Msceflaneotia
To a Departed One.
I love the memory of that hour
When firsi in youth I found thee;
For infant beauty gently threw
A morning freshness round thee;
A single star was rising there,
With mild and lovely motion;
And scarce the zephyrs gentle breath,
Went o'er the sleeping ocean.
I lovp the memory of that hour
It wakes a pensive feeling;
As when within the winding shell,
The playful winds are stealing.
It tells my heart of those bright years,
Ere hope went down in sorrow,
When all the joys of yesterday
Were painted on to-morrow.
Where art thou now? thy once-lov'd Cowers
Their yellow leaves arc twining;
And bright and beautiful again
That single star is shining.
Bat where art thou? the bended grass
A dewy stone discloses;
And love's light footsteps print the ground,
Where all my peace repoes.
Farewell! my tears were not for thee,
Twere weakness to deplore thee;
Or vainly mourn thy absence litre,
While angels half adore thee;
Thy days were few, and quickly told;
Thy short and mournful story
Hath ended like the morning star.
That melts in deeper glory.
From the Courtland Herald
My own Times.
This world is all a fleeting show,
And life "a stormy day,"
Says Moore and though I've found it zc
I'm still inclin'd to stay.
I'm weary with the daily themes,
And troubled with the blues;
I scout all speculating schemes
And sicken at the news.
Aud if I ramble through the street,
In hopes to join some friend;
The salutation which 1 meet
Is "have you cash to lend5"
Then "what is this dull town to me,"
I fain would elsewhere go;
But do not fancy Tennessee,
And Mobile lies too low.
The Carolinas are too warm,
And in Vermont I freeze;
In New-Orleans musquetocs swarm,
And in Kentucky lieas.
The frontier States will never suit,
Where lobsters can't be had;
And where we find the choicest fruit.
The people are too bad.
Then waft me, Peace, to some fair isle,
Upon thy spotless wings,
Where nature wears a constant smile,
And Philomela sings. Edgar.
continued from the 1st page.)
walking together upon the street,
I introduced the subject, i told
him, I wished to ask him a qucs-i
tion in relation to the Presides
tial election; that I knew he was
unwilling to converse upon the!
subject; that therefore, if he deem
ed the question improper, he
might refuse to give it an answer.
That my only motive in asking it
was friendship for him, and I
trusted he would excuse me from
thus introducing a subject, about
which 1 knew he wished to be si
lent. His reply was complimen
tary to myself, and accompanied
"by a request that I should pro
ceed. I then stated to him that
there was a report in circulation,
that he had determined that he
would appoint Mr. Adams Secre
tary of State, in case he was elec
ted President, and that I wished
to ascertain from him whether he
had ever intimated such an inten
tention. That he must at once
perceive how injurious to his elec
tion, such a report might be.
That no doubt there were several
able and ambitious men in the
I country, among whom 1 thought
, .r . i i ill
Mr. Ulay might ne lnciuueu, wno
were aspiring to that ottice: and it
it were believed, he had already
determined to appoint his chief
competitor, it might have a most
unhappy ell'ect upon their exer
tions, and those of their friends.
That unless he had so determin
ed, I thought this report should
be promptly contradicted under
his own authority.
I mentioned, it had already pro
bably done him some injury, and
proceeded to relate to him the
substance of the conversation
which I had held with Mr. Mark
ley. 1 do not remember whether
I mentioned his name, or merely
described him as a friend of Mr.
Clay.
After I had finished, the Gene
ral declared, he had not the least
objection to answer my question.
That he thought well of Mr. Ad
ams, but had never said or inti
mated, that he would, appoint him :
Secretary ot Mate. 1 hat these
were secrets he would keep to
himself he would conceal them
from the verv hairs of his head.
That if he believed his right hand
then knew what his left would do,
upon the subject of appointments
to ollicc, he would cut it oil and
cast it into the fire. That if he
.should ever be elected President,
it would be without solicitation
and without intrigue upon his
part. That he would then " in
to office perfectly free; ana un
trammelled, and would be left at
perfect liberty to fill the offices of
the government, with the men,
whom, at the time, he believed to
be the ablest and the best in the
country.
1 told him that his answer to
my question was such an one as I
had expected to receive, if he an
swered it at all, and that I had not
sought to obtain it for mv own
satisfaction. 1 then asked him, if
I were at liberty to repeat his an
swer, lie said 1 was perfectly at
liberty to do so to any person I
thought proper. I need scarcely
remark, that 1 afterwards availed
myself of the privilege. The
conversation upon this topic here
ended, and in all our intercourse
since, whether personally, or in
the course of our correspondence,1
Gen. Jackson never once adverted
to the subject, prior to the date of
his letter to Mr. Beverly.
I do not recollect that Gen.
Jackson told me, I might repeat
his answer to Mr. Clay and his
friends; though 1 would be sorry
to say he did not. The whole
conversation being upon the public
street, it might have escaped my
observation.
A few remarks, and I trust I
shall have clone with this disa
greeable business forever.
I called upon Gen. Jackson, on
the occasion which I have men
tioned, solely as his friend, urron
my individual responsibility, and
not as the agent of Mr. Clay or
any other person. I never have
been the political friend of Mr.
Clay, since he became a candidate
for the office of President, as you
very well know. Until 1 saw
Gen. Jackson's letter to Mr. Bev
erly of the 5th tilt, and at the same
time was informed by a letter from
the Editor of the United States'
Telegraph, that I was the person
to whom he alluded, the concep
tion never .once entered my mind,
that he1' believed me to have been
the agent of Mr. Clay or of his
friends, or that I had intended to
propose to him terms of any kind
from them, or that he could have
supposed me to be capable of ex
pressing the "opinion that it was
risdit to fight such intriguers with
their own weapons." Such a sup
position, had I entertained it,
would have rendered me exceed
ingly unhappy, as there is no man
upon earth, whose good opinion I
more valued, than that of Gen.
Jackson. He could riot, I think,
have received this impressiori, un
til after Mr. Clay and his friends
had actually elected Mr. Adams
President, and Mr. Adams hadhis place for another term, has
appointed Mr. Clay Secretary ofj been strangely wrested by him
estate. Alter t nese events nau uom us uuiiiiai m-oiium:.
agreeably to their sentence, f0.
piracy and murder on board of tlK
brig Crawford. They were con
ducted to the place o, execution
by the volunteer companies ami
the city guard, and attended In
the Catholic Priest, several cler
gymen of other denomination,
and two or three gentlemen win;
spoke the Spanish language. Thr
multitude which attended was iru
mense supposed to exceed 7000
American System. This cpi
thct, which Mr. Clay has applied
to a system devised for the beno
fit of a few hundred speculators,
and by the prejudices in favor oi
which existing in some parts of
the country, he hopes to secure
transpired, it may be readily con
jectured in what manner mycom-
following paragraph is from th;
Columbia Telescope. Speaking
munication might have led him! of the phrase "American Sy
into the mistake. I deeply de- tern, the writer says
plore that such has been its effect. "It was first used by Mr. Alex
I owe it to my own character to ander Hamilton on the occasior
make another observation. Had of the formation and adoption o;
I ever known, or even suspected, our present venerated Constilu
that Gen. Jackson believed 1 had tion; He then in the 11th No. of
been sent to him by Mr. Clay or the Federalist, after an elaborate
his friends, I should" immediately and convincing argument on "the
have corrected his erroneous im- utility of the Union in respect to
pression, and thus prevented the commerce and a navy," concludes
necessity for this most unpleasant by saying, "let the thirteen states
explanation. When the editor of he bound together in a strict and
the United States' Telegraph, on indissoluble union, concur in erec
the 12th October last, asked me ting one great American System,
by letter for information upon this superior to the control of all trans
subject, 1 promptly informed him atlantic force or influence, and
by the returning mail on the lGth able to dictate the terms of the
of that month, that I had no an- connection between the old and
thority from Mr. Clay or his the new world." Here then, is the.
friends, to propose any terms to origin of the phrase; here Mr.
Gen. Jackson in relation to their Clay found it, and with sacrilegi
votes; nor did I ever make such a 'ous intentions purloined it from
proposition; and that 1 trusted I its hallowed niche, and lias used
Would be as incapable of becom- it for the profane purposes of set
ing a messenger, upon such an ting on one section of the nation
occasion, as it was known Gen.; to rob and plunder the other sec
Jackson would be to receive such tion of it, for his own personal ag
a message. 1 have deemed it ne- grandizement, and all this know -ccssary
to make this statement, in higly too with a tendency direct,
order to remove any misconeep-j "ot to cement and strengthen the
tion, which inav have been occa-U"io but at imminent peril of its
sinned, hv fhn nnhlirntinn in fhni dissolution.
Telegraph of my letter to the Edi
tor, dated the 11th ultimo.
With another remark, I shall
close this communication. Be
fore 1 held the conversation with
Gen. Jackson, which I have de
tailed, 1 called upon Major Eaton,
and requested him to ask Gen.
Jackson whether he had ever de
clared or intimated, that he would
appoint Mr. Adams Secretary of
State, and expressed a desire,
that the General should say, if
consistent with the truth, that he
did not intend to appoint him to
that office. 1 believed that such
a declaration would have a happy
influence upon the election, and 1
endeavored to convince him that
such would be its effee. The
conversation between us was not
so full, as that with Gen. Jackson.
The Major politely declined to
comply with my request, and ad
vised me to propound the ques
tion to the General myself, as I
possessed a full share of his con
fidence. JAMES BUCHANAN.
Lancaster, 8th Atisf. 1827.
Execution o f the Pirates. On
Friday, 17th Tilt, the three Span
iards, Pepe, Couro, and Felix,
'were executed at Richmond, Va.
Sin an la r Advert is em enl. T 1 1 r
following appears as an advertise;
ment in the Courtland (Alabama)
Herald:
"To the Editor of the Court
land Newspaper Now Mister I
want to tell you and please to
print this Mister in your Newspa
per. 1 took the solvent oath last
summer, and I have been sorry for
it ever since; it was my son Billy
and Dicky Bankhead that told me
to do it. Now Mister I want you
if you please Mister, to tell all this
in your Newspaper; that 1 always
had a plenty of property to pay all
my just debts. I have Cattle.
Hogs, Sheep, land, Horses, and a.
heap of other things. Now Mis
ter I think it would be better to
pay my just debts, than to please
Billy, and go to hell for it. Mis
ter put this in your paper two
times, and Hardy Stevens or my
self will pay you for it. Your
friend JAMES BOYLES.
July 27.
Provcrhs. Intemperance drives
wit out of the head, money out oi
the pocket, wine out of the bottle,
elbows out of the coat, and health
out of the bodv.
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