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VOL. 3.
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M.eeu onereu uv iv . v...u...v , lhg Ucat f Uie eflCC -un Ule -zaa u was . v nf,een,, w,en martial law
M:r or merit. A co-unisston oi 7U cents wu , ; CQnrlTjned jrom anolher qUartcr; and nobody but vofc d h wag n()l until lhe eleventh, an
Mm the present, ne auoweu .o vgcu.s upi, WC1, , Q ral jackoii doubled its truth. A general in,-, ,,:. had bue disbanded, that
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JOB WORK .
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Np-s&Iy executed, at this Office
Slauzas.
If when We meet I ne'er betray
By quivering lip of smothered sigh,
The thoughts that still my bosom sway,
And swell my heart when thou art nigh,
Oh think not that I e'er forget
The dream that's past since first we met.
Though 'neath the curb of wounded pride,
Each pang is in my heart represt,
The anguish I from others' hide
Still swells within my stofmy breast
And maddening thoughts, and cold despair,
Yet war with deep affection there !
In vain, where gay companions call,
I strive to join in social glee;
Or break, mid studious cares, the thrall
That chains my every thought to thee;
Nor festive friends, nor books, can ever
My soul from thee one moment sever.
To thee when breaks the morning dawn,
My earliest thoughts impassioned turn;
Towards tbee, till day's last light is gone,
As ardently my heart doth burn;
'And through the night's deep hours of rest,
In dreams thine image haunts my brea&t.
In thee alone, through weal or woe,
My fondest hopes must centre still;
From only thee my heart can know
Its dearest, good its darkest ill:
And though by thy unkindness crushed,
Its every pulse is thine, till hushed.
From the New York Weekly Tribune.
Geuu Jackson's Fine.
Great efforts for a year past have been "made
to excite popular feeling and procure legislative
action against the sentence and execution of
the law which in 1815 imposed upon General
Jackson, after the battle of New Orleans, a fine
of SI, 000 for a gross contempt of Court in re
fusing obedience to a writ and in imprisoning a
Jude to prevent a resort to ulterior process for
enforciii" obedience: and President Tyler has
lotolw uracil ib mutter unon the attention of
Congress? We find the circumstances of this
case ueianeu J ' B ' "T""
let entitled Martial Lau , by a Kenlucktan,
from which extracts aronwuie in theOaicUigen-
case detailed with great precision in a pamph-
cer; and as we apprehend the knowledge which
most of our readers possess upon the sunject is
but vague, we copy from it the following nar
rative.
The writer premises-thai there has been no
instance o! Martial Law in jngianu wr hip iui
. . . r T- 1 I . I 1 i I
Kn,tr -n.i fifiv vMrs. and none in ibis coun-
muiuwU j , .
try, not even during uie iveuiuiiu..,
Piven tV Uen. JaCKson in iwuncaiw. u
t i XT r-l I I
"'"' Ul "a.u'V'' - -
w""" 1,1 mo .
in the suspicion of the loyalty ol the irencii,
Uen. JacKsou lotinu grounu mr me iiuCia..-
uon oi iviariiai iaw, wmusi hu o..iu.wC u,.w..
the Members ol tlie legislature oj Keeping ur
ihrus.ing nem out o ..r .... ..u
c. All classes, howeve . did t e duly J
j ho field; the enemy was beaten back, the coun.
"7 was evacuated, and every thing was qule
yet Uen. Jacsson sun mauuaiuvu munmi
Law:
" On the 18th January tho enemy had re-
embarked his troops,
On the 12th r ebruary
he was off Mobile, a.disiaiice of 150 miles, and
nornr nwniri annroached nearer to Orleans. On
M(j 20A hUf LlvlJiGsros returned from the
. -f-,
discontent at the unnecessary keeping up of
mariial law and tne exaction oi cun&iaiu mia-
xy duty from lhe citizens began to manifest
self; but more particularly on the part ol some
two or three hundred domiciled, nut imnaiurai-
1 1 1 . 1
ized Frenchmen, who, though not compellable
10 serve against a nation then at amity with
France, yet had volunteered tneir services, arid
" . . . II- . t
rendered such gallant and valuable . aid in ob-
tainlng the great victory, as to extort the spe-
cial commendation of the General hiifTself.
These men complained that they were unne-
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cessariiy Kepi in a uisaicauic ciiiainjiuium
KiMnetniie ticiow inecuy, auu aaj irom uieir
business and trades, upon wmcn uieir lamines
depended lor support, wniiai outer Louisiana
militia from a distance, who had neither fami-
lies nor business there, were comfortably quar-
tered in the city. To relieve themselves, ihey
claimed and obtained exemption frnm military
.lin, , mnnntxt itf iheir alienatie: but the Getl-
era'l immediately issued an order banishing all
who ha-d or should obtain such exemption to
Baton Rouge, 150 miles uoovo tlie Cliy.
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"un inc iMurcu urnc uuimui.u u
leans newspaper a temperate and sufficiently de
corous remonstrance against this order of ban
. .. .!.. .,.i ;..
isnmeni: nrsi, neeauso 01 ine luuigimy uiu
jury inflicted on men who deserved a very dif-
i .-..t r . 11 ....j k
lerent reqmiai 01 uieir Piuiuiiii y , simnu,
cause it violated rights secured under the treaty
...;.i. Vr.nm, bi,,l . h..M..R i violated their
rieht to protection as denisons under the Con-
dilution of the United State; fourth, became
the General could have no right so to treat alien
friends, whilst the act of Congress onlv author-
ized the President himself so to treat alien en-
emies: win, because it was time that the civil
law should resume its empire,
that citizens
should be restored to their constitutional judges,
and no longer be dealt with before military tri
bunals. This was written by Mr. Louis Loual
lier, an intelligent and respectable member of
the Louisiana Senate, who had heretofore ren
dered himself very obnoxious to the General by
his active opposition to the ueneral s request
inposition To (he General's request
to have the writ of habeas corpus suspended by
act of the Legislature. From this or some
Legi
other cause, Mr. Louallier had availed himself
of his privilege of exemption from military du
ty under the laws oi Louisiana, and had in no
other way rendered himself amenable to milita
ry authority. 1 he General caused Mr. Loual
lier to be arrested and-lricd for his life before a
court martial, for having written this remon
strance, making its publication the sole specif ca
tion, under the following charges: first, mutiny;
second, exciting mutiny; third, for being a spy;
fourth, for harboring, relieving, and protecting-the
enemy, and in holding correspondence and giv
ing him intelligence by this publication; fifth,
for writing and publishing a torrvpi libel.
"The order for the arrest, though made on
the day of the publication, and though accom
panied with abundant threats of hanging, was
not executed till the sixth. On the fifth, Judge
Hall of the United Stales Court, acting upon
misinformation as to his being then under ar
rest, issued a writ of habeas corpus to have him
brought before the Court. Finding, on a re
newal nf I hp annlicnlinn the nixl da v. that the
writ-had been.ptematurely Issued and never act-
ed nn, the Judge, for the purpose of saving the
trouble of writing a new order, and for no other
altered the date of the order
m civih nrifl rp.dflivnrpM U in thfl office-,
VVhpihm- stripilv snunkino- ii vas nroner to
make such an alteration, "or rather, whether
iimr. nnA nnceit,iir tIA nv imnmnripiv in iu
would require a more minuter statement of the
r-. i. i. im.n n..i.i;dinr! m floiotminn
R.n thru is immaterial: for it is verv certain
there was nothing criminal in iu and that it
dnp tint lin in fipnp.rnl Jackson's mouth to im-
nute any such criminality to him. For the
RAnoml. in one nf his recently published let-
ters, wilh an amusing sort of ' naivete, -ics. us
that he robbed the records of the Court of this
very document, and that, for private purposes
f hi mvn hn has retained thenanerso robbed
ever since. It would be equally indecent and
rase to jmpaie a felonious intent to either of
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them.
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..j jC i)i ntweas annus was answuieu uv
, , H- t0 arres, and tm.
tt,v Mr D-w th Un ted Stales
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Attorney, then obiatncu irom Judge j,ewis. oi
tlic ijOiiisiaiia .Otiri, a writ in oeiian oi juuec
uAhh. and xs was answered by an order for
A t and imprisonmentifnoTH Lewis and
fiJCK The jatter was arres,cd and nnprison-
, . fnrm. frnm some Unexnlained cause.
was not, J hey hail both serveu in me name,
land Lewis had particularly distinguished him
self for his gallantry.
uiriio flot.oMl hlmcnlf ntJmitx that. Oh this
same sixth of March, he wrote to the British
commander, notifying lnm that he had receivco
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information of the ratification of the treaty of
which thounh not official, was such as to
V r
. , f ,.je fact Mr Ij0uallier was
-f , , ,ho h acquiued by the
prison un-
was re-
d not
Judge
ijaj was reieasej from actUal confinement; and
. iirnumin ouslu escorted bu a Me
'Aof S0Jdiers bcuond thecitv limits, and then dis-
in;sse. w;,i. ,v,e modest commands of the Gene-
1 -
rflj tjtat jte sjl0U not return within twelve miles
city untj official intelligence of the peace
.vn rp..;.,,,,! nr until the enemy ha'd left the
I " ,
Southern coast. Thus, in the language ol a
Senator, 4 when it was thought the military
f()rcc might safely bedisbanded, it was not thought
r r.ir brainless old man to tako part in the
L.,,,,,.,1 rpmirinas in which his fellow citizens
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were jndul "in";' and , he mignt nave auueu, an
0,j man wlo uore a m0bt enviable reputation
-()r exemplary purity and integrity ol character.
p0r the contempt or court, in thus rcjusmg
o0ei'micc to the writ, and in imprisoning its judge
t0 prcVft a resort to ulterior process Jor enforc-
0jjCj;cnCc, the General was arraigned before
C(Ujrt) which, without the inteneniion of a
: u.., rA,,rr m Uur nnrl tbn nnivorsnl
of aj co,ms1n cases of contempt, order-
ed J fie nf a ,housand dollars, which the Gen
era jcj
1
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- A company in London have actually patent-
- cd an amaUtcam car, which is to travel 100
...:i u., I. K.. sir thm ennvavinu
.mica m uum uui.Ug.. -v
passengers ocro tho 'Atlantic in 30 hours.
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Tying up a Wtfk.-A man was lately fined
in ihe Boston Police Office for tying up hi
wife to prevent her going n shopping, Hardly
a fineabie offencctese hard times.
Polly Pcablossom's Wedding.
Under this title, the Georgia "Family Com-
panion relates a story wnicn nas dv mis ii
me
causuu oeciui umiuu.
too
long fr our paperj but we give the closing
scene, l he Justice oi tne reace caned to mar
ry the parties, was long on his way-r-got lost,
stalled, and what not, and was so taken up, af
ter he arrived, in relating his impediments, that
he forgot the marriage ceremony as prescribed
by the church
h.
He thought
orer every thing he had learned
y heart, even
"Thirty days has Septeml
er,
April, June, and November,"
but all in vain he could recollect nothing that
suited such an occasion. A suppressed titter
all' over the room admonished him that he must
proceed with something, and, in an agony of
desperation, he began:
"Know all men by these presents, that 1"
here he paused and looked up to the ceiling,
while an audible voice iu a corner of the room
was heard to say, "He's drawing a deed to a
tract of land, and they ail laoglred.
"In the name of" he began a second- time,
only to hearna voice in a loud whisper say,
"Ilea making his will now; 1 thought he
couldn't lire long he looks so powerful bad"
He began again,
"Now I lay me down to sleep,"
A wag added,
"AH curled up in a little heap-.'
An erudite gentleman also remarked -"He
is not dead, but sleepeth.
"O yes! O yes! continued the artuirev
"To all and singular, the sher" "Let's run!
He's going to levy on us,rt said two or three at
once.
Here a gleam of light flashed across the face
of 'Squire Tnnlkins-. That dignitary looked
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around all at once, with self satisfaction, and
in a grave and dignified manner, said "Mr.
Hodgktns, hold up your right hand." GeorgB
Washington obeyed, apd held up his hand
"Miss Polly, hold up yours?' Polly, in her
confusion, held tin her left hand. "The other
hand, Miss Peablossom." And the squire pro
ceeded in a loud and composed manner, to
qualify them.
"You, and each of you, do solemnly swear
m the presence of Almighty God, and the pre
stent company, that you will perform all and
singular tne iiincnons oi a uusoanu aim wue
as the case may be, to the best ol your Knowl
edge and ability, so help Vou God!"
. "Good as wheat," said Captain Peablossom
"Folly, my gal, come and kiss your old father:
never fell so happy since the day 1 was dis
charged from the army, and set out lor home to
, v,
ju.
IViccIy CaughS
"Come here, Sally my love now
tell me
what bell means."
"Don't know, mam"
" What eh!---la! what igQorant children
Take your finger out of your mouth there-
well now, Sally, what's put round your waist
every day? Gome now, look at me speak out
-pshaw; what are you looking so sheepish Ion
Tell me, now."
Oh! Mrs. Boozle, I didn't think you knowed
;t
iLai what are you thinking about, child.'
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r.nmt!. t'other scholars are waitine. Answer
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mf, ,iiroi1v. What is nut round vour waist ev-
prv fiav?
0
nm. mam-but he hain't kissed me, only jest
once."
Power of Industry
Ii was a beautiful expression of a Chinese
sage, that, bV lime and industry a mulberry leaf
becomes a silk shawl. It the loiiowing siate-
ment be correct, it affords a still more striking
proof of what human ingenuity can accomplish
I". - - i...
In the manufacture of sieel, an article may oe
raised from one half penny to 35,000 guineas!
A nound of crude iron costs one halfpenny; it
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is converted into steel, that steel into waicn
springs, every one of which is sold lor halt a
guinea, and weighs only the 10th of a grain;
after deduciinp for waste, there are in a pound
weight 7.000 grains. It therefore affords steel
U r 1 . .u ,.t.. r .v.;ni.
mr u,uuu waicn springs, uio uiua ui nun,..,
at a hall guinea cacti, is ao,vvu guineas
A Roniau Catholic Protracted Meet-
ins
A letter to the Journal of Commerco from a
gentleman in Chazy, Clinton county, N. Y.,
dated Nov.28, says:
4We had a sort of autode-fo at the Uarby,
(a village in the township of Champlain,) a
- short time since. The Roman 1 Catholics had a
proiracieu mcmuiDimuuimg us uiiBi iw;
called in all the Protestant Bibles which had
r, ,t.m
been purchased apd 4 distributed among ; il cm
(except some few who .won Id not give them up)
and made a nubile bonfire ol them. 11 wassam
B -- - , . ,. . , miwr ti,ns
By those who witnessed it, that the nvmbnma
burned was between two and three hundred.
,u, u n nn
Efforts were made .0 purchase them buito DO
effect. We have had public meetings both here
and in Champlain to give some expression 0
sentiment in regard to t.ie uicKcU outrage.
Auecdote of an Arab Horse.
A most moting incident, illustrative of tho
extraordinary strength as well as attachment of
the Arab horses, is given by Lamartinr, in hi
beautiful Travels in the East.
"An Arab chief, with his tribe, had attacked
in the night a caravan of Damascus, and plun
dered it; when loaded with their spoils, howev
er, the robbers were overtaken in their return
by some horsemen of the Pacha of Acre, wh
killed several, and bound the remainder wr.x
cords. In this slate of bondage thfv brought.
one of the prisoners, named Abou el Alarvk, Ur
Acre, and laid him, bound hand and foot wound
ed as he was, at the entrance of their tent, n--
they slept during the night. Kept awake Uy
the pain of his wounds, tho Arab heard iky-
horse s neigh at a little distance, and, being de
sirous to stroke, for the last time, the compan
ion of his hie, he dragged himself, bound a Ik?
was, to his horse, which was picketed at a li:
lle distance. 4Poor friend,' said, he, what will
you do among the Turks? You will be shut
up under the roof of a kham, with the horstM
of a pacha, or an aga; no longer will the women
or children of the tent bring you barlev. camel
milk, or dourra, in the hollow of thrir hand; n
on get will you gallop free as ihe wind
Egypt in the desen; no Jonger will you cleavo
With your bosom the waters of the Jordan.
which cool your sides as pure as the foam ot
your lips. If I am to be a slave, at least mav
you go free Go; return to your tent, whiciL
you know so well; tell my wife that Abou vl
Marck will return no more; but put your hcaL
still in the folds of the tent, and lick thehand
of my beloved children.' With these words.
as his hands were tied, he undid with his teetlL
the fetters which held tho courser bound, ami.
set him at liberty; but the noble animal, on re
weiring its freedom, instead of bounding away
to ihe desert, bent its head over its master, ami
seeing him in fetters and on the ground, took,
his clothes gently in his teeth, lifted him up,
and set off at full speed towards home. With
out ever resting, he made straight for the dis
tant but well known tent, in the mountains of
Arabia. He arrived there in safety, and laid
his master safe down at the feet of his wife and
children, and immediately dropped down dead
with fatigue. The whole tribe mourned him;
the poets celebrated his fidelity; and his name
is still constantly in the mouths of the Arabs
of Jericho.". , '
This beautiful anecdote paints the manners
and the horses of Arabia better than a thousand
volumes. It is unnecessary to say, after it,
that the Arabs are, and ever will be, the first
horsemen, and have the finest race of horses in
the world.
One Evil better than two.
A merchant having sustained a considerable
loss, desired his son not to mention it to"any
body. The youth promised silence, but at the
same time requested to know what advantage
could attend-it. "If you diTulge this loss," said
the father, "we shall have two evils to support
instead of one our own grief, and the joy of
our neighbours." x
- Surgical Operation.
A young woman in Warren county, N. J.,
lately underwent the operation of Lythotomv.
A calculus was taken from her, measuring in
its largest circumference 5 1-2 inches. In its
centre was found, firmly imbedded, a stout
darning needle, the sharp point of which pro-
ected five eighths of an inch Irom the smaller
end of the stone. The weight of the whole, af
ter being dried, was six hundred and ten grains-.
The patient has no recollection of a needle hay-
ing at any lime been introduced into ner body.
It must probably have been swallowed in child
hood; and having passed into the bladder there
formed a nucleus, around which the calculus
deposited itself. The patient is now convales
cent and comfortable.
Baptism. 4'
Fourteen persons were baptised in the Sus
quehanna near this place, on Sunday last. Tho
river being frozen over, the ice was removed,
and the new converts, among whom were seve
ral females, braved the waters wilh Christian
fortitude and resignation. They have closed
their protracted meetings.
The whole number baptizedduring this re
ligious excitement, is as follows: Nov. 13th,
10; Nov. 20th, 25; Nov. 27th, 13; Dec. 4th, 14.
Total 62. Danville Democrat.
A lady's bustle was found al the corner of
Hanover street, Boston, on Saturday afternoon
last, weighing eight pounds. -S.On examination
it was found to contain an old hen and ten chick
ens, a peck of bran, fire mice and a number of
other virmin.
A rough Kentuckian hearing a child squall
very loud and furiously, remarked, 4how wick
edly that small sample of mankind is swearing
now, iu the infantile vernacular! What will it
come to when it's educated!'
A Good Toast. Married PrintersMny
they never want caps for the heads of their I it
tie ones, nor beds whereon to lay their forms.