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The Arkansas advocate., 1834-02-28

Jasrsarp, ] fairl. g : aEr PoisnExrER ls,.Ds,i.sd | bill for the benefit of the in-
 |1saats of Fayetteville, Washington Co.
 N. Territory. Read, and referred to the .too an puhlie Lands.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-02-28

|rss I|sassIE' F., Jan. 29.--Mr. TIrToN in-. le,r'@a'O'' O''l ] to authorize she people of |si.n ,sfy " ot ARKANSAS to lforil, a Con
 h;ea ~,'a State Government, which was |ss s' sna,;'a saa referred to the. Select Com
 eaisp ppul'ea <, to consider q similar bill
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22

We hear very little of the presidents pro
gress" in the West since his departure from
Washington for the Hermitage. At Orange
Court House he dined with Gen. Dade-" eS-
pressed surprise that the democracy Of the
land Of Jefferson and Madison should humble
itself before the Bank" &c. &c. The Presi.
dent expected to spend day with Mr.. Rives
NJ B. A correspondent Of the Richmond En-.
quirer states that the President "pays his ia
vern bills, occasionally, with the hard metallic
currency"!!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22
ALEXANDRIA:
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY %, 1884
q EXPOSITIONS.n


Since the defeat fMr. Ellicott, late President
of the Union Bank of Maryland, (Pet,) great
stir has continued to be made in Baltimore in
relation to Bank matters.
Mr.. Evan Poultney, the late President of the
Bank of Maryland, has published, in the form
OF an affidavit small pamphlet of eight pages,
entitled ga Brief Exposition of Matters relating
to the Bank of Maryland"
To enable our readers to guess the scope and
character of this Exposition is proba
bly, substitute for that lately promised by the
then President of the Union Bank make
the following extract from Mr.. Poultneys ad
dress to the public; with which his avouched
statement is prefaced:
To the Public-The gross misrepresentation
of nv conduct in the Bank Of Maryland, have
induced me to publish the annexed affidavit,
that the public may see that the very persons
who are most clamorous in denouncing me-
had as much agency and control over the trans
actions of that Bank as had. From the friend.
" relations which subsisted between the gentle
men who were my former partners and myself
was willing to bear in silence the censure heap.
ed upon me by persons who knew nothing of the
affair, without disclosing who were the real
agents in all the visionary speculations in which
the Bank embarked. But when the joint au.
thors of all the mischief for the purpose of d.
yerting public attention from themselves are
traducing me in every quarter think cannot
be censured for informing the public who are
responsible for the mismanagement of the Bank
of Maryland. Although we were Jointly con-
cerned, yet such was my reliance on my part
ners, that they had absolute control over the
affairs of the Bank.
In reply to this pamphlet, the following Card
has been issued:
Tot Public.-Evan Poultney, formerly Pre-
sident of the Bank of Maryland, and now under
indictment for peculating the funds Of that in
stitution, having just circulated pamphlet term
ed A Brief Exposition Of Matters relating to
the Bank of Maryland;" in which the names OF
the undersigned, and those of several other gen
tlemen, have been introduced, evidently for the
purpose, not so much Of indicating himself as
to reduce the gentlemen referred 10 and our
selves to the same state of miserable degrade
ton to which he has been brought by his own
unexampled turpitude; it is due to ourselves and
to the public, that we should ask them to sus
pend all opinion upon the subject until We can
present them with the history Of our connection
with the Bank referred to. Unless other per-
sons who have fully examined into the matter,
as well as ourselves, are grossly deceived it will
not be difficult to establish that, from first to
last, Poutney. and those pho are nop advising
him, had adopted regular and organized plan
to enrich themselves at the public expense, in
total violation of every principle of common no.
nesty, and that il was carried out with bold
ness and indecency at which the most callous
conscience would have been shocked
REvERDY JOHNSON,
JOHN GLENN.
Baltimore July 10, 1884.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22

We will pay our respects to the Richmond
Enquirer, ifnothing occurs to prevent it: in our
next Several other Of our friends, allies Of he
Enquirer, have lately, we are told, fired shots al
u.s. which we ought to return. But the paper;
have not been preserved, and our absence must
be our excuse for the apparent neglect. We
are now, however, quietly seated at home, and
prepared for whole broadsdes, if it should 50
please them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22

The arrival of Mr.. John Cranch, Artist ~ ~
Italy, has already been announced in the y =
zette; but we cannot permit ourselves to lei
occasion pass, without welcoming home 0n' :,
so much esteem, and expressing hope
his genius will be properly appreciated 0y
countrymen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22

The Corn in the counties bordering on the
Potomac, in Virginia, looks uncommonly fire
and promising. The Wheat has suffered some
what from the blight, but an excellent crop will
be made Good health prevails.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22

Mr.. Robertson walks over the Richmona
course this time. The Administration paIN
have brought out no one against him. In New
Kent, the second county which voted, the re-
suit was, Robertson SO, Roane Al. In despal'
the Richmond Enquirer says Mr.. Robertson
opposed to the Bank of the United States
Wonderful! What of it2
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22

The July number of MIR. Homan's Mal!
and Naval Magazine is very interesting to &c
neral readers, as well as to the officers OF bO"
branches Of the service. This work ought
be well encouraged
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22

The Richmond Enquirer says" Most ofih'
Opposition leaders are DISCLAIMERS; Benton is a
Statesman" Quere: Does the East Room JET
ter prove that fact.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22

We understand that the loan of the Stale y
Virginia has been taken by Messrs. j. L. d y
Joseph & Co., of New York, and Messrs' h |
l. Phillips, of Philadelphia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22

~ Letters and communications received
during the editors late absence will be imme.
datelY attended to.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
YTHAT General Meeting of the Stockhod-
Il ers OF the Fauquier and Alexandria Turn
pike Company will take place at auckland, on
Friday, 18th August next, for the purpose of
electing President four Directors, Treasur-
BERNARD HOOE, Treasurer.
iy 1S-t15thAug
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22
A FIRST RATE HERRING FISHERY

A FIRST RATE HERRING FISHERY
For Sale.
THIS LANDING, which is equal-and the
l. accommodations for curing superior-to
any on the Potomac River, lies on the Maryland
shore, about 20 miles below Alexandria. To it
is attached very fertile FARM, Of about 100
Acres. The Improvements are good Brick
- DWELLING, large Tobacco Houses, with
Mk other necessary Out Houses, besides the We
ny extensive Buildings ofthe Fishery. For par
ticulars and terms apply to George Mason, OF
jy3-wtf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22
LATER FROM ENGLAND.

The packet ship Virginia, Captain Harris, has
arrived at New York, from Liverpool, whence
she sailed on Sunday, the sth of June
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-22

Baltimore, July 10, 1884.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-11-26

The Drunken Husband.-Thc common calalai-
ties of life may be endured-poverty, sickness, and
even death may be met-but there is even that which
while it brings all these with it, is than all
these together. When the husband and father for
gets the duties he delighted to fulfil, and by
slow degrees become the creature of intemperance,
there enters into his home the that rends
the spirt-that cannot be allevated that will not
be comforted. 1t is here above all, where she who
has ventured every thing, is lost. Woman, suffer-
ing woman, here bends under her drest afflicton.
The measure of her cup in truth, full, whose hus-
band is drunkard Who shall protect her, when
he is her insuer, her oprcssor? What shall delight
her when she shrnks from the sight of his face, and
-trembles at the sound of his voice! The heart is
indeed dark, that he has made 'desolate. There III
the dull hour of mdnie CHIT, her grefs known on
ly to hersef-her bruised heart bleeds in secret.
There while the cruel author of her distress is
drowned in distant rcvelry, she holds her solitary
vigil, waiting yet drcadng his return that will wiring
from her by his unkindness, tears even more scad-
ing than those shed his transgression. To
fling deeper gloom across the present, memory
turns back and brOods upon the past. Like the reco-
lection to the stricken Pilgrim of other days
come over her as if only to mock the parclcd and
weary spir-shc recalls the ardent lover whose
graccs won her from the home of her infincy-the
enraptured father who bent with such delight over
he sunken being, who has nothing for her but the
sots disgusting Notwithstanding for these abased
and trembling children, but the sot's disgusting
amplel Can we wonder that amidst these ago
nzing moments, the tender cords of violated affec
ton should burst asunder that the scorned and de-
serted wife should confess, there is no killing like
that which destroys the heart that though it would
have been hard for her to kiss for the last time the
cold lips of her dead husband and lay his body for
pyp i'm the duSt iS harder IN hebnI1 him do
basng in life, that even death would be greeted in
mercy Had he died in the light of his goodness,
bequeathing to his family the inheritance of an un-
tarnshed name, the examples of virtues that should
blossom for his and daughters from the tomb
though she would have wept bitterly indeed, the
tears of grief would also have been the tears of
shame. But to behold him fallen from the station
he once adorned, from eminence to ignominy-at
home turning his dwelling to darkness, and his ho-
ly endearments to mockery-abroad, thrust from
the companionship of the worthy, sef-branded
outlaw-this is the that the wife feels, and is
more painful than death, that she mourns over as
worse than widowhood
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-11-26

As soon as the pistol was ready, the parties took
il, and examined if all was right then laying 1t down
upon the table, where two hands full of dice were
scattered, each took up three with ls dice box IL
decided that the French officer should have the
first throw. lie then shakes with firm hand the
box which might render deprive HIM OF the speech
of life he throws the dice with the eager looks of
the dumb circle closely follow.
Eleven"
"ris good play, Commodore" spoke Severy,
suspendng his throw of the dice " the chances are
for you. Hear me, if the hazard fayors you, as IT
seems to PROMISE no pity no mercy for me, for here
declare, upon my honor you need not expect 1t
from me, should have farer play than you.
hold him n coward, the one of us two, who shall
spare the other"
Play, sir, dontt stand in need of your imper-
lincnt advice to inform me what have to do"
Severy, with an ironica smile on his lips, places
the three ivory cubes, which after describing three
slightly dlycrging rays, stop, and show fifteen at
pair-royal.
Immediately the circle widens, quitting the side
of the French officer, who finding himself alone IN
front of his enemy, in a measure ayored rises and
assumes the firm attitude of brave man.
"Your life is my property, sir, said severy,
throwing down the dice box, and seizlng the pistol;
" recommend your soul to God"
Well, sir, fire, them" replies the commandant,
laying his hand upon his heart; " fire an honest
man is always ready to die"
lie had no time to finish. The ball of Severy
had shattered his skull, and dispersed his brains a
mongst the curious gazcrs, frozen with horror.
After this shocking duel where in general opin-
iOn all blame was attached to Severy, that officer.
already dreaded by his companions, impressed still
more with strong feeling Of rcpugnance. Assid-
uously avoided by every Of good reputc; he re-
turned to his fellow citizens, hate for hate disdain
for disdain; and when the nsurrccton broke out at
st. Domingo, he joined the enemy's ranks, when
he fought in command under orders of the English
general, Maitland There he showed proofs, more
than once not only of extreme bravery but OF great
skill in stratagcm. 1t was to him that the Insur-
gents owe nearly all their success up to the last en-
gagcment near Iburon, where he was killed by a
ball in his side at the moment, when victory decar-
ed for him.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-11-26
1necdOte of Mr. COIcridge'S F0ther-Dinin

AnecdOte of Mr. C0lcridge's Fdther.-Dining i'll
a large party day, the modest divine sud-
denly shocked by perceiving some part, as he con-
ceived, of his snowy shirt emerging from
part of his habments, which we shall suppose to
have been his wastcOat. 1t not that but for
decorum shall so call it. The strayed portion of
his supposed tunic admonished of its errors by
forcible thrust back into its proper home; but still
another until the learned gentleman absolutely per-
spred with the labor of establishing order And,
after all, he with anguish, that some of
the snowy ndecOrum still remained to reduce into
obedience. To this remnant of rebellion he
proceeding to apply himself-strangely confounded,
however, at the obsnacy of the nsurrectOn, when
the mistress of the house, rising to lead away the la
dies from the table, and all the females naturally
rising with her. it became suddenly apparent to
cry eye, that the worthy Orientalis had been most
laborously slowing away, into the capaciOus recep-
taces of his own habiliments the snowy folds of n
ladys gown belonging to his next neighbor; and
voumniousy, that very small portion of it indeed
remained for the ladys own /; the natural con-
sequence of which was, of course, that the lady
seemed almost inextricably yoked to the learned
theoogian, and could in any way effect her re-
lease, until after certain operations upon the Wears
dress, and continued refundng and rolling out Of
snowy maZes upon snowy maZes, In quantities which
at length proved to much for the gravity Ofthe COM
pany Uncomfortable laughter arose from all par
ties, except the erring and unhappy doctor, who
continued refundng with all his might, until
he had paid up the last arrears of his long debt,
and thus put an end to a of distress more me
morabe to himself and his parshioners than any
is quatequare -quiditre" that had ever perplex-
ed his learning.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-11-26
WOMEN AT TwENrY-oNE.

When young girl reaches the age of Is or I6
years. she begins to think of the mysterious subject
of matrmony, a state, the delights of which her
youthful ina gnation shadows forth in the most cap
vating forms. 1t is made the topic of light and in
cidental discourse among her companions, and it is
required to with increasing interest every time 1t is
brought upon the tapis. When she grows a little
older she ceases to smatter about marimony, and
thinks more intently on the all important subject
1t engrosses her thought by day and her dreams by
night, and she pictures to herself the felicity of be-
ing welded to the youth for whom she chershes
a secret but consuming flame. She surveys her.
self in the mirror, and as it generally "tels flat
tering tale" she turns from it with pleasing con-
vlcon, that her beauty will enable her to conquer
the heart OF the most obdurate, and that whoever
else may die IN state of gle blessedness, she is
destined to become, ere many years roll by happy
bride From the age of IS to 20 is the very witch
ing time" of female life. During that period the fe-
male heart is more susceptible to the soft and tender
influence of love than at any other; and appeal
TO fair readers to say whether, if inclination
alone consulted in the business, more marriages
would not take place, during that tcklish season,
than in any in which it is preceded or followed. 1t
is the the grand climaterc of love and she who
passes it without entering into state of matrmony
may chance to pass several years of her life she
is caught in the meshes of Hymen. The truth is,
that the majority of women begin to be thought
ful when they have turned the age of twenty. The
glddness of the girl gives way to the sobriety of
women. Frivoity is succeeded by reflection and
reason reigns where passion previously held undis
puted sway. The cares and the anxeties of life
press themselves more probably they tend to wea-
ken the effect of the sanguine anticipation of un-
mingled felicity in the marriage state which the mind
had formed to its youthful day of dreams
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-11-26

"Alas !" exclaimed Madame Durosnel in a voice
interrupted by sobs, 80 they very happy
And she buried her head in the cushions, both to
weep at liberty, and TO avoid the sight of man
who seemed to be making Jest of her afllicton.
Lavaette began to think his task hopeless, but
resolved one attempt, he assumed an All
of cheerfulness, that contrasted strangely with his
anxiety. Putting his best smiles, he asked
Madame Durosnel whether she had brealtastcd
"Ah Non Dieu !" she exclaimed beginning to
suspect the Empress Josephine's nephew was some
what craZed.
Lavalette grew impatient, and repeated the in
quiry.
81 do not know, Sir" she answered, "whether
you are aware that your discourse is very exraor-
dnary l beg permission to retire.
"And how is it, Madame" retorted Lavalete,
80 that you cannot discover the real object of my
visit"
His expressive countenance conveyed all the rap
ture his news imported, and Madame Durosnel, as
she surveyed it, fell back the sofa, exclaiming-
"What can have happened9"
Why nothing at all has happened Do you now
understand me, Madame Will you divest yourself
of those villanous weeds Your husband is not
dead -
And having uttered the decisive words, he sunk
down exhausted with the effort Meanwhile, an
alarming shrek from the overjoyed wife, brought her
father her aid, and Lavaette hastcned to escape.
The blunt manner in which after all his reflections,
he had communicated such joyful tidings had near
ly overset Madame DurosnePs reason.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-11-26

round their hearts melancholy bliss, TO undeceive
them would be next to cruelty.
Bur YEsTERDAy-we saw, pressing through the
agiated crowd, him whom successful speculation
and enterprise had made wealthy-we saw him sill
adding house to house, active in the midst of profit
able business, enjoying those luxuries which his OPP
ulence enabled him to procure, and with animation
IN his eye, and the flash of health in his counenancc
anticipating long life of earthly enjoyment.
To DAh-a winding sheet is his only apparel
coffin and the grave his only nheritance-and his
body is consi igned to the worms of the earth
Bur YEsTERDAY-the cheek of female oveness
mantled with the glow of health. In the circle of
her associates she moved with happy equanilnity,
shedding around the Establishments of her kindness,
and by the cheerfuness of her disposition, dissipa-
ting from the brow of others, the melancholy that
was gathering.
To DAY-surviving friendship wecps over faded
beauty and the chamber of death is open to receive
the deposites of these lovely ruins. We have been
led to these reflections by the mortality around
us.-Tis
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-11-26

Human FraiHv-There are seasons when, al
though our health is unimpared and the vgor of
minds unabaed, yet the warm aspirations of our
hearts are checked-the attractions of the world for
time pass before unobserved, and when even
the Establishments of the domestic circle are in the
multitude of grave meditations. The winding sheet
is screen to shut out from observation whatever
at other times, renders the spirits buoyan elevates
the Imagination by the splcndor of its imagery,
cngrosses the thoughts by the prospects presented of
worldly interests. The coffin and winding sheet
Who can look on these, and not instinctivey bring
his meditations within the compass which
encloses the relics of human being prepared for
melancholy intermentl How unimportant, how
tally vaueness does the wreck which death makes
of one solitary pilgrim through this veil of tears
render all, all the pomp of retinue, and the magni
ccnce of wealth. The touch of the destroyer turns
every thing into dross, crumbles into ruins, and
nothing avail to restore what death destroys or
furnishes The opportunities of ardent affection
cannot prevent loveliness from sinking under his
pressure, or beauty from whitening when he is sent
to blast it neither the cries of bereaved love,
though they rend the ligaments of the heart recall
the one, or reanimate the other
Bur YEsrERpAY-we passed unmeasured enco-
miums on tho learning and eloguence of one who
convinced 10y force of his reasoning, captivated
us by the charms of his declamations.
To pAY-we are gathering around his shrouded
relics looking into his grave, and there witnessing
the triumph of death over human wisdom, wit, and
intellectual greatness Of the two which is the
more eloquent, his captivating defamation as now
strikes the chords of memory, or the grave before
us which sends forth the hollow murmurings of his
coffin as it is let down by the undertaken. How
cautious in his every movement And why There
stands one in deep though silent grief, and at her
side group of weeping children, to whom even the
cold inscnsbc remains of a husband aud father
arc a sacred deposite. and the grave digger knows
wha, anguish ofhcart the slightest rccklessncss would
occasion. They cannot but realize that the object
of their affection is a cod ofthe valley, aud remem-
berng that but yesterday they impressed on his lips
the tribute of theirs they fondly believe that death
has spared to him some little consciousness of their
I love And sincc the sacred l,alucinai'on sheds
and perhaps they nigh, ; and possibly bc'tcr-such
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-11-26

fer his rescue-without so much a wound recely-
ed in his defence Would to Heaven that the pow
ers Of man were mine y
She trembed in every limb, and her tears fell fast,
The countenance Of Haman worked for a moment
with resentment but he oyercame the feeling, and
turning to his companions, he ayowed las resolution
of pursuing the rcreating foe, and attempting once
more the rescue of the prisoner. The party imInc-
diatey acqucsccd-seyeraln new recruits volunteered
their services, and in few moments IL second sally
was made from the mansion.
1t boots not now to relate the particulars Of the
rescue-sufice it TO say that the foe were ovcrakcn
and that in the struggle which ensued, the prison.
er was liberated. The party Immediately returned
to the house ofhc veteran Wheewright. His daugl-
ter met them at the door after long embrace of
her husband, she clasped with heartfelt gratitude,
the rough and war-worn hand of fiIarman, and from
that moment he was regarded ms brother by Charles
Hanwell and his bride.