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POETRY.
SEEMO
"With sWootest flowOri
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room vario u s garde ns cull'd with sire."
For thellortildiDi'd
lit - FIRST ON
L 1) US."
The. Earth in its orhit,nioita swiftly, around,
Ainict the harmonious concert of,spheres,
FOr i throt gkall. the regions of space not a sound.
_ '_OfAiscordance.e'er jaed imott angelic ears.
• 'Anti man just created 'with innocence dwelt
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-Eden,.etijOying iweeteummka_with Go
*or faith the effects' of the eurse_hndltot I.lt,
And man 'mid its, buyers in happiness trod.
but in't.llreiv its horrible discord und jar,
-Amid the bright - spheres . that were rolling below;
And o'er thisTair, beautiful world ; wide and ihr—
Spreadthestreams of despair, desolation and woe
Then man from the bowers of Paradise
_ Shlinking and trembling fled onward in fear,
\Then far iin (his ruined and sin stricken 'World„Etear
He paused, while Earth's bosom receiv'a his firs
Tp the yengeance - and math of Jehovah expos",
Without any. prospect Of rescue
When Jesus the Saviour his blood iuterpos'd,
And promised to justice the 6rfeit he'd pay.
'On Calvary's summit, that forfeit he
And-laid down his life asn ransom for all,
full satisfaction justice he made,
Restoring to man what he lost by the fall.
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od lov'd us whilst Wandering away from his fold ;
And came in this world (Alen man to reclaim;
the nrmS of his mercy the rebels enfold,
While inadly profaning his much honor'd name
11:ty we honor turn then white snjoniiitr - s"below,
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And with modest rivalry strive if we' an,
As journeying on towards heaven we go,- •
7:a love hini ae freely as he hath loved man.
•• CAROL HALL,
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SELECT'-ALE.``
From the GentieMai:es 11IaFazine: •
rages trout Ike Phif
ladelphia D.awyen.,
THE WILL,:
What is't We live. for? tell life's fiiirest . tale—• , ..
To eat, to drink, to sleeli, VAT, and enjoy,,
. And then to lcaie no more !
To talk of things we know tot, and to know
Nothing but things not worth the talking of.
•• Sir 3t. Fanc, Junior
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.At an early. our of the morning, in .the
:_ Commencement of the year I was
• Called Upon by a young friend : to - attend the -I
bed-side: of
‘ a dying man, who was:
ceedingly. anxiou i s to bequeath his property
to awin di ridu' al 1:1f - of - the litiw•tif
'tesSion' ' .,arid :therefore desired the security.
• Of prtifessional aid in the construction of
• ' his will. ' .
Although I have-always felt extreme re
pugnancy to the presence of sickness; and'
eschewed with more' than ordinary sensi
• bility the sight of mprtal dissolution; yet,
such wero the peculiar circumistances urged
upon me in this instance, that I could not
efutie. to. accompany my friend to the.scene
of deaths . •
. : • .:!•1I waited'uptet tlie feeble and fast slaking
-• being . who had erinc'easuch pert : lller desire,
for my personal attendance, and found him
with all the comforts and convenience which
; competency could give to a sick chamber;
apparently n" patient - resignation;
(i the etteetition'ol, • int and eyelesS Toe.
An inclination o: \ h_ d of . the patient
- Was all the red,* \ of it tritraite.e that
hiS"emaCiated anc k ' \red enorgiet - Admitt 7
• .1 1 1te'frientls rood near. hitn ; bade
me,lte seated by art, doire that had been
..-,-;":placetl-hyTtite--bed-sidei-styith-other-errange
ments for my. purpose, and hhaStened to,
the..accquiplishment of. ilio - •:object" : Of. my
visit, believing, as I had.rea:soit fiom the
.symptoms already evinced that - the patient
had but a. short time. to live. • t very- thing
ivai. arranged ifor the, performance of. my_
oflice,and the friends gathered closer a7oilad,
With a .rain,led -:desire learn who -- .Twottld !
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A FAMILY NEWSPAPER: -DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, LITERATURE THE ARTS AND, SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE, AMUSEMENT,.&C. &C.
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succeed .
_Soy hariosomean,estate, and . to
lend what assistane:l they could td the dis
charge of this solemn right of man. It was
With - great dilliettlty,. and at painful inter-
Hvals of labor, that the patient Was able to
' make himself understood. As distinctly,
however; as hi's situation Would allow, he
made known his lieguests in the ,following
simple form and OKiler; • give and 'be , -
queath my , family mansion, in 'which we
are now - asse,Mbled, with its 'furniture,-my
equipage,- and . my gold..watch,:to irty_good
Hand- - --Trtie-'frieild" referring to 'the
'young gentleman who had conducted me to
him, and Who stood at the bed , Side suppo'rt ,
ing his head at the inoment-"to my fait4-
ful : nurSe_Cwho stood just then at the foot of
the bed•with a tearful eye and expectant
look,) I give and 'beqtreath the sum of ,one
thrMsand dollars, to be paid to her inimedil
-ately. after my decease; to---to Margaret--"
and here the patient .labored as ilapardx
ysmof excitement And: painfuffeeling would
overcome him--"to Margaret"—lie ex- .
claimed with an • tymatural strength and
sharpness of voice, whilst the lasttear that
extended from 110 glassy eye, traced its
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artudus - coo re
efieeJi. "1 . give_and bequeetk thed rest ;
and residue of all my .estate, of whateyer
lind and whereverosituated, and may God
grant ,•, , h j oy - hie - fir s i ah r
and-eharitabld-lisel 4 ' :
The greateSt effort seemed here to have
been accomplished. The patient motioned
• his: desire to be laid in a' more: horizontal
position, which was obeyed -by those around
him, and turning hisface towards me, cast
I an - anxious fools upon-_the. paper Which I
I held, as if eager to hear its . contents, ' It
Was read' to him, -- and he signifying his ap,
proval. extended his hand as.far - aslits ran
nant of strength - Would p6ritiit,.to...eomplete
its ekeeution: • Iv placed the -pert in his An
gers, and guided, his' clammy hand as - it
traced his name uptui the paper,- -
Nziture'seemedio have'awaited - this deed"
m. 43 she.corripleted her course. Scarce had.
the Witnesses - present_ signed_ tbeir._attesta
tion-ta -the instrument, when the - startling"
and _thrilling smith] of the death rattle rung
through the Stillhess,of the dying chamber,
A long and deep-draWil breath heaved from
the the. p,atien t:---,and- mourninn
'friends turning their faces from.the deserted
tabernacle of humanity, -told too surely-that
the work - of death was - accomplished: - ---
I gazed a, moment in sad' and mournful
feeling upon the vacant eye and-parted lips
of the corpse as it lay stiffening before
me, and thought over the words of the
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To hear the dying their faint mutomes speak,.
And Nvatch - the death-glaze smooth the waxen cheek
To see the fiery eye -ball fiercely roll -
:is if it wrestled with the parting soul;
Or hear the htst,elod crumble on the bed,
And s'itind the humid., mansion of the dead;
-This, this iA wo! .
Hastening from—this,scon of mortal
mi
sery, I repaired TM my residence, to shake
off the sadnessin which tljeAmsiness of the
lasi few hours had-enveloped me, not with
out 'a determiOation, however, to' learn at
the earlieSt interview could obtain with
the friend of the testator, some particulars
Of his history, and of her, the remembrance
of whom had excited so Much emotion oil
the dying bed.
• After the funeral rites had been faithfully
performed, I sought the person who had
Connected me with the events described, and
received from him the following account of
the deceased and those connected with him.
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A' nomber of years ago, Charles
the •deceicsc - d --- itts a stifilent - of mddiciffeln
this, city. At this early---period of life,
ing then triftnflbe_thresOld of Manhood,
he had evinced - fteat qualities 44 4. ; ?f mind 'and
heart, arid had secured, the confidence as
WelLas the estodin of those who knew him.
During the:prosecution of his studies here;
his Society was much - sotiglit after, and a
midst the.gay end busy maze of fashiodable
associations with which he was surrounded,
it was nof thought strange that 'he should
select am object for his more particular atten
tion and confidence. • -Nor when•his marked
attentions evinced in xi/I°m this confidence
ivas_ placed, Was: the surprise_ef_any one
excitedjor the object: selected Wasjustsitch
an one as a .noble and discriminating mind, '
.and a. good "heart, might' be : expeeted4o :sin—
gle out. On this lady, then just, so far his
jupior , in life, a. 9 to make their disparity in
years harmonize in a purity of thought and
feeling, Charles looked with all the bright
,and promisingprospective •that adorns first
love. To his glance her soft and piercing
eye . gave the - eVer ready response of devo
tiorkandl,eVery approach tO her 'presence
seeniecho stir a sotil within hini that was
to him as ,ptire as though she had 'irradiated
her own around him, and infused - hint in
itSlialo. A short time of such, blissful re
velry passed, embalMed . in athousand day
dreams of the future; 'and Charles was
brought ,to the green-box of the college to
stand the . test of his matriculation of his
profession. De 'passed examination.
with linor, and went info •the, evidence
thereof, under the seal :Of an' ancient and
respected .flintMatei... Charles liad pa 7
rents' residing 'in one of the, West India -
Islands; from,wh nt he had long been sep
arated :While inpie care of a - friend and
eardian, and . engaged 'in the Completion. of
iis.-echi cation; and - pow 'he - felt - it -- 7'de torni Ina=
Lion .to pot into exception. a long expressed'
desire to. visit them. - - Ind a few weeks he
%left_ this port on his destination., leaving be-.
hiiid him-his plighted faith to. his betrothed
to retOrn.and claim her at:the"expiratioitof
a'brief abiiende.
Charles arrived at t1 - 19, ho of v
his.: a:
r its, hiltf9und,it desolate, and 'the ruins
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.of, a once beautiful mansion; with-lite-stir
rounding estate, attached to the domain of
a neighboring stranger. An insurrection
had recently_ taken place on the' Island; his
father had fallen a vietim to • the, infuriate
madness of his own . rebellious household,
and his Mother, who, •with other feniales..of< l
the Island; *ere early placed on heard. a
vessel' to the nearest port, for security, had,
with her companions, long since beengiven_
•up as last at sea, the - vessel. neveihaving
-bee-mheard-- - of - ShiceArer—departure- tiro -
Island'. • Overwhelmed . with 'stick: an un
expected and tragical bereavement,, and
thrown..upon the-world without a prospect
or security.againSt the slightest vicissitude
that - might overtake. him, Charles lost all
recollection . of his - fonner hopes and liappi
pea, and gavO'up in dejection, all the rich..
tmticipatiOns of a happy union with the idol'
of his love: -
:Years passed_by, and while-he-remained
in the place of. his nativity, sedulonsly oc
cupied in the prosecution of his profession
as - his. Only .meaus of livelilfood, the, sweet
recipient oLhis_plighted-loVe, : still-botind in
the enduring chain' of woman's
_pyre and .
kiii;Veni7like-the.d.ronp
ii lily beneath:the .blaSt of unanticipated.
neglect, and in seclusion from society-, and'
I . l ,l9,„ o .nrcise.of,;.Cliristian,..eltaritie&-antl.. de—
votion, • sought ' balm for her wounded'
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beart. In a • ghort periOd a 'change tOOTc
placejn. the governMent of theAsland op
which Charles was resident, and spirit of
justice and lutinanity directed the
attention Of the authorities-to the restitution
of the estates which had teen" ruthlessly
:sei'ied.ppon by the nearest surviving inha
bitant,afier the dreadful and bloody slaugh
ter of the- insurrection, 'The evidence of
the. elaini - Which Was Made by4Atarieti to
his* patrimony Va.:3' 7 66 , 011b" and . - clear, that
he was ainangthe . ffik to. receiv his-estate,
anti by - itclo be placed again in a-condition
-61: competency.- . A - . climate to WhiCh'be .
,Was_ttnaceukoined,,theZffectsof the suddenr
disasters that had befallenbhp,- and The as- .
siduitYiwithwhielf he - pro' seemed Ins •pro,..
4ession,bad, moreover, made shell - fatal
roads upon his constitution a.s-to-leave little
hope for n long or ; liappy,enjoymenfof„his
new possessions: By the advice of his
own-judgment, which was:the only moni
tor admitted by him into his confidence, he
sold for the_ first price he could obtain, all .
hiS interests in theislarid; and sailed -from
it with the_ determination of seeking a more
congenial home_and_a_lastabiding_place,_i
the land of his youthful reminiscences. He
arrived in Philadelphia .but t a. few months
previous to the period of his decease, and
sought- and feceived L the companionship: - of,
the very *few of hit early 'friends -who were
seen Standing around his bedside in the .
• hour of his death. First of these he had
placed the narrator of. these circumstances
to me,- who' had been the means _
trohaion to the painful scene above deL
scribed, and - who had been his classmate
in his profe,stsional studies. He ventured
not, hoN%;ever, even to him, to- breathe the
name of her to_whom he bad 'devoted. the
first-and fondest affections of his heArt, lest
to' his inquiry- he should invite a response,
that he in his weak and -
shattered_ nature..
unable to withstaUd.. •
To beguile his 'and divert his, atteri=:-
lion as far as possible, frorri the devastation
'that an incurable disease_wasmorking upon
his remnant of mortality, his friend. fr
quently induced him to take e e-
seat with
him in bis daily round of visits to those
who claimed' lthi professional relief. On
one of these occasions, just as the friends
- were leaving tlik , ..dior together ; n servant
dressed in a plam an'd modest livery, mite
to the side of the cab and handed a note for
The doctor; Charles pointed to his friend,
to whom the note •was immediately deli- .
Yered: On ening..the note,' it proved to
be an envelop fee,. with a request for
Mlle immediate attendance of the doetorupon
a poor woman who lay in if dangerous Situ- .
ation: No name asW signed to the request;
but the neat female .chirography was nume=
diately recogniied by the
.'physician:._ It
was the successor of several similar favors
from an anonymoUs. patron, whO had' for
some-time-excited--the liveliest curiosity. of
the doctor, but of whom, with all anx-
iety, he'.could learn nothing farther than
called among-the-poor,--the
'Christian lady, and - thliVmost of her time
was.devotedj . .o visiting the needy sick, and
administering to the necessities of the - l:1
foitunate and .destitute. The - mention-'of
these circumstances elicited a aimilar•sym
pathy in the breast of the warm hearted
Charles; and he•iirged his fillend to hastens
to the directiOn' given in the-note, in the:
hope that, they might get a glimpse at least,
of the being, who.could, in 'such retiring and
unosterOtioits sincerity, exercise-the true
and holy.*Votion of Christian' charilY.
/ 'They soon,arrived at the place designat
ed, and found themselves in the •niidst, of
the most wretched poverty and destitution.
The entered the house, the tottering and
frail• condition of which set vied scarcely to
possess stability enough to render, a ill'omen
tary'delaY beneath •its . ragged 'cloister's se
cure, and asked of one of the,ininates. who
`confronted •theni at the. entrance to' point
the W•ny to the sick AyOman's chamber.
The poor woman, who seemed to reeogniz • •
the physician; pointed:4 a crazy staircase
liefo - re - them;• - antl - - - sho - ok her liead as slieH
muttered to them that it was nearly 'over,...
and that it was too late to .do the .old lady:
any good:— They immediately hastened to ,
the patjent, but the great object of their cu
riosity was not there. 'The good lady, they
wm'e•toklin ansiverto•jtheirs - in - quitioN - It*
just,iett, to avoid being seen by any, strati. ,
gers that might be coming in. In one cor;•,
TILES:IO4Y !:11 7 7PERX00.71r, JU
iier of the Miserable riMm,,uport n`rrinelcery'
of a bed, whigli; witich plain pine table. and
a angle chair, constituted the whdle furni
ture of the apaliment; lay Stretched the in
sensible and dying patient.. • •
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Charles seemed to take particular interest
in the case, and his friend permitted him to
have the entire direction. of their proceed=
ings. :As 'they-, had been . admonished at
the door, they found the poor woman pngt,
all hope. Charles turned to the apparently
liiilf - sTarvWbemg,, who seemed t=o be•pre
sentin the capacity of.nurse, and'asked her
if she knew any thing •i3f the eliaraele't of
the patient. She replied thaf,she kneW.bilt.
little, and had been •vith'lter but a' few days,
at the 'request and under:th6 IS'ay of the good.
lady, ivholiad been so kind nnd:,benevolent
,
co . all the poor: All thatshe knew of -this
good lady was that she lived in street,
Which information was eagerl3-- received by,
-CharleS,Land .noted;down-in-liis---memoran
da. The old lady, continued the nurse,
had evidently seen better days, and While
elieseemedto bow with Cbristiap_resigit-.
-tion-to the - --alllicti'ons - that - were -upon. her,
she yet, at everiintervaLeitsirenvb, , prir .
ed to' - be - spared; - if - poeSible, Of;lier•
son:L 7 ll'er dear son---whose -name was ever .
on her lips,-after which,-she often said, she .
-could - the
Charles, she then.las,:a.son,___whe-poilPips
possesses the means of affording every - corn=
fort and-'consolation--to-her in -lier-tlying
hour, and- he.:knows. not - how. wretchedly
- destitute she is. But pray, continued
in - -his interrogation of the • nurse, by what
name, as you hare Said, :did
,She..eall-upon
her. son -- Charles; replied :the:_lwoman'; - :
Charles was the . name that never left her.
,while :sh.e..thak.Strengili_to-..utterit.—
Chaßes; lowly -murmured he—let me loOk
uponlher.-face,.and'in an instant : he hastened,
IQ the 'bed, land - raised the - light • covering
that had hid her emaciated featuresfebtri
eyes seemed' to kart fromi the#
in the-last convulsion 9f_death;_bc_recogniz . l
ed, her. Mother! motheo he exclaimed,-
and fell lifeless by lier(SideTWith, his-arms
locked , around- theAccrepid fofni. The
dying woman - raiieher eyelids, and looked
upon ..the- stratiger who• had thils_arousell
her, - A smile passed over her pallid fea
tures, her- lips quivered, as 'if she Miould
Say, "Charl6," and in an ,instant she had
breathed her last. A moment passed, while .
all around stood speechless and Motionless,
at:this aincting,scene,----After-every-means
of resuscitation had been used upon Charles
almost without effee*his friend disengaged
his-- arms, and carried him, in his uneon
seious-state, td Itis .cab, _which stood at the
door, and placed him in it. A few hasty
-directions were . given, and a purse delivered
to the nurse to use for every requisite to the
deceased, and the doctor drove with every
_speed •to Charles! residence. Earl Y that'
day the corpse was removed to the residence,
of the son,, and the interment conduCted'
with every attention-and . respect that could
be givea. Charles remained in his uncon
scious state for several days, ere he was
able to understand what, had taken place.
He gradually recovered himself so far as to
reason with,hisfriend_upon-the eircumstan-:
ces•that had transpired: His mother had
believed- him lost to her for ever, after an
ineffectual effort to discover him, during his
Absenee• on his visit to the island. She had
believed, with truth, -the massacre of her
husband; and arriving. in a strange place,
with her health enfeebled_and destroyed by
a: shipwreck that 'she had experienced in
the vessel in which she had departed from
the island, she had lingered out a miserable
end to her exiSteace in the 'most:abject po.
v - ertyand destitution.. • •
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As soon as his recovering energies per
mitted, Charles sought the hovel in which
his mother had lived, and dealt outthe most
liberal compensation to all who had iii any .
way adininiSterecito her relief. But every
wherc'that he, sought to bestow his reward
lie inet with. the assurance of the'unworthi
ness and undeiervcdness. of the recipient,
and.the confirmatiorkhat the good Christian
lady had_ Bono every, thing. To s see-.this
lady, and to express his feekings•personally
_to_lier,_seemed ••now-to-be-the onlyiobjeerof
hii life, and - the only desire that he felt•be
fore the grave. Ile-had noted her residence
as-given-bydthenurscFand-he-resolved-to
take the earliest
.opportunity of,seeing her,
erg- hiU own fast ebbing energies should find
it too late. . "
Early in• the morning of a subsequent
(lay, the Carriage was ordered to the door ;
and Charles, taking the direction from his
memoranda, gave his coachman the address
'Of .the good Christian. lady. •In. a ltttle
time,
with all the conviction of feeling that
such a Situation ..as he was then 'placed - in
could excite, he, was standing in the parlor
awaiting theprOsence of the philanthropist,
In a 'moment, the la - dy gaily entered the
unconscibus of the character 'mid bust;
ness of her visitant. As 0011, however, as
she discovered she was before a gentleman,
and a stranger,. as if checked by - ,her sur=
prisc i iier lelids fell; mid she. dropped • a
low and gracefill obeisance. Somewhat
Confused, she took, her' seat,, and modestly!
asked, if there was not some,miStake in her
answering, to .' •‘ :
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Qharles inquired,_as well lid he could,
into.her.ideritimas . the goo lady., and,be-
mg perfectly saiiified . On this. po 'CI:W
ed the' room, 'and placing hiniself befOre her
.on his bonded knee.s;l4gged the piivilege•
of expresSing the gratitude of a son; for the
holy benevolence . . thai bad ,been - bestowed
upon a dying mcitlier.
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— A - fewwords of explanation inforined the,
lady °Call the circumstances 4. the recog
nitton in the sick *tither, alhaving
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ficlently regtidifea"that nllusionOtild
again be made to the part 'she haddiseharg.,
ed to the-poor lady, the benefactress deslred
an answer crow - her - visitant to one or' two
ques . tions
.. • ,
With great calmness and a placidity of
Manner that transcended - all former.concep
don of humanity, that had entered into the'
mind . of Charles; she asked of him-' a few
particulars of hts - earlyzeparation - from--his
family. '"-Ilast_heileeri-at-ibriner tilnes-a,
resident of this city?" and "whether he had
)
not received a prof ssionai edudation here?"
To these questions 'harks gave an affirma
tive reply; "The ," continued she, "ppr
.haps you have sd . th e recollectionsmf ayoung
lady to. whom _you
,professek same 'attach-.
ment in your early - daysi" -- "Yes,":rc :
re
plied he, "and to whom I have plighted my.
honor . and my ' love.". "Have • you., kept
tat faith to Iter?" -- asked his fair inquisitor.
- "Tes,":rtwered - hei - "I - believe I have
have_ never forgotten ,her,l have- never
dried ofloving, another: . During a icing
• period of peitury,. through which .the yicis
situdes- of 'circjimstances - hairpassed - ma, I
was happlj.L.on4 l --irtEloyrepolleetkm,ofAteri,
• yel so mitered were my Means ; frofft theie
in the peeseSSion of which I proffered my
self;tltat.l deemed 'Myself nitaccefoblq,to.
her, ii . ittl she discharged front every- obliga
_tionhy which she was bounkto..mp."- ---
. ."I,cmorant man," exclaimed the good la
-113notising-fram-her--thairlasif-het-w hole
frame dilated with 4riawalwried pride, "how
little did 'you .know the fidelitY of woman's
heart, . Behold your'Margaret—she who
_plighted her first affec - fions, to you, and - to
.whom yOu - bad returned your pledge for
nal or wo- 7 - seeher before yoli, yet under
the sanctity .6f-4m-honorable womati!s_first
predge-tuasNi 7 erved mid unchangeable thro'
allthelapse of time. ' ,
C Ira - ries *rose to. press her Ban d , but she
Withdrew., She warued liiiin . that:their. in,'_
..... , ....
terview had - been already protracted too
long-,-ankthatc-their - individual-conditions T
her-well -inured-haliits;- and --ins'-.delicate.
health, - sinking'.fast tiiider an undisguised
disease,-debarred the, fainteSt hope -of the
consummation of their early:promise.
Charles, after aftey a - Second effort and a second
intimation.,Similar-to that which he met at
first, withdrew, and sought - the Strictest re
tiracy of his home: The, scenes" through
which he had passed- had operated -with
mnch severity upon his health, and in a few •
days -he took his bed, ',never 'again to .rise
from it:'---At• higriast- moments he - .felt - the -
rebuke lx,hich his doubts had placed- upon
him, in relatOtofhe early idol of his - love,
and to the. good Christian lady—to Mar
garet--to his-Margaret, he belpeathed , the
largest portion of.a handsome estate:
TOissonri. VauntCen's-.
Mr: "WnITTLEsny, from the Com
mittee.of Clainis, made the follotVing• •
REPORT:
The. Committee of Claims, to which was
referred the bill from the Senate (No.
209) to authorise payment to be lade to
the Missouri;Voluntce'rs; whose horses.
were lost or cast away.oti the voyage to
--Tampa Bay, report:
That the bill provides that payment be
made, under the direction of the Third
Auditor, to the l Missonri volunteers whose
horses • were , lost or Cast away at sea, or
Which perished or died'in consequence of
sufferings at sea in . the voyage from New
Orleans - to - Tampa JlaS;in the monih.of
Novemberlast ; and that the . .sum of thirty
'fivethousand dollars, out of any Money - in.
the Treasury not •otherwise appropriate.d ;
be appropriated to make-said payments."
- The bill: ics . Uccompanlcd by document
No. 177; which is cUmpoSed of 'the resolu
tion directing the Committee on.MilitaryAf
fair to inquire into the expediency of making
provision for paying for said . horses; Mr.
Poinsett's learn' to Mr. Benton, enclosing a
report from Major Gross, acting Quarter
master General; a letter from Mr. llagner;
Third Auditor, to Mr;•l3enton, on the sub-.
jeCt of these losses ; and an extract of a
letter from 'Col.. Z:Zraylor to-Major Gen ,
eral Jesup;,tlated November2o,
_1837.
Taylotis - ay I:. - "Out of _450
horses belonging to the Missouri volunteers,
shipped at NeW Orleans ; fox, this place, 300 ,
of t}rem lime been cast away - iiilost,
consequence ofithe severe gales which have
prevailed 'in 'the . gulf . Since they left the.
mouth of-the Missis4ippi, and, a portion. of
what few
,have arrived, have,been rendered
unfit for service; so that a 'Treat portion, of
the regiments must act, on f b oot, if they act
at all;, as,l havethis - rhoneent been -inform,
ed, by the colonel' and lieutenant colonel
commanding them, that there was' great
discontent, among thent,in consequence of
the IoSS of their horsea,, and . as the 'order.,
,
had been given for them to . take. th field, it
wa.9 tkinbtftir ,whether a • portion of them.
would do 50,, - alleging thatillierhad been
engaged to; UeOts mounted men. •
To ascertain .whether those Whb_jost
their, horses were remounted at the expense
of
,the :United tatss . , or whether they re,
fusedto do diqfoot,.as it was suggest;ed:theY, might - by C o ol.' Taylor ; the corn
addresSed a letter to the,§eeretary of
War, and desired information on ' the .p oin ts
Mafor Cross, .acting Quarter.:
Master
,General,„-repoved . that it did not
appeal' that Off Men were tneunted i at he
.expense. of, the United StateS:., -
.. ,
. ~
A 'detailed report was 'ffradety'Mr. ITag
tier, under doe , _of, May, 3,. 1838; 'to the
Secretary-. of,:War; 'Which, yVaS sent te,the
oeinmilletiLtc . _ WhielLi r eter4o ,14—niadO.:.
It apyears from„ that,:replirl that the 'Mis
souri •(Qlunieer . .ritiurient• of ',Cavalry vas
Commanded - by. Col. Gelltry, and mustered
fourThilTidrod - d ftedif — men; ineiuilitig
field, and staff oflicerS; Transportation
was paid'for 417 men :• and in the calcula
tion:of expense hereafter mentioned,. that
_ntiniter is taken 'as a divisor.' That said
of •men,. with their horses, equip
age, accoutrements ; forage,' & e., `were put
on boUrd df two steamboats, chartered at
S,t..Louis by the United .StateS, and trans- .
ported =Jo - Orleans-;--4h
Orleansfive--vessels----Were—chaftered---tct
transport the said regimenftd - Tampa"Bay;'
and that it arrived at the laitdr. place before'
the end of . November, (frtfup Colonel c Tay:-•
lor's letter; on *of ;,aliout .the. Pi that
month;) - that; on thy' last:day 'Of Novein
ber, and Om the first day of :December,
1837, - one'huntired'and eighty - -;three of said - .
volunteers were diScharged. : •
The committee addressed a letter to: Mr.
Ragner the. 7th of 'May,_elicitin
fuillier information - as they thought neqe
sarY.to enable them to present to the 1-1 - ouse
btaterneat of • the expense incurred in
mustering_in and out . of service the - nieh
t us dismissedL . Other inquiries *ere
i• •- - • •
The commiltee refer
.to 'his letter;. under
date. of the 12,3 d of,May,.attd to theTaisdu-
Amts..thataegampo.n l y;dt.. : ...kappear.s.lrom,
that letter and the.doeuments,,that flee regi
ment volunteered - for morttliS-'''lliafth—e
men rendezvoused at St. Louis .from the
th-Ao-the:lsth-of-Oetober ; 1837:: aid that
the folloWing_ sums were expended:: • -
For. transporting. - said regipient to New
Orleans from- St. Louis;
aid forsupplies furnished , - 810,051 51
. ,
Thn same from N - ew Orl6 i ans
to Tanipa Bay '
•
Transportatibn and E;upplias • .
' for - 417 men,' 'and their '
horses, from St,.Loqis ,
• 'l'ampaLß ay_ . •• .._540,884- 45
. .
. .
- For - 183-men` - and - - • . —.
..
-their horses,. - is $17,942 • - oii '.• - .
•F:or each man - .r. • .-- - -$97- - 88
...
These • .183 ' men • • '
• were-paiti atTain- • , . •
•pa . Bay,.. where. -
they Nyere_dismis- . . . ._
- sod - • 19,139 10 RI
Peingan - average to each man ' .• •
' .
of ' : ....- . _._
The horses lost on the p--ai-:: r ' ' •
Sage, owned by 175 of the ' • •
--- mairso• - disinisS - ed,• — aTnirTl - 7 - 7.=
'•, to
1.2,0'60 00
Not shown to .have
so died, but were --:--
rendered• 'useless
or turned over to
the U. States • 0,758
.00
$20,818 00 . , • . .
•
Averao • price • per man for
175 men * (servants had no - •
horses) isl
. . .
. 19 00
Average expenses . _ for each . . _
man,L , xeept transportation
.' •
to New Orleans, or to Bt.
Louis , '5322 12
Whole amouifrof expopses .
. for 183 men, exempt for
( ,transportation to N. Or- -
led.ris; is . •-- , $58,019 2sl
In ildilition to_thiLsum,-isith; expenses,
of transportatiolilor these troops from Tam-.
pa . Bay to New_ . Orleans, Jar—to -St, :I;ouis,4
This amount has not been returned.' Tlf6y
performed no service; were honorably dis
charged ; were transported:to New, OrleanS,
if not to St. Louis, at the public ex-pense,
in vessels and steamboats; •and -were al
lomied.pay for eighty-five days in returning
front Tampa Bay; and were conveyed as
fast as wind and steam could carry them.
This statement is not presented to crimi
nate arty.„one,,hut toishowthe_waste of pub
lic money in parrying on this war.
The syStthrt_ of calling out:so many
mounted men- may be
,radleally wrong,.autl
Field - aps the fault rests with ethigress; - but,
wherever it is - , it'should be corrected. -
__,lt,a,ppears from the copy of—a-letter from
Mr. Poiniett to Geiieral Atlcition, dated
S:sptember 8, 1837, that a regiment of ?dia.
sou ri. volunteers Avoilld - he accepted . , for..the
campaign. in - Ylorida,. if it 'could arrive. at.
''Pampa Bay , by: the middle of October.
General Atltinson, was informed that he
:was at liberty to 'use the dragoon horses for
the 'purpose of aiding the corpS, if he-deem
fed. it necessary to mount the • men. The
number, of • horses at the Jefferson.•bairacks
was stated to be about three hundred. - -..
• In . a letter of the eame' date, from Mi..
Poinsett to C 01,.. Gentry,' the latter: is._ in
formed that six hundred .. volunteere from
the Mate of Missouri would be 'accepted
for the next campaign in Florida,
_provided
they .: could be raised in . season , to, reach
Tampa Bay by the middle of October, or
by the .Ist -of . Novel - ahoy at thelatest. -, -'
It appears, from these letters, that- the.
Secretary of War.did not anticipate that
the men wore to be .mounted, further than
they could be :.,supplied with the dragoon
horses'. then at Jefferson barracks, the pro--
,i r
perry of the United , States .
-' • The niarehing . of the 're
. nierit must hue.,
beeii - giWatly delayed; itt the. tinie•talien to
procure. horsekibi a - retiment of men•, and:
its Movement - AM:5;f have been' retarcledl4
OM ineumbranoe of
,so many horses.' H., • .
'4lippe ar s by 'the eopy of. ak order
Adjuitant• .Gp' nexal Jones, to Brigadiet.la:em;,•
.eta l Ali - Eli:toad; ` under elate : br, 4m:6i:it 18,.
, l mi; . tiftit, tire . , i. A i 'regituent of . Missouri
volunteers . wak te. be :. dikeharged• fiqui! the
service . ; •••....• - • •
MI
S.VRIE6', r0.16.;2. 7 -13 O: 34.
the'coriMittee have not lien le - to . asz .-:
certain by .whose . order, this regiment was
• - sent more, tan I,l'oo miles by Water; but
hoWever disastrous tire, passage was, -the .
order must have emanated fiam an Officeri
and; in the• opinion of the committee the,
men should not be the sufferers in a oasts
where
where no fault-is •traced to - them: . . •
-Tette 2 -State_ot the_Case---
ST-111-ASTER-PkRTY.-
inr ELT BUT •V31F171. _
•Froin the .Bitek's c , -county irttelfigendet:
Me. PRINTER :_ - I , Ve are :coming to oltr
senses upthis ifay pretty_ fast I tell you.
We have been barnbiweed by a set of fel;
bland abont Doylestown,Jong enough:
They made us believe they were not only
the dirty the real. Simon • Pure
party, and that, they could-manage, matters
and - things as they might to be, They stfid
the land would not only floe with Milk:and_
irtheylierd - the reins, but that every
-man's poCket would glisten. with, gold-and
silver . . .
These_tak
tell you.
_The las
W — ffik
dont foretel much
to mritndeystanding ,of combs, hath lOrty
liant-sprouts4rorn-demoetatievrootehrulled—
us Mightily with Benton it - but:drops wheri t
theyl' ( were first coined::He told us the . se,wpre .
the fruits of Jacksonism, arid : we:_were_aim;-
- plc enough to swallow the golden falsehood: •
stories ..and , thump
ing lies,"our .party.got-the-ppper hand, by _
a great majority, in the-G9Vertiment of the
United States. ,
_._ ..._ .. . _
Then we looked for siich glolicnis times
as we had never had before:". But soon the
-gold stopped,- don the . . liver' stoppedi - and
finally whole 'lota
.and gobs" -- Of Shinplas:
.tcts .flowed jn upon u.. 00: leders fowid
th e ir brain-pans 'wow too -shallow to-get
•along
.witlr the sitiverninent:-- The .Wlmle .
of bus, began.- to..swear ffromold Hickory: .
dosi~n to the verriest dilcwolloper that eve':
straddled 6.-ruin "cask, and kieked_and.cufred.
the horses till- we: came Within,a hair's
breadth'
of upsetting the wagon, and break
ing
every thing- to ; piece's. - You kilo* if
would'nt do *cry - well to acknowledge Our -
incompetency ; so we saddled the old far
mer and sound statestriati4o. Ritner, with
the blame. Some of us; who tlici'nt,look -
beyond our nose, believed 'it. But soon
.other stags had' their *shin plasters ; 'and at
last Van_Buren couldliitget,along_vvithout
his treasury note plasters.; and it is a fact;
..
the sops of theliitelien Cabinet. have so
much proud flesh in 'ern yet, - that -the phr
sycians deemed it advisable to stick -the-fil-tg . -
thy things ,on-the-second-time..----It would-.--
have been better for the country, if the
whole fry - had 'been plungedqnto a lake .of
alum, blue vitiol,' and brimstone, .. .
20;832' 94
105 24
.•
=--'Ten - millions of shin plasterStwiee
applied, : make twenty ; that's what our
folks issued at;;lVashing,ton for a little, patch
ten miles square.. There has not been twO—
milli,?its in circulation in all Pennsylvania . ;
suppose Peithsylyania.had issued shin plas
tera in. the same rates they have at Wash-.
ington r in proportion to the extent of terri=..
tory of each ; • how much trash would we
have among-us? The very moderate - sum
of nine billions two hundred millions.
Qurm9st thoughtful fellows begin to smell
• a rat; - "They think we've been deceived,
and faith they think right I'ip.a Sam Ing
ham man for my..part ;.andfor my hohor,'
give-Rog,ars - credit- fot veting - that he - had,
no • confidence. in Ma* Van Bach - last s.
_winter-at-Ilarrisburg-hi fri - am - prepared to
o a litile — farther ihanttile Senator dare;
aud I saylt aboveboard: iferetofore,
voted the democratic. ticket—to Called ;•
hereafter; I'll newer vote it unless I nut
satisfied they take up better Men for office.
I,
The race bet Ween the. Georgia and Pu 4
Laski; for Baltimore, coinmencedgairi yes=
terday morning, at 6 o'clock.. A considera
ble number of
. citizens were 'bri the wharf
at the. -appointM hour,: aiulthe_eroUrd_
would doubles!?
,have". been melt larger if
the time of . sfarting liakbeen delayedone
or two hoursi
AVe_
ore sbrry_to-say-=that- aeonsideraido*
inirnher of passengers were on board both
boats;-nitliough ye know thatSoine.ivithdreW
their names after, having entered them: • '
When we . hear the. Pinter* made that . ,the
boats will not race,* calls lei mind till are
ecdote which -
. Are havehcard ' . related, A
lady took her pas.sage on bbard a steamboat:'
,at New Orleana'' to go to St. Louis, bitt
hearing that the baptam *intendeA to tun a
racKdecliiied gOitig Unless assurances Were .
'given that such ivould pot be the cam.- -
The *Master pledged' his honor to refrain.
from the contest,.t.nd the boat 'got tinder •
way; the,_ rival bOaLpuisuifig soon -.after'
neared him fa and the passengers becern—
:ing exeited, ref; s. t ,ed hit - n:10 put Oh. .
st6tii; \V hieli Was fused,' for the.. reason
above' • given. , The dy was 'applied , tk •
but would not yield, .he was ilien.requee.
{echo cortie,bn deck and view the oilier' boot,.
'which at thee„ teas -n early' alongside, arid!
fast gaining. - Her frelingiWere ly
'enlisted; and.she too Urged increase
.speed, Whieb was attemptea.'ibuftpatpue,-
- ceeditigaa well as hiq.pakscOgo•r'' desired„
414' siigg6.ted that #6700104 us 6 1 3 465 4. 01 4
rrieke the, r*ood : rnOr,e -inttrintria,W ; The
atisidei 'thatlfaVirt;pl,kl gt id
:net 'race„ L e had ildt
with t13.6'
(said the lady:;) 6:irtta*ii§44o-I"olir'd'On*
*freight', ;.use it, u.s:(l,ii• . ini''tieni
pa?/ beat
Mercu,
~.::-~ ~
BEDMINSTER:
caaigioar ilacitag•
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