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From the Boston Courier. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES-, EY GEOKGE BANCROFT. We welcome tlie appearance of Mr. Ban- j croft’s third volume, an 1 congratulate both him and the public, that he had found time a-> midst the calls of official duty to complete ! another volume of a work, which takes rank , among those of the ablest and most accom plished historians of modern times. The num ber and variety of ihe topics discussed in this j volume, are proofs of intense intellectual ia- j bor and indefatigable industry. This volume contains e x chapters: the first j of which commences with a discussion of the j absolute power of the British Parliament, and the effect of the Revolution of loßi,on the j colonies as well as on the parent country. The epitomize J titles of the other five chap- , lore, are, “France and the valley of the M s- j HSi~:ppi.” “Francecontends for the fisheries , aid the Great West!” ‘The Ab: r git.es c-ait of the Mississippi:” “TiieColen.es of France and England encroach more and more on the i Red Men:” “English encioachments on the ! colonial monopoly of Spain prepare American Independence. ’ The historical narrative is brought down to 1718, when, to quote the lan guage of the author, “After long years of strife, of repose, and of s rife renewed; Eng- j land and France solemnly agreed to be at peace. The treaties of Aix la Chapelle had ‘ been negotiated by the ablest state men in Europe, in the splendid forms of inonarchial diplomacy. They believed themselves the , .arbiters of mankind, the pacificators of the world—reconstructing the colonial system on j a basis which should endure for ages—con-I finniugthe peace of Europe by the nice ad justment ol material forces. At the very time of the Congress of Aix la Chapelle, the woods j of Virginia sheltered the youthful George j Washington, the son of a widow. Bom by the side of the Potomac, beneath the roof of, a Westmoreland farmer, almost from infancy j his lot had been the lot of an orphan. No j academy had welcomed him to its shades; no college crowned him with its honors: to read, to write, to cipher—these had been his de grees in knowledge. And now, at sixteen years of age, i:i quest ol an honest maintenance, en- j countering intolerable toil; cheered onward by being able to wr te to a sclioV-boy friend, , “Dear Ri hard, a doub'o n is my cons ant gain j e e y day, and sometimes six pistoles;’ ‘hmse’f, his own cook, ha\ ing no spit but a forked stick,! no pi e but a large chip;” roaming over spurs of ihe Alleghanies, and along tho banks of the Shenandoah: alive to nature, and some- j times “spending the best of the clay in admi ring (he trees and rit haeas of the land;” among skin-dad savages, with their scalps and rat-, ties, r uncouth emigrants that “would never speak English;” rarely sleeping in a bed; ho'l, . a near skin a splendid couch; glad of a res: mp place for the night, upon a little hay, straw, or fodder, and often camping in the fo rests, where the place nearest the fire was a happy luxury—ihis stripling surveyor in the woods, with no companion but his unlettered associates, aud no implements of science but his compass and chain, contrasted strangely with the magnificence of the Congress of Aix la Chapelle. And yet God had selected, not Kaumtz nor Newcastle, not a monarch of the house of Hapsburg nor of Ilanover, but the Virginia stripling, to give an impulse to hu man affairs, and, as far as events can depend on an individual, had placed the rights and the destinies of countless millions in the keeping of the widow’s son.” This beautiful extract, so expressly shadow ing forth the character of Him, who has been appropriately termed “the Father of his Coun try,” is the closing paragraph of the volume before us; and seems to indicate what may be the subject of the opening chapter of the next volume. If there is any portion of this volume which we read with more interest than another, it is the chapter on “the Aborigines east of the Mississippi:” which presents a living picture of the numerous tribes which once inhabited that vasi region, their languages, their man ners, their political institutions, their religion, their natural endowments, and their origin. “The picture of the unequal contest [between the Indians and the Europeans, lor the pos session of the continent] inspires a compas sion that is honorable to humanity. The weak demand sympathy. If a melancholy interest attaches to the fall of a hero, who is overpow ered by superior force, shall we not drop tear at the fate of nations, whose defeat foreboded the exile, if it did not indeed shadow forth tho decline and ultimate extinction of a race!” Mr. Bancroft’s style is rich in metaphorical illustration, and his narrative is interspersed with appropriate moral and philosophical re mark. The chapter on English encroach ments commences thus: “The moral world is swayed by general laws. They extend not over inanimate nature only, but over man and nations, over the poli cy of ruler- and the opinion of masses. Event succeeds event according to their influence: amidst the jars of passions and interests, a midst wars .nd alliances, commerce and con flicts, they form the guiding principle of civil ization, which marshals incongruous incidents into their just places, and arranges checkered groups in clear and harmonious order. Yet let not human arrogance assume to know in tuitively, without observation, the tendency of the ages. Research must be unwearied, and must be conducted with indifference; as the student of natural history, in examining even the humblest flower, seeks instruments that may unfold its wonderful structure, without color and without distort ion. For the historic inquirer to swerve front exact observation, would be as absurd as for an astronomer to break his telescopes, and compute the patn of a planet by conjecture. Os success, too, ther** is a sure criterion; for, as every false state ment contains a contradiction, truth alone pos sesses harmony. Truth also, and truth alone, is permanent. The selfish passions of a \ ar ty are as evanescent as the material interests involved in the transient conflict; they may de serve to be described; they never can inspire; and the narrative which takes from them its bat i!, wll hurry to oblivion rapidly as the hearts in which they were kindled moulder to ashes. But. facts faithfully ascertained, and placed in proper contiguity, 1 ecome of them selves the firm links of a brightly burnished f.hain. conr.ee'mg events with their causes, and marking the line along which the electric power of truth i3 conveyed from generation to generation. “Events that are past are beyond change, and where they merit tone known, car, in their gene: ai aspec., be known ac< u ately. The corns .tution of the human min i varies on ly ,’n details; its eien.e ts are the sane al ways; and the multitude, possessing but a combination of the powers and passions ot which each one is conscious, is subject to some laws which control individuals. Humanity also, c tar.tyenriehed and cultivated by the truth.- uevelopes and the- inventions it amas ses, 1..,:- life of its own, and yet possesses no hat is not common to each of its members. By comparison of document with docype i ; by an analysis of facts, and the reiere.tc >f each of them to the laws of the nr * ? which it illustrates; by separating the idr :h h insures combined action from the f -ms it nar times; by compassing events with : e re-p movetnent-of humanity, histo ric t r v jsfabliah itself as a science; and the *v -•- whichgovern human affairs, ex tend o ‘t of light from century to ■co d* ■ - v* nwnew demonstration of the ri>| ■ •• 1 w providence of G >d.” Bs . the volume, we copy the fol lowing ■ r V’- r The a of aboriginal America were :or .*•, who occupied the upper valle . • ‘a:- river, ns far west as Musi-h w hjVVia-id? of Carol in - *, Georgia, and Alabama—did most picturesque and mosts übnous region eastoi ihC Missis sippi. The.r hemes were enriched by oiue bins rising beyond hi! s, oi which he lolly peaks would kmd.2 wi h the early light, and the overshadowing r.dges envelope me . a.- j leys like a mats oi ciouJs. Tuere die rocky cliffs, rising in naked grandeur, ctoly ih-3 - ning, and mock the iouffeat pc .is u. mo bon der sorm; there the geuuer .-lopes .-re cover ed with magnolias, and flowering forest cruet, decorated with roving climbers, and r.ng w :i tho perpetual note ui die whip-poor-w;.; .hero the wholesome water gushes profusely irc.a the earth in transpire .', spr ngs: sriovc-vvfi.n casc-ades glitter on the hnl sides, and the r.v ers, shallow, but pleasant to the eye, rush: through the narrow vales, which tho abundant strawberry crimsons, and coppices of rhodo dendron, and flaming azalea adorn. At ihe fall of tho leaf, the fruit of the hickory and the ehesnut is thickly scattered on the ground j The fertile-soil teems with luxuriant herbage, on which the roebuck fattens; the vivifying breeze i ; laden with fragrance; and day break, is ever welcomed by the shrill cries of the Eocial lfghthiwk and the liquid carols of the mocking bird. Through tin lovely region were scattered the li le villages of tue Cher okees, ne rly fifty i \u.voer, each con isti .g of but a few ca erected where tue -e;.d in the mountain s reaui o f rou owe a de fence and a strip of .dluvh: so.- f.r cu< ! ure. Their towns were a.u ays by the ■> >; <• creek cr river, and th* . t , - land; above all, they i- <- . owee, the Tugeleo, the a . . ful branches of the Ton:..* • , waters, inviting to the bat *, • T :. ler, alluring wild fowl, were ev es. lot-.r paradise. Their language, like tiiat : o- Iroquois, abounds in vovreis, and is dust it ue jof the hibials. Its organization lias a com.aou [character, but etymology has not yet been a b'e to discover conclusive analogies between j the roots of words. The ‘beloved’ people of j the Cherokees were an lion by themselves. Who can say tor how many centuries, safe in then undiscovered fastnesses, they had deck ed the.r war chiefs with the feathers of the eagle’s tail, and listened to the counsels of I their ‘old beloved men!” Who can tell how often the waves of barbarous migrations may have broken harmlessly against their cliffs, I where ra‘ure was the * strong ally of the de ; fenders of their land?” We leave this delightful book for the pre sent, v. :‘n the expression of a hope that the a ifhor will remember that tune passes rapidly ; away, that uncertainty attends all human pur -1 poses, and that to complete with all reasona i ole speed the work he has so successfully be gun, is a duty he owes to his country as well a? to his own reputation. THE DEVIL’S CLOCK. By the Author of a “marriage on. the eve of battle The town of Herringhausan, not a hundred miles from Frankfort, is one of the most picturesquely antique in Germany, arid con tains about twelve thousand inhabitants. I like to prepare my readers with a tolerable idea of the locality wherein the events nar rated transpire—for then I may hope to im press them with at least a two-fold sympathy in my dramatis person®. The street in which Herr Bomgarten had his residence was among the oldest in the town aforesaid, and his resi dence, the oldest in it. lie was himself, also, a high-dried piece of antiquity, usually en veloped in a cloud of smoke from sunrise to to sunset, e veept only when his fair daughter sat beside han at their evening meal and talk ed over the affairs of the day. On such oc casions he would narrate incidents in his pro gress through life, and dwell upon the diffi culties attendant upon acquiring the indepen dence which they then enjoyed. He had one passion in excess—an intense love of music; and had at one time been no m .an proficient on the violin. At the festivals held periodi ca’ly in all the principal German towns, his judgment was appealed to, and, indeed, no meeti ig of the kind was considered complete if he by any chance, were absent. It may therefore naturally be inferred that his daugh ter had been early instructed in the elements f the art; and at nineteen she was a pianiste jof considerable attainments. These circurn ! s ices firmed the basis of a desire which became stronger wi ll his years, and which co dinned a resolve that she should wed one of the most accomplished musicians cf the age. They say that when all other passions d.e, ambition survives, and acquires a force proportioned to its solitariness of aim. Cer am it is tha’, out of the many sui ors whom the beauty and gentleness of the disposition of Azalia attracted to th i domicil of Ilerr Bonagar.ei', not one, (so scrupulous was lie on the score of musical perfection) was permit led by him to continue his visits. Anxiety for the fulfilment of a hope being usually in pro portion to its strength, her sire, as the young lady approached twenty-one, began to expa r.ence a dread that he might no: live to see I her settled. This preyed upon his spirits | deeply, and urged him to publish, as widely j as possible, his intentions. To that end ha j invited to h s house, o i a certain day, all of the | class musical who chose to compete for his ‘ and rugliter, declaim g hat at mi lnigh f he w and decide o:i the claims of the aspirants. Nov , it is necessary I should inform mv rea : ers that in the grand apartment in Herr Bom. r- : ten’s mansion there was a piece of furniture suppos 1 to have been fabricated by a Hun garian magician, and which exhibited so much of apparent wilfulness that it had been de nominated by common consent the Devil’s Clock. This time keeping edifice struck all ma - nor ot lours in all m-urner of w vs; but what ever might be its vag vies, was always true to the so e.nn “ twelve ” of midnight: so that Herr Bomgarten, not without reason fixed ae on that hour to decide his long-cherished scheme. The day at length ar. ived and if may be imagined that not a little preparaf.o ■ had been mace. The piano forte (one of tv -inters lo iCct improvements) was c. -cod under a mirror of immense size, and ■ ■ y -,y y, . ,•-> fie (fatal?) clock. Azalia was dressed :• lu’ ‘ ■ looked lovelier than u- and cumsiarce her fa her finale. At about eight the visitors were all as ers who ventured to offe - • - - ■ ... .. pet iters for so beauim] ■ were four in number. T. cv e r i down to the instrument, and each appear and, more than his predecessor, to ?sto-n -h tiio au dience; and it was gonernly imagined the the lasi performer would be end iled to be come the fair giTs hug and. Bn: ere Herr Bomgarten had qui e resolved in his own mind tie exact merits of each candidate, another stopd beside the instrument, and, ra her by eigns tiiau words indicated that he, too, must try I js skill. The guests seemed extremely puzzled at this singular apparition; for up to that mo ment 1 !;e gentleman had not been observed in the room a alii One or two persons, indeed, docl xred that lie had actually stepped from the clock case as the last player of the four con cluded ins Fantasia! Be it 53 it more, he sat down to the piano, and produced—but if is ; wholly impossible to describe the sensation. 1 He now withered up the heart with the in • tensity ot n.s pathos; and again enchanted the soul with multitudinous images of delight. Then would ho pour over the imagination a stqrm or harmonies that exalted it almost to frenzy, end anon subdued it to.the placidity of childhood. Hi was the man; ve", who was lie? The question was a fearful one. lie wag ha adso ne,—but his aspect was singu larly wild end melancholy,. He executed with marvelous ease, but his mind appeared Cpdgi IT from Ids eye) to by wandering over fic.us of thought remote from that it which ho was engaged. He rose. Herr Bamjarten sprang from Ida saat, and would have embrac- J eJ him, bat was repelled by h;s peculiarity ol - me.n. Few minutes had he to decide, for midnight was at hand. As to the pretty Aza lia, she wore no express.on save oiy that oi e.v re me pa nor, and of some internal agitation; hilt alien tire s ranger, as ihe clock struck “.-.re.v V -.oached her uaud to aepar;, sue rose a on e, aud wahoat tay app -rent reluctance. File iiios. surprising part of uie wh.de ousi lioss was :h.a, —that ne s.ranger, holding the u nid oi .lie young iudy, proceeded at ouce to me iJevil’s Clock, and giv.ng one melancholy g. noe at the company touched a spring aud ; reared within its case. As ihe door closed on the fated couple a murmur cf h.-rror ran through the assembled gues i. The unhappy father was so affected that he fainted away, an i as sensation return ed, he declared that he repented him sorely of having, as it were, interfered with the de crees of Providence. “Ah!” he exclaimed, “would that 1 had selected some honest youth | among our neighbors for her husband!—Carl von Muller, for instance —who loved her dearly, and was beloved in return, and whom i drove from the house.” Scarcely had he made his avowal when ihe clock-case again opened, and ue - ranger, -aeppaag ; rcu r, ildhii , “I ghter, to Carl v U: ;.or. wmtid on .>• - her your ■■‘.-- a •*! ■ i-l-i: i ‘maimed tne - ■ <t■ 1 . i ‘ *• claimed • • -. happy pair*” : ‘■■ ■ mopened, • v ; : : : ■. . . y bride en .. . ilia House, ■ o : ■ ■- “ - -ml the stran :: a “ ;;,r - mm y -■ -j merriment. ■ apoeer; I have j ■■■ ur-amn o ; 1 am the bosom r o-- ■■■■'■ ,3 Carl Vi.n .and ; iLat clock has a : communication with the Church of St. Roque; (the choristers, who always set it right at twelve at nigh’, from some superstitious feel ing, play a variety of tricks with it by day;) aud I have bean the means of doing an act jof friendship and of justice. As to the moral I —out no; we will think of that some other i time; for now, it behooves us solely to be joy. jous—and a merrier, a happier evening, was ’ never spent in the good eld town of Herring hausen. lowa. —Although the young and flourishing territory of lowa lias ately attracted so much attention in the Atlantic states, yet there are few east of the Alleghanies who have any definite knowledge in regard to its geography cr its aptitude for agriculture and manufac tures. Ten years ago this most beautiful ter ritory was unse tle 1 by while population, and known only to ihe Indian trader; now it con tains a population of forty-four thousand white sett era in the Black Hawk purchase alone, which is a narrow tract of about fifty miles average width, lying on the west bank of the Mississippi, and extending from the Des Moines river on the south, to the neutral ground nearly opposite Prairie au Chien, on the north. This is the principal part of the terr.tory inhabited by the whites, and in agri cultural advantages, is superior to any other part of lowa or of the valley of the Missis sippi. It adds to a temperate climate, an un equalled fertility of soil, an abundant water power, and a most excellent distribution of prairie and woodland to suit the wants of the farmer. Within a year or two ago, the great excellence of the soil and climate of the •orthern part of this territory for raising all the vegetable products of the temperate zone, was not known to its inhabitants themselves. It was supposed that the want of snow on the prairies would unfit them to produce winter wheat or rye, which requires protection from the frosts; but repeated traia for the last three seasons, have shewn clearly, that the high undulating prairie lands ars'as well, ii not better, adapted to ihe cultivation of the winter grain, than tje best lands of New York, Ohio or Michigan. This may arise from the nature of the soil, which being a deep sandy loam, is not liable to be thrown up by die frost. Many of our farmers have succeeded in raising from forty to fifty bush els of first rate wheat from the acre. Indian cornet the.flat kinds, is cultivated here with great advantage, and yields about as large a en ;> as best lands in the middle and eastern states; but we do not consider tha: the northern part oi the territory excels so much in the corn crop as in the roots and small grain. Here, indeed, nature seems to have combin ed all tiie requisites for the production of the esculent roots in the highest degree of per fection. The Gaiena poiiatoe, which is cele orated for its peculiar excellence on the Mis sissippi and all its tributaries, is produced in the northern part of lowa and that part of Wisconsin lying adjacent, and y.elds from lour to five hundred bushels to the acre, with out any particular care in cultivation. On ions are produced nowhere in the United St lies equal to those of lowa and Wisconsin. 1 ney can be raised from the seed in a single season, ;rom iiiteen to twenty inches in cir uin erence, and the ground so covered with ’ hem, that it can s. r. my he seen. The ruta b.iga, beet, ! turnip, and in iact every esculent rs>. r m temper .e . mates, the cultivation o s’, hi. li has uoen tried by our farmers, suc ove is equally we.l i has been said with ha h, “that where 11a;. ure does much there mail will do htiie.” Although it might be considered a hasty assertion, (in the embryo state 0: our agriculture,) to say it was fully exemp lied among us, ye. we must allow that o. r aixners have not yet so assisted Dame Nature ay tire “appliances and means of art,” a- to make lae earth patiorth its grearest en erg es. Where the laud is so fertile and so easily obtained, the farmers are apt to spread their labors over too great a suriace, to make such elegant > ruts as are seen m the Atlantic states, or cause the sod to y.eni as much as it .s capable 01 doing under a different mode of nr iv •run. We are giad to pervc.vo .hat so lin ny oi our in.oil.gent farmers are .• jco.vmg : die i.iiit.v.'t -r, h-..-!8. ee F rmOr a.i.i oilier , ■ ; : which they ■ - ■ ■ l short measure upa ■'• •or .- r r-c. —/ .:a News. OWN, / ashington, -a . , aauiipanied bv • - rived at VVil •••* ; .j: of Lafayette, 4; j>u :.e general,at ■ . oy h muiifio is s- 1 American and | i.• c officers, repaired n> Hi mpion, and • ‘•co . board the Viiie de Paris, the French | Admiral’s ship,; lying at anchor in the chops ’ ■•I toe Gapes, to pay (heir respects to liie I Uoiin de Cra so, ami con u l with him as to tli ir future operations. i’iie \ ;;le cle Paris, a magnificent vessel, o? 110 guns, an ) 1 ,3t)0 men, was a present tyo n I lie city of Paris to the French Kina'. Upon her arrival in the American waters, she excited much admiration. Her riclfv var nished sides shone l.ke burnished silver, while on her quarter deck, among die frowning en gines of war, bloomed a brilliant parterre of rate and beautiful plants and flowers, ranged in boxes, and the produce of the tropics. Oa the American Chiefs reaching'the quar ter deck, th * Admiral flew to embrace him, imprinting the French salute upon each cheek! and hogging him in his arms, exclaimed. My dear little General! De Gras-e was of lofty stature; but the term petit, or small, when applied to the majestic and command ing person of VV ashington produced an ef fect upon 1 lie risible facubies of ail present not :o he described. The frewr.limen. uov erned by the rigid etiquette of the <tncien re "imr, control ed their mirth as best thev could; but aar own j ffy lino?:, heedless of all rules, laughed, and that aloud, till his fat. sul-.s shook ag tin. Washington returned Horn this Conference; by no means satisfied with its result. The Admiral was extremely restless at anchor j wiule his enemy’s fleet keep the sea; and his i outers limiting lus slay in the American vva- j te:s to a certain, and th.it not distant day, he was desirous of pjttinir to sea to block up ! the enemy’s fleet m toe basin ol New York, j rather than to run the risk of being Inmseil j blockaded in tLe bav of the Chesapeake. Washington now despa tclied La Fayette ; on a Secret mission to the Count. Toe marquis prevailed, and lie soon re i turned to head quarters with the gratifying intelligence that the admiral had consented to remain at his anchors, (save iheactnal ap pearance of a British fleet ofl’the Capes,) and would send a part of his vessels higher tip the bay. the better to complete the investiga tion of Yorklmvn. On the 3:h September, Admiral Giaves, with 10 sail of the line, appeared off the capes, [of Virginia. Count Da {Lasse immediately | slipped his cables, and put to sea with 24 line \ o! battle ships. An engagement ensued, without material results to either side. After four days ol’ manoeuvring, the French fleet returned to its former anchorage, the British I bearing away fm New York. Meantime the Chevalier de Barras had ar-j | rived, with eight sail of the line, bringing a | battering train and an ample supply of all the ! j munitions necessary for the seige. ‘These ; were speedily landed up liie James River, : and many delays and disappointments oc curred in their transportation to the lines be fore Yorktmvn, a distance of six miles. Long trains of the small oxen ot thee nmtry lugged [at a single gun, arid it was not until the arri : val of the better teams of the Grand Army, | that much progress cou and be made. The combined arttaes arriving at I the Head of Elk, emb.it ked a portion of the i troops in transports; another porti-m were I embarked at Ba fimore, whi e the remainder pursued the route by land to Virginia—the | whole rendez'. ousingat Williamsburg. On the 28th of September the Allies moved in four coliiuyis, in order of battle; and, tiie (imposts of the enemy being driven in, the first parallel was commenced, and the wotk continued with such dilgence that the butte ries opined on tlie night of the 9 h of Octo ber, ami a tremendous fire <>f shot and sluils continued without interruption. A red hot sho from the French, who were on the lef, fired the Charon, a British frigate of ‘l4 guns, which was consumed, together with three transports. The defences of tlie town were hourly sinking under the effects of ihe cannonade horn the American and French batteries-, when, on the night of the 14th, it was deter mined to carry the two British redoubts on Ihe south by the bavor el. For this service, detachments were detailed from both tlie A merican and French armies—the former un der the command of Ll. Col. Hamilton, long the favorite aid of the Commander-in-chief, but now restored to bis rank and duty in the line, and the latter under the Baron de Vio menil. At a given signal the detachvvenfs advan cee to tlie assault. As the Americans were mounting the rerhmbt, Lt. Colour I Laurens, aid-de-camp to the Commander-in-chief, ap peared suddenly on their flank, ai the head of two companies. Upon Major Fish hailing him with “Why, Laurens, what brought you here?”’ the hero replied,. “I had nothing to do at head quarters; and so came here to see what you were about.” Bravest among the brave, this Bayard of his age and country, rushed with-the foremost into the works, ma king with Ids own hand Major Campbell, the British commandant, a prisoner o! war. Tlie cry of the Americans as they mounted to (lie assault was “Remember New London.” But Iwre, as at Stony Point, notwithstanding the provocation to retaliate was justified Kv the inhuman massacres of Paoli and Fort Gris wold, mercy, divine mercy, perched triumph ant on our country’s colors. Washington, dorin r the whole of t*bc siege, continued to expose himself to every danger. It was in vain his officers remon strated. It was in vain that Col. Webb, hi-< aid de camp, entreated bun to come down from a parapet, whence lie was reconnoitr ing the enemy’s works, die shot and shells living thickly around, and an officer of the New England line killed within a very few yards. During one of hie visits to a main battery, a soldier of Col, Lamb’s artillery had his leg shattered hy the explosion of a shell. As tliev vvert hearing him to the rear, he re cognized the Chief, and cried out, God h'ess your Excellency, Rave me if you can, for I have been a good soldier, and served under you (hiring the whole war. Sensibly affected by tfie brave fellow’s appeal, the Genetal im mediately ordered him to the particular care of Dr.Craik. It was too late —<k ath leuni nated his sufferings after an amputation was Dertormed. After a fruitless attempt to escape, in which Hie elements, as at Long Island and German town, were tin the side of America, and her cause, on the morning ol the 17th Cornwal lis r-eat a parley. Terms were arranged, and on the 19 1 h, the British army laid down its arms. The imposing ceremony look place at 2 o’clock. The American troops were drawn up on the right and the French on the left of the high road leading to Hampton. A vast crowd of persons limn the adjoining country attended to witness the ceremony. The captive army in perfect order match ed in stern and solemn silence hi tween tin lines. Ail eyes were turned towards ‘he head of the advancing column. Cornwallis, the renowned, the dreaded Cornwa !is. was the .object that thousands longed to behold. He did not appear, but eni Its sword by Gen. O’Hara, with an apology ii r ins uon-appear nice on account of indisposition. It was re marked that the British soldiers looked only towards the French army of the left, whose appearance was assuredly more brilliant than that of the Americans., though the latter were respectable in both their clothing and appoint menK while their admirable discipline and the hardy and veteran appearance of both officers and men showed they were no “car pet knights,” but soldiers who had seen ser vice ami were inured to war. Lai layette, at the brad of his division, ob served that the captives confined their admi ration exclusive y to the French army, ne ■fleeting his darling L'glit Infantry, the very apple of his eve and pride of his heart, de termined to bring “eyes to the right.” He ordered his music to strike up Yankee D io die; then, said the good General, they did look at.us. my dear sir, but were not very well pleased. When ordered to-ground arms, the Hessi an wns content. He was tired of the war; ids pipe an ! patience pretty well exhausted; he longed to b:d adieu to toilsome marches, b 11 lies, and the heat of the climate that con sumed him. Not so with the British soldier, many threw their arms to the ground in sul len despair. One fine veteran fellow display ed a soldierly feeling that excited the admi ration of ail around. He hugged nis musket to his bosom, gazed tenderly on it, pressed it to his lips, then threw it from him, and march ed away dissolved in tears. EMPLOYMENT OF ROYALTY. It will, no doubt,be interesting to your read ers to read, as it was to me to hear, the out line of her Majesty’s daily oecup'tion whilst she is in London. They are mutatis muian j rfis, the same when she is in Windsor or at Brighton. The Queen is. as is genet a llv known, an early I tser, seldom being in bed later than half paH seven, except on the mor nings after her state baits, or on few occasions vviien she honors the pauses of the nobility vvii-i her presence. Her bell is rung about eight o’clock lor her dressers, and t.y nine her majesty, tier royal consort, ami her household, are at breakfast, i fie time occu pied by tins meal is about half an hour, when her Majesty, it the weaifier permits, enjoys ihe air in tiie pleasure gardens attached to Buckingham: this garden covers a space of forty acres. Here the Queen frequently re iij nits an hour, and is accompanied by some of the household or bv the Prince. When she is accompanied by ihe latter, et quette prescribes that except by invitation, tiie la dies and gentlemen in attendance should walk at a respectful distance. Upon her Majesty’s .etoro to the palace, she is attended by her secretary, when she affixes her signature to the various documents which acquire their validity by it. These Comprehend treasury and other “warrants, the | commissions of military officers, state papers, , &.c ; and they ate Ireqo. nt!y so numerous, j that it has before now required more than two I hours to get through this business. The , Q, ‘een passes the lime between one and three, | either in conversations, reading, painting or music. I:t these two accomplishments her i Majesty la eminently proficient; her drawings are much admired, and her ‘love for music is well known; she is excellent both as an in jsirumenta! and vocal perfotmei. Theie are ! three piano so t. s in li e suit of three drawing rooms usually inhabited, hut that wt ici: is especiaiiy her M jesty’s, and which is only touched by her fingers, is iiwgnitiren l ; ii is rosewood, inlaid with go: I and vignette pic tures, and cost 1.500 guineas. Luncheon is served at three, after which the Queen re effives t'ne Cabinet Ministers ami such other persons vvliorn it is asual to honor with audi enees. A’ live ihe royal cortege leaves the palace, and proceeds through tie parks, See. and generally returns about seven or a quar ter after. , Dinner is generally served about seven or a q niter before eight, except on opera nights when it sa little Parker. The usual number oi p rsons who dine at the rova-1 table is about thirty. The Queen never fa is io be present except upon nights of a ball, eitt.er at the pa litre or elsewhere. On llios ■ occasions her Majesty dines in her own suite of apartments. The Queen, who occupies the centre seat of ihe dinner table, remains from an hour and five minutes to art hour and a quarter. Her rising is the signal for the ladies to move al ter her, and in a very short time subsequent to this move the gentlemen follow. During dinner lime the hand of one of the regiments of Guards generally attends. Themusxians are placed in a s’euati >n above the ceiling of the apartment. They are separated- from the royal parly by la'-ge panes of ground glass, which mellow the sound, and prevent the musicians seeing into tiie apartment.. Tea and cuff e are served immediately after din ner, in a small room leading from one of the drawing rooms. The remainder of the eve ning is passed with music and con ersattori, in both of which the Queen and Prince Al bert take a par'; and about half past eleven her Majesty retires to her apartments; whit h are in the immediate vicinity of the draw-rig rooms, and with which there is a communica tion by means of a door that is ordinarily con cealed bv a cabinet. This cabinet is on rol lers; and it is when her Majesty expresses a desire to retire, immediately roiled sufficiently far away to enable the door to he opened, and is replaced again as soon as she has quitted the apartment. Another Melancholy Suicide. —The Philadelphia Chronicle says. —We have just heard o; one of the most melancholy smc.des within our memory, committed on Friday last, near Chester, in this Slate. The victim was a young and beaut ful girl of about 18 or 19 years old; she had been for some afflict ed widi a religious monomania, and about two months siiiGe attempted for the first time to destroy herself by taking laudanum; but some members of the family perceiving the phial, labelled, lying on the tab'e near her, medical aid was immediately summoned, and the liquid extracted. A short- time after she made a second attempt by taking arsenic, hut was again frustrated. Her parents then set a watch upon Iter, and had every possible means, such as knives, razors, &e., placed beyond I er reach; but so determined was she to -‘shuffle off the mortal coil,” that she by some stratagem obtained an old razor, which had been used in the stable for repairing har ness. cutting ieather, See., and with it she committed the rash act, while in the sitting mom of the house, and when there w ere none of the family present. The first intimation her friends had of the melancholy event, was by a girl employed to work about the house, who, when about pre paring dinner, went to the store mom, which was immediately under the silling room, Ibr the purpose of taking some meat from a bar iei v\here it had been packed, when to her great horror and astonishment, she beheld the top of the barrel clodded with blood, and a trickling stream falling from the ceiling. The alii iglot-d girl immediately communic > led the fact of the appearance to the family, when they repaired to the room, and found the sui cide lying on the floor, with the carpet up turned, and weltering in her blood, and life almost extinct. Site ex sled about a quarter of an hour afterwards, when the vital spark of one beloved hy all who knew her, fled. Tliejmost singular | art of ilie whole transac tion, is the fact that nothing, save the fit >-f monomania, could have tempted her to com mil the rash act. She was about to he mar ried to a froung gentleman of that vicinity, upon whom she doated, and when one of her fi's were on, she word I rave anil call for him. Curious Definition of a kiss.— Extract from a love letter vviit't-n in the year 1079, translated from tiie German. “What i* a kiss? A kiss is, as it were, a sea! expressing our sincere attachment; the pledge of our future muon; a dumb. Lot at the same time audible language of a living heart; a present, which at ti e same time it is given is taken from u-; the impres sion of an ardent attachment on an ivory co ral press; the striking < f two flints against each other; a crimson balsam for a love wounded heart; a svvt-f t bite of the lip; a lovely pinching of the mourn; a delicious dsh which is eaten with scarlet spoons; a sweet meat which does not satisfy hunger; a fruit winch is planted and gathered at the same : tim,-; ‘he quickest exchange of questions anti answers of two lovers; the fourth degree of love. Errors cf the Press. —li is amusing lo a man who has been the printer’s hack Ibr years, to witness rtie sensitiveness ol young writer.-, and beginners, at errors of the Press. ; 1 hev attach to them an importance winch no man experienced would think for a moment jof giving to them. An article for a newspa ! per is generally forgotten on the next day af ter reading; and if it is not so forgotten, the error in consequence can he readily cor rected on the day following. But to write l<r immortality in a newspaper —or even to expect remembrance for a fortnight from any such memorial, is. as John Neal Iras wittily observed, to engrave vmir own name on a pumpkin. I? it s ?—Macnisb, in one of his essays, says: ‘ I have remarked, and Gil Bias’s mo ther d'd the same thing; that women genernl- I-,- hear a great dislike to their son's wives. This is the more remarkable, as they are ah most always lond of their son -in-law.” Can any person explain the why and wherefore of these singular facts? S&iNTiNEii iiEiiALD. COLUMBUS, DEC. 10, 1810. “ This Institution is one of the most deadly hostiity existing against the principles and furm of our Consii tu.ion. i ‘it nation is, at this time. so strong and united in its senihne ts, that it cannot bi shaken at ihis mo ment. But suppose i series of untoward events should occur, sufficient to bring into doubt the competency oj a Rrpubii an Government io met a casts of great dan ger. or io unhinge the to Jidact of the people in the public functionaries; an institution Like this penetrating by its branches every part of the union, acting by com mand and in phalanx, may in a critical moment, upset the government I deem no government safe, which is under the vassalage of any seif constituted authorities, or any other authority than that of the nation, oi its reg ular functionaries. LVhat an obstruction could n t this Bank of the United Stalls, with all its branch banks, be in time of wai / It might dictate to us the peace we should accept, or withdraw its aid. Ought we then to give further growth to an institution so powerful, so hostile ?—T hom as Jeff t.Rsun. FOR CONGRESS : JOHN 11. WATSON. We take pleasure in placing ; t the head of ‘our columns, the name of Col. JOHN 11. WATSON, to fill the seat in Congress left vacant y the resignation of Hon. Walter T. Coi-qn tt. Col. Watson is in every way wor thy of the suffrages of the people, llis nobie bearing in the field, and his adherence to prin ciple and justice as a civilian, are before his : countrymen, whose duty and whose pleasure I it will be to award the meed of merit. We will publish in our next General An drew Jackson's farewell address to the peo ! pie of the United Slates. Southern Literary Messenger. —The edito rial chair of this interesting and valuable pe riodical is filled by Mr. T. W. White, a gen tleman of high repute for literary attainments, i Its-contributors are also ranked among our 1 most popular and pleasing authors. The number for December is stored with articles lof much merit, among which is “Our .Yury,'’ (With introductory editorial remarks,) to which i especial attention is invited. The Messenger is sent forth to scatter the 1 flowers of poesy, dispense the light of s.deuce | and the purest gems of literature; and justly | merits the celebrity it has obtained. Tiie Vacant Scat. —lion. Thomas Glascock I has declined becoming, a candidate to fill the Congressional vacancy consequent on the re signation of Walter T. Colquitt, and it is gen erally understood that HINES HOLT, Esq., of our city, has been placed in nomination by the Harrison party. Although we cannot support this gentlemen, we are glad to per ceive that he lias in some degree returned to primitive State Rights principles, and boldly avows himself in opposition to a United States Bank. We quote his own expression with regard to the Bank, from memory. Here it is: “I see nothing in the Constitution to au thorize the charter of a United States Bank, ; and until I do see it, I can have nothing to do with its expediency.” What will the Enquirer say to this? An amusing specimen of humanity occa sionally crosses our path; and such truly is the long man who perambulated the streets for some (Dys in the latter part of last week. He was attired in a long and once brown wrap rascal, whose variegated hues plainly bespoke the service it had seen. Not one of FalstafF's ragged regiment could have shown such a longitude of shreds and patches. Oh! such a coat! The balance of his integuments were equally hirsute; —one foot was bare—the oth er covered with a brogan, to which was affix ed a most enormous spur. He wanted a “horn,” and appealed most piteously to the gentle sympathies of the various keepers oi confectionaries in Ward No. 4. But it was “no go”—lie was evidently too hard a case After many fruitless efforts, the lank and je june “customer” at long’ h “met up with” our old friend Me , and thus addressee him: “Mister, did you ever have the horrors ?” “No, ray friend, but I can form some idea of the feeling .” “That’s sufficient; if you understand any thing of healin’ and seliiii', anl the diabolical and infernal twitching of a gentleman's nerves after a st,” you will not refuse me one horn.” The appeal was too strong; Me gave him a “snouger,” and he went on Ins way rejoicing. Cause and Eject. —Probably there are lo two works which more distinr tly point oil cause and consequence than these:— gin a.J bitters. Florida. —lt wilt bo seen from tiie copy of the letter published below, received by the (Secretary of War from the General com manding the army in Florida, that tiie ret en: efforts of the Government to terminate the war with the Seminole Indians by negotiation, through the intervention of some of the most influential of the chiefs ol that tribe who had been removed West, has failed in consequence of ihe usual reachery of the Indians. Head Quarters, Ap.my of Florida, Fort King, Nov. 15,1840. Sir: Early this morn ng, I was informed by the Ark an.-aw delegation, that some of the pr.se,ners in camp had disappeared during the ! night. On sending oat to the Indian encamp | merit, it was discovered that all the Indians had gone. Thus has ended all our well grounded hopes cf bringing the war to a close by pacific measures; confident in the resources of the country, the enemy will hold out to the last, j and can never be ad need to come in again j But the day before yesterday the ch efs net only expressed a wiihngness but a desire to - emigrate to the West Acting up in fu I,a th to the promises 1 bad made to them, their con duct is only to be attributed to the faithless j disposition which has ever characterized them. ino partial delay caused by the armistice j lias not tended to the injury of the operations j in Florida, inasmuch as it-lias been conducive ito the health of the three regiments which | have suffered so severely—-they will now fcc | enabled to take the field in larger force. Immediately upon the withdrawal of the Indians, orders were transmitted to command ers of regiments to put their troops in motion, and before this communication reaches you they will be scouting in every direction. Having left nothing ui attempted with the means in my power, I shall now press the war with increased energy, and hope soon to ap prise the Department of the capture or de struction of some oi the eneinv. I have the honor to enclose “to you a copy of the order issued on the renewal of hostili ties. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectful ly> your obedient servant, W. K. ARMISTEAD, Brig. Gen. Com. Army of Florida. Hon. J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. From the Suvai.nah Republican. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS IN GEORGIA. The first cost of the great Erie Canal and its branches, was in round numbers $13,570,- 000. This Canal is owned by the Stale of New York, and managed by Comm ssioners appointed for ihai purpose. Its navigation is close and by ice at Ic .st five months of the year, and yet so extensive is the business transact ed on it, that it is now being enlarged at an additional expense, estimated by their Engi neers at $ 13,000,000 —and the New York correspondent of tiie National Intelligencer writes, but a few days since, that the busi ness cf the Canal is increasing so rapidly, that the proposed enlargement estimated to cost twelve millions more is demanded imme diately at whatever cosl; and that if it were now completed, tiie amount of tolls, baside paying the interest on the debt still due and the debt about to be incurred, would in a short space ol time, extinguish the principal. We re member to have read the annual report of tiie Canal Commissions about a year since, in which they state that some of “the bonds of tiie State, bearing an interest of G per cent, were sold in 1833, and were payable in Lon don in 1845. The Commissioners having abundant funds cn hand from the receipts of the Canal, were anxious to anticipate the pay ment of these bonds in 1838, but tho capital ists who ha I ma !e the loan, refused to take the money and give up the bonds until they shtu’d fail due. This is a striking commen tary on the system of making loans abroad lor objects of this nature, particularly when we can pronounce with perfect certainty that signal suee vs will follow close upon an out lay of this kind. We regard the entire success of the State Road as perfectly certain. That of the New York Canal was problematical—highly so. The Erie Canal costs, say §>34,000,01)0 —and is closed five months of the year. The State Rail Road, which is as important to tiie inter ests oi Georgia as the Grand Canal is to New 1 ork, is to cost by the iate report of the Commissioners the very moderate sum of §>3,000,000. Vv hat gives the (State of Geor gia an immense advantage, is that private companies are constructing more than twice as much of this great line of intercommuni ca ion as she is. This condition of things gives to the S ate an assurance of immedi ate income irom her expenditure, which she would not otherwise have. It gives to the S ate the advantages of an internal com munication during every season of the year from the Atlantic to the Tennessee river, with o fly an expenditure of $3,000,000 on her par*, this sum being necessary to construct a road covering one hundred and thirty-live miles ol [lie whole distance, the chasm being filled up by the Savannah and Macon, the Macon and Forsyth, and Forsyth and Delvalb Rail Roads. We do nut believe the immense advantage to the State in this regard lias been sufficiently thought of or commented on. Certain it is that the State does not seem t<> have rendered to these weeks any acknowl- • edgement of ‘he vast assistance she is to de rive from them, for their repeated applications for aid have been disregarded. Thanks however to the energy and pru dence displayed in the management of the affairs of these private companies, they can do w.lhout aid from the Si ate, and they are going straight'forward over hill and over val - ley and river, an 1 will clasp together with” bands of iron, all tho vast interests of this State.- ’ihe effects of the New York Canal, distanced ail calculation. New- mine s were discovered and worked, new sources of indus try were developed, villages and even cities sprang up where but a short time ! efcre was liG.iid the woodmand’s axe and the cry of wild leasts. The realization of its benefits has been more like fancy than like sound, | undisputabie facts. It was as though the ! times o’ the enchanters had come again, when ! under the magic wand of route potent sorcer er, the gloom of the client recest.es of the woods, gives place to brightness and beauty, and the rocks and caverns and streams are changed to palaces an I gothic halls and mur mur ng fountains. The effect in proportion to our population and resources, will not be the less surprising in our own State. Our rail roads when half constructed, begin to y:e'd prodigious profits. The small fraction al parts are being lapidly filled up and in May, 1843, the whole hue of rail read from Savannah to Ross’ Landing which is fifteen miles beyond the North Western boundary oi Georgia, will bo in full operation. We learn that the contracts just offered on the un fit! sh and j or ion of the Savanhah and Macon rail road, i. e. between the Oconee and Oc mulgee have been sought with the u’rnost avidity—hat an immense number of propo sals have been handed in. This looks well. We only regret that the Directors of this rood have not resolved to complete the work by the Ist of January, 1843, instead of the 1 t of May, 1843. The well known maxim, “festina lento,” is well enough applied to human affairs gener ally—but speed, speed, rapidity of execution, on the safe I asis a’ready established, and im mediate fruition ought to be now the watch words. We publish again p paragraph in tho Rep; bliean of yesterday morning, which ex hibits the ra‘e of progress of the line of read beyond Macon. It is an announcement which ought to be celebrated by the firing of cannon, which in times of more prosperity than the present, would wake up the slumbering ener gies of every section of this State like tho sound of a trumpet. This declaration is for ourselves, for the interests of Savannah, and oi that great geographical centre of our State, Macon. It is not for any of our affectionate sympathising cities—ot t of the State of Geor gia. Heaven forbid that we should plant long er and make any more rail roads for their benefit. To Manage a Rearing Horse. —ln prefer ence to the dangerous experiment of pulling a rearing horse backward, I recommend tho adoption of the following methods: When ever you par; eive the horse’s inclination to rear, separate your re .ns, and prepare for him; the instant that he is about to rise, slacken one hand and bend or twist his head with the other, keeping your hands low. The bending compels him to move a hind leg, and of neces sity brings ins fore feet down. Instantly twist him completely around two or three times, which will confuse him very much, and c ompletely throw him off his guard. The moment you have finished twisting him around, place his head in the direction you wish him to proceed, apply the spur sharply, and he will not fait to go H-nvard. If the situation be convenient, pass him into a gallop, and apply the spur or whip two or three times severely. The horse perhaps wdi not be quite satisfied with the first defeat, but may be disposed to try again for the mastery. Should this be the ers?, you have only to twist, Ac. as be i'ore, and you will find in th* second struggle fie will be more easily subuued than on the first occasion— -in fact, you will perceive him .mail under the opera.ion. It rarely happens iliat a rearing h u se, after having been treated n the way pres riled, will resort to his tricks a third time. But on going into other hands, and having another rffler, he will be very ! kely to have recourse to rearing.— American Fanner. A Queer One.— Sir John Salter, who di ed m ICOS. and was a generous benefactor to die worsiiit ful company of Salters, ordered in Ins ast will and testament, the beadlcsand servants of (lie company to go to the Church of St. Magnus, the firsi week of every Oc tober, and kiock upon bis grave-stone, with slaves and sticks, three times each person, and say:—“lit.iv do you do, brother Saltet? I hope you aie wt!!*.’