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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.