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Francois. A scratch; I have not failed! (give* the packet.) Richelieu. Hush '. ( looking at the contents.) Third Secretary (to king.) Sire, the Spaniards Have re-enforced their army on thefrontiers. The Due de Bouillon— Richelieu. Hold! In this department, A paper—here, sire, read yourself; then take 'The count’s advice in’t. _ Enter De Beringhi n hastily, and dravs aside Bandas. (Richelieu, to secretary, giving an open parchment.) Baradas (burstingfrom De Beringhen.) What! and rest it from thee ! Ha! hold! Josehh. Fall back, son; it is your turn now ! Baradas. Death ! the despatch ! Louis (reading.) To Bouillon, and sign’d Orleans! Baradas, too! league with our foes of Spain ! Lead our Italian armies—what! to Paris! Capture the king; my health require repose ; Make me subscribe my proper abdiction; Orleans, my brother, regent! Saints of Heaven ! These are the men I loved ! (Baradas drive, attempts to rush out, is arrested. Or leans, endeutauring to escape more quickly, meets Joseph's eye, and stops short?) (Richelieu falls back.) Joseph See to the cardinal! Baradas. He's dying! and I vetshall dupe the king! Louis (rushing to Richeileu.) Richelieu! lord card! na!! 'tisl resign! Reign thou! Joseph. Alas! too late ! he faints! Louis. Reign, Richelieu ! Richalif.u (feebly ) With absolute power? Louis. Most absolute! Oh ! live ! Ifnotforme, for France! Richelieu. France! Louis. Oh this treason ! The army, Orleans, Boullion—Heavens! the Spaniard ! Where will they be next week ? RICHELrEU (starting up ) There at my feet! (To First and Second Secretary.) Ere the clock strike ! The envoys have their answer ! (To Third Secretary, with a ring.) This to De Chavigny; he knows no rest; No need of parchment here; he must not halt For sleep, lor food. In my name, mine! he will Arrest the Dae de Bouillon at the head Ofkisarmy! Ho! there, Count de Baradas, Thou hast lost the stake ! Away w ith him ! Ha! Ha! (Snatching De Maupral's (hath warrant from the officer.) See here De Maupral’s death-writ, Julie ! Parchment for battledores! Embrace your husband! At last the old man blesses you! Julie. Oh joy! You are saved; you live ; I hold you in these arms. Maufkat. Neverto part— Julie. No, never, Adrien, never! Louts, (peevishly.) One moment makes a startling cure, lord cardinal. Richelieu. Ay, sire, for in one moment there did pass Intothis wither'd frame the wight of France! My own dear France, I have thee yet; I havesavedthee! I clasp the still! it was thy voice that call'd me Back from the tomb! What mistress like our country ? Louis. For Mauprat's pardon—well! But Julie, Richelieu, Leave me one thing to lave! Richelieu. A subject's luxury ! Yet, if you must love something, sire, love me ! Louts (smiling in spite of himself .) Fair proxy for a young fresh demoiselle! Richelieu. Your heart speaks for my clients. Kneel, my children, And thank your king— Julie. Ah, tears like these, my liege, Are dews that mount to Heaven. Louis. Rise, rise, be happy. (Ricdelieu beckons to De Beringhen ) | De Beringhen (falleringty.) My lord—you are most —happily—recover’d. Richelieu. But you are pale, dear Beringhen ; this air Suits not your delicate frame ; I lonsr have thought so : S%ep not another night in Paris. Go, Or else your precious life may he in danger. Leave France, dear Beringhen ! De Beringhen. I shall have time, More than I ask’d for, to discuss the pale. [Exit De Beringhen. Richelieu (to Orleans.)' For you, repentcnce, ab sence, and confession! (To Francois.) Never say fail again. Brave boy ! (To Joseph.) He’ll be- A bishop first. Joseph. Ah, cardinal— Richelieu. Ah, Joseph ! (To Louis, us De Maujirat and Julie cqnverse apart.) See, mv liege, see through plots and counterplots, Tiiough gain and loss, through glory and disgrace, Along the plains where passionate Discord rears Eternal Babel, still the holy stream Ofhtmian happiness gldes on! Louis. And must we Thank for that also—our prime minister? Richelieu. No, let us own it r there is One above S ways the harmonious mystery of the world Ev’n better than prime ministers. Alas! Our glories float between the earth and heaven Like clouds which seem pavilions o, the sun. Amt are the playthings of the casual wind ; Still, like the cioud which drops on unseen crags The dews the wild flower feeds on, our ambition May from its airy height drop gladness down On unsuspected virtue; and the flower May bk ss the cloud w hen it hath pass’d away f Thus ends this excellent play. It certainly reads well, and we have no doubt that it will also act well, for great attention has been jxtid to- the stage arrange ment, and there are some very striking tableaux. The interest is well kept up, even to the last; the lost pack et, which is no unimportant part of the machinery of the plot, remaining unaccounted for until the end of the piece, maintains the suspense and holds the atten tion enchained. The incidents, with but small excep tion, are matters of history, and the character of the great Cardinal-King, as here drawn, is in accordance with the majority of the accounts of him, which have been transmitted to us by his cotemporaries. We had intended to have pointed out to thee some parts which struck us as deserving animadversion; but we have kept thee so long already, that wg will not in flict on thee the exercise of the ungracious office of finding fault. Vale. M. ORIGINAL. For the Southern Post.- Detached Letters of a Correspondence—Com prising a Tale. CONTINUED FROM APRIL 13. Sister Eva—Wc have compassed much of the prai rie and wilderness, since my last letter to you, and al though I do not flatter myself with the idea of making my descriptions, of the various occurrences, as interes ting to you as they have been to myself, yet the very great pleasure I receive from imparting perhaps, anew range of thought to you, induces me to adhere to my promise of writing to you. Fortunately for the con in uity of our correspondence this outposting campaign has not been interrupted by die hairbreadth ’scapes by flood and field, which makes a warso interesting, from the cabinet of the statesman to the boudoir of the belle. You will no doubt feel but little trepidation for me, when you know that my duty or fate is not to stand the brunt of battle and the hot contest of fiery souls, but to stand in distant perspective, regaling my professional appetite with the hope of broken heads, legs, and arms, to enrich the repast of a surgical feast. Besides this official neutrality I would relieve that pain ful apprehension and anxiety on my account which your letters portray, upon a more rational basis. In my rationale upon the ecomony of nature, I can disco ver a more general scope of action to my own legs, than is usually conferred or admitted by the Hotspurs of the battle field. I can walk, it is true, and that tes tifies to one end or design of these tongs-like appen dages, and I can run also, which proves that such an attribute, was bestowed for some useful purpose. Now it appears to me that the “ ultima ratio" of legs is ne ver so much in force as when a man’s scalp is threat ened. Thus, upon natural and revealed law concur ring in such emergencies, as a law-abiding man, I shall give honor and action to my heels, above all other ad juncts of the human system. This doctrine seems to have more advocates than myself in camp, neverthe less, you will soon discover that I do not feel myself much honored by the exemplification which attests it To begin my little narrative where it terminated in my last letter to-you, will jptrodties an acquaintance of old i standing in my letters; and although you have so often begged me to write more of myself and less of him, still, as the only journalist of the regiment, from whom you can derive any information, 1 must insist on your patience to take events in the order in which they hap pened, however so little they accord with your state of mind at the time you read them. You will recol lect that my last letter closed on the incidents of the night when we camped in a bay of the large prairie, and where we had an accession, novel in its features to our company, in the shape of the dusky Bedouins of the new world. Wearied, and my ears becoming ob tuse to the perpetual screaming and shouting of the Pawnees, I sank at last into slumber, and was swim ming in the current of one of those’ felicitous naps to which the time between sunrise and breaktast is go propitious, when I was torn from the world of phan toms, and ushered back to the things of ea-th again. My deputy surgeon, the owner of the nagycleped “tin pedlar,” and old Scipio or Sip, by syncope, the pack horse driver, were the rude assailers of my rest, and you can readily acknowledge that the vociferous alter cation of a negro under excitement, is more than equal to such a result. Sip, as I have before written to you l claims the “Old Dominion” as his place of nativity, and being free, has followed the great tide of emigra tion with as few reasons as the great majority of wan derers. His state of mind during the night just past is so well depicted by that declamatory interrogation and multifariously compounded oratory, so well adapted to the dialogue and colloquy of niggers, that I should be diffident in attempting a delineation other than by in troducing the dramatis personae. While engaged in the short duty of a camp toilet, and manifesting more concern for my own persona! appearance than seemed respectful to the dignity of Sip, he stood- in my tent door, with his nostrils swelling like a tired toad frog, and his nether lip tremulous in its muscular vibration for an outbreak, and his patience outdone by my ap parent interest in a trifling matter to him, he relieved himself pretty much as follows : “ Well, Mass Delon, you done wake up at last, I spose ? I ben here forty time to see you, an I jis come to talk to you ” “ Sip’s afeard of Ingins, Mr. Surgeon interpolated my deputy. “I wish you would make dat man hush, Mass De lon ! I wish you would make him hush. He ben jaw in me all dis mornin. He termin a nigger shant say nuffin—but look-a-here man ! I gwine to talk to Mass : Delon es I git my old head bust open.” “ I was only jokin, Mr. Surgeon—Sip W'ants to mar j ry an Injin woman!” i “Now, look here, Mass Patten, if you gwine to git ; yerbs for Mass Delon, go long off and dont come here !to insult a nigger feelin ! What de debbel Sip want ; wid squaw ? No, I gwine to quit dis here war ! What !de debbd I come here for any how. Bress your soul, I es I ebber git to Fort Gibson agin, I gwine to heel it cross de Massisip ” Not entirely comprehending, as yet, the burden of Sip’s complaint, I ventured upon a professional en quiry. “Well, Sip, what ails you—arc you sick—shall I give you a little medicine, old fellow ?” “ What ail Sip ! I tell you what ail him—look a here, Mass Delon, what de debbil Sip got to do wid Injin— dang dey hart—what Sip want wid dent wild beast— look at urn dartast night, a hollurin all night, an aint got no breeches on nudder, and aint comb dey head since Christmas Bress your soul. Mass Delon, what sorter folk is dey any how ? Call a nigger great friend, eat wid a nigger—drink likker wid him—an de fust thing he know dey scalp de wool oflf he head, clean.” “ Oh, pshaw ! these Indians are friendly, Sip." “Dar now, dat what I say—friendly Ingin ! go long and look at um dare, you see nigger wool hangin round dey dang neck—you call dat friendly Ingin, ey ? Mass Delon, dry is a mean white man in dis rigitnent, I tell you for true. Now, what you link—dat Sargent come to me at Jefferson Barrack—he say Sip! I want you to go to Fort Gibson, old haus ! I giv you Uncle Sam mo ney for drive waggin—well Sip come to Fort Gibson— he say Sip, drive pack horse to Blue Riber —well, I come dar! He say Sip, drive pack horse to Salt Ri ver—no, I say I must go back —come Sip, git you heap of money —go red on de back. Well, I git dare to Salt Riber. He say aha! you black dog, you no drive pack horse now I gib you de debble, Well, I go to Colonel Dtdge, he say all right. Now, what you call dat. — He’s a mean man, an old Dodge too, I wish he dodge back agin. I tell you, if I gits a chance I gwine to ‘Old Virgtnny’ swiss.” “ Well, start Sip—they aint no Injins twixt here aw Old Virginny—give my love to a'l the niggers when you git thare.” “ Dat what make me bile over! I wish old Dina had nail both my cars fast to the door post—dis what I git for come way here spekalatin—now, quest’n if Dina ebber see her old nigger Sip agin.” Having relieved himself of his spare steam. Sip made an indignant exit, not a little chagrined at the man agement of the recruiting officer, who had so adroitly woven the web of necessity around him, and nodoubt using that faculty of rc-duplicating resolutions to act differently, which, is so apt to haunt every one involv ed in unexpected consequences. Indeed, I felt some conscientious agitation, that originated from feelings and motives not distantly allied, to those which sum moned up departed joys to tire memory of Sip, and the gaudy phantoms of the future, I felt tremulous, might dissipate and leave me no less exasperated than it did him. But the current of these coming shadows were cast away by my sub-surgeon, who was standing, with a complacent grin, reflecting with no ordinary plea sure, on the distress manifested by Sip. “I told you yesterday about them Cumanchecs giv in bringier to me and the Santa Fe traders, didn’t I, Mr. Surgeon ?” “You said something about it, Patten—what was it ?”" “ The way my eyes stretched open this mornin was ‘ wide awake and duly sober,’ and sayin to the dust, ‘ come in !’ , • “ What about ?” “ Why, one man that joined our guards at Santa Fe and come to St. Louis with us, is among them Injins— my Lord, he’s a caution to fight.” “Ah! well I suppose he was the white man who had the gun yesterday.” “Adzactly—he’s the man—he’s fit a little every where, I reckon—he was tellin us about Gineral Boli var and Santa Anna afore he sot his nose agin the Taxis. But I haint told you about the fight with the Cummanchees!” “ No!” “ Well, afore we left Santa Fe, our men got to lighten with some vagabonds from Fuebla. Lord knows, they are nigh upon the meanest people in creation. You see, they was a heap on etn come up to Santa Fe to worship the old Priest, and when they was a marchin to one of them big Churches with him, our men was standin lookin on, unconsarned, and up comes a sol dier and told us to kneel down while somethin they called a 1 host,’ was passing, but they didn't understand him, and he jobbed one with a bayonet. He was a big Missuri w'olferine that got struck, and he j irked the soldier’s gun from him and mashed his cocoanut into saft soap at one jerk.” “ What! did he kill him ?” “ That he did ! well then began the head fight I ever seed. This here man in camp was standin with us, and up comes some so diers and was gwine to chaw up old Missouri at once, but he hilt his gun and fit like ] a wolf, and we joined him—we went it with a rush, and j killed five on cm dead as * nits.’ ” “ Why, how did yo t get away alive?” “ Well, I’ll tell you. The Santa Feans say the Peu bla’s are the swfullest rascals in creation, and some ol them joined us n ths fight Tey had us all up before THE SOUTHERN POST. the Alcalde, but he was a sharp fellow—hegrirrited and winked, and told us to put off quick and nobody should follow us." “ Well, Patten, I suppose this fighting man of voure is rather a wild horse-stealing renegado, who eschew* the gallows that portends his advent into the civilized world.” “I tell you, Mr. Surgeon—l wouldn’t tel! him that word for all the lands this side of the Mississippi, ’erze I know its gone horse to do it. He aint none of your Vagabonds. He’s got larnin of all sorts —but yander he stands among them Ingins—let’s go and see him. If I was to say that word Sally Patten ud be a widder 'oman fore night.” “ 1 never heard you say that you were a married man before, Patten. Indeed, 1 should not have believed you to be so.” “Well, I reckon Sally Patten and her four children think so; and that’s sa’sfactory!” “ Don’t you get jealous when you desert bed and board for so long a time ?' “Jealous? me jealous. Mr. Surgeon you don’t know Sully. Lord bless you. if a man was to give her any that ar sort o’ sass, she’d give him a whack with her soap paddle would make his head ratdelike a cow-bell lor a month atterwards.” We had ieft my tent, as Patten had suggested, and in passing from thence to the space allotted to our In dian guests, had given vent to the colloquy just detail ed. The individual who was the subject of our re marks, and indeed a great pj’rt of my last letter to you, was standing with his face from us, and listening to the eager guttural declamation of one of his tawny horde, and did not obsrrve our approach. When we had arrived within a few steps, his attention was di rected to us by a short exclamation from the savage who had been addressing him. In turning, his eyes settled on Patten, and I at once discovered, from the that they were ail ed by son.e association of in teresting events or reflections in each other, perhaps those which Patten had partly stated to me. But I knew instantly that he was once the harsh, ambitious, fearless hoy we knew as Allen Belt! Patten introdu ced me to him as “ Surgeon to the Regiment,” without giving my name, or I am certain he would have known me in a moment, but having nine years to change in, I resolved to wait until such a time as he manifested some memory of auld lang syne, by the resemblance I might still bear to what I had been. As soon as he had looked in my face I discovered that he was agita ted and almost overpowered, by the remembrance of the times of the “ Father Land.” I was not much less so, indeed I may say more; fir until that moment, I had not formed the faintest idea that I should see any Other than some rude wild adventurous borderman, whose rough unpolished soul was alone suited to the bold and stirring incidents of savage contest. He lean ed on his carabine, his head sinking on his arm in most absorbing reflections, so wrapped up in them that he appeared unconscious of our presence, and wholly for getful of the courtesy always expected upon similar oc casions. There was an intense clinging of his mind to past events, or he would have witnessed the amazement and stupefaction which fettered me in chains as strong as the Promethian links which memory forged around him, and l felt relieved when he raised his head. His face was partially turned from us, but yet I could see the trace of a “stranger tear,” which had coursed its pearly way down his sunburnt cheek. But ah, sister ! I am writing to yon of what occurred ten days since, and the substance of which was indirectly alluded to in my last letter, and nothing have I said of the inter mediate time. And if my recollection i3 true of the contents of this, I have stated nothing which might not have been done at that time, and although you have so affectionately and repeatedly enjoined me to write more of myself, yet I must beg you to forgive in this instance, on account of the amazement which I must have ne cessarily felt, in thus commingling the sweet memory of the past, with the hope, spirit and adventure of the future. Well, sister, I have written this long and foolish letter to you, (for which I knew you will scold me,)’ and not one word have I yet said uriimt Camille: And not one word either of the ever-during and unbounded af fection which f feel for you ! How strange it is, sister, when there is nothing under the blue canopy of hea ven that glitters above us with a thousand radiant gems, that I love so ardently and devotedly as I do yourself,- and the moment that the tender tear of affection steals down in memory of you, the same moment brings up the image ot that li tie “ transgressor,” Camille ! You wrote to me that she always calls oro you to sit a whole evening on the mail-days that carry my letters. And that she was constantly looking up from her work and asking “ what does he say, Miss Eva ?’ when vou were reading my last letter, and you would not tell her that I had even written her name. Very well, Miss Eva— if you persist in this way of tantalizing and frightening me out of what vou call a boyish preference, I shall take my leave of Old Virginia “for aye,” and like the great Africamis, exclaim, “ Ingrata patna wquidem ossa men habehis.” I expect you have forgotten all of your Latin by this time; but I will construe it for you, by telling you that it is something awful, and Old Vir ginia will he ruined. But now I must close, and really upon reviewing, I do feel intensely mortified that I have not freighted my letters with a thousand grateful and tender caresses for you. Farewell. I hope, in my next, to draw for you some contrasts and illusions civilized, and savage. Remember me as your ever affectionate brother. [TO- BE CONTINUED,] For the Southern Post. THE SEA. I love the sea, the noble sea ! Even in its most dreadful form,- Whether at rest its waters be, Or maddened by the raging storm.- I love the everlasting tide That dashes hoarsely on the shore, And murmurs Pack with swelling pride To sever, and return no more. 1 love to gaze upon the foam That rises up so bright and free, And oh, next to my native home I love the grandeur of the sea. For it recalls some happy scenes, That round my feelings hover yet, Where memory’s brightest, purest dreams, Shall linger till life’s sun has set. It tells me of the lonely isle That sleeps upon its stormy breast, Where once affection’s holy smile Lulled all my gloomy fears to rest. And these bright eyes at\d fairy forms All rise like magic to my view, As will the fearful night of storms, That howled above the waters blue. It tells me of that deep, deep hay And distant city’s living hum, The curfew knell at-dose of day And early beat of signal drum. And all the youthful scenes of life Rise up afresh before my view, Till tired of the pleasing strife They vanish o’er the waters blue. But oh, of all the lovely scenes That nature ever gave to me, Or fa ncy pictured in her dreams, I love the glowing moon-lit ssa. ’Tts this that makes me dream of heaven And points me to that world of light, Where those whose sins havebfen forgiven- Shull rove the fields of ether, bright. For it receives upon its breast The image of the upper skies, And when its w aters calmly rest Another heaven liearns in our eyes. Oh who that loves yon starry dome All spangled with the stars of night, Thnt does not love the dark sea’s foam Brtghtning with heaven’s reflected light. t .V«, Ga. t. *r r , Soiitfjrt'tt {lost. OFFICE, ON THIRD - STREET 1 , ONE DOOR FROM MULBERRY STREET, AND OPPOSITE THE CENTRAL nOTEL. MACON: SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1839. ERRATA. The article on Education, from the “ Southern Lite rary Messenger,” commencing on ourfi stpage is con cluded—and is erroneously printed "continued.” GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE. The examination of this institution commenced on Monday last and continued until Thursday evening. The examination of the first day was taken up with the primary department, and did not create so much general interest as the successive days. We have been in attendance throughout the entire examination, and must say that the first day’s exercise was as equally gratifying, if not more so, than any other. This arose from observing the great regard paid by the Teachers to the elementary branches ol Education, which has heretofore been so much neglected in our Colleges and higher institutions of learning. The exercise was a ri gid and a most one, and the method of teaching appears to have little of the railway process up the hill of science. The exercises of the succeeding days were witnessed by very large and gratified audi ences, Many of w hom were from distant parts of the j State. We were particularly gratified with the examination of the classes of Languages. The pupils appear to be well acquainted with the principles of grammatical an alysis. In the French classes, the analysis is made by the pupils in the French Language, and they convert English into French with great facility,- A gentleman who examined some of the w ritten exercises, informs us that they were written with great correctness and propriety,showing but few inaccuracies; and that these exercises are the result of the pupils unaided efforts, we have the strongest assurance. The whole examination of these branches was highly creditable both to profes sor and pupil; and when we reflect that the Institution has but just gone into operation, that its departments are not yet fairly organized, and that the talented Pre sident and his able coadjutors have not yet really had time to introduce the manifest improvements which they contemplate ; that on the other hand, the progress of the pupils under all these adverse circumstances is quite satisfactory,and, in many cases, even extraordin ary; wc cannot but iindulge the joyous hope that this excellent institution will soon fulfil the most sanguine expectations of its founders and friends, and that it is destined to be the means of bringing about a mighty and much needed revolution in the existing systems of education. On Thursday, the last day of the examination, an Address, on the subject of Female Education, was de livered by the President, in his most happy, forcible and eloquent manner. We shall forbear at present of say ring any thing in regard to the matter contained in the Address, as it will noon be puetd before the public, and \ merely content ourselves with expressing our admira- I lion pf its superior excellence. It was a masterly ef fort, as every one who heard it will respond, and will suffer nothing by being put in print. There is a gen eral desire to see it published, and we hopo it will soon I be gratified. j In the evening there was an Address delivered by i Judge Longstreet. on the same suldect. made very in teresting by his deep and thorough knowledge and in timate acquaintance with the present! systems of edtt- J cation. | iKr We learn that Judge Longstreet has been ap ; pointed President of Emory College. 5W The citizens of Il iuston (Texas) celebrated the 4th day of July with the usual demonstations of joy j common in our own country. t j iKr What does Mr. Messenger mean in his last by I “ magic in a sop,” and all,that ? We suspicion he means to call somebody a Judas, though whom, and why, and ■ wherefore, we are unable to determine. Whether it includes Messrs. Sylvester & Cos., or points to ourself, would puzzle Old Nick to tell; wc cannot for the life of us see the applicability of his remarks and “ insini nations." Dear Mess'! “Oh no we never mention it,” what you hinted to us about Old Dentatus — nobody knows it, and of sourse you speak under the rose, don’t ye? We kindly wish that Cerberus may have found a j cooler place to sleep in than our back office. If the Old Dog had had as many duns poked at him as we have j had lately, he would not have slept much, we are think ing—sounded the Lyre (make your devil spell better, dear Mess’) ever so ravishingly. Now read the following IMPORTANT LEGAL OPINION OF COL. JO SEPH M. WHITB, OF FLORIDA, (COUNSEL LOR AT LAW.) The undersigned has been asked his legal opinion upon the right of Messrs. Schmidt & Hamilton to organ ize and carry into eflect a Lottery under the laws of Florida.—lt appears that an application was made by them to the Legislative Assembly of the Territory for such a privilege, which was granted by the Senate and Legislative Council, and vetoed by the Governor. It was ascertained thatby a previousact inforce, and un repealed, certain Commissioners therein named, were authorized “ to raise such sum or sums of money, by lottery, in such scheme or schemes, as they may deem appropriate or advisable,” to complete a Court House. and Seminary. The Commissioners have deempd it “appropriate and advisable” to adopt this scheme, which they have a perfect right to do, so long as the act stood in force, and without limitation as to time. If it i» urged that such an act, for such a purpose, was not in tended for so large an operation, the answer is obvious, that the Legislature has not specified the extent or dura-' tionof the scheme. The discretion isgiven to the Com-- missioners, who have acted upon the subject, and it is not in the power of the Governor, Legislature, or Judi ciary, to hinder, ot obstruct in any manner, the exoution of such plan as the Commissioners may agree upon. I ant of opinion, therefore, that Schmit &. Hamilton have the legal right to execute the scheme agreed upon ; in concurrence with, and under the legal authority of the Commissioners. I have seen the paper signed by the parties, and consider it sufficient in law to authorize the scheme for the disposition of the Arcade, and other property in New -Orleans. *OS. M. WHITE, of Florida. New-York, July 16th, 1839. HARK YE! Our friends writing to us to change the direction of their papers, and on other business, are requested to | notice the last article of our terms, which reads thus : “ Letters, on business, either to the Publisher or Editor, J ' tnust come post paid to insure attention.” ANOTHER INDIAN MASSACRE ! On Saturday night between nine and ten o’clock, the family of Mr. Green Chairs—liv ing about ten miles fromtown—were attacked by the Indians, and his wife and two children killed ! Mrs. Chairs was sitting by the table sewing, surrounded by her interesting family, consist ing of her husband and six children; Mr. Chairs, was leposing on the bed, in the same room, when an Indian Rifle was fired, and Mrs. C. fell dead from her chair ! Mr. C. insfantty sprang from the bed, blew out the candle, closed the door and windows, and seiz ing his gun took his stand, with the determina tion to> kill one Indian at all hazards, when they should attempt to enter the house, The Indians however, approached the house in such a way as to be unseen by Mr. C., and procee ded to set fire to the dwelling, and out houses on the premises. Soon after the dwelling house caught fire Mr. C. started four of the largest children out at the back door, and told them to escape to the next neighbors ; they did effect their escape, and were all saved ; the eldest, however, a young lady about seven teen, was discovered by the Indians, who gave her chase, and were well nigh making her a victim ; but she litftl taken the precaution, as she was leaving the house, to take with her a dark cloak, and when she found herself close ly pursued by the savages, she suddenly fell in the bushes, and throwing this garment over her person, concealed herself from the keen eye of her ruthless pursuers ; the Indians she says passed within three feet of her ! This young lady’s life was saved so narrowly, os to make the blood run cold, even at the thought; and it should not be forgotton, that it is entirely At tributable to her presence of mind. So rapid was the fire, and so great the con sternation produced Mr. C. by the sud den death of his wife, that in making his own flight from the house he forgot his two young est children—the one about two years old,and the other a babe of six months—and they were both burned to ashes ! Information of this horrid transaction reached our city during the night, and our citizens Were aroused by the beating of the drum and the stirring prepara tions to go in pursuit of the foe. Tallahassee Star. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washigton, July 18, 1839. After a protracted silence— post longo in tervallo—l resume my pen to give you the substance of a repoit which has for some days agitated our .usually stoical community. A deep mystery has hitherto involved the late of the Hornet, which was supposed to have foundered, years ago, in a gale ; and every circumstance, however improbable, which re lated to her position, when last seen, has been forfeited out and narrated, with n degree of minuteness which evinces the deep feeling which, to this day, exists in relation to her fate. Anew and startling light has been sud denly cast upon the mystery, bv the offer of an individual to exhibit proofs that this ill-fated ves sel outlived the gale, in which it Was believed that she perished, and met her destruction from enemies more cruel than the elements. The name of the individual it would be obviously improper to publish until his story shall have assumed a more definite and authentic form, and the testimony, by which it is to be estab lished, shall have been obtained. The amount of the disclosure here made is that, after passing th rough the gale, in safety, her magazine was fired by conspirators, bribed to effect this dia bolical purpose by the head of a foreign gov ernment, and that four hundred brave men were thus instantaneously hurried into eterni ty, in a moment of entire self-security, and while the interchange of congratulation for their preservation from tire prey of wind and wave was yet unfinished. He who voluntarily comes forward to make this disclosure states that he was not himself present at the catastrophe, but that a friend was there ; anti for this friend he requires pardon in the establishment of the truth of his statement. He also asks for a pecuniary reward for himself. The evidence on which he pioposes to establish the facts is the production of the ship’s log-book up to the moment of the catastrophe, and aho of the private letters of the officers, with other testi mony of acorohorativechaiacter. The sub ject is now before the Navy Board, and has led to frequent and long deliberation. But they will not be able to come to any conclu sion ns to the conditions required by the in formant. Indeed they have no authority ves ted in them to make stipulations of a pecuniary nature. It is said that flic President has been written to on the subject, and that the ulterior proceedings in the case will depend on his re ply. The members of the Board are inclined t O'attach importance to the statement of this man, in consequence of some private commu- 1 nication which lie has made concerning the motive to the instigation of this awful outrage, which motive they deem satisfactory and suf ficient. For the sake of humanity and for the sake of our country, it is to be hoped that no' effort will be spared to elucidate the whole of this affair ; and, be the consequences what they may, to work retribution in those by whom this scheme was planned, and by whose influence it was carried into effect. Fiat justitia, pereat mundus. It will be recollected that a few weeks since, a severe and well contested battle was fought, between a portion of the gallant vo'untfeers, under the command of Col. Burleson, and a party of Mexicans and Indians, headed by Manuel Flores, which resulted in the total dis comfiture of the Mexicans and Indians. It was supposed at first, that the hostile party were under the command of Cordova, but sub sequent events prove the contrary—he was at the time at Matamorns, sick ; but had entrus ted to Flores, the opening of the contemplated campaign against this country. Flores fell in the engagement, and many documents were found in his possession, developing a deep laid plan fur harrassing our frontiers by instigating the Indians to' hostilities. Several commis siotts wero sent to Bowles and other leaders of the hostile bands, from Valentin Canalizo, the Mexican commandant at Matamorns. The death of Flores and the capture of the mules and supplies of his party has, no doubt] put nn end to the promised visit of Cordova himself. ! There can no longer be a doubt of the foct thnt ffte Mexicans are using all exertions to keep alive the dissemions on oUt frontier— not daring to invade and again tVust to their [own powers.. Tite following plan of the cam paign was found* among the other documents upon the persotr ®f Flores, and hns been traits, lated, and kindly transmitted to us for pwbli cation. Nafibnal (Texas) Intelligencer. JCr Several original articles. In type, and a nunvßer of advertisements, are crowded ou.'. They shall ap pear next week. Lottery of Paintings. THE undersigned proposes to distribute, by wa v of Littery, cm Saturday, the 17th of August next, in this City, NINE PAINTINGS, two of which w-ill be Portraits of the successful adventurers, and respectful ly incites the attention of the public to the following 2 Portraits, S ULMt 8200 1 Victoria, (after Paris,) 100 1 Sleeping Beauty, (after Byron,) 50 1 Gulnare, do. 50 l Theresa, do. 50 1 Leonora, do. 30 1 Dudu, do. 30 1 Mora, do. 30 9 Priaes, < 510 IC3 Tickets, at $5, 8540 Those numbers drawingthe prizes Pbrtraits, will en title the holders of such to a likeness of themselves, provided they will sit for the same whenever called up on. The Portraits will be painted the usual size, and after the Artist’s best style. Frames are not to be in cluded, but will be furnished to such as may watit them, at the usual prices, so soon as they are obtained. Those tickets drawing the other prizes will entitle the holders to such Painting as may be drawn to its num ber ; and should the holders of such prizes wish to have their Portraits taken, the Pictures will be received in part payment, at the prices estimated in the scheme. There being 108 Tickets and 0 Prizes, there will be 99 Blanks. 'The u.dersigned will receive each ticket dtawn a blank at the value of S9O in Portrait Painting, provided that not more than one blank be applied to wards the Painting of any one Portrait; and provided also, the holders of 9uch blanks present themselves and demand compliance with this proposal within the ten dans succeeding the Drawing. Should the whole number of Tickets not be sold by the 17th of August next, the drawing of the LOTTE RY will be postponed until the TicKets are all sold, of which public Police will be given ; as alsoat what place the Lottery will be drawn, one week before the draw ing. The Drawing will take place under the inspection of Gentlemen whose character and standing in this com munity will afford abundant testimony that it will be conducted m a fair and honorable manner. Specimens of some of the above Paintings may be seen at the Painting Rooms every day, Sundays except ed, between the flours of 10 A. M. and 4 P. M , where : Tickets may be bought for the CASH ONLY. THE ARTIST. Macon, July 27 40 DIVIDEND No. 5. Monroe Rail Road and Banking Company, l Macon, July 25, 1839. ) ?JIIIE Board of Directors of this institution has this “ day declared a Dividend for the last six months of Three Dollars per share on the capital stock between Macon and Forsyth, and a proportionate rate on the Extension, above Forsyth. The some will be p-id j to Stockholders or their legal representatives, on and after the first of August. JEREMIAH LEAK, Cashier. j July 27 40 MR. a. R. McLAUGHLIN is duly authorized to act ns ntv Agent during my absence from this State. All persons having unsettled business with the undersigned will please call on him. ISAAC Macon, July 27, 18394 Sp jm TO KENT, | A large, airv and convenient Sleeping Room; directly over Messrs. S. J. Ray 4. Co.’s Stores : Apply to REA & COTTON. ‘ July 27 40 PETERS’ PILLS I I IVES the e a man who may not be occasionally J benefitted by the use of Peters’ Pills? —No! as suredly not ; for the human frame, like any other struc ture, will fall into confu-ion and ruin, if neglected but by the aid of medicine judiciously applied, it is enabled to preserve a heal lty even tone ; and it is the fiat of well I tested public opinion that Dr. Peters’ Pills is the meth ane ot medicines in the prevention or the cure of the general diseases which the human tenement is inciden.- tal to. Do men in robust health require medicine ? Certain ly, for the very excess ot health begets certain diseases unless duly regu ated. If the blood is suffered to run riot without correcting laxatives, costiveness, megrim, biles,'Scurvv,. spleen, pimples, furred tongue, or ofteu sive breath are the inevitable consequences ; for ex uberance of health, like over-rich soil becomes rank, and prone to the ptoduction of weeds, if care is not taken to have it judiciously moderated. But healthy men have an antipathy to the name of medteipe ! And no wonder, fir ntneteen-twcnticthsof all the medicines in the world commence opera'ions hy making the people very sick, whom it was intetidel they should make very well; and thus in most catsi the cure is considered rather worse than the disease. But Dr. Peu rs’ Pills is the celebruted and particular exception to this almost universal rule. In them there is no gripe, no nausea, no sickness of any kind ; nay they ate absolutely very pleasant to the taste, and rest as quietly on the stomareh as so nmny comfots or green peas, even when their operations are as sudden, and as effective, as if they were as disagreeable, and a9 sickening as an old fashioned bolus. 'J hus the man who uses Peters’ Pills, (and where is the man that does not use them ?) expels headaches, fevers, blotches, pim ples, &.c. See., and makes his blood coarse as limpid, and as gently through his veins as a mountain rivu it, without having putnimself to any more inconvenience in taking the medicine than he would have done in swallowing so many black currents. Should ladies take Dr. Peters’ Pills ? Doubtlessly they should, for they not only assure them of health, complacency of spirits, and every bodily comfort, but, through their miraculous agency in the purification of the blood, speedily removes every thing patterning to harshness, pimples, or casual scurvy, from the flesh, an imates the eye, and gives an elasticity, and a vigor to the limbs, and the general carriage; and hence wheri' J you see a lady with a cheek of velvet softness, a pure lily and carnation complexion, and an easy and grace ful beating, the general inference to be dnaWn is, that ; she is her own physician, and very particular in the j choice of her medicine, and the especial one, tiltu she is a patron of Peters’ Pills. Leaving health out ot the question, should poets, nov elists, editors, mechanics, ana men of genius and science in general, patronise Peters’ Pills? Unquestionably, for uie vigor which they impart to the flame exercises a most wholesome influence upon the intellect: and the writer ol this feels justified in sayin® that any person about to carry out an idea, whether of Composition or invention, will have a more lucid understanding of fits ! subject, and think better, and more to the point on it, after he has vivified his system by a dose offriiiti one to ! four of Peters’ Pills. Persons in business, merchants, s’ore keepers, clerks, speculators, &c. wilt derive great advantage from them on the same principle ; for it the mind is not buoyant no man can attend to the usual pursuits of life with due perspicuity, judgment and plea sure, and there is nothing in the world, at least thnt has ever been discovered, so efficient in brightening the fa culties, and freeing them from particlpa'ing in the lan guor, decay, nnd imperfectibility ot their moral abode us Dr Peters’ Pills. To what may be attributed these singular and won derful effects ? ' Why,-to tbsir mysterious and inevita ble action upon the chyle,nnd that particular region of the system whence the living fluid is generated, for thus they do not only purify the blood but create pure blood, the issue of which is healthy veins, arteries and other functions, unobscured vision Jirnt and pulpy flesh, smooth and clear skin, and the consequent buoyancy of heart, feeling arnd action. In short, whether we take them as a matter of h- alth, business, feeling, or per sonal apjtearance, theie is none of us should learc'our bouses without a regular supply of Peters’ Pills. This popular medicine is for sale by HARVEY SHOTWT.LL. Retail price, 50 cents per box,. wutyfull directions. July 27 40V t INOUR months after date, application will b* made ■ to the Honorable Inferior Court of Twiggs conn ty, while Bitting for ordinary purposes, for leave m sett the Negro belonging to the e.suu- of 111011108 Zorn, late of said ooumv, deceased. CHARLES C. WHITEHEAD, Adm’r. June I 3* 1