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ex?ir"9n of the year. until paid; and for

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A YANKEE IN RUSSIA. The following ig the substance of the story tald fcy Mr. Dallas, at h public dinner givM him in Phil-iiiVlphia. oc hi? return from

Jtesw.m 183S. O.ie day a lad, apparently about nineteen, presented himself hefoie our ambassador at St. Petersburg!.. He wm a pure specimen f.t the genus Yankes; with sleeves too short fcrhis hour arms tro rrs half way up to hi kaeas, end hands playing wiih copper and en penny nail in his pocket. He introduced aimse!'. bri'jinsr.Tve justeon-.c out here to lrad Kith few Yankee notion, and I 'ant it ptl sight of the emperor.' IVhr do you wish to tee him!"

thru, Mr. Daltaer

It seemed o incredible that a poor ungainly lad ihould be thut loaded with attentions, that the nmbaaor scarcely knew what to think r say. In a short tirne,his strange Tititer reappeareo 'Well, jaid Le.'I have made nptr.yn.ind to go homf; w I v ent to thank tha emperor, and I bid him pocd bye. I thought I could'nt

... .c c u urfn bocivii. ays he js mere anything else jou'dlike to see.beforeyou go back lu Ameriky V I told him 1 should like ft get a peep at Moscow; for I'd heard constfer. able about their Benin? fire to the Kremlin, and I read a deal ahout Gen.Bonaparte;but it woul J cot a sight o money to to there. onJ

I wanted to t arry my earnings to mother. So

1 hid h'm goad bye, and came off. Now what do you guess he did nex! morning! 1 tow he sent the same man, in regimental to carry me to Moscow in one of his own carriages

andbriagme bark agai.i, when I've seen all

I want to see!

Mr.

And we are coins to morrow

Dallas. What do you think

morning,

now!'

And sure enough, the aext morning the Yankee boy pasted the embassador's house in a splendid coach and four, and waring his handkerchief, and shouting 'Good bje! Good bye!

'I've brought him a present all the way from

Aaieriky. I respect him considerable, and 1

tn liaads. emperor that all the particulars related by

MrDaliaf smiled, a he is.stv.-eo, 'It is! the adreaturous youth were stricly true. He Kh common thins, my lad, to make crown-i Rn heard ftom him at Mosccw.visited onon

i Y.tn&i a present, expecting something by the public officers, and treated with at

ludieme in return, that I m afraid the em-1 much attention as is usually bestowed on emMror will consider this only Yankee tiirk. i bassadors.

Wbt have you brought!' The last tidings of him reported that he Aa acorn. j waa travelling in Circassia, and writing a 'An acorn ! what under the sua induced j Journal, which he intended to publish. )a ta bring the emperoi of Kn-sia aa acjr,i!'! Now.who but a Yankee could hare doae all Why, jest beford I sailed, mother and 1 j that! vent en to Washington to see About a pen-, iUm.nr.d when we wa tiire,we thought we'd! THE LIOV or WATERLOO. jsrsrp crer to Mount Vernon. I picked up j A m-t excellent bit of Hibernian drollery. thffiecro there; at.d I UioucHt to myself I'd ;and on tliat w re afraid will lose sadly in Irinir it to the Elmperor. Think ears 1. he I filing, came lecently to our notice.

aat heard a consideralb deal about our A big whiskered and broad chesied son of

General Washington, and I expect he must s&nire oar institutions. So new yu see 1'tc sroaght it, and i wint to getatlitTn

'..iy Lid, U i not si, ey matter for a trt-

the Emerald !!e, sat with a party of friends and admirers in a rectauTaut, amusing them

Kith series or his travels, "founded on fact, Wut elaborately embellished br a very proline

"Sir, it's mjr opinion." said the military gentleman ftom Waterloo, "that you don't believe what I've been saying." uTroth I do then every woraof it; and I'll wagerytu a smill roll of Second Municipality paper that there is not another geatleman preseat dare say as much!" 'That's oaoueh. sir!" said the lian. I'm satisfied !' said the lamb; and the several gentlemen went to adjusting their accounts with'he wai!ers. Ptc.

of that bump brewght out martii I music, an-' m 1 S 1 ' t

iner scratcn cnanged tt to home, sweet home." a touch npoo philoprogenitiveoess, changed the tune to "hush my dear," &c. Our neighbor of the Republican rDc

I to sena tie Doctor to yasninglon to .scratch

rreident lyler's fiscal bump before be

completes the Message. Should ke go, it

weuia ce well tor him to (oncb up the Presi

pent s bir.one trm, and reform humps also.

Cin. Gut.

Hint

srjLia liBxiVATions. An ingenious

writer informs as, that in the English Iangu.ige, all words of ntctsrily are derived from the German, all words of vxvry, and tboe most used at tho table, frem the French. The sky, the er;h, the names of animals, household goods and ericles of food are the same in German as in English; the fashion in dress.aad everything beleaging to the kitchen, luxury, and ornaments are taken from the French; and to make a degree of exactness, that the animals which seive for the ordinary food of man, such t.s an ox, calf, sheep, when alive, are all called the same in Englisa as an German: but when tbey are serred up (or the lable,they change their names aad are called beef, veal, mutton, after the French.

Jialeigk Register,

REAL ORETNE3 av William b. citAxaixa. He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his pUc what It may. You may clothe him with raes, may

immure him in a dungeon, may chain him to

siaviin tasks. Bat he is still great. You may 6hut him out of your hou.es, but God op

ens to him heavenly mansions. He makes no show,indeed, in the streets of a splendid city; but a clear thought, a pure affection, a reso

lute act of a virtuous will, have a digairy, of

quite anolner kind and tar higher than, accumulations f brick, and granite, and plaster, and stucco, however cunningly put together, or, though stretching far beend our sight. Nor is this all. Real rreataess has nothinr

j to do wit'd a mia's sphere. It Ues net he

TBK MENDIAN AFRICANS. Tho Mendian Africans hare sailed for Africa. Belercfthey left, the annexed correspondence took place between them and John

visiDcr Aami. me letter to Air A. wast

in the magnitude of his outward arency. in the

extent of the effects which he produces. The greatest men msy do comparatively little abroad. Perhaps tiie greatest in our city at

this moment are buried in obscurity. Gran-

ideur of character lies wholly in force of soul,

jlaat is, n the force of thought, moral pnnci

accompanied with a bible:

io i lAe tlon. Jhn tourney .Mams: pe, and lovo, and this may be foufcd in the

Most Kespected Mr, The Mendi people humb lett conditions of life. A man brought

isr to apsroacli the Eroreronaiid I am frid lncy

wilt take no notice of vcur prevent. Yru i Alone, at a table near, sat another roaming

A better keep U.

ii. i r- n ,

P U, ) Descendant ci unan ncroinme, engageaupon

tfcii you I want lo haTf m ttlk wiih him. ragout dtmoulofi, and listening in great edifi

cation to his countryman s extraordinary talent for extempcraneous romance.

'Mar the Pope s bull he after me!" said the

jtspect I can tell him a thing or two about Ameriky. I guess he'd like mighty well to

htMfcVou! our railroads, nod our free schools

an-J what a big swell our steamers rut. And!ory teller, ' if I wasn't shot three times

vhenhe hears how well our people are euiiz

oa.may be it put turn up to doing someiking. The loiig and short on't is, I shant be sy till I gel a talk with the Emperor; and 1 ihoclJ like io sea hi wife and children. I esat to see how such folks bring up a family.' 'Well, sir, since you are determined on it, .) will de what I can for you; but you must ipect to be disappointed. Thoegh it will e rather an ur.otual proceeding, I would adi'm you te Vail on the vice chancellor and

:. your wishes, he may possibU assist you.'

'Well, that's all I want of rcu. I wii! call

-efnia. and let yeu know how I get on.'

la two or three days, he again appeared

tat said, 'Well I've seen the Emperor, and

aad a talk with him. lie's a real gentleman, 1 can tell you. When I gave him the acorn, hi iid he should let a great store by it; that thsro was uo character in ancient er modern

fcijtary he admired so much as he did our .Vaihfrjtoii; lie said be'a plant it in his own ryaUce gar-n wiih his own hand; and he did t for 1 ite hi;n with inj own jn. He ntH t .k mr- o much ab iut cur schools nd ri;rols, and one tii'u.; or onothfr, that iatistd me to come again, and see hit wife; fcrhetaid the could speak better English

tbsn be rould. So I went agHi-s, sesterday;

anitVt a fine knotting woman, I tll youj "4 bii daughters are nice gals. 'Wist d.d the empress say to j ou' 'Oh, she asked m a sight of questions. Oa't you think, she thought we had no ter

vn!s in Amcriky! told het poor folks did

rftir own work, but rich folks had plenty of

swart But then you don t call them scr;

ats! said she; ljou call em help. 1

isa'am, yotj have been reading Mrs. Tiollop! tid 1 We had that aboaid our ship. The

aiperor clapped his hands, and laughed as 1

ta would kill himself, 'you're rieltt. sir.' laid

;yeu're right. We sent for nn English

copy, and she's been rtadiag it this very mor

"HV Then I told him all knew about eur 'Mfttry,en4 he wai mightily pleased. He

'n!ei ta know now how long t expected to . . . m. 1 m aoa. a. a aa aa

"7 in these cirti. t ;oi him 1 had told ai

to notions I had brought or er and I guess

iaa'd eo back In the same ship. I bid'em

$4o(i lye, all around, and went aboot my bat

M. Ain't I had a glorioot timet I expect

."v Old nt calculate to sea me run such a rig

No, hidied I did not, my lad. Yow may

U consider younelf lucky ; for Its a. very an

tooioaon thing for crowned heads to treat a danger with so much distinction.' 'A lew days after, he called again, and aid, " ftest 1 shall star her a loell longer, I'm

: seated to well. Tother day a grand officer ' gaiae ta as mmh. and laid mo ih emneror

M Mot bin to show ma all the curiosities;

1 " I dressed sat eelf. ha took mo with him. In

Vfhtf Saw carriage, with four horses i and

' 7Jenia taa tfeatr.and tha muieuraf and

. I'M mmmtn .Sul all IK.r la Ia ha im

through the body at Wateiloo; and, by the

Ii uoker! the three balls th.it went through

me roiled out of me on (he other side, in a

state effusion, from the heat 1 was in!"

Ho!v 'mother, hear him!" ejaculated a-

loud the solitary Irishman, lifting his knife and

fork in the air, and looking at the ceiling.

"VVhar that you say, urt" enquired the

hero of Waterloo, with a most ferocious and

annihilating stare at his neighbor.

"DiriJ a word have I uttered, sir, said the

disbelieving Irishman, mingling a very grave

sir of respect with so droll a manner as fairly gave the lie te his words. "That's enough, sir," returned the gentleman whose blood was so hot as te melt bullets; and forthwith he proceeded with his fancy work; seemingly tletei mined, after the interruption, to as'onish his near neighbor still

more.

"But, gentlemen, that's not half so curious

as what followed; for, true as this d-d French'

port is genuine and unadulterated logwood and vinegar, the sword in my hand get so hot

that the temper went out of tt as well as my-

t-tflf, and when I Kit my twenty ninth man on

i hen-!, the blade had become so soft that

t turned into a corkscrew, nnd I pulled the

Frenchman's head off jast like ft crk for a

Claret bottle '. '

Mother of Moses hear that!" exclaimed

the other lrii!unn, orer his mutton.

I bee your pardon, but I hink you made

aa ebtci ration," said the herculean ton of

tho soJ, again torring round and darting

withering frown at hit neighbor.

'Ditil a word rame from my lips', swore

Pat in the same droll and contradictory man

ucr he had used before.

"That enough, fir," saio the Irish lion o

Waterloo, and on. he went, relating hit a

chicvemcnts.

'By the immortal Saint Dominick! and if

that is not an Irishman's oath, then by the

rusty buckle of St. Patrick' left sandal (which

every one knows is now in pickle in me i ow

er of London, among the jewels of the crown,) thirteen widows, made by mrtelf upon that

field of Waterloo, have since made love to

me: and. soldier at 1 am, l a ashamed to say

it, (for a ioldier should be a soldier iu love at

well as war.) I ran away from them all, and

you see me here before yeu an anconmmma

ted oachetor, after breaking - the neaot ot

dozen French regiments, and the hearts of

thirteen officers wires! '

"Now I'm satisfied!" exclaimed the faceti

ously incredulous part? of tho second part,

jumping up and dashing down hit knife and

fork.

'What's that, tirf roared the lion, also

tumping up, and stooping tram bit gigantic

w . " . .a . .

stature to thrust bit note tnto tne otner gen

tleman t face.

I say I'm satisfied, tin as I'm sure I ought

to be. alter ciearinf oQ ttui plate et mat we!"

give you thanks for all your kindness to them

They will never forget your defence of their rights before the fircat Court of Washington.! They feel that they owe to you in a large; measure, thtir delivery from the Spaniards, and from slarery or death. They will pray for you as long as yeu lire, Mr Adams. May God blest and reward you. We are about to go heme to Africa. We go to Sierra Leone first, and then we reach Mendi very quick. When we get to Meudi we shall tell the people of your great kind-

ness. lood missionarr will go with us. tve

will take the Bible with us. It has been a precious book, in prison, and tve love to read

it now we are free. Mr. Adams, we want to

make yeu a present of a beautiful bible. Will

you please to accept it, and when you look

at it or rea'J it, remember your poor clients!

We read in thU holy book,if it had not beea the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us, thca they bad swallowed u up quick, when their wrath was kindled up against us. USessed be the Lord, who hath not given us a prey te their t. eth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowler the snare is breken and we are escaped. Our help is ia the name of the Lord who made Ueavea and Earth." For the Mendi people. CINQUE, K1NNA,

KALE. Bostea,Nev. 0, 1311.

up to aa obscure trade, and hemmed in by the wants of a growing family, may, iu his

narrow sphere, perceive more clearly, ti:seliminate more keenly, weigh eridence mete

wisely, seize on the right means mare deci

sively, and hare more presence of mind ia

difficulty, than another who has accumulated vast stores of knowledge by laborious study; and he has more of iatellectu.il grealuess. Many a man, who has gone but a few miles from home, understands human nature better, delects motives, and weighs character more sagaciously, than another who has travelled over the known world, and made a nrme by his reports of different countries. It is the

force of thought which measures intellectual, and so it is force of principle which measures moral greatness, that highest of buman endowments, that brightest manifestation of the

Divinity. 1 be greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations front within and without, who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most

fearless under menance a net frowns, whose reliance en truth, on virtue, on God is most unfaltering; and is this a greatness which is apt te make a show, or which Is most likely to aboaad ia contpicaoui station?

In the revolution, aad the eternal duratiea of which the sar red memory of Washington and Lafayette should be the'sacred pledge. Crrttpndtr.re oftX Cin. Geo. New Yokk, Dec. 1, 1841. The wost important item of intelligence to day i, en intimation with which I am cootidetit:a!iT ft.ered of a magnificent project n fcJt at Washington fora leinvigeration e-T State Credit and reassurance of Slate integ ritr through the action of the General Gov ernroent. The essential feature of the plea is a purchase by the General Government the unrestiicted and untaxed right of way orer the Canals rJ Railroads of theSlatU constructed and to be constructed f which a fair -qtiivatut i to be given in bond of the United States or In the guaranty em payment of bonds already issued by the States This pr ject, 1 learn, had its origin in Ikcapacious mind of John C Spencer, Secretary of War, but has the hearty concurrence' the President an J his Cabinet generally. & Wicklitfr, ! hear, will strongly sustain it his forthcoming Report. That some so -plan is en foot you will already hare beaid, that it will be adopted, while the Adaiiaistre tien which proposes it has so little positiv strength is doubtful; bet that it is sorely need ed aad would be productive of vast benefits I have not a deubt. WaaHiNdTun, Dee. 1st, 1S4L Nick Uiddle ho brew here en a risit told Webster. What hi business was, is course a secret; but while here, he was invi ted by the Presideut to roll and see him, and

they were in secret conclave for some heera.

anous conirctures are afloat as to tho tab

ject of this strange raeeting.and the President

has been censured for thus seeking an inter riew with this notorious personage. He may

possibly have expected to be enlightened ot the question of a National Bank, or wished to have his views on the new fiscal project he means to propose to Congress. It appears to

be pretty certain that Mr. 1 yler intends to do

something in relation !e a Fiscal Agent, aad

that it will be the Lac hrqeer Bank I mentioned in my last. Several who have visited the White House lately, are of opinion, that hf does not mean to be a candidate agnin for the Presidencv. Indeed he has so dcclarod

himself I understand, to some of his frieads, and it is probable he siil f.i.uiu e that io tetilion in bis next annual message. The

Cabinet meetings are held daily still, aitdtho

lesult of their deliberations will soon, I sappose, be made known. The Postmaster

General intends to propes some alterations in his Department, and on a is to reduce the'

pay of the Postmasters ten pet cent. to as to

render at far as possible, the receipts eaa to the expenditures of the Department.

To the Mendian Africans, Cinque, Kiana,

Kale, and thirty two otaers,about to return to their native land: Bobtox, 19th Nov. 1841.

Mr Friends, I hare received the elegant

Bible which you hare presented te me, thro'

a..aro t ovsr

our true ana lanniui iriena, Air. l.cwis tap

w . . a s s a t !

pan. 1 accept it, ana snail keep it as a aina

remembrance from you to the end of my life.

t was Irom that book that 1 learned to es

juse your cause when you were in trouble.

nd to glre thanks t God for your deliver

ance.

1 am glad to learn that you hare the pros

pect of returning safe and I free to yourrnative country; and I hope and pray that you may

pass the remainder of your lues in peace ana

comfort there. Remember with kindness

those persons who befriended au in your captivity here, and who now furnish you with

A vaxaaaBLB Lawyer aqaiic at tub Bab.

An interesting occurrence took place n

Court on Saturday last. Samvsl Hvohks,

Esq. probably the oldest member of the liar

in the State of Maryland, by particular re

quest, took part in the trial of one of the pris

oners arraigned lot larceny. Mr. ti.hat long

since retired from the practice of his profes

sion, having been deprived of his health in a

measure by a a attack ol paralysis. His ap

pearance before the lourt on Saturday last

was hailed jwith delight by those who have listened withpo much tatisfactiou to the deep tones of hit eloquence in Sy-gone days. Al

though his voice and hit arm were enfeebled

by age and paralysed by di.eate, yet could a 'spark of his forn.cr fire and cheerful wit, be - . . . a . a a o

discerned in every sentence which he uttered.

In the course of his remarks, he took occasion te allude to a circumstance which is uol generally known, or has been forgotten by many of our ciizen. He mentioned it as an' lien

or, of which few counties could beast,that the

Hagerstown Bar has lurnisned to tiie United

States, the State of Pennsylvania, and our

the meant of reluming home, and tell ycur own State, their respective Chief Justsres countrymen of the blessings of the book which Roobb B. Takst, Chief Justice of the Su

you have given to me.

May the Almighty

Power who hat prserved and sustained you

hitherto, still go with you, and turn to your

good and that of your rouatry. an mat you have suffered, and all that may hereafter be

all you. From our friend, JOHN Q. ADAMS.

preme Court of the United States; Johk B. Gibson. Chief Justice ef the Supreme Court

of Pennsylvania, and JwriN Bvcmakah, Chief

Judge of ti.e Court ol Appeals ef Maryland. w w a s i w tt t .

Iiagtrtlotrn Jia.) i orcniigm,

am tht B$t0H Atlot. Oriaione r Psmucst Ttlbb on rat

Tariff. One of the topics of the Message of

the approaching session of Congress, will e . of necessity the real adjustment of the Tariff.

The following extract from a letter addressed

by Mr. Tyler to Win. Robinson, of Pittsburgh

Pa., under date ofilth October, 1840, win therefore be read wiih interest : "My opinions were folly expressed at aV. Clairevilie, and at SiruUanvill-. At botit places, in regard to th question, ' what are your opinions as to the Tariff! 1 answered that I was in faror of sustaining the Comprout

ise Bill. That it contained the principle of ratio action, the moment the duty attained its

minimum, which lorcea np tne protection v

imtanti to what wai fquhalettt to 40 psreent.

That the change which is effected in tbe

plan of valuation, and the mode of payment, was fully equal in in view to il5 or 20 per cent; and that wiih a cessation of tho war upon the currency which had paralysed the industry of the rountrv, I was sanguine in (be hope and the belief, that prosperity would be speedily restored. "That in connection with this, I weald take occasion to say thai I w$ tn favor offAe disfWbutton of the proctitis of the puttie londo among the Stales, mt in favor of raising the revenue ty duties on i-nporl, in ofpotitian to a retort to system of direct taxation, every way onerons to the ferle, unproductive to the treasury

and exponsire to Ibe collection- mat it these yiewsl was plea.ed to believe that 1 concurred with Mr. Clay and Gen. Harrison,

THE LATEST HUMBUG. Dr. Buchanan of Louisville, has been show

ing astonishing tights to our neighbors of

Louisuille. I tie ur. nas aiscovercu some new cry. which magnetites his fingers, or ...ri. inta "motalic tractors." and enables

him to excite the phrenological bumpt of hit

pnlientt by mere leach .l the anger. His! operations call to mind the wonders of "Per

kins,' Points," well known tome wriy years no bv. and celebrated by Fessendea in hit

Terrible Tracteration. The Louisville papers give an acceuntofDr.Buchanan'i 'operations' P . i InnUSii. Vita fimmmtrm n lk.

iii inai cut. avviMni v.

forehead of a lady atllcted with tne Headache,

tbe paia left patting hit lingers orer Iter

head, the became drowsy ne ptaceo nis nngtrt on the organ of combativenesa aad the mused an quite belligerent he touched the

antagonist organ benevelence.and she became ouiet and lamb like. Pressing the organ tune,

and the became musical a particular scratch

Tub Pbihcb Db Joi wills. A letter from New York thut describes the Prince, which may iateretl the many a ho hare not had an opportunity of see him: His Royal Highness is a genteel loooking young gentleman, with a brown complexion

and manly features, much like the outline of

hit father s tet off by a mustache. 1 he hair

it dark and worn long at it the present fashion

to that there exists a protpeet, ia the erent ef Gen. Ha risoh's election, that a permanent system would be inlrodeced in place of fleeting nnd ever varying lyitera, which promised one thing to-day aad produced, aa other tomorrow."

with young men. His ordinary undress cos

tume is a blue coat with bright buttons, an

ordinary black hat and black pantaloons.

His appearance is by no means so dandyish and frcital as that el some of our Broadwav

bucks whose falhertere not Kings!

Hit mannert are exceedingly modest and unassuming, and ho irresistibly leaver a pleas

ing impression upon all who are presented to

bim. tie now speaks English, with fluency

though when here three years ago he knew

but few wordt in it. I am pleased to aeoine

attentions shown to him, as they will be

rightly appreciated ia, France and have a

tendency to bind in closer anion two countries whoe friendship was formed and cemented

A oaakT aica. Ja4e Jeffreys, of note mi memurv. nuintino? to a roan with his

cane who was to bo tried, said, "There a

great rouge at the cud of my c"' ? man to whom he pointod, looking at hima.d, "At which end, my lrd f

Not Gsrrrtse) EntWK. "Whaio is yosJr

fatherr said an angiy master Io tha tmt habitually tippling domestic. "Ho it dws - . m... . a a ST AAr

stairs, tir." "fretting oruna, arP-.

"No sir.he ain't. "Waal taw

sober, tir.

fc-The Sangacno Journal tratee liar debt of Illinois., -a shown by tWt iP-Wfff" menu, at $19,12561.42!'. tVhrw p aid

l;5ittsHirg. AVha do you think of