The Wabash Courier, Volume 9, Number 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 January 1841 — Page 1

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FROM THE NATIO.HL JNTtLLtOEtCEH.

REPEAL OP THE SUB-TREASURY LAW. IJI SEJUTS, TUESDAY, DEC. 15, 1840. The following resolution, offered by Mr. Clay of Kentucky, coming up in its order—

Resolved. That tbe act entitled "An act to provide Tor the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement ol the public revenue,"ought to be forthwith repealed, and that the committee on Finance be instructed to report a bill accordingly.

Mr. Clay said it had never been h's purpose, in offering thia resolution, to invite or partake in an argument on lha great measure to which the resolution related, nor was it his purpose now. He would as lief argue to the convicted criminal, when the rope was round hit neck, and the cart was about to remove from under his body, to persuade him to escape from the gallows. as to argue now to prove that this measure of the Sub-Treasury ought to be abandoned. But Mr. C- had offered the proposition which he wished to submit at a resolution: and it was now due to the Senate that he should say why he had presented it in that shape.

It was the ordinary coarse in repealing laws either ttfmovea resolution for an inquiry by a committee on the subject of repeal, or else ask leave to bring in a bill to repeal the measure which they wished to ne rid of. But there were occasions when these ordinary formsmigtit be and ought to be dispensed with. Ana if they should look for examples to the only period which bore any analogy to this, that was the time when Mr. Jefferson came into power, but under circumstances far different from tnose attending the accession of the resident of North Bend. Jfat that time the alien law had not been limited in time, but had been madepermanant as to its duration, would it not have been supposed ridiculous to have movd a resolution of inquiry as to the expediency of repealing that most odious measure Besides, the Sub-Treasu-ry had now been three years and three months the subject of incessant-ahd reiterated arguments—a term longer than that of the duration of the last war. Uuder these circumstances, a discussion of the measure would he both unnecessary and misapplied. It was •suffcient that the nation now willed and commandod the repeal of the measure, and that tho Senators of 'nineteen States had been instructed to repeal it. It might, indeed le contended that the Presidential election had decided this or that, measure, when there fnight well be a dispute about it. Gentlemen on the

lated to a Bank of the United States, and about'them all there might well have been controversy. But on one point there could not be a diversity of opinion,.and that was, that this nation,by a tremendous majnrity'had decided against the Sub-Treasury measure. And, when tbe nation speaks and wills and commands, what, was to.be done There was no necessity of the forms ofsending to a committee, (ora slow process of inquiry: but thors was a necessity of doing what the coun try required, and to reform what Senators hsd been Instructed to reform The only question now was, who would act against the will of nineteen States and Mr. C. thought gentlemen who professed to be guided by the pi^Ml^r sentiment could nave no hesitation to comply with tfnow.

Sir,'said Mr. C.) I had hoped, for once, that the President of the United States, when he communicated his late Message to Congress, would announce the fa.ct which I have stated, and would have conformed to it in hinsuggestions to Congress. I would pot. indeed id

have asked the President to present himselfbefore Congress,.and say to the nation and to Congress, "I have been .wrong all this time, and I now retract my error,1" Sir, it would have been unmanly to urge him to such a step, and I wsuld not have required it of him. But we had a right to expect that tho President would have said, what was the fact on this subject, that the nation had decided aganst this measure and lie ought to have recommended that the will of the country should be obeyed. But least of all oould we expect that he would recommend, as he did, certain improvements of this measure, and that Senators should concur in amending a measure against which the nation had decided. And, ev#n if tney should persevere in such a

Marofi nwr», M»ey now perfectly WeM that

this measure cannot be continued alter the new Presi dent shall commence his administration. One word as to.the effect of the repeal. What'has been said of this measure It is said to have been very successful, by tho report of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sir, I would have been much better pleas* ed if that document had gone into detail, and had told us what effects had been produced, and what changes had really taken place, arising out of his measure. All this he haft omitted, and he has only told us that the measure has far "satisfied all their expectations, and that it has boon most favorable in its operation." Sir, I am tar from the receivers general, and I wish 1 was much further hut what is its operation! Perhaps the honorable Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Hubbard can tell, who on all oocasions has stood forth the ready protectorand advocate ol the

Secretary of the Treasury,

though I must sav it was a most ungrateful return for the Secretary of the Treasury to beat him in the late senatorial election- Or I should be glad to learn from the hon. Chairman of the Committee on Finance. (Mr. Wright, who is one of the instructed apainst the measure, and let him give it in denial, how the subTreasury has acted, and how it is now working how it iit varying tho financial and commercial concerns of this country Sir. I can tell myself, though I am remote from its operations, and I understand there is not the slightest difference now, from what was going on before the 4th of July last, in the operation of this system Now, as then, the notes of all specie paying banksars received, and these notes pass into the hands of the Receiver General. The process is this A merchant in NJW York who has to pay $400, gives two checks of $200, each, but no spccie. One of these checks is endorsed "specie," but the other has no such endorsements ana both these checks are carried to the banks and credited, not to the Government, but to the Receiver General, on his own private account. That is the action of the sub-Tressurv. Both checks are cashed paper, convertible at the will of the bolder into specie, and the one with the endorsement. And such was, in fact, the usage before the 4th of July-last. Prior to that the paper of no-bank not paying specie was received, and it is so now and that is the amount of the whole operations of rtiis tne*sure—Prior to th*4th of July last, in New York, for example, the money was received and placed in the hanks on private account, and the Government had no "control over it. And so it ia now. JeeseHoyt passes it over to Saul or Paul Allen, and Government has no control over it. The result is that tbe whole revenue passes under the caw and custody of a private individual, into some bank. If I am right in this, it is very inconsiderable, and must so continue. B»« I trust, tf the account is to be kept with the banks, that, instead of individuals, it will be opened, aa it formerly alwavs •was, with the Treasurer of the United States.'

I think then, Mr. President, that no tort of inconvenience can possibly result from the repeal of this measure. But even if it could, that is now no consideration for us but when we have our instructions, I at least shall obey the will of nineteen States

Forbearing, from a general discussion, which has boon continued three years and thrae months. I am now ready for the vote on the resolution, though 1 shall not urge it If gentlemen want further time to eotMHder, or for any otW purpose. I will be the last to deny thorn a request so reasonable as that.

Mr. Wright said he was from on* of tbe ninetsn State* to which the Senator from Kentucky bad alluded, and be was very happy to say that, he rejoiced in this movement. He rgoicM that there was a aM^ositkm in iho party now about to come into power, to make precisely the issue that waa to be maw by this resolution and Mr W. thanked the Senator for presenting this proposition. Hs would say, also, with that Senator, that he did not desire further to discuss tbe measure, either before the Senate or the country but he simply deiifed that, when tbe Senate should act on the proposi

the ^enate were t« on the subject, he desired they «lirwct| to tlwoMeainf tfecasoli delay of sending it tea committee. •?k .k »*,or

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ihey might act with an understanding of what it over with debts, and all the time preaching against and when the Senate waa full. But it was not so debts, and if they don&t tell tts bow Much of debts

9?* member was sick, and another rwpber have to pav. we, when we have the mrans of invest too w, and had not yet returned. Bat in any caae, if ting, will the ^e&ate were te act on the subject, he nuight go directly to the ohjsoi of tWresolu'.KMt. with-

Kentucky was signally impressed anvthax their

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the tasue and tooontend that nothing pnja£«d l^be popular voice una decided by tbe election What waa tkejndpriii of the People ia the Cotnrtumim| tions of 1838 and 1839* If ever there waa a dmiftet issue, it was then- It was. as the Senator says, pending this war of mors than three years, tbat thta measure was then almost the only point in the oootrowrav. •ad what wastheresafet It was one wtucb was In-

vorable wk, and tbe meeeure waswaseqaintly edHted- And this w»» doae by the ooantry penduit the coatrorersy That pepelsr mil)# mer have thsqfed

but. if so, and if it has now pronounced against this measure, of what measure ass substitute for this has it been in favor? Was it a National Bank? And will the Senator from Kr contend .hat it was? Will the party lumeit? And there is another pohtcal party, with other views. (Conservatives:} will rtiey return to the deposite banks and will the honorable Sena.or admit that? I do not say that they will select either one Or other of these measures. But the Senator says the election is triumphant declaration against this measure. And how is it so? By what declaration of the opposite party are we to determine this point? Sir, I had supposed that, if the late election

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Tjther side had said that such and such an election had cie-paying banks and I know it is theconatructivedudeclded this or that measure, one instance of which re- ~r

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ain little, and we were subject to reverses prior to But who that regards the truth, and has .been attentive to the progress ot events, can rise in his place and deny that tbe elections of 1840 repealed the subTreasury measure? They were avowedly against it the object was to put it down, and to dispense with a measure which had disturled the community, and deranged the affairs of the country for mofe than-three long years. It is not at all alike the cases alluded to bv the Senator under former elections. The election of 1832. tor ins'ance. was construed into an expre«i«n of public opinion against the Bankof the United States But we all know that General Jackson was then in.favor of a Bank of the United States He eosaid in his Message, and he was then supportedon iheuroundYbat he was friendly to the establishment of a Rank of the United States And I then denied as I do now that the inference of gentlemen from those ejfcnons was justly drawn. But now. whether tbe late election is mvorable to a Bank of the United .States or toJIleague of banks, on one point, and that is as respects this measure, it is utterly impossible there .can be two opinions here.

Tbe honorable Senator calls on us to say what other measure is to be resorted to after that is destroyed—a Bank of the United States or local.banks? St'r, "sufficient to the day i» the evil thereof." We have nothing now but the sub»Treasury to handle. That is an obstacle in the w*v of any measure. Let us&rst remove that, and it wiif then be time for the Senator fecm N. York to be heard in his inquiries.

But he savs the part coming into power are without principle. Bui does he not know that they are aftainst the sub Treasury, and in favor of some sound and safe regulation of ihecurrency? That they are for ecofiomy? That they are against the extravagance of the down&llen Administration? That retrenchment is their aim! And that thevureoppoecd to the late fearful usurpations and abuses of Executive power? Sir, the gentleman forgets that the electiun is over. I assure him it terminated Ni*. S. 1840. H- seems to think that he ie addressing an asaemhly in New York, at Poughkeeiwieor elsewhere Because Gen. Harrison did not choose to reolv to imm rtinence. the cetitkman charges him and the whole party with want of principle*. But, on all subjects he was manly and open, and it wason principle t^at the 1% le brought-him into power. But do gentlemen really to assert that they are without principle? No. sir. no. They kriow'theprinciples of the new administration well enough. They know that it will not denounce bank paper and then

give us Treasury notes: that it against all exp entsof this kind: that 'be Administration will beo ly and fairly conducted that it will not have debts to a large amount surrounding the Government in all its departments—to the Indians, for State stocks made for political purposes, and reduced to two-thirds of r- ^r original value for the Florida war—literally cov

I ting, will east uptbe_asgmgate to a great amount—an enormous and mystified amunt Sir, If it is.the will and pleasure of the majority to vote down them «,

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out, there ta no rt ft* fetey the sub-Treasury ahouM ber^teab-da fonhwish. Mr Calbottn Hodtstinetle heard) said he her ip«*

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Iki. »f tho mwuwi a sowed and would have been contented with their success, and no mracinr ^eratoulJ

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i^^rti^tw Pwwdent when in power »r»en this nmsure of candidate, to avow their frineipJee^ it wnnld then be time heard gentlemen on tbe other side attempting

'bet would go on with the btWiMi of the wsoion. l^t the

repeal en his responsibility enough to sct npon it. If bw Ailmi-^-'iW should be really owe of retrenchawnt and -if. Mr. C. would obi inquire how it came in, bat would support all its tneaswrss t& whidi be emuld give h?s «fport.

But IM did not view this reanintkm in the snene light as tbe Set Itwn New York. Tli' bad5»eenvsry great

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the condemnation of the sub-Treasurv .measure? still we are called on to be silsnt and stibmit, because of such a popular decision. Sir, I will not- say word against that decision, when it is fairly ascertained. It is the highest law of the couutry. And when those they bring into power shail come cons'itntionnlly into their places, I shall be one of the first ready to render constitutional submission. But, in a verdict rendered as this has been, I am not readv to admit that it decides against this measure.

What, then, is the argument of the Senator from Ky. in favor of this precipitate repeal? Is it that the measure has made mischief in the country? That it has done evil to the People? I did not so nnderstand him. But it is that it is not carried out in its terms andspirit that the law it not ohwrved. hur violated. Tito Senator may be right.in ibis, for I am not ah'e to testify as to its correctness. But if it is so, d«»es it follow that the law is to be repealed because it is not observed? Should we not rather institute an inquiry whether these officers do their duty?

And if the Senator had thought fit to take Philadelphia as his example, he might- have made a different I know that in New York all the banks are sp&

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tv of the Receiver Gf.-nernl to recieve three-fourths of •the duties there in specie-paving paper. But does the Senator say that any checks are received there on non-specie-paying banks? And if it is an individual who takes the money to the vault, is the law violated or ihe community injured? Mis argument, as I-understand it, was, that they were little benefitted by it. and therefore lie would repeal the measure. But is it not better as it is now, than if it were wholly with the Executive?

In conclusion, Mr. W disclaimed any desire to enter into the general argument, and called for the yeas and nays on the question of the resolution, which were ordered.

Mr Clay. Mr. President, it is always pleasant to me when I have the honor to submit a proposition in a form so acceptable to the honorable Senator from N. York and I am disposed to allow the largest possible accommodation, even on the point ilesired by tht- Senator, of postponing this measure till the Senate shall be full. Am"

more full. And as I am a Christian, or endeavor to be so» I will not return evil for good. Though 1 recollect, when this measure was on the verge of passing here, how the Senator from New York would not allow a singleday to the Senator from Delaware, (iVJr. Clayton though he'would not then, though earnrsilv entreaied to do so. delay the question even over night though all this was denied with the concurrence of that Senator, still I am returning good for evil, and I am very happy that l»'*rtt days and more liberal sentiments are cominp. I will concur in anv reasonable postponement which the Senator may desire.

But while up. I will notice a few remarks of ihe Senator from New York. HC-NIVS ihis is a verv convenient party now coming into power because It is without avowed win. «o*n4fcirr. loreftfHh pfttty.--And before I pro_ .i:d further on this subject, let me ask what sort of a party. Uiosc must be who have been driven out of power by a party whose residence is a log cabin and whoso covering is coon akin*?. Sir, there must he something wrong about it, or the defeated party would have never met so hard a fate from a party which they hold so much in contempt, and whici^ is so contemptible, if the Senator is correct. But does lie in fuct want to know my principles or the principles of friends with respect ip this suli-Tteupurv measure7 Have not we been battling with the whole countrv on our side against this identical measure? The Senator tells us that the popular voice was in favor of thismeomre. and that it was consequently catrfed in the popular branch. Sir, I hope he will relieve me of the necessity of losing into that New Jersev nffiir. and of -discussing 'be manner in which that gallant State was stripped of her sacrcd rights and her auihoriu trampled under foot, in manner degrading to a deliberative assemMv. and disgraceful to thence in which we live. Bui 1 will not. go into it. In the progress of the war gentlemen did

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prove that with double the force and testimony with onlv alternative would be either this sub-Treasurv or a which we can prove that tho result of the election was I Bnnk of'the Untied States for he held it impowblo Arul that gentlemen ever could go lt.ck to that ni'Serable, ricketty condemned put bank system

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that tbe P« opV ew-d think o.er the whole tllir and come to mnc!us.nne at wbleh tbe^- could uat strive under StC'lMllNlt.

Th» Seft-"#r t- K« f-' tHt" id 'T it the p-.. eh- .:-tf»«s

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le?s than tbe old practice- Wby. then, repeal it* Bat

But Indi«nn jfljjHKinterested in thia matter, and basa right tofiiuwflWi and complain of the dilatorv course pursued by the Commissi finer in charge of the Ohio division. Ohio-has and will provide ample and abundant funds to rfleet !heohj«*ct, and our reasonable and just complaintsshrtu'd. mv opinion. He reiteratI ed to the Board of Public Works of Ohio against this officer. To remove all these diffienlrifin-— to 'orotect the Great Summit Fc-der Dam ofihe St Joseph's unon which depencs a sup^lv of water west and east, 30 to

miles each wav—to -preserve tbe timber upon-the canal lands. mh trearlv all of which onlv one-fourth lias been paid, and which mav be forfeited after faking off"all the Valuable timber—-to pr'S^-ve these jrreat interests, I proposed bv Joint resolution, to h«rve a resident Commissioner upon the line, ta Iwr'-nfa superintendent

a* it is now evident that jh« various dntfes o^he Chief

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w:.- and not «le will of th, le I tf dsa wisl of the People is to be carried

ed to last vear, which resulted in a more vigorous prosecution bv Ohio, and the axpenditnre aHoot £500.000, (halfa million dollars} and the completion of ail hat the half of 55 to 60 miles, and the R«w»rvoir all of which our Chief Engineer repor's ran he finished, by a vigorous pnawutmn. in twelve mon-hs

I prooosed that tlii? resident commissioner go to Columbus, seethe Board of public worksoftbat ?t»te. present our C-hief Kn*ineef able repor' and correspondence with tb^ir Commissioner, that Mr. Dickerson may mors folly explain his couTse.-and remove every obstacle as to his "permanent supplv of water" throughout, ttMiverse with the members of thr* Legislature of that •State, and urge upon them the imposing necessity of prompt aetton. and the adoption of more vigorous nwa'ban can be expected, or hoped for from th«rprveent Commissioner Mr Drcker*»n. Our Clnef Engineer

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Mr. C. did not hold it fo be the same. The sub-Trea-sury, whether it was wise or expedient, was at all evpn:s not unconstitutional. Tlie gentlemen from Keo-

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traordinarv efforts resorted to. to secure a finish by March. 1842.

"There remains unsold of the canal land offered in October last some 3S or 40.000 acres, mostl in tbe up*

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on tfe» oaiwl lsnd is collected in each county through* ont the who 'r il line r-.n- was anv removal of this office corner d?i*c 4 be the bit* of last yean rittfv dirwrme a pe*: sate of lands at Peru the tttst Mondav ol Oetufeer

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,. was to prove any thing, it was that we should pull down this magnificent building and erect a log cabin in itsplace and.insu'ndof majority ol the People were against ihe sub-Treasurv, these splendid ptctures and other ornaments, hnng up but he doubted whether thev.were in favor of the toncoon skins and antlers. But the Senator will not say demned United Stuns Bank, or of the pet bank

Mr. C. proceeded to argue that the sub-Treasury was not the onlv su'jpcf ai issue in the election but there were a thousand issues. He indeed feared that the

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would move-a resolution of inxjuirv on th subject, b^au navigation of the country. It propose* to reI "i uounirv. it propose* and o. w«uld not protect any officer from the pen- pen! the partial act ot 1838, anil provides, among other altv of the law.

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therefore, was between the sub-Treasury -and a Bank of the U/iited States. Tltat Mr C. would not now ar gue. Bin.$aid he. when Gen. Harrison shall come in then will be the time, and let the question of a bank come when it will, I will resist it with every energy which God and Nature have given me, (or, (with an oath.) if the bank i* to be chartered for twenty-one years. I deem it worse than to have a President for life, and more dangerous to the liberties of the country Mr C. argued still further in favor of a calm alter such,excitement.

The subject was finnf'y laid npnn the table.

FROM THE INDIANA JOURNAL. ISDIANAFOMS, 8th Jan., 1841.

From the Maumee Bay to Providence. 30 miles up the Maunice river, the Wabash and Erie Canal is finished— 60 feet wide, 6 feet deep, and all inall.isoneefthemost splendid pieces of canal in the world. The water was let-in last fall to Maumee city. 2d. From Providence up to Defiance 28 or 30 miles and thence to the Indiana line, some 23 miles further, in all say 50 or 60 miles, it is full half finished, except the Reservoir near the Indiana line, to cover 2500 acres of land, which js not yet commenced by Oliio. 3d. From the Ohio line west to Iafayet'.e. it is so fa finished that boats passed between ihose points last fall From the Ohio line to the Cit of Fort Wayne, it is a large canal 60 feet \vide on(l 6 feet deep.- So that all that remains to open, about

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the Steamboat navigation of the Wabash at Latayette to Lake Erie, is this reservoir, and the half of 50 or 60 miles of common canal, all of which, after making personal examination in September last, our Chief En gincer declares can be completed by Ohio in 12 months, by the adoption of energetic and vigorous measures Let thishedore by Ohio by the 1st of September. J84T, and in twelve months thereafter. Indiana will receive her

to 20.000 of

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interest on her loans. But the coprpe heretofore pursued by iVIr. Dirkerson'. the' lhin Commissioner in charge, will not fleet this object. Some three years will yet be wasted,and as many hundred thousand dol.lars lost to the Trensurv of Indiana, if he persis's in his former course Thus, last winter, he pledged himself to our Chief Engineer to re-let, in small johsor small contract* all the unfinished work, and the Reservoir, in Mateh or April last yet in September last, when the Engineer visited tiie lines, he had not even advertised a re-lei'.ir.g! So thit no reliance can be placed upon hfs pledges And thus was lost one whole season, the most favorable for operations And as to the Reservoir, not one tree was dug up. or a shovel nf dirt thrown out jhe J?t December bifli. when I was upon the ps ice selefted, (exept^work rtoneon the ennji line, io'-fwotlf $s»r' of it Mr. '^iefcerson now iells our CJiief Engineer, that 4 facta, tiiftf iriVi(neSV*ni contractors, ye? tie doses his last lener with another fruitful prntcxt for «Mav. He.siiyp.as follows: "Wp sl.nl! be compelled to depend on Indiana to fill our Reservoir, and lor a supply ot wa-ter from the State line, fo the junction with the Maumee Canal, some permanent arrangement should he entered into upon thissuhjert." This is in his communication of the 31st October last: Our Chief Engineer hadI before id vised (vim, that be was aware that Ohio relied upon Indiana to fill her Reservoir, and he telle hiiii "io meet this arrangement —we shall at once prepare for incr'-asin'T the depth of our feeder, (the Pt. Joseph*b feeder) so ibai on our part Nortnxo will be wanting to perfect the communication." Rut now Mr Dic.kcreon rfquiri-p "a pi rmarrent arrangement nnf only to fill the Reservoir ,but to snpolv theirennal in the A unitize river, to the junriion of the Mnomce with 'he Miafni canal hence, on ti 1st Peern Ter tor jbe ti ost of this "permanent arrangement." notion? ft-ns done towards Reservoir! and as Mr. Dicfeerson is emploved..as I am informed in pellin« goo^s largely to the contractors, a speedr cotnoletion might cut short two or three years of hisprofitahle gftodp operations! Bv giving contfactorssnjall estimates, as he has done, and pavmentsjihoiM twice a vea*-, thev are willing to take goods raftb ^jhnn starve or co to jail: and if Mr D'ckerson has ihMpe or four vears more to do what he iriiti.iit linvedtinefh twelve monthsfrrtm September last his (^oodg,o:lera,ions will no doubt be verv large and profitable: hut If cut short in 'his hv completion ne*t seasoo. the lo?s renv be- repaid bv a license for "the coon trade," which cap be obtained, should I be appointed *'a ."•omrTrTTe'* for that purpose, aa called for by a resolution of tbgflMtt'or from Riss.

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per cmouttes. and aa convenient to the City of Fort the State* A few bold end unprincipled men, recti I' Wayne as at any other prominent point, where the of obligation, and regardless of duty, have dared todeentnes can he convenientlv made, and where tbe com- fend an opposite action. But such conduct has been ttitasKHwrs^ office has been kept th*» last 10 vests, with] repe'S-d by tbe nation.—In an hour ol" distress and g^**ti sstistaeiiee to tbe ce -rv as to its Is tr. and darkness,

Yet tbe loetntv of this little

bind office, is hut a matter of small moment, nnr should it interfere to preset- tr«v"^ Ww-on now called foe to secure a eontp'etn of tbe Ohic d. vision, and tbe security and preeervatioo ef these great interests.

tor off1, ft-^wt, it appears

that f€00.t*00 wilt ps sll the jn tbe Watmb and Erie canal, and for all tbe work yet to be done.

Wjiun aitp K*« Gmi —The sfldkas tlw»sideeut ennneetmg the mam trunk of theW -v- and Kne Canal a Mautrwe ei»v. with tbe riv^r, b-en rertmtemteed, and a great number ef hi bows en iyed on it.

an thinks no one hi* Superior who &ieft far be bur it tbeq in bis power to mate

W hint himself superior to tbe other by fagmng it Papr.

FBO* THK NEWARK S1 NTtJfEI.. NEW STEAMRO BILL

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JT.e new Steamboat Bill introduced in ihe U. S. Senate

tucky was now for restoring a sfate of things which on the24th ult.. by r-R urgi^d hicYpa*^ toa some of our citizens, for' the "safely oY remlrancw o'f id. which^was 'hat ajl the second resting. comprises 33 sections, and appears to money to New York, respecting which no advices had ?'™?.r*h"UJd

been

prePared

with

Senator had stated. Mr. C. pro- all the \annus evils that have been experienced in York, received by yraterdav's mail at the oflire in thin nounced it contrarv to law, and hoped tbe Senator tfte absence ofany thorough supervision over the steam- —1 J-.-J -y -llce

things, as follows, viz that the owners of all boms shall enrol them, and have them thoroughly examined in every part by a board of two inrpcctors, to lie «p-

E)istrict

ointed in each of our chief harbors by the U. S. Judges and upon receiving.a satisfactory certificate embmcirg a full account of tbe vessel—its age, size engine, &.c.—shall be cntitJed to a license from the Collector for ore year--it being provided that the maximum presure shall not exceed oqe-eighth of that which the inspectors estimate "the boiler may sustain without fracture. The hull must be ihspected annually, and every other part once in 6 months, and the inspectors may, upon complaint, go on board at any time, ascertain its condition, the number and sfate of the boilers, and adjust the safety valves, of which each boiler must be furnished with two. one inaccessible to the engineer except to raise the same, without power to increase its weight or measure, anil which shall be loaded at the maximum prescribed for the boiler: the other valve shall be loaded at a degree half way between the maximum and common working pressure.

Every vessel must have mercurial guages and ther. mometrical instruments, indicating to the engineer the pressure and temperature of ihesteam. and exhibiting on an index scale, placed in a conspicuous pari of the vessel, said pretsureand temperature, to the inspection of passengers. Near this index shall be conspicuously tncribed the maximum pressure, preecibed for the boiler by the inspectors, and the ordinary and common working pressure thereof. The boilers, in addition to tjie gua»e cocks for ascertaining the height of the water 8haJI be provided with glass water-guages, or windows, for the inspection of paseengers, or with sutableapproved detectors of fusible metal.

The boiler-rooms, fire-rooms, and parts near the flues, chimneys, &c. must be protected from fire by metallic coverings. All engineers, and every boat must baveone chief engineer with an adequate number of assistants, must have license which the inspectors are to grant, aftet examination, for one year only. Copies of these licenses, including that for the boat, must.be conspicuously posted tip in the vessel, tinder a penaTty of $500. Force pumps are required to be worked by hand, of suitable capaoitv to supply the boiler with water, in case of the failure of the engine pumps.

Boats on Chesapeake Bay, L. T. Sonnd, and the Lakes, must Carry yawls and life-boats enough for alt" their passengers: penalty .$300. Each steamboat must have two good fire engines 40 water buckets, with haling ropes. 2 water tanks of 300 gallpns. to bo kept filled &.c, with such other provisions against fire as tbe inspector* may direct: penalty £f00. Suitable tiller roils are required, and the lake bo.ats must be provided with sails: penalty $200. T*Vo bright sig nai jights. front and rear. are. required in night boats nd in foggy weather a steam-whistle must be sounded every minute. Steamers must passto the windward of sailing vessls. or yield the course to them. No gun powder can be taken except by vessels on the Gulf Mexico, and then in metalic chests at the greatest 'distance from tbe fire. Owners and masters nre to learned common carriers, and responsible accordingly Inspectors are required to make full annual reports ti •heSecretary of the Treasury, ofth.enilmber, cohditioti ifee of the boats.

Heavy penalties are provided for all neglect or de eption in regard to these provisions, and in case f' deaths bv explosion &c the defaulting owners or offi fJSt hre oiiUjeci to JO vi a-rs^* JmpVfsonment lex man slaughter.^- A fee of $5 is allowed the inspectors for each engineer's license, and must pay the inspectors 25 for^tbe annual inspection of each steam vessel, nnrf £20 in. full for all other examinations of each vessel during the year.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE WEATHER. MISTS.—A white ni st in the evening overa meadow ora river, will be drawn up by the sun next tnornin and the tay.will he bright. Vive or six fogs successively drawn up, portend rain. Where there are high hills, and the mist which hangs over the lower landsdraws towards the hills in the moining, and rolls up to the top. it will be fair but if the mist hangs'upon the hills, and drags along the woods ihere will be rain.

LI.OUDS.—Against .itich rain.-the clouds grow.bigand increase very fast, especially before thunder.— Wheti tbe clouds are fornied like fleeces, hut dense in the middle, bright towards the edge, with the sky

right, they are signs ofa frost, with hail, snow, or tain. II clouds breed high in the air, in their while trains like locks of wool, they portend wind, and probably rain. When a general cloudiness covers ihe Bkv, and small black fragments of clouds fly underneath, they are sure signs of rain, and probably it wil! be lasting. Two currents ot clouds always portend rain, and in summer thunder.

Drw.—If tho dew lies plentifully on the grassnfter a fair day, it is the sign of another. lino', and there is no wino, rain must follnw. red evening portends fair weather but if spread too far upwards from the horizon in the evening, and especially morning, it forfeits wind or rain. or both. When the skv in rainy weather istinged with sen green, the'rain will increase, if deep blue, i: will be showery.

HFAVF.VLV BOPIES. A hazirus in the air which fades

thf Sun's light, and makes the orb appear whitish, or ill defined: or at night, if the moon ana

sr/S

sm.r,"

?r?.w

are fattl and 'i-e States will always prove iheir fidelitr bv meeting fielly and pmmptIv whatever engsgementa they mav make. Not one of them will forfeit its word, or diNiosnr its name."

A WOOL-SIAVIK Tow* We learn from the Troy Mail that Kt«w»ek N is o»e of the largest Woolgrowing towne in tbe United States. There are aKmt

OOP sbe-p in that town, and the qoalitv of the wool is ol rhe finest crude. It has been suateSted tbst the usual dip in that tosmisalone worth *50.000, and this year it will exmred ^atmsnt.

F'.R.r T*AB

fyr Morgan wn*f.

We should

d••

and if of her natural color, with a clear skv. fair wea ther- Ifthe moon*is rainv thronghout.it will clearat the change, and perhaps the rain return a few days alter- Iffair throughout, and rain at the change. rh« fair weather will probably return on the fourth or fifth day. If the setting sun appesrs yellow or gold color, and particularly ifiaccompanied with purple streaks, for

£||owjntf rfav

Kngmeer upon other of the ptihlic works will prevent Wi*n If the "wind vt*r* •»«,„» htm ..residing on the lines, wa*, Wd do

|l be fine.

8Hre If in

last wtnier. when he was placed in sole charge-of the hrin™ Uir won.htr- tuu To effect thefte rtKiwl*. nnH 'he ^ntrarv foul. WhtStlmg

changing, it follows he cou'rJaf iheTnn

supposed to indicate wind. —Beforernin swallows fly low dogs grow sleepy and eat grass water fowls dive much fish will not bite flies are more troublesome: toads crawl about nmles, ants. bees, and manv insects are very busy birds fly low ("or insects: swine, sheep ai»d cattle are uneasy, and even the human body.

When there has been no particular storm about the time of the spring equinox, (March 21.) if a storm arise from the east, on or cefore that da v. or if a v'orm from any point of the compass arise near a week after the eqoinox, then, in eitbe^of these cases, the succeeding summer is generally ilrv. foor times in five. But if a atorm arise from ihe S. W. or W 8. on or just before tbe equinox, then the summer following is generally wet five times in six.

uTHE

F*tnr OF

TBE

TES

t* its convenience to t- jrea' summit dam, hope of re?i -vas f-'-. tbe States, aa one man. havedereservoir and division ambles the Commissioner dared that their faith ahc be remain anhroken. Let to oversee and protect these greet works. The interest all doub**

In a paragraph on this

aubject the Cincinnati Repub.ican utters the following commendable sentiments: We fed an honest pride at the noble stand wbch oar countrymen have taken on this subject. The purpose is fixed all over the land nrrrr to vitiate tie faith

.-t id was looked (or, and hardly a

this ift: now dispelled. This people

-We Team by the Musiin-

j,.- .v. o, t? ITih ha* thirtv flat-boa ta, rtg 4'-"1 ant's mA of gait. :...f '«ft the Mog a d»n for *nd other

pttK-f rds will be about mostly

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ouarkly. sad without hesiiat I ta

-Mo_.

Id receive, eheifliilfjr* far there is no^r^ce

'hat Micks to tbe fingers —Sfw**.

'pig

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To mothers and fathers who quail at the idea ofauprting a small family of8or 10 children, look at this good man's history and learn a lesson of valor, fortitude and resignation. Both families were entirely destitute, dependant on the labor of their bauds for support.

Noah was a stone mason, and daily went to his work with an honest heart and contented mind and when he returned home at night. 14 children flockedaround him at the door to receive a faiherWtore and caresses.

Mother they had none and flcir father determined that-they should have another to protect them during I the day. when he was absent, and administer to their wants at night.

W'e*

As an evidence of the purity of the religion of his

h®

dld

and a ring encircles the former, rain will follow If the selection he was about to make he did not alone tbe sun's rays appear like Moses's horn, if whiteat set- S think of his children, but be thought of Daniel's—ard tints, or shorn of his rays, or goes down into a bank of

mor'ove'"he

clouds to ihe horizon, bad weather is expected. If the father ol Daniel's children, and their mother life mothmoon looks pale and dim, weoxpect rain if red. wind

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EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES OF THEX5REAT EASTERN MAIL. For some time past apprehension?.have been felt, by imn At An* m. .t

much care. to' provide against been received. A letter from Ihe Post Office at N'ew

city, and dated the 16th inst., unravels the mystery, and establishes the fact, that wholesale depredations have been committed upon the most important mails from the west lor N. York, during the last two mouths.

MISSING MAILS.

At JuTitiaked in a memorandum from the N. lo.-i Post Office, /'ec. 16

We learn from a house in this city, that they remitted on the 6th Nov., to a house in Boston, two thousand dollars a thousand of which wis Illinois scrip, and the remainder in a draft, which has never reached us destination 11 is, therefore, possible, that this mail may hayo been subjected to the "searching operation" of the Post Office thief,

««uJy alone to«nake himself happy

thought of Daniel's wife: and became the

of his, making an united family of 32 two elder and 3°, yon"*** Whipple*. All you fathers and mothers who are perplexed and dissatisfied in providing for a rmaJi family of 10 or 12 children, visit Connecticut, and see small house filled to overflowing like a bee hive, wim eontentment and pleasure impressed on the countenances of all and you will return home instructed and contested.

PRISO.V STATISTTICS.—In tbe following State Prisons the earnings of the convicts have exceeded the expenses, during the last year, by the sums set against them. Massachusetts, $4.433 27 Connecticut, #4.511 19, Auburn N. York, *8,490 25 Kentucky, f15,030 92 Ohio, *?0,037 06.

In New Hampshire the prison is let out by contract, and of course the earnings equal the expenaes. In the following, the expenses have exceeded the earnings during the same time: Sing Sing in N. York, f246 47 New Jersey, #5,584 16 Philadelphia, pentten nary, f18.378 76 Do. at Pittsburgh, #7.107 00 Do- at Baltimore #3.693 36 Do. at Waahington. #14 096 69 Do. at Michigan, #3,345 67.

Number of prisoners in ten penitentiaries at tbe commencement of the year. 2026 at the end of the year. 2787 received during th- year, 1101 discharged by expiration of sentence, 669 by pardon, 163 by death, 55 recommitted. 82 escaped. 27. -JV. Y. Sun.

POPULATION OF THE U. STATES. In nineteen States and the District of Columhis, the population is 11,767,211, showing an increase of 3 2,7fl since 1830. If ihe increase in the remaining States and Territories should be one million, the population of the entire Unidn will be about 17.000.000 In 1830, it was 12,886.920: in 1820. 9, 38,131 in 1810, 7.239.814 in 1800, 5.305 925 in 1790. 3.929.827. The population of Indians, iu 1800, 4,876 in 1810, 24.520 in 1820, 147.178 tn 1830,343,031 in 1840,6g3,314.

AJTCCOOTE of PATRICK HEAST.—When the celebrated Pa'rick Henry, of Virgima, waa wart he close of his life and tn feeble health, he laid his hand on the Bible and »n old friend who was with him Here is a

H»

MArth

HI»IUI..I!A.Iu

ed vrt it is mv misfortune

n*ver

proper at lentiim and feeling till lately Tlboit the

proper attention and feeling till lately!" About the! same time be wrote to hia that Drisf* have claimed me'." The thought gave me owre pain than the a pp. l'ation of Tory, for I consider religion of infinitely higher importance than politics: and

same time be wrote to hia daughter—" beard it said

find much cause to reproach myself, that I have lived so Songsod given no decided and public proof of my being a Christian."

To adipr nouns GUM—Musty grain, totally unfit for use ar 'i r.^ean scanxly be ground, may. it isssid. beremleft*. perfectly sweet sftqaoand br i»-^ tnersiflg it homing water, and letting it remain tiff -"er't ,.S4, -.,- quantity ol water I* tr grain V-i notified. Tbe a --y rju ity rarely peoeitMf tiu.' tgb tbe husk or bran of t,»e v. Ii- waref.*il ih»-?!er-Ti-ed o- roiien grair-. *ri uj.'.j-i i.--f! eurfaee.ee tu.f re fining wheat is Txn cieunsed from ail impuriti«s, without any r.-'iter a. lose. It ie afterwards to be dried, nssitring oceustonaily. on tbe kiln— .V. E Farmrr.

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^o.ion

Weare indebted to the kindness of Mr. Watson the I ost-master of this city, for the memorandum in relato the mails missing at New York Si.LouisPenont.

THE PROGRESS OF FATHER MATHEW.

.., TEMPERANCE.

The Irieh Apostle of Temperance was still, at the last dates, engaged in the earnest and successful prosecution of his patriotic and philanthropic labours. He

Ireland, wli

recently visited the north

where he made

thousands of converts. He then visited the city of wir \. j,e

w^re

during the short pe-

TlOn Of fhrfi#* nnvfl lin rfiot*r *. riod of three days he distributed Temperance Medals, and administered ihe PletUre to no less than thirtvthree thousand persons- Lord Morpeth, and several

ithor Government Dignitaries, cheered him on in the good worn, by their presence on the platform, ahd he announced at thecluseof the third day, that the Irish I emperance Society then consisted of over three millions of members.

All classes of society, from the highest to the lowest, seem to vie with each other in doing homage to the virtues and laboursjol this truly great and extraordinary man- The Eaffof Gling.ll an*d hiB C,fuSSSla?ely complimented him by a magnificent pntertainnient But Ins greatest triumph is in the hearts, and his surest reward in the prayers of the converts. How many desolate hearts has this single individual brightened' How many families has he raised up from the dark depths of degradation and crime!

Many ofthe neighboring nobility and gentry attended theentertainment above alluded to, as wellas hundreds of the Earl's tenants. The Rev gentleman made a speech of the most eloquent and impressive character. In proof of the effects of this mighty moral revolution we may state that ,t has been officially aescertained ihwt the manufacture of tp.rits was less by three mill'l?on8a.r,d K«H»ns, in the year ending cto.»«r 10, 1840, than in the preceding year. The .•onseqtwnt loss reverme close upon five hundred thousand pounds sterling. A man, who by bis indivtdual and indefatigable efforts, has effected such an amount ofgood among his countrymen, deserves to be remembered with gratitude and affection by every C.hnstuin and philanthropist in the world. His example will he pointed to with eulogy and with the object of prompting others on in the righteous and sun-lit path of civilization and Christianity for ages to come. I into willon.y impart additional brightness to his effori* while the mora list and historian will refer to him ojon« of the shining lights of the age in which he liv-

A FAMILY.

The New York Courier and Enquirer of Thursday, thus speaks ofa family now residing in Groton, New ijondun county. Connecticut:

Daniel Whipple^ young man of 42 years of age had a family of 16 children, and Noah Whipple, 40yearsof age, had a family of 14 children. Daniel and Noah were cousins, and had married sinters. In the visitatinns of Providence Daniel died, and also Noah't wife. The widow had 16 children fo provide for, and honest Noah only 14 dear little creatures.

Va"®,v wo°de

V-A Imen

is lift

(he

tbl3

St. Louis. 6th Nov. Louisville, 10th Cincinnati "t?

11th Columbus. 12th Wheeling, 13th-due16Ui Nov £ory*,wp™

born

Columbus. 18th Wheeling 19th-due 22d Nov Free o'er the mighty deep to come and go Columbus. 19»h—due 23d Nov. t,.^ Louisville, 20th Cincinnati, Slat Columbus. 23 Wheeling. 23-tiuo26th Nov. bt. Louts, 31st Cincinnati. 26th (49 letters, and two supposed to be one bundle, not received)-due 1st Dec.

St. Lotus, 22d: Louisville, 26th Cincinnati, 27th Columbus 28th. Wheeling. 29th—due 2ad Dec Louisville, 2nd Dec Cincinnati, 3d Columbus, 4th Wheelmg, 5th-due at New York on 10th Dec.

W observe, in the New York American, of the 16th a notica^rom Nevms. Toyvnsend & Co., cautioning the public from buying certain Bills of Exchange, mailed at Cincinnati on the 26th, for them, which had not come to hand.

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•S0» £.

JWBX THK

w,#. TflE WINDS. B* WUXLXM CVLLtn

Kiae, as tbe rushing floods close overhead. Ye dart upon the deep, and straight is haard A wilder roar, and men grow pale and pray

This time-keeping edifice struck ol manner of hours, in all manner of ways but whatever might be its va« garics. was a! ways true to the solemn "twelve" of midnight so that Herr Bomgarten. not without reason, fixed upon that hour to decide his long charishsd scheme.

The day at length arrived and it may be imagined (htft not a little preparation had been made. Thepianaforte, [one of Horner's lotrtt improvemmts] were placed tinder a mirror of immense size, ond exactly op* posite to the [fatal] clock-

Azalia was dressed in a holiday suit, and looked lovelier than usual and from this eircumetance her father augured a propitious finale At about eight o'clock ire the evening the visitors were all aeembjed, and the^ players who ventured to offer themselves as compefftors for so beautiful and so rich a prize were four in-J number. They severally sat down to the instrument,!-,'? and each appeared, more than his predecessor, to as-,'**, tonish the audience and it was generally imagined^ that the last performer would he entitled to become the -. fair girl's hti«lmnd. But ere Herr Bomgarten had quiteresolved in his own mind the exact merits of each con»t didate, another»«ood beside the instrument, and rather by signs than words, indicated that he too must tryhis skill.

The guests seemed extremely ptuzled at this singular spparatton: for up to th«t moment the gentle-* man had not been observed in the room at all!— One or two perrons, indeed, declared that he had actually strpped from the cloc' rase ns the last player of the lour concluded his fantasia! Be it as it may, he is imposhereo tip the heart with the intensity of his pathos snd again enchanted the soul with multitudinous images oi delight. Tlien would heponr over the imagination a storm of harmonies that exalted it almost to frenzy.snd anon subdued it to the placidity of childhood. He was the man yet who was hef Trie Question wss fearful one. He wss handsome, but his aspect was singularly wi'd and melancholy- He execnteid with marvel Ions esse, but his mind (judging from bis eye) seemed wandering over fields of thought remote from that in which he was engaged. He rose, Herr Bcmgarien sprang from hia seat, and would have embraced him. but was repelled by bts peculiarity of mein. Few minutes had he to deride, for midnight was at hand. As to ihe pretty Azalia. she wore no expression seve only that of extreme pa lor, and of some internal agitation but when this stranger, ss the clock struck twelve, touched her hand to depart, she rose at once, and without any apparent reluctance. The moft surprieng part of the whole bnifsineiw was this.—that the stranger, holding the hand of the young lady, proceeded at once to the Devil's Clock, and giving one melancholy glance at tbe company, touched a spring and retired within its case.

sat down to the piano, and produoed*-bat it sible to describe the sensation. He now withered tip

As the door closed on the fstal couple murmur ef horror ran through the assembled guests. Tbe unhappy father wss so affected that lie fainted away, and ss sematlan returned he deelared that he repented bim solely of having, aa it were, interfered with decrees ef Providence. "Ah!" he exclaimed," would thp: I had selected some honest youth among our neighbors for her husbsnd!—Csrl Ven Muller. for instance—who lov-

ner nusosno:--tsri ven utter, lor instance—wno lov

to i,..,^ her dearly snd waa beloved in return, and whom

dr0Te ,rotr the how

vowel when the clock-esse again opened, and thestran-

Saoghter.

er.stepped from it. said, in a sepulchral voice. "If your O man of ambition* views, were now married to Carl von Muller. would you give her yourbleasingt" I would exclaimed the old man, sobbing. "Then.*11 exolsimed the apparition, "ootne forth ye hip-

te appariu

pr pair?" At these words, the door room open Carl von Mailer and h*s lovely bride entered, sppraeeh-

Carl ww

'A J"JJ. IM

KtriCKESSOCKCK.

BRYANT.

Ye wiods,j.e unseen cnrmitsof the air, *pl S*ftljr ye played a few brie£iioui* ago Ye bore the murmorittg bee tossed the hair

O'er maiden chucks, that look a fresher glow Ye rolled the round white cloud through depths of Wue Ye shook from faded flowers the lingering dew Before you the o*t«lpa% blossoms flew, &

Light bloaaoma, dropping oo the grass like enow^

How are yechnnged! Ye took the cataract's souadf^f Ye took the whirlpool's fury and its might v.® mM,ntain shudders as ye sweep the ground

lie prone bfcneath your &,<

ThC you sweep like eagles past

are rocking in vour blast

roofs like autumn leaves and cast,

SKyward, the whirling fragments out of stght.^'

Jvf"' ^ow's heaven make wing in vain* y°ur wrath: ye seist and dash them dead.

Mri

dme the roaring rain

The harvest field becomes a river's be# And torrents tumble from the hills around. Plains turned to lakes, and villages are drtfcrned «. And wailing voices, 'midst the tempest* sound,

fling its water's round you, as a bird Flings o'er hisshivering plume# the fountain's eprtky. See! to the breaking mast the sailor clings Ye jcoop the ocean to its briny springs, And take the mountain billow on your wings, ,*

And pile the wreck of navies round tho bay. Why rage ye thus?—no strife for liberty Has made you mad no tyrant, strong through fear, lias chained vonr pinions, till ye wrenched them frse.

And rushed into the unmeasured atmosphere

u"mea8»red

a"»«*pl«e

freedom where ye blow

Earth's solemn woods were yours, her wastes of snow, !r^n«iuner blossoms all the year.

Her isles wher O, ve wild winds a mightier Power than yours In chains npon the shores of Europe lies The scepteired throng, whose, fetters he endures,

Watch his mute throes with terror^n tbeir fyes And armed warriors all around him stand, And, aa he struggles, tighten every band. And hit the heavy spear, with threatening hand,

To pierce the victim, should he atrivtS to rise. Yet oh, when that wronged Spirit of our race, Shall break, as soon he must, his long-worn chains, And leap in freedom from his prison place.

Lord ofhis nncient hiMsand fruitful plains, Let him not rise, like these mad winds of air, To waste the loveliness that time could spars, To fill the earth with wo. and blot her fair

Unconscious breast with blood from human veins. But may he like the Sprmg-tiint come abroad, Who crumbles winter's gyves with gentle might, When in the genial hreeze, the brealh of Goo,

Come spouting up the unsealed sprjngs to light Flowers start from their dark prisons at hia feet. The woods, long dumb, awake to hymnings sweet, And morn and eve, whose glimmerings almost meet.

Crowd back to narrow bounds the ancient night.

THE DEVIL'S CLOCK.

Bp the Author of a "Marriage on (he eve a/ Battle.'' The town of Ilerringhauscn, not a hundred miles from Frankfort, is one of the most picturesquely antique in Germany, and containsabout twelve thousand inhabitants. I like to propare my readers with a tolerable idea of the locality wherein the events narrated transpire—for then I may hope to impress them with at least a twofold sympathy in my dramatis persons. The streot in which Herr Bomgarten had bin residence was among the oldest in the town aforesaid, and his residence the oldest in it. He was himself also, a highdried piece of antiquity, usually enveloped in a cloud of smoke from sunrise to sunset, exc«pt only when his fair daughter set beside him at their evening meal, and talked over the affairs of the d&y. On such occasions he would narrate incidents in his progress through life, anddv^ell upon thpdifliculticB attendant upon acquiring the independence which they then enjoyed. He had one passion in excess—an intense love of muaic, and had at one lime been no mean proficient on the violin. At the festivals held periodically in all the principal Girtrian towns, his judgment was appealed to and, indeed, no meeting of the kind was considered complete, if he, bv any accident, were absent. It may, therefore, naturally be inferred, that his daughter had been early instructed in the elements of theBrt and at nineteen she was a pisnist of considerable attainments: These circumsianct formed the basis of a desire which became etromger with his'years, and which confirmed rcfolve that ehe should wed one of the most accomplished musicians of the age. They say that when nlf other passion#dte.ambition survives, and acquires a force proportioned to its solitariness and singleness of aim. Certain it is, that out of the many suitors whom the beauty and gentleness of disposition of Azalia attracted to the domicile of Herr Bomgarten, not one (so scrupulous was he on the score of musical perfection) was permitted by him to continue his visits. Anxiety for the fulfilment of a hope being usually in proportion to its strength, her sire, os the young lady approached the age of twenty-one, began to experience a dread that lie might not live to see her settled. This preyed upon his spirits deeply- and urged him to publish, ns widely as possible, his intentions. To that end he invited to his house, on a certain day, all of tho class musical who choee to compete for his daughter, declaring thot at midnight he would decide on the claim of the aspiranrs. Now, it is necessary I should inform my readers that in the grond apartment in Herr Bomgarten's mansion there was a piece of furniture supposed to have been fabricated by a Hungarian nntsicion, and which exibited to much of apparent wilfulness that it had been denominated by common consent the "De* vil's Clock."

".if"'"

Sea^r had he made this a-

cned, and

ml the master of the hou«e,and knelt at his feet/ Now, •aid the stranger, "let

mm this gloom into rneni*

i*Kt.t.** My name is Mendelssohn." the composer bsve just retu'ned from Italv: I am the boeom friend

with the die ways set it __ ing, play a variety «ftrit5ks"with it by dsv:} snd I have been the means of doing an set oUriendahlp and ofjosttee. As to the tmwal^|te not we will think of thst some other time-, for aasfPt behooves us soWy to b* joyow-wo mtrricr,

•pent ia th* good oJd town of fl«rrringha»rcri».

neur