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q th malcontent*, if they ever attempted
a tiling decisive, always began t>y proc.aim
jug (lie young N>t|Kj|con, so as to secure the
sympathy of the masses. Napoleon is to the
French a magic won*, winch electrifies and daz
z!es them. A thousand cannons sleep in that
name es well as in tlicpillar of the Place V en
pome, and th* Tuileries will tremble if those
thousand cannons ever wake again. As the
Jews never pronounce unnecessarily the name
of their (ind- Napoleon ia seldom designated
here by Ins name ; they almost always call him
the man, but you see bis image every where, in
stamp, in plaster, in metal, in wood, and in ail
situations. On the boulevards, and at the cor
tiers of the streets, you meet with orators that
celebrate the man, popular singers who chuunt
his deeds. Last evening, as I was passing
through n little narrow street to return to my
lodging, I saw a child, hardly three years old,
behind a tallow candle stuck in the ground lie
was stammering a song to the glory ol the great
emperor. As I threw him a son, something
glided near me, and asked me also lor a sou. —
It was an old soldier, whocould also sing a song
to the glory of the great emperor, for that glory
had cost him his two legs. The poor cripple
implored me in the most supplicating niiinuer.
—ln the name of Napoleon, give me a sou. —
This is the name the most powerful watchword
of the peopled Napoleon is their God, their
creed, their religion. Lafayette, on the contra
ry, is venerated much more ns a man, or ns pro
tecting angel. He lives also in image, and in
song, but less heroically, and l honestly confess
that I could hardly resist a feeling ot the comic
Inst year to hear him chainilcd in the Farisien
nr, as the white-haired Lafayette, whilst l saw
him personally close by toy side in his brown
peruke.
p. rlinps it is such a mixture of the comic that
endears him, and brings him still nearer to our
human affections. 11is good nature acts even
on children, and they are, perhaps, betterjudg
-cs of his greatness than grown up persons. I
have another little mendicant-anecdote to relate
here, which shows the characteristic contrast
of the glory of Lafayette with that of Napoleon,
i whs standing the other day at the corner ol a
street which terminates upon the Place Pan
theon, and was lost, as usual, in a reverie at lie
holding this beautiful edifice, when a little Au
vergimt came, and usked me for a sou. I gave
him a ten sou piece to get rid of him moie ea
sily. But lie then approached me with more
familiarity, saving, do you know general La
fai/rttel As I answered in the affirmative to
this singular question, the most perfect delight
sp irk led nt .nice in the face ol the little urchin,
an J he said with ilm most comic seriousness,
he is from my own country, lie thought, no
doubt, that, a man who was capable of giving
him ten sous, must also he an admirer ol La
fayette, and consequently that 1 was worthy ot
Ins presenting himself to me us his fellow-coun
tryman.
The country people entertain the most affec
tionate respect for Lafayette, particularly as the
old general himself makes agriculture his prin
cipal occupation. This maintains in him that
simplicity nod almost youthful Ifeshness that u
coiiituia dmilfi in ft city might destroy. In this,
lie resembles those great republican generals of
antiquity, who planted their own cabbages, and,
wh ‘it circumstances required, Hew from the
plowdi to Imttle, or to the tribune, and after
having cawed the victory, returned to their
rural toils.
But the class wh'iUx has the greatest venera
tion for Lafayette, is ‘t, c middle class, the
trulesmen ami shop-keeper. These adore
h in. Lafayette, reducing every v.„ ntr to order,
is liie idol of these men. They worsii-g. ~s a
sort of providence on horseback (providence
cheval.) a guardian of the public safety, who
takes care that no theft shall be committed in
the strife of liberty, but that every one shall pre
serve Ins precious little property. The national
gu inl, ton, those well-fed heroes, with their
mo natrons fur caps, are intoxicated with joy
when they speak of Lafayette, their old gener
nl, their pncitic Napoleon. Yes, he is the Nu
pmeon of the under gentry, people of good cre
dit, the messieurs tailors and glovemnkcrs, too
in icli occupied, it is true, during the day to think
much of Lafayette, but who indemnify them
selves for it in the evening by redoubted enthu
siasm, so that it inay be truly said that at 11
o’clock at night, when almost all the shops are
shut, the glory of Lafayette is at its anogee.
Some people have wrongly imagined that
■Lafayette was a mere old man set up for allow,
or used as a machine. These people ought to
sop him once St the tribune to bo convinced that
he is not a more stnnrlnrd to be followed and
made oath to, but that lie is constantly himself
the stron<r kmoht whose hands bear the banner
of the nations. Lafayette is, perhaps, the most
iinpoitant orator in the present Chamber of
Deputies. When he speaks, lie always strikes
the nail on the head, ns lie does Ins enemies.
Is some great question to he agitated ? He al
ways rises, as eager for the coinhat ns a young
tnan. His body alone is weak and trembling,
broken by age and by the shocks.of tune, like
nn old armor, hacked and cut; and it is affect
ing to see him drag himself under this burden
to the tribune, and when lie has reached Ids an
cient post, recover his breath with difficulty, and
smile. That smile, and the whole exterior of
the man at that moment, nre inexpressible.—
There is such a mixture of benevolence ami
fine irony m it at the same tune, that you feel
yourself enchained, as it were, by a magic cu
riosity, by a delightful enigma You cannot
tell whether it is the cultivated maimers of a
French marquis, or the upright and open sim
plicity of nil American citizen. All the fail
side of the old regime, chivalry, courtesy, tact
nre here marvellously blended with the hes<
parts of modern citizenship, the love of equali
ty, plainness and honesty. Nothing is more in
teresting, when the early tunes of the Revolu
ton are spoken of, nnd someone in the usual
t A'-coriling to Byron’s prediction,
“ But be it as it may. the time may come
Ilia name shall boat the alarm like /ilea's dram.” 1
lawyer style, wrenches a fact from its true bear
ngs, and works it up so ns to suit his own sid
of the argument, to see Lafayette destroy w
a few words, all the erroneous conclusions, b>
re-establishing the true meaning of the fact, o
ny restoring to it its interest by a relation of th
circumstances that belong to il. r l biers, him
self, on such occasions, is obliged to fold In
wings, and the great historian ot the Revolu
tion bends before its great, its living monument,
its general Lafayette.
From the Georgia Journal.
THE LATE SESSION.
The session of Congress just closet), has been
as was expected, one of intense interest. It lias
in its progress exhibited much of the vices and
also the virtues of our gove-rnment. Among the
vices, we may reckon those protiacted discus
sions, not to represent but to create public opin
ion, which will increase we think hereafter with
the increasing facilities of communication. We
now have scores, hut we shall have hundreds ol
speeches unheard hii<l unread hut by the neigh
bors and immediate constituents ot the maker.
Political ambition has no doubt, more or less ns
always does, held the candle and moved the
wires of Legislation, so that the skill of the law
giver is in aping the patriot; but this must ever
be more or less the case in n popular govern
merit where speech and opinion are free and of
fice is open to all. W hat may be set down for
the virtue* of this government as exemplified in
the session just closed, have perhaps arisen in
part out of the very evils we have noticed. Much
talk whether good or bad, and keen and violent
contests, whether Irotn sinister or legitimate
motives, have aroused the torper and alarmed
the jeolousies of a generous, and sometimes n
too confiding people. It has provoked inquisi
tion into existing abuses, and has raised and
concentrated a resolute opposition to those exe
cutive assumptions of power that might—that
would, he hereafter the stepping stones to noth
ing less than u throne.
President Jackson was borne into office by
gratitude for past services, liits promises lor the
future, an assurance in the justness ot his ntnx
iins tis administration and ot constitutional law,
and a pervading confidence in the purity of Ins
purposes. 11 is first term of office justified the
public expectation ; but in the second—what a
fall was there !! What is the exact processor the j
agency that produced his declension front the |
high ground on which ho stood in 1630,we know
not. He may l.uve been moved from bis poise
in the liert of contest; lie may have been be
trayed hy his passions, or beguiled hy interested (
irresponsible advisers. These have all been ;
charged, and they may have all concurred to
the result. However that may be, it matters
very little. The fact stands recorded in history, |
and to the fact alone we have to look. The
doctrines put forth m his proclamation —even ]
his amended proclamation, the arbitrary features
of his favorite force bill, the powers and prero
gatives arrogated to the Executive branch in the
protest, are enough if submitted to and err., el
out in practice, to render this government any
thing else than that which our fathers fought for
and achieved in 1770. If what he says, or has
been made to say, be true, we have gained no
thing by the Revolution. Every reasonable
doubt condemns him, I'orthnt which recommen
ded him perhaps most of all to the great repub
lican family, was his declared and often repea
led opinion, that the Federal Government ought
not to attempt the exercise of any doubtful.
power. A maxim which would alone secure us
against nil the evils with which we have been
visited or threatened. His present admirers all |
responded to this. They assented to the ob
vious truth, that a faithful adherence to this rule
would obviate all dispute, and secure to the
‘-eneral Government its utmost strength in the
affeciWn gmd confidence of the people. Tins
was looked pon JS the polar star of his admin
istration, that would certainly steer it clear of
those quicksands on which other free govern
ments have been wrecked. Now it may be
calmly asked of his warmest admirers; those
who still pin their faith upon Ins sleeve; it ni gli
be asked even of himself, whether candidly
speaking, many of his acts and claims of power
are not at least of doubtful constitutionality?
The answer must be yes. It has been repeat
edly so answered by thousands who would have
denied it if they could. It has been with the
deepest regret, nnd the most reluctant convic
tion, that we have seen him striding step after
step away from the principles on which we wel
comed him to power—not into doubtful powers
merely, hut far beyond the region of nil doubt
into the very camp of the Federalists. It was
hardly |>ossible for those strides to have been ta-
ken, nnd those pretensions to have been advan
ced under auspices more seductive and danger
ous, than by a name so extensively and hereto
fore so deservedly popular as Jackson’s. But
one good of the late session, one gain to the
people has been to awaken them to a sense of
their danger. The thunder and lightning of
the tempest at the capitol hus roused the peo
ple up, and when up they are generally safe,
ft was hard to. effect this. Men had to forego
their long cherished partialities and to overcome
a confinding faith that had grown into n habit,
before they could be brought to look on any ael
of Jncksons with that scrutinizing severity with
which they would regard the acts of other men.
But they have looked, and they see in the do
cuments before them, things that must not he
permitted to incorporate themselves whh our
social scheme. They have therefore set about
to purge of all those impurities, and restore the
government to a henlthy and sound condition.
That there may not be no mistnke in the reck
oning, they go clear back to the ’76 times; con
tending ns whigs of that day strove tor then.—
They make that the standard aimed at; taking
the position ofVrrgmiannd Kentucky in ’Gr
and ’99, and that of Georgia in 1825, as the
land marks to guide them on.
_____ .
During the intense heat of Tuesday Bth inst.
Mr. Arthur Shaff, Librarian in the State O'’
nnrtinent at Washington, fell dead in the arm
of his father-in-law, Mr. Forsyth.
From the Slate Rights Sentinel. (
808 SHORT’S CELEBRATION.
On the fourth, I rose nt the dawn of day
•tided my pocket pistol (two inches in the bar-
I) and fired a salute.
At eleven, Mr. Short and I moved in proces
sion to iny study, where the Declaration ot In
dependence was read to me hv Mr. Slant.
after winch l delivered the following oration to
Mr. Short:
Friend and Fellow-Citizen :
“The instrument which you have just read,
teaches you that in I77ti ‘ these, united colonies
(not this united people) were declared by those;
vvlio ought to have known a little about it, to he
free, sovereign and independent States,’ (not
a free, sovereign nod independent knotol Van
kees, Midlanders and Southrons.) Therefore,
w hen General Jackson tells you the States never
were free, sovereign and independent, do you
ask General Jackson if lie takes you to be a
stark natural fool: and when the Longnnmes
ask you to support the man, or any man, who
supports such doctrines, ask them if they will
he good enough to support the tip end of your
right shoe, while you think of it.
(Here the orator was interrupted by a hurst
of applause from Mr. Short, who made a pug
nacious kick at nothing : as much as to say,
* let ’em try theirexperimentsuponiny integrity
if they love- shoe leather.’)
“ You see, tny respected friend, that there
is nothing too absurd fora free and enlightened
people to swallow, if private interest recom
mend it; but, thank heaven, there will always
he in the laud some lofty, uncompromising spir
its, who will defend the true principles of our
government, tinder every temptation, and at
every hazard.”
(Here Bob looked very diguified and inde
pendent ; and showed plainly that he took the
whole of the last member of the sentence to
himself.)
“ Our Baldwins are gone, our Jackson’s are
gone, our Tattnalls our Cobbs nre gone ; but
from their ashes have sprung up a race not less
jealous of their liberties, nor less bold in de
fending them than they were. Some such will
there ever, be to shame corruption, :o retard the
march of despotism, and to check the usurpa
tions of ill grasping power. These will be
honored, when the little selfish politicians of
the day, who flit from party to party and from
principle to principle for the worthless recom
pense of being meanly distinguished, will be
forgotten ; or will be remembered only to be
despised In the first ranks, my dear Bob, let
us take our places, and whether we. rise or fall,
sink or swim, let us carry through life an appro
ving conscience, and Wave to our children n
spotless character.”
\ The company now adjourned to Mr. Short’s
(lining room, where they seated themselves at n
table well provided with republican fare. Af
ter the cloth was removed the following toasts
wete drank :
REGULAR TOASTS.
1. The Day we celebrate : It finds the coun
try in a pretty pickle. If the people love fed
eralism let them keep it so. Tune—R. Castle.
2 The Heroes of the Revolution: A race
of beings who once inhabited all part* of tins
country under the name of Patriots. They
dissolved the union with their mother country,
and went through a seven yenr’s war, rather
than'pay a tax upon tea, though few of them
i ever drank tea. Let us forgive their rashness ;
| they knew nothing of D. U. Republicanism, or
| they would have been tia totally taken without
(a murmur. Tune —Marseilles Hymn.
I 3. The President ’fthe U. States :So much
! like Gen. Washington that you could n’t tell
! one from the other; except thnt Washington
would pot draw his own salary from the treasu
ry, and Jackson drew his own salary and the
whole treasury to boot; and except that Wash
ington did n’t try as many experiments as
Jackson.
4. General Washington: The I.ongnames
have taught us that lie did one foolish thing :
lie entreated the States not todissolve the Union,
not having sense enough to know they could
n’t dissolve it.
5. Thomas Jceffrson : Claimed as the polit
ical father of two opposing parties m Georgia.
To which lie justly belonged can never he now
ascertained, ns lie bus left no memorials from
which we can learn whether he was a federalist
or republican. Tune—Jefferson and Liberty.
6. The Governor of Georgia: A little too
rash ; hut a sac simile of Troup—when Troup’s
asleep.— Mighty good man to Indians when lie
thinks they’re likelv to kill white people—Good
to white people too—help ’em in a minute if
they’ll only wait till they’re killed before they
ask help ; must be a timid people who would
n’t do that. Tune—
We're a’ tioddin’
Niil nod nodding.
7. The. Heads of Department in Georgia :
A splendid department of heads to rule a free
people. Tune—
Friend of my soul this goblet sip. *
8. Democratic Union Republicanism; Like
the Frenchman’s flea ; when you put your fin
ger on it, it is n’t there. Tune—
I’ve kissed and I’ve prattled with fifty fair maids.
Am! changed them as oil do you see.
9. The Democratic Union Republican Tick
et of Georgia : Sucred to the memory of uncle
Peter’s truck-box.
Firm united let us be,
Don’t fly off the axletrce.
(As the reader is not presumed to know the
history of the Short family, the toast requires
explanation. Uncle Peter used to keep a box
which he called the truck-box: in which lie
put every thing that he picked up in Ins ram
Ides, which he thought could be of any use:
such as old rusty nails, horse shoes, broket
chissels, band-hooks, hame-strings, <fcc. &<
Whenever <ve boys hail any mechanical projec
on foot, good or bad, we always went to unch
Peter’s truck-box, where we found the very at
tides i'oi our purpose.)
10- Forsyth and Wayne,
A I • vely twain.
Th y were even too slick
For the grandmother’s trick. !
riiey were put up tog. tin v, hut did ti’i c. me on
ngether.
John Crown’s two little Indian hoy*—
One ran away and t’other would n't slay.
11. The Union Democratic Jacksonian fit
publican I’resses of Georgia. Ihe “ hr.
horses of creation for State Rights ; but “ Ini.
General Jackson does no more than deem,
war against a State, and take the control e
the public money, they are willing to subm
for peace sake ; but let them take. t. notion
vote against Jackson, mid then let bint say they
sliu’nt vote rtt all, and (he’ll be down upon bin
! like a nest of hornets —il the Cnssville Gazette
will take the lead.
Lot .logs delight
To bark and fight.
12. Georgia — What State Rights’ man cm
help loving the little joking hussey 1 If she
docs abuse nullification, she is the best practical
nullifier of the whole thirteen.
The. Coquette.
13. The American Fair— For their defence
both parties will exert their utmost energies.
The Longnames will vote for them, and the
Shorts will fight for them.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
VOLUNTEER TO A.STS.
By myself. Nullification.— It has secured to
Georgia an iioii.ei.se territory —protected her
laws from annihilation by the 1 . d< rnl < ourts
overthrown the A'icn mid 8 sditu.n laws—pros
trated “ the American System” of luxation —
opened a way to good fe.-lievs between the
North and the South, and rekindled the dying
spirit of republicanism through the Union :
but la! what’s that! Is n’t Mr. Calhoun a nul
ifier? Nullifier' s Quick Step.
By Mr. Short. South Carolina :
“This is the” State
Which was of late
“By canting wretches damn’d;
With such as she.
May Georgia be,
Forever prais'd or blam’d.”
Avid Lang Syne.
From the Savannah Republican.
HONOR TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD.
Yesterday morning, at 11 o’clock, in con
formity with previous arrangements, a Livic
and Military Procession was formed before the
Exchange, for the purpose of tendering the last
tribute of respect to the memory of the “good
and great” Lafayette.
About half past 10, the Military were review
ed in line, into which they formed with admira
ble precision, by Col. Williams and Staff, in
the following order:
The Georgia Hussars, C'apt. Gordon.
Chatham Artillery, Capt. Stevens.
U. States Artillery, Capt. Merchant.
Pt'cenix Kifiemen, Capt. Bowen.
Hepubi{ Lan Ll U es, Capt. Pooler.
Savannati v 0 l. Guard*, Capt. Jackson.
The Civic Procession then made its appear
ance, and was revived with presented arms,
when the whole lint Ulo ved from Bay-street,
through Bull, Congress, Drayton, and South
Broad streets to the Presbyv^ r ian Church, in
general order of procession as fuiiows:
Military with standards mourned. Orator
nnd Committee. Revolutionary soldiers. Os-
ficers of the V. S. Army and Navy. French
men and descendants of French, with tri-colo
r. and Banner, mourued. Strangers of distinction.
Militia Officers of the First and other Regiments.
District Judge, Attorney, Clerk, and Marshall,
Judge of the {Superior Court, Sheriff'and Offi
cers. Judges of the Inferior Court. Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas and Officers.
Members of the Bar. Mayor and Aldermen
and City Officers. Consuls. Post Master,
Navy Agent, &c. Collector of the Customs.
Union Society. Georgia Medical Society and
Physicians. Hibernian Society, with green
scarfs, banner mourned—emblem the Irish
Harp—motto, “ Erin go bruit.” St. Andrew’s
Society, with banner mourned—emblem, tt
Andrew—motto, “Relieve the distressed.”—
Pilots. Harbor Master; Master and Mates of
Vessels and Seamen, with the Flag of the U.
States mourned. Citizens generally.
In this order the Procession moved to the
Presbyterian Church, South Broad street. A
deep solemnity prevailed throughout its ranks,
nnd a sacred quiet threw over the city the air
of a Sabbath Day. A low and solemn pre
lude from the fine toned Organ of the Church
ushered the Procession within its holy walls,
where had already assembled a beautiful and
brilliant concourse of ladies, whose number we
think, could not have fallen short of six bun
red. They, too, had come to sympathise with
ns, nnd tender the last homage of patriotism and
beauty to the memory of the Great French
man, for whom this vast Republic mourns. Not
only the Church, but its aisles were crowded,
and numbers had to return who could not pro
cure seats. The audience could not huve n
niouutcd to less than fifteen hundred.
The solemnities ©f the dny commenced with
nu introductory Hymn, which was read by the
Rev. Mr. Myers of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and performed by the choir and organ,
in a strain most deeply sweet, sytnphonious and
impressive. A fervid, eloquent and patriotic
prayer was then addressed to the “Holy of
Holies,” by the Rev. Mr. Ncufville of the Epis
copal Church. After which, the Orator, the
Rev. William Capers, of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, pronounced in a distinct and audi
ble voice, the best Eulogy we ever listened to.
He commenced with a deeply feeling nnd
affectionate tribute to the illustrious subject ol
nis discourse, and almost imperceptibly glided
into the history of the Revolution, for the pur
nose of introducing before us, the young nn<;
ehivalric disciple of Liberty, at the most gloo
my period of that momentous struggle. , Blusli
ng ami panting for glory, we saw th e boy pat
riot giving his sword and his treasure, and of
fering Ins life for a country and people h
mew not. After having carried him througl
he war of the Revolution, the Rev. Orator pr;
•uted his audience with a finished sketch n
he life of Lafayette, from his pupillage to li
‘■ nth. This was done to illustrate more fore
ily the moral sublimity of a character which has
v i reeled the admiral.,on i-l t!.c world; malm
It s illustrations the orator was most felicitous.
\\ e shall st left. otic. “Anting the ancients,
■ said lie,) we nre inclined to thick tlmt Ciiicm
m.lua most resembled him; and among t|, e
tui.tlcriis, lie who was ‘first in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of Ins countrymen.’
j;„t perhaps, n just position Tor him, would be
envceii these two illustrious men; more ac
uiplished than the one, and not so profound
as the other.”
But we are ndmotiislidd that wc are cxceed
g our time and limits. The Rev. Orator con
cluded Ins able and eloquent eulogy with the
(.Mowing neat and deserved compliment to the
countrymen of Lafayette:
“ May l be*permitted, with such feelings as
the present occasion s calculated to inspire, and
which, indeed, it forbids me to repress, to offer
one respectful and sincere word to those ot n.y
fellow-citizens here present, who derive from
France. France was a mighty phalanx for ns
in time of need; nnd, in a country which is
proud to give n welcome to the world, most
welcome be the French—Lafayette’s country
men.”
The Eulogy was received by the audience
with the most unaffected and heart felt ap
plause.
The ceremonies of the church were conclu
ded by a hymn, rent! by the Rev. Mr. I’reston
of the Independent Presbyterian Church, which
like ihe introductory, was performed with deep
nnd a fleeting melody and harmony.
The order of Procession was then resumed,
and moved down Bull, near its intersection w ith
Bay street, where the military halted, and hav
ing formed in line was passed by the Civic
Procession, which received the usual salutation,
and moved to the Exchange, where it was dis
missed. The Military then formed upon Mon
ument square, where n salute of twenty four
guns pealed from the Chatham Artillery, and a
like number from the remaining corps. The
line of match was again taken up to the Ex
change, where tho companies were discharged
to their respective commanders.
We should have observed that the Banner of
the First Regiment was borne by toe Jiiu.-s.
Tins banner is peculiarly interesting from the
circumstances of its being presented in the pre
sence of Lafayette during bis memorable visit
to Ibis city in March, 1825. This splendid
banner is the production of a distinguished la
dy, formerly of Savannah, and was presented
in her behalf, hy Gov. Troup to Col. Marshall,
on that highly interesting occasion. On tho
first side, is the arms of State of Georgia, and
on the reverse a finely executed lust of Lafay
ette, nhove which the American Eagle hovers
crowning the bust with a wreath of laurel. On
chcli side, various other a) propriate emblems
decorate the Banner.
We regret that our time prevents us from
giving a more perfect sketch of the interesting
ceremonies of the day. It was a day dedicated
to Gratitude, and most sincerely and devoutly
did her devotees worship at hty shrine. The
grave of Lafayette, i* the hearts of Americans.
“ So sleep the brave who sink to rest.
With all their country’s honors blest.”
LOUISIANA.
The election for Governor, Members of the
Legislature, and a Senator to Congress, com
menced in Louisiana on the 7th. It is highly
prolmble that the whole of the Ahti-Jackson
ticket will he carried. Edward D. White, the
late Representative in Congress from that State,
is the candidate for Governor, and Henry John
son fur the Senate of the United States—both
“ good men and true,” and decided enemies to
“ Figure Heads” and ftlols.
The New Orleans Mercantile Adveitiser of
the Bth, thus speaks of the result of the first
day’s election:
“ * Once more to the branch, dear friends.’
Yesterday we were three to one. By exerci
sing n proper energy, we can keep so. Rome
’ expects every son will do his duty. The Tar
quins must he expelled.
“ The whole of the votes polled yesterday
were 452.”
Cholera on the Mississippi. —The Randolph
(Term.) Recorder of the 21st June says:—
“This desolating pestilence still traverses the
lower part of the Mississippi. Several boats
have lately passed up from Orleans, having bu
ried from 6to 15 passengers. The Kentuckian
passed up last Tuesday, having buried 18,
principally Dutch emigrants. The disease
breaks out nnd confines its* If almost exclusive
ly among crowded deck passengers, who neg
lect all ucce&sary precaution of cleanliness, and
against exposure to the burning sun and night
air. Prudence, cleanliness, anti pure air, form,
at this tune, a sufficient safeguard against its
ravages.”
Another Rival Sea Port. —The beautiful
town of Newark, (N. J.) says the New York
Commercial Advertiser, Ims been made a port
of entry, and Archer Gifford, Esq. appointed
Collector of the Customs. We wish the citi
zens of this port every advantage they expect
to derive from their new commercial situation.
In enterprise they are not excelled by any bo
dy of men in the Union, and from their great
manufacturing establishments, we hope they
will he enabled to send forth increased supplies
to our fellow ci’.'zens in every section of our
extended empire.
Tiie President’s Frank. —We think it was
in the winter before the last, that Congress pas
sed an act to permit a fae-similc of the Presi
dent’s signature, to he used, in signing the Land
Patents. It was represented that an immense
number of these patents, for which the owners
land were anxiously looking, remained unex
ecuted because the President had not the tinre
o sign them. It is a well known fact that many
liousnnds of these patents still remained un
gned, and yet the President, regardless of the
nterests of the poor planters, finds sufficient
ime to frank documents, electioneering docu
nents, loading down the mails, nnd flooding the
country with them.— Natchez Cour. (y Jour.