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From the Boston All- ANOTHER ASTOUNDING DISCLOSURE. ih neoole 6f Massachusetts 2- umMilf called -nwMitlv called to the facta which are .,. j:ii k th letters now laid -before them It j well known that parties were eo, nearly balanced in the last Legislature, that the filing of the vacauciee in the Senate, and through that -, thf election of Governor depended upon a single ' yote and that the two individuals upon whom tie eyes of the Radical leaders were turned, were Mr. Collins of Eastham, and Mr. Bell of Mont- goraery. Of Mr. Collins, and his, vote, and . the payment therefor, the public are already well informed.--, "But all that has yet come to light in that case, is the fact that he voted for Gov, Morten and his allies, and subsequently received from them a J Justice' commission. We know nothing as yet ji of the previous negotiations. But in the case of Mr. Bell, we not only have another case of the grossest bribery and corruption, but are possessed ofthe tnens of showing the manner in which it was accomplished. Vix, Bell was elected as the Representative of the town of Montgomery, by Whig votes, and he came to Boston, openly avowing his intention of voting with the, Whigs in the Legislature. He . uniformly attended their caucuses, and voted for the Whig candidate for Speaker. He was con stantly beset, however, by the Radical leaders, and by turns threatened and coaxed and yet up to the morning when the vacancies in the Senate were to be filled, there seemed to be no doubt that he would continue to vote with the Whigs, as he .had done. But all on a sudden he changed his course voted for the Radical Senators and thereby their party came into power. That secret and malign influence had been suc cessfully used upon him, could not be doubted, but , the means and the manner had been carefully covered up. Mr. Bell continued through the session, uniformly voting with the party, whom he had thus elevated to power, and still the mystery was unexplained. But now the hour has come for a disclosure of the secrets of this whole mailer, which will startle the whole Commonwealth. The conspirators who .have thus far covered up their monstrous villanyrmay fancy that their secret is safe. But they will 6nd it otherwise. For now, at the very moment when they are laboring to induce the people to keep Gov. Morton and them selves in their offices, the startling evidence is to be published, which will confound their schemes and if there be any moral sense left in Massachu setts, must drive them from public employment, disgraced and despised by every honest man. The facts, which we have it in our power to state, are as follows: It was on the morninsr that the balloting took place, that the conspirators met in the lobby of ' I the clerk of the House of Representatives. Mr. Bell had come to the House intending to vote for the Whig candidates for the Senate, and was fit ting quietly in his seat, when a man, not a mem ber of the House, but well known as a doer of the dirty work of the party, was seen to enter the TTmia antf m A'iroriv tn Xo nnA talro Vinld nf bis collar. Afteta moment's whispering thevleft .i w,n k i" k the Hall together, and went into the lobby, the door of which was instantly closed. The persons who were in that lobby are known. They were the leaders and drillmen of the Locofoco party in and out of the House. What took place there is known. The result was soon seen. Mr. Bell came back to his seat and just as the voting was commencing, the seat next -him was left by its , proper occupant, and taken possession of by one iof the lobby conspirators, who followed Mr. Bell round through all the balloting watched his vote took from him privately the Whig ballots that he had in his hands, and saw that his partpf the lobby contract-was fulfilled. And thu3 it was : that the Morton administration was put into povfri V- :TBelTs vote did it and thus was Bell's vote TkT,0 th peop1 of Massachusetts these facts are obtained. What was the inducement which led Mr- Bell to change his vote 1 Whatnvas offered htm in that lobby ! Let the following facts answer. During the session of the Legislature, Mr. Bell addreesed a letter to Governor Morton claiming something in the way of reward for his services. No answer was given but before the session closed, the same man who took Bell from the House into the lobby, as before described, enter ed a tailor's shop in Washington street, and or dered a suit of clothes for Mr. BelL The measure was taken the clothes made, and sent to Bell's boarding house, and the bill paid by the con spirators. Soon after the Legislature adjourned, the same 1 man of the lobhv ami of tlu taiWa eh,. ceived a letter from Bell, alleging that the sum of V4UU bad been promised to him, and complaining tnat tne conspirators did not fulfill their contract. V 'T ' ft mm- ia j one, uov. Morton received a letter from Mr. ueii, jnaaing me ame statement of the bargain in the lobby, and complaining that while His Ex- cellency and the party were enjoying power and uiairiuuung spous, no pan oi nis 94UU was forth coming. ' On the 26th of Jane, Mr. Bell wrote a letter to ' Benjamin F. Hallett, the Governor's chief coun cillor, a copy of which we have, andnow pre- . A. . . sent: Montgomery, June 26th, 1843. lo liou. B. F . Hallett Dear Sir: I wrote a few lilies tO yOU SOme tWO month8 affO. in Whifth T do. scribed my situation to you, and I have received nd answer. I sometimes think that my letter ' "J."!: e beep m,8Carriedt But, air, you know w iub circumstances of my election lastNovem- her to the Lw ature. You know what was Rvu,,u uio in mo loony or ins u:erk of the ouse of Representatives. You know what you ' promised me when I had an interview with vmi . frr - e' $,ch was ,f 1 foand myseJf dis- t.aejinany manner on my return, in conse- qCtens of my course in the Legislature, to drop a HIM wyou ana i should be assisted. : I believe, neve, sir. that waa the promise nearly verbatim et literatim. mZTZJI Ter WM Ul? Per of any great -amount of orooertv. and im rnnuU.Ki. Aete m.nJl rro . . .u.uuuigt no wen laxen or me ly those thit I owed that were offended at my course last winter. Sir, you assured me, and I supposed that you spoke-by authority, that the Democratic party felt grateful to me and that I should be remembered, but I Bee all around me oflces and favors dispensed by that very govern ment which I assisted to organize, and not the uuuc laxen ui me now in my adversity in nrnunnau. t .. J l consequence of asswting o prganire it i ! sir " last aPPaI to 3 made that agreement in, your prese you. Af- certain memhnra nr i'i r J : . ,l" bT e2rn. ?f . 11 Democratic ; party, just your presence, with tsuae. i UttU ' - U" rr , " faw. d TAT;! r wouW wilfully iniuiiBa u till a . But lsWtobT IW T Wment.-. in sUc bntJiT t rrae mf calamities that I have fulfiJte4. w5 StfH' . 6re' h8ban who was out at the time, was CZU Pthe daucAtheirt;? ibftirrre8ted ?nd is V' awaiting the result of the . public opinion will have on them. If I get no response from tliis,iinaH conwaerinam wuuuw to a refusal. ' ' ? -' . You will, pleas? rexcuse iner ..a f . taw-inf ae, for I tlunk the necessities of tuf f88? CHARLES U,JJJSia P. a I have not seen or heard any thing of that commission of Justice of the Peace that I was to have, but I ee that the Governor and Council have appointed quite a number all around me. These letters were.'of course, in their posses sion, when the Goverpor and Council met in ses sion on the 3d of July, and we ask attention to the reply which is given : f " - Boston. July 3d, 184.. Dear Sir: I have the pleasure to inform you that you have bee a appointed a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden. ' Your name was presented some tune ago, but has been de layed in making oat the Commission in other ap pointments. It would give me pleasure to see you, iyou should visit Boston. Respectfully, your ob't servant, B.F.HALLETT. Charles C. Bell, Esq. There is another fact connected with this his tory, that gives a character to the whole transac tion. Villainy resorts to artifice to conceal it self; and the criminal that violates the law in one respect, will not hesitate at any crime which may cover up his guilt Thus- a man that will steal will lie, and be who wickedlyand wilfully tampers with an election, will even perjure him self to escape punishment. Now mark the sequel of this conspiracy. Mr. Bell receives nothing but the paltry commission of a Justice of the Peace, in payment for his vote. He is discontented, and though the whole Sum mer complains to the conspirators that he is not paid according to the contract -and finally, on August 14th, Gov. Morton received a letter from him, renewing his claim, and warning him that if he is neglected that he shall make a loud appeal to the people. This threat, of course, produced an alarm in the council of "these conspirators if the Governor communicated it to them. What was to be done 1 The matter must be hushed, but how shall it be done 1 The letter which we give below shall explain. Mr. Bell must be de coyed to Worcester, where the conspirators could again get round him, and by threats of vengeance, or by compromise, his lips could be sealed, and this letter was written out for this purpose. Bosrox, Aug. 30, 1343. Mr. Ball Montgomery : Sir : There is to be a Democratic Convention at Worcester on the I3;h cf September, and I would advise you to be present on the afternoon of the day before, as a good many Democrats will be present that afternoon, and some, no doubt, who you would be glad to see. 1 shall be glad to see you, anJ all the rest of the good Democrats who so nobly sustained the r tn. I'. -. cause oi democracy wsi winter. I would advise you to be present without fail. 1 remain your friend, J. T. FISK. Here is the letter but who is J, T. Fisk ? Was he a delegate to the convention! Who knows any such maul The directory contains no such name. And to make the matter more definite, we ask if B. F Hallett knows any such man ! We aver that there is no such man. No. The letter is a false, counterfeit and villainous document, intended to decoy Mr. Bell into the hands of the conspirators. More than this. The handwriting is known to be that of one of the leaders of the Loco Foco party and will be open to the inspection of all who have a curiosity to find out who is JjT. Fisk. Thus wo see that a conspiracy begun in cor ruption, and carried on by attempted bribery, is ended in the most shameful forgery ! This plan, however, did not succeed. Mr. Bell had seen enough of the treachery and fraud of his pretend ed friendsand would not again trust himself in their hands. now submitted. In solemnity let them be consider. ed dirt letbeir judgment fall where guilt is so clearly proved. We need not ask them what these factsand letters show. Comment is nt only unnecessary, but we dare not trust ourselves to speak as we feel. We only say that if the people are not now convinced that a more corrupt and profligate set of men were never inflicted upon any State than those who now control Massachu setts, they musthave lost all moral sense. HOW TO FIGHT A SHARP DOG." In the country a. good vigilant dog, is usually denominated a .sharp dog sharp or not sharp, that is the question in search of a " House dog." Borrow, in his Bible in Spain," tells what he says is an infallible method of defending one's sell against a sharp doe. J.-o. 1 proceeded a considerable way by the eastern wall, until I heard a tremendous bark, and pres ently an immense dog, such as those which.guard flSV U 0 111 the flocks in the neighborhood - against wolves, came bounding to attack me, with eyes that glowed and fangs that grinned,' Had I retreated or had recourse to any other mode of defence j tnan t'iat' which I inrariabty practice under such circumstances, be would probably have worried me, but I stooped till my chin nearly touched my knee, and looked him fult in the eyes and as John Leyden says in the noblest ballad which the land of heather has produced, , The hound he yowled and back he fled, 1 As struck with fair; chrn It is a fact known to many people, und I be lieve it has been frequently stated, that no large I Korro An.r. nr animal nf nnir hnA with lU o ception of tho bull, which shuts its eyes . and rushes blindly forward, will venture to attack an individual who confronts it with a firm and mo- tionlees countenance. I say large and fierce, for it is much easier to repel a blood hcund or bear of Zealand in this manner, than adunhill cur or a terrier, against which a stick orstone Is a much nm-n ,aPi9;n tAfona rri.;. ,;n who considers that the calm reproving glance of reason, which allays the excesses of the mighty and courageous in our own species, has seldom auv other effect than to add thft infen r the feeble and foolish, who become olacid as doves tempted to be applied to the former, Would only I . ;r . .. ' , , . VU,J I cuucr u,ure rnoie, anu iiKegun- powder cast oh a flame, cause them in mad des peration to scatter destruction around them." i ,. 1 New York, Sunday, P. M. ; A Fire broke out this morning in a tailor's es tablishment in Broadway, No&S, near Grand, which by the promptitude i f tfftlremen was soon extinguished. Upon entering the premise?, the firemen were struck with "horror at observing on the bed the remains of a "woman, wife of the pro prietor. - upon examination, it was found that all Wn f . 1 i i .. I J"wrar Hari me oouyaa exiremnies were cousumed, but something having been tied round I i .1 . . .0 - " . 1 "Br u,roai "e nre had stopped . there, and left ItJie neck, and face nninjnred as it Jbneared en. dent that the woman had been murdered by stran.. 1 gulation or otherwise, and then the beut nh ' coroner s inquest. Frooithe Pennsylvanlan. MY FIRST AND LAST Sl'EBUli. ;My parents were respectable hard-working people-fnyself their dear son. In an ley 4 hour my poor father became convinced that his son Hiram Hock was born to be a great man. ' After nature deliberation and many misgivings and doubtful shakes by the bead of my kind and af fectiouiatemother, it was finally .decided thaCI should tudy the law. At the age of seventeen, therefore, I commenced curving my spine upon a hard chair, with my heels upon the mantle-piece in winter, and the window-sill in summer, peru sing at intervals the lyricaLeffus'ibns of the gay and witty Coke, the facetious Fearue,. the roman tic Blackstone, and the irresistible and inexhaus tible Chitty, that Bcranger of the law. At the expiration of four years, with a stomach shrivelled up like parchment, weak eyes, and a confused no tion of ten thousand conflicting principles associ ated with books bound in yellow calf-skin, I was presented by my preceptor with a diploma for 1 starvation. That worthy individual in spectacles : three eyes again commenced mesmerrzing me. I 6hall never forget, be was what is called a " Gentlemen," says I, a long pause, "Gentlemen " thorough-bred lawyer" as a practitioner and if there ie one of you that will" uu-m-t cftc ee!" special pleader, he was eminently renowned, and came from the one-eyed juryman, like the cxplo at the age of seventy-three, had acquired not only ! eion of a keg of powder ; euch a sneese was ncr a subsistence, but some thought evens suracien-. cy in case of his demise, to prevent his widow from keeping a boarding house. All his actions were squared by rules of law, and the principles of bis science. In his intercourse with mankind, he conceived the first duty to pay a fee ; any de- reliction from this important ceremony was a crime equivalent to high treason.- Several rules had been served upon him at different times, and notices to quit this transitory life, in the shape of blindness, deafness, and temporary paralyVis ; but he still remained firm at his vocation, and not in the slightest degree intimidated by the severity of the attack. By means of an antiquated process familiar to himself, but utterly unknown to the : medical faculty, termed the suffering a common recovery" he was again absorbed in the studies of his captivating science, never intermitted ex cept to receive the M honorarium," all other lite rature in his estimation being not worth the snap of z.fi fa. For nearly half a century this worthy gentleman had been seated upon an arm-chairj adorned with a leather cushion, of which there 1 was a faint tradition, that it once had been stuffed with hair, but now flat as a pancake, and as total ly destitute of thit excrescence as the shining bald pate of the distinguished sedentary. Empires had been overthrown by terrible revolutions, moral and political changes had occurred unnoticed by this excellent man. An occasional innovation upon the revered common law, would sensibly af fect his usual equanimity, and it is reported that it was several days before he could recover from the shock occasioned by the passage of a law, per mitting a writ of partition to be sued out by the remainder man iulec, before the death of the ten ant for life. He was just in ail his dealings and strictly pi ous in all his thoughts and actions. Conscious of a vested remainder in the future dependant upon a particular prior estate created at the same time and by the same instrument, (Co. Lit 49, a-,) coupled with comfortable assurance of an equity of redemption as decided in the case of Pulk vs. Clinton, 12 Yez. 59, his mind was perfectly pre pared and tranquil upon all spiritual matters. And yet he had his bar jokes and reminiscences of ancient jests served upon a brother long since gone to final judgment, and on motion days would wrinkle up his sedate countenance into something that faintly resembled a smile, when reminded of these traditionary jcux d'esprit by a facetious judge who had just received his quarter's salary. Under the auspices of this worthy personage, I nailed a piece of tin upon the front window shut ter of a small room in the noisiest and most disa greeable part of the town, and with heroic pa tience for many a long month bode my time. I will pass over that weary interval. How olten did I determine to abandon the profession and plunge into the active business of life, but habits acquired during my preparation for.. practice, and subsequent littleness, with an entire separation rom men of business, bad utterly unfitted me now for any other pursuit I was chained to the oar the die was cast. O ! that I had only had the courage to throw aside the hateful books and seize hold of the honest calling of my poor father who was an eminent little calf butcher. An opportunity at last occurred ; a client with lingering steps and slow, absolutely engaged my services to detenu nis cause in tne rirumai Court Why this infatuated individual appealed to me in preference to five hundred others, it was impossible to imagine. Afterwards it eame to my knowledge that he had applied to several oth ers for professional aid, but vainly, not having it in his power to perform that very important cere mony so agreeaoie to my veneraoie preceptor, and without which, itwas impossible to compre hend the plainest proposition, but the moment it was pocketed, every thing was as clear to bis perception, as the noon-day-sun by-the-bye the only figure he ever indulged in, with the excep- 11011 01 one oiner, u un wnicn ne conciuaea an ar gument to his own mind perfectly irresistible, that thorn wig wt a lrw-r tn Knnrp nsinht nnnn ' Without any fee or reward, vested or contingent, behold me preparing for the trial of this mighty cause. As I pasted through, the streets on my way to the Court House. 1 was impressed with the idea that the whole world was gazing upon me. Cesar's procession to the Capitol was noth ing to the heavy forebodings which shook my frame. Upon taking my seat within the bar, in vain did I assume an air of affected indifference ; my heart beat almost to bursting, my mind be came confused, all the blood in my body had rush ed to the inmost recesses of my heart, leaving my face pale and clammy as a cold muffin. I felt very ill, and once or twice was upon the point of : 11 f - retiring unoer a suoaen tnaisposition. 1 was a wakened from this general paralysis by an appeal from one of the Judges, of Go on, sir, with your case. My professional opponent, in manner, spirit and action, formed a strange contrast to myself. ne was a pettiiogger in the most unqualified sense of the word; uneducated, scarcely able to articuhte three words of English correctly, and with about ss much knowledge of the principles of the science as a Hottentot or Siberian Cos sack, yet bold, forward and impudent, past all be lief. - The swaggering air with which this gentle man of the bar confronted a timid witness, elic ited great applause from the spectators, and one or two roaring soeeches with violent Vesticula- 1 tions and divers appeals to the fearless integrity of his own conduct, so overcame the sympathies of the tipstaves and the court loungers, that every oyster house resounded with, his praise. . Inde pendent of these professional excellencies,': he was a pot-house politician of great renown ; be tween him and the Judge, therefoie, there ex isted a kindred sympathy of feeling, the hitler having arrived at that emment station by reason of the same meritorious services. ' Diffident of my own abilities, fearful of the sound of my voice, and embarrassed by the man ner of the J udge, who was rollicking back in an arm chair, with his hand before bis mouth, sliding something into the ear .of his associate, which ap peared to me a jest upon my person, or some stale joke entirely nsconnected with the administration of justice the curious enunciating in a bold con Gdingnanuer, of what my oooonent asserted to 1 be law,and which he felt confident the court would bear rum out with m their charge, so overwhelmed and distressed iftie, that I scarcely knew whether I stood upon my head or my heels. I, however, summoned up sufficient couragt to rbe and utter the followingwords ; "Gentlemen of the Jury" 4-tbse words had? bo sooner passed my parched lips, than the concentrated rays' of. tweoty4hree eysUi-ere brought to bsr upou my perso-for 'oner of the panel had Tosi one of. these urgsfasi but the remainder was a piercer eo thatvl imtnedi t&tely fjelt the full force of my perilous position, a target for the whole sworn twelve to bre at II was awful ; my limbs trembled beneath me, my hand shook till the paper fairly tattled as I held it iortli. As I was about'to -reiterate the words;, just spoken, the silence which pervaded the Court room was interrupted by a -cry of- standback, clear the way for the Grand Jury," and in stalked the whole array and took their seats. The cere mony 6f receiving bills from this formidable body was finished, burglaries, larcenies, grand and pet ty; with one murder as a trump, were shuffled over by the Judge and then handed to the. Attor ney -General, accompanied with a remark' they were all rbrht and after much shoving and cries of clear the way, and make room for the Grand Jury," order was again restored and the twenty er heard before, nor never will be heard again ; it startled the whole assemblage, some dozen loa fers dozing upon the back seats gazed for a mo ment about them with a vacant, and bewildered starc.then sunk back again into slumber, to dream of pots of beermoked sausages and Grand Juries. The twenty-two eyes of eleven were withdrawn from me and bent with curious gaze upon their twelfth one-eyed associate, from whose nostrils had issued that tremendous and supernatural blast ; that gentleman's head buried for some time beneath the rail, was not visible ; my own impression was that it had dropt off or been hurled off, for he was very busy seeking for something upon the floor. Uur apprehensions upon that point were quickly relieved, for up it rose again, slowly, as if drawn by some powerful machine. the mouth wide open from ear to ear, his right eye shut as tightly as the one which some amia ble play mate had gouged out in youth onward it went until bent as far back as the natural struc ture of those parts of the body would permit, ev ery energy of that individual juryman apparently concentrated into the effort to give forthasneese that would astonish all mankind. Judging lrom the involuntary specimen of his powers already given, there could not 1 be a loop to hang a doubt upon,' as my preceptor would say, but that his forth-coming effort would realize the most san guine expectations of the audience. Bench, bar, tip-stave and spectators as one man, withsuppess- ed breath and staring eye-balls, awaited the aw ful explosion there it comes there was a slight preliminary gasp a preparatory heave the eye opened, the mouth shut, and the nostril ejaculated a slight " hitchee," not much louder than the chirp of a tom-tir. This was worse than the oth er; disappointment pervaded the whole assem blage, with no small mixture of popular indigna tion. There was something, however, so irresis tibly comical in the whole exhibition, thit with one accord the gentle world of general sessions roared with laughter all except I, who was now doubly confounded ; all ray pathos, the prepara tion of my weeks, was sneezed away by that in fernal one-eyed juryman; and though. BiJeoce was commanded in every . variety of cadence and emphasis, from the snap-snap of the newly fledg ed constabulary to the deep growl of the old crier, who was famous for the imperious demands upon the public for that w hich he could never main tain in his own domicile, I was utterly gone, dumb foundered, and with one or two spasmodic efforts at articulation, gave up, and sank into my seat covered with confusion. What transpired after wards, I have no recollection of. Upon looking over the columns of a newspaper some days af ter, I saw that my client had been convicted, not withstanding a most powerful speech by Hiram Hock, Esquire. This was my first effort, with every probability of its being my last j O" There is so much good sense, and so much that tallies with our own sentiments upon the points referred to, in the following remarks of the New Orleans Bee, that we cheerfully give them a place in our columns i We are of those who in the darkest hour of political adversity, never for an instant despaired of the ultimate triumph of Whig principles- When State after State wheeled into the serried columns of Locofocoism ; when New York, and Maryland, and Ohio, proved recreant ; when even Massachusetts faltered, and our own Louisi and tamely surrendered to the enemy, when all around seemed ominous of disaster and defeat, we, in common withthe noble Whig press through out the Union, reposed with ah unblushing trust upon the popular intelligence and virtue. We knew that when the paralyzing influence of trea chery had done its worst, the people would awake from their inglorious apathy. We had seen in the result of every contest which, from the death of Harrison to the present. time, had, eventuated in the success of Locofocoism, that our party had been discomfited, not by the augmented numbers of their antagonists, but by their own utter want of exertion ; and it was. evident that whenever the Whig party bad a motive and a cue to action, they would again bestir themselves for the fight, and show their strength once more. We looked, therefore, confidently for re-action. We must acknowledge, however, that the Whigs have aroused for the great contest of 1844, even sooner than we had anticipated. We scarcely expected Whig triumphs before next spring, but the burn ing zeal of the glorious Whigs of Tennessee im-, pelled them to the splendid Victory of last August, while the effect of that momentous achievement , has developed itself in the recent struggles in treorgia and Maryland, in these, three States, the result has demonstrated pne important truth that whenever the. Whig' party poll their full votd, they outnumber their adversaries. It has been well remarked, that in 1844 the Whig votes will be more numerous than ever and hence the triumph of Henry Clay is indubitable. The Locofocoa always poll their strength, but the Whigs possess a corps de, reserve throughout the Union, consisting of some hundred thousand votes, which are never used save during the brunt of some all important-struggle. They employed them with terrific power in 1840,and will doubtless use them with equally signal force in 1844. There is every thing to encourage the Whigs in the late elections. The reaction has already begun, . Already have the Whigs recovered from the temporary stupor into which treachery had throw u them. They have exhibited their -conquering , numbers in Georgia, Tennessee and Maryland, and hereafter they will march fsom victory to victory. LeYtheWhigs throughout the Union take example and encouragement from these glorious signs of the times they are un erring indicia of the, future, and poiot to that crowning triumph when the people shall elevate the Sage . and Patriot and Statesman of Ashland, to that exalted station of which they deem him worthy,, but which cannot, in the language of HenTy A. Wise, add a cubit to his stature," - ID A drunken fellow was endeavoring to force his way in among the show-cattle at the agricul-; tural fair in Rochester; an4 one of the preservers af order was exerting himself to keep tha intru der, back. They had well nigh come to blows, when an Irish tetotaller remarked, 44 O, why do yon stop him 1 let him in there, among the ani mals. It's his proper place; don't you see be has been making a hayst of himself !" ( TFrom the Plu.atfelttliia San. 1 fM Jy H E AUT U M N$;AFy- 3 jVhiti! sad emblem of human deWiny.fi? Stain ed wbited, scorched by the , craping bfastto be blowjr ny the remorseless andtinpityiiwinds. Yet pensive as it is, it peaks in no burs ti tones to the well adjusted mind but modulated tJiar mony of tone, it utters a voice of kht.1 admoui tk?nt' yaf well o llit bjart of, woman, in her prkle of beauiy.b jiiliog.iu! of tuaiu in the gran deur of, ki miiUtVun Vetw hfixy jiensivc at be hoMwg JjeJk$Jtqtedv the hues of Its expiring seauori wfa'sn like our frail bodies, it is. but the garment of the towering oak, whose spirit remains untouched by the blast, to renew its beauties with the opening Spring ! To the eye, wheit Wittfer howls around us, , all things that display their summer pride appear to perish whOe tbepnncjfde of ltfe retreats toils cita del or 8eeure-'abod.e, to send forth fresh creations in the dawning Spring, So it is with the exter nal forms of mortal clay. ' The wintefcaf life comes upon us, with its kind and paternal evenings, first of a wholesome frost then a falling lcaf--then a yellow wrinkle-r-a faded cheek a filtering voice a dint bye a palsied head but a heart warm as when first the voung blood rushed with tumultuous joys, through the swelling veins : but though the Leaf falls the Immortal Spirit of the old Oak still remains, to bid defiance to the wrath of Time the change of seasons, and the sport of winds. How beautiful an emblem of the Immortality of the Soul ! The body may decay wither, and die as all things of Earth must change their Earthly form : but the Soul survives forever the spirit what power can touch ! what force destroy ! what Laws subjugate 1 It liveth forever ! . Still is there something of a pen sive lesson io the sensitive mind, in the falling Leaf of Autumn. We all shrink with instinctive terror from destruction even the destruction of form, figure, mechanism, and organization. iience our reeling or preservation is essential to existence It Is this dread of falling into nought' that sustains us through life. Every surrounding circumstance of Nature ; the vicissitudes of Sea sons the mutations of matter the revolutious of physical, as well as moral nature all inculcate the great lesson of sympathy- of charity of be nevolence -of love. The falling leaf, reminds us of the cutting blasts of angry winter, to the chil dren of want. Are our fellow creatures well pro vided for 3 Has the widow her fuel! Has the af flicted victim of poverty and disease, wherewith to shield him from the blast? Are we ourselves blessed with abundance are we pampered with goods? Let us shake the superfluity to the sons and daughters of affliction ! As the rustling leaves strew the hoary-ground before us, let us think, that so may our fortunes be shaken from the tree of our prosperity, by the will of God, in an hour in a moment ! Woe to them, who are hard of heart ! Woe ! to them, who wrap themselves up in the mantle of prosperity, and heed not the tears of the widow, the wailings of the orphan, the cravings of want, and the sighs of despair. Better to be poor forever than crowned with gold, and have an unfeeling heart ; for the blast will come that shall strew your, wealth on the ground, or smite you blind in its possession. Be lieve not that the voices of Nature howling and sighing around you mean nothing. There is not a leaf but speaks not a breeze but is eloquent in music, to the soul of the man who has seen God ! There ie not a tempest in the Heavens, nor a calm on the wave, but can be read, like the vo lume of eternity, by the pitying heart of a .kind, gentle and sympathizing spirit I God speaks in all his works ; but woe to the man who has not learned to read this language the language of the heart and to see in the withered leaf the vice that strews the ground. To woman, in the prime of her beauty, the Au tumn leaf ought ever to be dear. Woman ! fra gile ! fleeting ! kind ! affectionate woman ! oh ! be ever charitable to the poor. Teach roan how little he knows of the luxury of feeling, the true rapture of life, who is ignorant of the. pleasure of doing-gomd. To you, who ever stand on the brink of eternity, be committed the task of teaching man thejmportance of perusing the volume of Qoa, whose opening page is written on the virgin snow of a howling Winter! where the' first wordi Charity.. Lead him on, step by step. Show him where lie the thousands of thousands of peril to life and fortune, hid under, the ambush of a night's revel a colil consumption Death ! Shew him the perils of the ocean's storms, that may engulph his " rtcft argosies ; " and send him howling with the unexpected pangs of want- Turn from page to page of the book of life, on whose top line there is always written the sacred word " Brother." . Then lead him to the distant Wood, to meditate on the Autumn Leaf ; and as he treads the rustling ground, point his attention to the opening stars, whose blazing fires tell of Heaven's joys, and typify Eternity. , Sorely, there is much to muse on, when we behold the fall of the Autumn Leaf. It is a signal, a sign from God 1 J HOGSHEADS BACON HAMS For Sals, 4tt WILL : PECK. Nor. 2nd. . 88 3t FOR RENT that convenient Office in the Rksistxk buildings, next door to P. II. Bus hes, Esq. Ny. I. 1843 LUCKEY'S, MANUFACTORY, RALEIGH, N. C. THE Subscriber has How on band, and is constant ly manufacturing HATS of every description, which be now offers to the public at very reduced pi ices for Uasb. A very Urge end beautiful assortment of CAPS lo on hand, which he will eell unoautlfy low. Abo, a large quantity of Woo t Has, broad brims; home manufactured, which he wilt sell low, wholesale or retail. The public are respectfully invited to call nd sea his home manufactured stock before making tbeir purchases elsewhere. HUGH LUC KEY, Practical HaUer. ' Raleiirh. Nov. 4. 1813. . 88 N. 13. 60 000 Fur Skins wanted) for which the highest Cash price will be given. Deer fifkins. Mink, Otter, Beaver, Raccoon, Muskrat and other Furs also wauled. .Persona at a distance, having Fur. Skins on bind, will, pleaee forward them to Raleigh,: where the highest Cash price will be given for tbem., . RUNAWAY.Takcriunand committed to Jail in Beaufort County, October 1 lib. a Neizro Man. who savs bis name i'JOi)N and that he belongs to Dr. Samuel Vance, in South Caro lina, UnioOr District ; that he was formerly . the prop erty of Lawson Alexander, m Mecklenburg County in this State ; was sold at hU sale by the Administra tor and purchased by John R.Harruon, who sold him to. Dr. Vance ; that be ranaway on the fourth, of Jo lv,' was taken up in this State and committed to Jail in Chatham, and savs that said Jail was burnt on the 28ih of August ; when on fire, be was taken out and carried to Hillaboro', be remained in Jail 3 days, when h'u owner cam after him ; nine miles from thai place, he got away from biov Said Negro is a stool black' manp feet, 10 inches high, and weighs 178 jiouade ; thick and heavy about the neck and jw bwtw small ' toes on' left foot are off to the firrt joint rW says frost bitten about I tr;o years since, tfaid Ofgfois well acuaialn and ' ahout Charlotte in this State, and can read bat not write. His owner requested lo come, prove proper '7 P7 charges, and lake kinaawaj or he will be dealt with aa the law directs. . , JACOB 8 VVIPSDELlT Jailor. Oct. 30, 1843. 88-U TATEjOF NORTH CAROLINA ok - AgMstTrcnn)1843. " " oenem IiedforlJnurwood, Martha Underwood Air , emoW, pr,beih Uderwood,d Gel Un' derwood, by their next friend and ZV'' B, Marsh. w 8Uruiai AbUer Jesse Ma,ley Administrator of William finders, deed and Thomas Henry and hi. wifefi 2 . Petition to Account andJSettkment It ppearmg to the atirfclion of the Court Thomas Henry and his Eliza, are Ln V11 of .hi. State, it 4 .berelcrSb puUicatioifct made m 'the Raleigh Renter 2 ek.. IV id Thpaa Henry, and, wife fij J pj-arat tha. next term of thi. Court, at he House , fcttsboro-cthW second Monday 0f 7 member next, then and there to plead, aWer L T mur oiherw.se, be same will be taken pro arid beard ex parte. P Witness. N. A. 8tedroau, Clerk of our saij r at Office, the second Monday in Angunt 1813 n. a.stedman!c, c! c. tg TATE of Kprtli CarollirNA Q CountyCourt of Pleas and Quar.cr 8?i H AucualTerm. 1848. S ' ,0". vs. Mary Edward, widow of Edwin Edwards Heirs at Law of Edwin Edwards Petition for Dower. It appearing to the satisfaction of the "ourt il . Solomon Edwards and Willi.m Edwarda two of K heirs at Law of Edwin Edwards, dee'd. are non dents of this VUte: Il is therefore ordered t T Court, that publication he made for six weeka if, a Raleigh Register, that the said Defendant be and .r! pear at our next Court of Nans and Quarter Sewioti. to be held for the Counly of Nash, at .he (ottrHionJ in Nashville, on the second Monday in November next, then and there to demur to the said Priiiion or ahew cause why tha prayer of the Petitioner .h'Dol be Rrentnd j otherwise, the prayer of the JViPtioner will be beard ex parte as to them, and grant, d. Witness. 8aml. Brown, Clerk of our aid Court at Office, the 5th day of September, 1843 ' SAM'L DROWN, C.c.c. 1TATE OF NORTH CAROIJNA.-ChaThi; County. Court of Pleas and Quarter Session August Term 1843. ' A paper willing, purporting to be the last will and testament of the late Mrs. Susan Hill, was exhibited in open Court, at the aforesaid Term, by Thomas Hill the executor thereto ; and it Ix-ing suggested to tha Court that some of the next of kin of ihe said testa trix, were non-residents of this State, it was, on mo tion, ordered that publication be made in the Raleigh Register, for the space of two months, to notify th next of kin of the said Mrs. Hill, that jtbe said paper writing will be propounded for probate, at the next term of the County Court of Chatham, to be held in the Court Houxe in Pittsboro', on the second Mon day of November next, at which time, the iney uesire, appear, maxe tnemselves parties to saiu proceeding, ami enter a caveat thereto. Witness', N. A. tttedman. Clerk of said Court, at Office, the 2nd Momlay of August, 1843. N. A. STEDMAN, C.C.C. NEW ROUTE, Via Stage from Sledge's to Weldon, and thence by Rail Road and Steam Boat to Baltimore. ffftHE Travelling Public are respectfully informed jX. that the following rates of fare have been estib luhed by this Line :. From Sledge's to Baltimore, $10. f Meals inclu ded on the Bay Boats ) rrom Sledge lo Portsmouth, 16. By this route, Passengers will be put in Baltimore, in ample urns for the Cars to the East or West. The Portsmouth and Bay Line has been run with as much success and regularity this season, as any ijine in ine country. Of the superiority of this route, we ask the travel ler to give it a trial, and be will be able to decide for himself. WM, HI. MOODY, Jr. Agent. Office Portsmouth & Roanoke Rail Road & Bay Line of Steamers, Weldon, N. C. Oct. 9, 1843. P. S. Passengers leaving Raleigh daily, (except Saturday.) will go on direct to New York without any delay. . c . . . 82-1 ROCK 11 EST FOR SALE. fTpHE Subscriber being about to remove, this val U uable, pleasant and healthy County Seat, for merly the residence of the Lite Solicitor General Jones, ia offered for sale on the most accommodating terms. It ie beautifully situated on Haw River, with a eon siderable body of tow grounds of excellent quality, and with uncommon facilities for improving the Lands. The tract contains nearly a thousand acres, and is ad mirably adapted to the raising of Siock of all kinds. It is distant. from Pittsborough about 1 miles, from Chapel Hi1lli,arid from HilUboroogb about 20 miles. There i a taw and Grist Mill on the Estate, with abundant water to admit of constant grinding in the driest seasons ; and the demand for Lumber is ncb, that the highest cash prices would be paid for any quantity that could be sawed. Tha 8to?oraUkind. Horses, Mules, CaUle, Hogs and Sheep, with Plantation Implement, al so Corn, Fodder, 4c might be bad at a bargain by the purchaser of the place, if application should t made. soon. i: ; , , . A part only of the purchase money will be required immediately. Any desirable credit on the remainder may be bad, if properly secured, and tho interest punctually paid, i - If this properly should not be sooner disposed of t private sale, it will beoflered with many other things, at Public Auction on the premises, on Friday uw Saturday, the 17th and 18th of November. . W. H. HARDIN. Bode lift. Chatham. County, Oct. 18. MALE AND FEMALE TEACHERS IN WANT OF SITUATIONS. THE subscriber is acquainted with aeveril Male and Female Teachers who are in want of situ ations ;' amongst them are the following A young Man of jine character, pious, intelligent, and well nixed, who wishes a plain English School, with a salary offrom three to five hundred dollars ami board, per annum. . . Several other wanting 8ehooU, where mn nd wife can be employed, in the same place. 5 or 6 etVileeiraWe Female Tear-here, ot we usual English Branches, French, and Music on Jhj Piano Forte,: who wish situations in pnvate nr pnblie school, with salaries of $300, 350 and W and board, pet awuuaa. . . And other Female Teachers of ihe EnglUh brancow only, with salaries of from 250 lo 360 and board- Applicant ought always to remember tbin on ie, that the beat salaries comnsard tbe t Teachers, and the other ia to pay postages when u7 write upon these subjects. v . . . : IL P. NASH, Petewborg, Vs. Who has on hand, an extensive assortment M very best and cheapest Piano Fortes, Booka, buuon ary and fancy articles, ;; . SeptJ. N assortment of Dry Good, Groceries, 8apenoc Straw Floor. Matting, Stuart's best Stesm Kb- nedCandv. &e. Ac Joat received, and for sale, eheap for Gas". , JOHN T. WEST, Next Ster to New Market Hoo. ?; August 85. v . . J!riL ' FALL 3UPPLIES or . - . gMi ia, v4vi E. PrN A S n , Sycamore Street fPdersbutg, Virgin. TOUNTRT Merchants andbthers In w"0'0 QJof the above erticies.wfll find In my "jS tbe most desirable slock I have ever oflered. at ej ly reduced prices. A call from, my old frieud cuscueacrfe iv solicited. v ntimnnw 4DKrir PQ tff. Si
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