Humod by a newly 4riod Benedict, which
but ill accords with a bachelor's views of
the miseries consequent upon marriage.
Henry Harrington looked thus, xs on the
evening of the 1 1 0 January, ho sal by the
fire, stirring it nbetractedly, while a lady,
with whom the reader issomewhatacquain
ted, was seated at a tablo busily engaged in
penning a letter.
It is important that my leaders should
be acquainted with the character of this
mi ss ire. I transcribo it.
'Yes, my dear Julia, I am married T I
that vowed never to submit myself to the
conjugal yoke, am yoked at last. Well, I
am not very sorry, for Harry is a good soul,
and will doubtles's let me have my own
way ! But Julia, J have seen much to
make hie serious of late. I never knew
until recently how much good wo may ren
der ourfellow -creatures. How plain is
the line of woman's duty and how awful
her responsibilities I Her world is' not a
inong the strifo of politics, factions, and
selfish trade but she may be great even in
relieving the wants of the afflicted, healing
the wounds that sharp necessity has open
ed, and pouring tho oil of consolation into
.he bosom laboring in the agonies of death.
She is looked to as a guide by tho young,
as a solace by the aged, and wo be upon
her, if neglecting her charge, she devote
that time to a round of fashionable follies
which ohould bo spent in administering
charity, or attending to her privato duties.
If she have children,"
"Very well thought of," said a voice be
hind, aiid looking round, the writer discov
ered Harrington coolly perusing her sheet.
"Really, Mr. Harrington, what right
have you to read my private correspon
dance.
"The right of a husband, my dear, and
permit me to say that your sentiments do
you great honor."
"I am glad you think so, dear Harry?"
"But you must not think I shall let you
have your own way," remarked the com
placent husband.
Agnes smiled their waB mischief in
that smile.
Note to the reader. Tho author has
but one word to say in conclusion. To his
lady readers, ho would recommend the
sketch of Miss A . Homely as her
character may seem drawn by my rough
hand yet it is a beautiful conception, and
woman beautiful and pure as she seems
when gliding down the dance, or enthral
ling the soul with sweet sounds as she bends
over the harp, is far more lovely when vis
iting the couch of pain and ministering to
the wanl9 of the stricken.
The wife of George II. is no draft upon
the imagination. Intemperance, powerful
ag it iT-ma-v-lin driven out before the voice.
a now life gather at the fire-side and glad
den the hearts of a household, if woman
do but use that influence which is peculiar
ly her own. Bo not ambitious of wordly
to be good, but aim not to bo great;
A -woman's noblest station is retreat;
Her fairest virtues fiy from public sight,
Domestic worth, that khuna too strong a tight."
MALAY PIRATES.
The following correspondence of the
Journal of Commerce, will show how our
ships of war are employed. This is the
second time that chastisement has been in-
flicted upon the piratical inhabitants of Sum
atra, which Island had become a safe retreat
for those who murdered and plundered our
citizens. Our Naval Commanders seem
to have plenary pdwers in dealing with
some nations, ana it is perhaps absolutely
nocsssaty that it is so. Commodore Reed
had command.
Corrf cponilcnco of the Journal of Commerce.
U. S. Frigate Columbia.
Harbor of Sinapore, Feb. 5th, 1830. 5
The plot for tho attack of tho ship E
clipse, Captain Wilkins, was originated at
Muk Kec, some 40 miles from Quallah
Catlooj and part of the persons who com
mitted this murder and robbery, have been
protected by Rajahs of Muk Kec, and a
great proportion of tho property and money
taken to that place. This, thereforo, was
deemed the principal offending place. We
learn that the $12,000 was divided out, and
some of it wa3 received at Qullah Battoo,
and also at Soo-Soo, a place threo or four
miles from Quallah Battoo, and at both of
these, according to the acknowledgements
of tho Rajahs in tho conversation held
with them, somo of the pirates were
residing on our arrival on the coast. The
demand for these men having been made,
and compliance beinir declared to be impos
sible, as the men had escaped after our an-
cnorage, (wmcli howover, was deemed to
bo only an excuse to render their refusal to
comply with tho demand an appearance of
a mmunuuQ 10 mem, rather than a decision
of the counsels,) our ships were run in
nearer to tho shore at Quallah-Battoo, and
the place cannonaded with some damage to
the town, or rather to the forts, as they
vote the objects at which tho shots were
directed,
The ships were then got underway, and
stood for Muk Kce, where the domand for
the pirates was made, without tho expecta
tion of the Rajali3 of that placo pursuing
any eourse different from the one adopted
by the Rajahs of Quallah Battoo. Tho dc
mand was uncompliftd with, and the conse
quences, as the proper alternative, (so
deemed to bu by out Commodore, and I be-
lieve quite unanimously th sentiment of!
'all the officers,) followed.
The ships weie keuged in near to 1110
town being situated on a small peninsula,
and each side of the point indented by the
lip of a beautiful little bay, with water deep
enough for a sevsnty-four.
No boat making her appearance for an
overture, up to the' time specified as the
limits of forbearance, the Columbia opened
her fire upon a neighboring fort raking tho
town as she chose, quite the length of it.
The first gun of the Columbia was the sig
nal for the John Adams, the beautiful cor
vette, to let fly her shot.
I was in the mizen-top, a looker on. The
ships were within a musket shot of the
beach, & the town reached near to its edge,
the cannonading from both ships continued
for near a half an hour. Now, tho balls
throwing up a cloud of dust as they riddled
the bamboo houses, or rived in splinters the
dwellings of belter material; and now the
ball striking the tall coacoanut tree scorched
it as if a hundred hot irons had been ap
plied to the external coat of its trunk, and
sent up a beautiful volume of pale blue
smoke, as if it camo above tho trees from
some concealed cottage, embowered in the
ever green foliage of the mountain side;
and now the branches fell as if looped by
somegiant pruning hook, as tho tree, enmassc
with Us spreading top.and with its mingling
crash fell to the ground. One solitary being
was seen pacing with inuillerencc back wauls
and forwards on the beach, at the right of
the town, and only a few yards from the
intersecting lines of tho phot, pouring in
cross fires from the broadsides of two ships;
but ere long he disappeared, and was lost
in the jungle.
The firing ceased, and the boats, already
along side, and concealed from the view of
the shore were manned, as a note upon the
bugle called the men to their places. The
little fleet, joined by the boats from the Ad
ams, reached the shore, and the men formed
on the beach in, full view of the ships and
advanced to enter tho town at the nearest
point. The port fire and the torch were
applied to the buildings, and the flames as
cended from different parts of the town, un
til the converging and spreading volumes
sent up their spiral and wide sheets, invol
ving every dwelling save the sacred mosque
in the general conflagration.
The forae returned to the beach, and a
moment more, as tho flames were rapidly
melting to a common ruin and mingling
ashes tho whole mass of the buildings of
the town, involving whatever of property
and treasure had been left, they comtempla-
ted the wide r3ge ol the sheeted and irresis
tiblc element. In about two hours after
the boats had left the ships, the men were
again in their places on the decks, having
-Rccmtfihpd.4l)fiir'j'Jj;riflpfi--'iio'i o !-
uw.i., .iu r. a 1111.
The inhabitants had retired from the town
and looked from the mountains upon tho ru
in of their homes.
IMPORTANT TREAT1' WITH MEXICO.
we are informed, says the New York
Oounei & Enquirer, through a channel in
winch we confide, that Mr. Ellis carried
out with him, on board the frigate Consti
tution, which sailed a few days since,
a treaty negociated at Washington, and
signeu in mo oariy part of April, bv
nir. Martinez, on tho part of the Mex
ican, and ;.lr. l'orsyth, on the part of the
American Government. By the provisions
01 mis treaty, we understand, that within
three muntlw after tho ratification of it by
the high contracting parties, two Commis
sioners aro to bo appointed by each power,
which four Commissioners shall form a
board, to hold their sittings at Washington,
to whom shall be submitted all private
claims; that within eighteen months after
their first meeting, they shall examine and
occiue an cases submitted to their conside
ration. 1 hat immediately after the result
of their labor shall have been communica
ted to thcMcxicanGovernmenl it shall issue
!i. I 1- 1 : . . .
no uuiiua, ucunng ait interest ot eight per
cciu to uiu respective claimants lor the a
mount ol the award in their favor. That
!.,.-. I 1 l ll f ....
mcso uunus snail ue receivable 111 navmnnt
of duties at the several Custom Houses of
the repubho of Mexico, but that when large
sumo me jucsuiui'u at one time, or at one
place, the Uovcrnment may refuse to
ceive more than one half such amount
re
we are further informed, that all those
grievances of a public nature, which have
heretofore threatened to interupt the peace
ut wiB two countries, including the difhcul
. 1! ii . . .. ,.
tcoi'cuiuig j uxas are suusiantiaiiy ar
ranged in a satisfactory manner.
cnamrjul. The Cattskill Messenger
jjiicD on uccuuiiiiji a man, wnose name is
said to be Williams, who called at the pub
lic house of Lawrence Brandrow, and want
ed half a pint of whiskey. He was told by
a (jeisim intern mat ne could not drink so
much. Ho replied that he could drink a
quart. A verbal contract was entered into
in which Williams agreed to drink, nt nnn
draught, a pint of clear whiskey, and n half
pint of gin and whiskey mixed, every ten
minutes, until he should consume three half
piuls more, rive persons were parties to
the second part of the contract, and each
party fulfilled the engagement. Williams
in the space of thirty minutes, drank five
half pints of clear spirits, which tho other
parly paid for. A short lime after drinking
the spirits, Williams complained of being
sleepy he was led to the carriage house,
where he fell aeleep, and shortly died.
PENNSYLVANIA AND HER RESOURCES,!
No stato in tho Union has two such
splondid cities as Philadelphia and Pitts
burg, within its boundaries. Tho ono lies
on tho seaboard, the other shaking hands
with the prolific West. With two such
gates of egress, Pennsylvania can never fail
to look round on her sister slates with an
air of confidence, bespeaking abiding pros
perity. In a year or two we shal lhave n rail
road to bring all our importations to the city
from the capes in mid-winter, and tho un
dying fires of the coal of Pittsburg, will ev
er keep in active motion her manufacturers.
Tho state of New York will shortly join
her works of improvement with ours in the
Susquehanna country, when manufacturing
will start in that section or the state. All
the lands there, whether hills or dale, will
be shortly explored, and their value made
manifest to the world. Tho north, as yet
is in a great measure a sealed up region
but the investigating steps of the Geologist
with Ihclamn of science 111 his hand, is
tracking out the hidden secret3 ofthatuiv
explored part of Pennsylvania. We visited
Reading in 1813 or '14, to see Mr. Snow
den's grate, in which he was then testing
the coal of that neighborhood. His grate
was tho only one in the town. At that day
wo could have bought all the mountain coal
land there for the merest trifle. Since that
period we have learned to have some re
sped for mountains and not with a sneer
turn up our noses at every hill we see. On
the contrary, if in the vicinity of a coal re-
r . . j. !.
gion, 11 is not uniair to suppose mat 11 con
tains a large quantity of mineral wealth.
Within tho last two years, lead and zinc
have both been found in the north part of
Pennsylvania, and all believe that copper
has been found on the Mahoopany creek,
and that vicinity, in Luzerne county.
Some where in the North, somo great
manufacturing town will be started : Our
iron and coal, resting side by side, will be
taken up anil manufactured, for New York
and along her canals into the lake country.
The Ohio is not much more certain in her
floods than the Susquehanna, which it has
been found expedient to canal, so as to leave
its waters ever ready to waft our produce
to market. John Randolph 3 aid Of one of
the western rivers it was Irozen all winter
and dry all summer. With our canals and
roads all ready, the whole coal and iron re
gion of the north, will assume a new ap
pearance. Pittsburg has been made by her
bituminous coal and her river navigation
Northern Pennsylvania with its good ca
nals and excellent iron ore, cannot fail to
take the hint, and onen her coal fires, and
push ahead her manufactures. Am. Sen.
From the N. O. Advertiser, May 20.
TRY AS.
iinny-oiourreaaersvilI UrniblTo'ss recof
tcct the account of a duel, published in near
ly all the city papers, about twelve or eight
een months since, fought in the neighbor
hood 01 Houston, in which ftir. Uhaunccy
liootirico and ftlr. mwrence wero pnnci
pals. The latter had been assistant
editor of the New iork Star, and was of
highly respeclablo connections; at tho first
fire, if we recollect aright, ho was killed.
The grounds for quarrel originated in
Goodrich's having had purloined from his
pocket book.a bank note of one thousand dol
lars; this occurred in an apartment of a
boarding house, in Houston, in which slept
five or six young men including Lawrence.
On G.'s making known his loss, he was
requested to name the person whom ho sus
pected and after some hesitancy, lie de
signated L. A challenge was consequent.
L. lu. Stanley, son of an ex-governor of
Carolina, and ono those who occupied the
room common to the number already men
tioned, acted as a second to Lawrence.
Stanley, according to the Galveston Ga
zette, remained at Houston after the death
of Lawrence; was taken ill; represented
himself in straightened circumstances; occa
sionally borrowed money to defray his ex
penses! Notwithstanding his apparent
povcily, in a short lime after he called on a
Mr. Doswell about to leave Houston for
this city, and gave him a thousand dollar
bank bill to purchase poods for him. Dos
well, on his return having his suspicions ex
cited, wailed on Maj. Holman, who having
seen tho note in tho hands of Goodrich,
and from the description given by T). he,
Holman, believed that sent by Stanley to be
the same. A Dr. Smith, who lud rondercd
Stanley assistance, and knew his circum
stances, also coincided in opinion as to his
guilt.
Stanley, it appears, is at present in pri
son not, however, for his supposed crime
but on a positive charge of stealing $500
from a man in Houston, and lo whom he
afterwards returned the money; consequent
ly, the prosecution, if followed up, will be
less zealously conducted. Every good
man will feel regret if such a ruffian escapes
" unwhipt of justice;" as, from all tho cir
cumstances, it is evident he has been the
primary means of sending two highly de
serving young men out of life. Goodrich,
it is stated, stung with remorse for the
death of Lawrence, became, at times, par
lially insane, and would start from his slum
bers at night, scream out and rave incessant
ly of the circumstances connected with tho
duel. Ho afterwards wandered lo San An
tonio, resorted to liquor, quarrelled with a
gambler, who secrelely entered his cham
ber, shot him, and then, fiend-like, plunged
a Bowio knifo through him, so as to pin
him to tho mattrass 1
Let no fajse friend be thine. Just a line.
FAMILY JARS.
The friends of Clay arid Harrison appear
to be coming to a violent qaarrel in 1 enn
sylvania. Tho United Slates Gazette, a
naner in tho interest of theKentvcky-candi-
dale, has forsaken the manufacture of small
puns and paragraphs about pink eyed pota
toes and early strawberries, and tho like,
and is enacting tho part ol Mr. rorcible
Feeble against the Antimasons, who have
nominated a set of electors ol their own,
in view of securing tho voto of the State to
Harrison. The United Stales Gazette is
desperately severe upon this measure, call
ing tho Antimasons "a disreputable party,"
accusing them of "gorging at the public
crib," and wo know not what other enor
mities. Nay, it actually goes so far as to
threaten them with seeing what they shall
see and taking the chance ot what may
happen, in the following significant para
graph: "We exceedingly rcgiet that there is a
disposition to force geneial Harrison upon
tho Whig party. I ho times require unity
and energy on tho part of all the opponents
of tho present parly in power. That the
Whigs when tho time shall come, will sc
lect Henry Clay as their candidate, is be
vond all question. If then the Antimasonic
party persist in carrying out their nomina
tion. the consequences ot their rash con
duct will rest upon their own heads."
No doubt tho Whigs will select
Hejiry Clay as their next candidate, if the
question bo left to the decision of tho Na
tional Convention. That veteran political
gamester holds the issues of suchaconven-
Hon in his hands. iNoioniy is 110 nimseii
skilful in those political intrigues in which
he is grown gray, but that portion of the
Whig party who aro devoted to his inter
RRls arc alloirether the most- deep plotters
and dextrous political managers in the noun'
trv. Witness the easy. cool, lricaisuoic
manner in which tlicv have shouldered Mr.
Webster from the political stage.
N. V. Evening Post.
Ruauino, Pa. May 28.
7ic Crops. Uur larmcrs irom every
section of the country assure us that there
is every prospect of a rich and abundant
harvest. Tho wheat and rye present to the
eye, an unusually forward and lloursliing
condition. J lie rvc is beautilully in bios
som, and its delightful appearance, together
with tho thriving and healthy hue ol the
luxuriant herbage that covers our valleys
and mountains, in every direction over
which the eye can roam, gives to tho conn-
try a double charm and a beauty bevond de
scription. The grass, although at this time
short, (owing no doubt to the excessive
drought of last season, and the destructive
ravages of the grasshopper) is strong, thick;
ar a -oior. an J uumialicU by thu
Iato plentiful and refreshing rains, will
flourish rapidly, and yield a good crop in
due season. The prospect of the husband
man were never more favorable, and with
the continued goodness and kindness of
hen lucent Providence, their labors will be
richly rewarded, and their graneries and
barns idled lo overflowing. xvess.
The Little Prodiau- The Ursuline
Nuns of tho Society of Bcaugeney, have, at
this time among their pupils, a real prodigy
01 memory, iiadcmoiselle Augustine l'can,
eleven years of age, of feeble constitution,
but of great prococity of intellect.transcribes
conversations and entire sermons of twelve
or fifteen, pages, which she has heard but
once. She recites almost without hesita
tion, extracts of prose or verse of any length
which have been repeated to her, although
sue preiers writing them, it seems as if the
lime required for her to copy one passage,
was jusi suiiicieni lor tne succeeding sen
tencc to present itself. Great care is taken
that she will not injuro herself by too great
devotion to these cmploymcnls.butshe takes
so much pleasure in the exercise it is diflt
cult to restrain her. North American.
Election Anecdote.. Thounh onr eXec
tion sometimes produce cbolutions of angry
feeling, they also originate some excellent
joies. uno ni mem we snail give as rea
ted to us. The question was nut ton im
pie foreigner by our informant, "Have vou
ever been naturalised ?" Answer. "I dont
remember" Q. "Can't you recollect
whether you applied to the Court for that
purpose i" Ans. "iMo; but they had mi
up at Court once, and I was put in jail fo
a few days. Perhaps that was to natural
izo me; but I'm notable to say for certain.'
Norfolk Herald.
t " Is Cleveland a Seaport." This ques
tion was put to us a few days ago, by ;
HBimenian recently irom England. Tho
Uovcland Herald of the Oth inst, just re
ceiveu enables us to wnto an answer.
Cleveland is situated on Lake Erie, one of
the inland seas. We spent a few days ihere
oiiu uiuuiib ono in tne pret
tiest places within our knowledge. The
Herald says that seventy vessels wero then
in sight pn the lake. The same paper of
Saturday week mentions that there were
then in port two brigs, fifty three schooners,
and ono sloop, four large steamboats one
from Chicago, one from Buffalo, and two
from Detroit besides "countless canal
boats" loading and unloading. Wo can
readily understand what the editor means
by the "countless canal boats," for when
wo were there the number was so great,
and thoy were so constantly moving about
that wo found it very troublesome and diffi
cult to tount them. N. Y, Com. Adv.
THE COMMA. DEMOCRAT.
"truth without rSiR "
SATUllDJIX, JTVJ'E 15, 1830.
The Regis.Arce in reply to our inouirv
if they knew what was meant by the in
troduction into tho Legislature, by Mr.
Oolt, ol a bill to " incorporate the Blooms
burg Rail Road and Iron Comnanv."
they cannot tell, and denounce the bill as an
" ubomination." The first assertion wa
believe to bo false the latter Irue to the let
ter; allowing tho word " abomination" the
full definition given to it by Johnson, to wit:
" detestation, haired, pollution er drfde
ment," for under this head wo would class
all incorporations for private purposes, es
pecially where they have the power of
making railroads through any man's farm
that may best accommodate their own pri
vate interest or convenience. For oncf,
then, they have blundered into the truth ;
but in tho remainder of the article, it has
been cautiously avoided, with one exception
where they acknowledge that they would
rather see ltloom cursed with an incorpo
rate monopoly, than to have tho Courts of
tho county located within its limits.
They say that at tho last election they
supported Bowman because he was a friend
to tho removal. ' If so, why was a pledgo
given to the Danville Federalists that it
should not be agitated by him? The fact
was, they supported him upon party
grounds and for party purposes only, and
had ho been elected, he would undoubtedly
have gone with the party, rcgardlcts of the
removal question, under the plea that the
" proper lime," had net arrived "for agitat
ing the question." It is true that they
hypocritically held out tho removal ques
tion flag in this section, ss an inducement
to support him; while below Ihey as sedu
lously denounced it. And it is useless for
them now to pretend that they supported him
upon those grounds, after hie having receiv
ed, as he did, every federal voto in tho anti-removal
townships, for no ono will be
lieve it. The assertion that wo " brought
forward and sustained Colt as a removal
man," is alike destitute of trulh, and a wil
ful and deliberate falsehood. We never
" expected he would bo in favor of a
removal," nor did we in any shaps or
manner advocate his election upon thoio
grounds. We played no hypocritical part.
We avowedly gavo our support to him up
on party grounds; believing then that ho
would faithfully represent tho interest of
the whole party, and' of course that of tho
whole county, without any regard la the
removal question. We also sustained him
undei the belief, that he would act as a De
mocrat, and not bo made a tool of by a few '
whigs, to secrctely impose upon us an un
restricted incorporated Rail Road Compa
ny for privato purposes; and that, too, with
out the knowledge of any individual in the
county, so far as we can learn, as all, like
tho Regis-fAree, aro ignorant as to whom
or what compose the company, or at whoss
request tho bill was introduced. Wo should
think at least that somo portion of a com
munity ought to bo consulted before an in
corporated company was located among
them; and more especially before such a
company wero authorised by law to convert
tho landed property of others to their own
private use, at pleasure. We are as much
in favor of having companies established in
the neighborhood for tho manfacturc of iron,
as any other individual can oossiblv be.
fully believing it would advance tho interest
and prosperity or the county. But while
we would do all in our power to nromote tho
formation of such companies, we will ns-
ver consent to liavo individual lights sacri
ficed to the grasping avarice of soulless in
corporations.
The insinuation that tho bill was intro.
dticed through our influence, is too son (
temptiblo to merit even a passing notice.
If VOU Wish to malm si mm fliinl.- id.it ,rrt
- ..(..1. juu
are honest and hnnnr iKI ;n .1,1.
' .1. uui w 11 uuur
ingsand principles, universally condemn
tho motives and actions of others, and if
the charce in hrnnrlit hnm. in n..
o -- iiuimu jvu, iiy jinn
a passion, and personally bus the ono ad
.I.,..) fni.! r -1
ucsou, 1 iu never isus.
" ii.