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* WILLIAM E. JOiHES. AUGUSTA, «EO., SATURDAY Ifl€)Rl¥i:v« MAY US, SBJJS. [Trj-wcckSy.j-VoJ. 11.-No 57. Published DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY AND V\ LUCIA , M jVo. Jiroail Street. Terms. —Daily papci, Ten Dollars per annum in advance. Tri-weekly paper,m Six Dollars.ii udvar.ee or seven at the end of too )Par. eeK paper, three dollars in advance, or lour at the end of the year. The Ebitors and Proprietors in tins city have adopted the following regulations : 1. After the.-Ist day ol July next no subscrip tions will he received, oul ol the, city, Uiucss paid in advance, or a city reference given, unless the name he forwarded by an agonlol the paper. 2. Alter that date, we will publish a list of those who are one year or mote in arrears, m order to let them know how their accounts stand, and all those so published, who do not pay up their ar rears by the Ist of Jan. 1539, will he strike,, oil ihe subscription list, and their names, residences, mid the amount they owe, publish ed until Mi lled, the account will be published, paid , which will an swer as a receipt. 3. No subscription will bo allowed to remain unpaid, after the Ist day of January .1839, more than one year; hut the namo will be stnken oft iho list, and published as above, together with the amount duo. , , 4. From and after this date, whenever a subscri ber, who is in arrears, shall be returned by a post master ns having removed, or reluses to take Ins ; paper out of tho post office, his name shall be pub lished, together with bis residence, the probable place he has removed to, and tho amount due; and when a subscriber liimsell orders Ins paper discon tinued, and requests ids account to lie forwarded, the same shall be lortliwiih forwarded, anl unless, paid up within a reasonable umo (the facilities ol the mails being taken into consideration, and tho distance of bis residence from this place) Ins name, and the amount due, shall ho published as above. 5. Advertisements will he insetted at Charier ton prices, with thisdifference, that the li st icsoition will be 7b cents, instead of 6b cents persquateol twelve lines. , ~ (5. Advertisements intended for the country,should b« marked ‘inside,’ which will also sccmo their insertion each lime in the inside ol the city paper, W and will be c harged at llio rate of 7octs per square lot the first insertion, and fib cents lor each subse quent insertion. 11 not marked‘inside,’ they will he placed in any part of the paper, alter the first insertion, to suit the convenience of the pulitisli ’r, and charged at tue rate of 7b cents lor the first in sertion, and 43} cents lur cadi subsequent inser tion. 7 ■ All Advcitiscments not limited, will be pub lished in every paper until forbid, and charged ac cording to the above rates 8. Legal Advertisements will he published as follows per square: Admr’s and Executors solo of Land or Negroes, GO days, Sb 00 Do do Personal Property, 40 ds. 32b Notice to Debtors and Crs, weekly, 40 ds. 32b Citation for Letters, 1 00 do do Di-misory, monthly Cme. bOO Four month Notice, monthly, 4 mo. 4 00 Should any ol the above exceed a square, they will he charged in proportion. 9. From and alter the first day of Jan. 1839, n» yearly contracts, except lor specific advertise ments, will b« entered into. 10. We will bo responsible to other papers for all advertisemon.s ordered through ours to be copied by I ham, and if advertisements copied by us Irom other papers will be charged to the office Irom which the request is made lo copy, and will receive pay lor the same, according to their rales, and bo responsible according to our own. 11. Advertisements sent lo ns from a distance, ‘with an order to ho copied by oi her papers, must be accompanied wilb the cash to the amount it is desired ihey should bo published in ouch paper, or a responsible reference. CMRONICU'-; AND SENTINEL. All*.! SI S’s'A. Friday Morning) ftlwy ll* In a publication by Iho Mayor of Charleston, in the Courier of that city, on Wednesday, anil copied into the Mercury of yesterday, it is stated that (ho sum of “two thousand four hundred and fourteen dollars” had been forwarded from this place, collected in contributions by the dozens. This is an error. It should be FOUR thousand four hundred and fourteen dollars. We trust that a proper correction will he made by tho Editors of those papers. The intelligence, conveyed in the following ar ticle Irorn the express mail slip of the New Or leans Picayune of May Glli (Sunday last) is of the most cheering and gs Uifying character. Mis sissippi has been true to hcrscll—she has signal ly rebuked the parasites of power who attempted to dictate to her who should be her represents l lives in Congress, and nobly vindicated her vio lated rights ! PRENTISS, the fearless, inde pendent, and eloquent champion of her constitu tion, laws, and sovereignty, is returned by a tri umphant majority. So is his colleague, Mr. Word. How small Mr Speaker Polk will feel when ho. sees the faces of these two gentlemen, whom he, for jioor party purposes, voted out of their lawful seats in Congress ! And what will the Globe and the Administiation papers in the South say I All the recent victories of Iho opposition in the Northern and Eastern Stales have'bccn attributed lo a coalition of the Whigs and Abolitionists. What will they say to Mississippi I Is she too infected wilb aboli tionism I What olsb of Virginia! Look at the tremendous change there ! Have the Whigs of Vi r gi n iu too, had assistance from the Abolition ists:’ Wd hope wo shall have a Chapter from the “Book-m ’kcr” 011 this subject, and a solution of these difficulties from the Constitutionalist and Federal Union ! The following is the article from the Picayune ’'•alluded to. “Phestiss A»n Wonn Er.ECTEi).—We Icirn. from passengers who left Natchez on I riday, that all the counties except four had been heard f rorn —and that Prentiss and Word were ebout 2000 ahead. Mississippi is therefore safe.” We are indebted lo the politeness of the Editors of the Constitutionalist for the following Slip from the office of the Brunswick Advertiser or the 7lh inst. ; being the only one received in this City. LATE FROM FLORIDA. By the Revenue Cutter Madison, Capt. How, ! .ard from Havana 24 h, Key West 28lh uft. and Key Biscaync 3*l inst. arrived al this port on Sunday last, we learn that Col. Harney of Fort King, having capluied a squaw, from whom he j obtained the necessary intelligence,has gone with I a detachment of 160 dragoons and artillery, to at- ! tack Sam Jones, who it will te remember, d was i driven to tho pass along tho Southern point ot 1 Florida, about Key Largo. This expedition left : Key Biscayne on Thursday the 3d inst. The latest intelligence at Key Biscayune was (hat Aleck Ilajo, ihc Seminole Chief, who nc- i —.. . i ~ ...mil ■—■ ■■. gociatcd wi'h Gen. Jcsup.and suncndcrcd to him, had brcn shot with all his immediate followers, hy order of Sam Jones, the Chief of the Ninka, sukies. This assassination is said very much to have exasperated the Soininoles, and vve are told that many of them now beg our troops to allow them to remain and assist in exterminating their late allies, Sam Jones and the Niekasukics. The naval detachment, late engaged in Lieut. Powell’s expedition, have gone to Pen F3cola to join our squadron for Vera Cruz. — This squadron is detached to protect our commence from the consequences of the French Blockade. Lt. Magurder and his company came on in the Madison from Key West to Key Bis cayno and thence shipped in the Campbell for ■ St. Augustine. On Sunday, 22d ult. Governor Tacon left Havana, being recalled hy his government.— lie left amid every demonstration of regret of the inhabitants of Havana. Ho appoints Es~ pclata his successor, under whom, it is thought the admirable and efficient system of police introduced by Tacon will he continued, and an orderly and quiet government maintained. Pay op Congiikss.—The Madisonian stales that the pay of all the members of both ncliuling the Vice President, who receives ?5;- 0t)0 per annum, and the Speaker of the House, who receives SIG per diem, amounts to 53,181 i GT pet day. The Exchange Bank of Pittsburg, fa. iian do. dared a dividend of seven per cat lor the last year. [mom oua coitttEsx’oxiuiJiT.] WASHINGTON, May 7, 1838. Congress reassembled to-day, after a brief re cess. The weather has been so unfavorable that there could bo but little or no out of doors enjoy ment : but time lias been afforded for case and recreation, and the membcis have consequently corhe together in hotter temper for business. The last week was a season of festivity and gaiety.— Mat Day was duly celebrated by juvenile feats, and a great many private parties. The French Minister, M. Pontois, gave a splendid ball in the evening, at which all the most distinguished people in the city were present. The noble and unbounded hospitality of this gentleman, his kind and cordial manners, the intelligence and spirit of his conversation, have made him very popular ;r, soc iety here. The races on the Washington course wore well attended, and festivity of differ ent kinds gave light wings and sunshine to the hours. The House of Representatives, this presented a tight and pleasant appearance. The winter carpets had been'removed, and their pla ces supplied hy a neat and beautiful straw-mat ting. The Hall had been thoroughly cleansed ventilated, and the furniture and tapestry put in proper order. Every thing is in readiness for warm work. After some miscellaneous business of an un important character, Mr Cambreling rose and moved a suspension of the rules, for the purpose I ol taking up T" 1 acting 0,1 llie public bills which had heed furred to the Committee of the | Whole. Mr MENEFEE wished to give his reasons agnins the motion, but it was nut of order. Mr GRAVES protested against the proceed ings on the report of tho Duel Committee being arrested before that subject should bo properly disposed of. The motion required u vole of two thirds. The vote was ayes 112, nays f)7. Not enough, so the House refused to suspend. Mr CAMBEULINO then moved to suspend for the purpose of considering tire Treasury Note Bill. This motion was lost—the ayes 103, the f nays 77. Mr SAWYERofN C.thcn rose, and made a motion to test whether tire friends of the Admin istration were really so anxious to proceed with the public business as they professed to be. He moved to lay the whole subject connected with the proceedings of the Duel Committee on the table. This motion was rejected—ayes 48, nays 131. The House then proceeded to a wearisome discussion of this everlasting subject with which the country appears to be as much disgusted as 1 is Congress. Tho question was on the motion to recommit the reports of tho Committee, and the motion to print to the Select Committee with instructions to report the facts and the evidence without comment or argument, and to refer the memorials relating to this subject, with instruc tions to report on them. An amendment was proposed so as to insert after the words “comment or argument” the words "except as relates to the question of a breach of privilege.” Mr Reed moved funher to amend hy « proposition that if a member or members should be found to be in volved, there should boa special report made to the House of the fact. Mr RIVES moved to postpone the considcra. lion of the matter till tho first Monday in June, for the purpose, he said, of going on with the pub lic business. Mr Mencfec eloquently opposed any delay, and showed conclusively that if it was put off till June, there could not he the slightest probability cf the public business being, by (bat time, brought to such a slate, as to allow any hope to ho indulged that this tiial could then go on. Mr Rives afterwards withdrew his motion, and the discussion proceeded on the mo tion of re-commitment. The question was then taken on Mr Rives’ amendment and negative,!. ' Mr Dawson, of Geo. moved to print the e 1 and the journal ' and then 1. j subject on the table, it was rrjt ; ,--:b- I [ Icy then moved an additional instruction that the ] Committee report the names of any other mem bers implicated in this matter, ami that they re port without delay. This railed out two very noisy lunrarigues from those worthies Bynum and Duncan. After they finished, Mr Thomas I of Maryland moved to Icy tho whole subject on the table, and print the documents. This (being ! the third motion made to day for laying on th c j tablcl was rejected of course. The subject was still under discussion when this packed was dosed. The forgeries which have been recently com mitted on the Treasury notes have engaged the attention of the Government. Mr. Grundy offer* ed, in the Senate to-day, a resolution to instruct the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of providing hy additional legisla tive enactments for preventing the forgery of Treasury Notes. The resolution was adopted : Mr. WEBSTER presented scweral memorials, remonstrating against the execution of the Treaty ofJVVw Ec/iola wjth the Cherokee Indians. They , were ordered to bo printed, and committed. The Senate then proceeded to the considera tion of the Bill for increasing the salary of the Commissioner of the General Land Office; and after some discussion chiefly confined to Messrs. Buchanan of Pa., and Clay of Alabama. The 1 bill was rejected, ayes 6 nays “9. The principal ground of opposition was the I condition of the Treasury and the necessity for a rigid economy in every depaitmcnt of the public service. The bill authorizing the erection of a Hospital in the City of Washington was next taken up and considered. The Hospital is intended for I the reception and accommodation of the insane Tthe District of Columbia, and of sick, disabled, I _ ' j imd infirm seamen, soldiers and others, such as may, by competent authority, bo deemed proper to be received therein. The bill was ordered lo be engrossed and read a third lime. On motion of Mr. Wright, the bill authorizing the sale of bonds belonging to the United Buies was taken up. Mr. WE US PER expressed bis derided oppo sitionto this mode of raising t even tie. Rethought instead of scllingout their stock the United Slates would act with moro dignity and also with more prudence, cither to issue Treasury Notes, or ne gociato a loan to the amount required. Mr. WRIGHT advocated the mcasu/e : He said that if the bonds should ho sold, they would supersede the necessity for Treasury N olcs to a corresponding amount: and if they should not be sold, things would be no worse than they now arc. The Bill was ordered lu be engrossed and read a third time. The Bill to revoke the charters of certain banks in the District of Columbia which will not re sume specie payments was laid on the tabic. The charters expite by their own limitation in July. The Senate then went into Executive session^ | MkHMHHMHpljournt d. jjfZj -.*5 The Populaii writ anii the Buii-Tueast;- iiy.—The present attiiudo of Mr. Van Uurcr.’s administration may well he designated ns a “pe culiar position.” With a nominal majority in both branches of Congress, (hero can be no longer any reasonable doubt that tho leading financial measure of the Government, one that has been so long and so strenuously urged as an indispensa ble reform of our system, will bo signally and for ever defeated. The truth is, that the people have every where entirely lost confidence in the mise rable charlatans and empirics who have been so long experimentalizing upon the body politic, i Thro realize the truth ot Air. Cullu'in’somuhutic I declaration in tho debates of the iccent Bank vention—that the ei-tir financial policy of tne late and present administrations is founded in error: They realize in their daily suli’odilgs ma nifold evils. They know that a sound converti ble, redeemable, uniform, currency has been de stroyed—and that in lieu of it we have nothing but the issues of local institutions, and the irre deemable paper, the assignats, the revived cunti ncntial issues of the Government. When Mr. Van Buren came before the people with his first annual message, nfior a full dmil opernent of bis views on lire Bub lie concluded his comments on the subject in tiro fol lowing emphatic language; “These are my views upon this important subject, formed after careful reflection, and with no desire hut to arrive at what is most likely lo promote the public inter est. They are now, as they were before, submit ted with unfeigned deference Joy the opinions us others. It was hardly lo bo hoped that changes so important on a subject so interesting, could be made without producing a serious diversity of opinion; but so long as these conflicting views are kept above lire influence of individual or local interests; so long as they pursue only the general goed, and are discussed with moderation and can dor, such diversity is a benefit, not an injniy. II a majority of Congress see the public welfare in a different light, and more especially il they should ho satisfied that theineasuic proposed would not be acceptable to the people, I shall look lo their wisdom lo substitute such as may lie more con ducive to the one. and more satisfactory lo the other. In any event, they may confidently roly on my hearty cooperation to the fullest extent which my views ol the constitution and my sense of duty will permit.” Bnicu Mr. Van Buren expresses such “un feigned deference to the opinions of others,” and desires the members of Congress to render their legislation acceptable to (ho people, wo desire to call bis attention in this con..celion to the follow ing tabular statement of popular elections, for which we are indebted to the accurate editor of the New Yorker 783 G 2837—8. States. Adminisl’n Opposition Admin’ Oppos’n. Maine 22,900 15,239 33,879 34,350 A. Hampshire 18,722 6,22(4 27,678 25,221 Vermont 11,039 26,900 17,730 22,269 Ala. saehuselta 33,237 41,699 32.9-D 50,595 Rhode Island t |.',964 2,710 about 3,6txV 43)00 Connecticut 1f,284 18,719 21,1.42 At,096 Mew York 168,415 139,543 110,400 li^H3 New Jersey 26,592 26,137 25*56 2?\i) Pennsylvania 91,475 87,111 91,142 85,8\t . Maryland 22,168 25,852 ab’t 23,000 25,009 j N. Carolina 26,910 23,308 3.1,000 35,000 Georgia 22,101 24,786 33,417 34,179 ‘ Kentucky 33,435 36,955 23,955 47,(15 I Indiana 32,478 41,281 28,125 53,867 j Tennessee 26,120 35,96 2 33,606 53.479 i ! Alabama 20,506 15,6(2 21,440 17,753 j Mississippi 9,974 9,688 (2,823 J 3,621 ! 1 Arkansas 2,(00 1,238 2,715 1,784 Instates,s9l,l2B 571,518 C 01,325 711,8(3 ■' R mnj. Nov. '36, 19,610—W. nj.j. Just elec tions, 110,4148. I Thc-o are the Stales in which there have been ‘ tangible demonstrations of the will of the people, 1 on (he great scheme of the Sub Treasury. With 1 the exception of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, I Alabama, and Arkansas, each of tbe.-o eighteen f commonwealths exhibit a majority against the t administration; and tho aggregate opposition ma- < jerky exceeds 110,000! fn every State there has I been a vast accession of opposition strength — and i every where, the issue presented lo tire people has i I been the great question of Bub Treasury or r.o j . Bub Treasury. To be «orc, much of this change 1 ( may bo attributed to the daily growing popular j , conviction ol' Iho general ignorance, imbecility and madness of tint cabal which now misgoverns this once flourishing ami happy republic; bulliio ilircct issue uniformly presented by tho Govern* ment parly, has been (ho very measure which Mr. Van Jiuren subihlllcd with such eminent “deference to the opinions of others,” and with so sincere a desire that it should be rejected by Com gross in the event of its not proving ‘'acceptable to the people.” The recent results in Maine, Maryland, and oven in Virginia, must alTbrd Mr. Van Huron mid bis instruments in both Houses of Congress, nd diiiutial evidence of the will of the people in re ference to bis darling measure. lie must have become convinced by this time that his deferential regard to l ho opinions of others, and "especially” to the wiil of the people, has enjoyed ample op portunity of display and exercise. It remains to be seen if l ho servants of the people will profit by tlie leaching of ilteir masters —and if the "deforen. tial” regard j rofessed by our chief magistrate is any thing morn titan a profession—the insincere and unmeaning promise of a demagogue and hy pocrite.—,V i Cour <y- Enq. From ihe Georgia Journol The following is extracted from a letler from a gemleraiii! ofTalbot county to a friend m I his city. 11 is views ami seiilimcnls vve deem worthy the public eye, ami regret that men asoniiglitoiu'd as the writer in the true interests ol the Stale, do not compose u ma jority in our legislative councils. “Permit me to congratulate you and the friends o( Internal Improvement, upon the cheering and animating prospects offending the clloiti of tli iso patriotic individun s engag ed in Iho rail road projects in Georgia.— Enough has already been done to seal convic tion upon the mmdoftlio most bigoted and sceptical, to demonstnie the practicabiliuty of uniting onr cities ami towns of Iho interior with our Atlantic seaports through the me, dium of rail roads, and bring the commerce of the West through our Stale. This is tlie great prize to contend for. 1 pray God the Central Hail Road and its branches may first form a union with the great Western Trunk. How it would delight my heart to see the pork, the flour, the llacon, nil the surplus productions ot the fertile regions of the West pouring their commerce into your growing City, thereby obviating the deficienecs of na ture, in your navigable stream, and affording to art and cotorprize a proud friendship. I be* gin to anticipate Iho day when certain poli ticians, who denounced all our rail road schemes nsUlopian & vsionai y.tipon tho floor of the legislature, and boasted ol'tboir oppoain tion to all works of Internal Improvement, wlien they will no longer bo regarded as the exclusive f lends ot tlie people. 1 trust lliero is iuleil gence enough among the people of Georgia, to enable them to see that a judi cious system ol Internal Improvements, con . > no independent syslrsfNmf onm- by establishing iNbrect Europe, cormot fail lo elevate \n; character ot our State, and render her citizens prosperous mid happy, it is most marvellous to think that the Southern people with their great resources, growing the most valtible staple it; the world for exportation,should he under Hie necessity of employing Northern agents, aliens in feeling and setimen', to ship their produce and import all Iho merchan dise used in the south. It is surely time to abandon a policy so absurd and ruinous.” From the Randolph (Venn. Whip ) Muiuiku tiik must Foci..—The following pnnicuiais were given lo us by a gcndeifl/i who was no eyo witness lo Iho Horrid scene, which it falls to cur l“t to record among the numerous outrages that occur almost daily in tho valley ol the Mississippi. At Mill’s J’oint, Kentucky, about 120 miles from this place, Hr. Thomas Rivers was shot one day last week, from out of a window by Lawyer Ferguson, both citizens of ihat place, and both parlies are represented to have sloocl liigb in the estimation of the community in which they lived. The vve understand lo havo out of a law suit at issue between them. Tlmwpenc is represented to have been ullecting and coward ly, as the assassin appeals lo havo selected a lime lot ihe perpetration of his,dark and fiendish pur pose, dial would oven shock the monster who had imbrued his band in Iho blood of bis fellow man. At the lime Mr. Lives was shot, be bad by the hand his Int/e son, and was within view id the partner of his bosom who was looking after him with anxious eyes when he fell. J|j s w if., upon seeing him fall, immediately made her way to the lifeless body, but the spectacle presen cd proved too much for her wound- d spirits, un d she swooned away. Upon her recovery from the shock, she repaired again to tho spot to which the body had been removed, tillering lire most feeling exclamation-,; i:lowing lii.-Jbead upon her bosom, a scene that w ould have sof.ened a heart of ada mant. How strong are the wife’s affections— they are like the rose blooming in lire arid desert, spicalling its rays over the barren plain of tho InWßffi heart—and while all around is black and desolate, she is still the same confiding friend, even amid pain and peril. Ferguson vvgs immediately t ikon into custody; and we forbear saying any thing more on the subject, as licit retributive justice which the laws of Hod and man imperatively demand will no doubt be impartially exercised Inward-- ibo unfor tunate man, who lias at an unguaiderl moment wbirlrd a fellow being into eternity, laid wasie an affectionate heart, and loft for himself tiro re morse of a guilly conscience, and in all proba bility an ignominious death. .lust as our pupor was going lo press, we learn from a gentleman from the Point, ibat the broth er ol Hr. Rivers, who had been sent f ir, had ar rived, and immediately shot Lawyer Ferguson. Ho at first shot him wilb a shot gon, upon bis retreat, which rial not prove fatal; he llii-oJtrp. proached him immediately with a pistol, ajjfkill ed him on t iiisp-i'. VVe arc sorry that lJr tragi cal occurrence terminated thus. We respect the laws ol the laud, however far die public mind may go to miliga'o this course In a broil.i r, whose poignancy of feeling cannot bo arrived at except by those whoso misfortune It has been lo lie similarly situaled. The following beautiful extract is (join an excliango paper. Onus ’tloTinai,—Around the idea of one’s mother, the mind of man clings wiili loud alleclion. It is the first (Icm r thought stump, cd upon cur infant hearts, when yet noli and capable of receiving tho most profound nn pn.Tsions, and al! tin- after I'eclinos arc more or less light in companion. o !ir pii,s H , ons ami onr wilfulnces may lead us far Irmr the object ofonr final Love, we may heroine wild, bead n ng, and angry at nor cin srls or I opp.r.-; ni; but when d -ath has stilled ber I monitory voice, and nothin*,'but calm memory ! remains io recapitulate her virtues anti good | deeds, affection, like a flower beaten to the ground by a rudo storm, risen up her head and »■ .ix.uu«■ mm ■ i nin'ifiimiim n ■wi—n.iwiw’ smiles amidst liar learn. Hound ihut idca,ns we liavii said, the mind clings with fund nltl-c -lion; and even when the earlier period of our lens forces memory to be rilont, fancy taken the place of remembrance, and twines the imago of our departed parent, will a garland of graces, and beauties, and virtues, which wc doubt not that she possessed. A gem of old Kuglisli Poetry. •Shall I, wasting in despair, Dio, because another's fair? Or make pale my cheeks with care, Cause anal bar's rosy nrc? Bo she fairer than die day, Or die flowery meads in May, If she ho not so to mo, Vv hat care 1 how fair she he? Should my heart he griev’d or [lin’d ’Cause I sec a woman kind, Or a well disposed nature, Joined with a lovely feature? Be she meeker, kinder diau Turtle dove or pelican, It she he not so to mo, What earn 1 how kind she ho ? Khali a woman's virtue move Me to perish for her love; I If tier well dcservings known, Make mo quite forget my own? Be she with that goodness blest, M liioh may gain her name of best; If she lie not so to me, What care I how good she he? ’Cause her fortune seems (no high, Shall 1 play the fool and die ? Those that hear a noble mind, Where they want of riches find, Think vvlint with them they would do, That ■ without them dare to woe; And, unless that mind 1 see, What cure 1 though great she ho? Croat or good, or kind or fair, 1 will ne’er (ho more despair; If she love mo, litis believe, I will die cio she shall grieve; If she slight me when 1 woo, 1 can scorn and let her go; For if she ho not for me, Wliul care I for whom she ho ? The Curate’s Daughter. A Liverpool Talc. At sweet sixteen, she was a lovely maid. At seventeen, she wi n templed ami miulod, Ami aoon disease on tier system prey'd Tout on her nineteenth birth day aho lay—dead. , Ala very short distance, in a south west di ■ rectioi), Aom the now Custom House of Liver ! pool, there formerly was a cluster of old, mean* f looking buildings. Through the centre of that . cluster, n thoroughfare, called Bridge street, led front Kallhouse Dock to the bridge over the pan . sago or entrance into the Old Dock, which dien f occupied the site, of the present Custom house. . Bridge street was a den of infamy, and in that R place, when I was a young man, a heart rending s scene of misery occurred, which never can ho r obliterated from my memory. But, to let the , reader have a clear idea of the scene I will give ‘ a preliminary narrative of the cause and events that led to it, In the autumn of Iho year 1569, two young gentlemen, the heirs ami hopes of certain aristo cratic families ol Liverpool, were on a shooting ’ excursion in (ho adjoining county of Chester, when by some act ol imprudence of one of (he party his fowling piece was iovolunlaiily dis charged, and most unfortunately, in a direction (hat caused its contents to dangerously wound Ids companion. A substitute for u tourniquet was constructed with a handkerchief; hut previ . ous to its application, the effusion of blood had I been so immoderate, that the unfortunate youth fainted several times before his companion aoulil . convey him to the neatest dwelling. But at , length, with much difficulty, they reached the re . sideline of one of the Church's true ornaments, a ! worthy, pious, pains taking country curate, where . assistance was promptly rendered to the wounded youth, surgical aid procured, and every attention offered and bestowed that hunniuify, henovolenco and hospitality could suggest. It. being deemed dangerous to attempt an im mediate removal of the youth, a couch was pre pared, and lie became domicile in llm humble, hut happy dwelling of the worthy pastor, than whom no bishop in the land could, or would have acted the part of a good Samaritan; —though the ex oniplnry son of die Church received not liio fif teenth part annual income of the bishop of his diocese. Some wise man lias said, that, of all remedies, the host is a good nurse,’ and, In this respect, it happened most fortunately for the wounded youth, an angel (in Ids estimation at least) hovered about lii» sick couch. Her movements were noiseless, her attentions incessant, anil taken for nil in all, she appeared to Ire a lining who had borrowed pi ly’s blandest attribute g and had been taught by charily how to administer kind aid in a million dothing ways. In personal appearance she was beautiful and elegant, her age was tiixlecn—the vary May'of woman’s life. An-!—if ever inno cence hud a temple on earth, it might at that time have been found In the bosom of Louisa Maysoii, who young, beautiful, checifui and Imp ly, revelled in all the joys of health, ami inno cence, was llm delight and admiration of her friends, and the idolized oljectol her dealing la ther’s earthly adoration. To her the world sue., med a perfect Paradise, and, so far aa her own knowledge of it went, its inhabitants were all as guilele s ns angels. The youth soon recovered, and prepared to de part, hut during the intimacy that had I con es tablished in the short period oflds confinement at Ihe parsonage, l.ovc had planted one of Ids sharpest darts in I.nuisiA’s bosom ; what passion predominated in the breast of the youth the se quel of this narrative will discio-c. Koine twep c months aher the [erind at which the above occnricnee look place, 1 was induced to visit rny worthy friend, the I{ov. Mr. Mayson, and it so chanced, that I arrived at his parson age at a most rcioaikalde epoch of tin; old man’s hie. I stood on such terms of intimacy w ith my Irtend us to render ceremony unnecessary, and, therefore, finding the outward porch door open, 1 at once entered the place, and proceeded, unush cted, into the, good man’s little study, hut net finding him there, I proceeded to several other apartments in the Innn e, all of which were vacant and indeed, on clo.-er investigation, I discovered that the house was aUAgythei tenant less, though there were many things that indicated the late occupants had not very recently quitted the place. 1 le d taken tny station at the dining room window, and was deeply abstracted in a painful fit of musing on what could have caused die fami ly toj quit the house, whoa my attention was ; drawn to a group of pcoplo advancing toward- I the parsonage, in as solemn a manner as though they formed a funeral procession. In the midst lof iho crowd I perceived my reverend triced j home in the arms of his servants and parishion ers, who earned him to his study and carefully , scaled him in Ids arm chair. I parccived that tire good old man was in a grievous siale ol deep dis < t tress, and soon gathered from one of the crowd, that Miss May son hud eloped with liic youth, who when wounded had teen so hospitably received, and kindly treated during bin sojourn at the par sonage. 1 afterward* learnt that Miss May son had been inveigled from homo under a basely do eepliou* promise of marriage. I’onr Louisa! Ihine was indeed n sad lull, from the highest pin nacle nl pence, innocence and happiness, to the low cst dcptli of sorrow, sin and shame. il is unnecessary to continue a description of the shameful scones that occurred on this occa sion at the parsonage er to proceed on other mat ters connected wiih this narrative, step hy atep with time, hut overtake him some two years after Louisa's elopement. At tiro last mentioned peiiod, the Rev. Mr. Msyson visited Liverpool—lint how changed! his shrunken is dy, and melancholy mind, allowed that lie had become a mere wreck of the happy man I had known in former times. When the business which culled Mr May son to Liverpool was completed, I accompa nied him tow it rfl a the hank of the river Mer sey, where Let intended la embark for Chesh ire’; hut. us wo worn proceeding nloncj the sotithsideof the Old Dock, my reverend friend was neensted hy an aged female, who urged him, fur liio love of Heaven! if he was a clergyman, to accompany her in a house 1 nearby, to perform the last ninja; of religion j to the living, to n poor dying, penitent, sinful 1 creature, who lay mosleurm s ly imploring to have her last, i'*.oinv'm« cheered with spiritual aid. Tic; house (o which the old woman pointed was in Bridge slrest, but no I'astidi- I uns scruples could ever deter my worthy friend from the performance of Ins duty to sick, or dying mortals —1 le thorclore prompt ly obeyed the old Woman's call, hy (allowing her to a mean dwelling, on entering which, we worn led, hy our ancient guide, until wo reached u wretched apartment, the vciilnblo abode nirq'.ialitl poverty and disease. The chamber wo hud entered was without table, chair, or hod, hut in a remote corner of the place; there was spread a truss of straw, over which sumo ragged female garments were i-'irp'vcii, whilst a tattered sheet (as an apolo gy lor a curtain) screened the light's gl. ro from some poor distressed creatine, whose presence was betokened only hy deep, low and hollow moans, for the sufferer's body wan buried in straw, and the visage hid from si Jit t hy a course rug, nr covering—a blanket, of the foulest description. Never shall I out, live the remembrance of that wretched scone of want, woe, misery and disease ! Tims far, not a word had been uttered by any one of llie party in the apartment, hut at length the old woman who had brought us to the place, said. ‘There she is,sir, lying at her last gasp. <) ! pray for her salvation, sir 1 and may Heaven reward your labor !' Then pointing tn the bed of straw, sho continued, , ‘Kneel down by her, sir, and speak comfort to , her in the last hour. Thus called on my t worthy friend made the needful preparations ; to enter on his spiritual duties, hut the old, ‘ woman hastily 101 l us. Alas! 1 fear her • soul was too much soared hy sin, to permit it ’ to have any yearnings lo join us in prayer, s We knelt, and there was that in the scene which would also have brought the sneering t sceptic, and the most hardened sinner to u ■ suppliant posture. ' My pious liicnd—aver so prepared—drew from ' Ids pocket the hook of Common Prayer, ami turned to the service of the sick. By this tirmi the loud imams of lh« nfliclcd one laid ceased, hut her breathing* continued quick and gutlur* al, ami she iillcmplcd lo utter some sounds which 1 interpreted into pious thanks, ul having been indulged hy Heaven sanding her a holy minister of the Church to give her the last consolations of religion. The good old man began lo read, ku t had no sooner pronounced “ Peace lie to this house ami all that dwell ihercin"—when a learlully wild, and nppalliilg slunk, burst from the lips of tiin sick woman, but when that shrill and heart ren ding sound subsided, all became again a* silent as death; the guttural gasping of die breah had ceased, the. rustle of a feather might have been heaid, the silence of the sepulchre prevailed, or rather was exceeded, lor the incessant crawling of the maggots, to mid from thoir feasts, disturbs the regin of silence in the tomb. When iho transient shudder, with which the sufl’urer’a shriek had shaken nur frames, hod [raised a vay. I raised the homely covering, and behckl a sad object of departing beauty : 1 saw death’s elligy strikingly impressed on the feuluies of a young, and, but too evidently, a once lovely female. I made a sign to my old Iricrnl lo aunounen that de'iiU had relieved the sufferer from her wordly woes, but with the movement of rny unrip, iho temporary curtain was thrown lo the ground, h iving a strong gleam of I ght lo fill on llie lived features of die emp-c end lluis ncro they to (ho vi"\v of the pious clergyman, as he uroso from hi* praying posture. The sight greatly agitated him—-he bent forward and drained the organs of vision until they had well nigh hurst from their soi kei-— another, and rrtill another glance, be east at the deported object, ovgr which he leaned, unwilling to believe, yet Unnhlo to doubt, until at length llie sad trutli became tn deliby impressed upon his mind, and again ho sank (,i. his knees, and made an olio it topny, hut Ids longue uliable lo peiform its duly, ho llirew himself on the dead body, and In convul sive agony, exclaimed ‘ rny child !—my Goo, thy w ill ho done !” and then with one of grief’s most hi ter sighs, he also gave up the ghost.— Again all was silenl as the tomb, I remained awe struck ul having witnessed two vital sparks thus suddenly summoned from this world of woe. Tim budios of a broken hearted father and sinful daughti r lay before me, sail moment* of the un certainly ol life, and, alas !—of the depraviry of human nature. I caused the birdies to bn removed, and in a brief space of time the remains of the once lovely LouLa May son, and those of he meek, benevo lent, and truly pious fadier, were consigned to (ho same grave. May a hotter lot ho their’s in u bet ter woild ! /Anis adrlrcxn-il In Mr. Dempnter, the. Vocal ill, hy a jjidj o/ Tim,'mini no, Ala. O Stranger, when (or listening bands Thou eharm’st the evening hours, Among thy ‘ lays ol many lands,” Then sing one song ot ours; And u hen afir thy loolsti ps roam. beyond the dark blue sou, Or res I, ill thy "Green Island" home, We will “remember thee.” We have no ancient minstrel lays, To sing in Princely halls— W<* hove no ancient warriors bays, To hang on feudal walls But we have (lowers oi lov-lmst, hue, Born nth <air “old oak tree And we huvu beam., n> f.-eliog true, ’I ’ will‘‘remember tin o.” And o’er our broad extended plains, And dee ll ninjutrc streams, W here run mo ur bor gram our reigns. The elur ol freedom he.,ms ; O, Stranger ! bail with songs ol Ihine, This birtlr-plaee ol rhe irr-o ; And where earrh's ransom'd thousands shine. May wo ‘ re.liionifKir tone I"