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POETKY. p or the Sentinel and Herald. GIRL OF MY HEART. Otrl of my heart ! 100 * oon I,mth fled The roe which bloom’d upon thy cheek} Too oon hath sorrow’s arrow sped, To thy young heart, all pure and meek ! Osrl of my heart! thine eyr. of light, Whose |>ensive glance woo’d not in vain, Hath lost its lustre full and bright— But, star-like, sparkles hi it# wane. Girl of my heart! thy shadowy form, Attracts no more the world*# rude eye j As lightnings gleam amid the atorm, So burns thy pathway to the sky. Girl of my heart! rude was the blast, Which tore away my sweetest flower } And scatter’d wildly o’er the past, The halcyon joys of life’s young hour ! Girl of my heart! false was the light, Which shone upon thy youthful way 5 Cruel and treacherous the night, That chas’d our morning love away. Girl of niy heart! I’ll pluck the flow’r, Whose opening beauties charm the morn ; ’Twill ’mind me of thy bright, brief hour— But ah ! “ the rose will prove a thorn.” Columbus, January 25, 1838. ALBERT. From the Examiner. Oh ! where shall the grave of beauty be 7 Oh, where shall wo lay the lovely dead ? In the hoiiow halls of the reckless sea ? In the dismal depths of ocean’s bed 7 Not there, not there! not beneath the wave ; Earth’s fairest form hath another grave. On the mountain’s top lay we the flow’r 7 In the still depths of the forest’s gloom 7 Uy the raised wall, by the lonely tow’r, Shall we dig for beauty its lowly tomb ? Oh, not there! for a fitter place, Hath earth for this, in her cold embrace. Then where shall we lay this precious trust ? Where shall we place the fairest and best ? In the fretted vault ? it is but dust ; Oh. give it some lowlier place of rest, • Where Love long shall dwell and mem’ry keep The image of her that doth quiet sleep. In her native vale, near her native bow’r, Under the small and fresh springing tree, Lay ye the fair though the faded ftow’r j And mourn its fate on thy bended knee ; There hrignt birds sing and the summer bee ; There ! there ! shall the grave o r beauty be. THE BUNKLEY CASE. Tried at Jones Superior Court, April, 1837. The following is the testimony of Mrs. Lowther, the mother of Jesse L. Bunkley, and of Col. Winn, of our city: Evidence for the State. —lst Witness. Mrs. . Elizabeth JLowther—Had a son named Jesse L. Bunkley; his father’s name was Wm. D. Bunkley; he left there the 17lh day of May, 1835; have seen the prisoner several times; he is not my son; has not one feature of my son; my son’s hair was as light as Mr. Har deman’s; he had a very fair skin; his eyes yellow ; his face was fuli; his upper lip full, and inclined to double when laughing; the middle finger of his left hand was off above the nail; there was no particle of nail 1 on it; he had a very deep dimple on his chin; this man is not the form of my son; I have ” examined the prisoner’s finger; his hands are full; neither finger or nails off; my son’s nose was straight, inclined to turn up a little; mv son had an excellent education; was kept at school constantly from five years of age; he wrote a very good hand; he was nineteen years of age the November before he left, and went away in May; he would he twenty by the next May; the last infor mation 1 had of him was from New Orleans ; I had understood that he died in New Or leans ; the general rumor was that he was dead; I asked prisoner his name; he said it was Jesse L. Bunkley; I asked him what the L. in his name stood for; he answered it was for Lewis; my son’s right name was Lucas; my son signed his name by writing the L. and B. in cutting the letters pretty much together; he was a good Latin and Greek scholar. The prisoner was asked his father’s name, and said it was William D. Bunkley; upon being asked what the D. stood for, he said for Daniel; the D. in Mr. Bunkley’s name stood for Dawson. I have had four or live interviews with the prisoner, and have begged him to satisfy me that he was my son; he has never done so; have had conversation with prisoner in relation to parting with my son; I then lived about three miles from Clinton; my son came to mv house with money which was not at par, and said he cottld not pass it ; my husband i changed it, and gave him (I think) United j States money; I took the money and went J with him into a small room, wrapped the money in brown paper, sewed it up in a cravat, and tied it round his waist, and talked to him. I admonished him to let his conduct he upright, and admonished him with all the affection of a mother. He said he would be back at twenty-one years of age, and left me with all the affection a child could a mother, without any hard feelings whatever, promi sing to amend his ways. He stood very high in my affections—uncommonly so. I asked prisoner respecting this interview; he could tell me nothing of it, nor of the kind of mo ney ; prisoner asked me if I did not recollect parting with him in anger, and telling him never to let me see him more, unless he con ducted better. Prisoner said he had written to tne once or twice; I received one letter from New Orleans; identifies the letter.— [The letter tendered in evidence—objected that it was not—was proved to he the letter received, and letter admitted in evidence.] COPY LETTER. “ Mrs. Elizabeth Luther, Clintion Post Office, “ Care of James Smith, E*q. “New Orleans, Prison, Dec 20th, 1833, “ Dear Mother.—l take the pleasure of writing A few lines to convince von of my being your own child, tho’ it Appears that its your wish to disown me; for it, the Reason why I cannot tell, if it aint for my past follev things thats past and gone. I know that l have not treeted von as A child aught to A Mother, and the Reson why 1 have not an swered the questions you put io me is because I was a freade or things thats past you all ways seal near to me as a mother you know my misforchans in that country which Lyes • frech on my mind hut that subject I will quit and turn to other things your maden name which Was Elizebeth Lotmon and your mo ther was A fluallen and after the death of my father you marred James Billingslea and my self never could agree which was one grate cause of my misforchans as as for whare I went to chool was to Clinton, Eadon ton, Athans there was discharge for playing cards then my misforchans commence you well Remember the pmmisses I made to you and brother Wm. D. the Reson why I did not comply with them promisses was this shortly after I got to this country I got in difficulty A spanard and was forst to Leave it I th<?n went to mishegan canadav and tlie Spanish country and fn*m there here and was one mv wav to see von when t got in this; difficulty I was with Bengamin Walker from putnam county one that day and knight lie fore I was erested and was ameing to come on with him but as you all npper so distant from me l never expect to came as von have all Refused to assist roe with the pitiful some rtf five hundred dollars towords giting me out of her have the chance of seling mv part of The Estate to A man here which I shall do as quick as t git out and Return to mishegan whare I have snme property and intends to spend the Remander. of my da vs l can iden tify myself here to he the true Jesse L. Bunk which you all appear to be at such a Lose for the man I Reli to will he a much harder master than what I am 1 hope you will have the goa l to write to me as quick as you 1 git this Letter whether you owrt me or not its quite emeterai but I wish to liere from you ae 1 have wrote two or three Letters and has kec’d do answer you will Refer a favor on your unforchenate child by so doing I wish to be Remembered to all inquiring frends, so no more but Remains your unforchenate child untelldeth. JESSE L. BUNKLEY.” “To Elizabeth Luther.” Evidence of Mrs. Elizabeth Loicthcr con tinued.—My maiden name was Slatter; 1 was acquainted with my son’s hand writing; I was satisfied that this letter wai not in my son’s hand writing. Cross-examined. —l do not consider that this letter was from my sort ; I never received a letter after 1825, hut this one. 1 heard the report of my son’s death, (I think) in 1827; I did not hear the report, shortly after this time, of my aon’s being in life; heard a person and persons speak of mv son’s death, detailing different circumstances; my son left me be cause lie wished to travel; he was a young man of fortune, and did not wish to be confi ned. I did not know that my son was threat ened with a prosecution before he left here; , I do not know that my brother threatened my son with a prosecution. I understood that he was confined for some offence in Augusta; I have this from authority I confide in; he went away shortly after his return from Ai gust a ; I do not recollect the precise time. He left hut one school (and that was Athens) on account of his misconduct. I do not know that he was under any offence when he left here. Capt. Parrish bought the horse, paid for him, and he rode it off; this was after a difficulty about the horse with his uncle ; son came back with his uncle Shade Slatted with the horse. I never heard Slatter threat en to prosecute my son. He stayed his time out at Eatonton, at school. 1 did not answer the letter I received from New Orleans; I did not answer my son’s letter, because he told me not to write till I heard from him again. There was a mark upon my son’s leg, immediately below the knee-pan; (prison er shows a mark some distance below the knee;) the scar on my son’s knee was made by a drawing knife ; prisoner knows nothing about how it took place ; the prisoner’s mark is considerably below the knee-pan; when I heard that the prisoner had such a mark, I stated that my son had a similar mark on his leg, but this on prisoner did not correspond, when I saw it, I had several conversations; at the first Maj. Smith was present; in this conversation I admitted there was a mark on my son’s neck, which, on examination, was not on the prisoner’s. The scar on my son’s neck was occasioned by his riding on an old tree, he fell, and a limb struck him tinder the jaw, and made a large scar; the scar was about as long as the first joint of my first finger. Ido not recollect that he was ever set to ploughing, after being brought home from school; I have several times made him plough for his own amusement. I never heard of my son’s being alive, till Major Smith’s receiving a letter; the first report I heard of my son’s being alive, was when in Mr. Atwood’s store, I heard that Maj. Smith had received a letter from mv son. I knew of no other mark on my son, but Ihose men tioned, when he was a child ; my son had no mole when he was a child ; I have never said to any body that he had moles; some of my children have dark spots, but I do not recoi led moles. 1 invited him (prisoner) to stay at my house, and convince me that he wb my son; he could tell me nothing; prisoner asked me if I recollected a difficulty between him and Capt. Billingslea, and that I took the carving-knife to seperate them ; he said this was ai supper table ; I told him I recollected a difficulty but nothing about a carving-knife; that we had no use for a carving-knife at sup per; I have never so stated it to any person. 2 d Witness. — Wm. L. Wynn. —Was ac quainted with J. L. Bunkley, and went to school with him; about the last time I saw J. L. B. was in 1821 or 22; I should say that prisoner is not J. L. B. I called in November 1833 or 34 at the Calahoose, in New Orleans: I had received a letter from Maj. Smith before l left home—thinks the letter lost or destroyed; in this letter I was asked to call on J. L. B. and if I could, satisfy myself that this was Bunkley in the Calaboose, to befriend him ; I called agreeably to this request, at the calla boose, went to the trap-door opening into a circle and guarded with grates and asked for Jesse L. Bunkley ; when I called for him, several of the inmates called for Barber , saying that he had a great many friends calling—prisoner came to the trap door; identifies prisoner as the man—as soon as he 1 came I was satisfied from his appearance, ! that it could not he Bunkley; I conversed I four or five minutes or longer with him, through i the door; in the time*Mr. Holland the Sheriff, (came tip; I told the Sheriff my business, and he took prisoner and put him a private room with me for examination; I told prisoner I was his friend, if he could satisfy me he was Bunkley; he refused to make anv statements, saying he had been cautioned not to do so, by Maj. Smith, lest some advantage might he taken of him; I showed him Smith’s letter; he pretended to he reading it; after he got through, I asked him if it was not from Maj. Smith; he said it was, and was satisfied 1 was his friend; I began to put questions to him that I knew J. L. B. knew as well as my self; I enquired of the most imoortant cit izens that lived about Clinton. He could not tell me a single man except Charles Flewel len; I knew nothing of such a man ; I ask ed him if he knew any thing of the Flewellen family, Gen. F. the Doctor, Mr. Clower’s family, Pierce A. Lewis, and some others; he knew nothing of those families I have named. I then asked him where we were at school together—we had been to school to gether at two different places—he could not tell me any thing about it, and I could not make him recollect me bv any questions I could put to him; I then left him, satisfied he was not Jesee L. Bunkley. I think he told me he was put in the Callaboose for passing counterfeit money. T asked the teacher we went to —he hoarded at Pierce A. Lewis’s family before I went there, he could not tell the name of any of the teachers. He said his mothers maiden name was Flewellen. J. L. j B. and myself went to school together in Clin ton, where Mr. Slade now lives; Capt. But j ler then lived there, and also at the old meet- I ing house—we went together. Gross-examined.—At the time l went to New Orleans, there were some at Columbus who knew hinr. and some who did not—there were very few that knew Bunkley in Colum bus, and there was a question among them whether this was he—very few believed him to be Bunkley—they believed him dead from other ciacumstances ; I did not promise him to call the next day at the Callaboose. Be fore I received Maj. Smith’s letter, I believed from the report that Bunkley was dead; I think Maj. Smith requested me, in his letter to inform him whether I believed it was Bunk lev ; I did not do it myse.'f, but through Mr. Lewis; I did not know rnv-self that prisoner boarded at Mr Lewis’; it was hearsay from the familv; I believed, before ! left home, that Bunkley was dead; I think I heard a month or two before that, that he was alive; l did not hear the report, two or three years before, that he was alive ; I do not reccollect to have heard the report that he was work ing on the streets; I think it was between ;10 and 11 o’clock that I had the interview • with prisoner at the Callaboose ; called there hut once—prisoner did not say to me that he ; had a late letter from Maj. Smith. The small pox has made dreadful havoc among the Mandan Indians: A gentleman , belonging to the Hudson’s Bay Fur Com pany reports that of this tribe, which some time ago numbered 3,000 rouß onlv 12 or 14 are now left. PO LIT 1C A L. Freni the Augusta Constitutionalist. The paragraph we published in our paper of last Saturday, in which we intimated the intention of commenting on the proceedings of the present session of the State Legisla ture, has created some surprise. Some friends have expressed an apprehension that, in cen suring those proceedings, the censure might operate against the party to which we are at tached, as this party was in the majority in both branches of the general assembly.— Should the apprehension be verified, we would be sorry for it, especially if false constructions were given to the motives by which we are to be guided ; hut duty cannot permit ua to pursue any other course than the one we have determined to follow. If the proceedings of the legislature, with regard to the currency, i to the hanks, to the suspension of specie pay- I mems by those institutions, to internal im provements, to a general system of public education, to a reform in the legislative de partment of the State government, and to those important questions which now agitate the whole country, cannot be defended with out a disregard to truth and the best interests of the State, it cannot certainly be expected from us that we should be the apologists of legislative proceedings which, in conscience, we believe will be productive of no beneficial results, because they were hasty and undi- I gested, unwise and partial, and influenced by j interests and circumstances which do not characterise the members as independent citizens, and uncompromising in their legis lative duty. As long as we had hopes that a salutary reform in our legislation would be effected by the party in power, we were mo derate in our condemnation of the proceed ings of our legislature ; but it seems that no reform has been effected, and that none is intended. The will of the people has been disregarded, and their expectations have been most signally blasted ; it is, notwith standing, the duty of every citizen to be once more loud in requiring reform, and to con tribute his share of labor in effecting it. We are, therefore, determined to be loud in re quiring reform; and we may contribute in effecting it, by placing before our readers a sketch of the proceedings of the Legislature with regard to several subjects of general in terest. In doing so we hope to receive the support of all good citizens: we care not for the displeasure of those who have constantly made the Legislature the stepping stone to the acquisition of lucrative offices, and the medium through which partial laws were enacted, for the benefit of a few individuals, to the detriment of the general mass of the community. We care not for the censure of those with whom patriotism is a matter of calculation, and adherence to principles an object of barter and sale. In these critical and difficult times, it would be criminal in us to remain passive. The party to which we belong may yet be the instrument of much good to the State, and to the whole country. But that party must change its course, be cause if this is not effected, it will find itself very shortly in the minority, for the people cannot continue to sanction by their votes, a system of legislation by which much injury to the country cannot fail to be the result, and by which the people themselves, generally and individually, are the immediate sufferers. If heretofore we have not been independent enough to censure and condemn the acts of the union party, when censure and condem nation were demanded, we are now deter mined to change our course, and to exercise to its fullest extent the freedom we possess. We shall maintain our independence, by speaking of men and measures, as we think, and as our consciences lead as, without re gard to party considerations, relying on an enlightened community to sustain a press which will endeavor to represent facts as they are, and to tell the truth as it is, without fear of consequences. We are thus explicit, because we wish to deceive no one. From the Mobile Commercial Register. Every tyro in political economy knows, that specie will flow into the vacuum created by demand. This is almost an axiom of the science, yet has it gravely been denied. It is an axiom not only in respect to the capil lary channels of circulation, but in respect to exchangeable value in its grandest propor tions. Take two examples to prove the two propositions. Specie in small quan tities is required at the Post Office. Business letters must be forthcoming, and the city was aghast at the monstrous impossibility of pro curing the precious metals. Yet has the Post Master in one instance been obliged to withhold a single letter for the want of it ? The Bank of England found their country about to be drained of gold and silver. She took certain measures within her reach to ar rest the afflux. The foreign credit upon which American merchants had been trans acting business was curtailed—exchange was cut oft'by high premium, the demand for spe cie was created in England, and to England it went in ship loads, so the extinguishment of nearly the whole of our foreign debt. It is perfectly well known, that an inferior and superior currency in the same degree, cannot perform the same offices together. Gold and silver disdain to keep company with rags and shin plasters, the inferior banishes the superior from use, because the former is thought competent to answer the ends es ex change, and the latter becomes at once a commodity cl traffic. These are first princi ples, too pi 1 in, and too well established to bear proof bv argument. Some kind of mo ney is indispensable. If shin plasters become uncurrent, (as they are happily becoming.) if nothing else but silver will buy the necessa ries of life, can there be a doubt but lhat the old stockings, chests and drawers in which specie has been garnered, will yield up their treasures at the call of absolute Want! Banish paper bits, and the silver ones will be forthcoming ex necessitate ret. They will be forced into circulation by an impulse that cannot he resisted, and, at the same time, the temptations to hoard them for sale will no longer exist. It is a common error, that we are depend ent upon the banks for minor specie currency, and that it can only be obtained when banks redeem in specie. Do such reasoners recol lect that there is quite as much silver on broker’s counters, in men’s pockets and old women’s safe keeping, as there is in bank vaults—and do they reflect too upon the com paratively trifling amount necessary to per form the offices of money. Five dollars pass ing freely from hand to hand, will do the of fice of twenty times five in a day, just as in the circulation of the blood, the same fluid turning from arterial to venous blood and vice versa , keeps up the ceaseless and magic stream, which gives health and vitality to the human system. There is an abundance of specie if it can be unlocked, and then unfet tered. Take off the premium which buys it out of use, remove its enemy, a baser, rival currency, and it will freely come into circu lation. From the N. Y. Evening Herald. HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM NAVY IS LAND—GREAT COMMOTION AMONG THE PATRIOTS—GENERAL SCOTT’S MOVEMENTS. The Northern mail has just arrived, put ting us in possession of various despatches from our correspondents from every point of the North and West. In consequence of the late hour at which we received them, we ! have only room for the latest despatches from j our excellent correspondent at Grand Island . and Schlosser. The news is highly important though not! decisive. We refer to our correspondent for j i details. ! Gen. Scott reviewed 2000 troops in Buffalo 1 on Friday, the day of his arrival. There was upwards of 100 waggons at Schlosser. for what object it was not known. Some supposed lhat they were intended to carry the insurgent troops up by land. Gen. Scott had announced his intention of pro ceeding to Schlosser on Saturday morning to disperse them. Cut off from this resource an attempt Would be made no doubt to get up by means of boats. Gen. Wool, Gen. McDonald, Col. Wrath, and Lieutenant Keyes, of the United Slates army, arrived at Buffalo on Friday evening. Governor Marry and General Scott have arrived at Buffalo, but no movement has been i decided on. The steamboats have not ar rived yet. The men were ordered to be ready to start from the Island at a moment’s notice; hut nobody but Gen. Van Renssalaer j knows where they are to land —and he won’t i tell until they start; at least, he told Ins offi cers so at dinner. “Very well,” said they— “ we’ll go where you will.” If the boats come from Buffalo, they will move to-night. Saturday morning. At 11 o’clock last night, the British battery opened upon the Island—3so guns were fired, besides shells and congreve rockets: For an hour not a gun was fired from the Island; but when the loyal cannon began to flag, they opened upon them and showed them the sci | ence. The scene was magnificent. The • moon dimly revealed the outlines of distant j objects, and every flash—every hurst of a shell J —every rocket was distinctly visihle. I have ! not heard the damage, if any. My position is even better for observation than upon the < Island. Schlosrfr. ODposite Navy Inland. ) Fridav Evening. J nnary 12, 1836. J James Gordon Bennett. Esq. Dear Sir: At a distance of 500 miles it is impossible for you to imagine how infernally wicked, that “long, low, black” Navy Island looks from the American shore. There is an extent about Grand Island that gives it an appearance of respectability and security, but Navy Island, with its dark forest, its pre cipitous shores, its fearfully rapid current, and more than all, its pokerish looking batteries, has a piratical look from this side—how then must it seem viewed from the other? Mr. Mackenzie’s son arrived yesterday morning from Fort Madison. I could learn but little from him. He reports there were 7HO only at the time of his leaving. At 12 yesterday, Van Rensselaer sent an express to Buffalo, probably to hasten the steamboat. Some grand movement is in preparation. It is surmised that a union is to be effected in a few days, between the patriot armies, leaving a garrison on ihe Island. Col. McNab, the great detested, has re signed his command, some say into the hands of Sir John Colhorne. That is doubted. Il is, however, certain that he has resigned.— He has failed in every way—has, perhaps, involved two nations in a bloody war, and been indicted hv the Grand Jury of Niagara county, for murder, and as a murderer be will he demanded by the Governor of this State. He is a fine man personally—a gentlemen in his manners, when be chooses to be. and is speaker of the popular branch of the Provin cial Parliament, chosen by Gov. Head’s pack ed majority. All yesterday volunteers were crossing to the Island in small boats, as the Barcelona has gone up to Black Rock to repair damages.— About fifty crossed over. The Marshall, and his rifle guard, stationed near the landing, do not interfere, except to prevent arms and am munition from going over, but they have enough of both. I am informed, by gentlemen from the East, that between this place and New York city there are not less than two thousand vo lunteers on their march to join the patriot forces. They come from the eastern borders of the state, and from New England and Lower Canada. All along the grand canal, the people resting for the winter have nothing to do but be patriotic, and they are so to a a man. Throughout the empire state the conversation at every store, in every bar room, and around every fire-side, is the war in Canada. Veterans of the revolution fight their battles over again, and by stories of their own achievements, incite their sons and grandsons to arms, and fight for liberty. Fond mothers, too, and loving wives, and affec tionate sisters, do their share, and forget the terrors of war in their dreams of glory! But I must hasten to tell you all the news. A parly of United States troops slept at the falls last night, on their way to Fort Niagara, which is to be strongly garrisoned. Noble fellows they are for new recruits, and despi sing the luxury of a bed, each man wrapped his blanket around him and with the bare floor for a couch, and his knapsack for a pil low, slept soundly till break of day. No one but the commandant can tell how many men he has on the Island. You are only allowed to go from the landing to head quarters, and straight hack again. The men are all well and hearty, and bear miraculously the hardships and fatiguing duties of th camp. Fine fellows, used all their lives to luxury, have borne it like old campaigners, and gained flesh upon it. Indeed there is hardly a man o;. the Island that is not twenty pounds heavier than when he enlisted. The man who was wounded on Wednes day, was not so badly injured as might be, as it was frozen dirt, torn up bv a cannon shot, and not by the shot itself. He is a brave fellow and one of the best marskmen in the armv. Major Chase, a brave young officer from Rochester, had a tine adventure Wednesday nitwit. A little, low, long, black, eight-oared gig, came out from Chippewa and started round the Isiand. They were seen, and the Major, saying nothing, picked out a crew, armed them to the teeth with pikes, cutlasses, pistols, and tomahawks, and started in anoth er boat. The race heat your regattas all hollow—it was for life and death. At anv time, anJ especially in the night, the pursued have the advantage —they consequently, but barely, escaped. P. S.—Two hundred and twenty-five of the 22d Royals have arrived at Chippewa— making a regular force of about 400. There was a little firing last night—but no damage was done. As near as I can learn the loss on the other side falls short of 20 in all. The sharp shooters on the Island pick them off’ whenever they have a chance, which is but seldom. Albaxv, Tuesday Evening, ) 9 o’clock, Jan. 16, 1837. ( Friend Bennett, I enclose, you, or rather send you, accom panying this letter a number of slips received from the seat of war. The slips arrived by the Rail Road Cars about an hour ago. The news is the latest received by express, which also brought an order for 3000 stand of arms, 2000 for the arsenal at Batavia and 1000 for the frontier. They are at this moment en gaged (to my personal knowledge,) in pack ing them up to start by the Do’ciock car in the morning. From the N. Y. Daily Express. FROM LOWER CANADA. Hunt them down. —At the meeting of the General Committee of the Constitutional As sociation of Montreal, addresses to the Queen and the Imperial Parliament were read and receded the sanction of the committee, af ; ter which it was suggested if there was actu ally a warrant for High Treason against Mr. L. H. Lafontaine, of this city, M. P. P., lhat the Delegate from the Association who is a bout to proceed to England ought to have in his possession from the authorities in Montreal sufficient documents to have Mr. L. arrested S across the Atlantic. Mr. Lalontaine, it is said, has gone uv England tfs the agent 01 the Canadians who have been driven trora their , country by warrants to arrest them for High Treason. Spirit oe the Montreal Herald, the or gan of the British Tory party in Lower Can- j ada. “If one spark of national spirit lurks in the ; breast of that patron of marauding mercena ries, Lord Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Yanj Buren, instead of extorting any apology for the violation of his territory, will bte requested to afford a satisfactory atonement lor the j faithless, ungrateful and* ruffianly conduct ol j his citizens. At all events, he and his univer- ; sal nation will be obliged to swallow the al ledged affront —or cold steel in its stead. —V es 1 cold steel vs. bullets—judgement as usual for the plaintiff. By the bye, is not the favorite , weapon of a nation a lair test of its degree j of courage ? Does not Jonathan’s preference j of the long gun and the rifle imply a taste for j a safe distance ? Does not John Bull’s pre ference of the bayonet and cutlass imply a j fondness for close quarters?” I The abuse of these tories is just as bitter ol: Lord Palmerston, their own Minister of fior eign Affairs, and Lord Gosford, as ol the A mericans. The fact is, they are fanatics hard ly worth regarding. The same paper seems to lie panting for the blood ol prisoners now in the gaol at Montreal, —and it urges the im mediate execution of some of them, with blood thirsty ferocity. If Brandt were we should suppose him to be the Editor of that paper. “ Liberty of the press !—The printing press, types, &c. of an obscure little revolu tionary print, called the Quotidienne, were seized on Tuesday evening along with one Lemaitre, who acted both as editor and de vil, and who was speedily transferred to jail on a charge of Hi*rh Treason.” From the Montgomery Journal. M. B. LAMAR. The correspondence between this distin guished gentleman and the Senators of the Republic of Texas, will be found below. — We are happy to see that Gen. Lamar is appreciated in the new and promising country in which he has cast his lot. It speaks well • for the tone of public eentimentt here. We have known Gen. Lamar intimately for years, and believe that no man living possesses more chivalry. Where great deeds are to be done, and great principles sustained, is his proper home—Like Lucian Bonaparte, he scorns the doctrine of expediency, and adopts the maxim, “Do what you ought, happen what may.” City of Houston, Dec. Ist, 1837. To Gen. M. B. Lamar, Dear Sir —ln our anxiety to select the most suitable person to fill the office of Presi dent of this Republic, after the expiration of j the term of Gen. Sam. Houston, we are satis- j fled from a knowledge of your character, civil j and military, that you would be bis most appropriate successor. We respectfully request that you would in forms us, if von will permit your name to be used as a candidate for ths-1 high office. In making this request we are confident and happy in the beliefthnt we express the wishes of a large majority of our fellow citizens. S. H. EVER ITT, J. S. LESTER. L. W. BURTON, WM. H. WHARTON. E. RAINS, A. C. HORTON, JOHN DUNN, S. C. ROBERTSON, D. ROWLETT, G. W. BARNETT, EDWARD T. BRANCH. Houston, Dec. 7, 1837. Gentlemen. —l have received your very polite note of the Ist inst., in which you desired to know if I will permit rnv name to be placed before the people as a cn<Hda for the next President of our Republic. I cannot be insensible, gentlemen, to the high compliment which this kind expression of your confidence conveys; and I feel more grateful because it proceeds from those over whom it has been my duty as Vice President to pre • side, and to whom of consequence lam inti- I mately known. I can or.lv sav in answer, I that as I came to this country for the sole purpose of subserving the great objects of the revolution, until those objects are fully achieved, I do not feel myself at liberty to decline the duties of anv station, however \ high or humble, to which the voice of my fellow citizens may call me. | With the best wishes for the welfare of all, Your obedient servant, MTRABEAU B. LAMAR. To S. H. Fveritt, A. C. Horton, J. S. Lester, &c. &c. From the Louisville Advertiser, Jan. 6. 1838. Attempt at Robbery , JWurder, and Suicide. —The Mechanics’ Savings Institution was drenched with hlnnd yesterday evening.— The Treasurer, H. S. Julian, had gone to dinner, leaving the first Clerk, 0. M. Parker, in the Bank. Alter the Treasurer left, it seems Clarenden E. Dicks was admitted inlo the institution bv Mr. Parker, who had been acquainted with Dicks from boyhood. Under what pretext Dicks entered, or how he acted immediately after obtaining admission, must be a matter of conjecture. It appears, how ever, that Mr. Parker was killed at his desk hv a blow with the hammer used in can celling notes paid. He was struck on the top oi the head, and the hammer buried to the handle in his brain. At this instant it is supposed Dicks commenced his search for money, as a drawer, in which bank notes are usually kept, was Ibund partly drawn nut — when Mr. Julian, the Treasurer, arrived and knocked at. the door of the building. Dicks opened the door, admitted Julian, shut the door again, and commenced an attack upon him with the hammer with which Parker had been killed. Julian, unapprised of what had occurred, parried the blows aimed at him, and begged Dicks to pause, assuring him that he was mistaken. Dicks continued his assault—making blow after blow until Mr. Julian had an opportunity to seize the ham mer, when, in struggling with his adversary, Julian fell, hut not without wresting the ham- i mer from Dicks. Deprived of the hammer, Dicks began to feel for his pistol. The aim I of Dicks was seen, and as Julian rose from* the floor, he discovered Parker lying dead in the room. Suddenly Julian raised a chair, threw it at Dicks, and thus gained time to rush out of the door, and gave the alarm to some two or three persons in the immediate neighborhood. At this moment, Dicks finding that detec ll.j ll ‘va s inevitable, raised his pistol to the SKleof is head, and shot himself. Mr. Julian, we are happy to learn, though wounded on the head and in the face, is not considered in a dangerous situation. But, poor Parker! he was cut off in his prime, lea ving an interesting wife and three children— ; and as for Dicks, he was the victim of gam bling. We knew him for years, when clerk in one of the first houses in the city—when he had not been corrupted by association, and was above suspicion or reproach—handling \ thousands daily and giving entire satisfaction to his employers. In 1831 or 32 he was made ! master of a steamboat, which proved an un profitahlejconcern ; and here it is supposed his i career as a gambler commenced. In 1833; he obtained a situation as clerk of the Phila- I delphia, which bent was robbed of five or six ! thousand dollars, whilst Dirks had charge of the key of the iron chest. Suspicion rested on ■ him, and it was therefore difficult if not im practicable for him to get employment. Ha-! ving lost what money lie had at the gaming j table he was driven to desperation—and hence the bloody occurrence we have just detailed, SENTINEL & HERALD, i COLUMBUS, JANUARY 35, 1839, ‘ UvTIS OF advertising.— All advertisements , for the mlemon 6 atd 50* cents’ for ZetLmZ ; for less than 1* Imm, twenty dollars 1 figure work double the above prices. P. H. F. Brittan is our authorized agent for the collection of such accounts ot this ol | flee as may be placed in his hands, and also to receive subscriptions, <Scc. Dec. 10, 1937. George W. Compton is our auihonsed j Agent for such accounts as may be placed in this hands. He will also receive in Georgia and Alabama, subscriptions to the Sentine'j and Herald. The following persons have kindly con sented to act as Agents for the Sentinel and Herald: Col. C. Parker, Collodensville, Monroe Cos. Peter Cone. Esq. Eden, Effingham Cos. Rev. Reuben E. Brown, Perry P. O. Hous ton Cos. Tiios. H. Key, Esq. Drayton, Dooly Cos. Col. Thos. J. Holmes, Byron, Baker Cos. Stephen D. Crane, Esq. Dablonega, Lump kin Cos. Col. John Dill, Fort Gaines, Go. John C. Mangham, Greenville, Ga. E. J. Wood & Cos. St. Joseph, Flor. Nourse, Brooks Sc Cos. Apalachicola. ABOLITION PRINCIPLES. It is but seldom we glance over the columns of a newspaper, but some paragraph meets iour eye, containing’ matter well calculated to fix upon our mind the indelible impression, that t!. fearful and fatal principle of Aboli tion is rife in almost all that section of our be loved country north of Mason and Dickson’s line! The slave property of the South seems to annoy our Northern friends excessively— is obnoxious to their feeling of jealousy—and weighs with a high importance in all their religious and legislative delibera tions. Besides, they carry their hatred of slave-holders, and their pity for the poor nc \ gro, through ail the minor departments of life, | and are found ready, at all times, to defend ! the failh of the puritans, by kidnapping any southern gentleman’s slave, who may happen to travel with him to the North ! Setting aside the constitutional question in relation tj slavery—for that is well understood, and con- j (ceded in favor of the South, by every com mon-sense man—we hold the interference, on the part of northern fanatics with Southern rights and property, as being of the most de graded and despicable character. But were the design, and action, confined alone to fa natics, our surprise would not be so great, we should pass it over with more perfect con tempt. Such however is not the fact. In their most solemn deliberations—in their sy nodical gatherings of church representatives— in their great conventions touching the high est interests of the people, the demon-spirit of Abolition is sure to shoot forth from every pew, from every seat, from every heart. It nueumeo the snored form of ilie minister of Grace—presents the formidable front of the aged statesman and pretended patriot—burns in the sarcasm of the envenomed editor—and smiles, and “ murders while it smiles,” in the sainted form ot her who should weave the garland of peace for all mankind ! Our pen emits the ink hut sluggishly while we write ■ this sentence—that soft, gentle, kind-hearted woman, even she is an Abolitionist! In a late number of the Richmond En quirer was published an “extract of a letter from a young Virginian,” dated at Philadel phia, in which he says, that “the Quakers, | alias friends, have issued an address to the (good citizens of the United States, the pur port of which is, to shew the evils, as well as the disadvantages, and the sin of holding the negro in bondage furthermore, that There was a great excitement created in the Con vention, which has been recently held in that citv, for the purpose of reforming the consti tution of 1790, “ on motion to print a memo rial of sundry citizens of Philadelphia, against the extension of the right of suffrage to the black population in the State of Pennsylva nia,” which was not carried without a “fiery debate,” which lasted six hours! added to this, the writer says : “ There is a bill before the Convention, I which will come up shortly for consideration, trying bv jury all suits exceeding in value | ——This is said to be done for the benefit | <>f their own individual citizens, but believe it j not —they are not so careful of their own citi j zens : it is done for the benefit of the South ern negro ! Thence it follows, that if any of our negroes should get into this Slate, we cannot get them until they are tried by jury, —and when this comes to he the case, we need never push the claim, for I imagine it will he hard to find a jury who will unani mously support the rights of the South. And when women are taking upon themselves, in part, the management of both private and public matters, who will do us justice, by re storing private property?” Thus, then, it is evident, that whilst inCon ! gress the most unabating, zealous and talent ed efforts are making to pervade that bodv with the noxious sentiment of Abolition, and whilst that “ bone of contention,” freedom of slaves in the District of Columbia, is annually rolled about the capitol, and held up by fa natical orators of the North, as bloody a thing as Macbeth’s dagger; the people throughout the Northern slates are busied in preaching and writing, under the sanction of religion , against slavery, and in their legisla-i five capacity, enacting laws, by virtue of which our property, which we hold under the Constitution, is to be taken away from us !!! We believe with Mr. Calhoun, that this is the only question which can divide the Union, and that this question may lead to this alarm ing issue. God forbid. Not long since, in perusing a speech delivered by Mr. Clay, in the House of Representatives in 1824, the following eloquent passage arrested our at- i tentinn. Speaking of the Union and its perpetuity, he burst forth thus : “ Not to-day, nor to-morrow; but this government is to last, I trust, forever; we may at least hope it will endure, until the wave of population, cultivation and intelligence, shall have washed the Rocky mountains, and mingled with the Pacific.’* To this sentiment we responded a hearty amen, and prayed that the burning I words of the great statesman, which wore ai most the semblance of prophecy, might bg’ fulfilled; but the revolutions which have shaken public feeling, since the day on which the Hall ot Representatives rang with the clarion tones of his voice who uttered a sen timent so consonant with patriotism; and the dark and portentous cloud which has gather* ed over our liberties and peace, and which* is surcharged with the sulphurous qualities of that doctrine against which we arc no\V in** veighing, seem to threaten a different is*ue from that presented to the brilliant imagina •ion of “ the orator of the West.” It is not that we fear the efforts of Aboli tion Memners of Congress, for they are as puerile as they are officious, and can ffevtfr rise to any dignity in that body; but we are looking to that deep, silent influence which is at work in the bosom of Northern society* and which is preached, and prayed, and par lored into a solemn obligatio'n, a religious duty; the consciences of the aged and mid dle-aged, are continually goaded on the sub-” ject of slavery at the South, and the youthfdf mind is most carefully instructed in all that belongs to hatred and detestation in view of this subject 5 the elements of society are heaved and agitated bv those who lead in’ all popular excitements, and the public feel ing and appetite is kept forever whetted and sharpened on this fearful question. There is much to fear; the patriot lias cause to weep— the virtuous may well feel alarmed ; and wo ! only regret that the action in Congress ha* not been to exclude petitions altogether. The most rigid measures should be adopted in re lation to this subject. The South must be firm and united to a man upon this vitally important question ; and in its consideration nothing of that party distinction which is too much known in the management of our home affairs, must lie permitted to enter. Union men and Nullifi ers must know each other only as Southern Representatives, when this subject stares them in the face on the floor of Congress, ami we feel confident they tr ill battle against the Hy dia with united hearts. This article cannot be better wound up than by citing the au thority of one whose opinions, upon Constitu tional questions, are but seldom doubted. On presenting petitions in the Senate of the U. S. March 16th, 1837, for the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, Mr. Webster held the following language: “ I have often, Mr. President, expressed the opinion that over slavery, as it exists iiv the States, this Government lias no control whatever. It is entirely and exclusively a State concern. And while it is thus clear j that Congress has no direct power over this | subject, it is our duty to take care that the authority of this Government is not brought to bear upon it by anv indirect interference whatever. It mus* be left to the States, to 1 the eoiir.se of things, and to those causes over which this Government has no control. Alt this, in my opinion, is in the clear line of our duty. ST. JOSEPH—STATISTICS, &c. We have been banded for publication the following comparative statement, showing the increased amount of Colton shipped via St. Joseph this season, over the last. Statement of Cotton received at the port of St. Joseph, from the Ist July, 1836, to the Ist of January, 1837, and fom the Ist of July, 1837, to the Ist of January, 1839. | From Ist July, 1836, to lsl Jan. 1837,* 2,918 bales. From Ist July, 1837 to Ist Jan. 1838, 8,654 bales. Shewing an increase of 5,736 bales over i last year, exclusive of 9,967 bales received i between January and July, 1837. Our informant states further, that business of all kinds has increased in the same ratio. Apaiachicola, January 14. REMARKS. Amount, of cotton re’d lip to last dates 9.086 Received this week, - 1,183 Total, .... 10,269 The sales during the past week have been from 9 to 10 cents, principally at 9 1-2. The demand for choice continues brisk, and 10 cents is readily obtained. FREiGHTS. To Liverpool, 3 farthings. “ Havre, - 11-2 cent. “ New York, 3-4 cent. SALE OF RAIL ROAD STOCK. A sale of one thousand shares of stock in the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Com pany, took place at their Banking House in Athens, on Tuesday the 16th inst. The whole was taken at an advance of $6 per share, so says the Athens Banner. We are glad to see Rail Road Stock j selling at a premium; it is good evidence in favor of Internal Improvement, and goes U> I show the amount of confidence reposed in the j system by the capitalists of our State. We j shall soon have “a finger in the pie.” Our ; City Council are on the right trail. Once ! more we would recommend to that body to : go ahead, and act upon the report of “ the J Committee,” and have less to do with public ! meetings and long speeches. This is u time : for action. MAIL ROBBERY. On Friday night last, the 19th instant, the j great mail coming North from Mobile, was ! robbed about one mile and a half on this side |of Stockton. This information is contained ! in a slip from the office of the Mobile Mercan ] tile Advertiser, of Monday morning. The j driver was found dead, having two buffers j shot through his head, and the mails (inclu ding those from New Orleans of the 17th and 18th, and the one from Mobile of the 19th of January,) were broken open, and theic ! contents rifled. Stockton is forty miles from j Mobile, and is the point on the Tensaw river | to which the mail boat runs, on the route from Mobile to Montgomery. The Florida War will probably be finished in three \ojour years ! An ingenuous cotem porary says that Gen. Jesup is not to blame ; l that the Government and the Cherokee Dele : gation are serious hindrances. “ Not know | ing, can’t say.” j The Washington City Reformer is about to be succeeded by a paper to be styled the Washington Chronicle, and to be edited bv R. K. Cralle, Esq. former Editor of the Reformer. We have been remiss in acknowledging the receipt of public documents from our Re presentatives in Congress, Messrs. Cleveland, Glascock, Towns, and Haynes, to whom \\c arc indebted for numerous favors,