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V ' . ., T-r i -rf , :'- i -. -, i it . - " ' '.' -'-;' : - ': ' .''.-. ':-! ' - ' ' ' '' -: J .T ' ' v ..''.. . ,, ' ; v.:-K- 'v- ; "-' r . - j. .,..-.'! -1 , r ' : r ; , - - , ! ' I -,V P" "ti ... , U3dL T J a Pditbr and Proprietor 5 . I JUST .Jml JFEAR JY0TS' Wilmlnsrton Nortli Carolina - r ' VOL. IV. NO 11. FRIDAY, MARCH 29tli, 1839 'i ., WHOLE NO. 167, r 1. K- - 4 : ;1T v I f I' - PUBLISHED i v ntATJTri m"'- ' ' ! II L " ' -'V'!. . i ) EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, ,- ( f 1 . : ' TZ3H2VXS. p ,) . HISS lUUl.ilK3 rr.U A - U , IVIlflkL, - ' ADVEtlTIS EWSSf S . .t ' I irst, and TWE.NTV.FIVB, tl&Wi for each 8ubs reatinenton. I rjojHrtjsCrifoers taken fr less than one yar. tndU who permit tlielr subscription, lo nm over a. year, wilhout giving itcuice, nr considered bound fo'r the second year, and so on for ail-suc-ceftling-years. .--!-.- J: ; pi iNo paper discontinurd until nil arrearages, arc jpaid, unless at the option of tlip'Ediror. .U rs'9 OFFICE soutli West ol tha.Town Hall, one vr from the eornef. ' - j - j , TRANSPORTATION OFHCfi, t December 18- h, 133S. T?tf article will be received for tnnsrtaii.n .Xl althe Oepolat VVilminKV-n nnlil 'he f(tihi j is'been paid. Nof will any anidc which Ipis Ifceen brought on the railroad"0e delivered. .-until the freight has bc n paid. " . ' L. L. H.SAUVDFR5. f 153 If . . Ajent Transportution. RAILROAD INSTALMENTS V Office of ihe Wilmington & R;df ij;h ( , K. U. to. .lamuiry .11, itt.'.v. j rlHE'Stockho:d'r. of the' Wilinino'toii I 1" & Raleigh Itnilrofd Company sre hen-hv notjfi'd, that the ri'muiimi; portion of llipir s(ib ripiio.i to the so,:k of this Company- is recjui,jc-d sto be paid in the following ninn.ner : viz j ,Qh the tut March nextj anjnstalinent of S3 on thp share. I . ,Byoi-der of the Board of Directors. - -ft;-: u JAMES OWEN, lrcsiiienl TO THE AFFLICTED. , j HADLOCK'S ! Vogotablo Powder &, Syrup 'Eor Diseases- of ' t'i'e Lungs, Liver Cyn I plaints; Dyspepsia, Cough s, Colds, 6fc f i HE operation Jof this Medicine is par !j. :ticulurly mild aiid &nfc. It prdmotes a gi:ntle( ana healthtul pcrspualioi., nnu cneci s mni niu jtnd pernicious sweatings ; relieves chronic 'nffc-. (ions and conestums of the liinijs : assuages cough prtnnotes a Irec iiid mild fxpcctoiatioii; jtemoves paiijs from the chest ; relieves asthmatic or difficult respiration ; corrects' obstii(ati: costive ess, and" leaves the bowels in a reuiur and h althy state. Those painful symptom r whih indicate di leased lungs riadjly y ie d to this ce.. iain' remedy, wlien seasonably resoit.il io: ami reslbres the patient to. the bodily vigor which lhpt iwasiiu' disonler. the consumi lion, if lelt lo its natural tperation, So surely d-stroys. ti ! TO THE PUBLIC. Mr Jani;- ltaJ c& ' nus mim- tune ben in the practice of preparing vegetable powdu and syup for diseases of the lungs, c.iiig'h.s, colds. iic. which have b en i:Xiei:sively usi d in 'ai;d 'about Fayette ville. N. C. as well as in ohe places, y people vt ho "have si (IV red ui id r those iand simitar complaints. They hav acqu red a !high reputation, and are consider- d by, niaiiy i s superior to any other medicii.e for the abovr friam d diseases. Ami I have reai-Ou m In Iievfc ;from my owriexperiucee, and fronr ihc i-flfiu-'tsof the medicine, as used iu rny . family , that i; is .highly valuable, while its uperatiion is mild and 'safe. It is recommended to ait who'' may o laboring undr the com plaints named, to give it i : ' . . i - - i? -i .. i. -ti - Ji tnor u h tnat - una u is conn ienny nciicveu klial'there will '"be nodisappoininunt in theresuU i , MVtKil I I UiN. ; ll . 'Principal ot the, Donaldson Academy Fiivett"vil. FirnaiV 'H h .'IN II Itil t The efficacv of this Medicine has been sa fully tested, tnat a list oi cenincau v 'i" .published,) is deemed unnecessary: It may be obtained of the subscriber. . 1 Ww.O.Jtl'FKt) S James Alonns, Utelv from Philadelphia, Practical House i - VJarpenter nnu tsutiaer, . TTTI EGS leave to inform the citizens of Wil liJJtmnstou, am) the public "gum rally, adjacent thertao. that he will undertake to build or repair i houses of any description or denomination w hati levcri at fir prices. .Thankful fm favors received ifor tjie short ttine he h is been here, he still hopes Eby itrict attci!tion to business, and niucjeratci Jeharirrs. to have a share of public patronage. I 1 I P:r.ins havhiir anv work in hi line Wil.' du Rll' m wivts him a call, before muking other n- Igag'ments. Tic can be seen at any time'ai Mr iDivid Thllv's. or at his shop, north t f the ?AIul Market, where ne will at ail units ie reatiyj ..lp' wait . on those that may please to favor hini with iheir custom. A i i Wilmington, March 8th, 1839. lGItfpSl 50 t . . .JSOT1GE. THE subscriber, wi-hirrg . to remove to the West, tflVrs for sale-the following described properly in this town : Two Brick Store on the south side ot Market street, viz. th Store occupied by Rt h well &. Rankin, hnd the Sore recently occupied bjr.S. Qarverson and W. Ware. - iltr.et, oceupied by D. Shei wood, Esq. I The -Dwelling House occupied bv the ubstrib'r, and the Dwelling House occupied bv -, VtnL Rtb:nsn, and , " I l Six unimproved Lots in the vicinity of the Dry Pond. . j - ' '' ALSO, ".;; I 1 20 -Share of Cape Far Bank Slock, and 6 Share of the W.' & R. R. tt. Stock I iThe whole will be sold for cash, or exchanged ifr -IPgroe- a fair .. Valuation.' Apply to Wilminton,Peb. 2'2d, 1839. 16! if ,bTaOMPSOiiiAN MEDICIjnES. mkRubaribrshaiust received fiom I Pae.torv ; of' Baltimore a full -4 supply of 8f nowpsowian ? y ., wfcic !ir;.nt rennina He intends 16 keep m mA W rnti .nhnW 'find to sell as cheap as any retaiUr-ia sootitern eountrr "Apply t: U 1 , I . . . Pi " What ore ou hollering for When 1 am riding by," sid a purse proud ntibob to a;iucy urchin in ihf, srH. Humph! what a. re you ruling by for ht n lam hpljeriMs V was xv quick n-ton. nr ti iys a-cHebratt d au nur will for religion Vvrile for it fiifht for ii die for ill :any iiting but live for pix M.wiir. IinK were in eaiiy times acceptable vv yeai's q(h to ih- liidi-sl instead , of i lie Honaen skewers until the cud of th whirh thy us d ti tperith eHitMitv feoinetimes - thfv r c vd- a conino.sition in Mtvv :inii htnrf allowance fr tbir Sfpd'r"te use is still dhoMiinaUd pin money. Advantage of IVvcr.y in t:ur!y Life. An English Judjre ben Nicked what rontribtjted most to 'VurtVss at the bar, replied, Some 5iireed by gr'rea't. talei.t. some fb'y high connexions, some by a miracle, but the majority by commencing without a shilling;." . '" . CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE CNITED. , JOSEPH E N. HiBBY, .. ' ' MANAGER. . - . THE p-'oprietprs rcspcetfully announce to tlie Ladies and Geii'l-men of Wilmington and vicinity, that their splendid col!e ti. n of LIVING ANIMALS, K AND GRAND - . Rqurstrlnn Circus Company will be exh bite at Wil ..in:ton oh Monday lt. Tuesday 2d. and Wedne day 3d dys of April. tui lilicc nuys vnitf i ue aniuiais nnu circus are both arrranged uiide a -large and spa cious pavilion. Th.- animals will be xhibit -d every day, except. -Monday,, fioni 1 to 4, "P.. l Adihitianc.e to the animals alonf, iu the day time, 'J5 cents '1 he a iniais; and citrus w ill be r x liibtti d together on . f.och tii, lit. I- i is j m at ITaiV past G; pn for'uaiice- to cuii incnce at 7 n clock. Admittance to the aniuia's and circus lo-ciher, in the vt-ning. 50 cents. Chi.drcu ai.d svrvani hlf price The niaii.iyer i),edre himself that nothing shall be watt'nur on his part to render tike exhi bi'iou Lx .1 ti ii r i able uim n teres! ii g. For a list f t.hr animals comain- d in the menagerie, see bi ls, at the hole's an J stoii s. Fm change of quo&trian pei forinaece, s e'tlaily bills. I here Wnl be an cxhilnion, at the same time Hid place, ot the rare 'speeiuu ns in "ihe Fine 'Arts, the richest and most extensive , COLLECTKjjN OF PAINTIKCS ever offered, representing. Burning Mountains, Conflagrations, Battles, Cities, Buildings, Shipwrecks tyc. -c '.Admittance 2't cents. Lntranee lo this splen d.d i xhibitien from tin- inside of the Menagerie. JrThe above will be exhibited at'Clinto'n on Thursdav, March 2Sth, at T yloi's B iIi-e on I Fiiday, Alaich 29 h, at Bryanr NewkiiVs on batinday AJarch Oih. anel .a L.i ng (yre k Bridge on ThuiMJt.y, A pnl 4ih, lyiiU for one day at each place. Mf reh 19 h, 1839. 1G: 2w STATE OF .NORTH CAROLINA. '. Dl PI.IN C-UNTV. ;' Court oi Pleas and Quarter Sessions, , ? January Term, IS39. y Windal Davis & others V P tit on for partition vs. - - -f and for sle ol p.-nsoual Dartholornew Colley it wife (estate, oi others. . 3 ; IT app aring to the satisfaction of fthe Court that Barlholon)ew t.'olley and his wife v inifnd, Elizabeih Taylor. James Taylor. Winded 'T'. lor, "Barnev Iv.y ant his wife Alcev, Niiurod ,W. Lmigandjiis wife C'lthiriiic, Mtdichi pavis. James i - Davis ami Ins wife (yathiriue, d feud ants, are noi inhabitants of ibis Slate, it is.thi RE P KKOrdkrkd. that , publication bfo ma,dt: . in ihe WitniiHgioi: Advertiser, a newspaper print d in the town of W ilmington, for lite said d' f- ndants to appear at our e xt Court, to le held for said eotni-y at the courthouse in Kenansvil'.c, on the 3 J Monday in; April next, then and there to plead, a-iswer or d.mur to the said petition; o;herwise it will be taken pro confesso, and heard ex parte as to them. W itness James- Dickson. Clerk of said Court, 'at office, the3J Monday in January, 1839: ; i JAMES DlUK.&r, lfST 6w Clerk. Molasses, Coffee, &c &lc Kf HHD3 Mo'ajsts, wvosRir11ur,1ff. .50, do St. LKninjjo Coffee, 50 Bbli. N . E. Rum, ' 10 do India Point Gin, 15 do Hogs h ads, J5 ih Caro Btef, " 20 dr. Casks St. Lucar Wine, 25 Boxes I'o. 1, Soap, 100 do No. 1 and 2 Herrings, 10 Bales 3 4 bro Shirtingn, " V . 20 do Gunny Bags, . i r 1 2 Half Pipes old French Brandy; j ; lO Cantsiers Black Pint, I1 r 10 co . Verdigris, -50 Kegs Nails--assorted sizes, 16 do Wrought S4kes, ' 50,0w0 r;igartt of various brands. "-. For Sale iy.-'-V :Vv '".'" ! "ri ;. BRYANT. Mareh 22J. . 166-tf. - i - ' - 'r OX HHPS. Cuba Moscavoda SUGAR, rf-. 2 do New Orleans . ' , u -, ! ,15 Bblts doable refined Loaf Do ,i 1 lf Boxes second quality do J q ;Do BARRY ft pRYAtCt, I 'WBnKSSf . ' Frim the United States Gazette. MR. CHANDLER, &1R, ; In the overflowing of trashy and deleterious novels w hich ihe age showers U; en us, vi u may serve the cause of common sense and goodmardll. by publishing A RECEIPT TT M AKP a mmrnv vnvn 1'il make a novel ai.il here's my plan; ( "he v(u h, and Pm sure 1 can, Foi 1 mil a g nius ttH, Sir; Nobody w.l say si. for all I do, To strut us a genius should, you know, IStitu novel the fact will ahow ?ir ") I'll get Ned Bulwt r's works comjJete, I'll pull 'em in pieces fine and nefttt ' I'iil he.'ll hardly know his own, Sir, And then I'll dust my reader's eyes, With moral saws so nice and wie, .Reviling Bulwer's tone, Sir. ''.'.' I'll patch him rip and here and ih fe Obscenely joki profaiely swvar ilnu lial will be my own. Sir; And it my j kes are stale and flat, 1 he duvii .s spicing snicir.g will mend all that. And hisehiidrvn w.ll swallow them down,. '' Sir. . Il'l go -o book shelves every day, AuU turn old t-m s, that folks niiiy say W hut sioies of wondrous leai ning ! It's easy work, with scissors, you Kni-w, To cull some Latin and Giwk, or so, To piUzzl. t.icdisceining. I'll have a rogueaunning knave. A nice yonng-iii.ui gent-vi and brave, And u preity wild eyt d irl, Sir, . And gambl.ng rooms, and - silver : forks, i And a knowing wne at ciaret ; nd larks, ' Poison, and stir, and whirl, Sir. So here's my novel done complete, And now but one thifig I must seek, D'ye guess 1 'lis gentle readers. J So l'rl snug my name, iliai folks may say Who wrote n 1 can you tell usiray 1 Then buy and be the bleeders. ' oO Dr. Parr's Marriage with Miss Eyre. W7 heii maid, n Eyre 'Piefii'seu her prayer To Heaven her wish lo gain, Three win els alone Tnat wish inad known, Par don i ii z iuoi Anu-n.' MILITARY WOMEN. Bulwer nss ires us ihat in all the con--flicii the French army had in their Tattles in the neighborhbod of Paris, women have been ctioagtd, Dumourier had at one tim- for his aids de eauijyiwo delicat and accoti'plished women, who deliolu. d in the' blo.dy scenes tf var. C'f'en in the most desjirrate crisiy of the battle, said a onieral, I, havt- heard their lender but animated yoici's reproaching flight, and animating to the charge; and you might have seen th ir waving pl'imesanu Koniaii oarb amid ihe thickest of the fite. After the battle of Waterloo there were foutid among the dead bodies seve ral Parisian girls, who had gone forth with their parasndurs, and actually fought in their .company. Nr was this an un common event. " One morning," says Mr. Scott, uhen passing through the Palais Royal at Paris, I saw one of these women dresssed in military costume, with boots, purs, arid sabre. No Frem h man seemtd to consider the sight a Grange one. O FORTUNE, how wondrous are thy way. Two years ago there might be seen in the streets of Paris, it almot any hour of ihe day,' a poor, ill clad girl, who trudged about hither and thither, singing simple airs, and gratefully receiving for her" sweet sounds," the smallest pittance that the passer by might deign tob s ow Upon her. This so recently nhject being is now the beautiful and enchanting Ma demoiselle Rachel, who, though she has not- at ained her eighteenth year, is un qunlifiedly pronounced by the Parisian ritical to be the fiit tragic actress of the age. Sheattracts immense audiences every night ?he peiform?, and has been spwiaUy distinsuisned by the royal faintly. She is so much the rage with ihe gay Parisian., that it is said all Ihe patterns, shawls, and Iah!on, ijr the coming season, are to be a la Rtchel ! . DOS'oii i. rausti ijii. TTJli BITER BIT. A r.obV lord a short tune ago applied to a pawnbroker 10 lend him! one t:.o sand ... -i i guineas on his wiles, jewels, ior writer. he had paid Tour thousann. " iaeine urticles to pieces." fidi nis lorasnip. "number the stones, and put la is- ones in their puue. Mv lady will not distin- tinguish ihem " . " You are too late, my lordt" said the pawnbroker ; - your lauy has stolen a march upon you. These stones are- false.; 1 bougm the diamonds of hef ladyship a twelvemonth ago. A celebrated toper Jntendingv to go to a masked ball, consulted a acquaintaru in wbal character he should digowe him sef Go sober, replied his friend, -and vouY'roott intimate friends will not know J .', . r.il----- v :.ii.-T y uu tjiii. when boinlin ut the-iaults of othefs, arc apx rrZZL a tbaro:intpi uw' P"f theirs In like manner. i xbox Tarn toxoox ATaxxccx. THE COJLlSfc-UM. i-i-i i ' i : By Percy Bysshe Shelley. Ai the houf tif npon, on the east of the Passover, an old irtdn, art ompanied by a girl, apparently his daJghicr, entered the Colis.'Uin sit Romci. j They immediately passed through the' arena, and. Seeking- n soiiiary cliasm among the arches of the southern part of tiiei ruin, selected a fallen column :or their s at, and clasping each other's hand sat in silent contemplation f tfje; scene. But the eyes ol the girl tvere fixed 'upon her fathjer's lips ; his cotinte nnnce, sublinie and! sweet ; but motionless as some Pr.ixtteliat? image. oi the greatest of poets, filled theair with itniles reflected from external ffirms; ; It was the great feastof tlie Resurrect ion, and the whole native popul ition, together with the foreigners,! who flock from all parts of the varth toiebntem plate its cele bration, were assembled round the Vatican The most awful- religion ; in the world went forth sfirrounided wijth ihe embla zonry of mortal greatness, and mankind bad assemble lb wpiider s at and worship the creation of its oven powler. No stran ger was to be met vilh iri the avenues that h'd to the Coliseum j Accident had ronducled the fv.hef and daughter to the spot imnieuiaielyi,ori their arrival. A-fig-ur-e, onlvfvisible at ;flnin in night r solitude and tbent or.lv to be srn amid the di Sola:ed temples of the Forum, or 'gliding among the galfeiiei oi the Coli s urn, or the ruined a f rhea of Baths of ;Oa raeal la, crossed tb vi r path. r His form, though! emaciated, displayed the elemeiiiary outjiue of exquisite grace, was enveloped in 'an ancient chl.nnys, which hall concealed his f.ice It was a 'ace, once setn, andf.never to be forgotten. The lips and the moulding: of the chin. resembled the eagerand impassioned ten derness of the shapes of Antinous , but, in stead of the. flVminate sullennessot the eye, and ihe narrow smoothness of the forehead, shone an expression of profound and pier cing thotiol.t. Hisibrow was clear and open, and his eyes Wells of crystalline deep, 1 Water, and like two jwh'.ch refl-ci, the all beholding ;heMVen3 Over all was spread a timid expression of jdtffidrn;e and retirement, which iptnning.ed strangely iviih the abstract and fearless character which predominated in", his. florin and ges tures. He uvoided, in an. extraordinary degree, what is Called society, but wa occasionally seen! tojeonverse with some accomjilished joreigner, whose appear ance might aitiacl j iiiui in his solemn haunts. He spoke Italian with fluency, though with a peculiar but sweet accent. There was no i ircumst uide connected with -him that gaVejlhe least inii H ilton of h.-ls con ui ry, his origin, vt his occupa tions. He was hirever ulomj. j Such was the figiire which interrupted the eontmplationi(i.rthey were so engaged) of thestraiigers, in tlie clear and exact, but unidiomatic phrase of their native lan guage. . i j 'Strangers, .yoa are .two-pbehold the third in This great eitj to whom alone the spectacle of these fujtis is more delightful than the pageantry 01 religion. '. ' see iiothitig-.' said the old man. i 'What do you hear 1 then?' ! l listen to ihej sjveet singing of the birds, the humming b' the beeis, which, and the sound of mv daughter's breathmg, compose me like the soft murmur of l waters; and this sb hi warm w i tunl in me I if . I ind is plea you not that isetim?' rl, in a voice 1 'Wretched ol4 man 1 kbow these are the rutns of the Co 'Alas, strangeir V. said the gi like mournful music! 'speak not so, niy father is blind.' ! j j j j. . The stranger:s eyes bow suddenly fill ed with tears, aid th? lines of his coumc nance brcanieelaxel i 'Blind I' he exclaimed, in atone of suffer irig which .was more than an apology, and sealed himself apart in a flight of shallow and mossy steps, which wound up among the labyrinths oithe ruin. : i ! 'My sweet Hejen,' said the old man, 'you id not teirmethit:ihis was the Coliseum.' did j 'How should .1 tell; you, dearest father, what I knew not?, 1 was on (the point Of inquiring the- way-to; that buijlding when we entered the cjircle! pf' the i ruins; and uptif the s' ranger accosted usi I . remained, silent, subdued by the greatness of what 1 saw.' ' . ' . , j 'Tis vour cusio, sweetest girl, to de. scribe to me the objects that give you de- lioht: vou arrayi them n lneaofi radiance of your words; $nd whilst you sp-ak, I only feel the infirrbity which holda me in such dear diffide-n.-e, is a blessnig. Why have you been ho long siknl r I L-nnitr not. Fir!: the wonder and I life nleasure of iht sigfit: their, the words OI me Stranger, reuu turn iu a lit" uu wuai he said and now ne looicea ; ana now. beloved father, cin vour own words. Well, dearest, what do you see V I see a vast circle of arches built upon arches, and itones; like shattered . crags. so ast are they, and walls giddily hang o-intr toUrriiiiriT on wans, in me cre- vrce and in the ran I ted roofs, o rows a multitude of shruhr!the urjld olive, the myrtle and lite- jasmine;, ana intricate brambles, and L entangled wetds,. irnd j ' Tker ntrcr u irswK a we per feci per trait 0j SUUej himself.) ; - strange feathery plants, like dishevelled hair, such as l-neyer saw before. The stones are immensely massive, and they jut out from each other, like -''mountain cliffs. There are terr.ble rif.s in the walla and hgh windows, through which is sven the light of the blue heavens.; There seem !o be more than a thousand arches, some ruined, some entire, and th ey are alt immensely high and wide. -Some are broken, and stand forth in greet heaps, and J the underwood is tulted in their crumbling fragments. ' Around us lie ehormous collections of shattered and shajieless .capitals and cornices, loaded with delicate sculpture ' : ' It is open tt the sky.' Said the old man. We see the 'liquid depth of heaven above, and through the r.ilts and the win dows, the flowers and he weeds, and the grass and creeping moss, are nourished by the unforbidden rain. The blue sky is above lie..wide bright blue sky' it flow's through the great rifts on high and through the bare boughs of the marble rooted fig tree, and through the leaves and flowers of the weeds, even to the dark ar cades beneath I leel, I see it itsclear and piercing beams fill the universe 'and impregnate the joy inspiring mind with warmth, and light, and. lifeT and inter penetrate all things evVn me, father : And ih rough the highest r i ft. the noon day waning moon is hanging, as it were, out of the solid sky ; and this shows that the atmosphere has the clearness which it rejoices rne that I feel.' Dearest child, 'what else see you V Nothing! . r 'Nothing V 'Only the bright, green mossy ground, interspersed I with tufts of dewy clover grass, that runs into the interstices of the shattered arches, and round the isolated pinnacles of the ruins' Like those lawny dells of soft short grass whiehi wind among the high fo rests and precipices of the Alps of Sa voy.' Indeed, father, your eye has a vision more serene than mine.' 'And thej great wrecked arches, the shattered masses of precipitous ruin over grown with the younglings of the forest, and more like chasms rent by earthquakes among the mountains, than the vestige of what was human workmanship.' What are they V Things awe inspiring and wonderful rare they not caverns such as the un tamed elephant and tigress wight choose amid the Indian wilderness where to hide hr cubs such as, Were the sea lo overflow the earth, the mighty monsters of the deep would change into their vast chambers T i ' Father, your words image forth what I voul.l have expressed, but could not:' I hear the ;rusl ing of leaves, and the sound of iviter but it does not raiu lik" the faiiili drops of & fountain among w oftds ' " ' , 1 It falls from a heap of ruin over our heads, it is I suppose the water collected in the rifts by the showers.' ' A nursling of man now abandoned bv h i3 care, and transformed by the en- I ''it1. Wt . - i-i c cnantnieni oi iaiure jwo a iiKeness oi her Own creations, and destined 'o paf- take their immortality, phanged to a mountain cloven into woody dells, which overhang its labyrinthine glades, and shal tred into toppling precipices, even the clouds, by its craggy summits, supply eternal 'fountains, with their rain.' ' By the column on which tve sit, I hould judoe that it had once been i . i r . ' i : . l . J crowneo witn a tempie or ineaire, an that in sacred days the radiant multitude wound up us craggy pain io the spectacle or the sacrifice.' it was such, Helen what sound of wings is that V It is of the wild pigeons returnmg ta their young. Do you not hear the mur mur of those that are brooding in their nests V i .:L . ' : '. 'It is the language of their happiness A New York paper menilons an inge nious trick of 4 wag to get a good seat at the National when the house was full. He poked his head in at a box door, and simg onVthat John Smith's houe was on fire." About fifty, who bore the burden of that name, inHantly took up their hats and sloped in different directions; when the joker who had caused nil the flurry quietly popped into one of their seals. TWO GCK I LEMKN AT NCB. A conceited actor boasted of thro namoer of characters he had played in one eve ning. ' I have seen yo0 play two cha racters at once," said a sock andboskin brother. - Whataretbey f inquired ike former. - Why, yoa attempted the cha racter of Casper, end played the deril with it' replied tb latter. - Are yoa guilty, or not guilty rrtaid the clerk of arraigns lo a ! prisoner the other day. - And sure: iwvr," sad P. - what are yoa put there fof. bat to find that outr'.j -' : : - s-; : , : Vou ver 'seen a snail?" asked i.'WJ 0f a prsiin I tu! remarkable to -riHt. Yes " I hm you my?t ' 1-ave1 wt him. .For it ; is impossible lor you to bare overtaken one. : From the rstional Intelligencer. THE IJTVESTlOATING COMMlTKE. PREfATORT REMARKS OF TXIS Citr-r . tee's RKroRT. - .: . The Select Committee chosen of thf -Houe-of Representatives on the 17p and 19th ultimo, to investigate the defalcations of SamueLSwartwout, late collector of lh customs at" the port of New York, and " of otlvV ofHcers, have devoted to the faith ful discharge of the duties assigned therri the limited time allowed for the purpofa by the shdrtness of the pfjerK sessron of Congress. V. It was most obvious, lidwever, tnat the ' whole field of inquiry presented by the resolution appointing the Cuinmutet could not be properly traverstd to report thereon, either satisfactorily to ihj coun' ; try or to the Committee, during Qe short remainder ofcth present CongreY This impossed upon J. he Committee at once a resolution, which has been rigidly sd; hered o, of limiting the investigation to such branches of the subjects referred to them as had most deeply excited public anxiety and alarm, and to undertake only ' so much of (hese as might be thoroughly exhausted within' the allotted period of the Committee's researches. But the im portant results which have been attained( notwithstanding the disadvantages advert ed to, cannot fail to inspire the cbufitrt r with a confident hopethat the high obliV galion which will rest upon the succes sion of the present Congress in Ihe Le gislature of the nation, to resume and cOt& plete the great work 'of investigation and reform of the alarming condition and abu scs of the ExecUttv-e departments of the : Government, from the highest io the low- est, and from the nearest to the remotest' functionaries, will engage the prompt and efficient attention which its magnitude de mands. , Guided solely by the chataclcr ol tie developments which the investigation im-" posed upon them by the House has elucif dated, the Committee cannot resist the conviction, that at no period in the; htsto' ry of the Federal Government has there been deeper or better founded cause, thad , exists at the present moment, for (every patriot heart to desire, a prompt consum . motion of that Signal ' task off feJorpC which public sentiment many years tinct inscribed on the list. of Executive dutiei, in characters too legible tp be overlooked: requiring, "particularly, the correction! of those abuses tnat have brought- the patronage of the Federal Government in to eonflict with the freedom of elections, and the counteraction 'oj those catitef , which have disturbed the rightful tourst- of appointment, and have placed or tori tinned pouer in UN'FAiTfifui. or IN COM- . PETE JUT HANDS." . " . The first procedure of life CornmiUee after organizing itself for business, tras to visit the city of New York, to inspect there, in person, the original records and papers of the custom-house, in conjunction : with the examination of such witnesses as might be supposed .capable of shedding -light upon the inquiry involved by the de falcations of Mr. Swartwout. Thence forward this branch of the investigation as conducted pursnant to the resolution of the House, vi2 : to ascertain the caus" es and extent" of those defalcations; the length of time they have existed,- the cof , rectbess of the returns which hnvobeerr ; made bv Mr. Swartwout. and bv the naval" ofHcer at New York, and by other bffi cers" connected with lh adjustments of his accounts. Concurrently with the investigation of Mr. Swartwotit's defalcations, those . of William M. Price, late district attorney inew York, were likewise kept in view; and the fullest practicable extent of infor mation respecting them has been obtained and will be adverted to in the sequel of this reporf. , j ; . The correctness of the tefufns whicW have been made by the present cblfeciof . of the customs and the naval officer af the port of New York, was also sought jt be . examined by the Committee while in ihaf city. " Considerfn tbf the customs col lected at New York equal nearly two- . thirds of the wbofe amount in tHe United States," as statejtf in the special report of the Secretary of the Treasury on Mr. Swartwoufa defalcation, (House doc. 1 p. 6. of the present session) the Com" mittee did not suppose th$t they should : faithfully discharge their doty to the House, or nav a proper deference to that patriotic distrust which pervades the coon-" try at Iber present time m regard to the" a flairs of the costom-honse at New York were they to limit their inquiries to tber, returns of the late collector and ptTtl of3' cersv and neglect 'entirely those of , their , successors, which must, at all times, be to' the ebontry of equal interest wftfi tber : former, and, at the present time, of even oiiire immediate importance, to the secure ; tf of the tratrona! Tresstrrr. Boi, m ih ' execution of so much of this part of tbeif: Inquiries as related to the pretent eoifee ior tof. Hetsr. York, they were coojSell to encounter men ' unexpected nefeffles' ir-t -rjitised by the colleriiir jhimsifjand sttiing ai defianre.lhe anil oriiy de1erJ t M ihe Committee by fhV I Jonse. fl."vf J Ttrts ro? n tied w lib. t.'e t m r!efl " InauguVal txldress & 'Prtident iackton. Mw& ft r WUmlnflon; MareW 8thia39. 1 W 3o- March 23,1830, l5-tf. I, s -..V. Ai . : t "i i- 4 , t
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