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THB RBCLECTOR Iw published on Eriday Mornings, at No. 1G: State» street, (second story.) AURAHAM A. KEYSER, Proprietor, D. G, Smet aud A,. A. Kayser, Editors, subseribers io the clty, 'Ewo Dollars | & year, payable . y'l‘u‘fl'tjlbgcrllwra our of the city, Two Dollars year, lure and twonty five coms wil be charged. Subsoripitons for less than m year, hn advance. yee {t putd within sls months from the commence» ment of the subscription year; otherwise 'I' wo Dol- af Schenecta OX, YOL,. VII.] BUSINESS Dirrorory. ATTORNBYS ifs COUNSBELLORS, ADRAHAM YAN INGEN & JaMes B. YAN VORST, No. 4 Wastington Hall, Statest, JAMES FULLER, No. 130 Sinte st. FAMES M. BOUGIE, No. 1850: State at. POTTER, No: T Unionat. COGHILAN & RATHBUN, No, M0 State at, DAVID GADY SMLE, No, 30 State at. pry aogons, WM. CUNNINGHAM & Co., No.938 State st, SIDNEY 8. No, 43 Sinto st. C, L IINDLEY & Ca, No. 108 State st. gRoCERIES, de. M. R, GASH, Golmmm. 190 State at. D. Lo POWBLL, corner of State and Porry sta, DoOK BINDERS, DANIEL LAKE, MMIMQ street, WM. F, BOLLIS, No. 76 Stata street, owt Ite Gout. Why don't ha come? Hs promisa. ins He suroly wuuld be hore ; And: pu and mu are out to tony For onee the ovast is clear, T wonder what ho wants to say ? When lust bia feave ho took, He asked meo twico ut homa to stay- I worder how L look ? Oh 1 why Um almost out of breath 1 Suppose ho aeks ? what then ? be soured to doath, I'm so. afrald of men. I think Ulf have him though, at lust, Bul first U'll answer no 1 Formuny i girl by hurrying fast, Outstrips hor tardy beau I Oh J here ho comes-his step T hour And now he'll suon begin: I would not for the world appoor In haste to lot him ins For the Reflector, LINES, MARDWVARE, SPOVYES, &o. C, 6, GLUTC & Co., Na, 119 State street, ABM. A. VAN VYORST, No. 51 State st; Seeptick | cense to disbelieve in God's existence- doubt no more- Art notthou each hour receiving Froof of un Almighty Power. MERCHANT TALORING iOIIN §. BONNY, No. 60 Stnte street, 1, B. & B. B. BONNY, No. 0974 State: street, WM. VAN VRANKEN, No. 73 Stato atroct. Art thou not each hour enjoying Blessings -which none else could give Save the living Cod undying, Elim thro' whom all others live, In {Lim who guides those planets, moving WARK: *Midst yon vast expanse of space, Dost thou not with mind An all ruling wisdom trace, Ao & B. BROWN, No. 568 State at. PHYSICIANS 4 DRVGaIsus, Dr,. ANDREW TRUAX, L7 State streot, Dt. 0. §QUIRE, Rotterdam. J. Dontist, &e. corner of Forry and |: Liberty Atte -_ INSURANCE COMPANIES, BAIATOGA Mutual Insurance Company-Orsa- mus Squire, Agent, Rotterdam, PULEMEN Insurance Company--Poter Rowe Agotite Of in the ceaseless change of splendor; The sun's orb of glory wears As he gilds each scene of grandeur, Earth upon her bosom bears. Or v'er this earth on which thou dwelleth, View the works Elis will could frame; Each: and all His power revealeth , Doh Ho not thine homage elain 4 Well we mow what deeds of horror, What appriling scenes of strife, What soul sick'ning cause of sorrow, ' Cloud the coutse of haman life, TRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, i811. s rtm [NO. 11. m Prices for Advertising. For one square of 20 lines or less, 50 cents for the first, and 25 cents for every subsequent inwortion, if cunlinued for less than three months. For three months, $3; for six months $5. Longer advertise» monts in the same proportion. . Yearly advertisers will be charged for one square, including the paper, $10, for two squares, $15, with lhe' privilege of renewing their advertisements quar« terly. Bisiness cards will be inserted gratuitously for yearly advertisers; for others; $3 a year, Legal advertisements wil! be inserted at the rates, prescribed by faw, | _ POPPING THE QUESTION. RY AN OLD BACHELOR: mer, as sume Sty may be, such a behaviour is pleasing to the fair, the grievance I complain of. defy n pervarsion to the purposes of evil. - In blessed days of chivairy, no doubt, the ed.) meek ne so many lembe, , the high bearing of our gallants is chiefly Tor the days of chivalry ! without a particle of jealousy-I - consider young ta teenth century. Forty years ngo things were very different ; young: folks or that age upon all propor occasions. nud [ confess, months-nay, frequently for years ; not; call,ard an evening at the opera, - No, no, +Faint heart? says the adage, ' never won fair tadyes -T know not who it was that gave birth to this + wise saw'-whether it is to be found in Ho nll things may, (it is a long time sinee we read- Homery-or whether some gailant son of Mars introduced it to the world by way of forwardiog the views of himeelf and com- rados. - But this Thnow, that whoever the person he has much to answer for ; much to an- awor for to the ladies for subjecting them to the affbctions and impottinences of our sex-much to angwer for to us, for encouraging the belief that Porkaps it may be ged that a gion and misapplication of the adage have caused It may be so ; but it is got enough that a law is made with a view to encourage merit 3 it should be so framed as to binvest knights were-as they deserved to be-the mast succeesful pleaders in the bower of beauty, But let it be remembered that in those dnys, the gal- tants were bold as lions in battle, but in a Jady's boudoir, (if such an unachronisin may be nllow- Now, I much fear display» od in The chambers of their mistresses, while eru- ven learig are found to tremble in the tent. Alas, In a word I wpeak it with the most perfect good humor, and mien of the present day a snucy,_cmply, nssuming, ill-bred - set of fellows, and nlloseljlcr unworthy | the favors of the belles of the nine- L ain not a ningteeuth century-man myself, and T thank the gods (particulmily the god of love) for that cousolation in the midst of all my sorrow 8, were men of another cal- ibre, man who paid some regurd. to decency, ond were not ashained to wear the blash of modesty I was a lover then ; (though at the risk of being laugh» ed at for my pains) felt as much alarm at the iden of ' popping the red-hot question,\ as facing a fif. teen pounder. - An offer of marriage at that time of diy, way matter of deliberation for weeks, as now, an offer of three interviews-a ball, a moaning ret- ed me continually, and feared to speak, even on the mast ordinary topics, lest I should in some way betray myself, Pop-pop-pop, every thing seemed to go ff witha pop; and when ut length Mr. Merton hinted to Mory and ber morhes that it was time for them to pop on their bounets, I thought he lid a particular stress on the horri- ble monosyllable, an tmast expected him to ac- cuse me of some sinister design upon his daugh- ter. It passed of, however, and we set out for the church, Mary Rose leaned upon my arim,and complained how dull I was, 1, of course, pro- tested agninst it, and tried to rally ; vivacity, in- deed, was one of ny characteristics, und 1 wi just beginning to muke myself extremely agreen- ble, when a little urchin, in the thick gloom of a dark entry, let of a pop-gon close to my car.- 'The sound simple as it nay seem, made me start as if a ghost had stood betore me, and when Ma- ry observed that 1 was t very nervous this morn- ing,! I fel as f I could have throttied the lad ; and inwardly cursed the inventor of pop-guns,and doomed him to th» lowest pit of Acheron, 'T strove apgiost my fate, however, and made several observations, cried Mary Rose, ag we grained the end of the street, ' what a beau tifut child 1 I turued my head to the windlow, when the first abject that met my eyes was n equare. blue paper, cdged with yellow, on which was written.in too, too legible charaeters, ' Pop' 1 belive 1 was surprised into an exclamation strooger than the occasion would seein to warrant, nnd the poor child came in for a share of my anathema. T didnt mend it, however,tor I was very fond of eluldren: but it served Mary Rose to scold we obout till we came to the church door; and, if possible, be- wildered me more than ever, We had now arri- veil in the middie nisle, when my Inir companion whispered me- My dear Mr. --, won't you take off your hat ? Phis was only a prelude to still greater blundors. I posted myself at the head of the sont, sang part of the hundredth psalin while the organist was playing the symphony, sut down when L ought to liive been stuuding, and just at the end of the creed, found myself pointing due west, the gave and wonder of the whole con- gregation, The sermon at length commenced ; and the quietness that ensued, broken only by the peratn- bulations of the beadte and sub-echoolmaster, and the co'lision ever and anon of their offisial wands with the heads of refractory stndents, guilty of the enormous crime of gaping or twiming their thumbs, gave me in opportunity of collecting my the the the FOREIGN, ARRIVAL OF THB STEAMSUIP PRESIDENT. 'This vessel arrived ut New York on the 8J inst. with Liverpool papers to the 10th ult., being six days later than previous arrivals. We con- dense from tho Evening Post. She had a long passage of twenty-one days, with a succession of heavy and adverse gales for more than two-thirds the Wime. Escraxp.~-The account of the failure of the United States Bank had not been received when the President smiled. 'Phe news of the arrest of Melood had heen, and called forth some debate both in the Mouse of Lords and Commiitis. The debate created a little flutter in the money market, but without any material effect on stocks one way or the other. Cuse of Mel.cod.-'This case wis briefly touched upon in the House of Lords on the 8th ult. It was introduced by the Barl of Mountcashel, who, after some remarks on the enormity of the pro ceedings had in the State of New York, inquired of Lord Melbourne whether the Government had any information; aud what steps had been taken, The Viscount replied, briefly, that information had been received-ibat Mr. Meleod's liberation had been demanded by Mr. Fox, &e, As to the steps, ho was sure that the House would not ex- pect him to give nny answer at present; He would only say that ministers had taken every means in their power to secure the safely of her Mulesty's subjects, &e. In the House of Commons the same matter wits called up by Lard Staoley, who sad that Sering the noble Lord the Secretary for For- cign Alflurs in his place, he {Lod Stanley) rhould ask that question of which he had given notice, (le then proceeded to give the facts relative to the destruction of the Caroling; and proceed- ed) * 3m. Melsod was arrested last November, and in the month of February the ussizes take place- the present month, and it was this fast, which he {the noble lord) hoped would furnish a sufficient vindication for now interposing in a maiter which was calcolated to pluce two great nations in a most serious and critical position-(hear, hear}. It should be considered that at this moment the life of a British subject inay be placed in the greatest jeopardy, in consequence of his having on in 'the samo manner as the American government in the other case had disavowed the acts of their citizens, he conceived the American government (6?!th 3m change their ground upon the point- our. Sir It. Peel wished to ask the noble lord, the Secretary for the Colonies one questionou a sim« ple matter of fret; it was whether there were not officers holding commissions in her Majesty's army and navy engaged in the affair of the Carow line, and who had received wounds in that ser- viee; and, further, whether they had received peusions corresponding in amouut with those they would have feccived if they had suffered 'such wounds in regular service. . Lord J. Russell said that the had understood that officers of her Majesty's army and navy wero employed on that ccension, under the orders of the colonial authorities, and that some of them were wounded in that service ; but he had not heard that they had received any pensions: Mr. O'Connell rose and said that: it should be recollected that the life of Mr. Meliéod wos at state, (Cheers.) He was sorry that his honor« * able friend near him had entered into the discus» sion be did, because there ought to be strict unans imity in that house in their determination that , the life of Mr. Mcleod ought to be anved.- (Hear, hear,) Mr. Mcleod hrd acted under the command of the proper atithorities-in fact, it might be said under the con:mands of her Mujess ty, (Hear.) 'The house ought; at all events, to declare that they were quite ready to give every ussistance to her Majesty's governinent in protecs ting a British subject, . (Hear.) There is nothing of any iniportance from the Continent except an agcount of a dreadful land slide which occurred in Gragnano in Naples on the 28nd January last, It toolt place in the night when the laborers were in bed and buried 118 men in one graves The King himself superinten- dod tha digring' out the bodies, Five persons only wore found alive. - Inpfa-'Pha sepoys, native troopa in the fay and under the com mand of British officers, with parts of two or three Regimen's of Regulars had an engogrment on the ist Deci lost in Seind4 with the Brahoe ariny af Musscer Khan campos» etd .of $,000 men and totally routed them sill great loss in Inlled, wounded and prisoners, Cutsa.-Via Bombay, Jan. {st, The difficuls ties betweeo England oud Chira are very fat froni being settled, 'The news by previous ar- rivals ofa treaty having been made und'an indem« nity paid is not confirmed. 'There has been no Bul t not man's Creator na Green was a terra incognita in those days ; } seattored thoughts, Just as the rest of the con» ut 'tis mand not man's Creator, ALBANY Insurance Company-J. Broderick, ag't and except in plays and romances, no man ever Spreads these woos thro' every clime ; gregation were gomg to sleop, I began to awake ueted by the authority of her Majesty's Govern- ment, aud by orders of the milftery authorities, treaty entered into, indemnity paid, or fixed, orf likely to be very soon. Admiral Eiliot was still Ny, 28 amd 137 State ar, | MERCHANTS Iosuronce Company, | John I. dreamt of stealing a | heiress burglariousty, (for I from my mental lethargy ; and by the time the can find uo softer term for it,) or running away to obey which it was necessary and a bounden worthy pre'nte find discussed three or four heads Not the Alm'ghty God of nature, duty. at the Island of Chusan, which is represented #s sgent, a wane But man's folly-fear and crime. with a beauty, and askirg hee consent after- wards. of his text, felt myself competent to make aspeech being extremely unhealthy. (Out of 8650 British troops Innded on the Island only 2086 were fit for 'The question, then, which he (Lord Stanley) wished to put was this-that, inasmuch as nego- tiationa had commenced upon the subject of the burning of the Caroling, gince January, 1888, be- tween her Majesty's Government and the Govern. And as man becomes enlightened, Errors wane and ectmes decrease; Thus then be the prospect brightened, Till cach Hydra scourge shall cease, MISURLLANEOUS, 1. t. STRAYIER, Bookstore and Stationary, No. 97 State atreots _ - - D, W, VAN ABRNAM;, bat, Cap and PurStore, | in parhament. Just at this moment, 106, a tho't struck mo, as beautiful as it was sudden-s plan by which L might make the desired tender of my person, and display an abundant share of wit into the bargain. duty, the remaetuder were either sick 'or dead. Fears are entertmwned in (Bogland as to the suc- cess of the expedition, Cancurra, Deg. 22, | The questions between The manner of popping the question, certainly must always vary considerably. with the varying dispositions and habite of men. | 'The young Iaw- yor, for inatanee, would put it in a procise, parch comet of State and Porry streets. <%. 0, OLUTE & C, F. HOAG, Plank Piancing can'elnnu, and Plaster Mill: corner of Pute mf’ti Seek thy mind's emancipation From: dark error's leaden chain ; Search the tidings of salvation, Seel that Meaven that all might gain. ment sort of way-L. A. B., do hereby ask und so- or moonlight improptu. licit, &c.-while the poet, no. doubt, would whip in a sernp of Ovid, and make it up into u sonnet, I «emember the opinion 'Fo this em! I seized Mary Rose's prayer-book, and turning over the pages till I came to mattima- ny, marked the passoge, ' thou have this man to thy wedded husbsnd ?\ with tvo emphat- ment of the United States, -he wished to ask whether the dispatches hed all been received, which had been referred to by Mr. Fox in the re- cent accounts, and 'particulirly that which had been transmitted -on the 29 h of Deceuiber last, our govermnent and that of are evidently as far from being setUled as ever, and there seems evory - reasou to suppdse that the attainment of any satislactory result will be protracted for a con- siderable period. Very probably all negotia« YAN HPPS & VAN OLLNDA, Boot and Shoe | store, Colonaiade, No, 118 State streat, J. UGWTEIEAND, Fancy storey L12 State streot, of a young beau of Chay's Jon, ({mncuronics we used to call thom in those days,) who on its be- ing suggested that the best way of putting the Then no more from{iCiod estranging, Let dark guilt thy soul enslave; is dashes; and pomiling significantly and confi- announcing the apprehension of Mr, Meleod. denily to niyself, handed it t0 her with a bow.- tions will be abroptly terminstéd, and spar recome Hé (Lord Stanley) begged to ask farther, whether menced, after the loss of one yeat's time, and the G, J. SWORTEIGUER, Denler in Glacks, W331“ o. | gles, Joweley, Spestaclus, Sliver Ware, &c. Qt Stato st But thro' faith, in hope exchanging, [grave. For Heaven's bright homa-the earth's dark Shrink not, till each proof receiving show against you.\ query was by writing, replied, * No, that would nevor dog for then the lady would lave it to She took it I-she read it b-she smiled 11 !- Wus it a emile of nasent ? - O how iny heart beat in my bosom at that instant-so loud, that 1 fear- ed the people around us might hear its palpitations her Majesty's Government had taken any steps towards procuring the release of Mr, Mcleod from his present confinement, and if so, whether they would Jay upon the table the nature of those lobal waste af the money already spent. The fears of the most intelligent English res» idents in China speak a plain language, and there cannot be a doubt that the temporizing policy and Of Cud's merey-fustice-power, Scepticlk | conse to disbelieve in Cod's existonce-idoubt no more, novenum For the Reflector. Our 35151135135. No. VI. ca=IFJOUN BRODERICK, Broker &c. No, 23 and 187 State strodt. HENRY G. YATRS, Feed and. Flour store, No. 150 Stata st. JAMES WISR--Uimbrellas and Parosols repaired and covered, corner of Stato and White sis, Doctor COOK, No, 3 Norton st, Albany, Pastor V. B, LOCKROW, Old 'Galun's Lock Dis« But to my tale. About twonty: years ago, (I was ont so botd as I am now,) [ was epeniing the Midsummer with my old friend and schoo'> fellow, 'Tom Merton,. | 'Tom bad manied early in life, and bad a daughter, Mary Rose, who, to her tiather's wit umd mother's beauty,\ added her un- cle Absalom's good humor, and her sunt Debor- abs notability. - In her you hud the realization of -L looked at them to see if they noticed me.- She. a few leayes-she took my pen- cil, which 1 had purposely enclosed in the book -and sho. marked a passage. O ye gode and demigods! what were my sensations at that mo- ment? not Jove himself, when he went swau-lop» ping to the lovely Leda-nor Piw'o, when he per- potrated the ubduction of the beaunful Proserpine, affected moderation which prevails in the councile of the admiral, from whatever sourco these may proceed, show an ulter want of the Chinese char- ucter aud policy, and degrade Great Britain in their eyes. «> steps, and the correspondence which hat passed upon this subject between the Government of the United States and her Majesty's Ministers ? Viscount Palinérsten replied that it would be impolitie to furnish the correspondence referred to, and proceeded \ He thought it Important to make, with re- The Laboring Classes of Eiropé; pessury; No, 8G. Beaver at, Albany, BRANDRBTIPS PILLS, for sale by J, Bertrand, No. L1Q State st, omni ren tr q A'l‘lthAltle-gl‘lml burn; Parlor-imam In Rud city conatancty on hand and fur amic oy contatto B. 97 State at we the arty nocauttigs. THB WEST END.-Gondluded. No portion of our city lns heen so subject to the changes und vicissitudes of fortune as has the West Bnd. - Forming, originally, a large pro- noor eveelved and for sate by Nov, &. P. W. YAN AGLNAM. W p ONS Y.-1200 tbs. Honey for sale by gorex- tie t. CASC, May 34. 120 State street. portion of the old town and lying more immediately upon and adjacent to the river, it early and na turaily became the centre of business and of com» maree, and formed almost exclusively what might, AVID ' L IN CHANCERY, No 30 Sint stroot, Schonectnda, Nov, 23, 1809.--md CADY $M P0H ATTORNEY lyl,‘ AW, ann SOLIGLEONR asp MASTER portiaps be termed the \ city proper?\ 'The ter» minating point of the novigation of the Mohawk, and the carrying place for the trade between the oastarm und weston sections of the State, Schen» lywmt HANUINGS, _, Board Prints &o-A new eup : and (ut saleby - . B 97 State xt, BTE: ily fuat reecived eciady, at an early dny,became a place of no little importannce-possessing more of a busiticsa char- neter, and exhibiting more of life and activity l UKEEALO ROR: S.-Just Balo of slogle ons 7. w. VaR received a few butes of No. I. Bullilo foe sile by. the than could possibly be inferred from its present unimportant position. | 'The West Bad, at the pe- tied to which wo allude, prosented a far different AWY NOTICE. -The Law partnership hereto» LA frre Nuulmlmlng. between Jotiy Bnotnenson & Joun Coommta®, had been dissolved: by mutual con- wont. | The debte and dues of the firm will bo settled i Mcow-Jon: 20, IBL. by elthor member at the g Olfll’N Bl! iy EMERSON, JOUN COCHRAN, or nur vrmosonity or A AfilNDl ap Aid for milo b? \Th. B BTRVYICER, O7 State ato iffod to the aovelopement of though aspect from its present retised appearance. Its streots resounded with tha hurried tread of a bustling and am active: maliitude-the noise of wheels-and the * babel of sounds,\ which, aris- ing from ite crowded wharfs and thronged avenues, wet ond mingled in one continuous strain. | The i warchouso of commerce and the store of mer- {rs. Eltzabaliv Rleords Just received occupied the places of | its prefent quiet mansions, and | its enterprising population were 1% DOZNN OLLV EIL AMES' No. 1010 BREE STRADESIIOVELS. Forunl wholesale and retail by - C. G, CLUTE & CO, April 18, ad Survoying Agont for the Saratoga I awratice Company, | 'Those their (\opp“) ar avrud hé u‘nkl (tfmlpnny, may call at No, 10 Unio GGL \ooh cee BREEBMAN, Agent. Sohancctuda, Suly 31, 1840, TSN EDLAN goneralassortmont finished in a styiu o ‘ (ormfwMNdmilflfisfo t faahion, Tor #1 sult purchasore, and. 6 6 dabont IAan Mt Ho. 08 Statent, by A. & E, BROWN, Schencstade, Aug, 18 1807, No. 142 State at ¥ NUCMI N'O‘I‘IOE’m'I‘lkw subscriber tales this 1 [method to Inform the public that ho is “(remini- Fire In« ] | engaged in wll. the active and stirring dutics inci« ¢ | dent to n business life and a shipping town. . 'I'he first blow to its prosperity was received by the great fire, whicly occurred in the you 1810, de- stroying in one fell attack more than ono handred odifices, and faying its Frirest portion in ruins. This catastrophe was almost immediately 'follow» ed by the completion of the Brie Canal, which fir- ever deprived it of its business character and its citizens of thoir accustomed vocations; and though, at one time, deluded with the hope of a continued prosperity, arisiog from its location along the borders of the river, they were speedily doomed to unalterable disappointment by its tm n CBNTLRBMEN'S FU COLLARLS-Just re« . ive | for b cod Mt C0 o your ABRNAM abandonment and present location. A counte' and superior influence to any they were able: to exort had effectually frustrated 'their plans and M OAL aA WI Ana NK.-Scheneciady. Marah 98, John (o. Drowdft 1897-Marsh chin A. Proud 19ii-S8opt. 91, John JC, Beoknah, 1890-=Augt. 20; hon declared, N DEVLDEND®: * han declared, Namas, 1 Uu?.~(l‘8‘.l'l Blizaboth Prineo, April 15:15. Jacab S. Schermerhorn 50 i Ost, 1839, Cotharine Vedder, 42 ¥ 'do. . do. | Bimon J, Schormerhoins 20 J April 1830; do 20 J. Oct. 1830, do 20 1 Apl 1837, do 20 J June 1838, do 20 Brath or Nyw-Yorr, # ( 74 N, York, 286. 00 8. & C. Wnurron, Sur. springs, 4 45 No, of Shares, Amoun 5 76 \ 50 6 40 3 00 3 00 # 00 6.00 disappointed: their hopes; trade soon found its [way into other channels-its wharfs wore de- sertod-its storohouses closed-its inerchants re- tired from business ; while the blackened and tot- tering ruing, which upon every side, marked the extent and severity of their recent calamity; arose amid. the silence and gloom, which so sadly, and so forcibly, announced the period of their com- mercial existence. Long years elapsed before it oventually recovered from theso disustrous and untoward events, and it is only of late that it has presonted its present apperrance of elegance and t 10 nll that the poets have sung about | fairy forms, duleet voices, and witching eyes, | Sho was jast such a leimg as you imny imogine to yourself in the heroine of some beautiful romance-Nurces- go, in Roderick Random, for instance-or Sophia cou'd have experienced a greater twrowil of pas tons than [ at. that moment. felt it, a§ if it had been made neross my very heart : and I grasped the book-and I squeezes L fely the scorg- and Bentley, the house where I wis visiung. jnfluence, will know undisputed sovereignty of feminine beauty, beeo planned far my especial amusement. her papa. in Tom Jones-or Fanny, in Joseph Andrews- not the modern tnekadasical dainsels of Colburn If sho . had met the eyo of Mare Antony, Cleopatra: might have excorted her lilan- dishments in vain: if Paris had but seon Mary Rosa Merton, Troy might have been standing to this day, - Such was the presiding divinity of My hearl was susceptible, and I fell in love. - No man, [ thot had ever Joved as I did-a common fancy among lovers-and the intensity - of my effeetion I be- heve would not fil to secure a retura. | One can- pet explain the secret, but those who have felt the how to jndge of my feelings. 1 was as completely over hend and ears as moital could be; I loved with that entire de¥otion that makes Gial piety and brotherly affcetion sneak toa corner of man's heut, and leave it to the The blindness incidental to my passion, and the young lady's uniform kindness, led me to believe that the possibility of her becoming my wile was by no means so remote as at first it had appeared to bey and, hnving spent several elccoless nigh s in examining the subject on all sides, I determin- ed to make her on offer of my hand, and to bear the resu't, pro or con, with all due philesophy.-- For more than a | week I wis dissppointed in an opportunity | of speaking: alone with my adored, notwithstanding E bad frequently left the dinner- table prownturely with that view, ond several times excused myself from excursions winch had At length the invornble moment seemed to be at haud. - A chnrity sermon was | to be proached by the bishop, tor the benefit of a Sunday school, and. ns Mr. Morton was churchwarden, and do- stined to hold one of the pistes, it became iim perative on his family to be present on the oc: caston. - 1, of course, proffered my services, and it was arranged that we should set off early next morning, to #eeure good seats in the centre aisle, I could hardly close my eyes that night for thick- ing how I should + pop the questions' and when 1 did. got n short slumber, was waked ou a sud- den by some one starting from a behind a hedge just as I was disclosing the soft secret, Some umes, when 1 lud fancied myself siting by the lovely Mary in a bower of Jaswine aod roses, and lind just concluded a rhapsody about loves nnd doves, myrtles and turtles, I raised ny blushing head, and found myself fefe-a-fele with At another mament, she would slip a beautiful pisk, hot-pressed billet-doux into my hand, - which, when 1 unfolded it; would turn out the hand that presented it; and, opening the page tremblingly, and holding the volume close to my eyes, {for the type was small, and ny sight now quite so good as it used to bes) L read-O Mury Rose! 0 Mary Rose! that I should live to relate jt I-\ A woman may not mmry her grandfather,\ Scott the Diver, The following account of Scor and his extraor» dinory feats is from i-letter of a correspondent of the London Evening Chronicle : «This man was born at Philadelphia, in the United States, and was in bis 28th year, He was nbout five feet seven inches in height, of slender make, and appeared: at least twelve years older than he really was, Mis penchant for swimming qnd diving displayed itrel® at a very carly age.- He had served. on board Eoglish and American frigates, and his slull and dexterity as a seaman, his bravery and general good conduct, would have sc» cured him promotion in either service, if he had vot abandoned a naval life and become a mounte- bank, to please the depraved taste of mobs.-- Notwithstanding the inulutiudes he always collect- ed to witness his singular feats, and his great popu- larity, his ronumeration seldom exceeded a lew shillings, except on two oce sions, when he exhi bited off the custom house, when £4 was collected on one occasion, and about £8 un the other, «His performances were of a must diming and gingular kind ; and, as he contrived to dodge death by a mere baii's breadih tor a long time, the ea» gerness of the mun 10 see how far he could go and not lull himself, became mtonse, He once saved the life of a beautful child in the Buy of Biseny tor which nubte act the father; t General in the British army, Irequeutiy assigted him by donations of money, Seouv nsserted before his death, that ho bud jamped off' a place below the Falls of Ni- agia, a baight of five huodred and ninety-seven feet! Whether tins be true or false lie has lea- ped from a cliff at Port Isure, in Cornwall, three hundred and forty seven feet high, into the sen; he has leaped from Bangor bridge, the highest io this county, two hundred and ten feet high, and hus often, within a few months, jumped from the top- gallant masts of Buglish and American ships into the Thames. \Scott commenced his oxhibitions four months ago al Gravesend ; and after remaining there a week, proceeded to Purflect, thenee to Blackwell, and imlended working his way up the river to Ox» ford, - He once jutoped of Bangor bridge into the water below, und from the chfls at Port Isiac in Cornwall. Last summer he was about to precipi- tare himself from the cliffs at Broadstairs, but a thu» inane gentleman intericred, and gave Inm two to be a challenge from some fnvorite Inver, desir- ing the satisfnction of meeting me at hnlf past six, in the mormng, and so. forth, und concluatug, As usual, with an indirect allusion to n horsewhip.- Morning dreams, they any, always come truc.- It' n g'rnSH fulsehood-mime never come trug.- But I fad a plensen: vision that morning, aud re- collecting the gossip's tale, 1 fowdly: believed it goverighs Rot to sttempt the leap. ted all the principal watering places and ports in Bagland, and expressed tis intentron of malung a tour of the remainder during the next summer. Ite never appeared ouch affected by bis immer- sion in the warer on the coldest duy ; and it was his custo to swallow n single wliss of rum afier Scott has visi- would be verified. + pop the cepted. i , 1 cried, +1 will pop the question ; Methought I had ventured to question' to my Dulemes, ind was ne- 1 jumped out of bed in a tremor, + Yes! ere this night- he cme out of the river, dress mmself, and then smoke a pipe. He was never married, mnd he lfas been heard to say that he has not n single ro.ative ference to the notice of Mr. Forsyth, one cbserva~ tion. 'Phe noble lord had said be believed Mr. Mc- Leod was not one of the party by whora the Caro- line was altacked, Now his (Viscount Palmers ston's) information went to the samé conclusion ; but with regard to the ground taken by My, For- syth, in replying to Mr., Fox, he thought it right to state that the American government undoubt- edly might have considered this transaction sith- erasa transaction to be dealt with betwean the two governments, by demands for redress on the une hand, to be granted or refused on the othér, and dealt with accordingly ; or it might have been considered, as the British authorities con- gider moceedings between- American citizens on the British side of the border, as matters purely to.be dealt with by the local nuthorities, But the Amorican government had chosen the. former course, by treating this muber os one to be de» cided between the two governments, and on the ground on which they were entitled to demand n redress from the British governinent for the nets of its subjects. He was sure the house would feel that on a matte: of such extremo delicacy it would be improper for him to entcr into further remarks or observations. He had therefore con- tented himself in answering the noble lord's ques- From \Three Days at St. Cloud,\-by Gov. Cass. Thank God |. we have in our country * neither poverty nor riches,\ in. the Buropean ncceptation uf these terms.. We have mone of those 'over grown fortunes which accumulate in particular families enormous wealth, placing under their con- trol Luge regions of ferule land, with all: who in« habit them und thus rendering the mass miserable that the few may Jive in luxury. F content myself with stating the facts as they exist, with- out comment or reproach ; neither seeking to in' veptigate the:cause, nor to suggest the remedy.- As one of the phases of human life an Americar may well. be anxious to observe the condition and manners ofhigh Heropeun society, and to described. them for his conntryinen, But the description, if {nith(al, will contain mach more for warning thad for imitation, When contrasted with tho extremi- ty of ponury and wretchedness whicli every where meet the eyo, the presont tendency of the institu- tions in Europe, whether continental or insular, presents n subject of painful, reflection to the for- eign traveller; and I should think of serious alarm to every lover of good order, and to every: well= wisher. to humane nature: Infact Byropean sof ciety is a volcano, prepared at any mdment for arf eroption, which inay biny Bereath its lava the bap< tion's, by stating the matters of fact he had just adverted to,\ M. Huars said : Tt appeared by papers which he had in bis possession that in- January, 1840, a mo- tion was made in the House of Representatives; calling upon the President to place on the table of the house all the correspondance respecting the Caroline that had taken place between the govern- meat of the Uiited States and that of Britain, In consequence ofthat motion certain papers which hard been received from Mr, Stevenson liad been luid on the table of the house on the 15th of May, together with a long letter from that gentleman, dared in May, and etating that agreeably to the or- der he had received from the President through Mr. Foreyth, he bad lnid before the noble viscount (Viscoust Palmerston) a copy of tnat letter.- 'That lettor calling apon the British government to stn'e whether the affiir was an enterprise of rol- bore, or whether it had the sanction of the govern- ment. From May up to the prosent hour, he ( Mr. Hume) was not nwore that any angwer bad been given to that letter, Indeed, Mr. Stevenson, iH a. letter to Mr. Forsyth, dated July 2, 1889, said, \ I regret to say that no answer has yet been given to my note in the case of the Caroline, ~I have not deemed it proper; under these cireumstances, to press the subject without instructions from your deporment, IFitis the wish of the government that I should do so, J pray to he informed of it, and the degree of urgency that Tom to adopt.\ By what had twken place in the Congress. it ap- peared that the Amgrican government were ignor- ant of iny proceeding by the Biilish government which should warrant them either in considering the enterprise as one of rubbers or as sanctioned by the government; 'Phat he believed, was the around upon which Mr. Forsyth: had proceeded. He considered the maiter as one of the utmost int» portance, and trusted the house would not enier into discussion upon it until the whole of the dacu- ments had been laid upon the table, (Hearthenr.) Viscount Palmerston beheved that the honorn- ble gentieman would find that the correspondence in this couniry, and that the many stories of bis wile nnd sister having performed similar feats, contained a recommendation to Mri Stevenson, pioess of generations. 'The evil, io truth,, hes tor deeper thin mere appearances indicate, Political institutions certainly require regeneration ; a bet- ter adaptation to the present state of society, and, to the prevalent opinions of the work! 4 a syatem of legislation and administration,. not in the interest . of the. few who. govern, but seeking the general wellare of the entie community, But beyond this, there are causes in opgration which laws cannot reach, and which Governments, if they can tffeet, ecannol control, Property is too unequally divided ; population presses too clogely upon subs sistence ; employment is too often wanting, and too insufficiently paid ; and penury and misery aro the consequences; Life, in ndvaneg, offere to laboring man nothing but a perpetual struggle to procure the means of subsisteree, and the pros: pect of early decrepitude, and of a death. in some den of wretcheduges, public or privato, 'Theex- tremity of suffering waich the old. world exibits, i@ beyond the reach ofon American imagination to conceive, I shall confine inyself to u shigle fact; I passed the last smmer at Versailles, when the commanding general pul at my disposition a sous: . officer to accompany me in my walkey and to point out the various localities worthy of particular ob; servation at that seat of wonders. He was a very intelligent man, and well oducated ; and f owe td his couverention nuch knowledgo of the true con: dition uf things in the internal econdmy of France} He was from the neighborhood of Artieins and his fither was a small proprietor, Lasked him, one day; what was the 'usual breakfast of the ln - boring people in that part of the country. agid, \ Plenty of water; and a, piece of gmmunition * bread rubbed with an onion !\ Hs Tas Unireo Spates Bask\ aso Miougasm,- The Detroit Daily Advertiser states that the fail- ure of the United States Bank will be a severe blow to Michigan, thet institution_holding nearly two millions of the Michigan State Bonda: - It a23# all tho hopes of Michigan to prosecute ber inter- nal improvements,. have been based on the ability of the bank tu pay the state the amount of these bonds: to abstain from bringing forward the question again. With respect to the letterreferred to,the priuciple stood thus :-In the case of the Ameri- can cilizens engaged in passing into Cunada, the American government disayowed their acts, and stated that the Britih might deal cap again envelope this unhappy head, the ial shall be made! and I shaved, and brushed my hair over the bald place on my erown, and | tied iny cravat with unprecedented care; and made iny appearance in the breakfust parlour just as the servant maid had begun to dust the chairs and and of their offering to swiin from Blackwall to London bridge, were fietitious, Seott was regard- less ot the height. from which he precipitated bnmseif into the water, and he has frequently lea- ped from the main-top-gallant maste of line-of-bat- of finish, At diferent and subsequent periods various attempts have been made to revive the prosperity of the West End, and attract to its old beunts the.commerce and business which had fled. (, . Gov. McNutt of Mississippi, in vetoing the bill to pay the bonds of thut State amofig his reasbng for so doing, states that the. bonds given to thi United Statee Bunk were sold to RotpstHild and then adds : . i - EH Coanty of Schumann”; * WILKMM & WALTON, Cashier of the Mo- hawlt Bank, belag duly sworn, deposeth and, waith what tia above ia truo and statement of wll the deposita and algo of all the dividends remeining pnolotned in auld Bank for two years previous to. the to the best of first diy allguptuulslluérwlliflo, according wledgo and beliet, . my knowledg W. B WALTON, Cashier, Bubsorhad and Sworn before me, thie 20th day of January, 1841, 40, N. Ywits Commiasionor of Doods, &c, As time and experience proved their hopeless- ness and. inutility, they have successively been abandoned, until its citizens and the quarter they inhabit have gradually assumed their present dig- niGied repose, and quiet and gentgel appearance. #« tables, Breakfast-time at length arrived. | But I shall pass over the blunders during its progress ; how I salted Mary Rose's muffin instead of my own, poured the cream into the sugar basin, 51mg took a bito at the tgapot lid. To? the question haunt- tle ships, frigates, and East Indinmen, and fre- quently declared that be had no objection to leap from the gallery of the monument on Fish street hill, if eight feet of weter were sunk below it, In swimming and diviog be perhaps excel- led any man that ever lived, and his feats in the water were very extraordinary,\ with them as they pleased : [hear; hear,) and that they were not purties entitled in any way to the protection of the United States. In the othe case the American government had assumed the care ol the Caroline to be one that was to be dealt with as a government transa€tion, and until tliose persons were disowned by the British government 4 The blood of Judas and flows in hi¢ veins, and he unites the chardcferisiics of beth; He has a mortgage upon the gold mines of Mexia eo apd the quicksilver of Spain; he has loaned money to the Sublime Porte,and holds a mortgaged upon the Holy City of Ferusslem, and the Sepult chro of our Lord Saviour Jestis Christ;\ dare - aind
