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Hast thou one heart that loves thee, In this dark world of care Whoie gentle smile approves thee, Yield not to dark despair. O.k row whoie fragrant biofiu Blooms but for thee alone ; ' Oii Ibnd, confiding- bosom Whose love is all thine own. One gentle star to guide then, And bliss thee on thy way,' That e'en when ft iron betid..- thee, .Still lends its gentle ray. One ehry.ital foiiulaiu springing Within life's desert waste, Whose water's still ari bringing Refreshments to thy taste. 'One tunefjil voice to cheer th- e, . When sorrow has dislrest ; One breast when thou art weary. Whereupon thy head to rest Till that sweet rose is faded. And cold that heart so warm Till clou ls thy star have shaded, Heed not the passing storm Till the kind voice tint blest thee, '1 iiiiiii in ill nt'i doth lie. . MISS C. M. SEDGWICK. To the Editors of the Metrtfolitan: Genii union:' I was a few evenings since, at a friend', house, Mr. J'. He is one of the sever ill sufferers by these disastrous tunes. Some few weeks ago he believed himself worth half a million. Loss his accumulated upon loss here, and, the return of his bills upon a bankrupt house in England completed the wreck of his fottuue. At the timo of his failure his daughter, my lovely friend Helen, was on tho point of inarriago with a young lawyer, w ho. bv diut of talent and indus try ,has earned an education, & who during the last year, the lust of his professional career, has been .in tho receipt of some ten or twelve hundred dol lars. This, of course, was a very inadequate in come for a lady accustomed to an establishment scarcely surpassed in luxury by any in our city. But this mattered not to Helen, or Helen's father, He "clios?," ho said, "that his daughter should marry poor men; be had enough lor them all." And he was acluully in treaty for a fine house for Helen, and had decided on the amonntof a most liberal portion to be settled on her, when the blow came which deprived him of the abiljiy to give her a shilling. Circumstance added mor tification to disappointment. -Mis J. had left her "at home" cards at the houses of her friends. Tho wedding dresses and die wedding presents were made. The bridal veil and wreath and wedding rine were bought, and the wedding cake was actually in the bouse. At this crisis it was that I had gone,, my face full of condolence, if it did any justice to my heart, which was full of aympatny, to pass the evening at-her lamer s, i M not hnd Helen at home, but there were sev cral persons there, casual visiters, friends of the family, like myself. Apprehension, sadness, or dismay sat on every countenance. The conver eation natarally turned upon the all absorbing topie of the day. Each one had his melancholy tale to relate, fw each one had his losses. One told i one iniiurc, and one of another ono gave a list of disasters abroad,& another produced an ac tual recordofbankruptciesat home. It was prophe cied that all who bad not failed would fail, i hero is nothing left to fail," exclaimed Mr. J. atrikin his hunrlj oV, V, . ; . (I, , - " ' "ii Tijciiioui (iiiuaiiciiw. " eanks have failed, and the Government has fail ed; every body, and every thing has failed! "Not very thing, my dear father," exclaimed Helen, -uujusiinen entered with her lover her face ra nient with expression that indented that hr hnn. P'nes, waj 80Cured from fai,ure h nQ niorliTfiA .. . . b c, rjioi every (hm ..n Th monn h4 not tailed! This hann. f m. frUml ... n mipuUc to my mind, and set mo to observing suit T d ao, failed- 1 8iv yu ,he re- Icarf obM,rvatin in the hope that h may others to look beyond the aliadow of this e- 1 " nue returning home, I echoed nv friend's words "indeed the moon has nt fauledl" She, with her glorious train of stars, was looking d jw n serenely on our troubled city, bearing a message ot love to the disquieted spirit, an assur ance that there is a better joy awaiting those who have ceased to rejoice because their wealth is g eat, and because their bank has gotten much. On my way 1 met a mend returning Irom the the- alre "Did Ellen Tree succeed!" I asked. Did Ellen Tiee ever fail, he replied. '-.No: all the world may fail; but Ellen Tree, sweet Ellen Tree cannot fail!" 1 entered my home, my old dear fiiend, Mrs S. was sitting alone reading so intently, that she did not observe me, -Her book touched the fountains of feeling. She wiped her spectacles, and once or twiced laughed aloud. Ah! tboight I, books have not failed. These exhaustless magazines of happiness, these silent Min isters to ihe soul, these successful and welcome missionaries in all parts of the civilized world have not, an J cannot fail! . As I went to my re era I met our faithful nurse, going her accustomed rouud Kt take a last look of the sleeping children. "Kindness and fidelity in domestic service have not failed;" thought I, as I looked at the impersonation in this excellent wo man, nor has their sweetest reward failed, 1 far ther thought when one of the little girls, her slum bers for a moment, broken, murmured, kissing her nurse. Oh! is it you, Mammy; and then she fell into the arms of sleep, the "sweet restorer," who never fails to innocent healthful children. Morning, and the sun, who always meets his engagements, came, and clouds, which in this soring tune seldom tail, appeared anu poureu down their nourishing stores threatening to dis appoint my objeet of a stroll to Hobokon with a party of children, whp.were watching the Heav ens, us nothing else is now watched, but the ino n v market. The morning passed, dinner came, and the dessert and the baby, the youngest of six and Ihe pet of them all. She looked us bright as umdo's Aurora, as she made. her granue euirec in her brother's arms, attended by her truin of listers. At sight of her clouds of care, that in these careful timos accumulate vanished from her fathei's brow. Her mother greeted her with the chorus of her favorite nursery song. 'Chiog a-ring a-ring thing thee Hon ding a liukum darkeyf" To which sho replied by clasping her hands and duncing her feet, und then amidst the acclama tions of her loving nudience she played her part almost standing alone, almost saying mamma siiiinir in ilm centre of the tahln and rolling an orange to catch, und replying to the caresses of all with a grace and significance never in the world seen except Irom tne youngest oi every happy home. Riches may take to themselves wings, thought 1, and tiy away; uui tne love oi rwreiits: of brothers and sisters, the beauty and joy of infancy, the riches which Heaven lias or- OaliieU und watclies over, never tun. The clouds passed off, and we went to Hobo ken. The grass, freshened by the recent show er, seemed greening under our let-t. The birds were cyi the wing, singing a tedeum for the re turn of spring The buds were bursting into leaves, the dog-wood was just unl'old ng its white blossoms, and the violet opening its blue eye. Nature has not failed thought I. Oh! that the worn disappointed, heart Bick denizens of our city would come forth, and enjoy a possession common to all, wnich wealth cannot buy, nor po verty sell, chartered by Heaven and independent of this bank nolo world! On our return I met in the boat my friends Mr and Mrs. E. They have shared the disasters of the times, without having provoked (hem by spec ulat on or extravagance, and now were about to leave their beautiful house in Square for a humble country lodiiintr. They were both cheer ful, she rather more so than usual, and when I re marked this sho said, 1 have reason tor it. cw know what we can and what we can't lose, and the balance is, beyond estimation, in our fu your. This is no place or timo lor sentiment, she glanced kcr eyes fondty from her husband to her little boy w ho bel J her hand, or I would tell you what ot most precious 1 huve not lost; uui e ven here I may say, thut though my husband's business has lulled, his integrity, ability, muusiry and enterprises have not failed. Neither thought I, doostho fidelity of a true hearted wile, her ten derness fortitude, and elevatedness, put her to what trial you will, ever fail! The next day was Sunday. In the evening our pastor preached upon the t ines, and from the text, "who shall separate" us from the love ot God;" and I believe not an individual left the church without a sense of the littleness of those temporal possessions that are liable to fail, and a deep gratitude for those eternal and illimitable riches that are offered to our grasp, n lien i came home I found the note from Helen J. "My .dear friend, my father has at losl consen ted that I shall not participate Ihe geueiai name ruptcy, so, pray come to-morrow, tne day origin ally appointed for my wedding-', and witness my non failure. Thanks to my mother I have been so instructed in domestic economy, that 1 muy indulge in the luxury of marrying the man I love, though he have above a thousund dollars a year; and as I hold true love, capacity, industry, and frugality to be a sufficient security, 1 do not tear thut we shall tail m our conjugal partnership. A Parisian belle, during the cholera panic, painted over her door "no cholera to be spoken ot here!" 1 would go a little fuither, & during the panic, not only prescribe the agitating topic, but suggest others which, if duly considereu, wouia relieve the pressure to which even the good nud manly are too passively yielding. Atte York, .May 1837. From Bentley's Miscellany, edited by "Boz." THE IRISH SQUIRE'S PAGE. BY MR. SAMUEL LOVER. 'Ride into to town, and see if there's a letter for me, said the squire, one day to our hero Yes sir.' 'You know where togof -'To the town, sir.' 'But do you know where to go in the town?' 'No air.' ' " And why don't you ask, you stupid thief I' 'Sure I'd find out, sir.' 'Didn't 1 often tell you to ask what ye're to do, when you don't knowf 'Yes, sir.' And why don't you!' ! dn't like lo be trou. hUvtmf, nir,' 'Confound you!, said the squire; though he could not help laughing at Andy's excuse tor re maining in ignorance. Well,' continued he, 'go to the Post office. You know the Post tffice, I suppose?' Vis, ir where they sell gunpowdhcr.' COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 'You're right for once,' said the squire; for his Majesty's postmaster was the person who had the privilege of dealing in the aforesaid combus tible. Go then to the poM office and ask for a letter for me. Remember, not gunpowder, but a letter. 'lis, sir,' said Andy, who got astride of his hack, and trotted away to the post office. On ar riving at the shop of tlie poslniasier, (for that per son carried on a brisk trade in groceries, gimlets, broad-cloth and linen drapery,) Andy piesenled himself at the counter and said, '1 wantalellher sir, if you plase.' ho do vou want it fort' said the post master in a tone which Andy considered an aggression upon the sacredness of private lift-: so Andy. Ilio'l the coolest contempt he could throw upon the p ying impertinence tf the postmusUr was to re peat his question. 'I want a letther, sir, if you plase." 'Andwho do you want it foi l' repeated the postmaster. What's that, to you? said Andy. Th" postmaster, laughing at his simplicity, told him he could not t II what letter to give lain un less he told him ihe direction. 'The direction I got was to get a letther lu re, that's Ihe dijeetious. 'Who gave you those directions?' 'The mas ther.' 'And who's your master?' 'What coiisainis that o' yours?' 'Why you stupid rascal! if you doiit fell me his name, how can I give you a letter? 'Vou could give it if you liked; but yuu're fond of axin' ini pidcnt questions, bckase you think I'm simple.' 'Go along out o' this. Vour muster must lie as great a goose as youm If to send such u mes senger. 'Bad luck t-i y(,ur impidencc!' said An. dy; 'is it squire Egan you o.ir to say 'oose to?' 'Oh, squiie Egnu's lour muster then?' Vis; huve you any thing usy uin iff 'Only that I never saw you before.' 'l'ailh, then, you'll never see me ugin it I have my own consent' 'I won't give you any letter for the squire, un less I know you'i e his 'sen ant. Is there any one in the town knows you!' 'Plenty, said Andy; 'it is net every one is ns ignoiunt as you.' Just at this moment a person entered the house to get a lettei, to whom Andy was knouii, and ho vouched to the poM-n.asler that the account ho gave of himself was fiue. 'Vou may give linn the squire's letter. Have vou one for me?' Yes, sir,' said tho post-master, producing one; 'fourpence.' The new com?r paid the fotirpence postage, mm icimie snop wuii iuS letter. Here's a letter for the squire,' said the post master. 'V ou've lo pay me elevenpence postage. ' 'To the devil id yon! Didn't I ece you givo Mr. Dehiny a letter lor fotirpence this niitiit, und a bigjjeritlher than Uiis, in d now you want me to pay elevenpence for this scrap of a thing. Do you think I'm a fool!' 'No; but I'm sure of it,' said the postmaster. W ell, you're welkini to think whut you please; but don't he dolnying mo now, here's foiirpcuce for you, and gi' me the letther. Go along, you stupid thief." said (lie post master, taking up the letter, and going to serve u customer with u mousetrap. While this person, and many others were serv ed, Andy lounged up and down the shop, every now and then putting in his head in the middle of the customers, and saying, 'will y.u gi' ine the letlhcr!' He w aited for above half an hour, in defiance of the miulhonias of the postmaster, and at last left, when he found it impossible to get the com inoirjustice for his master which he thought he deserved us well as another limn; for under this impression, Andy dcteiiiiined lo give no more than the fourpence. The squire in the meantime w as getting impa tient for his return, und when A inly made his ap pearance, asdied" if thcie was a letter fur inc. 'There is, sir,' said Andy. 'Then give it to inc.' 'I hiveu't sir.' What do you mean?' He would'nt give it to me, sir.' Who wouldn't give it loyou?' That old chute bey-art in the town, wanting lo charge double for it' 'Maybe it's a double Ji tter. Why die devil didn't you pay what he asked sir?' Arruh, sii, why would 1 let you Le cheated? It's not a double letter ut ull; not ahove half the size o'.one Mi. Delany got before my face fur fourpence. 'You'll provoke tne to break your neck some day, you vagabond! Ride back for your lilt, you omadhaun and pay whatever he asks, and get me the leOer.' V by, sir, I tell you ho was sellin' them before rny face for fourpence a piece.' 'Go back, you scoumliel, or I'll horsewhip you; and if you're longer than an hour, I'll have you ducked in the horepund!' Andy vanished, and made a second visit lo the post-oliice. hqn he arrived, tw o other persons were getting letters, find the postmaster wns se lecting the epistles lor each, from a parcel that lay hctore him on the counter; at the sume time many shop customers were waiting lo bo served. I'm come" for that letther,' said Andy. I'll attend to you by-and-by.' The masiher's in a hurry.' 'Let him wait till his hurry's over.' 'He'il mur ther ine if I'm not back soon.' 'I'm glad to hear it' While the postmaster went on with sudi pro voking answers to these appeals tor dc.-paich. Andy's 'eye caught the heap of letters that lay on the counter; so, while certufn weighing of soap and tobacco w as going forward, he contrived to become possessed of iwo letters from the heap, and, having effected that, waited patiently enough until it was the great man's pleasure to give hun the missive directed to his master. Then did Andy bestride his hack, and, in tri umph at bis trick on the postmaster, rattle along the road homeward as fast as bis hack could car ry him. He came into the squire's presence, his face beaming with delight, and an air of self satisfied superiority in his manner, quite unac countable to his master, until he pulled forth his hand, which bad been grubbing up his prizes from the bottom of his pocket, and holding three let ters over his bead, while he said 'Look at that!' he next slapped them down under bis bioad fist on the table before the squire, saying, 'Well if he did make me pay eleven-pence, by gor, I brought your honor the worth o' your mo ney, any how.' SATURDAY, JULY 22. 1837. An tVEstrui lifs. A memoir was read ata recent st ssicn of the Aisdemy of So. m i s at Pai is, detailing some curious facts in the life of a man who was twice buried alive. M. Mort-I was a l.:eutenaut m the Anny of Egypt, and at ihe meimintlile battle of St. Jean d' Acre, he had ooth Ins thighs brokvn by a grape shot. When he hud lieiii ly recovered from the effects of this wound, he w as attuked with the plague, and conveyed lo the hospital, where he grew woie rapidly lost all sen.atiin, was prenounci d. dead and with a numb, r .f corpses of tlue who had died with the same diear, he was thrown into n ditch. Sunn after, one of lh soldiers en guard in that vicinity, was mm h astonished at seeing one ot the dead men standing bolt upright! lie hastened to his assistance, and Mort I was again conveyed ti the lnpital. Ill a few days after he was r.gain attacked with a fit of lethargy, and be lieved to be dead. This time he was wrapped in linen cloth, and buried in the sand. In tin night a high wind arose, whuh displaced the sand which coven d his body and caused the union mule man to awake. He toie off his windu g sheet, und crept toward the hospitul whcie he remained a long timo hi I'oie he iccovcr id his gem i ul health but he did'not receiver the faculties of speech or hearing until seveinl years after he eniued the Eospital of Invalids at Avi gon. lie is now sixty seven yearn old and has the aspect of a deciepid old woman, being haidly able lo wall, SoulhrrH Utcorder Remarkadi i I.vc ident. An alt( rcatientoolc p'ai e lately, nt Little Rock, (Aikan-n,) between a Dr. .McWilliaiiiN and a Mr. Pew, sub-editor of the Arkansas Gazelle, in the prest nee ot many citizens; Dr. Me ilhun, having had sume i,unrel with Mr. 1W, charged him with gios and wilful falsehood. In a lew moments Mr. IVw was ubM ivcil lit mm deadly pale--a fear lid change tamo over his cut.uteiKiiiO at.d, to the Imtioi f im i astonishment (, the lcholu'eis, he fell and died without a struggle oi n groan. alhaniel JWtu on is no more. We have tho painful duly of announcing the death of llns dis tinguished citizen of our Mate, lie txpiied ut lii.s residence in Warren county on the litth Juno ut the advanced ago of S3 years. Few men en joyed so large a share of public confidence, and enjoyed it so long mid so successfully, l'or iikiio than half a ivnlury Nathaniel Macon, was before the people of this State in primmx-nt posi tions; during ull which time he enjoyed the un limited coutidewo of his fellow citizens. Ho was the cai ly and zealous advocate ol liberty and the rights ot mail. Ho served as u private volun teer soldier, in the War of the Revolution. He represented the county of Uarren in the Stato L islature until ho was elected to represent War ren District in tho Congress of tho United States, while u member of the I louse ol Representatives he was elected to the Senate of tho I ruled Slates. Ho was elected to preside over both Houses cf Congress, advancing years induced Inm to retite from the Senate a lew years since. When our recent State Conve ntion wns culled to amend the Constitution, his (i How eitizem, nf Wuiren ic turned him as a member. On tho assemblage of (lie Convention lie was unanimously elected President ol that body. Du ring the last presideutal canvass Mr. Macon was chosen as Elector for tho Warren Elec lonil Dis trict, and on the assemblage of tho C'ollego of E lectors in Raleigh last December, he was chosen IVsidcnl of the college which gave 'he vote of North Carolina to Mai tin Van Jiuien fur 1'icsi deiit. This was the closing scene of a long and hi ccess'ul public caicer. How lew men tan look bark on iik ic than Fifty years devoted to the Public service with a prouder consciousness of having laitufuily discharged his duty. Mr. 31. w as not a man ol' biilli.iiiey, though a man of clear und vigorous mind. Jlo made no pielen sinns but unobtrusively yel (irmly discharged his duly. He adhered to principle, with a tenacity w hu h shamed his fellows. A striking example of his invincible ntlachm.ml to principle, occnried while he was a member of the Senate: when it was announced that Gcii. La Fayette was to visit this coiintiy as u National Guest, ull classes of citizens paitook of the enthusiasm which the e vent inspired. It invaded the halls of Congtess and a proposition was inudo to bestow a largo a mountof money and hind on La Fayette, in con sideration of Ins Revolutionary sei vices. This passed the House by acclamation and when it reached the Senate there wus but ono negative to the proposition, and that was Nathaniel Macon. Not that he did not appreciate highly appreciate the Soviets ol La l ayette, but he believed thai it was wrong in principle. Many in the excite ment of the moment condemned this act, all may now turn to it as evidence of a sound head and honest hait But our limits foi bid, further de tail. The Patriatt h of Republicanism is gone The honest and kind hearted Macon is no more. From the New V ork Journal of Commerce. THE PLAGUE. In the news by the last artiv-al from England il was ii.entioiitd that much altirm had beenoetu-. sioiitd in :he neighborhood ol the London Docks, by the sudden death oft. o men who had assisted in uuU-uding a vessel freighted with rags from Tritsto. It. was feared they had died with the plague. Although this appieheiikion wus proba bly incorrect, we are nol so biiic tiiul Lngluud is sale from such an invasion, or tho Lnitcd States either. Il is well known that the clothes of per si.iis who d;t-d of the plague, or clothes in which they have slept, unless very thoroughly cleansed and purilicd, are almost ceilairi to communicate the disease. And as we are continually import ing rugs from the Mediterranean il will be loilu nate it we do not get a spice of the plague with them. We commend to the i otice of the pub lic, and cspeciall) to the partus more immedi ately interested, the following paragiaph from Blackwood's Magazine for April. "While England swells with faction, France with faction, Germany with faction, Spain with faction, (here is an enemy in the wind that may yet summon the restless mind of Europe to ster ner lessons. The plague is ueclured to be ex tending its terrible circle round the Mediterra nean. In Constantinople all seems horror-there it has raged with unabated fury for six months, and die city is depopulating hour by hour, from the double effect of death and fear. Seventeen ihoutod of the Greek inhalilanw have fled the American patriarch has lately delivered fif teen thousand passports in the course of a few days, and the gcncrul population has been thus diminished by upwards of one hundred thousand since lust September. Fioiu this c titi t of death it has spread westward on both shores. It is sard to have reached Sahuiica on the porth,and Tunis on the South. How long it m..y te kept out of Europe in general, is a question of csirenw anx iety. Our perpetual intercourse with the Medi terranean polls, our criminal disregard of pcv u tiou, the still nioie criminal avuiii) of our cimi ineice fur gain, in all quarters, und ,it all ri-ks rei'der England moee liable than any tl.tr coun try, o this niiwi dirstllul of id I scouiges. Noth ing but the land of Provide l.i e c uld have hither to U'M'lwd E'llopt; )Cl lil.doiilileiil) we have a light lo call upon mitltoiity toproteil us Irom tl.e hideous hazmti of ii.trcatitile avarice. Ons of the papers mentions, a few days since, that we tie at this moment driving a trade- with Constan tinople in nigs for paper making, and that no b s than thirty bales of those rugs have been lately consigned in one cargo. There can rriirtely be a doubt (hat those rags ciinu- fiotn the beds and bodies of infection. The c hit I' roiuinuuiciitioti of plague, in all ages, has been by fragments of clothing. Can we regaul ourselves as safe from tins deepest of all desolators till such liuuuc lions are inquired into and exposed' Fiom the MisNuiippi Free Tinder. GEN. JACKSON'S REVIEW OF JUDGE WHITE'S EVIDENCE. The Nashville Union of ihe 19th June con tains an "Addre ss to the Public' from tl.o rever cd Ex-President hi relation to the evidence given hy Judge While bcfoie the congressional com mittee of investigation of winch Mi. ''Vise was cliiiirniHn. It ir .mi long for uiuition m our pa per to-day (til Kin colon, lis in lent,''.!;) we con sequently confuio ourselves In u brief abstract, showing Ihr points at issue. It will be ii cnllei led that Senator VV lute hnd si iiiples about In uig swum befae the roirniitti e, giving as a Jesuitical reason, that if upon his oath lie should be obliged lo violate ti.nfiili nlilil 1 1 test and (Itsijose the seciets of friendship. To this he lectin d a setilor m the tollovv mg lellel address, cd lo the con, until e. Jamjaiiy 31, 1 S37. To lni: Com mitt it. ok iNvr.tiKiATioN, OfwIih-hMi: II. .J. H IS II is Chairman. lining casually iul'oimcd thai Judge White, of Ihe Semite of the United Slates, bclore the said Committee of !nvtiigalion into tic ubiiits, Jve. chaigi'd njniiiist the Executive Departnie nls, l.as stated that he ai d myself Line had mm y i oiili de.'.iial eonvci, lions, ni:d iri.imating tint there vv as something that w ould be pn judicial to me, (the Picnidctil,) it disclosed, 1 theitfoie nbsolfc him from all obligations of confidence in legaid to any thing thut has passed between us. 1 wish tvei) ci nv Tuition hud or held with Inm, on all and every subject, faithfully disclosed, with the time when, at d the place wheic; mull hope the coiiimilli e will interrogate him lis to every point or iniittti of eot.lidince thattver ex isted hetwni n us. ANDREW JACKSON. He was now put upon oath. " "When sworn to tell lite Irvtli, Ihr ti lmln truth and nothiii"; bvt lite trvlh, Ihe billowing inter- roghloiy imih pul to him hy the committee : "Do you ol your own knowledge Know ul any del by either of Ihe hcuds of the Executive Dcpjiitiiiiiits whie h is either toiiupt oi a violation of ( (licial duty!" litre was a clear ur:d distinct (inquisi tion which u cuiiH iciitii ifVi mil boiioiiible liiiili would have oiiswen d will out evasion or circuit.-, locution. How did the Judge answer it! lie begins by saying "from the manner in whit h (his question is worded it is somewhat diflicult lor me lo determine to what exit lit I ought lo pro ceed in my uiiswcr. I pien.ir, it could not bo the mi ailing ol tho counrutlt e to (institute me the Judge of what shall be ( i.nstdt led torni lion, or n violation ul ollirial duty by any of the beads of the Executive Departments. liut the Judge soon recovers IVoru tins protes tation ol bis incuinpi'tfiic) to i!ct inure wlutis con apt or illegal, and Uaps to the MiLjett of the public lands with u suddenness which would al most induce the render lo think that he hud for gotten the Hitern giiieny. He mys, "of my own knowledge I do hot know of any tiauds at lually practiced cither as lo the salt; ol the public limits or in tin: piiichusc of Indian ich rvalii tis ; yet I'jom inhumation I have let five el in which I con tide, 1 do believe treat Irantls have fieri ractic- ed, aiid nro ye I gouu on as to both; end that in some of these oui own t (liters or agents have been, and now bkj concerned or iiileitslnl, and that if the committee w ill call upon (leisons w ho wereand yet are in the vicinity ol the plums where those transat tions have taken plate, to disclobc what they know, theso fiauds and those concerned in Hkiii eeiti be usceitai.ietl." omit Ihe l-ing refutation ol the c harge ol corruption in relation to the appointinc-nt ol Mr. llering as ever, the cvitlt nee ol Judge v lute, in that point, did not at quiie any cntltnce with the committee, itself. Ihe Ex-l'ititJt id denies Judge W bile's statement in regaid to the dicta tion charged upen him in relalit.n lo the appoint ment of Mr. Clayton to u committee, and in rela tion to the thaiiinan ol concessional and senato rial committee in gt i.tial. piovmg m I oi )y false hood upon the Judge, Lin absureliiy und igno rance. Gen. Jackson sums up his renunks on the tes timony of Mr. Rin.llcy, m r g nd to pnvette con versation hail with bun iii the c arnage, in the fol lowing language. "Mr. Hrudley's testimony when stripped of its verbiage and falsi; coloring clearly hhevv that the confidential intercourse he betrays and which my enemies have laid hold of with so much vio lence to the obligations of truth and honor, mani fests only my anxiety for the success of those great and cardinal principle's to whu h we me in debted for the lilt s.-mgs of our republican system, mid my abhorrence of the devices which have been hud to overthrow them." The Judge, in relation to his charge against General Jackson in reUtion to Mr. Hutitsiiiun, is placed in a truly awkward predicament. The charge was made by the Judge in a public speech at Jonesboro', Tennessee und his proof turns out to be a conversation which Gen. Jackson held in jonesboro', three days after Judgt fVhiWt speech. This drawing upon the future for present use! Resides, the words said to have been jpoken by General Jackson were not heard by eight or nine nearest him in tho company one evidence only has testified lo them. General Jackson disposes of his mistake in relation to Peyton's vote in ths following lan guage; "The Judge impeaches my veracity for saying that Mr. IV) ton voted against t'uo appropriation VOL. 4n:slYo2. when the Journal shows that he did not. I lea the reader to decide how far the Judge sustain his charge after he is acquainted wiih the follow ing circuinstances: Many members of CongTes informed me that Mr. Pey ton made the roost de clamatory speeches against ihe appropriation, de nouncing in bitter terms ihe agenls employed by lh government, and saying whatever else was calculated to justify the House in w ithholding the means of executing the trraiy. It was also sta led in ihe public pn its by Mr. Coody, one of the Cherokee delegation, thai Mr. Peyton w as pledg ed to defeat that treaty. Ktcollecitfg these cir cumstances, and not having seen the journal, I could not doubt the de-c durations made to me by a member of Congross, that Mr. Peyton did vole against the appropriation, and 1 eoppoke of it with surprise, knowing how deeply interested Tennesse e and the adjoining States were in the sucresaful termination of our difficulties with those Indians. Rtfl the moment I saw (he jour nal, I did Mr. Peyton full justice by correcting this statement. No one ran have forgotten that grout efforts were made to prevent the passage of the appropriation to carry the treaty into effect ; nud il was not until near Ihe very close of the ses sion of Congross that a vole could bo obtained upon il. ' Il will not be denied, I suppose, that Mr. Peyton's speeches on this subject were of the character ascribed to them 'by the published icports ol'lhe proceedings in ihe House, and if so, that his course as a speaker was far more availa ble to the opponents of that nunsuie than bis vote could have been, whether as its friend or not. W hether il was more creditable to him to argue against an appropriation and then vote agaiogt it. or to have it stated that he made llio most violent ami abusive speeches, the only tendency of which was to defeat it, and llien, for political effect, to vote for it, is nol a question for me to decide." The venerable Ex-Pie sidenl closes hi? triumph mil vinilicuti.m of himself, mid his scathing expo sure of Judge Wh.tu's meanness ami destitution of noble ami honorable principles and feelings, as follows: I now take leave of Jutle WLjtt-, assuring the country that nothing but un imperious . nse of duly has induced me lo make this leview of his testimony. Although his statements were dis credited by the respectable committee of the Hoii-e of llcpii'st iitatives whose duty il was to examine llieui, liny weieyel taleultilcd in my judgment to mislead mth of niy fellow citizens as tray not havo seen the report of that commit tee (uui who limy yet have confidence, lis I once had, in his character for veracity ami honor. I tiiist that in performing this duty I huve betrayed no feeling unworthy of a becoming sensibility to the injustice done to mo. Ueing w ithdrawn from polit cal affairs, as I sliull sconio from the cares of this life, I cun have no desire to renew the dis cussions which have pusstd respecting the meas ures of my administration of the general govern meiit. Ol'lhe he the coiintiv will judge impartial ly, mid timo will stttln their true character. Whilst 1 live, however, I shall exercise the right of e ver) freeman to repel assaults upon my repu tation and honor tin n t ili.c.n. However gainful it bus been to tne to relied, that Ihe injustice here done lo me conies from the hands of mi old friend, or que ut least who lite himst If givt n the fullest proof that my inter course with hun has been nitiiked by the most unsuspecting confidence, I am yet thankful that il has happened while I had tho powej of expos ing the causes alleged for it. 1 laving done tin'.', my countrymen must decide how far 1 ought to be prejudiced by the- stud mi nls of such on accu ser. ANDREW JACKSON. Unikd $1,1 fr' llanLVinm official returns ofdiis Hank up fo fiisl ol May, made lothe Audi, or of Pennsylvania, it nppcara (hat this Pank owes a foreign debt of upwtiuls of twelve million of dollars. It also appeals, that its indebtedness to Stato Hanks exceeds fhe amount of its cluinis upon them hy mure than half million This is the Hilled up Hank, whith, with li-cs Ihon one million of specie, its President bonslcd of being t-trong enough to 'continue t-ptrie (inyirtn-.s with out lesoive!' Pah, .Air. Piddle! The hum buggery ol yoor llutik is nq itlly discovering it nil.. Ccnrtloten Union. ci i;a. The Globe contains a (runsliilioii of a speech delivered in the Spanish Cortes on u proposition to allow tint l.-land of Cuba lo be represented in that body This is a vtiy important subject (o this country, arid Ihe maimer in which it is tivut- cd by this Spanish deputy fhows thai ;o thor oughly uud rstund it. lie lays it down as an incontestable truth that thould Culm tease lo fce a dependency of Spain it would belong lo th blacks. Because?, I. The white unlives would be unable to maintain their supremacy without the assistance of Spanish troops. 2. Pccstiteif a foreign power should attempt lo obtain posses sion of the island, o( position lo the tcheme wcukl be made by some tbiid party. England (says tl.e orutorj holds the ci ptie of ihe seas and tho United States is a maritime power in the neigh borhood id' the island. 'Fhe United Slates would nut coil-cut thai England should possess the is land. In addition to tho fact that Cuba is ti key of the Gulfed' Mexico, the coast of Ariier'ci in th.-it quarter has but few ports. Cuba, rfh the cou'raiy, has th.rly four haibours, fifteen of which tire capable of containing large squadrons besides this Cuba can furnish ship limber in any quantity. These considerations would suffice lo make the United States unwilling thut the islur.d should fall into the hands tf a great muiiline power. If the United States should consent for Cuba to be cc cupicd by (ileal Britain, it wru'd le r.s if a mer chant should scud tl.e kty of his strong cl.ist to another person, ar.d (til him "ycu uie the master of that chest" England would not willingly pciir.it the Island to belong to the United States, for reasons which sho would readily find in the ttllislir.css and am bition of her colonial policy. "There is no other alternative, genllimen, (concludes (he deputy;) the Island of Cuba must remain under Spanish protection, or it must be a bandoned to itself; and if left to itself we know what kind of a govcin-i cut will Le established, there." .Veto Orleans Ike. The London Courier makes (he following rc matks with reference lo the pressure in the com nierciul woild, they coi.!a;n much p!ain and ri-i-pie truth, and cannot but find a response in every reasonable mind. , The truth is, thut (he g-eal evil which has fected ami still deeply infects the American fiade