought not to leave until after we hold our
“election for President, on the 7th of No
“vetnher, which I have concluded to await.’
3 G. D. Boyd to Levi Woodbury—Greet
ing:
“The trith is 1 am indefault. ** It is
“tny intention, so soon as 1 can properly
“arrange these things, to forward my resig
nation.
4. Levi Woodbury to G. D Boyd Greeting
“I am happy to hear of the fraDk and
“honorable course proposed in your letter
“of the 24th ultimo.”
5. M. V. Gavesche to Leri Woodbury —
Greeting-:
“You will not be surprised if 1 recom
“tnend ‘this being retained in preference to
another appointment; for h<? Boyd had his
hands full o( $60,937 belonging to the Peo
ple. arid is to that amount
6. John F. H. Claiborne to Levi Woodbury
Greeting :
“Nothing would rpjoice him (Poindexter)
“more than the expulsion of Geneial Har-
‘ ris whom he keows to be one of the
“pillars of ll.e Democratic cause * ,
“one ot tue earliest at.d most Ulstniu’, lish .
“eu irieuds ot die Administration in yj L
"isstppi. H*s family and connexions a ?'
extremely influential, and ail oj them are co
“operating with us, in tiie ardnoa« struer-t
“which we are now making. They areThUr*
“Democrats —aud the Bank, “Au/h/o n „
“[?] and White parties would si out vwtorv
•‘at any blow aimed at them.”
[This “main pillar” ol Demo* r„cy no ,. t
et** a cool bl((9.U00, AVell ntay the Globe
aver that “republicans love gold.”
their “m.«in pillars” make such ravages u
the public money.” b ““
Such are the reptiles which Van B uren
ism has wanned into life ! Aud the man
who connived at all this seoundrehsm—
this bloated fraud aud profligacy iiii p e
raised himself from the level of an accessa
ry to that of a principal, still writes himself
Secretary of the Treasury of the United
Stales !
During the session ofthe late Reduction
Convention, the union party held wbat they
call a “great meeting” at Mi Comb’s Ho
tel, the object of which seems to have been
to pass resolutions about matters and
things in geneial. They adopted a resolu
tion commendatory of the administration of
Air. Y’att Buren; another nominating Air
Forsyth for the Vice Presidencv, aod an
other approving the nomination'of J,„|„ s
McDonald as theix candidate for Governor!
All this was to have been expected ;) g j
matter ol course, and should not surprise
any body, but the following resolution is
certainly one ot the most cm ions sptccituens
of arrogance, which the fecundity of mod
ern political tactics has yet produced.
“ llcsolved, 'i lint we have se< n with jlca.
suit* the course recently pursued by many
of the prominent aid leading mmol th e
State Rights party, in other Stales as wi ii
as our own. evincing ad( tciinin tien (oral
ly under the principles ol *9' , as In ins cd
culated to preserve the Constitution in its
original purity, is sustain Southern rights
and ottr domestic institutions and perpetu
ate the Union of this 11 nei crtu y .
We have long loipseen, that so soon rs
our principles and our party name should
become popular, our opponents would at
tempt to filch both awav from us, and here
is the evid. nee in bm k and white, beioie
our eyes ! Here it is arrogantly asserted
that “prominent nud leading Btate Rights
men in other State, as well as our own,”
are just now “rallying tinder the piinciphs
of'9B' ! What is the inference ? Whv
clearly that the union party are Stale
Rights’ men, and that those of the Btate
Rights party in s'outh Cnrolinia and else
where who Itave recently gone over to Van
Bitten. \\ere never llie friends ot the State
Rights doctrines of’9B, until they did so !”
What a deep cut—vvliat a home thrust this
is at Mr. Calhoun, and Lis friends in Fotitlt
Carolina ! They nrote.-sed as we in Geor
gia do, to have based their principles up
on the resolutions of’9B a.id ’99. and they
as well as ourselves were denounced hy
the union pa ly of Georgia, as disorganize!-*
, and t*a:tors ; but now, when Mr. C aid
bis friends have gone over to Van Rum,
on the Sttb tieasnry question, thi3 same
union party very modestly steps forward,
and welcomes them ;.s just now rallying
under the principled' ’9B !—just-.row be
coming good .State Lights meti-J !—jii>t
now- becoming the friends of Southern right*
and institutions I! We hope that our S«>utii
Carolina friends will not take this tetiil e
of their uew allies iu high dudgeon. Ii is
the price that generally lias to he paid hy
new converts, who like th* mselves, are lm
forward in attempting to take 'he lead in
ranks which they have just enlisted.
1 7 ?ci ich oi (i In.t tel
Tn our remarks yesterday, in relation to
the resolutions adopt' dat the gr.a' Un
ion meeting in Milh dgeviile, we cniitt’d
to notice the important fact that not one
word is said about a National Bank. T lot
institution has been for some time past, the
isi.bject o( abuse by that party, every wLr*«
and upon all occasions In trumpetting
forth tiie articles of their [olitiial faith at
this time, why did they omit to ride the us
ual hobby ? Why din they not us t riad
denounce it as uncot stitutienal, dangerous
and inexpedient ? The answer is plain-
their candidate for Governor lias been nri
lormly a Bank man, since Lis first entrance
into public life, and ii'wculd have seemed
rather inconsistent to denounce stub an
institution as utieoi stitutional, and at tie
same time recommended to ihe |to{le a
candidate for Governor, v !,o believes it to l «
perfectly constitution l. Mid Lrs never vet.
that'./e have seen, changed tils oprl lets
upon its cxpedieiu y- They were ri r ht in
observing silet.eeon that point. It would
have looked rather awkward to have seen
Judge McDonald an old Bat k man. moun
ted as the rider of the anti bank hobby, am!
tin y therefore vety wisely “ope’d not (J cir
mouths” upon a subject likely to become
so troublesome. '1 hat party although they
can speechify a: and resolutionize the year
round about principles, do not care a fg
what principles a matt lias always professid
or may still be tainted with, if he will only
act vvdh them in elections—only say lie's
for Van Buret;, aud is ready to “sink or
swim « ith him.” and that is till they require
of him. The avowed and clamorous op
ponents of a National Bank, they nominate
a (iyed-iu-the-wool Bank-man as their can
didate for Governor—-the pretended ene
mies of the Tariff, they support for Presi
dent, a man who voted tor both the odious
bills of 1824 and 1828-—and professing to
bow with mote than Eastern devotion at the
holy shrine of the “Union,” and depreca
ting with up turned eyes, the “inoc6ter
nullification'’ asa heresy and a treason, hey
welcome to tlieirranksas worthy to adjn ots
and congenial allies, the Prince of Nuli
tieisand Ins chosen friends, the moment
they have learned to pronounce tl e watch
word “Van Buret) Glorious party !
Like the caldron of Macbeth’s witches, it
becomes the receptacle of every thing in
congruous in political faith, antagonist iu
priuciplc and discordant in doctrine.-
“liver of blaspheming Jew,
Nose of Turk and Tartar’s lip”—
which are to “boil and bubble” together,
to make ‘-thick and slab, ” the magic charm
of Van Bmenism. It is the grand stew*
panel modern politics-—the great polities!
alembic in w Inch Bank ism, ” arilThm, Fed
eralism, and Nullification are fi *ed to;«til
er into that wonderful composition, mod
ern Democracy --the universal crucible, ur
which politicians dyed in every color, im
bued with every piinciple and stained with
every siu, are melted down into pure, pa
tent, Van Buren democrats! ib.
From tie Sou hern 1 0 order.
We deeply regret, that as faithful rbrem
iclers ofthe times, we are compelled to in
form the people, that in the Convention
which has jusi terminated its sess ; on, their
hopes and* expectations and wishes, that
party management should have been dis
carded, and_ its action strictly confident to
what was just to the peopls of the whole