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in® to be free and claiming an equality of rights, should so long have permitted the laws restricting it, to disgrace the pages nl their statue book, while they were daily feeling anil comp! aitiing of its grinding in fluence. The palpable and glaring al>-ur dity of the thing is even more marvellous than its wickedness. Isa clod-headed mi ser who disgrace* the name of President, or a popinjay dandy who is dignified by the title of Cashier vested with a patent tight for honesty and intelligence, because an act of incorporation has authorised them to sign their names to promissory notes, with pictures upon t'ein. anil a weak 01 a se"se less legislature has enacted a law to prohibit ethers from dniug so 1 It is mentioned as an act of tyranny, that in the reign of one of the Kings ol Engl uni, a law was oassed prohibiting gentlemen under a “art'cular degree from wealing pikes in their shoes of more than two inches ia length. It would in this country no doubt be cousideied an act of great oppres sion if the legislature were to prohibit all but a particular set of gentlemen from wear ing hats or coats of any given shape or size, and yet in this laud of liberty we have a law subjecting to a penalty any and every free man, except a particular and lavoted set of gentlemen, from having th-'ir promts gory nates engraven, and such pictures put upoi mem as lie may think proper. If some triveller were t« come from a far country, and tell you that the subjects (a term we never use in reference to the cm zms of this country) of tltit government dare not, under a it ivy penalty, give a note w th the picture of .1 U arse, or a bull, ora chicken, or a in in, or w 1,11 >a on it, without first getting permission of Lii • King, would von not flunk that was a very tyrannical govern nent ? And yet we b tve just such a I. w in this State. Why, then, has this system been adopt ed ? Why is it that such laws exist ! Ask these questions of i;s a Ivocates. and they will tell you that it is all done lor the pro tection of the peo;>!e---to prevent the conn try Iron being flooded with worthless money ---to save the poor naan from the loss he w * aid sustain by ilic breaking of a shin-plas ter bank, and thousands of the dear people are fools enough to believe it in direct contradiction eftlie evidence of their senses and the teachings of their yearly experi ence. But supposing that to he really tire object, as vve suppose it was with some of those who were duped into its support, let us ex amine how wisely it is calculated to effect the object. Which would you suppose would be most likely to manage a bank prudently, the man who was managing his own property and w hose person and proper ty was liable for the redemption of every hill that lie issued, or ha who was managing the property of others, an I who might with what lie deemed a fair prospect of gain, risk thousands for others without much ha zards to himself, and whoso property is bound to but a very limned extent for the r •!'motion of the bids? Doubtless ynu w (it'd think the man whose all was at.stake ---but the Legislature in their wisdom, i ultra y to the dictates of reason and cum in in sense, arid contrary to the experience of all mmkinl ia every thing else—have f 1 tod not, that in banking he is the safest nil mist prudent min, who lias least at s; ike. It is true, the Legislature has for several years back, in the grant of clnrters, mu la .i il.lers responsible for the ra il •11 ni'iii if the hills io proportion to the s' irk they may own; bui that amounts to no responsibility at all : a man owing one hn i Iredtii part of the stock, wool 1 be res ]» msibla for one bniidrepth part of each and cva.v Vfi, 1 iby the time the holder of a live or even 1 bun lied dollar bill should v" oat of each stockholder his p-oportion ,ibie shire, it would have cost him more un it was worth ; we have never known a s’o'-'.bolder sued It is for the protection of i'.i ■ people'. A man may buy all that his ri 'ighbor is worth, an 1 git e a written promis sory note for it and never pay a dollar (or i , ai l nooi-ly talks about protecting ,the p -ople; let the n take cue of (items Ives : b it if a man known to be honest and wealthy, prims his promissory note for a scvcnpeiice, and puts pictures on it, the public must be protected. 15 it lei U3 see lio v this system lias pro t:c(! 1 the p-onlc. The old Durian Bank failed i t 18 >5, with an immense amount of its bills. 1 1 tlte ham! 1 of the p"0;>le, many of whom sold them at a loss of twenty-five per cent, the people sustained more loss by that suspension, titan they ever did by all the shin-plasters (tint were ever issued tn the State. U,w were the people protected in the failure of the Wheeler B.iik, and the old Macon Bank, and in the divers o ther failures and breaking of these charter ed Banks, that have taken place ? Why every time ;he bills of one o( these iniailli ble. people protecting Banks get ten per cent, below par. the people I >oso from ten to fifty thousand <J -liars. An I not withstan ding these failures are of almost daily oc currence, the Bank interests of the country have been able t;> gull the people into tin belief that nobody has either U e right or the ability to issue bills that can he redeemed, except the few who have been able to pro cure a patent right for wisdom aim honesty, by an act of incorporation, an i who have by the same process preserved a virtual exemp tion from liability for the redemption ol their bills, if they should happen to'issue move than the 1? ink is able to redeem. Tin objection tint is urged to n repeal of the restrictions upon hanking. is that the country wouht be flooded with bills ol no value, .md that the poor would be greatly imposed upon by them. This is one of the great evils of this sys tem of legislation. It assumes that the people are no* capable of taking care ot their oxva interest, and it is snug into their ears, It >tii by the press and by par' v demag ogues, until many of them really beiicve, that there is m .Utlledgeville some franslor miug process by w tich those delectable gentry who annually assemble to concoct schemes for their own and their party's ad vancement, are actually converted into Salomons and th it nobody else but them knows a ivthrig a t tut the interest nl th" poor. In the first place this is nut true . in the next place, if it were true, they have lost in ire by the failure? of chartered banks in ad iaeri instances within the last t?velv years, thin they ever did by shin-plasters or tin 1 1 i-ywiil l in twe t*y years to come an ) best les, t i> y li i I better I mse a s*“v ‘ti pe.ise now ai I then, th in to be a ways ground to lust by a lew Banks. ilit we sav the objection is not true in f icr. Tile people ar* much more easily iin p isc I upon by the bills of . chartered bank thin bv th ise of a i individual. The act of iic irp irad la g ves the company a ere dit to which it is nit entitled. Present a man with a hundred and dl.ir bill issued by anew Punk, and he in *y inquiie what Bank it is ; ell him it is anew Bank that was chartered, tit the last session of the Legislature and bet ?. satisfied ; but lei a company comnosed of the sin • men commence banking without a Inner and the same mm would nit take a vmty dollar bill upon them uitil be in qnirrd who they were, and was perfectly satisfied that they were not only men o. cap ital but of prudence and honesiy. There is no doubt that if the restrictions u|H>n private bankiug were repeded, a great many persons would at first engage 111 it who have neither the capital, the talent or the honesty to entitle them to any credit, but they would not be able to give ttreir bilis a liillicirni circulation to do an\ ma terialinjury, b< - ..use others with all these requisites w ,u!u engage in it and drive the n out of cnvldalinn, the worst that coiilu result from it won Id be that you would g-vi the people the chance ol being shaved or not is they might think proper, under the exis tingsystem, you compel them to be shaven it the banks think proper, for they are com pelled 10 take the bills of the banks that ex Ist by law or to take none We intend to pursue this subject for the purpose of show mg that, if banking were left like otlun branches of business to reawlata itself, tin country would be much less subject togvea. and sudden revulsions and distressing atm destroying pressure than it is under the present system. From the Boston Atlas-. THE BLESSINGS OF JACKSONS AND VAN BLKEN’S ADMINISTBA TION. The People of this once happy country are now enjoying the fruits of their misera ble infa l nation, in confiding the direction ol their to men notoriously destitute ot every qualification fer civil t mployment.— i'lieie was not a pledge of General Jackson, before entering office, which was not by him miserably violated ; there was not a promise which was not shamefully broken ; lin ts' was hardly a measure of Ills Administration which did not terminate in the most disas irons failure. By his Reform he subsidized the Press and prostrated the independence of Con gress. By his anxiety to render the Government a simple Machine, be absorbed all the power of the Government in the hands of tlte Exe cutive. By his Retrench: ent h‘> trebled the ex penditures of Government. By his Veto ofthe United S’ates Bank he destroyed a solvent institution, and scatter ed the public treasures among eighty pet banks, every one of which was obliged to suspend specie payn ents. By the importation of gold and silver, wh“n the balance of trade was largely a gainst us, lie brought us largely in debt to foreign countries, diminished consequently the value of all our exports, made our mer chants baukrunt, and prostrated that for eign cr- dit which is the life ot 01. r commerce and manufactures. And finally, by his humble efforts to res tore a purely metalic currency—a currency only fit for slaves and savages—lie deluged the community with irredeemable paper.— The calamity, winch all the troubles of a disastrous war (ailed to bring upon us, was induced by the b ind, blundering and profli gate policy of an under cabiuetof swindlers and vagabonds. And all this was anticipated ofthe rule of General Jackson, by (lie men who best knew his disposition and capacities. Mr Clay told us truly that I is election would be a more serious calamity than war, pestilence, or famine. And the very men who sustain ed him after his elevation with all the base ness of sycophants, were the earliest and the loudest in denouncing his unfitness for the station. Mr. V r an Buren came into power with a pledge to carry out the measures which ids “illustrious predecessor” had resolved should he carried into execution. They were carried out with a vengeance. Hard ly was he seated in the chair of the Execu tive when calamity stalked through out country. No war—no pestilence—no fam ine desolated our borders. In the midst o! peace, a sudden paralysis seized on the in dustry of tlte country, and ruin threatened us in every form. 'The Government roused itself. Mr. \an Buren convoked Congress, that ns wisdom might relieve our dis ress. The Represru Wtiv'-s ofthe People, assembled. In breath ie s nxie v they wast'd the declaration ol tio .r ice io the important question, what shall we do to be saved ! And-whai ' vas proposed to Congress by this oracle of wisdom ! Let every one lake rare of himself, said the Jackass when he was dancing among the chickens. Let commerce take care of itself, said the President of a people essentially commer cial. Let the exchanges manage themselves, said t is great Government banker. Let the currency go on as it may, said this w holesale dealer iu'millions, whose in fluence and power on die commerce aud the exchanges md the currency have made them what they are. iM v predecessor has been striving during the greater part of his Admmisti alion to reg nlate these affairs, and his regulations have entangled them mi Hopeless confusion. 1 will abandon the whole concern. My remedy lor all t .e evils of the times is to'do nothing. This l propose to do, and I have convened Congress to assist me in doing it. Such was the language of the President in iiis first message. Meanwhile what has taken place? The Government iias not let us alone. The use ol toe revenue derived from commerce, always a com nercial capita, has been withdrawn. The millions ot the Treasury have been bearded in the iron chests ot its agencies. The sub-Treasury lias actually been m operation, and war ha ti -eu declared and carried on to the knite a gainsttflie banking institutions of I lie couu try. We are on the eve ol' another com tnercial convulsion, and con.usiou, bank ruptcy, and distress stare us m the lace. Plow, we lay down, and »vc are prepared to maintain, that the Government of the United States has the exclusive right to reg ulate the commerce o the country. It has exercised this right hilly, constant ly, and ex’eu bvely, Iroui the first moiiK-ni of Us existence. In the practice of the Government, its revenue is the product of commerce. Kven the millions it has received for the sale ot the public lands have been borrowed, lorthe most part, Ironi that rove tun;, through the facilities which the Administration h»s affor ded to tin; purchasers ol th • pub® domain. The Treasury is supplied by means ot the products of commercial enterprise.— With the proceeds of this commerce accutn dialed in its Treasury, the Government en ters into the market ol production and sup ply, and expends its twenty millions per an nuin for its Army, its Navy, and whateve* else it has occasion to sustain. By whatever high name the Government may be known, in its intercourse with the citizens, it is, in fact, in the practical opera tions of t lie ct untry, agrtal Banker, with au immense.capital, uniting to the posses sion of political power the influence of trans cendent and unrivalled wealth. Its wealth and its power combined raise it above rivalship or competition. Every year oas added to its magnitude. In the early days ofthe Constitution, this tremendous power was harmoniously com bined with the lawful pursuits ofthe citizen rite Government was a copartner w ith th* merchant in all that tended to open the marts ol commerce and promote the success of his 1 industry and en'erpiise. It in ly not be doubt ed that, by this association of interest, indi vidual capital was increased, profit accutuu ated, and prosperity secured to as extent which had no parallel iu the history of lit* woiltl. A change has come over the spirit of (hs idles. Tim present Administration.has declared a war of extermination against the wl ole •"edit and banking system ofthe country, and font present appearances, the will enjoy the high and proud satisfaction of seeing tlieir designs fuliy realized. But the People will hold Mr Van Boren ">«l his -upporicrs responsible Idr the in-'a sores by which they have been prostrated. I'hey will draw the lines, mark tlte men, and pursue them w ith an indefatigable and unceasing ardor, till they have been driven 1 rom tin- places thev have defiled, and expi ate, in a compulsory retirement, the wrongs •md s tiering they have inflicted upon tue u. As long as the wicked rule, the People may prepare to innurn bm > TH f'i MIRROR v ; " ' : \ © SaturdayJ . I^:sl*. For Pt’cttiileiii. GEORGE M. TROUP. The New York State Elections have gone in favor ot the Whigs; and the Mississippi elections in favor of tlte Administration. At the late session of the Superior Court in Troup county, a man by the name ol John R. Bays was convicted and sentenced to be hutig for the murder of his wife. His execution is to take place on the 20th of December next. In pronouncing sentence, Judge Warner m >dc an impressive and red ing address to the prisoner a r tl to the assem bled crowd of spectators. Bays preserved, throughout, the utmost composure and even rigidity of feature ; indeed, at the conc'u sion of the sentence, so impressive had been [he remarksof the Court, that the prisoner's was almost the only unmoistened eye in the house, and -ftcr declaring the sentence o| the law, when the Court gave utteranee to the usual solemn prayer of, “May God have mercy on your soul,” a hearty Amen! was responded horn various parts of the room, which add‘d to the solemnity of the occa sion. At the same term of the Court, two other iiidiv and mis were sentenced to the Peniten •iary; one for Petit Larceny, two years, and (he other lor involuntary Manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act, three years. WAR UPON VESTED RIGHTS. The Loco Focos at the North are hold ing meetings, and passing resolutions urging an indiscriminate repeal of Bank charters. They declare that every Legislature in the Union is prohibited from chartering banks, by the express letter of the Constitution.— All this is done in order to bring about a me tallic currency, which seems now to be one of the favorite measures of the Administra tion. EXTRAVAGANCE. A single vessel recently brought into the port of New York sixty rases of figured silks, each valued at .£IO,OOO, making nearly three oiitlions dollars worth of figured silks at a single arrival. This kind of extravagance will be a prolific source of peeuniiry eut bura smeric tv the country as long as it is persisted in. The importations into the Dis trict of New York during :lie second quar ter of the present year, more than double the amount of exports for the same period, viz. Imports, $23 743,163 Exports, 20,321,859 Difference. $12,426,324 THE LEGISLATURE. That ourreadets may have correct infor mation on the most important aubjeale be >re the Legislature, we publish the follow [iigfrom the Georgia Journal, which gives , snccinc account of all that is of any inter est to the majority of our subscribers Ma iy Fills of a local and private character have been presented which wo do not consider of sufficient importance to publish in onr co lumns to the exclusion of more interesting matter. PROCEEDINGS OK TIIE LEGISLA TURE. Onr readers will find, by reference to the proceedings <>f the Legislature, that, altho* lu sine.-s is progressing rapidly in both bran ches, nothing of material importance has Irnn&pirod iu either In.mrli, (it we except the'failure to repeal the Free Banking Law In the Senate.) although many bills of im p nlance are before each body. In tho discussion in the Senate, on the motion to agree to Dr. Branham's bill to re peal the free banking law. some little "spar ring" took p'aoe, tha' was not altogether de void of interest. The bill having been read the third time, Mr. Springer of Carrol rose to oppose itspassage, on the ground ol the public utility of Free Banking. He was followed by the author of tlte hid (Dr Branham,) who contended that the whole system was one of no utility, but rather an injury to the people and the currency of the country. Mr. kelly of Houston, contended for the system as otis, that would afford, not only a good currency, but that the security to the bi I holler *a» indoubted, and belter than • hat afforded by the chartered Banking in siitutions of tire country. He also observ ed that the currency had not yt been in jured, and that it was time enough to repeal the law wh m that was the case. Mr. Christian ol Elbert, was opposed to the repeal, on the ground that great injus tice would lie done to the institution formed in the county of Elbert, and ready to go in to operation, out from some cause, (which w' did not distinctly hear, as Mr. C. spoke rather low) it hail not issued any of its bills. Mr. Branham observed, tiiat lie did not de sire to do injustice to the institution about to go into operation in Elheri county, bn his object in intri daciug the bill was to el factually kill ilic whole system,* every fi a tura of which he was op| used to; and In had no disposition 1* leave it to future legj, lation, I/eiug tearful l)iat all legislation favor able to tree banking, would rather increase the evil, than diminish it. Mr. Springer, in rtiher *n excited tone, said, lie would inform the Senate that that man (!k. B.) was the I’i'-ector of a making institution under the chi system—that lie i 'lr. S.) was op..used v.> the old system— th t the system proposed in the Itee hank ing law, was founded upfin the real estate ol the country—that property in negroes anti land was not only the basis upon which th \ would bank, bu ihat there was further s curify in the 25 per cent of specie, to nie< 1 their issues when presented for redem|i)ioii: he called upon the Senate to look •( t e re turns ol the ol I banks mad** on the first of October, and to see if the 25 per cent nl specie was in their vaults to meet their is sues; he therefore not be persuaded by Dr Branham, for the time, he assured them, would soon arrive, when the old banking system would tall be fore the free banks "tike grass before the wind.'!" The Senate then adjourned. The discussion was resumed 011 Tlmrs day. but circumstances prevented our atteu dance il iring the debate. Tie mil was lost. [Yeas 29, Nays 48.] On Friday an effort was made to reconsider, out this also failed T«o petitions have been pi ented to ti e Senate praying ro “repeal the fi.-: n.-e law.’’ The one we understand that was presented by Mr. Purler of Greene, wasa petition from the faculty and Modems ot the Mercer Uni versity. Mr. Porter obsc.ved in presenting this petition, that he was totally opposed, not only to the prayer of the petitioners, but to tiie action of the Senate upon it oih erwise than by laying it upon the table. Ut merely wished to discharge a duty that lie owed to his constituents iu presenting then petition to the .S mate. The other was pre sented by Mr. Vincent, and was from sundry citizens of Jackson county. Air. Vincent was also opposed to the Senate having any other action upon the petition than r it pur sued by the body in r< lai.on to th# one pre sented by Nlr. Porter. They were both 11- nanimously laid on the table for the balance of the session. Among tlte many important hills it tro dllced in both Houses, tlieie is one, intro duced in the Senate by Mr. Miller of Rich mond, “to limit the time in which widows may apply for (he assignment of dower. ; Mr. Springer has introduced a bill to divide the State into nine Congressional districts. Mr. Tarver's hill, introduced in the lluusc on the 12lh, relative to the Slav of Execu tions, provides, “that iu all cases hereafter, any party, against whom judgement s! #ll be rendered in any of the courts of this State, may enter good and sufficient security, eith er in open court or in the clerk's office with in four days from the adjournment ofthe coift, for the payment of the judgement's follows: one half within twelve months, and the remaining half within two years l oin the rendition of judgement. And upon such security being given, and all costs be ing paid, execution shall not issue during the said stay. Provided, that if such partv shall fail to pay the one half at the expiration 01 such stay of twelvemonths, then, and in that case, execution shall issue against him, her or them, forthe whole amount ofsuch judg ment. When security thus given, is deem ed insufficient or insolvent, the defendant is to give other good security, on failure of which execution is to be issued. The act is to extend to ail cases in justices courts, as well as in the'Superior and Inferior courts of this Stale, and to continue in force two years.” ELECTIONS BY THE LEGISLA TURE. The two Houses joined on Tuesday last and went into the election of State House officers, and the following is the resti.t : For Secretary of St at e. William A. Tennille, 212.* William W Williamson. 58. William G. Little, 11 Fok Treasurer. Thomas Haynes, 164.* John R Anderson, 120. Blank, 3. Fok Comptroller General, John G. Park, 182.* James G. Lewis. 69. John Monger, 23. Blank. 5. For Surveyor General-. i siii'ii. 2 <r. M- 4//». A. M. Horton. 27 41 135 192* Jesse Cox. 38 31 47 50 Griffin. 17 24 25 w’d Crews, 24 15 29 10 Terrell, 6 1 withdrawn. Lovless, 17 withd awn. J. A'. Wright, 24 37 - 9 23 Longstreet, 107 103 withdrawn. Ross, 6 8 4 w’d. Ashmore, 4 2 withd.awn. Coleman. 12 14 do. Duke, 4 3 1 do ♦All Union Van Boren Elect- and. FOR THE MltrOß. Tltf Album. IY». 3. N. P. Willis, notwiths'aiiding the af fectation displayed in his First 1 o, re -sio..s, pencillings by the way. Inklings of Adven ture. Jottings Do.vn, Atc. has favored tne world with some of the most beautiful poet ic effusions known to tk-> English language. “Melanie,'' the longest poem which hi lias yet attempted, is elegantly and gracefully written, and has tnsny. v< rv many poetic (ouohtt.s —but it does not ex.'nbit Willis’me rits in their true light. It is alter the trio del of Byron’s Parana, at least, it seems to have been n>oul led by the delight inspired by the more, subdued and mellow prodtic lions ol that matchless bard. Some of .Mr. Willis’ smaller pieces are exquisitely beau tiful, and are sufficient, in themselves, to en title their author to one of the loftiest seats on tlie American Parnassas. Who ever read the picture entitled “A chihl'sfirst im pression of u Star," without being reminded of the palmiest efurls of Coleridge. The following lines are natural and touching, bringing together in vivid juxtaposition, the associations of childhood aid old age. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 1 lore to look on a scene like ihlt, Os wild and careless play. And persuade myself that I am not old, Ami my locks are not yet gray; For it w irs the b'ood in an old man’s heart And it makes his pulses #y. To catch th# tlirll of a happy voice, And the a pleasant eye. f have Walked the world for fourscore years. And 1 hey say that I am old. And my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death, And my years are well nigh told. It is very true; n is vary true; Pm old, and “I ’bide my lime;” But my heart will leap at a scene like this. And 1 half renew my prime. I’lav on. play on; lam you there, In the midst of your merrv ring; f can feel tlte thrill of the daring jump. And the rush of the ff.wt bless swing. ! hide with you in the Iragran) hay. And I whoop tharvpolhereil call V id my leet slip up on the seedy floor. And I care not for the full. I am willing to die when my time shall come, \nd I shall be giad to go : 1’ or the world, at best, is a misery place, And nv pulse is getting low; But the grave is dark an I the heart will fail In treading its glno nv wav ; Vtid it wiles my lie.nt from its dreariness, To see the young an gay. But Willis las been e a “Corsair * and •o longer quaffs [he sweet waters ol the Pi erian spring. In his new character lie is lounging about Almacks, and other fashioti ible pi >ces of resort in the Babel ci'y, or seeking adventures wherewith to fill up his ■ToUiu/ts Down, designed for the edification ut his patrons iu America. H* has fallen too far. ever to be reclaimed ; th* Muses h ive no doubt, long since erased his name hum their roll of liiv rites, and ceased to weep over his delinqiisucv. It has been long since the public has neard fro in Pikkfoxt. But he is not for gotten. He one* snug as if the very soul of freedom had math- his heart Iter teiujde, and shone out in every line of his glowing vetse. “In the Gotl of battles trust 11 ie we may and die we must; But oh ! where can dust to dust, Be consigned so well. As where heaven her dews shall shed On the martyr'd patriot's bed, Ami the rock shall raise its htad, Ol his deeds to tell!” O. \V. Holmes, one of the most otigin al and wags'aliian of all our poets, has ex •fianged his -p -n for a pestle,’ his poetry for pills ; and his lyre for a lancet ; he has be come a ‘regular bred’ M. D. : abjured the service of Appollo, and enlisted under Es culapins. He was nn doubt meditating tile change when lie wrote, NViml is poet’s love ? To write a girla sonnet; To got a ring, orsome such thing, A id fustiuuize upon it. That lie has knelt at the shrine of beauty, or at h-ast felt tlte all powerful influence of a pretty eye, cannot for a moment be ques tioned; it is therefore the more strange that he should descend from his soaring flight a ttmng the empyreal regions,in order to min ister to the deceased frame, anil tread with noiseless step, the chamber of the tick Where can a prettier sonnet be found than that which is Imre adduced as a specimen of his lighter style; The bright I lack eve, the melting blue, I cannot choose between tlte two. Ah! many lids Love lurks between, Nor heeds the coloring of his screen; And when his random arrows fly. The victim falls, but knows not why. Gaze not upon Ills shield ol jet. The shall upon the string is set ; Look not beneath his azure veil, Though 1 very limb were cased in mail. Well, both might make a martyr break The chain that bound him to the Make ; And both, with but a single ray. Can melt our very heart aw y ; Ami both, when balanced, hardly seem fi’o stir the scales, or rock the beam; But that is dearest, all tlte while, Which wears for us the sweetest smile. Asa pendant to the foregoing very pretty verses of Dr. Holmes, except gentle nailer, a few rhymes from an humbler source, in spired, hnwtiyer, by the same theme. You may find out the author if you can. BLACK AND BLUE EYES. The bonny eye of brilliant black, Wli re Cupid lurks m view, May have i|is charms, !>ut can’t attract, Like those of liquid blue. The one all joy, all life, all light, Shines on you wi'h its blaze. And woe betide tlieluekles* wight, That comes within its gaze. The other mildly beams with love And sheds a softer ray. And like the ether pure above, Dissolves the soul away. The black eves burn, the bine ones melt, I know full well tle-ir power, And ought to know, for I h ive felt Their magic many an hour. The black may dazzle, but the blue, Oh, who can stand hefote iliem. Before those orbs of heavenly hue, And not in soul adore them. Although the last may spirit lack, They yet the soul subdue, I bow beiore the eyes of black, But kneel to those of blue. Laurie. Genuine Wit.-- 'The -winter of an Eastern paper say# that many of his patrons would mike good wheel-horses, they hold back no well «n——■—— fliu't iril. In Irwinton, Ala. on Thursday Evening the I4tli inst. by .1. W Mann, Esq. HI RAM P. JuNE.3, late of New Jersey, to Mis. Ski ixa Tkkadvv kll, of the former place. —■» '.. ... ■"■'ii i ■ " »"■" WSMi f'« ( 9 fi r User skip- r FUIE iiu'letsi.'tied have formed a foparf ■ nersliio for tlreJtran»acfionof business, under the name and style ot WIXmtKV cV .TSOS24JAIV. They h >ve now on hand and expect to keep a well assorted stock of DRY GOODS, Crockery , Hardware, Cutlery, SfC. They intend to keep a well selected stock of Goods at Friendship, Suivter county. A. B. C. WINFREY. J. B. MORGAN, Florence. Nov. 23 33 ______ JOB PRINTING 1 weatxt ifxr.orTCi* at eruts oflicf- 1 Iff • 4-OOI>V THE subscriuns have just received at their store, next door to Air. H. W. Woodward, on Centre street, a large and general assortment of IS'ttv/e and Fancy *»'* t » bu^3. 1 Consist ng ot Cotton Bagging. Negro ( loth, Linsevs. Cotton Osnaburgs, Readymade Clothing, Blankets, Hals. Bmis and Sho< s, Together wttiiall other kinds of Domes tic Good- 1 S .liable to the teaiuo. Their supoly of FANCY GOODS is large and Well assorted. 'l'hey invite their friends and the public generally, to cail and examine for themselv* s. S. \V. BENNETT A: Cos. Nov. \ ... A \NY person wishing to exchange a ne grn girl, 12 or 13 years of age, fora brisk, active boy, cab be aceon n o> attd by calling on J, L. BULL. Nov 23 33 notice! tOST during ihr week of the Inferior J Court at Lumpkin, a large Leall es or Mororo Pocket Book contain® a number of small notes to the amount of three hun dre 1 "“I ten dollars o 1 Dr Go nle. one note on ♦ SteaieniWo lor three hundred ami Eigiuy. or the rise, tine some time about Cirisi.ins next, also one note on D:v;d Harrell, due about 'lie same time; also one no eon I P Harrell, lor five hundred and sixty five dollars, due the twenty fifth of December. 1838; also one note, given hv the subscriber for sixty dollars, due the 1 tiiy fifth December 1838; also one note o Vreliy Nichalson and Laurence, for •■gli'v three dollars and twenty cents, due ihu first day of next July, together with sundry other notes and accounts nut recol lected. I do hereby forwarn any person from trading lor-the above notes as I claim them as my properly, I will also give ten dollars reward to any person or persons who will deliver the sit'd Book an.l contents ;o me living in Siewari county, 14 miles front Lumpkin, 011 the Road leading to Travel ers Rest. JESSE HARRELL. • Novembe $3, 1839. 33 3t ON Tuesdav the last day of December next, will He sold at the plantation of Albert 11. S je' lierd, deceased, in Stewart CMtuty all th* 1 perishable property of said deceased consisting ot Hmses, Hogs, Cat tle, Corn, Folder, (>*is Plantation Tools, Household a ul Kitchen 1 itrnitnre.Nmd smi thy oilier irlicles i#n tedious to mention. jjTerms 10 ide known on flip dux of s de. JAMES M .S IYT.'E \dm’r. ’ ANNE E. StIEPPEUD, Adm’rx. Nov. 23 1839 33 AJ>mINIBTR VTORS’ SALE Wlfjl.be sold mi ' inlay, the 20ili of DECEMBER next, between ilieu snal hours of sale, at the laie residence of Silas Mercer, the perishable property of Si las Mercer, lue of Lee county, ' cceased consisi ing of horses, hogs, cattle, two horse wagon and harness, hoii-i hold and kitchen liirnit re. Also, at the same time and place will be hired, two hl.' lv negroes, and the pbintalmii reined. Verms made known on the.daf. ANN MERCER. Adm’ix. Nov. 1 to \GKKKABLY t" an tirdei of the Infe . norl'ouri of Lee county, tvhensiltmg is a court ol ordinary, will b • sold on tlte fiisi Tuesday iu JANUARY next, before the <,'outi House door in Slarksvdie : All 'lie Negroes and other perish, hie pro perly, belonging to the estate of Hulu n D. Kespess, late of said cont ty, deceased.— .Sold for the benefit of the heirs and credit ors, of said dec eased. DUDLEY SNEED. AdmV. Nov. 6. 32 de bans non. NOTICE. \LL persons indebted to the estate of Gallia Mathews, hue of .Stewart coun ty, deceased, are hereby notified that pay ment will b » required a> speedily as possible; and those holding demands against said es tate are required to baud them in according to law. JOHN M. W. PEEL. I A ,, ANDERSON C MATHEWS* S AU,n .1A \ K M ATI I E W.S, Ailm’ix. Nov 15 32 61 \GRKKABLE to an order of the honor able the lulerier court of I lie county of Slimier, when sitting for ordinary pur poses. will he sold, on the first Tuesday ia J VN U A R Y npxt, at th# court house floor in the county of Randolph, Lot of Land No. 7, in the lent It district of formerly Lee now Randolph comity, lor the benefit of Alexsa* der Carreiherx. a minor. ELIZABETH RUCK, (formerly Elixabath Joiner,) Sumter co. Oct. 5?. Guardian. AD MI Nl STRAT 01 tS SV l£ A GRE EAB L E so an order ofthe fn \. t'erior Court of Stewart county when sitting for or 11nary purposes, will be sold on tbi first Tuesday in January next at the Co.i t House door ,in tbs town of Clarks ville, liabersh t o county, one ha'f lot of Land No. 50, in tlte Gth Oist. of said coun ty, it being a part of the real estate ot J -i.'imi Gillespie deseased, of Mississippi. Terms cash. RICHARD KIDD, Adtfi’r. Nov. 1,1839. I li *reby c institute and appoint Merri wethcr Clements, my Agent and Attorney* sell and make titles to said land. RICHARD KIDD. A4 mr. GRF.F.ABLY to the requirements of the will and testament of the late Johil Guilford, of Randolph county, dec'd. we will expose topnb'ic sal*, on the last Satur day in DECEMBER, at the residence of Colson Guilford, six negroes—a woman and live children. Terms of si'e msda known on the day. JOIIN GUILFORD, ? COLSON GUILFORD. ( M Georgetown, Nov. 1,1839. 31 A ORF.EABII! to «n ordefof the Ho« arable Inferior Court es Sumter Coun tv v,i#n setting as a Court of ordmarv. will be sold on th* first Tuesday in December next before the Court lions# door in Amer icans, Sumter county, Ist Nu. §43. id the sth district of Earlv eounty, on th# first TueSr day in December next, at the Court ho,ts« floor of that county. Sold for th# benefit of tlte heirs and creditors sf Uriah Fulltf deceased. WALT IN W. FULLER. A !<•*» September 3, I §39. S3 FOUR months after date, anpheatfoS will o# m ule o the honorable the iA» ferior court of Lee county, when sitting as ac« tirtof ordimarr, for ieave to sell the v*x) estate of Silas Mercer, late of s»ifl deceased- ANN tfJLSCIBt AflW