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mm WIL£,IAJI E * JOUGS. j Al’ttjp'A, «80., TUESDAY MOKAIAtt FEBKUAIiY 80, 1838. [Trl-weekly.]«Vol. II —IYo 9t . jar l, ' t '/-•?. —■ .> jjm^mm mm — iv • mMfi)AIL Y Till- WEEKL Y AND WEEKLY, At No. Broad Street. MM TERMS —Daily paper, Ten Dollars per nnnuir S' advance. Tri-weekly paper, nt Six Dollars i.i vance, or Seven at the end of the rear., Weekly . Three Dollars in advance or Four at the enil JPHf the year. •gSciIIU)NICLK ANirSH>m>ri^ mm au^hsta. ■*| Monday Morning, Fob. 10- I Orderof Celebration of Waihlnjtun’i M Birth Day, 22d Fob. 1838> W Committee appointed to make arrange- IHH meats for the celebration, have appointed Dr. 9m Pjui F. Ere, Marshal of the Day. >’lB A procession will be formed at half past 10 ■ o’clock, A. M. in front of the United Stales Hotel, and proceed to the Presbyterian Church, under --jH ,ha command of the Marshal of the Day, whey pm after Divine Service, the Farewell A® Washington will be lead by Dr. F. M. Ror>** r ‘ pEi soar, and an Addtcss suitable to the occasion, MA wilt be delivered by H. Kami tin, Esc The order of the Procession will as follows; St 1 Volunteer Corps. P|s 2 M Jor General and Staff! Wj 3 Brigadier General and Staff. M A Colonel of 10th Regiment and Staff, f 5 Officers of the Army and Navy. », 6 Orator and Reader. I 7 Reverend Clergy. I 8 Magistrates of the City and County. [ !) Medical Faculty and Student*. I 10 Citizens. f The Pews on the right and left of the centre *slc, near the pulpit, will be reserved for the Mil itary. The Authorities of the City and County, Rev Clergy, Medical Faculty and Students, and thti Citizens generally, are respectlully invited id join the procession in the above order. J B Wuxtß, Wm.F PsMßtnro*. G F Parish, G. Simmons. . F H o'osk.e, W.h. A. Kaijt. J.no W Scot, Jab. L. Wrait. Root. S. Dill, Committee. We learn by the New York papers that Sir John Colborne was to be sworn into office, as administrator of the government, on the 13th. Lord Gosford was to leave Quebec on the same R was believed that lie Would sail irom Boston in a frigate to be sent tor hiita from Hal ifax. The last detachment of the 34th regiment ar rived at Quebec, on the 6th inst., from Halifax. The N. Y. Com. Adv. of the Uih inst., says: —We have just received the Northern papers by the mail which left Albany yesterday. The -following is from the Buffalo Com. Adv. of Sat urday. Movements of the Patriots ——lnforma tion from an authentic source has been received here, that the scattered fragments of the Navy Islanders and Ohio patriots have eftecled a union in the neighboihood of the Black Swamp, with the intention ot pVtshing on through Michigan and crossing at sonic point on the St. Clair river into C'nada. It is understood thbt they have some arms, which have been giveh them by the people ot the country though which they have lately passed. They are ut.der the cdfifimußd of Adj. Gen. Mc- Leod. Van Rensselaer left here tor the West night hcfoic la=t. His intentions can easily be -surmised. The public may be assured lliit Gen. Brady, who is in command at Detroit, will take the Inosl active and efficient measures to prevent any violation of our neutrality, and will disarm any force which may attempt to march through \ Michigan with hostile intention toward Canada. To aid this olficer in the performance of his duties, 60 regulars, under command of Capt. Johnson, left this place last evening, for De troit, where it is expected they will arrive in 96 hours. [For the sake of peace and lire country, though not for that of the •‘patriots*’ themselves, it were to be wished that no obstacle might be thrown in their way, but that on the contrary every facility should be given them to invade the province. Their marching would be soon brought to a close.] Franklin’s Dirth Day was celebrated at Har risburg, by the Typographical Association of that place, on the 17th ult. Several bundled dollars ol specie were found ip the patriot army chest taken from the caplur ted schooner at Amherstburg, Lake Erie, and $5OO good bills. [FROM OUR COR RES FON UK XT.] WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. In Mta Senate to-day the following resolution* wsre offered, and agreed to : By Mr. ROBINSON : instructing the Com miuttSon Finance to inquire into the expediency «f so amending the tariff law of 1830, as to allow Slate# to import rail road iron free of duly. By Mr. KOANE : calling on the Secretary of Treasury for a report, with such detailed state ments of the accounts of collectors, receivers, and disburses of the public money; a» vrduld show who of teem had been defaulters, the amount of defalcation, Uy Ml. BENTON : calling on the Secretary of the War for the official report of Colonel T. a Taylor, concerning the battle of the 2oih De cember last, with the Florida Indians; Mr. BENTON entered into a detailed account Os the circumstances attending the above mens tioned battle, with a view to vindicate the Mis souri volunteers from any charge of poltroonry. The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill imposing additional duties as depositories on certain public officers, &c. The question being on Mr. Rives’ substitute for the bill: Mr. SMITH, of Conn., spoke till half past four, Jn support of the hill, and on various collateral subjects; when he had concluded, yfe On motion of Mr. CALHOUN, the Senate ad journed. Therefore, Mr. Calhoun has the floor for to-morrow, VO. In the House of Representatives, the journal pf yesterday's proceedings having been read— Mr. WISE remirked lhaf the erp 'be eu-rnd respecting ihe appearance of £#itnesB (jii'. M. L. Davis) at the liar of th sitn*. n ply staled, that the witness was w:t hout .1 *la ing the form of the oath adr'C <f L Now, y fet* witness was sworn hy tbj, ,0 ,e ll the truth, the whole truth, but the truth; - And, after having been f %Jr n ’ wAa not *l' lowed, though profess'. to do so, to tell the whole ln> rjr Mr, W. moved jr* the journal so amended as to state the a » lhe y occurred. ‘ The Speak explained that he had pur sued the pr, rjf*- * n * uc h cases, in admlnister - 0k that the oath administered, though ay* l * l * n chief, was an oath based Up6n the pr y^ in S a °f the kouso which had taken ) |,| ac ymd had direct reference and relation thcre > \y r /}\x. WISE said he presumed that no one here /woulddeny that the oath administered to the wit ness was to tell the truth, the -whole truth, and nothing hut the truth, in the matter then depend, ing. All that Mr. W. wanted was, that the journal, which purports to be a record of facts, shall stale the facts truly. What objection any gentleman could have to tell, before God and the country, the truth of what passed yesterday, he could not conceive. He wished to know whether answers of the witness to the interrogatories weie slated on the face of the journal The Speaker stated that the answers to the interrogatories propounded', were not recorded on the journal, and in this respect the Clerk had act cd according to precedents in this House, and according to the parliamentary law, which he re ferred to in Jefferson’s Manual. Mr. WISE moved to amend the journal, fur ther, so as td include the answers to the interro gatories, as well to make the record coiiform to the 'fief, as preparatory to a further motion which he proposed to submit, (understood to refer to a proposition to transmit to the Senate a transcript of that part of the journal;) and at the desire ot the Speaker, he committed to writing his motion fur amendment. Mr. CUSHMAN moved Ihdt the motion to amend the journal do lie on the table: and The motion was agreed to. So Mr. Wise’s motions was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. BOON then moved to amend the journal by striking out thereof the entry of Mr. Davis denial of the authority of the House to require of him whether or not he was the author of the letter; which reply he believed had been inad vertently permitted by the House to be deceived for entry on the journal. The SPEAKER slated that he had not been without consideration and examination, that this entry had been made upon the journal, the Spea ker considering it to be justified and required by the general consent (no objection having been heard) when jibe request was triadb; Mr. DROMGOOLE protested, for one,against silence on his part, being considered as an assent to any such proposition. Mr. WISE inquired of gentlemen whether they proposed that this House should “expunge” its journal, black marks around or cross ill He hoped, he said, we should not have another ex punging scene litre. The country has had enurgh of expunging. Already the journal did not tell all the truth; but, in the name of he hoped tile House would not expunge bd much of it as it did contain. Mr. BOON said that it must bo admitted that it would be quite as proper lo amend the journal by striking out a pail of it,as to do so by adding as had been proposed, by the gentleman himself, wbftt was not now contained in it. Mr. RIVES suppdited the amendment; Mr'. Wise icjoined; and Mr. Turney spoke in support of it 1 , when Mr. GRIFF IN, desiring to pul an end to a discussion which He considered unprofitable, moved to lay this motion also dri the table. This motion was determined in the affirmative by yeas and nays—lo 4 to 79. So Mr. Boons ■nuiion was ordered to lie oil the table. On molioii ot Mr. HENRY, the House then determined, by a vote of more than two-thirds of the members present, to suspend all other busi ness to allow of the presentation of petitions. And in the presentation of petitions, and ques tions concerning the reference of them, the whole of the remainder of this days silling was spent. The House adjourned dt 6 o’clock. M. From the N. Y. Commercial Ado Ftb. 14. Specie.—Half dollars, 3j a 4 premium ; sove reigns, $9,08 asked: Theasuut Notes —i discount a i premium. Five per cent notes ja j premium, bales ois(i,- 000 at g, and $3,000 at i do. Futrox Bask, Bostox.—The Boston Cour ier of Monday says—“ The hills of the Fulton Bank, Boston, have not been received by the Suf folk Bank for two days, but we learn that lhey arc redeemed at the New England Bank, and at their own counter.” Sales of stocks at Philadelphia,—S shares Planters Bank, Tenn., 95 ; 15 do 90. From lha Sew York Evening Sidr. JVVw Unit Hoad and Strath Iloat Haute to Charleston. —Bvet£ means which cdti facilitate speedy intercourse between the Nortli a'Hd Char leston city, is desirable. The loss of life by ihc steam packets has been appalling, and per sons have generally made up their minds that il is far belter id lake an inland route by the Chesapeake bay and rail roads froiti Portsmouth fVa.) if it ho possible to have one. We are therefore much pleased lo learn from the Wil mington, (N. C.) Advertiser, that the spirited citizens of that prosperous seaport propose that the rail road now being constructed from the Roanoke lo Wilmington, he extended southerly to the Waccamaw liver. The face of the coun try is level and admirably adapted for it, and with abundance of material* on the aoil, and with but few streams. g-y The following facts are still more impor tanl: ‘•From Wilmington to Red Bluff is 45 miles. At that point, ten feel of water can be carried at all limes, and there is a tide of two feet. Thence to Charleston through Winyaw Bay, is not, more than six or scvAn hoitrs_ for a sterrn boat’ “The time outside, however, will not exceed two or three hours. This is a very imports' consideration.” Thus there would he hut 'two or three 1 ors coast-steaming the whole distance iron* New York to Charleston. Ne\V- Musical Instiiumext. —Cottervini, of Milan, has invited a new wind instrument. It is called Glycihatisond, is in the form of the Bas soon, and its tones are said to hsar a close resem blance to those of the human voice. From the A r . Y. ])aibj 'Express. New York tiiihti teaks aoo.— Sailors Snug' Waiver.—The rounds from 6th to 10th strefcl, west of the Bowery to the 6th Avertjfte, now embracing Waverly Place on the sioVth sidh of Washington square, Bth, 9lh and lOlii streets, Broadway, Merser and Wooster streets, 1 which arc nearly covered with cosily and splen i did buildings, was all a hilly, sandy held, owned by Caps. I)avid Randall, who called 5i then the “Sailors Snug Harbor ” —was worth, Jiiohahly, in 1807, not over ten thousand dollars. This 1 properly was left by Capt. Randall for the tene ' til of aged and worn out seamen, who were to I find a home for life. The property is now leased out, and yields a revenue of not much short of 50 thousand dollars, and which in a few years will be trebled, if not quadrupled. Out of this ' fund a large, spacious, and in fact elegant build ing has been erected on States Island where, un , det the immediate management of Captain John Whitten, one of Neptune’s noblest sons, filly or ’ more superannuated Musters, Mates, and tea men, have found a comfortable home for the t remainder of their days. This is probably one | of the most useful bequests that has ever been made by man- In a very few years the funds will be sufiicient to afford a home for every worn 1 out and disub cd seaman in this cdhntry.— i The charity is more valuable, as it has no • respect to pcrsdinf. There is a singular I anecdote connected with this charity, that dev serves to be mentioned here.—lt is said Captain Randall, who was a Bachelor, and one of (ho most atmablfcirid brSt of men, was of a hasty disposition. While lying in the harbour of Ha vana he struck one of bis men villi a stick,which caused his death, — preyed upon his mind ever after, and as a reparation he de termined to g' ve all his properly to some charily. —Providentially he selected and planned such a charily as we have described. Distant heirs,and among the principal Bishop Ingles, of Halifax, have endeavored to set aside the will and to ap propriate the property to their own use, —but altera vexatious litigation,our highest tribunals have declared ils validity. Packets. —In 1807 and 1808 there were no packets to foreign ports. Ships in the trade be twcerl this country and Europe, performed their voyages at such times as best Suited the conveni ence of their owners; frequently, during the wars of Bonajitlrio, when that great Captain was subjugating kingdom after kingdom, ai.d when news was looked fur with intense interest, we were frequently 80 and 90 days without any. All waler communication between this city and Alba ny, New Haven and Providence, was carried on in sloops. A trip to either of those places fre quently occupied a week. The e were then no packets between this and New Orleans. About this period Mr’. Fullon began his experiments on live HudfibH, And completed the old North River Steam Boat, which went to Albany in about twenty-eight hours—a pciformance that exchcd the astonishment of the whole country. Then not a steamboat floated un the great lakes, nor any river in our country. The change that has been wrought since that period; by the estab lishment of fine JiSckets to Lolidon; Liverpool, Havana, New Orleans and other placbs, and the introduction of steamboats, can hirdly be realised* Truly an extraordinary revolution lias been es fected. Fiem the Hurlfor /iegisler, Jan. If. INQUIRY UK AN ORPHAN FOR HER LOST FATHER. The following letter, written by a little or phan girl, speaks tor itself. It appeared in the Southern ReligiouS Telegraph. Wake \ iLf irit!, Oct. 13, 1837. From 11. P. Hillings. —I liave learned by my geography that, the Southern people ore very hospitable to travellers. 1 often express a wish to my teacher that I could gm to Vir ginia, and invite some of these kind people to help me find my dear, dear father. Since it is not now proper that 1 should go, she says that 1 may write u letter anil send to tho ktrid people m Virginia, and ask them to make such inquiries, or use such means for me, us their little girls would like to have used if they had a loved father lost. My father’s name is Daniel Billings. Pour years ago, when I was not quite half as old as 1 nowani, he told me he was going to Virgi nia. 1 cried very much, and said, ‘don’t go off, father, I do love you belter than any bo dy else since my dear mother is dead and put in the cold grave! 1 remember how he wept when he prayed by my side the last time— he said, ‘O God, bless my little daughter, and spare our lives to see each other again. When he kissed me the last lime his tears fell on my cheeks, and he could hardly say, •it is best for me to go now, but I will come back iigitui.’ O, my dear lather, why don’t he come/ Graridmo.her says, perhaps lie is sick or deranged so he has not wrote to its | more than two years. O, will not somebody , tell me it he is sick ? orj if he is dead, where , is his grave! He told me When 1 went to my , mother’s grave, that I must think her spirit. ( m heaven with God and the Lamb? I slo | want to know if ray lather is there 100. i Will not some good people in Virginia - write to me something about my falhei—iiiid i I will daily pray lb ilijr heavenly Father to , biesa all those tbhu pity and befriend me a i lonely orphan. HARRIETF. BILLINGS , The friends of humanity at the South will • please ncftice the above, penned by the ‘lonely i orphan,’ only chi d of Daniel Billings, who i left. B-irre, Mass, about four years since, as « an agent for selling patent Sarsaparilla Mead, I at Richmond city. Va. Being un.-uccesstul in r that enterpnze. lie undertook to build a tna- I chine lor shoeing rails upon the rail-road; and v about two years since, he was engaged as en ■ • gineer on the Richmond and Fredericksburg •' rail-road, s.uce which tune ho has not been b heard of by his friends at ibe North. They tear all i» not well with him, and are wailing P with anxious solicitude to leant the result. 1 Any communications concerning him left “ with the Editor, addressed to Isaac T. Babbit, 1 Barre, (Mass.) will bo gratefully received. ISAAC T. BABBIT. The exquisite pathos and simplicity ofthc Orphan’s cry, cannot fail to stir the deepest sympathies of every feeling and uusoplnslica- led heart. I If the world contains the lost parent, or the v earth covers Ins remains, she will surely find ( hun out, or learn where is Ins grave. i The winds of Heaven shall waft her lender j appeal, and the ktnd-y angels cf the press B spiead the language of her earnest prayet to e 'I II ill ,1 1.11 ibe remotest corners ol our land. Anil miiy He who liearelh the "young ravens when they cry, soon send glad tuliinvs to lighten her soli tary heart. The circumstance would aftbrd an admira ble '.heme for Mrs. Sigourney's sweet muse, [from the llrpisler, Jan 27. J MRS. SIGOURNEY'S ECHO TO THE ORPHAN’S CUX.. . Our readers may remember that we publish ed on I tic? Either this month an article enti tled The Orphan's Cry, with a hasty remark or two of our own attached, among which was a suggestion that the circumstance Would af ford an admirable theme for Mrs. Sigourney’* sweet nYdse. Tpe suggestion was not lost. , We have just received, the following response which wo publish with unfeigned pleasure. We know not whfch must to admire, tho true simplicity and pathos df the poetry or the inat mt readiness of the distiu euiihcd milhor to follow out even the humblest indication that points towards a work of hurnan i‘y- Wc say now wi'h still greater confidence than before, the Orphan shall hear tidings of her Fath er, living or dead'. To the Editor of the Chrlalinn Urrahl: Hinnonii, Jan. 23J, 1838. Rev. and dear Sir:—The suggestion with which you closed your beautiful remarks upon the Or phan's cry for her Father, you will sec by what follows, has been improved by the sweet singer ol our city. A friend of mine sent that No. of your paper to Mrs. Sigourney, received in return the beautiful stanzas, which, with Mis. Sigour ney’s permission, I now enclose to you. 1 think you will agree with me that they are two beauti ful to be kept from the public eye, especially as they will help to give a wider echo to the plain tive voice of the orphan. Respectfully yours, C. D. For the liegister~and Observer, tii k rniLti nr sr. Anew or lira r atm cm They say I was but four years old, When father went away, Yet I have never seen his face, Since that sad, parting day. He went, where brighter flowerets grow, Beneath Virginia skies, Dear Teacher, show me on your map, Where that far countries lies. I beg’d him‘Father do not go!] For since my moiher died I love no one so well as you And clinging to his aide, The tears came guishtnj!; down my cheeks Until my eyes wer dim; Some, were in sorrow for the dead, And some in love for llira. He knelt, and pray’d of God above, ‘My little daughter spare, And till we both shall wcel again; Oh keep her in thy care,’ He docs not come!—l watch for him, At evening twilight grey, Till every shadow wears his shape, Along the grassy way. 1 muse ami listen nil alone, When stormy winds are high, And think I hear his lender lone. And call, but no reply; And so I’ve done these four long years, Within a lonely home, Yet every dream of hope is vain— Why don’t my father cornel—- Father, —dear father are you sick Upon a stranger shore! Giandmolher says it must be so, — O, write to us once more, And let your little daughter come, To smdoth your restless bed. And Hol'd the cordial your lips, A fid press your Helling head. Alas!—l fear rne he is dead— Who will my trouble share! Or tell mo where his form is laid, And let mo travel there'! By Mother’s tomb 1 love to sit Whore the green branches wave, Good people!—help an oiphanchild To find her fathers grave. Miutabt Glout.—The rolling drum, the nulling trumpet, the nodding plume, the waving banner, the bristling bayonet, and the heavy ordnance, will roll you the eyes of the varieal poltroon with heroic ecslacy, even in a lime of confirmed peace; judge then of the real ginooine crack and bullet of a regular engagement must have thrilled the blood in the dusty veins of my old friend Josh—yes, Josh, for that was the name of a hero Col. Hunks, us he was called by the men, for no perticular reason as I eould learn, save that nicknaming superior officers is an ab stract part of the military discipline omitted in the‘articles of w.ir.’ Col. Hunks commanded a detachment of cavalry on art ckpidiiion against the Indians in one of our Florida frolicks, when the enemy ‘bushed’ and m.der cover ol the ad vantage picked off some ofonr best men. “By the mountains tyf Mains,*’ swore thb Coldhel, “this won’t do. Company dismount,” he bellowed in a voice of thunder; “every seventh man hold seven horses, tile rest prepare for the bush and follow me,” and in an,instant (he lliick wood was rever berating with the gallant cheers of a determined troop; The green leaves concealed what the !)iiick report and the clashing steel gave note what was going on. Josh eould’t stand it; his dander rls at every crack; at lii-t, drawing His pistols horn the holster, he bid the horsed go to the devil, and bounded into tiro fray. The woik was presently done, and,the U.S: victorious. On ( the return of llie parly, the Colonel’s horse, one . of the seven entrusted to the cate of Josh, was j amongst the missing. j “Josh,” sung oat the Colonel, with such ener- j gv that a rock about half a mile ofl echoed ( “Josh!” And Josh appeared, with his face he- f g rimmed like that o( a powder monkey .and bleed- j ir.g on the temple from a slight blow from a tom ahawk. “Hero um 1 Kurnel —/,ord you needn’t holler so, yon must ha’ thought I was in the ( mountings of Maine.” “Rascal wherfe' dfe the horses!” “Awfully scorched, if they went s where I told ’em to go.” “You scoundrel ” « Corporal—Kurnel —Corporal,dont promotion rne too far at oh’cfc,' Interrupted Josh, fperlending to believe that he was about to bo rewarded for the 1 heroic exploit in which he had “hrokeduly” to 1 participate. “You and 1 arc townsmen I be- lieve,” said the Colonel, with cool anger, “and <] arc you not ashamed to disgrace your native vil- c lage by mutiny in the ranks.’ “Well, I know it c ainl exactly according to law to disobey orders in c no case, but look here Kurnel,” sard Josh, with a c look full of meaning, “when you go to our town s ihe gals will all say, “Oh Kurnel, tell us where you Was in that ’ere skrirumage.” And then 1 you’ll say “Mel O, I was in the hush, killing In gens, certainly.” And (hen the gals will say, and where was Josh, Kurnel! and you’d say, ‘Josh 1 J O, Josh, let me see—Josh ; ah, ho was holding the horses’ No, I’ll bo hanged if you shall— , I’ll catch ’em though,” and he was off like the skip of a Ilea, while tho Colonel turned away to j conceal a laugh.— Balt-Trane, |, huui lhiNfw Yurie American. i There i« delicacy, poetry, and true affection, in the following lines: TO S. T. P. air Litci. t. w. patten, it. a. aiimt. “Shadows and clouda uro o’er me. Thou ait not here, my bride; 'J'hc billows dash before me, Which bear rne from Ihy inks. On lowering waves benighted, Dim let the weary day; Thou art not here my plighted, To slide the storm away,” Where nymphs of Ocean slumber; I strike the measur'd staVcf M ith wild and mournful number, To charm the wandering w ave. Hark! to (he words of sorrow Along the fading main! “Tis night—-but w;ll the morrow HestoVe'tliat smile again!” “ ’Mid curtain’d 'dreams descending'. Thy gentle form 1 trace; I Dimly with shadows blending, 1 guzc upon thy lace; Thy voice conics o’er rne gladly, | Thy hand is on my brow; I wake—the wove roars madly, Ilencalti thu plunging prow'. “Speed on thou surging billow; O’er Ocean speed away! And bear unto her pillow The burden of rny lay. Invest her visions brightly, With passion’# murdefed word. And bid her bless biii'i nightly,— Him ol the lute and sword. •‘And her of dreams unclouded, With tongue ol lisping tale; Whoso eye 1 left soft fdVrouded, ’Neath slumber’s misty veil; When morn at length discloses The smile I may not sec, Dear to her cheek of roses A Father’s kiss for me.” Gulmverana. —Lying is a bail practice ot best, but there is a spades of sportive •white lie,’ winch when well managed, has an‘car kissing’ in it that is (pine delightful. Gulliver’s talents in this line Iras seldom been approached. Whether in Lilliput or Brod dignag, lie never forgets himself. The keep ing of every thing is admirable; and if any one deems such sceptical relations any easy matter, let him try to ftUstaitt a kindred spe cinien, til AH ltd parts. He ftiust have the eye of a painter, and be well versed in the management of contrasts to succeed at all in the undertaking. By the way, that was a good story of a man travelling in a stage coach, who had boon listening an hour or more to the marvelous talcs of personal ad venture, told by two inflated bucks from the city. My uncle, said he,‘had three children; my father had the same iiUttiber; nil hoys Therti tVaa some properly in dispute between the families, and after a protracted quarrel, it was agreed that the question should he de cided by combat between the six sons. My oldest brother fought first, mid lift ajitago nisi was mortally wounded and carried olf; my nc&l oldest cousin was successful in slay imr the brother next before me, and it was wall great tribulation that I took my position in front of my youngest cousin. 1 fired, and , Mere was a pause fur a moment; |nnd aqvxcitcdcockneys eagerly inquired, ‘Well, wiml was tlie result!' ‘Why, I was killed dead on the spoil' was the reply; ‘my adversa ry’s bullet pierced my Heart, and I expired without n groan! My murderer became pos sessed of the property in dispute, which lie soon dissipated and is now a mountebank conjuror. It was only yesterday that I saw him at his tricks in a little village thiough which we pnased. He placed a Jadder in the open streets, its top in the air, and when I lost sight of him, as the stage wheeled away, he find reached, the uppermost round and was drawing the ladder after him!’ Tne | town bred Muuchausons reserved their mar- i vela during the remainder of the journey: I A Snake Story. —A curious fact wlft re- < luted some lime since by Dr Anslein, prtifes- 1 sor of natural history at Turin. A snake in ' lialy, the colubar nalrix of Linnteus, is well known to be extremely (bad of milk; and the Italian peasants pretends Ihat it makes its way into dairies to gratify its inclination.— They even assert that it is sometimes found , entwined around tlib legs of cowS; drawing milk from their teals! Os tfiiii (itcl lie. An- f slem himself bad an opportunity tince of be- < mg an eye witness. IJo says: 1 “Walking iis tlsual otic morning on the 1 road tailed the park, bordered by pastures t , containing a great number of sheep ami horned cattle, i observed nn old bbt vigorous ° cow, sepehitfi from the olhcfs, mid lowing, with her head raised in the oif, her ears erect, and shaking her tail. Surprised at the noise she tnude 1 sealed myself on the hunk of a stream, and followed her; wherever she went with my eyes. Afler running fur some min- _ utes, she suddenly slopped in a sequestered spot, and began to niminttle. Inquisitive to discover the cause, I went lb the place. Afcr going ini!) a pond to drink, elie came out ’ and wailed on the brink for a black Analfo, th which crept from among tfie bushes, npproa- m died her, entwined himself ttfbund her legs, and began to stick her milk. 1 observed, tins phenomenon two successive days, without in- A t inning the herdsman. The th rd day I in- K fonfieiflii In' of if, and he told me that for sonic tune the cow kicked at the approach of her calf, and that, she could not, without difficulty be compelled to sudor it to suck.—We took away the snake, which we killed. On the / succeeding day, the cow, afler in vain waiting w for her suckling, ran about the meadow in tii such a manner that thejierdsmuii was obli- »-■ god to shut her up.” Munden, the well known English coined- £ ian, was distinguished for his illiberalily and meanness among his theatrical cornrades, j, who have ever been noted for the opposite qualities. As a mark of respect for ihcir celebrated companion, Kean, the Drury Laue 1 company proposed to compliment the irago- m dian witli a handsome piece of plate, to be ea contributed among themselves. “Munden,” 1,1 said one of the party, “Wc want your mite." ,<J “II I were a widow, mv boy,' you should - haven.”., 1 “We vinht your name on our list, Munden.” “If it’s my autograph you wish, you shall *' have it. and welcome,” “No! we want your cfAvtrihui ion to the cup lc wc are about to give to Kean.’’ •' “Sir!” said the penurious jester, “you may, £ if you' like, cup Mr. Kean, but I’ll be if you bleed me.” A Shifwrkck.— Ah! that was a scene— wcn.y miles out at sea on the lake-storm burn tn upon the deck-,he waves like mad tailor., making breeches over me continually—the light ntng burst,„ over her and hissing under water be clouds meeting the earth-, he land just over the lee bow—every mast in splinters— every sail in rags—women scrcetching—farmers’ wives emi grating to the weal, calling for their husbands— and graves yawing all around!—A good many was dreadfully sick; and one man, after casting forth every thing besides, with a violent retch irew up Ins boots. Oh, gentleman it was awful. . t length came the last and destructive billow. “- in the left side, in the neighborhood of tho poop, and all at once I felt something under a breaking away. Tlie vessel was parting. One half of the crow was drown- Ih.„ P T M!,IBC ? W “* « )ra y' n « anJ commending themselves,o heaven. I alone escaped the doom. A nil how did you mlnkgo to redeem yourself frorndeatrucl.on? was the general inquiry. 'Vhy, gentlemen, the fact is. I saw how things was gout, and I took my hat and inent ut/iore. Hap.' rap .'ran ! knocked an honest Hiber , n,r - n > ‘ne other night, at tlia door of a cit, wlitcl, alter pjrpniug the window, as ed what s the matter] “Ur; amy," says l>nt. “it t you, blit your neiohbor’s house a fire— h'j «no *,locker, and I’ve borrowed youra a IkISH Ml'OTAt lON from SIIAKSPEARE An Irishman complaining to orio of Ins eat. p oyers that lie had been slandered as fond 0 tV i.skey, added—" There’s nauthen I’d punish worse nor defamation. He as steela my money, (ilmt’ d !) steals mere tliuinprec,- hut him As gets hold of my charac ter, robs me of what’s no use so him at ail. and what would 1 do viddout it J” tOWMloutiAi;. CHARI.KHTON MARKET. FER. 17 ~ > ollon. Received since our lust tu yesterday B’ii r 7‘l'.'fl ‘" I'Vr r’ 7 ,';. b “ ,e * Island, and K.-I7 ha Inn of Upland Cotton Cleared in lha .am. land I- 6 ,* U3U hales oflp land l otion On sh/p ho ird, not cleared 356 bales :;‘,' eU “ l; "," J nm HS, -> of Upland Cotton— -1 besnlcs have been 451 halo, „| Llplau.l at Iron, ii lo *" ‘ oll « Uotton, 307. halos of So* li 40* I*4 n ,n, .m loa,,c f. nl Mnd upwards, lo Maine* if o, !! ni " ! ' l | lll « qpabty Santee, 2* and 17 Slain foo weet L° . Mn ®- woolliernuring* mosiof , .r k l,w !' J«r unfnvomhlo tor out dear hll»l»pss, that and the Want of ..hipping has retar ded operations. The market has, however way i cent since our la,t weekly report in ,R U*- scnption, of Uplands, and closes very heavily _-.i V f . MARRKT, FEB 17 ~*; CT r ,N T^ rr,ved *i'i p o the Uth inat IOSINInI UR|«nd, and 7i bales Sea la|ti,diand clearedli .1 sometime., f.’J3I bales upla'id- Wi»i . . c‘ h * hand inclusive ol oil on ship hoard not V l,K!k 0,1 the lid. ms. 31665 sea island, Since our Inst review the ,1; ,* r inlelhgence from Liverpool to the l, t „u P ! ° f - i.decline in American o.f li t * r H t T'nf 0 heavier stock in tho port, than wore has caused a reaction in tho general f- i.T. ’ this market, and n decline in prices oif | r ’ but*!" Which .O der, probably would not have submitted had not the increasing scarcity of vtssels ,n«d„ cod a I,ml,er enhancement in the rate, of (WhT «t(d Uiooxchnug,, on London having a downward wrek *tos —t-—:• HAVANA MARKET, FKII, f. “Within a few days past several cargos* *f nitUl V V r F«-t n C T’ amJ "* erß re,n »i„* about 1000 casks liHSoldJ the rates may be quoted at 1 V", , 1 h f “"f’P'y *’y uo means abund ant, but dealers buy cautiously. Cofll c con tin uos in brisk demand, Irom 9 . lot. AfoUs,*. we are glad lo say, U declining. Whim sugar’ rived!’ ' llO L hUU “’ fr ‘ ,m Char| Mtoi,, ha. ar- AIVI> Dlrrii a “u2rs trss HI..HCH high, /.mil ~1 brick laid in i„. ..“P plastered neatly inside, to rest on u’srnim. lion, ill, least four fogt high, il, e /bee of ihe’stou* liuwn. Ihw liunt Miimorictf |«v tu.. ■ i ■ column., and the H.scent io g r «ni e stepj* Th* building to be cotbplcled within 211 months' from the dale ol contract, and on failure to comply the contractor to forle.i the w„rk time. Thebrick ol the presentcpiirt house tube taken lit a fair vul and oil ltd Internal regulations. <OUfl r °°"* i uyini'iiis to 1)0 made as 10/lows The contractor o? n . rt T'" ! ' V ">« Justices of the rq. ™' W,y ' U,r " ,e '“"ldirl jierfor 'l 1 1 I I 11 . 1 “’ll—one third a I vai/ced ai l .e liine ot co, oracling,. one third payable when the h, Hiding is roofed jn, and the balance on the completion ol ihe work J’luns and specifications may be seen at the rflite of the clerk ol the inferior court HulUrlToN If IlKT'i’tdN, JOHN -V THOMAS, KTHEECHER, W.tl S KOC’KWELf,, Eel) if .so„ JU ' liC * LAW \()TK i;. JOHN R. DI'KU, Attorney at Law, aiomicEi.i.o, Georgia. I*7" lU. practice in the counties of Jasper, Jones, 1 utnoni, 5/organ, Green and ,fja(dwin, of be Ocrnnlgeo Circuit ; and Monroe, Bulls, Henry nd New ton of the I‘lnn Circuit. 7 r’cfcrctice.s. Augusta. ’ ,,l j 'Y"l; V^n't 1, ■ i^ d W’ B,ick| y <»* Co , . v AVi u York. .mall. Mills & Co. Baker, Johnson Sc. Co. jnn )J 3mtw—lo , AOTICTi. \ E’L pornorv, having demands against the estate *T Aar,,n Mam, lute of Burke county, dee d MM present them duly nticstod within ths imo prescribed bylaw; and those indebted lo anl oatate v\ ill mnl\« pnyment to L(; KiKKLAMU,Acimr. . Jn “ iC ' . „ 21wl< I with the will ahei’d. \ L ,V having claims MtitUt th« MjStoTl - A. Hebecea Birch, lute of Un hmond county, d< - mtnl.er 'r eb .\ "°\ lM lo them to mv u y olltsltd, within the lime prescribed by law. Ja “" 1 L I.CItCH, adm’r. |V’ OTICK.—Persons indehlcd to thl estate of ' - v lhe. Into .Mark Dnsabnyc are requested^* nakc immediale payment, and those to WlWm ih« istato is indebted will render in their accounts iropuny attested within the time ( r.scnh«,lbv law o CEU. VV. EVANS, Adm r <t 7'rus'o. Burke county, Jan. 19 15 WILL he told on the first Tuesday in Mr.y i.cxt, lietore the court-hiiiso dour,in Jacbton wro’ between the usual hours of sale, the following jropeny, lo wit: a negro woman by the name of nty and her two children I’elur and Henry, bo onz ng to the estate of Ally Aim Gross. ■*—nrud ; told agreeable to an order of the honorable rhs in crior court of Sen ven county, lor tbo benefit ol the lens of said dcccused. JA.I/ES r THOMPSON, sd.n’r Feb sth, 1839 wid