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; 'Hi . V ' T 1 ' - - K h ; - i" ;: . Tl V i ' -T . " II ! " ; ! r-n m - 4 ' . -V ' ; . ' "A it: t f- I. :. 'I or Wntclunau. m m m a a rw m - 51 ; ? .i?ncL Bfit if not paid in advance, Two doljars inTitSTisiiMMTted it $1 for the first. and 25ct ilMcli .abluent insertion. Court ' .per . higher than these rate,. A l.beral deduc .vf twit it hoe whoadtrjertise by the year. f ttrrtta to the Kditors must be post p'- "U From the Presbyterian. I itTbe SfcofcWirlsb of North Carolina. .!"!..'.' K ! ' )jr I (CONCLUDED.) The first Constitution of the Slate of North Cajroltnaj was discussed und adopted at Halifax. ! 'u'rth Carolina, in the winter of 1776 77. If Veilifcthfi unchanged until 1835. and at that timVwai'the only Constitution among the IT. Sure wUh had been set forth by the father. "of I ho! R Solution: The changes which were tnad In 1833 did not at all aflVct its fundamen utplincipl'. They altered only the means Iby which j those principles were manifested. -!Thi :U continuance of an instrument, adopt. "if id a ihe ' midst of our Reiolutionary troubles ' cleajiy evjnres the witdotn of its provisions I ifrfirjfavourableness to liberty and religion. '.'We nave inow the means' of showing that the Scotch : Irish of North Carolina were not a thil behind I h foremost in proposing and es 1bliihing those provisions. The evidence has "hrf n ;!roiJCa!ed for many years; lut now thai it Is -discoy ered, it fs irrefragable. It is con. paper whose liody is in the hand Waightsiill Avery, with marginal and inie rliuati"!is i'J a different ttlnd irt a :wrjfilg. of correct mns hind; This, paper seems to have been the origljial draught of the propositions submitted tolbe'consdration of the Convention to which it refers. For oil its margin the word reject . cdT' Is wriljen against some of its articles. The true:bisUry of North Carolina is yet to he writ- tfn, and lo i si writer the whole of this paper WtU.ta of ibe highest value. Having hut liml ltd jfboin, hp rjl extract only those suggecliong . wkicl) are f the ;most impoitance, and of the most1 general interest, that the readers of the Prehteriai may agnin he assured that Pres. .'byie.tlabism is profitable fur very nany excel itolllingi.j , A (teneal Conference of the inhabitants of Meck lhbufg cwumy, tsnembled at the Court House on jhe 1st Jay of November, 1776, for the express pur .'bosei'of d rawing up instructions for the present je presentat ves in 'Congress ; the following were a t(eed to by the assent of the people present, and .". ptdtrd to signed by .Chairman, chosen ! W preside fof hr day ire said Conference ' '"Td VVajghlstill Avery, Hzckiah Alexander, John ' .fliiier.'Kobert Erwinjjand Zacheus Wilson, Ea y 4'qtiirB : Senllemen' -You are chosen by the inhabi Untl pfirhis jrouuty to serve them in Congress, cii General Assembly tor one year ; and they ".have agreedo the following instructions, which ,'ywiafej to (jhserve with the strictest regard, 'Mu -you areilnsttucted, ji ; I. jrjbat you shall assent to and approve the ' peUriltion ',of the Continental Congress, (Je1. claringlthe thirteen Colonies free and indepen- iVletv Spates.! 1 ' .2. P.hut you shall endeavour to establish a "' feif giternn)ent, under the authority of the peo. ple'ii the Slate of North Carolina, and that the goyertitnent be a sirjijile uemocracy, or as near itjis possible. J 3. That in fixing the fundamental principles of jpotemmept, yuu shall oppose every thing tb'a) leslns to fftistocracy ; or power in the: haigjs of . the rich' and hicf men, exercized to tbelojpressioin ol'the poor. you fhall endeavour that the form of govVrurnent shall set forth a lill of rights, con. tairiiiig jhe rifihts of the eople and of individu als Which shall never be iufiingey in and fu- ,tur rtxe, by 'j the law making power or other -urriru powers in ine oiHie. 9. That you hall endeavour that the follow. ingmtiims he subniutially acknowledged in lb bill lf rights, viz. " . V Ift Political power is of two kinds. One, ypibft'fj'al and uj(rerne ; the other, derived and iufeiior ' - i 2d. 5 The p incipal supreme power is pos I IfiseiJ by the fteople at large lire derived and jnfeWr power5, by the ei rants whom they em J JSu.j Whatever persons are delegated, cho letil'eknployedl and intrusted by the peotile are their ervuoi : and can possess only derived tm Whatever is instituted and ordained by j tte principal supreme power, cannot be altered, j luspeiided, or jahrtgaled by any other power ; Wthe same imwer that oidained may alter.! , v ... . . . power. ; i "i ' "poogaio ns own uroinuuces. y'h The riije whereby the deiived inferior Jorlr is to be jeiercised, frre to be constituted hy the principal supteiue power, and can be al ttjl, iuspetidedr jiud abrogated by the same, indtlio ther. i ' 'P.', No aulnority can exist or be exercised fcufMat shall appear toe ordained and crea- fd J.ihe priiK-ipal supreme Hwer; or by a wnied inferior power which nferiot power which the principal su- pftie. power hath authorized to cieate such thWJty. K 7thj.That.the .derived inferior power can bv 5a .Construction! or pretence assume or exercise I powtr to subvert the principal stipieme pow. 5f ! K ';'' J I $tp4Thal jttv- shall endvaviHir the govern fceiU, shall be in tormed, th4t the derived infe. rior tMmer shal be divided into three branch filinct from each dther, vii. the power of piking laws ; !the power of executing laws ; M4the powerpf judgingj !kUvinakimv 'nnivr thnll hnv full f 'pple authority, for the good cJ the people, ptbtids legal; remediesior alLevils and abu '? . "iay .ie. in the State. The execu- r? power thai) have authority to apply the fl?.?niediet ; when the judging power shall 5.ac.CriaineiJ where and uoon what indi. ;the ferrij'diei ought to be applied. . I Pu shall; endeavor, that in the original fitution of tbe government now to be form v le ! uthoriiy of officers possessing any ?jrV?f derived power, shall be restrained. . f oUmple-U w-'nK"g power shall be restrain. IV? H fuluretjine, from making any altera- Iw1" 'l16 furirj of goveitunent. i 18; Yrt.. A ..ii : :.. i . . i . ill 11 f "u euuc4four inai mats ny jury PH'i'J Ud m ,beir u,inosl 'Uil1.' l endeavour that any person W f hereafter profess himself to be an a- Wor deny the beipa of Cod; or shall de- ai w nm l i . t I.TJUfinhy ; or shsll deny the divine authori- ol U n ?nd New Testament, or shall be 'uitLVu" Catholic religion, hall not sua- e of'ynh Caroli na. , - win THE fttliOMM i W BRUNER & JAMES; 1 1 "Js ( . ! ; " KE?r A CHECK OfOS ALL tOCR - -i Do THIS, AKD LlBERTT IS SAFE " i Editors Sf Proprietors. j ) RClees. J . Gen'l Hmrrimtn. ii 20. That in all times hereafter no pi ofcssi tig i Christian of any denomination 'whatever shall be compelled t pay any tax or duty towards the support of the clergy or worship: of another denomination. 21. That all professing Christians shall eh joy the free and undisturbed exercise f religion and may worship Cod according tojlheirj con sciences without restraint, except Jdolatrious worshippers. - l j j 22. You shall endeavour that the Form of (lovernmenl, when made out and agreed jio, by the Congress, shall he transmitted t: the: sever al counties of this State to be considered by the people at largevfr their approbatiorjj aiidjcorj. sent if they shall choose to give it ; to the end that it may deiive its form from the principal supreme p4wer." . P j x It is difficult for the prosperity of the authors of wh a i paper as this lo judge aright of its merits. Rruiyht up to regard thejrrineipi4 here laid oimii as axioruat ir, we seem incap4v ble of realizing that they were ever denied, that is taken the world near six thousand eara to acknowledge their truth and to define .the limits within which they ought to be allowed. It must be that this unprecedented pjtperipni. ceeded from aeople Ui frontier settlements,; among whom there were no prominent light. of jurisprudence ; whose wealth was small and means of education were limited. Yet I bow respectable must have been the peopje who, in a (ieneral Conference, could understand j dis cuss, and approve such a paper as this. Much doubt isj there whether their desceodants io this day of academies and colleges can produce its equal. It has no rhapsody about Jraterrwty nr any visions of Utopia, such as might ba,ve proceeded from men who had !een suddenly re lieved from galling oppression. r But dictated by common sense, its language is very simple yet, its truths are'very profound. lis provis ions are concise, yet their comprehension is exceedingly lare, and experience has shown them to be sufficient. It is full of Jarge liberty and jealous watchfulness ; of good orqer, jsound mortality, and pure religion. Grea honour then he to the Scotch Iiish Presbyterians of N. Carolina ! " 1 1 ' ' V How these suggestions were received by the Congress to. whom they were made can best be ascertained by comparing Instruction No. 5 with the Declaration of Rights, which'nas been the fundamental law of North Carolina for; se venl. three years; and the other instructions with the various provisions of a Constitution whose principles have never required' altera tion. We will dwell on one or two instances which clearly prove that their fellow Icitiieris approved these suggestions of the Scotch Irish. The thirty-second section of the Constitution of North Carolina was, until 1835, in tbe$4 words: No person who shall deny the : being' of ud, or the truth ol the Frotestant religion, or the diviiie authority of the Old or NeUpPesta. ment, or who shall hold religious opinions in compatible with the fieedom and safet of the State, shall be capable of holding any dffice or place of trust or profit in the civil department within this State." T'he original of jtpis sec tion is to be found in Instruction No. lQlabove. In 1835, the only change in this sectim was made by substituting the word Christian for Protestant. For many years it had be et warm ly debated whether, as adopted at first, the thirty second section was intended, to exclude Roman Catholics from, place and power in N. Carolina. The instructions of the Scotlh Irish leave jo douU as to their desires ; but he ac tion of the framers of the Constitution! render it uncertain whether they coincide! entirely with the Scotch Irish. The words they adopt ed are ambiguous. The truth of the Holes- tant religion,'? may mean the truth which the Protestant relighin has. Hence, thej oman Catholics contended thai they were not! exclu ded by this section. But the natural express- iorT fiir ihid litflor !litua ennma tv. tiA tlV . .U - " on MIO m C MP IIMII in the Protestant religion." It is said that an English-L rd Chancellor has declareylh im H.ssibjo so to word an acl'of Parliainet as lo urevenl ''iinreiiioui mon from Hrivi,..r J rnarh and four horses through it. Instructions No. 20 and 21, are subslamisilly embodied In Se. tion 34 of the Constitution, which prjiivides, "that there fhall be no establishment of any one religious Chuich or denominaiionlin this Slate in preference lo anyother ; neither stiall any person on any pietenee whatsoever, be compelled! to attend any place for wor. ship, contrary to his own faith, or judgment; I nor be obliged to nav for the purchase jof anv ? glebe, or the building of any house of wiorship, or for the maintenance of any minister or mm- istry contrary (o what be believes to b$ right, , r has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform ; but all persons shall be. at liberty to exercise ineir own moae oi worsnip. rroviuea that nothing herein contained shall le construed to exempt preacnersoi ireasooanie or semoHs discourses front legal trial and punishment.' Another paper has been lately discovered, which bears the marks of having beert siumit- led lo lh action of the Conference at Charlotte in November, 1776. Its hand writing is the same with that of ihe preceding Instructions. Some extracts from it will be serviceable to place the principles and consistency ocjpndiict of the Scotch Irish in still stronger light. In reading the papers it should ever be borne in mind that they were produced in 'tims that tried men's souls"- when an appeal :to arms, and to the God of hosts," had been maklJas ill that was left to the inhabitants ot the Thirteen Colonies. How clear and steadfast must have been the vision of their authois I 1 j ' After ihe Constitution and Form of Govern ment shall be agreed upon and established, and ihe General Assembly formed ;"you shill en deavour that they, exercise the lawmaking power on the following subjects of legislation viz. ' j ' '. j- 1. You shall endeavour to have all Vestry Laws and Marriage Acts, heretofore in force totally and fbr ever abolished. I I 7. You shall endeaver to obtain a law to prevent clandestine marriages ; and that gos. pel ministers reularlv ordained, whetlier by Bish ops, y Presbyteries, or by AssociAtons of regular ministers, shall have legal autnorny to marry, after due publication of bans where the panics rcaiae, ' SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1849. Pheftf lil Wl iuim A .1 .L: - uuiaiucu, a ii ii ao cii i nt: i r earliest opportunity were secured those objects ot the Scotch Irish, for which as petitioners tbey had been " spurned from the jbot of the throne." I Command Ni. 5 is,!' You shall endeavour to diminish the fees of clerks in the Superior and Inferior Courts, and make the Fee bill more nrspicuotis, andfree it of all amhigui lies." Here then the Scotch Irish insisted on, and obtained thatedress for which the Regu lators made their pat rjotic, but ill ttined and unsuccessful effort. f Nor in the midst of iheir own troubles did the Scotch Irish forget the wants of the joor and friendless ; for they directed. ' j 3. You shall endeavour to obtain a law lor 'the rebel of the ttoor. whn ihlr mwl. are sold by execution. i i 6. You shall endeavour to obtain a law that overseen may4be elecjed annually in every county wnii power to pfovide for the poor. 13. You shall endeavour that so much of the Habeas Corpus Act, and the Common and Statute Law heretofore' in force and use, and favourable to the liberties of the people, shall h continued in force through the state, exclu ding every idea of kingly office and authority." North Carolina is rerrfarkahle among her sis lerjStates of the. Unionfor having always had the following among the provisions of her con stitution : "Sect. 41.1 A school or schools shall be established byfthe legislature for the convenient instruction of youth, with such sala ries to the masters, paid by the public, as may enable them to instruct at low prices ; and all useful learning shall b duly encouraged and promoted in one or more Universities." The maintenance of a University is therefore as obligatory on the legislature, as is the mainten an-e of its judicial or executive departments. In obedience to this Section, the present Uni versity was provided for In 1789, arid opened in 1.795. This creditable provision of our Consti tut ion is but another instance of Presbyterian attachment to sound and extensive learning. The fourth command in the paper 'now before usis. " You shall endeavour to obtain a law to establish a College in this county, land procure a handsone endowment for : the same." In 1776. the Scotch Irish did not get what they most wanted ; but Hie hint they threw out evi dently Jed to the establishing and ample en dowment of the University of North Carolina. The Scotch Irish of North Carolina are on re cord as among its earliest, most intelligent, and firmest friends. One of them, Drl McCorkle, preached the sermon at jits foundation, others have been liberal contributors to its library, and numbers of their soiis have, been educated in its halls. In Dr. Foot'e's Sketches of North Carolina, can be found life story of the efforts which the Scotch Irish made before the revolu tion to establish a college at Charlotte. , They were disappointed at hat time, and the disappoiniment was thefmore bitter because all the incorporated academies in -the colony were placed by law under the control of Epis. copalians. Hence the 'University of North Carolina must be looked upon as the first re ward which they obtained for their praise-worthy efforts. Still later, Davidson College was established in Mecklenburg county, to complete their satisfaction, and to show by its: name and location how much the Scotch Irish of North Carolina value the blessings of a sound and religious education. : I l ap. LATE FROM NICARAGUA. Correspondence of the iew York Tribune. Leon de Nicaragua. Oct. 19, 1849. Gentlemen : I am happy to inform you that the contract for tljfe ship catlnl across this republic, made with Mr. D. L- White. of New York, as the representative of the company, has been .unanimously ratified by both Houses of ihf Legislature, and has become a law. The ratifications wrtl be exchanged at the city of Managua, where the members of tbe Government are residing. The treaty of Alliance, Friendship, Commerce?, Navigation, and Protection," concluded! by our Minister, Mr. E. G. Squier, has also been approved by the Chambers, without a dissenting viirf min tr Fithpr HpnrHSpntHfivps fir Senators, and to the universal satisfaction of the population. I do not know that I can better convey to you an idea of the spirit which ani mates this Government and People than by translating a passage from the address to the Chamber of Don ibebastian Salinas, the Minister of Foreigfi Relations: -The identity of principles and, inter ests between ourselves and the great sis ter Republic of tbe United States of North America must some day unite the two countries in the most intimate bonds of fraternity and mutual! advantage. The American continental spirit cannot be in different to European pretensionsiover our territory. Hence it follows lhat our re lations with that rehublic have been drawn closer by the strongest ties between the two countries, both with regard to commercial and political interests. To realize this, acompany of responsible per sons has concluded witli our Government, under the influence of that nation, a con tract fbr the opening of the inter oceanic ship canal," &c. !; You will notice from the above that this Government is fully imbued with the idea of entering into more and more intimate relations with the United States, a line ot policy which looks towards the, peaceful organization of the enfire North Ameri can continent into one grand Federal Un ion. A great deal of the talk about man ifest destiny we may safely set down as designed more for selfish than for serious purposes ; but at the same "time we must be struck by the Providential preparation of this continent for neutralizing a great end 0I4 all the vast movements of the age, ATCHI namely, a universal brotherhood of na tions. V I can also inform you that Mr. Squier ' has negotiated a treaty with the Republic of Honduras, which has some provisions pi great importance tothe American lines of steamers in the Atlantic, and indeed to our commerce generally. This treaty renders evt?ry port of Honduras perfectly free, so far as. the United States is con cerned; and, with a view to securing these .privileges, cedes to us for the time being jtbe island ol Tigre, n the Gulf ol Fonse ca. This island corrmands the Gull, and indeed the whole coast. It has been or is speedily to be taknpossession of by an American naval force. This a great dis iappointment to the (English, who have long bad their eye upon the island, and have'been intending to seize it under the prt-tence of indemnifying themselves for debts due British subjects. The announce inent of the, cession and occupation has made them look foolish. As Mr. Squier's circular has excited good deal of atten tion here among foreigners. I subjoin a copy of it : CIRCULAR. Legation of the U. S, in Central America, ' Leon de Nicaiagua, Sept. 28, 1849. ; To . Sir: I have the honor to in form you that the island of Tigre. in the VjpuII of Fonseca. hasj been ceded to the United Slates of North Ameiica by the Republic of Honduras for the time nend- . ) , ; I tng constitutional action upon an existing convention between the two Republics, and that accordingly speedy possession will be takm of the same upon behalf of the United States. The existing port and other regulations of the island will be continued until otherwise ordered. I have also the honor to add that the U. States has acquired interests in the Western Isl ands and coast of Hopduras which will not permit her to look with indifference upon any measures which shall affect the present order of things in that quarter. ' I am, sir, with high ponsideration, your obedient servant, i E. GEO. SQUIER. jThere is a little locaj news here. Bu siness is dull ; but a great impulse will, it is supposed, be given to industry and commerce generally as soon as the works oti the ship canal are fairly set on foot. A GALLANT SOLDIER. At the funeral honors paid to Worth, Duncan and Gates, John Van Buren de livered an oration, in which he related the following anecdote bf the former: While General Scott was under char ges by order of i General Jackson, and a court of inquiry was Sinvesiigating his conduct in Florida, a party of gentlemen met in this city, and after dinner the con versation turned upon the subject of Scott's services. Worth, indignant at the pro ceeding, was describing; the part which Scott took in the battle pf Niagara. He saiid that Scott's brigade were advancing, towards evening, under the cover of a wood, from which they were to deploy in to open field ; Scott had already bad one horse shot under him. and as the column were deploying, his second fell and be be came entangled under it. Tbe column wavered, and Worth, llien his youngest aid, rushing to his assistance, dismounted and tendered him his horse, saying, Gen eral can you mount, the colomn falters for a leader ?' Scott immediately mount ed.fand riding to ihe head of the column, cried out. Advance mert ! tbe night's our own.' and Worth followed Scott, as his aid on foot. At this moment a discharge ol. grape from a single cannon prostrated Scott, the hore which he rode, and his aidi Worth. Scott and Worth were im- mediately carried to the rear, Scott seri ously, and Worth, as it was supposed, mor tally wounded. Attention was, of course, first paid to the commanding officer. After some time a deep groan was heard appa rently from the adjoining! tent, and Scott, with that forgetlulness of himself which distinguishes him on such occasions, beg ged the surgeon to repair to the quarter whence the sound proceeded, and attend, as be said, to poor Worth, who must be dying.' Instead of this, as Worth conclu ded, the cry of agony proceeded from my faithful dying charger, who had managed to drag himself upon three legs to the edge of my tent, where he had lain down to die.' Pausing for a moment, while there wasj hardly a dry eye in the company, he added '1 beg your pardoin, gentlemen, I find that, in defending Gen. Scott. I have been incidentally led to describe my own service.' ! Hie Dreadful Murder in Connecticut. The correspondent of trie Boston Trav eller, writing from New Haven, gives the following report of a trjU in that city : The trial of Henry L. Foote, for mur- der,' which took place in this city last week, excited unusual interest, in consequence of the unprovoked atrocity of his crimes. This brutal murder wasj another of ihe 'countless tragedies of rum. I have sel dom seen a person who seemed so com pletely demented and embrated asdidthis Foote. He manifested the most stupid indifferences at the triil. When the bloody garments were brought into court as proof of his guilt, he coolly took them 1 NO NEW SERIES. VOLUME VI NUMBER 3a. up one by one, and examined them with the appearance of the greatest indiffer ence. , From the evidence offered in court, it appeared that on the 14th of September last in Nnrthford. a few miles east of New Haven. Miss Emily Cooper, a girl of 12 years of age, left the house of Mrs. Foote, mother of the prisoner, for the purpase of going to school, less than a half mile dis tant. As she was passing through a dense wood, where one could not be seen for several rods from any bouse. Foote met her, led her aside from the mad, attempt ed to violate her person, and then mur dered her by cutting her throat. In the evening of the same dftV, after getting again inspin d with the spirit of a demon, at the village, rum shop, be rerl rd home, bereft ot reason, and murdered his own mother. Her anxious inquiries about the missing Emily were answered with fatal blows which she survived but a few hours. After an absence of a fewi minutes on ly, the jury, brought in a verdict of mur der in the first degree. There was one affecting circumstance uuurciru wiiu mis transaction, it was the last day ol the school. Emily was lo ! receive a prize as a testimonial of her ! good deporiment.and scholarship. In ac knowledgment of the present, and as an expression of her gratitude to her teacher, Emily had written out the following beau tiful verses (supposed by her friends to be original). But whether original or not it seems as a sort of presentiment of her sad fate. FORGET ME NOT. Forget me not ! what a varied feeling Tlwse little magic words impart, Absence and love at once revealing ; They sadden while they soothe the heart. Forget me not ! whatever woes In life's precarious path bejet me ; They'll soften if afaction knows. That those I love will not forget me. Your affectionate friend and pupil, Emily H. Coorsa. G. Smith. The paper on which these lines were penned was ornamented by two flowers neatly painted by herself. Little did she think how soon that appeal would come to her friends. M Forget me not." These verses were placed in her dinner basket, which, together with her; bonnet-and par asol, were found in good : order near the head of the murdered girl. Insanity. Miss Dix, the distinguished philanthropist, in a memorial to Congress, by which she asks a grant of land for ihe benefit of the insane in our country, shows that in the New England States the pro portion of the insane to the whole popu lation, is about 1 in GOO ; lhat in the Mid dle States it is 1 in 900 ; and that in the Western States it is 1 in 1300. The worst state is Rhode Island, where there is 1 to every 503 ; and the best South Carolina, where there is 1 to every C,15S. Jn some of these states there is comparatively ex cellent provision for the insane; but in others little or nothing has been done. THE BANTER. It was a cold winter night in the West, many years ago, and a small party were sitting around tbe bright blazing fire in a Utile country tavern, the only one the town boasted of, when the landlord was suddenly aroused by a knocking al the door and a loud 'hallo! here.' As soon as the door was unbarred, a stout young man entered, buttoned up in a brown over coat, with a fur cap, booted and spurred, with a riding enp in bis band. Lodgings tor the night.' said he to the landlord, 'and have my horse well fed. Then approaching the fire, he spread him self, and tapping his boots with bis whip, gave a supercilious look upon the little knot ol men around, who bad made way for him. Devilish cold night,' said he, unbutton ing his coal : why don't you have more wood on here.' That was a great shot of Billy Robin's yesterday,' said an old man in the corner. peering over his spectacles at tbe slran- .1 j . i ger : ne snoi an inaian ai two nunureu and thirty yards. That was pretty fair, said the stran ger, but I'll bet ten dollars thai I can out shoot, out ride, out wrestle, out run or whip any body about your diggings.' No one replied to ibis banter, and at last tbe old man, who stood about six feet high, said, We don't fight much about here, stran ger, except with Indians, but asyou ap. pear keen for a bet I'll bet you ten dollars that 1 can beat you spitting at a mark at tbe distance ot six feet. Done,' said the stranger, I'll take the beL' And the money was forthwith put up, the distance measured oil, and a cross made on the floor with a piece of chalk for a target. Well, go on said the old man; your first spit.' The stranger look his position and cal culating the distance witbr his eve to tbe mark, spit within an inch of tbe cnalK - nrr.cc Wotl Koor ttiot ' ca'iiI he. WllD a look of triumph. f That's just what I'm going to do, said tbe old man ; and taking his place, fixed bis specs -firmly on his nose, knelt upon bis knees, and stretching out his hands as far as he coold, he leaned over and spit plumb on the cross. 'I rather think I. drove the centre that timej said the' old man. resuming his feet ; while the party round, who had been watching the sport, now roared with laughter. j T j The old man quietly pocketed the stakes, while the stranger, with a grave yard countenance, simply remarked. Ms jhgt the way you do things hertr V and retired to his lodgings. i ' ti!- M. DE TpCQUEVILLE ANDMRlr ; CLAYTON. H' ;-f5- More of the French Quarrel.- Accor ding to the Washington correspondent of the N. York Herald, M. de Tocquevilje does not take Mr Clayton's reproof kindly. We gather as follows: The French Minister has, since the pub lished correspondence, written a letter to. our Secretary of State, in reply to tbe let. ter of Mr. Clayton to the French Minister in which our Secretery took occasion t6 admonish the Government of France that the United States were competent to take care of themselves and their own dignity as a nation, without the gratuit ous advice which M. de Tot-qtteville con descended to give toour Secretary ol State. M. de Tocque ville. it is sid . drm.ttifs of the Secretary ol Stair, to trirnct. modify, or apologise, in ie-p ct to tb oli'rtiMVn expressions in bis v-ry imh-prndrnt letter to France. He farther states lht sever al Cabinet meetings bad been held at Washington; Mr. Clayton was disposetl to compromise, but that General Taylor, who "never surrendeis. protested against the Secretary abandoning his position---: and the question being taken, the Cabinet unanimously resolved that no retraction,' modification, or apology for the letter shall be made. Mr. Hives' reception wilt oe delayed till the answer to the demand of M. de Tocqueville is received. The next steamer will take out General Tay-i. lor's emphatic reply, and the next bring back Mr Rives.' What tbe next step will be depends upon circumstances." Both the N. York Courier and Tribune,' also, supply us with rather dark bints from Washington in this matter. The letter of -Alpha," in the Tribune of the 12th insU says : . I am apprehensive, for reasons that it is unnecessary lo enumerate, that the aspect of our relations with France is not so pacific as it was when the steamer pre vious to the last two left Europe. What I mean is, that there is more of a disposi tion manifested by the French Government according to last advices, to be die-satisfied and find fault, jhan there is any reason or plausible pretext for." Of course, we do not know what degree of confidence to put in all bis. To the contrary of one portion of it at least -the reception of Mr. Rives letters from Paris intimate that Mr. Rives will be received in Paris; that he has had one or two in- : terviews with the President and M. de Toqueville, and since those interviews he has rented a capacious hotel, belonging to tbe Duchess de Marmier. for the term ol'three years, which certainly tloes not look like fear on his part of the result. Baltimore Sun. THE WHIRLPOOL. The voyager enters a current which seems propitious, there is no apparanl di version Irom his course, bis bark speeds well, his oar does not toil, nor bis sail strain. In his confidence all promises sue cess. But while he examines, scarcely does it seem lhat he has advancedmuch, again and again reminds him of what be has noticed just belore. A strange famil iarity impresses his sense. SStill current flows into current, while onward and buo yant is bis track. Soon he feels an un natural vibration. Where be glided he now whirls, along. The truth seizes bim. He is sweeping a whirlpool. . Long since he has entered ihe verge of a inealstrom, and he is now the spoil of its g rations No power is left his helm or mast ; be is the trembling, uiiresiMing p "' He hears the roar, he is drawn lino ihe auck of ihe vortex. Not only ihe circle l-a.en, the very surface idopes. The central funnel ami nhyss. dark-beaviug, villous, yawn. The mariner shrieks, th skid" is swallow- ! ed up. where the waters only separate lo close, where outermost attraction was but I the minister to the famine of this devour ing maw. This is Dr. Hamilton's discription of a whirlpool. O how exactly does it depict the course ol ibe unhappy drunkard! Thus does he enter, scarce knowing tbe deceitful current, and, ere he is aware of it he is swollowed up and lost forever. O that we could impress our youthful rea ders with tbe belief thai the first rounds are made while they are young, and lhat, even more rapidly iban tbe years roll round, do they sail ibis awful circuit and plunge in tbe dread abyss. Let us beware ot the first wrong direc tion of thobghl and feeling, however min ute ihe degiee ; learlul may be ihe alter deviations." Journal. Soda Coffee. The flavor of coffee ! may be very much improved, by adding forty or fifty grains of carbonate of soda to each pound of roasled coffee. In addition to improving the flavor, the soda makes the coffee mote wholesome, as il neutralizes ibe acid contained in the infusion. NEW YORK ELECTION. From the few returns received, this State in its recent election, for members of ihe Legilar lure and State Ofucert. wrth the exception of Governor, teemi 10 hate gone lor ibe Wbigs. In the city, the Whig majority it over 2000. So much for Democratic and Abolition Coali tion then. What a rebuke. xVeir Jersey. Whig by a handsome majorU n the Legislature. t t- in, Ii jiirSV:.:,: 9 1 m