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than the two others. The poor “beset" cue. kurw uot wnat tq do: lie w?» attache*! hi« house, its location, and every thing about it. but to ffve in $u :h incessant thral dom was out of the question, anil in a fit of s !een and despair, he put an advertisment in tiie “Moruing Ilerald,'” offering it Tor rent. Miss BuJ was congratulating he.aaii o the manner iu which she was giuff,tally drawing a line of circumvaliution round her prey, when the no.iee of Mr. Siuglesiiles' pi.ijocted removal caneiit her ey ■. an I per plexed to kuow whu t.'id r msod so sudden and uuloaked for an event, she deter ruined to find it out. Mr. Sitiglesi let v. is usually so very meth odical i.i his mnuMii ' ,l, i.i it iu lies hour of goi.ig ii hi :iu I ret lining 10 his home, i her a rarely occuri I the deviation of a iliiu'l'e, And liytsey. as sjon as she saw him leave tin* and ior lui i turn tire corner n! the street, s rr-vued her h ad in a large flove culored :i' .u '. litre over h r loan slloul-1 ders a stri tol i! * ; lac.-, and tripping over the way, was sum heard -inching at the) highly hurnislied rippef ol the. bachelor.— I Jacob lie Til and obeyed the summons, but j •.v is somewhat reiucunt to admit the lady. | who cam .» untie r ] ratence of examining i the house before engaging it lor a Iriend.— ' Recollecting, however, that as his mastor j never returned until halt an Ii >ur before the | hour of dining, them could be no great j hum in complying with her request, lie a but ushered her In with true African urban ity. Borides wishing to unour .Mr. Single sides’ niative for renting his house. Miss Bud was actuate! by another powerful i rincialn of curiosity. She wished to in spect every tiling about the bachelor's es tablishment; so after patting a few loading questions to Jacob, while shn peered into cverv nook anil era iny, she made a feint of retiring; but nos inner had Jacob withdrawn, than slipping olflirr shoes to prevent be ing overheard, she stole stealthily upstairs, thinkiug to have a peep into the bachelor’s bed-room, although her maidenly delicacy strongly argued against the step. But, “when a woman deliberates, she is lost,” and in went Miss Bud in breathless trepidation. She was charmed ivitli every thing she saw —such exquisite order, combined with such solid comfort!—such a display of just lastc in the pattern of the bed and window curtains! “not gaudy but neat.” While ir, this state of .delicious excitement, she fan cied she heard advancing steps and voices. Poor Betsey Bud tlew about the room like a pent up rooster, and quite as red. Once shi. felt inclined to take a desperate leap from the window, but her courage forsook her, and again shescampered r.nd fluttered about iu agony. By sorn? accidental circumstance, Mr. Singlesides had returned to his house very soon after having left it, and the first, object that presented itself on entering, was Mrs. (Gossamer, seated near the centre ta ble, negligently turning over the leaves of a book she had taken from it. With a slight excuse for her freedom, she named her desire to look at the house, which she pro posed renting, as it appeared far prcfeiabls to her own. The “beset bachelor’' inter nally groaned, as he preceivetjdiow fairly he had rendered himself liable to female imper tinence and intrusion ; but hoping that his misery, which now seemed to have reached its climax, would soon have an end, he ex erte<L»h:mself to make a show of civility, while he conducted the widow through the rooms on the first story. To preclude any further examination, lie remarked that the upper part was precisely on the same plan; but this would not satisfy Mrs. Gossamer, who declared that she never engaged a house without first iiaving made herselfin fimatewith the geography of it. “So come, Mr. SinKit>»>des.” she cried, gaily—“lean •he way.” “You will excuse me, madam,” said the bachelor. “Indeed I will not,” said the undaunted widow, running towards the staircase, followed by Mr. Singlesides. “Into every room except this," lie said, placing a resolute hand on the lock of his chamber door. “Nay, but I must, sir.”— “Impossible, madam.” “lain determined upon it.’ - “Ma’am. 1 swear—.” “Come, do not swear, for I am resolved to have a peep into this Blue Beard chamber ofy ours." “You cannot enter ma’am; if you choose to overstep the bounds of propriety, lon not.” “Nonsense, Mr. Singlesides, your opposition only' inflames my miositv.” At this critical juncture. Miss Bud, near ly driven out of her wits, was just in the act of hiding under the bed. She was en tirely concealed except one long log which p’oti ruled from beneath the valance, when tue door flew open, and in came Mrs. Gossa mer. “Gracious Heaven !” exclaimed she, starting back with well feigned surprise—• ••wh it do 1 behold! Really, Mr. Singlesides, had I known—could I possib y have nntici patad this —pardon me, sir—but I must sav, it is the last sight 1 should have expected to see. O! for shame, Mr. Singlesides—a mau of your unblemished reputation; re ally, lam shocked—amazing—disgusted.” “Madam,” cried Mr. Single-ides, glaring at Betsey’s leg, “l solemnly affirm that I do not know to whom that limb belongs." “Impossible, sir; l would swear toil among a regiment of legs.” ‘‘Your knowledge far surpasses mine, madam,” cried the bache lor, elevating his voice to a higher pitch, and streatching out Ids clenched fist—-“ 1 again solemnly pri est that I know no't to whom that limb belongs.” “Then I’ll venture to assert you are among tlie verv few men of the city who are unacquainted with the leg.” “That’s cruel, shameful slander,” screamed Miss Bud, struggling Irom her hiding place. “Miss livutj ft mi, by all that’s dreadful!” exclaimed Mys. Gossamer with a theatrical start. “Yes—j the woman you would injure iu the tender est point,” said the weej ing spinster. “<), Mr. Singlesides," she continued—“l sun placed in nil extremely delicate situation— -1 can scarcely explain mysul:, my situation is of such a delicite nature—l feel faint— overcome—hartshorn, if you please—drops of any description.” “There is nothing of tue kind about this house,” said Mr. Single si Ins—-“it is not used to be troubled with h sterical females; and I must say, ma’am, tbit yov.r appearance h°re rise to mist nnpleasont suspicions against we." Miss Bud attempted to give an account of herself, fiv.ji illy iutarruptrd her scarcely coherent narrative, with floods of tears.— M.s* G--Xanter regarded the scene with an i icr lol«ne s-niiy, when at length she s lid, “Well, I tv’ver more spirited ac ting than w display <| on both sides. Re ally. Mr. Singlesidcs, and Miss Bud, you would do well to enrol your names among the first strolling company yon meet. But I will intrude no longer, and in future 1 xhall take cove how I pr»r :» bachelor's house.” With these words, she indignant ly wi'fidrow. “T ain forever nnrin**>*," whimpered Bet sey Buff; “she will proclaim it from one en 1 ofthe town to the other ” “Anti l shall be- laddered and Uugbetf at,” thought Mr. Singlesides, who was peculiarly tenacious of his fair fame. “1 never ean survive dis grace.” squeaked Mi»s Bn.d->—“l shall cer tainly imitate the chaste Lucrctia.” “Do not say so. Miss Bud.” “Indeed I shall gut an end to myself,” '‘Oh! Miss Bud.” “Upon my houor, 1 will commit some dreadful act.” “You talk rashly, madam,”, cried the bachelor, who erceived that Bet sey would suffer as much Irom the blasting breath of calumny as himself, and in a fit of unnatural pity he made her an offer of his baud!? Air. Singlesides had never before been so much excited; his discretion and judge ment were completely under tile dotniuion of the contending teelings at work in bis breast, or lie never conid have terminated ■he scene by such a magnanimous act of self immolation. . Miss BuiJ returned home with very dif ferent emotions from those with which she had left it. She seemed to tread ori air, mil cotild scarcely behaie herself wiiii due •ecoruni on the occasion. Before his ex itc.nent had subsided, Mr. Singlesides vrote a note to Mrs. Gossamer, explanato iry ofthe recent occurrence,and closing with an earnest request that it might “never be made the subject of discussion.” The love ly widow was warbling her sweetest stains, to a pale, intellectual looking voting man, who wns hanging over her entranced, when this iv is handed in, “Is that a biiletdoux from one of y»ur thousand admiers/” asked lie. j “It is from your uncle,’’ replied Mrs. Go*- i s uner. “Fromjmy iincie! what can he possible have to correspond with you about ?” ••It is in reference to a laughable adventure —-I will tell it you;” and she began ,i re lation ol the late rencontre. From her account it appeared, that Mrs. Gossinnr had sten Miss Bud in Mr Sin glesides’ bed-room, and believing some tiling ludicrous might result from it, partic ularly as she had seen the bachelor on his way home, t.iie went to iiis house on pre tence of renting it. an ! purposely insisted on being ndiuhtcd to his sleeping apart jient. Itfurthennare stpjie ure-.l lr.un tin conver sation that eusu ’J. linn a deep and roman tic attachment existed between the narrator and the pers in that listened, who was ne phew to Mr. Singlc-ibles, and heir of his fortune, provided lie remained single du ring life. Mrs. Gossamer's attentions to tiie uncle, therefore, were intended to pro pitiate his good opinion and induce him to reverse the ordor of his will; and Mr. Sin glesides being ignorant of the preference entertained by .Mrs. Gossamer for his ne phew Frederic, naturally appropriated the attentions to himself. “Then you have done fer yourself with iny uncle,” said Frederic, laughing. “Not at all—l have a capital plan: it has this moment struck me. Return here in an hour and you shall hear of a way in which you may gain your uncle’s consent to our marriage.” Instead of either a written or verb si’message from the widow, as he bad imagined, Mr. Singlesidas was startled by the unceremonious entrance of that person herself. “There is only one condition, sir,” she abruptly began, ‘on which i will cousent to keep secret what 1 have seen." ‘•Name it, madam.” said Mr. Singlesides, apprehensive ofsoitie new pvii. “That you will make ms your wile, .sir.” “Impossible, madam; I—l—." “No apologies, sir—we understand each other I presume—good day.” “Stay, Mrs. Gossanmi—l Chnuot—” “O well, Sir- no compulsion; yru may do as you please, you know ” “Really, Mrs. Gossamer, it I could consistently-—/’ “1 repeat, you can do as you please, Mr. Singlesides; but believe me, I shall not keep silent; indeed 1 shall goto the expense of having caricature cuts engraved of ihe whale scene—not omitting the memorable leg discovery.” The vision of the bow window of,i book-storo, stuck full ofllte.se execrable prints, was too much for our tiiii lnrlui, .uni, jusi n- ilic widow was ma king her exit, he recalled her, and in faul tering accents assented to the proposed terms of accommodation. “Am I in my senses I” asked the unfortunate bachelor as soon as the light form ofth** widow had es caoed through the door. “Do I really ex ist ? Yes,” lie added, reasoning with Descartes, “1 think, tiietefore, I exist.” Burying his f;tee in his hands, lie continued in this attitude many minutes,until aroused, by the entrance of a person whom he recog nisei! as his nephew. Frederic gazed at Ids uncle with an inquiring eye, remarked his haggaid appearance and expressed the greatest apprehciis'nn about his hpaltli. “.Something extraordinary must afflict yon,” said he; “and I hope you will not refuse mo the privilege i l’svmp ithising with you.” Mr. Singlesides'emotions were 100 violent to be pent up in his own breast. He told his distressing entanglement, and even as ked for advice. *•[ will not only advise,” said Frederic, (being previously instructed bv M is. Gossamer.) -but also make a pro position. I will myself mary the widow, provided you annul the clause in your will which disinherits ine in case of my marrying. As for,the maid, you must leave her vi h oat explanation or apology. Your secret will be safe, when Mrs. Gossamer is your niece.” Mr. Singlesides had too long appreciated the blessings of liberty, not to seize the first occasion to release himself from shackles, wilh which t’ne delirious excitement of a mo ment had encumbered him. Very soon af ter the Interview between the uncle and ne phew, the widow and the latter were uni ted under the roof of Mix Singlesides, who bestowed a substantial benediction on them by settling a liberal nuuuity M upon i tie bride. Meanwhile Miss Bud remained immersed in matrimonial preparations—alas! too pre mature. She did not tail, however, to re mind her intended husband of her existence, by repeated messages and presents, which were almost entirely disregarded. 'I here was an unusual air of bustle and con tusion about the quiet and orderly domicil ol the bachelor; who himself whs busily employed in superinten ling the packing of several trunks, with a countenance ou which was strongly impressed mingled feplings of satisfaction aid regret. A gentle tap at Ihe door, drew ins attention—-it was a maid with a plate ol batter-cakes and Miss Betsev’s compliments. “D—ii Miss Betsey,” cried Mr- Singlesides; slamming the door in her lace. The following hour he was oil'to Tex as. Miss Betsey Bud ; but we will draw a veil over her sorrows. No, we will leave it for an instant unclosed, and just glance at her as she paces frantically from room to room, calling nut in allusion to Texas, “Well, well indeed, may it be called ‘rogues refuge.’" M. G M. Macon, I’ilib county, Georgia. NOTICET^ 2 * 5 ” 1“ HEREBY fonvarn all persons from trading for any of tbree’prom’.ssory notes made by the subscriber, bearing date seme time in February last, and due the first day of January 1840, one for $845, to Gresim U* Oglctree, also one to Leah Simons for Bi°2 50, one to John A. Raeden for §>422,50 the last being credited with 95 dollars. As I apprehend some danger of the considera tion tor which said notes were given failing. I will not pay them except the above named holders shall make gaoii and lawful titles to | Lot No. 47. in 22d district of Stew art county. MOSES RAMSEY, December 7, T 839. 05 WOMAN’S WIT. The following dramatic passage ie con* cerning Gustavus Vassa. when that distin guished monarch took refuge from the Dar nish usurper in Delacarlia. to mature his no ble plan of his country. ‘Onthe little hill just mentioned, stood a very ancient habitation, of so simple an ar chitecture, that you would have taken it for a hind’s cottage, instead of a place that, in times ot old. had been the abode of nobility. It consisted of a long fartnlike structure, formed of fir. covered iu a strange fashion with scales, and odd ornamental twistings in the carved wood. But tlm spot was hallow ed by the virtues of its heroic mistress, wiio saved, by her presence of mind, the life of the future deliverer of her country. Gustavus. having, by an evil accident, been discovered in the mines, bent his course to wards this house, then inhabited by a gentle man of the name of Pearson, whom he had known in the armies of the late adminis trator. Here, lie hoped, from the obligation lie bail formerly laid on the officer, that lie should at least find a safe retreat. Pearson received him with every mark of friendship; nay, treated him with that respect and sub mission which noble minds are proud to pay t > the truly great, when robbed of their ex ternal honors. He exclaimed with such ve hemence against the Danes, that instead of awaiting a proposal to take up arms, offered, unasked, to t-y the spirit of the mountain eers; and declared tlr.it himself and his vas sals would be the first to set an example and turn out iiinier command of his belov ed general. Gustavus relied on Iris word, aud promising not to name himself to any, while he was abseut, some days afterwards I saw Pearson leave the house to pul his de sign in execution. L-nder ihe specious cloak ni a zealous afiec tiou for Gustavos, the traitor was contriving his ruin. The hope of making his court to the Danish tyrant, and the expectation of i large reward, induced him ro sacrifice Ii is honour to It's ambition, and for the sake of a tew ducats, viid.ite the most sacred laws of hospitality, by betraving his guest. In pur suance ~1 that base reso'ution, he proceeded to one ot (’hristiein’s officers commanding in the province, and informed him tavus was his pi:toner. Having committed this treachery, lie had not the courage to face his victim, but telling the Dane how to surprise the Prince, who he said, believed himself under the protection of a friend, he proposed taking a wider circuit home while they, apparently unknown to him, rifled it oi its treasure. “It will he an easy matter,” said lie, “for not even my wife knows that it is Gustavus.’ - i he officer, at the head of a party of we’-l anned soldiers, marched directly to ihe lake. I he men invested the house, while the lea der, abruptly entering, found Pearson’s wife according to ihe fashion of those days, em ployed in culinary preparations. At some distance front her. sat a young man in a rus tic garb, topping ott the knots from the bro ken branch of a tree. The officer told her he eaine in King Gliristiem’s name to de mand the rebel Gustavus, who he knew was concealed under er roof. The dauntless woman never changed cnlour, she immedi ately guessed the man whom her husband had introduced as a miner’s son to be the Swedish hero. The doer was blocked up by soldiers. In an instal l she replied, \ ith out once glancing at Gustavus, who sat mo tionless with surprise, “ifyou mean the mel ancholy gentleman my husband has had here these two days, he has just walked out into the wood, on the oilier side ofthe hill Some ot these ssddiers may readily seize him, as he lias no arms with him.” The oilicci, uui suspecting Uie easy sim plicity ol her manner, ordered part of Ids men to go in quest ol him. At that moment suddenly turning her eyes on Gustavus, she flew up to hi,ii, aud catching the stick out ot his hand, exciaimed. in an angry voice, "un.'unnerly wretch! What, sit before your betters ? Don’t you see the King’s officers in the room ? Get out of mv sight, or some ot them shall give you a drubbing!’ Vs she spoke, she struck him a blow on ri,e back.with ail her strength : and, opening a side door, “there, get into the sculierv,” cried she “it is the fittest place for such com pany .’” ami giving him another knock, she Hung the stick afiei him and shut the door. "Sure,” added she in a great heat, “never woman was plagued with such a iout ol a slave!” The officer begged she would not disturb herself on his account, but she, affecting great reverence for the King, and, respect tor his representative, prayed him to enter her parlour while she brought some refresh ments. The Dane civilly complied; per haps, glad enough to get from the side of a shrew; and she immediately flew to Gusta vus whom she had bolted in, and by means id .i back passage, conducted him in a mo ment to the bank ofthe lake, where the fish ers’ boats lay, and giving lum a direction to in honest etirate acioss the lake, committed him to Providence. SAGACITY AND FIDELITY OF THE DOG. A few days since we received the follow ing remarkable, account ofthe sufferings of a human being, and his relief through the instrumentality of his faithful dog, from a triend and acquaintance iri Tennessee, in whose veracity the most implicit confidence can he placed.— Greenville Mountaineer. “William Y. fiance is the hero of ihe following tale. He is one of those good ea sy kind of men that we frequently meet with , in Posing through life. He was very fond of sport, and one night as lie and i>is dog went a hunting, no: far from the house his (hithful companion treed a Racoon, il.mce com menced cutting down the tree, but owing to the darkness of the night, it lodged a gainst another ;he cut that down alsot which somehow became entangled with it, so that it ted upon liis head, and held him so fast that he could not extric: te himself from his unpleasant situation ; and his arms were al so confined in such a manner that he could not use them. His dogescaped injury, and waited some lime for his master to gel up; hut finding him unable to do so, he went to work with hi> fore feet to scratch liis master's head loose, at which he labored for twqdays and nights without effecting his purpose. About 10 o’clock nri the third day. the dog found that he must have mote help, or liis master would perish. Away home he went, and gave them to understand that it was not as well with his master as it might be. The lamily followed him to t l '? place where (lance lay, and louuil him still alive; but the dog, in trying to relieve him, had entirely ; scratched off one of Iris cars close to his | head. The tree was cut in two aid rolled I off poor H i nee’s head. The conpany in terrogated him as to his sufferings vith hun ger and thirst. He answered the i, that riie only thing lie suffered for was a r.’iew of to bacco. He is still living, in good health, and at work on the Georgia Railßo. l,— There are many ol 1 1 re most respe-.table cit izens of this eoimiv who will vouc*i for the correctness of the above statemenis. This among the ipany talcs told ofthe faithfulness aud sagacity vt the canine species, only goes to prove that they are in possession of more knowledge than is generally imagined." THE MIRROR OTfl)mag<pa a Saturday, Her. 7,1839. i'or PrnMm. GEORGE M. TROUP. FROM MILLEDGEVILLE. We have received no news from the Leg islature, later than Dec, Ist. the last Mil ledgcvilie papers not having come to hand. Up to that time, but little business of im portance or general interest, had been trans acted in that body. The Alleviating bill of Gen. H. H. Tarver, had received an unfa vorable report from the committee on the Ju diciary to w hom itjlrad been referred, which report had been adopted by the House, se ven only voting against it. Gen. Glascock’s Bank Bill, atter being amended so that its principal features were lost, wss rejected in the Sens e by a vote of 39 to 41. It was thought, however, that the vote, would be re considered. aud the bill put iuto such a shape that it would pass. The bill, to arrest the progress of the State Rail Road at Cross Plains, in Murray county, has been negatived by a vote of 41 to 40. An attempt to reconsider, wns !oq also, the vote being 45 to 40, The road, therefore, will not stop short of Chattanoo ga, on the T'-nnessee River. The question of our relations with the State of .Maine had not come up for discus sion; considerable interest will doubles* be excited on its aunounceirient. REPORT ONTHE STATE FINANCES We deeply regret that our limits forbid the insertion of this able and important doc ument. It. is the most interesting Stale pa per that has made its appearance in Georgia for many years. This however, we were led s o expect, from the eminent and statesman like abilities of the gentlemen comprising the commute'*, as well as from the nature of the subjects submitted to their research, it exposes the manifold errors of our State Le gislation for the last ten years, upon the sub j ject of finance, and particularly the estab lishment and management ol’ the Central Bank. Ii is made perfectly clear, that an unwise and ruinous policy prevailed in its original creation, and that the institution ought forthwith to be abolished, which course is earnestly recommended to the Representatives of the people. The injus tice and inequality of the present system of State taxation, is adverted to, as well as Its inefficiency for the purposes of government; a better and equable system is therefore pro posed, which it is probable the Legislature will adopt. In short, ihe whole report exhibits pro found research, and a clear understanding of the financial condition of together with th.* means by which it may be extrica ted from the extraordinary embarrassments that weigh upon it, If the Legislature, at its present session, would strictly follow out the recommendations and views embodied in this report, we might hail the dawn of a betterstate of things than good old Georgia has experienced for many a tedious day. MORE TROUBLES. Missouri and lowa are likely to get into serious difficulty. An unfortunate state of things exists at present, ind unless mat ters recede from the point at which they have arrived, a crisis may soon be looked lor‘ The military, both of the State and Territo ry, are in readiness, under the orders ot their respective Commanders-in-chief, to sustain at all hazards the acts of their seve ral governments. The question of dispute is solely one of jurisdiction, and arises from the uncertainty of a single word, in the act of Congress defining the boundaries of each. The Cherokee s have been muttering for sometime past, and the probability is. from the reports which reach ns from that quar ter, that the Government will soon have an other Indian war on its hands, of a more for j midable character, than that which has al | ready made bankrupt the Treasury, and held j the nation for the 'ast five years. — j Twenty thousand stout warriors, judging | from the success which lias accompanied I the Seminolean arms, and the millions of | treasure that have been fruitlessly expended I in the effort to reduce them, would probably j overrun and desolate the whole United j States as effectnully as did tiie Goths and Vandals of th** North overwhelm and sub jugate the Southern plains of Europe. We have received the fust mr; her of a new (Hiblication in Macon, under the eccen tric title of Jaji Nkuam Nima, It is to be “ar, occasional paper—published whenever the editor pleases.” The number before us is full of pitli mul humor, and combines in an agreeable manner, useful information and sage reflections, with light and desultory reading. It is spiacd over with original thoughts, scraps, anecdotes, &c. and alto gether, forms a very pleasant kind of melange. It seems to be a publication gotten up upon the principles expressed iu those lines of Pitted rus, Lusus animo debent aliqnando dari. Ad cogitandmn melior ut redeat sibi. But we should like to know where on eirtH, its editor, Solomon Weazle, Esq. found so much name for his paper. In what lexicon shall we took to find the meaning and derivation of the out-landuh term, he employs as a cognomen ? Chinese, Per sian or Arabic ? Mr. James H. Tick Nob has become Ed itor of the “Nepenthes,” published in Ir winton, Alabama. Mr. T. is a lively writer, and the flower which he has undertaken to cultivate, will doubtless improve much in odour and ex pansion, under his direction anil fttendance. We hope his experiment in horticulture, will yield him a rich return. We are sorry to see. however, that his watering pot is re plenished at the fountain of Van Buren ism, for while this is the case the fruit must necessarily be bitter. ALMANACS FOR 1840. We have been favored by the publisher S. N. Dickinson, Boston, with a copy eacb < of (he American Comic Almanac, the Crock ett Alamanac and the People’s Almanac, for 1840. In the two first there is lun enough to “split he sides” of any man who has nut forsworn la ighiag. The anecdotes are racy, genuine and new; the stories are related in (he most laughable manner, and the pictorial illustrations and wood cuts, are iiresistably grotesgue and ludicrous. The People's Almanac is ot a praver cast, containing more solid reading, and embellished in the most superior manner. The Astronomical cal culations embrace the several points of lat itude between Boston and New Orleans, and are, so far as we are enabled to judge, pretty generally correct. We are indebted to the publisher for the fun which his present has afforded ns, al bcit, our sides are yet sore, occasioned by tiie violent exercise of excessive laughing* HOUNDING THE SEMINOLES. The New Yorker, a literary paper, in the city of Manhattan, is out. upon the pro position recently discussed in some of tb e newspapers, to hunt down the Seminole In dians, with blood hounds imported from Cuba. The philanthropy of the ed'tor has sustained a dreadful shock from what he is pleased to term this monstrous proposition. Extract front the N. Yorker. Carlysle, in his eccentric, but admirable, work upon the French Revolution, when wishing to stigmatise, in the strongest t rm« the horrors of Jacobin atrocity, assunilates them to the barbarities practised by the Spaniards in hunting down the Indians , f the new world with blood hounds. How with ering would he the denunciation of this elo quent historian, were tbe Spanish proposi ti n. which is now seriously discussed iu some of om newspapers, presented to his indignant eye! To import dogs I’reni Cuba —to borrow hounds from the Spaniard to hunt the Seminole ! Who. in the name ot outraged America, ilatctf to broach this monstrous proposition? Whence—how by what process ot infernal inspiration did such wickedness enter the brain of an A merican ? Was the cruelty geneiated here upon our shores—oris it of foreign graft— a foul bequest—an heir-loom, that has come down to us from the times of Certes and Pizarro—the claiming aud the use of which will publish us ttio lifting Successors and representatives of the tortures of Montezu ma and Guatomotzin ? What with the stain which Gen. Jesup's treachery lias left upon our flag, the failure that has attended our arms, and this last monstrous proposition fora new mode of carrying on the war, it would seem the aboriginal Floridians are not to be destroyed without leaving a blot and a stisma upon our not orial character, which centuries of glory can hardly efface. This is very pretty declamation, it is true, but it is nothing more nor lc«s than another expression of that “mawkish, miscalled phi lanthropy,” constantly emanating Irom the Northern press, in behalf of the treacherous and murdering savages at whose ha ids the people of Georgia, Alabama and Florida have so severely suffered. What is the object of the war, if it is not to reduce an enemy that knows n» mercy, into obedience, and compl nnce with then solemn obligations, and to punish them fur the ravages and devastation tliev have com mitted, aud the thousands of valuable ii. s that have been sacrificed to their indisvrinti nate and rapacious cruelty. This being the object, the war is just, nay, even laudable, and those means should, of course he used 'n its prosecution, best calculated to bring it to a speedy and successful termination.— The same eloquent historian quoted ov tin New Yorker, says also, that tbe “np-fliot and net purport of war,” is to bring the etierm to terms as speed ly as possible by the great est absolute or impending destruction of iife or property. Is not the maxim regarded as true, tliat “all is fair in war,” except the vio lation of a flag ol truce, or a positive en gagement? Are not stratagems Slid plans for drawing an enemy into ambuscade, for the-purpose of destroying them more easily, deemed justifiable, and arc they not con stantly resorted to, even in civilized warfare ? How much worse is it then to track up the Indians from the scenes of their depreda tion and murder, to their fastnesses and hi ding places, with blood bounds, than it is to follow them for years with musket andean non, woundmg one occasionally, hut per mitting the great body of them to escape to uew scenes of rapine and massacre? If, therefore the importation and employment ol dogs in the war against the Seminole*, would he calculated to briug the wary savages to terms, quicker tiiau any other means, wliy 4 then, in the name of outraged justice and humanity, let them be put upon the scenf. For ourselves, we think the idea i good one, and well worthy of serious consideration. We would almost be willing to take a trip to Florida, ourselves, to witness the sport; aye ; sport would it not be, “Ta bear the hounds Rend the thin air, and with a lusty cry Awake tbe drowsy echo, aud confound Their perfect language in a mingled sound." Badinage aside, it is high time that this foolish and extravagant war should he brought to aelo.se. It is a disgrace to A» tncricau arms, that a handful of naked and hnlf-statved creators should be permitted for five years, to retain possession of a whole territory, occasionally making sorties into the adjoining States, ravaging and destroy, jng as they go, and that, too, rieht in the face of the United States Army. Forty millions of dollars have already been expen ded in military operations against this pe 0 I pie, and yet the war is no nearer a termina tion than when it first began. When it is recollected that our last contest with Great Britain,'lie “mistress of the seas,” cost ou ly ninety millions of dollars, we are aston ished, deeply astonished, at the bad manage ment ofthe administration which has brought upon us this national disgrace. But it alj comes of sending such “ theatrical ” heroes as Gen. Macomb, and such “ private ” letter writers as Gen. Jesup to head the operations against the wily warriors of the swamps. Turn over the war into the hands of a competent number of our volunteers and sturdy militia, aud let them be led by offi cers of their own choosing, out of their own ranks, and, we venture the assertion that in four months there would not be an unconoitered Indian in Florida. If tiie Go vernment really wishes to put an end to the war, it cau soon be done. But ive appre hend that it has been made rather too profi table as a matter of speculation, to be di* posed of yet » while. A few more millions of the people’s money .must be pocketed bv Mr. Van Buren’s favorites and dependents before any thing of a decisive character may be looked for. The public “hirelings” have yet some space left in their pursts, for the “yellow boys” to glisten through, anil their •wallets” can vet contain a few more Sub- Treasury Bills ; when these are all stuffed, and their cormorant appetites satiated, then perhaps we may hope lo see some energetic action displayed on the part of the govern ment, in subduing the Seminole Indians. for the mirror. Tiie iSbuiti. .Ho. «r, Wiio, that surveys this span of earth we press. This speck ol life in time's great wilderness, This narrow isthmus ’txvixt two boundless seas, The past, the future, two eternities ! Would sully the bright spot, or leave it bare, When lie might build him a proud tun,, e I i.et e, A name, that long shall hallow all its space, And be each purer soul’s fugii resting p1,,,.,_- • Lalla Itoulch. J. G. Whittier, New England's poet, has often shown himself worthy ol a tin ho in “fame’s bright temple," by the glow of in spiration which he has tin own arou:n! . must every theme his pen lias tollmen. When will he deign to resume ias lyre ii fancy,” and give us another burst oi that pure song, which erst was wont io charm i i.i* land with its tones of harnnu.v ? He can not be deaf to th" voice which calls him on wards in “the patli which leads where tie v waits,” and tells ol future companion.-lop with those immortal spirits, who “tmii cl tie* cliff” before him. If I e is, let him lit* con tent with the hays lie *! as won, for he w,ll ascend no higher. Let him linger ami i tie; bowers, beauty and coiitein| hue that love liness, to every feature of which lie mice paid tribute in these glowing verses. If you have seen a summer rtar. Liquidiy soft, and faintly far. Beaming a smiling glance on earth. As if it Matched the floweret’s both. Then you have seen a hgl.i le.-s lair Thau that young maiden’s gbinus v. i re. Dark fell her tresses:—you have ; ei u A rent cloud tossing in ihe air And.showing the pore sk\, between Its floating fragments litre and there,— Then you imiy fancy, faintly, how The tailing tress—-tiie ring-like curl. Disclosed orsb'idnwvd o’er the brow A.al neck of that fair girl. Her check was delicately thin, Ami through its pure, transcendent white, Tiie rose hue wandered out and in, Asyon have seen the inconstant light Flash o’er the Northern sky of night. Her playful lip was gently full, Soft curving to the graceful chin, Aud colored like the fruit which glows i. j'oii'the * tinned pomegranate boughs ; And oh, her soft, low voice might lull The spirit to a dream of \di. s, A* if the voices, sweet and bland, Which murmur in the seraph find, Were warbling in a world like this. WiLLi3 Gaylohi C vtK;- a.i“excellent lyric poet, but life hi* contempoiaries, lie * stands aloof,” as if unwilling to “thrust liis head into the public’s n mth ’’ A more iterative employment dr übt ss calls ft rtli his energies, than point . stanzas, or, “spioiiiug reason into liunnlers rhyme,” but lie is not the less culpable for permitting line talents to rust, in a meaner sphere, than that which they were so admirably fitted to adorn. No one can read theseve al emena tions of his genius, without being favorably impressed with liis power us a poet, and his goodness as a man. The “lines to liis mother,” are in themselves a specimen of that filial feeling which dots honor to the ueart of the author, and embodies a rich mine of affection and universal benevolence. S'here are some well-turned thoughts in the t flowing, though it is far from being among the best productions of its author. INFANCY. If there be pef’ect joy on earth, That seems from heaven to have its birth, It is, to see The bod, that promises the rose. Its cradled sweetness soft unclose, In infancy. Pure hours! when all of life is light; W i:en, clothed in robes of stainless white, The cherub lies; Beloved with holy tenderness, And watched by o'bs its seems to bless— A mothers eyes. How richer far than summer bir’, The lisping accents, fondly heard, As days increase; When riper meanings light the brow, And kind affectionchanteth low Her song of peace ! Oh, lbe.ssed time, when every hour Flies like the ordor from a (lower. Serene and free; When every charm of life is new, And every scene that greets the view. Is fair lo see. Sure wimp these opening blossoms die. And lade iii beauty lo tiie eye, None slmuldMeplore;