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I ''."'". ! v " '-''-.;.'T'' v v '''I'.f- .'.-'".. ' ' -V .i--'1 ' "'. '''""" -.',.''.-- ' ' "' . to - ' '' -'''.' ' '- ".'.:'. -"' . :. - . . , ' - - , w - ' - , . . ' m - ' - - ' . -' . '''".' ".. ' , 1 - v - - -.; .,.. . - ?, v..; - . , - . ,. . ".... '" - ,-;; .' ' ..' i " ,..-. yj' .J , ' ' i . . , - X " r- .ri A Weekly Faituly Kcwspaper, devoted to Religion, Morality, Politics, Science, Agriculture and General Intelligence. VOL III .... i U MliKli 58. published weekly. BY J. H. CHRISTY & CO. Thii paper to published at Two Doixias year in advance l wo wurniwiotuij Kenis in ail month or, Three Dollar! at the end of the ear. (See prospectus.) Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per square for the first, and Twsntv-Five Centa for each eoatinaance. . Uourt Urucrs will be charged twonty-nve per cani. extra. HIGHLAND MESSENGER. Friday Morning, July 91, 1843. ' TENNESSEE ELECTIONS. T he election for Governor and members of Congress id Tennessee, comes on the 3rd day of next month. , Considerable ex- Cltoweut prevails la and out of the State in reference to the issue, as, tinder all the circumstances, the present election will be considered a fair test of the comparative strength of parties, and will seriously affect the election for President next year. Ten. nessce occupies at this time, a prominent place in the eyes of the political men of - this nation, and thousands of Whigs, good and true, aro looking with' intense interest to the result of the present campaign. ; Gov. Jones advocates a National Bank; a Revenue Tariff, affording at the same time fair protection to American industry; jndjnhcsitatijglydecJaresMnise fa- yvor of Henry Clay for the next President. Ex-Gov. Polk, one of the strongest and rnM( politic men the Democf arte pa rty has in the union,- avows himself in favor of , the old Sub-Treasury scheme opposed to - a National Bank opposed to a tariff op posed to Henry Clay for Pesidcnt and in favor of what or whom? Aye, there's ftthe rub. Except on the Sub-Treasury, be is mum, mum, mum ! Yes, the vcrita ble and redoubtable James K. Polk, one of the heads, and in the front of that party which labored so hard in 1840, to excite prejudice against Gen. Harrison on these grounds and never was a charge mora un- just is now silent as death itself as to his candidate for the Presidency, and on al 1 most every othes subject, except the Sub- I "Treasury. ' If the Whigs of that State do their duty, we have no fears as to the result, and we the other day, conversed with a gentleman , who had passed from west to east, nearly "entirely through the State, who informed A.. l ... m .! 1 . us mai ine.canuia oi an parties seemeo. 10 agree that Gov. Jones would be re-elected by a largo majority. From what we can learn, Col. folk has exhibited rather too much .impatience and too little good temper, In the eastern part of the State) 16' give his friends much encouragement as to his oWn hopes of success. lie and Gov. Jones have been averaging three hours each," public Speaking per diem, without intermission, Sundays excepted, sidce thefirst jof April, together with twenty-five miles rido. We have but little doubt but that the object had in view in making these appointments, was to break Gov. Jones down, as he is feeble, and then raise the pretext that ho was afraid to meet Col. Polk. When, however, it Wax aarai-tainftrf that Ontf. Jones WOS not only with hU opponent in East Tennessee, hut prepared for him in every- respect, the Colonel's good temper and fondness for an- ecdote both forsook him, and gave place to much tutumed dignity, and no little acidity of temper. Temperante. The Jonesborough Whig, in closing an article in reference to the Temperance movements in that place dk wurseth as follows : "But much still remains . to be , done , to lrrest the progress, r stay the ravages of the remorseless scourge ot intomperance. : Let the persuasive influence of voluntary aaociations, be brought to bear, whenever just reflection and sound argument are lis aaed to, in defence, of Temperance, til! a flood of evils are turned back, and depraved public opinion is corrected. The friends of the causa have it in their power to do ry thing that the best interests of the country require.- Let public sentiment ar y hself against the baneful social habit of : temperanco7 atlhd" IdlM-oox tai "pre Jjou i the advancement of pure morals, by oostioately refusing to support drunkards, autillers and venders of ardent spirits, with who avow themselves the enemies of the fcuse. This agreement we are ready to Wer into at all limes, and in all cases, at Fid political partisan at we are. Yes, we prepared to affirm, in tho most solemn , ity H'cK "human testimony can be ihai Wii'will hot, if we know it, sup Port a drunkard, or one who makes, or ells ardent spirits." That's the true doctrine hope it will pre- u. . .l.--, h mpm j.nViuJJai - -- TMifl ftamnOlMlJCtf tllA nnt iVini t I k. t .i 71 saassasBassaasi bmsmm ssasnnMnsssBBi mm Baassaasi hhmmmmhmmmmB Tho.Democra6y are not fond of carrvinc wuigui, una wo aount not tney will take -lL. -J ......... . .. ... . o goea care to clear their skirts or John Ty. le. Globe. . We -have no doubt that the Locofoco party is as arixidta to clear its skirts of him as ever a fellow was to rid himself of a dirty dish cloth pinned to his coat tail, -but thev can't do it. , The party has got him, ana ns is aeiermineo to stick to it like a bur to a sheep's tail, fie is nart and nnh eel of it now and forever. Ho is a hole in its breeches, a fly in its mustard-not. a ent in is dairy, a weazel in its henroost, a mag. got in its cheeso, a pig in its garden, a hair in its butjer, a rot in its sheep, a tape. worm in its stomach, an ache in "its bowels. a stye in its eye, a polypus in its nose. 'Louisville Journal. t, Aye, aye, moro thanthat He is a rat in its granary, a worm in its core, a crow in its cornfield, a moth in its wardrobe, a cur in its meat-house, a corn on its toes, n canker on its shins, a white-swelling in its kt,acs, a scia'ica in its hip, a scrofula on its neck, a ticdoloroux in its fuco, and a con sumption of its vitals. Captain Tyler, L. Li. D. Our Northern eontemDorariea awert. tlmt tho distingjuiihed honors heaped on Mr. Tyler during hii Northern tour, were bettowed not on th man but on the oflice which he holds. Now, 'if the Harvard Univcrtity bentow he decree of " L. L D." on Mr. TyIerCpe to regard itw bestowed on tho offieeand not on the man ? Ii the Preei. dencr, and not Captain Tyler, to be tho " Learn. ed Doctor of Laws"? Thii difficulty reminds ua of a story which we have heard; A nobleman in Italy was a Cardinal, and at the lame time, in virtue of hi temporal poaeeasions, commander.in chief of certain forces. On the mmf a battle. arrayed himself in bis sacerdotal robes and rave absolution to his troons. ' Ho then out on his regimentals, placed himself at tlio .head otJia forces, and was about to give tue signal for the commencement of the aotton, when one of the soldiers accosted him, and begged the privilege of asxing mo solution of a ditticmty winch gave him no little concern. Said the soldier, " Hut a short timo sinco, when you gavo us absolution, you commanded us to he peaceably inclined, " to hve them that halg us, and to' do good untu them that prosecute us, and now you are about to order us to tight and slay yonder people which of the commands are we to obey 7" 1 ho Ucneral said that the first order was (riven by virtue of his power as Cardinal, And that the last one was in virtue of bis military authority. " Very well." said tho soldier, 1 but pray, sir, tell me, when the General dies and the Devil comes for him, what -Hi f. i ..i . vim oecvme oj inc isarwnai r Now, when the Devil comes for Johh Tylori I what will become of the Lawt T" Petersburg Intelligencer. ....... r - - . f . - Why,tinan, the question is easily an swercd. When his brimstono highness comes after John Tyler,if everhe should,) tho "Learned Doctor of Lawt" like the Irishman's flea, will not be there. roa TUK HESSENQEa. PrayerIts appropriateness. " Prayer is appointed to coavcy The blessings God designs to give : Long as they live should christians pray, They learn to pray when first they live." , Messrs. Editors This very prettilv ex pressed piece of poetry, as conceive, does not mean that when a man kneels down to pray that he should riray o7t-M,"nof about everv thins wuk orentimry vut sutm men seem to have a bill of tale of the whole worid.and feel bojnd to cultivate it with their tongue on every prayerful occa sion. Prayer, like every thing else, ought to be appropriate to the occasionand. sub ject for whiciiTl is intended. For instance 1 1 It would be exceedingly rmproper tor a per son to enter the sick chamber of an indi vidual in a low state, and pray in a broken winded vociferous manner about the spread of the gospel in heathen lands, &&. and perhaps scarcely ever meBtion the Case of the subject before him ; so, in ajemperance society, to pray for the missionary, bible, tract, sunday.schoo'1 , and every sort of a cause but the one at hand. How seldom orwisiicnroTssnrcTcymrrrT under consideration. Ii) many temporal business societies, it t customary and right to open the meeting simply with prayer ; and how often do we hear men explain for 10 or 15 minutes how great God is, and how he ought to be adored ! But, by way of a preface, we ere frequently bortd with a " ten verte kyme" about " passing over Jordan," or some other great stream that but few of us will evor see.. Ana prayers bu he hour are lamentable impositions on christian charity and forbearance. Adam Clarko once kneeled on a sandy floor, with his head, and hands on a little three-legged stool, peVhaps ten inches high, which ra. ther placed nim in a coming position, where he was held in order that " brotherly love might continue" in " durance vile" for .48 minutes ! Any one who has ever tried that position can better tell lioW ho felt than I can describe. Said Adam, after that, was distinguished for never asking that man to pray in his presence. And this toferi way-thatmany per sons in this country have got into of grunt ing or barking at the end of every breath is infinitely Worse than a good prayer a mile long. Praying reader, whoever you may be, when you pray in public after this; I beseech you, cs on my bended knees,what ever else you may do, don't talk yourself out of breath , grunt nor hark ! ! Don't ! For a person to whisper to a large congre gation, or, bellow to two oMhreein a small room, are both past endurance. . 1 A cut and carved, dried and strung, six sentence prayer, is to bo dreaded as much as that kind of prayers that ut a common christian to sleep ! Bo short be pointed- ASHE VILLE. N..CL JTTlW ii i m vt bo in earnest-S-are the best mottoes ; and as I have missed all, I subscribe myself, H9 -OTtCI 9 f June 29. Respectfully, yours. ' r fOa, T MESSENGER. J John Tyler In Henderson Co. If .C. - MessrsEditors, At a large and re. spectaWo meeting of the citizens of j" ; ounly, called for the purpose of forming a riflo comnanv. or " rtomornr- guard," after tho organization ofdlie socie ty, the eledtionof captain, lieutenants, &c., that of orderly sergeant came next in order. Tho officer in command said that thn orderly sergeant's was a very pretty office, and the smartest man they had ought to have it." This caused them to look cu rlous. After some blushinir and tntk fViv to run I. B, S , so his name was announced and another candidate call. ed for. To this call there was no resnons. The call was repeated, and no oncannear. ing, I suggested the name of John Tyler, which was received with aclamation ; and Oz-a nrfd John Tyler were nut in nomination for orderly sergeant in lite riflo company. The motion was put in this wuy, " All persons in favor of I. B. S being our orderly sergeant will signify it by saying I." A unanimous I followed. Proposition 3d, " All persons in favor of jonn lyier uefngjiur orderly sergeant w" signify it by sa-yins I." Ni)ULWi waa heard for balamfnute viTien a grum, gruff voice exclaimed no. bo 1. JJ. K- was duly elected orderly sergeant, and John Tyler duly beaten by every body, and one more. After tlmt I left, always feeling Doumt to obey tho mandate of the whole people. Respectfully yours. -July 13, 1843- -MISCELLANEOUS. From the Greenfield Mercury. An Old Soldier's Story. ' BV AN EFB.WrTNESS. A few days since, I stopped at the pub lie liouso in Corrain, and while my horse was eating, I sat down in the bar room and heard a sensible old man relate the sub stance of the enclosed account During the revolutionary war, there was a point ot land on the Jersey side of the Hudson, and not far distant from New lorn, wmcn was me scene ot a diooot cooniXJ. hcrewere about three hundred Learned 'Doctor eLacrcs next tolhe river, from which the wood and timber had been cleared off: back of this was a forest. On this cleared point a largo number of fat cattle, destined to supply tho American array, were placed. Four or five miles distant, in New Jersey, there were three thousand light infantry, under the command of La Fayette. I was one of that detachment. Our business was to sec that the cattle were not taken from the point by the enemy. One mornins intel iigencc was brought into camp that several i ' i . . vessels approacnea tno point, and that a large body of British soldiers were landing My regiment was ordered immediately for tne point, nutus f utnam , a nephew of the okl Lreneral, ws Uoloncl. lie was Well j stocked With Tutnam mettle, , Jlo. was a oravo omcer. l could -never discern that t"j T ir""4 "cnol jM self-possessed when going into battle, as wnca numA. his tent. We made a hurried march, and upon approaching the edge of tho woods, the Uolonci ordered the Adjutant to go for ward and see where the troops were, and what was flTeTr'numbcrr wuai was incir numocr. a lie Auiuiani soon returned, and reported that they were forming on shore in three' columns, con. taiping about one thousand each. - 'Then,' said the Colonel, 'ride (jack to the camp as quickly as possible, and tell La Fayette to come on. When tne Adjutant had gone, Col. Putnam rode up to my captain, who was Danie! Shays, of insurrection memory, and said he, ''Wall i Capt. . Shays, shall we bo a playing with them until the General comes?1 'That must be as-youptea8er, replied Capt. blrays. OrJers were soon given to advance to the open land upon the point. We how stood face to face with our foes. 'Firing very soon commenced. Cannon from the shipping' in the rivers poured forth their volhes; and small arms did fntal execution. Col. Putnam rode back and forth in front of tho regiment, as calm Ss a man at home, though the balls were whistling about him in every direction. We worked very fast, and for ono regiment, ma(I considerable noisd. The corporal at my right hand re. ceived a ball through tho body and fell dy. ing. I was young, and a dying man at my feet, bleeding and gasping, might perhaps cause my color to fade a little. Captain Shays .stepped forward. 'George,' said he, 'never minTitri will tako his place; and he was as good as his word; he look the corporal s gun and used it. ohays was the best captain I ever served under. He was bold and kind. I will give him his due, though, be has dono unworthy since. We stood shoulder to shoulder in that day of peril. I was loading my gun the twenty, second time, when Gen. La Fayette with tho main body of the light infantry, issued from (he wood. Never shall I forget the feelings of that moment. Wellington was hardly more pleased to see Blucher in the battle of Waterloo, than we wcro to see our brothers in arms. The main body formed at once upon our left. La Fayette rode forward, an elegant officer and never did he fill my eye so entirely as at that mo ment though a stripling in appearance, in action he wu a man and had Cornwallis seen him as wc then saw him, he would not have called him 'the bov As he annroach 6i he said, 'Col. Putnam, how dared you to fire Wore I arrived?' Oh,' said the Colonel, 'I thought I would be playing with them a little.' La' Fayette at that moment, seemed full of energy and fire turning toward tho line, and with a loud and distinct voice, marked by his French accent, he said, ' Wejirc now, tlie ichole line clutrge bayonet. ' rush on, and drive tliem where llui devil drove the hogsP The effect of his presence and his words were astonishing. Every heart beat quick and full. We did rush on, and such a scene of carnage my eyes never saw. At first thd British force charged to meet us, but they could not stand against us, and fled from tho shore; we followed them apd drove thorn into the water; of tho three thousand, about fifteen hundred got aboard of the vessels. The rest were slainajd most of them at the point of .the bayonet. l nave described to-you the most pain I.. .? i i . , i . , fully interesting and horrid scene whichjjpppujatfon being "i insane. Massachusetts had ever witnessed. I never enjoyed. -kill- ing. men. my duty. I fought because I thought it . - , Set about it. Maurice, my boy!' said uncle Oliver. in lively humor; 'Maurice, my boy ! when a thing is to be done, set about U atmuuM to expect that things will be done of t.'iem- selves isout of lho question. Put a joint down to tho fire, and it will roast; put a potatoe in tho pot, and i: will boil; put a cako in tho oven, and it will bnke; but if none of these things art done, you must be content to go without your dinner. 'Ho that a growing oak would get, 1 An acorn, in the ground must sot. 'Take my word forTThat talking, in tending, and determining, will never do without acting. You-may talk aboutput ling down the joint, you may intend to put potatoes in live pot, and you may determine to put a cake in the oven; but if you stop short of really doing what is to bo done, you may just as well have not thought about the matter. Where would h$ the use of the farmer looking forward to ttfe timo when he should reap aiuLmow, were he not diligent to plough and sow? There is much dilforcnce in people in this respect : ono man dies of thirst, whilo another digs himself a well of water. Look around you. then, and waste no time in dreaming about things: set about them in good earnest, remembering what I said before 'He that a growing oak Would get. An acorn in the ground must set.' 'The housekeepers' book says that a cook must eacA his hare before he roast itr and in like manner we must obtain our acorn before we can set it in the ground. Now, by the same rule, young people must get knowledge before they know how to act -Ipropcrly; and whert It is obtained, then comes tho principal thing, alter all , and that is, to turn it to good account. The acorn that is kept up by you, and not plant ed, will never grow; and knowledge neg lected, will be equally useless. 'NoW, then, to the point. If yon wish a growing onk, you must both get and set your acorn; and if. you wish to live a use ful, poaceful, and happj life, you must learn lessons of knowledge, wisdom, arid piety, iiwaa la pnich"-'" Do you wish others to forgive you Whea youjiave injured them; fbrgive those then who have injured you: this is tho most likely way of bringing about the thing you desire. J0o you wish others to behave kindly to you: set them the example by behaving kindly to them; there is no dodbt of your being successful. Do you wish all the world to be atpeace with you; be your self at peace, then, with all the world. 1ms way of bringing about things is the surest of'' any yet discovered; and if it should not answer, it Isjiot at all likely that any other way will. 'A drunkard cannot recommend sobriety, anTgn,waylnannoncsly7or an idle man uiii, gence, with a good grace, because they do not practico these qualities themselves; nor can you, reasonably, require others to bo forgiving, kind-hearted, and peaceable. while you indulge in bitterness, ill-nature, and strilc. 'If what I have said is unwise, pay no larther attention to it; but if, on the con trary, you consider it to be reasonable and right,, why, then, put it m practice. Be not content with talking about it, intending Ia iL. i . aba. j An H...l .ln. .t.. w w ui cfvu .mini uuiuriiiiuiug. lliai n shall be done, but set about it in right car. nest, remembering what I have already told you twice over, 'He that a growing oak woold get, An acorn in the ground must set.' Mr. Webster. Rumors aro rife, that tho late Secretary of State will tako -an early opportunity io show that his attach, ment to the Whif Party, and to Whig Principles, is unbroken notwithstanding what has been suspected--from-bis over long adherence to Mr. Tyler's administra tion. - . We believe there is no doubt that Mr. Webster will vote for the Whigcandidato, Mr. Briggs, to be Governor of Massachu setts, and exert hie influence in his behalf. N. Y. Express. I A gentleman. There has been various definitions of " a gentleman," but the pret tiest and most poetic is that given by a fair girl in New York the other day. " A gen tlcman," said sho," is a human being, combining a woman's tenderness with a man's couroge.1' Insanity in the nsgro back Starts' lino facts. An article in a late magazine, on the subject of the census of 1840, esta blishes, from the statistical returns, some very important and curious facts as to tho relative moral condition, moral and physi cal, of our African population, freo and slaves. It seems that in Ohio, lmfiona, and Illinois, (frco States,) the proportion of tho insane among tho colored population is one in eighty-eight ; while in Virgitua and Maryland, it is one in one thousand two hundred and ninety.nino. A still more terrible inequality exhibits itself in the older northern States, where tho negro has been longer freo. In . Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, tho colored insane arc one in thirty-four. If tho pro portion were as great among the whites of the same States, thcro would be, in theso four States, 35,00 , lunatics. Maine, it seems, has even a more shocking dispropor tion one in every fourteen ot her black has a white population about equal tothat of I . r . ..... i . . . Virginia. Had sho an equal black one, site would, upon the ratio which holds there, havo 11,600 lunaticsj for whose accommo. dation she would bo obliged to lay out above nine millions in building asylums, and to incur on annual charge for their muiritc. nanso of about 81,740,000 probably some four or nc ,hn orcsent onlire expense of her Stato government. The facts as to the decay of the black population in the free States, and the enor- mous prevalence of-crimo among them in comparison with tho whites of tho same region, arc equally striking. The whole picture is appalling, and must, wherever men will consent jp look at simple fact, afford a perfectly decisive argument as to tho fitness of that happy race for freedom, and the benefit which it confers upon" them and the communities in which they arc found. New- York Aurora. InfidelitV --A celebrated officer of the American Revolution, a Virginia gentle, man, had unfortunately been tinctured with infidel principles. The efforts of Mr. T. PHino to promote American liberty the effusions of his pen and '.ha zeal of his life tended to mako his infidel sentiments popular with many .of our countrymen, at r,l,e cra of the-ilevolytion. This officer had often introduced the subject, strange as it may appear to his daughter, and urged her to embrace its lencis. If infideliy suc ceed with man, it cannot often, master the heart of woman, for abovo all others, the law of her nature is trust, and she needs peculiarly the holy trust of hcavon. The young lady resisted-the-entreatica of the father. She clung to the principles of her Saviour's religion. Disease afterwards wasted her fair form, and she drew near the closing scene. Friends loved her for her loveliness, and tho father wept, that early beauty should thus languish into the tomb. The work of disease was almost consummated the light was passing from her eye, and the pulse (vpm her heart it was a fearful moment the dividing mo ment between time and eternity. Sho callwl the infidel father to her bed. side, and qs she. gently pressed his hand, and looked tenderly up into his sad coiintc nance, she 8aidiiFaiA-T'JK' have. .ciiii tnulel now ?" 1 hero w a pousd there was a sigh and tho henrt-stricken man answered, " No, my daughter, no! .'" Perilous Balloon Adventure. WefinIthoToIToWing thrilling account of a perilous Balloon adventure in the Philadelphia Inquirer: Cablisle, Pa., June 10th, 1843. " 1 According. la announcement, on Satur day last I set out on my 45th airial excur sion, from tho Bo root h of Carlisle, at 15 mintutes past 2 o'clock.1 Wfien I had reached a point about two miles east of tho town, the balloon commenced a rapid and perpendicular ascent,, which soon brought meld the base of a huge black cloud: uiuT as it has always created a deep interest in spectators to see a balloon passing through clouds, 1 did not hesitato on this occasion (o givo my numerous audience an exhibition of this kind, although I might havo avoided it, and kept beneath tlie clouds, where the current would have taken me to Hums burg, which place was already -distinctly in view. This part of my adventure I hnd reason soon after to -regret; althougri Zl the present lime it gives mo more gratifi cation to contemplate its reality than any thing that has lately transpired in my rrrial adventures, Tho details that 1 shall here givo of' this terrible sccno may be relied on, as 1 kept myscii suuicicniiy composed to appreciate its grandeur, and observe its physical operations. The cloud, to the best of my judgment, covered an area of from lour to six miles in diameter. It ap. pen red of a circular form, and considerably depressed in its loWer surface or, I might say, it presented a great concavity toward the eaitlif with its euteredges ragged; It was also of a dark, smokey color. I no. ticedat some distance from where I entered the eloud the appearance 6f a heavy shower of rain. The first sensations I experienced when entering the cloud were extremely unpleasant. A difficulty of respiration, al most to suffocation, was followed hy sick ness of tho stomach. This, howovor, somewhat abated for a short time tho cold in the mean time becoming intense, and every thing of a fibrous nature thickly cq. vered with hoar frost. I he ciouu at tms point, which appenred to be in the midst of it. Iiad not the black appearance it pre sented underneath, but . was of a ligbtmilky WHOLE NUMBER 156, color, and vet so dense, that I could no fairly see the balloon abovo me a distanco of sixteen feet. From the intensity of the cold in this cloud, I concluded that the ga wouia conaense ltseit anil the balloon would consequently descend bentath it tfganr,- where tho atmosphere was much! warmer. In this, however, I found myself mistaken;, for, in a few minutes after entering tho cloud, I was whirling upwards with a feat, fill rapidity, tho balloon gyrating and lhc car describing n large circle in the cloud; " a noise resembling' t lie rushing of a fnbtt sand mill-dams, with a dismal moaning noise of wind surrounded me in this terri ble flight. Whether this- rushing noisa was occasioned by the hail nndfsnow, wnfeff at times was mercilessly pelting around the bulloon, I am nimble to tell. I was in hopes that I should soon be tossed, out of tho top of the cloud, and there enioy the congenial sunshine so pleasant above the clouds. Hut in this 1 was disappointed, for after being hurled up, as I think, many hundred feet, tho balloon appeared to be suddenly released, the lower part hurled to and fro, and then driven up into the cavity of the upper part, all the timo iischarging gas copiously from the neck, and trcakago caused by the ice. Tliis hurling Up and down was repeated eight or ten I tiinoa. "Every thing that Was not of a fibrous nature, such as" the anchor, "nr. and balloon, became coated with smooth ice. AH u time that I remai:: in this cloud, which was twenty minutes, tho storm raged with unabated fury, and it was only by tho immenso loss of gas that I became released from its terrors. I felt an intenso drowsiness all the while, which I think was only overcome by the sickness of the Btomach, followed by a powerful fit of vomiting. After this, I felt somewhat easier, both in mind and body,'for it is of no use to say that I was not considerably alarmed,) and I grasped a firmer hold of tho sides of the car, determined to abidojho result with as much composure and obser vation as tho nature of the caso would ad mil; as it appeared cyident that tho com. mon discharge of gas or ballast, would nei their let me down or uprhrOugh this huge tenant of the air. After being tossed upf and down, as before stated, 1 wo finally released from its caverns of hail, snoWand icicles, and found myself between it and tho earth, receiving the benefits of a heavy and cold shower of rain, coming down on the spontaneous parachute' principlo, with a portion of gas remaining in tho balloon, sufficient to raise about fifteen pounds weight from the earth. I made a final de scerrl on Mr. GoodycarVfarm, five miles from Cai'lfslc7h6densiiy"br"thiacroUd did not appear alike air through it, as I could at times distinctly see tho balloon and pieces of paper, of which a large quantity was whirled out of the car in the beginning of the scene. I also noticed that a violeet convolulionary action was going on, like fomentation, and the direction of the pas sage of the Imil and snow was promiscuous. Your obedient friend, JOHN WISE. Royal family ob Enolano. It appears ! by tho- atnenU ef a Lendon correspon. dent of tho N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, ' that the merrfbers ot tito family of the late Goorgo tho Third, do not stand very high in respect to moral oharacter. He observes that one journal, of liberal politics but de cided resncctnhililv Hf-lPa WmiLIw tlinm. engf,-)idhatwHhbrexcrprt iiiu.jjuku oi iveni, me lute jjuice ot Sussex was the only honest man among the sons of George the Third ; Jhat George tho Fourth was a heartless dcbnuclice-Mne Duke of Yorfc a systematic swindler and blackleg and that of the two survivorship ono was a villian and the.other a fool ! Tho " villian," wc sunnosc. must bn I. nest, Kinorof Ilaaover, now in his seventy. third year, who, although not properly de. airmen Dy-sirci.an cpithot. ia certain deserving ol much admiration for his illibc. ral principles of government. Tho "fool," if cur first conjecture bo correct, is Fran cis, Duke pf Cumbridge, who is now in tho seventieth car of his age, and of whom wo entertain rather a favorable opinion, from the fact-that, belonging to such an illustrious family, nc had lived so long, and had seldom becn mentioned. A PLUNGE INTO PEOPLE'S POCKETS. Tl)0 human beurt is a curiously strange insiru. ment. It produces strango vibrations, rfcr cording to tho skill of the hand that socks to get music out ofit. - Tlie art of ap. preaching the mind from the right quarter, anof successfully arousing its emotions, is ono thpt every man docs not understand. Some seem to. have the gift of doing this thing very adroitly. We give the follow, ing a a specimen : An English preacher", advocating generous suppcjr'f of un unim. pottant charitable object, prefaced tho cir. culalkm of- the contribution boxes with this -address to tho hearers : " From the great sympathy I have witnessed in your counter nances, and tho strict attention you have honored me with, thcro is only ono thing t am afraid of ; that so mo of you may fotl inclinod to give too much. Now, it . is my duty to inform you, that justice, though not so pleasant, yet should always bo a prior i virtue to generosity ; therefore, nS you will all be immedinrOy wailed upon inAVur iv. spectivc pews, 1 wislitohuve it thorouWv understood that no f-ruu will think ot put- ting any thing into tho box, who cannot pat his debts. Tho result was an.ovcrrluwiiir collection.- -Bos. lice. .v. - .1 ! -4- .-"5 . " I 1