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Graham'. now .tone i,milling, in Smith iNi.nvcr .trout, n tow doors froro.llurklioldor's howl, mid dl IV oilposilo tlio I’ran-ollicc, whoro those haying Imainon. the volunteer John B* Urntton, Editor and Proprietor* CAIILISLB, THURSDAY, DECB’R. 0,184 Y. JIR.CLAVAND THE MEXICAN WAtt-No.’S. Mexico did frequently declare, through her official agent*, that she would regard the annexation of Texas a just cause of war, and after the act was consummated eho proclaimed that nil diplomatic re. lalions between the two governments were at an cnd # In 1843 the Mexican Minister, Mr. Bocanegta, do* dared to Mr. Thompson, our Plenipotentiary, that “the passage of'the net for the incorporation, of Texas with the territory nf tlio United States, would bo considered by Mexico as equivalent'ld a declara tion of war” on (ho part of the United Slates. Gen. Almonte, Gen. Santa Anna, and all other Mexican Ministers of Foreign relations, Used language to the same effect in their communications with our govern, meal: - ' ' ' ' : ‘ And 3*cl Christendom will unite in saying, that (ills was one of the. most shallow pretexts that.was fever resorted to by a nation wild had. forfeited all claims to tho respect of the civilized world, and who was anxious (6 seize hold of any excuse, however feeble, to justify its own coiltso of indignity and out rage towards the Uhd of a sister Republic. Texas had cßtabUshod iicr.indcpcndcnce Ijy force of arms, arid maintained that Independence for eight long years! .She had' been recognized as an independent nation by all Hid leading powers of Europe, as welt as by tho'United States. .Sho had maintained her independence db /adid, ahd was final ly independent de jure by (ho acknowledgement of Mexico herself. Mexico did actually acknowledge Iter independence, provided sho would not annex her self to the United States! a condition which she had no right to impose—for if sho was independent for one purpose, sho was so for uU purposes. And ycl, because this independent nation saw fit to dispose of her sovereignly as £hc chooser and to annex herself to Ilia United Stales, that ardoi' chraifon of war 1 * (qo the part of tho government who opened her bosom to recoWd h«f,) against tho mag nanimous nation of Mexico. And this is (he position of Mr. Clay, who lakes up (ho cudgels in good carn al for tills treacherous and degraded people, and gainst his own cotlrtlry. Why so untenable is this position, (hat even Mr. iVebiler, in a speech recently delivered at a Whig halo Convention in. Springfield, Massachusetts,' ad mitted that at the time of annexation Texad Ivas an udependent State among the HalloHs of tho earth; nd ho stated further V I do not admit that it was ny just ground of complaint on tho part of Mexico hat tho United Slates annexed Texas to themselves.'* lero then is tho declaration Of onßtthdolit-Ucrrod’s hrrod in ■ his opposition to tho Mexican war, and ■a talked.long since of impeaching the President, withholding supplies from the army, dee. dee. And ycl, so potent arc tho fuels of hlstal-yi and the power if truth, that what Mexico considered “a declaration of war,*’ and Henry Clay as “ the primary cause” of the war, thereby endorsing tho Mexican view of tho subject, even Daniel Webster Is constrained to admit docs not furnish “a just ground of eoinplainti” Hut we deny emphatically, that tho annexation of Texas was “ the primary cause*' of tho present war. flicro were grcvloils wrongs perpetrated by Mexico upmi our citizens throughout a long period (if years, and solemn treaties, pledging her public faith for their redress, which had been wantonly broken, long before tho annexation of Texas was thought of.— Mexico had insulted our flag, had destroyed our commerce with hor people, had robbed, insulted, im prisoned and murdered our citizens, until nur claims upon liar amounted to millions of dollars—and yot •ho refused from time to time (o comply with hor own solemn engagements in tho liquidation of these claims. These wore other and grave causes of war, and Mr, Clay could not have boon Ignorant of- thorn* As long ago as the 6th February, 1837, Gen’l. Jack ,on * in tiis message to Congress, declared— “ 'lhe length of time since topic of the injuriee have y n committed—the repeated and unavailing applica nt™ for redreet — the wanton character of some of the I outrages upon the property and pereone'of our citizens ,< ‘'“a anon the ojfkere and flag of the United States, in- Ct pendent of recent insults to this government and pftpje, would justify, in the eyjss of Aih nations, immediate wari” Tim committees on foreign relations In the two h>u«cs of Congress coincided with President Jack- Urt this subject, and a declaration of war was . ntl °l made against Mexico, from no other mo* bvea than those of compassion' and kindness towards •Neighboring republic. Our forbearance was carried o, nch an extreme, os to bo mistaken in its churae e*' Had wo acted with vigor In repelling tho In ,u I* and redressing the injuries inflicted by Mexico the commencement, wo should doubtless hove cs- al( the difficulties in which wo are nowjnvol- U will not do tor Mr. Clay to say, that those * oro CftUac * no (_ sufficient to create a war. If they 1 create a war, it was purely and solely from forboaronce. The causes for war, were ample pressing, and wore, a constant source of irrlta- J ol ' and ill feeling between the two nations, which ling but ih o prudence, some might say pusiliani f(M* uur Government, restrained from bursting had V” °* , ° n England and Franco had xioai! °* r cu W eB wlih Mexico, and had, by prompt ‘•irou^ 0 \ ooorcot * a ®P«ody settlement—England f .* 1 r ' >llc l lcn l )B m, her Minister, by a demand la ( , (n,not *' 4to reparation. Mexico yielded ulonce. of ° nßo of Erance, who had suffered 01 the hands Crcur* C ° QUtra ff ca not i° be compared, nor half ns i for Ann«\ /va 1080 <nrf “»ed'By us,-she mode a demand |l ar j v * OOO 08 lb odiliUim’rbgii: an/. .. Promptly tlie jtflifcloims.of Frcricli cillicns, uphargb in disgrace a Moxlbitn General who had assassinated two Frenchmen at Tampico, and pay an additional indemnity of $20,000 to the two families of lijc.vicUnißi . Tlus waß’tho French vlti- Mhturfi, dated onlioardlhcFrcncb man-of.\var,and atgned by, the; Minister. of Froncc, Who added t • $3 00 . 1 00 : “If tlie 'ropiy df, the Mexican government shall contain a negative upon atitf oUc of the'point*.propo sed }\? even its language shall bo ambiguous in any one particular; if, in short, it shall be delated beyond *J e .V>lh °f AP r ‘l> the, undersigned will,immediately P' ac ® tjo farther conduct the hands of M. Bazociib; comniaridcr oflhd navalTorcos of his majesty, of which Vpartare already on.tlie coast of Mexico, and this officer will proceed' to execute the orders ho has.receivcd,”'- „ .. * „ *. • , •. Mexico employed her usual, nrls and duplicity, made fair promises, which she refused to fulfil, and. put off the settlement of the French difficulty for several The result is well known, In the following November, the French squadron .opened uponthe Castle of San Juan d’Ulloa, and took it, af ter a stout resistance. The Mexicans were compell ed to pay, not only the $600,000 Originally demanded, but $200,000 iu addition to defraying the expenses of the attack. $ 30 Tin's was llio course pursued by these nations Id. vyards treacherous Mexico.- Our elaimsatnounlcd to millions—theirs were comparatively small.. Our ci tizens were robbed and murdered by hundreds, while in the ease of England and,France, there were but t.wq or throe. -Yet both these nations very properly forced immediate redress., Some of our’ demands upon Mexico pro of twenty-years standing, while those of England and Franco hud subsisted.but a few short months, And yet- owr repeated demands, al most supplications, for. justice, have been wantonly refused—our threats of force, when wo look the cour ogc to make them, haVo been laughed at—our treat ies with (his plundering people, this Guerrilla nation, have been.broken. Our. accredited ministers, when tendering them our friendly alliance, haVo been re peatedly insulted, ahfl. oill 1 oflers of peaceful relations have been trampled on. With all Ihcsb wrongs which fur more than ten years past have been ripen ing, and have been every day ready toproduce a collision bclvVcfcti the two countries, Mr. Clay has the hardihood to declare to Ihe wbrld, and espedtalti/ io ** that (lie abnegation of Texaswas the pri mary cause of the present war.** ~ If that be tho ease, ilic;wortd will bo left to sup pose, .that wo had not the nerve to redress tho.agg'ra valcd injuries which we had suffered from Mexico; and that tui for the annexation of Texas, those out rages never woiildjiavo been redressed,: ffllifict ((Tniroufl. • • 1 From the Charleston Courier.- OH AIUjOTTB coudav. 1.0 crime fail la houto, cl non piu bochnfl»ii(V ' [Cornkii.le. Tho eleventh ofJuly,l793.it was reported in Paris, thut ftlurat fiad just-been a&assiniitcd. -. Such a re. ijfdrf? aarjed*JsEo?fc6 Be bonfidod TtlVos soon, confirmed, however, by the fury and imprcca. lions of the. Jacobin parly. . A woman had stricken the blow; sho glories in the deed ; she awaits her punishment, nor has she sought to evado it by con. ccalmcnt. It was CiUaLbtTK ConbAi. She was hofn in the department of Orin, and re sided at Caen. Her father, a gentleman of ancient family, enjoyed an easy fortune. Her ago was twonly-fivo years; her figure.beautiful and regular, was animated with the purest coloring. Everything in her features and manners,indicated that; in cleva. ling herself aboso the. strength,’ she had not compro mised. the modesty other sex. The care of pleasing seemed frivolous to her; she fulfilled with tenderness the duties of fillial piety ; but in domestic life had maintained or preserved (o .herself an independence. Perhaps the loftiness of her spirit had withdrawn her Tram man. One passion alone hud for a length of time ocoupicd her thought*/ It was’ (hat of liberty. She drew constantly in her-mind the hdmtlialing contrast between that liberty, the object of her ado. ration, and the odious phonloiri with which Franco had been presented. When the pioscribcd deputies arrived at Caen; She pitied their misfortunes; she saw. all those of her country. -Placed 100 fur from the theatre 1 of events, she comprehended badly their cause; 9ho suW thousands Of tyrants; she believed they wefo in subordination to a chic/; and (he most ferocious appeared to her tho most suitable amongst them. The two most generous sentiments of nature, pity and. indignation, filled Charlotte Cordny with a species of fanaticism. Her resolution was taken, and she experienced ip anticipation all. t(i6 joy attending lliti fcommissidh of a great-action. - The serenity of her countenance-deceived her fallief and her friends. She' set out for Paris. In tho public diligence, she exhibited to her companions an amia-v bio sprlghllinces, which cvcn_lho conversation of some Jacobins who were of (ho party failed to inter, rupl. Tho first day- of her arrival at tho capital, was employed In acquitting licrpelfof certain commissions with which she had boon entrusted. Trilling cares seemed to occupy ollhcr attention. The next day she proceeded to the Palais Uoyul, with tho knife she designed to plunge into (he bosom of a tyrant. She examined und carred this weapon away with her, with an nirofmdiffin'dnco. fifrio datfsod hcrsolflo bo conveyed to (ho house of Murat. The don of tho tiger was closed lo her. Her eagerness excited the suspicion of a woman whom Mural calls Ills friend. Charlotte perceived that it was necessary to deceive him, end laid a snare for his ferocity* Showfote him the following billet, in which it maybe afc’on; that by a fortunate equivocation she consoles herself for being obliged to flatter him i “ Citizen 1 arrive from Caen; your love far the country has caused mo lo prosiimo that you would learn with pleasure tjio unfortunate events of this part of the Republic.' ’ I will present myself nt your house; have tho goodnesj lo receive and grant me u moment's conversation* I will place you by the siunb, in a situation to render France an important service. CUARLOTT CORDAY.” The following day Cimrlolto presented horaclf u socopd time ut the liouso of Murat. Tho some woman disputed Imr ontranco.' Murat pverhoard tholr alter cation anti ordered Jior to bp introduced; 110 was ul tho time In the bath. . Ho Interrogated Charlotte 5 she dissembles. He wishes to have the names of all the deputies who had taken refuge olCucn. She repeals them to him, uhd, Mural transcribes them with the samp exultation, as though' ho were for the first time about tp place lliom upon a lisl of proscription. They shall soon undergo their chastisement, f sald lid to her. Thmo is at hand, replied Chnrlplto: She drew her knife and buried it in tho heart of Murat. 110 utters only, the last cry: Ifelp,iny dear friend I 110 expires. VVo* men run to hUassistance? Charlotte Cordoy remains immovable) she becomes tho prey of their fury.— The guard arrives? she' places herself under Its pro motion and is conducted to iho Abbey, Terror spread Itself among Hie chiefs of the Moun tain parly. Fear presented lb their Imaginations Charlotte Cordnys everywhere, as if many spirits had boon elevated to the same tpno of heroism. With this terror, however, Was Intermingled a feeling of joy. For tho most powerful* Mural was.nt least a rival. Danlon commenced lb fear and oven to haloj Robesploror (b onVy him. 'The samp, convention which tho presence of this monster has so often wearied and whom U had once proscribed, is forted to weep for him. Behold, a Gbd of blood created Ip preside ovpr sp'many.hdmiin sacrifices. ; • Charlotte Cordoy however experiences In her pri son aehllhiont of pride and of peace.' S(io, was “OUR 3 OUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS cV^ldur-—DOT ItlcHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA-, T.HtRSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1847 without resentment for,-all the vc£atlotiS that.were] a'Udod toher captivity, save, sUch ad‘ vtotlndcll Her f modesty. The hour of glory has arrived for her: it 1 is that in Which she appeared'before hbtJudges: for , the,: Jacobins allqigod. her judged aria.eVen counsel, for her, defence.The people .flobked in crowds lo belioM her. They declare aloud iheir detestation j! while inVluw voice they signify thblradmtrtilioftbh •her conduct. • , r ‘ . Her interrogation proceeds... History. Cannot boi ler characterize in this prodigy of .enthusiasm ,nnd elevation, of soul than in relating some of the ana were of Charlotte Cprdajh 1 ; ;“All, these ’details arc useful* It is I who lia'vd killed Murat. What induced you to commit Una as sassination? demanded the.. President of her. His crimes., What doyou.mcan liy his crimes? The misfortunes ofwhich ho lmsbccn thaxauseVinco Ihb I'cVolution; and those ho was yet preparing for Franco. Who prevailed upon .you to commit this assassination? No one; it.is myself alone, who have conceived the idea of it, How are the refugee deputies employed alCacn? They wait-till anarchy ceases, to resume their posts. Wue it to a priest the oath, or.to one who hud not, that you cpnfosfccd yourself a Cuon? I went neither to the one nor the other. ’ What .were your intentions in killing Murat? To cause the" cessallbh of the troubles of. Franco. Was it a long time since you formed this piojcct? Since the transaction of 3ist May; the day of the proscription of the deputies of (he people. ’ It is from the journals then that you have learnt that Murat was un anarchist? Yes, I knew that ho was overturning France. I killed him, added she, elevaliag her voice, to the highest lone, 1 killed one man to save an hundred thousand; a wicked one to save thp innocent; a ferocious beast lb give repose to my country. I was a republican before the revolution and have never wanted energy. What do you mean by energy ? I moan by energy the sentiment, which animates those, who laying aside private interest, are able to sacrifice themselves for their country.” • . , - During her interrogation; Charlotte perceived a man busied her features; she kept herself turned towards him without affectation. She had a zealous counsel in Chauvcau-Lagardc. The manner in which lie defended the accused was pleasing to her haugh ty spirit. Uis discourse was as follows: : 11 The accused confesses with deliberation thp hor> riblo .Crime she lias committed; she confesses with deliberation, her long prcWcdilutloh of Uj she con fesses the most appalling circumstances attending it; in oho.word she confesses everything; arid does nal oven l seek to justify herself. This, citizens, jurors; is her whole defence.- This imperturbable calm.and this, entire negation of. self, which announce no,re morse Jn. tile presence of deallritsclf; this calm and self-denial, sublime in every respect, arc not in the couteo of nature; they can only bo explained by that exaltation of political fanaticism, which has placed a poignnrd in her hand;.arid it is for you, Citizen’s I Jurors, to determine what weight tills moral consid legation should have in the balance ofjuslicc. I rely upon your wisdom.”, ■ ■! j On hearing her sentence of ; pro nounced, Charlotte Cordoy displayed u; movement of ijoy, as though she had attained liar reward. She afterwards placed in the hands of the. President two I letters, one addressed to her father, t|io other to Bar- I baroux. The latter, which is tod long to be- inserted I here, abounds with grace and.elevated sentiments, i a Wo.arp,” said she in it, u such good republicans at Paris, that we oannul conceive how a. useless'wo man, tho longest tortii of whoso life would coridncc deliberation Bacrihce liersolrtd saVeher country. • * I enjoy a delicious tranquility since several days.. The luippi ness Pf my country completes my own.” tp Jicr father is conceived in tho following terms t , “Pardori me, my deal father, for having disposed of existence without your permission; 1 have avenged many innocent victims. .1 have prevented many other disasters«, the people,one .day undeceiv ed, will rcjnico'lU-havo ticcri delivered from a tyrant. If! sought to persuade you that X was about to re tire into England, it was because I hoped to preserve my incognito, hut I have recognised tho impossibility ofdbfrig so. 1 hope lliuiyou will dot b'fc disturbed; in any case you will have those at Cuon who will defend you. I hove chosbri Gustavo Doulcct to de fend, me. Such a clime as pdno does not admit of defence; it is only for form’u sake that I JiaVo chosen counsel. Farewell, my dour father.- 1 pray you to | forgot me, or rather to rejoice at my faio—Uto cause of It is good. 1 embrace-riiy sister; whom. I love with oil my heart; as well ns all my relations. Do not forget that verso of Corneille: M Tho crime and nol lho scaffold makes tho shame,” . “ It is to-morrow at eight o'clock that 1 am to be tried,” •‘TlmlOlliofJuly, J 793. 0. COtIDAY." ' The next Jay olio was conducted to punishment at' seven o'clock in tho evening;. On seeing her, it .was ho longer permitted.to think oflho ignominious pageant with which she was surrounded. She might have been described os a young virgin who followed witli modesty and serenity, a festival, the object of , which \tuis (o erbwn her virtue. • All the people, she hod under her eyes,' appeared to her enfranchised by her hands. ' , VVhcfi lho ofc .had cut short her life, the oxcou» Honor held up to the spectators the head of Charlotte Cordoy, ond bestowed upon it many blows. The people were indignant at Much;,brulolily} and.oven the Jacobins therffsefteß punished a barbarity in which tho multitude often indulged dining tho days of tho massacres. - • The example of Charlotte .Cordny, (caches us to die; but not Ip seek death.’ "PfOKI JjOIIgCT. vilsl CRISIS IN ,, w Messrs. Euitoks. —In the year IGOO, Qcch Eliza* belli granted to the, Governor arid company of mer chants, of London, trading to the East Indies, an ex clusive right, for fifteen years, of lrading lo all coun tries, from tho Capo of Good Hope eastward/to tho Straits of Magellan, excepting those which were in tho possession of friendly European powers. This was tho origin of that mighty commercial monopoly entitled tho East India Company, Until 1G43, each i member of tho company managed, his affairs on his own account,.being only bound to conform to certain 'general rules. Under tins arrangement, wo are in formed, the profits of eight voyages amounted to 171 per cent. . ■. In ldl3, tho capita) of (ho membofd rfftfl (fnllou; and the constitution of tho company bcfcttmo mure aristocratic. It was, in fuel, fust developing Into n comhfcrclul oligarchy, of tho worst hind, ftur years, the shares rose to tho Valuo of 203 per cent* Prosperity was attended by ltd Ustfal abtfscp/ana.lu 1627, coinplnlnW.wbfo made of bad management of alj kinds. Pdblio opinion at last grow so strong against It; .Uiut in 1055, Cromwell destroyed thslr charter. Uo wished to make tho Eiiat India trade free. But tho power of the coh/patty ptov'od Itfo great for this, • After tho restoration of the royal family, the charier was again in full force, ..Abuses of all sorts had embarrassed their finances, however, and In IG3B, on condition of a loan of jC2,000,000 eforllpg, at 3 per cent, for the service of tho State, Parliament granted a charter to a how Eapt India Company. In 1708* two companies, united, and marched steadily onward 16 despotic power. Their political sway In India commenced In 17*18. Their progress was characterized by fraud, violence and Injustice. Edmund Burke, who had experienced (ho power of the company In tho cuse of Hustings; ac cused them *'o/ having told every monarch , prince and Slate hi broken every contract , and ruined every prince and even/ State who had trusted thent'*' Such nrb the ©fleets, of mortbpory. N*t> doubt, multitudes of ighbrant Eriglifch' u('hbmb, blindly ad mircd'thd splondur.ofthe company* forgolftil bflhoir habitual sacrifice of honor and prliicl pto v No doubt, they still continued (b db'so, oven wlion mismanage* moot.had compelled Iho bompnnyVo borrow from tho English governmental,4oo,ooo for their ourrohl expenses. It Is tho last'- tmd Aohloet office of oduon-l i tfon. to luadh ' justice and frc<?domnro the* otdf L elements hf true glory. It is tlio lesson, most slowly ' loarhodpmoit gondrotydespised/ (' | LcfiuinoW. |Jaea to the conßideration,of another | feomiiiqrfcifll i monopolyi ; >Ve;riieari to apeak of Iho 1 Bank of Hpgland:.. f l his institution liasbccn said to •have reebfired as many patches as any brass kcltlu ever a prudent housewife. Sir. Robert j.Feel paton*|.liq last patch, and was considered to ,have complete new, bottom-on the kettle, j whorbby Ifewotild be Sdrb io hold water, He acorns Ito have constructed a financicul phenomenon,-viz:' u jßaukahat-cannot break. . This, may bo a hasty as* ( fna){o for a paper inonoy institution, notwithstanding all its guards and precautions. VVc frill, howc;, concede it. The fact that it may hot notable 10 break is well enough, but is only a nega- Uvo/morlt.ftt last, .Oar posjUon ja this: Th e En - gliak' peoplemould he in a belter condition if their mavimoih' hfnk were annihilated, .Lct.no one be startled “hiatus ’ assertion. Wo wcU rumcmbcr iKo lime tt.hen Messrs. Webster, Clay hndClayton’madc moatpileotls jeprpSenlalldnß.ln their public speeches, of'lho conSeqdences that'would ensue from the sup pression of thd United Stales Bank. * Some of these gentlemen ■ have conic* ut Just* to confess that a mammoth bank in this country is now an-obsolclc idea. Wo know that the great mass.of llife people prefer to bo without it. It Is a pregnant fact; that -IbtfFlftredlttb dill Hf the Board bf thirty, composing tho direction of Iho Bank of. England, have recently, failed. How arewb to effect produced throughout every ramification’of society, by the action of a few Bank directors,’who apparently rich, but actually insolvent, use the Batik for their own private benefit? • Thfefio men; will make money cheap or dour, at the solo \xu stignlion of their own self-interest. Hero is tho evil which’ia irremediable, Lelusoypn concede that these Directors shall be honest- men/ There is still the argument' that iio human discretion in adequate to'prevent such a chine from.working grpnt evil to society. It is in short an,unnecessary artifice.- It does it knows not what;, ? It if as blind as juslice-is represented to be, without her!impartiality,. It promotes ficiitious cur rents in trader If it dxpunds, it gives an unnatural stimulous.to Commerce. If it contracts, it causes an unnatural; shrinking of the currency. Its existence and aclipn-arb us wise as .would bo thoso of a col lege pf lodmcd men, wlio should, attempt to control tho, wcathop, because tho groat natural laws provided ’bjrlhe Alni’ighty. were supposed to be insufficient for that purpose. Common Se.nsb. WIDOW UEDOTT»S TABLE TALK. ,Wo do nbi know the aulhor-of the following brief sketch of a long-winded lady, bat ho is certainly en titled to a place in the samo niche with Tom Hood and Majdt Jones: • u fto'.wjtb alvondbl 1 flit, hand to, moralize, husband was,'specially after He began lo enjoy poor. health; Flo muao'on observation once when ho.was inono lof his pobr'.lurnßjllmt I shall never forgetthe longest I day I.live.; He says lo me one, winter evenin l ns ho was siltin' by the fire* I was knillen’; (I woB always a wonderful Knitter,) and.he was a smokin’, (ho whs a master hand to smoke, though- the doctor used to tell him .he’d he better off to lei lofaacfcd alone j when.|)q was Well ho used lo take his pipe and smoke awhile after he'd got the chores tldnb Up, and if he wa'nt well .he used to smoko the biggest paK pf the time.) Wnll, he took his pipe out o' his moiitii and turned towards me—l knowed somethin' was comin,' for lie had. a peculiar way o' lookin' round when ho was gwinyo say anything uncommon. Welt, says he lo pie, aays.ho, ‘ Silly’ (my name, was Prlssilly generally,,' called-; mo jSiliy* 'cause • I twmr^mn^S7du‘? r khowi) -;v ‘Sjlly,' and he. looked pretty solemn, I tell ydd.lic had a solemn countenance naturally—after, he'd got lo bo deacon,'twas more so, but since-.he’d lost his health ho appeared sotlcmncr than ever—and cer tainly you wouldn't wonder at it if you knowd how much he underwent. Ho was troubled with a won* dcrful pain in the chest, and- amazin' weakness ; iu tlio,spine of his back, besidcslho pleurisy, in his side and- having the. ager, considerable part of tho time, and bein' broke o'.bis rest o’ nights, /causodio was so jiulto it Ibr.bronlh when ha laid .down, ..Why it’si lan onaccouptablo fact' lliat.wJien llinl man tiled.he;] njivo/fday In fifteen years,'though.when/ fho was* married* ond-’ /or ,five.or. sijcyoara iaftur,<l| i shouldn't dc'slro to see a ruggerdor man than he was. | Bui the lime I am spcubln* of, he had been out o' health nigh upon ten years, and, O dear sakos, how ho had allercdVmco tho fust time 1 see him 1 That was at a quiltin' lo squire Smith's a spoil afore Sally was married. I'd no. idea that Sal Smith was g\vino to have Sam Pendergrass, Well, that was the first time that I ever saw.my husband, and ifnny body'd a told mo that 1 should ever marry him, 1 should have said—but lawful sakes ! I most forgot, I was gwinc to tell what he said that evening, and when,a body begins to toll a thing I believe in finlshin' on'l some time or other. Some folks has a way of talk* ing round and round forever, and never coinin' to tho pint.. Now, there's. Miss Jenkins, she .that was Poll Bingham after ehb was married, site is the tcjustcal individual to tell a story that 1 ever seen in oil iny born days; but Iwos gwino lo tell you what my husband said. Ho says to me, says he, 4 Sill,' snys 1 ( 4 what 7 1 dldhUsay,* * what Hezekier,’ for I didn’t like liis,name. The first time I heard it I nmtrl killed myself a laflin. .* (luzekiur Uedott/ says I. * we)) I’d give it up if 1 had such a name,' but then 1 had no more idea o' marryiu l the fuller than you have (his m’mil o' marryln* the governor, I suppose you. think it curious that wo should u named our oldest son JJczckicr. Well, we done ittoploaeo father arid' mother Dcdnlf, its father Dcdotl’s name, one! ire and mother Ucdott used to think that names ought to go down fromjinoratlon to jincrulion. But wo always callcddiirp Kicr, lie’s.a. biqssin* aint he 7 , and 1 alnt tho only one Hint thinks so I guess. Now don’t you never tell.any body that I said so, but ho* tween you and mo, I gueds if ICcsiah Winkle thinks shoV a gwlno to ketch Kler Dobolt; shb Is n lectio out of lief roconing. Bui 1 wasgwino to 101 l you what husband said—be soys to mc,ifays ho, ‘SiJIy ’ says I Mvh»it7* If I didn’lsay 1 wliul* when ho said I‘Silly,’ he’d a kept on sayin 1 ‘Silly* from limb to pold/nlly-f ’cnilpo you know ho wanted mo to pay I particular attention to him, and I generally did; no i woman was nevor more attentive to her husband than I was. • Well, bo says to mo, says he, 4 Silly 4 ’— 1 says 1 ‘what 7* though I’d no Idoa what ho. was gwln’o to bayt'dld'n’i-know bat ’twas something about , his sufferings, Ihou’ lio want apt to complain, but he ( frequently used to remark that ho wouldn’t wish his 1 worst enemy to’, suffer one minll ns ho did all the 1 lime, but that can’t pe billed grumblin—think it can 7 i Why I'vo in alirvnliuns when you’d a ; lliotfgtfl hb mdrlal fcottld a f/olped griimbfin,’ Gut he didn’t. 110 and mo went—but I was gwiitb to tell 1 you that conversation o’ iiisen. Says he to me; soys , no. 4 Silly;V{l'ooiild dee, Ify litp light of the fire, there djirnl happen to'bo any candle a burnin*, If t don't 1 disroin’ombor, though my memory is sometimes for* 1 gfctfdl, Gift 1 know wo want apt to burn candles, ox* 1 ocptin' we hod dompany.) I could soo by tho light I of tho tiro, that his .mind Was Uncommon solomnixcd. ' 110 says to me, says ho, 4 Silly,* says.l, 4 wlml7’— M Says he to me, says ho— 44 We are all poor critters." j j Taunt Wtu. Expressed, —Un who blames others tho moat is usually the most to be«blsmod. A quick eye to .detect faults of another .lisa usually a blind side lo its own. , A sharp longue is moved by un un* qiilot spirit, andan unquiet'spirit wonldth not words and complainings. To rebuke, reprove, oxhorh wltni all long suffering, and patience, and prayer, is one thing—to reprove sharply and with a tfouxoTTbuS/ipir* it, in nnolhcr. " Tbou hypocyitii.lir.l n«.l the bp.in, out of (hlM.nwrt'pyiyllleij •halt thou »ca to oast tho mole out of tlijr broltmr’. eye." Heaven on Eautii.— Tin. moro wo lo»o Ood nnd man. llio low of mlHihnem remain o 111 u.; llio .will or a planet moves a round Ihq.un, lljp olowiit It ro- SoWo. on It. / fioinoti.no.,. tho. m o rni,i S om) orohinff olorfl oro vialblo .t noon.dny, but only when the sun 1. oollpsod, Uoootlful oniblstn I When our I lift j, obwurod by rooking polno, Hum. wo have o dloor vlow ofyoijlli nnd dentil, and- 0|l(l evDiilliroinrs.— JtaAPnul EtECTMNEERIBftj IST THE INTKIIIOH OP LOUISIANA. ; Hariunson—JUi'oU Saunders.—"Nota Bcpo," the •very clever correspondent of tho Corcordia Jntelli fencer, gives, the following jnkljng of electioneering in the 1 bird .District. ; Speaking, of-lhe two Con* gressionul candiduleStHarroansou.fDem.,) and Saun ders, (Fed.,) ho says; •• 1 hey are both old handj'at Iho game, afld mig|ity hard to Iree.j can live on green persim .ons and thrive;-ond‘Saunders learned how to oat while oak acorns when, ho was fighting the Indians along with old hickory. Ilarmanson will meet you in tho.roqdta porfcct pull out hi? ticker and make you believe that ho slept on tho same blan ket with your daddy in tho war, and that your wife is a dlslnnt relation of his own. Saunders will call at a’shonly, pull bff.-his coat, a dpzcn dirty mouthed children; and whoq their delighted mammy tells them nollpbeao.lrodblcsoihc, ho will take another kiss, arid like the tnqn who breakfasted, and Supped on cabbage, declare it’s a rarity. Their policy is to avoid big roads, court house* nhd taverns. Hannan son wnataught by Frank Rbulh hbtv toUavehtfiroriglf the woods; 'He will, strike, a bcc-lino across the dwamp lof a distant point, and, like an Indian on his war path', cautiously cover up his traoka. But before 1110 trail gels cold, along cornea old, Saunders in foil cry with his big broad noso 10-llic ground, and his tail curled right up over his back,- Thqso gentle* men are personal fnends, oncli apprticfales the no blp qualifies; (lie shrewdness and.the energy of tho other, and it has been agreed, that they shall mu tually play off all sorts-of tricks. Thpy have car* rlod .out the bargain pretty' effectually; as I will show yotl by an incident {hat occurred undor your eyes, but which I doubt whether you hayo yet heard of, Gen. Saunders was ql the Rough and Ready bar-, hocus on Lake Concordia, on the 30lh nit* .You saw him,and doubtless perceived that ho fell pressed for time. Do you knowwhy? That very morning he heard that a big, strapping fellow, calling' hlmSelf Lafayette Saunders, had passed though tlio bnck set tlements of Carroll.and Madison, arguing ngaiusl settlement Rights, and declaring that Bill Parham was a fool for trying to got tho Lcglslaluio Id grant pre-emptions to tho .settlers on tho Stale lands.— When yon remember how numerous this class of people are.in (|ioro parts, you may conceive ihkl such sentiments as those created tremendous oxcUe-. merit. .The old General was thunder struck at this news, especially ns ho had never been in those par iahes in his hTc, so he lmd abridged his speech'nl your barbecue, and posted up North. Now. mark tho sequel. On the sth of October, just seven, days after this news reached Saunders, the following appeared in the Carroll Watchman, publish ed at Providence j .. . i “Wo had the pleasure of shaking by .tho hand, nn Friday, tho Democmtic nominee for Congress, J,.11. H.irmnnson.. He.readied this place after a journey by land up Bayon Macon and Job's Bayon’. Such was tho haste with which it was necessary for him to rjdnV to irate!; f/tai it was impossible for hitn to give the people n talk. On Saturday he started for the Florida parishes.” < Now, sir, do you know why John.could*nl flop to eivisOtc folks o war talk, hot immediately took Ike backtrack? I wilt 101 l you. He had just received information that a little, scrubby, fiord-favored, slick tpngued fellow, calling himself John Ilarmanson, had passed through the dark corners ,nf Livingston and parishes warning flic wood-chop* ers and tar-burners off tho public lands, and s.weari infi* by nJJ f that.was holy and Jem,my, Polk, firat he’d ilMLoitpnt,oL.ihe law!. -You may, rpaoily foncj; flint,thiskickednpVpi>cMvdu«lamong tljc sqifatiers at Tnngipnhoc and TJoguo Falls. When Harnianson received (his nows, ho knew U wasn’t fair lo get,mad ; he was aware,where U cnihq from; so, he look n iiorn with Ferrv and Jenkins of the Washington, sworn lin’d give Slanders a little of his thunder,jumped fin his pony and mndn a.straight' movement for llmlnko shorn. The. Inst f heard of him ho was crossing (lio-Amito, nndGrecn Davidson, lp,swap Johnsut-. l ofrbi«. J horso,;-was, ad vising Jiflrii fn ‘keep conip ] _ , s , . '® ff d*Sibhrfbr«leJlsVgronYmahy pmVfsinganecflolrs: finth'aLihie ha /S'a/mesfVtnblbJf-foF firmoniPCdT.j I Sp/irka of. Larniircflfl-.;xbutdid» hn got horded. After a long ride of,somefifteen,mile/*: ' sing any seftlomrpt, hoarrlved at n cantn, nno soon walked in, as smiling ns n basket of chip?. Ills lyef. come was rather cold, hut resolved on making him* self agreeable, ho remarked—“ n VVell my friend, you haven charming sjtuannn here.!’ “ res," said the man, *• with a deep swamp on one side, and n hog-swallow flat on -tother." ' • - ‘' i “ You have art excellent neighborhood, I believe," said Blunders. , >,• ,■.?»! , "Very, my nlghcst neighbor-is fivo miles off, ond that’s ton nigh for my hogs, dnd rothim!" ' “Ynn’rb making n good crop," sold the General, eh deayoring In look pleased rit n patch of spindling corn before the doori • “Yes, of crab fish and huckleberries—them’s my' crop.” “ Y»'i have j£nod free sfono water, T suppose.” “Try it. If vmiwnnl lo pnko—try it.” “ Well, I s'poßc, at any talc, you nil enjoy bonUl’ icrn ?”’ ** Mister," said llio man, “may be ,Vnur*o rankin' light of me. My wl.ro thorn bus been grunting these three rears. Thom r.hllflrrn can’t ml dirt enuff to kit) llio worms, and don’t you see I'vo (jn! the shakes." OJdLnfnyctto w«s rather but at length hri returned to 1 ho charge. ‘•well, my friend, If you have, neither neighbors, nor land, nor water, nor health, in (ho nnrtio oT hea ven* whnl,keeps you hero?," “Whv, stranger,” said lie, "pine knots aretoUrahly hntuty!” The fJencral nil stick, but not before the squatter hnd promised to veto for hfm, “ Not,” said ho, “ho* causa 1 koers about politics, or believe one half what you hnvo loll'd mo, hut cnr.o neighbor ‘cross Tick* (kw 1b gwino his death for the ‘tolfirr feller!'*. HUfiItANDS wiVe)9i A Indy writer In the New York Episcopal Ilccor* dor, vindicates her sox with groat spirit fiom cert.ilri ilhnoturcd slundoroi’ thnt old hoolioforo ond diooppointcd hullim'd.-nrc in llm lnl.il of uticrnig.— She lakes occasion < also,. (o mud quite a lecture (o those hdabands, tff a more promising ago, wlionro supposed to ba not altogether Incorrigible, Fur tho benefit ot siich, wo quote llio following passages from lief-remarks: I “Are husbands fiti tfkHcfntfy fKb pcjlccl.'ritfmlifo, injured bolnts they aroso often represented ? Wen Bomdlmcs declare tlint their wives* rxiravufpuicuj have pinked Ihdr pockets-—that their ncvt*r*cu«*mg i tongues imvo rnhhrd thorn oflholr peace, and their tenoral disfigrocrthh'm™ ha* driven them to the tav orn and gaming table, but tins ;• generally! bo «lc H Oil emit for a ■■• not wicked Wo on Wolr mr l. The Tnol Is men often lose lliclr Interest In tirolr hnracs, M own obgleel In make -heir borne, nterest.) life anil.pleasant. It should’never bo forgolliin Ural r (if wife has Iter rlgl.ls-ea sacred after, nurrlaw a. | before—end a grad hathand't r/rcolipnlo the mft of- 1 ter marriage wilteancede tahtr anite.at mucfi aim.' rion at hit gallantly (lift white a later. If it. is uilior. I wise, bo most generally laatfiidli., Take n few examidoi. Doforo marriage a young, limb' Would feel some delicacy about accepting an „ . 7~T ~ . . , ... invitation, 10 spend on, overling In company, where I w |J ,lial 11,0 ||. |",|V Invd hire' riot Irnpn Invited, After marriage 0 ,h « c '% opened, upwards of |„ always es nnrltcularT During llio days of '""•■"f <W>«* ««rtll of llicrpltaildueWi(l... ; courtship his gallantry would demand that he should 1,15 tnr°\yn Imp .<* make himscir, agreeable in her jnfti'T. marriage U. ■ t M „ ,m.n 1 .17"«)/-»■ hatUm T often happens that lie thinks more oMn-Ing agreca, i, 1v ,.„ t , ,i i I.' t Ar~ w rrinirdrf -ae a ! : Ido (0 himself. How often U happen, tin,., married JSSSt^iTSJ^&^. men, after having lieon away from ho,no the livelong rli i,her,w. ..liter toMan^hifhla day, during which llm wife baa tolled el her duties, , |b j„ k ..y, ~rer. 1■ • go at evening again to soma place of uimtaom.nl,. , , i'tfZiZ was recently (lunned . and leave |tpp to tp lnn b)ona, wnchcored «nd tint A Uwyor Jn Olnaj"'[‘t J„g 0 ymilage andjt clr«rg« j ll'ffif I Wow oftenJt happens Ihltl her hipdcal olli- to pay ? ‘ , o bl /fcffcfters, * ’ ' : V pea (tan? t|i|ohs pp yed, ami qnygyvirdpil »V«« By * smile, for reading in* at and her best,efforts arc condemned by tiic fault-find. ing hnsband? How of\cnU happens,cvcn s wK'en-(no evening: is ipppi al homo,that it is.eippjpyejd lent reudjnp, nr some oilier,way that docs qot re'cog nizd ltye lo’sharoin Ul6 enjoyments even of tHofireside! ‘ ’j- ] “ Vtfo rppeui it, very few Women make indifferent wives, whose feelings have not met with some out* word shock, by the iftdiffefcn.ee or llionghtlcsaness of their husbands. It is our candid opmioHi that hr a largo mojdrlly -of (he instances of domestic edisory. the man is the aggressor.” - * PICKWICK, BOZ, AND OTHEII MATTERS. ?.*' In the course of llio last dozen years,” says.Mf* Dickehb, In the pfofuce to tho ,hoy,edition of Ills works, I have seen various accounts of the origin of thcso.Pickwick Papers, which have, at allcyentsf possessed, for me ihe charm of As 1 muy infci- from the occasional uppoprando ’of sucK' luHlorSes, that my readers have an interest in'thr mailer, I will relate how they came into, existence. . 1 was u young man of three anß twenty when (hs present publishers. attracted by sbmo pieces I wtfs al i that Unto-taming ut Uio morning Chronicle newspa* per (of wliich one series had lately been collected and published, in two volumes, illustrated by, my cs». loomed friond, Geo. Cruikshnnki) Waited upon mo-to propose a something Unit should be published in shU* lipg numbers;, then oijly knqwn to me, or., 1 .Velicvp, a ny body else, by p dim recollection of contain intermin* able novels In that form, which .two*!,' foritpjjjtts and twenty years ago to be cairieef about the country by peddlers, and over soinedfwhich Ircmeriibyr to have shed Innumerable tears before. 1 served my appren* 1 liccship to life* }•> J } , i ,i i When 1. opened my door in Fnrnivofa Inn to (ho i managing partner who represented the firm, I fee*. . [ogqiied.ln lifm (he person from whoso hands I h'aff i bought two or three years previously, and,,whom <l* I had never seen before ur sine?, jny. firsL copy of (ho ; . magazine in w(uuh my fust effusion—-dropppd stpa(*. ‘ I thlly dric at twilight, willi fept .anß lropi*’ ‘ I hling, in u dark Icltcf box, in a dark office; \ip,a Baric' I court in Fleet at—appeared in tbe.glpriy of. prlnl; oh 1 which occasion, hy-thc-byrT~how weli'l recollept-.iUr-*. 1 walked down to Westminster Hull, and turned in., to it for half an hour, because my eyes were dimmed with joy and pride that they could nql boar.t|icstreet; : and were not hi to he seen there. 1 told my visitor of the concldcnce, which we both hailed -as a good omen, and so fell to business. Tho idea propounded,, to me was, that the monthly something should bo made a vehicle.for certain plates to be (exported bjh Mr, Seymour, and there-was a notion,-either on part of that admirable humorous artist, or of my. visitor, (I forget which,) that a ‘Nimrod, Club,'the, members of which were to go out shooting, fishing, and so forth, and getting themselves into difiiculties through their want’of dexterity, would be the best; means of introducing these. : • iii.oY 1 b. u- I objected, on (ho consideration, thqt although .born, and partly bred in this country, I was no ; sportsman, except in regard of all kinds of loComo* lion; tlmt tho idea was not novo), and had been alrea- 1 | dy much used ; that it would bo Infinitely belief,,fun the plates to arise naturally out ,of the lcxl,anc( I , should like tb.tuke my own way, with a free range., of English scenes and. people, and ’was' afraid t.‘ should ultimately do so in arty case whatever’coutst,” Ijiilight proscribe to myeolf al starting. ylowp. [being deferred .to, JlhuUghtof Mr. - Pickwick* qhd* | wrote the first number from the proof .sheets , i which Mr. Seymour,made his drawing oft|io l ,Clu(w and that happy portrait of its founder, by which'h& 5 is always recognised and : whlph-lniiy hdsaiJfoy havu inudehim a willi a Club, because‘of (ho I put in Mr. WinUoexpressfy for thc.usc of Mr. Sey- mour. ,i V • ’ * We started with a number of 24 pages instead of, 32, and four illustrations in lieu of a couplp. ..Mr,. Seymour's sodden and lamented death before tfio sOo coud number was published, brnught.aboul aquLck.d* s cision upon a pOjnl already in agitation; the number, , became one of 32 pages with 2 ilfuslrplipns, nndr<h ’ ■ mniHed tfo lb die end. My friend’s (old rnoik was, is v low; cheap form of publication, by- which I should, : ruin nlj.iny rising hopes; and how.right my friondv turned puj,to ho crcryjjody t'QW knows. Bo?/.;mjr • signature in jho Morning Chronicle, appended jo tho.., hianfhfyitioPßf tif .ifiifffooti, and retained fdngafler. ivo rd«i-wss If/o nickname rifniy pot child,* youngey.* brother, whom.! had dubbed,ilfqscs, in, hqnarwf bhuy I Viepf, .of Wakefield, which being focctiotisly PfOvy nomiqcd through the nose, became Doses, and being' shortbned, become Doz. 4 Dux* was s familiar Houser, 1 * hold .word to.me fong.hoforo Ijtvnsin author, aAd so I camo to odypl fapeft. ,/. : • -.,:s 1 tJWito’iwiJ• .yiiere.is now ln tills cily n Bosjtsrhan or- 'Btlsff*?* man,-from {South Atiicu,a fair rcproscntatlyovoflifca most sjngnUr class of mpn»jnhalvife iling a put of (lie country lying about fifteen bun*. dred miles north cast nf Capo Town, This is a race, ol'mcn perhaps as little known by (hocivjfltcd.world, ' I as any other on tho face of the globe.- From tho nut-, ; I t|rn) position of (he country tninous uml difficult of oppruuchj and their shyrtesf, to cniinnunicuto with other people, little has bcch.v known uf them, and they fly at the approach iof. 1 white men, and hide in the bushes and denji of t|t«. ’ mountains. The}* have been hunted by lhe:Cafir« . tribes like wild boasts. . . t . In stature they arc perfect pigmies, never exceed... lug four fret four inches in height. They hkW no’ ‘ laws, no elnols, no language except a guttural elitcki' and JiHvq been liilhortu supposed Ip <ba •lnbspabie ( 6f . Iciirningony Eurojicanlangnugo. In factlhcyordsup* posed to be the next link in (ho chain to the nran/ ' oiitnng. They aro said to live on whatever llltio’y game conics in their way; and to profpr.ropliles.afid'” | insects for their daily food, such as lizHrds v ant*, and ants* eggs. They live filtcrully in thu : providing themselves with shelter qi apy kind, apd •. dressing in skins of crtnjlr.ucliqnj ; ■ / This Dujcsmsn, no.w in Dnslnn,' il lhe*firsl,.t);tit,h«B ‘ ever been brought to this country.', .He.liuq, .beeni'J taught to eppak a.jitlfb anil # Unit are novy being to.exhibit him in tills cljj,-,a putt uf tho funds therefldp} lb l)e. nppropriajed.tn llie.cdiicalion ol this spcelmen ofna* tufpV prodnol/on~lliis evidenffy connecting link be*; Ivvccfi’ iinfmal ami rational works of tho great Ores*,,, lor. , Wfioii wo take into view (hat he is a lair , pic of u fate pf rjirn inljublling our,gln|iff, and not » dwarf of (hat,race/ he,is,n Ifcily gteat qnrM>yi~*, Ho Is about eighlocn youie old, three feel elcVetrWV' dies high, and of (he tncdhwi Mature of Ji/s lj iw . * ; Great nnlmaf propciisfiW arc developed, mf it for; . m!l tion of his head / low forehead, high check bones , tf m«fJJ.Ji«ck eyes. Hsl.Aqfct small cors, color ItfM choijolaip—hair Mack, curloy, but. growing om rely. .• ‘(liflbrenl from tho negro, slartingoul from tho-hsad ; 1 w lillh hunches, leaving other parts of the head dn v llmly bwo; his limbs are perfect In their shape; and | well-proportioned in every respect, Wb certainly ' consider him one of tho groa|ipt liave ' ( over seen; and wo have no doubt jvhep ho Is snnnup ced ready for exhibition, not only all .scicnlifio gom tlomrpflmt the public In general, will gladlv* , themselves of the opportunity of looking ailhls siie. !l clmcit of a truly curious and litlipullamraee. t - -ih- DoitonPoit.: „r The Ciiii.u on CnuTciiß«.*-Mcrrilj Ihb child sprhigk' ' about on ilia crutches, nnd irksomely hobbles airing'' the-old maH tin his. Wh*t distinguishes lho lW ; children? Hope end mcinnfj, r ~/eo*rauJ.' - •1 1‘ M h-. jft.Siio-'-i f'it-rii •■j W.V'-V S't 3 ? -SLlti. m. u\
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