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lo die ?' As he spoke, the sneering ma tg
„.-v ul.icu marked the c.\| rr-s.oti ol «»ie
m ,', l)..ritru Hie imputation ot tusaniue
cfi-.t-meii ;t> lus wt*ri s
•Motiis! T* <■«- ” muttered the Ty-
I atllKMi l«.aUUitl*y • •( if'lil, lialll It
l ,e . come <«■ Have I tie ci-iidten
a ..| the sire, tainting him I*lll*
, c , ni limit.*! A is." exclaimed
1,1. rieicllfld, mini. pres-tna l.is runls to
li,. , vere.l nr ■■■*,- “1. >'•* y deeds recoil on
, | „» u 'ie 11. The laics ensnare me in
1i * hi.ts'i-s <*t untie n*J net. llnrk, tic
1 1 ititi.n''*, st Ttitiii m terror as iiiin&ina
pi 1 iiaiuie ■ tii** ei iiiiois ol an insurgeiP
t, * > ''Win' 11 il-e was tliat /”
. \f v 111 i. I Ile.lt*.* none," replied tht
P ae. 'Ct, calmly.
•• t’.i Tviani listened • attentively. when
f., 1 i 1 til it h.* had become a dope to tus
, . 1 i'eart, 'lie ten's of agony and sit ■•tin
( . . *.j his ivliet. lie leant on the shoul
ihe trea.' t-rou- Praetorian, and wept ,
.. i* 1h ;t sparest with time,” slid the '
i> c. 1 a ton • wlticlt disguised design
rtiier affected sympathy. ‘-Let not Honiti
3 j eill - ,i iV tii* girl, wli n her duo
l( . 1 •! li'.i.s the sterner appeal of the
•s *ord .1.11 |>'Uiis! inent.”
• • pr.i tr to,” s iid the Emperor, starling
ijis rei’orin, the I*l mtion offMiuislnneiit
~. . Vl:1 . at rt 1 • ■ ilia sense of rank and p0w
..... “into. Ute tear shmid not be now the
>’B w >apoii--tlia s vortl—-the lash,”
ii ■ c inti 1 I, convulsively locking his
it >’• l nvs! ‘ v ° s . ! , ....
••T*w : t i'—’;,' rejoined Nymphultus,
•v . i ;»• ter irony, become misters
W :j> Ith' s>v •reign abjures his sceptr-.”
v* the Prcefe t spoke, the mention of
r 0 ic ‘ssinri to hit people roused th<‘dor
„ 1:K pn lo of the Pri*io.\ ami the recollec
! vis O. la-lofty ! louse fro in wiucli lie traceil
lit< il*s ■ -.it. 11-*, for the moment. forgot
•‘the laste off *arhis eyes ki idled. Ins
c , intenioce h-oain- fluhel. and Ins form
nssa 11c I an air of impeli il com tiand, as
t iu rimtion seemed to embody the glories
of liis House.
•Cjes ir,” he exclaimed, after a pause,
• sh ill die with that seeptre in his hand.”
'l'n * biirst of pri le, however, was brief and
we.i.i. It auraug r ith-r from a sense of in
sult than courage to resent it, and shone as
f lindy as the last torch ere it expires by the
f i .<• rat-mle .it watches. “Thou wilt not
Ij.iva, me, Ny W 4;," uj • • '*- -- :I - :
"i,,ri iglv, as fear begaTMonreassert her for
mer -sway.
••My Lord,” replied the Prefect, “the
time piesses, the people clamor, and sedi
tion is rife in the camp. Tarry Jure lon
£..*r, and even my arm is weak to defend
thee,”
“Whither, whither, can I fly?” exclaimed
the Tyr; nt, clasping his hands in fear and
doubt.
“]<Vom the palace,”rejoined Nymphiditts.
“T,i v *vil, detect rod seize me.” replied
Nero. His voice Filtered, and, 4ns face be
came ghtulv as tie added, 1 they will seek
ipv blood'; Llt ivq n't spared theirs.”
A* lie 1 ike i’dHt tut s"vtt reached his
ears. *Ha ' h-carest iiimi tbit?" he cried.
•*[r is .'» •p • i.ne,'” s1 I ttie Pl'tsfei t.
‘ .- U'' ui.*. sive in.'." I'xclaihietl Nero,
- *i- * feet ;>rthe ssl-her.and (ntrying
,■■ i:l 'M > '-' •
• i rise, niv lor I. ’ said NyiiiphiiKus.
re a >.*m; v. *lh not toy servants see Cais.ir
at (iv le -t "
f 1 * K iipcrur rose hastily, and casting
hi - : eves wi I v ton id die apartment, oh
S' ■ I h.s .Wo 'I. He rushed an 1 seized it.
V il *he 1 1 11 1 ,10.itioii’ to receive his fall,
an ' Ir rs. 1 11 uii* c!o er 'aug lirotigh the
pl l ute T*ia "word fell front his liainl. He
stoil ix*'U to t e suit. The drops fell
lirof isdy from h ; s brow. His »-ye glared
f• in'uiiy*. "N-u y "l, not vet. 1 dure not.”
fell 1 r 'Ucu v troni him, a id 'wining his fio
ge s ;•» in. lam .m i .aired hair, he rusheJ
fro 11 ne oil mi > r.
-T to « . 1,,, ip.s >rs,” said the Prtefert.
j'onllv. is he snile lat the weakness atH
ten sos 'is Prince. “The p ople shall
Jje hack**.! iiy ti.e I’r.t* oria s l'lii. ni ht
the latter shill 'le.ei't tii'ir posts it the
p ■ n i joi 1 th-'i com*'' Irs 10 'he camp.
T 1 * and iys of N-. 1 1 e nnniben'il, and Haifa
.s it!! vnar'lte Caeaars’ crown.’
IIIU; 1 TE i IT. LOVE AND MISERY
Tie ‘vrptahe I m in, with the delusiv
ho;.) *'of .!! ii'i'Mg. had but exchanged one
place of tor.l ent for another. The crmii
nil, by (light from the spot 01 his guilt,
li .pcs to biuv its memories, ami still those
murmurs of conscience which *' se hke
citr.es, -‘not lon 1 lint deep” from the grave
of his victim. But though the external
.world niv clnnge its aspect and leatures,
the heart and mind are still the same. Con
scicn e, like a persever ng anatomist, still
holds tho prob and cauteiv to the wound.
An I though Ni tire, may si»ile and bloom
in tlm p at e of his rep-cat, though the skies
be blue, a ;d tlta sun gleam with iiis accus
ti n • I ’ r ghtness, vet guilt, with her sihle
cur am, o isctncs iltc l .'te ol day, and makes
creation a da kness and a blank.
H • In 1 fled from one chamber only to be
h 1 mte I in .111 idler with the shadow sos fear
tin I crime which harrowed and persecuted
hi n. As he hurried rapidly through the
p i's.tges. lie seemed to he pursued by lue
lashes of tha Furies, vet shudered to ;id
vuice, w oen tin- very floor at every step w as
•taineu wit<l crimson. Still, on he rushed,
his gait tottering :it*d uneven, liis eyes v.an
dering ad I wild, and liis hand lucked iu
earnestness for protection Irum the (juds, as
everv I'ootsiep s" 't its hollow echo through
the v leant sp c *.
H • at lettgih reached a small ante-cham
ber co'iti'jctcd with his own private apart
trmnt, ail flin/ing himself with violence on
a couch, burying his face in his hands, the
harrowings of fear were succeeded bv th
bitterness of grief. Through his locked
ha lls the te I's gil.lied profusely, hut the
spi it of repent-mce s'uinbered. while grief
an I terror nnlocked the fountains of nature.
Wimre tii- min I is tiarrassed, the body par
-1 ifc *s its r stle's uneasiness. He started
fro it his ranch, and paced li echanilicr. j
'•The (I6fs---t!ie (huls vouchsafe thx*ir<!
aid i ’ graan .1 the guilty mao. ‘ Hal hack i
I iy, thou Idootlstained shade,”
''• 11. If I, c’a. ling his hands to his eyes,
> i.n *. j.iia ■ ni bodied forth the spectre of
h:s ova ['•: inghts; *liick, there’s blood
i Ivi that hand—‘those eyes—that form j
A i iitcr! fiiel.l, protect thy -errant!” iPale
• V ! shi .".'riag he sank upon his knees, iiis
, T-tu Is still firmly clasped to his eyes; he
slowly withdrew them, and surveying the
apartment with a hurried and trembling
glance, *rn.e from ths ground. “Fool,
"to *l,” he. iniirmurcdj ‘-what cuirrsttliou see ?
’ ihs Here—here—»he vulture preys, and the
tirea w.iste and burn—he ! tfo I dream ?’* he
‘OtitinucJ in a rccol’cutivo tone, as’ though
fear had broken the chain of connected
thenjh*. ‘‘Why rtimd 1 here parleying
‘vith consciecce. wren murder even stalks
through nv palace? Tiiey would have me
fly. Alas? alls? whither? ?lark! what
st. iI was that!” lie paused and listened.
3 •* tli i* hr- ■' T-ss tnom-ut not a sound was
ltear.l. “Fool tv p:.-. I, in a tone of bit.
—‘“•-•h"! ana my o torture. Flight
were ioipossillc —the Pisctcrrans have
joirieu 'he ruble, and the svutiuels at tl.e 1
gate would S' ize me.” I ear and HBtf - j
taiiity, while they distracted liis mind, btoke
the huk ol hi* thong lit*. He wangle red
from theme li* theme, atone nuno lit lor
ming designs ter liis safety, at am-tht r shud
dering : ‘t the vivid rccolli ctioti ot his 1 lino s.
Kven his horns of relaxation rose, as it
vore. to taunt his misery at *i 1 tr.hiltei it
by contrast. '1 he | ar. ol CEdipi.s wliil.
lie hail so frequently lu rsonateil, lushed to
tis mi irmry w ith the coloring 01 “a mind
d.seast il," ad tin lanpnrte ot iu lion reali
zing the agonies ol I >s eotidil’on, lie ex
c I a-miul, **>ly wife, my lather, and my
mother doom me dead. Dead—dead ! ’ lie
o tin 1.r*,1. as the pale terrors of the image
eemt'd to blatu h liis cheek and lips ; “dead ’
Ti> but a ti otiuu.t. aid tl v|am is past—
'h s. this shall end it ” He drew fiom ho
b son) a sill ill villa and wis nrest siting it to
, ms lips, when the oor of the apartment
opening, disclosed the lorn ol Acte.
! Shame and imlignati n flung their slvdmv
a'h.vart his countenai ce, as lie felt the at
tempted deed bespoke his fear. It was but
a 111 uneiit —the vial was sn itched from his
hand, the Asiatic was cl .sped to his heart,
an It lie whisperings of gunt and fear were
for the moment lost, in tlx* suit and se
ductive tones of th' mistress.
“Wherefore heri 1 ’ said Nero, hastily,
his face aver'ed from the lovely form he
ehisped, an I tiiesbatne of detection subdu
ing liis words to a whisper.
“Nay, ask me not,” rep’ied the affection
ate slave, clinging to hint with that temier
nes- and passion, which dignity the charac
ter of woman iti th« hour of affliction
“Where Caesar ts. even there should liis
slave be also. Tliinkest thou, mv lord,’
she continued her dark eyes kindling with
pride of exalted feeling, “tha. it is the part
of worn in only to tempt the stream, when
its still and sleeping bosom mirrors back the
image of a sunshine-heaven ? Or tliinkest
thou the il wer she has tendtfjd with a sit
ter's care through <he summer's day, she
will hot raise from the ground, though it be
chilled and blasted by the winter air ? Yea,
press to her heart those withered leaves, in
memory of love and hope that have faded
like the brightness of that flower ? Think
not 'tis wo nan's part to share the hours of
joy and happiness, to echo mirth, or paint
the smile, and yet I rive misery to the sad
<•>* nnaniotishipof a lone and sinking heart.”
As she spoke the tears leu quH h 'g, f,wm
the ardor and sincerity of her love, and
tw'nirig her delicate arms around ins con
vulsed and t‘e übling frame, imprinted on
his cheek that kiss which betrays not—the
seal of worn in’s love. Nero stood silent in
her embrace, shame and terror struggled
far the mastery within, and pride forbade
him even to regard her who, though woman,
could inspire suffering with strength.
••Spe'»k, speak, my lord,” she’ continued
wi hearnstness, still more fondly clasping
turn to her bosom; “speak, and tell thy
slave that in misery and sorrow thou lovest
her still ?”
” “Misery!” ejaculated Nero, while lie
pries-ed his hand to his rye. to subdue the
rising tears. “Misery ! I am miserable.
! I lints*) for my life, by those whose praises
were as false is the »r«ath that made them
Misery! name it not. mv girl; ’tis here—
here- - t gnaws **■«. .1.. ’.jj,... ..
lie broke from her cl «sp, and declining
his hen I 011 liis breast, liis expressions be
came stifled and broken.
• Leave me—-leave me.’’he said faltering
tv. “if these be my last moments, let t.ot a
woman witness the tears of Ceesar."
Th-' emphasis seemed for a moment to
rekindle the dying spark of kingly {'rule;
but like the hr ; ef resuscitation of vital en
ergv. eiethe lamp be extinguished, il only
lent the stronger contrast to the weakness
and prostration which succeed. The pride
of the kin g subdued in the terrors of the
muii and Ncro.could not repress the tears,
unite latter when shed in the presence of a
woman.
“Leave me,” he said, bitterly.
“I sought thee not, my lord,” replied the
Asiatic artlessly, and approaching, oocp
more * nibracng him: “I sought thee not
to part so soon. ] came, not as one who
brings n < comfort, but to listen to the grief
she annot silence, and the tears she can
no dry .’
••Comfort!” responded Nero, while the
ardor of her embrace, and the gentleness of
' her voice, that most excellent thing in wo
man, for the moment dissolved the spell
| which hound him to the sense of his condi
tion. • Comfort! Where—”
“Here.” responded Acte, interrupting
him, “even in the arms of her thou lovest,
ami who, through weal or suffering, will
requite time with that priceless treasure
thou hast cuiifi led to her keeping ; rich as
! the day thou g.iv’st it Iter, for time hath not
decay'd it: and pure .as the tream whose
mirror is stirred net., save by the breath of
lieav '11.,’
“Mv own—~my faithful one!” said Nero,
after a pa ce, regarding her, his expression
b rro ving a tenderness from the tones w hich
1 fed as soft as a strain ol the .52<*lian giuui
i tli- wiiiirv bla-t which awal.es its music
, “My own! Wilt thou atone, of all who
1 nave smile.l to deceive, still cling to me
lamid thr stonns w] t|l h b<-set and Uneaten
, me?” “Yet,’ ne continued, after a r.in
j tnent s pause, steadfastly gazing on her
lovely face and almost compassionating the
self-devotion which shuddered not at death.
•*Y>t l would not have thee cling, Aote, so
reckless in thy love. Thou art eveu how
j as a fair flower of the spring, clasping thy
I tendrils rout'd a yuile and storm-beaten tree,
j It 1 1 it'l.,t fall,” lie said, his voice weakened
by emotion, “let not the blast that rrusheth
me, wither thy young and beautiful stem
also.”
“As I have lived, so will 1 die with thee,”
replied Acte, passionately ; “tear me not
from that fate which passion defies, while it
consecrates the pile. Be it in the palace,
the retreat of persecution, or the hour of
disgrace, asonr hearts have been twined so
let our loves be. Thou hast raised me to
the throne, and I will leave it but with thee.
The love of woman, though it may bloom
in the bright and fragrant hour of summer,
can spring also in the wastes of grief, or shed
its perfume on tl*e winter air.”
i he slave sank her iiead upon his breast,
and ihe tears which passion shed were an
swered by the throbs of giief.
“Away, away! with these woman’s,
weapons,” exclaimed Nero impatiently,
starting from the reverie into which agony
and doubt bad plunged him; “this is ui>
time fi r grief, and if it were—”
“Let thy tears fall here, even on the heart
which is thine,” cried the Asiatic exten
ding towards him her a‘ms, imploringly.
* Not now, not now.” interred Nero, en
deavoring to rally the thoughts their inter
view hail interrupted. “Not no.v. Safety;
danger—flight,” he added, brokenly.
1 “Where thou goest wilt l go," exclaimed
I Acte, rushing forward and clasping iiis hand
I*° her heart. “Thou dial; not, eau'st not
1, leave me.”
“1 will return, my love,” repli’d Nero,
I eu tc ivoriog to rally the thoughts their in-
Safety-—danger—flight,” he added, bro
kenly.
“When thou gi est will I go.” exclaimed
Acte, rushing forward and clasping bis
baud to her heart. “Thou shall not, can's!
net leave me.”
“I will return, tny love,” rej lied Nero,
looking at her with a countenance where
.tear paled to the cheek, while it quivered
the lip-, presently-—”
“1 will follow thee, even to ‘eath." cried
Acte, « inging still more earnestly to the
hand he endeavored to wrest from her.
“Ha, thy words S' und like an omen !” re
torted Nero, as lie tore liimsell Irom her
..i and hi*! liis face in his hand.
A deep ami hollow groan tang through
the apartment. The words, “he leaves
me !’* followed in a s isled, inaudible tone.
Nrro turned, and beheld the prostrate form
if Ins mistress. Her cheek was white, her
irtfw calm and composed, and a smile still
h .vereil round th *t half-open, chiselled lip.
as though Love and Hope wrea'hed their
garlands aiound the cypress-wand of rief.
lie stooped anil kissed her, and casting on
the form a look of agony and despair, dar
ted from the chamber.
To be Concluded.
TEN UPON ELEVEN.
We some time since related a story of
jockrttVi/ Frenchman. As an offset, we now
give one of a jockyteg' Frenchman. This
like the former, turns, upon the sale of a
horse, and also, like that, has its scene away
South-
Mon. Ja' vais the Frenchman, had a steed
for sale, which lie recommended as “ouc
ver fine hanimalle—one hose elegant extra
ordinare.’
“H“tv old do you call him ?’—asked the
purchaser.
“How old ? said the Frenchman.—‘Vy,
sare. he iisnmseu like ten upon eleven.'
•Not olderi'
‘No, sa’ir, he is no olduirvat I tell you.’
•On your honor!’
‘Oui, sare, on me very scarce honor, vat
me telly you is the true—lie is no olde as
ten upon elven ; Me no clteaty you ayce de
a/.ghe de horse. He is no more as vat 1
tell you.’ ,
The horse was purchased, under the full
belief that he was no more than tenor el
even years old. But the new owner was
a short time afterwards told, by a judge of
horse flesh, thnt lie had got monstrously
liitlon tty the Krenchimiu ill regard to the
asre of the steed, which was at least twice as
old as he had purchased him for.
Upon this lie went in a great fury to the
Frenchman, and exclaimed:
“Confound your lying; French tongue;
that horse is twice a* old as you said.*
‘Sare,” exclaimed the Jarvais, with well
feigned astonishment.
‘Sare you, you lying, smooth tongued
scoundrel.’
“Ale he! Me onescoundrall! Vat, for
you accuse me. sate? ha? You is one lie
yoursi I —you is one grand i’ pudence. Be
gar! you come here to curse me for lie !
he gar !’
‘Yo 11 need’nt bristle up to me, Mon seer,
I can eat up tw o Frenchmen just like you
•at one meal.’
Diable! Vat you caty me—you one Dia
ole ! dam! You be one savage—one vild
anirn i! brute- -be par.”
1 no us.in all that, Munser.
\ on-re a lying villian—you told mv „
cock and a bull story about the age
of that horse which is all no such th'»"g.’
Be gar so’(is no such thing—’tis no bull
ad cock, vat for me selie you do horse,
Sara, you lie— ’
■What ?’
‘Under one mistake, sare—and grand
mistake 1 say i.othinu at all vat about a
bull and cork. 1 sell him you one horse
for one horse. Mon Dieu ’
•But you cheated me iu his age. The
horse, at I am credibly informed, is at least
twenty, if not twenty one years old.’
‘Oui! oui dat is de azghe—-yes sare
dat is vat I call him ?’
’The devil it is! Y'ou told me he wag
ten or eleven.’
‘No sare, I not tell you he ten or eleven
Dat is one grand mistake, sare Dat leetle
voril you put in, me no put him dere. Me
say de horse ten upon eleven ?’
‘W ell, what’s the difference ?’ *
‘Difference ! Be gar! you one Anglishe
Amencane, ami you not know the differ
ence tell betwish one Anglishe void ? Or
lie no upon—upon he no or. Me no
Anglishe—hut, sare, dare one grand dif
ference betwish lie two leetle voril.’
‘I know there’s a difference, replied the
purchtscr, ‘but you meant to cheat me in
the age of the horse—you meant. 1 should
understand you, tint lie was ten or eleven.’
‘Sare,’ returned the Frenchman, coolly,
'dere is vere you make de grand mistake.
1 telly you de hoise he vas ten upon elev
en— dat is vat me understand ten ius- e
eleven-- vat!you crll one and ,’ te twPn ( V- *
purchas**,° ° dCCt,i '° ' ht
D cei> y you 1 yfon Diu! Me dec-ivy
you, one Americanie Y r ankee, vat cheat de
(liable. Be gar, Me sell honest horse for vat
you call von and de twenty ; mo no can
posseble clieaty you. Be gar; ’tis no de
cart vat you but de horse afore ; de hon
est azghe of de horse is vot 1 tcllv you :
ten on eleven! and, be gar you find him so.’
A Train of Sho king Incidents.—'We
? re informed that at the raising of a log bouse
in Gibson county, on Tuesday last, a quarrel
took place among the men engaged, when
one man who was chopping the corner,
threw his axe which struck another below,
split open his abdomen, and caused imme
diate death- The man who threw the axe
fell back as he threw it, and in the fall brake
his neck ; at the same time the log that they
were rolling up.was let loose in the excitement
of the moment, and came back upon the man
who were raising it, killing three persons and
wounding and bruising others.
Evansville Journa\.
THE FREEDOM OF THE TRESS.
Traced upon the lea r we see,
As record pure and bright;
Words that breathe of liberty;
Thoughts that bless the F.reetna’ esight,
From the places of the \V est, ■
Where sweet peace hath set her seal,
On our vision is imprest
Every hope which Freemen feel.
I- it that some magic power
Cast around our hearts its sway,
Pouring forth, each day and hour,
'i ruth—to cheer us on our way J
No, the power which loves to bless
NV ith its deep aud mighty spell,
If 'uch no Tyrant's arm shall que ll
In the land where trutH hath dwelt,
Where the star of peace, hath smiled,
Where no willing slave hath knelt—
Be it freedom undefiled ;
Then our children, as they read
I- ro-n the «ti!| unsnhetl ?nge,
Shall their father's footsteps heed,
ffcs/Eflgg si qi.fr-> 1
We to day I nist to the n*n*t-l ead the name
in tuii}.ta t- | a'.tn t, (mu M r i 1 « 1 p
V\ e belli ie I e will be loin ally 11«| os* üby
the Stale Rights Party, doiii g ib< t.i-xt ses
sion ot thr L* gtslature, the favorite, as most
assuri diy I e i-o of Georgia, for the Piesiden
cy. Be ibis however as it may. every citi
zen has a ris_i t to his prefeicocr, at.il to the
public expression of it oil this snbji ct; anil
we excriise a r ght con*n on to all, iu the
expression of ours. W e shall p* rfoi m Wi th
uiifeignetl gratification, our editorial duty
iu this behalf; its very anticipation is pleas
urable. How easv with such a name as the
hero of'^s—the indomitable champion of
tin- rights of tLe States, the man who has
ever been faithful and true to the rigi ts of
Georgia and the cause of patriotism—-how
easy, we repeat, with such a candidate, to
annihilate the pretensions of a man as faith
less in all is professions of regard to the
S"Utl, as lie proved himself, ou a celebrated
occasion, when he promised the South to
vote against the tariff, and fulfilled liis pledge
by deliberately recording his vole in its favor.
The v* ry thought of our easy triumph is as
cxhilerating as ever was sparkling fountain
to the thirsty way-farer.— Recorder.
We would respectfully call the attention
of our neghhorsjheof Standard and Federal
Union, to a few remaks iu relation to th ir
Magnus Apollo, Mr. Martin Van Bur-n, in
reply to which we should like to li»,ii our
neighbors at length. To save space audio
be compendious, we will throw our remarks
into the form of enquiries.
Our neighbors have boasted [whether sin
cerely or not, they know best of course] of
the decided enmity of Mr. Van Bure 11 to
every thing connected with abolition. In
relation to this matter, we would remark
general'y, that it is universally conceded to
be a good rule, to jn 'ge men’s professions
by their acts; or according to scriptual an
nouncement, “by there fruits shall ye know
them.” Now let us look at these fruits—
in relation to abolition. We pass over for
the present, the monstrous abolition assault
on th« Missouri Muestion; we will at this
time likewise pass ovet the important prin
ciple admitted by Mr. Van Boren, in rela
tion to the negro right of suffrage; we well
in short pass over every tiling at present, but
one feature in the case before us. If Mr.
Vanßttren is so inimical to the abolitonists,
how comes it that he confers upon the * cry
champions of abolition, the most profitable
and the inost honorable appointments in his
gift, as President of the United States?
Has he not but a short time since appointed
to one of the most lucrative offices iu his
gift, a red hot Abolitionists, in the Collector
of the pon of Boston ’—By your deeds shall
you be judged-—Has he not on a recent oc
casion appointed to what is considered one
of the most honorable ffices in liis gift, a
foreign embassy, an avowed champion, and
a public advocate,of Abolition, in the late
Mr. I,**gget,of New York ?—Ye shall be
judged by your works, and by your fruits
shall ye be known. If Mr. Van Burcnis as
much opposed to Abolitoirists os hisfiirtid*
at the South would represent him to be, all
that w e can say is. he hits a most strange aud
unusual way of showing it.
In reference to another pretension while
on the subject of pretensions generally, we
have * question to ask. The friends of Air.
Var, IGn-cn, point tr him par excellence as
the main pillar of I 'emocrac-y. It'cud* tie
true, judging by the rule w** have laid down,
how t omes it that one of his latest, most
honorable and trust worthy appointments,
the Re* resentative of the Nation in Holland,
has been conferred by Mr. Van Burcn, upon
an old and nndeviating federal'sl, a most
respectable man by the by, but still utterly
opposite to democracy in all its beatings,
and ever lias been; one who opposed the
war ; who spoke and voted against it in Con
gress; one of the most formidable opponents
of the administration of Mr. Madison, and
who is the putative father of the address of
the federal 11 embers of Congress, bitterly
denouncing Mr. Madison, and the policy
of his administration. By your fruit shall
you be known, and if such deeds as these
j*rove the democracy of Mr. Van Bitten,
then the conclusion is inevitable that dem
ocracy amlfedrialism are one and the same;
or, ar Jenst, that they are so considered by
the Vain Bureti democratic school.
YVe should he pleased to have the views
of our neighbors of the Standard and Fed
eral Union, at large, on these interesting to
pic Southern Recorder.
From the Buffalo Patriot.
How fatal to -very thing like manly inde
pendence and moral courage is Van Ru
t enisiii ! A few years ago James K. Paul
ding, now Secretary of (lie Nkvy, wrote
and published a series ot ‘‘Letters from tho
South, •in which he exhibited himself a
stron" and even bitter abolitionist. In one
of the letters he said he “M HT A SL A VE
HOLDER WHO HAD THE IMPU
DENCE TO LOOK HIM IN THE FACE
WITHOUT BLUSHING,” adding that
for this, he “should like to have seen the
slaveholder HUNTED WITH BLOOD
HOUNDS.”
An edition of Mr. Paulding’s writings,
the “Letters from the South” among
them, has been recently published, and
the above and similar passages omitted ! He
is now Mr. Van JBuren’s Secretary of the
Navy, and has become one of the high com
missioned leaders of Van Bttrenism. 1 1 is
necessary to the success of “the northern
candidate with southern principles,” that
the Cabinet should appear to be a "unit"
on the subject of slavery : and therefore the
suppression of the abolitionism which dis
tinguished the former edition of Air Secre
tary Paulding’s “Letters.”
The case of Mr. Paulding is by no means
the only one in which the friend* of Mr.
Van Buren have been compelled to spike
their abolition artillery. There was not a
more determined abolitionist in the United
State* than the late VYiliiam Ifgcf.it,
fo* - some time editor with Mr. Bryant, of
the New-York Evening Post. Before Air.
Van Buret) had concluded to make himself
•‘the northern candidate with southern prin
ciples,” and before he had pledged him
self to vkto any and every bill for the a
bolitiou of slavery in the District ; of Col
umbia, Mr. Leggett as editor of the Post.
then, as now,a leading Van Buron organ, led
tile attacks against slavery and slaveholders,
with the fiery impetuosity for which he was
ever distinguished. But Mr. Van Buren
found that the votes of siave sta'es would be
uecessary to his election, and the plan of
the campaign was somewhat changed. He
took ground against the abolitionists, and
his followers were required to conform tlieir
nrincip'es and professions to his position.
Even the independent and high spirited
Legjett, was silenced. His eloquent Phil
ippics against slavery and slaveholders no
longer thundered through the columns of
the Post, and as an atonement to the South,
for his past indiscretions , h« was finally com
pelled to retire nominally at least, from the
eilitoti.il ilcpa tmeot of the paper of which
he had been by far the most popular con
ductor siiice t'ue <- llnr-,hi.* of Calfuian.
On withdrawing his name from the Even- 1
ine. Post. Mr, Leggett established the
••Plaisdealer,” avowedly as an ii depen
dent paper, and the abolitiooists looked to
find it, a zealous and persevering advocate
of their etitct| rise In this they were dis
appointed. The Pliiimlealer vindicated the
appropriateness ©fits title ou any thing but
slavery, and was “iniirpcndi ni” wherever
indepei ill nee could i:ot prejudice the suc
cess of Mr. Van Boren's * southern priti
cip'is” humbug. In short, Mr. Leggett
so ordered his political walk and conversa
tion as to maintain an unqualified allegiance
t«* Air. Van Buren as well alter avowing his
soutl cm puni iples on iLesuhject 4 of s'ave
ry. as before.
The lionot sos a foieign mission were
the reward ofhis fidelity ; and political op
ponents scarcely less than his political ad
mirers, ipgret that death should have iuter
j os* il to {in vent lus enjoying them.
If the chivalrous and high spiriited Leg
get could be disciplined to silence and
smother his anti shivery sentiments, it reed
not excite surprise that Paulding should be
brought to disown and falsify the record of
liis, b** the same means and for the same
object. Let the South, notwithstanding
remember that “the northern candidate
with southern principles,” has placed an
early and vindictive abolitionist at the head
of the Navy Department.
NAT IONA I * EXPE N DITUR ES.
Under the shove lioiul. in another column
we publish an article, taken from the “Na
tional Intelligencer,” which we would re
commend to the careful perusal of our ren
tiers. The extravagance of Mr. Van Bo
ren's administration should be truly alarm
ing to every patriot citizen, who would de
sire to see the Govenueut administered with
purity and economy.
The official paper which contains the
statement of the expenditures of the Gov-
I eminent from 18J4, to 1837, inclusive, ex
hibits facts that cannot for a moment be
doubted; neither can the partisans of the
“Dkmocf.atic” President, by the use of
sophistical argument, relieve tlieir favorite,
or tlieir party, from the indignation which
sucli a state of things is calculated to t*r«-
ducp throughout the whole country. The
extravagance of Mr. Adams'administration
created quite a sensation, and was one of
the principal, among many, causes of his de
feat. But what was the extravagance of A1 r.
Adams,’ or of even Gen Jackson's admin
istration, wh"n compared with that of MAR
TIN VAN BUREN ? During the years
IBJO, ’v6 and ’*37, of Alr. Adams, adminis
tration, the whole expenditures of the Gov
ernment, for those THREE YEARS, a
mounted to 537-,”05.871 B<i. Now maik lie
difference. In 1837, THE EXPENSES
OF THE GOVERNMENT. UNDER
Van BUREN'S ADMINISTRATION,
WERE $39,164,745 37, which is nearly
TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
AIORE, IN ONE Y EAR, than was expen
ded during the admi-ii.-.tration of Air Ad
ams in THREE YEARS. But this not
all. The expenses of the [Government in
1835. ivr.c about SEVENTEEN MIL
LIONS OF DOLLARS. In 1836, they
had increased to THIRTY MILLIONS,
aud in 1837. there was a still further in
crease of NINE MILLIONS. Should
Mr. VAN BUREN be re elected, allowing
the same ratio of increase from vear to year
in 184 4, th" expenditures of the Govern
ment will amount to the ENORMOUS
SUM OF EIGHTY MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS Who professing to be the
advocate of an economical administration.,
ol the Government, can give countenance or
support to such wasteful expenditures of the
people's money, and which if persisted in,
will end in entailing upon our country a
load ol debt, equalled only by the national
debt of Great Britaiu!!!
Gi orgid Journal.
THE NATIONAL EXPENDITURES.
A cunningly ih vised and very labored
article has lately been published in tie
Richmond Enquirer to divert the public
attention from the true state of the case as
to the expenditures of public money by the
Administiations which have had the 'con
trol of it during the last ten years : and that
article lias been reproduced elsewhere it; a
manner to prove that it is relied upon for
e/leet as much as if there were any sub
stance in it—as if it were not an ingenious
piece of sophi ical deception. In view of that
article, we have thought this would be a prop
er time oprodure the following 1 fftial pa
pei the authenticity of which cannot bedouln
cil, nor its facts denied : asking the reader
not to forget whilst he reads it, that the
ynrs 1825,1826, 1827, and 1828, wnetl e
four years of Mr. Adams’s Administration;
thnt the effects of the Jacksonian reform
of pretended abuses under that Adni'nis
tration began to be felt in 1830, and have
continued through the whole of the late
Administration, and under the present Ad
ministration nearly to this day : and that
during the whole of that time the Ad
ministration paity has had the upper hand
in Congress, and, of course, the power of
controlling the expenditures.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury,
Transmitting a statement of Expenditur* s,
exclusive of the Public Debt, for each year,
from 182-1 to 1838
Tskasury Deparfkfnt, June 27, 1838.
Sir: In obedience to the resolution of the
House of Representative of the 25th in
stant. 1 have the honor to “lay before the
House a statement showing the amount ol
expenditures exclusive of the public debt,
for each year, from 1824 to 1838 ”
I atn, very respectfully, your nb’t serv’t,
LEVI WOODBURY,
Secretary of ihe Treasury.
Hon. J. K. Polk,
Speaker of 110. of Reps.
Statement showing the amount of Expendi
tures of the United States, exclusive rs the
public debt, for each year, from 1834 to
1837 incusive stated in pursuance of a
resolution of the House of Representatives
of the 2bth Jv,nc, 1838.
For the year 1824, 515,330.?44 71
tin 1825, U,490,469 94
do 1826, 13,062.316 27
do 1887* 12,653,095 65
do 1828, 13,296,041 45
do 1829. 12,660,40) 62
do 1830, 13,229,533 33
do 1831, 11,864,067 90
do 1832, 16,516,388 77
do 1833, 22,713.755 11
do 1834, 18,425,417 25
do 1835, 17,514,950 28
do 1836, 30,868.164 04
do 1837, *39,t64,745 37
Note.—The above sums include pay
ments for trust funds and indemnities,
which, iu 1837. were §5,610,404 36.
T. L. SMITH, Register.
Treasury Department,
Register's Office, June 27, 1838.
This sum is Kiibjecl to small variation pn
the settlement of the accounts pf the Trea
surer.
<The expenditures for the first three
quarters of 1838 (according to the auoual
Rectory 0 f the T,nt,.„
made to Congress, December 1838,) 3-
inoui-*ed to g>28,127,218)— (Wat. lnt.
Federalism —-As it is the fa-hion among
the Into tocos to denounce the wings as ded
eralists, it is interesting sometimes to icvicw
the course <ltl i>e sir j 1111 is ofill 1 ex
elusive di mocrats of the present day, and
contrast their professions no tr with what
were tlieir sentiments years ago. Ainon**
those who are loudest in iheir outcries a
gaimt ledt lalistx and federalism, is William
Gullet Bryant, the editor the New York
Evetiiog Pest. The Post is now the accre
dited organ of democracy iu that great ci
ty. and hurls its anathemas against all whs*,
dare to doubt the infallibility of Alartiu Van
Buren, and his advisers. Such is the edi
tor of the Post now ; the following extract
from a poem, (lor lie is a poetical politici
an,) wriit.en by that gentleman some years
i since, will show what he was then, and what
he then thought o! the gi-ea* apostel of demo
cracy. 'J lion.as Jefferson :
"And thou, the scorn of every patriot name,
Thy country's ruin and her council's shame.
Poor servile thing ! derision of the brave!
Who first from Tarlctou slid to Carter's,
cave;
Thou, vvl 0 when menaced hy perfidious
Gaol,
Didst presume to herwhiskerV minion fall,
And when our cash her empty bags sup
ply’d.
Didst meanly st*ivc out fuut disgraro t©
bide;
Go* wretch, resign the presidential chair.
Disclose the secret measures, foul or fair.
Go, search with ruinous eye for h‘-rued
frogs.
Mid 'he wild wastes of T ouisiauian hogs ;
Or, where the Ohio rolls his turbid stream.
Dig lor Ii it ot* bones thy glory and tby tfii in*-.
Go, se.nn, Plii'osnphlst, thy *•**«■*« charms
Ami sink supinely i-her sable arms;
But quit to abler baud the helm nf State*
Norimage ruin on thy country’s fate !”
Having thus characteris'd Air. ,1« fierson,
he proceeds to denounce democratic piui
ciples, in the following sttain :
“And now as Truth wish glowing lustre
shines,
Before her beam* Democracy declines ;
Vain are all arts her); filed had* is ry.
And vain alike, to flatter or to lie.
From the long sleep alarm’d the j eople
rise,
And spite of sophisms, learn to’rust their,
eyes.”
There, what do our deinerralic friends
think of that ' What do they think of demo .
cracy declining before the beams of tivth ?
Vicksburg Whig.
From the Columbus Enquirer.
NEXT GOVERNOR.
The l nion prints are dctermii t-d that w e.
shall not forget the defeat of Judge Donglt
eny, at the gubernatorial election in U-35,.
and would without doubt, he glad to draw
an inference, that because he was defeated
then, lie will he defeated in October next.
This catching at straws, indicates to us,
that they have but little confidence in the
success ol their candidate and that they
are driven to any shift to sust ,in their tot
tering and sinking party. ’I hey tell ns
ton, that the Ft ate Rights party are not
unit' ll ii{>oii Judge Dougherty. If this he
so, it is our misfortune, but before tve can
believe this asseitioii, we must have better
evidence than a mere difference of opinion
iu regard, to men, which may have been,
expressed In tho nominating Convention.
~L is raiely the case, that more unanimity
of opinion prevails in any large assembly,
than did in tlint Convtmion. II we mis
take not, the 1 umber of delegates were
near two hundred and fifty aud yet upon
the third bailotting, Judge I), oht,-fined a
majority of more than two thuds. This
Convention was held in the Representa
tive Hall, with open doors, free for the ad
mi. sion oi spectators of al! parties. The
Ftate Rights parly had nothing to conceal,
eicu in making their nomination. The
l- rderal L nion w ill [ lease iuloiin us if the
Union party pursued ihis cums ,‘<r< j liley
hold their Convention at a private room to
keep the world from witnessing their divis
ions ? How many ballottings were there,
beiore Judge McDonald obtained ihe rtm
iiuuun ? Did the J’rcsidcut of thr l nion
Convention make an earnest appeal 10 the.
parly, in his mest solemn manner, to lav
aside the dissensions which troubled them,
reminding them that some of the Union
parly were Bank men, and some ami l ank
men, some were Sub-Treasury men, and
some auti Sub-Treasury men, (hat u|ou
these divisions the party had been defeat ( and
a! the preceding election ? We ask t 1 e
l-cdeuil Union for this information, be
taine tlieir C onvention, I eii g held tn a
piiviitc loom, we w ere denied access to the-ir
t.c liberations.
The .Siaie Rights p::r?y w ish to take 110
1a *e tin msiilv ts or give lo their oppo
nents any, but what each a rej stly cutitlcd
10. it is not upon captions lan ts or <| i
tlicts we hope to succeed, but upon the
broad basis ol sound and correct princi
ples. 'J he State Rights parly claim the
principle s cif ! 8, as tlieir text Lot k, and 1e-
I eve that Nullified on 0 | tu'es.* and ;ud
pr-.ie,ticed by us, is a hg timaie doctiiue
inculcated by those prim ipk-s. We do
deny allegiance to the Unit'd Slates,’ be
cause tile United States are known as such
oily by the Constitution, which emanated
irom the States, and is a {lower of attorney,
ratdied by each State individually, eieytinF
a Government and,ap| oiuting nt* agent lop
the transaction of certain specified delega
ted powers thcicin mentioned. Wetlere
foie owe obedience to the laws of the Un
ited Stabs, if Constitutional, but we owe
allegiance to the Slate of Geoigia, one of
the supreme contracting jartits who
brought the United Stales into existence.
Does the Federal Union really wish to
know where Judge Dougherty vi-as -u those
fearful times,’ when these principles were
discussed iu Georgia? Let him turn to the
Journals of the Legislature, aud he will
find that he supported these princi| les,
which in our opinion, are the only cues
which can preserve the rights of the States
and the Constitution of the United S ates.
But where did Judge McDonald stand?
Tlie same record will show him conten
ding for the general government in all t»
usurpations,- and for the right of the Su
preme Cot* rt to interfere inourlocal mat
ters the final jurisdiction of which, has
been vested in our own Superior Courts
by the S.atc Constitution. It will show
him supporting the, federal and consolida
ting doctrines of General Jackson in hi*
proclamation, by which he abolished State
Rights and State Constitutions, and resolved
the whole into and unwieldlv
mass of “we the people of the United
States." Where does Judge Dougherty
stand now ? lie is opposed to Mr. Clay
and Mr. Van Buren for President ol tiro
United States, and believes that Congress
can nd constitutionally character a Bank,
t> r gnUt any other art.pf tncbjwßitioit.
Where docs Jutlce McDonald standi
He is the firm supporter of that “North
ern mao with Southern principles ’ who
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