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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