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*e.u5HTi fwiirrto ARM IVlUUtlP r.VKRV BY &IVKRMrut on . I'nnltrkto tki H?w* if. Rnmn ? Stuih'Cmritit*. . *>BHM8t~Tita*u Uolmw f*raanaat.|Mjf?6/? . in*J*ance, or t'ovn DOLbAjta p*yablo tit Um ? il l "f lha yc?r. AuvMThitiM?rr?. ero ?t the rait of ?v?ty.iro emits for Wry twauty lino, on lets number, fcr Um flrtt iossrtioa, and forty r>)fM(h ?aMiai?ne?. -Tho?# from noo ipaniad by (ho nuh. or ihtywill roooivo Memn. Rditort?The following l>cautiful lino front the pen of Matter W. 8. Hlaim. fo.uerlv of thU place, but now a student of ..the Philosophical and ClaMica) Seminary of Charleston, were addrdsted to a classmate of his with a request that they should not be published; but thinking that native genius should never be suffered to languish, for a due appreciation df genuine merit, I have thougat proper (as an opportunity hna prt tented itself to copy them) to submit them for publication if they may appear to'you te be deserving of iU, Friend to Afa\lvc Talent. ,K < to ???%??? . lH?6N,toth<>a In. unambitious Mraln I MlllgtllO IfeaUtifSof lIlM Sylvan rolgti; Jlmi* wat the note, ami lt?r?li alonjj ttir tni'm.', i Thrill'd tho wild innilc of tbe vo? al r? e?'; V?'t did thine wr a fond stloBllon lend; Yul wer't thou pleased, and bad'tt tne call (lire ? Wood. 9urh (U? ray rani;, while vot in early day*, Bwrrt (failing l?i?cy tuiiwtl tho youthful lays, " F.?r faiat awMi > '? vldonary aim*, Vr tin pli>a?Mv'4Mnii??? nnd glory'* golden dr*am?; On * only can* Oiii linrmlei lireaMa could move, A;i|irov)uK eonwinnce. anil our parthf'.* Invo. Yd did not dotli 'iur active inindt control, ,Or e'lrh the genUl vigor of the soul; ? CoiuUiri we slrovt, with unremitting toll, To n ap the trult * ?.f learning's fruitful toil; And mii|hl whatnVr to Orttia't mm of old, Oi martial feats, historic legends told; M ?*? wared with Plato, or with rapture Mrayed W orn Ac*tttmu\ ?|Ktta j her |?l inlatn wliadr. Irtient to Irarn what e'er llicir?trains refined, Or |ileat? U?r fjiicy, or intfr.ict the mhid. Ami Ot ye fields! Aitlr flowery vlttuo crowned, W'lrre Tiber'* kitci divide the enamell'd ground 0 M?y, how ??Jl (rod yo'ir *at-r*d bower*, l.i'toJ your rpiiu^s mid culled your choice* flower*; , , v?, 1 low oft we've IWtcned in the heaclirn tlinde, W.-re youthful Mtirn tuned fii? voenl reed; Un. yet liolelt lite Quids or tnu<ht tint twain !? higher nutr?,tlii* cut'ure of ttm plaint; iff boldly soaring on Mttouian winp, Ann*, and the mnu aUuiinl his sounding *trin;;. Much were the lioui a of iuuocence and youth; Whcr* Sportive t.. m-y held the placc of truth: Such thouldthey be,?In those inclian'in^ days Alt toolhe'a the ntlnd to happluetsand pepee. No foreign grit I, no pule domestic care, lTitlurlt* th> breast, or bring* the unwelcome tear Hut awee^ contentment tilmnpht nVrthr soul, ?ptead* toer fond charms,and iclgns without eon ; irol. Bui time come* on?our youthful joy* decay, pleating liour* succeed the morning ia>; A ? 'prill* to summer, and a* tutnuiei ? it-ldt, \Vti?-n 1 He gay autumn imlut* the yellow field*. Mu* leaa doth autumn Ay with nil her train, When winter detolatei liie affrighted plain. 'fhti* youth mutl finish ?- it one? liefiui: Move off the scone, and yield the place to num. And small the *j?use allowed to n,an??dd ago Comes toil'ring on,mid stalka Npontl.c *tnge, Till duMili in sec ret cut* the vtt ?l tlinail, And all tlo numbered with the silent de.i.1. Then Iff us (linalhe fleeting hoars employ, To n-tip the teed* of every future joy. ? Mi.. i (fight-eyed \irluoon our step* preside, flit.-' I each w|n(,i|iiil all our action* guide, every fear, end calm tin* rrffled bruatf, A', t nil i'Hr.b swelling |His*)oil into n??t 8 < ? ny those Joy t We.fondly love to own, IV: rfraccd thu mom, may .hey our evening emwit. 4'?) old wheno'er our evening sitleatiimlnile, Ant i|e,alh unfolds hU oinlnui.lu.ly shade, ?May tliey again in otlir r world* attend! ffi/j may ire tntiltUhil hat! turh olhtr rnii.xo. . v. W. ?. U *'! I'rom the Montreal Comnr.t. ? Wo wan, braid? the hid <>f nicHnr.it. " Wnni pitin and ?ni*i;i..|i w ?lnj the Itr.iiv, Woman,a minHrt'ringangel tlio'i!" Xfomnn. ifenr womnnj In thy mn^io inme There i? a ihttftM which weaken* ev'ry thought llall'tW '?! and (Mire n*ji tin- tacred flume iji.it Wrnton vettnl altar*-?there i? nought In I h i* dull round of being I'irt were twine Without ilire.tho' with richert ? phndor fraught And dark, iinwrant In nil lliy (.harmful dreaming fetarot our soul*, lortver o'ei them beaming! r?ift of Ihe (Sodhead?wlien we gaite upon Thy mantling beauty, pnrlly nnd lov?>, The tivellingtmrt bowt to the Almighty one, \Vhn form'd thee In thine eic?-lienre above Aught of hU world* that Irtigten 'neath the *uo W ,ir v llght*th* world In i* hleli we move? Kram'd in the rkier.iiofti of ee|Ktl\l Mrlli, l.a?t mid mo?t preciuu* to tlm torn of earth. An'l I hate woritdnpM lliee In joy-lit hfcil*, Where *m'd<"Kp>' a*u.A*hold*herpreelou**wuy Afid tlr? fay iheetrt Mn- hontingaeriteathrall*, 'Till e?Vy lirttrf, feeling melt* nurnir Before the fl'e wh?ne Imrnlng fervor fait* To blight the *? ml* With it*de# p drorrliinrmy Vci there, ev'n tn?re,thy ttlandUhment* h???? l?*-?. The only tpeil to hallow mmIi <* hid*. Yet ah. 'ti* not amid flie Itonndlng train That t ead |ho mate* ot the feolve da:ire, , Ami throng, fhejHtrch of I a* Won 'a tpaikling fan. N InMiy triHng rlanr/-, Thott wear'4 tft?look which tngel/would ?n And I be faint Miffai ?t?wk? all 7ta hraniht Feels h b'iw?M (v'# .. ' Art near In all ,tby '? P Tn ealeh therlesin of lUSVti^iftrtlM fj, Ere tbe fn??d soul spaed* un its darttlliiR way. To M? tbee bind iIipo liruU'd and l.trcdinjr liwrf, Ami drtr thV widow nnd lite orphan's l*?r, PonrJn* Ihy balmin? pity oVr ear.lt nrnl ,V ? $ ..J.hy. w?i*nlnj??nd to oWf With iImh* ????!>? toiwm, wIiomi miMie muni impart .JO9 ??nM>l?Hon of ? hnradei aphere. ..,. 1 Willi* wait, nroad men, look* on tli*e bat to Ids**, And monrn bit own dam nature'* worthU**o?>??. W A VKIU.Y. Montreal, lotli May, |f?7s THli COUNCIL OF NICE. Mtmnr*. KJitort?There in no part of ecclesiastical history no much Involved in obscurity as the history of the proceeding* of the Council of Nice. The first lenders of the party who call themselves protectants, were particularly clamorous against the church of Rom*, because it* clergy withheld from the inspection of the laiety the dccrcea of their councils, as well as those writings denominated sacred. They branded thcift with the epithets of dcceivcrs, imposters, nnd cheats, whose only objects in concealing these records was to advance their own rights, and to keep the |>eoplc in a state of ignorance and subjection. No sooner how ever, did these.pretended reformers obtain access to the nrchievcs of the church, than they discovered thut the concealment of these writings was essentia! to the very exis tence of their own creed?, for if means were taken to render a knowledge of them univer sal, disclosures would be made that would effect the whole fabric. They therefore, prudently changed their tone, and confined themselves in thcii protestations, to topics which could be openly maintained, without endangering the subversion of the entire system. Hcncc the silcnce of most of the writers on church history, as to the decrees of the Council of Nice, and hence the aver sion which U shewn by the advocates of re ligion, to discuss this subject. Notwithstanding, however, the united exertions of the catholics and protectants to conceal the proceedings of this fumous council, we arc nut left entirely without the means of information respecting it. Ku?.<* '?Iuh, Hosomen, Thcodorit, Hntychlus, and Kabinus, have left us sufficient materials, without, perhaps, intending it, to enable us to form a pretty accurate opinion of the characters of tlic men who composed the council, of the objects contemplated-!)) calling it, and of the nature of the decisions which they pronounccd. Previous to the assembling of this Ixxly of ecclesiastics, the Roman empire was overrun bv persons professing the cnrUtian religion, most of whom were led to adopt it from wit nessing the fortitude ot those who were per secuted on its account. Altliough, however, the impolitic measures of the civil power gave birth to a vast number ot converts' to the new sect, it appears that this was far irom rendering them more virtuous, or pro ducing harmony amongst them, \ccording t<> St. Justin, Tatian, Athcnagores, Tertulli tii, and Arnobius, all of them writet-sin favor of Christianity, its dcciplcs were accused of tlit- most abominable crimes. Nor do these accusations rest with their enemies alone. Under the Decinn persecution, when the pagans attributed the wrath of the (tods, and the public calamities to the vlce? of the professors of the new faith, St. Cyprian and Kuscbius, two of their most zealous champi ons unrescVvcdly speak'of them, particular ly of the presbyters and deacons, as abandon ed to every species of immorality. It was in tni* state of the church that the emperor Coustantinc, in order to strengthen himself against Maxcntius and Liclnlus, two rivnls who disputed with liiii) the sovereign |>ower, conceived the idea of enrolling the christians in his army. To effort this, he began with shewing them great favour, and conferring honors and riches on their bish ops. Hut thii uiiexpt c'-d ehaugo in their fortunes had not thecfTc which the emperor contemplated. Instead of uniting to promote hie views, the heads uf th?: sects became envious of the imperial favor, and each en deavored to draw Constantino over to its side, for the purpose of crushing its adversa ries. This led to endless disputes, bitter recriminations ami animosities, which he found it impossible to extinguish, and lie was on the eve of giving up all idea of attaching the christian* to his cause, when a dispute between the bishop of Alexandria and a priest unmfd Ariu/, who denied the divinity ?.f Jesus, paved the way to tho accomplish ment itf the emperor's designs. The bish op having in vain called on the priest to re nounce his heresy, held a council at which Arms, with twolmhops and other eclesiastics who had joined him, were excommunicated, and delivered over to satan. This was fal lowed up't?y the Alexandrian bishop with a circular to all the heads of the church, in which Arius and his party were designated heretic*, a postulates, hlaspheincis, cnimies tf <;od, fore runners of unti-ehrist.mid imita tor* of Judas. A fow who entertained more i.bcral sentiments, endeavoured to put an ?id to the strife, by recommending modera tion. They even prevailed cm Constantine to write a letter of remonstrance to the lead ers of the contending parties. Hut the <Us utantn were too confident in their own opin ions for either >f them to yield. In these cir umstances, uud under the hollow pretence settling the matter, and discussing all oth er disputed points of faith, Constantine in ?.lie) e*? 323, called a general council of the >i?hop*?t Mice,at which h* presided hi fci* It-appear* by Rntechiss. that this rouriC'l ts n?uHu if2048 hisfitMk, * h > tv Sooner en tered Ml the trinities* *JTw hich th"y sembled, than they MiMWlrt their former re criminations, and .were only rot mined from proceeding to blows by the presence of the emperor. These fact* are fully 'ertubl ished by the testimony of 8ocra|ces, ?ocomen, Hubinus and Rufinns; and although Theodo rat would have us to believe, that the uproar was occasioned by the intrigue* of the laity, he admits that those called the orthodox clergy outrageously tore a writing to peices, which had been offered by Ariutaa his form of faith, and accused him ondjhis follow cm of " be tray ing the truth, and of filling the place with noise and confusion." Coottantiue perceiv ing there wu> be no cod tpthese disputes, considered it accessary to interpose his autho rity. He caused aU wtttte* accusations to Ik* destroyed, and bayli* prtviouily gained; over the dignftartee by intrigue, promises, and flattery, he ordered that the inferior clergy consisting of 1730 bishops, should be disqualified from voting. THv? according.to Eusebius and Athanasiaft? only 318 of the 3046 blshopa who were fcreknt at this fa mous council, were permitted to express an opinion on the doctrines, whieh are consider ed by all Christiana at most jMcntial to sal vation. Otlier writers ify,lftat.<ve1> (,f l,,'s number, 18hadthe courpgaWdeclare against the views of the emperor. JJiving thus far effected Ills purpose, Constantino is?ucd a decree lu which he! stated that tlie |>oitita settled at this council, weru to be held as determined by God himself, seeing those who composed It were endowed with the Holy Spirit He likewise decreed all the books 01Alius to he burnt, and ordered that those oonvictcdof conceal ing them should he put to death. It was not long, however, until this same emperor saw cause to change his pot Id? < Sierntcs, and other ecclesiai*' leal historian^ inform us, that shortly after his decree against Arius, Con stantine recalled him, and banished Athana isius, his inveterate 'eiMf.' and who had taken the lead in opiiosing liim at the Coun cil of Nice. These historical filets exhibit, in a clear and impressive manner, the most prominent causes of the est;tblialimeut of the christian religion. An unprincipled emperor, totally indifferent about the matter htmtelf, stretch es <>ut his h.tud to one party in the church, whom lie vum afterwards abandons to give it to another, ju ^t as the state of his political affaires rendered this policy neccKMry. By this artful condm.t he subjogatct^hoth to Iuh views, and to secure the akrendency which lie thereby acquired, he followed up hit. triumph by renouncing pngunism, and be coming a votary of the new nliRinn.-i-Chris tianity thus fcupporteffefot^sjii-cud itself over the Jtom ah empire.' Out of at least fifty gospels, on which as many parlies in J he church formed fbetr crewds, four only were selected as authentic, and the farce uf mir?elc was resorted to, for the purpose of giving crcrience to this palpable imposition.?Jesus, himself, who never pretended to any other rank than that of a mortal, was elevated to tlrnt of a God; he became con-substantial with the father; the Holy Ghost was declar ed a divinity, proceeding from the other two) and, by a process* of rcasoninR utter!v incom prehensible, and which Martle* even the most credulous devotees, theso three CJods combined, made only one Godl The adorn tion usually paid to Jupiter and hU anhociates Sve way to the worship of the Trinity, and e Holy Virgin. The sacrifice* the obla tions, and paraphernalia of the pagan, priest hood were gradually adopted by the succes sor* of tome poor illiterate fishermen, who, when on earth, were frequently, without the means of subsistence. From that period to this, even religious dogma, ever)' ecclesias tical dec* v*e has been dictated by the head* of the church, who, in order to promote their interests,... have frequently adopted maxima wholly unknown to the founder of their religion. AMIC US VKKITATI8. I Afrum Editor a?The following maxims left by an old Uncle, on htsdeparture to Eu rope, to his Nephew in Philadelphia, may not heiminteretting to the youthful part of your reader*} but on the contrary, an appli cation of them to themselves may be produc tive of much good. I think sirs, they arc ad mirably suited to the meridian of Columbia. If we do not differ in opinion, by giving them an insertion in your paper you wilt oblige An aid Friend. Should you, unfortunate ly, l>e crump' <1 ill yitur ?'diiestinn. Mid slier nii.tining mature Hftr, you ttiotiltl discover IhM Providence had endosod you with m ?n*ntpr i)mrx of InlsllmUusl lion limn had m*nilr?trd it???|i before your time had In an devoted to n nirlmninal piofer tiun; bud after yon hnvr -nidr ,1m- zrnnH discovery, you should Imi dlifMi .1 in apply yourself lo |l?r. <tudy of h more siui.t. i> |ir.de??ionf do not forget your for fear th.?t you in?y lie frownwd upon liy tho*e in whone society you were once proud to aiioclHe yourself, thereby incurring Iheir con tempt for you, and !*? dimmed i?? mei t iln> ju?t rebuke thai awail* your sim|ifkUy. .should your d*|?ortmenl lie kerb at lo meet (he approbation of your old *'??m laic*, he cnuiioti? that yon do not br marked out n? sn ii?l*rnn*d dliaj nor l?u?y your?ell alMtut Ihinvs tbst do not concern you; nor throw yourself in lit* fronl ground on nil oerailon*. lor fenr flint inny espose yrmi weaker pari*, sod thereby give yonr adversaries an opjautuniiy to lriwn|ih over you. Al/jntd you be railed won for an opinion iij>on my sabjeel, i iv.- it frankh: I ill ?lioald your ojd nion conflict with Hint* r?l oldei nud wiser head*, give Way, there run b* no disgrace attached to ?oeh a eohrte. and you can dill enjoy your own sentiments without gltlng offerice to o1h*r?.~ H'-aralways In mind tin old sdaRe, llist "two h< nd? are welter than oaa" and ?lioahlyou err by giving w ay, Ilia confutation will )?e left you, that ynti ?re not alone and tbst otUr* will have to ?hm* the Mine fate with y?ur?etf. I would not have jroil to adopt lht? rule at ell limns: hut mo?t il will u Mlr.irfed wllhffond elfeets. *t?rifd in r>mt n.-w Mndy, let il tfr f.AWw/'Av*^, or Dirmiiy, stick weft to if; ami ?iii';r,^ "Ike rv* miy U?, will stick welt l<> >'??? TU^avnber at aW ttete# ?ha* j.?MHr.^*?Mnage u gratuitous, and that yon Ma be deprived of It ns readily ?? it wu extended lo you. Be concilia ting *ad courteous; by all maaas div< ?t yourtaH of alMffat prida and arrogant that (oo fraqoaaily diffract Ilia brain of those who ara loo snddaaly raised In puhlle estimation. My an aUUcier.ce lo the* rule* you may jirtly aelcujala apou a com patency hereafter; and that competency, will anabla you to triumph over yonr enwwiee. ? . Never lie too ambitious fur office, furl never saw that man who was aspiring In Mi youth, (bat did not repent of tl In olo ago But should you be called upon by yuur fellow-citixen* to Sit i pMt of honor, If tue discbargM of Its duties do not mcrosch too misch npon your time, accept of the appointment with diffiduune, and discharge the damn with fidelity; by eo doing you will re Baal credit on yourself and honor on tboaa who ie |*>nd the tnift In you. Whatever you do, ba can* Han that yon are not always, olr too frequently Ibund in the minority) fur tbU, you ratut know, savors too much of a disposition to display your oretorial powers and learning, It. doing Which yon may make yourself appear, as many before yon have dona^-llke a fool. . Never attempt to oAr yourself for tha national council* until you bava made yourself thoroughly acquainted with tha political coocsrqsof tha eoun iiy; for yon must always remember that a super* Aoial knowledge o| matters and limns la general it hot sufficient to qualify you for a legislator: you might. It U true, be elected after various Him Is; but after yoor election, bow mortifying would it be to your Mpnortm to find you assimilated to a r.iiccoo eloek that every time the harid revolves to tha nttmlier twelve sings, racAee, eaefeee, thara by nvranglag yourself among thorn members, whoso voice it only heard when they ara required to say ffta or any on any important question. He direful that you keep aloof from company that think themselves above you, (fur you mast know that there Is an aristocracy in this as wall as any other country) lest thev should make a dune o| you by tickling your vanity for the time be'ng, in order to makn a but of you hereafter. Lmlly.?Never have ton * suited an ooiaion of your own abilities, but let others rate them. Be particularly cautions how you would anderrata the qualifications of others, (such as have not been Rifled with the qualification of a mag pie ) Never arrovatn to yourself luo much power, nor assume trusts that were nnvar intended you should be clothed with; for you mast know I never saw mi officious Intermeddling character, in politlrs or any tiling else, w hose fall was not as rapid as hi* lise. I brtjw, my dear .Nephew you will receive these ?iMiius iu the same tVuling they are offered, thev and u feu mon. like them, are the only inhfri' lance that can be left you by youraffectioaate and loving uncle TOBV P >) From the American Sentinel. The editor of the Press is endeavouring to hide himself from public examination by attacking General Jackson, by manufactur ing letters (his old vocation by the by) nguiiikt (he man of Orleans. But, stop a mo ment, Mr. Binns Letustakcalookatyourself l.ct us Mr, wbMliM> ir? you i' * * own lan guage," so frequently applied to others, you are not " covered wtth corruption as with a garment." Nay, let us know, whether you do not feel degraded in your own estimation, when you see your former, unbought, opin kma of John Quincy Adama republished throughout the country. As a fair specimen of your oId notions of the present executive* we hold up ?he following for your inspec tion:? From'he Democratic Preft, dug. 11,1824. ?? The Boston Patriot inquire* of the De mocratic Press, " Who iu the federal candi date now?" The Democratic Pre** hasnc objection or hesitancy in answering. The federal candidate U the author ot PublicoU ?the author of a song ridiculing and uhukintj Thomas Jefferson, and retailing the olci federal slang and slander about.Black Sal? the same person who recently nronouncetl Paine** Rights of Man ?? worse tlmn worth, lew," and who has recently established and become theedUop-of a Journal to promote his own election?.the federal candidate it John (Juincy \1damt'!! " We pray the |>eoplc of Pennsylvania to mark the movements of Mr. Adams'friends, and not to forget that we have been for months warning them that a scheme wason foot to get the vote of this democratic state for John Q. Adams the libeller of democra cy and Thomas Jefferson. It will not do. The people will arouse and do thqpisclvca and their principles Justice.H Colonel, read it?Head it over, and over again. Peruse that part particularly, where you firay the people of Pennsylvania to mark the movements of Mr. Adams' friends, and not to forget, that you?aye you?h .d been warning them that a scheme was on f<?ot to S.thfe vote of this democratic state for John incy Adams, the libeller of dcmotracy and Thomas Jefferson j and when you have done so, ask yourself this plain question> " What must the public think of tna t-> make such a sudden somerset? All at once, to beOOme the sycophant ol Adams?to call him a democrat of the Jefferson school, and to say, that a democratic electoral ticket must be got up for him here in Pennsylvania? This is too much. The people will urge, and justly too, that printing "by authority," and for the eutfom hottae and furninhing ttationary at u<otd hutiH?a mc?t economi cal mode for the government?have made me a champion of the libeller of democracy and Thomas Jefferson. To deny it would be at daring, but nnfruirfrt*, n* for theruliirlt, who wrur* his t/toll* in open court, to deny the articles in his jms*e**lori. Indeed the subject Is too br.d tor contemplation. 1 will quit it.?I will write about nhrrh and wool, get up letters, at which 1 am no (touch, and aver that Jackson cannot l>e washed from the blood of tome mutinous militia men, iJUtomgh he Was 600 miles from the scene of action. 1 wilt Qtgc all thin, and thus keep the people on another ttcnt. ^ JUNIUS. roArr. * flffl Ikr Iftadi ?/ *nW Amer?. can Msn<ifaij|f' t wVo*? mibum rWm# prMti ll*n ^ ' HARKISBURG C Some frieodi of the woqI disappointed, that dm 2lout were represented at tlic lens Co*ventk>n~^^l Wei however, are not ?mall number*} because e* that what It called the *f ' waa Jlrat started bt Pen representatives iVotn thin c anion, when tlic subject of hat been before Congress, have niQ%t an unanlmoutvote. That out of t&etttU'MLf of our members j session Voted against the woollens! that therefore Pennsylvania r* \cntion. ."The whole Died clan." I. The people, with one heart) and < are (avor of every act of t our state industry. Tfcey . furc absolutely useless to elect delegate! convene at Harr|sb?rg to .reiterate t) pledges upon "their own Pennsylvania i While upon this topic, we would advU the sincere friends of *Ool and wool grower to keep clear of any acta that may look sm fiieiout by associating too much with eastern men, and thus clogging and Injuring the'# Interests with the people, by supporting the falling administration of the younger Adams.?.linericon Sentinel. ? , - GEN. JaCKHON k MR. Cfc VT.- -jv ll is too early li the di?c.u>eton to pes* ?ny iw.Mlive oplnion? u|*>n Ik* rising controversy Imtwen these I wo distinguished men.---That General Jackson received llir communication of which bespeaks, we entertain not the smallest doubt. Tiie only question Is. wit It kno?r* to Mr. Ci?*'? confidential friends, or to Mr. C. Wm sel'/ When ih? name of the member of Cunpran cmnesont, lie will either have to My. that beheld no each cunveisatldn, (end that would bo ? pretty hacardoo* assertion,)?or that he held It of In* own Accord, (and then lie would d'recliy contrn dirt hb own declaration* to Gen. Jackson)?or that he did it nt the Instance of some friend or friend* of Mr. Clay, (and Oil* would let in a new * train of Investigation, a* to who these friend* ? %vrre, whnt they said, and what they knete.J Tbe whole mailer, however, is in the tnihnro state-and it tvould .H> rmli to make up an opto* ion upon it.' Yet we an* disposed to believe, that - no evidence will In. produced to biing tbla com* municatkxi home' to Mr Clay. ?'into it our prearnt impression U'ltA lliii iit+Jktf mniulkoa nf ^r.??? ?..?? 1 a m* jm_ ?? mm fiw Mvuiimi m lint pretend to fciiess. We understand the Wi ington Telegraph to say, that it waa the a member who uioved tiie vat* of thenfcatol Clay at tiie session of 1885, (this waa Mr. Mark* l?y of Philadelphia,) and that bo was also the member who lost hi* election, Ice Ate. But the* Tetenapli of tiie tfth saysi x " the liichmond Kmjuirer h right when it top* iHnrs that we know the name of the member of Congress or whom Oen. Jackson speaks In hla letter to Mr. (loverly} but jfc't Is not the meml-or of" Congiest who loat hi* eb ction, and bi'? been since provided fur by an ofce worth 8000 dollar* P*'r annum. Mr Chiy it not to great a bungler M that." The Teh-j>rn|ih al?n say*: l .^JL- ' V i 'J " A lett? r tioni Wheeling advises u* that ? report ha*' obtnined circulation there tliat the member of Congress rHerredJo Is Col. Uadsdeq This i* not correct. Mr. Clwjf butNKf// wUn Mt * member it Mr. Clay has known, for many months, that General Jack-on bod disclosed ttn> name of Ihu member of Congress, and spoke of, the overture, and the person through whom it wat. made, before bo left Washington. We benrd him name the member of Cougrese at Wheeling, In ' 1826, in the presence of one of Mr. Clay's m>tft devoted partisan*; and so well Informed are Mr- ?? partisans iiere, that some of them have lately asserted that that gentlemen tendered tbe deportment of state to Mr. Clay, on tba pett of General Jackson's friends." Upon this same subject tiie Cinclnatti National H' |Mi!,liinn of the iwih ult. saysi " Mr. Clay to now in Kentucky,and the assertion Wi how make will reach him in n day or IWo A paper wdl be sent to him for that especial purpose ' We etat* then, distinctly, and delnitely,thet a ? prapesfffe* wm matte f Otn. Jack?*, by the vrofeutd friend of Mr. Clay, fa terminal* the prtridtnUal esslut is turn /tours, Ire e unlit of Ikt prariited the Genrrnl tcouid girt some ntrurnnte fief Mr Adenat ihotthl hot It* eoulinutd as neretary at sfefs." Let Mr. Clay cow come out, either In Leslngton o? Cinclnniti, mill deny tbe charge, and the name of the person alluded to, a member of Congress, of talent* and respectability enoal to any In the house, shall im given up, and we will be the first to do tho secretary justice, should he appear befor* the public in any (attainable attiUsde. And the Clnr.lnattl Advertiser of tbe 90th asserts, that this11 certain member of Contrast, a professed friend of Mr. Clay, 44 toe member of Congress of talent and thnratter equal ft enfr in Ih?t My '?And the Advertiser challenges Mr. Clay to deny the statement. In wbleh cam the editor is ?< ready to glvo up the name of the r# nth-man who made the ijsresftOessl.**?'Things, however, cannot remain ao many days ? Every moment we look out for an enswer to Oen J's. letter, on the part of Mr Clay* Riekmaad BapHnr. A MEETING AND A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO VKKTUCKV BOATMEN. t. What are you' T Old Kentaek, half horse, half alligator, and a little hit of the snapping turtle. I. #o am I. I've got the handsomest wife and ' I ii ? tii. -1 slater of any man in Kentaek. I eon o?it urn. out hop, out jump, ?ad knock down any men in flit** perta. la* e reel roarer. T. I am a rtramboet. I I'm a *ea serpent. T. I'm Henry day. f. I'm GeOeral Jackson. \J|j ?T I knock nnder to'? Old Iltekory." ? A Qtorgia Toaw. W<>MAK~rhe roo of animal*?the per l?cttoo of aver )>enutiful and excellent?the jaexot >-arth, and the whed botae of Tbatt drank in Savannah by a Idler: . ? t? hi mailti M ni in ufoipiiiny