- VOL. XXIX. JIALEIGir, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1838. NO. 48. - Wr " V rr.IT ml 1 J. fJEItlAY, IB,To RAiciwrBofnl E T o . TEHIB. c,.r.rTfnV. HmJoU.. . persnnum-on rtWK wUH,l .t B... wilt to 1 " , ... i;,. IB line, (lot "fill." , 'tothe Br.tor n.iiai be ASn flHTSp. GOODS. UTC'lirtHtW 4t.Ol.IVEK, MKftCjl.W r.m.orts, f .uETi Ev ii.k. Sr. Ralf.igh, N. C. . AKK SOW Ol'F.MVG t their Store, mie V r'i t.V,w ibe Cape K.-ar Hank, an elegant a,- . 'nm.n' ; ' ',,.''r '"'' r"':'n':"" , ln,l tixime.e,. and YrnmRt. ol every culm ,,,4 (j.i',liy, of "Inch llie ii.llooiiig compi Le a 1'"'' ... . ! I I1I....1. " Superior "vi uiev iaiw. .1... uo. umo li.fle Ill-ecu Drake Neck llreen l.r-jss l.rcer. V, CLOTHS K..-;-lt IU1. Merl Mjeil S.4tiih' Kly ' . t Hamilton -ami I'ilot, now iii-iK.Il.irOiei-cWii. aWri-ir Wool l-.l Ulck "1 I..r Skm - lo. M..ck:n.l UibM ln Di.pm! ! ih.it I'lun l!!uc It.liM .In . Fipii-H Vielori I'Imi Di-hU titi(ie il'i Huff (:-.hnirelH I C.f .T.WEKfi.V J Siiperi.ir plain lil'k Hole-tkin Vrlvel Ttyr lo. do. K Rure.l iln. T 'lo. VNonleii rfo. ilu. KijMired Sal in f'lHXI IO. ttlrnria H it' Cailimxi elH rESTI.VGS. Toptlii-r m i'li un nMnrimeiit mt It E 1 I) V M.I It I) VI. O T II I.Y (S s HihiiiI "! Hn.-k-ikm Shirts n. Dt-wwert: linn lto.in, nut Colore, Millie. I Hml pining l.iitneliislte but l.tiitTt; Hoikiit, Huckkin unit Merlin lilnvei; Hljrk Silk ami Kliniu Crvali, tplemlitl art! rlj i.inr' fciockt Sn iii; HnmliHzinc, an.l Vi l rrij Tenn.inl'a erlihia'.-il Sinekt, ol eery kinil, ..-tin lad en r iliii.jr thai cun lie founil in miy .iiniUr esiatilislniieat Konh or South. TheN pi U liare leen irlt-rtnl by llie junior partner 111 perviit. li'i ap ueil nt-.ili. r expi-nae nor paiin in llir-ir si-Irriioii, an.l we cimfi.lt-ntly believe,' are Itir b-nt aavirtment ill -R.ioila ever opened i.i the ?lie; tr trutli nl liicli call anil examine t'tjoMTt-tvei We U;tt ill our empl'ij firai ran Niiitl.ei-n nrkuen, kii'I atvaail ourtelvea nl nil llwtlmngej in lUe lasliinnt ai i.ion al they take place at lite North. We therefore ltne no liriiuoiiiii ai-raitiiii every thine ' make to l.e t ll and at laahioiiably cut and trade aa can k-, Nnili or S0111I1 Mi-niber of Ihe LepiiU ti .! ami nthei a vniiing the eily ilui inf the aea i m, v.'itld dn well In call ami examine our I'i'ck hrlnre pin-dialing. I hi.ae tni niihiii); their un ifHuls may rely upon having their work i .rll rjcrnteil aa though we furnished ihe rna tci;iU. Oi ili-rtlmni iliii.ce promptly t ipii.lr.lto Thaiiklul lor pat lavoi-a ereapecl , hilij aolicit a eonltiinaliee of (Hthtie patrontge. I.I I CHKOUDKOUVK.lt. Ha'r;!i, v. T, Q KOTI E. Ijiii nr miklai.l. allot; hill fur aJxtr-nine Jol- l.ra, i!a'e.l Kill Mri'ilter. on Menu. ? tc W 4i which I furwaca a'.l pertona from trailing lir UKUKUK 11111 X.iv 1.1, 4 3 II .III III .. 1 t-.J FRUIT TREES. The new methitd if rnising fruit trees br i Ltntrnj; the scions, is a great desi- iti'r.ttum in the art of obtaining good .J'ti'.!. It ha mmv aavanUKen aver jrsfiin, Ihtdusi: it is more expeditious, unil r.-tpiires no stock of tree. lhev wsy b-; planted where tlwjare retjuired t i st.tnij and the 'nb r for one dav will e ittfi.-ient to plant ont enough for a 1. rj orcuard utt r the srionsare obtain "I. --The method of preparing; llu plants waslMlows: 1'Hke ihe scion as f tr praf-. "U". and at anv tune after the 1st of 'olrudrj and until the buds begin t jrnw. cuuiidtu-itWatMi 4h) -each 4 ol t'ie 'lioot in melted pitch, wax or tallow, nil hurv it in the ground, the bud ''pprrmtmt, whilst (he body lies- in a hnruatdal position, and at the d.-pth ol 'wiiur three inche-4. .We are itif irmed tiiat trees.nb'ained in this way will bear "i three or four yeiirs from tlie time of planting. We h.ive no doubt of the prarticaU'.lil y f ,),;8 method ol raising huit. wentleii.an'in tltfis vicinity the 'J,t geas ;in, planted about twenty sci tiivnf difF-rrctit kinds of fears, which i,p.r - to flourisli. The composition eu'-'l was incited shoemaker's wax. - Cultivator. r'"t'llitfl -in Sm tit." A very R'V"; 'i.-tur.i of that delect tble itot !'i u t!i- wnil I's ro itcnts, wlios.- l''ii.'at ate mm 'led vulgarity and striving withall, to keep u; I'i'-Mrjnres of a sort of half wiyYe- N'fCl.lll.lil v ; ,rjwn J,, yolldW- 'Hi, i L'orrepondence, from an original 'l,r,"'het bv tlie household divinities ol Mr and Mrs. Shu in. ' ?.1e.v ni(' six-roomed not count '"J Mtchen and stulrv; dnd now twelve ""ighters in all, whiz.: four Kiss "ui k.nasters. one Miss Shum, Mary by "anie JsVitn's daughter, and seven J''ers who shall b nameless. Before ,'e lu,u was a little garden, where !c Hashini: of the family was always ""king. There was so many of them ! "ut it was obliged to be done by relays, ili-re wa, Kix raiu an(, a .n,, and four small jroosbury buhes s covred with sotnp bit of lining "rier. The great sUtterly dodlina 5r'ivvas alwavs on the sta'irs pjkin about with nasty flower pots, a cookin something, or sprawlin in the window teat vtithgreasy curled papers, reading greasy novels. An infernal piantia w.s jingling from morning till night. Two eldest Miss Buckmasters "Battle of prag." nil youngest Mms Shums "In my cottage." and I cursed the day when "In my cottage" wa rote. The yn tijjfi- girl too were always bouncing and thumping about the house, with torn pinny fores and large pieces of bread and treacle. I never see such a house. From the Karmrr'a Cabiuei. SALT YOUR STOCK, t4itiinl un wimoar a stock ort.iT. Every person is sensible of the good eflerl ff salt on the human system; we know now unwhuUome and unpalatablv fresh meat and vegetables are without it. It was held by (he ancients injhe highest estimation. We also know the avidity with, which animals in a wild slate seek the saltlicks, and the d.ilicult'n s ami ilar-gersTlWywii'l en counter to reach itrem; this cannot a rise from accident, or caprice, but Troin a -giverful -instinct, which, b.-yond rootrol, compels them to seek at all risks, that which is salubrious. Horses, cattle, and sheep should be regularly supplied with salt at stated intervals at all seasons of the year, without stint. It promotes their health ami improves their condition, and when they become habituated to its fre (uent use. then1 is no- danger of their taking such a quantity ot it as to do them an injury. It promotes diges tion, ami destroys worms in the stom ach and alimentary canal. Horses that are regularly and copiously salted, seldom or never are troubled with botls or cholic, and experience has 'proved that it is as extensively useful to rat tle and sheep. From the United fSlatea Ciaiolle. THE FALLING LEAVES. The appearance of the trees in our city on Thursday morning wa curious indeed. The protracted rains for some previous weeks hail given a freshness and tenacity to the leaves, which seemed to indicate a late foliage; bnt, on Wed nesday night, the clear north wind and bright moon gave indications of a change, winch, before morning, was most appa rtnt. Ice was formed of considerable thickness, and when we looked out. up on the tie planted by our own hand. whoe foliage seemed a blessing on our labors, we found the limbs as bare as in December, and the pavement covered thick with leaves. The ash and maple sent down their thin, white covering, pale and dry a the check of death, or tinted nere ami there with briirht red. like the hectic hue of consumption. The thick, fleshy leaf of the paper mulberry was also carpeting the ground with its sober brown, and tne aiantnus had scattered its long yellow leaves. and was sending- down its skeleton -fin gered footstalks like pointless and aim less arrows. the linden, too, whose loliage was c rinsed with summer heat. Yielded to the sudden shock, and its dry, arid leaves, which a few months sint e were as green as childhood's hops, a id by its blossoming sweets had been ths home of the honey bee, were rattling upon the ground, or crushed' crispy and dry, beneath the feet of passengers. Here and there small clumps of leaves, a second growth, clung close to the branches, and seemed to bid defiance to wiod and frost. Those who look at the denuded arms of the trees, will see however, that all is not loint: the incipi ent bud ha swelled into promise, and its own f rowtlihs crowdedfroin the branch thifmnwonriea?, kndzllrar-it seems that the early frost has but antV ciated the sure and silent work or Na ture, just as the sweeping epidemic s!iakes into the grave at a single blast the thousand that would in a few months have fallen gradually and still ft em their palmy elevation, tTielrTmld loosened by a?"4nd they pushed from the branch 'of l ie hv the budding generation that was to follow in their place.; HayTarcjJji!ftJKh, understand tns teaching of Nature, and ''find sertnoeh in trees." .iff on! To Alulbtrry Cul unnlt.- in the selection of grou' .1 for your next spring's culture choose a high sit uation with a southern exposure, a light loamy, sandv or. gravelly soil, with a porous-subsoil. The erpoture and the oi we name, are the best for the mul herry culture. After you have made vour selection of ground, there is one thing which we wish you to bear in mini! it is this that it is absolutely essen tial to plough your ground this fall. In ploughing recollect the deeper you pen etrate the earthMhe better. Having so p-'oughed vour ground, leave the furrows in the rough until spting, to receive the benefits enuring from the "frost ami snow. As soon as Hie frost is out of the ground in the spring, cross plough, lay oft your furrows, manure them with well rotted manure or compost and plant out your mulberries whether cut tings or tn es. Once planted, they must be Itept clear.and thtj ground well stir red. The same culture that a skilfu' husbandman gives to a ttell tilled corn Held, will answer for the Mulberry; but let no man expect-fine trees, if he de signs to play the part of a loven. Far mer and Ganlentr. Persons may call it the "silk fever, or what they please.but we are delight ed to find the culture of this valuable product, getting so universally 'into favour among our countrymen, whether for gootl or evil, the people of the U. 8. are perhaps the most headlong and tlior ough going' in the world, when the fancy strikes them. When properly directed as in the present case, this enthusiasm f highly com tne triable and must pro uuce admirable eltects. I'p top-ht sent time we have been tributary tuiJr.ir eign countries Tor lais article, while we possess in an eminent degree, all the facilities which render its production advantageous. Our climate is K"od and. as for the soil nnthinir can surnass - ifin adataption to the growth of the mul b 't ry on which the little manufacture! .-. I . ,1. ...,. 1 i hy should we not then, enter;". II IIIC IIVVIC iiiuiiui....... e l.-ed .1 f i . i -t i ,, lie iinis iirai iiij, Ai.ti ucvuna ... .i pliers ol the product insteatl ol uein supplietl with it from abroad? It is ntt .... n..l..l tlm, tn ultnlt atl ,1 nnra l-lvtlj lCWtm Dial B.IUK HII '"Vt ...... t. rr pi i ; K....n ' I aly.France,or even England in beauty ,'1 .- r it r i 'i , ' and delicacy of our silk fabrics, but we can do what is perhaps bet.er-we ca. ! and will soon furnish them the raw ma - terial in return for their manufactured stuff. As an evidence of the zeal with' which the subject has been taken up, we! wi iTrfer to tlie fact, ll.at the silk com - pany in this citr. advertise no less than 50 000 tree, of the -Mnrut Mul.icau-!" i ,, . tt i f .. r..M lis," the very best food for this valuable animal. Hall. Jlmer. MuliicauHs Treet. Much has been saitl about the great quantity of Morus Multicaulis trees in r ranee and other portions of Europe. Ne observe it stated, on authority of General Tall a I . I 1 1 i 1 maage, wno visueu an me principal believed anil argued, mat tne eyes oi silk districts of that country, that there! the representative would be ever turn are even now mo-e Morus Multicaulis d to his constituents, and his atten trees in the United States, than there re in the whole of Europe! Phil. Sen linel. From the Nashville llatiner. FEDERALISM AND REPUBLI CANISM. . Our opponents in affecting to trace their legitimate descent from, and their exclusive possession of, the principles of the old Republican party of '98, at tribute the onsrm of the federal and Republican parties to a difference ofture.M opinions as to ,th powers which dol littt did the patriotic frame rs f ahtf ought to belong to the genmtntn.tToarotisiifatliiii imljgtnt; thai VUhtn state governments" and .hence .found! the short space of half a century, the their claims to be considered the pecul-1 road to executive favor would be iar friends and special guardians of come the road to preferment, on which State Rights- m'g'it be seen troops of representatives We propose to-day to examine into. f the people, Senator in Congress the validity of this pretention; in or- and Governors of great and patriotic der to which, it will be necessary to go's'atcs going to ask alms of the Execu back to the avowed objectsofthe fra-j tive, this one an embassy, that a Co mers of the constitution and the prin-i lectorship a third an Auditorship and ciples upon which that instrument was go on down to the most petty Indian confessedly br.sed. I appointments! A descent to the level "In Republican governments," says from which he was raised, has lost all Mr. Madison, in the 5th number of terrors of the representative, who by a the ''Federalist," "the legislative nu-j faithless dischargo of his trust shall not thnrity necessarily predominates," to have entitled himself to a renewal of it. remedy which, to some extent, the because surli rejection by hisnnstitu legislature was divided info two bran'-ients has become the best passpirt to ches distinguished by different modes or elevation bv the executive. A few in elections and different principles of ac- stances will suffice to show thehumili tion, and the "weakness of the escu-,ating state nl things at present exis tive" fortified bv conferring upon it tin? in this free country. the veto power. W ith all the checks and balances, however, that were de vised, the House of Representatives was understood and intended to be the strongest branch'' nr the strongest de- parlment of the government. I he ex-1 elusive right to originate money unis.jpieot his State as a candnia'e lor w iv and the fact of the members of the House being the immediate representa tives of the people, .it was never doubted, would give it a pi edomina- ting influence. Mr. Madison further declares, fhlf "the House of Representatives is so constituted as to support in the mem bers an habitual recollection of their dependence on the p'-ople." ,"lt is particularly essential," says he, that the reprcsentive branch of the national legislature "should nave an immedi ate dependence nn, and an intimate sympathy with the people." In enu merating the strong ties which would bind the representative to his constitu ents, he remark, Before the s nli ments impressed on their minds by the mode of their elevation can be effaced by the exercise of power, they will be compelled to anticipate tlie moment when their power is to cease, when their exercise of it is tn be reviewed, and when they must descend to tlie level from which they were raised, there for ever to remain, unless a faith ful discharge of their trust shall have estab ished their title to a renewal of it." In the 7Gth number of the "Feder alist" it is argued, that the ro-opera-tion of the Senate in appointments "would be an excellent check upon a spirit of favoritism in the President, anil would tend'greatly to prevent the appointment of unfit characters from state prejudice, from family connexion from personal attachment or T from a view to popularity;" and the objection at that time urged, that S itTie :&-'esi'-dent. by the influence of the power of nomination, might secure the romp-hrf-" sance of the Senate to his views,'' was actually scouted, as supposing "univer sal venalityin human nature." The reason assigned for conferring the appointing power on the Executive, subject to the confirmation of the Sen ate, rather than on a special council, or the House of representatives, or on tlie Senate alone, was that io every exercise of such a power by aftassem bly of men, the appointment would be ileculed by "party liking- and tlislik ings." and that the qualifications best adapted to unite the suffrages of the party, would be more considered than those which fit the person for the sta J tion." Concerning the exercise of the et wer, it was ur?.-d by the Trainers of the Constitution, that '"the superior weight afid influence of the legislative body in a free government, ami the ha.ard to the executive in a trial of 're"S u V,al . " -i t. .. -.i. .i . i . i .. . ir... t . factory security. thatlhe negative wou 1-d -generally bj employed with . I ,1 rill inu nili , nmi ma., in in. f ' . icisc, time w ii u i i inicini i.c i .... a charge of timidity than of rash- ness. Fhese are some of the great pnnci - , . ... ... P'es upon which our government was ' . , . . founded, anil we conndi'iitly ask what , lt . i.i.. f J ben ,M7' wi.ni f'ot 1. " ""CKel J ,v au!,ul (V,C LC " . ,!" - w ,e" '" ' ceased to predoounat. -w en he """" ' P" V'Hr"7 fe representa .. nd I 'constituents has been weakened the ,. , ,m , ,. - ., ., - independence of the Senate annihilat ed, and the hxutive become tne cyno sure by which the representatives of the people steer their course! In the simplicity ami honesty ol ins hnrt nd in his confidence in the stv tbility of our institutions, Mr. Madison . . . ' . . . . i e tion ever fited upor. the moment when he was to descend to the level fro-ii which he was raised there always to remain unless by a faithfuL discharge of his trust he should have entitle-d himself to a renewal of it! The up- position, that a President r the Unit ' I r . . I . . 1 . ! . . O ..... Af kl. .-.Mi- eU Elates, Dy ing iiiuucihb i mm -er, might ever secure the complai sance of the Senatt to his views, was treated as a libel on "human na- . a- I'he lion. Gorham Parks, represen tative from Maine, one ol Col. Polk's packeil committee which refused to go into the investigation of alleged abuses in the executive departments of the government, was rejected by the pen- ernor, ami thereafter appointed United States Marshal. The IIn.-FeJix,Grundv. a Senator in Conzress. was rejected.by the peo ple of Tennessee, and immediately re- jv&rded with tlie appointment of Attor ney Genera'! The most4curious case of all, how ever, occurred in Pennsylvania. i.e. tween Mr. Muhlenberg jt'tl Mr. Wi.lf both of whom had been members of Con gress and the latter Governor of the State, a spirit of rivalry grew up, ami it became necessary in order to pre serve the ascendancy of the adminis tration party in Pennsylvania, that each should be provided for by the President of the United States. Ac cordingly, from the executive chair of the Keystone State.out of whichjie was ousted by the people. Gov. Wolf was taken to Washington, and made Comp troller, with a salary of Something like $3,000 per annum.- In due time Mr. Muhlenberg who had long been a wor shipper at the Executive shrine.and who had also been a member of Cul. Polk's packed committee on executive abu ses, was rewarded with a mission to Vienna. The patriotic Gov, Wolf could not stand this. His lival had received a bigger piece of the loaf than fell to his share. "He pouted," and there -were sundry giving nut that he intended to resign and go home in high dudgeon. Another sop was there fore indispensable to keep nil Wolfship from snapping at the Administration. But how to provyle for him was the ,liTlciljJ;..w1MI,??Rtb a Swap was got up between him and the Collector of the Port of Philadelphia under the auspices- of the Presdent. Mr. Barker came to Washington and was made Comptroller, and Mr. Wolf obtained Mr. Barker's office of Collcctorywluch was a thousand or two dollars per an- ,hould corrupt themj but, with the pro num more lucrative than - the ont he tection of ignorance, what would have had left. What boot Mr. Barker got, been the fate of the ajSpte-tres ill the or is to get,, we know not. But h is neighborhood of London? What a con not to be supposed that such complaitrasi between this respected tree, with sance will go long unrewarded. its harmless ifefence, and the steel-traps The su'.'j-ct, howevcr.is of too grave and springuns of our British pom na! ami solemn import lor pieasanu j. , In sober earnestness we ask the peo-j pie of Hie United States what hold! they have upon their representatives j we ask the States what security they have for the fidelity of their represen-i lativi-s. ihe Senators in Congress, un-' der such a ytein or administration? While the South is higgling about a high tv itr system that is extinct, chaf- f-i ing about the dangers of a national bank which may or may not be iacor- porate l, mid ..pliling ha'irs in nice con- structions of the Constitution, a system r "terrorism, intimidation and sc.luc- lion" has been established at Wash -I .... . . i in -ton whi- ti lays tlie axe to Ihe root of State Rights," . V- should like to know wliui v are the rights of the States, when the executive department of tlie General G.iternment. can with impunity scduee or intimidate the rep resentatives ' of tlie people. Where e e the rights of ilv State of Tennes see when the hea I of the Federal ov-ernment.-in letters addressed' to the members of h'T L '"isltureV dared to prefer a complaint against one of her henutors in CongH's. whose election w is then about to ro ne on, on account of his otlicUl acts! Where were her state rizhts when the President of the United States was seen traversing the country, denounc ing publicly one other citizens whom she was supporting lor the Presidency, and op-nlT emleavoringto s;duce and intimidate the people from supponinz the candidate of their choice? The history of the country may be searched in vain fur such . "audacious outrages tn State Rights, and yet the party in power who sanctioned - them, whose leader committed them, impu dently set up a claim to the support of State Rights men. Where were the lights of the Slate of Mississippi, when her repreenta ttves weri deprive I M their seats oy the casting vote of Mr. Speaker Pdk, who is now the government candidate for the office ot Chief Magistrate of Tennessee, and who is actually sup-1 ported by the pretended friends of State mights in this State i J The framers of the rounsjitution, we have teen, thought tlie executive would be very cautious how he hazard ed a trial of strength with the superi- WWeight and influence of Ihe legis lative body: Ami to lie would, witn the stern Republican 1 or '98. uul with the obsequious Ilopub'.if ans of the present day, he has no need to hazard a trial of strength. The fact is noto rious, that even against their convic tion of duty, th-y stand, with a few honorable exceptions, - ever ready to "do his bidding and abide, his cajl.' The history of the sub-Treasury bill abundantly proves this. Repeatedly has this odious attempt by the party to erect a ninnied interest been defeated by the Representatives of the people, ami still docs the executive by his sys tem of "terrorism, intimidation and seduction" seek to force the measure upon the country. But we must "postpone further re mark on this interesting topic to a fu ture day. O ir observations have been already extended far beyond the limits" we had originally intended. The importance of the subject, we hope, will be received as an apology for the spaxe we have occupied. Jl'hat IhlTTf'iizB want. A pure in telligent patriotic and independeM " congress. An honest discreet faithfnl and fear less President. - - And able 'practical, decided and in corruptible Judiciary. The preservation ol alt the rights.liber ties and franchise, tlequeathed to us by oar Revolution iry Fathers. TtuTfull emoloyment and ample re ward of every department of industry and enterprise in Hie country. A.souml, unilo. io and abundant cur rency. Strict accountability and1 rigid ecoifb my in all the expenditures of the gene ral snd state governments. The perfectly free and independent action of the Executive Legislative and Judicial branches of the goverment forbidding, and preventing at all haz ards, the encroachments, usurpations or conmlulaiion ol power. State Legislatures, drawn "fresh froth the people, understanding and representing every interest in the com munity, and capable and willinz to promote the common weal. German Ilonetty and Simplicity.--An inhabitant of Leipsic." says Ma dame de Stael," having planted aa ap ple tree on . the borders ol a public walk affixed a notice to it, requesting that people would not cither the truit." How the wiseacres and knowing ones laughed at the trusting simpleton! But hark!' not an annle was stolen during ten years." So much for a people all of whom read ami think. In England there are not a few who have resisted tht instructions of the poor, lest it iAndon Magazine. : ' i - THE HUZZAS OF POSTERITY, A little boy near Hagerstown, la Maryland, was one day pointing out to "? a copae of 'trees as the place where, Washington at the head of the Virginia '" rangers, fought a battle long before the W4r "f ,he revolution. with mme Indiana headed by French from Fort Dusquesne nuw Pittsburg. The little fellow had ,,me uall "flea I which had b.-en fired in ,h battle, chopped from the centres ot ,,,e nnw and aged oakal saw the sunbeam of some moral emotion was in eye n'1 1 sked him farther of iv-.. .i. i - i. -.i. "giiii ui.ic j.-mii wow icu the Virginians into that thicket when shook its boughs, and the war-whoop the rifle rune in its cloom His mind seemed to glance like light ning through the illustrious deeds of arms in which, Washington had been engaged, and settled down at the clos ing scene of Voi k town, lie told me of one circumstance only. Said he when the British troops were marched out of ther entrenchments to lay down their arms,. Washington told the A merican army,, My boys, let there be no insults over a conquered foe! wheti they lay down their arm don't huzza, . K ...it i ..--'r posterity win nuxxa iwr tu I could have hugged the little boy to my bosom. Although he had not prob ably been, able t read more than four year, yet his mind ha l drank deep io the moral greatness of the act of spar- . ingthe feelings of a lallen foe. 1 ask ed him what it was that Washington said that posterity would do? he quick ly answered, huzza Mluzza! then, said I, and he sent his clear wild shout into the battlewood, and I shout ed with lliin, "Huzza for Washing ton." ' From ihe New Oi leant lie of Oct S INTERESTING NARRATIVE. Among tne vessels lost on the Flor ida reef during the niemorablt) gait of live 7th and 8th of September last, our readers may rertiember the brig 01- ney. Cap'. I nomas. I his vessel, whicn had left St. Jago de Cuba a few days previous, with a catgi composed of a million of cigars, m quantity of tobacco, and a large numb -r of cedar logs, was wrecked on Friday, the 7lh September, about twenty miles to the north of Capo Florida. She had attempted lo anchor, but the tempest was so violent that both her anchors snapped like packthread and she was driven high and dry on the Florida shore. The persons on board. Comprising the crew of seven men, and' a single passenger, remained in tne brig in the continual expectation, that the wrecker in the neiithborhooJ would come to their relief. Two day after tht Olney had gone ashore, while the capt uin and crew were at breakfast, the re port of rifles was heard. Every ont re joiced in the belief that assistance was at hand. U,i ascending the deck, what were the surprise and horror of these poor fellows, at beholding the brig irt possesion of some twenty lerocious an1 well armed Indians, who had cot we tea on the starboard quarters, and who me naced . them with immediate death in case f slightest resistance. The crew were-totally unarmed, and implicit o bedience to the merciless savages con stituted their sole chance of ultimate safety. They were ordered by signs to re move the cigars from the hold and throw them on the beach.. About one hundred half boxes had ben removed, when cap tain Thomas, a bold and irritable man. refused unconditionally to throw away any more of hi cargo. One of the sav ages,enraged at hi disobedience, knock ed him down with the btt end of his rifle. This was the signal of attack, a volley of bullets was immediately dis charged at the unfortunate commander, and having been pierced by to rifle balls, he was hurled yet breathing on the beach. One of the wretches, perciev mg that he still lived, sicxed the hatch barjand plung-d it into his brent, ex tinguishing exery remnant of life. The crew were then commanded to go a shore. Scarcely had they touched the land, when a second discharge of rifle was made, by which five were killed, Of the remaining two, one who had n. caped unwounded, fled sojast that the Indians were unable to over'ake him. The other, Johnson, by name, sprung towards some low bushes which grew at a short distance, and having heard that green branches were considered by tht savages as a token of peace, fortunately bethought himself of making an effort to hate his life spared. He plucked one of the bushes from the ground, felt on hit knees, and held it up with sign of sup. plication. The'savages understood tht appetl, and he waa for a moment saft. They gave him an axe, and pointing tt a amack which was lying at some dia- iiance on tne snore, bottom upwards, na was commanded to cut a holt into it. He obeyed, and the Indian took I quail- . tity of beef out of it, which they made him eirry to their encampment, which , was tome miles from the-spot Having arrived there, it appeared that tht sat-

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