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. ' From the N. Y. Express.
, Law ofrrrt.-lDurinff the recent
pecuniary difficulties by which tlus city,
trore than other, has been afflicted, the
law of arrest, as respects non-resident
debtors, has been pretty frequently in
voked by creditors against Southern
and Western merchants: and wc have
ili
wed out, not trum any
lUnatc solvency of the debtori or his in
if pity and inclination to ay, but to ob-(
tain the guarantee of some resident in
the city in tho shapo of bail, la i save tho
diificuity and c.xiwnsu of collection.'
a f m ' a
tveral instances have occurrtti in
hieh pentlenen of the highest rcs(cc
tahlity and undoubted wealth, have been
hurried away from theif Jiotc! to-the
jirison; after darlc" wlien they could hot
readily pryCure security? , and we know
fo'ie ease where ?t,50O were tendered
t..t!ie , Jailor as dfi:c for , tlie pay
ment of 700 next morning bv an ar
rustetl debtor trm 'Virginia, but ineA
fectuall v,' us tire Jailor's dut vvM'as mere-
ly ministerinh: nihl he had no discrrtion
in tlio matter. e d nt cumplninvf tf c
la WT sv f i t n;h as of I he ma nor r in w Inch
it iit, r has Ik:h abu-d recently tinder
tite pretext of commerri it sufTcring: and
sfnc f the acts 4tf trcadicrv aod ch.
lIlVirfMlt I llill ' lirnotio...! i "-Sl. a ir't.Kt r.C
irtaimthe iHt;;, n
tlwtravellenouiicantHl.fvW.,,;
in u
Old
ra
tmbractd in subsctioeut transact Mis
and account j .current, -have oeen made
ww grtninuworkj ontW hichpfocess of J
t ipiun has been issuciL Such claims
Mve been settled, not from a con vie
iillUJjfiljdrJusikxbutlajLtaiiUi
A ;.. ,k I . : .. .. if 1 . j
- in mv AiiSMr-iiiiZiUioii mi truuu , aou
i's principle?, utheru and Western
nerchaiit Jia n bui $ tuud it so easy Ja"
Dmttcr to procure bail- There inust be
toiiietliin riidically defective in;cycfy
wj tnat can ., turned inM an instrti-
tnent of o,picsiitn Hud extortion! and
wit which tho tnajorit y f New, York
fiHrch.ints would blut.li to have recourse,
t greedily 'scizctLujtoii by a fewy Nvho
ary un worthy of tbo Ifonoraht nnmo of
piercliauts, and who hold the ine re
lfin to that i lass as ; Dcttifiv; iers do io
hnnorahlc and higH-mmded h'gaf prac
titioi,prs.r Wo nio tld tint in a; vtrie
lLnlustaipes the menuf law httvo re-
monstralcd against the- application' Of
Wir vthmti rww aniinadveited u(Hm
5"4 ,,avc Sometimes declined, suing oiii
writ.vwiren'tijo: bje;.t vf tltetiitor
V1 T:ptWc, onJ the character f the
deltor beyond attaint. ' If w o wre per
tnitul w'e could mention soiiid ffratifvini;
jn-:idems ,f this charaeicr. -Thirflaw
anclfcctuailucbuar in kecpim
rd of several caAei of teu!iar hftrJ-i "u,HC:a l,w wonaeri
k a i I iiii'ir. inn riivii iiiv
tw oiid voiumo ot .human' nature. i 1 1 .1 lii TV w .U7WM 0'
account dis Wd iteu '
interest ua '; '
kedun; aiKlalthoiwhthcv we're noil?'"- v i ,J'?ICTia:k-" c"t noisucn a mic, any
ASIlBOnOUGII,
thousands of dealers away frqtn New
York during the past season. . ' ,
A Cost island. -
Tho abode of Alexander Selkirk is
no more to be (uund. The Island of Ju
an Fernandez has vanished from the 6-
cean. ' Yet; though ' Hotted from ourj
maps, it is ' green and beautiful in the
verses of Cowpcr, and tho Narrative of j
Defoe.. -The following is irom an Lag
lish journal: , ' . .
? The Isle Juan Fernandez has recent
ly disappeared from tle South Sea. It
was, doubtless, i produced at soma re
mote period by a volcanic eruptionand
it has been destroyed by an Earthquake.
Dctuecn jtlic dduL! catastrophe which
marked its origin auJ iisdisapjtearance,
no history in the world has made so lit
tle noise, as the history of this island. If
countries, like men, have their personal
gloryr;thr Isle of Juan Fernandez tias
certainly had its share, in having afTor
ded an asylum to the shipwrecked mar
iner to whom Daniel Dcloe gave the im
mortal name of Robinson Crusoe. The
island took' its name from Juan, Fernan-i
dez, a pilot of tiio 10th century. He
was in - tlie habit of sailing along tho
South American coast from Peru to
Cliili, roceting'with to ewmtesbut the
south I winds. ; These , were,,, however,
such redoubtable ones that they bceaina
a rude, although, sufficiently severe,
school of Navigation-, It tccuret la
him on phe- occasion,- whether or not,
by putting out further to sea, ho Uikut
not avoid these terrible winds.- '
Ile made the trial, and found tliar. it
was crowned With success; his .vessel
glided over the sea as if b enchantment.
Dunn
ng one of his voyages, about the
1752, Fernandez discovered a coast
year
which he
knew could not bo that ol
Chili, and, happier tlian Christopher Co
lumbus himself he 'immediately called
it after his own name. He fouud that
it was an island, and on his return rc-
ol tho f place; but
a colonv out
ernment showed
no disposition to favor his design. . Fer
nanJezho woyer, lestablislwjil- himself
there; but after some time he abandoned
the island, leaving behind : hitn only a
fcwtrftals, which iiccame greatly iriuhi-
riiec
neu. ii is dv so no (louwea wnwncr
tlun aiKwed huu to retain :qu.tl pos-
legion ol the p.acp; but it in tnt$ pro -
1
baWeV?JaUljeJci usci
oi hiuiUliigJt
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jiiu iic iiica ruuiruco, unu n is py suuioj
authors aHrd tf.nt ho uo lJtiu !
dlscov cf ;N 'j V ft-jj-ind."
FrotnlhcNe.vv?ll ainpsliire Observer.
NrUCILAWYEU FEri
It is nw five of sis years since the
w,u rw iuies cauua on me one; mormmr '
t..v it .1 i. . ;a. 1 - I
U;fnro breuk!ast,.and asked tne to rec- j
ommend, htr tO some lawyer;' as she
f .1 . . I V
V asked her to,
owni1
country
hat
tail si
iH'Comc more and more fond of wnalth "
and sensible, jbl the admirable,, advice
my story, "I fear tlie phir lady Jhas sr.uiu
money jrcttieg in view; you know sho
has of late given all ' her affections'' to
Kcttnu more wealth. 1 would therefore
recommend her to uie mo honest and
eon.se leuuous lawyer in- inwn, not m
the most actiW aml,,thorodghlne.lfSh6
4.. ' ' 4 a "'
rtilies tn your, judgment use it, not for 1
A m
lv,r. seeming, but; her real gotL- fr, -:
I counted my legal acquaintanceoyer,
twice over, bet'or'a I 'hit on one answer-
. '..1 -.
nxw tno terms "noiiesi ana couscien-
ttous,!. hi the sense in which I knew El-
Ui usud.tficin; at' length I "found jum,
uiul tahiiig t mv ,nai, , waiKCU wun me
widow to his ollie
1 1 '. . ... . . v . . '.: .. -
. Wc found Mri lawyer at his desk, ho,
rose ana gave us cuairs, aim waneu
was a return ol his passion lor the sua deed, should v
and the Jilojo which he had been so! after getting
bnij UcctbtomcdV To! his ad ventiirGus ' the dt-edt '
in .jvti imi iuiaiiu wiisujjicuuuuuitnore ..in,an a sheet 01 blank papen.you
if in a.gKlly town of tio, westernThave not Set 'given the deed. ; Shall I
, and witfra dismferested love ' draw a duit claim dod for vou tolsirn?"
dosorved some better aim.' ever P Mrs. StiieW Wikpd ni mc:" nhJ inob"
Sressodytt whis heltxnatc, as the first at the window, ..looked verymuch , puz-
pi ie to gei au sue could, ana Keep i y.ieiU and somewhat aahamrd, At List
ie ,gol. j fe died, and Mrs. yules, she said. "But don't the law sa v that the
..1. ...1. 1, f. a 1 .
n mv 11 in-i iuj.-iii.uiu iiu jjivuii uvr. j ycr, mi mo ; case is incu. i x irsi, iei us
I stated the facts to my wife, and wai-i get tilings straight,' and have the ' bar
ted her opinion. -Well William,", shoj gain complete, and then,' if younlease,
said, after drinktifi? a curt of cotlbe upon we'll ro to law about it " -K ;
N. :C;.8TUIiI)AY, liOVCMBlStt t ty 1&37.
Mrs. Stiles itatc'mcuL.But before I go
on to this point, let mc say ITew words
oa this 'phenomenon this man, witli his
head undor his left arml close .'to' his
heart, this honest lawyer, ' in the Void
est, 'highest ''sense' of the terni lie had
Studied law, because he liked the stydy,
and began the practice because he had
to eet a livir. ', and now he continued in
the professionia snite of had onni.
tion, and bad courts, because hothougiit
he had done, and might do. much.goolj
by5 his labors; not only by saving: the
innocent and needy from the strong and
cruel, but pnventing strifo, putting
stop to hall knavish .practices, and ai
suadin?, men , and women irom uhiw
suits, and passion-rousing quarrels. iUTr.
Sawyer thought it not only proper for
him to refuse . acting for those, whse
claims ho thought dishonest, but ihc
counted it also a duty and privilege, not
mere christian; charity ;to strive'lto
rersuade tlieai to forego such claims.
Ie toi'jht fame and extensive practice
as means whereby to exert a moral in
Cuejace over the community. lie thought
a lawvej bound to serve, not his cliant
only, Iu tGod and his country and look
ed on luni who for gain would prosecute
a suit which' he thought unfair," as a
traitor to hii country and his religion,
iu acU whatever miglit behiilntcntim
la short, as Bill Dlount once sajft, 'Saw
yer was sich a hanged fooftu to thint
it an attorney's business to lielpt the par
son make gxd christians. 3 t J
'.'And tiow wet shall 'let Mrs. Stiles
! state her business. It seems thai her
husband nad sold and conveyed certain
lots which her father had; left in trust
tor. tier, and -in such awform that" she,
mcaniu to release her feo in lho lots.
had in terms merely , released her right
of dower; theso lota she understood she
could tret back. ' ! J . - '
i . "Did you receive the money for them!"
said Mr. Sawyer. . , A : .
'Certainly; sir.- r ; '
V'asit a jairand full price for the
land?'; 4. - 5
Z Ht was all wc asked, sir.' ; -
; "Did you sign the deed willingly.
Of course; do you think Tared would
navo orivcn me m do ur -.
Did vou mean to convey a full titlo
In fee, Airs. Stilesri s ; ,
r; "Beyond a doubt; but as wo tl id not,
they tell ma tliat the laud never: pas-
scJ:',,- 'U; . . vV J
,j Suppose, Mr Stiles, the mone had
ou have thought it honest,!
thomouetto refuse to give
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- , j ny, lawyer, uiat would have been
JJa-
".Well, Airs. Stiles, you have not civ
en tins deed; -shall 1 draw one for you to
V hy; bloss jour soul, Sawyer," that
is thotloeJ you have cot in your hands."
. 4Mr.. Stilil if Villi hait. mvpn thl
man., when h nairf ihn mmwv for th
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jots, a select of blank laper, " and he had
not !tkked at it. would that hare been a
-Of course not"
iihJ ;...vf
i. ,Wo ' can't tell that," said MK Saw-
!ii A : . '.,- . .
,Tlie widow wasiauly coucht in the
comet'. At length, with ;a gasp, ,he
asked hov much hs would charge for a
i auit claim'deedthis charB. the attor-
nev told her; the other party would wil-
S I i a 1 a . i l a
nngiy pay, ho had no doubt, and taking
,'down a blank proceeded to fill iu Co-
. i . I a. -1 " t ' I
ipre we left tho deed was signed, wit
nesscd, and ackiiowleuged. 77.7 .
i'M.nd pray,", said the widow as we
walked home, "what sort of a, lawyer do
l yod call this man! I verily believe he
"cheatod mo out of all them' lots: I've
great mind to Iro back, and tear that
- aocu.an to timders.
fs
I assured her that it was not only too
late, but thai she had done the proper
uung unuer incxircumsianccs. ana aa-
vising her in future, to employ1, no one
tut Mr. Sawyer. Much to my surprise,
she took my advice, and that gentleman
was henceforth her solicitor andioun
sellojr. ''';" ; V' Of -' Z:-K
i Last wcelc, ; ; the widow ; Stile died,
leaving me her executor. Afier tlie fu
neraf, we opened her .'will, and found to
our astonishment, in her own baud wri-
tin.
Know yealV'itbcganthat where
as I am going to give something to "my
attorney, J write tins myself that is, I
Jane, relict of Jared Stiles, , being of
sound mind and body, knovy all men,
that said jattorneyM to ; wit, vedcKcit,
James Sawyer, of this towa tliat I'm of,
namely, the town of Jackson, whereas
J'say, first led me to see Uw folly of giv
ing my eld age to the (oily of heaping
up fUthy lucre, and caused mo f to turn
aside from a courso that was, as I have
since seeni wholly- wrongrlor w bich
may he bo blessed in this .life and forever,-
therefore, ; know ye, that as a
small tokee of resect and .love for said
attorney, to wit, namely, James Sawyer,
who has of late tbeen, tinfortunate, and
much distressed in, worldly matters, I
do Iicrt4y , give, ; bequeath,' will, leave)
transfer; make over, and pass unto afore
said Sawyer, every cent I'ye'goi in the
woryKoA
books, .dress, : and jewels! for. hint, and
his heirs" good' leaving" it widr him to
give tp my sttvral lriendarsucli'articles
as are; marked with their ..''names. Wit.
ncss my hand and seal; November 20th
z:ri;XT JAXU' STILE&t;
V Knqwingas I, did, Mr; Sawyer's trou
bles in tkese hard times. J shook Ins
hand most joyfully. T v""
,It is a foe, my friend,, said he, "that
I must thank yon for 1 '
She must leave $50,000," I replied. .
; MI was thinkinrr," answered he, not
of tho money, but the change of life and
iiHiiri:. 111:11 inn iMi i ,ri9A
' THE FIRST STEAMBOAT.
From the discourse of Judge Story, ber
fore the Mechanic Institution. Inter-
eating account of a conversation be-
tweuu tlie author and the late Robert
. Fulton.,
It was in refererencb to the aston-
ishing impulse tlms given to mechanical
pursuits, that Dr. Darwin,, more than
forty years aco. broke out in strains c-
thusiasm and propionic truth, and pre
dieted tlw future lriun;nh of tlie steam
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enim
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hll thy am, uconqered rteam, af.r,
j ling Hie alow barge or drive tlie rapid car ;
j or on wide vavinir winira expanded bear
The Hying elt.rio through the Bel Ja f air i
Fair crca triumphant, Ican'tug Irooi iboee.
Shall wave their Buttering kerchief aa tbey
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Or warrior banda alarm the Fpinr crowd.
And aurajao abrmk bchinU the ahadawy cloud.
What would he havo said, if ho had
but lived to witness the immortal inven
tion of Fultcnr which seems almost to
move in' the air, aud to flypn wings
of tho wind.. 1 And yet how slowly did
itiis emurpnso 001am me puoiic lavor 1
t inysvu nave ucuru iuo musirious in
ventor relate, in an animated and affec
ting manner, the history of his labors
and discouragements. T
unen, saia ne, 1 was building- my
first steamboat at New Yorky the pro-
jeet was viewed by the public, cither
wiin inaiiierence or c mtempt, as a ;vis-ionary-.sr.hcme.
z MyrieodsrHrKkwdr
were ci vil, but they wereshy. , They
listened with patience to my explana
tions, but with a settL'dcast of incredu
lity 00 their countenances. .1 felt the
full force of tho lamentaton of thc poet.
Trutha would you teach, to aavt a ainkinf
-land tV., ''.X-:'4" ''"V?.V '
All fear, nuna aid you, and few uaiteratand. i
As I had occasion to pass 'daily to and
frorn the building yard, while my boat
was. in progress, 1 naro oitenioitered
unknown near tho Ml groups of stran
gers gathering in little circles, and heard
various inquiries as to the objects of this
new vehicle, The language, was uni
formly that of scorn and ridicule. . The
loud : laugh often rose at my expense ;
tlie dry lost the ull but endless repe
tition of the Fulton Folly, v Never did a
si.nglo encouraging s remark, a .bright
hone, or a. warm wish cross mv path.
Silence itself was btit politcncs, veiling
iisYuouois or niuing 11s reproaches.
At lensrth the day arrived when the
experiment was to he pat it opcratibn.y
To ma it wasa most trying and interest
ting occasion. " 1 invited many friend
to go on board to witness the first suc
cessful trip. ,Many of them did me the!
favr to attend,' as a matter' of personal
respect' but it was manifest they did it ,
with rehictaacc,1 fearing to- be the part-5 '
pers of my mortification, and dot of my
iumpli. v I was well aware that in my
case there were many reasons to doubt
of my own success. The machinery
was new and , ill-made fmany parts of
if w ere constructed by mechanics unac
customed to such work, and, drfficultica
might" reasonably be expected to present
themselves' .from ' other causes." :Tbo
mbmcntiirivH in which' the wotd was "
to be given foi? the Vessel to move. My
friends Tvere ; in groups ; on ; the dec kv.
There was, anxiety mixed with fear am-
ong tliem. They were silent, and sad.
ahd.wearj(?I read in their looks noth
ing bet disaster, and almost. repented of
my'cflbrts.' The signal was gtvetv the
boat mo ved on ajhomhsnce, and then
stopped and I becamo. immovablel To'
the 6ilence of the prepeding moment now; '
succeeded of. murmurs:' of discontent,
and agitations, and whispers and shrugs,,''
I could hear distinctly repeated, "I told '
yoo "s it; would be &6,-iV is ' a ' foohW
scheme,r-I wish we were well out of
it! 7I elevated royself opprj.m platform,1; .
aiI addressed the assembly. I . stated
that I knew not what was the matter;
but if they would be quiet, and indulgo ,
mo for one half hour, 1 would either go
on or abandon the voyage for that time..1
This short respite was conceded without 4 -rAjectton.t"i
went below and eianiined"
tlie machinery ; and discovered that tho
cause was a slight maladjustment of
some of the work. , In a short period it ,
was obviated The boat was put again
in motion. She continued to move on.
All wore still incredulous. None seemed .
willing to trust the " evidence of their '
own senses. We left . tho fair city" of
New York; we passed through the ro
mantic and ever-varying scenery of tho
highlands i we described the clustering
houses of Albany; we reached its shores; .
and then, when all seemed achieved, I ;
was the victim of disappointment Inv
agination superceded the Influence of
facts. It was then doubted, if it could
be done again; or, ifdone; it was doubt
ed, if it could be made of any great val
ue. v ' '- ''
Such was the history of the first ex
periment, as it fell, not in the very lan
guage which 1 1 have used, but in its jsuih
stance from the lips of the inventor. II
did not live to enjoy the full glory of his .
invention. It is mournful to say, that
attempts were made to rob hirn in the ,
first placeTbf the merits of his invention
and next of its fruits. He fell a victim '
to his efforts to sustain his title to both, r
When already his invention had cover-TV"
ed the w aters of the Hudson, he seemed .
little satisfied with the results, and look-
ed forward to far more extensive opera
tions." "3fy ultimate triumph, ho used to
say, my uhimote triumph will be on the
Mississippi I know, indeed, that even, .
now it is deemed impossible by nuny, s,
that tlie dilficulties ot its navigation can
be overcome But I , am confident of
success. I may not live, to See Sty butM.
the Mississippi will yet be covered with J
steamboats; and thus an entire change 1
bo wrought in the course of internal na-
vigation, and commerce of our country.
BLESSINGS OF WEDLOCK. - fv
The ireUtiye positions of the"
bachelor and married man are hap-
pily contrasted in the following ex-
tract: . . , .:
4 Johnson's maxim, that if wed- r
lock has many troubles, celibacr
has no enjoyments, U unquestiona
ble, if the celibacy be old celibacy, h
For it is the time that settles the
argument. The Paisdise of bach- .
elorship is y.juth, when life is en
joyment in itself; the purgatory lit
oiunjjc, wncn cycry minginsunc- .
ttvely grows tasteless. It is when
inan is the wearied. jravcller-:the h
tatuf conviva, the strutrder with
the natural infirma tics of years, that
the superiority of marriage is felt in
those simple supports and consola
tions which have exchanged the ar
dor of passion only for the fidelity
of a! bond 'bf nature. The old man
is then no outcast miserable, f he
docs not flutter in youngei sDaetyi '
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