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S33C %* * * THE CAMDEN JOURNAL., m VOL. 10. " CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 14, 1849. NUMBER 11, THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. __ PUBLISHED WKEKLY, BY T. W. PECiU IiS. ri . -j "T Mil. CLAYTON. > - j. In a letter to the Rough and Ready Asso ciation, of Boston, declining an invitation U attend the clebration there, <?f the 22d ol February (the anniversary of Washington'* birth day, and the battle of Buena Vista] lion. Jno. Al. Clayton \vriie as follows: * * # * 1 think it an appropriate occasion to say that I view the election of Gen. Taylor, as it appears to be considered by the Association over which you preside t. aa an emphatic approval of the doctincs ol Washington, a clear annunciation to the word that the people of the United States -mean to revive them, restore them, and apply them agaTirt t; tl'C mioiotraltan x?? tho government, and to rebuke any departure Irom them, as unworthy of 'their confidence and support. *? 4 ? " ?J t- !,:? oniintri'mnn Ill (118 liircwcil Utitll CSS III Ilia I pinpointed out to them, as clearly how the spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate - Rtfee powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form ol government, a real despotism. Jefferson in bis letter to John Adams, dated June 27, 18J3, declares that the parly which brought bun iuto power, had for its object to strengthen the most popular branch of the Governjnent, (Congress.) against exectiiive eneroad't/nent. The same great principles ? fmve again triumphed ju the election of Tay lor, wbnse character is a perfect guaranty to his countrymen that the republican principles of the early Presidents and fathers o! the country will be the rules of his adininistion. *1 A IIojIE DfiPAKTMBNT.?A bill CreUt'.'.'l^ o new office, lo be of equal importance with the cabinet offices; to be a cabinet office, passed the House of Representatives and will doubtless become a law if not at litis, at tne next session of Congress. A similar proposition was once made by President Madison. The present movement was suggested'by Mr. Secretary Walker. The bill proposes "there shall be a new Executive department in the government, with its representative in 'he cabnet, to which sltall lie confided the internal administrative affairs of the country, including many subjects and matters, which now, scattered among various bureaux to which they do not properly belong are often necessarily neglected, and more often, arc not either speedily or carefully attended to. It takes (he "General Land office" from the supervision of the '1 reasury department, which might perhaps also be relieved from lite direction of the building and equipment, of revenue cutters; and makes a proper provision for Indian affairs and Pensions, now a burden upon the War deparlmeut, and many smaller matters which without actually belonging to any bureau, and often without direct provision of law'have? bv necessity?been at taclied to one or the othcrol the departments are by this bill placed in lite hands of a new executive officer. A man named Alvord, who left his wife at Hartfiird twenty one years ago and went to South America, returned last week, and found that his wife had made pretty extensive matrimonial arrangements during his absence. Supposing hiin dead, she married agaiu, lost her second husband, and was living with a tlwd when the first reappeared. The Times does not tell us whether the unexpceled advent has made any derangement in the present affairs of the family, or whether Alvord is disposed to interfere in any way with them.?New London Chronicle. The Massachusetts state temperance con vent ion found it necessary at its recent ses. won in Boston to eject that common pestilence, Abby Folsom, from the meeting. But in the evening session she got again into the meeting, and when it was proposed to take up a collection, she took a hat and volun leered as collector. Having passed around the fiat and returned to her seat, she reported the amount received ; but when a member of the finance committee reached out kis hand to receive the money, her ladyship refused; very coolly pocketed it, and told ' :'1, htm she could be her own treasurer. Sue v'" * was obliging enough, however, to pledge herself that it should be devoted to the cause uf temperance.?lb. . Indian Courtship.?The Indian chief known as Ka.ge-ga-gah-bowh, or George C'tpwav, in one of his recent lectures described the marriage ceremony of the Chippewas as follows: He said there was no courtship done by the young people, in most Indian nations; that was done bv the parents years bcforcIiaiKf, and it often came rather against the grain with the young people. When the '~4*y came, the ceremony was performed bv the chief, consisting of a lociure to the young " < - i i ? i T couple, and a least, alter which mey were considered as man and wile. Dm among the tribekof the West there were many very carious ceremonies connected with court. # ship and mairiage. One way of getting a * wife was as follows : When a young Indian fell in love with any of t he daughters of the villakc, he would go and sit down within a few yards of her, keeping a slrici silence all the while; in a few moments he would get ?rwt no uivflv tliis ho rcDcnted six or up ?...? b , ? , seven times, coming nearer to her every time. At last he sits by her side, if she mages no movement of displeasure, then lie has hopes.JHe sits by fier several times in (his manner, and at last pops the question by putting his hand on her hand, and she accepts hiin by placing her hand over the other two. All this time Ire takes care not to say a word, and she likewise; but after wmiTiMBB?wa? ?? ?? the question is popped, then the ''words of honey" are applied, and they soon become man and wife. "TAKING STARCH OUT OF 'EM." The following "cold water sketch" is given in the la-it "Flag of the Union:" A lot of idlers stood upon the end of a pier which ran out into the Hudson river, in one of the small towns near Albany, a few days ago, amusing themselves with hurling stones into the broad stream, each vicing ' with the other in the endeavor to pitch a ' missile at the farthest distance from the shore, when a tall, rugged built Vermonler, . direct from the Green Hills, suddenly made his appearance in their midst and for a | while remained a quiet observer of the movements. He was a brawny, strong-looking Yankee; and was very decently clad. The ef1 " ' i_ * i j i ions oi me nine jinny nau uceu exuiuuuu over and over again, when the stranger quieTTy pirKecrnp iiaifirWrek lac near hiin, and, giving it a jerk, it fell into the water a long way beyond the line which hud as yet been reached by the foremost of ' crowd. At the conclusion of this feat a loud ' bravo!" went up from half a dozen voices around him. t It was a cold clear day in October, and (he men determined not to be outdone, renewed ' their attempts; but the Vermonter, without ' saying a syllable to any one, continued to J pitch the pebbles far into the stream, which seemed to annoy one of them, in a green jacket, the ajiparent lea lcr of the gang, who declared he would'nl be beaten bv a "feller right strait o' the woods, r.o how;" and sid- i ling Uji to the stranger, he determined to make his acquaintance. 'Where do yo coine from neighbor?' inquired the other. 'Me? wal, 1 hails from Varmount jes' naow, friend.' 'Ilaint heen in these parts long, 1 rcck'n?' 'Wal, no. Not edzaekly ycre ? but up and da<.\v;:, sorter.' Yii?so 1 'sposcd.' Yaas,* continued the green 'urt. carelessly, and seizing a big billet of wood, he twirled it over his head, and it landed several rods from the shore in the water. You've a little strength in your arms, neighbor.' Some 'pumpkins is them dippers stranger. Up in aour town, more'n a month ago, 1 driv them are knuckles rite strut thru a board more'n a ninch 'nail thick.' 'Haw?haw!'shouted his hearers, the man r- .i i Ill IIIC g< cell lau^uuij; kjiiuui. 'May be you don't b'lievc it." 1 Not much answered (lie crowd. 'We aint very green, down here in York, J we aint.' said the fellow in the green jacket; 1 we've been about, you see.' 'Wal, jest you look yore, friend,' continued ? the Vermontcr, in the most plausible manner: 'up in aour canuntv, we've a purty bio j river, cnnsidcrin'?Inyuu river, it's called. 1 and may be you've henrn on it. Wal, 1 j In ve a man clean across that river t'other s dav, and lie came daown fair and square on ! t'other side!' * '11a, ha, haT yelled his auditors. Wal, naow,you may laff, but I kin dcu it 1 agin.' ' < I>o what?'said green jacket quickly. 'I kin take and heave y? u across that riv- ' cr vender, jest like o; en and shell" 'JJet you ten dollars of it." 'Done!" said the Yankee; and drawing forth an X (upon a broken down-east bank) 1 he covered the braggcr's shinpluslcr. 1 ''Kin ycu swim, feller?" 1 *L:kc a duck," said green jacket?and I without further parley, the Verinonter s^iz- j 1 cd the knowing Yorker stoutly by the nape c of the neck, and the seat of Ins pants, jerked him from his foothold, and with an almost ( superhuman effort, dashed the bully heels 1 over head ftpm the dock, sume ten yards out I ir? il.<> Iln/lw'Mit rivr?r. Ill II IV- IIUtlOWM ll'WK A terrific shout rang through the crowd, ^ as he floundered into the water and amidst J the jeers and screams of his companions, the * ducked bully put back to the shore and c scrambled up lite bank, half frozed by this j ? sudden and involuntary cold bath. t 'I'll take that ten-spot, if you please," sai l a the shivering loafer, advancing to the stake a holder. You took us for green horns, a eh? We'll show you how we do things e down herein York'?atid the fellow claim- v ed the twenty dollars. f 'Wal, I reck'n you wunt take no ten-spots " jes' yit, cap'n. I Why? You've lost lite bet.' ? "Not cdzacllv. I didn't catkilato on denio' k it the fust lime?but I tell yen. I kin (leu it" s and again, in spite of the loafer's inmost ef- ^ fnls to escape him, lie seized him by the '-1 scruff and the seat of his overalls, and pitch- k ed him three yards further into the river than J upon the first trial I | Again the bully returned, amid the shouts 1 of his mates, who enjoved the sport immense- 1 iy- . * , f "Third time never fails," said the Yan- l kee, stripping off his coal; "I kin do it, I tell s ye." i "Hold on!" said the almost petrified vie- 1 tim I "And I will dcu it?cfl try till lo-morrer 11 mofniit." "I give it up!" shouted the sufferer, he- ? twecn his teeth, which now chattered like a i tnad badger's?"take lite money." The Vermonter very coolly pockctted the ten-sj)ot,and as lie turned away, remarked: "Wc aint much acquainted with ye smart r folks daourn herc'n York, but wc do some ? times "lake the starch aout of'em" up our I way?and p'raps ycu wunt try it on tu stran- J gcrs agin. 1 reck'n you wunt," he conliu- t ued, and putting on a grin of good humor, ( he left the company to their reflections! i i Sensible Question,?An exchange pa- t per asks, "What sort of an economist is the i man who chews $10 worth of tobacco a < year, and stops his newspaper because he < can't afford to pay for it?" ? Fond of a Joke.?We have seen many I incorrigible jokers who would put them- i selves To almost any trouble to enjoy a joke, < but the following caps anything of the kind ( we have yet seen: i The Philadelphia Despatch tells a story s connected with the whipping-post of Dele- s ware, where a man received twenty lashes \ " well laid on," for some offence of which f iie had been-convicted against the good people of the commonwealth. f The culprit, instead of blowing like "ten f thousand" when the sturdy constable applied s the lash, laughed all the time immoderately c in the midst of his groans and oaths, which made the angry officer 'ay on still harder, without however lessening in the least the extraordinary hilarity of the prisoner. On giving the twentieth blow, with all his tj strength, which made the blood spirt and broke his whip, the constable could stand it no longer. " Well. here, mister," said the offended officer, "I've done my duly, and I can't lick re uttt inui o |liut I'd juet like te whar it is thafs so funny V " Funny ! ha ! ha !" roared the other.? w Funny ! why its the best joke I ever heard r>f! 1 la ! ha ! Iia ! Excellent !?good !?ha ! Iia ! Why ! Oh ! ha ! ha !" said lie, as alternately his pain and merriment predominated. " Funny ! Well, what is it ??what is the jokeT " The joke !" now roared the other, "why, it's excellent. You've got the ivroug Smith ! I ain't the man that was to be whipped !? It's the other one! Now you will have to [To it all over again ! Really, it's too good! You must lick the other man! iia Ilia!" reared he, as they took him back to prison to dress his wounds: Modesty.?Behold the daughter of innocence ! how beautiful is the mildness of her countenance ! how lovely is the diffidence of her looks! Her cheek is died with the deep crimson r.f ilm rn<n Imr t>vn i? nlnrid rind srrnnp. and 1..W . ..ow , ..... ... - [lie gentleness of her speech is as the melting softness of [lie flute. Her smiles arc as the enlivening rays of [he sun ; the beauty of her presence as the silver light of the moon. Her attire is simple ; her feet tread with :aution, and she fearcth to give offence. The young and the old are enamored ivith her sweetness; she carrieth her own commendation. She spcakctli not the first in the conversation of woman, neither is her tongue heard tbovc her comnanions. She turncth not her head to gaze after the i steps of men; she inquired) not of them .vhither they are going. She giveth not her opinion unasked, nor itoppoth her cars at that of another. t She frequenleth not the public haunts u/? lien, she inquired) not after the knowledge mpropcr for her condition. So becoming is the behavior of nudesl.'; io lovely among the daughters of womci ! Is there one who hath forgotten to b!ii:Ji, vho playetli with the wanton giances of her :ycs, who replenishcth the cup when l'ic oast goes round, and despiscth the weakness >f her sister. Shame shall overtake her in the prime of icr days, and the years of her widowhood hall be infamous as they arc tnanv. * rc Not a great many years ago, there lived ^ n ..it.. I'inrI ?lirpr> lift!<? nliimt whom " "" ~ ; - in illicit lias been said. They appeared very iiuch like other boys.?had no better ancos. p ors, nor did they enjoy belter advantages v han many of you. Indeed Jllieir udvuulu- *p p.v may not have been so great asynirs. ,|( For them, cxcel.cnt schools were in.t so mininoii as at the present lime. One of J)( hese lads became the postboy from Qinncv p* 0 Boston. Another was a millboy in a (lis- (f( ant part of the country. And the third was p 1 lawyer's errand boy. Their names were S>J ohii Quiney, Henry and Andrew. They ()j vcrc all good scholars; faithful and ooedi:nt to parents. They prized their pnvile;es. and improved them accordingly, so that p hey made rapid improvement. They were C( ilwavs among the first of their elass. Year Tier year they continued to improve, and :t a very early age became quite distinguish. p( id. Soon, the first showed himself to "be so g vise and learned, that he was appointed to p ill public offices, and finally became the m ;rcat John Quincv Adams, President of the u, Jnilcd States. The other two were also |)( rcat men with him, an i have long been p, iiowu as Ilenry Clay and Andrew Jack- [)( on. You have all read and heard of itiossc lislinguished men. And yet they were nice boys like yourselves. The lirst was l iiown among his play-fellows as the littje g; ohn Quincy, and lie worked, and studied, (j laved nod coasted just like the hoys o| ja liese days- Bui how came he and the other j,; wo to become so famed? It was by iin- p, iroving privileges as all good boys improve hcfii. And, do you inquire, "can 1 make uch distinguished progress ? Doubtless you Cc nay, by dint of perseverance* It is certain, |a hat all who will be the honored men of our y< and, fifty years from this time, are now imong the boys. They are playing in the |u it reels, and studying in the Schools. Some it >f them must lake the places of John Q, |)t \dains, Ilenry Clav and Andrew Jackson. IVho shall it be ? Try and sec. Jiustuu Reporter. w Intkkestixo Incident The delegation tl )f Chippewa chiefs and warriors were shown irnnnrl ilio C!nnitrkl on l'Yidnv bv their illtcl igcnt agent and interpreter. Major J. 13. Murtell. From the Capitol tliey proceeded ^ o the statue of Washington, followed by a :rowd of ladies and gentlemen. They went h tp to the front of the statute, and gazed at w t for some minutes, with looks of deep in. a erest depicted on their painted faces; then ' tilting down facing the statue, one of the ihiefs, O skaba-wiss, filled hissplended pipe a )f peace antl held it out towards the statue, tl saving: "My Great Father, wo ail shake a KX=^XmKltl m ' ??OM1 nX?BKOBWa? lands with you ; we have traveled a Ion# A'ay through the great country that you ac- i quired for your people by the aid of the ( jlreat Spirit. Your people have become j -'cry great; our people have become very irnall; may the Great Spirit who gave you iucccss, now protect us, and grant us the fa- I 'or vvc asked of our great Father who now t ills the high place ttirst occupied by you." I rhis simple supplicatory address was faith- | idly interpreted to the by slanders by Maj. Uartcll, who, in his gentlemanly manners, ippcarcd there, as he does everywhere, exicedingly well.?National Intelligencer. From the Baltimore American. Franklin expressed a wish to I.vc liislife over again; acki.on said lie would not accept the boon; the writer f the following lines expresses his willingness to try lie cxpoiimcnL. REJUVENESCENCE. Old ngc has sickness, grief and pain, And youth is not without thcin! Yet I would live my life again, And care not much about them. I've lived my three score years and ten And few men live much longer, ( Put mc ut twenty back again, And I should be much stronger. Thus starting on my new career, Will. I.nr...-t...l?? ?"" .v?Sv rvrvMv^wu, I better could life's journey s:eer |< With wisdom in my breast. i I'd slum the follies of my youth, r The pride of middle age, |, I could not mend my love for truth, ?. Nor more in it engage. r I'd meddle not in politics, ^ As I have done before, ^ But try arid learn my mind to fix, ^ On things that profit more, .j Itichcs should have no charms for me, [| But what I value more. A heart I'd have for charity, To Iced and bless the poor. The sciences I'd cultivate, A linguist I would be, I'd court the learned; the vulgar great Should seldom trouble me. a Une friend, ol sentiments refined, 11 Should know my inmost thoughts, 11 Discerning he .should be and kind, ll And tell me all my faults. Beside a gentle murmuring stream, In fiomo sequestered grove, it My humble cottage should be seen, fj With men and Looks I love. U My little farm of fertile land. In every part should shine, p| Ceres should place the circling boards, ^ Ponoma procure the wine. A cabinet of things most rare, i? Would much delight my soul; y They should be sought in earth and air, And brought from either pole. A microscope to view their lines, And see them oil aright, ^ , That magnified ten thousand times, They would give me much delight. And then to view the spangled skies, The stars in groups to marshal!, Resembling that of Ilcrsehel. Since I can't slay n second time, My wishes lu fulfil, 0 Translate me to some distant clime, 0 God, to learn thy will, J,( Or when I hid this world adieu el Lend me a Seraph's wings, The utmost bounds of space to view, Far, far from human things. W, L. II. C Woodlawn, Harford Co, Jan. 22. if , Ul Wo.\'i)i:ns or Philospjiv.? The polypus ni eeivos new life from the knife which is lif- S d lo destroy it. The fly.spider lays an egg n< . ..a no ii-..?!r 'Pli/IMI mv? .10.1 I mnsi'lns I.-I a caterpillar. Hook discovered 14,000 sc irrurs in the eyes of a drone; and to effect iO respiration of a carp, 13,000 arteries, fr issels, veins, bones, &c? are necessary, tl he body of every spider contains four I t- r< s masses pierced with a multitude of im- \V trccptiblo holes, each hole permitting the t| issngc ol'a single thread; all the threads to p( c amount of 1000 to each mass, join to- ? Mlicr when they come out, and make the tl iread with which the spider spins its web; tl ?that what we call a spider's thread consists tl more than 1000 united. Lcunhock. by Cleans of a microscope, observed spiders t<; ) larger than a grain of sand, who spun ai reads so line that it look -1000 of them to tl jua! in magnitude a single hair. w The American Ibble Society has applicants from Constantinople, Syria, Persia, null) Africa, and India, for nearly thirty iousand dollars worth of Bibles or Testacuts. During the month of March, 84000 orlh arc also to be sent to France. These javy calls upon the Society require that s friends should move actively in its sup >rt. A Pkewctiox.? Mr. Walter <Sa\a<:e andor, in the London Examiner of Dec. 11, prognosticates that "the occupation of ulifornia by the Americans, will hereafter y the foundation of a vast and powfnl cm re, to predominate, at no distant period, in e farthest east." Extk.yohdinwky Longevity.?A color1 woman, named Antioncltc JMaxen, died st week at the extraordinary a?ic of 131 jars. She was, we understand, a native of oiiisiana, and up to within a short time of :r death, had always been in good health, is seldom, in any part of the world, that Jinan lilc is spun out so long. N. O. Cresent. l)r. Franklin used to say that rich widows ore the only piece of second-hand goods iat sold at prime cost. Just after the surrender of Cornwallis, rhen the prisoners were marching out of rorktown, one negro said to his companion. Now we shall see Lor Cornwallis." "L5ig )ol," said the other,' there is no Lor Corn'allis now, for his ex'lency shell his corn oil' nd he is now Lor Cohwallis!" Taki.no a Horn.?"I had rather not take horn with you," said a loafer to ahull; but le bull iusistcd upon treating him to two, n nd the loafer got quite high. jj Great talent rendeis a man famous, great iierit procures respect, great learning gains jsteein; good breeding alone ensures love h> ind affection. r Homeliness.?What if you are as homev as a log hut? Don't cry about it. Let ? zoodness of heart make up for outward . 1 ooks. A lady with eyes that resembled g(J lealed onions, and a nose crooked as a pol- j)e tician's creed?a chin like a hoe, and a g, nouth that stretches from car to ear, and ipens like a jack knife, will be more rcspcced and beloved, by those whose opinion it Mi s worth one's pains to secure, if she possess- an ;s a good heart and kind disposition, than if yo the were as Milton's Eve, with a cork-serew Tn; iisposition and a heart of lead. The wise kii icver judge from the complexion of the skin, Pu )r the symmetry of the form, but from the as /iriucs of the heart and a corresponding i(c. ?? tec An oldgentleman, named Itichard Hanks, iged about 70, was accidentally burnt to , Jeath, at his residence, 2 miles north of Dal- j)a as, Gaston County, on Monday last. ar, Liiicoln'on Courier. Wl . no The Devil to Pa v.?This phrase doubt- m? ass originated in a printing office, on some he Saturday night's settlement of weekly \va- to ies. "John," says the publisher to the book- sa; weeper, "how stands the cash account?" go Small balance on hand, sir." "Let's sec," ne ejoined the publisher, "how far will that go de owards satisfying the hands." John begins rei uul figures so much to Typus, so much to Jrubble, and so on, through a dozen dittos. flic publisher stands aghast. "Jlcre is not noney enough by a jugful." "No, sir! and icsides, there is the devil to payV j ^ Marriages will be fewer the coining year ^ han' thev have been for years back. A arge share of the young marriageable men re, or soon will be, off for California, and 8jtl he discovery of the gold mines will work [ v lie ruin of more girl's prospects than it will ihr lie fortunes of the boys. thr oni T C! \\*1 > i m- O.h1iiis,? itiic-ii vjcii. luvmrwiis iju i Baltimore, one of the extensive Smith go imily was introduced to him. That's no Se amc at all,'* remarked the General. ?PI "Why, General?' replied Mr. Smith,"you n,J' liould have no objection to the name.? C()l Irs. Taylor was a Smith." re< "Yes,'' added General Taylor, prompt!}', ??j put 1 made her change her name, and i ad- !?? isc vou to do so too." \va Every fool knows how often he has been | rogue, but every rogue does not know how ften lie has been a fool. < _ # _ i he 'Boy, what is your name?' Robert, sir!' s;0) Yell, what is your Other name?' C9C are An English writer, foaming at the mouth alii vcr the news from California, says the ac- lie runts arc atrocious lies, "put forth by the pat il children of the father of lies, the choice eve teats of the universe? the Yankees ! his co:t Slavery in Kentucky.? The Louisville I ourier expresses its perfect satisfaction that the negro slaves of Kentucky could vote re{l ton emancipation, connected as it must of J. ucessity be, with their removal from the ,lrr tale, that a large majority would vote ^ gainst being emancipated. It says : " We low an instance where a number of family inll irvants amounting to forty, were called to- ^ol 31 her by the master and mistress, and their t|,a ccdom tendered to them on condition that an( icy would emigrate to Libera, The slaves ll0t iquested time to deliberate, and when it wa as granted they fixed a time for reporting wh ic result of their liberations, and at the ap- pro tinted time unanimously refused the offer. tlii> Ivory inducement that could be offered by 10 master and mistress was lenderded, but icy would not accept the offer. Nor is 'at' lis by any means a solitary case. The ' ecmen of Kentucky are nut more devoted | "J? i the soil of the Stale than the slaves are, tuJ there is a strength of affection between tut I le parties that wuold he incredible to those ^ ho look at it from abroad." ^ OUR BABY. col( Our baby is mamma's delight co(| And papa's sore dismay; j She keeps papa nwakc by night, Mamma nsiir by day. | She has two little bluish eyes, tlii? Small nose, and mouth, and chin; | J But when onr darling baby cries, , pa?; u il?,.?loii?* I C.ll She rides ahoul in mamma's arms, s^V For baity cannol walk;? gri1 She has a thousand wondrous charms, sw< Dut baby cannol talk. Pro I w She is not partial to the news, And tears the paper u|?; j She would nol wear lier little shoes, | And b okc the China cup. Oh, was there ever such a pet, Sol As our dear baby is, ijt' Or rucIi surprising likeness yet, df To our dear papa's phiz. fh'( Family Magi zinc. n'? the STUTTE1UNG. f;iV O, boo boo beauteous Mary, say, 1,1 When ehish-shish shall we wedded be? ,n" Mill name the ha ha-happy day ls That will usrna.milrinarricd see a ^ Nay, dec did-dearcst, though thy cheek ^" A cre-crick-crinisoii blush has dyed, *'ie 1 could not wait a wee.wee-week Without my jo jaw-joyful brido. Then .Mary let us fi fi fix ol" For Too-Too.Tuesday next the day, c"' When in tho morn til sis-sis-six 'w i :in< I'll ly.ry.ieicn mo ncnou u...v. Then to Rome bub-bub-blissful spot, a,1( To pass the <num-muin 1110..1J1 we'll go, S1" A cook-coo-coach I've gee-gee-got? l Thou canst not say nin-NlN NY-no. soi na A person listening to a very dull address, re. Prc larked, that everything went off well,?es. "a ccialh1 the audience. an, v.;*, * REMARKABLE CONTROVERSY. The National Intelligencer cowtaiiai1 lire wing correspondence between Geu.Sbjelds, cently elected United States Senator tore inois, and Judge Breese, recent "Senator* ia at body from the same State. It appears that d feeling was engendered by lha recall al e election, by which, through a part^ atfttw the Legislature of Illinois, the latter was perseded by the former. Gen. Shfekkbad en a law student in the office'of ee?.t. Wasiungtoiv, Feb. 28* iSfe Sir,?On my return to this cm untry from exico, broken in constitution, feeble ia health, d still suffering under the efleets of "yrinnds. u were the only man in the city at W*dL gton a ho received me wKh coldnesriwdkaidness. When this city honored a blic dinner, which was generously- iMtonided a compliment not only to me hut toroy State, u were the only man who declined it dinner. You went farther. Yoo pnspaga* 1 a report hei j in Washington, and, cihctrfa1 it afterwards in Illinois, that i waa iftakgi* s to the office of?Senator; and I his, tea, after had poured out my blood like Water'!(*'& itle fields of my country. Tar published aa tide in the St. Louis Republican cbatving me th ineligibility?doing that wbtch I ibovgbt man in these United States would b'asfc beea ;an enough to do in my case,'eir^nif jrkad en true. You, however, did this, fcuotviag it iie IlllfriiP On ltii? ?nhi?M y, that had I been defeated by yott.4ft.iiMt nund, I had sworn in iftf bent' ver should have profited by your niCiCfrftr; and, pcnd upon it, I would bivter tfrpt that *wr, Ejardless of consequences^ Thift, bovewr, now past, and the vow is qutcelWdyift feat. Why I address you BOW iss^Opjy this: In 1840 you gave me something in the ape of a final certificate of oatuwHwIMi ( fingham court. You knew at the tine that vas naturalized by law, and1 by l$o rgihJIrmlttion of my father while I was a misar. I d you the circumstances, and, as I tfcMpfclk* of going to Canada in case of w^s,Jflft & ?,1 -1 * * " cu iu ^i'o me o ypiiniwiii win nmm nplify the proof in case of drffictrity. Rwr, vish you to give me a letter aekowaMfeiag ;se (acts. I write jou i private - fold? for it purpose. I should bare sent at fifcajd at ce and imperatively demand weh? wter, t ITelt that, in disgracing ftia I dodPfo. ire the State that made you ami.O^ra^if nators; and I also wished to giv? fan an portunity to make this ackuuWlbflyjfoi.ut ietly. if, however,- yea' aesaiai ^in/jjrouc irse of injustice towards stfoi and re&sft this jurst, [ here give you faifc wi?teiHg-*-let the isequenccs fa!! on year. o^| head?! shall Id myself acquitted both before God Uipd man the course I shall feel bound to lords you. Your obedient aemlH,-Bon. Sidney Breese. .>!*}$*:. ' < ;Jv J .*a?"??.+u [Jen. Shields begins his letter bjjr to&irrin* to wounds he received in Mexico. tlwsaTlo. a seems quite unnecessary. . ""TfceP*whole mtrr, ? *<! pvrti-onfftriv <V?? y npU?J* familiar with the fact that bears honor. ? e scars upon his person. For thaw Wounds has already received a liberjf sharb o^synvt... r./vn, !.M (Tpafntitl nvMitnnML. Hnw. iij in/in ii"j j ? r, I am not disposed to cavil aHhisirtrt of loiter. Jt is a matter of taste rtMtr$i* act cern me. deny most positively that I fretted Geo. elds with "coldness and unktMhtb^lyt 1h? jrn from Mexico. Immediately Mttrirriin this city, I called to pay pay fgjfcgt'te to i, and not finding hrin at home,!) is the cHstom. A few days after this, ! ant neral Shields, when bis manner towards me s so cold and repulsire that I MwalMaaaHrar . rcourse was at an end, and of course 1 did attend the dinner girento htm. f capeat t I did not treat Gen. Shields wrrtf ^aeMne? I unkindness," for {entertained, atlMt^hne, le other than the most friendly feelings to. rds him ; and I confidently apffeftt to the ole history up to this time of otnrpftfeonal, fessional and political f ntercoorscf <o- sop port ; declaration. As to liis eligibility to the co of Senator, I can only say that l^^propeed" no "report," here or elsewhere, m reon to it. In conversationapSiMiyfrBhjecl, ated to a friend a fact, which the record of Effingham circoit court will eetahHsh, and no mutter where or how "pooiedoot," mot alter that record, or change the consti. on of tho United Slates. The assertion of n. Shields that {charged him with fy" in an article in the St. Louis, ftrpubiii, not only is not true, but ie withe* any r>r of truth. I positively assert, aad defy tradiction, that I did not write, nor cause to written, nor knew until after its publication t it had been written, that, or any other art i, for that or any other paper, in relation to i subject. *>t the least so of the many remarkable sages of this letter of Gen. Shields, Is the owing: "On this subject I have simply to , that, had I been defeated by you en that iinid, (the. ground of ineligibility,) I had >rn in my heart that you never jfaocM hare fited by your success; aud, depend upon it, ould have kept my row, regardlesrot conveners." Certainly it is fort nnata. for the inr of the coutury that this rasb "vote" has ?n " cancelled" by my deleal I . .General ields submits his pretensions to a seat in the iiiite to a Democratic caucus of'tbc Ultoois ^islature, and agrees expressly, or by the a rest implication, that he will abide their ision ; and yet it appears that, at thia very mcnt, "he had sworn in bis heart" te-defeat will of the party, if it had pronounced in nr of his most prominent competitor; and, order to accomplish his purpose, bedeter. . C_ ties to perpeuaie an hssh^iwuvii, m Wb? the obvious import of rhis language Such csign, and such a deed, are revollltigjb the icrican character* They are worthy wily of most infamous age of Italia* crime. If political contests are to be mingled with, or owed by, personal violence, how fwtig will elective system endure? Without further nment, I submit this extraordinary passage the consideration of candid men, christians 1 patriots, who love a??d reepeet ihe laws J institutions of our country, and dnsire to ard and defend thein against allviolhtion. Gen. Shields says: a Tn 1840 I gave him nettling in the shape cf a fiudoertificate of turalizcUionwhich was "tositapllfy the >of in case t>r difficulty." The naltiralrea. n laws do not Ttewgttee ??W?hn" or r/thing "in the shape of a final ctSflfificate'' S * */-?> '4\'.iV