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AGENTS la the United Stoics. Edward Hall, New Or-
leans; J. S. Kellogg, Booksellers, Mobile; Boyd &. Suydam,
New.York; Dr.E.H..MAsoN,GreensboroughGa.
.In- Tfcris. Baily, Gay & Hoxey, Washington; T. E.
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lett, Faniu county; Wm-T. SiuTH.-Ruttejsville; T. M. Ctrrn-
EEaTsoN, P. MTMountTleasant. v
WJl CORRECT MAP OF TEXAS ,
ILt be publisbed the ensuing iSuinmer, and for sale by
September next, a Mp"of the Republic ofTcxas, compiled from
the most recent, andbest authorities. No pains will be spared
inmakinglt the most accurate map that can possibly be obtain-
ed. The proprietors, Jesse T. Rakdel and Richard S Hunt,
.have leiHor-Nffaork4Qhnstf.n the B13Mcatlona-? --77
jnne 19
aujajjLB The subscriber has three Shingle Machines, now
in Malagorda-which was intended to be.taEen to the newseat
of governmentT.Auslro, or.t wmefavoiablepomlne that, and put
ihoDeration. The subscriber wishes to sell one half the interest m
Sose machines, to some person who has. sufficient, capital to put
l&noperaUon. Each "machine will saw out 6000 shmgles per
darT tWhowe "power. ortbree'at..farUiest, wiU be sufficient to
drive the machines. -AU the commmucaUTOS to the subscriber, post
paid,.wul meetwith promot attention. j
Washington, Jnne 27 '. w4-2t161
- -,., tr. 1-..1 1-11 dm Hnnnwnv from me on tne I4tn
U ot this months negro man named Tom. He is upwards of 30
w 01 una xnuui.il . uciu iwu -- , . ,
years old, dark comolcxion, about five feet mne or ten "?
i u...?.. ,i ,., cmll fBM.with a down look, and holdsnui
head down mostly; and stammers considerably. The end of one of
hSthumbs hasb&n mashed, and is-disfigured. I will give the above
reward in Texas 1 urrency, for the apprehension of said slave, and de-
livery to meon myplantation, 9 miles below Brazona, if he is taken
worX Colorado nver.-or 'fifty dollarsifheis takeneastofit: and
I will pay all necessary ec:'silm''grrgUiSEi.
grown JbsbSS- 1SST J -Sag"
B PROCLAMATION, ' '
Y the Preiidenl of the Republic of Texas. Whekeas the tcr
for which the several memliers composing the Representative branch
of the Cbngrcss'of the Republic of Texas were elected, will expire on
the f econd day of September next : .And whereas the term for
which the several Senators to said Congress were elected, from the
Senatorial Districts composed of the counties of Jasper, Jefferson; of
the county of San .Augustine; of the county of Bexar; and of the
countiesf Harrisburg, Libenyand Galveston, will also expire on
the said second day of September next :
Therefore, Be it known, that" I, Mrabeau B. Lamar, President
of said-Repubhc, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby orSer and,direct, that there bean electionheld in each ol the
counties of said Republic, on the said second day of Seplcmbernext,
that being the first Monday of September, for the number of Repre-
sentanves allowed by law to each of said counties in the Congress of
said Republic; and for Senators in the several Senatorial Districts
above mentioned. "" . . . - , ,
1--1 . : n.-.i j-...i I.a.lia Phmf jtmtiLq nflhe counties a
foresaid be, and they are hereby directed to give due notice, of said
dges and clerks in the
J .iltn 4lifi fnA flhall
ae, to uola ana conuuet sain eiecaon; uuu nutu ; s "-"
have been held, the returns thereof to be made by saia judges to uiem,
he said Chief Justices respectively, within lendays, according to law.
Given under my hand, and thegreat seal of the Republic, at the
. city of Houston, this fifth day of July, A. D., one thou-
Ij. S. sand eiriit hundred and thirty-nmc, and of the Independ-
ence ofTexas, the fourth year. . ,.
JUAlvaufiiAU.I). liAlllOA.
T?v the President.
" James Webb, Acting Secretary of State.
joly 10 w4-216
SUGARS The subscriber will bereafter keep on hand a
large supply-of thexseveral varieties, of loaf and clarified
sugars, for sale-arthe New Orleans cash prices, to wit: loatsu-
car refined, 15 1-2 to 16 1-2 cents: clarified, white do 12 1-2
clarified brown 10 1-2. E. A. RHODES.
Galveston, april 3 188-tf.
rnirw AT.WV TVTF.WT.ATVTIS mtitm.hiR n'n rpre thanks to the VO
J tera of the eighth mUitia district, for their lnammous, vote in his
lavor at'the late election for iusnee of the peace. Healso begs to m-
e 1.:.. t.i hu. .v.. ifhniirl,flAnnvpd nf the office of a notarv
public, ha continues as usual, to execute instruments of writing of
all kinds with neatness, accuracy and despatch; and respectflilly so-
and French to English; promptly attended to.i feb20 192-tf
.mi. mnnnnnnM ni mrmer xavors. imiauuuiiio uvui jv
rVTOTlCE The undersigned is anxious to hear of William BCoun-
' cUU formerly of the State of Tennessee, and late of San. August
ttnein this country; it is probable that heism Brazona or returned to
Sn Amrasline: anvinfonnation respiting his address willbethank-
fuUy received. GREEN Q. TAYLOR,
feb 20 192-tf
BPROQLAMA TIOIS,
Y theJresident of the Republic of Texas. WhereasM the
convention entered into between the government oT tne United
States and the Republic of Texas, on thetwenty-fifui day of-A-pril,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-eight, it was agreed that "e ich of the contracting parties
shall continue Jo exercise jurisdiction in all territory over which
its-jurisdiction has hitherto been exercised."
Now;" therefore, be it known that I, Mirabeau B. Lamar, pres-
ident of the ilepnblic of Texas, in order to prevent a conflict of
jurisdiction in the territory aiorcsaidV do order and decree, that
the civil and military authorities ofTexas refrain from exerci-
sing,, orittempting to exercise, any jurisdiction, of whatever na-
ture, within thd territory over which the United States has hith-
erto exercised jurisdiction, until the boundary line between the
wo Republics shall be definitely run and agreed upon,
j . o ? In testimony whereof, I liave'caused the great seal
( " - J of the Republic to be herennto affixed.
Done at the city of Houston? this third day ef June, A. D.one
thqusand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and of the indepen-
dence ofTexas, the fourth.
By the President,
JUIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
David G. Burnet, Acting Secretary of Stale.
.Jnnel9 209-tf
R Probate Sale.
EPUBLIC ofTexas, County of Victoria By virtue of an
order directed by the honorable the Probate Court for the county
aforesaid, there will be sold in the town of "Victoria, on the first
Tuesday in August next, the Gth, within the hours-prescribed
by law, so much of the Real Estate of the late David A Hoffman,
deceased, as will be sufficient to pay the amount of eighl hun-
dred dollars; said property is situated on the La Bacca river, in
the county of Jackson. By order of the
Hon. TO P MILLER, Judge of Probate
J A MOODY, Clerk
"Victoria, July 1st, 1839 w3 217
TlTEDICAL The subscriber offers bis Professional servi-
IVi. cesto the citizens of Houston and its vicinity. To those
with whom he is cot acquainted be would observe that his op-
portunities of acquiring a knowledge of his profession have
been ample, having attended Leciuiu at Medical Colleges both
at the North and South, and in addition to the above has had an
extensive practice for seventeen years in ueorgia ana x exas. 1
His library and reading room is "at his dwelling a few rods
wrst of the capitol. His office and dispensary at the Auction
Store of HeddeDberg&Vedder.
june 5 d2-54-109ft H. H. CONE, M. D.
T - Republic of Texas-
County of Bexar.
LN District Court. Anril Term.
IKJy Samuel Williams ai
torney lor A M Varin vs. Joseph Maria Salinas.
An injunction.
It is Ordered by the Court, That publication be made for six
weeks, ih one of the pnbl ic gazclts published at the seat of gov-
ernment, previous to the next term of this Court, of the penden-
cy of this suit, and requiring the Defendant to appear-and an-
swer, or judgment will be taken as confessed.
JNO"VV SMITH, Dep. Clk. Dist. Court
July 3, 1830 ' wG-221
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Republic of Texas Countv ol Himsburi?.
ROB ATE Court, Juh 8lh, 1839. Samuel Swisher havine
this day filed his petition praying for the appointment of admin-
istrator on the succession of Harvey Cocks, late a tidier under
the command of Col Fannin, of the army of Texas: Notice is
hereby given to all persons interested, that if any opposition to
the appointment be intended, the same must be made within six-
ty days,at the end of which lime the petition will be acted n on.
Byorderof H HUJHltlKKya, Judge ofrrobate
July 10 w8-220
J A SOUTHMAYD,
Deputy Clerk of Probate
B Administrator's Sale
Y an order to me directed from the hoi orable Wiley Mar
in, Probate Judge, of the ronnty of Fort Hend, I will sell; on
lhi firT TnpRdav in Kpn(pmtur ! nl miWin sale, at inv resi
the first Tuesday in September next, at public sale, at iny resi-
dence, fifteen miles below the town of Richmond, the residiK
dence, fifteen miles below the town of Richmond, the residue
of the property belonging to the" estate of E M Brdncb,decease
" conisiingofoneyokeofoxen,runriingJn the bottom, the right
tof the estate to ene bounty lsnd cetificalel calling for mx hun-
dred and forty acres; and a part of a frame building, standing on
the premises where Ihe deceased livd. Terms made kuown
ofi day of sale. SARAH JARVIS,
AdminKtrrtrix
E M JARVIS, Surety of Adm'x
Fort Bend county, aug 1, 1839 w3-22q
POVDEK 23"kegs Duponts best rifle powder, for sale by
&tt 15. nc-tf. "vr. piibfoht.
From the South Carolinian.
OLD FIELD COTTON, &c.
Mr. Editor It is a common practice, with most of our
pi inters, to pat their fresh, or btst lands, in cotton, for
that obvious reason, that staple requires good land to make
it produce profitably, while, by planting their poor -or
worn-out lauds in corn, which may be easily manured,
they may cause it to produce in a proportionate degree.
It is not my purpose to condemn this system, but rather to
suggest a mode that, in some instances,. may supi rsede it;
and be of equal, or greater advantage to the farmer; at
least so far as to preserve more of his good land for corn.
Travelling some years ago; through the middle part of
Georgia, I had occasion to stop a few days at the house
of a thriving and hospitable planter, residing on the Oge-
chee River. During my stay, he took occasion to show
me his nlantation, which consisted of pine land, lying very
well, and a small portion of hammock on the river. In
many of his fields, not a tree, and very few stamps, even,
were to be seen. But the cotton was growing very luxu-
riantly on one of them," of pine land. I of course conclu-
ded that it had been manured, and that well, though at a
loss to conjecture the means he had used to manure so
large a space for cotton. Judge my surprise, when he in-
formed me had not put a particle oi manure on it for many
vears not since he commenced planting: it in cotton. He
then stated that r imH -piircnpd tho fnllnwingr system, in
planting cotton upon his old lands. He had previously
listed his fields for cotton, during the winter, whenever,
opportunities offered, by throwing three furrows together,
the rows being laid 3 feet or 3 feet apart. The first
year, of course, he opened and planted his seed in the cen-
tre of the ridge, and tended the crop accordingly; which,
he observed to me, was a. very poor one; the stalks not
growing, generally, more than "half leg high," as he ex-
pressed it, or about 12 or 14 inches; and the best not more
than knee high. 'The next spring, when ready to plant
again, instead of listing his ground 'in the "step," or be-
tween the fows, as is usual, where land is successfully
nlanted in the same kind of produce, he merely ran a fur-
irow on the old ridge, along side of the former row of cot
ton, after beating down the old stalk and without tearing
up any more of them than could be avoided. The expe-
riment, in due season began to promise very fair. The
cotton all over the field that year averaged knee high or
more. He pursued the same plan the next year; running
perhaps the furrow on the side opposite to the one where
he had run it the year previous, but on the same ridge.
The result was an increase in the growth of the cotton
plant, as well as in the product And he continued the
same process each succeeding year, and when I saw the
field, which was in the latter part of the summer, the stalks
were nearly three?feet high, and very well .formed. It
was perhaps the fifth or sixth year he had been planting
in that manner.
I have never had an opportunity of testing myself, the
virtue of this system, but doubt not, that it is a very good
one. It is evident, that there is much matter in the roots
of the cotton stalks to produce manure. And it may be,
that the soil of the bed, being exposed toTthe sun, may im-
prove, and retain nutriment much longer. I have merely
made this suggesiion, with the hope that it may be im-
proved as there are many farmers who plant very poor
and q& lands in cotton, without manuie; and a trial of it
can be of no injury. The labor is nothing more, and it
any thing less as it saves at least half the ploughing, ne-
cessary before pi tnting. It maybe proper to add, that
the greatest, ana I may sty the only inconvenience atten-
ding "the cultivation of a crop in this manner, is the thin-
. r f i . ..1 -i f !. .1.1 ..11... !.:.. 1- tn
mug" 01 It OUl ilie sieuis 01 me uu sunns uringt 111 mo
'wayxjfrnVhoe, butwithti little-more than common care,
this may be obviated.
I will state, as a corroborating fact, in support of this
system, an experiment which suggested itself to me, after
bearing wnat 1 nave staiea- 1 ptantca in com, an 01a
field, which had lain-out many years. It produced but a
very "ordinary. crop, tho' well ttnded, and experiencing
p-ood seasons. The following year, when ready to plant
fhe same field, I ran a furrow .through the same hills,
without even listing, and dropped the corn in the old hills.
I gathered, that year, upwards of one third more from the
same field. The field was planted four feet square, one
stalk in each hill.
From the Youth of Shakspeare.
ShaJapeare's Courtship of Ann Hathway. "How dost
thou like our Anne's singing?", enquired John Hathaway,
when his daughter had left the chamber to put tne chil-
dren to their beds.
''Very exceedingly I do assure you," replied the youth,
with a notable sincerity.
"Hurhphl" exclaimed the father, as though he were a
thinking of something he cared not to give speech to.
"Indeed she hath a sweet throat" Nothing more was
said on that head at the moment, and they again talked of
country matters, till his host could not any longer contain
his great wondering at his guest's marvellous insight into
such things, & enquired how he acquired it; whereupon
the other fruly answered he got it by questioning of those
whose business it was. In good time the yeoraan,s bloom-
ing daughter returned, & busied herself with preparations
for supper,' taking care whenever she could to have her
share in the discourse, which she did with a ,prctty
sprightliness exceedingly agreeable to her young admir-
er. Seeing her attempting to move the great table High-
er the fire, he must' needs jump up and with a graceful
officiousness seek to do it himself, to which she appeared
to object to in some manner, & there was a little arguing
of the matter betwixt them the father looking on with a
glimmering smile as if he could see in it something ex-
ceedingly pleasant. The end was that the young people
carried the table together manifestly to their extreme satis-
faction. 'In due time the rashers were done, and" with a store of
other wholesome victuals were put on a fair white cloth,
that covered the table, and William Shakspeare was pres-
sed with blunt courtesy by the father, and more winning
persuasiveness by the daughter, to partake ofthe fare stt
before him. This he essayed to do with a notable good
will. After this the blooming Anne brewed a goodly
possel, and whilst they were enjoying it her lather called
011 her to sing him a song, the which she seemed a little
a very little to hesitate upon, with a sort of pretty coy
ness time our ot mind customary under similar circum-
stances but after the. handsome youth had pressed her
with an excellent show ofrhetoric, she sung a aainty ditty,
tn.n popular, concerning 01 "ite pretty nine rugmingaie,
and at least one ofthe listners thought it most exquisite
sweet singing. Then John Hathaway would needs have
a song of his guest, to the which his daughter added her
entreaties so prettily, the youthful Shakspeare found it
impossible to resist, whereupon he commenced the sing-
ing of a favorite loe song of the time, beginning, "If I had
wytt for to dyte." The words were of a pleasant conceit
wnich gained considerably in admirabltness by the man-
ner of his singing, and the-tune, by means of his rich clear
voice, came upon the air a very river of melody. Wheth-
er the yeoman liked the sung could only be told by the
pleasure lurking in tbf corners of his mouth and shining
quaintly in his half closed eye-lids, which might be inte.
preted, he saw more in it than thp singrr imagined
lioweyer, that his daughter relished it there could be no
questioning, for her smiles were full as evidtnt as hor
praises.
"Now friend Will', thee must be a going," exclaimed
John Hathaway at last, in his usual plain tountrymansoit
of manner. "Tis my custom to go to bed with the lamb
and rise with the lark-;-an excellent good custom I'll
warrant so I'll e'e bid y'ou n fair good nignt neverthe-
hss'Iwill add to it I shall be happy 10 see thfe nt all
tunes and ifl be not at homc-porchan'-p Anno will bcis
happy to see the as myself." He said th's v. ith .1 look (
humor that shout through all the staidmsi: of lus opsU,
and shaking his visiter heartily. by th hand heupmeJ
the door for his exit. His daughter denied not a woid of
what her father said. Indeed, her glances, as she bade
the youth good night, as plainly said ''come again," as
ever was expressed by a pair of bright eyes since the
world began.
Another case of Swarlwouling. The Rogersville (Ten-
nessee,) paper states 'that Gen. Nathaniel Smith, late the
Indian emigrating agent for the Cherokees, has fled to
Toxas, with from 70 to 8100,000, of Uncle Sam's money
in his pocket, having fiist sold off his own property and
pocketed the proceeds. Such cases now-a-days are too
common to excite surprise.
The force of habit strong in Death. The friends of a
dissipated young man hit upon the following novel ?xpe
dient in the hope of effecting his reformation. Having a
couple of coffins prepared for the purpose, and placed in
the family Aault, on his being brought home one night
in a st useless condition, they conveyed him thither, and
sloived him.snugly away in one of thi-m a member ofthe
family taking possession of the other to watch his move-
ments. After remaining for some time incased in his
'prison house,' he aroused from his stupor, and gazed round
in astonishment at his new residence, exclaimed, 'Am I
dead!' 'Certainly,' replied his repulchral friend. 'How
long have I been here,' he asked 'About three years,'
myilnHiimti r 'And hff'v lnno-tinvp ynr hfffn hprp' ip.
again inquired. 'Seven years,' responded his companion.
'Well as you have been dead longer than I have, I suppose
you know the best place to get somethig to drink!1 Sun-
day Morning Visitor
Popish Relies, From the Protestant Vindicator, copy-
ing from Nugent's travels in Germany, we learn that in
the Mass-house at Oobboran, in Mecklenburg, are shown
these Popish relics:
1. Flax for spinning, which belonged to the Virgin
Mary.
2. Hay, which the wise men had for their camels.and
left behind at Bethlehem.
3. A piece ofthe garment of Lazarus.
4.
5.
6.
7.
hair.
A piece of linen worn by the Virgin Mary.
A piece ofthe head of Tobit's fish.
Part of Judas' bowels that fell out.
The scissors with which Delilah cut off Sampson's
8. A piece of the apron which the butcher wore when
he killed the calf for the prodigal son.
8. One ofthe five stones which David put in his.bag,
when he went te encounter Goliath.
10. The branch of the tree on which Absalom hung
by the hair.
11. A part of Peter's fishing net.
12. The heads of the Apostles Thomas, Peter and
Paul. There are 666 genuine heads at least, in differ
ent parts ofthe world ) ,
There is more true glory in the fields of waving wheat
and a rich golden harvest, than in the bnitle field stained
with the. mangled corpses, mashed by the hSbfs ofthe
fierce charger, where the cannon and trumpet is all but
hushed amidst gioans of the wounded and dying.
Remarkable Adventure. The Natchez Free Tra-
der in giving an account of the late fire at Port Gibson,
Mississippi, relates that during the conflagration a person
was in the upper story of a wooden house occupied in res-
cuing some properly, "when at once a volume of black
smoke broke from one ofthe dormer windows," and he
was seen plunging through the other with a wreath of red
flame curling after him. At one leap he cleared the win-
dow and the caves of the house, and came down into the
street likea projectile. Three gentlemen saw him falling,
seized him by the clothes to break his fall, and succeeded
in landing him safe on the pavement, although the force
of the fall was such as to tear his clothes from him and
leave him bare to the skin."
The Union Bank. This institution is the only bank
in Florida that has not resumed specie Ipayments, and
there seems to be no reason to hope that it will resume a
an early period. We learn indirectly, that Territorial
bonds have lately been sold in Europe, by CoL Gamble,
to the amount of 82,000,000. It is true that we have
aLo heard that this sum is to be paid by instalments, of
what amount, and at what intervals of time, we are not
informed; but we cannot forbear to connect CoL Gam-
1 bles success in negotiating these bonds, with the tact,
that according to the showing of the bank, at the lastses-
j sion ofthe council, the amount of their circulation was
1 but little more than 8500,000 we cannot forbear to in
quire why this comparatively small sum, scarcely suffi
cient to constitute a circulating meaium, ana tnereiore
very unlikely to be demanded in specie, should not be met
in good faith by the bank. Is it the interest of the
bank, as" the last Floridian intimates, to continue to with-
hold specie payments ? Perhaps so. But is this the true
question? Is there no principle, no moral obligation in-
vnlved in the matter? In stopping payment the bank
merely yielded to the over vhelming and irresistible flood
of pecuniary distress which swept over the whole country;
but the waters have subsided, and the bird of good omen
has returned with the olive branch. Pensacola Gazette,
July 20.
'An ancient American City. -The oldest town .in the
United States, it is said, is St Augustine, Florida, by
more than forty years. It was founded forty years before
Virginia was colonized. Some of the houses are yet
standing which are said to have been built more than
three centuries ago.
A gentleman lying on his death bed. callpd his coach
man, who had been an old servant, and said, "Ah Tom,
I'm going a long, rugged journey, worse than ever you
drove me." ' O dear, sir," replied the fellow, "let notthat
discourage you; it is all down hill.
Laughable A young bille of our city, having heard
a pretty little song, sung hy the Miss bnaw's, at the .Phil-
adelphia Museum, termed. "We loved each other be-
cause we had nothing else to do," determined to procure
it, and for that purpose, stepped into a fashonable music
store, in Chesnut street A young gentleman was -behind
the counter, busily engaged with his pen, when the young
lady enquired.. "Pray sir, have you nothing else to do?"
The gentleman jumped from his desk, as if electrified
he stammered looked contused, and replied: " Ke yes
n n n nothing else to do, Miss-" The blushing
maiden was so amused with the look of the bewildered
youth, that, no longer able to contain her merriment, she
pressed her handkerchief to her laughing lips, and van.
islied, ere the gpntlemrn had fairly recovered from his
shock. Phil. U. S. Gaz.
An inveterate Diunkcd in Boston, lays the whole blame
of his degratioo upon his mother, who, he says, weaned
him on salt fishl
Matrimony. I'v been afraid to venture on matrimony
mysell, and 1 dont aitoetner mtnic tnat 1 snail speculate
in that line for one w hile, it jist suits a rovin man like me.
I'tsa considerable of a tie; jnd then it aint like n horse
deal, which if you don't like the b st, you can put it off
in a raffle, or a trade, or a swop, anl suit yourself beuYr,
but you must make the best of .1 bad bargain, and put up
with it. It aint often you meat a critter ofthe right matle;
spiritid yet gmtlp, tnsy on ihe bit: sun-foottd and spry;
no butin, no kickin, or ulk' n, or racpn or refuscn to go,
orrunnin bick.anJ then clean limbd and carri ige. It's
about the diflicultest piece of business I know of. Sam
Slick.
A poor woman onboard of the John Bull steamor,
burnt on the St. Iiwrcnce, lost six out of nine children
shr hid 'vith her Another woman attached a rope to a
Im'w foundlau I dog, th it nobly swam ashore with her and
thus sued her lift Lou. Jour.
W utn v. are almi''. v.l havf our thoughts to watch
1'iojr families, e ir temjjf is; anl m society, our uu.uly
tongues.
From the Morning Star.
AMBITION 1 I
There is a passion in my breast,
A wild, a stern desire;
It wears my heart, it steals my rest,
Like a consuming fire."
Fair woman's love I've cast nway,
Its joys I now resign;
No more in love's bright path I'll stray;
Ambition now my passions sway,
Ambition! I am thine.
No more I'll tread the festal halL -
Dressed in its bright array;
No more I'll heed the reveller's call,
Or idle time ajvay:
No more I'll drink from pleasure's bowl,
Or kneel at beauty's shrine,-
All dearer ties have lost control, i.
Ambition's fire hath touched my soull - r
Ambition! I am thine.
a
I ask not for a monarch's -rown,
Nor e'en a poet's name;
I should adore well earned renown;,
Give me.thewARRioR'sfame: ,
The-fieldLtheeldlTnidJioriofrndfears,. k - .
" I' hail our art sublime; . "
Ambition! there her fane uprears,
Ambition! still my faint heart cheers;
Ambition! lam thine.
, , J. B. M.
Houston, Augnst6th.
. Interesting decision. We copy from the Boston Ad-
vertiser, the following report of a case tried in the'U. S.,
Circourfon the 13th inst. " t ,,
The case of Isaac Grant and others vs. Mark Healy,
was an action brought to recover a balance of accounts.-
The plaintifisaremerchants'in Trieste, Austria. In,De-
cember, 1836, the pjaintifls' agent in this. city, Mr. Tru-
man, advnnced'to the defedant 84565 by a bill drawn on
Baring, Brother & Co. In consideration of, this, the de-
fendant agreed to ship, and did ship, a cargo of sugarcon-
signed to the plaintiffs for sale. The vessel sailed en her
voyage, and on her arrival at Trieste, in Mrch, 1837, the
market for this kind of sugars was exceedingly depressed
inconsequence of some changes in the Austrian tariff of
duties and embarrassments in the money market of Eu-
rope. The sugars weresold in April, 1837, at less than
half their invoice value.
Inconsequence of these disastrous sales, the proceeds
fell short of the advance money. This suit was brought
to Tecover the balance. The parties agreed that if the
jury found for the plaintiffs, the amount should be agreed, -j
or be ascertained by an assessor, ihe jury lound lor tne i
to a single item; and that was whether the defendant
should be charged according to the parofexchange,orthe"
actual rate of exchange between Boston and Trieste at the
iimuiiiis, aim mc jiatura agiccu w mc tuuuuut, cAi.cifc tu i
time of the. verdict.
Judge Story said the general doctrine was clear, that
wherever a debt is made payable in one country, and it is
afterwards sued for in another country, the creditor is en-
titled to receive the full sum necessary to replace the mon-
ey in the country where it ought to have been paid with '
interest for the delay. In the present case, he thought the
advances having been made in Massachusetts, if the goods
sent to Trieste did not fully jeimburse the amount, the bal-
ance was prpperly due and payable in Massachusetts.
Consequently the plaintiffs were entitled only to te h bal-
ance due at the par of exchange.
From the Jackson (La,) Republican, July 27.
Strange Occurrence. Amongst the apparently endless
catalogue of.' strange occurrences and crimes with' which
the press nas teemea, tne ioiiowing, wmen nas oeen com-
municated in a letter from a- ladyresiding near'the scene
of action to her friend in this vicinity, is a little the stran-
gest we have met witlu Not having seen the letter, we
are under the nacessity of giving a second hand account
ofthe affair, and may consequently be inacurate in some
of our details; but the substantial facts are as furnished to
us Being personally acquainted with the writer of the
letter, we have no hesitation in expressing our belief of
her statements. Here is the strange tragic tale,
Some time -since the sheriff of a county in the southern
part of Mississippi had received, in his official character,
a large sum of money say fifteen or twenty thousand
ollars. Under pretext of a call from home for a day of
two, he placed the money in the keeping of his wife,
whom he charged to take good care of it.
Late in the evening ofthe day on which he left home,
a stranger of genteel appearance called at the bouse, and
asked permission to remain over night Disliking to en-
tertaiu a stranger during her husbands absence, the wife
ofthe sheriff denied the request, and the stranger rode on.
Directly after his departure, however, the lady came to
the conclusion that she had done wrong in refusing to
take him in, and sent a servant to recall him. The gent-
leman returned, and soon after retired to rest.
Late in the night, three men disguised as negroes, came
to tho house, called up the lady, and demanded possession
ofthe money left in her charge." Believing that theTe
was no help for it, she at length told them that the money
was in another room, and that she would go and get it for
them.
It so happened that the money had been deposited in the
room occupied by the stranger; and on her going for it she
found him up and loading his pistols. He had been awa-
kened by the noise, and had overheard most ofthe conver-
sation between his hostess and the robbers.
Telling the lady to be of good heart, he gave her a loa-
ded pistol, and instructed her to go out and present the
money to one ofthe robbers, and to shoot the fellow whilst
in the act of doing so on her doing which, he (the stran-
ger) would be ready for the other two:
With a coolness and courage that it is difficult to con-
ceive of in a woman, she did as directed, and the robber
who received the money fell dead at her feet. Another
instant, and the strangers bullet had floored a second rob-
ber. The third attempted escape, but was overtaken at
the gate by the stranger, and fell under the thrust of his
knifU "
As soon as practicable, the neighbors were alarmed, and
on washing the paint from ttie faces of the dead robbers,
the one killed by the lady proved to be her own husband,
and the other two a couple of near neighbors!
Such is the story, in substance. As before stated, it
comes in a letter from a lady for whose credibility we are
willing to vouch. If error exists in the statement, either
the writer ofthe letter was misinformed or we have been
most egregiously hoaxed.
COURTESY. BY MISS SEDGWICK.
''The most striking and prevailing defect in the manners
of Americans is, I belie e, a want of courtesy. This has
probably arisen from the general equality'of rights, condi-
tion, and education. And it arist s in part from that mau-
vaise hoiitc or shyness characteristic of our English an-
cestors, from whom we inherit it.
A little reflection and moral cultivution would soon re-
medy this defect.
What do I mean by courtesy, and how is the want of
it shown, do you ask I have often seen men in steam-
boats, stage coaches, in churches, and other public meet-
ings, rise and give their seats to women, and the women
seat themselves qnietly without a look or word of acknow-
ledgment. Andso with a thousand other attentions which
are rendered and are received without any return. Avoid
such discourtesy, my young friends it is not only dis-
pleasing but unjust "We actu illy one iome return for
s'lHi civilities, and a couiteous acceptance is in most ca-
s s the only one that can b in ule. These little chance
courtesies are smiles on the face of manners, and smiles
are like sunshine .we can scarcely have too.muchof eitK-ii
er. Courtesy is confined to no age 'qi condition.', Aave- 3
rygraceful courtesy was rendered to"Washijgtondbjiai,' j
little girl He was paying a visit to her mothers; hoaserr
when he went away, she opened the door toletjum-odt-
"I wish.ypu a better office, my dear," he said. "Yu,rdt '
to let you in 1" Discourtesy is noUimited to country 3 "
bred or uneducated persons. We have seen a plain,' rea
pectable man on the deck of a crowded steamboat riseand '
give his chair (when chairs were in alarming disprapbr-
tfonfl to sitters,) to a fashionable woman, and she take it
witnout the slightest acknowledgement, , when, if, the per-
son doing her the favor had said, iyou are y,ery. kind sir," ,
or, "'pray sir, do not letme deprive yquof-yourfseatl''
Surely the most exact etiquette" would be no compensation;
for such superciliousness " ' "- .-7 - --
The Editor of the London Age 'savs'that having occa-
sion to explore thefile of one of ihe mornmg'fpaper3'for;
an "advertisement, several'singular notices" to .corresponUr
onto ctrtilr !,io ana 'Pt.a (flllnn- ... t " TiiJL."'
i.um wtui,n &jg. auo lUJlUHJU 11U1U U1G 131111311
Traveller, are specimens -v " j tf'-r
"Common Sense" if possible,-in our next ' .
"Christianity" must be deferred for more temporary
matie. . "",
"Scandal" has already appeared in a former number. ,
Truthilia madmissibleLgL " ' r 3kjm? .-
' "Honraty'Tlvfcnl6Ue:tuimlelligible tatoany of.ou7rea-
ders. ' ' . - J istji: ,i-. 'J jjrv
We know nothing of "Good' Manners" 'therefore the '
writer must be mistakenin his conjectures. - -it?'
' "Scurrility"; may'depend upon beinginsert'ed'dunhgthV
course'the week. ' ' iJt-t V"o
"Deoency" must he altered to make itJfif "for our col-
umns. , --.-.". ;; rk.' ;'.-3q " '
A Patriot" is rather out of date' -fc '
"An Honest-Lawyer," with other originals, in a day or
two. - --.'rT . " 'in a
' "Matter of Fact?' does -not come witKin the circlerof -newspaper
intelligence. - a " , ' '
The best doTvery jo advance &e marriage ofja young, -,
lady is, when she has inher conntenace mUdaesspn'hexj
speech wisdom; in her. behaviour, modesty; and in her
life virtue. v '"
Value of Character to 'Young Men. No youngrnan
Trrhrt hoo a mot eenao nf nia ntrm f?Ii'i.a tiirTlT0.fiimftl ZLl
own character. A watchful regard to his character in
early youth, will be of inconceivable value to him in all''
the remaining years ol his life. . When tempted to deviate ' -from
strict propriety of deportment, he should ask himself,'-,
can I afford this! Can I endure hereafter to lookback
upon this?.
It is of amazins- worth to a vouncr man to have a nnm "
"WW "W JMS UViU V. UU WTTU 1UIUV) (IAA4. B 1IU ft t 1U1 XUO
mind, for this is the foundationvof a -pure character. -The
mind, in order to be kept pure, must be employed on toS
jjiwj ui tuuuguu wuibu aie lueuiacivca juveiy, ciiasiencu,-
anu elevating. . rnus tne mind nam in its own power the
election of its themes of meditation, Ifivouth only knew"
how durable and how dismal isj the injurjrjproduced hy the "
indulgence of degrading thoughts; if they "only realized
how flightful were the moral deformities which 'a cherish"
ed habit of loose imagination produces on the, soul they
would shun them as the bite of a serpent The power of -books
to excite the imagination, is a fearful element of mo-
ral death, when eniployed'in the service of vice. , "
Th'e cultivation" of an 'amiable, elevated and glowme"
heart, alive to all the beauties of natureand all the'sub-'
limities of truth invigorates the intellect gives to'the'wilf
independence pf baser passions, and to the affection, that
power of adhesion, 'to whatever is pure and good, and'
grand, which is adapted to lead out the whole'iiaiUTe oP"
man into these scenes of action and impression by which
its energies maybe most appropriately employed, and by5
which its high destination may be most effectually reached;
The opportunities of exciting these faculties in benevolent
and self-denying efforts, for the welfare of our fellow-men;
are so many and great, that it is really worth while to live.
The heart which is fruly evangelically benevolent, may '
luxuriate in an' age like this. The promises'of Godare
inexpressibly rich; the main tendencies of things so mani"
festly in accordance with them, the'extent of moral mflu-"
ence is so great, and the effects of fts employments so-visi-1
ble, that whoever aspires after benevolent action, and
reaches forth to those things that remain for us in the true
dignity of his nature, can Jmrlree scope for-his'intellecr;
and all-inspiring themes for his heart. N. Y. Evan.
If you want to make yourhusband'vmhappyyTjIameliini
for every thinghe does, right or wrong. " " ,
If you wish your sons to become tiplers, make it a point-
to use ardent spirits in the morning; before dinner; and
when cold, wet, heated or fatigued, and occasionally re-
commending its uso in their presense. "
Murat called to his death. Whilst poor Muratwas
thus engaging the attention of his attendants with these im-
portant reminiscences, so incontrovertibly true the door'
of the chamber slowly opened Giovanni Delia Cassa en-
tered, and, with downcast eyes, announced that sentence of
death was passed, and would be executed in "half an hour.
Joachim beheld the speaker with perfect calm noiths
slightest change was'visible in his countenance not for1
an instant did he lose his presence of mind. He met-the
hideous feautures of this far more terrible of deaths with '
as much indifference as he-had faced it when it was di
guised under the trappings and the panoply of war. Ta-
king in his hand the cornelian seal on which was graven
his wife's image, he gazed on' it and kissed it, arfd then a-
gain dwelt on the miniatured features of his four children,
on which he dropped a tear. Desiring that the cornelian
he then held within his hand might after death -be taken
from its grasp and given to his wife; and theminiature to-
be buried with him, he walked erectinto the room of death, '
in which were drawn up in double file twelve soldiers.
The muskets had riot yet been loaded, and upon this thril-
ling operation King Joachim stood, looking as though he -were
upon parade. The proposalnade to him "of being
blindfolded, he mildly rejected with smile; then placing1
his right hand, which grasped the effigies' of his family,
upon his breast, he exclaimed, in a calm, strong; voice
"Spare the face im at my heart!" Twelve muskets
answered to the words, and sent twelve balls into the'breast
which had never harbored any oiher feelings than those
of generosity, benevolence, and virtue.
The engraved cornelian and the picture were taken
from his strong death grasp. His mutilated remains, to-
gether with the portraits of his family, were buried in the
very church which had been erected by his munificence.
' Such was the deplorable and atrocious end ofthe illus
trious warrior, whom death had respected in more than
two hundred battles. He was in the fortA"-eighth year of
his age, and the eighth of his reign over Naples. Mac
eroni.
We have seen -many good things and witty, from the
pen of Prentice, but rarely have we seen, any thing-more
expressive, even from him, than the follow. Describing
by suicide'of an inebriate, he says: ,
''Even in his inebriation, however, he had soma linger-
ing sense of shame; he went to his cupboard, took down
a bottle of Prussic acid; with which he had been killing
rats, swallowed its contents, and staggered into eternity.""
And staggered into eternity! Where cnuld be found
words more awfully expressive ofthe end of tho drrink-
aTifBalt. Chron.
Seven Rare Phenomena. 1. A rich man content with
fortune. "
2. A man distinguished by genius, and not also distin-
guished by defects.
3. A-courtier grown old.
4. A learned man who knows himself
5. A sciolist not puffed up with the vaijity .of learni"
ing. - ' . - j
6. A virgin who is beautiful to every onebnt'Iierielf.
7 A lawyer who is not a shuffler. .c .
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