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ERWe will cling to the pillaes of the temple of our liberties. R SOE, Publishet.
PIERRE F. L ABORDE, Editor. and if it must fall we will perish amidst the ruins*
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ANSWER TO OBsCLRUs.
There is a flnow'r which sheds around,
The richest fragrance on the air.
In every clime it may be found,
Above all flow'rs, its head to rear.
In the deep forest it will bloom
As brightly, Us in verdatnt bow'r,
It gladdens c'en the desert gloom,
Can you declare this lovely low'er?
This-31agic Flower isWoman fair,
The sweetest, can't wi* her compate. F.
THE MIDNIGHT WIND.
Mournfully! oh, mournfully
This midnight wind doth sigh,
Like some sweet plaintive melody
Of ages long gone by:
Itspeaks a tale of other years
Of hopes that bloomed to die
Of sunny smiles that set in tears,
And loves that mouldering lie?
Mournfully! oh, mournfully
This midnig-f wind doth moan;
It stirs some chord of memory
In ench dull, heavy tone:
The voices of the much-loved dead
Seen floating thereupon;
All, all my fod heart cherished
Eredeath had made it lone.
Moarufilly! oh, mournfully
This midnight wind doth swell,
- With its quaint, pensive minstrelsy,
Hope's passionate farewell:
To the dreamy joys of other years,
Ere yet grief or canker fell
On the heart's ldoomn--ah! well may tears
Start at the parting kntell.
Pe ~icelass60 v.
Sad condition of .Britiush India.-500,
000 people sweept uf-British inudia is an
empire as large as Europe, exclusive of
Russia, with a population including tribtuta
rStates, of moret han 150,000,000. Over
his emipire and people a sway is exercised
wh~olly. British; wvhiile it is affirmed that
ignorance, poverty,ecrime and disafection
prevail there, to a distressiog and alarm
ing extent.
I, has been estimated, the famine of
1837 and 1838. in the Upper Provinces of
Bengal, swept of more than 500,000 peo
ple. The famines of the year I839, visit
ed the Northern Provinces of Bombay and
Madras.
The Asiatic Journal for August, 1833,
states that "200,000 were scantily fed dai
ly by Government, and private individu
als in the North West provinces; yot this
is but a faint palliative. The people are
dying like dogs-mothers ~throwing their
living children at night into the Juanna
disease destroying many whom famine
has spared-dogs and jackals actually de
stroying bodies in which life was not ex
tint." A t Gualior, '.hydrophobiia was as
fatal as cholera-famhine dreadful-horses,
asses, halfaloes, every thing that had died
a natural death, eaten by the natives.
At Agra, "the police pick up 150 bodies
daily."
On the 14th of A pril, 1838, 78.000 pi
ning wretches, men, women and children,
were fed by hounty at Agra; and betwecen
the 1st and 15th of Mardh, 71,523 itnfir-m
and sightless creatures were relieved in a
siilar manner. So great were the rava
ges of death, that the air for miles was
tainted with the efflauvia from the putrify
i.,. ,carc s of mecn and cattle, aad tho
rivers of the Jumna and Ganges were
chocked up and poisoned by the dead hod
ies :hrown iuto their Channels. The wa
ter and fish of these rivers were rejected
as unfit for use, and men kept constantly
employed in pushing the accumulated
bodies down the torrents. The mortality
was at the rate often thousand per month,
a destruction of lire which, if it had cot
tinued, would have swept off the entire
population in less than a year.
A still more dreadful picture is given in
a letter fron Calcutta, under date of the
10th ofApril, which says:--Since the de
spatch of the overland mail per the Bere
nice, which left Bombay at the close of
last mouth, public attention in this quarter
has been engrossed by the accounts which
daily reach the capitol of the horrid rava
ges of famine in the provinces to the west
and north west. It is impossible to com
pitte the number. who die in their tedious
progress front the desolate districts to the
town where food is proctrable. We hear
almost daily of mothers deserting their
chil'lren on the highway-of infants crawl.
ing around the granaries to pick up the
grains of rice accidentally scattered during
the process of distributton at the doors
of the roads being lined with dead bodies,
a prey to the vulture and jackal-of the
courses of small rivers aemally obstructed
by the masses of dead bodies thrown there
in, by those who are employed to clear
the highways-of the European inhabit.
ants of the large towns of Aga,Cawnpore,
&r., being compelled to abandon their
evening drive, fron the impossibility of en
countering the cffuvia from the putrid
corpses around!"
From the Augusta (Maine) Age, of Jan. 7.
MAINE. -
Hlete do ire stand ?-The letter of Gov.
Fairfield to Sir John Harvey, in reference
to the recent invasion of the State, the
reply of that functionary, and the demand
made by Gov. Fairfield upon the Prei
dent, to use his power to repel this foreign
intrusion upon our territory, which we
)ullislh to.day, will be read with deep and
general interest.
Sir John Harvey's letter strikes us as
pectiliarly insulting. Without directly al
ledging that quartering of British troops
at Teniscounta Luke, i< consistent with
the agreementt made through the media
tion of Gen. Scott, lie declares thatit was
done und.r tantMoritybtth"ose who are
equally " anxious" with himself, that " the
spirit as well as the letter of the agreement
should be scrupulously ob&served ;" and he
seems to assume that his statement of the
reasons and motives for that act must re
concile Maine to a quiet submission un
der it.
Among other things stipulated in " the
agreement" b) Sir John Harvey, it is pro -
vided that he shall tint "seek to take M L
ITARY POSSESSION" of thedisputed
territory. his construction of that pro
vision would now seem to he that such
"militariy possession" is consistent with
the agreeniti, if it is only accompanied
with a denial of hostile intentions towards
Maine. The mere statement of such a
construction exhibits its entire want of
foundation.-Two powers, on the point
of collision, temporarily agree to withdraw
from this disputed ground, and forbear at
tempts on either side at its military occu
pation. Sihl one power forthwith en
trench itself upon territory, titus made. for
cerain-purposes, neutral territory, by the
erection of military works, the establish
ment of depots, and the qu-trtering of
troops, and justify itself by a disavowal of
inimical purposc, and that, too, not made
voluntarily and in advance, but tardily
and upon compulsion ? The very object
of the agreenent would lie thereby defea
ted, and one party would obtain the very
advantage, which it was the design of the
agreement to prevent either party from
nhtaining that of getting military posses
sion of the grotund in dispute, which it wvas
ititended should remain tunoccupied so far
as military forces were concerned, so long
as the agreement was continued in force.
From the National Jntelligencer.
THlE MAINE BOUNDARY.
A message from the President of the
United States was presented othe Senate
on Thursday, containing the information
called for by certain resolutions of that
body concerning the state of affairs on the
boutndary between the United States and
the British north western possessions.
We shall lay these documents befitre our
readers as soon as wve can got possession of
them. For the present we must he con
tent to state the substance of them, as un
derstood from the reading by those who
heardh them read.
The material papers are those furnished
by the Department of State, consisting, as
fo lowvs:
1. A Letter from Mr. Fox, the British
Minister, to Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of
State, dated in November last, cornplain
ing of the violatin of the agreement en
tered into between the agents of the two
Governments last winter, by the opening
of roads to the Aroostook, and the occupa
tion of a part of the disputed territory by
a body of armed men employed by the
authorities of the State of Maine.
2. A letter from Mr. Forsyth, written
some weeks afterwards, replying to the
complaints of Mr. Fox, that the opening
of the roads in question is not a policy a
dopted twelve or fourteen years ago; that
the armed body spoken of is only a posse
employed to drive off intruders: and that
nothing has been done on our sie incom
patible with the spirit of the agreement be
taocutn theats of the twon countries,
whilst on the British side, acts have been
done which nay be justly complained of
as infringing the agreement, such as erec
ting barracks for troops on the St. John's,
placing troops on a part of the disputed
territory, &c.
3. A. Letter from Mr. Fox justifying
what the British authorities have done,
on the ground of the current report that
the Legislature or the State of Maine had
an intention to abrogate and nullify the
agreement made between the two coimntries
last spring, which rumor was too strongly
cnrroborated by the language or Governor
Fairfield at the opening ofthe Session of
that Legislature, not to justify precautiossa.
ry measures, which have not been resorted
o1, however, with any design to infringe
the agreement, &c.
4. Another Letter from Mr. Forsyth to
Mr. Fox, in whieb he says Ihat there is no
reason to apprehend such an intention as
is imputed to the Legislature of Maine:
that the alleged precautionary measures
tare therefore altogether gratuitous on the
part of the British authorities in New
Brunswick, and must he considered "a
bold infraction" of the agreement or last
winter; and that, if the British Govern
ment uphold this proceeding on the part
of its agents, such a course on its part will
heregarded by this Government as evi
dence of a want of that friendly disposition
on the part or Great Britain which has
hitherto been belie- ed to exist, &c.
This is the subst...ace or thesd Letters,
which we expect to he able to publish at
large in ou !xt paper.
Upon the subject of the present state of
the Boundary Question between the U. S.
and Great Britain, as some opinion may
beexpected from us, we can only say,
that, aftermore mature consideration of
the matter, we do not see any immediate
cause of alarm about it. The only danger,
is that of Governor Fairfield's undertaking
a second campaign against her Majesty's
Province of New Brunswick. We think
it quite likely. however, that he had e
nough of hiis last experiment of t hat sort to
deter hin from inconsiderately underta
king another. The question is in the
hands of the Diplomatic agents of lhe two
Nations; and itmay he hoped that a friend
ly adjusment of it will not be marred or
defeated, asit probably (and almost cer
tainly) would be by she State of Maine's
resolvingi gain to take ile business into
her own hands; an interference forbidden
by the terms of the Constitution of the
United States, and to ihich neither this
Government nor that of Great Britain
could submit without surrendering, or at
least compromising, theh' political rights.
ANDKEW JACKSON
The Corner stone of the "-Batile Monu
ment" was laid on Monday, 13th inst,
with appropriate ceremonies, in the Place
d'Armes. N. Orleans.' The Catholic Bish
op, in his pontificals, and the clergy in their
robes, assisted; a brief address in French
and English was read by the Abbe An
duze, and ass oration pronounced by Mr.
Barton. Gen. Jackson was persent on the
occasion; and after the oration was ca.nelu
led, embarked on the steamboat Vicks
burg. and proceeded up the river on his
way home.
The following is the reply or Gen. Jack
son to the address delivered by the Hon.
C. Genois, chief magistrate of N. Orleunts:
Sir:-! am at a loss for words to ex press
the obligations snuder which I sam placed
by your kindness as the organ of the in
habitants of the city ofNew Orleans. The
welcome you offer me in their name, and
the many other proofs of affection and res
pect which I have received at their hands,
incite emotions in my heart to which Ian
guage cannot give utterance.
Allow me to say, Sir, itn reply to the
terms in which you have adverted to my
agency ins defending this city during the
invasion of 1814 and '15, that I hut per
formed the part of a General, wvhose dutty
it wvas to give directionat to the noble en
thusiasm and brevery of the various corps
under his commnand, and which only wai
ted for an opportunity to signalize their
conduct as the defenders of their country's
soil and rights. To these corps, (of
which Louisianians, and particularly the
inbabsuants orthbis city formed so meritori
ous a part) belongs the honor and glory of
the 8th of January. Ia their name then,
sir, rather than prs own, I thank you for
the tribute of piaise anid gratitude which
is offered by so miany thousands of your
ciizenss oan this occasion.
I rejoice, Sir, in she numerous eviden
ces which your city, and the suirrounding
country, presenit of prosperity, wealth andI
happiness. No quarter .of onte beloved
Union can exhibit a miore beautiful picture
of improvement, and none, I am stare, can
excel in the possession of those qualities
which are necessary to osakaethe future as
glorious and as honorable, as the past has
been to the pride and eierprize of its in
habitanits.
I tender you again my thanks for the
cordial welcome you have given me, and
my prayers that the city over which you
preside. may ever be favored wish the
choicest blessing of a kind Providence.
There is nothing like keeping up one's
dignity. An Ohio editor, in speaking of
the river, says it has got so low that it is be
neath his notice.
Cure for the Croup.-The Pottaville Em
prium'saysthat the juice of an onion roas
ted in brown paper andi mixed with a dou
ble portion of honey, is an immediate resme
de for the oroUp.
REDUCTION OF OSTAGE.
We readily comply with a request to
give circulation to the following commu
nication. The exatple which has heeti
set by the British Government, of reducing
the postage on letters to a very low rate,
and thereby increasing utility of the Post
Office Department is well deserving ofimi
mtion, in this country. The rates of pos
ange; especially on the most frequented
routes, where the number of letters is
grent, and the produce immense, are most
unieasonably high. There is little doubt
that the rates might be much reduced.
without causing any reduction of the a
trount ofincome. If such be the fact, it
calls most emphatically on Congress to
make the reduction, and to extend the ac
commodation. If even there were doubts
on this -point. there is no good reason why
the prqductive routes should he so heavily
taxed,'for the maintenance of so frequetit
a conveyance of the mails on routes which
are unproductive.-Boston Patriot.
To the People of the United States:
The British Government has set an ex
ample to this country. It is a reduction
of Postage.
-In.a country where every farthing that
can possibly be raised by taxation direct
and indirect, is wanted to carry nu the
Government, the Parliament has reduced i
the Postage all over the kingdom to one i
penny on every letter not exceeding half J
an ounce in weight. The Government 4
has yielded to the wishes and petitions of i
the whole people, but not till it was rea
sonably proved that the revenue would be
ts great with a low, as with a high ruse of
Postae..
The'wants of our people for a cheap
communication through the maUs are as
great as those of the people of England.- !
Our condition, however, is different, owing
to the greater extent of our territory. But I
if theIgaglish Postage can safely be redu- 1
ced to one penny, is it not proable that ours
can be reduced to two cents, five cents,
and ten cents. according to the distance I
which the mail has to be carried. The ad- i
vantage of such reduction are apparent to
every man, woman and child, who has in
tercourse of husinem or friendship out of their
immnediate neighborhood.
There is but one way to get it done, and
that is, to send in Petitions from all quar
tees of the country. We therefore, recom
mend the followsthg form of Petition.
To the Senate S/ House of Representatives
in Congress Assembled.
Your petitioners believe that it would
be a great benefit to the poople of the U. S.
social, moral, polttical, and pecuniar), to
reduce the postage on letters. They there
rAre pray that it may he reduced so that
theareatest postage ) iny single letter
shall not exceed ten cents.
All Editors of newspapers and periodi
c3s, favorable to the redioction of postage
in the U. S. are requested to insert the a
bove Address awl Petition.
Ma.WUsmmtY's AccoUNT oF nis ToRa.
-A Corresiondent of the Journal of Com
mnerce, who was present at the dinner re
cently given t.) Mr. Webster at Boston,
writes as follows:
lie gave us a very pleasant,rapid sketch
of his reneral impression abroad-talked
nhout English verdure-the air 'f antiqui
my in that laud which strikes an American
o forcibly--and so on; the leading great
men lie had seen-the Courts, Parliament
&c. As to all ilhese, his remark was, in
brief, that he was struck with the general
correctness of the notions which prevails a
bout thepa among ourselveR. On the whole,
we understand them about as well as the
mass of the British public do. Boston, he.
hnught, consideing its far preater prmpor
tion of readers, was quite ahtead of Dublin
in this respect. Anid there wadra good
reasoni for it-the clusemness and freedom
of communication now enjoyed, &c. The
differenee was, mlhat "welare a little laler"
-some ten or twelve dlays, or so-nmothing
more. As to his o wn reception, he wvas
quite modest of course, and said little more
than enough to show that lhe had been
greatly gratified, lie thought a Omne feel
inig towards us generally prevails in the
father land. To Louis Phmilippe he paid
a very high complimenit for his personal
qualtes. The King, be intimated, cher
ished a very warm regard r'or America,
which is muchi enhanced by personal at
tachmetst; and yotu of course are aware
that his Majesty figured here in Boston as
a teacher, somie half a centurY ago, and
was treated with a good deal of hospitality
at the time. An old'gentleman, the other
day, pointed out to me the site in State
street (near Glob~e Bank) where he hired
his room of a tailor. Mr. Webster went
on with his Scotch tour-said he had been
among the agricultural districts there-had
omitted going to Switzerland, &c. with his
family. for the sake of these and other
cosiuierations in Great Britain-finally he
embarked for home in November 22, full
of admiration for tmany things and many
men he had seen, but more of an Ameri
can than ever.
Gen. Ilaynme.-The remains of this be
lased and lamented citizen, ofthis eminetnt
gifted patriot and statesman were brought
to this city, from Ashville, N. C., on Mon
day last, and unostentariously interred in
the cemetry of St. Michael,s Church.-.
Peace to his ashes! Honor to h~is mem
ory.-Charleston Courier of Jan. 30.
A humble man is like a good tree, the. i
more fall offrruit the branches arci. the c
lwethey~ best thmueves. ~
From the Chdristn Mercury.
THE TAX BILL AGAIN.
We are informed that a moli'hn Air a
probation, will be made in a few days before
Judge Earle, lo prevent the enforCemett
of that clause in the Tax Bill which inipo
see a tax of 1-8 of 1 per cen. on all trans
actions in bills of exchange, uncurrent
money bullion, &C, by brokers and agents
of banks out of the Stame. The ground to
be taken by the movers is. that It. Js' a pen=
alty and cannot therefore be collected
without trial and conviction, as in the case
of playing at unlawful games, pursuing
immoral occupations condemned by law,
&c. This is the true ground and we hard
ly doubt it will he sustained by our Courts.
The tax is neilher a tax on capital, nor a
tax on income, but a fine imposed #vlthout
reference to profit, on every transhction.
Whether the broker loses or gains by his
Ilsinesis he has the same tax to pay, and
a ltx which, supposing all his trInsections
eaving him to account withthe remaining
,alf fof the interest of his capital, the em
ployment of his time, all his offce expen
;es and all possible losses in business! In
teneral the imposition of heavy taxes upon
any branch of buisiness. is not a burden on
hose who conducts it, but upon their cus
:omers-that i-i, the public. Mark the
litlerence in this case. The brokers are
lot the only dealers in exchange; thry are
he competitors of the banks, so that the
awis it) a fact a new section added to the
!harters of these corporations, granting
hem the sxclusive right to deal in exchange
rhis by a legislature which was supposed
o havo little sympathy with the claims of
anks. especially to an increase of power
itd privilege-a legielature the popular
>ranch of which passed by an overwhelm
ng majority, a bill ofcensure and penal
ies on them flor the late act of suspension.
Idd to this, that this importaat (we are
nclined to say iniquitous) provision was
acked to the Bill at the latest possible
tage, that it was connected in a corner,
hat no attention was called to it by its
'riends. that it passed the House late at
i-it by a bare quorum, without note or
:onmet, and that the very Legislature
hic~h adopted it, by their own showing,
ere ignorant of its existence! With all
he character and sanctity of a public law,
ve have asked in vain after its mover and
Is friends-they have absconded and blot
ted out their foot prints, except tihe one
lark stain on the statue book. We will
iot believe that under such circumstances,
t is heyond the power of our courts to
emedy the evil, and the ground assumed
%haLthe tax is a penalty, o pens a door ol
elief, without danger of any imputation
mi thejudiciary of assuming a disponding
ower.
From the Camden Journal.
4IMPORTANT TO TAX PAYERS."
Under 'his head, the Georgetown Ame
rican, nakes a number of amusing bltnders
in commenting on thc"Act to raise supplies
fr the year 1839," passed at the late Sea
ion of our Legislature. The first mnistake
is in the following paragraph:
At the last session of the Legislature, a
tax of twelve and a half cents on the dollar
was imposed on "all purchases and sales
of Bullion, Specie. Bank Note,. Bills of
Exchange, and Stocks by Brokers or
Agent, for, or on account of, any company
nr individual, out of the Slate, or on his
nwn account, or for any other person en
gaged inth'e samnepursuit."
If the Editor was right in this matter, it
would put an end at once to tie business of
the Brokers, Agents &c. who are taxed,
for it vould amount to prohibition, but in
stead of"a tax of twelveantd a half cents on
the dollar," as the American has it, it is
tiat amount on one hundred dollars, or one
eighth of one per cent. 'rThe Editor too.
iveb the operation of this clattse, a much
vider range, we think than the words itm
ply, or tihe Legislature intentded.
The next error into which the Editor
falls is in his commentary on the fifteenth
section of the Act. He says,
Another section of the act provides that
"ech tax collector, shall reqluire retutrns
on oath, of the true uilue of alt real estate
returned in his District." This destroys
the classiication of lands. which has here
tofore been the basis or all the taxes levied
upon real estate without the limits of cor
porations. This change, will add very con
siderably tothe revenue of the State we do
not doubt, hut while changes were being
made. the merchantsahould Dot have been
forgotten.
The Editor here takes it for granted, that
because esch tax payer is required in make'
return on oath of tbo true value sf his real
state" that he is to be taxed accordling to
that return;hut the fact is not so. Thissoc
tion of the Act was added as being the best
and easiest mode for the Legislatunre to get
at the valuie of the real estate within the
State. The Comptroller General is re
q~uired by the same Section to report the
result to the next Legislature. The infor
mation is desired, no doubt, with the view
to some chanige in the present mode of as
sessing the taxes, which it mttst be admitted
is very derective and unequal. The great
changes which havinig takeni place in the
alue and products of the soil, in various
portions of the State,1lessening the valueo of
lands in some sections, attd increasing it in
whers, renders some modification of the old
:ass~eation, essentially necessary. We
onur entirely with the 4merican, in the
pinion, that the Merchants tax shottld be
mn sales,instead ofthe amountof Stock they
nay have on hand, on any given day.! .t
tetrb only mode, la fact, by which the tax
thi* classof our citizens can be anade
Sbar equnllya
The Brokerage Tat,-The Columbia
South Carolinian states, iint the Speakee
ofrour House or Ielresentatives disavows
,all kno*ledge or recollection or the clause
in the ids act, imposing i tax of one eighth
of'ne pet cent on all purchases and sales
of bullion, specie, bank-notesa, bills. of ex
change or stocks, made by BrokerA or .
gents, on account of any B3anking do'ispa'
ny or individua!, without the State, or ot
their own account, or on account of otihet*
efigaged in the same business. It is cleat
that this clause, disavowed by evety body
ha-i been smuggled into the tat act, and we
would suggest nullification as the rightful
remedy-nulIlifiation, Judge or Jury, or
both combinecd-unlificatiott, at least, un
til the next legislature caln intarpose, if the
judiciary can alford norelief.
MiR. WALKER AND MR. CLAY.
It was not our intention to publish the
particulars or the personal coniroversy be..
tween these Senators. A letter however
has appeared in the Baltimore Patriot,
so grossly misrepresenting the whole mat
ter, as to render it due to truth arik justico
that the facts should be stated precisely
as they occurred, *ithout the change,addts
tion, or subtraction of -a single word. A
few days since Mr. Clay, in his speech,
compared General Jackson and Mr. Van
Buren to the two Charleses of England,
and also excited the laughter of his friends
in the galleries, by a carlature description
of Mr. Van Buren moving through the
rain with his umbrella hoisted and India
rubber coat. Next day Mr. Walker re
plied at length, and whilst ie fully dis
claimed all personal allusion to Mr. Clay,
lie said that the laughter exciting faculty
was one of the humblest of the human
mind, and rarely United with great intel
lectual vigor atid that it was a power, the
excreise of whicht was badly suited to the
dignity of this tribunal; that if he wanted
to lugh, lie *ould buy his ticket and go
and listen in the theatre to a farce or come
uly, but that, even if ite possessed the comic
power of Mathews himself, he would not
exert them here; and that, in however
eminent a degree any one might possess
the laughier exciting ictilty, they should
remember that this wasa faculty an which
eve:y harlequin was their equal, every
circus clown greatly their superior.
The next day Mr. Clay said that he
would answer first the giant matter on
this side of the House, before reply to the
small concerti (turning towards Mr. Walk
er) on the other. When ir, Clay closed,
Mr. Walker said,'that in his speech of
yesterday, the Senator from Kentucky
had been treated by him with that deco
rum, which was due to his station, and
the respect he felt for this body, that'how
far that Senator had pursued a similar
course, or how fur he had exhibited that
total absence of all decorum, which was
constititional with and a part of the nature
of some gentletnen, he submitted to the
consideration orf the Senate and the coun
try. He said lie had made no assault up
on the Senator from Kentuckyt that he
was not in the habit of making assaults
upon any one; but if he did, it would -be
upon the living, and not upon the dead or
dying; and that he would leave that. Sen
naor to all the consolation which he could
derive from that honorable discharge*
to which he had declared himself so fully
entitled, and which he presumed, he had
so lately received, that lie would leave
him, ns he would any other crushed victim
of a different kind, expiring in the dust in
ngony, from an overflow of its own venom,
Mr. Clay replied that he was neither dead
nor dying; that lie thought, last year the
Senator from Mississippi was dying, but
was glad to see it was snot so, and that his
healh was restored. lie would say to
that Senator, and others who acted with
him, that he wras never too old to repel and
punish impudence and impertinence, come
from whatever quarter it might, or to meet
the calls which every gentleman of hoaor
is bonund to stnenad to.
Mr. Walkersaid, he wotuld only remark,
that if the honorable Senator desired to
repel amid punish elsewhere any grievance
which lhe might complain of having receird
ed from him, that he would promptly ae.
cept any call which the Senator had inti
mated he might ho disposed to rnake for
satisfaction, here or elsewhere. Mr. Clay
said, he felt no griefra: any thing sald by
the Senator from Mississippi; that the Sen.
ator was incapable of exciting an etnotion
in his bobom; but that what he no* said
was, that lie was not too old, and never
would bd wvhile his pulse beat, to repel im
pertinence; and that he wonld at all tmes,
respond to atny call which that Senator
might make upon him, here or elsewhere.
Here the matter closed, and has for the
present. beeni arrested; and as we are dhe
termined not to aid ini re-agitating the
question, we refrain from all comments....
Globe.
He that attempt. toetit wIth the back pf
a kniife, will fail in his object, and cut his
ownt fingers. The same streugth and pa.
tienice that, rightly applied, would somie.
to loosen a knot, will, if misdirctedg, only
tighten it. Thus, rational beings may beq
laid hold of the wrong way; andi thos. who
might have been Useful are rendered was.
chievops by calling into exercise their bald
feelings and passions instead of their best.
If you want to induce -persotns to do asy
good action, or to wasp,thetnt9 goodness
in general, you are, much more likely jo
succeed by kindaee than by harshnessand,
reviling. . ven -the worst qf ment whena
nete traeonAterenerhio~p
coulasubd@e, haye not been proof .4