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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. a ire; i; st \ . SATURDAY MORXINV., JULY 27. FOR (iOVKRNOR, cII A It I, Es I> o i t; ii i: Jt TV , or C'l.A It TC COI XT I . k’rosctiption. In all the annals of parly dictation and pro scription, with which wo have any acquaintance, we have never known any thin? equal to the fol lowing resolutions, coopted In the Democratic young men of New York. They have served a ropy of these resolutions upon tho Mayor and Aldermen, and seem to expect that they will he obeyed. They demand that none hut obstreper ous partisans shall bo appointed to office—none t that v.ere not absolutely noisy and violent. Are tile e the doctrines o! democracy ? Arc these the doctrines which the party in power wish to fix down upon the country ! If so, (lod forbid that suth a pa tv shall have fixed in their hands the reins of government. At a special meeting of the democratic repuli. li -an young men's g meral committee, held at r J smuiiiiy Hall, on Tuesday evening, April 30, 1539, the following preamble and resolutions ' were unanimously adopted : Whereas it is well known to our democratic repubh an fellow citizens, and to the members of this e unmittce, that among the numerous n’qdi cants to the Common Council elect, for appoint ments to offices of honor or emolument, there are many who, in the recent contest, wore lukewarm 1 and inactive, and others who, hut u short lime ago. forfeited the confidence which they had pre viously enj iyed hy arraying their influence and opinion* in oppoNjtinn to rni*anuri*H recommended and heartily supported hy the democratic repub lican party. And whereas the recent victory has been achieved, not by aiipiiieuess and inactivity, but mainly by the judgment, decision, energy, mid /' resolute determination of our immediate comitu cuts, the democratic republican young men of this city and county, who are determined st all hazards to preserve inviolate and unchanged the principles mid landmarks for which they have combined. An ! whereas this committee being deeply’ con vinced that the interests of the parly, the purity ofits present organization, and its permanent as cendancy, may be greatly jeopardized by the ap pointment of improper, Olmuxous or tainted men li) o fee, do therelorc adopl the tallowing resolu tions:— Ist. Chnt this committee deem it highly inex pedient, impolitic, and unjust to placj; any con servative, semi-conservative, or lukewarm citizen in any office in the gift of the corporation, if any active and zealous democrat, trust-worthy anil i capable, run he found to fill the situation. 21. That we do solemnly protest, in the name < ol the democratic republican young men, against 1 any such appointment. ( Because it would be a reward paid to ncgli gence, ingrntiluue, apposition, or treachery. < Because it would disappoint, dissatisfy, mid olfend those, who have been the most active in n theca use. c Because it would give influence to men who have recently proved themselves unworthy of our tl confidence, ami will thereby Jeopardize the inter- fc cstol the democratic.cepulilicmi party. o 3d. That the foregoing preamble and resolu- b tions, signed by the chairman and secretaries, ho y Ii printed in a circular, and a copy thereof ho pro- tw vented immediately to his honor the Mayor elect, v and to each democratic alderman and assistant al- c derma n elect - FLU N ANDO WOOD, Chairman. R. B. (Jo V NOLLY, J., 1 Jxu. A. B..MAUT, 5 Secretaries. t Ihe lollowing article from the Tallahassee h loridian of July 30, is the latest and most au thentic information from Florida. The Indians, it is probable, will all he in open hostility in less ‘ than three months. n A letter from K. F. we learn states that Sam I Jones had come in at fort Lauderdale with 300 , warriors and gone into the district of country as signed them into (icnerul Macomb’s treaty. It ' is slated however, that be considers he has’ a fee simple title to the country and will not remove west. The express who brought the letter, slat ed that tvim Jones says lus is the only tribe that will make peace—and that there are yet many hostile warriors in tho country. If so there is little prospect o' the wi r being closed. Dt ronfi. million oi tho above, a gentleman who resides on the Ocilla frontier and who is well ac quainted with the country, having acted for u long lime as guide to the troops, has informed us that there are more Indian signs west of the Ocil la. at present, than he lias seen at any lime dur ing the war. the .V, V. Commercial Advertiser qf Me 22 f Very Late IVoiu Lnropc. SJUUVAL 111 Til K (j_JJ.CH T WI ST MIN, Jl— By t : i»i»it we have received files of Lon don undT.iverpool to the slh, and Bristol to tho bthol July. Our previous advices were London to the 13th and Liverpool to the 14th June.— The news isc msequentiv twenty-two days later. Carrenjion lc ire v/tht Conimerci.il Advertiser. Lo \mix, July 4. KXLKssa nr Tilt rmuux cm iso was. It affords me great pleasure to inform vou that the government have determined to release Mr. J*hu G. Barker, and the seven other Canadian prisoners who pleaded guilty lo the charge pre ferred against them in I pper Canada, in the hope of receiving her Majesty's pardon. My opinion is, that the order tor their release will be issued this day. Lord John Russell sent to them un Monday, demanding whether they would enter into secu rity not to enter the province of Upper Canada, or to approach near its borders, provided the government should release them. Yesterday the prisoners returned an answer, which 1 read in manuscript. They say that having no desire to enter Upper Canada, they are willing to enter into the required bonds; but m k to be permitted lo enter the province hi any future period, pro \' ided either ol them can obtain the permission of the colonial government to do sc. x w rur. itu'uii iiiiiTisu ut r.rx. You have expected the arrival of this vessel before the return ( I the Great \\ esiern. bu. the magnitude of the undertaking has detained her a lew days over the appointed period, which was the Ist instant. She is now making a pleasure tour to some of the important sea-ports in Kng lind. She was at Liverpo il on Monday, and was visited while there by admiring thousands. She left Liverpool on 1 uesda-y, for Corit, and w ill bo here to-morrow or * s aturday, Junius Smith, I,sip her acting manager, told me yesterday that she would positively depart from London or. the 10th instant, touch al Portsmouth and leave that port on the altcrinvin of tb 11th, orearlv on the \3lh. ii'Mi.i. xv v. asti; a, You will sec i . the London papers that this gentleman is not lost sight of m this great city.— He has been the favored guest of many dislin. guished persons, among whom was her Majesty the Queen. m . ,t: oi It i .- mare ihun probable that before tin* reach es you, con will have heard lhat the Bank n! England has increased her rate ol interest to Jin and a half ('I T cent. We have lieen for Home days in a slate of groat excitement with the be. 1 lie! that it would go even another step fart lira and make it .sir. Yesterday (4th) passed of] without any notice from the hank, and it may now stand at the present rate for some time. July slh, 6 o’clock, I’. M. CA N X 111 A V Ami lIS. I pto 3 o’clock this afternoon no order had I been received at .Newgate for the discharge of the i prisoners. At that hour I saw the governor, 1 chaplain and one of the sheriffs. I Let me call your attention to the debate on the | affairs of Canada, which took place in the Com | tnons last night. Mr. Duller, you will perceive, was quite severe upon Sir George Arthur. Noth | ing will he done of any consequence for Canada 1 this session. | IIIOT AT 111 ft M 1 NOII AM. an early hour this morning an express nr * rived with the intelligence that a serious riot hud i taken place at Birmingham, at a large meeting of I the Chartists. I knew that a number of the Lon | don police iiad gone dow n to arrest the leaders ol ' the gang. The meeting assembled at H o'clock, j and in a few minutes alter the police made their j appearance, and made an effort to arrest the lead ! era. They were overpowered and driven from ' the field, after receiving some severe wounds. The fourth regimen*, of dragoons were called J out, to which was added some infantry, and ther were in turn driven from the ground, J lIKATII or I.AIIV I'LOIIA II ASTI XO H. I learned from high authority last evening, that this interesting lady was not expected to survive until this morning, yet she lingered until between two and three o'clock tins afternoon. The Cjucen Inis ordered Uurkingham Palace to he closed. The Dritiah Queen arrived at Dlack Wall at two o’clock. Inning made her run Iron Liv, rpool in 11 1 hours. One who was on boaid told me she made most of the way 17;/ revolutions. She brings one hundred passengers, a pleasure party. Ten thousand persons visited her in one day at Liverpool, The great Chartist petition was presented To the House of Commons on the I4lh, hy Mr At- • wood.—ll was literally rolled into the House, Ic ing a cylinder of parchment, about the diameter of a couch wheel. Mr. Atwood was allowed to make a speech in favor of the petition. Mr. Grote's motion for the ballot was brought forward on the 16th. 11 was seconded hy Lord Worsley, a former opponent of the ballot. Mr. Macanley spoke in fiivor of it—Sir Hubert Peel and Lord Jnu hussell against it. The motion was lost hy n majority of 117, the vote being, lor the motion -1 (j, against it 333. On the 19th the Jamaica hill was passed in the House of Commons hy a majority of 10—vote, 2C7 for, 257 against. In tile House of Lords, on the 23d, the Marquis of Westminster declared himself in favor of the bulbil, triennial' Parliaments and extension of the sullrage. Ministers were defeated in the House of Lords on the Jamaica bill, July 2nd, by a majority of 69. Lord Lyndlmrst moved to strike out Iho first 1 clause, and the motion prevailed, 149 to 80. I On the 4fli. the hill, now containing only one clause, w is carried without a division. t In the House of Commons on the 4lh, the Ca- ' nadiiin lull had its second reading, and was order- * od to he committed on the I Ith. < Important intelligence had been received from (1 the East, of the actual declaration of war hy the 1 Sultan against the Pacha of Egypt. This was c on the Oth ol June; and at the same time the • Multan despatched a fleet and considerable rein- I lorcements to the rebels in Syria, where the insnr- 1 jeelion against the Pacha was rapidly extending'*' Sir Lionel Smith has been transferred from r government of Jamaica to that of Mauritius.— < Sir Charles Metcalf succeeds him at Jamaica. < On the 14th Inst at 5 o’clock, I’. M. the Great 1 Western exchanged colors with the Liverpool 1 steam ship, in 49, 20. of latitude, distant, at the » lime from 10 to 12 miles. I For the Chronicle and Sentinel. ( Mr.ssas. EniTofiN : —As your correspondent “ Doll T imps,’’ does not appear to have had an i tinswei to his query respecting the distance of the I horizontal planes passing through, &c., I pro- ' sume that he is still investigating the matter, and tender my assistance as follows : Construct a rectangular figure, whose sides arc equal to twice the diameter of the halls—divide the figure into four equal squares, and from the centre of each square describe a circle which will represent respectively the four bails taken for the support of the fifth, and the circle for the fifth hall is to he described on the centre of the whole figure. From this construction, it is manifest lhat horizontal planes passing through the balls, parallel with each other, willin' distant just equal to one-fourth of the diagonal drawn across the whole figure; and if the calls are 3.53 J diameter, the sides of the rectangular figure will he 7.07, and the diagonal will he 10.00. One fourth of of 10 is 2.50, and if the halls wore measured in inches, 2J inches will he the distance between the planes. The question is easily solved by a few figures and a traverse table. ’ Thus we say— take twice the 1 diameter to find the side, the diag onal will of course present an angle of forty-five degrees; we therefore take the side, and the angle at the base to find the base or diagonal, and then base 4 equal to the distance between the planes. If *• Dull Times” is satisfactorily answered, I hope ho will not set the balls in motion, hut turn his attention to some matters which may relieve July 10, 1839. Hard Timks. [The drawing accompanying the above com munication cannot he transferred to our columns, | but can be seen by calling at this office.] Tk.xas Monkt.—Some $250,000 or $300,- 000, being part of the loan recently negoemted hy Gen. Hamilton for the government of Texas, bus already arrived and been deposited in the Merchants’ Dank of this city. Little doubt is entertained that Gen. Hamilton will effect the entire loan. This will raise the value of the money at once, and give additional confidence of the strength and durability of the new Republic. —Sew Orleans Picayune, of the 2 Is/. I CttisnitATiov or the 4tii at Tavxtox. —The following arc among the toas's that were drank at a Wing celebration of the 4th at Taun ] ton. M iss,: The Tory Flaq; All stripes and no star but L liefer. Marcus Morton : The most patient man ! alive. B ondi of the 'Sub-Treasury at Paris': i SvvarUvout. President! Price. Cashier. Sivarlunmt nml P r 'er. Selected samples from the ranks of -the party’ forwarded to Eu rope to enlighten the people on the principles ol Loro Focoism. The S ib-'lreasurers of the Administration. —They have not, like the unprofitable servant in Scripture, hid their treasure ,in a napkin, hut 1 curried it oil in their breeches pock, U ' Xjf 1 The steam packet Columbia, Capt V' in i* die, left yesterday with a large number of pas if congers tor Galveston. Among them were Gen. ■c Foote and family of Mississippi, Mr. George j e Poindexter and family of the same State, a son t- of Gen. Hamilton, and Mr. Lunisdon, one nl the j :r ; proprietors of thin paper. The former of these ft' gentleman contemplate residing permanently in ■ y Texas, and lor this purpose have taken their car riages ami several pair of splendid match horses j 1 along. M ilh such men taking up their resi dence in Texas, we have no fear of the Republic, i —A>lo Orleans Picui/uue, of the 21a/. j ii ‘ i e j I'rom the Alh'iny Daily Advertiser. The Law of the Uoad. i An esteemed correspondent sends us the foi- , c j lowing communication, which is of especial in- I terest to the great moving mass of travellers, who ' ’j at tills season of the year throng our steamboats, , j stages and railroad ears. Most persons attach a 1 | vast deal of meaning to the brief notice. “Ail t baggage at the risk of the owner,” when in truth l |it imposes no additional care on the traveller, . and certainly relieves of no responsibility thedif- i j ferent transportation companies. Their duties j p as common carriers are clearly shown in the an . nexed communication; and no notice of the above I or any other description can free them from the obligations which they assume when they un dertake to transport passengers and property. “All baggage at the risk of the owner.” —.Syra- cuse nod J lira Railroad. “All goods, baggage, freight,specie, hank hills, or any kind of property taken, shipped or put on i aboard of these boats must lie at the risk of the I owners, &e. New York, Albany and Troy | steam boat Line. “Freight mid baggage nl tlie risk of the own ers thereof.” Troy and Albany steam boats, “Ail baggage positively at the risk of the own er. Way passengers will attend personally to the disposition of their baggage at Schenectady.” Utica and Schenectady Railroad. “All baggage at the risk of the owners there of.” Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad, Troy, liallaton and Saratoga Railroad. “All baggage at the risk of the owner.” Au burn and Syracuse Railroad. “All baggage, specie and freight at the risk of ! the owners thereof.” New Steam Boat Arrange- J nient between Albany and New York. • j , Tu the Editor if the, Albany Daily Advertiser. The above mass of humbug and nonsense is I taken from advertisements in a single column of the Albany Argus. As quiet or ignorant people may perhaps he in duced to submit to the imposition of a loss of their freight or baggage rather than litigate witli ' a great monopoly, especially when the above no tices are thrust in their faces, and they are told they were bound to take notice of them; it will perhaps he doing the travelling public a service 1 by referring them to two decisions of the Supreme Court of tills Slate, to wit; Hollister vs Nowlcn, 1 19 Wendall’s Reports 234, and Cole vsGoodwin, 1 Ibid 251, both decided at the May term, 1838; \ in which it is expressly decided, thatstage coach- J es, railroad and steamboat proprietors are corn- ’ mon carriers, answerable for the baggage of pas sengers; that they are regarded as insurers, and must answer for any loss not occasioned by the 1 act of (bid, or tiie public enemies. That the fact that the owner is present, or sends his servant to I look alter the property, does not alter the case. ‘ That common carriers cannot restrict their com mon law liability, by a general notice like that 1 which 1 have taken above as the text of this ar- 1 tide—that a notice, “nil baggage at the risk of the owner,” even if brought home to the knowlege ‘ ot a passenger in a stage coach, who lost his ! trunk, was no protection to the proprietors of the 1 coach in an action against them for the loss of the 1 trunk. That common earners are hound to dc liver to each passenger at the end of his journey his trunk or baggage. That the whole duly in j 1 this respect rests upon the carriers. That the ex- ; 1 ereise of ordinary care in marking the baggage, j entering it upon the waybill, and delivering a I 1 cheek ticket to the owner renders easy its dis- ' charge. That the passenger is not required to expose his person in a crowd, or endanger his safety in the attempt to designate or claim his property. What is (lie reason that the common law will not excuse the carrier unless he show the act of God, or tiie enemies of the republic, or the mis conduct of the owner] “This,” says Lord Holt, in Coggs, vs. Bernard, 2d Lord Raymond’s Re ports 918, “in it politic, establishment, contrived by the policy of tile law, for the safety of all per sons, the necessity of whose affairs requires them to trust (lies*; sort of persons (common carriers) that tiiey may lie safe in tlieir ways of dealing, for else these carriers might have an opportunity of undoing nil persons that had any dealings with them, by combining with thieves, &c. and yet doing it in such a clandestine manner as would, not ho possible to he discovered.” Cowell Justice, in Cole vs. Goodwin, cited j above, says at page 280, “I have said that relnx- f ing tiie common law rigor, opens the high road tv> fraud, perjury, theft and robbery, it docs nu ire. r Looking to the present ordinary, not to say u ni- j v> rsal means of travel and transportation, by \' couches, rail roads, steamboats, packets, and m er- J chant vessels, the mere supcradditiim of mq ;li getu'e in respect to the safely of passengers aml j property, would constitute a most fearful item. | There is no principle in the law better setth d, I than that whatever has an obvious tendency to j encourage guilty negligence, fraud or crime, is contrary to public policy. Such, in tiie very na turc ot things, is the consequence of allowing it e j common carrier to throw ofl‘, or in any way n■- f strict ins legal liability. The Traveller and Bailo r I is under a sort o*' moral duress, a necessity of em ■ | ploying the common carrier under those legal ar - rangemenls, which allow any number of persons to assume that character, and thus discourage ami supersede tiie provision for other modes of con veyance. My conclusion is, that he shall not b« allowed, in any form, to higgle with his customer, and extort one exception and another, not even by express promise, or special acceptance, anv more than by notice. He shall not be privileged • to make himself a common carrier for his own , benefit, and a mandatory, or less to his employer, lie is a public servant with certain duties defined by law ; and lie is bound to perform those duties.” In the face of these decisions, is it not. Mr. Ed itor. tiie most consummate arrogance, not to sav impudence, in our great laud and water monopo lies, to continue such notices in their advertise- , meats. They well know they arc unavailing with those who do not choose willingly to submit to their impositions and extortions, it is also especially worthy of remark by tiie travelling i I public, that the Railroad proprietors and other . earners are bound to deliver to each person, at the . : lermina ion of his journey, his baggage, without f his exposing himself in a crowd to point it out, , or claim it. This is a vastly important decision to persons ' travelling eastward oil the Mohawk and Hudson . | Rail Road, and to persons travelling in steam ■ j boats on the Hudson river, it is the duty of these - ' common carriers to mark each person's baggage, j a {id give him a check ticket on its receipt, so that t j their agents at its place of delivery may return it ito its owner without any trouble to him. How i much trouble, vexation, confusion, inconvenience and loss, would he avoided at the Railroad depot in this city, if passengers would insist upon their lights, any one can judge who lias ever been * p i sent on tile arrival of a full train of passengers ■ | i.ooi the West. I hope the press throughout tiie if country will give publicity to the above decisions. to the end that public opinion may frown down i. these attempts of powerful monopolies at imposi- j a lion, upon those whose necessities compel them it to entrust their person or their property in their | hands. ' J. R. i FrwnC alburn's N«~ Monthly Magazine, fur June, j A. Domestic Scene. Nine o'clock had just struck at the Imperial j / Palace at Fontainebleau. Napoleon, seated by ; the tire-side with Mane Louise, wasenjoyingthat 1 freedom of conversation and familiarity he wasso lond of. Never iiad his noble and antique tea ; turea assumed so joyous and so natural an ex pression. He laughed, he chatted, he joked, anil ) a stranger entering by chance, would have had j much difficulty in recognising the Emperor m that little stout man, lolling with so much non- I c/talance in an arm-chair. • Jfe poked the fire with the lip of his foot; rub bing Ins hands with glee, and with playiul and tender sal' es, provoked Mane Louise to venture upon some French phrases as yet strange to her, j f which she disfigured with a German frankness so irresistibly droll, that Napoleon burst into fits of ■ i laughter. The Emprets, half angry, half smiling, came ' and sat upon the knee of her husband. At the ‘ same moment the door opening, the soldier-like i face of Duroc presented itself. j “ Sire,” said he, -the Italian artist is arrived, i “Conduct him here immediately,” replied the Emperor, at the same lime pushing hac k his arm ■ chair, he left a space for the newcomer between ( the Empress and himself. The visitor on entering, made a profound how to the two illustrious personages into whose pre sence he was admitted, and at the desire ot Na puleon, took aseat near the the. “Welcome to France, my dear Canova,” said the Emperor, in one of his kindest accents. “Hut how pale and thin you have become since I last j saw you.—You must certainly leave Rome and come to reside in Paris. The air of the capital will restore you to health and vigour. Shie how well we arc,” continued he, taking in his hand the fresh and rosy chin of Marie Louise. “Wire, you must attribute my ill health to the fatigue of my occupations, not to the air of my ■ country. To leave Rome altogether, would he ( impossible for me; indeed, it would be fatal to me.” j “Paris is the capital of the arts. You must stay here, I desire it,” said the Husband of the Prettv German, in a commanding tone, on a sud den assuming the Emperor. j Your Majesty may dispose of my life; but if you wish it to be devoted to your service, sire, grant me permission to return to Italy as soon as ( I have finished the bust of her majesty, the Em- j, press, which I am about to undertake.” “Devil’s in the man,” exclaimed the Emperor, “he refuses to remain with me ! You see, Lou- ise, he has no other ambition than to he the great- est sculptor in tile world. He longs to leave us . to return to Rome to resume his labours, and pro sent to the world another such a work as his “Terpsichore,” “Paris,” “Les Danseuses,” “Ve- t nus,” or the Magdalen.” The conversation then became more general, they talked of the “Excavations” continued by the Borghcse family of Italian artists, of the “Co- . lonne Vendome,” and a thousand other topics. ( Nothing was new to Napoleon, who conversed with a perfect knowledge of every subject, and a wonderful clearness of perception, Canovacould not contain his surprise and ad miration. “How is it possible for your Majesty to divide ( your attention between so many different matters] exclaimed he. “I have sixty millions of subjects,” replied Na- j poleon, with a smile, “eight or nine hundred thousand soldiers, a hundred thousand horse. The Romans themselves had not so many; I have commanded forty battles. At Warrant I fired * a hundred thousand cannon balls, and this lady, * who was then Archdutchess of Austria, desired ' my death.” At this he pulled the ear ofMaric Louise, who answered with a droll imitation of her German accent. “II etre bien frai.” “I think,” said the Roman artist, “things now wear a different aspect.” ; “Oh! Ccla est hien vrai,” said Marie Louise ; ( this time in the best French possible, kissing the emperor’s hand tenderly, who taking the young creature by the waist, made her sit upon his lap; but as she hlushingly resisted, “Bah! hah!” said Napoleon; “Canova is a friend, and we don’t make ceremonies with friends besides he is himself of a tender and susceptible nature and Avill be de lighted to witness the happiness of an affectionate couple.” “Listen to me, Louise, and I will relate to you a romantic story, the hero of which you may eas ily guess; you will then judge if those who love each other ought to feel restraint before Canova.” He kissed Marie Louise, and keeping her still upon his knee, began. “In the province of Tre visathere is a little village, called Possagno. In i this place was horn and reared the son of an ar ohileet. whose father died at tile early age of 1* twenty-seven, and whose mother married a sec ond lime, 'Satoriadi Crepany.’ “At four years old, the child, by name Antonio j was intrusted to the rare of its grandfather, who treated it with much severity. By him it was sent to pass an autumn at Pradazzi, two or three > leagues from Possagno, at the house of an Italian senator, a friend of his, whose name was Falioro. The latter observing the intelligence of the little j peasant, and pleased with the ability he evinced in carving stone, and shaping clay, placed him as I a pupil with a clever sculptor called Toretto.” j “What ! your majesty knows all these minute I details of my private life ]” exclaimed Canova in i surprise. | “I know many more,” replied Napoleon inali -1 ciously, and be continued. : “Toretto was a man of strict morals, hut howev ! er narrowly he may have watched his favorite pu ( pil. Antonio found means to escape from the \ Atelier now and then to go and dance at the vil li lag e files. He was then only sixteen. Amongst the gay throng of peasants assembled togetherdu ring the vintage to dance the tarantella, there was one whose charms captivated his heart, Bettina Hiasijshewas just fourteen. Her large hlaek eyes sparkled with animation, her waist was so tapering two hands could span it, her hair the i loveliest that ever adorned a maiden.” | A sigh escaped from the bosom of Canova. , The Emperor pressed the hand of Marie Lou j ’.so, that she might remark that sigh, and without j interrupting his recital, continued— j _ “Antonio was enthusiastic, and in love. As i for the grandfather, he was much less moved by ! the fascinations, than by the marriage portion of j Bettina, which was considerable, particularly for j the poor apprentice to a sculptor. I “The parents of both formed projects of uniting ! thorn; arrangements for their marriage were draw" j in S a close, when Toretto and the Senator j chanced to hear of it. “They reflected that this union would destroy ! the prospects of their protege, and determined to 1 prevent it. “One evening, they entered the chamber of Antonio, commanded him to follow them; and notwithstanding his tears, his resistance.’ and despair, carried’him to Venice, where they con j fined him during a whole year. j "All endeavors to escape proved fruitless. The enamoured youth finding his return to Pra dazzi impossible. was compelled to seek consola tion in the study of his favorite pursuit sculp ture. * "The talent and reputation of the young man soon spread abroad ; his celebrity was established I — ,,e tecame rich—his society was courted by all. and the memory of Bettina Uiasi was ~ra j dually erased from his mind. “At the same time, the arts and blandishments of another little coquette. Dominica, took the 1 place in his affections. She was the daughter | ot the sculptor, Volpato, “Proposals of marriage were made ; but a= 1 Dominica was yet young, a postponement was » agreed upon till the following year. Alas * be - —* '• <4 >4 fore that time, Dominica bestowed her hand on Raphael Morghen. • The poor deserted lover was in despair *t this new piece ol' treachery. At this part of the recital, Canova fell into a deep fit of musing and melancholy, unconscious of what was passing around him. “His health gave way. His physicians and friends recommended him to return and breathe the air of his native village. “(Were Corvisart here, he would say there was a remedy the faculty do not believe in, never theless it always succeeds.) “Antonio set oil' on his journey. “On his approach to his native place, the thoughts of Bellini Ltiasi, that charming, that lovely girl, so disinterested in her love for him, rushed upon his imagination more fresh, and more engaging than ever. “Dismissing from his mind all remembrance of Dominica, he dreamt only of Bcttina Diasi.— He pictured to himself the delight he should ex perience in clasping her to his bosom, ‘ His heart heat with hope and joy, and whilst he was resolving within himself, to proceed next day without fail to I‘radazzi he perceived the vil lage spire of Possagno before him. “Too much agitated to remain in the slow ‘velturino,’ he alighted, and continued hisjourney on foot by a short road, until ho arrived at the gate of the little town. “At this moment a crowd of young men who are awaiting his arrival, and perceive him ap proach, fill the air with shouts of welcome, sur round and embrace him. “lie stands without the power of speech, his heart throbs within him, his eyes are filled with tears. “The road is strewed with laurel-branches and evergreens, all the inhabitants of Possagno, women, children and old men, in holliday cos tume line the road, and salute the celebrated youth. “The venerable Toretto, the old master of Canova, folds him in his arms weeping over him. At a distance approach the mother of Canova, his step-father, and behind them, a female bathed in tears. “‘Bcttina! mia Bettina !’ cried Canova. “She stretches out her hand to him, he is about to speak, when the hells of the village sound a merry peal, salvos of musketry rend the air, and the curate at the head of his clergy singing the “Te Deum,” advances in his clerical robes, kneels down, and returns thanks to Providence lor having granted to Possagno a child so re nowned ns Canova. The aged priest then pass es his arm through that of Canova, his mother leans on the other, and the procession conducts the hero in triumph to his grandfather, whose infirmities confine him to his house.” “Ah ! sire, sire ! let me entreat you not to con tinue a recital which awakens such cruel and such sweet recollections,” interrupted Canova, sobbing. But Napoleon was too much pleased with the impression he had made on his listeners to think of stopping. Marie Louise had several lime* wiped the tears from her eyes. “Listen to the rest,” resumed he, addressing the empress, “we are coming to the denouemeul , which is well worthy of the rest of the story.” “The day lollowing, as Canova was entering the little garden of his grandiather, he saw Bet tina Biasa approached him. “Five years had diminished nothing of her beauty, except that she was pale, and resembled one of his own white marble statues. “‘0 Bcttina! Bettina!’ cried he, ‘will you pardon my ingratitude, and confer on me a hap piness 1 scarcely deserve. I had not yet tern you, when all the fervent and lender affection I once bore you returned upon me with increased strength.’ “ 'Listen !’ said Bettina, whose voice trembled with emotion, ‘listen ! Antonio Mio, —I suffered much when I learnt that you were to he married to Dominica, but I felt even then, dearest friend, that the humble village girl of Pradazzi, the daughter of a peasant, the affianced of the ap prentice, Antonio, could never he the wife of the celebrated Canova. Nevertheless, 1 refused several offers of marriage, and for five years I lived upon the recollection of him I loved. But when 1 heard that you were about to return to Possagno, when I concluded, from my own feel ings that you would not be able to sec me again without emotion—when I reflected that we might both be weak enough to renew intimacies ren dered unreasonable by your present position, I was anxious to save us both, not only the possi bility ot yielding,but also theagitation and strug gles we should have to undergo—l married.’ “ * Married ! you married !’ “ ‘ About eight days ago, to a deserving young man who has sought my hand for four years.’ ” “ Oh ! that was a noble and worthy creature,” cried Marie Louise. 1 Canova had left his seat, and had gone to lean | his head against the window to conceal his grief. ! A knock came to the door, and the .Minister of Police, the Due d’Otrante, put in his |plain but expressive head, “ Really, M.leDuc, you could not have arrived at a moie opportune moment. “ See the effect 1 have produced, thanks to the information you have procured me from Italy, ! within the last few days. “ Adieu, Canova,' continued he, gently pat ! tm& Die shoulder of the artist. “ Employ your j sell in making the bust of my wife, and when I you have finished it, if you still persist in return i ing to Italy, I suppose we must let you go. j “Good night! I have business with M. le I Due d’Otrante. Ah ! it is a hard life that of ■ Emperor,” said he, “it is not often 1 have an j evening to mysell, and a pleasant chat with mv I wife mid a friend near the fire. | We must not omit to add, that this was (he evening of the 11th October, 1810, and that the Emperor, .Marie Louise, and Canova, were in the j Bara o room and near the same fire-place where | Napoleon signed his abdication on the 11th of j April, 1814. I A Melancholy Tale of Destitution I ani) Death.— The Albany Journal of the 18th, has the following: On Monday night an Irish family, consisting : of James and Bridget Barry, and their two child ; ren, a boy aged three years and a girl 14 months, ' made application at the Fifth District Watch House for permission to lodge there during the 1 night. Barry stated that he came to this country about nineteen months since, and has resided the principal part of the time in this city and differ ent parts of Long Island, For the last five weeks he had been staying at Williamsburgh, and had been out of employment, and the little girl had been sick with the measles. On Monday morn ing he came to this city for the purpose of seek ing employment, and had been unable to find any. He said they were entirely destitute of money and friends, were possessed of no furni ture or habitation, and had no other clothing than they had on, and that he himself was in bad health. The family were provided with lodgings for the night, such as it was, and the mother laid down the little girl, who was very unwell, and endeav ored to quiet its groans by every find enderment. At length the child ceased its moaning, and the wretched mother was about laving it on the bunk beside her, when she discovered her Imbe bad * been relieved from pain and suffering by the hand ! of death. "Isaac, can you describe a bat?” “\ es sir—he s a flying insect, about the size of a stoppb —has Indian rubber wings, and a shoe string tail; he sees best with his eyes shut, and bites like the devil.” * % -< From the New Orleans Picayune. A Stronger Caine than the Thimbles. The fVay a Kaintuck come it over one of t he Thimble Riggs, Some time since, a Kentuckian arrived at Nat chez with a boat load of produce. Having dis posed of his “plunder” and received his pay, he went from the river up to one of the banks to get his bills converted into specie. The amount, some four or five hundred dollars, he tied up m an old red bandanna handkerchief, and started back for the river. His movements were close ly watched, by a practical professor of the Thim ble Rigg, who, considering that the Kentuckian did not understand the game, thought him a fair subject. He was grievously mistaken in the end, however, as the sequel will show. Walk ing up alongside ot the Hntboat man with much familiarity he accosted him, with “How are you stranger] How do you come out?” “Pretty fair, thank you, how do you rise]” “About the same. You have lately come down I take it.” “Y es, a few days since.” “Have you been over the city much—seen the curiosities about town]” “No, I haint much time to spare—want to gttf back.” “Well, you ought to look round a little, ’Spos ing you take a short walk with me out in this direction,” pointing to a part of the river bank where there were no houses. Come, I will show you some of the curiosities with pleasure.” Anxious to see what the fellow was “up to,” the Kentuckian, a shrewd sensible man. con sented to accompany his new acquaintance They soon came to a lonely and unfrequented part of the bluff overlooking the river. Here the rascal recommended a halt, and a set-down was agreed to. After some common-place conversa tion, he hauled out a set of thimbles and com menced sliding them backwards and forwards, lifting them, and displaying the little ball. “ 1 his is a great game,” said the gambler. “It looks interesting,” returned the Kentuckian. “Do you understand it]” said the gambler. “I don’t exactly see into it” continued the Kaintuck, who all the time was as well up to it as the other. “Its very interesting after you once get the hang of it,” said the rascal. “I should think so, very.” “’Sposing we strike up a small game just to pass away time]” inquired the stranger. “I have no particular objection.” rejoined the Salt river man. Things were now in a fairway, and the greedy thimble player looked with an eager eye towards the handkerchief of Mexican castings before him, , shortly, as he thought, to become his own. He calculated on “baiting” his victim a little, letting him win once or twice, in order to make the s grand haul ho contemplated more sure. Having arranged his thimbles, he said, “Now, what’ll you bet you can tell which the ball is under]” “I’ll go you ten dollars its under the middle one.” The money was put up, the thimble raised, and the Kentuckian won of course. The gamb ler appeared vexed at his loss, hut soon had eve ry thing arranged for another stake. “What will you go this time ]” said the fellow, “I’ll go you a twenty this pop” returned the Kaintuck. The thimble was raised and with the same success. The gambler now cursed he's 1 luck, said that fate was against him, that he nr ver handled the things so clumsily in all his life, and intimated that a child might heat him: He was still willing, however, to “go it again,” and soon had every thing fixed for a last trial. “How much do you bet this time!” said ho to the Kentuckian. “I’ll go the entire pile and quit,’, returned the Kaintuck. “What! the whole of it]” said the greedy knight of the thimbles, his eyes sparkling with delight in anticipation of so much booty. “Every cent in the pile,” said the Kentuckian coolly. “I go the whole pile or nothing.” “Well, I hav’nt that much money about me,” retorted the gambler, “but there’s my watch— that’s worth so much,” at the same time putting it in among the money which was now spread open in the handkerchief. “There’s a diamond breastpin—that’s worth so much,” putting that in also. In this way, and by staking what mo ney he had he soon had an amount which the Kentuckian considered a fair slake. The gambler now commenced arransing his tools with greater care than usual, while the Kentuckian set to work at the different corners of the handkerchief, biting them up apparently to get all the money and valuables in the centre. He was evidently bent upon playing a st onger game than the gambler, hut one which the latter never “saw into,” until it was too late. One by one the gambler placed his thimbles, and one by one the Kentuckian gathered each of the four corners of the bandanna in his hand. Before him was a high and very steep idulf, almost perpen dicular—one which no one could ascend, and one which not a soul hut the Kentuckian would dare go down. He well knew that the gambler would win this time, and he also knew that he would never dare follow him in a tumble down the bluff “ All fixed,” said the gambler. v “Ail fixed,” said the Kentuckian, as by asiiu den twist he wound the corners round his wrist, gathered himself up, and robed off the precipice like a turtle oft’a log, taking his own money be sides the watch, breast-pin and money of the gambler. The latter was thunderstruck, and gazed at his victim, who was rumbling and tumb ling down the precipice, with the same feelings the British troopers had alien they saw old tien. Putnam riding down the stone steps at Cow Neck, Base and sound “under the hill” the Kentuckian landed, jumped upon his feet in an instant, and sang out to the disappointed gambler, who still stood on the high blulf some hundred feet above him ; “How are you now 1 Sorry to leave you in this unceremonious way , hut business must he attended to. When you want to get up another game of thimbles, and run your rigs upon a chap that has slept all his days on the Mississippi, just drop on board my boat. You’ll always find me at home.” This was the last he ever heard of the thimble player. The rascal well knew that lie could get | nothing on board the flat-boat except a lynching, I and wisely kept away. Thus ends our descrip- I tion of a stronger game even than that known as j the Thimbles.” An Irishman sold a horse, warranted “without ; fault.” The buyer found him stone blind, and j complained accordingly. “By me sowl!” said j Pat. but that’s not his fault, its only his mlsfur- I tune, sure.” Exports of Cotton from Darien, from Oct. 1. ; 1838, to July 1, 1839. Bales. I Savannah, 52,5fi2 j Charleston, 20,938 i New York, 7,417 j Boston, 4S Total, 88.995 ‘ i Consignees per Sooth Carolina Kail Jtoad. Hamburg, July 26, 1&39. ) E. D. Cooke; W Catlin; Stovall, Simmons & Co.; i Reese Heallj T. Dawson; Baird <fe Rowland; Al ! drieh & Shove; Rones it Carmichael; J. ft S. Rones; j Moore & Davis; liaviland, Hisley & Co ; T. Rich ards; W. & J. Nelson & Co. ; j(. Parsons; G. W. Dear; U T . J. Wightman; Antony & Haines; A. B. Mallory; W. I). Crane; P. Fleming; Geo. Parrott; 1 J. F. Benson.