I ..
She was punished for the usage I received
from her and so will you be, and, so will
she, continued be, pointing spitefully at me.
You both will be sinitten, as she was smit-
ten, when I cursed her for her cruelty—vi-
lest of vvretches, as she was.
Be warned! cried Frederick, swelling
with anger, and struggling for composure,
which he could not find. Be warned,I say!
speak to him Etnma—sat'é us both !
Warned. warned! said the roused lunatic,
presuming on the assurance he had received.
Who threatens me ? Do you remind me of
the past ? I have not forgotten it. The
curse will wither the hand that was uplifted
against your father, as it has visited and de-
stroyed her who bore the miscreant, and
taught him lessons that will avail him when
he pines in hell. . She was born to be my
plague; and Iglory in my deliverance.--
Were she here again, again would I he quit
of her. I hated and despised her. I have
lived to trample on her grave!
He said more than this-niore than I de-
sire to remember or record. He persisted
in the same strain, associating the most dis
gusting epithets with my mother's name. and.
outrunuing sense in his eagerness to villify
her. Drunken, unmeaning gibberish sup-
plied him with terms that would have exci-
ted ridicule and compassioti within the breast
of any one but him who listencned to th"
spcaker, enraged and irritated until reason
was immersed, and could no longer serve
him. One horrible expression, too infamous
to be repeated, was fatal to them both. It
was but half uttered before Frederick leaped.
from his seat. and seized his lel_low-clriinkartl
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Correspondence of the Tribune.
MONDAY. Dec. 12.
In the House of Representatives to day,
the usual Standing Committees, andthe Se-
lect Committee on a national Foundry,’ (Mr.
Wm. Cost Johnson. Chairman.) were _an-
nounced. " The following are the most tin-
portant.-
Committee on Elections —-Messrs. Hals-
ted of N. J.. Blair of N Y. Burton 0i N J-
Borden of Mass. Cravons of la. Gamble 0!
Ga. Turney of Tenn. Ilouston of Ala. Rey-
nolds of Illinois.
Wm/s anrl .’lIea.ns.—- Messrs. Fillmore of
N Y. Botts of Va. Mason of Ohio. Vl’allnce
of Ia. Marshall of Ky. J R Ingersoll of Pa.
John W Jones of Va. Atherton of N H., F.
H. Pickens of S C.'
Co7It1)te2'ce.—-Messirs.’ Kennedy of Me. An-
drews of Ohio, Williams of Cotin. Lewis of
N. Y. , '
Pu.blt'i: .L(l7I.l,lS. Messrs. Morrow Ohio,
Casev lil. Smith Conn. Gentry, Ten. Bron-
son Me. Howard Mich. Brewster N. Y.
Chapman Ala. Thompson Miss.
Jiulicio.~r_1/ Messrs. Barnard of N Y.
'1‘;-mpbull of Conn. Pearce of Md. Brown of
Ten. Davis of Ky. Charles J. Ingersoll of
Pa. Roosevelt of N. Y. Saunders of N; C.
Foreign Re 'a.tions. Messrs. J. Q. Admits
Cushing, Everett of Vt. Granger of’ N. Y.
E. D. VVhite of La. A. I-lolins of S. C., H.
Sheppard, oCaruthers, of Ten. A. H. Stuart
of Va...
Most of the other Committees are without
change.
The resolution of Mr. Adams to rescind
the '2lst Rule. excluding Abolition petitions,
and father, by the throat. The latter fell
and his assailant with him. One shrieked
with terror, and struggled furiously; the
other foamed anl held the prostrate man
down with a hand of iron. I saw no more
but ran from the apartment. screaming aloud
for help, and about to fall with fright and ag-
itation.
The servants had asked permission to
leave home at the close ofdinner, in ordertp
visit the grave of their mistress, before it
should be finally and forever shot. It was
a request that had its origin in affection, and
I complied with it at once. They had been
faithful and true friends; for years had shar-
ed the affliction of my mother.:ind on her ac-
count had borne anger and submitted to re-
proach. We were about to lose them now.
Ingots of gold would not have purchased
their services for my widowed father. They
had already set out,on their errand of love,
and the house was deserted. No one there
could help me, and I flew into the village.
VVithin a hundred yards of the parsonage I
encountered old Adam. He was the family
cofident, and in a few words I made the mis-
erable business known to him.
We reached the house in time to meet
Frederick rushing from it vehemently. He
had a wild and vacant look, and he was pal-
er than ever. Old Adam retreated a step or
two as the wretched youth approached him.
Frederick took no notice ol him, but seized
my hand which was steadier tli.in his own.
and spoke to me panting for breath.:
You are a witness. Emma, he exclaimed.
I implored him to be quiet. You heard me.
coming up, Mr. VVm. Cost Johnson moved
to lay it on the table——curried, yeas I06,
nays I02, thus this exciting subject is forthe
prcsent disposed of unless, perchance, it be
callcd up to-morrow by a motion of reconsid-
eration.
After an attempt on the part of Mr. Pick
ens. to get the Message referred to the Com-
mittee of the Whole, Mr. Fillmore ofiered a
resolution referringto the committee of \Vays
and Means that part of the Message relating
to the Treasury and financial concerns of
Government, including the Exchequer plan,
adopted.
Mr. Fillmore moverl to refer that portion
relating to Gen. Jackson’s fine to the Com-
niittec on the Judiciary. Mr. VVm., W’. Ir-
win moved its rr ffereritte to H Select Commit-
tee of the Whole on the State of the Union;
which was rejected, yeas 97. 103.
The remaining portions of the Message
were, with but little debate, referred to the
appropriate Committees, and the House ad-
The Senate was opened by prayer by
Rev. Mr. Tuston, who ni do his first official
appearance to day.
Several additional Senators have arrived
and taken their seats to day; many however
are still absent.
The usual Committcs were announced.
Numerous petitions and resolutions were
presented. and notices given of the introduc-
tion of bills. Among these were resolutions
by M r. Br-nton, which lie over, inquiring of
the President the probable number of vessels
to compose the African squadron under the
British treaty. the expenditures thereof, &C.
He would not. He has hi itself to thank
for it. Oh, the act-ursed drink! It is thel
ruin of us all. I vowed that I would do no‘.
violence —that I would not be angry, I prom t
ised you faithfully——for your sake it was
right. The \\'IIIt.' betrayed me—set me in
flimes. Oh, Emma, he cried out bursting
into tears, what is to become ofyou ? What
is to be done? All gone—all gone! Ien-
deavoreil to pacify him. No, no, he cried,
putting me gently from him; you must not
j1(lSS me now. Egterhtheregin thatlroom,
on’t curse your rot er, mma. will
spare you one trial-you shall not see me
on the gallows! Good bye—poor- girl——I
did not mean it, Emma. It wasthedrink-—
the drink.
VVe did notpermit him to proceed, Hor-
-rified by his ivords, I started from hiin.-—-
Adam had already preceded me, and we en-,
tered the dining-room at one and the samel
moment. He was a. corpse.’ There, on thel
floor where I had left him, he lay a motion-,*
less clod.
Kicking Cows.-—'Hang that cow——howl
she kicks! says the milk maid.’ Yes, that's’;
the right way to treat her. Hang her.l
You've hit on the remedy, though yoti wasl
not aware of it when you pronounced that;
awful setitence, ‘Hang that Cow., A writer:
in the Farmer’s Cabinet has told the secreti
publicly. He says, merely place the patient‘
(he should have said impatient) in a stable
with a beam over head, and fixing a run-
ning noose over her horns, throw the endl
over the beam, and pull away so as to raise’
her head pretty high in the air, but not so
as to raise her legs from the ground. In
this position she will not only be disabled
from kicking, but will give down her milk
without the least hesitation not from any spite
or ill will, but because she cant help it.
Quite a large number of sheep have been
slaughtered for the pelts and tallow. Some
1200 have been slaughtered by one firm a
few miles from the city. The process we
learn, is this :-The sheep after being strip-
ped of their skins, are hung up before large
fires, in rows of 20 or ‘.35, and roasted until
the tallow begins to run freely. They then
put them into large presses, where all the
tallow is expelled. The pelts fetch 38 cents
on an average, and the tallow sells at 5 cents
per pound. The remains of the S/tcep are
fed to the swi7tc.—Roclteslcr Dem.
Strange Fatality/.—Canada (observes the
N. Y. Pl-V-bean,) seems estined to be the
grave of British Governors. They don’t
thrive when transplanted. The Duke of
Richmond was bitten to death by a Canadian
fox or Mad Dog. Lord Sydenhatn was
kicked out ofcreation by a Canadian Horse
or Mule. Lord Durham returned to Eng-
land witb”a broken constitution and broken
heart'——-lingered a few months, and left his
titles and coal mines to a little child. Lord
Dtl bousic frequently declared that a Canada
winter had done more to undermine his Con-
stitution than even the East Indies. He is
d -ad. Sir Charles Bagot, formerly minister
from London at VVasliington, holds the reins
of power Canada just now but he too, is
about to quit his hold. At the last advice-
his decas-3 was daily expected.
and a siibstitutc for the resolution of l\dr.
Bayard for rt-’scinding the Expunging reso-
lutions. The Senate adjourned.
TUESDAY. Dec. 13.
In Senate. to day, several petitions were
presented, among which was one by Mr.
Wright, from merchants of New Yoik for
the passage ofa law establishing the Ware-
house system.
M r. Talm-idge, on leave, introduced at bill
amending the acts establishing the Treasury
Department. (This is understood not to dif-
fer materially from his Exchequer plan of
last session.) The bill was twice read and
ordered printed.
The President’s message was then taken
up and without debate referred to the appro-
priate committees.
Notices were given by several Senators of
the introduction of bills.
The resolution of Mr. Talmadge, instruct-
ing the Committee of Judiciary to inquire
into the expediency ofdirecting the Secretary
of State to communicate with the proper
State authorities for information with re-
gard to the operation of the Bankrupt Law,
came up, and having been amended to pro.
vide for furnishing the information as fast as
rc-ceiverl, was adopted. .
The bill to repeal the bankrupt laiv wa
read the second time. Mr. Graham gave
notice of an amendment he should offer
when in order. The Senate adjourned.
In the House, on motion of Mr. Fillmore,
the committee of ways and means were al-
lowed a clerk.
Mr. Botts rose to :1 question of privilege,
and amid much excitement and repeated in-
terruptions by calls to 0rt’_let‘,_fj'p_rn Messrs,
VVise, Cushing and others, pioceeded to‘
state that he held in his hand it letter of
"John C Spencer, Secretary of \Var, of tho
2:3th of Oct. last written in defence of the
Administration and of the political somerset
recently turned by its autIi6r',‘ which might
have been brought into envious distinction
with any harlequin of the public Stage; but
written chiefly for the purpose of operating
on the then pending election in New York.
This letter contained a foul caliimny on
himself, and on the. majority ofthis House,
from which he meant topurgc himself.
Mr. B. then read from Mr. Spen':er’s' let-
ter his statement ofthe Prcsident’s‘ proposal
to his Cabinet to announce his intention of
retirement at the close of his present term,
and their dissuading him therefrom; and of
the offer of the Whig leaders in Congress to
the President to postpone the second Bunk
bill on condition that the'Whig members of
the Cabinet should not be disturbed in the
enjoyment of their offices by him.
Mr. VVise raised the point of order.
After a long wrangle on the point oforder
t\-lr Botts succeeded in regaining the floor,
and moved the appointment ofa Select Com-
mittee of nine members to inquire into the
truth of the charge.
Mr Wm VV Irwin objected to the recep.
tion of the resolution.
“" An irregular debate ofsome length took
place between Messrs. VVise, Cushing, Botts
&c.'on the point whether this was a question
ofprivilege. which was agreeably diversified
by numerous points oforder, creating much
confusion and excitement.
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_Mr W Cost Johnson tnovcd to lay the
whole subject on the table, but withdrew to
enable Mr Granger to make an explanation
with reference to the Cabinet proceedings
alluded to. Mr VVise objected to and pre-
vented Mr. Grange-.r’s proceeding unless he
could be permitted to reply.
Thequestion then came up on the recep-
tion of the resolution, as a question of priv-
ilege. and the House refused to receive it:
yeas 85. noes I06, thusfor the present dis-
posing ofthe matter. _
Mr, Everett, in accordance with previous
notice, asked leave to introduce a bill for the
repeal ofthc Bankrupt Law, and several
gentlemen objecting, moved a suspension‘ of
the rules for this purpose, which prevailed
(by a two-thirds vote.) yeas I36, nays G3.
The bill ivhiichprovides that the repeal
shal not effect any case where application
was made before ihe 5th inst. read twice and
ordered printed, and postponed till Tuesday
of next week.
Mr. Underwood said he was desirous that
the subject ofthe resolution of Mr. B. (given
above) should be investigated, and be there-
fore moved a suspension of the rules for the
reception of the resolutions, negatived, yeas
I09, nays 78, and the House adjourned.
‘ \Vi-:i)ivi:snAY, Dec. 14.
In Senate to day, petitions were presented
by various Senators. I
Lt-ave was asked and obtained for the in-
troduction of bills for the settlement of. the
Revolutionary claims of Massachusetts; to
refund the fine to Gen. Jackson which was
made the special order- for \Vednesday next.
The resolution of Mr. Graham to amend
the rules of the Senate, to provide that no
claim on the Treasury of whatever descrip-
tion. after one having been reporttd on unfa-
vorably and the report concurred in by the
Senate, shall be brought up again, except on
affidavit that new testimony "in favor has
been obtained, or specifying some mistake in
the previous proceeding on the subject, after
debate by several Senators, was adopted.
The bill of Mr. Benton for repeal of the
Bankrupt Act, with the proposed amendment
of’ Mr. Graham prov‘iding.that it‘shall not
effect applications made before the 5th inst.
coming up,
Mr. Berrien moved its reference to the
committee on Judiciary. He said that public
opinion which was now considered in favoi
of the repeal of the bill, was, in his cstima
tion, opposed only to the provision for vol-
untary bankruptcy.
.M r. Benton vehemently denounced the bill
as unconstitutional, iinpolitic and unjust, op
posed the reference.
Mr. Talinadge disagreed with Mr. B. and
thought the question presented was rather
whether they would repeal the law deliber-
ately or not. ‘Let it go to a committee and
let them report; there was no danger but it
would then be repealed speedily enough. It
was entirely a new proposition to repeal a
law of such importance, ivitliout submitting
the subject to the examination of the appro-
priate committee.
The bill was referred to the committee on
Judit‘i:ir_v.
The Senate went into Executive Session.
In the House Mr. Fillmore on leave, re-
means a bill making appropriations for the
civil and diplomatic expenses of Government
for the half calendar year ending 30th June,
I843, which was twice read, referred to the
committcc of the Whole oti the Union, and
ordered printed.
Rev. Mr. Tiflany, ofthe Episcopal church
was duly elected chaplain.
A message was received frorn.the Presi-
dent of the United States, stating that at the
last session two bills originating in the
House were presented to him and not ap-
proved or returned with objections, viz: the
bill to repeal the 20 per cent. clause of the
distribution act, and that regulating the
taking testimony in cases ofcontested elec-
tions.
His reason for ‘pocketing’ these bills was
the lateness of the period of their presenta-
tion, rcndering it impossible for him to give
them a suflicientexainination. His opinions
on the _former were well known, as ex-
pressed in his previous communications to
Congress; as the l..tter (relative to contested
elections) as the bill might again be brought
forward de 7l0l'0, be refrained from any ex-
pression of opinion on the subject.
The Message, on motion of Mr. Fillmore
was laid on the table. without debate, and
ordered printed. ‘
A resolution of Mr. Briggs to amend a
joint resolution of the House to prohibit the
sale of intoxicatizzg (instead of‘spiri'.ous,’ as
before provided,) liquors in the capitol or
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and the Committee proceeded to consider it
ported from the committee -of ways aiidlfil
4 - ,-- -~.~ — - ...¢
The bill was read through by the Clerk.
by items. Several were passed by without
objection. Mr. Giliner moved to strike out
the clause appropriating $750 for hire ofex—
tra Clerk, in the office of the Secretary of
the Treasury.
This question was further discussed dur-
ing most of the day in refutation of the l(lt.'(l
and threadbare ‘retrenchment’ arguments of‘
last session, by l\’lessrs. Gilmer, Davis of
Ky. Black, and others in support.and Messrs
Wise, Cushing, Smith of Va.. Tillinghast,
&.C. in opposition to the motion.
The question was then taken, and the
Committee refused to to strike out the item.
Several other items having been passed
without objection, the committee rose and
reportid progress, and the House arljourned.
[A resolution of Mr Kennedy of Md.
amended on motion of Mr Cushing.was yrs-
tcrday adopted, providing for the renewal of
the Select Committee of last session on the
Iuternational Copy-right, and on the Copy-
right laws in general, i'\’IcKeon-am! Cashing
constitute the Committee.
FRIDAY, Dec. 16.
In the House, Mr Toland asked leave to
offer the following resolution:
Iicsolvctl, That the Secretary ofthe Treasury
be directed to inform this House vthciher any
t-liargcs have at anyitime been preferred to the
Department against Jonathan Robetrs, late col-
lector of the port of l’l’iilade|pliia, relative to
the discliarge of the duties of said offit-e: and
if arty have been, that‘ he be directed to furn-
ish copies of the same. Also,tliat he transmit
to this House copies ol'ofzitiyort.lP-I’. instriiciioii
or request, addressed to the said .lonatli:in Ruh-
erts. to remove or appoint any subordinate offi-
cers of the customs at the port of Pllll8(lt’.lpl)i8.
Also, a copy of the order or letter dismissiiig
him from the office of'Collec:or of the said port
and copies of all letters and papersin possession
ofthe Department relating to il.~e subjects em-
braced.
The motion was lost, although 96 voted in
favor of and 8! against it—a vote of two
thirds being It quirtd. Those who voted
against. it were Cushing, Wise, and the loco
focos gcnerziljy. ‘
The House, having.-on motion of Mr Fill-
more, resolved itself into committee of the
Whole, proceeded with the discussion of the
Appropriation Bill.
Before taking the question the committee
rose, and the House soon adjourn:-d.
SATURDAY Dec.17.
In the House Mr Everett excited some
laughter by giving notice that he would soon
ask leave to introduce a bill to revive and
establish public credit.
After some unimportant matters, the Ap-
propriation Bill was again lal(t'n up. in com-
mittee ofthc \Vhole by a vote of 86 ayes
and 53 noes. .
Mr Gilint-rafter some general remarks in
favor of retrenchment in the expenditures of
Government, moved to strike out 850.000
and insert $20,000 as the appropriation for
the Coastsiirvey.
The amendment was accepted by Mr Ay-
crigg, who had moved to strike out the ap-
propriation, and the committee rose and re-
ported progress.
Several resolutions ofslight gencrul im-
_ ortance were pr:-sented,,when tbé? ~H?)usc
adjourned.
ARRIVAL 01-‘ THE COLUMB 1A—The crowded
state ofour columns last week prevented our
noticing the arrival of the Columbia or) Tuesday
the 13th., we now give a few extracts, embra-
cing the chiefiteins ofthe newsreceivctl.
During the heavy gale on the ninth of
September, several vessels were stranded
near Cape Town, among them was the A-
merican ship Fairficld.
Drca.zlful S/tip-ztn'cc/rs.——The ship Reli-
ance East lndiaiuau, I500 tons burthen, went
ashore offthe coast of Marlemont on the
night of the llth of November, and out of
I22 persons on board only eig ht or ten were
saved. There were on board 75 English-
men, 27 Chinese and 20 Dutchmen.
II/7'60’; of the Convict S/tip IVate7'loo, 250
Lit-cs [ost.——'I‘his vessel was wrecked off
Cape 'I‘own.wliere was wrecked in the same
gale that of (Aug 27,) the splendid English
ship of the line Abercrombie, from London.
The Waterloo went ashore about 300 yards
from the Abeicrombie, and within sight of a
multitude on shore. She gave a lee lurch
among the-‘breakers, and after two or three
rolls her masts went cverboard with a dread-
ful crash.
The hatches were now opened, and the
convicts rushed on deck. The sea was ma-
king :1 clean breach over her. Immediately
on the convicts arriving on deck, about fifty
jumped overboard; about fifteen gained the
adjacent grounds, amended to provide for the,
immediate removal ofthe rertaurateuss from-,
the capitol, was adopted without a division.
Additional testimony in the contested elec-,7
tion casegof M r. Levy, Delegate from Flori-l
do. was presented to the House, and a mo-,‘
tion to refrr it to the committee of elections,
gave rise to a conversational discussion of?
some length; and the House adjourned.
'I‘nnnsn.iv Dec, 15.
In Senate, to day. Mr Bticlianan presented
a memorial, numerously signed by the mer-j
chants of Philadelphia, for the establishment
ofthe warehousing system. Mr. \Vright
presented a petition from the citizens of
Yates County, N. Y., for the repeal of the
Bankrupt Law. ’
Several bills ofan unimportant character‘
were reported from committees.
Notices were given ofthe introduction of
various bills.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration
of Executive business and after a short ses-
sion, adjourmd to Monday.
In the House, the consideration ofthe Civ-
il and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was
entered upon. in Committee of the
Whole.
The annual Report ofthe Secretary ofthe
Treasury was laid before the House by the
Speaker, and ordered printed. It gives the
exhibiton of the state of the finances referred
to in the President's Message.
On motion ofMi' Fillmore, the House re-
solved itself into Committee of the VVhole on
the Union. (Mr Briggs in the Chair.) and
took up the bill (yesterday reported by Mr.
F. from the Committee of Ways and Means)
making appropriations for the civil and dip
lomantic expenses of Government for the
halfcalendar year ending 30th June, 1843.
shore, and the remainder were drowned.-
The cries ofthe poor wretcht-s on deck were
now liea rt-breaking. Each sea, as it made
a breach over the unfortunate vessel, carried
a dozen or so into the water, who of course
wort-, drowned. Thousands of people were
on the beach, btit could not render the leflist
assistance.
The overland mail arrived in London
soon after the. departure of the Acadia.-
'l‘he news from India is not very definite as
to the movements of the British troops,which
are said to be onward, and the rumor is that
Akbar Khan had fled with all his prisoners
from Cabul,70iniles distant. The cholera
had made its appearance amongthe British
troops and many had died.
C/iizta. The English have had another
battle with the Chinese, with the usual re-
sult. The squadron entered the great river
Tang-tse-Keang, and silenced the guns of
two formidable batteries before the city of
Shanghai, and the city itself soon after sub-
mitted to the English, who destroyed the pub-
lic buildings, and gave up its granerics to
the pillage of the natives. The Chinese
served their guns well, and put fourteen balls
into one ofthe English frigates.
'I’c2tnessce.—On the 5th insI.agreat \Vhig
County convention was held at Knoxville,
Tenn. at which Henry Clay was nominated
for the Presidency in I844, though it was
declared that the Convention ‘had no hesita-
tion in submitting his claims to the consider.
ation ofa National Whig Convention, prop.
l,‘l'l_V constituted.’
I«Va.s/tington Collegf.— It appears by the
annual catalogue of ‘Washington College,
_ T/re Aa.ra.bia}n"I_1arse.-’—A most moving
incident,illustrative of the most extraordinary
strengtht as well as attachment of the Arab
l10TS€S. is given bv Lamartine, in his beauti-
ful Travels in the East: ‘
“An Arab chief, with his tribe, had at-
tucked in the night a caravan of Damascus,
and. plundered it; when loaded with their
spoil, however, the robbers were overtaken-
lfl lllrlf return by some horsemen of the
l’-acha of Acre, who killed set-elal, and
bound the remainder with cords. In this
state of bondage they brought one of up.
prisoners, name-d Abou cl March; to Ac,-e_
and laid him bound hand and lot.-t, woiindeti
as he was, at the entrance of their tent, as
they slept during the night. Kept awal,-o
hy the piin of his wounds, the Arab heard
his horse’s nt-igh at a little di:tance, and b-'-
ing desirous to stroke, for the last time, the
companion of hislife. be dragged himself
up, bound as he was, to his horse, which
was piclteted at a short (listance. ‘ Poor
frii-no ,” said be, “what will you do among
the Turks .7” You will be shiit up under tui-
roofof a khan ; with the horses of a pacha.
for an age; no longer will the women and
children ofthe tent bring you I)ilI'l(’\',CaITIt‘l’S
milk, or dourra, in the hollow of their hand;
no longer will you gallop free as the aim]
of Egypt in the desert, no longer will you
cleave with your bosom the waters of"the
Jordon, which cool your sides, as pure asthe
foam of your lips. It I am a slave, at least
mav you go free. Go; return to our tent,
which you know so well; tell inv wife that
Abou el Marck will return no inore; but
out your head still in the folds of the It-tit
and the hands of my children,
With thr-se words as his hands were lied,
he lmdld with his it'€.lh the ft‘l.l€l'S which
held the courser bound, and set him at lib-
erty; but_the noble animal, on receiving his
freedom, instead of bounding away to the
*l"S§"!. bfnt its head over its master, and,
seeing.him in ft-tters and on the ground,
took his clothes gently in hisg.»e[h_ lined
him up, 65 set off at full speed towards home.
Without ever resting, he made straight for
the distant but well known to nt.Vin the
mountains of Arabia. He arrived there in
safety, and laid his master safe down at the
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lv dropped down dead with fatigue.--
Ct’lr'b|'8It’(l.IIIS fidelity; and his name is ;-[ill
consulted in the mouths of the Arabs of Jeri
cho.” ’
This beautiful anecdote paints the inan-
ners and the horses of Arabia better than a
thousand volumes. It is unnecessary to say
after it. the Arabs arc, and ever will be, the
horses in the world.
Singzt«’arP/wnomttnon —Thc Indianaprr
lis Sentiiiel of the 29th tilt. annonces the
following occurrence, which parson Miller
may very possibly considered the "begin-
ning of the end.”
We are informed by a gentleman who
has recently visited the place, that a subtera-
neon fire has been raging in Putn-im county
for several weeks. It has extended 7l7I.d8"r
a space of some acres of ground. about I 1-2
or 2 miles south of Manhattan; and the
tiniher had commenced falling in every direc-
tion on the ‘sinfz-cted district.” \Vht-re the
earth has fallen in, it has lcft openings
through which the smoke issues constantly.
Various causes for the phenomenon are giv-
en; but the most reasonallc seems to be
that a vein of coal. with which the country
abounds, has become ignited from some
cause, perhaps lightning.
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A Murzlerer’s Con/ession.-—\Ve have sel
.tlom heard of a murder with which alcohol
had not something to do. Nor do we ever
remember to have hea rd a candid confession
ofa life of guilt, in which alcohol was not
charged with inducing the first steps. A
few minutes before the execution of Dougliss
at Lockpnrt he asked for a drink of water.
After drinking a little he said to his attend-
ant— '
"George. if I had never drank anything
stronger than this, I should never have
come to the gallows. Tliousands and-tens of
thousands have been brought to an untimely
end by strong drink. Go-orge take warn-
ing from me. Now while you are young
employ the means of gsace.”
This confession of the now (lead culprit
should have its influence upon the living.-
‘Let be who thinketh he standeth take heed,
lest he fall.”
The Hon. Henry Clay reached Vicksburg
on the 5th inst at IO o’clock, A. M. ‘His
arrival was announced by the roar ofcannon
and the applause ofthe multitude. He left
Vicksburg the someday for Natchez, where
he was to remain a few days, and then pro-
ceed to Attakapas.
T/ze Hoitsatonic Route.—This route is
now in full operation; and it offers the most
expeditions, easy and cheap winter route be-
tween the cities of New York and Albany.
Starting from Albany at 2 p. m. after bus-
iness hours, the trains run down to Bridge-
port. I40 miles, at curly bed time, and thence
to New York, at 7 the next inorning,reach-
ing that city at II a. m. Returning, leave
New York at 7 a. in. and reach Albany at
or 9 the same evening. This arrange-
ment, which has been somewhat interrupted,
will, we are assured, be punctually carried
out.—Albtmg/ Argus.
The Cincinnati Gazette states that beef
was selling in that market, by the quarter,
at one cent per y7ou/nd !
0/no Ba of all the
banks in Ohio. except I0, expire on the first
of January next. ‘
Thos. W. Dorr addressed the‘ Legislature
of New Hampshire, a few days since, for
three hours on the politics of Rhode Island.
Yates County; Banlr.—The notes of the
Yates County Bank will be redeemed here-
after at the Mechanics and Farmers’ Bank
of Albany.
Hostilities .-')etwean Cuba and Hayti.—-A
l“tter from Havana, published in the New
Orleans Tropic. states that an expedition has
just published. that the whole number of stu- been fitted out at Havana against St. Domin-
dents now in the institution, is 72.
go. .
feet of his wife and childrtn. and immediate-
The whole tribe mourned him; the poets
first horsemen, and have the finist race of
-mg. .4. -\ ~- :-
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Post Ojice Rrpoil.~—Tbe’ iinniiiil report
of the Post Master Genenal. shows that the
receipts during the past year hayejustabout
equalled the expenditures. 'I"n'e number of
miles of post road traversed during the year
is 34.835.99l ;post masters, I3,733; receipts,
$4,546,246; expenditures, $4,627,7l6. The
Post Master ‘General recommends the‘ tr.-
actment of more eflictent la.'ws.»to prevent the
transportation of mail matter by private ex-
presses,—a reduction in the rates of posttigc,
----and a purchase by Congress ofa perpet-
ual right to have the mails transported on
Rail Roads was $ll3:2,56‘3. Miles of Rail
Road over which the mails were transport:-d_
389i. ‘ ‘
The stiggestii n in favor of a [t‘dtlCIi0n in
the rates of postage, \\€ trust will l)t’.'i('lHl
upon atihe present session. In st.-me parts
Ullhe Coutitryifa farm:-r raises a bushel of
wheat, he can St'll it for ‘.25 cents. If he rt -
ceives a letter from a distant friend, he must
pay the some-— 25 cents. We fully bi lieve
that ifa reduction of one quarter was made
in the rates of letter postage, the revenue ac-
cruing to the departint nt ttould ‘oe grr-atvr
than it now is. The Post Master Gtneral
complains ofa diminution in the amount of
postage Collrclrtl in the principal cities, and
attributes it to the increasing quantity of mail
matter conveyed between tl.os-..= points by pri-
vate expresses and individuals. Rtduce the
postage, and the motive for resorting :0 such
modes ofconvi-yance would be diminished.
In these hard times. people are incl-nod’ to
economisc, even in the matter of l osiage.—-
Ct.’t‘(lt'd admirably in En’gl::r.d ;-—if \\t’ FIJI)‘
not safely imitate it to the full extent, we can
at least approximate toward it.
Join‘. of Com.
T/re S/reel Prcac/re rs vfNoples -— Among
the mendicant friars, or street preachers of
Naples, are to be found men who exercise
an astonishing influence ovrr the lazzeroni
(Of one ofthcm, Rocco, a Dcminician, a
lposthuinous fame is pri served for witty say-
iings and hafpy allusions. uhich, if collect
cd. would fill volumes. He was rrckless
\\ hom he attacked. and often said things
which upon any one less popular would have
drawn down the vengeance of the public an-
thorities; hut Rocco was a man of whom even
the police. stood in awe. One day he was
preaching to a crowd in the public market-
place :‘‘This day,"he said. “ 1 \\ ill see wlieil-_-
er you truly rcprnt you of your sins .“There-
upon be commenced a prnitr-nti.-l discoures
that.“ made the hair ofthe hard-hearted
multitude stand upright ;“and when they
were all on their ltnees gnashingtheir teeth.
and boating their breasts, and putting on all
imaginable outuard signs of contrition, he
suddenly cri-d: ‘Noiv you who truly repent
you of your sins, hold up your hands.’—
there was not one present who did not im—.
mediately stretch out both arms. 'Ht»ly Arch-
angel Michael,’ then exclaimed Rocco, ‘thou
who with thine adamantioc s\\ord stand:-st
by thejudgement seat of God. hew me off’
every hand that has becn raised hypocriti-
ally.’ Instantly every hand dropped, and
Rocco poured forth a fresh torrent of invect-
his audience. Rocco was once engaged in
a discussion with a Spaniard, whom he ,si-
lencvd by swearing that there was not a sin-
gle Sjanish saint in Heaven. The Castil-
ian was startled at so unexpt-ctctl ad:-claration
but Rocco maintained the truth (fit. A few
were let in at first, he said, 'btit they
smoked so many cigars that the Madonna
and the other virgins were f:.iily sit-k ; so S‘.
Peter sct his wits to work to fird out how
he might rid them of such disiigreealile
guests. II»: sent a crier into lVt‘l'y part - of
Heaven. that a hull-fit_1 t wasto be held mit
side of the gate. Thereupon i-very Sp.-nigh
saint, without e.vci~p1ion, ran offto see the
show, and he took can» never to lvt another
in again.’ Rocco lived to a hood old age -—
Just before the Nr*:1p()llttn Revolution, we
find him mentioned by another G»-rnian trav-
eler, Relifues. Rocco, at that time. was
eighty years old. and suffering seven-ly from
the gout; btit his wit was unsuhdin d. and hr
said, he was l't‘S0lVt’(l to bottle it with the
devil to the last. Fredinand I, u ho was
lar manners of his capital, showed great favor
to Rocco, and used to talk to him from the
windows of his palace.
Foreign Quarterly Review.
Hon. \Valter R. Colqiiit, a member ofthe
present house of Representatives from Geor-
gia, has been elected a Senator from that
State for six years from the 4th of March
next, by a majority of one vote.
Firc.—A dwelling house in Ridgcfield.
belonging to Mr. Ezekit.-l Wilson, and oc-
cupied by two families, was entirely consum-
ed by fire on the 6th inst. The fire origin-
ated from putting ashes in a wooden vessel.
Ca.pz'la.l Punislmzent in New Hampshire.
—-The House of Representatives of New
Hampshire have declared by a vote of III to
106. in favor ofthe total abolition of capital
punishment. ,
Mrs. Sigourney has a book in press, rati-
tlcd ‘Pleasant memories of pleasant Lands,’
being reminiscences, in prose and verse, of
her late VlS!t to Europe.
General Cass.——The Philadelphia papers
contain the report of a correspondence be-
tween a number of the citizens and this dis-
tinguished individual, extending to the latter
the proffer ofa public entertainment, which
he has declined.
South Ca.rolt'7ia..—Gen. James Hammond
has been elected Governor ofSouth Carolina
receiving 83 votes. R F W Allston receiv-
ing 76 and there were two scattering. The
difference was purely personal. there being
no anti-Calhoun candidate.
When is a fashionable lady like an inex-
perienced printer ? When she makes a
great bustle in correcting her form.
What you call direct taxation, Samba?
Wal, you r’re a pretty free trade nigger,
and don't know dat—direct taxation am ma-
king in free trade of your dollars to be sure.
going right into de pockets and helpina
thcmselvc-s—dai’s ’rect taxation, Caesar. a
‘Wal now, I go tariff, dat’s a fact.
_U S. Seriator for Missouri ——Hon L F
Linn was re elected for 6 years from the 4th
of March next. He received II9,of 129 votes.
The expr-rimi~nt of 1‘ E-pray pr,-stag_-e lcs si;(~--
ive against the sinfulntss-and perversity of ,
fond of every thing connected with the popu- .
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