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tirotnent of private life; ami what
voi < .is rtiiseel to contradict Lee,
uh.M. m announcing his death to
< ’on i *ss, he styled him, ‘ the first
in war, first in peace, first in the
hearts of his countrymen!” What
patriot of our country has descend
ed to the tomb, without being fol
lowed by the homage and regrets of
llie nation? And were forty years
of absence able to efface from the
American heart the memory of the
services of La Fayette?”
TYRANNY OF MKHEMKT ALI.
BY AN EYE VV TNESS.
The boasted civilization which
Mehcmet Ali has introduced into
the countries under his sway, is
only superficial, and has no origin
whatever in Any real improvement
or amelioration in the condition or
for the benefit of their respective
populations.
in Egypt the whole of the lands
belong to the Pacha; besides him
self there is no landed proprietor,
and iie has the absolute monopoly
of every thing that is grown in the
country. The following is the man
ner in which it is cultivated: Por
tions of land are divided out be
tween the fellahs of a village, ac
cording to the numbers; seed, corn,
cotton or other produce, is given to
them: this they sow and reap, and
of the produce 75 per cent, is im
mediately taken to the Pacha’s de
pots. The remaining 25 per cent,
is left to them, with, however, the
power to take it at a price fixed by
the Pacha hitnself, and then resold
to them at a higher rate. This is
generally done, and reduces the pit
tance left them about 5 per cent,
more; from this they are to pay the
capitation tax, which is not levied
according to the real number of the
inhabitants of a village, hut accord
ing to numbers at which it is rated
in the Government books; so that
in one instance with which I was
acquainted, n village originally rated
at 200 1 , reduced by the conscription
to 100, and by death or flight to 40,
was still obliged to pay the full capi
tation; and when 1 went there, 2G
ot the 40 had been just bastinaded
to extort from them their propor
tion of the sum claimed. After the
capitation comes the tax on the date
trees, raised from 30 to 60 paras by
the Pacha, and that of 200 piasters
per year for permission to use their
own water wheels, without which
the lands situated beyond the over
flow of the Nile, or too high for it
to reach, would be barren.
Then comes an infinity of taxes
on every article of life, even to the
cakes of camels’ dung, which the
women and children collect and dry
for fuel, and which pay 25 per cent,
in kind at the gate of Cairo and the
other towns. Next to the taxes
comes the corvee in the worst form,
and in continual action; at any mo
ment the fellahs are liable to ho
seized for public works, for the
transportation of the baggage of
troops, or to track the boats of the
Government or its officers, and this
without pay or reference to the state
of their crop.
When Mehemet Ali made his fa
mous canal from Alexandria to the
Nile, he did it by forcibly marching
down 150,000 men from all parts of
the country, and obliging them to
excavate with their hands, as tools
they hud not, or perhaps could not
he pn*v led. The excavation was
completed in three months, hut 30,-
000 died in the operation. Then
comes the course of the conscription,
winch is exercised in a most cruel
an<l arbitraly manner, without any
sort of rule or law to regulate it.—
An order is given to the chief of a
district to furnish a certain number
of men; these he seizes like wild
beasts wherever he can find them,
without distinction or exemption,
the weak as well as the strong, the
sick as well as those in health; and
as there is no better road to the Pa
cha’s favor than showing great zeal
in this branch of the service, he, if
possible, collects more even than
were demanded. These are chained,
marched down to the river, and em
barked amidst the tears and lamen
tations of their families, who know
that they shall probably never see
them again; for change of climate,
bad treatment, and above all, de
spair, cause a mortality in the Pa
cha’s army beyond belief; mutila
tion is not now considered an ex
emption, and the consequence of the
system is, that from Assouan, at the
first cataract, to Aleppo, you, lit* ral
ly speaking, never see a young man
in a village, and such is the depopu
lation, that if things continue as they
now are, for two years more, and
the Pacha insists on keeping up his
army to its present force, it will be
utterly impossible for the crops to
be got in, or for any of the opera
tions of agriculture to he carried on.
The whole of this atrocious sys
tem is carried into effect by the crud
est means —no justice of any sort
for the weak; no security for those
who are better oil*; the bastinado
and other tortures applied on every
occasion, and at the arbitrary will of
every officer of the Government.
In addition to this, the natives of the
country are rarely employed—never
in offices of trust —and the whole
Government is entrusted to Turks.
In short, the worst features of the
Mameluke and Turkish rulers are
still m active operation; hut the me
thod of applying them is much more
ingenious, and the boasted civiliza-,
tion of .Mehemet Ali amounts to this
—that being, beyond doubt, a man
of extraordinary talents, he knows
how to bring into play the resources
of the country better than Ins pre
decessors did, but, like t hem, entirely
for his own interest,and without any
reference to the well being of the
people; and that with the aid of his
European instruments, he has. if 1
may say so, applied the screw with a
master hand, and squeezed from the
wretches under his sway the very
last drop of their blood.
Such is the state of these two
countries. Syria is perhaps the worst
off of the two; for the Egyptians,
used to oppression, bear it without a
struggle; whilst the Syrians, who
bail been less harshly treated in old
times writhe under and gnaw their
chain.
JMarriage within prohibited de
grees. — At the last general conven
tion, a committee, consistingof Bish
ops 11. [). Onderdonk, Moore and
Brownell, was appointed to report
at the next general convention, a
canon prohibiting marriages with
in cei tain degrees of consanguinity
and affinity. In this report, which
will he one of much importance, the
case of marrying a deceased wife’s
sister will he of necessity prominent.
We allude to the subject at present,
in order to direct attention to the
fact that a pamphlet has been pub
lished in England, advocating the
repeal of the law in that country,
which prohibits marriage within the
degrees of affinity just mentioned.
A circular soliciting the repeal has
unhappily received many signatures
from among the clergy, and the
measure is said to receive the coun
tenance and active co-operation of
the Archbishop of Dublin, and the
Bis bo j) of LandafF.— Churchman.
An unexpected proposal. —A young
lady came over from a great distance
“to be cured,” and when asked the
nature of her complaint, she replied,
*‘as to the matter, I believe there is
not a single complaint under the sun
which I have not.” Here was a
fine catalogue of disorders! I ask
ed if she was married or single?
“Single,” was the answer. I then
told her that so many complaints as
she seemed to have, could only he
cured by a husband! At which ob
servation she was exceedingly exas
perated, but Iter anger terminated in
a proposal to marry me. I never
was more surprised in my life, and
looked quite stupid.— Hardy's Tra
vels in Mexico.
Where did they all come jrom. —
A minority man was expressing bis
astonishment to a circle of friends
in Boston, on Wednesday, at the
number of whig voters who appear
ed at the: polls on Monday last in
that city, and who could not exactly
make out where in thunder they all
came from, was much enlightened
by one of his hearers, a worthy sex
ton who assured him that he was
quite sure he had buried some of
them, but who took them up was
more than he could tell.
Peace: —Preparations are making
at Berlin, says the Journal de
Frankfort, for celebrating next
month the peace which has now last
ed upwards of twenty-five years.
Lightning —The Austrian fortress
of Stolacz, in the Herzegowina, was
struck by lightning during a tre
mendous storm a short time since.
The electric fluid penetrated into tlie
powder magazine, and a terrific ex
plosion ensued, which entirely de
stroyed the fortress, with some sur
rounding houses, and killed six per
sons.—Paris paper.
Warm, warmer, warmest —A house
with a wife is often warm enough; a
house with a wife and her mother is
rather warmer than any spot on the
known globe; a house with two mo
thers-in-law is so excessively hot,
that it can be liked to no place on
-earth at all, but one must go lower
for a simile.— Frazer's Magazine.
A Parisian editress is putting forth i
strictures at the present moment, in ;
which she undertakes to prove that I
“the institution of marriage is a so- j
cial puerility!”
A man with a large family was
complaining ofthe difficulty of main
taining all. “J>ut you have sons big
enough to earn something,and help
you now,” said a friend. “The dif
ficulty is, they are too big to work,” j
was the answer.
An Old Priest. — The Abbe do
Charnisac, (.'anon of Peiigeaux,
gave a dinner there, a few days ago,
to a party of friends, in commem
oration of his entering that day in
to the 100th year of his age. He
did the honors of the table himself
with the utmost vivacity, and would
not suffer his guests to depart with
out making an engagement to dine
with him again on that day twelve
month. lie was made canon
only twenty years of age, and is
probably the senior of all these offi
cers of the whole Roman Catholic |
church. —Galignmi's Messenger.
Maimers make the Mm —A stran
ger in London, having recently l*>t
his way, somewhere in the unknown
regions of Seven Dials, said to an
awkward looking fellow, “I want to
go to Dover street.” “Well,” re-!
plied the fellow walking coolly away,
‘why the d—l don? you go there?” 1
frrom lit CkacUsiin MttcHTu. I
THE PREFECT.
Federalism nas wo, .ur .id b itue, and ihe \
Republicans of the sc hue ci ‘93 must buckle j
on -heir armor for the arduous campaign which j
it opens oelore them, and through whicu, los- i
nig uei.ner heart nor hope, tuey mu, strug- I
gie m.nfully to regain their lose ascendency.
JLet us acknowledge our de.eat, and remember
it, to be stimulated and taught how we may
victoriously avenge it. Mach it has been ow
ing to the fault oi the Republican party itself,
winch, not relying implicitly enought on its
principles, has not been always true to its
name. Under Jackson, it was guilty of con
iduct which healed its enemies and cooled its
j Iriends. The present Administration succeed
ed to the odium The true State Rights party
I had been weakened and isolated in the Union
: by the bitter hostility of the Administration of 1
Jackson, when that Administration was strong
| est. They were rendered cold and distrustful,
and when the sUict adherent e to principle of
j the present Administration compelled us as
I patriots to sustain it, though our support once
i conciliated was steadfast, yet it was the work
or time, and was at first tardy and uncordial,
and without that moral effect, which it must
have commanded, could we at once have trust
ed and made common cause with Mr. Van Bu-
ken. Experience has proved him worthy of
our confidence, but confidence is a plant of
slow .growth, and he had to sacrifice himself
in ltsjcuitivation. He has met and made the
j sacrifice manfully. Ho had not time to gain
what Jackson had done so much to forfeit,
: auh that which had offended the Republicans,
did not conciliate the Federalists; for the lat
ter iought lor spoil, not lor principle, and the
home blow given to the moneyed oligarchy in
the Bank war, seffectualiy cancelled with
them the obligations under which Jackson
hau laid them, by his fury agaimst South Ca
rolina. Mr. Van Buren, by only adopting
wnai was pure and honest and relor.ning in
me policy of his predecessor, became daily
more obnoxious to the Federalists. His jus
tice to the South in his fiedelity to the charter
boldly avowed and consistently maintained,
iett nothing to hope from him. He flattered
that party by no proclamation, championing its
worst measures, and it was his misfortune that
the measures it was his duty to pursue, held
out no bans to the avarice, no golden specula
tions to the hopes of the people, lie found
them under tiie pamlul reaction succeeding an
opium dream ol wealth, and the calm reason
that called them back to homely rea iry, and
exhorted to abstinence and prudence, and sub
stituted the gradual return to sober health for
j the rapture oi excess, proved a f ss acceptable
| physicion t>.an the quackery which told the
pa deni that ins sufferings were the result of
the antidote, and not oi the poison, and which
woed him ba. k to the seductive drug. But
experience wdl dispei the delusion and expo: e
the cheat. The people will, ere long, discover
tnat there is no substantial rebel in the change
which has been urged upon them so vociie
rousiy, and which they have been taught to
desire so impatiently, and the whole Republi
can party reorganized will in a few years ac
cord to Martin Van Buren the WELL
HONE which Republican South Carolina
will proudly testily by her vote—and not the
less proudly because she will vote a'most
alone. It is a point of honor with South Caro
lina to vote for Van Buren now. She op
posed Jackson’s administration when it was
strongest, alter having struck witn the loro
most to bring it into power. Foremost in op
posing Van Buren, until he risked liis power
lor her principle.:—she will be the last to de
sert him. She has planted her gallant stand
ard on his side—and the clearing up of the
smoke of ihe d ; sastrous battle, will shew it
waving there still. We must defend the oody
ot Pratoclue—and strike in the name of the
fallen, more sternly than if he were cheering
us on to improve a victory already achieved.
Let the tuna serve i'aulter, and the traitor be
tray, but it never was hers to embark—•
“On the smooth suiface of a summer sea,
Out to ii#so-i t me ship auit seek the shore,
When t lie wind rises and the tempest roar,”
It was never more true tha* in this instance,
that—
“ The fewer men—the greater share df honor.”
While we are careful thus to claim and as
sert our station m the order of battle, we are
sure that there will be nothing in the lirst
movements at Washington to show that we
have mistaken our piac . The ■ rinness which
the President has evinced, assures us that in
the closing acts and avowals ol his administra
tion, there wiil be no compromise of the prin
ciples to which he has so nobly sacrificed his
olficiai power; but that by a stern perseve
rance to the last, he will secure to himself the
enduring confidence and gratitude of his par
ty, and the respect of posterity. Ills valedic
tory words will be the old watchwords of ’9B—
the Republicans of the South and the
Union to the rescue—and as lie resumes his
piace as a private in the ranks—he will wave
us on to the only true and saie rallying point,
where the Jefferson waves banner on the outer
wall oi State Rights. There only, can the
Republican army safely rally. We can af
ftdrd no compromise! ~We must champion
our principles to the outrance. The only hope j
is to resist the very 7 tirst encroachments of j
Federalism—encroachments which must en- !
sue inevitably in the measures of such a corn- j
bination as has brought Harrison into place, i
whether their ductile hero shall be made to I
wear, at first, the hypocrite mask of Webster, 1
or glare torthwith m all the truculent but more i
candid ultra federal malignity of Adams. On
the subjects ot internal Improvements, the
Tariflj the Bank, the Currency and Aolition—
let 0,,r ground be occupiod at once, the extreme
ground, that whether spoilers attempt to take
the Constitution by storm, or by sapping and
mining, their very lirst movement may be felt,
and arrested. This is the only bold policy—
the only safe policy—the only true, the only
honest policy. To negotiate with the enemy
; now were lolly—to yield by the smallest con
| cession: to compromise ever so little—is to
| seal our capitulation; to lay down our arms,
I aud feed the monster whose increase of appe
tite grows by what it feeds on. Let a deter
mined onset force the motley invaders to de-
I velope their plans, to shew the arms, and the
! men, and the leaders upon whom they rely;
and thousands whom they have deluded, will
see and repent their error aud throng back to
the beieagured battlements of the Constitu
tion.
We expect from the President that his clos-
I mg official acts will marshal the nucleus ofthe
’ party which has sustained linn to the iasr, and
| proudly sustain him stiil—strictly upon the
i democratic platform; we expect in ins closing
1 message a legacy of sound principles— accord
ing- to which the great battle of freedom may
oe ueguii and be continued. VVe expect it
confidently, for it is due to his own famu, and
ai.ke due and important to the party, who
are much prouder of bemg defeated with ban,
titan n lltey shared the triumph of his enemies.
Fra it the gusto Constitutionalist
Milledgevtlle, Nov. ffil, 1840.
Yesterday a strange, extraordinary and un
precedented scene was displayed by the Har
; nson members oi the Senate, which at once
J closed the regular proceedings of that body for
the day. i was not in tiie Senate Chamber
I vv neu uie secess.oa oc> urred; i had to carry a
, letter to tne posi. office; out i.he following are
| ffie particulars.
After the Senate met yesterday, Mr. Duna
gan moved to suspend the rmes or the order of
; the day, that me resolution he had hereto.ore
: introduced, relating t* a national bank, might
be taken up, and its consideration made the or
! der for a day to be designated and agreed on.
Mr. Echois, of Wailon, made another m .non,
that all the resolutions heretofore introduced
sliould be taken up in uie.r order and disposed
oi. This motion prevail ‘d. Mr. Danagan’s
resolution being the first in order, was taken
[ up, and made trie special order for \VetLiesday <
next. Afterwards the resolution introduced 1
i: y Mr. Calhoun, for the election of a United
i States Senatcr, was taken up, being the se
coad resolution in order. After some remarks,,
; Mr. Echols, oi Walton, made the motion that
I this resolution be laid on tne table lor the re- .
mainder of the session. On this mo: ion a long
and animated debate followed, in which Mes
srs. Echols, of Walton, Jones, Miller, Gordon,
Floyd, Calhoun, Spencer, and other Senators,
participated. When no other member got op
to speak, the question was pui by the Presi
dent, to agree to the motion ol Mr. Echols, to
lay the resolution for the election of a United
! States Senator on the table for the remainder
‘of the session. The members answered in the
i usual way, by ayes aud noes. After which he
| declared he believed the ayes hud it Upon
| this declaration, a call for the yeas and nays
was made, when a short debate succeeded. A
motion was then made to adjourn, which was
decided by yeas 37, nays 41. So the Senate
refused to adjourn. The Secretary was be- 1
ginning to call the names of the members, to
record the yeas and nays, on the motion of Mr.
Echols, to lay the resolution on the table for
the remainder of the session, when all the
Harrison Senators, except the President, left
the House. By the withdrawal of those liar- ,
rison members, the Senate was left without a
quorum. In this predicament, the Senators
present and remaining, could not do otherwise
than to separate, and to appoint 3 o’clock in
the afternoon, as the hour of meeting, and to
direct the messenger of the Senate to inform
the absent and seceding members of the time
the Senate would meet again, and to summon
them accordingly.
At 3 o’clock, a number of'he members met; j
but on the Secretary calling the roll, the
President declared that there was no quorum.
The call of the members was made several
times, but no quorum appeared. The mem
bers present had to adjourn to this day at 9 o’-
clock. The Senate consists of 93 members,
and a quorum is to consist of a majority of the
93 members: consequently 47 members are
required to form a quorum for the despatch of
business.
To understand the course pursued by the
Harrison members of the senate, it is pro
per that the following explanations should be
made.
The Harrison party have a majority in the
House of Representatives of about 28 or 30.
when all the members are present. In the
Senate, if all the members were in their seats,
the Harrison party would have, I believe, a
majority of 3; 48 Harrison Senators to 45 De
mocratic. The number of democratic Sena
tors has been reduced to 41, by the death of
Mr. Thompson, of Walker. Two of the Har
rison Senators had not yet taken their seats
this session: air. Anderson, of Wilkes, and Mr.
Dart of Glynn. It follows then that oniy 40
Harrison Senators have occasionally appeared
in the Senate, to 44 democratic Senators, leav
ing but a majority of two to the Harrison party.
But owing to the continual application for
leave of absence by the members, on account
oi urgent business, and family sickness, which
generally occurs during the session of the le
gislature, the democratic members of the Sen
ate have found themselves in the majority for
several days past, though some of them have
been absent, yet less in number than the ab
sentees from the Harrison party. ] n the Sen
ate, yesterday, there were a majority of two or
three democratic members. In all elections
by the General Assembly, a resolution must
be agreed to by each house separately, and
sanctioned by the Governor. If one house re
fuse to agree to an election, proposed by the
other house, none cau take place. So .'ft this
instance, of an election for a United States
Senator. If the Senate refuse to agree to a
resolution for proceeding to such an election,
none can be effected. Hence, if tiie motion of
Mr. Echols, were to be agreed to, no election
could take place this session, though the other
House have agreed to a resolution designating
the tirst ot December as the day lo proceed to
the choice of a United Slates Senator by joint
ballot, it the Senate agree to proceed to such i
an election, a Harrison Senator will certainly
be chosen, as the majority in tiie House of Re
presentatives is suffic.ent to determine such a
choice. 11 the democratic members of the
Senate can succeed in rejecting the resolution
to proceed to tiie election, the legislature of
iB4U will have to make the choice. With
these explanations, the reader may judge of
the motives which ho believes govern the par
ties concerned in the course they have so far
respectively pursued; for myseit I shall give
most briefly my opinion, as this letter is already
long enough, and may be lengthened by the
proceedings of the Senate, when they meet to
day at 9 o'clock.
It is my opinion that the seceding members
can otter no excuse tor the course they thought
proper to pursue. By withdrawing from the
Senate in the manner they did, they have com
mitted an offence which is highly censurable,
because it impeded the regular proceedings of
the legislative branch of the government; be
cause it treated with contempt the very consti
tution which those seceding members had j
sworn to support and obey; and because that j
offence put at delianee that fundamental rule ;
m all free countries, that the majority shall go- j
vein. But 1 may be answered, that the Har- j
nson party are in the majority in both Houses,
and tiiat consequently Uie majority are justly
entitled to do what they please. Granted. But
are the regular proceedings of the legislature
to be arrested, when it happens tlxat, by the i
absence of some of the Harrison members, a
majority of them are not present in one or the
other House. l Certainly not. If it happens
tiiat, by the absence of Harrison members, the
democratic members find themselves in the
majority, are they bound to follow the dictation
of the Harrison members present, and to act
against their own sense of duty, because tiie j
aosence of a few- Harrison members have
placed them in the majority? Is every ques
tion regularly brought before one or tiie other
house, to be postponed until all the members
constituting the majority be present? I be
lieve not. The seceding members, finding
themselves in the minority yesterday in tiie
Senate, wanted the business then before that
body to be postponed, until their absent mem
bers had returned and constituted them the
majority. Is not such an assumption of power
pure despotism! Is not such an unheard of ar
rogance at war with the fundamental doctrines
upon which our free government is based!
Admitting that the democratic members of the j
Senate took advantage of their temporary ina- j
jonty, to prevent the choice of a United States j
Senator at this session of the legislature, can i
it be an excuse for the course pursued by the
seceding members? Assuredly not. Had not!
Mr. EcUois the right to make the motion he
did! And had not every democratic Senator
the righ„ to support Mr. Echols in his motion,
if he thought proper? If Mr. Echols and the
democratic Senators who supported him, were i
actuated by sinister motives, to whom are they
responsible! Are they responsible for their
acts to the Harrison members? JYo. What
right then have those Harrison members, to
control and to dictate the votes of the demo
cratic members? Is it because there were 48
Harrison Senators elected, aud only 45 demo
cratic elected? In such a case, it is perfectly \
useless ior the 45 democratic members to take !
their seats in the Senate, and repress <t the
interests of 43 counties of the State; they
should go home, and leave it to the 48 Harri
son Senators to manage this branch of the le
gislature as they please, whether they form a
quorum or not, they have nothing more to do,
when any of them wish to absent themselves,
but to leave their nig: t caps in their sea's,
which will represent them just as well as if
they were present themselves. If, yesterday,
the democratic members had seen the night
caps of the absent members in their seats, it is
probable that they would not have dared to
contend with a majority thus constituted,
la due justice to Mr. Stocks, the President
of the Senate; to say that iiis conduct, during j
this strange occurrence, m the morning and
m the afternoon, was impartial, dignified, and
deserving of praise.
In the Senate, this morning, a quorum pre
’ sent, a motion vas made to” re-cons.der the
, Franklin College bill, passed yesterday—on
this motion, the yeas were 37, nays 43; so
the Senate refused to re-consider.
A motion was then made to re-consider the
motion adopted yesterday, by which tiie reso
l’d* ions m’roduced heretofore, and lying on
the table oi the President, were to be taken
up, in their order. This motion embraced, of
course, the resolution for the election of a
I United States Senator. On this motion of
re-consideration a debate took place, ot much
warmth and feeling, in which Messrs. Jones,
Echols of Walton, Miller, Gordon, Graves,
Kennon, Cox, Calhoun and Blackshear parti- j
cipated. After the conclusion of the debate, 1
the yeas and nays were taken on the motion j
to re-consider, and decided by 37 yeas against!
43 nays; so the motion to re-consider was j
lost. At this result the Harrison members j
were about to act as they did yesterday, when j
on motion T Mr. Gordon, the Senate took a i
recess to 3 o’clock this afternoon. This un- :
pleasant difference may be arranged; but ;
alter the language used by some of the speak- 1
ers this morning, on the motion of re-conside
ration, 1 do not believe that any satisfactory
j arrangement can be made lor the present. i
New Orleans, Nov. 19.
From Texas. — By an ai rival from Texas,
. we have received our Gulvestou papers to
me 15m hist, inclusive.
‘We are farther convinced, 5 says the Gal
-1 veston Courier, ‘lrom intelligence received
‘lately by the sloop Phenix, Irom Corpus
j Clirisli bay, that there has been no serious
collision between Arista, and |
Canales, (Federal.) At tne latest accounts
Canales was making rapid marches from
town to town, in the direction of Tampico,
and every place lie visited declaring in favor
oi ‘the Constitution of lt>2l,’ and joining in
j Ins cause.”
1 Lite Houston Star of the 11 til, contains
i the following:—
SUCCESS OF COL. MOORE’S
EXPEDITION.
We learn by leuer from Austin, received
by last night’s mail, mat on the 21st ult. the
hoops under the command of Col. Moore
came in sight ol a iarge Comanchee encamp
j metit, on the head waters ol the Colorado,
about 300 miles north west of Austin, winch
j they attacked and succeeded m killing about
lad Indians, captured 82 prisoners, about
but) noises and mules. Among the captives
are two Mexican boys. Col. Moore vvim his
command arrived at Austin on the 7th inst.,
und was received by the inhabitants with
the highest demonstrations of joy and com
mendation. We will publish a detailed ac
count ot mis disastrous deteat of the Indians
m our nexi.
The President’s message gives a flattering
account ol the grovvm ol me young republic,
m population and resources. Tne harvests
have been abundant, and agriculture is ex
tending itself in every direction, promising
rich rewards to the toil of me husbandman,
and giving earnest of the future importance
and power of the republic.
The government, as well the people, have
experienced great embarrassment from the
derangements and unsteadiness ol the cur
rency. Trie loan commissioners had not yet
been able to effect a sale of bonds. One ol
them was at the lor ihe double pur
pose of procuring ihe recognition of Texas
> upon the pari ot Holla net and opening a
trea’y fora loan with ihe bankets of that
country.
The president deprecates a war with
Mexico, as calculated StiiJ further to embar
rass tiie commissioners in negotiating a loan,
and as involving ihe nation in great distress,
ou account ol ns pecuniary difiiculties; lor
winch reasons he recommends a further at
tempt to reconcile (he inoiher country by
negotiation.
i he commissioners to run the boundary
line between Texas and the Untied Slates,
had been compelled to suspend operations lor
want oi means.
The President had kept the navy afloat,
because tie had reason to believe that Mexi
co was having built in some loreign port, a
steam ship and other vessels of war, for the
purpose of liariassing the commerce ol Lex
us.
General Hamilton, in his letters to the gov
ernment, held out the hope of ultimately se
curing a ioan on favorable terms.
The message recommends an increase in
the duties upon importations. The currency
in which the imports are now paid being at
a discount which reduces the nominal duty
of 15 per ceni, to actually less than 3 per cent,
l iie necessities of the government require
this recommendation.
The message represents the intercomse ot
the Republic vviiii loreign nations, as in the
same condition as at the opening of the last
j congress.
Upon lire whole, we gather from this doc
ument, that the young republic is rapidly
growing 111 all the elements of power, wealth
and influence; though she is crippled, for die
time, in her pecuniary resources and embar
rassed in Iter foreign and mercantile rela
tions.
President Lamar had been seriously ill for
some time belore the opening of Congress.
— Bee.
ISam Slick and Matrimony. —We contin
ue our extracts lrom Messrs. Lea &. Blan
chard's third series of the Sayings and Do
ings of the humorous clock maker. He pays
a visit, to that ‘pure heamd old critter,’ the
minister of Slickvilie, by whom barn is ad
vised to be ‘thinkin’ ol settlin’ in tbe world,’
1. e. to get married.
•‘Nothin’ tames a man like a woman. I
guess so, says I. Yes, my son, said ne, get
married, and marry soon; it’s tune you vve.e
a ihinkiu’ on 11 now in uirnest. Y\ ell, 1 lee!
most piagu.iy skeered, mmisier, saysl, to try,
lor ti once \on get into the wrong box, ana
the door is locked on you, there is no escape
as 1 see; and besides, women are so everlast
m’ full of tricks, and so cunn.n’ in hiden ’em
albrehaud, mat it’s no easy matter to lell
whether the bait has a hook in il or not; and
il you go a-playin’ round it and a nibblin’ at
it, wuv a sudden jeik given by a siiillul hand
may whip it into your gills aibre you know
j where you be, and your flint is fixed
as suie as there are snakes in Varginv. You
may lug, and pull, and haul back till you
‘are tired; nul the more obstropulous you be
come, the taster the hook is fixed in, and die
’ sorer me place is. Nothin’ a’most is Iti t lor
you hut to come up to tire, ime and submit to
your late. Now if you go ior to take a vvid
, der, they are shocking apt to know 100 much,
and are mfarnal sly; and if you take a maid,
it’s an even chance il you don’t spiie her in
breakin’ her in, and she don’t boil and refuse
a heavy pull. If they are too old they are
apt to ue headstrong from havin’ bad tiieir
head so lung; and, it’ they are too young,
they are hardly way wise enough to be pleas-
ant. YVh ch, now, do you recommend, min
ister, widder or maid? Poor old critlur!
I kuow’d well enough he didn’t know nothin’
about it, havin’ bad no experience among
women any more nor a child; but I axed
him to humour him, lor most men like to be
thought knowiu’ou that subject. W by, says
he, a-lookin’ up wise-like, that’s a matter of
lasie, bam; some prefers one, and some pie
lers 1 lie other, (So like human natur’ that,
war n’t it, squire? You never heerd a man
!in your life, when axed about woman, say,
that’s a subject I ain’t jist altogether able to
speak on, and yet plaguy few know much
more about ’em tl.ah that womefi wear pclti- .
coals, and nun don’t.) IPs quite a matter
of taste, sata tie; but, as far as my exjieri
ence goes, says the old man, 1 am hall un lin
ed to opimonate that widdeis make tiie last
wives. Havin’ lost a husband, they know
me slender tenure we have of tile, and are
api to be more considerate, more kind, and
more tender than maids. At all events, there
is enough m the idea to put liiem on equal
tarrus. i guess it’s six ol one ami hall a-cioz
en of t’otner, not much to choose any way.
But, whichever it be, you must prove their
temper first, and their notions; see what sort
of sisiers and darters they make; try —but,
dear me! tiow late it is, said he, a-lookin’
at his watch, how late it is ! I must go, for I
have a sick visit. 1 still visit my dear lost
flock, as if they hadn’t a-used me so ill, Sam.
1 lorgive them, all ol ’em. I don’t harbor
any hard thoughts agin’ any of them. I pity
!’em, and always remember ’em in my pray j
jers, lor our religion is a religion of the heart,
i and not of the head, as political dissent is
; Yes, I must go now; but i’ll give you a word
|of advice at partin, my dear boy. Don't
marry too poor a gall, for they are opt to
think there is no eeml to tlieir husband's puss;
nor too rich a gall, for they are apt to remind
you of it onpleaseut sometimes; nor too giddy
a gall, for they neglect their families; nor too
demure a one, for they are most apt to give you
the dodge , race off’ and leave you; nor one
of a different sett, for it breeds discord; noi a
iveak minded one, for children take all their
talents their mothers; nor a O
Lord ! says l, minister, how you skeer a
body ! Where under the sun will you find a
nun-such like what you describe? There
ain’t aetiilv no such critters among women. j
I’ll tell you, my son, said he, for I’d like afore
I die to see you well mated; I would indeed !
I l’li tell vou, un)’ you talk to me some times as
if I didn’t know nothin’ of women- You
think nobody can’t know ’em but them as
romp all their days with them as you do; but
them, let me tell you, know the least, fur
they are only acquainted with the least de
serving. I’ll giv you a gage to know ’em bv
that is almost invariably, universal, infahble.
The character and conduct of the mother is a
sure and certain guuarantee for that of the
darter .”
DISTRICT SYSTEM.
The folio wing extract from the annual
message of Governor Bagby to the Legisla
ture of Alabama, on ihe 21 u!t., contains
much sound reasoning, and will be read with
interest, if not profit.
With the view to concentrate more per
fectly, the political energies of ihe State as
lar as practicable, and of consummating the
genuine State Rights di ctrine, I beg leave, !
respectfully to suggest the propriety ol chang
ing the mode of electing memheis of Con- !
gress by districts, and of substituting in stead
thereof, the General Ticket system. Every
Slate entitled to a separate independent
existence, is supposed to possess a sovereign
will, constituted, according to the theory of
our government, of ihe opinions and wishes
of a majority of the people. This sovereign
will, when ascertained according to the pro
visions of tiie Constitution, lot ms, alter all,
the great operative pi maple of representative
democi a tic government. Hence, in elections,
whatever method is most likely to obtain an
expression of that will, and to carry it out
in practice, is most congenial to the true
theory of our form of go eminent. According
to the principles of the Constitution, the
people ol the Slates are lepresrhled in the
popular branch of oui Legislature—the peo
ple of tfie Slates m their aggregate sovereign
capacity—and if it he true, that the witlOf
t his aggregate sovei eign constitutes tfie gi ea t
cardinal and distinctive feature of represtrt-
la live government, it would stern to follow,
inevitably, that whatever method was most
| likely to ascertain that sovereign will, and
preserve it entire, is most conformable not
only to t he spit it of the Constitution, but
most conducive to the perpetuity of the so
vereignty of the Stales. I lie General Ticket
system, is not only believed to be defensible
: upon principle, but to be perfectly equilaUe
in practice. It gives to a majority ol the
whole peop'e ot the State, at all times, what
ever may be their political opinions, the entire
undivided weight of the whole representation
in Congress. Whereas, the District system,
not only tends to engender an attachment to
sectional or local interests, at the expense of
the whole, and some linn s to nourish a fac
tious spirit, but to weaken the force of the
State representation; and, in some instances,
to paralyze it altogether in the national Le
gislature. It may he said, however, that il
is more convenient to elect by districts; and
that persons so elected, are more likely to be
informed particularly, of the various and
minute interests of the district, than if they
were selected from the State at large, and
elected by General ‘Picket.
This argument naturally divides itself into
two branches. Upon the first it may be re
marked. that most arguments derived lrom
the mere consideration of convenience, ought
to be scrutinized with great caution, as not
unfrequently involving a violation of, or de
parture from principle. The second member
of the proposition is believed to be equally
destitute of any solid foundation. In the first
place it may be safely assumed, that under!
the General Ticket system, the most suiialbe
and talented individuals, would not only he
apt to be indicated by public opinion, but
would be selected lrom the different sections
of the State, and would have their claims and
qualifications endorsed by a majority of the
people of the whole Slate, instead of a ma
jority of a particular district. And it will
hardly be contended that any one is qualified
for a seat in Congress, whose knowledge is
so limited as to be confined to the wishes,
wants, or interests, of a particular district.—
Under every aspect of (he question, I am so
well satisfied that the General Ticket system
is most consonant to our democratic repre
sentative system, that I recommend it to the
most favorable consideration of the Legisla
ture. I am not unaware that the time, and
the circumstances under which this recom
mendation is made, and when every propo
sition of a public nature, is scrutiniz'd with
proper, and sometimes with rigid si verity,
may subject the propos ton itself to animad
version, and the motives which prompt it to
misconception and ms representation. But I
should consider myself peculiarly unfitted for
public employment it. 111 se times.and utterly
ui.worthy ol the confidence I enjoy, and
which I hope to continue to merit, if I could
for a moment permit the hop® of app Vuse, or
the fear of censure, to render nr* inei.-iUe
to the sacred obligations of official duty.
It will not be expected, that I should r.o- !
tice aI i the topics which will merit your at
tention, during Ihe deliberations of vour
present session. I console myself with the
reflection, that whatever may be omitted will
lie supplied by vour superior iutelligenc.<; and
lhaf the people will find in v< ur patriotism
and virlue, a sure corrective against anv
ts iner I ma y have r< commended, incompati
ble with tbe public interest.
A. P. RAG BY.
Electing in England. —Among the ad
vertisements in a foreign paper we find the
following address ‘‘To the free and Indepen
dent Electors of ihe County of Ayr.” Mr.
Parker, having avowed his ambition to repre
sent his native county, and being assured from
the sign of the limes that there must soon he
a desolution of Parliament, proceeds to state
his religious and political creed.
“1 am warmly,’ he sa-s, ‘nav, enthusiasti
cally attached to (he church of my forefathers
the glorious kirk of Scotland—that church
of many martyrs—and will spend the last
shilling I have in her dtier.ee, against ail pote
ers of hell, backed by the pious majority of
the Court of Session:;.’
‘ in politics l am an out and out double dis
tilled radical —lake care—chartist or socialist,
tiie deluded lollowtrs ol the unhappy Owen
formerly of Lanai k Mills—a man who should
have been m a lunatic asylum yeare a<n.
My models ol eloquence—the great apostle of
the gentiles, magnanimous Paul, Demosthenes,
and the first Earl of Chatham.”
“Now as to privates character, which in
an M. P. should be good, I refer you to every
man, woman (I had almost said child,) uv
.Kilmarnock. My constitution, thanks to
grace, is excellent, and was well tried in my
I younger years. My models of criminal and
c'vil jurisprudence art Sir. M. Hale, Lord
j Talbot, Denman. Glenlee Moncriefl, Jeffrey.
Cunningham, and Fullartoii. My books of
consultation are the ever blessed “Word of
God,” all the puritanical divines, Chambers,
! Gordon, Buchanan, See. I am fond of agricul
ture, but not very practical, being seldom at
i home.**
I am ashamed to say I am still unmarried,
but, under God’s grace, intend to play Bene
dict soon: but as there are two to that bargain,
pardon me for not saying more at present.
H I am spared till next week, l shall (D. V.)
have great pleasure in paying you all, if m my
power, my personal respects, if J can
horses to keep up with my enthusiasm.
Now. God bless the Queen and prince Albert,
and turn their hearts into himself; Melbourn
—not a had fellow un the whole; worthy, ex
cellent Fox Maule and great success to
JOHN PARKER,
I.aird of Asloss Slidderv Brras.
“King’s Anns Inn, Ayr, 27i1l Aujr, 1840.
•
Ft cm the Charht'.nn Courier. 25//i ult.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH QUEEN AT
NEW YORK,
A.v D CALEDONIA AT BOSTON.
The Mail of yesterday afternoon brought
us New York papers of Friday and Saturday
last, containing advices from Liverpool on the
4th inst.
In another part of this morning’s Courier
; will be found extracts from the New York pa
jpers,giving full details of the English news,
j We have been politely favored with numer
ous commercial letters, but have only room
! for the extracts which follow:
“LIVERPOOL, Nov. 3.—The war fren
;zy in France has greatly subsided, and the
| change of ministry there gives hopes that our
i amicable relations will not be disturbed. This
relieves uneasiness to some extent and indu
ces business parties to look about them a little
more, but generally much dillness prevails,
the very tight state of money matters operating
j against activity. Six per cent, and commis
sion is readily paid on fir.’ t rate bills in Lon
| don and higher rates in the manufacturing dis
tricts, and while this lasts, business will con
tinue more or less depressed. The Cotton
market was very depressed ’till middle of last
week, when some revival took place, and the
rates of our last advices were again establish
ed. The sales of our last two weeks amount
to 43,0(H) bales, ol which 4,500 to speculators,
and of last three days since 30th ult. to about
13,000 bales at the closing rales of last week.
The accounts from your side of decreases in
this years growth does not appear likely to af
fect the market much, as the lowest estimate
is considered quite sufficient for even a large
consumption, and countervailing circumstan
ces, such as now exist with respect to money
matters and other uncertainties, will tend to*
check an increase. Much will depend upon
the elate of money matters.”
“LIVERPOOL, Nov. 4.—For the week
ending 23d ult. the demand was limited, and
although the previous quotations were not ma
terially altered, the market closed heavily, the
sales reaching only 16,420 bale;-, against an
import of 11,596 bales, of which 4,b02 bales
were irriu the United States.
“On the 20th ult., the sales of the week
were reported at 28,480 bales, against, an im
port of 22,331 bales, of whit It 5.918 Laics
were American. Our market having assu
med more steadmefs, with some slight improve -
menr in qualities of an American classing be
low fa.r.
“For Ihe last few days ws have experienced
a steady demand, the sales averaging about
4,500 bales per day.
“The middling qualities of American being
now considered relatively high in price, spin
ners have turned their attention to Surat, for
which description there has been a good de
mand, as they can be used advantageously in
connection with middling and fair qualities of
American.
“Among the important points that bear upon
the prospe- ts of the article, are, ike unfavor
able positions of < ur Foreign Exchanges, and
the continued caution of the Bank of Eng
land in a rigid exclusion of ail long dated pa
per front being made available for discount.
This proceeding is of course followed by all
the metropolitan and provincial bankers, and
money again commands a high ra’e.
“'J he spinners and manufacturers feel more
particularly the effect of the pressure upon
tlieir means, and, independently of the injury
sustained by this class of our community, it
tends generally to impair confidence, and re
strains all expectation of any material amend
ment in trade for some time to come.
“The resignation of the Thiers Cabinet
and the formation of anew Ministry in France,
have had the effect of imparting renewed,
hopes that the peace of Europe will be main
tained; but we s: ill labor under much uncer
tainty, which can only beset at rest by the
tenor of ihe proceedings at the openii gos the
French chambers on the sth instant.
“Current prices—Sea Island, ordinary to
middling, 12 1-2 at 13 1-2; fair to good fair,
14 1-2 a 15; good to fine, 17 a 2-3.
“Stained Sea Island, ordinary to middling,
5a 8; fair to good fair, 9 a 10; good to fine,
10 1-2 a 12.
“Upland, ordinary to middling, 5 1-4 a 55-8;
fair to good lair, G a G 1-8; good to fine, 0 3-8
a 6 3 4.
“Mobile, ordinal yto middling, 51-4 a 5 5-8;
fair to good fair, 6 a 6 1-4; good to fine, G 1-2
a G 3-4.
“New Orleans, ordinary to middling, 5 1-4
a 5 5-8; fair to good fair, G 1-4 a G 5-8; good
to fine, 7 1-4 a 7 3-4.
“Surats, ordinary to middling, 33-4 a 4; fair
to good fa r, 4 1-4 a 4 1-2; good to fine, 4 3-4
a 5.
“Stock in Great Britain, 31st Oct., 1840.
American, 406,900; Brazil, 21,800; West In
dia, 9,900; Egyptian, 13,400; East India, 114,-
1 000. Total, 566,300.
Sock in Great Britain, 31st Oct., 1839.
j American, 321,300; Brazil. 10,800; Westln
j < i?, 3,500; Egyptian, 10,400; East India, 37,-
! 400. Total, 383,400.
A Postcript to a letter of 4th, says, “this
! morning’s accounts from Manchester are very
flat.”
Forensic wiL —A lawyer, now deceased, a
celebrated wag, was pleading before a Scotch
judge with whom lie was on the most intimate
terms: happening to have a client (a female,
of the name of Tickle) defendant in an action,
he commenced his speech in the following hu
morous strain:—“Tickle, my client, the defen
dant, my lord.” The auditors, amused with
[the oddity of his speech, were almost driven
into hysterics by the judge replying:—“Tickle
her yourself, llarry; you are as able to do it
as I.”
Irish Wit. — A genuine “son of the sod’
came into our office the other day, and asked
the rates ol ad vet tiseing for a situation. The
price we told him would be one dollar for
three insertions, and one dollar and seventy
five cents for six. ‘A dollar,’ said he scratch
ing bis pate, “for tbe first thrae times and
thrae quarters for ihe last three; well thin my
darling faith an ue’ii have it in the larst
thrae.”