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bald ifouxrrAm; Ia the sttmcsr of 18 W bng t muchssidof the Bald MountaittjOf itsbeight, its peculiar soil, and the beautiful scenery in tibw from it ton. w&determined to grati fy our curiosity so far as .to pay it a jiit Accordingly, a small company was formed, j - 'u- .imt thm -27th Jul v. ren dezvoused at a. point .on the Little Tennes see River, where, the old Tallassee Tillage once stood il bu now hat beautiful village 'does not exist ; witn many ot tne migntiesc cities of the world it has . crumbled into ru insand its -Tndblderi nsr heaDS alone tell the stranger, ;that it:oncf flourished The land is under froitful , cultivation ia pos session of : others. r The houses, the barns, the welIlaidofiff fields, ihforcf tho travel Jer, tiiat1 the Savage nafl passed away, and tne cmiixed.wmte man occupies nis pco. But tremust not forerei that on' this very pot . we KAtuncu nre fas wuvo o.i , iiBrpvuq rriui:5 upcmuw . tiltna wSieh'; hroved fatal to iriSnT an 4 inno cent husband and helpless wife ; and? here, alter the return irom a preuauwj Mti was exhibited the seal and the franjiic war-dance held around it. To reflections somewhat of this character, had the writer of this article resigned himself on the' above named evening, while; the rest of the compa ny were variously engaged, some viewing through a -spy-glass the distant Mountains, another7 .brinsins a Telescope to bear, to wards the settinsr snn; land a- third, who a r w w . cared much more for a If-Kving bruin, 'than for the " mqjqn vrsaf? was rubbing up his fire-lock; and promising hiinself Jiigh sport on the ensuipjfday. ; : Early on the morning of the 28th, we set out, and toa calm spec Utor,Tio douDt preseniea more ; tne appear- mm or ft eomnanv i of 'niinters ' tn an anv thinff else, being packed with blankets" and provisions, armed with guns, pistols; hatch- ets, gcc. and accompamea Djstuiiaoie num ber of doss. The Mountain we intended visiting, forms a part of the Great Unaka, or Smoky. Mountain, which divides4, ihe States of NV Carolina and Tennessee, and the line running oil its extreme height. ; Its highest peak, called the , Bald Mountain, is withiu a few seconds of beinir under the 36th degree of North latitude, aqd with the exception of the ' Grandfather,' tn j the same sange, and Moant Washington, in New Hampshire, is probably the highest in the u. estates. ; i It is difficult to sair Cfotq what the name is derived " Unaka isa a pure Cherokee word, and signifies white," most generally .wniw men - wneiser tne inaiansgave it this name from- its peculiar appearance, -or from jome circumstance connected 'with their intercourse With the white man, is not ; known: In many of the public documents belonging to the Stated of ''Tennessee, ittis called 4he Umcoy,? oz " VnicoiJ bdtthis, set far from being" another, name, ' is butTa I misspelling of iuhaka T On our - best- maps it is noted as the Great Unaka or moky JMoUntain, This i is dbner ' not VjbeeauseJ - amoky "j a translation o'fj' or. bears - any relation io i the word f Unaka,b but becaosd it has been called Unaka'by the Indian, and :Cmoky by the white man.- little more than an hour's 'hard riding from where we set off,. brought its Immedi- : Etelyto the base. On our way, we passed acrosa.a smajler mountain, at what is called HtheWarGap ."which seems to :fiave! once ' been the scene of ? a bloodv encounter be- ?iween amereni iriDes oi oavages, in . com :' memoratiqn of which, there are'; two large jilea of small stones lying near each other, - which -are cTidentlx the work of man, and " yet seem to have stood for ages About this, ; as about all Mother thincrs jof the kind, the . . present. Indiana who live near,-! f they be 1 aoie, are unwilling to give mucn iniormaiion. 'It is said, however, upon good authority, that when thev wishtrto commemorate an event ; which they deem impdrtant, such as the datb of a noted wamofifallen in battle.'one wit m uoiog so, .is ;noucea as aoove. -. - OBut -we arelwandering. To return at the foot of the mountain, we left part of our Jidrses, and after backing the rest, commenc ed Ihe ascentf.labbring and toiling, winding and climbing among recks, logs, bushes and - briars, for -about three hours, when much to our gratification - we found ourselves on the ;tbp. ; But here ascene presented itself which ' absolutely beggars all description. Before lay all that beautiful and fertile country em braced between thi :Cumberland Mountains ahd the North Carolina-iine, which, it will be T recollectedis the wholeiireadth of that part of the State of Tennessee At the Cumber ;Iand &ap we had aj view of part of the Terri- tbries of Kentuckf and Virginia : and from - - - , ( w .; a short distance East of the Gap, that range of mountains lav full in sisrhfall the ". wav round West to, where the Tennessee River Mina f h saii Ah , t horn 9nn lnrma f no atilr I in our left was to be seen a portion of the State & UU9 uavwes wa w mw oAwab.a- k j . of Georgia andi Alabama, while, the . Aloun tain, on 7which w stood, swelled its awful i - form from.adstthe .vast, wide and tremen- " dous range, that runs the "whole length of ' the -United States.-. So much ; higher yrqt re weXthan any,thing around us1 that those Mountains which, while We were in the vale, . looked high and towerisg now dwindled in to comparative lsignmcance ; and. it was ndt until we had Keen there dome .minutes. . , tha wecould Iook;annd'thM;a'4nd,of lnroiunury shuddering sThere are here tws peaks about a mile distant from e.ach other, on the summit of each of which, there is an nf from tiinn i. CA .- - ur upoer, i doc tnickly covered with 5 Xwnortle.berry bushes, weeds, and a low ruh- ; mng Tinexsojuewhat resembling in appear ancethe straw-berry vine. Betweenthese: peaks there is a clear running Spring of Wa lter, so coM that aHhenimeterr when placed in it, sinks at mid-summer to alfeW - .1 w : : . -:- mt . . . .... ... wtd iho i ub von is most- iy? suicioua, ana inatcates Tenuity, i The temperature of the atmosphere, as taken kv .-us ml mreH ui iuul uiucieul iimpa nn.inM atav. provedrto be from 15 to 22 deoTee k colder than at Maryville, the County seat of -iiouni couniy w uwu u mi ies,where if -was taken.,bjl a friend at the same .hours. is greatly heightened by. the appearance of ?th4 Little TenhesseRircr. closete-Viad- ins its ssipsatine coulftifirst among the lot ty Mountains which lci down upon -it from diaf heights and cra ,precipices,)hen in the open countrf loaded with: plentf and smiling in joy, until' it pours itself into the beautiful Holston tThan; this River ihus distinctly traced in iu course for fiftf miles before its jurotibn nothing tn r be more beautifully grand.! After, its confluence, both roll off in majestic current until they seem to lose themselves in the very jslouds. The delight ofthe visitor in the midst of sucn scenery, can De more reun; iiug than described. Anxiously win ne swn and strain hisves in endeavoring to 4es err the boundary pf the country before him, andVet; ti if in 'defiance of hipdwerSirit sweusv ana rise niffher izon." iso tar are ine. xeenngs raisea aoove tbe'ordinary pitcb,; and the mind, filled with such unutterable sensations, (that one scarce knows how or what he feels, while the pros pect lies so inviting, so pleasing and grand, that the more he looks the more be loves. Towards the close of the day, our appear ance was somewnat grotesque, not to Bay ludicrous. For the most part,-our first emotions had passed aWay, and we began, sensibly, to feel the fatigues of the day.- Hence, some had stretched themselves on ihe grass; one or two feasting more larger ly on the prospect before us than the rest, wCrV atiirto be Seen plying their glasses to the'oDeninff country, at one time taking a ie?ide and general view, and then they would do enaeavoring to pry into ano laenmy some house in Maryrille, which was full in view ; another was preparing a temporary shelter for the night, while a fourth was - creeping along the sides of the Mountain in quest of some unsuspecting Deer.or,Bear, on which he might try the power of his rifle. Night was now drawing on, and great satisfaction we promised ourselves when we should bring our Telescope to bear on a full Moon, in order, if possible, to discover " rivers and mountains on. her spotty globe," which sat isfaction no doubt would have been realized, had it not been for the&ct that Moon and Stars were all obscured from us by a dark and lowering cloud, which appeared late in the evening approaching us from the South. The nearer it came, the more threatening it seemed, and in a few moments had so com pletely enveloped the mountain, as to leave us in darkness almost as thick as that of Milton's Stygian ;Lake," and there it re mained, until all our hopes of a " contem plation of the starry Heavens" were at an end, and we compelled, as comfortably as we could, to resign ourselves into the arms of ".tired nature's sweet restorer." Never before bad we seen such darkness while the Sun was above the horizons for. hours, We were unable to see each other at the dis tanced a few rods : and after the Sun went down, there' was positively not light enough to render the darkness visible. To form a just conception of our situation, the, reader must fancy he sees us while the Tain is falling in torrents, huddled together under a. temporary , shelter, thick as the Lawyers in. Westminster Hall our horses tied, to the surrounding trees, patiently stand ing to be rained on -while ever and anon the piteous whining of our faithful dogs, re minds us that we are not the only sufferers. Seldom, if ever, was' there a set of men, whose condition was any thing short of an incarceration in the French Bastile, or the odious rack, who wished more ardentlyfor the return of day. And at last, after we had wished and looked, and looked and wish ed, for hours upon hours, lovely and beloved it came, its high King blessing us with his broad and golden beams, which no doubt struggled hard to penetrate the clouds, the fog and the rain ; and indeed, until 8 or 9 o'clock, it was difficult to say which would prevail. , :; ; lnen all was bustle,-our. preaatast was aken; our horses packed, and we, thinking of little else than how we should get soonest and safest off of the Mountain, and out of the rain, quitted our Camp and directed our course towards the settlement, where we for tunately arrived in a few hours, somewhat like Goldsmith's works,4' beautifully chaste," chased.) m Singular and unprecedented charge. A trial for "Atson on the High Seas" has never yet taken place before the U.S. Circuit Court for this District, and probably not in the whole United States, since the formation of the government. An instance of the kind has however presented itselt , The Briff John Enders, from St. Catherines, arrived on Wednesday, having on board three of the crew of the Whale-Ship, Dudley Clarke, of Newport, who about the 1st of. January last, when two days sail from St. Catherines, set fire to the vessel, with the probable attempt to destroy her and thus effect their escape. The vessel f was on her outward Dassasre. The names of the accused are Wm. RankuC Henry Wood and W. Max field.1 The two former belonging to Ohio and the latter Co New Hampshire.- The . fire was discovered between decks, fortunately in season for it to be extinguished without material damage to the ship. On the arrival of the vessel at SU Catherines the prisoners were secured, taken into custody by the U. States Consul, and by him sent home lor trial. : , The depo sitions M the crew, . and other necessary docT uments were forwarded to the Department of State. I The orig John Enders arrived on Wednesday wrening-rthe prisoners were for the niffht-secured on board the U. S. shin North Carolina, and were yesterday deliver- fed ovisr to the custody of the U. S. Marshal. wno commiuea mem to tne lomns to await examination; Which will take place, as soon asthe requisite documents arrive from Wash- It lastated by calculation made some time since, of tae enacts which the yeuow fever at various periods, has prodeced m Uhaneston, ( s. u. j mat It. is not equally fetal to all classes of the inhabitants. The deaths of Um blacks, who form, at least, one-third of he popula- uon nave"only been at the rate or a cait per , cent ,. Whoa the' French have lost at the. rate of one, th Ger mans one and a. half, the Dutch two, the Americans mree, and the English fcwr pereent.-: Generally speak ing, persons of a sanguine temperament have , been ,a.h :dangeT,, ihf the rnortaJuy among them. has wowa to a aanth, while amodg bunas people it has omy iuneA. Fernalea have suffered much less than males, j I L I-iT f auu1,J w by the pMdng rorld generally to beuad and higher, Until its forms a hor- nrthm j in, ;n nreferenae to U others ' , Ft NoTjs.-71e Phiriky. .". i. V ? . S v : - - xrn Hie.riew Xora Amenciuv ; X do ncft intepd4o claim ibr my friend Bob-Liokf (or Robert IintIX-fiittcal Poctorl an ex cliwve first fiddle, juuulgh I doubf it, Jjx richneM and melody of note, he has mapy raperkra;V TBat tbere ie another old friend associated with my earliest recolleo tiona, whose song. I should be happy to record, with your pertmssVtn. I do hotrknbw mV'.name'asfisned to him by M Wilson" er other ornilb'oleista, and if I did, I would not ran the risk of disgracing him (as I feel the Robin has been, and perhaps he is,) by using it against him. He was first introduced to me under the humble bat endearing; cognomen of "Fhinky" and, as such, I now. recognize him, and cherish the ineioaory of hia foi Baftt" forefathers with the warmest affection. animated, merry. spunky little fellow, the sweet-briar bush, where, in the earliest spring,' be may be fodod aiding his wife in repairing the old nest, or building a new one, and taking a busy sharein all matters , aboot house." His dress is a striped and speckled gray, and unlike most birds, he has the good taste not to use finer colors than his wife ; and. in fact, so closely resembles her, that, but. for a little red stripe on the sides of his montero-shsped cap, you woulJ scarcely distinenish them. Hia note is heard almost as eady as that of the " Blue Bird," and is spirited and animating. He is fond of fun and frolic himself, and takes especial pleasure in watching the fun and frolic of others; and, though not decidedly a tattler, (for he does not gad about,) yet he cannot for his life refrain from telling what he sees. His greatest pleasure seems to be in watching the little " Ground Sparrow" whom he facetiously calls " Ldttle Joe," and then, from the topmost twig of his own briar bush, you will hear his song the first notes brilliant and melodious, termina ting in a species of lisping stacato ; and then he sings O cherily---cherflri-cherily see see see Little Joe Little Joe Little Joe kithin Judy kithin Ju dy kithin Judy seo see see ; nd then down he drops Into bis sweet-briar buh, and, hidden by its fragrant Bowers and foliage, tens the rest of bis story to Mrs. Phinky. Field Notes.- The Bob-link. From the N. E. Eagle, and New York American. i Our okl friend Robert Lincoln, the celebrated mu sician, better known bt the abbreviation of Bob Lin coin, or Bob-link, is on his annual visit, and just now making the reeds, bushes, and trees vocal with his rare and comical melody. We saw one of these "feathered voluptuaries" on the topmost bough of an apple tree the other morning, shaking?' his variegated aides with laughter, and amusing himself in tuning his pipes, as it were, to catch the right pitch ; at times striking B and xJ fiat,' and again a semi-tone ap proaching " C sharp," wearing, as usual, the summer costume of.his father and grandfather, and I do not know but that of his greatgrandfather too black satin vest and pantaloons, and white roundabout jacket. Just then his old favorite, Mary Lincoln, in a dark gray russet morning dress, started from a tuft of high grass, on a shopping excursion, when Robert," alive to the duties of gallantry, instantly ottered nis servi ces wingfully " and songfally," and the air at once was filled with his delicious melody M m linked aweeU mm b. Jnm Ant th am mm 4 (imA llri.Vtas! " note, and lineand word, precisely as Is- heard in my childhood. Tor the information of some of your read ers, who may not have a copy of Robert Lincoln s song, I now transcribe it ; and if they want to hear it song, let them go to the hay fields : THE SONG. , . Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln,' aweetest, sweetest, " won't you wait for Bobby Lincoln t Look, Mary Lincoln ! Don't you see Bobby Lincoln ; satin pan- taloons and summer jacket 1 Mot so nut, not so fast! Tackle to Mary Lincoln. Til follow thee round about clover top, dock weed and apple, tree. Bobby " Lincoln never lets Mary Lincoln gad about alone "with Harry Ha use, mackte weaver; nor shall she M marry Michael Mangel WurtzeL We are not connoiseurs in bird language, and can not say; therefore, whether this be a genuine transla tion of Boblink s ecstatic song ; bat, if it be repeated rapidly, and with an ear to cobunfc s music, it cer tainly produces something tike the sound. Field Notes. Unwritten Music of Spring. (Author unknown. M How sonorous the voices of 8pring, proceeding from every living thing in the air, and among the reeds of the brook. Just Ksten! There is an eld bull-frog, on the margin of the stream, with one leg in the water by wav of a cooler. .- How he thrums away on his bass-viol 'thung thong thong thong 1 .t . t ae naa m mung mong pntcnong : i nat uuie rrogress op posite plays me treble to a charm, without scarce open mg her mouth ' te-weet te-weet hirr irr irr te-weet ! A nd down she warts into the water,her great toe awfully mangled with a stone from some eroel boy out, boys, this is wrong. Then there's the old lea derthat green-eyed monster, dressed in yellow breeches, and a white sash round him. Hear him. as he stands up so majestically against that reed pad dy got droonk paddy got droouk got droonk oonk una And down he goes to wet his whistle, Then flutters a chattering chorister over head, calling upon his tribe to go and watch their sick mates 4 bob- link boblink stingy-t-tingy ; go and see Miss Phi lesy so sweet sweet she 11 die. soon oh, dear ! Pshaw pshaw chuck,' thrdls the thrasher. Miew mie w mie w sqneaks the cat-bird. - Who whip; poor-will cries one f Katydid Katy-did,' thrills another. I'll come and see 1 will will will,' sings the yellow-bird. And so sang they all in their un written mosic, without, perhaps, a discordant note." Field Notes. Or opening of Summer. By a new contribution to the Knickerbocker for 1841. " When spring-tune came, I was in my old haunts on the clif&, observing Nature as she proceeded to dress up her fair scenes for the gay season, and greetine the leaves and flowers as they came laughing to their pla- cea; i waicnea me arrivals ny every son south wind. I thought I, recognised many a constant pair of old birds, wno had been to me tike fellow-leaders the orevi. ous summer and I . detected the lond, gay, carousal sous; oi many a riotous new-comer, - i nese were surnng times m the wood ! The robin was already hard at work 6n his mud foundation, while many of nis neignoors were yet loozmg about, and bothering their beads among the inconvenient forks or crotch m. The sagacious old wood-pecket was going round, vis. iting the hollow trees, peeping into knot-holes, droo ping in to inspect the accommodations, and then put- m.i a - . m - - 3 uogotr ueaa out to consider tne prospect; and all the while, perhaps, not a word was said to a" modest tittle blue-bird that stood by .and had heen expecting to take the premises. I observed, too, a pair of sweet little yellow urds, that appeared like a yotf&g married couple just setting up house-keeping. They fixed up on a oougn near me, n l soon became interested in their plans and, indeed, Tett quite melancholy as Deneia the troubles they encountered occasionally, woeji, ior wnoie nay a, mey seemed to be at a stand still.- At last, when their Utile ' honey-moon cottage wm uuriy umsnea, ana soiuy lined, tney both got in to it, by wav of trial: and when I saw- thr liuU heads and bright eyes just rising over the top. I could , tutunug uui uivy reany naa nine Hearts OI nesn, that were absolutely beating in their- downy bo- uma. An old man as he walks, looks rlawn anil thinks of the past : a vounfir man looks' fat. waro and thinks of, the future a child looka ?7; wnere and thinks of nothing. T- 5 A tnusial tiema&6vhil "..uwwu uj two oaiiins, wno requested Jn tnem in aTaro -I am afraid saio ne, you mean to make it a catch. i T, jT -uwmum buw t newspaper should bejConducted, as well as some .mo est individuals who nc?er iw dinz. and so fond of ieeua and bema The folbwiii touching description, which for graphic power J simplicity and pathos, is hardly equalled in the English language,isan extract from ? iJOasterjJlumpnxoy's caock,' by Dickens, and describes the interment of a young and beautiful child, whose sweetness Ot disposition ana r purity ox caaracter ro calculated to interest deeply - the heart! of every reader : I I 1 "Along the crowded pata tney oore ner i - .i . now; pure as line newiy-ianen snow mat covered it : whose day on earth had been as fleeting. Under that porch, where she had sat when Heafen in its mercy brought her to that peaceful spot, she passed again, and the old church received her iu its quiet shade. They carried her to one oianooe, wneresne had many a time sat musing, and laid tneir burden softly on the. pavement. The light streamed on iti through the colored window a window where tne bougns ot trees were ever rustling in the summer, and where Ihe birds sang sweetly all day long. W ith every breath of air that starred among those branch es in the sunshine1, some tremblings chang ing light, would fall upon her grave. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Many a young hand dropped in its little wreath, many a stifled sob was heard, borne and there were not a few--knelt down. AH were sincere and truthful in their sorrow. The service done, the mourners stood apart, and the villagers closed around to look into the irrave ! before the pavement stone should be replaced. One called to mind how he had seen her sitting on that very spot and how her book! had fallen on her lap, and she was gazing5 with a pensive face upon the sky. Another told, now he bad wondered much that one so delicate as she, should be so bold ; how she j had never feared, to enter the church alone at night, but had loved to linsrer there when all was quiet ; and even to climb the tower stair, with no more light than that of the moon's rays stealing through the loophole in the thick old wall. A whisper went about among the oldest there, that she had seen and talked with angels ; and when they called to mind how she bad looked, and -spoken, and her early death, some thought it might be so, indeed. Thus, coming to the grave in little knots, and glancing down, and giving place to others, and falling off in whispering groups of three or four, the church was cleared in time of all but the sexton and the mourning friends. Thev saw the vault covered and the stone fixed down. Then, when the dusk of evening had come on, and not a sound disturbed the sacred still ness of the placewhen the bright: moon poured in ber light on the tomb and monu ment, on pillar, wall, and arch, and most of all (it seemed to them) upon her quiet grave in thatoalmvtime.when all outward things and inward thoughts teem with assurance of immortality, and worldly hopes and fears are humbled in the j dust before them then, with tranquil and submissive hearts, they turned away, and; left the child with God. Oh 1 it is hard to take to heart the lessons that such deaths will teach ; but let no man reject it, for itTs one that all must learn, and is a mighty, universal truth. t When death strikes down the innocent and young, .for every fragile form frora wnich he lets the panting spirit free, a hundred virtues rise, in shapes of mercy,, charity,' and love, to walk the world, and bless it. Of every .tear that sorrowing mortals shed on such green graves, some good is born, some gentler na ture come In the destroyer's steps there spring up bright creations that defy his power, and bis dark path: becomes a way of light to neaven. Jrjos. The jug is a most singular uten sil : a pail, tumbler or decanter. may be rais ed and you may Batisfy yourself by optical proof that the thing is clean, but the jug has a little iiole in the top and the interior is all darkness.' No eye penetrates Jt, no hand moves over the surface. You can clean it only by putting in water, shaking it up, and pouring it out. If the water comes clean, you judge you have succeeded in purifying the jug,. and vice; Versa. Hence the jug is like the human heart. No mortal eye can look into .its recesses, but you can judge of its purity or impurity only by what comes out of it. J Premature Interment. A lamentable instance of premature interment is mention ed by the A gram Gazette. ,J5everal years ago an inhabitant of Beregh, in Croata, died, as was believed, and in 24 hours afterwards 1 was deposited in the family tomb. Lately his brother departed this life, and his body was taken to the same receptacle. On re opening the vault, the coffin of the prior was found empty, and the, remains it ought to have contained were lying near its mouth in a position which left no doubt that life had returned after the burial, arid that the unhap py man had used powerful, by t vain exer tions to effect his emancipation. .Settlement of Kentuckt. The anni versary of the first settlement of Kentucky is to' be celebrated at Harrodsburgh on the 16th, 17th and 18th of June. The last an niversary was held at Boonesborough. These two towns are rival claimants of the honor in question eaclT contending for the prior ity as the place where white menrst es tablished any, thing like a permanent abode in Kentucky;... In order to adjostthe matter, since neither will abate its" pretensions, the annual celebrations will take place alternate ly at the two points. 7l There is xitt State in the,Union which has better cause than Kenr tucky to commemorate the Jieroism and inj; ly daring of its first settlers. yv ' ' 1 , j '- j-' ; 'f t Moil PiTCHim We last week reeoroVf tnaoWth at Lynn, of Mrs. Rebecca Short, aged -Tfcdantmfer of the celebrated - MoU rArmS the inquiry, - who was the ceMnjKlf Etcher? A .jerap from the history ot wiHgtealull answer. t"p- S---F;M ta water SJr rS7 herSband was nmloyedmloadmg Land fciasA.,:. Ha wm upf auu ururrea ou tne hoiam now.t eaiijr But non.' Tt can be of Molly stept. np,ofI&red ""s w mo ner n 'sband'u placato the as- BMUsnmentof iwm pay teiifa was given heriy1 fcagbt well, and half mr, Senator JREsTorr.; The consistency of this gentleman 'seems tr be a fifaiter of great offence" to' the rdomn nant party in poutu. wouna - wno, naving changed their course with Mr. Calhoun, are: naturally anxious to snare tne reproacn ot sucn subserviency witn as many as can oe got to partake of it. FAt a political meeting not long since att Abbeville, cerUin resolu tions Were passed denouncing j Mr. Preston for acting with the Whigs and in opposition to the known sentiments of his constituents. Mr. Preston has replied to theseidenuncia- tions, and shown by a reference to facts, that the principles which he maintalhnow are the same that were held by him when he "was elected to1 the Senate, -ii- On the subject of a National Bank, which affords some occasion of some of the charges against bim,. Mr. Preston says v 1 was elected shortly after Mr. Calhoun, who had beenf the principal agent in establishing the Bank'of the United States, and who, in the session' subsequent to my election, declared this fact in the Senate of the United States, accompanied by a strong panegyric upon the Bank. He did not fprfeit the confidence of the State thereby." " . After referring severally to the specifica tions of the ' denouncing resolutions, Mr. Preston says : That the meeting at Abbeville has thought proper to censure me for thus persisting to the consummation of what I set out to effect, is matter of regret to me that it has impugned my motives by the insinuation in the 7th resolution, can excite, even at the utmost, but a momentary irritation. The tenor of my life has put me beyond such shafts. If I had been ambitious, the oartv in power at the moment of its ascendancy. was accessible when I might have chosen it, . rather than the doubtful and almost despairing cense of the country. If the allurements el popularity, of the dearest popularity which W found at home, could have seduced me from the rough and thorny way of duty, m primrose path was straight before me. If I was iervilewI might have surrendered my conscience to the keeping of others and been safe. If I had been venal. I mieht ha ioined the spoils party. I have preferred to discharge, according to the dictates of my conscience, the hieh and responsible obligations of a patriot 8enator, for the promotion and the interests and honor of our common country, and I esteem it a triece of ood fortune, that in performing; this duty, I have crossed no material opinion once entertained have deneanced no principle once avowed and avow ed none onre denounced that I have deserted from or to no party, but have maintained a straight forward and direct coarse, from the beginning of my career to the present moment. EXTENSIVE BANK ROBBERY. LARGE REWARD. It will be seed by an Advertisement in another column, (says the Baltimore' Sun of the 25th instant,) that the Frederick County Bank was entered by burglars between last' Saturday evening and Monday morning, and pillaged of a large proportion of its most val uable property; The thieves, it appears, conveyed away in Gold the amount of 910, 049 r in notes and bills of other Banks and Checks, 8,788; . in notes o( the Frede rick Bank, $134,067 ; State 6 per cent, bonds $6,000 ; State 6 percent, certificates, $14 000; 5 per cent, sterling bonds, $12,222; ma king in the aggregate $ 185,975. At a meet ing of the President and Directors 7 of the Bank yesterday, it was resolved Jo offer a reward ot viu,uuu tor tne recovery oi tne money, or proportionately for a parjt and the detection of the thieves, as explained in the advertisement. We Team that- the Iceyi of one of the doors of the Bank was found yes terday in a creek about a hundred yards from the.buitdingi and.: a dark lantern was found jppbn a bridge jrr thl Vicinity. - Rbvoltjtionxky kkuc Tije editors of the Charleston Courier have in their posses sion a .gold watch dugup a -few months ago on the Eutaw battle ground, near the founda tion of the brick church, in which the Brit ish took shelter and were enabled to check the till then victorious Americans under Gen. Greene, ThegeikL parts were in -a state of reservation. 'but the steelnd brass portions of the works were so nuch jmiMtuv K ?mJJ T,ean?KTvi ed by rust as to be incapabl The maker's name is "Duchesne, of Lbn don, number " $995." The watch is a small one, enclosed in a gold case. The Courier supposes it belonged to a Brish or Ameri can Officer, and adds, it 'would be curious indeed were this publicatien the means of identifying the former owner. The National Intelligencer, publishes communication, adverse to Jthe proscription of Editors by the General-Govemuient, and says : . -.v,r;-; : . " It is proper, that we should, t the same time, add, that We have no personal knowledge that any thing has oocurred, tinder the present Administiation'to jastify the impression that it is 'disposed to act opon the prin ciple of refusing to gentlemen of the Editorial fesvi eiorj privileges to wnicn other . citizens are auewed. to be entitled. 8o far, however, as inch a sctimenris entertained, if indeed it be entertained jet; any extent among the friends of the Administratidn any wherer our Correspondent deserves the thanks of his brethren" for combatting it. . . ... ' " s APPALLING DEGRADATION The Legislator! of Alabama, .'at their Mt extra seat sioo, sanctioned the suspension pf specie payments bv..; the Banks indefinitelt-hl is, they. may reCose- to 1 pay ineir nones deou with unpamtj, for an time to tcome. listauon m tnis cowtry -has reached the lowest point to which human infamy is attainable. There is only one step morf to be taken kmll down all the penitentiaries, and repeal all penalties for lhe commission of crime. Otf Dominion. . -. s This is Parson Fisk's thunder against litsl own party friends. The Legislature ofAla lama consists "of the worst species of Loco Focoism, ahdVthey have gonea bow-shot be yond any Whig Legislaturjej Vpension of specie payments. KtcA- TVli'. rMoDE OH BURIAL IN GHEENIAND.Tn Greenland, Ihe dead are buried in asitting posture, dressed in their. best clothes As the earth is shallow, or frozen they 1 build. tombh ofv stone, and . cover the ' body; with. plates of mica slate or clay slate, to preserve tffromiBajrntfos ahimalsThekayak and ranting ihstruments of the deceased are pla ced at the side of the grave, .and they put a dogV head into that of a child, in order that its spirit may guide the helpless infant to the Uhd. of souls. ; On their return to the house, Jrutjieit lamentation in a sort!of inonotonous howi,vat the conclusion of which some refreshment is taken, and each departs ",utUk Axxosa. in cvatv . since.his accession-to the Chief MaiS has shown himself to be governed.T' cal mattersVby thibroariMt .::'?Politi. rVJZZ., f rwesi principle. patriotism ; and in cases of a relieion. , " acter, to be actuated by a purely TihpZ,, catholic spirit. On the suhU 1 phraseology j employed in his recent rfr! mauon ior a-xxationat uast. th p a Jewish congregaUon in Baltimore ad,?! ed to him the question whether his ref therein to a " Christian people" Wa,etreM construed as fconfining, the bbserrj! 1 inai Boiemniiy to tnose only who are of. Christisrn hnriYi nr no...n: UI to lowing answer nf Proi1An r - v. fxiBuos nn. ' I high credit upon his character as a m "Cl1 n w . .WW..UL VTT. M I of the common familv of man j VU10 arlv honorable to his viwa r j.. Pecu'ii constitutional head of a frp as lM . , ..vv ivji i m Nantucket hL To A. Weglw, Esq. President of the R,k. ' gregatum, 2md street, Ballimore, CM : . Wajhihgtow, MAy j ' Sin : In replyto your letter of yesterdav r l tian people," in the first part of mv-nwJl11 I certainly never designed to be exclui. from it, that 1 esteem it equally ineumi.. 89 v bend in adoration before the common Fat)., r,1 1 v; .y. u; i .... uuie' ol u. his guardianship and care. No people have e "B',t I more cadse to acknowledge the truth of tk: .,Ver 1 people of Israel. The last paragraph of tbe.-L dation omrht to b&. sufficient to nm ,.'7r50"B-l others at ease upon the subject, since by it ev of every relicious denomination. accorHm.. V --ai r 1UUW .J tl forms of worship, is requested to unite in tho 0,1 exercises proposed ior me in instant. As the Magistrate ot the United State. 1 am . V, tne express prohibitions of the Constitution interference with the consciences of men ; and H en forbid that I should in any manner usurp the meat-seat which belongs alone to the Most High (2 Let us, then', unite in imploring, on the day d ted, benedictions on our common country. I JOHN TYLER. Ancient fSALMODY. Before thp Au j Isaac Walts j the standard of Sacred Sons Tis like the precious oint-ment, ' Down Aaron's beard did go Down Aaron's beard it downward went, . . His garment skirt unto. - Anomer instance, we give, perhaps alittl more poeucal, if not quite so exalted : Ye monsters of the' babbling' deep, ' Your Maker's praises spout; Up from the sands, ye codlings peep, And wag your tails about ! The above from the New Hampshire Ti egrapht are tolerable fair specimens, bun happen to recollect. a better The race is not forever got, By him who fastest runs, Nor the balfe, by the peopel That shoot with the longest guns ! Ine Boston Times says, it has been did covered by a celebrated oculist that ti worst glasses for the eyes are brandy glassa! .Love comes in alj shapes, but mostly is! ing for cash. It must have shawls, silks, h! tins and jewelry it draws upon our pocc ets in all ways it .is truly an expeusi?! thing, this loye. .4 Packet Boats for ScottnUU . J ana Lynchburg. j 1 SUMltfE4?ARRANGEMENT. fTKTJR Iron Packei Boats, JOHN MARSHAL! U JCapt HnUi and J. C. CABELL, CaPL Haw ley, will leare Richmond from oot landing, at tbehaf of the Bashx Tor the above! nlaees. on Mondavi, Wei .I nesdays and Fridays, at S o'clock, A. M. predstlf and amve at ScotUmUe by-1 A. M. next d;, m it to; Jjynchborg. by T P M. RETURKINO. Ie of restoration; T nrTZ 7 3 and into Richmond nexidav by 4 P. M. , By this arnngemrni,a8senger for Tenneoeei Guyandotte, will not be detained in Lynchbore, heretofore, , Dur Boats will also connect withthelii of Stages from ScottsviHe to Stauntoa This is new the cheapest and hest route to tin ferent Virginia Springs, nd-offers many other iaiuf mentato traveUers r preference. .The invalid will be pleased with his easv, coinf( bkand safe pSafszet the beautiful and romantic nery will delight the admirers of nature, and tlx i far famed and .highly cultivated James Kna gfouridsand highlands, will gratify the agrkom and man of taste. m, our, arrival, at Lynchburg, passenger bf choice of two routes to -the White Sulpbo'' . " - m.- . Si. ... Ion III wua an assurance mat au snau De sent wi : of Stages running over the Natura! Bridge m viuurni opnngs, anu me omer oj ijiucuji, - and the Sweet Springs. . . , ... v: ... Ttnvn ptimoND &ca "i.- vwviiimvwws SPJ Av ; yrst edpetK& choice of- vour Pia9. yMHreou a fine m fipn&itb are many persona who womo f"Ji Piano Fortes, if tbey were sore of being thexhbice of yoiainstrumeolt to myself, and ifl yoo an inuiuerent article.'' It will be mv cws simply aendjn your order and say what priced shall be chosen. -v . .. . thoroughly convinced myself that my rS Srt superior i and. In order that others may M vineedsjMV I will agree for them to be tnem neingpaia fofi It is out of my power to nw"i . May r, " 37 , , Peierfcburg, V I iiiiiUTimt W( place a Fiano-"! . Vtvlrki; K. r . . - ' SrV ASHf I "swwwsa a . I i - j ur nouae open uiai st my own : jua, Cf urroi3erwisv murn i rs: -1 will ask the above named Privilege (and in aider it a fa vor) ef such as are desirous of pore) really good Piano Fortes. An individual wsrfj vaiuauteaa amcte as a nana, cerium; of such an offer as the one above. . 0u Hivrad taken an Office netf UOt a llOVSK, I will rea v iyXLwarrantednot to be atteeieu j ther (for sale by the groee or in less fWDon : iut ICVCt CU D1 y .- un fTTUie "wrorlts Mrs. net Jin Jleaaoir, her Sister, and B mi fcy Mrs. Bigpurnty, in SSc I S r Asms b?" ongress. : one wore an ForsaUbr imuieir, ana was ever alter jf; .. .... fmdnpur JuaJLnnet'.JjAQtary, i i .' i ' 1 1 ' ( r . ' . 1. lUS"" - ;j - .
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 1, 1841, edition 1
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