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it Mr of our regiment requires that Wood
Ib' spilt,—io wh*t way wHI it be moot
a . -itue 10 yo u to kilt or be killed by Sig
nor Uotiao * and when!” ( •
. a»ve expected this honor, end will
roar ineud the day alter the morrow,
i, >ou, over the French border, at such
, it,ri»r spot aa my friend Men*. de Z—
, ,11 won yourself determine upon. My
*■ capon is tile pistol,”
Here M. de Z—— arose, and settled
xv,th the bearer ot the challenge the place
, a ,J other necessary preliminaries. * The
three then separated for the night, but the
:,ext day saw them—the challenger and the
' h)Mcnged~'-«a thrir way to the fatal spot,
where they -cwnld meet without fear of mol
estation Irot* the minions of the law. It
was i*t Franco, beyond the constituted ait
i honties of Client. None were present on
the ground e«ve Dor. Jkionao *itn his friend
and Rudolph-w-itli his friend (and my friend
an i narrator) de X ■■■■■■. The requisite
e oolness was displayed on both sides. Al-
H ni, .11.mgh a downright coward and bul
, i oue who would probably hare shown
white feather in a general melee, seemed
jerfectiy unconcerned. Hie self-confidence
was graa*er than his natural fear. He waa
sure of his man. He could snuff a can,He at
twelve paces. The words of command—
•one, two, turee,” were given by d»-Z ■■■ ,
Alonzo fired instantly that the word "two”
xv.m spoken, and bis ball lodged directly un
der his antagonist's right shoulder; til*
shock causing a harmless discharge of Ro—
doipM’s pistol. Rudolph fell, and was borne,
hv de Z auj Alonzo's secood to the car
riage stood in readiness, and in which
ha was slowly re-conveyed to Antwerp.
The surgeon who extracted the ball pro
nounced h't patient out of danger, if he
could be kept in quiet. The clerks, who
had hastened to ascertain the result, were
pacili-d. and no danger was apprehended.
De was indefatigable in his attentions
,t* Rudolph, who. now that *he atfait was o
v'l, exhibited none of his former coolness,
lie raved, he stormed, he called Signor Al
onzo i villain for firing before the word, and
a bloody wretch for wishing to murder a
fellow-creature on account ol a miserable
brute of a horse ; he tore the bandage Iron)
his arm—it was replaced—still be tore it a
>vjy. No persuasions could mollify, him.
The result was a high fever and delirium.
From his confessions in the latter, it appear
ed that Us was uu leran e.igsgement to be
inirrned to a young lady to whom he had
long been fondly attached, and that (he day
appointed lor the ceremony had already
ijuc by. This involuutary violation of a aa
, and <■ igagemcnt on liis part, seemed to have
, id upon his mind, and to havs induced
' wild behavior. So great and so fre
a . -in at last became his paroxysms that the
genu announced the certainly ot his death
v.ihin twenty-four hours unless a cliaugs
, manifest. In a less time a change waa
v. but such a change! He became
i t Hvsaue: 11» exhibited his charac
-sv-r coolness ile called liis frieuxl to
,1 . mu thanking him tenderly for
" xindruaS said that, .he had one re
- , > which lie begged might be
►>i, as it would be his last. He said
~t he felt he was dying.and that he wish
ed to spend a portion of th* small remnant
of his life in company with uis dear old
friend'an I associates. He wished all the
clerks, who xvere in the coffee-room ou the
evening of his unhappy fracas, to assemble
aroand his bed. ii was men af'ernooo. Iu
the evening de Z we.nl to the coffee
house, and finding the clerks congregated,
as usual, stated Rodulph’s dying request. ,
They all---every one who was present on the ■
occasion of the quarrel --adjourned in a t>o- •
dy to the lodgings Os their dyihg companio* !
Thev were preceded into the chamber by de j
Z —, who mentioned their approach.
Rudolph s ey«s lighted with supernatural
bres as he saw them nil. the vsry youthful
and the inure advanced in age, gather a
round his couch. There were thirty-four
•resent; with all he was lamiharly acquain
t'd ; with all he had lived on terms of kind
jy friendship; with all except oue, and that
une was Aug'iste fvrit. So recent had been
•lie arrival of Auguste, and so retired were
his habits of life, that he could hardly be
sail to haves bosom-friend among all the
derks. Ml loved and esteemed him, how
ever ; for he did not shun society, but shrank
from contact with a sort of feminine sensi
tiveness which lie vainly endeavored to o
vercome.. Having always lived under the
affectionate care of iai9' mother, had never
I'.trued tiiat fowafdness .of manner which
boys call manliness, Wmp Rudolph’s ear
nest request was coiiiinuuipateJ that the
clerks would visit his chamber, Auguste
doubted the delicacy ofa stringer’s intrusion
-bt such an hour, ile had upver spoken ,to
Rudolph. When he reflected, however, that
the request was that all who witnessed the
fracas should be present, he hesitated pot
to accompany the rest. The thirty-four
stood in order around the sick youth’s bed.
Sorrow, deep sorrow was impressed on every
ifurrowed visage, as they heard tbs dread
ful words uttered in holhj.w tones by their
late joyous comrade. t .
"Brothers.” said he, i‘l .am murdered,
basely murdered. Tpe I 'wretch lives who
brought me to this pass. I shall die before
morning. He will be alive ; all will he dark
to in' He will sec the pleasant sun; all
w> . j silent to me. He will hear flic birds
• oh ! your voices—your dear voices,
i did not provoke his insult, but I could not
brook liis ruffian bravydo. He called me to
( fight him. What wys his life worth ? Noth-,
'jng. He dies, and hi* paltry pay gout to a
better man. 1 shall die just as 1 become of
age—non that 1 anr twenty-one; the very
day that I ftsve looked forward to with such
thrilling anxiety passed by me on this wretch
ed bed 1 Mr fair domains on the bordeis of
m> native river will eo to a distant relative.
My fair’ —— here his emotions choked his
utterance, "but this isunm iniy. Ido not
,wish to make you weep. No !" starting up
with convulsive energy, and Assuming a ter
rible expression, whim was never forgotten
.by those present. "No ! i wish to incite you
to revenge l Swear to me-—or I shill not die
,in peace; swear that you will r’tveugc vjy
death!”
The right hands of every one the
room were raised up, aoJ skery one, borne
aw iy by the strong excite-:icit of the mu
merit, uttered "i swetr!” Rudolph’s bead
?o ik for a moment on hi* pillow ; and wheo
he rove again hi* fa re was calm. Some
one nr sent proposed that they should on
the instant draw !<»m. or rather that all their
ruin s ehould he written on slips of pa|»«r,
aid the name dr iwo by Rodulph should
signify his avenger. To this a general con
sent was given; and a finite of satisfaction
] uyed iver tlie pallid features of the dying
jouthas the names xvere written and cast
min s hat He row* > .ce more, but for the
i;.st -ti'nr. on it,!' ni'iow, and placing, with
• . r ; etfii;>.left i a 1 among tuc names,
..... n f;! o.e w'h".!i li-hauxlod to the ne ir
sy- re-der in' read, an'l which when '
. ii s,,i -d Pke akne'to'i cvevx car: It
’s i ’l ate F tret. - . •’ . i ’ .m* xvill
dj ! a»olain-d every ibut txvo.
• v ' .i.e is .. mere
child—be is hardly bit of Ok- LW fcs*
dolph draw again.” Tlfliy Infixed to Ru
dolph. He waa dead, Hertar struck them
dumb. Auguste was the first to break the
silence. "CompanioDS, the lot cannot be
drawo again; and if it could, it should not.
I came voluntarily to thia meeting, and I
will abide its event. 1 never knew yonder
poor departed; but I know his wrong, sod I
came of my own free will to witness hia
death. I am no craveo. My mother’s
blood runs in my vein*, aad she was a noble’s
daughter. My father's blood runs in my
veins, and he was one who got r as toy moth
er told ine, his patent of nobility immediate
ly from Almighty God. lie was, moreover,
a merchant. I am to be merchant,
I forfeit the first pledge 1 have given .
Break my firat contract! No ; I took my
fair chance. My duty i« plain !”
The clerks did not, however cease their
remonstrances, although quite fruitless.
They separated with heavy grief upon their
hearts, feeling more sorrow for the luckless
instrument of vengeance than he did for
himself. He thought only of bis mother.
He knew that his death would break her
heart; but he solaced himself with the re
flection, that if she died, they would meet
the sooner never more to be parted. Hie
thoughts were all wrong. He mistook bis
duty : but he acted nobly, and, with some
misgivings, conscientiously. "I am,” said
he to de Z ■ - . as he handed him his writ
ten cartel to Signor Alonzo, "a most innocent
avenger." Ilis companion refu»ed peremp-.
lorily to carry the challenge. He begged
aud entreated Auguste 10 allow hini to fight
the duel. Rodolph was Ins Iriend—he was
Rudolph s secood— it was his right. Au
guste was immoveable. The cartel was
sent hy soother hai.d “V‘>u will, alleast,"
said Auguste, “be present with the rest at
my execution.” T>e Z— turned sway, and
saw him not again until the same thirty-fotir
met once more on the fatal spot where Ro
dolph had received his drath-'d’o-Lw. Be
fore that time, however, a fearful interest
had attended itself to Atuguste. He was
looked upon as doomed. The clerks had
taken an oath uot to divulge the secret, or
the arm of the taw might have averted the
catastrophe. They all hovered About Au
guste. They were with him day and night,
half drowned in tears, and half roused to
indignation at his obstinate firmness of pur-
Kose. Every one swore to revenge him if
e fell; but this he did not require. Nay,
he entreated them to proceed no further af
ter his death. Vindictiveness could not be
felt by that calm, tweet, yet bold spirit.
When parts of his history became known,
he became an object of intense interest.
All hi* friends—and who among that num
ber was not now his heart-devoted friend ?
said thev would go to his mother, aud be her
sons. Ile begged them simply to convey to
her his love, his last kits, and a letter that
he would write. How many a weary mile
would I journey, what fatigues would I not
endure, to tee that letter ? It must have
breathed the foul of pathos. All things
were prepared. It was a pure autumnal
morning. Some breath of summer still
seemed to linger on the breeze. The birds
poured out their matin hymns in a clear,
rich strain of melody. To an opening in a
broad forest, that wove elsewhere a roof of
foilage beneath 'he sky, a party of youths
might have been teen slowly winding their
way. They were followed by a boy, who
had evidently not seen his sixteenth spring,
lie was a mere stripling. liis figure was
so slight, but yet so symmetrically fashioned
that, while you doubted that if so lovely a
face could belong to a young man, you felt
assured (hat the form could not he a wo
i man’s. His eye w*s bright and s'rady, aud
jhe trod with a firm step. When the party
| halted, the serious expression which every
I countenance wore gave place to its opposite
of joy. "It it the hour apjiointcd,” ex
claimed one, "and he is not here ?”
Waitsaid a calm voice. The speaker wag
the beautiful boy. It was Auguste Forgt.
An interval elapsed. "It is past the time,”
exclaimed another; "Signor Alonzo hat
decam xed.*’ “Not so speedy, my brave fel
low," exclaimed a gruff voice Irom behind;
"not so speody. Wo shall see presently who
will decamp to h-11!” The youthful party
turned,and saw the antagonist xshom they
had corns to meet, accompanied by half-a
duzeo companions dressed in the uuiform
of the officers of the sroiy. One
of stepped forward, addressing the
whole party, said, that understanding the
challenger's friends wars to b# prescut they
had come as the. supporters of the chal
lenged ; and that, as the challenged, they
claimed the right of prescribing the form
•f the duel, and the more especially as
Signor,Alonzo had yielded the choice of
weapons to Monsieur Auguste on account
of his extyeine youth. claimed, and
would insist on, alternate fires—that a piece
of money should be tossed up for the first
fire. To this the friende of Auguste read
ily acceded,aa they thought he might chance
on the first shot, and destroy his antagonist.
It was true that Alonzo was a celebrated
marksman. He could wing or kill his an
tagonist at bis pleasure. He bad been suc
cessful in a dozen duels. They were every
day matters to him. Auguste had never
fired a pistol skilfully jip bit fife- lie had not
the nerve to bold one steadily fora moment.
He bad practised within the past week, and
could never hit the mark, flis oo’ypossibilty
of escape from death was bis having the first
•hot. The distance was mav»ed sad th*
K iss stationed. It was a fearful sight to
old that fair, spotless young man, stan
ding up in his loveliness a* a mark for the
brutusl sport of the soldier-ruffian befoie
him. Auguste had thrown aside hi 9 cap,
and freely over his head clustered the rich
wary curls. In his right hand, suspended at
liis side. h« held the pistol; in his left,his let
ter to his mother, His countenance betrayed
no unusual expression. His lip did not qu ver
nor did his cbkek blanch. The ridiculous
ness of bis situstion seemed to strike even
the fnffian, Alonso. "I will not fight a
child,” ssid he. "You see a coward !” said
the calm wo ice of the child. “Us on!”
said the other. "Alonso has the crown."
•aid hi* second. The piece of money wss
twirled in tbs air—it fall—tha crown was
uppermost. It was the soldier's first shat.
"Now, young sir, priy, for your hour is
come!” Every eye turned to Auguste.
Ile smiled. Slowly wofrt the soldiers pis
tol to He deadly level. The report was
heard, tha slight smoke passed away, and
the limb of a sappling fell to tha ground.
Auguste still smiled. He waa unhurt.
When myfrienJ de Z— told mn of this,
1 asked him tl his part) shouted, lie said.
"No! there was one long, loud breath.”
AuHii*te noxv raised liis pisml. but careless
ly. and his hand shook. The soldier's face
was a* livid as death. Suddenly, and ev
idently to the perfect surprise of Auguste—
for he started back— the pistol went off.
{Signor Alonzo leaped upward with a con
vul-ive spring, and fell on his face to the
j earth—dead. "All fair!” said his friends
j and 43 they took up the, body, tho- •
’ who turned to I; ok after Augusje were just
1 iu time to hear hint s' v. * 1 did nor in'etid
1 to fire!" aud to receive him fainting iu their
nrois
I Was all this directed by a special Provi
dence T Is thors not "a special Providence
in the sparrow I" Will my reader, ponder
over these questions? If they will do so,
my story will not have been told in vain.
Its sequel was, that on the return of the
happy party of clerks to Antwerp, they
found the death of the officer had beeo pub
lished in the Gazette, together with the
name of hiv opponent. Auguste, fesrmg
the effect of such news upon his mother,
departed with speed for his ancestral cha
teau, which be entered, in spite of hit
grandfather’s prohibition. The old Marquiv
was furious at first, but whet) he had heard
.all the particulars of the encounter, he com
forted his aristocratic conscience with the
assertion that there was uoi a drop of com
mefcial blood i" the boy; but that he wgs
a true sinew of the old stock, and should
inherit, as he richly deserved, the title and
estates of the family. . -
From the Alexandria. Gazette.
THE NORTH CAROLINA DUEL.
In accordance with a promise made some
lime since, 1 send the following statement
of facts in relation to the reported duel be
tween Messers Joseph Seawell Jones, ol
Shocco, North Carolina, and H Wright
Wilson, of New Y<ork, in which it has beeu
reported, aud is still . generally believed,
that the latter gentleman w as mortally woun
ded.
About 12o'clock M. on the day of the
reported duel, whilst, travelling from Eliza
■■beth City to Norfolk, 1 stopped at the Dis
mal Swamp Hotel on the boundaiy line
between Virginia, and North Carolina, for
the pur|>o»e of resting my horse and taking
some refreshments. 1 had not been tested
rnaov minutes, »heu looserved Mr. Jones,
of Shocco, North Carolina, enter under
much apparant perturbation, and evidently
alter a hard and long chase. Alter some
lew introductory preliminaries. Mr. Jones
asked uie out, and imiuediaiely informed me
that be had just fought a duel, about eight
miles ahead, with a gentleman from New
York, that he had killed his opponent at
the first fire, was pursued to the boundary
line by the officers who had received intel
ligence of the light and that the unsettled
state of his affairs compelled him to re
turn to Norfolk, to aid him in reaching
which place, undiscovered by the jiolice,
he solicited my friendly assistance. The
re; sons urged in behalf of this request were
of such a nature as to decide me, at once, in
rendering him any aid in my power that
might hr likely to facilitate his visit to,and
escape from Norfolk, and 1 accordingly
agreed to his plan, that I should take his
clothes ami name, aud accompany him to
Norfolk ; and, in case of arrest or
pass myself off a* Mr. Jones, until he was
beyon I the limits of Viigitna. Mr. Joues
ihen placed in my hands copies of the letters
whieh, he said * had pawed between the
parties all of which 1 carefully and attentively
perused which copies are now , if I mistake
oot, in the possession of the Norfolk Bea
con, under the frank of a member of Con
gress from North Carolina. These letters
were indicted in the usual form of a chal
lenge and acceptance ; and. together with
disclosing the fact that Mr. Jones had pulled
the nose of his antagonist at a public mee
ting in Petersburg, contained, as concerned
in the duel, the name* of several gentlemen
distinguished for tbeir valorous Military
achievements. Although I required no
further evideuce of the unfortunate and fatal
duel than that above referred to, through a
fear perhaps, that 1 might be a little skepti
cal in the matter, Mr. Jones conducted nre
first to the duelling grouni*. which I found
fairly and houorab'* measured, and stained
in several places with blood, and then di
rected me to proceed to a house, some short
distance from the spot, and ask for a hand
kerchief, which a woman, who had been
brought to the field by the report of the
pistols, had picked up, and which he feared
might be used as evidence against him.—
This I did; and. after having received from
a woman such a handkerchief as Mr. Jones
had dcscribod, stiff and red with blood, I
way farther informed, by her that she saw
the gentleman gallop away from the field
after the shots were fired that they carried
off a dead body in a sack, and that the whole
neighborhood was In a state of the greatest
excitement. Os course there could now ex
ist no doubt in any rcasouable mind as to
ths tact of a fatal duel having been fought;
and it only remained for me to assist Mr.
Jones in carrying out the plan hehad devised
for his visit to Norfolk. Thither we arrived
in safety ; and, as was to be expected, found
the whole borough ou the tip toe of excite-,
tnent and inquiry about the fatal duel
Mr. Jones managed to escape public
torietv until abou. I*2 o'clock at uight, when,
pursued fronr Norfolk to Potfsmoutb by a
v hole troop ot officers, who, be informed ine,
had just returned from the duel ground, a
distance of about twenty five miles, he called
at my lodgings in Portsmouth; aud, having
spent a few minutes with me, set off for
North Carolina on a swift horse, which my
solicitude and apprehension of a pursuit had
already provided lor his departure. I started
next morning in the North Carolina stage;
and, being dressed in Mr. Jones's clothes,
felt no slight apprehensions for my own
safety, when about eight milea from town,
1 met some niue or ten constables, until green
bags and a grave looking coroner, return
ing after their fruitless search for the dead
body of the unfortunate Wilson. They
passed me by,'-however, and I, of course,
congratulate myself on my happy escape.
Mr. Jones anil I met some weeks after, he
on liis way to Texas, and I to the spot of
painful rememberance, where the duel took
place, to remove some misgivings which, iu
the face of all the evidence to the contrary,
were daily aritiug in my mind with regard
to the mysterious affair. I reached the spot
and there found a solitary mourner lament
ing the fate «f an unfortunate pig found a
abort time before near the duelling ground
whose tul<ugled throat fully indicated whence
the blood floored, by which the ground and
handkerchief were so abundantly stained.—
When 1 returned home, Mr. Jones was "over
the hills and far away.” add not having an
opportunity of demandmg an explanation,
with himself must, of course, yet remain the
secret motive that could have urged him to
coneeive and play off with so much ingen
uity and labor, a hoax that has called forth
sb many paragraphs and homilies on duel
ling from the press at large, and deluded so
nnnj of his acquaintances, 11. Cr.McL.
Water Melon Molasses.— -H lia«; been as
certained that very good molasses may be
made from Water Melons, simply by press
ing out the jtiice, and boiling it down lo a
propci thickness. Persons who have u#e.d
it, witiiout luiow'iiq. from what it was man
ufactured. did Dot discover that it wrs any
other than the genuine product of the cane.
If it should prove that this molasses will
keep, xvtt'. ordinary c:.re, it will be a valu
able inquisition in. reorganizing
oi i)ie Universe on the miilticaulis, loco
motive, txvin-Cotton system. We have
seen mapy an acre-of pin" ods -.dbirh wc
twere puzzled to tell whas it was desi^ped
for '‘(bef'ievlA? every thing has its use:) un
less it wav to make "light wood kunts’ma
ria handy.”- But we now believe it will be
c inverted into Water Melon plantations, ii
will become a genuine Yankee paradise,
flowing with moUsees -and with pork to
match, the thing will be complete.— Men.
A VERY EXTRAORDINARY AF
FAIR.
The New York Mercantile Advertiser a
short time ago, related the following. *4 toe
bright frosty morning, not long since, a
young and beautiful lady, of slender form,
wrapped in a flowing cloak with graceful
bow, entered the dry <goods store of Mr.
... ', in Broadway. She waa not slow
to ezerriatc all the "privileges of her order,”
(i. e. overhaul half of the contents of the
store. The counter waa covered with rich
silks, satins, and velvets—the delicate man
ufactures of Paris, aud the more substantial
protection of Spilalfields, were in turn sub
mitted to her inspection, and after a proper
lady like delay, some trifling selections was
made, and the pretty purchaser tripped out,
casting sweet smiles upon the good looking
young clerks as she past down the counters.
But her actions had not been unnoticed by
the lynx eyed proprietor. He instantly
followed her, aud waiting till they approach
ed the corner of one of the quiet streets
leading off Broadway, he tapped her o j the
shoulder, aud requested a few mtuutes con
versation.
At first there w»s a manifestation of in
dignant hauteur, but a single whisper con
verted the haughty curlol the lip into oue
nf trembling terror, and an imploring look
from A pair' of beautiful dark ayes, almost
unhinged his resolution; but a moment's
reflection suggested all the advantages her
imptHilence had given him.
All arts of women, conscious of the ma
jesty of beauty, were brought to bear in
succession upon the feelings of the impen
etrable rerchant; and hints were thrown
out of i*"measurable exteut ofber gratitude
but all in vain. At length finding all her
shifts bootless, she was fotced to make a
candid confession of her name, rank and
connexions.
What was hi* surprise to fin I that she
was a daughter of one of the most res|>ee
table and weufthy citizens of the city ! He
paused, and walked a lew pares in silence
bytheunluky girl, whose feelings could not
have been enviable. At last having made
up his miud he turned abruptly on his vic
tim and said, "Madam, you have robbed
me—(an'imploring look;] yes, madam,you
have robbed ine, aud*von know it; you have
noxv about.you the „rtic!cs abstracted from
tftv delicate hands.) Now listen to me,”
he continued firmly, "I offer you but oue
alternative—you must accompany me to a
maciviVate or a minister!”-
What could she do ? Exposure and dis
grace—disgrace in which death itself would
b* preferable to herself and her friends—
stared in her face —She looked in her ac
cuser’s fans, but there she read nothing hut
inflexible sterness, a second glance too told
her that that countenance was neither old
or ugly, in short, (hat ‘as men go,' it was
very passable. And then the terrible al
ternative—the public police court—the aw
ful frown of the magistrate; the rude gaze
of the multitude—could she hesitate ?---
Placing one delicate hand upon his arm,
while the other applied a white cambric
hankerehief to her tearful eyes, “Do with
me whst you will!” she murmured out.
The res>'lt was that the triumphant store
keeper, instead of losing his property toihe
value of a few dollars, gained a lovely, ac
rowiplished. and virtuous wife, (this little
fotfcls excepted,) and with her upwards of
sixty thousand dollars.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
The subjoined is the system of 'lnternal
Iproveipent’ recoin mended by the lowa
Sun, and a very good system it is;
The system of ‘lnternal Improvement'
we plead for, though attended with much
toil and expense, will not require a State,
tax ot n single cent, nor much, if any Leg
islatioti. It is pre-eminently a ‘democrat
ic’sys tom; it >s to b# begun by the people
and will be for the exclusive benefit ofthe
people.
It is only for every farmer to mend up his
fences, till his ground well, have it well pre
pared lor planting, have Ins crops in season
ably tend them well, keep down the weeds,
see tha' his cattle and horses are fed and
treated so as to make them thrive, keep
his implements in order and place; for
every father to rule bis family xveli, govern
his children, form their minds and manners
by good instruction, tr/iiu them, up in the
habits 'Af industry, honesty, and sobriety,
provide them with comfortable clothing,
send then* to scliool and pay for their tuitiou,
and have a care to the company they keep;
for every husband to treat his wilt- as a bo
som companion; for every woman to love hrr
husband, and try to prove a help meet to
him. to koep from gossipping, to spin more
stockings than street yarn, to keep the
house tidy and the family clothing clean
and well mended; for every damsel to keep
all grease spot* from her clothes, darn the
heels of her stockings, remove beau catch
ers from her head, novels from her library,
to do much with needles and store her head
with useful ideas, lor every young man do
go decent, but to buy no better clothes than
he can honestly pay lor, work hard, behave
Courteously toothers, especially to old men,
to guard against self-importance apd inso
lence. if much in company with ladies, to
black hi* shoes, trim his hair, throw away
htf cigar and quid, tend preaching regular
ly. apd hold bis tougue if he cannot speak
sensibly, and get married when he is twen- ;
ly-five if be can find any one to have him;
for magistrates to execute the laws; for
tavern keepers to have better food than
brandy; for towns to have clean streets and
good side-walk*, to remove every nuisance,
aud every thing injurious to health; favor
good morals; lor every district to support
good schools, io fins, for it is impossible
to enumerate all the objects embraced in
Our scheme, for every body to cease to do
evil, learn to do well, attend church on the
Sabbath, miud hie own business, and lake a
newspaper.
Cnrhrnne's Mavy-chamlercd Cannon.
—The JWew York Herald says t)i;it I lie
three chambered cannon invented by Mr.
.CociutArx'E, and made for Mehemei Ali, of
Egypt, was fired several hundred times on
Thursday, in the presence ofa large party
of army and navy officers. It was found io
work admirably. It was discharged twelve
times in two seconds les* than a minute,
and it is said that when properly m u.ncJ it
can be discharged fourteen rimes a minute,
witiiout the least d,angel. ‘Six pound hall*
swre fired from it. and, ns near as could be
ascertained, were tiirown to the distance of
one tti.lc and a ball. As an illustration of
the ranidjty ofthe discharges, it is only ne
'eeMnry tostatr that three balls were dischar
cd in succession---tvare in the air at the same
i inoineDt, and follow ed each other in a straight
Jute.
SDDagasg&g,
• [From the Charleston Patriot.]
General Hamilton's Letter will be per
used with the attention and respect due to
the authority of his name. We are uuable,
however, to comprehend, unless our foreign
importations are postponed like the ship
ments of our staple until the month ol
February, in xvhar manner the engagements
of our merchants are to be me' which will
be coming to maturity during ibis period.—-
If post notes can be made to answer as means
of remittance from the south to the north,
how are they to supply the means ol remit
tance lo Europe ? lfNorthera Banks would
agree to receive them at no or at a small
discount from Northern merchants, to whom
they aie remitted by their Southern Corres
pondents, this would not establish for them
a credit and circulation in Europ.-. With
out such credid and circulation they could
not supply the void which would be produced
by the absence of bills drawn against the
shipment of our greatest staple. This is a
radical objection to the use of post notes for
the equalization of exchange. If they are
made to answer the purposes nf drifts in In
land Exchange, this would not protect the
bank* in the North from a drain of their
specie to pay for foreign importations, du
ring the period that our cotton crop should
be held from market on thia side of the wa
ter.
Liverpool, A ng. 30.
Dear Sir .’—Knowing (lie iute'est which
you fee! in the fate of the most important of
.Southern staples. 1 am iuduced, from the
great mart of its final sale, to drop you a few
letters. t< :•
The extraor tinary fact is disclosed, that
with a deficit in the export of some five
thousand bales, from the United States. 'be
stock of Aincricau cotton, now on hand in
this place, amounts to the enormous sum of
SU2OOO hales; being the largest stock ever
before known, and which exceeds that of
last year on to-day, by 74,000 balvs. The
consumption ofthe last year having fallen
off 33 per cent, it becomes in some degree,
u-elcss, to refer to the deficit in the crop of
1638. But we should look ahead to pro
vide the best means of securing a fair sale
of that of 1639.
According to the consumption of Great
Britain for the last five months, there would
be about forty weeks’ supply of cotton
now he<e in drj>ot, and in the ratio of her
full consumption, about twenty weeks’stock ;
quite enough to impair most ruinously the
value of the next year's crop, (bringing it
■loan probably to some six or eight cents
per pound in the United .States.) if some
effectual measures arc not adopted to keep
back shipments nntf February, when the
present surplus ol the crop of 1836 will be
worked off, and that ol 1639 can be brought
.-dvantagenusly to market. If. on the other
hand, the new is pushed early and in large
quantities into this Port, on the slock on
hand in December and January the price
of cotton must inevitably, a* I "have before
stid, sustain a must disastrous fall. Re
clamations to an enormous amount, will be
called lor from the United States; wh cli
in augmenting the demand for exchange,
will incresse that for specie, and probably
cans* a grneial suspension «.f the Banks,
with extrusive private failures. Indeed,
unless some measures are adopted for pro
tecting and holding back for a time, our
great staple, I fear it will break down to a
point, from which it will take years for it to
recover.
Under these circumstances the question
arises, can we protect ourselves, deteud our
country from ruinous recLmation*. and pro
vide some security for the future ? ( ihink
by unanimity, firmness, and perseverance,
we can. and that the plan sketched by the
Cotton Planters and Merchants of the South,
at their meeting on the sth July in New’
York, vigorously carried out will accom
plish his desirable object.
On conferring ivith those houses in this
city, warmly devoted to American interests,
they deem tneobjects proposed robe obtained
by the Macon convention valuable and en
tirely feasible, provided the Post Notes is
sued by the Southern Banks for advance*
on cotton,can be made equal to the best in
land exchange between the South and the
North by an arrangement with the Bank of
the United Slates, and one or txvo more
first rate institutions in New York to dis
count them. To make every thing safe,
however, it is indispensably necessary that
the Convention at Macon should he numer
ously attended, and furnish a fair represen
tation of the great cotton growing interest
of the .South. Although sinee the 6th
.August there has been some little advance
in price, and a fair extent of busintss doing,
both for the trade and export den and, yet
auothcr defective harvest which is yet in a
state of painfril uncertainty, and another
crisis may ensue, the extent of which no one
can fairly estimate. We should therelore
look steadily and resolutely to tho means of
self-protection. This, the Macon Conven
tion, well attended, affords. Let me there
fore urge you to attend the Convention
yourself, and to use. your influence to I ave
ths meetings held in your State, to elect
delegare* to attend the same. If no oilier
good pur;mse be answered, 1 am sure by
bringing the delegates of the Banka of the
Somli together some improvement may be
made in our currency and inland exchanges,
and the purp- sc of business and credit great
ly facilitated.
I shall make in Europe, the most satis
factory arrangements with Houses in first
rate credit, to hold such consignments a*
may be madfe through the intervention of
o*rr conservative confederacy, if j may so
•peak, and will embark from this port on the
2i*t Sept., in the Liverpool steamer, in or
der to attend the Convention in person, and
to make my report on the matters confided to
my agency.
I remain, dear sir.
With esteem and resrect.
Your obedient servant.
m J HAMILTON.
To Jesse Taylor, Montgomery,|A!a.
SUSPENSIONS.
From th* of Oet . 11.
SfKcir. PaymkJlts agaik Suspcade*.
The intelligence has doubtless already
sprrad far and wide, hut Mill it may not he
superfluous U> state lor information of our
distant readers and for that ol our friends
generally throughout Penns) Ivanls, that the
Philadelphia Brinks,after the brief intern!
of little njnre than ayearsn.ee tht es .n|i
tiou, agaiu bus, e„(Je-< ape, ~ ((ayments yes
terday, or in Otlie. words, confessed their
inability to m- et their resjionsibilitirs to the
public. A meeting of the representatives
of these institutions was held on Tuesday
ereninc, at which we understand it was re
solved not to suspend, though the. suspen
sion did take place on the following mor
ning. The little circumstances, however,
connected with the great matter which now
agitates the public mind, are eoniparatirely
unimportant, except that it may be as well
to know that the measure was m contempla
tion for some time, one dollar bills baring
beeo issuerl immediately by one if not moro
of the Banks. The main point to be coo.
sidereJ is this second suspension following
the first with such ominous rapidity.
Circumstances prevent us from dwelling
upon the subject to day as fuliv as we could
wish, but there is ooe thought at least
which urgently presents itself What
ever be the immediate causes which led to
this suspension, oi whatever the paliaiinns
which may be brought forward in regard to
it. one thing is clear—either that the bank
ing system is so radically vicious in itself
that, while amusing the country with de
lusive shews of prosperity, it tends con
stantly to mischiefs of the most discredita
ble and blighting character, or that under
its present form, it is entrusted to those who
are utterly incompetent to its management,
and have the guardianship of a machine’
which they confessedly caonot control to
.'he production ol lasting good. The sub
ject seems to narrow itself to this. It stands
independent of all other considerations, and
if it is now to form parties, they can only
divide themselves upon the two view* ofthe
case which we have presented. Is it ne
cessary for the | trace and welfare of the
community to demolish the credit system
altogether, or are there modes io which it
can either be amended or superseded, so
that the advantages may be gained without
the CTils which now afflict us with periodiral
regularity ? Such are the questions u|ion
which the people of Pennsylvania are to
form their opinions, that they may be car
ried into effect as soon as may be consistent
w ith a calm and enlightened judgment. It
is no hasty topic of an hour to be lightly or
iiiiempenlety dealt with ; but a matter of
deep and enduring concern, affecting both
the public and their posterity. By the act
of suspension, the charters of the existing.
Banks will bs at the disposal of the Com
monwealth. and there is nothing in the
character of any branch of its government
which is likely to intrrlere with that course
of conduct which may ultimately be re
solved on as best calculated to promote riis
general good, care of course being taken
not interfere with individual interests
further than may he actually necessary.
To t(io people, therefore, we have onlv to
recommend calmness and abuudiint reflec
tion. that every mean* promising the lasting
cure of a disease which now must be boldly
treated, not tsinpered with, may be fairly
weighed. If hasty action be avoided, iu,
all we mean that corcerns the future, the
present crisis may really prove a her ein of
no little value. A» for the Banks, they will
doubtless see that in therr prostrate condi
tion. every dictate ol sound policy calls
upon them to confine themselves within the
limits prescribed to individuals, under timi*
Isr circumstances. To act as il they were
not virtually insolvent, cannot but prove x
serious error in the present state of public
opinion; for there is ,a v»*t difference of
feeling in 1639 from that which existed in,,
1837 ; and above all there shou'd be no v«u>'
iatiou of law, either in the putting forth of
a bastard currency to drive the Smaller dec
uumination of coin out of circulation, or
in any other way. With discretion andr’
on 711 sides, present embarrassments may bo
surmounted with the smallest possible'
amount of suffering in the end. But tils
fact is not lo be denied that the lime his -
coine for looking thoroughly into ihr whale
subject of credit as congecied with tl tor
Banking system. Palliatives have had ;hrfir
day. The public demand remedies.
From the Baltimore American.
SUSPENSION OF THE BALTIMORE*.
BANKS.
At a meetiug, at an early hour this mor-'
I'iltg. of the Executive officers of the Banks”
ol l|ie city ol Baltimore, the following res-'-
olulinn was unanimously adopted :
Whereas information Iras reached this ‘
city that the Bauks of Philadelphia liaxo
suspended specie payments—’] herefore Re- ‘
solved, Thaf under the circumstances thin •
meeting deems it advisable that the Banks'
of this city forthwith suspend specie pay
ments lor the present, and recommend tho
same to Boards of the several Banks.
From the jV. Y. Journal of Commerce.
VERY IMPORTANT.
STnrrASE OK THE t'NITEL STATES BANK.'*
The United States Bank, in New York. •
lias received a note, in few words, from the v
United States Bank of Philadelphia, »ay->'
ing, you will pnv no further liabilities of tlio
United States Bank.
In consrquence of this, the bank has put* 1
up the following notice:
Bank of' the United States in -V. Y. ) •
Ntw Y ork, Wednesday morning) y ••
October 9, iO A. M. ) J
"Notice is hereby given that the notes of 1
the United State* Bank of Peunsy vanis'
will ro longer be received at the Bank of '■
the United Slates in New York."
Post Notes to the amount of forty or '
fifty thousand dollars, and perhaps a much ’
larger sum, are due to-day, and will be pro
tested. On the presentation of a SIO,OOO
Post Note at the opening' of the Bank this
morning, the holder was put off' for an an
•»er to 12 o'clock, and theu answered io
the negative.
The ezeitrtnent in Wall street has been
very great ot course, and conjectures rite
as to the real state of the case. Our readers
will perhaps be able to comprehend w bat
•ur opiuioii must be.
The general impression seems to be,
that there will of course be a gen
eral snspension of specie payments in
Philadelphia. We see no necessity for
this, for we may say now, as we have often,
said before, "Banks which can psy any
thing, can pay sprat,” except possibly on
some sudden emtijgency, and for * Short -
time. ■
Some people think that of course there
must be a suspension here. But 'for such *
an opinion there is Dot the least foundation.
Our Banks resumed id the face not only of
- tacit no* resumption io Philadelphia, aad
all over the South, but in the face of an ac
tive opposition.
They were told from high authority that
to resume w ithout Philadelphia, would of
course be a failure. But some men thought
otherwise, and it proved that resumption
elsewhere w as in no wise important.
The difference was adjust! and at once by
the ram of exchange, and for U ui uieinbs
our Banks paid before i’hiladclphia re
sumed, and : iuc*. she never resumed,—for
, Po: • • >t.ivi and off the whole thing.
1 ui Banks and ail East ami West will
stand firm, aid pay snore easjly titan before,
for one of their worst enriiyics was Post
Notes, aud that ts of course out of tlie way.
The money machinery of the country
will work all the easier for w luit has hap
pened. There have been no sales of atocks
or post notes since the news.
Criminals, not affording to Lam.— All
old bachelors,of a rebsouable income above
forty, all young men who have married old
women, at old men who have got young
wives, all those who have helped to mako
the national debt what it is.
Leigh Hunt.