Evansville Journal, Volume 11, Number 42, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 16 October 1845 — Page 1

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. . . 'Y W. H. CHANDLER. . THE UNION OF THE WHIGS-FOR THE SAKE OF THE UNION. AT $2,00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE- ! VOL. XI. EVANSVILLE INDIANA THURSDAY, OCTOBER ic, IS45. NO.42.

MUSTARD, Clover, and Timothy Seeds IVAXTED Also, Ginsing, Beeswax and Feathers, for which cash will be paid at the New Drug Store, Main street, in Evansville. - tep23-tf WM. M. WOOLS EY.

FOR SALE. IWl3rItaelI the Frame Store Room situatoii'Main stteet, one door from Second street, and opposite J. N. Kirkendall'a Law Office. The ground which is leased subject to a rent of $23,0 J 'per annum, and having five years and upwards to run. The house has two eood rooms on the second floor, and a cellar- Iflamrt u able to sell the building and lease by the 25th October, the same will be offered Tor rent. Inquire on the premises of . ep25 3t. FRANCES LINCK.Sr.. - NOTICE. ffnllE undersigned will attend in his OfHce, U on First street, from the hours of nine o'clock in the morning until one o'clock F. M., an d from two o'clock. P. M. until five 1. M., from this date to October, I8ih, 1845, for the purpose of receiving the Corporation tax for: the town ol Eransvilie lor the year !513, and likewise the delinquencies for 1843 and 1844. sepi 25-3u G EQ, W. AMOK Y, Collector. - ' Election of Bank Directors. y . MfcKTtNG of tiie Stockholders of the JtX Evansville Branch cf the State Bank of Indiana will take place on Monday the 3rd day of November next, at the Banking Office in Evansville, between the hours ol one and four o'clock, P. M. for the purpose of electing eight Directors for the ensuing year. sep25-4t JOHN DOUGLASS, Cashier. STATE OF INDIANA, DE it remembred that at a Probate : Court held for the county aforesaid on the twelth day of Augt--:t, A D 1345. Present the Honorable liiziN Wear, - Probate Judge in the mailers and things in iheestatoof Mathias Snyder, deceas ed Petition to sell Real Estate. kN motion of Isaac Mears, Administrator of the estate Mathias bnyder, late of Spencer county. It is ordered that Joseph fenyder and William Snyder, ialant heirs of Mathias Snyder deceased, be and appear here at the next term of this court, and show cause if any they have or can show, why the real estate of Mathias Snyder in administrator's petition set forth, shall not be made assets in the hands ol said administrator to pay aud discharge the outstanding debts yet unpaid, and that a copy of this order cf publication be published in the . Evansville Journal for tare e weeks successively. A copy Test. T. P. BRITTON, Clerk . scp 25 By Wm. G. THOMAS, D. C. - MARSHAL'S SALE. BY virtue of a writ of Venditioni Exponas issued out of the Clerk's Office of the United Sates Citcuit Court for the 7th circuit and district of Indiana and to me directed I will offer for sale at the t'oor of the court house in the town of Evansville, county of Vanderburgli, and state cf Indiana ; on the 2?th day or October. 1345, the following described- Real Estate to wit: Lot number 25, and half of lot number 23 adjoining to said lot number 25 in the original plan of the town of Evansville, with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging. Toe renu and prufiits for eevea years will first be oHuied for sale. Taken in execution as the property of Amos Clark at the suit of Robert Coilin against said Amos Clark and Jerome B. Lamphear. Sale between the hours of ten o'clock A. M. and f o'clock P. 21. cf said day. A. : C. PEPPER, Marshal for the District of Indiana eep25p's la $2. By J. P. DRAKE. Deputy. . MARSHAL'S SALE. Y virtue of two writs of venditioni exponas issued out ot the Ulerfc a Utnce ol the United Siate Circuit Court for the saventh circuit and district of Indiana, and to me directed, I will offer for sale, at the door of the "Couri House ia the Town of Rockport, county of Spencer, and state ot Indiana, on the 25th day ot October, 1845, the following described real estate, to wit 40 acres the south-west qunrter of the northwest quarter, and 80 acres the east half ot the north-west quarter,and 80 acres the west half ol the north-east quarter, and 40 acres the. northeast quarter of the south-west quarter; ail in section number 2, in township number 5, south of rang? number 6 west, in said Spencer county, and in the District cf Lands offered for sale at Vincennen, Indiana, with all the appurteimuccs thereunto belonsinj. The rents and Drofiits fur seven years will first be offered for sale. Taken in execution as the property of William Jones, at the suit of William Sprague, Phillip JTillinghast, and Brockhart Mathewson, and against said William Jones, Thomas P. Briiion, and Joseph Richardson. ' Sale between the hours of ten o'clock, A. M. and 6 o'clock, P. M. of said dar. A. C.4?EPPER, Marshal for the District of Indiana. sep 25 p's f $2,50. By J. P. DRA K E, Deputy. SALT. enn barrels keniiawa salt,No i, OKJKJ for sale by JOHN SHANKL1N. eep 11 tf. WHEAT., Ofl flfin BUSHELS of Wheat "Wanted V,JjU The subscribers will pay Foury vejvts cvain. For all merchantable Wheat. Evansville.) GRIFFITH & CORBET, Sep. II, M5-if.$ Ma in street. : Flat Boat. FLAT BOAT 95 by 18 feet wide for sale by eep 11-tt. GRIFFITH Sc CORBET. Indiana Tonic Pills. 20 UKUo ot this valuable Medicine in store and for sale by May 15 tQ E. P. SPURRIER & CO. Sign ol Golden Mortar, Water street. - ! Bugjys, T NEW Eastern Buggy single seat. J2. X Second hand do double do: X do do Trotting Buggy and Har ness. For sale by May 15 tly. ' GRIFFITH &. CORBET. Boots and Shoes, fcc. PR. Mens' lined and bound Brogans; . . nr An li.mv ftrnfrnnH! lOO " walking Shoes; 200 ' women's Bootes '"200 ' Ladies Slippers: 100" ooKid do. Forsaleby May 15-tty. GRIFFITH Jc CORBET. GRO Lemon Syrups; 20 bag9 Alspice; OO bags f eDper, tor sale low by Mayt5-ttJ E. P. SPURRIER -fe Co. Sign of Golden Mortar, Water street. BBLS. No. t Kanawha Salt; 70 Bbls. Wabash and Cincinnati Flour lately received and for sale by je 26-tQ J. Si W. REILLY.

'VIRTUE REWARED.

The Ardent Young Virginian. A poetical correspondent of the Richmond Times hits off the official story o( the "ardent young Virginian," who was turned out of one office, and obtained a belter, in the following admirable pasquenade: We have seen a young Virginian as ardent as the sun. Who came as fast as steam could drive, post haste to Washington, And sought the people's Mansion and the people's President, And with tones of deepest sadness he poured forth his lament. "I had," said he a salary of just three hundred dollars, Enough to feed and cloth 9 all and make the , children scholars: A pretended friend who envied me my very happy state. And could not for vacancy content himself to wait. Has writun to you honor (his eye3 quite wat'y grew.) That I (he fairly sobbed with grief) did never vote for you.', "I have, my frieud," quoth Mr. Pclk the letter iu my hat. Demanding your removal as a lukeworm Democrat; And as a proof that you have not a Democratic soul, Avers your name is not upon the Democratic poll." "Sire," brightened up this ardent youth and wiped his sunny eyes. "When your highness hears my story 'twill diminish your surprise: 'Tis very true my humble name is not upon your poll Cut 'twas because I had no vote, it wasupon my soul. When tho Monster Bank in '33 contracted and expanded,It ruined me; I feci it is my duty to be candid,) And since the bank has made but a simple papsaloan, Twas plain that paper payment was but giving them their own. So I took the cuius bankrupt act and thus escaped the cage, And stood as tree from every debt as when I came of age. Bat as for my Democracy let any man deny; A bundle here produced us large as Dixon Lewis' thigh. These prove I made a number of cralic speeches; good DemoAnd lsere'3 tne votes 1 Drouglit in , v.vcis til a i ik over eaca is; And these two thousand pouxx-Ja of documents distributed ; And would certaily have voted, but that I was prohibited." "My dear and ardent Southern friend." cried Mr Polk, "1 feel. Your salary is quite too smal" for such uncommon zeal, ' , Rise, take ihis note 10 Mr. B. and he nill soon restore you, To all the happiness you have lost, and all that was btiort you." ' Tbe ardent Southern youth retires, and scon the rumor follows, The arunt S. has ent a placa worth list ion3one thousand dollars. SWIFT. SLANDER. A whisper woke the air A soil light tone and low, Yet barbed with shame and woe, Now, might it only perish there! Nor laiUier go. All me! a quick nnd eager ear, Caught up llic liille meaning sound! Another voice has breathed it clear, Aud so it wonders round From ear to lip Irom lip to car Until it reached a penile heart,' Aud THAT IT BilOKE. It was the only heart i t lound, -The only heart 'twas meant lo find, When first its accents woke ; It reached that tender hem at last, Aud THAT IT liRUKE. Low as it seemed to others earsIt came a thunder crush to hers, Taat Irugiie girt so lair aud gay. The guiiclss gill bo pure una true! 'Tis said a lovely humming bird 'I hat hi a. truraiit lily luy, And dreamed i!ie summer morn away,, Was killed but by the gun's kefori, Some idle boy had fired Disport! The very bou-nd a death blow came! And thus her happy heart, that beat . With love and ho,ie, so last and sweet, (Shrined in its lily too, For who the maid that knew But owned ill e delicate, liower-likc graco Of her young form aad face?) When first that word ? Her light heart heard, It fiutleied like the trightencd bird, Then shut its wings and sighed And with a silent shudder died! Fha.ncis S. OsGoor. "Degraded into a Mechanic.1' TheN. Y. Evening Post, a leading locofoco paper, has been indulging in excessive lamenta tions over the hard fate of Tom Dorr. He was subject to one unpardonable indignity in the Post's estimation he was ."degraded iuto a mechanic." Upon which the Louisville Journal thus pertinently remarks: Wh it exquisite notions of gegrtdation this modern of Democracy has! To cause a convicted traitor to paint faii3 is to degrade him because it is a mechanical vocation. The occupation did not degrade him but he de graded it. Advertiser. HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. Thursday las the degree of L. L. D. was conferred on the Hon. Henry Clay, of Kentucky by the Board of Trustees of Jefferson College The announcement of this expression of public, esteem, honorable alik'3 to the discrimination of the institution, aud the merit of the greatest living statesman of the age was r eceived witla gratification and applause perhaps without a precedent. Washington (Prt.) Reporter. (7-"The fire is amazing cold,' said an old toper, who was trying to warm his Iocs in the moonlight on a snow bank?

TUB 1IOCUS-POCCS. BY KEEKIL C. YOUNG. Partly concealed within the border of a a wood, which skirts a scene, where a prairie "Strslched in boundless beauty lies," is situated a charming little cottage, neslled in shade and the seclusion beneath the foilage of overshadowing boughs. On the piazza in front of this dwelling, a venerable sucker (named Gorden,) was seated one Summer afternoon, building dieam3 of thrift as he surveyed his pluntation, enameled with heavy crops ripening into plenty. Now, as our sweetest dreams are fleetest and quickest to close, is not strange that his, although pleasant, were soon terminated by some one shouting 'Hallo, old t!a3." - "Ilulio yourself and disldccr ugw it feels," he retorted, and turning simultaneously with his reply, his eye fell upon a young man, a stranger to him, leaning on the " yard-fence. 'Xcuse me," said the stranger; "may be you mout be so good as to tell a chap who owns thafre wheat Held up a-sida the timber won't you?;'. 'Wall, I will: I own it.' 'Dew say!' said the stanger. 'But aint it mighty cute that y,ou allow four legged animals andsich critters to be in it?'

'Hut 1 doa','t said Gorden.. I seen a boss iu it tho' as I remarked' the stranger, drily. kum along," 'A boss in my wheat?1 exclaimed the sucker. 'Zings and lightning! Biucher! Santa Anna! h e-r-e, h-e-r-e.' His call had the effect to bring forth two dogs, one a hound, with legs half as long as an Eastern Schoolmaster's, the oilier ahull, the peculiar quirk of whose under jaw might load to mistrust that be vna . ever fond of what the knowing ones call the grabgame.' Attended with these, he trotted ofl' in not r.aste,' Hie uogs wagging tneir tails as their old master waited his tongue uniins them to pursue, . 1 iie young stranger alter wagging Ins chin a little awry,' and indulging iu a light laugh that made him look suspiciously waggish, walked to the cottage door aud ihen, with out ceremony into the pailor. Here, finding himself alone, he commenced a survey of the apartment. Before he had much lei sure, however, either to observe or to admire the taste and elegance combined in every thing around him, lie was entranced by a gush of rich, wild melody, succeeded by the sound of light footsieps, and instantly flitted a creature of beauty and comeliness into h:s presence. On! that fair rosy-cheekou damsel, the very personification of bliiiieness. She was startled, though, when her soft blue eyes encounted tne stranger; and hastily withdrawing, iu doing which, she chanced to cast another glance he countenance clunk ed from fright to gladness she uttered the name, "Henry Leslie1' and theu ran not out of the door, but smack into the young strangers arms. What an extraordinary act in-fit-u-a-tion. She let him let him kis3 her, too, and listened to his impassionnle language why what did the girl mean? Their conversation will, perhaps suffice to explain. 'Clarissa,' sf ) the stranger, 'Clarissa, my beautiful idol," have came, lo claim you for my own. 'O Henry' 1 fear that our hopes will never change to realities. I love you, very much; but my father dislikes you merely because you are a Yankee lawyer. He is obstinate and will not consent.' And the rosy flush lied the lady's cheek. Do not fear Clarissa,' said Henry Leslie, 'I can and w ill remove his prejudice. 1 know how to work on a farm; and as he does not know me I will hire to him under an assum ed name, and by the mert of honest virtue and worth win a place in his affections.' Their hopes excited and consequently their anxieties lulled by the reasonableness of this plan, the two sealed themselves on the sofa and enjoyed those bright angle-plumed delights with which a reciprocal of love inspires young hearts. When Gotden relumed, however, he found the young stranger alone Clarisse having deemed it prudent to retire at the sound of her father's footsteps. Gorden was glad the stranger had tarried; he wished to give him a 'pealing,' for he had searched the field all over and found no horse. Now don't blame me, old man,' said the Yankee, 'for surer than my name Is Dick Quick I seen a hoss, a dead one, in thal're very wheat as 1 kuin alon. Oh! but old Gorden waxed ' wroth at thus 1 : .1 l 11 1 . . learning mat ne naa ueen sent to drive a mere skeleton from his field; yet the Yankee contrived to calm his rufflsd feeling3,anrl bite himself to the Sucker to "dew tilings," closing the bargain with the impartial agreement that they might "hocus-pocus" one another as much as they pleased; whereupon (jorclen tickled his inner self with the conceit that he would make our hero suffer for all the wrongs he had endured from Yankee trickery, even from the time of his buying a clock from a Connecticut pedler, which he said kept time backward; down to the time when the New York pettifogger wished to marry Clarisse. Respecting Henry Leslie; he had been in early manhood an enterprising young farmer endowed wi.lr4)road and beautiful domain, but being mo --over gifted with an excellent smack of intellectual powers, he had been induced to forsake the natural avocation for one, perhaps better' befitting his ambition, taste and ability law. In the village where he studied and practised, he became acquainted with Clarisse Gorden, who had acompanied an aunt. from the west, with the design of completing her education one at of those

meritorious institutions for female instruo! tion with .which the eastern States abound. They loved. The aunt wrote to her brother, old Gorden, soliciting his consent for Clarisse to marry, explaining affairs, &,c. Gorden answered staling that he should ever negative his daughter's wish to marry any Yankee who it appealed was too lazy to work and hence had resorted to 'pettifogging. He also instructed Clarisse to comu home immediately, under the protection of an elderly lady aud gentleman, l.ieuds of his, then about to return from the east. Clarisse was obedient wept obeyed the commands of her father , ' - Love, as we all know, is like wine, a mocker, and sometimes prostrates its victims, by mysterious intoxication. Something of this kind befel Leslie. His noble upheavings of desire, hi3 earnest of ambition, were staid. The excitement of .business of practical life became charmless... And within the lapse of a twelve-month, we find him as first preseuled to the reader, disguised under an assumed name, language, and demeanor, entering upon a plan to win his "lady love" by the sweat' of his brow. Herein was centered the ordeal testing the purity of his affection and proving it as pure and ciear and untainted asthe water's of a moun'.ain spring. He was willing to labor for her like the patriarch on record; to foil to endure the wring and rack of bone and sinew. Gradually did he win his way into the old man's esteem. On good deeds he laid the the base and building of a new character By his steady application and practical skill and ability to labor, he substantiated a reputation for industry; and from experience combined with book knowledge, superiority in the pursuits of agriculture. In the latter, Gordeu was particularly indebted to him; he acknowledgeil his worth; (lie plantatitii todexpressed it legibly. Nevertheless I do not know what would have been the result bad not a circumstance occurred pro pitious to.ihe lovers. It was this: Gorden . was very unjustly prosecuted by a neighbor.-. ..-Arriving at the court at the the time summoned, (it was a Justice's trial) he found every body there whom he wished to see but his. own lawyer. The Justice allowed himtto delay the suit to the farthest limits the law admits of sit il no lawyer. He would not be beat for a hundred dollars; yet he knew he could not conduct the suit successfully himself. To a man like him, independent to obstinacy, such a situation,

without alternative wss mortifying 111 the extreme. As the Justice was declaring that the case must proceed forthwith, Master Dick Quirk, alias Leslie, whispered to Gorden: ' . ' ,:. : ' . 'Ma y , bc;.? seen 03 how your . Lawyer aint cum, you'll let me try your side I've did such things afore.' Gorden opened his eyes wide and stared at bim. '1 don't think you need hang oil, for I'll pay costs and damages and give you a year's work if don't beat.' Gorden complied, partly from dispair, partly because he never knew Dick to fail in 'anything he undertook. Five minutes elapsed, and Leslie wa3 in his element. He had rich sport that afternoon. The cornering up cfsome half a dozen suspicious witnesses; the putting to flight of half as many half-fledged lawyers, the astonishment which the audience evinced, as, throwing off his assumed style of speaking, he merged into a chaste, clear and rapid stream of eloquence. The plain exposition of facts and 'of the law woven in one glorious irresistible argument, finally resulting in a verdict favorable lo his client, were both the greatest amusement. and profit to Leslie. Gorden who during the whole affair had sat with his inouih so wide open that you could have tossed a potatoe sufficiently large for a beakfast down his throat without his knowing it said, when thev were riding home, 'Dick, if you are a Yankee, I don't care; you are an all-jo-fired good fellow.' , So I am,' said Leslie laughing: 'indeed whether you take mo in the field of labor, the court room or in any other court of business you please,da you know any man superior to me hereabouts?' . 'No I don't.' - 'Now what do you thick of my poverty V asked Leslie. 'I think you will exchange it for something better as you did your blamed Taunton tone to-day,' answered Gordeu. Do you consider poverty a disgrace 2' continued Leslie. 'Well now, soouldn't think I did.' .'Well, sir,' said Leslie stammering a little, 'inasmuch as you seem to harbor no sentiment concerning me but what favors me, I will'be so bold as to inform you that there is a mutual attachment existing between your daughter and myself, aud we solicit yourcousent to our marriage-' Gorden opened his eyes and mouth again wider than ever. 'She isyoars, by jingo,' said the father af ter a short pause. 'AU 1 care about it is that she will have take such a consarued ugly name, Quirk Quirk Quirk; it sounds so like a sick gobbler's soliloquy, but I s'pose we can petition to the Legislature and have it altered.' 'Clarisse said Gorden in the evening: 'Clarisse, Quirk has told me that you love one 'iiother, so I have given you to hirn entirely. 1 am glad, girl, that you have thislime made choice of a man who knows how to pettifog, jam up, without beiug too lazy to woik on a farm.' Clarisse laughed in her sleeve. Henry Leslie and Clarisse Gorden were married. After the departure of the wedding guests on (hat sweet occasion, even after the cere

mony which launched them into the the inextricable, ycleped matrimony, eveu after the cake, music, tea, kissing, wine, dancing and coffee, after all were finished,

and all their friends were gone, Clarisse found herself sitting between her husband and her father. She turned her eyes to the latter and said beseechingly: 'Father, will you forgive us?' ' Forgive you! for what, child?' 'Why you know I I loved and wished to wed Henry Leslie, my first flame, but you would not consent to our reliance.' 'And recollect too, perhaps,' said the young hunband, Mhut when 1 first came here, the mutual agreement was that we were to "hocus-pocus" each other as much as we pleased.' 'Well, what I was about to say,' continued the bride, 'is that Dick Quick and Henry Leslie are the same person.' ' - ." 'Zings and lightning!' exclaimed Gorden, springing to his feet; but paused sud surveyed both culprits attentively, and then continued without passion 'What an old fool I have been to fancy that my girl didn't know enough to choose a fit and proper husband. Forgive you yes I will and bless you in the bargain. Come to think of it, I am glad it has happened so, for we shan't have to petition the General Assembly in order to get rid ol that blamed sick-gobbler soliloquising Quitk Quirk Quirk. Go to bed, children." From the Portsmouth (N. II.) Journal MR WISE AND THE SLAVER. "Your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams. ' If the above quotation is not correct, Mr L.ditor, please make it so. .taking it as it stands, I suppose I must call the following skelch a dream, as I have long ranked myself .:mongoId men. It may come true; there is notlmig 111 the nature ol tilings to prevent it. The premises are facts, and the conclusion is likely to follow as a natural consequence, The scene lies aboutjjhalfaday's sail from the coast of Cuba. Day is just dawning up on the deck of one of our frigates, returning from the Brazilian station, and upon the wide waste of waters, gently undulating beneath the mild tradewind. On board the ship is Hon- Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, our lale miuistei plenipotentiary to the court of Bra zil. He has been recalled by Government a little sooner than he wished; but he has not quite given the death-blow to the African slave trade, and is anxious to signalize him self, ere he returnes to his beloved couutry, bv the capture of at least one slaver under Americau.colors. He has jest emerged from his slate room an bid good morning to the officer of the deck, when "sail ho!" is called from the mast head. "Where away 2" shout ed the omcer. . . "Two points on our lee-bow, sir." The ship's course wasslighily altered, and as the sun rose, a handsome Baltimore-built brig was seen about three miles distant. The frigate rapidly came up with her, and through the spy glass it was easy to preceive that her deck was crowded . with negroes.Mr Wise, in high glee, called up the Captain: "Now." said he, "is our chance. Run up the British flag: he knows full well that John Bull dares not search a vessel over which it waves, whether sue ue a puaitcai vessel, a slaver, or what not. Let the fellow once . . t ... 1 -tshow the stars and siripes,and he is ouri." Every thing worked as Mr Wise wished; the slaver answered a gun from the frigate by running up the Ameiican flag and saucily continuing her course; what cared she for a British man of-war? The cross of old England wa3 then reversed, the stars and stripes took their place at the mast head ot the frigate, and anoalher gun was fired. This manoeuvre proved successful; the chase backed her topsail and lay lo, as did the frigate also; Mr U ise donned his official coslume, and being determined to manage the whole matter himself, stepped into the boat with the lieutenant, and was soon along side the slaver. - He mounted her side with agility, leapt up on her deck, (now cleat of xegroes,) and placing himself in an attitude of one about to make a speech, with one hand pointing upward, addressed the captain thus: 1 "Sir, if that flag (tome on this broad ocean the sacred personification of a patriot's hopes and a patriot's home) were trailing in the dust of defeat, inglorious war, I could weep over it, and love it, and honor it still; but to see it lift its folds like the bold contenance of a bad woman, over a traffic at once infamous and horrid, is shockingly revoluting, and enough to turn its white into red with shame." See Mr Wise's late correspondence on the Slave Trade. The Captain looked first at Mr Wise, then up at his flag, and then at Mr Wise again: "Sacred personification!" quoth he, "well, I never! You ought to be made Professor of Poetry in the University of Virginny. And as for traffic in Niggers; never heard tell ol its being inlamousand horrid before, and I've carried it on all my life." ' "Wretch !" retorted Mr Wise, "yon shall swing for this; you are caught at last. Do you know who I am?" "No, nor don't care." . Mr Wise's face turned as red the American flag ought to have done. "Well then, I'll let you know; I am the great slave trade exter minator, Henry A. Wise of Virgnna." "Wise or not, in my opinion jou're making a great fool ot yourself. 1 sailed trom Uld Virginia only a lortnight ago, and nobody there thought the trade 111 Niggers so 'shockingly revolting' as you seem to fancy it; else, how did I manage to load my. vesssel at Norfolk! Mr Wise here looked as streaked as the , flag at the mast head continued to do.

"What," said he' rather faintly, "are you from Norfolk and bound to New Orleans !"- 'To be sure I am, I was driven out of my course by a storm," said the Captain. "O-o-o-o-h," drawled Mr Wise; "that alters the case." And turning to the lieutenant, and regaining his confidence he continued. "Here, sir, you have a beautiful exememplification of the 'vast difference' which exist betwixt tweedledum and tweedle-dee. Tweedle-dum would have ' hung this man,.

tweedle-dee sends him on his way rejoicing. Tweedle-dum would have turned the white of that fljg into red, with shame, and sent the stars aloft in disgust ; tweedle-dee only makes . it wave the more proudly, the 'sacred personification' of 'the land of the free and the home of the" brave.' Captain, I ask your pardon. 1 honor you, and will do all in tny powecto protect you in your lawful commerce. I wondered why that flag - did'at turn red, the inysiery is now explained." "Don't make auy apoligies,' said the Captain, "none are needed. Had I been from Africa, I should have deserved to be hung; but, as you say, trading in Virginny Diggers is a different sort of a thing. Why, it must be all right for here's my fiiend,-Parson Snoggs lias got a dozen Niggers on board, himself. Ha had a 'loud call" from Louisiana, which he felt const 1 aided to accept, and, having bought these darkies of some of his old parishoners, he is taking them out to stock a small plantation with. The law says Virgirtny niggers are merchandise, and what tho law makes merchandise, is merchandise." . "To be sure," replied Mr, Wise, "but to trade in African negroes is piracy; you sea the two trades are entirely opposed to each other; and let me tell you, Captain, as one increases, the other must decline we Virginians must look to that. Every negro carried from Africa into Brazil, Porto Rico or -Cuba, helps to swell the amout of sugar produced in these countries, and, consequently, , to lower the price in the markets of the world. The result of this is to lessen the profits of the Lonisiana sugar-planters, and, consequently to diminish the demand for slaves. In such a state of tilings, the slave-breeding States must either keep their negroes at home, or sell them for a mere song. The latter they ; would not do, and keeping them at home would soon lead to the abolition of slavery in ""- all the Northern Slave States. You see, sir, we must put down the African slave -trade!" The visiters were here invited to partake of a collation, under the awning which cover-, ed the quarter heck ; never did persons appear better satisfied with each other. The parson asked a blessing and made a short prayer, in which he" alluded to the African ..slave trade in such pathetic terms as drew tears from all present. The Captain toasted Mr. Wise, as the "African slavetrade exerminator." This ; brought up that distingtushed gentleman, who made a longoration upon liberty and equality several times apostrophising the "sacred personification," and closing with 'success to the American slave trade !'. This .was received with "three times three." Several toasts, r equally patriotic, followed, and soon after Mr. Wise prepared to take leave. But just as he was stepping over the rail, a voice from the : main hatchway was heard to call out,"Massa 1 Wise, massa Wise!" Mr. Wise .recognised the voice at once, stepped down upon the deck again, and caused the speaker to be brought up before him. He proved to be an old acquaintance of Mr. Wise the slave of his next door neighbor. The wife and children of this man beloeged to Mr. Wise himself. "Why Tom, how came yau here?"asked : Mr. Wise.. "Massa say he want de money; I ask him to wait till massa Wise come home; he say no, so here I am. "Say Sam Jonising! you are a literalum nigga; answered me dis. Why am apples like printer's types?' Ah, you unemlightened brack man; it's because they're cllen in pie. Yah, yab, yah! (7- The editor of the - Ohio Statesman asks the following question: "If a fellow ha3 nothing when he gets married, and the gal has nothing, is her things hizen orhisthings burn?" . - j A MAGNIFICENT CARPET. The large carpet lately fiuished at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, has lately been.put down on the floor ot the ambassador's halt at 1 he palace of Versailles. It is the most splendid carpel in the world; it was commenced sixty-two years ago, or in 17S3, and hasjust been completed. The whole border is worked with rich garlands of flowers, and the four corners each with a large bunch of rosc3 copied from celebrated paintings, and embracing all the roses known in Faance. Women and Ladies. Some one who pre- : fers the good old Saxon word woman, says that woman is the last most perfect work of God. Ladies are the productions of silk worms, milliners and dress maids. A gentleman poped his head through a tailor's shop window, and exclaimed 'What a clock is it by your lapboard?' Upon which the tailor lifted up his lapboard and struck him a blow on the head answering, 'it has just struck one. s Toe Farmers. With no inheritence but, health, with no riches but industry, and with with no ambition but virtue, is the sole king among men, and the only man among kings.

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