North Carolina Newspapers

Life 1 only to b rained nt It 1 usefully employed. YOLUME II.-NUMBER 31. 4 ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1842; WHOLE NUMBER 86 .. HIGHLAND MESSENGER." JBLISHED EVEIT WDAT JCORNINO, BT '"'; J. II. CHRISTY A CO., PublUhcriof the Uw, Treaties, $., the V. S , , , , ' toil Mm k published weekly, at Tw Dol uu Fim Cknt per annum, in advance or THRKI DoiAA, 11 payment do uuwjrcu ui vu . . . rk.l .r 1 1 . V. ,;m4. tf .ill. receipt u Uie ium nuuiucr uwu uu bribing. O" Theit term vill, in aU tatei; bt No ubcription dUcontinued (except at the op. .i t il.. nuKi;.Hnt until 11 rn&rniref are Duirf. O" ADVMTiMMMrwwill be inserted for One Dollar per iquare, fuf tu ursi, ana iweiuy-nw L K mihtMiiant insertion. A liberal VCIIM buvwwuv - ' deduction will be made from the regular prieet for I .1 t .1 '' MISCELLANEOUS. . From the Chrutian Repository. Female Influence in forming and preserving pnbllo lUoral BT RIV. J. XENXADAT. t Female influence is a theme descanted upon in the present day in a style and to an i.vtpnt rnnderinV it a tonic of almost dai. - . - o - i - ly consideration and interest.- In religious enternnse. not a single " net is to " De let down on the right side of the ship " un til woram's delicate bands either hold or spin the cords ; in the great temperance re form, as well as in every work of philan thropy, women are the- embodied angels who are to " hold the four winds' which shall waft to a successful haven the mercy. freighted barkE ven our Doliticians have discovered tho great importance of bright eyes and waving handkcrchici at their po litical field gatherings. Far be it from us to deny to woman tho ri"ht to exercise her influence in any depart ment of usefulness. - No person, we have the presumption to. conceive, can entertain a higher appreciation of her moral power, than wo do. If there is any difference be tween the sexes in tho matter of obligations to religion, woman is certainly thc"grcatcr debtor In the absence ot religion, how. ever man maybe degraded, woman is re duced by his unfeeling tyranny, and reck less inhumanity, to a wretchedness as ab jeet as bU. In tho existence of those vices and miseries which it is the work of reli gion to destroy, she is an object of the great "st suffering In tho positive good which t L.utAi.u in .Un Ion tlmuu"hi KIpsq. I , ings of her reign, woman snares mrgeiy, iu the elevation of her character, and the position in which it places her for the cxer. ciso of a wide and powerful influence. Her gratitude should therefore be ardent and active- The great danger to which wo. man is exposed upon this subject, we hum bly cpnocive, hi m mistaking to some ex. tent, tho more appropriate sphereof her usefulness, and in failing to discriminate between tho objects wnicn ciaim ner sucn. tion and invoke her favor. She has graat need of discrimination. This, under ProvU dence, is her safeguard when her hand is asked.- How intently must she examine character, and a matter, too, where it is often so difficult to consult with others. Her .1 i ? a1 . !n aiinnn..t rt an 111 ,ailllj p IUWVIVIV aw J - dcscribable degree, upon her own discrimi. nation. Hence she is constituted with a sa. gacity adequate to her emergencies. Why, J fairs to exercise an attribute to useful. To none so much as to woman is entrust ed the great cause of public morals. The aggregate of public morals is tho result and combination of private vices or virtues. The torrent of" popular crime, that sweeps with tho devastation of a freshet Is only the concentration of a number of dark and minor streams that proceed "out of the heart." The calm, expansive " sea of glo ry ," where righteousness flows as tho waves of the sea, is but the accumulation of those virtues which issue from separate and trans formed hearts. Those vices and these vir tucs, however public or prominent they may become, are ' mostly the result of private neglect of culture. They had their origin under circumstances where no agency rwas so-powerful as that of a mother Whatever-may be tho public duties of woman, and w admit they may be manyj we contend that the more legitimate and powerful sphere of her labor is in the pri vacy of iier home. Why has Providence thrown upon the more rugged shoulders of man the responsibility of laboring to pro vide for his household T We answer, that a mother's arms may bo more free to sus. tain the helpless and dependent child, who dcrivesliis first nutriment from a mother's fcreast, and his first instructions from a.mo ther's lips. Providence has assigned to her a sphere of tho greatest" usefulness ; a apheve which she alone canfill, and for which she is most happily suited by tho delicacy of her nature, and the modesty of her disposition. The chief burden of domestic care dovolvcs upon her, she is appropriately relieved from duties of a pub lic nature. Hcr'a is a specimen of quarry work, performed in a more sequestered manner, involving patience in labor, ,and requiring moro purity in motive, as the ser vice is. .more hidden from the public gaze; but the full effect of her labor is subsequent ly scn in the order and beauty which she has contributed in adorning tho great struc ture of public morals. I repeat, therefore, that to woman is mainly entrusted the tho means of conserving the public' mor .als. , - -" So sensible are women-of -their great responsibility in this matter, that if enters much into their private reflections. Top often, however, they are not sufficiently guarded in the bestowment of" their public favor. What weight can a -child attach, to her mother's moral instructions, when she knows that mother has beheld the immoral exhibitions and dancings of a shameless woman. When the name of Fanny Ellsler is the very By-word forindelicay among street swearing boys, how lneilcctual must be the moral teachings of a mother who can .lake her child to view the indecorous exploits of this modern "daughter ot Herodias. - IN ot a little has been the surprise we havQ felt, at noticing the popularityof lhe lectures of. Dr. Lardncr, at New York and Boston. Our regret has exceeded our surprise; and the high-seme- ot -respect we have always entertained for the pure. mindedness of the women ot our sister ci tics, has received no little shock from the barefaced want of propriety they have evinced. A man, (for such he is inform, and in the possession of powers aggrava. ting tho character of his crime,) who was degraded in England, and who fled to this country with the infidel wife of another, dares, in the very day and being of his guilt, to face an American audience. Such effrontery would astound us, was it not that he is sustained, encouraged, and admired by the wives and mothers of New England's emporium. The press, in a few instances, have uttered its tone of disapprobation. But other presses have winked at this auda iious infringement upon eastern morality. The Boston Post, for instance says that the qustion is, " whether having done evily he shall now bo deprived the privilege of doing good i tic re is logic! Here is morality 1 Admit this reasoning to be sound, and every miscreant from Cain down to the undiscovered murderers of Miss Rogers, might plead some offset against the Almighty's brand, and the avencins cry of violated humanity. A repudiated Burr, with hands tinged with tho blood of the murdered Hamilton, might still have asked for the suffrages of his countrymen to elect him to the Presidential chair, plead ing " because I have done evil, shall I bo debarred tho privilege of doing good ?" It is this corrupt reasoning that is diffusing its pollution through 'he body politic with an alarming rapidity. What will our tempe. ranee reform avail, what the mighty move. ments of the ago. if the tone of public mo. rals be depressed I The Doctor is a learn ed man a scientific giant. His eminence was lofty. So was that of Lucifer, " who b'y"tHnsgressronfell." . V"ewouT3nbl hae the Doctor condemned beyond hope, if ho would do good. ,,Let him return the vrretchd woman to her friends, should they receive her ; and by abandoning his crime let him evince a respect for the cause of vir. tuc a cause of far greater magnitude than that of science, especially if scientific ac quirements are to lessen . the- restraints of . -v I . moral obligations, uurwnoie soui exults in the present day. Still we must say, bet. ter that science should suffer all the loss she might from tho everlasting silence of a hundred such votaries, than that tho causb of public virtue should receive one wound, so corrupting and degrading to theJair mo thers and daughters of our country. , "What a shocking bad hat!" The origin of this singular saying, which made fun for the metropolis for months, is not involved in the same obscurity, as that which surrounds the origin of some others. There had been a hotly contested election for the borough of Southwark, and one of tho candidates was an eminent hatter. This gentleman, in canvassing tho electors, adopted a somewhat professional mode of conciliating their good. will, and of bribing them without letting them perceive that they were bribed. ' Whenever he called upon or met a voter whose hat was not of the best material, or, being so, had seen its best days, he invariably said, " What a shock ing bad hat you have got ; call at my ware house, and you shall have a new one." Up on tho day of election, this circumstance' was remembered, and his opponents mauV the most of it by inciting the crowd to keep up an incessant cry of " What a shocking bad hat!" all the time-lheJionorabIecandi. date was addressing them. ,From South, wark the phrase spread overfall London, and reigned for a time the supreme slang of the season. Mackayt Popular Delusions. - - I 1 y-.. . Ikon more valuable thai gold. In the manufacture of steel, an article may be raised in value from a half penny to thirty, five thousand . guineas from one cent to two hundred thousand dollars ! A pound of crude iron costs half a penny ; it is made into watch springs, every one of which is sold for half a guinea, and1 , weighs only one-tenth of a grain. It therefore affords steel for seventy thousand, watch 6prings, the value of w hich, at half a guinea each, is thirty.five thousand guineas. Pause before you follow Example. : A muje laded with salt, and an ass laded with wool, went over a, brook j together. By chance the mules pack became wetted, tho salt melted, and his burden became lighter. After they had passed, the mule told his good fortune tp the ass, who, think, ing to speed as well, wetted his pack at the next water ; but bis load became the hea vier, and be broke down under it. That which helps one man may hinder another. ' Th3 Texas correspondent of the New York Sua states that a committee of the Texas House of Representatives has report ed in favor of Jmpeaching Ex-President Lamar ," for fitting out the Santa Fe Eipe." dition. . ' . Effect of portrait painting among .. the Indians. Frtrm Mr. CatUft nei toorl u Lettmrt tit Me - 1.,. ..h-t, dum Character." : , Perhaps nothing' ever more completely astonished thesepeople than the operations of my brush. The art of portrait painting was a subject entirely now to them, and of course unthought of ; and my appearance here has commenced a new tera in the are. na of medicine, or mystery. Soon after arriving here I commenced and finished the portraits of the two principal chiefs. This was done without having awakened the curiosity oftTia villagers, as they Tiad heard nothing of what was going on ; and even the chiefs themselves seemed to be ignorant of my design until after the pic turo was completed, No one else was ad. mitted into my lodge during tho operation; and when finished, it was exceedingly amu sing to see them recognise each other's likeness, and to assure each other of the striking resemblance which they bore to the originals. Both of them passed their hands over their mouth awhile in dead si. lence, (a custom amongst most tribes when any thing surprises them very much,) look tbg attentively upon the portraits and my self, and upon tho portraits and myself,aad upon the palette and colors with which these unaccountable effects had been pro duced They then walked up to me in the most gentle manner, taking mo in turn by the hand with a firm grip ; and with head and gygAihcjificd downward, in a tonealittle above a whisper, pronounced the words, " te-ho-pe-nee wash-ee," (great medicine white man l and. walked oil After I had finished the portraits of the two chiefs, they returned to their wigwams, and deliberately seated themselves by their respective fire-sides, and silently smoked a pipe or two (according to their universal custom) thoy gradually bcaran to tell what had taken place ; and at length crowds of gaping listeners, with mouths wide open, thronged their lodges, and a throng of wo men and girls were about my house, and through every crack' and crovice I could see their glistening eyes, which were pierc ing my hut in a thousand places,' from a natural and restless propensity a curiosity to see what was going on within. An hour or more passed in this way, nnd the soft and silken throng continually-increased, until some hundreds of thorn were clung and piled about my wigwam like a swarm ofMcs hanging on- tlie front -side- of their hive. . During this time, not a man made his appearance about the premises; after a while, however, they could be seen folded in their robes gradually tiding up toward the lodge with a silly, look upon their faces, whcIi confessed at once that curiosity was leading them reluctantly where their pride checked and forbade them to go. The rush soon after became general ; and the chiefs and medicine-men took possession of my room, placing soldiers (braves with spears in their hands) at the door, admitting no one but such as were allowed by the chiefs to come in. 1 Mr. Kipp (the agent of the Fur Compa. ny, who has lj,vcd here about eight years, and to-whom-forhie-politeness and-hospUl tality, I am much indebted) at this time took his seat with the chiefs ; nnd speaking their language fluently, ho explained to them my views and the objects for which I was painting these portraits, and also ex. pounded to them the manner in which they were mado ; at which they all seemed very much pleased. The necessity at this time of exposing the portraits to the view of the crowds who were assemblod around the house became imperative, and they were held up together over the door so that the whole village had a chance to see and recog. nise their chiefs. The effect upon so mixed a multitude who as yet had ho way for ac counting, for them, was novel, and really laughable. The likene"5scswere instantly recognised, and many of the gaping multi tude commenced yelping ; some were stamping off in the jarring dance, others were singing and others again were crying hundreds covered their mouths with their hands and -were mutetothers indlgnantr drove their spears frightfully into the ground and some threw a reddened arrow at the sun, and went home' to their wigwams. The pictures seen, the next curiosity was to see the man .who made them, and I was called forth. 'K' ' The eager curiosity and expression of astonishment with which they gazed upon me, plainly showed that they looked upon me as some strange and unaccountable be ing. They pronounced me the greatest medicine man in the world ; for they said I had made living biings f they said they could see their chiefs alive in two places ; those that I had were a liltlc alive ; they could sec their eyes move, could see them smile and laugh, and that if they could laugh they could certainly speak if they should try, and they must therefore have some life in them. - The squaws generally tfgrced that they had discovered life enough in them to "ren der my medicitie too good for tho Mandans; saying that such an operation could not be performed without taking away from the original something of its existence, which I put in the picture ; and they could see it move, could see it stir. . - 'This curtailing ot moraP existence for the purpose of instilling life into the secon dary one, they decided to be a useless and destructive operation, and one that was cat. eulated to do great mischief in their happy community ; and they commenced a mourn ful and doleful chint tgainst me, crying and weeping bitterly through the village, pro- claiming me a most dangerous man ; one who coV iaake living persons by looking at them and at the same time coulJ, as a matter of course, destroy life in tho same way if I chose. That my medicine was dangerous to their lives, and that I must leave the village immediately. "That bad luck would happen to those whom I paint ed ; that I was tt take part of the existence of those whom I painted, and carry it home with me among t!ie white people ; and that when they died they would never sleep quiet in their graves! A great many have become again alarm ed, and are unwilling to sit for fear, as noma say, that tkey will dio prematurely if painted ; and as others say, that if they are painted the pictures will live after they are dead, and they caanot sleep quiet in their graves. - 1 have had several most remarkable oc currences in my painting room of this kind, which havitnade no some everlasting ene mies here ; though tho minds and feelings of the chiefs and ncdicine-mcn have not been affected by them. There has been three or four instances where proud and as piring young men have been in my lodge, and after gazing at tho portrait of tho head chief across tho room (which sits looking them in the eyes) having raised their hands before their laces and walked around to the side of tho lodge, on the right or left, instead ratariog him full in the face (which is a most unpardouablo offence in all Indian tribes) anl after having got into thisjposi tion and cost their eyes again upon Hie portrait, which was looking them in the face, having thrown 4heir robes over their heads and bolted out of the wigwam filled equally with astonishment and iudignation; averring, as they always will, in a sullen mood, that they ' saw the eyes move ;' that as they walked around the room they saw the eyes of the portrait fallowed them. With these unfortunato gentlemen repeated efforts have been made by the traders, and also bv tho chiefs and doctors, who undor. stand the illusion, to convince them of their error by explaining the mystery ; but they wirTnol hear-any explanation - whatever, savinsr that what they ' see with their owa eyes is always evidence enough for them that they, always ' believe their own eyes sooner than a hundred tongues;' and all efforts to get them a second time in .my room, or into my company in any place, have proved entirely unsuccessful. A Thomaud Dollar Bill. Awav back in the State of -New York lives a Dutch farmer, well to do in this world who always keeps around him a thousand dollar bill. With this bill in his pocket, and a shabby coat on his back , he prides himself on playing tricks with strangers particularly such, country merchants as have recently commenced business in tho neigh borhood, and are not acquainted with Jus pecuniary circumstances. As an instance ot this kind, he recently went to a new merchant, with his clothes all in rags, his toes sticking out through his shoes, his hat without a crown, and his beard a fortnight old, and ordered a few dollars worth of goods. Tho merchant stared at hinr-birt s-there-would-Ro great hazard iu laying out the articles for him, none of which were to bo cut, he exe cuted the command. When tho goods wcro ready tthe merchant-stared - still - more to ienrhi3" scurvy looking customer ask him to charge them. " Charge them ! exclaimed the man ot mcrchaniise " ha..ha! ha! we're not in the habit of charging our goods to every body. We keep a sharp look out for breakers. " Won't you charge 'em den 7" " Not to you, I thank you. You must have a better coat on your back to expect credit from us." " Den if you won't charge em, said thfl Dutchman with great moderation, 'il must dry and bay for 'em down, if so be, supposin' I can muster money cr.ough."- Then taking a Thousond Dollar Bill from his noclret. he extended it to the merchant with a sly leer on his face and said , " will you dmngedat I --' 1 Is it possible that that a man of your apTs not, ho is misemploying his time, and :rhnt what! a thousand aoiiaruiu i pcarance ' .... . . .."i.. L4 TV. I w nai, misiner, ue s yuu car i uu: uiu u never see a tousand dollar bill nfore?" " A man of your appearance!" contin ued the merchant, in his, astonishment, with a thousand dollar bill ! I could have sworn None of your shweanng here, if you, please, misthcr, but give me mine change, dat I may be off to mine farm again." " Off to your iaroi: a tnojsana dollar bill ? Who are you, if 1 may be so bold T " Who he's I r Wy, don t you know your own neighbors, man T My name is Fritz Von Vogler a poor farmer, mil no more as one tousand acres of lant, and dis small bill in-my-bocket, so i.f you'll change it aiwliet mo begone, HI dank you."- ' Chan"C it ! .Lord, sir, where should i get money,of a morning, to change a sand dollar bill T" " Den, vill you drust mc 7" "Trust you!; Mr. Van Vogler that I will tg the amount of a thousand dollars if you wish, yw didnl supposo that I was afraid to trust 'youi did you ? said the mer chaniTgrowIng very complaisant, , " "Haw, haw, haw !" roared the Dutch man as loud as he could laugh you be. gins to haul in your horns a little, does you? Strhange wat wonders a small tousand dol. lar bill will work in a man's goot opinion ! So youll drust me now, will you f . " Certainly. certainly, sir." ' - " No, 111 be vipH if you shall if so be, supposin I can find siller enough in mine Docket to bay you. As he said this, the Dutchman hauled out an old stockinsr full of doilors, paid for the goods, and giving another hearty haw, haw, haw ! at the as- luinoiiiiiuiu mm Buuueii cnunge oi opinion of the merchant, departed. Patriots. That shrewd Yankee, Sam Slick, has enumerated five kinds of patriots in the colo- nies4 ttRebel patriots, mahogany- patrU ots, spooney patriots, place patriots." He then describes the characteristics of each of these species of the genus patriot'1 in his own quaint, forcible style. - A rebel patriot. is a gentleman that talks better than ho fights, hanto got much pro. perty in a gineral way, and hopes to grab a little in tlo universal scramble. He starts on bis own hook, looks to. his rifle for his support, and shoots his own game. If he got his due, ho would get a gallus for his reward., : A mahogany patriot is a critter that rides like aggara. horseback ; you'll know him by his gait. As soon as he be gins to get on a bit of the world, he is envi ous of all them that's above lum, and if he can't get his legs ondcr the mahogany of his betters, is takin' his better's mahogany away from them. To skin his pride over and save his vanity, he eay ho u excluded on account of his politicks and patriotism, a martyr to his vartue. This chap mistakes imp.cdejnce.o.ruidepc.nencet and abuse for manliness ; ho is jest about a nttlelliTdir" tiest and nastiest bird of tho wholb flock of patriots. TliirfetleTlihouTJIiesarYed out jn his own way : he thould stand in pillory and be pelted with rotten eggs. A spooney patriot is a well-mcanin', silly Billy, who thinks tho world can be reduced to squares like a draft board, and governed by systems ; who talks about reform, codifyin , progres. sion, schoolmaster abroad, liberality, re. sponsibility, and a pack of party catch, words that ho don't know the meaning of. This chap is a fool, and ought to go to the infarmary. A place patriot is a rogue ; he panders to popular prejudice, appeals to the passions of the mob, and tries to set them agin their richer neighbors, and attempts to ride oniheir shoulders into tho government and to secure placo will sacrifice every thing that is valuable, and good and respec. tabic. He is a philosopher in his religior , anda rascal in his philosophy Hejs wil- tui, ana acts against conviction. This man is the loudest and most dangerous of all, and should go to tho workhouse.....Tho true patriot is one who is neither a sycophant to the Government nor a tyrant to the poo pie, but one who will manfully oppose ei ther when they nro wrong, who regards what's right, as the minister said to me, and not what is popular; who supports ex istin' institutions as a whole, but is willin' to mend or repair arc part that is defective. ' Perseverance will triumph. Tho man who is perpetually hesitating which of two things ho will dp, first, will do niether. The man who resolves, but suf. fcrs his resolution to be changed by the first lsQUJltatUg atcs from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a wcather-cock, to ev ery point of tho compass, with every ca price' that blows, enn never, accomplish any thing great or useful. Instead of progres sive in any thing, ho will bo at best sta. tionary, and more probably .retrogado in all. It is onlytho marTwho first consults wisely then resolves firmly, "then exectes his purpose with inflexible perseverance, undismayed by those petty difficulties which daunt a weaker spirit, .that can advance to eminence in any line. Let us take by way of illustration, the case of a student. Ho commences the stu dy of the dead languages, but presently a friend comes and tells him that he is wast ing histime7and that instead of obsolete words he had much better employ himself in acquiring new ideas. Ho changes his plan andscts to work at the mathematics. Then comes another friend, who asks him with a sapient face whether h c j ntendstobe come a professor in college ; because if he mctic is enough of mathematical science. He throws up his Euclid and addresses himself to some other study,' which in its turn is again relinquished on some equally wise suggestion ; and thus is life spent in changing his plans. You cannot but per ccive the folly of this course ; "and the worst effect of it is the fixing on your mind a ha bit of indecision, sufficient of itself to blast the fairest prospects. Now take your course wisely but firmly ; and having taken-f it, iiold upon it with heroic resolution, and tho Alps and Pyrenees will bend before you the whole empire of learning will lie at your feet, while those who set out with you, but stopped to change their plans, are yet employed the very unprofitable busi- Hess ui vudiiguig uicir piuns. iet your . T L 'if i . thou-fmoto te .P1r9Cvt;rance- Practice upon it 1 and.yuU W" ho convinced of its value by the distinguished eminence to which it will con duct you. A Secret for" a Farmer's Wife.- wniie the milking ot your cows is going on, let your pans be taken from the hot ket tie, and cover ihe'same with another of the hot pans, and proceed in like manner with tho' mess of milk j and you will have double the quantity of good rich Cream, that you will get double tho quantity of sweet deli cious butter. .Try it. (From the Southern Eacorder.J A resolution has been introduced- into tho Senate by Mr; Clay, directing that tho share of tho proceeds ot the public lamia of such States as refuse to receive it shall U' divided among tho others that do. Wo . trust this measure will bo fully and prompt.' ly.carried duC" If South Carolina and AUtr bama are so affluent , that for the sake of mero ' opposition, and to favor the political hobby of ambitious men j they can givo up their - inhoritnnrn . inrlnnd in imnr in milra no. r - , ... w4.a M.wnw 1" . litically the most of their opposition, abso-' lutclyfuso its-acceplancer- why-la th; name of all that is courteous, wo sa v. don't balk them, but let that which they refuso go to tho account and interest of tho UUl ance of the country, more sanoon tho sub. lect. If our noiirhhori.il r Sliu-a r in rir. - . ti cumstances so abounding that ihey can thus throw away, so far as themselves aro I i ;. 1 I i coiitiil-u, uiu minions, wnicn oy a solemn compact between tho Federal and tho State Governments, are justly theirs, and theirs only, why we congratulate them heartily on their good fortune, as well as ourselves and tho other States, which will by their courso reap so largely tho benefits out. vve say again, wo trust the share of the property of the States thus refused, - may be promptly thrown back into tho common stock and appropriated to such as do not feel themselves too rich to receive their own when offered to them: ...For our selves, we believe we may sny for the Statu, that just at this time a million or more per annum, will bo altogether convenient, and WA-4ntiht rwt linva ran olsintl nil r niwnnrtir'&i long as tho hands of the trustee, at a more v , TiTnritTrmB "ti mi ' : We have remarked and italicised tho re. mark, that; this was the property of tho State and their's only. And here wo will -take the occasion to observe, that much error has been fastened on tho public mind by giving car to the declamation of selfish, designing and ambitious politicians, who havo made this topic, (as they do all others) one especially suluervient to their selfish designs! They have bawled themselves hoarse, declaring that this was an ami. State Rights measure calculated to maketho Mates dependents on the r ederal Govern, ment. The opposite of this is just the fact. Tho lands were placed in the hands of the federal government oy the otates to pay the public debt, and then to be applied to themselves. And ho is an anti-States Right . man, who does not go for this important State Tight."Gcorgia-gave her lands,- Mia sissippi and Alabama, with this condition, and we behove Virginia in her grant goes so far as specially to insert that after pay. ing the public debt, tho remainder shall be appropriated to the States, and to no other- purpose. And yet these seihsh politicians, in order to trade for themselves with this property of the States, have the hardihood to declare, that tho demand of tho States for the comnliance of tho Federal Govern. ment with its contract made with them, and their determination to enforce this sa. is anti-State Rights. Sjrange, indeed, that the dcterminatioa to enforce the rights of the Mates, and to take from tho federal Government their own property, which it has held as their trustee, having now effect, ed the primary and only other object in connection with the subject, that of paying tho public debt : strango we say, indeed. thus to enforce on the Federal Government one of tho most important' and valuable rights bclqnging to the btates ! But wo will not argue so plain a case, as we be lieve it settled. Let those States refuso their own property that choose to do" so p and let them turn it over to such as have no objection to take that which belongs to them, say we. Wo know that Georgia for one has not been so hoodwinked by politi cal aspirants, as to consent to give up,- for their aggrandizement, her present ten mill, ions, and her prospective scores of millions of dollars which aro her due. And in con. elusion we have only to say that our annu al one million we hope will soon bo receiv- ed, for it could not come at a titter lime. Duelling. An affair has just occurred in a certain ISorthcrn city, which has occasioned soma amusement to the lieges. A-young gen tleman belonging to the beau monde, was ambitious to become possessed of a pair of whisiers,. and applied to a mend to wham nature had been particularly bountiful in re. gard to that article, to -be instructed as to the method ot lurnishmg himself with the desired ornament. The friend promised to comply, and presented him with a pot of ointment with which he was to anoint tho parts on which he wished to raise a crop. Tho ointment was used accordingly, and produced, not whiskers; but blisters. An offence of this heinous 'description, nothing but blood could atone. A challcngq was" given nnd accepted, the parties met, and (somewhat abated of their first ardor, faced each other with mortal intent, arid weapons loaded with cork ; though it is duo to their valor to mention that they believed them to be charged with a heavier material. The word was given, shots were duly exchang. ed, and one of the party, the challenge J,' fell , overpowered by the deadly terror. The seconds, to .continue what they Intended f i i . .i. : -1. - . . ior a June, uu. umi a. cruauny cameu a little too farjapplied a handkerchief stain, ed with red ink to his side. Ar this san guinary spectacle, the challenger believing bohaddono murder, took" to flizht. aod- ...j.u l . appear in publio, ,