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I V'!. :e f■ • j:»te Edmund Burke was
m ■--..!'••(s] :?j> ii' .ilo.i.a < r »!,*» indictment
I ..-*■ :!i Hntu* of Lords, of Warring
L i.i; . Governor-general of India, lit*
v* »w !;i Ha pi r.-o > wlio had long resi
d i < »li • E,. ' l .dies, Lut who was then
a : a:a aof if'.a tm, eould *uppL lain
with am h fid information. Burke
V mi' a' i 'liii.lv to La diam, w .is taken t->
the n 1 o ' t «• m iiliac, and received from
lmrv, -a .. tong, rational, and vv. llcoiidiic
ted conv'ers lfioo, the results of much . ml
% l e and i xperiettce in In
dian iddirs, uid much instruction for the
mv ess then intended. On leaving the
cet!, Burke toll tiie keeper who attended
him tint the poor innn whom he had just
listed was most iniqintiously practised
upon; for that lie was as much in his sen
ses as man could he. The keeper as
sured him that there was sufficient war
ranty and very good cauje for Iris coniine
in Mit. Burke with what a man in office
once called “Irishinipetuos.tv,” known to
L- one of Turk’s characteristics, insisted
that it ivas an infamous affair, threatened
to makt the matter public, or even br.ug
it before parliament. Tb keeper tin n
said,” Sir, 1 should be sorry for you to
leave the house under a false impression:
before you do so; be pleased to s p b.a k
to the pooivgentlernaii’s cell, and ask him
what lie hid for breakfast.” Burke eould
not refuse compliance with a request so
reasonable and easily performed. “I'mv
sir,”Buvs he tolas Indian counsellor, “bt
so obliging' as to tell me what you hud for
breakfast.” r i’he other immediately pat
ting on tlie wild stare of the iii unae cried
out, liolmails, sir! It issh inieful to thi.ii.
how they treat us! They give us nothing
but hoji-aads!” and went on with a des
cant wild, on the horrors of the conker*,
of Bethlehem Hospital. Burke staid ;,o
longer than that Ins departure might i t
seem abrupt; and on the advantage of •
first pause in the talk, was glad to in ik.
his escape. I was present when I’ dcv
iruv muoli inicretitrd o»#d a i.iis-'d l)V
account given l.v one of the company, of
a widow I idy, who was of entirely sound
mind except tint she believed heisi It
made of glass. Liven the vitrification,
her conduct and discourse were eo -
qunet and rational, according to the p..r
ticulars which I’aley drew forth by i n
incrous questions. Canes mat p.irasols
were deposited at tin door of her draw in<r
rootn as at the Louvre or Florentine Gal
lery, and for the same reason. “You may
be hurt by a blow sa <1 she to one of lb si,
and lilooil; but I should be broken
to peiees; and liovv could I be men
ded!”
ELI.LAM' EXTRACT.
Frn-n a Set .o,ii of 1 lx- i.ev J e,»h rmcis
“Let tins idea dwell in our minds, that
our duties to Lod and our duties to on n,
are not distinct and link pendent duties,
but are involved hi each other; that dilu
tion and vu ttire are not different things,
but the same tiling; either in dale rent lu
ges or in different st it 10 .s, m d.ti'ejvi t
points of progr-ss or circumstances of s.l
uatio s. Wnut we call devotion, f>r■ In
sake ol'd.siinciion during its imtiatorv and
instrumental exercises, is devotm ■« m its
infancy; the virture winch, after a t in- it
produces is devotion in its ueitii'i uv; tin
contemplation of Deity is devotion it re si;
the execution of his commands is devotion
inaction. Pr use is religion in th tem
ple or in the closet: industry, from i sense
of duty, is religion in the shop or field;
•0.»»..a , acyriiy is religion in th
mart; the communication of cousolotioa is
religion in the cliamher of sickness; pater
nal instruction is religion nt the h--irtn:
juditi and is religion on the bench; p it
riotism is religion in the public coun
cils.”
Clem.l oc<ft is a mark of politeness for
no ote n aid.irfiied with this virture c.m
go into company without giving a mani
fest offence. S may be sail to be the
fosti r-mo’her of affection. Beautv com
mo !v produces love, tint elea iuiess pre
serves it. Age itself is not unamiuhle
while it is preserved clean atid unsullied.
Cleanliness is intimately connect! wit
purity of mind, and naturally inspires
refined sentiments and passions.
M i.MEN OF Brsiivp.ss.
We have always agreed with Doctor
Johnson in saving, ’’that a women cannot
know too much of arithmetic;” as vie Ik-
Sieve ev< v one does, who has witnessed
the litter helpessness of a young Widow
left w t>. i la. oli-d accounts to s. tdi. We
copv he following from Mr. SullivanV
Political Class Book:
1 "7 * s atic of the most striking de
fects in our system of education, that fe
males are so generally uninstructed m the
sul>*t nice and forms of business. Much
jire mis time is devoted in earlv life to
souk- accomplishment, which are forgot
ten iinitbi ihi-cures of mu'Ted life. !i
wo ;l I he far more useful in devote that
tiio to m .he « omen intelligent ii those
«sill's which concern tin in deeply, as
mothers, vv lows, and guard: ms, and hi
’ c* ,'r x and adminis- j
tratrix and frequently in other enrdov
-1,1 _ ji' r< a a i uritv with I
T e in' us ..j t- is■ ness. ] Europe, it is
" ot 11 -union for f, m ties m have the I
1 ! ol o i;iorta.it hutioessj
' 1 " ' Th- v -ire unmet me*
111 ( |l ' 'ol >e-r. nit*! bons.-s. |t ,» .ot I
to >e.l!e»iri and that employment* Ilf this,
*' 1 'oe i o I*, mi inning th. \-
H 1 ' 111 I 111 »ll r .'III l|(. Itllleb better
' l,l 'fed. Bit eo .! ring tb** frequent
and sudd, a cliuu^i» iu our country, I
1 may perhaps be permitted to say, that to
< know well the nature of contracts, and
j the i' mas m vv hicli they should appear and
| to i.e able to keep accounts accurately,
may he as useful as to be able to speak
Italian or French, to paint flowers and
landscapes; or converse well on the com
parative merits of poets and note
lists.”
THE MIN'D.
The most compendious, the most no
ble, and the most effectual remedy which
i can he opposed to the uncertain and irre
gular motions nfthe human mind, agitated
by various passions allured by vanous
temptiitioiis, inclining sometimes towards
a state of moral perfection, and oftener,
even the lu st, towards a state of mor
al depravation, is this. We must choose
betimes such virtuous objects as are pro
! portioned to the means w e have of pur
suing, and ns belongs particularly to the
j station we are n, anil 'o the dut'es of
! those stations. W < must deli rmine aml
] fix our minds iti such a manner upon
i them, flint the pursuit of them may he
! come the business, and t l **- attainment of
■ tliem tile eml, of our vvboli Ives. Thus
1 vve shall imitate the great e:,-t rat ons of
nature, and t ot tl , fecldc, -low, and im
j jterfect opemtioi sos art. We must not
proceed in t'orining tin: moral chnrac'er,
as a stattiary pro<aeds in forming a statue
ii ho work* soiin *im* s on one part, and
sometimes on another: hut we must pro
ceed, af nature dnes'in fencing i flower,
in at iiual, or mov other of her prednr
t Do-—“rudimentn partinm otm itun si
j in ;i pant * t pr nbieit.” ifitows out
i al'ogetlier, and at once, tin- v '-ol■ sviti m
| ;ti every b mg, and tin- rudiu i nts of all
I die parts.” 'I he vegi table or the a" ma|
I grows in l ulk and increases in strength,
j but 1 s the same from the first.— I'olh'g-
J broke.
i A“ grand oriental , < fuel ” was late
; lv got up .t th. !.o"d.»t. Drnr- l.nuvl he
j tin , in which nearly ;t!l the w ilii beast*
k ro i man . I'm .
I ..I ihe I/.iiologu al «t«J«*n w. ii l.rou. !'.t ii
;to requisalon. III' iloiiht VI is eilt(T
--j tamed that the public might not choose to
| trust ihi oise be * a spectators of the e ti r
jtiiiitneiit from a fear that the principle
j perionucr.* ought t ot “studi to the t- >.t,”
hm " viM.-iepnii.g the n < h sty of natip.,
jdo more than was set down to them, a
j .vnv io vv 1 1 a h or icipal t>' rfo m: ;■? are vr-
I t'V ipt to traie-gress notv thst ihi!m g the
j e.it'on of Shakespear. I’o do away
! ui ippr.du usioa hi the mind of;':: pu -
I in*, vvtio on tins occasion were supposed
lto l. .-I great are pug .me.? to m. rtfnttgr
is li uni. [ himself cnti rtuiiu-d, m e of «he
papers m the interest of th? manug-.rs
came out v> th ■ snutl ing pr.rtgrapli m
"h >'!i it vv i- stated ihi* a Strong ware
hit ee would be errcti and ii: front oi the
st ,ge and previous to the commencement
"t da* piece the lx ists woid l he fed to
repl lion, so iliat i wnuilt! onJv he h* i
tot hit tlnv could ho temp', I.” Th
writi'T adds—“'Mms! in the front hoxrs
" 11, tit all event ,l»e perfectly secure, for
and 'li ill).is and lig'Ts s!;ov! / fall to, tJ«.*■ r■
willb • 'ample time to effect an esc?**'
wliik'ih. v ai*. e itieg tht*»r wav tbrntigii
tin* tnl.il< is ii lie orchis re, aid grovv
i I ng over the critics i t die pit.”
.Salaries in England have not hern
much 'lien i for i inu.-iluir of wars an!
j the pr. .sent IN lug adn:mi<tmtioa ofconm
! ook such as vvi Il as other tlungs ns tT v
found them estahlishcd by their 'Fury jrc
dect.-sors. The Lord Lhai 'dlor it is
said it ii iws eighteen thousand pnui.ds
or about, ninety iliousaiid dollars, a yety.
si Ii was stated to he the fact in pat*
Lntish tin ise of Commons, in the course
ol ;i deli iti on tin .> ti October, l>v tvr
Edward >u .dee the I ite Solicitor Leuer
d* Lord Brougham reenvi s u| th;*
w. -.i ti-oiisii.nl pou -<!s as t ’hanccllir,
a e.i s: ills and pounds :ls Speaker ot
the House ot Lords Fins is mentimed
•usoiii of tin* p ipers with ex’iri isiinsof
>• toi.ssiiini-nt Mi 0 the reform ui g < 'haucrl
lor should permit such a monstrous ap
peiidage to continue encumbering Ins of
t- '•*- He is an advocate it should he n--
| nieiiiiiered of general refoim and is wii
.. g "li 'e he sustci.i.? tin* vveighi ol o: - -
j lice to: nduri the salary also until a change
ill the whole system cun he effected. A
good many of the radicals suspect that the
A.liniuistrntio are not m reality true blue
on the great question.— N. I”. Stan
(lard.
MIL ADAMS.
M.* confess, tint Mr. Adam’s hearing
in the si. u! R. has h therto most agreeu
hly disappointed us. We regretted to
I *•<* him return to public life; mid particii-
I rlv at Ins taking a seat in the 11. of R.
M < vv? r<* far from expecting that lie w onld
add anv thing to the stock of Ins n-put.i
--tio . ihe course which In- has pursued
to this moment, has baffled all our caJcn
iat mis. lbs debut is .allowed on .all
ha ids to lx* extremely creditable to Ivim—
And. if be will redeem his pledge, throw
oil all party bias; consult only what is
dm* to his country and to himself; per
il ips there is no man in Congress, who
Ins it in his power to render more pubi c
service at the present important session,
tii m John Qu nev Allan**.—The follow
iii*j rxtr n*t *• oiti 4t «r» occasional Oorros
no lent” of the iN. York Sf»nt»ni|, it
W -h> ig*n i (under date of Die. I Mi )
j nl.-ic Mr. A. in an interesting point of
view: [ >rh. I'.nffmrer.
“ I'lu* probable ri*<v*p»ioii of Mr. Adam*
, hi tb * floor of Cos ugress. It i* heel as v oil ■
an* aware, a snli| c! of sonic it ti red a.
tho poll'c I prophets nfthe d*iy.
**o>i|. pred < ed lli.it lie would meet with
j dial cold condescension, which is accord
ed to an unwelcome visitor of rank, —
some that lie would be the victim of im
immediate, unqualified persecution; some
that In- would he the magnificent target,
•at which the young aspirant would direct
his wandering shall; some that Ins pies
encc would call up the buried horrors of
the Panama Mission, and tmhearsc tin
mouldering remains nfthe “Murdered co
alition.” Bat none of tin's** results are
likely to be experienced. M r . Adams,
without seeking it. has twice had occa
sion to address the House, and has been
listened to with that respectful attention,
to which hi* character and standing just
ly entitle him. Nor do I believe there* is
a dispositrOi among his political oppon
ents to invade his feelings, or dignify. 1
believe he will nlvvaye be-listened to with
int- rest and d«*f< r-nce, —and that bis scru
pulous freedom from imatniabb* person
{ al ties, will secure* him t!ie friendship of
many who have looked at him with fecl
! mgs of bbs'ditv.
i - i«ii
j frost Eioir. ]
5 DAYS LATES2 FHO ! *f LONDON.
N tw-Yom ee ‘J7
Bv the arrival of the Packet ship Slmf-
I field, Cant. Hackstaff, from Liverpool,
we have London dates of the Bth, and
Livei pool of tin* Oih.
'1 he stall of England continues to lie
: alarming, -..! riots and hni*i:in?« are tin*
order of the day. That the Lords vvdl
ig.-ni (bin* to reject ihe Reform Bdl we
e : not beltevc, and until that Bill has an
il .in b< eotne the Law of the Land there
s ?o iv .son to expect the eiamtry to lie
con. e qilil-t.
Fuwcis Hi ::r:rr has placed liim
! sell at the In id of the Fniou'Cltibs.
That the < huhaa has actually appear
ed at Hiinderlai.il vve are inclined to I e
, I.i ve is lut too pan-, 'i he Llohe s ivs
j “Me learn vv ith great pleasure that no
! anr e,fsrs ol ei-olera have been re ported
tot'i Board of i.li ;d I : and we have seen
s vi rui litters h moi'i..i:g I'mm HuuHer
hind and i\i v.> istb . which df; v that it is
i tin* I? ~j A*:.ii'i- c olura ilia* b.?s nppe.ar
-1 >*d there.’ Aid the I itesf r Fmns s .ys
r hnt hut arte rase occurred on the day
h it the latest necumits left that town, and
adds that us i xistence there in any shape,
,s mutter i.i' doubt.
I; up;;?;:.? that the spirit ofaiisaff ction,
s-ys the h ines, h - extended itself iu
• urnv.'y. An ordi tof the day lias been
ismj and hj the Kmg of WiTtembtirg, sta
ting that f! t* ire t is of last year, which
had created ills ni h.mecs in so iiuiuv slates
a.id -.1. liven o.thont their eilect in his
inni 'tiom —that the heeutknism ss nf the
pii -: iir.i! » :i:jjioy. i! them to act on the
pass oi s a ul, the ltuaginations of German
youib—and that the offer is of the army
hal 'a :,. -.* ed. lie, in con.- pignce,
•ommai d* ihe Lenerals O restrain young
oh’cei's from meddling with politics, or
from frequenting snt*i; t ; es where political
1 *‘ve*;t* are* discussed, or political opinions
j eani ssi <|. 'F is puts us in mind of the
"Men r, p.-afi and prod inriMou of James !.
: enjou i ,g !iis (aithful subji ets not to talk
•"? pal .tes, or to discuss state affairs,
* eh were things above their capaci
-1 f'.’’
AiiDLEHS TO TIIE POLES BY
ii!Ei; • OUNTRV3IEN IX E.NG
i A.Mj u i IIANt E.
i'oM.s!—t.onliiU'iit in the enlightened
spire; oi the age, and in the sanctity o.
your c i ret, you rose to throw off the yoke
oi tin-oppressor. 'I no world, ia aston
ishment, iias witnessed your achieve
ments; but natrons u iiom honor, duly, vv
well interest, comm uoied to assist you,
have pusdin tnoush betrayed the oom
-1 moo cause. 1 more ;tg< s vvdl show how
i i»as< vi as then cm.duct, liovv short-sighted
, their poiiey. The contest is at u-n end:
j the so ord of the autocrat has triumphed.
Europe, by her callous indifference to
I your lois-oi tu.oes, participates io the un
: ualtowcd act. Tol.iod ts no more; era-'
i sed from tiie list ot nations, she is doomed
anew to a long slave ry.
Countrymt-ii!-—AAh.it can we expect
from the conqueror/ His rage and fury
vve leave already defied, and if an unex
pected effort of humanity should attempt
to spare oar sufferings, feelings of patriot
ism would be more deeply wounded than
they have ever been by every cruelty and
torture fortm ly devised to suppress them;
tor what,short oi the independence ol'Po
| land, can satisfy men who have sworn to
j die or her fr« edom !
Boles!—You have hitherto done ali
j 'hat lx. e.one a great and noble nation.—
' \on have spared no sacrifices to attain
; your great object; thousands of your brave j
brethren bave.already sealed with their j
j blood their great compact with Heaven to I
do* for their country. But if the sword of
I the enemy has spared our lives, let us re- j
memlMrtli.it we are bound to devote eve- j
rv boor that remains t > us to emulate the :
heroes that have fallen, and v. ho.-e honour!
and glory are our most sacred trust. No !
mdneement of fortune, rank, or interest j
shall betray us into an act unworthy of
our most solemn vovvs; these must he,
guarded ns spotless ns the name of Bole, j
wtiieli will henceforward he lelt to Eu- '
rope as that of patriotism and devotion.
Boles!—Let us leave that wretched [
J country, now no more our own, though j
| soaked with die best blood of her defend- j
• rs—lctus leave Europe, a heartless siac
! tutor of our struggle and our despair. A
iiierieii is the only country worthy of af
fording an asylum to men who have sa
erifned everv thing for freedom; there
j Boland will bo enshrined in our le-arts. Si
Heaven will perhaps bless our devotion.
Wooir. i *ei t|*,.
News was received here yesterday that
the fort re*} of Ztniose has Ktihrri'tted nt
discretion to the clcmcucy of ins Majesty
the Eruperor and King. The garrison
consists of 4-00 men.
It appears from a census lately taken,
that the iiiiinlu r ofthe inli.ibitauts of AA ar
savv is now 113,043, not including tin*
; persons who arrive daily. The populu
j turn has tin re l'ore b< eu diinin.shed >n the
j course ol this year by 25,000 —v >■/., 15,000
males and 10,000 f.m.ih s. Among t!ic
! present population arc 20,214 Jews; in
| she third quarter of tin* city they are most
j numerous, and exceed the l-hri-tinns.
The number of females now exceeds tin
males by 7,423.
Firm the •! as tugtrn Gluhe.
Dispatches and journals from Bogota
have been received at the Department of
Htate, from which it appears that the I’e
pubhc of Colombia has ceased to exist, A
that in its place we shall herealVr f;*:d cm
the.map of Bo*;th Ann rica, three se| .-
rate and independent States, v./,: Veee
/•ueia, Nevi Lratuula, anti the E ui.itor.
j On tin 20di ol October a (.'ouventson in, t
at Bogota fur the pur|>osi of setti-ug tin
future form of Government of New Lim -
ada. The Bresident ia his nildr, -* de
clares, that she I mon between the .ai.s
no loitgi r exists; and the. Minister of Fui
e*)gn Affairs, Alejandro Y elez, la-gins ins
j report by admitting that lorn year past,
the ndiiiimstratioii ret Bogota had oulv
j been acknowledged in New Grenada, and
I that it was iuntil, r proper nor convenient
i any Io ger to keep up a semblance of an
j thorny over countries w Inch had entire!*,
j secyded. However, he addresses his rc
j port to it, because, as lu-says, M.mswrs
| (min Foreign l owers still reniaiui and ae
\ credited to it, ami with it the agents in d;s-
I taut countries coiitmiiid to corn?-pond.
A'v .tli regard to ns lie sav>, “Brum the
! United North American States, vve cou
j to an* to receive proofs ofthe most atn;ca
bli lei lings. 4or the last th rev years n
; -Aiouster l. oni them, has resided in I.ogo
j ia, vviio has been indeed, the only official
i organ ol communication between the two
i Governments. The udiiunistralion ot
*L Bui var was by no means inclined
!.a keep ua a good umli rstautliiig with a
I nut .on having so much iidhu iice in Ann r
| c;t, and whose institutions were entire ly
opposed to those which he intended to fix
upon < olmiih.a; for this reason he recall
ed the Legation, which had been sent to
tVnshiHgtou, leaving merely u Consul
L to. ml to rejiort changes in commercial
proceedings. But now that public opin
ion and military force appear to have put
an t nd.to the aristocratic propensities of
certain military Chiefs who made all sub
sid.ary to ihtir amhituias view s, nothing is
more desirable than to strengthen the
bonds Ot union w ith so great and mag
nanimous a tuition. To this we are ur-
I ged not only by our immediate interests,
but by ihe consideration that those {States,
-are destined by their position and i -.flu
< .see, to counteract the policy of certain
European nations which are now using
every means to establish their despotic in
stitutions throughout this hemisphere.
“ The Government has accepted the
resignation of the late Consul General m
the States, and has appointed m his
place M. Domingo Acosta, a gentleman
ni every respect qualified for the office,
j and possessing the confidence of the Ex
: ecutive. Moreover as the said M. A cos
j t !, is willing to act as Charge d’Affairs
j with the salary assigned Itnii as Cohmil
General, he has received a commission to
| that effect, not only with the view of de
| inoiistratmg tiie high importance attached
| to Wie cultivation of friendship with the 1 .
| States, hut also, in order that vve may
I thfre have a defender against the attacks
j consiniilly made by our enemies.”
’} he Journals are of course divided iu
| their opinions. One party washes to mnk<
j any sacrifice rather than give up the
: hojU'S of re-union; another seems to haw
j abandoned tl.c idea entirely, and devotes
j its attention to the form of Government
to he adopted.
From a series of articles published in
the Gaeeta di Colombia, it would appeal*
that strong ideas had been entertained of
a Monarchy; while on the other hand, a
i vigorous attempt seems to be made to cn
| tu’i the power ofthe Clergy.
The disp! need Consul General is Mr.
Xaviesdi Medina, a gentleman of talents
anil education, who during his residence
in New-A ork, has acquired the esteem of
the inhabitants.
Nuvv-York, Dec. Iff.
Colombia. —By the brig Sea Nymph,
which arrived on Saturday from Cartha
trena, letters and papers have been recei
ved up to the'2Bth of October, inclusive.
Ihe Congress ol New Grenada was in
stalled in that city on the 20th, and a mes
sage was received from the Vice Presi
dent Culcedo on that day, winch is too
long for insertion at present, hut which
we shall publish hereafter. Senior Mar
quez was elected President of the Con
gress, Dr. Soto Vice President, mid Flor
entine Gonzalez, Secretary. A memori
al had been received from the militnrv,
requesting that they might be deprived of
the Flier. - : Mihtur, or privilege of exemp
tion from arrests, vvhicli lias been enjoyed
by the soldiers, clergy and others. This
voluntary application i* a favorable s go
for the progress of civil liberty in Colum
bia. There was little doubt entertained ;
that Gen. Santander would he elect'd j
President of the Republic. In the mean i
time, his Excellency Domingo Culcedo,
Vice President, and acting ns President,
had sent in his resignation, and « Pre>-
dent ad interim was to be iippo afed. It
was also believed that either Ob indoor I
Dr. Vincente Azuero, the present E fimr
of-the Gacetn, would be elected Vic •
President. Huroveie otopimou j»re irl*
among ail gentlemen. Gen. tSutit- j
i ander bad addressed a petitkm to Cor
j gress, pray ing Unit his trial might It p p.
j Imbed. A constitution v.as to be made
j for N*evv-Grmadii, winch is to be ii.ndc a
i tlurd or separate government, like those of
j Venezuela and l!.< Equador. I'lores v.ns
j m the me;*u tm e trying tt, make himself
master of the valley of Cnuea'and Popa
yan, and if it shouid he resolved to incor
porate Quito b.to iite state of New Gren
ada, it wan Id he necessary to put him
down by force. So sav* a correspond
ent of the Daily Ad verliicr. The ‘report
.'.fihe Seetu tary of Foreign Affairs, S.
Al. ja?*!'!> A,-] :. sjieaks .fav oredily ol ihe
amicable relations existing between Co
lombia on I these Flitted Bfates, which
Bn* ai ivtoci : :;e po'.ey oi Bolivian par
ty bad previ'.iislv prev nted.
Bogota, Oct. 10.— Hr. Ziivier Medina
having r-il:u;tiislied tiieeff.ee* of Consul
<re nerd oi Colombia in the United States
His Excellency the Vice 1 resident has
appointed to the said station Sr. Domin
go Acosta, and has at tl.c same time en
trusted him with die duties of Charge de
A nitres.
CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.
Some days since, a wo.thy and res
portable old gentleman, rtsiih: g r.ot far
from Ellieott’s Mills, ten miles fnun I’al
timore*. re i'M(-1 a I *tter ti lling him that
on or before a certain date, be must en
close "Off m a letter, addressed to R. L.
Baltimore Post (dm e, and threatei ing if
he and .and not do so, he should be put to
dent'!—the l< tter also informed him, that
should any one attempt to ascertain who
lit was that should call for the letter, he
j should cerinudy meet the same fate. ln
j formation ofthe receipt of this letter, to
j g« liter with the instrument itstlf, were
J given to the Chief Judgv ofthe. City court,
jv ho ; !«>yed Mr. loggs to ferret out the
j ovitti r. A letter was written directed to
; B. L.,n* and made to pass through the office
at Ellioott’s Mills, and Mr. R. put himself
on the watch. On YVedia sday, a well
J dressed very genteef looking man,, pre
sented himsi li at our Post Office and as
ked for ii letter directed to B. 1 . After
some questions on the part ofthe Clerk,
the letter was delivered, the postage paid,
and the person retired, putting it into hix
pricket. lie laid scarcely left the dour,
w hen he was accus ed hv Mr. Riggs, who
demanded his name, which was given,
alter some remarks sis to the nature of
the request from uu entire stranger. To
tins the officer replied 1 \ asking it he laid
no just taken out a letter tor li. i.., which
was answered m the affirmative. Mr. R.
tbiu asked if he knew who B. 1. was,
telling inni that lie must he conducted to
him.
The person staled that an individual
v*. horn he had met at the tavern had re
quested Inn:, as he was going dov-n street
to call at the Post Cilice and take out a.
letter vv Inch he would find address* and to
ll. which he I. :d one, but Imped he
would not be accountable fi r the letter, as
ne was a man of respectability, and re
ierred to severed persons of staudig to
w hom be was known, and with some of
whom he was connected. The officer
tofit Inin that it he could show him B. L.
it would be well, and that he would ac
company him in search ol’ him, but that
if be did not do so he should he put ia
prison. He then went w ith the person to
one ofthe he.-t taverns in the city, and as
st s waiting a long time for the real or pre
tended B. L., and having informed the
"Judge ol what had passed, conducted his
prisoner to jail. On Thursday morrmxr,
the gentleman who had been threatened
attended with some frit m's nt die Pity
court room, at Iff o’clock, A. M. when
j the examination was commenced, and
j liter some time, was postponed "until half
past 10 yesterday forenoon.—After due
del heration, the 'prisoner was released on
giving bad to appear before Baltimore
f'minty court, on the second Monday in
April next, 'i In* prisoner suspreted lias
hitherto stood high for integrity and cor
rect deportment, and is very respectably
| connected. 11 is present plnee of resi
dence is in Frederick county .where In has
enjoyed an extensive professional patron
age, but In* was formerly of Baltimore.
V. e' do not deem it proper at present to
give names.— Halt. Minerva.
From all appearances it is likely that a
revision of the tariff will he the great hu
s;ne.-‘- ol the present session of Congress.
1 lie movements of both Houses show that
this object is uppermost in the mindsof
both parties. The tariff partv appears
from flu* demonstrations already made,
to be desirous of reducing immediately
tin* duties on all articles which are not the
produce or manufacture of tlie country,
in order to preserve them on woollens,
cottons sugars, &.c. Clay ami Webster
iu the Senate, and Dearborn and others
in the House, have sufficiently developed
the policy th“ir party intend to pnrstr*
O i the other hand if ‘appears to he the
plan of the free trade party, and such of
the friends of a protecting policy us are
d'sposed t>> measure of conciliation, to
make a general revision of duties, and to
reduce the tariffthroiighoutto a scale which
will lie equitable and satisfactory. We
presume, therefore, that some plan of this
kind w II be prepared and presented by
•he pi nner committee in one or both hou
ses. \\ here all parties nri* m wiling to
(•nine ton consideration of tlm subject, it
e imint long lie postponed, and manv day*
wdl no' probable chip*'* after the bohdayf
before we shall le v** t'ot'gr* s deeply en
gaged in a deba'c ou the future eoiiuner
*• I policy of the country.—.V. Y.
Pouf. 1
• « ; w;r > of 2J,()i)ff ’Micsofly attended
th<* fuij.rul of Stephen G.rard.
