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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1831)
tu ottie"., tiJ iO the aggiecOe «»• ••• iii'mhei*, and a* the right* of man ,n ,nB Ofi«t uivn; tied slate of nature ai«‘ bounded bv the titbits iif liis fefliiw*i unit - ®* m * *■, tec me case* when «tbeir « xerciae de pends i*«tf-p rr SHi vation, it follows that S. uih Caroline, oven il circmnsiauces jus tified secession* K*» no rinht to jeopardise the safety of her neighbors or infringe their franchises/ For were she, in con vention, to ioaolve it t«» In' requisite to her ‘safety, interest and ■h*?pi»e«'S,” If > aonex to her territories the part of G< "reia boun ed 'vesiwardly by the Oconee, would our cit 7.ons have “no r ?hi to question* and resist the usurpation?—nr were she to de termine it expedient to raise troops of a certain description, though intended only to garrison her towns and defend her fron tiers, would no' self preservation authorise the adjicent Stato to cross her b. iiiidaries end destroy such military? Yet Troup s proposition, being absolute pr* scribes sub- ID ision in the firs case, and acquiescence in the serond. Ag<m* he asseits, ‘ you [nullifies] can change your own govern-! mem n pleasure, and therefore, you can throw off the government of the Union whenever the same safety, interest and happiness require it.” It contracts, to bo Valid, most b< entered into willingly, is til! contracts ought, then is South C miltna morally and legally bound by th- Federal C institution; and it so bouud she c.n oeuner morally nor legally secede fem that contract without the consent of 'he first obtained, unless her prpseivation de pended upon her withdrawal. The re veise, the position t-ken by Troup, ri m- ves the very idea of obligation, which is me essence of contracts; strikes at the ro >t of social order, and constitutes the U e.xi r “rope of s nd ’ —it moreover ab -B'.lves the other St ifes from their obliga tions to aid Sooth Carolina in the event of insurrection • r invasion, and leaves her ai liberty to erect a monarchy, or admit for eign troops into her territories to attack her neighbors. Principles so preposterous nn nm be admitted in public or private life. What then becomes of 'he ex-gi vern. rs fundamental principle s? VVtd (lie Enquirer answer. It wig not our intention to have again entered on the subject of this notorious letter—we had hoped n had eone to the grave without the possibility of a resurrec tion, and that we should be left to direct on. endeavors to soften partisan asperttie., an object we have srill at heart, and snail pursue «o fas as the defencr of ..ur puneiples mid duty to our country will permit) hut to have passed over in silence the vituperation and slander ofthe Enquirer would have encour aged insult and denoted tameness of spirit as well as imbecility of mind. We are happy however to know and it is but jus ice to state,, that in the ranks of our opponents, a e mmy men of high honor and ardent patriotism, as devotedly attached to ihe U lion as any in exist once—they Have .mr uufrign id esteem and shall !w <vs be treat ed ■ ■ "Q ~ '■ (From Feb. YJ FROM LONDON. The I*to limit on Sunday n*ght, at which we received the pipers broueht by tne M scow, prevented us from f itracting but a sm ill oortion of their contents, though the most important. Commercial letter* teceived in London oti the 10'h by the Du rh mail, were inn of a pacific tendency. They state that tin government was actively preparing for a contest, and that it w •* > xoect-il ttio army would be ingmontod to 90,000 men. The news of a change ot Ministers in England, has had a great iofl ience in favor of the constitutional cause in Spain J and priv .to h tiers say the w s trying with isl lential political purees, for the a doption of such measures as may prevent further civil commotion ; recognition of the late colonies, and an arrangement with na lion.l creditors. A true hill has been found against C ir -111“. Bookseller, for publishing panipli- Ja:<, Sf . < ilculaied excite sedition. Tne papers contain many accounts <>f th" timings of barns, stables, erasn ricks, & . some of the perpetrators had been tri. eu and punished by imprisonment. A letter from Manchester, dated S.itur. dayl the 11th, says-—“I do not think there is any thing remarkable in the present state of relations here between masters and men. Timid people ate alarmed at tho i de« of the spinners at Ashton being all out; but the contest differs not from others which have been 0.-a-'eable.’ - The f'rench Ministers. —The following is an extract from the -ulvale correspond ence of iho Times dated Paris, Saturday evening, December 11th “There is no expectation here that Prince Polignac can be saved, for the o. thers, if is thought that banishment and pe uury will be deemed a sufficient punish, ment : still, even as to the former, the King ch* rishes strong hopes that the people will not exact the rigid severity of the paw, and not contend against his most anxious desire to open his reign by an act of pits. ordinary mercy. Unhappily for lha object of this humane solicitude, the people say— “ Here is a man whose imbecility of charac ter never deterred him from pursuing the path of criminality ; his life is that of a con spirator on whom heroic merry has been ill vain bestowed, and we shall save him no more.’’ Tne genernl opinion, therefore is, that execution most be done upon this unhappy man, and it will bo done dune on the night of his conviction. There are fiends, however, of Poligac, who say they have already cauvassed tile Pecis, and that the result will show a strong majority for p*’-petnal imprisonment. Every acrom modxtion is allowed t<> the Ex-Mtni'tcrs, consist* tit with *fe detention. Crowds * *-rr** flns # dny assembled in the gardens ofj he LtixemVtcrg, *u«l ‘«w pto;Ao as far R: | I ni.xd •iiiong them, were moderate in the i xpresston of tbeir wishes, and employ. !ed chiefly in pointing out the windows of I the aparments whore PolignaC al| d his fellow sufferers are immured. A frame work «'f limber is thrown up before these windows, so as not to exclude light, but sufficient to prevent them from set-tog and being seen externally. They receive the news papers daily.,’ The following additional particulars of the revolutionary movements at Waitaw, were received by express from Paris. “Poland has at length taken un its stand, ard, which was broken and brairded, like that of Fiance, in 1815. For some time past, tho report that the Polish army was to march into Russia, whilst a Russian army would come to keep Poland tit awe, occu pied the public min I, already agitated by ! the news from France It was openly j said that the army would not suff r this in* I . . I * t_- ....I f... suit, and every thing being prepared lor revolt, an opportunity alone w>s waited for. This presented itself by chance.— The threat of flogging two Polish suboffi* cors of the Military School, induceo these these young patriots to rise. The Grand Duke Constantine, whflse Palace is with out the town, and mounted his horsa at the | first news of the insurrection, and advaned with three regiments of cavalry ofthe Rtis , sian guards, but ho soon found that it >vas impossible to resist the popular torrent. | At daybreak he withdrew, and w *s joined x Cl. ......v . -f <b*. P«.lt«« H..ry« Gu il d'*, who nad experienced some less to tin town. Oo the 30'b day of November, in the night, in attack was made upon tin bank, but wis repelled. Tw* Russian re giments had their barracks without tip town; theae barracks were attacked, but at the departure of the latest nows the result was not known. Several rumouts were in circulation about the fate of these regiments. No douh' w is entertained of the insurrec tion spreading among all the corps of th Polish army, and in all the Paliiuates.— The first act of the Governmeut was to entrust the command of toe troops to G n eral Klnpiecki, who, being under the sui veill ince of tho Russian police, was not allowed to leave Warsaw for some yeats past. The Provisional Government ha decreed the b-vy cn masse of 200,000 men, and the f .in.'io of Burgher Guuds.” Madrid Nov 29.—An extraordinaiy cour ier brought dip itches yesterday to th*- Gov ernment, to which much importance is at tache;), as immediately on their receipt the King summoned a council of lbs min isters. who did not separate for four hours. Tun dispatches wer>- fom London aud P ris, and Contained from the former place the official notification of tin* change of ministry in England. The French Gov ernment is B>ill urging the amnesty and Cortes iom question, (oi which is added >h» recognition of the South American St ves,) the definite fate of which the Gov ernment li $ mtherto been delaying with a view of first ascertaining the result of af fairs in Et pi mo‘ and profiting by them, should the Wellington interest prevail.— The die is now cast, and I cannot fit*- mTarmreo rrnm with n was wmeu sum m the fmprenta Real lies on *he King’s ta ble, signed by the R >yal hand, and com plete m every respect for promulgation. An wrrp Dec. B.—There is nothing now in poii, ii ir any change in the position of tin squadron There are still about 2,000 urn in the citadel, among whom are 100 artillery men. It seems that the small pox is prevalent. All the brass connon have been sent away There remain on ly four limit irs not mounted, From the bas tion N .2, to No. 5, there are 28 pieces, mortars, and others, pointed at the rity.— Tbeie are many sick in the citadel, hpt they ar- sent su< r. ssively to Holland. December 9.—YV<* are informed that the prins Vhi Or i»ge, Captain Eemeire, bound to Rio de Janeiro, and the Cather ine Captain Emd rschult, with a cargo of 1) nk, bound foi London, yvhicli quitted "in port ilnue days go, have been detained at Boh by Mr. Lucas commanding the Du ch squadron, who will not suffer them to pas-, notwithstanding the permission given tiy G*uieial Chasse. The Pruasion Government granted at tho be. inning of Nov. the favor of a free entrepo, with libe.ty to pass in transit at all points, and without restriction as to time to all merchandize, ff > ts, &, . which th> political events in the Nmheilands might cause to be sent to the Piussian dominions. This measure is of th * highest importance to the commerce of Belgium. The prince of Sat" Coburg is now niowb talk"'! •ff Ki j' of Belgium' Journal Ju commerce of 1 noers, of the 7ib, 8> ii au<j 9' Do . London Dec. 13.—We received last night » * P ..IS papers of Friday. The acco'o •« fr >m Warsaw, contained in the Message des Chambres, leave tin doubt of 'he insurrection against the Russians in Poland. In the mean time the rfiectimi must force itself upon the dullest politici n of the old school, that trbitrary riipiom * tic arrangements made hke those of Vienna an*! Paris by a mob of Saveieigas and Min isters, without any regard of the habits, wants, or wishes of nations, can afford no permanent basis for general tranquility; that created by force, they can only endure till by some accident the pressure of force in removed, that the bayou* t must support the throne which the bayonet has won; and that wnhin no limited period can the interest of the conqueror, founded on the reluctant submission or conscious humiliation of the vanquished, be reckoned consolidated or secured. The national energy and spirit of the P*.ie S have at different times' shown such elasticity that it would not be surpri sing, if, while Prussia is occupied with he* acquisitions in thp west, Austrin with her Italian conquests, that Poles should attempt 1“ shake off the yoke of three partitioning despots, and avenge the oppressions and cruellies of flf'j years. 1 Sincerity— Sincerity forms the basis of every Virtue. Thai bU< kness ot charactei and tnose folding* et art, through which io hum -a eve is alloyed t*» penetrate, presents ushade of ch iracter unsuitable in any seas* n of life, but more so in the vernal season if vouth If at an age when the effections are warm, and the sniri buoyant with the pleas ures of lifts you find those insignificant traits which cover with gloomy darkness all that is otherwise fair an J pronising, what will be the condition when i. form ed and dissimulation takes possess! >o, an : consigns to oblivion, rll the hope of future tisesuluess aud honour! It we value there- I fore the esteem of mints, .nd the bltssings of Heaven, we must cultivate virtue and truth in their various forms* and annihilate every action’ lint tends to disgrace, and jut to adorn our winds. It is said that candour uud truth, possess valuule charms, therfore in all our pursuits, lot us endeavor to be circumspect ano discreet. L* t us banish every thing tint' will tarnish o/ir character, impede our usefulness, or dvtt r us from sincerity, and vhen we have accoinpLhed our object, we nay cast our eyes around us, and survey with pleasure the v<* u* objects which exerted ttieir uttn st i 9 ence in 80,'pnssing our tiutnorous oesir- s and hopes, fa tiie tendm-s and most delightful inonetils of thought,*we are of ten disposed t» cultivate ulr imuds by con lemplaling th*se motives, and expressions id sjmpatny umal to the human characlet True, sincerity does tor spring from gefirii motives; and to know true origin, ao must iook lot it in our ®- - 1 c -* ship and sincerity shoal'd go ‘hatoi in h md” —they should be the soul of every nut heart. The following is given as a correct list of th* C; urches in Pldadelpha;—R m<n Catholic 4, Protest tot Epost";; : 12, Pu s byterian 19, Scots P esby»**n >n 1, Cove' nanters 1. B'hits'6. Noth d>si 10, F ■ nd» 6, Free Qu ,os l Gcinin Lit 4, Get min R f tin a 2 R-forme D 8 Universalist 8, Swedenborgiao 1, Mot •« vian 1, Swedish Lnherao 1, Christian 1, Mariner* 2, -lew 1, J tit .iia t 1 P i oitiv*' M' thodis' 1, Airicat, 10, Told 92. ——0(100 A drunken north countryman, returning from a fair, fell ash ep hy the toad side where a pig found him aud begun licking his mouth; Sawoe.v roared nut. “Wha's kissing me non? Ye see .what it is to be weel liken among the l tsstsl ' ——ooxO — Large School. —Tbe Sabbath Scho< 1 in Nofba'iitoti, Mass, consist of SSO, of whom 100 are over seventeen years of ago, and many of them members of 'he church. Chrystallized Chandeliers. —Are you aware th o various salts such as sulphate of alum, potash, and vitrei, are susceptible of being crystallized into ihe form if chainlet tiers. To tho scientific ansi curious this may be a matter worthy of their attention There ate two lit up every evening at the U. States Hotel, whore they may be seen by eveiy one. As au article of economy, I should say they were of ntu< h v due, 1 .««..» g| t».- C-* ri v-y- Anfflny 3 great deal of briiliiticy when lit up, and compare in that particular with ih* fr si cut-glass. Chemist. Phila. Paper ——oooo— Printers have probably much more en thusiasm, than any other set of ni*n emplo yed in mechanical labor. Their imple ments are the means by which the mighty stream of knowledge is "purified and eu'nr ged, and rolled onwards to the unknown waters of futurity. They multiply the conceptions of genius, and enable them to speake through new symbols to ten ihou sand eyes ar once They are agents to an unknov n process, nnd although in part ig norant of its multiform and remote tenden cies, they have a strong consciousness ih*t they are the conductor of the fi e of genius to distant regions and times —Ot'Oß—- A gentleman, who has been fer three years making the tour of Great Brit tin, as a Scotch piper, was lat* ly overturned in » coach in Ireland, and nearly killed yet he would not mention his name H was wa gered that he can collect $lO 000 m five years we l»* liev ; and it is said Hi it bets to th" amniit of £5 ,000 are male on lus per formance. I —:* ® , A Dutchman, ivh- many years ago kept a garden near Baltimore, pine, irded the fol lowing direful and jaw breaking warning nve* hi* entrance gati : ‘Srhenilemens net; persons n*. vat k**me in dis garden, she vil l ehnvior vel unt ton as o de fruites and viewers?” €> Two of our men’on tho morning of the 16th, lost their lives by a melancholy accident —They where cutting up a captured ammunition wagon for firewood, when one of their swords striking ■gams* a nail, sent a spark among tlie powder. Whon I looked in the oireetion of the explosion. I saw the two poor fellows about twenty or 'hirtv feet op in the air. On falling to the ground, though lying on their backs or bellies, «ome ext-aord.narv eff **t of Mature, caused bv tho agony ofthe moment, made them spring from their position,/?** o sir times to the height often feet'.!! just as a fish does when thrown on tho ground after being newly caught. It was so unlike a scene in reallife, that it was impossible to witness it without forgetting for a moment, the horror of their siuaiion I ran to the spot, along with oth ers, and found that every Witch of clothes had been burnt off. and they where a« black as iuk all over. They were still ali* e, and *o!d us their names, otherwise we could not have recognised them; and, singular enoughthey were able to walk off the ground with a little support’but died short ly after— Cupt Kincaid s Adventures in the Rifle 1 Brigade —mono:— . A learned .Fudge who shall be nameless, while trying a caso during the last'circuit saw. jus* in front ofhim. a person wearing a hat His Lord ship desired one of the officers to make that man either take off his hat oi leave the Court. "Mv Lord,"said the supposed offender, who turned on to be a lady, in a riding habit and smart leaver,”! am no man!* “Thsn," said lus Lordship. ‘*l am 00 Judge.'* HIE DEMOCRAT COLUMBUS, SATURDAY. FEB 12, I*3l. Tbvrc are in this state a set of politicians, who have for years past been endeavoring' to bring a- | bout a dissolution of the Union, by all the means in their power; wh<‘ have ponred forth against the general Government the most violent invective, stamped it with the most opprobious epithets; and made every exertion to wean from it the affections oftha people They have assailed it with argu ment and abuse; they have compared it in tyran ny with the despotism Jof the Great Mogul, or the Suita of the Turks, and reproached the people as wanting in manhood and spirit for submitting to its restraints The presses of a party have labo red with essays to prove the right of states to with draw from the Union, and the inability of the federal government to compel them to submit to laws if they are disposed to the contrary. They have argued the practicabiiitv, the reasonable ness and e'en necessity, of a severance ofthe U nion, and yet after all this, nothing so soon excites the spleen ofthe e politicians, as the charge a gainst them of‘Disunion.” They will plot secret ly, and carry forward openly their plans of hos tility to tho federal constitution; but to tell them of it, excites their keenest resentment. Why is this? Is it not bC-anse. that although thev are deter mined on their course, they yet soar the people & dare not diTectlv state their oljects They there fore hope hv seiz ng on every occasion to abuse, vilify and misrepresent the general government, to render it in time odious and obnoxious to ttie nep ole; that, their prejudices and passions will be enlisted against it, anu u« ■- •» .. ....... ~~ -.. ensv matter to excite them to acts of open resist ance and rebelion. For tbi* pur iose they have clamored about the Tariff; for this purpose they have tailed at government for her works of inter nal improvment; and fb this purpose they now rail at the federal Judiciary. FOR THE DEMOCRAT. Mr. Editor.—l am not a scribbler by pro fession; nor yet for the sake ofer l/it But having taken up my pen for the purpose of vindicating the reputation of a revolutionary patriot, and American sage from unfounded calumny, and wil ful misrepresentation; as well as for the ourpose of dispelling the delusions which ignorance had gathered around a question of great interest aud importance to tliis community, it might be well supposed, that having accomplished these objects 1 should retire from an arenn, where in general, but few laurels are to be gathered. But lamn t disposed to retire from before the public, till I have bestowed a few parting remarks or a pro duction in the late ‘Enquirer. Although the sig nature is different, yet the style and spirit are the same, as distinguished the writings ot “Sidney,” and I have no hesitation in pronouncing it to be from the same pen it is unde l - this view I shall consider it As to the reasons which induced that writer to change his colors, and renew the fight under a differont flag—whethor lie ;fty have considered himself vanquished by tho first fire of his antagonist; endeavored to hide his de feat under anew name, I shall not take the troub* le to enquire It is sufficient for me to know that •‘Sidney” and ' Junius" are one and the lame, and as such l shall treat them Tho care therefore which tlie writer takes to compliment himself nius,” is well worthy of remark It is no donbt under feelings excited by this exhilarating con sideration, that lie concludes not to stoop to such writers as old Virginia In the intoxication of vanity produced by the compliment, he demands j a more “elevated subject,” “Give me (he ex claims) a subject vast as the universe, wide as Ihe poles” Nothing beneath the Stone mountain or Table rock, can possibly suit his purpose. Their perched in a projecting angle, like a rook in an old tower, he might croak about the ‘ spirits of “steam,” or of seventy-six,” at pleasure. What a fortunate circumstance it is, that the printer should have made a mistake in decipher ing a careless manuscript! It has furnished the erudite Junius with an occasion to lav open his store of ancient learning, and astonish the na tives with his researches into Giecian mythology He has been enabled to inform ns that Phebus is the sun, and thalhe was drewned by Jupiter in tne river Po. What a learned man! “a very Dan. iel corao to judgement!” I shall not like Junius wade into the kennel of persona! abuse. I-hall not follow him in his pri vate haunts, to enquire what article ofthe deca logue he violates, nor shall l make a catalogue of his sins for public use His private habits, he may amend or indulge, without question of mine Whether his spirits are roused by “steam” or his courage depressed by “poirdtr," is a fact which excites no curiosity of mine. Such ques- 1 lions ma* afford fit subjects for tea-table scandal, but coine not > itliin the legitimate reach of news paper criticism. Or.n Virginia. FOR THE DEMOCRAT. Mr. Editor, I am aorry to find that I differ with so respect ! able a print as tho Macon Telegraph upon a con ! stitutional question That print is always right in motive; and generally so in opinion, I cannot however, upon reviewing the arguments on which I have formed my judgement, be induced to be lieve that I am wrong And if the intelligent Editor of lho Telegraph will carry an unbiassed mind to the investigation of the sulijcet, I feel assured that he will arrive at the same conclusion that I have done. But the excitement which ha s existed upon the subject of our Indian relations, lias diverted the attention from the true merits ofthe question Jam! fixed itupon points, but slight ly connected with it. Had Tassels be*-n|any thing else than an India the inquiry would have been attended with little’difficulty. The Constitution of the U. States, declare,, “That this constitution and the laws of the Uni ted States, which shall be made in pursuance thereof, 4*c. shall be the supreme law of the land; and the ju ’ges in every state shall be bound there by, any thing in the r onstitution or Iswb of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.” And it also provides that the “Judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and eqn ity arising under this Constitution, the laws ofthe United Stales, and trea'ier made under its authority ” From this authority it will be seen that where the laws of a State eniifl cf with those of the U States, that the former must give way to tbc la*. ter, ai, J '!«* ?up*s;to four* < f tV.u U. £wwf is the proper tribunal to decide ou those points. The Telegraph says/“ If Tassels was a citizen of Georgia, then that Court has by the Constitu tion, ne'er hid the right of inlerl'e,oncc; and h J he been the citizewof another stato, or the citi -1 ion or subject of any foreign p over, his case wad excluded by the amendment of the D. c 2, 17! 13.” Now I hope to convince the Tolegraph that 4 is wrong in the conclusion it rtinws troin the pre mises in both these supposed ea; es. Admit that Tassels was a citizen of Geor gia, and still the case came within the juris diction of the Supreme Court; because its ju risdiction extends to all cases growing out of is construction of an act of t oiigress, and to all ca ses where a law of any state is contested on thd ground that it conflicts with the Constitution «.r Taws of the U Slates. It is no objection to tbn jurisdiction of tuo supremo court, that a state id a party against one of her own citizens. Suppo-u torexa . pie that Son'll Carolina should, in accor dance with her Nullification doctrine, pass a is'F declaring it felony for the collector of Char logic i to colect the Tariff duties lfc'Jd; aud should ar raign and convict him under the Stato law; would not the Supreme court of the United Stales ha-.ij a right to interpose its authority by writ of e.r.a? It* certainly would; else the svprtmt /air uj tint land, might be set a-ide by each of the four Stales at pleasure. So also, wore to pass a law restricting the liberty of the pro*;; an Editor; on a presentation under it, might con test the constitutionality of the law; and on a decision against him in a state court, the cas«s might be removed by writ of error to the Supreme E/OTitl oi uie cimvu - the case which gives the Supremo Court of the U States jurisdiction, and not the character of the parties Now in the case of Tassels; he _waa tried for an offence under a law of Georgia, which he contended was unconstitutional; and that il conflicted with the acts of Congress. It van therefore a case completely within the jurisdiction of the supreme court. )n the other hand, aesutiling it to bo the fact ( that Ta-sels- was a citizen of another state, or tho citizen or subject of any foieign power; and still his case is not affected by any amendment of th® Constitution. The 11th amendment which 1 quoted in nt? first number, and ihe only one upon tho subject, provides that no citizen sf a other state, or citi zen or subject of a foreign powor, shall ,conunenca or prosecute any suit against any one of the L. States, in tho Supromo Court of tho United States. But this amendment cannot reach the case o Tassels; because in that cause it was tho State of Georgia which commenced and prosecuted th» suit against him. Whether the legislature of Gemgiu were per fectly correct, as the Telegraph thinks, or not, I do not at preasent feel myself called on to say — My object is simply to show that tho issuing of tho writ by J Hgo Marshal was an act strictly au thorised by tho constitution and laws of the coun, try. OLD VIRGINIA. The great dust which certain politiclinf havi) kicked up m in regard to the writ of Error in tho case of Tassels, may be apiy illustrated by tho following anecdote which is going tho rounds of r P®ro Too Dig a Doo Ait in being about to purchase ;i young horse, waa fearful ho might prove n't th phrase’t untl i t order to test hi» ■teniliiiesi or stiongtli of nerve, directed his boy to go a lift In off ! behind the tv-xt corner, and ho would rido the colt down o>p silo to him, when th« hoy should sO'tf suddenly nut on l erv “bonlil” *i nd if the colt could sf ind that; it whs proof enrugh < f h;s firing firm and well broke. The buy took bis station and tho fn in mounted and rode along; hot when ho came opposite the corner, and the boV jumped out and cited “booh,* 1 the colt ■hrew him off..—Ti * rider picked himself up soon, however, nnd rubbing his shout- ders and shins, -skiff Ino tiny wli »t he dij so for. “Why father, said the boy, “you von told mo to b oli.” “Yrs,” said tho old man, “bn* there wa* no need of saying such a bio booh in su*-h a little horse.” From the Motional Journal, 'Jan 13. The hill for the relief of Jnnies Monroe wns re jected hy tho house of representatives on Fri day last. Tho yn.tion made by Mr. Chilton to strike out the enacting words being sustained by a vote of 78 to 67. Mr Mercer signified his inten lion, inc ase the motion to reject the bill had fail ed to move an amendment the effect of which would he to refer the subject to the disbursing officers for arrangement and settlement. But u:f would not do. Tho attempt has failed, back dns it was hv tho strongest appeals to tho humanil / and justice of the house, and Mr. Monroe is left to pass his few remaining days undor the chilling conviction that his claims have, been considered and his exert sns for Irla country too uninip >. • (ant, to entitle him to even that small remunera tion which would suffice to keep him from falling a victim to poverty, end that sting which, ingrati tude inflicts on tho sensitive mind. 1 From the Matron'll fnteligeneer,Jan 25 th The Senate Chamber yesterday, presented ftn interesting spectacle From adesire to hear Mr. Wirt’s continuation of his speech in defence of Judge Peck before the Court of Impeachment, th* galleries were thronged at an early hour with an array of all the faire,r sex, to the exclu sion almost of all the male auditors. The doubio row nfFeiiators on each hand ofthe presiding officer, whilst the galleries beamed with radiiu.J lustor above them, beheld-) he ..ton of the Clumber and tho lobbies literally KJ *d to overflo * ing with Members of *be other House, strangers and gon tlemen of distinction. Huud edsofper. one who attempted to obtain entrance had to rotur hm:ix> disappointed. Mr. Wiut cannot but have been gratified ("unless entirely woary of vanity) with these proofs ofthe high esteem in which both hi* character and his abilities are held hy those of-h<» fellow citizens to whom he is best known. Judge Perl's trial —Some estimate ot the ex pense to which this trial subjects the general go vernment ii av bo formed from tho fact, that Ilia Senate has passed a hill appropriating s*i» pay’.he witness s in n *• mlanoe!—We think the general government had bettor relinquish such Peck measures—Jhi >. Courier. The importance of a single tvpe is hy the following notice jn a western piper: — 1 tne court of Fleas and Quarter Kesaimrs i-link) the* week " In such a court, we would imagine Ml ♦ here would he brought many suit* for slander iud hark-b’ling. t
