Vincennes Gazette, Volume 7, Number 24, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 November 1837 — Page 1

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DjauSy and Tima. Dirf Beauty m-tTi m- ! a l-iw."- side. Win waters elate wi'h i; f Hiut.ti: t's i-:iJc Were U.'lltlv 1iiiU!j: Ami on them a li nk witU a Mi.m-vvhite sail. As ever was .sm.'im.I ( the vcvper e,i!o, A:i 1 in iriiK'rs there .-.it wretched ;ual p d. ; For J.-.ith wjs s'.eei in.;'. T; ii.- held iq.his s-vth.-, the hark dr.-vv ni-'i. Nor. -ot!.i !iu; fs'ipt or lii;'- to llv, lul .sin.vi'1; la piaver she -;tt) v' v. itu a .-i-di, (la, .spare! oil. xa.e mi ! Your prayers an- in vain. al.i! Tiriit- replied '.cue. uijii.-n, t- :i ' a : k i i haste, lor th f"litV oiv which ivf mu-t hath .!,r. nw ii.l s;!i '.'' Is rbi iii. I'.ilo !! t':tv t-m'iarK.-tl. li.-r t.-ar (, t'a-t, .Mounilully iii.i.'niiirM ih- fi-ni?ij !!.tr. on from iho lir.iv.-n (,( lil'i'1 rrtur.i ! oil. U'.-v r! pa,,:; itv ii. suki.ton !( Ki:zu;, li.. i. There are many wretehcJ iersons miserable in miiul an;! iii prosp.-el poor in pocLet an. I in spirit Ji-o r.nle.l hv imslurtuueor u e almse.l hv rire.nnstanees or ennie ti'.iiiajipy hv rea- in ol their own iloinos, or t ie l -f.- l- of others: tor saeh tliere is pi:v, a:i l t:iere mav he pario;i. l!:it tliere is ;i eUss et lower, ahorist beneath eouleinst. who are the artificers ot their own siiame. In this liio'.lev worl-l, aniono those classes who rank as the 'eiviliz'i." there is one set ol persons sunk in ah iseine.:it in I wre'.eh-t-.I.ie.-'.s tar, !ir beneath the virions or the piap-r those are the i.l ti ir'io ulciri( : 'if iv'irrs! Tii hiwjst orea'.irc upon earth lower t a- than l!ie oco.u- w!ioeras li t it in the v i Hi, ailil whose he.l is m the ditch bv the w iv-sii!;-, is the wretched one who a Ivertises lor a wile. His iloinjr so is an o i.-ii an I uailisrsiise.l avowal of his own ore.U imworthines--. It proclaims tliat he is unable or tiuwoniiv to obtain a wife by the. usual means. II is ices mav have hut hint out frohi reputable fern .lie s ei jtv: ins (leiccis o m:u.! or person perhaps ho;h--ui iv liave excln.leil iiim from l"in,r known to the. respectable ji i.tion of woui.vski't.l, lor not oih.'rwise can anv i!ia:i lick t'li.1 means of bciu-f uiiro.l'i, v.A t the ac; i ii ta-ic..- ol' w ir.icn of c!ia:'..ct:".'. Shcis !. ite. !. !e: p ils hint -e I up to the pabi: bi.l I f i lor ihe utiwoi.hv to )i irc'ia-e. lie iavs as; I the i'.:r;i.:v o! I. is s", an i aovs '.cisc.i ti.;. trulls i a t:fe-t:itnU with , liefomti'.v, iee, si) t:i it they bo t'.u.-kly -jfil I : I. He j.ro-c.ann-thai he l., m lh: in ;:k -;, like all it!ir i-o.n n i.ii; . I !. a.ows ta it pi i le. liassion. j I'"1' 1 1 ' 1 ' . arc all .1 .:u ::ic.i; i. .! r .. ,, I ... only w nits to w. :mv creature in ire .1 t! than ;ien a t'li na Is it 'i it ;r.i- ca'.ain.ty to dignify I! with the name of ,:t I i:1 Tip"- ad vr rt .ser uit f.iv i;i ! eed, aim st i:iv-.riab!v, for n vet the I .:r s. are n..t quit" s se'.f .! "Made ! is a 111 de. !!y his own a. .-.I'li:". ho is voun j;. wealthy, and accomplished. Is it not passing s:raui;e that such a gifted being is s i irterly 11:1.1.;qneinti'd wil'n reputable feni iles, as to be i-ompelled to p it himself up to the public bid tin g? to render himself the laughed-at dupe d" all w ho uriv .-rh-ct 11 ; 1 it as the lent tor tlieir covert mockeries! to degr .-- thnam" of 111 v. tj defame t.'e: fur c'i . -- ter ot wo 'i l l to il.sg;;, - ' III 11: I ig fa sacrament of one church an 1 a ii.dy ordi-l-.a:ce of a!P hv avon i ig himself ptirdiasable bv anv 1" 'in 1- w ho may be ho:e!ess enough to 11. ,.k" such a h.irgaiu heartless enou-'u to pat up w i;h it' Who can who ,,'' he the replicants to Mich an advertisem-n! 1'ne oid, the liiS'.ivored, the unpriucipie.!, ihe chaaaett-rl -ss all whose demerits have not enabled them lo get a husband betore. The woman who seriously replies to filch an ad ertiseinetil must hae aba-i-done.l all sense of t!ie touching, beautiful. and becoming delicacy ot her .-ex. There: mu-t be a deliberate resolve to discard that modesty which is the brightest gem that female decorum can wear, to prostrate her mind and curb her feelings, to levtl herself to the utter degradation which such a negoeialion involves; far. b. sides the bo! I assurance requisite for such a bar gaining with an irter stranger, the poor wretch mu-l ha e ma in her mind to' the ehvie nig i !. tiser mav be a nttie ia -telious, and uisap-pto-e of her. a li'.tie capricious, and reject her; or a little f.i.-eti :;is, ae.vl liave liven onlv piavmg a trick. After a ton.' courtship, conducted with respect on one side and m l.lcsty on thother, a delicate n, hided in it '.-n in private, liestta'es to sav "Yes" to the hearted request ' her afl'ectiotnU-, her fatthf.il. herj long -tried lover; h.it If re the psitionis' rev r-e 1. The heartless female may hear J a refusal from tie- lips of the slrangcr with whom ;!.,- has been bargVitiing lorl inaniage! Whu; himiiiiation for a woman, j lia.lk'.l"- 1. i.;.' -I'd, i:; ,-h.;rii!.- V.V. 1 eh ll'-C-

iter must she lie who would proffer herjsell as the spou.se of a w i fc-atl vrn isrir

fr the fnllilini'iit nf stu-h a iecul:ition. W h.it can they cxjicct from an uiiion thus (imp:)scJ of t!ic mino'eJ i-h-mi'iits (if all tii:it i.s u ri'K i.t il in miiiJ am) Ii im; in purpose' Seek ihey for love.' It is n tiol v p;ission. not to he s.iIJ or bouo'ht. Strive liiey for happiness' That, lso, is not o markeiaii!,; ariirle. Hope thev to meet with tht! esteem of orach other? Alas! they cannot have their own! All sv mrei thy f t.iste, !l nnitiialily of feeiiu'o-, ail cono'cniality of temper, all the charms anJ ail the ileeeneit-s of the iuarriai;e state, they must take on hearsay. Tiiev buv each other, as we buy cattle. Their qualifications must hi? Ji;.co;mte.l in the barirain. They ciauio! love: theirs is a contract from which delicacy shrinks, ani al which jM'i'ie revo'is. If they should have children, with what face can they tell them that they, the parents, became wedded tlirouoli the introduction of a newspaper ad vertiseiueut. That man should be so fallen, and that woman should lie so mean, as to lie linked together by iiir't ties, is one ol' the marvels to which the e.naluy of this hying and selling aire j lias unliappily given birth. I liat eminent iiidivinual, Mr. William C order who happenrd to ffet hanged one dav, in Satfolk, for the murder of a voting woman whom he seduced,) obtained a w ife by an advertisement in a London paper. A cry pietty precedent for such delicatelyminded ladies and gentlemen! Suppose that she who replies to such an advertisement should not be refused, and that the advertiser is satisfied with the "property" she brings him, in exchange for the honor of wearing his name lor, under the cireustances, he can seardcly have xitart to win or worth winning what pro.-peel of happiness can then- be tor her with one of w hose disposition she previously knows nothing. And he must be no less ignorant of her. The one as in the case of the murderer, who married thus mav be taken from her by the hands of justice to expiate his crimes on the scaffold: the other mav be recognised as friends, if to his friends he Ar.,-i introduce a woman thus wedded to him at hap-hazared as a person of abandoned character who has completed her wretched career by sheltering herself beneath the sanction of wed. led life. Think, aNo, on the chance of the husband's being tricked. He may he deceived in the amount of the "value received " (or his precious person. Instead of opulence, he may have beco-ne wedded to poverty; instead of luxuriously living in wealth and splendour, he mav have espoused one deeply in debt, who i v her insrriage provides herself with a -cape-o-oat, to rot Vicrwisc would for it is part of thii in t!te prison, wlin ,-i have received herself: English law, that the ;:iisi) soil, w must r.t:t:i IS in nurse or ner-l-r the previous debts ot the wile it a sweet eat-an; )o sort ol union that 1 mutual eo'.'.li lence desecration oi mtirof the ordinauers iro.-l.lti'.ion ot mind ' ' c 1 - It It is t!ie abii1 ligK'ti to leg .dizi body. It makes tin livini 1 be: al that alK'cttou, which, through delav and danger, through toil and trouble seeks . and buds so often1! in wedded life, a sweet reward to counterbalance the heart-break nigs, w ti ie!i ha 1 . lie tlv wrecked the proa ot their trusting ! pes. 1 1 degrades mar1 1 .1 til;: e to mere animal sennsiialit v. It tears veil from the sanctity of that slate w Men iia than men 1, someth i tig h ig icr an eas-ion for its iiupulsi louer e-tne-thing of a min. on, w hen the ( to lie! ght m am repo1 e of appetite is dulled. Ills in a ivurj a tils.-race to tic social eon 1 pi.-!, iti a christian land, that a man should openly put himself up to the heartless I hh.ig of wealth, and sell himself for From :eh marriages the prospect of le ol licitv is sin all. I.ove must be quite out 1 low can man lo e her the question. W.'.O OtIV: 111. I low can the w oman who jnot onlv marries her iiiii tor 1110 icy, nut iiiii-t have some extra orui u v ileliciencies to prentice It 1 til Kom de ,h:..iu:ng an introduction to female socieu . from which he might select a wife in the u-u d and I'-gi.imate manner' 1 cteiiedd v low :r.u -t be lite man or the worn in who i- content to take a wile or !m-b;.:;d on trust. T!;e tvrant Mezenti-ts, w !io tied t'ie living to the dead, was less cruel tiiati tliose seli'-dcstroyers who proclaim tiietnsclves w illing, as old Tiabois woiih 1 sav. "for a cin-si-de-ra-:i-on," to link themselves with age, dei'ormitv and vice. The suil" 1 ieg of t!ie tyrant's vietitn weuld soon be over: a long lite ot misery ami wretclieisness mav el.iiise nelore death se; of the others. arates the unnatural union It i. a laet. that the advertisements to matrimonial alare invited to barwhich invite women ltanees, just as thev gains at auction or shops, are not jests, to see if female would notice them: thev are what ti-.ev avow; nd it is an ascerlatn- ,. i ci i euisistauee tliat m-riv t.-i-attianres i, havclni"i formed tltrough this very Jtliea'c iiie.li'.in! The ie.fecti on bus crossed the waters. Matrimonial advertisements frequently apoear in American papers, as well as inj Paris papers happily more rarely in tho-e : of Fnglaml. Tliere are but few female j advertiser- in either country though!

they are numerous m Trance; but this arises, not from modesty (because whoever would answer such an advertisement would advertise,) but because men ;irr not yet quite so abandoned as to accept a ladv who oilers herself. Of the two, the male advertiser is the more deraded: he

abandons himself to the indiscriminate fnJ.unirs (the term is a marked one) of the leinales. and resigns his privilege of cliuosinir and asking a wife for himself. i. . : .. i .. : . . i ' . i i - i i , ii -iru 111 maia, w miner bii'Ut.sn ticnes resort on matrinionial speculations, they pass throimh the ordinary ordeal of private introduction, they must be seen before the negotiation for them commences, and the man does not blindly run himself into the matrimonial halter. The advertiser may lose his chance. He may be content to risk his prospect of future happiness ti pon, perhaps, one interview: the lady limp be virtuous (the chances heini forty to one that she is not,) but mav be she is not equally vicious! The onlv consoling prospect is, tint when he has spent his sp , n(, fortune, he can take the wings of the next packet-ship and cross the deep, deep sea," leaving the daiDtt to despair, and the chance of another ad vertisement' Could she exoect eonslanev or ioe or coniuleiice or respect. It is worth consideration, that, in almost every instance, the wife-auvertiser puts in the iil( ftst'tn inuendo, that the lady "imist have some property, " modestly intimates, "may be lieh. he settled upon iierseil. Kind hearted wile-seeker! iie will be moderately content to live upon ihe interest of her fortune. I he impudence of these announcementis extraordinary. One, now befoie me, states that a wife is wanted (with a good fortune,) and ending with the very eucourageing hint, that "to a ladv whose mental acquirements would render tiie unemployed hours of the ad vertiser agreeable, a preference would be given.'" lliiiikol that, .Master Hrooke! "a pre! cieuiu woiiui oi; gnen. it is me language of an auctioneer w hen he adver tises property for sale. The matter i-5 this that the ndvertiscment puts the man up to female competition. Are women indeed so badly oil' that they must seik hushands? If the advertiser xluii.'J find a purchaser, let the buyer and the bought have the course of remembrance, for ever, that one has paid money for a husband for her prunee.ev; the other sold hiui-self as a slave, for a daily dole of food, and a decent coat. Heller break stones by the highway better beg better starv e than thus degrade' the dignity of manhood. J'eo:n At Xi ir .I'hunp (Saztttc. INDIANA C0rJFKkEiJC2. The Indiana Annual Conference of the .Methodist Mpiscopal Church, commenced its session, in this town, on the "fuh ()cto! and closed on the 1st -Nov. inst. The licit increase ot members during t.'ie past year was lound to be 'I 'he whole number no w within the hounds of this eonl'i rteice i.s ;;),7.r0. The follow - ing are i tic Stations of the preachers I or the ensuing v: ai: MoJiso'n 'District V.. G. Wood, I' F. Alii.iison Slut'riii Vv m. 15. lvoss, ft raj Ct. Lewis Ilurlbut and Isaac Crawford, J'iin Sin) Femandes lfoliiday, Ltrrmt'-'Jiin-x Jus Jones, Samuel T. Gtilett and Silas Kaw-on, BepokriHc James T. Kobe and Henry S. Dane, (' reensl'iir'j; Charles Bonner and Amos Busso v, ferstiiHc.s Thomas F. Spilhuan, ' rnon M iles 1 1 u faker. ' into Co , .v;.v, ;..),. r ie:i. iaiit Koyse. Charleston Dis!rirt-C. Vv . !! A tr-eI'iti)) Station Aaron uier, l'. F. Wood and Win. Goodc, principle N. A. Seminary, C'iei-'e,i ('t. Isaac Owen and Jacob Mvers, Crecuei.'lrDr. T. Griffith, '. ,,' Jacob M. Siallard. Salem Mbenezer Patrick it Win. I'ralcy. I ! ro'cn si oirn 11 mm oris Kutlege. Lr.'i 'nirfai George K. Hester. Cha eh -.teirn Wm. X. Daniel and Jesse C. II arbin. Jijfi rsonville Sftt'iori John Kearns. "n-iianapolii District A. Fddy, P. I'. fn-l'tinitniafi-i S'aian Jno. C Smith. niiaoiiooii Ct. John Fd wards. S'uPmviUt Jno. W. Sullivan, John A. Bin Ilifi'ici'le Jno. F. Tru.-low Jno. II. 1 1 arrv man. X( lilt srillr M iliades M iiler. Dtmrille Asa Beck, Jno. .Newell. franklin Win. W. Ilibben. Colamtnis Ja-. V. Watson, C. H. Jones. Mtiortsr'tHi Hiram Griggs. Dlooitiimrtnii J)istric! II. . Talbott. P. F. Blooininzt'oi Station Amasa Johnson, Snriiiyi-lllc Circuit Philip May, irit'onl Fzra F. Kemp, (irecncrftle Station .las. F. Thompson, Crrcn'cntlc ('. Jonas 1,. Bcllotte, 'n 'nam ei'le Thomas Kay, Sprn re r Wm. MoGinnis. .'oe.c'V Charles M. Holliday. It u ttt rifle F.noeh Wood. Iron-o Mission Fli. P. Farmer, I'i.icenncs District Jno Miller, P. E. J'ineennrs Stifion Jno. S. Buyless. Ter re Dante Station Jno. Daniel, Trrre Haute Ct Daniel Demot it Daniel H. Dickers en,

Citiiisle Thus. Hurtle;! cc Win. Forbes,

HI tin'stni) Isaac Melhri V;..o:7, Win Jit ft i-.-tnn L. . Knowles, 31. Ilcevcs Jos. S. Uarwiek, ''('. ; Anthony llo'-inson, t'oi.ie Jacob .Miller, Kin.e Mission Jno. .M. Cole, ( 'ruuj'or.lsvitlc District A. Wilcv, i". i;. t 'rttirf.tr.hi illc Slatution Benjamin N. Haines, Cruirforvillc Circuit Joseph White, Coal Creik Thos. I'ovner, Cocitsrlon Cornelieus Swank Sc C. Hall I'iat Creek Ancil Heaeh, jiftuette Lorenzo I). Smith, Delphi Hui rows Wcstlake, Al mtie: Ho Jno. II. Hruee, Dili ton II. Vredeuburgh, Vrunkj'ort Thos. J. Hrown, L-i'jauspurt Jared 15. Mershon, Lnporte District l. Hargrave, P. I.iiporle Circuit ISoyd I'helps, i. Van Order, Soitthlitnd A- Mishttu-ukii Richard V.. II. s Kobinson, A ii' s Jas. liams, KulamazooS. Harrison, it .S. S. WilKrastus Kellogg, it Jacob Colelazer, St. Josephs Win. Todd, Flkhcart Thos. II. MeCool, Dairranise George M. Bovd, Fort Ifupiu Stephen K. Bail, Plifiiioutu Mission Thos. P. Owen, Ifarsair Mission Wm. Hulbert, Dei p Itiet r .Mission II. P. Beers, ( n ' re eiile. Dist rict-)j.l Sliver P. F. Cent reri G. C. He Circuit Elijah Whitten, it I fi :tch ste r Wade Posev, it J. Kelso, Xt it- Castle Alexander Iv. Miller, Munrifoiru Kob't. Burns, it Francis II. Gary. Mississinu.'ca Geo. W. Bowers Connersvilh Jas. Scott Jno. Kigcr. LVn-rtij Geo. M. Bcswick, it Jno. Hasty, Pendleton Francis M. Kichinond, it Mark Bruli'y, Wm. Shank, Sam'l C. Cooper, Wm. M. Dailv and Jno A. l'rouse agent for the India Asburv Fniveisity. James Ha vens -agent for Preachers aid society, F. II. Ames transferred to Missouii Conference and stationed in St. Fouis. Our Confereti-e holds its next session in I'oekvi'.le.Park County ItiJ., commencing Ojt. lTth, is:;s. C. W. KF TFTt. Aa Old Gentleman--Banli3. We have sometimes a visit from an old gentleman w ho wears a plain snuff brown coat, a broad brimmed hat, drab small clothes, and shoes with buckles, and who walks with an ivory headed cane. lake all old men, he is fond of talking, and as he talus sensibly on most subjects, we take pleasure in listening to his remarks. The old gentleman was till he arrived to near the age i,,. ,.t' it. tree score, a lclieal ii.. tiie a real industrious woriiing a man none of your one w ho began at d 'six to si meuivlight, and only -hut quit at sunset. Said the old Gentleman, the other day as . , t i i.i.ie lie ialil down a newspaper nc i.a i oeen reading, "This is a strange world, and made up of strange people.1 ( e hav elieard the remark a thousand times thought we.) It seems to me the American people are not what thev used to be: but. perhaps, it is mvstlf that has altered, and not them. Formerly I never knew any such a thing to take place as turn outs; we had no Trades' Fnion' when 1 was a working man, and we got along remarkably well. Nor did we use to have such meetings in the Stale House Yard as 1 now hear of. All we then thought of was, lo mind each man his own business, and to earn all the money we could. When I first began to work as a jour, w e had no banks, but one or two, and nobody but merchants thought of obtaining discounts in them. After a while some more were char riered and the mechanics got in tl ic wav of a-knio discount 111 them occasion tb-i a'dv. About a year after 1 commenced business for myself, I recollect a lot ol hides ,'I was a tanner bv trade arrive, i from South America. I wanted them v erv much, but had not money to buy them with. My neighbor, who had been long in business, and had a plenty of money, being one of the rich, intended buying them, and knowing I had no money and that no other one of the trade cared about purchasing, thought to get them at his own price, lie oll'erred the owner much less than they were really worth, but the latter came to me to buy them. I told him I wanted them, but that I had not the money w herew ith to pay for them. He said he would rather sell them to me at a bargain than to my neighbor, who seemed lo think no one else could or would buy them hut myself. "It so happened that a friend ...l. :.. f.r.,,!it was in of mine i who Mas iu i:"..'' i.v. .... - ; at the time this conversation took place. Said he, 'Friend T. if you have a mind to try the new Bank for money I will endorse" vour note.' I hesitated but finally, bring ii little urged, and somew hat piqued at my rich neighbor and fellow craftsman. I concluded to" try and get a discount. The note was put in and 'done,' and I too t!,0 hides and." said our friend, 'to make alon'r storv siiort. the purchase was the means of iV getting ahead m the world.

('This was my fust accommodation at any

bank, 'tuongh I have had many hundreds since, which have enabled me to do much business-, and of course to lay up more of the world's gear than 1 otherwise could, Had not the Hank nided me, my neighbor the rii h man, would have bought the hides at his own price: with the aid of my friend, the endorser, and the bank, and

good character, I. though comparatively ; blunders ot the administration m regard poor was able to compete with him, an J , to the Florida war. We shall ay more could do soever afterwards, which annoy- , on this subject hereafter. Does any one ed him much and caused him to become a suppose, that any explanations, which the violent opponent of all Hanks. I don't , Government can make, will ever induce pretend to say whether Banks are useful! the Missouri Indians to believe, that they or injurious to the community that isajhavu not been treated with deliberate matter which I have nev er thought much . treachery and perfidy?- And can it be about, and which wiser heads than mine ! doubted, that they will join Ostola, with must determine. I only say that when I:D. S. arms in their hands, sootier than go had less capital than I could use profitably : quietly back to their home. Biid dupes of ininv business, I found thev put me on an what thev must suppose to he the white equality in that respect with those who man's villainy? Lou. Jour.

Had large capitals, uy tne laciiiues which thev allorded, and I very naturally conclude d that it was the industrious poor they , - . 1 I . . i . c ' I : . : 1. : 1. assisted and not ihe rich who have monc.Y enough without them. But I am taking up too much of vo'ir lime with my talk so good morning but don't put what I have said in vour paper, though it is the plain trulhX But we hhall tho. thought we, and here it is, What do you think of the old gentp-man's remarks reader? Pltila lclphia Herald $ Gazette, From Philadelphia Commercial Herald. TIIE P1KATE. We learn that the collectors of this port and of Norfolk, have had their eyes upon the operations of two desperadoes who are believed to be the principal officers of the pirate which captured the Susquehanna, since the 2 1th ol" June last; and that their persons ami the vessel they are now in are well known. A man named Mitchell is the leader; he is (i feet 2 inches high, stonily ma le, has lost one eye and has a large scar on his throat. He has been a pirate before, but for the last 2 years previous to March last he has been an inmate of the penitenitiary in this citv. The other individual alluded to is named Brenner, who has also been in the penitentiary, and is said to be a most desperate fellow; he has a family, we understand, residing at Ken-ington. We learn that commodore, Kidgley despatched the Porpoise brig of war from New York, early yesterday morning, in pursuit of the pirate, and the revenue cutter, G dialin of this port has also been despatched in chase with a picked crew of seventy-live men under the command of Lieutenant Dale. Another vessel, we learn will go to sea to-day, manned with volunteers, citizens, who are resolved to "ive a n-ooil account of the pirate before they return if possible. She will hatdU' escape all these vessels. P. S. Since the above was written, a gentleman has arrived in our citv lrom Norfolk, which place he left at '.i o'clock on Sunday last, w ho stales that he heard the report of the capture ot the Susque hanna w hen not more than half an hour out of tiie city. The news was carried it seems by some vessel or pilot uoat which mu-t have witnessed the capture from a po-iiion south of the I 've-Fathom Hank. If the report is credited at Norfolk, and the commander of that station has acted with promptness and energy, the Pirate will scarcely escape. .... .. - fr '-An officer of the Army, recently from St Louis, informs us of another most deplorable and disgraceful blunder of the Government in icgard to the Florida; war. It appears, tliat the Secretary o! W ar, a short time ago, wrote to certain Oo'.ernment Agents in tiie West, authorizing and requiring them to oiler to the Indians on the borders of Misssuri forty-live dollarper month for six months' service in the Florida campaign. That sum was accordingly offered by the agents, and a considerable number of Indian volunteers was laised within a short period. The savage w arriors, thus raised, si u led from St. Louis on a steam-boat for th-ir place of -tiiiaiion two or three weeks armed and equipped lor warfare. ago. Well four days after tiie departure ol these Indians, (Jen. Aikin-on received a letter from tiie Secretary of War telling him that the instructions to the Governni t i , t Agents requiring them to offer the m bans oil v-live iio.lars per month had The Secretary originated in a mistake. added, tliat tiie Indians could not and would not, in any event, be allowed more than TO dollars each for their entire term of service, and, that, if they were dissatisfied with such compensation. Gen. Atkinson must have them forthwith transported back to their respective homes at Government expense. Gen. A. accordingly sent required instructions to Nev. Orleans to the officer having charge of the Indians, but. as the Indians had not oniy started four davs previously, hut had taken a swifter boat tiiati that by which the instructions were sent, he had scarcely tiie shadow of a hope, that his orders would reach New Orleans in time to prevent the departure of the Indians from that place for Florida. In : II probability, therefore, the savage volunteers will have aetually arrived at tho seat of war. after a journey of two thousand miles, before they will

learn, that the oifer, which induced litem

to et out upon the expedition, was all a mistake of the U. S. Government, and, that they must either retrace their 6tepsor content themselves with one-fourth part of the remuneration, which the Government solemnly pledged itself to pay them, We have not lime now to dwell upon a the constantly recurring and miserable 'J'he administration is radically opposed to all paper money, hut prefers, if such money must exist that it shall consist oi Treasury notes SI 00 each, bearing a small i fnterc st. -Cel. Denton. Excellent indeed. The Government despises all hiu-p!asters, but kindly consents to say what shin-plasters are least odious to it. Perhaps some of our readers remember the conversation of Sam Weller and Mr. Stiggins, the hypocritical tipler in the Pick wick papers. 'I'm afcerd Mum,' said Sam, 'that this here gen'lm'u villi a tyist in his countenance, feels rayther thirsty.' The worthy lady looked at Mr. Stiggins for a reply; and that gentleman with many roolings of the eye, clenched his throat with his right hand and mimicked the act of swallow !" r. to .bow that he was aihirst. "I am 1. s..:.-, ,: that his IVelings have made hiit , , -J,' sai.J Airs, w elier. motirul j . . . your usual tap, sir.'' asked S . :. dear young friend, replied all tups is vanities. 4 -Yt l!.' 1 I d esay they may be sir; but :.'- particklar wanity, sir? Yieh w you like the tlavor of best?' i? ' o. 8 !h, tny ' :. ins, d :-'ain, your t::iy do uy dear young friend,' re; lied Mr. '.gins, 'I despize them all.' 'If,' rep!: i Mr. Stiggins, 'if there is any one o! them less odious than another, it is the liquor called rum warm my dear young friend, with three lumps of sugar to thetumblir." Lou. Jour. It i aninfllible sign of a drunken and uiuliiil'iv man lo sec luoi Mulling die crannies, of lus house with rag. fcrmo.it Statesman. And is it not an infalible sign of a drunken and unthrifty government to see it stuffing tiie trinnes of its currency with rags' Lou. Jour. Col. Benton is making public speeches exhorting the Missouri mihtia to hasten to tiie field of Glory in Florida. We rea! ly wish, that tiie Great Expunger would set them the example of hastening the;c himself. We should like to see whether lie or Oscola would be most expert at "selling balls in motion." Both of them are the conquerors of the hero of New Orleans the one in the famous ".Nash ville skirmish" and the other in a regul.;.ihree years' war: and why should not il--two conquerors now contend with (v. ,. for the supremacy? The copper-col. , . hero's followers at present mnk. -t people of Florida by constant jiilf.rim. hut, let tiie hero of Chapel Hill take tie field and who knows but the savage.-, will be beaten at their own trade-? Pj. It is known thai the disgusting circumstance of the marriage of a black or to f.-how. in tins prie-t wh to a white woman, took town a few days since, i oilii dated on tiie occasion, Th tint not girl licit .now oi the tact at the lime, the g veiled. It is probable that she will so in repent bitterly . repent tha hour tht.t she formed this connection.I iid.epen.l' iit of the misery she will fftl in living an exile among those of her own race and kindred, she will doubtless soon sulf r the pangs of a betrayed and deserted wife. We urtdrrstand that the fi How induced her to elope with him on Wednesday last. Thev took passage on the mail boat for Cincinnati, and thence lo Washington City. He w ill doubties abandon her so soon a it suits his convenience. Madison Fanner. .,,.- An (ii'-Vu-'trd r'isr. The w-ttpni stae frw .iavs si an, drew up to a tavern in !!i Imnut couuiv vviib two c'uOi-rmm and s.p-jS lie in it. The polite landlord walked out to e...)iure if tho passengers woul.l have anv thii.i; A class of water for the lai'iiM,' -'.! one ef the ccudeinen. men. While thev wen- elrirl.iiii;. the j , ae;,. took occasion to coin' rat 'i late the ' . ... triumph of democracy in his county. I very liiii' li re-re' said the lar, 11 'In it i- the only safety of the rrpu'.d p" seller. f-o ol.l Tom liei.ton shi.1 that tho oei our pork. Is ivin in hi- hiunhuu',' r. ; le lord. The ladies smiled, a'ld th- ,;. r. not s-i.ih-. The driver liai.d-.d f.e.'.h t ..'-. T ':-.-' th.O nl - ay for ; :.. 1 tl. land- .; !'' . ... m did hi tl... v. ay -hill ll.i: met tin ' Timet. Inquirer of afts, to th i.s in ih.tv !, !. I !.' tir-.t liar. v-s vva.,' -T. 21. ISintei'' U-V; - The N Y. Courier oti ' 25th ult. savs -Troiis--- . amount of ln.loO doll rs were sold tudav at one per cent, premium.' Lou. Jo: -,