Miscellaneous
lions, viz. cither the direct trade
u'Wiiut rTicpriminntinir duties, or
niiuuut c
Florida Canal Col White,
uic ueiegaiu i olf ; ,intPfl hv tho act
the Territory of Florida, Has omnuu .b;
.i 'c.; Pftm,iiiinip..ntnd ot l'arliamcni oi io.j.
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FOR THE FREE PHESS.
ACROSTIC.
As the flourishing lily, and beautiful rose,
Difluse their sweet fragrance around;
Even so thy fair cheeks, their odors disclose,
jLovelv sweetness with modesty crown'd.
In thy" fair snow-white bosom, peaceful inno
cence plays,
A genius no ills can annoy;
Where truth cloth'd in mildness, with her
dazzling rays,
Heightens those cfiarms, which never can
cloy.
Innum'rable the virtues that richly adorn,
Thy rosy complexion so fair;
Finely polish'd thy features, most graceful
thy form,
Tnwrap'd" in a spotless attire.
Ere long, the gay rose, and the lily so white,
Lose their fragrance and die in a day;
Dear girl, but thy virtues which now shine
so bright,
Arc such as will never decav.
For the Free Press.
iiov.' hard the fate which me compels,
Through tiresome life to stray;
Without one smile, my bosom swells,
To light life's cheerless way.
The faithful lark that soars on high,
Through trackless realms may pass;
With one kind look he turns his eye,
Which grander themes surpass"
Love's brightest chart will be his guide,
When he forsakes the skies;
And homeward bends his bosom's pride,
His feeling mate espies.
But ah! why should I then repine,
Of nature's high decree;
Perhaps some one may yet incline;
A rising sigh for me.
Oh woman! form'd fur man's delight,
Let all creation raise,
With one sweet smile life's dreary night,
Thou canst in raptures paise.
LEANDEK.
Toil THE FREE rRiJSf.
Ross, the Indian Chit f
Ail deck'd was he with ribbands red,
An Indian Chief was lie, he said;
He deceiv'd, bcfool'd our little tow n,
While gulping its best liqucr down.
So bold, so queer, so full of glee,
lie amused the fair ones much did he,
So shrewd, so pert, so witty too,
His match all say they never knew.
For music he two paddles had,
And nation well he beat, egad,
Old Aggy Down, a rigadoon,
Together with the Jaw Hone tune,
O, he was a charming fellow,
Constant merry, constant mellow;i
Vity, but his hide was white,
Though whate'er is, I s'pose isrighi.
The evening ere he fled we four
Explored the eastern suburbs o'er;
We left him where? yc shall not know,
Pretty much how come yc so.;
We holp him strip his ribbands red,
We led him then straightway to bed;
In he crept yes, like a thief,
'Twas the last we saw of the Indian Chief.
to the public, his views of the
reat advantages which would re
sult from the construction of a Ca
nal across the Peninsula of Flori-
a
propositions all the points are
conceded which had hitherto been
contended for. It is probable G.
Britain will accede to one or the
other: if she does not, then an in-
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da. lie nas laiciy uuuiuuu . " . ' i
to theltcrchction will ue proposeu anui
nnvt. covcrincr tne
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Chairman
interesting naner
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the outn
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of
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Roads and Canals in Congress,, same grounds as the acts ot ioJo,
.i. ..u;.,t tl.o pnn-iand 'Id that is, with ail Iicr A-
i n . i: l 1 - nionrnn nnssfiSismns foV SCa, lcav-
tempianon oi a one oi iniuuu na- i - - v j
v AnlnMiipnln wpst-liiiff the inland intercourse open
ward to N. Orleans, from which the with Canada. I he bill was adop
inllnwinn. information is derived: ted unanimously by the Commit-
nv ; tlm nmspnt r.nnditinn tee, and will probably substantial
of the neighboring regions, the ly become a law Thus it will be
immointn melt nf iiph a m- perceived that the trade will be
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munication, would be of the hir!i- left open to British vessels until
nit ,nn,nt It destroy at the period above mentioned, un-
once the importance of Cuba", as loss impeded by a Proclamation
film ftnlf which the President might deem
of Mexico and the Mississippi proper to issue. JSorjolk Her.
so obvious as to
Colonization Society- An ad-
of- self-preserva- journed meeting of the American
ninrlit tn holon Colonization Society was held in
made to the Meeting fromd;
sources amounting to 84704
Trotting Match. t
match against time, for ii
82000, took place on the Oti, 7
over the Race Course near C
that the horse should go fiftvti'
round the course, (a distun1"'.
one mile,) in five successive h'
which was performed in tw0 rn; ' 1
utes and fourteen seconds "
the lime the horse was driven f
a sulkey by his owner, Mr. J(
Randolph. In the fortv-sivtV , f
the horse broke into a cantfr t
the forty-eighth, he again troty 'u
for three-quarters of a milc,'
cantered the remaining distance 1
The above account product
"A Card," from AVrm. Jacksonv
ille New-York Evening Post ui
ing "to produce a horse in Apr'?
next, to trot in harness on the ft!
tersburg Course, over the sam
dist ance, in less time, for ihcurii
of siO,000, or I will trot my horse
in harness, against the horse of "
Mr. Randolph, the same distance,
for the like sum."
This brought forth a "Stamper
Extra," from another person, wis!
oilers "to produce, in all April, a.
horse that shall trot the distance
in four hours, for 810,000'
Melancholy Occurrence." Abom
A cofifier-colorcd gentle man trjho recently
edified and amused the good citizens of T ,
'rith his vagaries.
jFaddlcd.
Drunk
Stage to T arbor ouh, N. C.
Mr. Wm. Gholson, Jr. of Bruns
wick county, Va. having obtained
the contract, has established a four
horse stage to run between Pe
tersburg and Tarborough leav
ing the former place every Tues
day and Friday morning at 4 o'
clock, and arrive at the latter on
Wednesday and Saturday succee
ding. The dispatch, personal
convenience, and comfort which
the passenger will experience on
this line is obvious, from the fact
that with a comfortable coach,
ilect horses, over a road, a boiling
qreen in the general comparison-
lie will enjoy two nights' uninter
rupted repose; which, to the "wav
worn traveller is an object of con-
skleratipn, Petersburg hit?
an importance
have led Mr. JetTerson to think
that bv the law
lion, that island ourht to belong Colonization feociety
to the jurisdiction of the U. States, the City of Washington, on the
And not onlv would our commerce um uu. me iion. ii. way , unu oi
be thus rendered independent of the Vice-Presidents of the Socic-
forcign control, but we should in ty, presiding. After the transac
tern command all the foreign na- tion of business of minor import,
viation of the European powers several gentlemen addressed the
and their colonies, and of the new meeting at large upon the objects
AmericanRepublics, as they would oi the Society when a preamble
prefer the new route to the dan- arid resolutions were introduced,
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gerous and dilhcuit one already occlaring tlic utter abolition ot tne icn uays ago, a suuucn altercation
existimr. These advantages alone Slave Trade, as essential to the took place in the streets of this
would justify iha expcnclituro of security of African labor, and a town, (says the Fayetteville Jour
one or two millions. safeguard of African colonization; jiial,) between Thomas Davis of
I3ut should a Canal be comple- d apjjointing a committee "to I Richmond county, and Wm. ha
ted thro' the isthmus of Central prepare and cause to be trans-! for, a stage driver, who had ken
America, it and the Florida Canal kited into the several languages 'in Davis' employment. Shafer
would constitute tiie two keys to f most current use, in Europe received a blow from Davison
the navigation of the Pacific and and America, a memorial, to the the head with a broom handle, oi
Atlantic. We should thus pos- sovereign authority of every mari-1 which blow, according to the vtr
sess an advantage which would time nation on both continents, diet of the Jury of Inquest, who
enable us to make terms for a free earnestly soliciting the denuncia- 'were summoned by the coroner to
passage through the Guatemala tion of the slave trade as piracy." view the body, he died on Monday
Canal, while that of the other na- Mr.Clav, in the course of an able night last. Mr. Davis left town
tions may be expected. tj be bur- Speech submitted the following: 'soon after the occurrence. It is
tlicned with heavy duties and tolls. Jusoircu, Uiat the JJoard of expected, that since ltsiatalter-
Aor i it too much to expect, in the Managers be empowered and di-;mination,he will surrender lnmstii.
event of the completion of both reeled at such time or times as
these works, a change in the di- may appear to them expedient, to More Trouble. The Georgia
rection of the commerce of the make respectful application to the .surveyors, appointed to lav oil tne
whole world, and that the Florida! Congress of the United States, land of the Creek Indians,
Canal will become the highway of j and to the Legislatures of the dif- west of the New Treaty line, as
terent States, for such pecuniary designated by Mr. Bright, the I.
or other aid in furtherance of the States' agent, and to the cast ot
object, of the Society, as they re-; the Georgia Commissioners' line,
spectively may be pleased to grant, have been arrested in their course
A State Colonisation Society, by a deputation of Indian Chiefe
auxiliary to the American Coloni- from the Little Prince, and their
zatiou Society, has been formed , instruments taken from them.
in the State of Ohio, of which Je-
trade between Europe and Asia.
Cuba, in extent little greater
than one of the largest States, fur
nishes exports eoual in vahio in
two-thirds of the exports of the
whole twenty-four. Florida is ca
pable of producing nearly all the
articles of Cuba, and hence its
immense value may be easily esti
mated. A million and a half of
oranges are gathered in St. Au
gustine and its vicinity. The rice
lands of Florida equal those of
Carolina, which sell at $200 an
acre, while those of Florida sell
at3and4: and 84,000,000 might
be saved by it to the United States
in tobacco and cigars now impor
ted from abroad. Wine and silk
of the best, might be produced as
easily as at Bordeaux, Languedoc
or Valencia, not to mention the
staples of indigo, sea island cot
ton, sugar, &c.
Trade icifh the British Islands.
The Committee of Commerce in
the II. of R. of Congress, have re
ported a bill the features of which
arc to repeal the acts of 1813, '20,
and '23, provided Great Britain
should accept one of two proposi-
remiah Morrow, (late Governor,)
has been chosen President.
Emigration of People of Color.
During the present week, twenty -eight
negroes belonging to the
Society of Friends, and four who
were free, left this place, (says the
Elizabeth City Star,) for Norfolk,
to take passage in the brig Doris,
which sails shortly tar Liberia. It
appears from the Yearly Meeting
of Friends in this State, held in
November last, tljat about 300 of
the people pf color under their
care, were conveyed to free gov
ernments during the last yeaithc
expenecs of which' were about
$3,500. It also appears that
about G00 still remain, 500 of
whom are willing to emigrate to
free governments; all that is want-
in r arc siiHinniit rniwL, i
.uiiuo UUU U )UU1-
Jonaiions have been
tunitv.
Kidnapping. Tho Philadel
phia papers contain two docu
ments relative to the kidnappi"?
of young negroes in that city,
which deserve the serious atten
tion of the public. The Mayor
states, in a prefatory coimminica
tion, that the vessel, under the
command of the band of kidnap
pers, made three or four voyage
between the 1st of April and the
1st of Sept. 1825; and carried
away at least 20 free colored per
sons, principally children. Com
ment on the enormity of the cnalC
would be a waste of words.
Convention in Virginia '-"7
bill in the Virginia House of
legates, for taking the sense o
the people of that Statc on tne
expediency of holding a Convey
tion, was rciccted on rruii
jult. by a vote of 107 to 10:.