Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-03-27

make for themselves. Besides sir, The
destiny of all things, present aud future,
is ip the hands Of the Author OF al
things. The fallacy of human predlt-
tions. as to future political results, has
been abundanuy shown, by the Fact
that they cannot be ascertalned by the
use of the most reliable OF all human a
gents--6gures.
A gentleman, some years ago. OF high
character foryrtue and intelligence, the
equal in all respects to the honorable
Senator from Mary land, after specu'a'
ting fundamentally upon apoii,lcal re
suit. became so satisfied that he had ar
rived al the 'quod erat dem5nstrandun,
that he made not an arithmetical, but
geometrlcal bet upon the subject; aud
the issue proved that figures failed him.
How vain then, arc all human caicula-
tons upon the future. And after such
a failure. Inadvertently. we should bel
extremely cautious how we rely upon
inferior agencies.
Mr.. Chambers said, made the bet,
sir. 4 lost the bet; and, what may ap
per strange to the Senator from ILLINOIS
UIi. Kane,) | paid the bet. do not
say this because know any thing III his
private history which would lead me toI
suppose it strange to him, that ID mai
should pay back what Ire owes. have
inquired nothing about his private his
tory. ] do not occupy myself III pry
ing into the history of members, that,
after nights sleep, | may amuse the
Senate with the incidents in their prs
vate life, which my communion win
the tattle or Islander Of the day may
have procured. This honorable occu
patton leave to the honorable Senator,
(Mr. Kane4
] will now tell the Senator why
made the bet, and how lost it. was
educated in the belief, that the moral
integrity and political honesty of the
people were incorrupuble that they
would stand by their principles in oppo-
stlon to the seductions Of party and Of
flee. knew, if they redeemed this ex
pectation, my bet could not be lost. |
was confident, and staked my money on
the issue, that's the why, sir. Now, sir,
gentleman just Of the Dimensions of
tho Senator from Illinois--prccisely of
his calibre--of his appearance--of his
moral and intellectual properties. lust
such a gentleman, and others exactl,
like him, failed to redeem my expecta-
tons Of their integrity and honesty. and
lost my bet; that's the how, sir.
SPEcIE.-The N. Y. journal of com
merce says that the ship Erie which is dai-
ly expected in that port from Havre, has on
board a large quanty of specie How large
is unknown, but shipments were only sus-
pended by the refusal Of the underwriters
in Havre to insure any larger amount.
Important Legal Decision. Yesterday
morning Judge Watts, OF the FIRST Dis.
trict Court, decided, that steamboats, en-
gagged in carrying the United Mail Oh
Lake Ponchartrain, &c. on its route to
Mobile, could not be seized for any debts
due by the owners of said boat. The
cause of this decision grew out of the
'"i'S Wv u"o'oitCo3 various CTe0
itors of Porter, Stone 4 Co., the con
tractors to carry the United States Mail
from this city to Mobile, having become
largely indebted to various persons for
supplies furnished to their boats &C..
said boats were seized; on which mo-
tion was made; H. Carlton. E~q. At
terney for the United States appearing.
and praying that SAID order of seizure
should be set aside, on the ground, that
by such proceedings the creditors of
Porter, Stone & Co. were guilty of oh.
s,ructing the carrying and conveying of
the Mail. The point was very ably ar.
gued by Mr.. Preston, and by Mr.. Carl
ton coutrd.
The decision of Judge Watts, we
think, we'll founded. If the proceed
ings of the creditors of Porter. Stone. &
Co. had been sustained, New Orleans
would have been deprived of its Mail
for many weeks.
Judge Watts remarked that although
his convictions Of the Propriety of the
opinion were strongly founded, had not
the necessity of a speedy decision exist
ed, he would have been anxious to have
fully and patiently examined the cues.
ton before he arrived at a decision. But
that the peculiar circumstances of the
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