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“ Struck the Add warblings of his lyre.” EARTH AND HEAVEN. EARTH. There, is grief, there is grief—there is wringing of hands, And weeping and calling for aid; For sorrow hath summoned her group,and it stands Round the couch where the sufferer is laid: And lips are all pallid, and cheeks are all cold, And tears from the heart-springs are shed; Yet who that looks on tire sweet saint to behold, But would gladly lie down in her stead! There is grief, there is grief—there is anguish and strife; See! the sufferer is toiling for breath; For the spirit will cling, O how fondly to life, And steam is the struggle with death! But the terrible conflict grows deadlier still, Till the last fatal symptoms have birth, And the eye-ball is glassed, and the heart-blood is chill — And this is tlw portion of earth! HEAVEN. There in bliss, there is bliss—in the regions above They have opened the gates of the sky; A spirit hath soared to those mansions ol'love, And seeks for admittance on high: And friends long long divided are hastening to meet In aland where no sorrow may come; And the seraphs are eager a sister to greet, And to welcome the child to its home! There is bliss, there is bliss —at the foot of the throne See the spirit all purified bend; And it bceins with delight as it gazes alone On the face of the father, a friend! Then it joins in the anthems forever that rise, All its faults and its follies forgiven: It is dead to the earth and new-born to the skies: And this is the portion of heaven ! DARKNESS. 1 had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space. Rayless, ard pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in tlie moonless air; Morn came,and went —and came,and brought no day. And men forgot their passions in the dread Of this their desolation; and all hearts Were chill’d into a selfish prayer for light: And they did live by watch-fires—and the thrones, The palaces of crowned kings—the huts The habitations of all things which dwell, VV ere burnt for beacons; cities were consumed And men were gather’d round their blazing homes To look once moTO into each other’s face: Happy were those who dwelt within the eye Of the volcanos and their mountain torcli: A fearful hope was all the world contain’d; Forests were set on fire—but hour by hour They fell and faded —and t he crackling trunks Extinguished with a crash-ami all was black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them; some lay down And hid their eyes and wept; ands ome did Test Their chins upon their clenched hands, and smiled; And others hurried to and fro, and fed Their funeral piles with fuel, and look’d up With mad disquietude on the dull sky, The pall ofapast world; and then again With curses east them down upon the dust. And gnash’d their teeth and howl’d: the wild birds shriek’d, And terrified, did flutter on the ground, And flap their useless wings; the wildest brutes Came tame and tremulous; and vipers crawl’d And twin’d themselves among the multitude, Hissing, but stiugless—they were slain for food: And war, which fora moment was no more, Hid glut himself again—a meal was bought \V ith blood, aod each sate sullenly apart, Gorging himself in gloom: no love was left; All earth was but one thought—and that was death, Immediate and inglorious; and the pang Of famine, fed upon all entrails—men Died, and their bones were tombless ss their flesh; The meagre by the meagre were devour’d, Even dogs assail’d their masters, all save one And he was faithful to a corse and kept The birds and beasts and famish’d men at bay, Till hunger clung them, or the dropping dead Lured their lank jaws; himself sought out no food,, Hut with a piteous and perpetual moan And a quick desolate cry, licking the hand Which answer’d not with a caress—he died. The crowd was famish’d by degrees; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies; they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place, W hero had been heap’d amassofholy things Doran unholy usage; they raked up," And shivering Scraped with their cold skele ton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, ani made a flame hich was a inockeTV ; then they lifted up Their eyes as it grew lighter, and beheld Each others’ aspects—-saw, and shriek'd, and died — Even of their mutual hideousness they died. Unknowing who he was upon whose brow Famine had writte n fiend. The world was void, Hie populous and the powerful was a lump, Seas-nless, herbless, treeless, manless, life less, A lump ol death—a chaos of hard clay. Th w rivers, lakes, and ocean, all stood still. And nothing stirr’d within their silent depths; Ship* sailerless lay Totting on the sea. And ti cir masts fell down iiiecuine.il; as thev dropp'd, J They slept on the abyss without a surge ’IT "waves were dead; the tides were in Their grave, The mo in their mistress had expired before; The winds were wither’d in the stagnant air. And the clouds perish'd ; darkness had no need Cf aid from them—the was the universe. THE MAt’ON ADVERTISER, AND AGRICULTURAL AND MERCANTILE INTELLIGENCER. artraiPiKa., “Mirth, that wrinkled care derides, “And Laughter, holding both his sides.” Comical Anecdote. —We have had anec dotes placing men in almost every situation, from the bottom of the sea in a diving-bell, to being confined under a bell w hile ringing— but they all yield in point of comicality, to the following : A ministei, on a visit to one of his friends, begs or buys an iron pot, to which he happened to take a great fancy, and “oil he trudged, bearing this curious little culinary article alternately in his hand and under his arm, as seemed most convenient to him. Uufortunately, the day was warm, the way long, and the minister fat; so that he be came heartily tired ofhis burden before he had got halt way home. Uuder these dis tressing circumstances, it struck him, that if, instead of carrying the pot awkwardly at one side of his person, he were to carry it on his bead, the burden would be greatly lightened : the principles of natural philosophy, which he had learned at college, informing him, that when a load presses directly and immediate ly upon any object, it is far less onerous than when it hangs at the remote end of a lever. Accordingly, doffing his hat, which he resol ved to carry home in his hand, and having ap plied his handkerchief to his brow, he clap ped the pot in inverted fashion upon his head , where, as the reader may suppose, it figured much like Marnbrino’s helmet upon the cra zed capital of Don Quixotte, only a great deal more magnificent in shape and dimensions.— I here was at first much relief and much com fort in this new mode of carrying the pot : but inarK the result. The unfortunate minister, having taken a by-path to escape observation, found himself, when still a good way from homo, under the necessity of leaping over a ditch, which interrupted him in passing from one field to another. He jumped: but sure ly no jump was ever taken so completely tn, or at least into , the dark, as this. The concus sion given to the person in descending, caus ed the helmet to become a hood; the pot slip ped down over his lace, and resting with its rim upon his neck, stuck fast there, enclos ing his whole head as completely as ever that of anew born child was enclosed by the fil my bag with which nature, as an indication of future good fortune, sometimes invests the noddles ot her favorite offspring. What was worst, the nose, which had permitted the pot to slide down over it, withstood every despe rate attempt on the part of its proprietor to make it slip back again ; the contracted part of the neck or jiutira being of such a pecu culiar formation as to cling fast to the base of the nose, oltho’ it had found no difficulty itr' gliding along its hypothenuse. Was ever minister in a worse plight ? Was there ever contrctems so unlucky? Did ever any man, did ever any minister, so effectually hood wink himself, or so thoroughly shut his eyes to the plain light of nature ? What was to be done ? The place was lonely : the way diffi cult and dangerous: human relief was remote and almost beyond reach. It was impossi ble even to cry for help; or, if a cry could be uttered, it might reach in deafening reverber ation the .ear of the utterer; but it would not travel twelve inches farther in any direction. To add to the distress of the cas , the unhap py sufferer soon found great difficulty in breathing. What with the heat occasioned by the beating of the sun on the metal, and what with the frequent return of the same heated air to his lungs, he was in the utmost danger of suffocation. Every tiling consider ed, it seemed likely that, it he did not chance to be relieved by some accidental wayfarer, there would soon be Death in tiie Pot. “ 1 he instinctive love of life, however, is oinni-pr. valent, and even very stupid people have boon found, when put to the push bv strong and imminent peril, to Exhibit a degree ol presence of mind, and exert a degree of energy, far above what might have beer, expected from them, or what they were ever known to exhibit or exert under ordinary cir cumstances. So it was with the pot-enscon ced minister of C . Pressed by the urgen cy ol his distress, lie fortunately recollected that there was a smith’s shop at the distance of about a mile across the fields, where, if lie could reach it before the period of suffoca tion, lie might possibly find relief. Deprived ol his eye-sight, lie could act onlv as a man of lee ling, and went on as cautiously as he could with his hat in his hand. Half crawling, half sliding over ridge and furrow, ditch and hedge, some want like Satan floundering over. Chaos, the unhappy minister travelled, with all possible speed, as nearly as he could guess in the direction of the place of refuge. 1 leave it to the reader to conceive the surprise, the mirth, the infinite amusement of the smith and all the hangerson of the smidtly, when, at length, torn and worn, faint and exhausted, blind and breathless, the unfortunate man ar rived at the place, and let them know, (rather by signs than by words) the circumstances of h:s case. The merriment of the company how ever, soon gave way to considcrctions of hu manity. Ludicrous as was the minister, with such an object where his head should have been, and with the feet of the pot pointing upwards like the horns of the Great Enemy, it was, nevertheless necessary that he should be speedily restored to his ordinary condi tion, if it were for no other reason than that iie might continue to live, lie was accor dingly, at his own request, led into the smithy multitudes docking to tender him their kind j cst offices, or to witness the procress of his release: and having laid down his head upon j the anvil, the smith lost no time inseizing and ; poising his goodly forehamin-w. ‘Will 1 came sair on, minister?” exclaimed the considerate man at the brink of the pot. ‘As sair as ye like, was the minister’s reply, ‘ better a chap i’the chaffs than dying for want o’ breath.’ Thus permitted, the man let fall a hard blow, which fortunately broke the pot in peices, without hurting the head which it enclosed as the cook-maid breaks the shells of the lob ster, without bruising the deiioate food with in. A few minutes of the clear air, and a glass from the gudevvifos bottle, restored the unfortunate man of prayer : but assuredly ,the incident is one which will long Jive in the memory of the parishioners of C ” Tne Rank of the State of Georgia, has de clared its semi-annual dividend at 3.V per cent, or 7 per cent, per annum. Ecclesiastical Politics. From the Rahway f A’.. J. J Advocate. On Sunday the inst. a preacher (or ra ther a dcclaimer) delivered a sermon (if one it may be called) on the subject of the very great importance of establishing Sunday schools in that rich and fertile district of country, called the Valley of the Mississippi. The most potent reason offered in support of the project, was, “the Roman Catholics are about establishing their religion in this Val ley and it is therefore necessary to get up Sun day schools to counteract their efforts,” and money was wanted to carry the project in to successful operation. Now Sir, if tiie people in the valley of the M ssissippi prefer the Catholic religion to Presbyterianism, why should we interfere? It is certainly not our business to enquire vi hat religion they want, nor to dictate to them what one they shall have; they are as capable of judging what is best for themselves, and much more so than we possibly can be for them—but there is something yet untold in this business; the people do not under stand the grand object in view, which is to keep up the system of begging, and not suffer it to languish, for, (as a reverend divine re marked)while the purse strings are loose, the people more readily hand out the change, from a kind of habit long established. The old system of begging for the support of .Missionaries to foreign countries, has be come unpopular; the public are becoming ra ther hike warm in the cause, and the fear is fliat their eyes will be opened and see so far behind the curtain, that they will discover that the sole object is to continue the system of begging money to support a set of idle lazy fellows, who would grace a plow tail much better than a pulpit. I said that the begging to support foreign missions was becoming unpopular: equally so it may be said of the Bible and Tract Socie ties. Something new then must be started, before the purse strings are drawn; it matters not what the object is, if these drones iu soci ety who live ou tnc earnings of their fellow bc'ings, can only grasp the money, they care not from whom it comes, nor how obtained. A plan is started to furnish t e valley of the Mississippi with Sunday schools, (and Sunday school teachers of course) and some ten or twelve of these enemies of the human race are sent out among the various congre gations to raise thirty or forty dollars to pro mote the “grand object.” The manner in -which they make the at tack upon the people is a subject which should disgust all honourable minded men; they do not call at owr respective dwellings, openly, & solicit subscriptions for this object; and the reason is very evident, because they know it will not bear the scrutinizing eye of investigation; whatever advantage they gain by the excitement produced, must be follow ed up and all consummated before the people can have time for reflection. An appeal there fore was made from the sacred desk, one day too, when Christians meet lor worship, and by it ®ur devotions are interrupted and transferred to the Valley of the Mississippi; our commi-sse ration is excited, andjwhile un der this excitement, they having been prepar ed with two or three unexpecting, though re spectable individuals, to pounce upon us with their slips of paper and pencils in prep aration for the purpose, whilst in our respec tive scats in the church, and by this manccu'. vre, indirectly, compel the people to give, wliat they themselves are aftewards a sham ed to acknowledge, and what they would not do if called on at their dwellings, many of whom were poor, and absolutely in want of tiia very money they have thus been compel led to give, to imrehase the necessary urticlcs to make their families comfortable. 1 nere were a few, and but few present who had nerve and independence enough to withhold tneir support from this project, bv refusing to subscribe. But the great majori ty present felt that the screws would be put upon them if they refused, and the writer of this article was one of the number. See ing the eyes of those who have it in their power to, indirectly, withdraw from him a support for a family dependent upon him for bread, he was compelled to subscribe, as being the lesser evil, when at the same time, his indulgent creditors should have received the money thus thrown away upon phantoms of the imagination of some few designing men, who, under the sanctify of religioiT, would thus rob the poor of their hard earned pittance. If this is denied, 1 need only to call to mind the circumstance of the subscrip tion being handed to poor girls, who work out by the week for the small sum of five or six shillings; very little more than sufficient to purchase their necessary clothing, and who, il taken sick must look to some other source than these sanctified beggars, who would thrust them from their doors and treat them as though the touch was pestilence. If the people here have a surplus, let them make a present of it to our worthy pastor, who is labouring by day and by night for their wel fare if he is not in want of it let thcmjlav it by us they will most undoubtedly find use for it loog before our contemplated brick church is fin ished. But there arc other objects of charity within the sound ol our church bell,much more worthy our attention than this wild goose chase to the valley of the Mississippi. There arc under our own eyes poor ragged children, growing up in ignorance and vice, for want of means to procure even the rudiments ofeduca tion; lot our surplus funds be appropriated at home, w here we can have the control of it,and where wc can see and feel the advantages which would result from il ; and we slio”ild find in a few years our youth, who are now the inmates ot the very kennels of vice and dissi pation, moving in a circle, respectable and respected ; they would be intelligent beings, instead of animals very little superior to the brute creation in mental endowments. Honk of the United States The resolu tion declaring it the sentiment of tho Legis latere of tho State of.\. York, that the Char ter of the Rank of the United States might not /) be renewed , has passed the by a vote of 17 to 13. The Pennsylvania Legislature passed a resolution unanimously, at their late session, that the Charter of the Bank ought to be re newed. “The price of Lirerty is eternal vigilance.” THE CABINET. Washington, April U, 1831. Dear Sir: —l feel it to be my duty to re tire from the office to which your confidence and partiality called me. The delicacy of this step, under the circumstances, in w hich it is taken, will, I trust, be deemed an ample apology for stating more at large, than might otherwise have been necessary, the reasons by w hich I am influenced. From the moment of taking my seat in your cabinet, it has been my anxious wish and zealous endeavor to prevent a premature agi tation of the question of your successor; and, at all events, to discountenance, and if possi ble to repress the disposition, at an early day manifested, to connect my name with that dis turbing topic. Of the sincerity and constan cy of this disposition, no one has had a better opportunity to judge than yourself, it has, however, been unavailing. Circumstances, not of my creation, and altogether beyond my control, have given to this subject a turn which cannot now be remodied, except by a self disfranchisement which, even if dictated by iny individual wishes, could hardly be recou ciieable with propriety or self-respect. Concerning the injurious effects which the circumstance of a member of the Cabinet’s occupying the relation towards the country to which I have adverted, is calculated to have upon the conduct of public affairs, there cannot, I think, at this time, be room lor two opinions. Diversities of ulterior preference among the friends of an adminissration are un avoidable; and even if the respective .advo cates of those thus placed in rivalship, be pa triotic enough to resist the temptation of cre ating obstacles to the advancement of him to whose elevation they are opposed, by embar rassing the branch of public service committed to his charge, they are, nevertheless, by their position, exposed to the suspicion of enter taining and encouraging such views: a suspi cion which can seldom fail in the end, to ag gravate into present alienation and hostility the prospective differences which first, gave rise to it. Thus, under the least unfavorable consequences, individual injustice is suffered, and the administration embarrassed and wea kened. Whatever may have been the course of things under the peculiar circumstances of the earlier stage of the Republic, my experi ence has satisfied me that, at this day, when the field of selection has become so extended, the circumstance referred to, by augmenting the motives and sources of opposition to the measures of the Executive, must unavoidably prove the cause of injury to the public service, for a counterpoise to which we may in vain look to the peculiar qualifications of any indi vidual; and even if I should in this be mista. ken,still I cannot solar deceive myself as to believe for a moment that I am included in the exceptions. These obstructions to the successful prose cution of public affairs, w hen superadded to that opposition which is inseparable from our free institutions and whioh every administra tion must expect, present a mass to which the operations of the government should at no time be voluntarily exposed:—the more espe cially should this be avoidod at so eventful a period in the affairs of the world, when our country may particularly need the utmost har mony in her councils. Such being my impressions, the path of duty is plain: and I not only submit with cheerfulness to whatever personal sacrifices may be involved in the surrender of the sta tion 1 occupy; but I make it my ambition to set an example which, should it in the pro gress of the government be deemed, not withstanding the humility of its origin, wor thy of respect and observance, cannot, I think, fail to prove essentially and permanently be neficial. Allow me, Sir, to present one more view of the, subject:—You have consented to stand before your constituents for re-election. Of their as it does upon the un bought suffrages of a free, numerous, and widely extended people, it becomes no man to speak with certainty. Judging, however, from the past, and making a reasonable al lowance for a fairexercise of the intelligence and public spirit of your follow-citizens, 1 cannot hesitate in adopting the belief that the confidence, as well in your capacity for civil duties, as in your civic virtues, already so spontaneously and strikingiy displayed, will be manifested with increased energy, now, that all candid observers must admit their ut most expectations to bo more than realized. If this promise, so auspicious to the best interests of our common country, be fulfilled, the concluding term of your administration will, in the absence of any prominent cause of discord among its supporters, afford a most favorable opportunity for the full accomplish ment of those important public objects, in the prosecution of which I have witnessed on your part such steady vigilance and untiring devo tion To the unfavorable influence which my continuance in your Cabinet, under existing circumstances, may exercise upon this flat teriug prospect, ! cannot, Sir, withuut a total disregard of the lights of experience, and without shutting my ('yes to the obvious ten dency of things for the future, be insensible. Haying, moreover, from a deep conviction of its importance to the country, been among the most urgent of your advisers to yield yourself to the obvious wishes of the People, and knowing the sacrifice of personal feeling which was involved in your acquiescence, 1 cannot reconcile it to mvsclf to he in any de gree the cause of embarrassment to you dur ing tho period which, as it certainly will be of deep interest to your country, is moreover destined to bring to its close, vour patriotic toilsome and eventful public lii'c. From these considerations, I feel it to he! doubly my duty to resign a post, the reten-! tion of which is so calculated to attract as-j saults upon your administration, to which tncro might be otherwise no inducement assaults, of which, whatever be their aim, the most important, as well as most injurious of. f ct is, upon those public interests which dq serve and should command the support of all good citizens. This duty, I should have dis charged at an earlier period, but forconside rations, partly of a public, partly of a personal nature, co.-nccted with circumstances which were calculated to expose its performance than to misconstruction and misrepresenta tion. Having explained the motives which gov ern me in thus severing, and with seemingab ruptness, the official ties by which w e have been associated, there remains but one duty for me to perform. It is to make my pro found and sincere acknowledgments lor that steady support rnd cheering confidence which in the discharge of my public duties, I have under all circumstances, received at your hands; as well as for the personal kindness at all times extended to me. Rest assured Sir, that the success of your administration, and the happiness of your pri vate life will ever constitute objects of the deepest solicitude with tour sincere friend and obedient servant. M. VAN BUREN. Tiie President. Washington April 12, 1831. De ar Sir —Your letter resigning the office of Secretary of State was received last eve ning. I could indeed w ish that no circum stance had arisen to interrupt the relations which have, for two years, subsisted between us,and that they might have continued through the period during which it may be my lot to remain charged with the duties which the partiality of my countrymen has imposed me. But the reasons you present are so strong, that with a proper regard for them, I cannot ask you on my account, to remain in the Cabinet. I am aware of the difficulties you have had to contend with, and of the benefits which have resulted to the affairs of your country, from your continued zeal in the arduous tasks to which you have been subjected. To say that 1 deeply regret to lose you, is but feebly to express my feelings ou the occasion. M hen called by my country to the station which I occupy, it was not without a deep sense of its arduous responsibilities, and a strong distrust of myself, that I obeyed the call: but cheered by the consciousness that no other motive actuated me, than a desire to guard her interests, and to place her upon the firm ground of those great principles w hich by the wisest and purest of our patriots, have been deemed essential to her prosperity, I ventured upon the trust assigned me. I did this in the confident hope of finding the support of advisers, able and true; whig laying aside every tiling but a desire to give new vigor to the vital principles of our Union would look with a single eye to the best means of effecting this paramount object. In you, this hope has been realised to the utmost. In the most difficult and trying moments of my administration, I have always found you sin cere,. able and efficient—anxious at all times toaflbrd me every aid. If, however from cir cumstances in your judgment sufficient to make it necessary, the official ties subsisting between us must be severed, 1 can only say that this necessity is deeply lamented by me. 1 part with you only because you yourself have requested me to do so,and have sustained that request by reasons strong enough to command my assent. I cannot, however, allow the se pt-ration to take place, without expressing the hope, that this retirement from public affairs is but temporary; and that if, in any other station the govermnent should have occasion for services the value of which has been so sensibly felt by me, your consent will not be wanting. Oi the state of things to which you advert, I can but be fully aware. I look upon it with sorrow, and regret it the more, because one of its first effects is to disturb the harmo ny of my Cabinet. It is however, but an in stance of one ol the evils to which free gov ernments must ever he liable. The onlv re medy for these evils, as they arise, lies in the intelligence and public spirit of our common constituents. They will correct them—and, in this, there is abundant consolation. I cannot quit this subject without adding, that with the best opportunities for observing and judging, I have seen in you no other desire than to move quietly on in the path of your duties, and to promote the liarmonious con duct ot public affairs. It on this point you have had to encounter detraction, it is but another proof of the utter insufficiency of in nocence and worth to shield from such as saultß. Be assured that the interest you express in my happiness is most heartily reciprocated th.it my most cordial feelings accompany you, and that I am very sincerely your friend. ANDREW JACKSON. F. S. It is understood that yen arc to con tinue in office until your successor is an pointed. 1 Martin Van Keren, Secretary of State. Washington City, 7th April 18111. Dkah Sin Four days ago, I communicate o you mv desire to relinquish the duties of the War Department, and 1 now take the lib erty ol respecting the request that was then made. lam not disposed, by any sudden w ithdrawal, to interrupt or retard the business of the office. A short time will be sufficient 1 hope, to direct your attention towards some person, in whose capacity, and friendly dis position you may have confidence, to assist in the complicated and laborious duties of vour administration. Two or three weeks per haps less, may be sufficient for the purpose. In coming to this conclusion, candor de mand* of me to say, that it arises from no dis satisfaction entertained towards vou—from no misunderstanding between us, on anv subject nor from any diminution on mv part.ofthat friendship and confidence, which lias ever been reposed in you. I entered your (’-übinct, ns is well known to nothin 0 " ™? -° mjr . cwn wishos and bavin e f n \ t:,lhor :h; “'P™ l * mvsclf or ■■ friends,hate ever since cherished a detcr- = 0 .v ai, m^0 f , hr first favorable movement,after your administration should he in successful operation, tor,dire. If occurs tome that tne time is now at hand, when 1 may do so, with propriety and in proper r. s c w,, J,,. cpr j nt S“- Which, heina- liiiriy the people fo r app roVH I nr condemnation I '•annot consider the st-p I am taking a /cx_ ccptionablc, or that it is one, tiie tendency o 1 which can be to effect or injure a police by you already advantageously commenced, and which 1 hope will be carried out to the benefit and advancement of the people. Tendering my sincere wishes for your pros perity and happiness, and for your successful efforts in the cause of your country. I am, very truly, your friend. J. H. EATON. To Andrew Jackson, President of the United States. Washington City, April 8,1831. Dear Sir.— \our letter of yesterday was received, ami I have carefully considered it; when you conversed with me the other day on the subject of your withdrawing from the Cabinet, I expressed to you a sincere desire that you would well consider of it;' for howev er reluctant lam to be deprived of your servi ces, 1 cannot consent to retain vou contrary to your wishes and inclination to remain, partie ularly as I well know that in 1*29, when I in yitedvou to become a member of my Cab inet, \ oil objected, and expressed a desire” to be excused, and only gave up your objections at my pressing solicitation. An acquaintance with you of 20 years stan ding, assured me that in your honesty, pru dence, capacity, discretion and judgment, I could safely rely and confide, I have not been disappointed. With the performance of our duties, since you have been with me, I have been fully satisfied, and go where you will, be your destiny what it may, my best wishes will always attend you. i will avail myself of the earliest opportunity to obtain sonic qualified friend to succeed you, and un til then, I must solicit that the acceptance of your resignation be deferred. I am, very Sincerely, and respectfully your friend. ANDREW JACKSON. Maj. .T. If. Eaton, See. of War. “A gatherer of uneonsidered trifles.” BY TO-DAY’S MAIL. ~ From the Athenian rf April 19. M e learn from E. L. Thomas, Esq. who-, has just returned from his surveyin'* tour through tlic Cherokee nation, that the sec tional surveyors are now proceeding in the progress of their duties with rapidity. Some have already finished, and it is thought that in the course of two weeks the whole will be completed. Mr. Thomas states that the con duct of the Indians was uniformly friendly; but a lew of (no white settlers, and some cf the Missionaries, manifested a f ec ]j Ilir cf hostility- although no acts of violence were. attempted. It may be well h. re to remark that on receiving knowledge of their MN : O -- arms having interfered with the political af. lairs of the Nation, the Methodist Episcopal Conference ot lennesscc immediately with, drew them. Were the American Board of foreign Missions,under whoso auspices we understand those are who are now station'd in the territory, to adopt a similar plan, we believe the condition of the Indians would be unproved, and the Missionary cause in gen oral receive (as it would deserve) more eonf denre and better success. The schools in the nation are now but thinly attended. In pursuance of a resolution of the last le gislature, Commissioners have been appointed on tiie port of Georgia to settle the disputed line between this State and Florida. Mr. 1 nomas is appointed Surveyor, and will meet the Commissioners at Darien by the first of M.y. hir.otv<* J v.Micl\l" luitrd States government will send Commis sioners or not. Thc Chrro7. res.~~A letter from John Ridge one of the Cherokee delegation at Washing ton, to Mr. Boudii.ott, dated the 11th Janua ry last, of which the following is an extract, was placed in our hands a day or two since fur publication. The gentleman who presented it is of undoubted respectability. On his route from Tennessee to Georgia, the pamph let alluded to below was given him for peru s;u, on the outside sheet of which was the let ter, which he took pains to copy. Mr. Tou dinott is believed principal editor of the Cher okee Plimnix: ,‘ J have written a longcrh ttertoMr. Rosscn t.ie subject, than my U tter to vou, which I presume you will see. Also a letter to Maj. Ridge before this,on our prospects, which vou would do well to publish. From public and private sources, wo are induced to believe that f lenrv Clay is our friend, and will enforce the treatk s. Hear up my friends for two years longer, and yve are victorious—let the people under s-and that. Tell it to them, and be not at ease, because you have the advantage ofhear ingwhen they have not: now is the time to lc up and doing'. As soon as our memorial ts printed, I will send it to you. We have heard that New Jersey is on our side. Thi argument of Mr. Wirt, 1 send to you, is not perfect as n will be made, when a motion U made for a writ of Injunction. You must then , ,nof ,u iJi but it can be made known to our people, all by friends. Mv heart i with them, and it is my earnest desire to so t.iem once more happy ; wc must be united as brothers.” It would seem from the above, that, flic last hope 0i the Indians now rests on the elcctfcu ol Ilcnry ( lay to the next Presidency, Judg ing from present appearances, this hope mud he a very < mit one, or Mr. Ridge is unac quainted with the public sentiment. Tims i f ts, t,ie Inmans are induced, hv artful and in sidious declarations from pretended friend abroad, or designing men among themselves, •o hoid on a little longer to their i o* zsion.-- Ihe same cour-ohasbeen pmvncd for years m mine false hopes have been held out, and as often as the time has arrived for their s'- eomplishment, they have been found illusorr. > hat subterfuge will not bo r. sorted to. re mams to he s en. We think, how. ver, that the prospect of Henry Clay’s election to tin In sideiicy wilt not take this time : and milrff ““taewneut more fluttering than this!", held out for the;n to remain, v.-e shall soon sec them quietly emigrating to the territory provided for them by the bounty of the Gener al Government—a country well adapted t® anr pursuits, *nd the best calculated to pro v hnpp i .ss. theoryi a Journal-.