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Vol. XVI
V; TUB STAIl,
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Jd.'urlh'Caroli4 CaxttU,
BELL & LAWRENCE.-
per mil kt MI aitbaei lrH l SO U t
i riiMII, v4 fT -limMtiawed. fcrt t
tk spli nf iht R liloir, mIm ll uk wgrt
rpMd. AHcfiMMMni, ftot cieardinf tr.
few, d Ut fa JSW.
nd tBt fir ! far etch .,w'imt.T.
All leeers to la cdHon aiast be ptt paid.
Dr! Jam esU. Cooke ,
hit Vi t t. lit ih nnoM branvlt.
.; rtnfbit Hn vhv rHVSI'-
J'l U IWII T'-r nmauir
- Coukr, fsq or at (h Sbapof can.
Msrrt IS 1WJ. tf
N B M-mi .orrBdertd.iod Medieinfur.
hel, th fQt SrUi .
advice to
one
lately
married
Dcr PtT?y iince the tingle state
Ymitc iett, nd chose younelf a mate;
Since ihcumorphot'd to wife, " '
And bliw br woe's iniwred for life.
A friendly muse the wmy. would show
To pain the blist nd miM the woe.
But first of kll, I must wippose
you've with mature reflection ctiosei
And, this premis'd, I think you nay
Here find to married bliss the wy. '
BmH is the province of a wife,'; ' , . jr
And narrow is her sphere in li et ' "
Within tlmt sphere to move aright ' J.
Should be her principal delight:
To ruide the house with prudent care.
And properly to spend and snaret
To make her husband bless the day.
He gave his liberty awayi.
To form the tender infant mind;
- These are the tasks to wives assign'd:
.. Then never think domestic care
Beneath the rfotice of the faiit
But matters evry day inspect,
That nought be wasted by neglect,
Be frugal plenty round you seen,
And always keep the golden meant
Be always clean, but seldom fine,
Let decent neatness round you shine;
If oncelair decency be fled,
JLove soft deserts the genial bed.
Kot hice your 1ouse, though neat and
""'t f ' clean;
In all things there's a proper mean:
.; Some of our e mistake in titis, -Too
anxious some, some too remiss.
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The early dnys of wedded fife
Are oft o'ercast by childish strife;
s . Then belt your peculiar care
" To keep that season bright and fair: .
Tor then's the time by gentle art
To fix vour empire in the heart. "
With kind, obliging carriage strive
To keep the lamp of love alive;
Far should it through neglect expire,
Ko art again can light the fire. .
To charm his reason dress vour mind.
Till love shall be with friendship join'd
Rais'd .; that basts, 'twill endure, r
From time, and death itself secure.
Be sure you ne'er for powVcontend,
Nor try by tears to rain your end. i
8oih-tmir the tears t lint cloud your eyes
rom pnue and obstinacy rise, '..: '.
Heav'n gave' to man superiof sway,
Then Heav'n and him at once obev.
Let sullen frowns your brow ne'er cloud;
Jiea'ways cheerful, never loud:
Let trifles never discompose , ,
Your features, temper or repose.
Abroad for happiness ne'er roam; .
True happiness resides at home;
Still make your partner easy thcrej
' (Man finds abroad sufficient care.)
If ev'ry thing at home be right,
He'll alw&vs enter with delight; ,
Your Converse he'll orefer to all
Those cheats the work! does pleaiure call,
w ith-cheertul chat his cares beguile,
- -.nd nlways meet him with a smile."1
f. Should passion o'er -his soul deform,
Serenely meet the bursting storm; '
Keverin wordy war engage, ,.
Nor ever meet his rage with rage; t - y
With all our sex's softening art
Itecall lost reason to his heart; ,."
Thus calm the tempest in his breast,,
And sweetly soothe his soul to rest.: .
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Be sure you ne'er arraign his sense; 1
.Few husbands pardon that oirrncet .' .
T ill discord raise, disgust it breeds, '
' int' n're' certainlv 'succeeds; " "
- Then shonOimantbaJfsl shelf, ' ; '
y,. Still think him wiser thaijrourself:
And if yon otherwise believe, ,
Ne'er let him such a thought perceive.
t"When cares invade your partner's heart,
i7 " yiiipwiiiBing- pan, --Mi
And kindly claim vour share of pain,
'' And half his troubles still stistainf .
From morn td'noot from noon to night,
"ciiuu 'icMru your cuiei ueiijjmj
3But "w methicks, I heur vou cry,
Slikll sn pretenr, O vanity! Z
" -To lay (lovnruJsis for weiiiled life,
.."Mho never was herself a wife?"
' n you've ample cause to el ide, v
lusLingi throw my peo aside.: .
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MIsr.KLt ANY.
t-rtrn from the Circukr o Gea. tAMCRL
HOUSTOX, a Beprtsentau. 1st Conrreas
' fro Tennessee, to bia eonstituenu, dated
ITatlMtss) City, Marti 3, 182.
-t a Utf day of tbe nreaent arakn.
appeal waa inaJe by llie Speaker nf
mr iiuune oi ivr presents. lives, inniaoi
Bcial chsracter, mjufi'tinj an investi
tUon sX tome cLargea tluit hail bern
made afaimt him by a member of Con
pfi from the State nf PrnnsvWania.
whicli apprarcJ in the character of a
letter, in one of the public journals of
that State. A motion was submitted
to appoint a Special Commiite for tbe
intreatigation of the subject, which, af
ter consuming two days in dicusiun.
waa auopteu. l o thw coarse I was op
poaeo; Decanseiuiu uot lhinWth.it I
gress iad an? thing to da with a differ
ence which had been made personal,
bj tbe coarse pursued by the Speaker
himself. The imrxmine situation of a
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, is such, that I am never willing
to give mr ote for the extension of his
power, when I can either suspect the
existence of personal feelings, or that
there is even a remote possibility of ren
dering Congress a court of inquisition,
or that it msv become an engine of (re
pression to either members of the House
. ' v a .
or mamauiiis in socer , who may
choose to exercise their enntitutiona
privilege in the expression of their opin
ions. .
rhe courts in our countrv are open,
at all time, lor the redress of grievatt
cen, and to them individuals can hav
recourse, where justice can be admini
teteu to the paity aggrieved. There
every man is presented upon a footing
oi equality; stripped of power and pat
rqnage: no . adventitious circumstance
of official character, or extensive influ
ence, can bias the mind of an impartial
jury.ii' the case is there determined up
on its merits. 1 here is no danzer in
this course,- the Constitution has. pre
scribed it. . There is no danger of ren-
aering it tne nreorana cit party zeal.
uut it win 'assume l very different as
pect, if Congress is to became a court
for the trial of personal altercation and
disputes. It will render t a seen of
discord and confusion, and the Hall of
Legislation will become a scene of up
roar, party rancour, and "personal ani-
mosiry.
I he subject of the Presidential elec
tion, which agitated the American com
munity so lung, and was of so much in
terestto the nation, has resulted in the
election of a candidate who had not
majority ol the votes in the electoral
colleges. Nor had he a majority nf the
members in the House of Representa
tivestfbiit only a, majority of the States
As our government is, in all other
respects,, a representative Republic,
where the voice of the people governs,
these must be a manifest defect of the
Constitution In relation to the election
of President. ? During the present Con
gress various resolutions have been sub
mitted to the House of Representatives,
proposing amendment, but none has yet
been adopted. That there is need for
amendment to the Constitution, we can
not doubt, when we advert to some of
the facts in the last election. One can
didate had a decided preference of ele
veh otit of twenty-four States, by "the
people: yet, when the power Dasscd
from their hands, and devolved on the
House of Representatives, the voice of
the people was not regarded by their re
preventatives, fin many instances,) but
their individual inclinations, from some
cause or other, pursued, without any re
ference to the will of their constituents.
The individual who was manifestly
the choice of a majority of the people,
was not elevated 'to that distinguished
situation for which his qualifications so
pre-eminently fitted him, and to which
the important service he rendered tol
his country so , richly v entitled him!
Another was chosen , by the House of
Representatives, who had in his favor a
less expression of national .confidence,
as manifested in; the electoral colleges.
This is a subject of serious considera
tion for the citizens of t!i United States;
and it will be for them to say, on some
subsequenftttcasion, whether their voice
shall be heard, and their rights respec
ted, or whether the will tamely yield
those inestimable rights to the unhal
lowed dictation of politicians, who may
choose to barter them, for their own in
dividual aggrandizement, or otherwise
dispose of them, contrary to the known
will of their constituents. V
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Extract from the Circular of J. C. TSAACKS,
another Kepresentative from Tennessee, to
his Constituents, dated ."' ' : : ,
v A ii V Wathmgtotij March 8,1825. f
Z. Fau-tow CrrteENS, Upon the sub-
i iect of the Presidential election, I know
' my feelings are strong; I think they are
; honest, but I Inpe I shall not indnige
i them, or add to your disappointment by
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i the expression of a aiae word an worth v
of the cliarit v of achriaiian, er the caoder
off patriot. It ItiMtantteattowia wHieh
personal or local consideraUons ought te
rale the jtMlxement. , , 5
However sanch I have seen in the lof
ty virtoe and enbendinz mind of General
Jacksox to command my admiration &
esteem However much I have felt lor
the pride of my dear and mach injered
state All this, and mmrh mnht; etrs'.d I
forego, and bow, with cheerful resigna
tion, to the majesty of the People of this
Republic, ir U wtrt with their te ill that
these thin f$ had teen done. '
But it m not Jsrtsoji that has been le
feated, or Tennessee that has been over.
I.Mkel, hike Surrrtipi ll'iUoftht
People. (tiL otrJ th Mnightv V.lc of
imt rrttu iiaiion, iat no been tetaide-
fitmee. -.
Ine Political Asatsiit has stabbed at
the vitals of the conaiitution, and the
life's blood of our republic Bows through
the wouml.
I our a Government o1" the Ponlef
Is their Will sublet to no control bnl
that which they themselves, nt thoir
servants, have puceU over it:
Ano Dave we, m lets than a half a cen
tury, come to this, that the first Mii
trate can be chosen, not by the choice,
but against the known, expressed, & so-
I i f f . M r
tetnn cnoice. oi at least seventeen out oi
the twenty-four states: and, worse that
all, by the votes of six states foUelv giv
k.u- n : , - . ..
rii ut ineir rvpresrn'aiivf asnitiHt ttie
known will of their constituent? Th
fact is undeniable, that the votes of se
ven states were given against General
Jackson, in the ll.u.e of Representa
lives, contrary to the known wishes of
the peonle.thcreof, six of which, (to v. iu)
Kentucky, Ohio. Miisouri, Illinoiw, Lou
isiana, nd Maryland, were en-en to
Mr. Atlams; and one (tp wit North
Carolina,, (by the previous commitment
ol its members) tKSlr. Crawford.
What were the motive which direct
ed the course, or the means by whiHi
the end was attained, vour patience
and my limits would not permit me to
relate, it is enough that the dee I was
none; that-the Representatives of the
People, in the hour of trial, have be
trayed their most sacred and momen
tous trus: And were I to ak for a
reason to ju-ify this act, no Republican
could furnUli one.
A Tyrant maybe courteous and mu
nificent; a Usurper wise and wary: tu
their example is therefore not the least
dangerous. I would not determine, nt
all events to oppose this or any other
administration. I would, nceordinj to
mJ judgment of right and wrong, sup
port it in the right, oppose it in the wrong,
and cling to the cause ot my country,
no matter who are its rulers. Buj I
should be as false to my own principles
as others have been to their constituents,
if I were not to ic-assert the violated
rights of the country, and trust to the
redeeming spirit of the constitution to
restore the Government, in due time,
to the hands of the People, whose right
it is to rule.
Isaac B. Desha, son of the Gov. of
kentuckv having been convicted of the
murder of Fbakcis Raker, by jury of
nis peers, in Kentucky, and letters from
Lexington having stated that a new tri
al had been granted to him by Judge
Shannon, on the ground that threats had
been conveyed into the jury room, and
that the verdict was not warranted by
the testimony of the law, the following
statement of the circumstances of., tbe
murder, furnished by a New York pa
per, will place the propriety of the con
viction in a clear light:
" The late Francis Baker. Esnuire.
was a gentleman of learning and talents
irom xew Jersey, and was educated as
a lawyer under the late attorney general
Woodruff, and removed to Natchez a
bout nine years ago, when jie became the
proprietor and conductor of a public
journal. ; ,; ' - ' "' V- ; s: . ,
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in oeptemoer last, he sat out on a jour
ney tohis native state, onhorhehack. and
had necessarily to pass through the state'
oi Kentucky. ; An attack ot fever on
the road, compelled him to remain some
days at Lexington to recover sufficient
strength to pmsne his journey. frj this
enfeebled state, he left Lexington on the
first of November, and rode to a place
called the- Blue Licks, where he lodged.
The next morning he rode to Doggett'a
tavern, where he tell in with 4&AA0 B,
Desha; the son of the Governor of Ken
tucky, and breakfasted in company with
bim and a large party of Desha's ac
quaintances. . In this vicinity resided
the murderer, his father and father-in-law.
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- The deceased was ah entire, stranger
here, .bat he n?w that Captain 5Bickley,
with whom he had become acquainted
at Natchez, lived in this neighborhood,
and feelinsr still too weak to continue
his jouVney, he enquired the way to his
houo,. wih the intention of remaiping
there s dayor two. 'Uesba professed to
be well acquainted with Capt Bickley,
said 4 ii'ed tfl tbe main road, that be
wee rotor te ride thai way, bissself, and
offl-red te show List the boose. Tbe
fatal offer as accepted, and efier break ,
fast they rode off tozetber from Dor-
eU'., eatb en horseback, in tlie pres
ence of a nnosiier of persona who wit- j
eaed iheir departure, Desha having
nothing about him bot a horsewhip, hea
viij leaded with led, &ud d.ate2 in a
rouuu about jacket, with no coal vr e-
vrrciMt. In two or three hours alter
wanls,' or "between ten and eleven o
clck, Desha was seen in poasession of
the horse, aadd!e bag, aid pocket -book
4 the deceased, uuuer the Iwuowing cir-
cumstr.nces: Uu a bve-road, or briUte
path, gloomy and retired, the couatrt
inouuuinoua and covered -with wood,
leado IriNU the tnain ioau to Dealia's,
ive. a man 4 the uaine ul Halt, about
two miles f.-oin Desha's. - - ' .
Te this nun's hau se tbe liorse of the
deceased ran up, and oueollii sonsgot
on him, and rode off iu search ot the
owner. He had not pruceeded far when
he met Desha on the uatu - very much
agitated, his it and. and clothes stained
Willi blood, and carrying a pair of saddle-
b"i on his arm, which were afterwards
foaud 10 the wood wiiu the ends cut 0
; eu, and proved to be the aamt with
which the deceased left Dogjctt's.'arid
ihe same thai Desha, was seen to carry
on in. arm. uoxiu cuimeu the mare
a his propei i v, - and said he had just
oiught her of a nun who owed him and
could not pay the moneyi got on her,
anu took the boy up behind linn .und
it.de off. In a lew miuuten afterwarus
Desha's hore ran up to the same house,
without a bridle, and another son ol
Ball's put on a bridle and-rode in pur
suit of Desha, whom he knew to be the
owner. He had not gone far,' when he
met Desha' and his brother on the mare;
a pocket-book was in Deha' pantaloons
pocket, which one of the boy had a good
opportunity of observing, lor it dropped
out of his pocket, and he dismounted and
handed it up to him. Tbe pocket buok
was afterwards found in the woods cut
to pieces, and in evidence- it appeared
to be the same with which the deceased
left Doggett's, and the same that
was seen in Uesiia'sv pocket. When
Desha left Doggett'a, he had neither
saddlebags nor pocket book; it would
have been observed, it he bad, lor he
wa-t clad in' a roundabout jacket, with
shallow pockets. It also appeared in
evidence, by a man residing at Desha's,
that he never came home nntil the even
iug, that he then walked round about
the house with a pair of saddlebags on
hi arm, peeped in at the door, but went
off without entering, and returned with
in two or three hours without the sad
as t it. .
dleoags., lie iiau been married not
quite a year to a r respectable woman,
who was so ternhed at bis manner And
appearance, that site insisted upon go
ing to her father's next morning, aud
actually left his house. 4 . f
" The day after the murder, a glove was
found, which produced no alarm; but the
following day the saddlebags were found
in he woods, emty, aiii the ends cut
onen. This excited suspicions of some
foul deed, and led to a further search of
the woods, when the pocket-book was
found cut to piece, anu in a hollow tree
not far distant eight shirts, with the
marks cutout, a vest, a. handkerchief;
and four pair of stockings, and Desha's
bridle tied to a tree where his horse had
slipped it. The search was prosecuted,
and tbe spot where the murder was com
mitted, was identified from the appear
ance of the ground; but the body was not
found until the eighth, six days after the
deed had been committed, when it was
discovered in a gully, where it had beeu
dragged, about 190 yards, down a hill.
The skull was fractured by reneated
blow of a heavy loaded whip or bludg-J
eon, one iwi in inc urease, two bruises
in the should i und the throat cut from
ear to ear, a shockingspectacle of human
barbarity.- There was a deep cut in the
left thumb, from which it would appear
that there was an endeavor made to ward
off the taal knife, and that the helpless
sufferer wasstill conscious of his dread
ful situation. The body was stripped
of every thing btt the Jirt, which was
marked "Francis Baker? with durable
ink, a vest, stockings, and one glove on
the right hand. The next day the pan
taloons, were found, very bloody, and
in the watch fob -70 dollars in United
States bank notes, wrapped round a sil
ver dollar, which had escaped the eye of
the murderer; the wateh gone; and at the
distance of 200 yards the coat and hat
were found, the latter much broken by
the blows on tbe head; and,' at a short
distance, Desha'.s loaded whip, the butt
end shattered to pieces. V
The discovery of the horse of the de
ceased in the possession of Desha led to
his epprehension at the house 1 of his
father-in-law, who is said to be a man
of ETtfat respectability, and who: indis--
nant at the Injured honor of hit family,
declared that lie shoeld never enfr hs
house aain.vhether l.e was tonderone
or acquitted. 8d latUfled wis be .f l..t
rilt, that he and bit terrified ' wife af .
ficeaoanuooeanioi temsute. inaeea,'
it is bet too probable that this Is not the '
first saurder be has committed. Mr. D.
member of the baa, recenilr from
Ijouiaville, and now residing at Natchet,'
declares that Desha attempted to mur- ,
Uer bin in the same manner ebW a year
ago. Iney were . tiding together oa
horseback, when Deha made . some et- "
cuse for .falling behind. 1 A short flint '
afterwards, he looked round and saT
Desha with a club Uplifted m the act of ,
felling him from nis horse; he clapped'
purs to his horse and escaped, llewat.
aiicoi irotn. pruuenuai consiuenwiony
he was a young man, unwitling o pro
vote the reseoiment 01 a family so pow
efful and iulluentUlj he was about $
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.' ' f rrom the National JonreaJ. ' '
TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT; '
Dcpaitment or War,
DthruarutX 1825.
To the Hon. the SscatTaav er Waa, . '
sir: lne, few., days, the 'connexion
which now exists between the under-; -jf
signed officers attached to th Depart. " r
ment of War, and charged witb its su-
eral branches, abd you as its head,, will i 4
be dissolved. ' 'Although you have been . ' t
elevated by the voice of the people tJ ' ;
the second office in their gift, the tinder ...:
signed cannot but regret the ' iepartt
Fiorn the situations which they have ; J
the honor to fill, the Underaiirned ha4 '-
had full and frequent opportunities of
witnessing the extraordinary ieal with "
which you have been' constacily anima'
ted for the promotion of the public weN 1 , . .. .'
fare. The ubdersigned deem it unne
pessary to enumerate ' your tneastf res-H' ,
they are before the nation, and are youf V '
beat eulogy. The public are now feapi
ing, and will, it is hoped.long continual "
to reap, the beneficial effects resulting
from them. . The decree T ncj-fection ' ",
to -which you have carried the several
branches of this department, is believed) t;
to be without parallel; , You have real V
co crrv iiunjfin usonraBrr.auon tnax 15
could be accomplished under existing
arrangements, for the security and hon-
of of tli -' Government, and the eonve
nience and satisfaction of the publi .. - .
This brief testimonial to vour public!:
services, as Secretary of War, the un
dersigned are Jed to offer from cofisid
erations ot, duty to themselveswbul
they would hot be just to their feelings
Were they to omit to irid the assurance!
of their profound respect for your per'
sonal character and private vh-tuesV
From these have proceeded the hanno-'
aious interchanges rvlich have madef
the burden of the deU'.ls with which tn
undersigned ire charged, comparative-'
impressed with euch lentimefttf tat "
your public and private' excellencies.
the undersigned respectfully tender tat
you, on the eve of your seperution from
them, their best wishes for your pros- ,
perity and happtnessi fou will carry -!?
with you tbeir prayers, that you tnay, i; '
long live to adorn the nation whose C;
honor has been the theme of youf, elo- -quence',
and to whose prdBprity'Tftiil-.
have to largely contributed. vi' -f
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Mex. Matmb, Msj. en. t
J. Roberdeav, IX. Col. Top. Ear. . u "
That. . Jtiup, Bp Gen. k Q. M. C-V
Get. Gtbtm, Col.fc Com. (fen. Sldv
W. Ttwum, Paymaster General, r, . V -Ch.
J. Mfirte, Act. Adj. General. '
Joteph Ltvttt, Surgeon General. 1
Ce. tlomffd, Lt Cot. on Ord. Dutyt '
C. fandeventer. Chief Clerk. v-r---That.
JU MKmney. Offi. tnd. Afffc
J. L. i.'ivoeif, Pension Office. . i
tTm. At Steuart, Boun. Land O&ee.
fFathingtoni March 3,' 1825.
Gentlemkss T ought not to dissuis S
that. your communication of the 28th
ultimo, making known in the kihdest
terms, your approbation of my official
conduct in the administration of tba
War Department, has deeply affected
me...About to. retire from an impor- i. t v .
tan t station, which, L have, filled, for I , V f
more tfian seven 1 years,r I am consoled .;
witb'Vtbe reflection, that those ' who .rn.
from their station are 1 most capable of. '. . '
forming a correct judgment, have borne 1
such ample testimony to the zeal 'and ikXv-P&s
fidelity with Which its duties have been 1 . ' ,
discharged. h;; .J"-'-i,' i 'y: X,.sJ-rt'y';
2 Believing that the utility of a milifa- V
ry establishment depended much mora ' 4' ; i
on organization e and science, than oa c v
numbers, tny efforts have been directed- ' p.z
to gve to ours the best possible organV t: '-y 'TM
nation, and the highest degree of ei,,;:',i'-:f"?:-
encej to which, 1 have endeavored ;to
add, the hiosf exact accountability and
rigid . responsibility in Jbe ibuurse
ments, as being indispensable-' to tlie i? c?rsiiii.
moral and rpciehcy of the army; ? In
these efforts I have erer. met with' k'-'Vt5s
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