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aTKUT:i vrrrnouT rEAiu" VOLUME vr. YINCEANES, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1837. NUMBER 33.

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tass ori. ti" 2NTX.ESS tvomn. S1 .nftar and swmrr i'at by day, Down tune's uiiqci 't current !unb !, Thou psse-t on thy ri'it'cis way, Turaultuoa a.ia unstable tvoiM! 'i "hon paJS.l o:it Time hath Hot es..a Delay ttpon thy huniod path; But prajroia a. id t-ati aV.e hith hern In to i-tv? fhy .-ru.se of wiath! TV hi pa.,.vt cn, an,! with the -p The loves of youth tho cares of Age; A. .J smiles an J teat a.,d j y and no Arc cn thy hi..try'i troubled page! There, eo-v day. like yo-tcrday. Writes h T' s '1-'t ri1'' ':l !JeVfr) ! Cut who h .'.I ti r the ei! away B-:fc:t the a-v of tiling to id T!k-.u pa.-f.-t on, vid M thy side, Ktci as a viu.h Ob ivon treads. An- o'er tin drr.ir.i-i of human pnd l!ii mUtv shroud forever spread, V.'hcre all lay iron ha-.d has traced I'pou that tiloomy f.-r..H to -day. With re. ords ii;u since effaced Like the:a shall Ihw like ihc-a dec?)-. Thcu pas-o t on vrith thee, the vain, T.'iat sport upon thy l! nn:tint 1 laze, Pri.ie.fi ajno.l of .iut. and Fo!!y's train. Who coo. t t';y love, an.l run thy wiv ; D' thou I ai.J ! o it so I'rr-i? r.:i an! t i ctcrnu; V" not to-cth-r l.-t r,s co To iht Jv- r-.i.i J i..t fcItori'!i.vs h j. n ha t thv ! I would h.iw i.iiin To. hi !u -t t'.v thi, I krie.-l n .t :.t t;,v g I l o x 11. t at t! -v I oe them pas w i;!;, Tlu-v uai.e no sa , The fierce iK-Ii!.ts C, The tuiiii-'ihs cf t' ,tle.ive ia? ir v o .v. hie.l :hri:ie i h th.or.i. 1 r,t a suh: raj-lure i,oo ,.t file thiae o elsauhtv biurt '. r; on. r, Ie:.t!r v, r!ii! I ir i-vo No more for r.'.l thr. t thou ha t live. Pa-s vi, in (io l's nine only leive The thir.es thou i,. . r y t ha.-t give A heart :A eae a miad at home A a- t.oiis tiled aoe thv twav Fa.th 5 t npon a world to rome. An i patience throe .jh Life's Kale TITS ATEDEPOSITS Hit. VELOrMENTS. The d:!i.ito ia tlitr Senate , on ostt.iu.-v, rpoa tiO lin-poiiia.i of Mr. C ilhoua in X'.or.J the iroM?iii!.s of hill of l.is-l sosiioa so as to pnitiraoa the urj.Ius roxoaao, it' any, if the I'lisiiiiisj c ir, crcaifJ t!;e liveliest intirobt. The t'li.ite L'liaiabt r, luhhy an.l cahcrv, w a ero .v.leJ w i.h Ihw ning ppcotalors, a:id tlie deepest hileijce and uitrniinn prevailed ar.ion-j l!ie thrnrg tlirouglnuit t!ic debate. It ii our duly to attempt a brief sketch of tin proceeding, ia order that the public m:'V liae the means cf fnninj; an opinion as to the probable issue of the matter, und cf the motive whicli operate c:i t!ie actors in the a!l"..ir-. O.i cinrino; his I ill, Mr. C'ail.oun, in a clear and forcible manner, explained the eonyiderati.'iis which governed him. lie exposed the gross errors of the Secretary of the Treasury in his report at the l ist ee?ion ct C or the public revc ress, as to the amonut of s, r.nd ex rcss( d l.N conas in die Tictitm thai, t; not s-o great present vt.ar. yet .In ic would aiderable surnlus brvend the w. be a eo:i-j nisof Gov-, crnnicut during the next c,.r. lie c r

posed his own position, and showed theiposite

grounuJ wr.u h ho did, and intended here-,

after to occupy, lie eleprccateil an accti-', duce the rev enue to the wants of G'oveinniiilatioii of revenue beyond the wants of men!, there was no objection to the pasGovemmeat as the greatest e i's, and ex-1 sage of this bill. It would have been a

ptessedhis ardent wish to see the oft re-jnn.l.u, for there would h ive been 110 surpeated recommendations of the President; plus upon whicli it could have operated. carried out in good faith. He would re-j There was no evil, therefore, to be appro -joice to sec the committee of Finance, to j headed, if they intcmleii to prevent a surwhom the subji ct had been referred, agree ! plus ly redin'insr the duties. If they do on a plan of reduction which would sat-not intend to do ibis, their votes amount to

: c . 1 . 1 : .r . . . 1 o . : I ssiy me uiiiercr.. interests, aim nringueiwu the revenue to the economical wants of Government. He was for reduction; and infinitely preferred it to the eleposite system. If reduction could be had, without producing greater evils than those that exist, it ought to be made. The President thought such a resul was practicable, and he (Air. C.) hoped that the President was right in his opinions. There were tu principles that wcre obvious, and whicli he thought were clearly established. First. I'Lat there orht to ic no surplus, for it was inconsistent with the genius of our Government, and of dangerous leniency. SiteONP. 7V,af if there were a surptus it ought not lo he bfl in the ;n.i:.s f Govenini: ?i' :u:r if the Jrponte cautis tf :,i the 1 rcat.irs f the States. 1 lus was diet ited by i ustiee 1 and expediency. Il was the safest, and the most proper deposi ory. Ho therefore offered the bill, in order that if there hould be a surplus, if the Committee on Congress could not agree on a plan of reduction that would brirg down the revenue to the wants cf Government, the excess might be deposited with the States; and not left here, or in deposite banks, to iimulato speculation, and to corrupt the people. These were the chief points in the neech. as far as we could gather from

what was said. Mr. Clay made a fowl rrmr :s in rcforsac5 to tho cornrcsbs i

bill, avowed liis detet mmuuoit to fciund liy its provisions, and maintain its prin

ciples, lie spoke a few words in regard to the bill to distribute the proceeds ot the 6ale of the public lands, which was parsed at the same time with the compromise bill but we pass by these remarks, as thev hae no connection with the question un der consideration. The bill of Mr. Calhoun was then read a lirt and second time, and not conceiving a reference necessary, he moved that it be printed and made the order of the day for Moadav next. The Chair was iii the act of putting' the question, when the prepared scheme of die Administration disclosed itself A small Senator from Mississippi, who w as probably set on by ethei s, started up; and making a furious attack. not on the hill, but on Mr. Calhoun, moved that the subject be referred to the Committee 0,1 Finance the very Committee whose members were, with but one exception, opposed to depositing the surplus with the States! This at onec opened the eyes of all to the plans of the leaders. Mr. Calhoun rose and shooh the officious whipster from him, and declared that the reference to that committee would but confirm the suspicions he had entertained, that the plan of certain leaders o! the administration was to make a lultmonst rati iii" only against the compromise bid. and that the result of the whole would be to leave the surplus, w hich all admitted would accrue, in the hands of the Cioveniment or the deposite banks. That nothing would be done, and that the whole subject would be smothered. He spoke ut some length, and with more than usual c::eiLTy of manner, lie claimed it as a matter of courtesy, if the bill was to l.e referred, that it should be referred to a Select Committee. Such had been always the course of the Senate in such a case. Mr. lines rose and spoke at some length in favor of the referei.ee to the Comtnif.ee o.i l'.nanec expressed his unaltered opinion as to the deposite bill of the last session, but that tin; aspect ol things was changed; and decland thai although he should be unwilling to touch the compromise bill, if it could be avoided, yet that the revenue must be brought at ah event;-. Several republications and l '.'joinders were made between him and ,1. 1 1 i i iii .it on. v auioun, wmcii win ue uo'.cu iiereatier. Mr. Ili.ch..iia;i avowed his determination to hold the compromise bill sacred, and sustained the moiinn to refer the bill to ibe Committee of finance. The question was taken I y it.s and noes, and the vole stood fur the reference, 22; uninsf, '. There being i tie, the JC7Vicc President rose, and voted in the ufpruiaiive, the bid w as refered accordingly! These are the principal facts, but the whole debate w ill appear in full hereafter. W e state so much now in order to prepare the reader for coming events. ,Ye have said all along that the threatenino- war against the compromise bill w as all a ruse, and that the object was to get hold of money by gating rid of lite deposite. bill. hook now to the f.iei. All, save some four or five desperate leaders of the party, admit there will be a surplus; and then fore discredit the estimates of the Secretary of the Treasury. I ndi r these circumstances, with these important promises admitted, ifny vote azt,i;it thtvnhf measure which can ta!ct the ; , ha out if (he Lands i f the (love rnmentl! '1'he vote 0:1 the proposed reference is regarded on all hands as tanj tamotmt ti) a irect vote against the ilebill. Here then is the clue. If thev intended lo repeal the duties, to rea declaration that thev mean to keep i! ic money in their own hands, instead of placing it in those of the people of the States, to whom it rightfully belongs. Mark the circumstance. They admit, by their u-ords and by their voles, that there will be a surplus, and at the same time refer a bill depositing that surplus in the hands of the States, lo a committee, whose members, except onc.are known to be hostile to the objects of that bill! Comment is unnecessary. Every intelligent man vv id perceive the drift of things. Thev want to get hold of the MONEY and they w ill do it if they can. Thev w aul MlLNEY, for their plans require money. I .ot I in lie. i 10 lii.ii. looii to it. .Inviher Circumstance. The lln President the Prksiiu-.nt r.i.r.cr as the hr vf ait of his Presidential life, rn'r.v against all former precedents all rules of common courli sy all the feelings of a magnanimous and triumphant enemv to keep the money in his own hamls. The accruing surplus must conic into his hands and he so votes. He forgets every thing all precedents all rules of courtesy all personal proprieties, in order to got ihe MGM-'.Y . MONEY. He clings to that. He knmcs that all the professions of his adi-erents are but idl? words and that the result will be. to give him the control of the MONEY!! This is Vic end thts ts t ie object aimed atl We 1 ' r --

get hold of die AK)M-. ! This is, has been, and will lie, Mr. Van lUuen's AGLWT! Let the people look to it. '. i'. 7(( grujiii. ,ee. We give the following extract from the

late message of Gov. Duncan of Illinois to the legislature of that state, as worthy of serious reflection. Our neighbor of the Sun, took pleasure some years ago, in claiming this irentleman as of "the party" -what wall he now sav.' Political hon-

rsty, candor and patriotism, are Gov. Dun- tatives of ibe people have power to inves-i becoming so grcvious as to call for an ly set off for Catherine Market. Wearcan's well known characteristics; lie could ti'Mto the conduct of every public officer, 'immediate remedy. I allude to this vast rived at that depot of natural, animate and

wear no spoils party collar which these qualities condemn therefore he goes for Ids country, and no 1 party." , . ger tlCIUS W lt.l ltie W Idle engaged in promoting the prosperity and unprovenieiit of our country, aiul proviiliny- for the mora and intel ec-

tual advancement of the people, we should branches of Congress by protesting against vast power, that these eyes of all the am- it is inwardly good. Dere is no medoerinot fail to guard widi jealous watchful- its authority to pass resolutions calling in j bitious aspirants, from the honorable sen-J ty in de combination of a tater. De exteruess. the great charter our of liberties, the question his official conduct. As to ihe ; ator, lo the low est messenger, is steadily ; ior may appear remarkably exemplary and constitution of the f niied States: its vio- principle involved, it is immmaierial w heth- j hxed upon his inexhaustable fountain of . beautisome, while de interior is totally Delation should wake up every patriotic tr the President had or had nol been guil-; honor and re wards, which is so freely be- galiv e. lint, Sir if you wends the article heait to the spirit of the revolution. tv of the charge of violatinj the la w and ; stowed upon the faithful. The effect is upon your own recommendation, knowWiih the history of mv country befiire institution which the Senate made against ; now visibly seen and felt by hundieds of.ingyou to be a man of probability in your me, I ask, has this sacred instrument been him. The question to be settled now is j men in our country, w ho make politics j transactions, wi hout any further circumproprily regarded by all the function:,- vvheiher Congress or any part of it is J a trade for the purpose of manageiug the locution takes a bushel?" lies of our government, and all its princi- amenable to the President "for their official (Voters at elections, and procuring an of- Geor-e Edwtrds now pa.'sod to the pi. s adhered to? I firmly believe it has : conduct, and vvhahcr thev ate to he in-i lice by which they may subsist without: stall of a dealer in rgirs and butter, and

not; and now vv lien the country is quiet, terrnpteel, or questoineel hy any oilier eieand the anrry billows of party strife. ' lartinent of ihe Government. If so, can

which h is so lately roded so hiLrh, are sinking to their proper surface, allow me to call your proper attention and that of our countrymen, to this subject the settlement of whitb, in opiuieu, decides the future destiny of our country; for if any d( -pa: latent of our government is sustained m avto.aiion ol the constitution, or ti.e exercise of illegal powers, we shall have changed a government if constitutional law for one of self w ill, pri 3 riptiuu and

oppression. (power, to prevent the possibility of their The fuuJatnental principles of our ! energies or arn.s being improperly directgovei r.-r.eut are plain and easily under- ied, and to prevent an improper use ol the -mod. It is emphatically a government . public money in any way, U w as placed of the people; and for the sake of conv c- j t xclusively under the control of Congress, nicnec alone, thev appoint ollicers a.id which body only is autheni.d to declare representatives who make and administer i war and to colli c;nd dispose of the pubthe laws for tin ir l-enefii and according tolic revenue. With a view 10 eai 1 v eul this

their will. o;;ch ac'ing under a solemn oath plain and safe provision of the Const. tuto support the constitution and livvs. tior, Congress at various times has passed In monarchies. the ' K ir.gr w ho can do no 1 law s auth .M izing the appointment of a wrong, 'is the Government, the fimniain ! Treasurer and Seer vlai v ol the Tic-surj ,

or honor, favrrs, ho nd disposer of all bestow on his off cos ami family and

friends, for the purpose of establishing l.isilaw was passed by Congress placing the

lower, and extending his authority over'l'ublie money in the Hank ol the Lniled

the people. Under our liberal, free and happy form of Government, the people possesses all povver, elect, and cause all officers to he elected or appointed, and ns matter of convenience alone, it is made the duty of the President of the United States, who is not the Government, nor the "fountain of honor, and who may do wrong," to nominate, and by and with the advice of the Senate, (which is made a check upon, his appointing povver) to rppoint all public ollicers. It is a principle of our declaration of rights, that all Governments should be instituted for the good ot the governed, and not for public ollicers, or the patty who happens to be called bv the people to administer its allairs. Il these, axioms be true, then the claim set up of late by a political party in this country th.it the appointment of public ollicers and patronage of the Government is given to ihe President of the I lniled Slates for the purpose of sustaining his authority and extendinghis povver and lnlluence, is unj st and fallacious, to sanction the power of the President to remove men from office for an independent expression of opinion, or an honorable opposition to his measures, is a species ol oppression and proscription wholly incompatible with the spirit of our government. When the public officer is appointed for his support of ihe party in povver, he knows that his retention in office does not depend so much upon his qualifications and fidelity, as on the zeal and ability he displays at tho elections in supporting his party. If the President may thus fortify himself, who tloes not sec the influence he can exercise over the people, either to exlend lus own power, or to build up and establish that of his favorite? Should this new principle obtain, and it be acknowledged that the Executive branch of the Government is to exercise such unlimited povver over the destiny and liberties of the pumic ollicers, thev become at once a trained band, backed by all the influence of place, and the money of the country. to corrupt, manage, ami plunder the peolo; such principles are not more novel in our country, than they are dangerous to its liberties. To show the dangerous tendency of allowing the E.veeuiive Government in litis country to remove, faithful and competent public ollicers for the purpose of filling their place with his friends and partizaus, I beg leave to cite a single ease whicli happened under my own observation: The first Secretary cf War appointed under the present Administration, removed die second auditor, and appointed in his place one of his brothers-in-law; he also removed the Chief Clerk in the W ar Department, and filled his vacancy by appointing another brother-in-law. lv reference to the law and the national calender, it will be seen that it is t ty of the Second Auditor to rxiit a; hi-

lie the whole coin ingeut account of the Secretary of War, amounting to hundreds of thousands ol Dollars annually, and that these accounts are examined and tiled away bv the Chief Clerk. Thus by the exercise' of this removing and appointing . . . . ...

.r er we see one ol trie Executive ollicers, charged with this disbursement of large sums nt rmolie money, lillmp- those ollices. NV11C, wcre iu.lup.'a l,y ile law to be checks upon his ollieiul conduct, with his relations. . Allol1h" r':,il1 p.incipie of our coiislitt;lion ami Viovei nuieni, is, mat me seprescr, 111,111 llie 1 resident down, ami vvnne iney arc htUl '-enable to the people lone or ir, .,,,1.1... c.,.,i;,n.,,,i i.. I ., nv,,i.,.co,l i 1 1 ,

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j ' , -1 . i , ' i viii.il , :i i , i . , i vv'itiiu, , iii, y iii not subject to be called in question by any other povver, yet the President of the l ivited SiuP.s has interrupted the proeeidniLS and deliberations of one ot the thev longer be relied on as guardians of the public liberty ? As well inig'it an army expect to repose in safety when protected by a guard detailed from the enemy's camp. The Constitution of the United States, for the purpose of giving ail necessary energy to the armed forces of the country, places them exclusively under the Presiden's command; but so jealous were the trainers of that s icrcd instrument of any i w he.se duties are regulated by law, whicli '.'jcv t.vke an oath to support. In l!sl(3a Mates, which required the Hanli to cohecl and pay out of publii; revenue, wilinuil charge, ami pay one million live bundled thousand dohars for the privilege and use of the public deposiles. lu ibis act, Congress mailt; il the duty of the l'ank to report its condition from time lo time to the Secretary of the Treasury, who was re quired in certain events, to remove the public funds from it, and report the reasons for so doing to Congress; should iinv other officer or department, and especially lha one against whose strong arm the lore going provisions were intended to guard lake possession of ihe public treasure, or claim the custody or control thereof, must when party pieuidice shall. have subsided be regarded bv every American as an ex trcise of power wholly ineompatibl with tiie coiist'tul'oii and the safety of our free institutions. Vet il i known that the present iiead of Ihe executive elepartinont ot our government, has bv means ol an indirect power, actually put himself and those under him who were equally an ihonzed by law, in full possession of the entire public revenue; and st) complete is that possession, that a man by the name of v iutney, a private individual bouml by no bond or oaih of office, ami w hose character would seem to disqualify him lrom holding any public trust, has had the aeiviiowle Jged direction ot the whole public monev for several years, whic amounts lo near 1 0,000,000, the interest on which at six per cent, per annum amounts to two million four hundred thousand dollars a year, and at lour per cent, whicli is the interest ine Stale hank agrees to allow on moneys deposited arising from the sale of the State' bonds, which is perhaps the true value of the public money to the Panks would amount to one million six hundred thousand dollars. I have made these calculations merely to show whatan individual or party in pow er can make for themselves by the pos session or control of this large amount of Public Money, while at the same time it gives them unlimited power over the liaiiks, and enables them to regulate the value of all stock-, by which povver alone, they may, if so disposed, put millions pi dollars in their own pockets. Il is immaterial whether the President in assuming this power, was actuated by a desire ti) break dowi. the restraints that the constitution imposed upon his autlio.ity, or by those high and patriotic principles which influenced him to sei at naught the law and constitution in 1815 at New Orleans when ihe safety of the country calh d for all his energies. The question now to be settled s, vvheiher this povver does or does not belong to the Executive branch of our government; for it will be remembered, that a large party in this country claim that the power over the pubt ' 'h" 1 irsiiiC'tUd.. ollice ' h

liulepeinteiit ol the I outmuiltoii, and ail law. Should such be the ultimate deciaion of this question, or if th;s claim of pow er is n t immediately fi owned down by the people, we shall under the name , of the government of laws ar.d limited ' - . .ii-ii i

;p wers, na e csuuiisneu a uespoiism more absolute than that of a:iy civilised jov

ernincnt in the world. ket "lor dc specral object, as he declared, In addition to these powers, which 1 1 "of purchasing wegetables and other animal consider lo be ilk-gal, there are others ex- matter, for the immediate consumption of teiisively exercised by the executive j the establishment." Having nothing betbranch of the government, which, though ter to do, I agreed to accompany George

sanctioned by law, and long custom, are

; aim i apimy lue-ieasui jiauuiiae, niiiuiiwuiiiiiiu piunuonun?, mj

i has placed in the gilt ol the President, n 1 1 1 tr 1 1 1 f :iii(l mnro lucrative otiiees. than th j .... .... . , ...... .- - - - j - 1 Hon, can bestow. 1 lie State oilices have 1 sunk into insignificance in comparison with those in the gift of the general goveminent; anu such is ttie nillucnce ol thework. Indeed such are the temptations that the patronage holds out to allure our j industrious and virtuous citizens, from their Honest occupations thai Ihe inordinate love of ollice, is rapidly becoming one tfV the prominent vices of our country. The long cherished principle, that olli ces in a republic, should never be accepted, unless freely given, auel never declined, when freely otleied, is ordy remembered as the phantom of an idle dream, atid the mind is carried to the departing and returning of some ambassador to a foreign court, w lib his UUOO outfit, 4500 allowance for returning, and 'JOOO a ear, placed in a splendid armed ship, crossing the ocean lo make his bow- to some King, and re turning to his country lull of honors with an ample fortune without rendering the slighest service lo his country, or remaining long enough from home lo learn ihe tiist principle or to obtain the least influence wnh the government of the country he has visited. T',.e power lo remove is not a conslitutlonal jiower, but has been maele lavvlul by long eiislom. It w as lirst allowed lor the pin pose ol getting rid promptly of faithless public officers. It is now used for Oilier purposes also, and has become one of the strongest engines of povver, of all the long list now claimed and exercised by the executive by it, the government can not only command their support, ami aclive serv ices at elections, but can influence and dictate ih'ir official conduct. In die lirst, the freedom of elections is assailed, and in the second, the lie, liberty and property, of every citizen, may be put injeopardy. It is idle to talk ot the restraints of the law and constitution, wlitch he swears to suppeut, orol a man s conscience, who is dependent for his place, and perhaps the suppoit of a helpless family, upon llie arbitrary w ill ami caprice of a single person, much less than of a party. The power vested in the executive, to appoint so large a number of public printers in the states, is calcuhlcd to have an improper influence over the freedom of the press. Uut when we see, added to that, a long list of violent party editors ap pointed by the same authority, to high and lucrative offices, it is impossible to look without alarm at the danger, which threat ens our liberties from that quarter. The frequent appointment of members of Congress, and especially the most scr vile of them, has had ihe effect to turn the mind of the representative fiom his duly to Ins constituents to a servile obedient to tin; w ill of the government. So many instance's of treachery of ibis kind hsd oc cm rid, under the seducing hope of favor from ihe administration, lhat Gen. Jack son, before he was e'ei ted President, de flared that the independence of Congress was sinking before the corrupting mllu once exercised ny tne government ov er u i i .1 ..... r iind recommended as a remedy for the evil. an amendment to the Constitution, ren-lerir.-T members of Congress incapable of o , receivin j- ollice uuriiu- anuioriwo v ears after the expiration of their term of ser vice, yet since lie lias been President, there has been more such appointments made than had ever been bv all of his prede eessors from the foundation of the govern men!: thus showing that men in authority are ever wiiiinj to trust ineinseives wnii .... - .1 I .-".I. ic powers, which they consider danger ous in any other hands, and wnien siiouni teach us the importance of guarding every avenue, through which our iibcity can be ssailed. That the extravagance of our govern- .... - i ment is rapidly increasing, ana is nut loo manifest in the fact, that its expenditures ive nearly doubled within the last few years, and regarding every thing ol the kiutl as inconsistent with the plain repubiean character of our country. I consider it a subject wordiv of our notice, and one that calls fr an expression of public opin ion ami reform. Self-la portsnco. . 'The Ordinary Man" in ihe Knicker--kcr ' a '.r-H "ib'.e "fair, "-itne the

ioliowiiifr hit atthe hlgh-tlown sell-impor-tam e of an American negro "dressed in a little brief authority," While in this state of defection 1 waa joined by George Edward Fitz-Augustus Seaton, a colored man, who discharged tho r r . -i .. i

. i unctions oi v alter at me Lity iiotei. - .lle informed me that he was going to mar- , Edward Fitz-Augustus , and we accordin;companion j walked up to trie wagon of a fat country man. Pint a ter neerinrr Inr snmetimp ntlna - j i - - - - , stnok. in.iiiiril t'nsi? ivrre o-f.nl tni --. ... - j - - - tors'" "Yes Sir," lesponded the countryman. "A later," resumed George Edward riiz-Augustus, 'is inevitably bad, unless lahing a quarter uouar irom rns vest pocKet, commer:ed an inspection of the lattecom:iiodity "Von call dat good buiter.'" demanded he, with a disagreeable expression upon his countenance, as of an ill flavour suddenly inhaled. "Yes Sir, I do as good buiter as comes to this or any other place." "What you tii:k 'bout axing for Jut butter?" "Twenty-five cents." "Twenty-five cents? And do you iiipposc. for de moment, dat 3-our butter extensifvs to such extreme waluation? naatv. ransid s'.utT, churned fr de 'easion! old butter renovated! said the indignant tieorge l.ilwanl, moving olt, "hut uat de kind of negotiation I frequently meet with in dis market!" - A,. PnrrrTio! iietteh than cenr. The Hanover (l'n.) Herald of Tueduv states, thnt about a doTen doe's, havintr every smtom of lijdrophol:a, were Willed in that town and vicinity nhhiri a few wei W past. This is the sure remedy, and the only one, probably, for j revrntinrr the l'reipuent , occurrence of rases of this terrible U-ea-e, in th human snljc, t; and 1. ought to be freely rcsortej to in all evident, or even suspicious cases. 4 Jhtrninpr of the Treasury Department. The circuit court, r.ow in session at Washington, is engaged in the trial of Jlicliard H. While, charged with burning the treasury department in 1833. Much ' curious testimony has been elicited, which will be noticed at the conclusion of tha trial. It is since reported thai cfter being shut up for seventy hours, ihe Jary were still : unable to agree on a verdict. IJy consen; : of counsel, on both sides, a juror was then withdrawn, and the jury allowed to separate. 1 here will ot course be a new trial. e Jt'til Punished. A young rrsr.n. went before Justice Ilopson at New York the other day, and demanded to have his in- ; dentures with his master cancelled, alledgmg lhat he was of nge. lie was confronted by witnesses, who proved that be would not be of age for three months and his master declining fo receive him back, on account of his bad behaviour, the Justico ordered him to be imprisoned until the 3 mouth's expired, ami he came of age. Boston Transcript . A Pretty Superstition. The following innocent superstition M se-.id to exist " among the U'Ismuii gitls. On the Thursday previous to Whit-Sunday, they try what is -railed "the prophetic swimming of the bridal wreath." A plaited wreath of flower" is made rmd thrown into the stream, when, should the w reath float upon ihe surface of the water, they will iho same venr exchange their maiden for tho nuptial state. Hut should the wreath sink , thev are destined to wait still longer for the happy change. IIYIfOTtTS AND EXPOKTS FOR SIX YEARS, EKriNG 3Qlh SEPT. LnporNf.r H.: f 103 000.003 Kxpirts ' 61.O00,(!Q(iEiciss?2C,00(",o0l meurts fw isn; 101.000.MlO R7.O0O.IMK) ior.ooo ,ou 90.001 ,000 Kvpoit-? " Imports lor 1 s 3:J ii.eoo.eco tS,0Go,ei0e 1.2,000,000 2s,000.0uo S5.000.CC 3 ports Imports f ir 1S13 130.000.000 Exports " 101.000,'ltlO ' Imports for ls.:5 1 ft 000,000 Kx'ports " 121,000.000 " I-oportsfor H3o 171.t-00.000 iixporu " i:j,ooo,ooo The winter in the British Province ap pears to have been unusually mild. Th St. Andrews Standard of the 15th in.it. s: "The unusual mi'.dness ami salubri ty of the weather, which we have experienced for some time back, pre the theme of common congratulation." The St. Johns (N. B.) Courier of the 10th sayp; " The weather for some time past has been truly delightful; this morning it i mor lik Mav tv ia IVcpmir."

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