1 Mi H I MM
0 ftW rVmdsa. of At R
jmMc erf XWm.
CmuM vr Texa But recently call
ed to discharge the executive duU of your
I ajoei the tliahtetl indratkm of
alarm among us. Te provide for and pr
tnct otir tiM sad cbiklrvn. u a w red
eennjPn apnsj ejv nwe vw we, e ew we
riutv prompted by nature, aa: s.mmf.ed in
every manly feehag. But in the manner of
Uwl duty, we may commit
nv and fata! errors. The best security
for MMM w to be found is a gallant bear
ing before the enemy. One army ts in the
new, and ei eyeing at meet, ee it hne ever
done, to repel that eaeray. Qen. Houston
cans tr cemforoemento ; a naU accession
to hit noble band will enable him to ad-
of the invader. Rail v. then, fellow
to the atehdard of freedom. Let every idle
ramur,' carcotatad perhaps by the artifices
of the enemy to paralyze your hands and
divert your thoughts from our one grand
independence of Texas, pass
an unbroken uuanimi y of
voices, vtw have declared that 44 lexas
shall he free, sovereign and independent
Let us, with equal unanimity, resolve
sustain that eVhtmtioe, to ratify it with our
hearts, and, if need be, to seal it with our
blood. Our fothars achieved their emanci
tu.ion, and worn abundantly rewarded for
their toii. persevered through
many reverses urmounteu "ay dwas
tars and elonouslv triumphed. We have
sustained no reverses.
The foil of the Alamo is the surest guar
antee to nur ultimate success. That Spar
ton band who so nobly perished there have
bequeathed to us an example, which ought
and will be imitated, and have inflicted on
the enemy a terror and a loss that is equiva
lent to a defeat. Rally, then, fellow citi
zens, to the standard of your country. While
the srmy is between your families and the
enemy, they are safe; reinforce and sustain
that army, and our wives and children are
secure from pollution. The government
will remove to Hamsburgh, but that re
moral w not the result of any apprehension
that the enemy are near us. It was re
solved upon as a measure conducive to the
common good, before any such repot t was
in circulation ; it has not been expedited by
such report.
Again I conjure you, fellow citizens, lis
ten not to any rumor that runs trumpet-
tongued through the country. The govern
ment is perfecting arrangements as rapidly
as possible to insure the transmission of of
ficial intelligence, on which they and you
may rely with confidence. Let us acquit
ourselves like men; gird up the loins of our
minds, and by our united, prompt and ener
getic exertion, turn back this impotent in
vader, and planting our standard on the
banks of the Rio Grande, dictate to him the
terms of mutual recognition.
DAVID G. BURNET.
The
in the Convention of T
President of the Convention.
1st addiuun to tho bountv. voluntar-m in
the army of Texas receive the same pay
and rations as soldiers in Inn regular array
trf the Untied State.
fehenduss, i
ns SbaN. taj
un trorn the BdUBnorder to sre T"vFobly J? " ' Bto,n!
tcaaJawond husL pi?- jiScrerujNauW udangero'
was to the life. Keloid them. Van Buren receiving their support, U
is he looked around unoo the waaterer nation Judge White has beer
FROM WASHINGTON
THK BaLTOniK
ClIROMCLZ.
WaMngUm, March 37, IBM.
Never before, in this country, was there
udh a senna as I shall now attempt to des
cribe.
At five o'clock yesterday evening, Mr.
Graves, of Kentucky, a young memtter of
great ability, rose to address the House on
the subject of the North Carolina wlectont
he openly denounced it as a grand elec
tioneering schesne, in which all the passions
ot party were enlisted. Mr. u raves spoke
with great force, and, at halt past rive, the
ball was supplied with candles. Whispers
went round from member to member of the
majority, enjoining upon them the necessity
remain, and take the previous question
to
Among our friends, the determination was
to sit it out, U prevent the abominable pro
cess, in order, on Monday, to give Mr. Gra
ham a chance of pleading his own case.
Great confusion prevailed, from time to
tiine, in the Hall, and I saw the passions
working up, in frightful indications. Party,
with its broad and gorgon front, glared from
between the massive pillars, and sat in the
seats with the members the red haud of
the executioner was already extended to
clutch the sitting member, and drug him to
the scaffold the preparations were undis
guised, and the genius of Van Buren stalked
triumphant m the hells ot the national legis
lature. A little past 13, while Mr. Calhoun was
on the floor, Mr. Graves having concluded,
after a fire hours' speech of great power, a
motion to adjourn was made by Mr. Law Icr
of Alabama, it being after midnight, and of
course it was the Sabbath. Upon this the
ayes and nays were called, when Mr.
Hawes, of Kentucky, called the previous
question, which was seconded by an im
mense majority.
Here Mr. Lawler withdrew his motion to
adjourn, and consequently cut off the neces
sity of the previous qtiestiuu. But before
he took his seat, and while Haw cms was fret
ting under the manoeuvre, he moved another
adjournment, and dm ayes and nays were
again called for and obtained. The clerk
gl4nc.l at 1 1MB
tore be drew
truths, and as be looked around unoa the
fochaong eandles, and aaw the efeeihw!
were glaring upon him in very, keju' hi
seemed like a man wka placed hnV-uend
within a Iran's mane, and shook the njwtwtar
nn C O .. . .. fc., , L . L , m
uiumn " w mainour,!
clenching, end brsndatatar hta havat Wuntt
-he said the adenian from Vtoaianh aura
a bully and he should not bully him, whn$
ever ee trubt do to uUbrra.
Vise was on his feet in a
v:th v.r.v -f .c.LtV.i
face, and looking through, the xaajes of
candies uui intervened between nun and
Bynum, said, " 1 bully that gent
woum as soon M ot Oully ing a fly
scoundrel exclaimed Hynum. .
u You are a d H rascal, in msignincaut
puppy," said Wise in. I leaving his seat,
approached Bynum, who abrV bad left his
chair, and was advancing to Mr. Wise;
The friends laid hands upon, and stopped
these two bravo and fiery spirits froma cot'
lisioe.
There was a dead pause in the house
the speaker called upon the sorgeuut-at-
anns to preserve order. , .
Mr. Mercer rose, by the unanimous con
senr of the house, to mediate-' me gt-ntlc-
ihArt rnnlit rvnf kaVA mtnnt In invite -rtv
. ,k;k s.;iirJ to arrive at the
xr i cviit i i-hiiki nuHiii nana vuuuiiuow asar-j ,
H,a nnithotH had "tbm lifrtsV , Uonclusioii, that the
hours before in social converse, with the subject, in Kspeci
1: u I I imi ittrB DlStrtCt 01 Lo-
thev would make mutual coneessions-iid can be sale
that the gentleman, from North C.irolina-l
had mistaken Ins colleague, who had spoken
of the majority, not particularizing any cne
member of that party it was a mistake on
the part of the gentleman from North Cnro-
Jemyi met
oa Hercules and the determina
a Haambai, and Americans will
Una.
Mr. Thomas, of Maryland, also spoke to
mediate he took the same views with Gea.
Mercer.
Gen. Thompson, of South Carolina, (two
generals peace-makers!) proposed, in orJPf
to spare the feelings of both parties, that the
house lav an injunction upon the two mem
bers, and if neither objected, it would be
construed into a tacit consent that they ad
natted the justice of the remarks of both the
gentlemeu who had precedeoHiim in jBfBa
nation of the circumstances, and they" wwold
be bound in honor to carry the in itter no
further so the house laid its injiinciioh On
Wise and By num, and neither made the ob
jection Mr. Wise, calm and collected as a sum-
i mer uKru, then rose, and reviewed the
whole matter confessed that he had been
commenced calling the names .Mr. Ad un i, haatv. hut enuM nut turn ml.r-
name, and Mr. wj:B In .densiv o euithot .rf" "hulK - "
ituujcuHtie.v roue tu can tuc ucnuuo Miae i character which ha itiH nnt Hmrvn. nn.
WA(?S OF THE TEX1AN VOLUNEEERS.
V lireas n: ny individuals of the United
States have left their home! of peace and
comfort, to volunioer in the service of this
country; and endured the hardships and
perils 6f war, id the struggle of Mexican
tyranny, and have by their generous patriot
ism and gallant conduct in the field, earned
our warmest gratitude:
Resolved that bounties of land be granted
end are hereby granted to said volunteers,
as follows viz:
To all who are now in service, and shall
continue faithfully in service during the
war, 1280 acres.
To all who served faithfully, or shall
have served faithfully, for e period not less
than six months 640 acres.
To nil who here served faithfully for a
period not leas than three months 320
acres.
To all who shall enter the service pre
vious to the first day of July, and shall con
tinue u service faithfully during the war,
provided the war shall continue for a period
more than six montns ww acres.
To alt who shall enter the service after
we nrei uay ut a'jt m iusuuv j""p""u"'
ate to their service, to be hereafter deter
mined on by law.
he lawful heir or heirs of all such volun
teers As may have fallen, or may hereafter
fall, in the present contest with the Mexican
government, or who may hare died, or may
torcafter die from any accident while in
the service ot the country during the war,
hU ha entitled to t iC quantity 01 land
which would have been due the deceased
under the colonization law, as established by
the laws of the lend, had he have survived ;
that is to any: one league and lot, (or 4604
acres) for a nun of fondly, and one third of
a league (1476 acres) for a single man;
also, that the said heir or heirs shall receive,
in addition to the land granted as aforesaid,
a bounty of 640 acres, es decreed by the
Council at San Felipe, on the 1 1th of De
cember, 1835.
That every applicant for land under these
claims shall present a certificate from the
proper officer, under whose command he
served, of the time of his services and dis
charge, and such further evidence as may
be necessary, and the said evidence shall
be presented to a lead commissioner,
such proper agent as may be established
bv law, to establit die correctness of the
claim. Eurtber, that these claims may be
located on toy unappropriated or vacant
land m Texas, provided that no single
grant shall be located in more wan one
body, nor any grant of 1380 acres in any
form other man two equal shares; nor any
grant of 460 acres in any other form than
one square of 640 acres, and another square
of 820 acres; nor any grant of 640 acres in
any form other than a square; nor any
grant of SBO acres any form other than a
square: the expenses of survey ing, office
fees, etc. to be borne by the rlaimamHr
Reolrd, That no bounty of land, aa
herein specified, shall be construed so as to
affect the rights and privileges to lands under
the colonization laws, established by the
law of the land, of any said volunteer, more
than it it had never been granted.
Resolved, That said volunteers shall, in
tney may oy error locate any ot said
'3 i s i a a. ...
previously new oy legal i) ties or
i.ar n . itM. . jauaa r
a, De Bitowou to jf
Speaker to the fact, that the rule requiring
members to vote, if present, on one side or
the other, was infringed by the gentleman
from Massachusetts. He said the gentle
man was out of order The Chair desired
Mr Wise to waive the further consideration
of the subject until the list was got through
with, as other members might not vote, for
the evident reason under which the gentle
man from Massachusetts was acting. Mr.
Wise consented, and when the clerk came
to his name, ho rose and said, " W. wilt vote
...I n ..IIl J . ee aw
wnen a. is caueu upon to ao so. Mr,
Adams st."'"d that he would not vote, because
it was the Sabbath, and the House could not
compel him to vote nnst his conscience.
" I have a conscience, Mr. Speaker, though
I do not appeal to tt evert day. Here
Mr. Beardsley proposed that the gentleman
w wy ant
fmm VI itean' hi tactile to i v i luiut I'n.m unimi
... , , ...... ,.. ..,s,
" as it was apparent be had conscientious
scruples upon the subject." Mr. Adams
rose terribly excited vott never saw any
thing half like it his face inflamed, his ges
ticulation violent. " He would not vote
the House could not compel him to vote"
(the Speaker having, previous to this, cited
several cases where the House had sat on
Sunday) " the cases cited by the Speaker
are not in point there is no analogy those
cases have reference to high national ques
tions, bills of national concern, impeach
ments, v hen the session was at its close
. i
out nere we are in tne midst oi a session,
when the business proposad to be done now
could as well be done on Monday, and the
majority had no right to take gentlemen's
consciences under their charge, and force
them to sit here and vote."
As soon as he had finished, Mr. Peyton,
of Tennessee, took the floor to anathematize
Mr. Beardsley, of New York, who had so
kindly offered to excuse Mr. Adams from
voting, but which had been rejected in
such indignant terms by the ex-president
Peyton did lash htm as man was scarcely
lashed before likened his conscience to a
mantle, which could be spread and expand
ed at will a magnet that attracted when
ever it moved, the consciences of a vast
number of persons (glancing round indig
nantly, and sweeping his hand over the
dark mass of matter, called the majority of
the House of Representatives). 1 here ts a
might a majesty, in the withering sarcasm
of an honest man and here was this young
man, glowing with a lull sense ot the abomi
nable and outrageous conduct ot that ma
jority, and hurling the truth, that glowed
within but own proud and burning heart,
upon the abject party of power.
Mr. Bynum was growing into a passion
spark after spark ot his high and mettle
some Courage was ascending from the fur
nace ot his temperament he could hardly
keep his seat and when Peyton had finish
ed with his hot lead process, Mr. B. sprang
into the eye of the speaker, and commenced
the war on foe part of the majority against
the minority. He -threw his arms about
terribly, and said some very savage things,
ana wnen no naa spouted and gesticulated
for some time, he resumed his seat, and was
followed by Mr. Wise, the bold champion of
pure and correct principles. There, amid
that licentious and reckless majority mid
the stormy elements that were thundering
around him amid the scene that I will
anon describe his cold and fearless 0
nis caim ana nrtgni eye his true and va
liant heart, bore through the whole the ira
press of the mighty elements that compose
Bis character.
He launched forth against the majority
December, 35, Mere not questioning the right
which he despised of all others, hanging
over his head, and ringing in his ears.
So the matter was settled, and it is pre
sumed by gentlemen with whom I have con
versed on the subject, that it will not be
carried turther by either party. The house
adjourned about four o'clock, without culling
the previous question:
1 will not pretend to blame either-party
in this matter party tee hnr ws at its
highest pitch blood was warm, ami Bynum,
tuough in error in appropriating Mr. Wise's
remarks to himself, erred on the part ot
feelin'T and honor. Wise is the Very Soul
of chivalry : both are voune. ardent ami
high-spiritod, and both are excusable; and
the people, who enter so much into feelint's
of this nature, will view it but as the bubble
of pride, that always floats in hearts thai
are the noblest.
oi
support, w
ver station Judae wmte has been
ptoeehe o$yef been found wanting.
He tau always met the crisis with the
sraaaeh
twd of
forget fairh fntoefitne of need
ti .... ... O. r. H.
Wuhingtoa Sen.
THE CONTRAS T.
' w. Us the subiettdF slavery is one of the
must vital importance to the people ot the
south. aadUt mat be into rfer rod with un-
coestdutionaliy, of equal importance to the
wehVre and prosperity of the people of the
north, we- thai place in juxtaposition the
opinions of two individuals who are now be
fore the public as candidates for the highest
office in the gift of the people of this repub
lic; They are the index of the minds from
which they emanate. One, open, firm and
independent; the other Jesuitical, weak and
indecisive f
"bok on this picture; and then on this!'
V BuieV opinion. Jvduk White1! opinion.
wl have censider- 'Congress sits here
Led' the question you as the Legislature ol
have propounded to the whole Union,
Tiie,withn sincere de- and also as the L
giskUure for the lo
cal concern of the
District of Colum
bia. These petitions
do not ask us to make
a general la, oper
ating throughout the
whole Union: but a
law, the operations
of which are to be
spent entirely upon
property within the
ten miles square.
Now if we were in
form, as well as in
substance, a local
Legislature, when
acting on this ques
tion, which gentle
men shv is to affect
slavery in the Dis
trict, and no where
else, would we be
bound to receive
these petitions? No
more than we are
bound to recei e pe
titions from trance
or Germany. Would
gentlemen, if sitting
ns members ot the
legislature of Ala
bama, feel bound to
receive petitions
from the citizens ot
Maine or Pennsyl
vania to emancipate
slaves within their
own State? Assur
edly not. If that be
so, it is most reason
able, when we are
called upon to pass
an act confined ex
clusively to this Dis
trict, that we should
conduct towa rds the
people here, as if in
this matter they
were our constituents?"
ly placed on the same
ground on which it
stands ii, regard to
the States, viz: the
want i A' constitution
al power in Congress
to interfere in that
matter. I owe it,
however, to candor,
to say to you, that I
have not been able
to satisfy myself that
the grant to Con
gress, in the Consti
tution, f the power
of"ercuire legisla
tion in all casesvihat'
soever1 over the Fed
eral District, does
not confer on that
body the same au
thority over the sub
ject that would other
wise have been pos
sessed by the States
ofMurylaadand Vir
ginia; or that Con
gress might not, in
From the Louisiana Advertiser.
The time has arrived, when the eve of
all true pnttiots should be directed toward
the strife now waging for the presidential
chair. Let every American place his Band
upon his heart, and ask who is the 6rsf man
lor president? What constitutes goodness ?
Is it iutrigue and chicanery? Does' it
consist in being able to direct the Juaoenf-
ical cabals ot demagogues to person! ad
vantages in the possession of talents of no
mean order, but of principles of the black
est die, or rather in wanting all principles
in advocating the most opposite extremes
whenever it will conduce to self-afrnn-
dizemenl in trampling under foot the social
ties of kindred and country in sacrificing
objects most dear at the shrine of unholy,
unuounueu amouioni oraues it consist in
that sacred, conscientious, consistent, un
bending integrity, which turns not aside
rom the pnth duty marks, not tor the most
dazzling prospects of renown or ambition
gratified which hold weal of cou ntry dear
er than fortune, mends or self which uses
no chicanery or magic to accomplish its
noble purposes of benevolence and philan
thropy. Should that man be president of
the United States, whose lifn h ltirj fjgff,'
ed in public, and yet does not exhibit a sin
gle good performance, but, on the contrary,
a tissue of heresy and contradiction, veuat-
j . . a ur:.i
ny auu corruption i vr nn sucn a man as-
V an Buren for President, what security
nave welor the salety ot our tree institutions ?
this man, the idolized candidate of th
would-be republican party, the little magi
cian has passed his whole life in contradict
ing himself, and attempting to convince the
world that what he had expressed, one day
as being all that was right and good, was,
the next, nothing but folly, hypocrisy and
-..!. nl A -I " . '
iuhumi. un auuoM every topic lie has
ever been engaged both sides Me equal
ly bad hie support. No, I mistake : there
is one question on frhich he hta'taken but
one side f yes, on the Mimuri stape ques
tion, he has never attempted to palliate his
otlence, by confessing hitoself in errof-
- Biigiuu w iu v ci ,mifr uj rim.
even me waters ot Juetne towssTr
accursed stain. And yet now. on
pie of the south, the inhabitants of the'
holding states to elect bun to tMnriV office
in the nation, O! cohsumatenmpudence !
O I prince of shamelessness! Gra the no
ble, patriotic sons of Louisiana lend their aid
to a man who would deprive them of their
birthright the right of controlling their
property as their will directs? No: com
mon sense loroias tne idea. They never
wdl assist to place in Jhe, jaiaideotial chair
a man, who, if uteres: pnamptod, woukl
uuanuon tne.uearest rigQfcj& MQmmua
virtue thereof, take
such steps upon the
suhjeet in this Dis
trict, as those States
themselves might
themselves take with
in their own limits,
and consistently with
their rights of sove
reignty. 'Thus viewing the
matter, I would not,
from the lights now
before me, Jeel my
self safe in pronoun
cing that Congress
does not possess the
power bf interfering
with or abolishing
slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia.'1'1
Choose between them!
ahnaeranaa si aw HMMagp Vhssanpl
&e fallowing gentlemen wer e appouiied
the committee.
GEN. P. BRISCOE,
JOHN L. TORRY,
WM, F. GOODWIN,
8. r. R. ABBEY,
WM. BRISCOE,
The meeting then adjourned until
o'clock.
res
A Quaker's opinion of the United Slates
Bank. We copy the following interesting
letter from one member of the society of
Friends to another, fur the sake of the lu
minous view.in which it presents a question
on which numerous iucumbrations have
been expended, without rendering it more
conspicuous than appears in these quaint
paragraphs. N. Y. Sun.
"February 13, 1836. Friend Zacha-
riali: I received thy letter yesterday , in
which th.e states the chartering of the Bank
ot the United States will make thv coal
plantation on , worth one-third more
than iu former value that thee could now
jet for it $12,000, and was never offered
more than $7,000 for it, until the other
day, when it was known that our state
would charter the Bunk.
Ever since I received thy letter, I have
been musing upon its contents. The ques
tion whether there is not some mistake in
this matter, it has occurred to the mind ol
thy friend, it is worthy of investigation. Is
it not all delusion and not reality? The
first idea that forcibly arrested the attention
of thy friend, was the strange and sudden
increase oi tne value ot useful things, under
the magic influence of the circulating me.
dium, without any increase of supplies or
increase or wants.
Friend Zachariah, does not the question
deserve to be discussed, whether the real
effect produced is not a depreciation of the
currency, and not an enhancement of the
value of lands and useful goods ? The best
reflection whkh thy friend has been able
to bestow on the subject, has resulted in the
belief that the excess of currency, beyond
whatis necessary to effect convenient ex-
rhnao-pfi biwI ,a .ii. .i .
e , w BiiujumiB me general m
dury wd enterprise of a country, is not
oriy fictitious and delusive, but is reallv
siischievous in its effects, bv memoir, thl
number of thtrdassof the community, who
ay tixv sweat oi uurer men's brows,"
"7$XAS MEETING,
Ala rrreetTfiff held bv the
e.couniy, m fte3burt House, on Satur-
j ",c ol" pursuant to public notice,
to take into consideration the beet means for
uiumg tne texians m their struggle for
hberty audnheir country Benj. Hughes
bsq., was called to the Chair, and T. B
iuagruder appointed Secretary. Alter
few remarks from John L. Torry, Esq., ex-
yi niiug me oojeci oi me meeting, lien. P
oe onerred the tohowing resolution:
mat inuwnmr appoint a com.
resolutions for the
8 o'clock. The meeting organised and
the connnittee offered the following pream
ble and resolutions.
The undersigned Committee, appointed
to draft resolutions expressive of the Senti
ments of the friends of Texian Liberty, in
Claiborne county, beg leave to make the
following Report:
Whereas, Feeling a lively sympathy for
the fate of Texas, resting upon the iseue
now made up between the citizens of that
country and the government of Mexico; and
believing thattbe principles for which they
are now contending, and upon which they
have declared to the world their independ
ence, are those absolutely essen.ial to good
Government a .d rational Liberty; and re
cognized in their oppression the same fea
tures as marked that, which gave origin to
our own American Revolution and caused
:he establishment of those laws and that like
ty which it is our pride and happiness to
e ijoy Therefore.
Resolved, That it be recommended to our
fellow, citizens of Claiborne county, to
contribute in Money such sums as may be
convenient, to be appropriated in aid of the
Texians in their present gallant resistance
to the military desposition, sought to be en
forced upon them by the armed minions of
the Mexican Government.
Resolved, Th.il Benj imin Hughes, Gen.
J. Nicolls, John B. Thrasher, Smiih C.
Dineil, Adam Gordon, Ignatius Flowers,
John Tomlinson, and John Coiuni, be ap
pointed a Committee, whose duly it shall be
to receive and to take chargo of all contri
butions that may be advanced for the pur
poses in the above resolution.
Resolved, That said committee have pow
er, and it shall be their duty to appoint nn
agent for the purpose of conveying to the
accredited authorities of Texas, all such
sums as shall be placed in their hands.
accompanied with such instructions to said
agent as may, by them bo deemed necessa
ry and proper.
P. BRISCOE Chairman,
WM. BRISCOE,
S. F. R. ABBAY,
WM. F. GOODWIN,
JOHN. L. TORREY, Committee.
On Motion, Resolved, That Gen. P. Bris
coe and Wm. F. Goodwin, Le lidded to the
committee already appointed lo contribu
lions for the aid of the Toxir. ns.
Resolved, That the several newspapers
of this state be reques ed to publish the pro
ceedings of this meeting.
J. B. Thrasher Eq. made a short but
feeling address in behalf the Texians, and
the meeting then adjourned.
RUMORS.
we understand that the party were so
anxious to have some engine at work in the
Virginia elections, that Benton, Blair and
two REPORTERS, were occupied the ma
jor part of two days and nigh's in preparing
the speech which the Hon. Senator from
Missouri was delivered of on Monday.
1 he speech was committed to memory,
but from some false estimate made by Blair
as to the time necessary for the training of
his honourable friend it was actually jr
led before it was delivered in tho Senate
We know that the Editor of the Globe has
ucut his eye teeth'" and were astounded that
he should have allowed so awkward a con
tretetnps to be known. Sun.
servant m tne aM
her own and whose fame she chariahed a
a pert of her own dearest inherhneee. An
iatoM iitaa liographinal article might be
written of Mary. She was a kind hearted
creature, conversed well, and alwaye had a
pleasant word to say with those who would
stop to chat with her. Like Grant Tbor
burn,she would never lee before the yellow
fever, but staid to administer to the com
forts of those who rem
or people. Mary pinwensad a feed
dote, respecting her old master, wbaj
deluthted to tell and well
i itfHr irvrit 14 tnmwt flny
such e master. One had i
tie property, which we are tokl she has be
queathed to at. Ueurgo s church- ( 1 he
Rev. Dr. MiluorV) Com. Ask
A Ccatocs Sruiw. In a low situation,
and in a place like a cavern, on the coast of
Brazil, there is a spring, the water of which
boils up with a violent ebullition, as from a
cauldron, and accompanied by a variety of
loud noises. It throws up large quantities
of mud, which is of a healing quality in cu
taneous diseases. But the most remarkable
phenomenon of the spring is, that if a per
son make a loud n use at the embouchure of
the chaldron, the bulling water rushes out
bey ond the spring, to a distance in propor
tion to the violence of the concussion, an '
has been known to be thrown tea feet, an '
sometimes a smoke and name accompany
the violent ebullitions.
iled a lit-
A Splknmo Pkojk t. A letter fnfff
one ot our represtnta lives in congress to
the editor, states that the Postmaster Gene
ral has it in contemplation to establish a
DAILY EXPRESS MAIL between New
Orleans and Portland, Me. The Mail to
be carried on horseback, except where he
is aided by steamboats and railroads, and to
be run at the rate of 12 miles an hour; and
it is believed he will be able to deliver tho
Mail between New York and New Orleans
n sue days anil a half! The mail to bo
opened at the principal cities and towns on
the great M.ul Liu; only, and to carry slips
from editors, cuiainiiig price current, fo
reign news, important domestic events, with
commercial and other letters, on which an
increased poftago will be charged. No
newspapers or free letters to be admitted
into this mail.
It is to be hoped this measure will be
carried into effect. Its importance will be
duly appreciated by every business man in
the country. But, in the first place, an act
must be passed by congress, authorizing tho
measure; nnd we hpo public meetings
will be had, in our principal towns, and re
solutions adopted, lecomuicnding the mea
sure . Let the citizens of Macon act on thu
subject at once, and let memorials nnd peti
tions be forwarded to congress without de
Macon (Go.) Telegraph.
Thk Burnt Dis i nte r. Upwards of two
hundred buildings are now rising from the
ashes of the great confl igdition, nnd evorv
fair day adds some tcu or a dozen to the
list. Many of them have their cellar walla
up: some of the (irst story walls nnd granite
fron'.8; some the timber of the second Jtoor,
&.o. The district resembles forpivity
the surface of an ant bill on a summer's day.
As soon as industry can accomplish it, all
the destroyed stores will be replaced, a
... :. t i- 1 . i 1 1
nun euuires 1.1 r mure oeauuiui anu convc
ient than the old ones. The streets wiU
much better, and on the whole, we have
.mi. 1 tiv.ii.,1 ..,.11 t. ..,... c. ...
uuuu, iiuMtiii.-iiicN nni 1111111; iiiniijr mil
ened to the section ol the city, titan it would
have been if the tire had never oecurred.
A' T. Joifr Com.
hlfiitotsef
EX PUNGE.
t t 1 1 1 . .1 m
wir. L.eign in nis speec.n at tne fcigie,
mentioned a curious circumstance, wine
must not a little embarrass Benton, Rives
& Co. The resolution of the Senate, a i it
happens, is part on one page, and part on
another. It had been proposed, he said, to
get over the difficulty, by writing Ex on one
side and Punged on the other! The an
nunctuiion "set the table in a roar "
Richmond Whig.
From the United States Telegraph.
PLAIN QUERIES TO MU. OF COMMON
SENSE AND COMMON HONESTY.
If one should take a pen and draw a bla
or rod line around the margin of a page in
the journal of the Senate, will any man of
common honesty say that the page would
be expunged from the journal f Would
not be a palpable lie to say that it was ex
pungeUI
If any man take a pen and ink and write
on a pageot the journal the word expunged
would that page be expunged?
11 not, could the union ol the two cause
the page of the journal to be expunged ?
would not the journal benr a he on its
face in thus saying that it was expunged?
Isaac Hill followed Mr. Ewing, in the U.
S. Senate, in the discussion of Mr. Clay's
Land Bill. The following account of the
effect of his rising is given by an eye
witness. Would not a speech of New
Hampshire's Governor elect disperse a mob
more speedily and effectually than the read
ing of the riot-act?
"As soon as Mr. Hill rose, it was buzzed
through the galleries, that he was about to
commence. If the Sergeant-at-Arms. with
all his assitants had been ordered to clear the
galleries instantly they could not have ac
complished it in double the time. The rush
to get beyond the sound of his voice w fnr
a few minutes, alarming. Young and old:
mats and female ; gentle an simple; friend
and foe; moved in one dense body down the
narrow, winding stairs, until thev rn..l.H
the rotunda, and then congratulated each
other that they had escaped unhurt, amidst
the moving mass t LouiwiUe Journal.
Death or Makt WASinwnoK.Those
who, tor more than thirty years past, have
Deenaccustomed to see the benevolent face
M good old Mary, in her little shop door at
the corner of John and Cliff streets, with
her tables of vegetables for sale, and he.
own person neat and tidy aa need be, will
tOOK UDon nar nn nuiM OL i- 1
Small Bills. The Assembly of New
Jersey, finding that the convenience of
small bills ia so great that they continue in
circulation to some extent, in spite of the
law; am resorting to now legislation for the
suppression of the mischief. They have
passed an Act, laying an additonul tax of
one per cent per annum upon the actual
capital of every Bank in theS;ate, the Pres
ident and Cashier of which shall not at the
expiration of the year, swear or affirm be
fore a magistrate, that no bills have been
is-nnd III mil lulu -I ri 1 1 In linn diiaaij Il....tr
... ..... vhviiiwiiuii omu utllln,
after the fourth of July next, contrary to
the Act entitled "An Act to prevent the
issuing and circulation of small notes for
ttie payment of money. N. Y. Jour, Com.
The Danville 0 ive Branch abuses Mr.
Wise. The editor says that his "blooud
curdles at that gentleman's speeches."
We do not wonder at if. His blood is noth
ing but milk-and-water, and weare surprised
iiiai nis miiK snouid "curdle" at the sound
of the eloquent Virginian's thunder.
Louisville Journal.
A Washington Correspondent of the ff.
Y. JetTursonian says, that "few persons mix
more with the people than Senator Wright."
vv mu noes tie mtxr Brandy and water?
So folks say. Louisville Jour.
There was quite a ferocious fitrht. on Mon
day last, in the orderly city of Lexington.
ne leaning tacts, as we glean them from
the Intelligencer, were as follows: In the
Court House, immediately after the adioun-
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ueiiioi me circuit Uourt. John lu Turn in If
spit in Win . R. Logan's face. Wm. R. Lo
gan thereupon struck John L. Turn bull
with the butt end of a whip. The hunt was
then continued by Wm. R. Logan with the
wnip ana oy John b.Turnbull, with c chair.
In a few minutes. Jas. Turnbull. th ftthnr
of the man with the chair. rushnH in with
a knife, and gave Wm. R. Logan a sever
wound in the face along the left jaw, end,
after Various thrusts, inflinlnd nnnn Bamnoi
C. Logan, a merchant of Lexington, who
was taking no part in the affray, a deep and
dangerous stab in the neck, dividing a
branch of the main artery. The two Turn
bulls and Wm. R. Longan were required
by the Mayor to give security, for keeping
the peace, in the sum, of $500 each, ana
James Turnbull was ordered to further trial
for slabbing with intent to kill, and admit
ted to bail in the sum of $1,000 with sure-
iy in tne like sum. ion. Jonr.
Be firm in difficulties.
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