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iimh ill II ill m,m - 'in i I, ' ' mmm i 4- , PROPBIBTOB.' 'i i!h. the B..I. m be jJ-tVesii . ' . .1 aaaouot oi the jort ,w, .mure hk1'"! 18 lhii "ri;11-1t., mr.i..n. .l..ll.r .. J. Th! ..I,r iw-.wei.ls of Clerks and Sheriff. H I h cW--.lii pee ernt. liSWt and de. J,.,. i "t f "" r 1,1 b mr,e rZ,i;r !.r-f -''"' . ,he y"r-. Uitn t to ll- Kdilor must be iosi-uanl. VJI K JUTIXO KISS. pr,irt a Lady's Album. Bt 'MIMABKAU B. IAMAS. Hi d. did not o'ertalce hie bad Intent, And therefor niunt be buried as on intent TUt pert died by the way. Shaketpeare. The driver sounded hi horn, and in nBe ,mir more, I " depart the iave for native State. The idea Mf Jutting the Inline ul njr childhood meeting wi'li brother and sisters, ,nJ behtddin;; mice wre-'iy aged pa rents before tlte grave should hide them f.irever from my view, filled me with n.iture which I hail never experienced before. Mreaily transported inititagi nation ocr the lung journey, l received l'it jiivitus welcome of the happy family. My v'miI old fa'her met me at the gate with'the kindest demonstration ol affec tum; uiv mother, now feeble with years, an I trt'inMiiig with affliction, tottered tTH-wtt-l"w4he.Attepa.4it-grasp my. liuiil & uimMe to rentrain her feelings, Irir-t into tears, whilst my little sister Clara rati to my arms, and folding hers about my m' k. could not n-frain, even in the midst of her gladness, from af fectionately i hiding me for not answer jiicr 1,,-r Iftiei. Blessed little sister! J kiotcd her pretty ba k eye, and pro mised to du better ill future; and there wan a jnv aye n rapture, even in this reverie of iuiaaittttiion, wWeh if it could nut last, I would nut barter , for a woi Id's wealth and alt its honors be Sltlcst. . - " ' Hut every bliss has its bane. The reflection that 1 had to part with Fanny Morrison, whom 1 so much loved, even Uifto adoration, soon put an.endto this glow of happy -feeling, aird spread' Tri ty heart a corresponding poignancy til misery. ThWis the nature of hu man happinexs. There is not a glad emotion of the breast which is not tjiiiclilv chased by some obstrusive care. "The visit ttf joy are as short as those of the votaries of lashionable life; ml the ..bosom that is elated by her 'transitory presence, will as surely ex perience an equal depression at her de nurture. Her smiles are like the vivid flashes of lightning -that play upon the brown cheek of night, but vanish in an instant, and leave behind fourfold tlark ne'. 1 thought of home, and my soul einaiKkd- l'thousht of Fanny,, aud it uk in ileiection. I loved thfs fair. and excellent creature, not that the beauty of her whole sex seemed epilo in'rwil in her form and face, but more for the hkher brilliancy of her polished miiiil, and above all, because of her unsophisticated" purity of heart- Mj luve was reciprocated. Daily we re newed our vows of perpetual constancy, anil tiie ereen-tved monster. Jealousy, never sullied' our minds or disturbed or repose; but mutually confiding, we enjoyed all the luxurv of tenderest - afleetinn, unmixed with the bitterness '4b.wtrtawi-u.-thexe-he. .such a thing ax positive happiness on fth, "it is this; it is this." From my first acquaintance with Fannv, I hail never beeu separated from her a week at a time to part with her now, wd posaiblr forever, it seemed like death. I had already taken leave of her on the evening ot the preceding day, but " nw that I was abourioenter upon my journey immediately, 1 could not ie wt the inclination which increased in rilor as the tune, of departure drew nearer, to gae upon her innocent face mice mure; otice more to seize her lair "ft hand, ami say "good bye." I kastennl to her dwelling. She was at er piano, playing the plantive air of Wye;" the very tune which of 'l others 1 most delight to hear; and he could play too with such enchant ing skill o touching to the hearti es I entered the room she ceased the waste, but quickly resumed at my re piest,antl accompanied the instrument " ith a voice that breathed all the magic harmony of Aourmahal. She sang, "Pare the well since tbou tnut leave bi, But Oli! let not our parting grieve thee, "For I will 'tilt bo. thine believe me." And there was an applicabililyTirthese rd to my situation, ruch a suitable Hess of sentiment to the occasion, that ..'. "ade them ink deep ' into ray heart; id althsugh I cannot say that the mu like St. Cuttiu'i, "tlrew an Angel flown," I will say she sang like an Angel, and wore all the celestial Jove "ness of one. Could the song never t,0?nil her beaaty never die, who , r,u'd ask for a brighter Heaven! As aha finl-k-.l iL. ! .1 I ..--I " lid f ,t, 1 , : k ming face with "bonny blue eyes" pwt me, she said I now have a task ',r J t perform.' "And what is ?'. I enquird.X-It is," said .'"' compliance with your promise. a made a long time ao, to write an ori ginal piece in my Album the evening is favorable far poetry am'. I insist up OirTOtrr writwK,,"At first l -thought this-warmerely intended to divert inj mind from the melancholy which she perceived was gathering around it t for 1 was so far from ever being guilty of writing poetry, mar l really count not believe for S iiuinent, tbatslie serious ly thought me capable of such perpe tration; but in a few minutes she took from the book case a neatly bound Al bum, and spreading it on the Jable where pen and ink were previously placed, she invited me to (he task with an air of solemnity, which could not fail to c nitvince me that the request was made more in earnest than through courtesy. 'What could I do? Iliad nut thrf heart to refuse, nor the genius to comply. My brain ws as dry "as the remainder biscuit after a voyage." Never did I stand so much in need of mind, or deplore its wants so much as on this occasion; True the evening was serene and beautiful, apd might have,warmet! the breast that had the least spark of poetic feeling about it; but n'ine had no dormant energies of this nature to awaken, awl neither the kindling influence of fino weather, nor the more inspiring powcr of Fanny's presence, could remove my constitu tional inability to rhyme. To attempt it, I knew very well that the failure would be so completely shameful that I should loose much of her esteem, anil yet not to do iT,"niusrtneviHb1ytnxnir her most serious displeasure. I deter mined however to risk the attempt; and seating myself by the table, I seized the pen in despair, dipped it in the stand, and turning my eyes up wards, but not in ''fine frenzy rotting." I began cogitating on what subject I should fix foi my fanciful effusion. I had remained in this attitude but a short time before my musings appeared to be unceremoniously interrupted. The whole family were in busy uproar. The servants were running in every direction, from room to room, all ac tively engaged in cleaning and decora ting the mansion. Some were hang ing new damask curtains over the win dows some regulating the glasses on a well loaded sideboard others re plenishing the flower-pots with water and fresh roses, whilst Fanny's young est sister was fantastically ornament ing a pair of large candle sticks with paper leaves. The Turkey carpet was moved and tH floor -tlry-rW4 in deed all the preparations usua ly made lor a dancing party wert going on, and apparently for that purpose. Pre sently a servant girl entered the room with a bundle of evergreens, with which she commenced decorating the mantle-piece, and then proceeded to a large mirror, that hang on the wall op posite to tne in such a position that it reflected to my view the image of Fan ny as she lay reclining on the sofa in a thoughtful and pensive manner. Her countenance is frequently tinged with a slight melancholy; but now, it seem ed to wear a deep gloom. I certainly had never seen her face so clouded by sadness before; her mind appeared to be abstracted, for she took no notice of what was rnins: on until the servant maid enquired if she designed to have the walls of the parlor festooned with the vines. -"Do as you please," site re plied, and rising from the sofa she left the room with a tear as I thought, atrtlrtnne"rioft11ar'te: Wnirt was th fftfsn'pg of ll ii'tfc? I f Quid form no nossiWe conjecture. I en quireil of the servant her words were as a dagger to my heart. ' Why, have yon not heard,", said she, "that this is j Miss Fanny's wedding nightr" I could hear no more; the maid would have proceeded, but my brain reeled, anil I f 1 1 ..I d . . f . ! let 1 upon tne nottrin a state 01 insensi bility. How long I remained in that situation, "I kno not; but was Awak ened from it by the entrance of a tall young gentleman of handsome deport ment ami , splendidly attired, witn a "broad felicity of face" bespeaking a 1 light mind and a happy heart. It was for his coming that all these pre para -! tiunsVere made, for he was my happy rival who was that very flight to be married to the fair Fanr.v. Prompted by desparation I flew at the villian's throat. He fled, lie was my friend; we were born in the same village, edu cated at the same school, had been in timate from our boyish days, I wore him in my ''heart's core," and not a circumstance had ever transpired until the present occurrence, to weaken the bond of brotherhood that bound us to gether. Of all my acquaintances, he was the only one to whom I had com municated theeerrotof my attachment to Fanny. He abased that confidence to supplant me in her affections. , And shall 1 bow in degrading humiliation to the wrong? No rather let me perish first. Cursed be the coward arm that falters in a just revenge. .With im precations on my rival's head, I fled the habitation. All idea of my journey was now banished from my mind, my every thought was devoted to revenge; my heart was a furnace of exasperated pas sions; my very blood boiled , for re vengeance. Retiring to my room, I whetted my dagger and reloaded my pistol. "I will mar his mirth," said I MT. COTEDITESIIA to mysel f, "I will burst upon him in the midst of his anticipated heaven, like an unexpected JlbelinoS' And let not tMUtea,pkty,dia)0 vengeance as unrighteous. The ser pent was crushed in the earth because of his his guile which converted the bjpqm of Eden to a wilderness of woe, and so should the demon still be crush l, when forsaking his reptile 8ua(ie, he assumes the human form, and spreads over the paradise of the bear! a wintry desolation Reader, when you shall love as 1 have loved, and be supplaned by a wretch calling himself your friend, but whose smiles are the very "fiends' arch mock," then will you be ready to exclaim- with me "who'l sleep in safety that hath done this wrong? ' ' I know not how the time passed oflT, but nightfall had come on. Dressing myself in apparel suited for the wed ding, thither I went, went, sternly de termined to 'Bpeak daggers"' to the bride, and to use them on the treacher ous author "of my' misfortune. The guests had assembled and the nuptial hour was almost arrived; the bride's maid was placing the last flower in the bridal wreath, and as she twined it in the shining curl, I heard her distinct ly singing the beautiful lines. 'of Mrs. Hcmans, ,. , "Bring flow'ra, bring flW'ra for the bride to wear, They were born to blush in her ahming hair, tnt i leaving the scene of her childish mirth, She ha bill farewell tn her father hearth, tler'plawle'liowTiy'ndUie'rt U ring flow'rs. fur the lock of the fair young The long parlor-ivas splendidly illu minated. . The chandelier suspended in the centre threw around a brilliant light which the mirrors augmented by reflection, whilst the warm flashes from the 6parklihg "eyes of the laugh ing girls added to the bla.e and made the room glow with the lustre of the skies; the light of heaven was there. And merriment was there. , The young voices, mingling in sprightly conversa tion, wel'e so many sepearate tones of melody ; and mirth Was4n al4 all was gladness; and to one 'whose heart had not been rendered impenetrablejo joy, it was sweet to look upon the inno cent faces and to witness the unaffec ted vivacity that prevailed. Once I could have enjoyed the scene: but the chord in my bosom that might have vi brated in unison, was nowsnapped assun tier: And amidnt fill this irniefv nml inv a K----jarttAiilnulit mill. I night darknesss, still brooding over lisp" ' swfred at it tnrobbing tern- ruin and nourishing its gloomy wrath I mixed not with the joyous company, hvt retiring to the I eiirotcst turner ul the room, I folded my arms, and wai ted impatiently the coming of the bridegroom & his bride, where I might take pven at the alter of Hvmen. that sanguinary vengeance which despair- prompted, and my wrongs justified. 1 hey soon came. I here was a sudden silence n the hall; I raised my eyes, and beheld the happy couple standing on the floor, their attendants ranged on either side. The whole company pressed forward to look upon the fair bride. Never had Fanny tap peared so lovely to my eyes as then. A long white veil fell lightly over her fttrehead like a milk white cloud float ing before the evening star; she blush ed, and the. .carnation, on... her cheek shown like the glancing sun beam on the Hill of Benlonien.rMer tressess were darkerthfHhe ra fdiaJjLglosay curlsdown her neck and ivory shoulders. Her form was thg perfectioaajfJiiwaajyinmetry; jhe wis a statue of Medicat animated to life by the warmest, brightest fire of Heaven, exhibiting a constellation of beauty where every charm mingled its light in one unbounded blaze. I gaz ed upon her, and the recollection of former times came rushing on my soul. I thought of the many evenings I had spent with her in this same hall under happier circumstances; of the many protestations of eternal love ex changed between usas we wallked.arm and arm, to church of Sabbath morn ings, and of the times we have loitered on the banks of a neighboring river, and sitting; beneath the umbrageous oaks, would talk of IheJair prospect of happiness when we should be united in marriage as. jve were in. affection. Often had she fold me in these ram bles, that Heaven had designed us for each other, I for her and she for tne; and little did I dream that I should ever behold her thebrideof another. I could not behold it. A thousand times would I have rather gone with a sprig of rosemary in my fingers to view her in the ruins of death. And. here let me beg the reader to forgive my weak ness. Mock not my misery. If you cannot sympathize with the afflicted, let us part. I write for those of sof ter mould, with more of the1; "milk of human kindness" in their nature, who can feel another's woe, who love 'to bind the broken spirit, and to pour the balm cf consolation into the agonized bosom or despair. '.There are 'such; slid ye generous few, I thank you in tha name of the afflicted whose sorrows you delight to soothe; I thank, you in the name of all who have experienced the blight of ruined affection. Cheer them by thy kindness if : thou . canst, for their hearts have become, desolate, JL0S3. and they stand in need of all the con solation to be derived from tenderest sympathies, of friendship the virtu have none to bestow, But to return to ray story, r .the venerable minister, who was to .unite the happy couple in wedlock, now as sumed his station on the floor, and in a moment all was silence. Whilst he was at.'eressing to theua a few prefato ry admonitons I suddenly made, my way through the crowd and planted myself at my rival's back, ; I laid my hand upon my dagger ;'twas strange, my heart began to latter in its steadi ness. Then it was that the enormity of the act which I was about to perpe trate, flashed across my mind in all its horror. He still looked like the frind of ovr youth to imbrue tny hands in his blood to murder him it seemed too horrid; I trembled in ev. ery joint, and a cold perspiration be dewed mo forehead. And yet must he triumph in my ruin hntlt he not wronged me is not vengeance mine, and shall I shrink from the meditated blow? There was a mighty , conflict in my bosom, between its gentle im pulses and angry passions. Hut ven geance triumphed. I thought my ri val beheld me: and in the look which he bestowed tlte re seemed to be an air of exultation and haughty defiance that reinvigorated my nerve reani mated my resentment. Again' - he stood before me in all the blackness of his guilt, a perfidious demon, who had mercilessly robficl!nYeofmy 'life8TTif,-"arrd sentiment gave way to wit and life." The seed minister -proceeded in the ceremony, "if any know a lawful reason why this couple should not be joined in the holey state of matrimony, let theni speak." "He paused asTf for a reply. Now was my time. I touched the bride upon the shoulder: she turned, "lie not alarmed," I cried,, "jor I meditate no injury to rou. O Fanny, when I ad mired the diamond brightness of your beauty, I' dill hot think your bosom had the diamond's hardness too" I could say no more; utterance forsook me; and in the frenzy of despar, twist ing my fingersHn the locks of the be wildered bt'idegrnent, at one convul sive effort I felled him on the floor,and planted my knee upon his breast. The whole company were petrified to marble. Before they could sufficient ly Tecover from tneir panic, to render assistance to the imploring victim at my feet, I snatched my pistof from (lie pie. At this moment the fr Vanny i!if iha hv lianri nml irivin gsntle nd afTectlonaTe pressure, she said, "corat, come, are you not going to write in my album? It lias been al most an hour since yon sat down for that purpose." "W rite in your ai hum fair creatu 1 w.'" write in 3 re," said I, why yes. your aiDum;" and so saying I aroused from the reverie , into which I had fallen from the time 1 took my seat by the table, and was much relieved on finding that the above dreadful circumstances existed only in a dream of imagination. Again I dip ped triy pen in the stand, and having nothing poetic about me, I penned the above. Thestage horn summoned me as I finished, and I just had time to print on Fanny's lip the Parting Kiti. From itte' AJitcettamf. FRENCH LtTEItARY LADIIES. MADAME GEOFFHIN. 1f-..jrrr. . J, ffn..fl 4,fffif4 huabaTniW'the-hnsband f " other distingished, blues,? was a thor owghly insignificant personage---a per fect cipher in his own house. Grimm tells some amusing stories of him. He was in the habit ot borrowing books of a friend, who, by way of joke, lent him the same book several times over. It happened to be a volume of Father Labat's Travels. Monsieur GeoRiin, with the most perfect simplicity, read it over every time it was lent him. Well, sir," said hin friend, "how do you like the travels? "Oh, very good very good intleetij WKvji-lUiiik, the author a little given to repetition." A literary foreigner, who had frequently Jined. at Madame ueollrtn's without knowing her husband, asked her one day, after a long absence from Paris, vatiat had become of the poor gentle man he used to meet there, and who always sat without - opening his lips. "Oh," said the - lady, "that was my husband, he is dead. " She was celebrated for her can- mot$, of which many are preserved by Grimm and . other writers of the day. The Count de Uoigny was one day at her table, telling, as was his wont, interminable stories. Some dish be ing set before hint, he took a little clasp knife from his pocket and began to help himself preVmg away all the while. "M. leComte," said Madam Geoffrin at" last, ootyf patience, "at dinner, we should have large knives and little stories. One of her lit eraray friends, M. de Uolhiere, hav ing threatened to publish Some very imprudent remarks en the conduct . of the court of Russia, from the sale' of which he expected lo make a Urge pro fit, she ofVered him a handsome sent to out his mamncnirl in the fire, from a n-iiiMl.natoreil '"wittU to keen him from getting himself into trouble. The lL.-iU.LaU. author began to talk, in "a high tone about honor : and independence, and the baseness of taking money as a ell, well, said she, with a rqaiet smile, "say yours'elfhow , tuuchinore you must have. "- . , The AlarquTs&tu Drffant. Beside-sJIoutde Yesle.she had" another lover, the President Ilcnault, (he historian. There is an amusing anecdote of their llaiton, which has the advantage, too, of being authcn-'ic. 'Ihey were both complain ing one day of the continual interrup-1 tions they met with from the society in which they lived. "What a pleasant thing it would be," -said Madame du DcH'ant, "to have a whole day to our. selves!" The lover eagerly caught the idea, ami it was determined to put it in execution. They found a small apartment in the Tuilleries, belonging to a friend, which was tinocxupied-; and there they resolved, like Scged, the Emperor of Ethiopia, to spend "1 nappy days lltey nnvetl acccord '"n'.Vt fccjtarate carriages, about ele ven in the forenoon; urdered their car riages to return at twelve at n ght, and bespoke dinner from a traiteur. The morning was spent entirely to the -satisfaction of both parties, in the usu al conversation of lovers. "Well!" they could not help say ing every now and then, "were every day like this, life WituJd really be too shurt." Dinner came, was heartily partaken gaiety, auuui mix .tie ;viarquio look ed at her wawhr - "Athalia is to bi? played to-uicht. and the new actress ia to make her ap pearance." ' "I must own," said the President," that were 1 not here, I should regret not seeing ner. "Take care, President; vha,t ynu say is an expression of regret. Were you as happy as vou profesi to be, you Ticver wouhl have thought of the possibility of going to see the new actress." The president defended himself, and in turn became the-accuser. it for you to complain of me, w hen you were the first to look at your:; watt h, and to remark that Athalie was to be acted to-night? Then ought to be no watches for people who are happy." The dispute went on. The loving pair got more ami more out "of-humor with each other; and by seven o'clock would both of them have been verv would both of them I glad to scperate. Cut that was im- ;1twMAM.. :' -.1--' f,Ah" cried the""Marni1e; ''r can never stay Here till JweJre o'clock; lour hours 'nnger what a penance!" 1 he Marquise went and sat down behind a screen, leaving the rest of the room to the the Preside nt."' Piqued at this, the gentleman seizes a pen. writes a note full of reproaches, and throws it over the screen. The lady picks it up, goes in searchflfeftTtnln and paper, and writes ad answer in the sharpest terms. At last the happy hour of twelve struck; and each hur ried off separately" resolved never again to trysuch an experiment. Her death was charactcaistic of her self and her society. ' Her dearest friends," says Grimm, Madame deLuxembourg, Madame de Choiseul, and Madme de Cambric, were constantly with her in her ill ness. Ihroush an extraordinary ex - 4, - rr,wnW ft.- I.Jt... ..1 . ., I , - uiiMviiiiicil, iiicdc lauivn J. XT' lit Ino every evening in her bed room till she had drawn her last breth." Another writer says that hep; visiters happened, in the middle of their game, to discover that she was dead, but sat still, and played it out with great composure. "E.yr.Hoy or Chahactrh.- -Seeing these three words the other day in a paper, we were struck' with the im portance of this combination of letters, and are induced to dilate somewhat upon them. Energy of character is the philosopher's stone of this life, and it" should be engraved- upon every heart. It is that which hhs peopled the temple of fame, that which has filled the history page with great names, in the civil and 1 military world that whi()t ha brought a race frem barbar ism, drawn the veil from science, and developed the wondrous powers of nature. It makes men great, and it makes men rich. First or last it' brings with it success. ! Without it, Webster would still have been a New Haimp. shire lawyer, Tom Kwing a Uuckeye salt boiler.andHBerHrraiiklin a journey man printer." Without it, Demosthenes would have stammered on to bis graved and Cincinnatus died a common sol dier. Shakspeare would have been shot far poaching Pope died selling tape Roscoe lived selling beer, 'by the small' and Bonaparte have gone oat nit ho world a Corsican bully.. With it, each one has not only done much tor himself, much, for his day and generation; but much for, the world in the past, the present , and Mi future -. ' s j - IN- !..r.i i :n .1. ii.. r.nergy ui ciiamtier win uu ihc ." thing fur any man in a. small way that it has done for those. I Give- the .-law- I verenerrr of character, and he will 'succeed at the bar without talent, . It VOL. THTTTT NO 19 is the secret by which the merchant, the artist, the scholar, and the mertian. ic, arrive at distinction artel : wealth,. If they tsrrtOTcrliify" tfy-'igaini" VeT contrary winds bear them down; or,i .-i down, they will pot stay down. The man who has energy of character will - rise in spite ot circumstances, in ifutt of urtune, and in spile of opposition. ' ut man ruiaor, ami ne is a made - man, put him where you will, and ; surround him by what yoo will. It is this , fact that gives u confidence that the American people will rise front their present depression as soon as the blast lias blown over that threw them down. In defiance of SuU--Treasuries, suspensions, bad curren cy, and every other evil that malic and ignorance can fix upon them, the . people of this country have enemy enough ts rise and to prosper. He , who gives up in despair,, cuts away , Utis sheet of his canvass, because he , finds contrary winds in his passage, is - , but a poor navigator. , THE BILL OF PAINS AND P"ENf ALT1K9. Mr.vGrundy's bill to prevent the cir culation of Five 'Dollar Notes of the late Bank f the United States Ythe ' only circulating medium in some parts of the country) was on Friday ordered to a third reading in the Senate by n arly a prty vote, the division upon it having been Yeas 27, -Nays J.-- Without some explanatiun, it will ap pear very extraordinary, after the hes itation and shriukii. 'from the vote upon this bill on previous days, that it should at last have pined the Senate by so large a majority.- The explana tion, which has thus become so neces s.irv, we proceed togive, The first section of the bill, as re ported by Mr. Urutuly, was, word and tetter, as loitows: "Unit it enacteil, Vc. That in all can where the -charter of any corporation which ' bus iieen or mny ue ereatcil ny aet of Congre 01 ine u 11 ilea nuie shall oave eioired pr mty hrreafler expire, if any director, uiiicet, or --r -gent of the said corporation, or any trade , inereoi, or any agent or olitcer ol such lrulee, or an person having in hi possession or un der hi control the property of the said corpora. "" lion for the porpoas) of paying or redeeming its notes and obligations, shall knowingly . Usue, re-insoe, or utter aa money, or In any " other way knowingly put in circulation any bill.not. check, dralt, or other security, purporting lo Have been maoe ry any sucli coiporalion, ' whose charter has expired, or by any ofQoer thereof, or purporting to bave boon niade emler authority derived therefrora.or if any htrtan r pet-tent hall konwingly uitt und a mil in an Mck art, every peraou aaf oQendina shall tie deemed guilty ol' a high misdemeanor, and, on couvitmuii thereof, tlun lc buniihud tw s Jim iceeumg; ren ..yrri , er C 6e(h qui ft, it TSnrf ImprituHmrnt. ' r : : " It was in this form that Mr. Grun dy de'iveretl his Speech upon it; that hia fiiends declined coming to his aid, and that it wss laid upon the table. And, when we look at its provisions is it any wonder that Senators stood' aghast at its deformity? ' Here it a penalty proposed of Ten Thousand Dollars, or a Penitentiary confinement of Ten Years, or both, for the. per forinanceKby any individual in socie ty, of an act as influrent as can well be conceived, and which is performed at this time, everylay in the year, by thousands and thousands jf indi viduals, viz. the uttering almwey the outstanding notes of iheIiank of . the Unitetl States! That such a nroo- osition should siirinj from the mind f any sane man could not be believed ffittirtbTevfgrc--wM- r;ii.v defies in black and white, before as, that it had received the sanction, of a . cunuiiittee of the Senate, by whom it was seriously reported fur the tonsid- eration of that august body. j . -. ., lu that shape, however, it would have been impossible that- the bil( should pass the Senate. 1 " , - , It was, therefore, on the tin r when - V it was taken up fur further cossUleraV tion, amended, , .by striking out ,,tlie -words "confinement to hard labor not exceeding ten years," and inserting irr., . lieu thereof the words. "confinement... not less than one, l nor excelling ten years," thus expunging from it the o dious ten years penitentiary feature. , " A further amendment was made, al so, M mucU mors moment, by which people generally are excepted el(o, gethcr front its operation, and it is lim ited to jiflicers, agents, and trustees tf the late Hank of the United States.. This amendment -was effected by add ing to -the first section, as above, the following Proviso.'.. ,; , ' : "Provided, That nothing hercin'eontalticd . shall be construed to make it unlawful for any ' ' persoq (not being such dire tor, officer, of a- ''" gent of the laid company, or any trustee tbereof, . i . er any agent or officer ot 4eh trustee, or any person having in hi potsewion or -under hie control property of the Corporation (ot the pur- ; pose aforesaid) who Its received, or may here- -alter receive, such hill, , check, draft, ot P other eeeonty, bona Bde and ia) tha ordinary I r , transaetUm of buaineaa, to utter, a money ot ,', ' otherwise circulate the amc a T .-' The.bill , thus, , metamorphosJ, ifg'' -' cneir venom oemgeiiracteu, c.tijoti- .. ty of.th'Setiate have U;i induced fol' order to third sealing, snd will jo- . , hably pass, antiaend to the other House' for concur,? tice. ' ' '"h. . Wh,Vr'the bill shall pass the' H.A- '; nl Representatives of not, ; is of little, consequence, excepting as it may pro-' :, duce temporary IncdHventence to thsj v a.;-.;'iv . i
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 2, 1838, edition 1
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