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Wlen General Jackson came into office and commenced his career of prescription for opinions sake his friends justified him upon the ground that it was unsafe for the administration to retain its enemies, or those politically opposed to it, in office, as they night easily, by negIecting their duties or proaitating their offices to political pur- poses, render the administration unpopular or even odious. It was right, they conten- ded, that every Administration should call to its aid its friends, and not its enemies. If thisbe the correct doctrine, and parties as wei as individuals should be measured by th standard it erects for others the present administration will have to make more emovals than General Harrison and Mr. Vin Buren both, for Mr. Van Buren found many of his friends in office, who were retained, and removed such as were oppos,d to him, and supplied their places with hs friends. Now suppose this to be true, and no one can deny it, the present Administration, in order to have the aid of its friends, come up to the rule laid down by the party lately in power, must not only remove those that were appointed by Mir Van Buren's administration, but those, also. who were retained in office by him. It is a doctrine, we must confess, we did not like so very we'll, as it then operated upon our friends, but now that it operates upon our opponents, we begin to think, after all, that an Administration con get along rather bet ter with its friends in office, than wit its enemies as they will not be so likely to in- terpose any clogs to its progress. Our op- ponenB, we know. think it is right for they first established and acted upon the princi- pie, and no one ought to object to buying and selling by his own weights and meas ures, CT to be dealt with upon his own prin- ciples, and according to the rules that had been prescribed for others. Before the last Presidential election, hundreds of the office holders, who supposed that the coun- try was getting along as easily as they were, and believing that with a tolerable free use of their money, they could easily bring about the reelection of Mr. Van Bu- ren, declared that if Gen. Harrison was elected, they would not hold office under him, single day; but since the change in the Administration we hear nothing of their resigning; they hang on to their offices, like teaches. ReSigning now, is the least they think of
 Le1ingtOn MteIAgencer.
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where they could have no probability of relief, and to assure them if they would en- ter into the imperial service, they should be directly and honorably promoted The first part of this proposal they heard with impatience, the second with dlsdaln. Tell the Prince" said they, "that We have hith- erto preserved the honor of our country, and that we hope this day to convince him that we are worthy of his esteem, While one of us exist, the German eag gle shall not be displayed upon these walls. This is our deliberate resolution, and we will not admit of further equalization" The attack was commenced by large body of foot, supported by five thousand culrasslers, and after a bloody conflict of two hours the Germans retreated-the Irish pursued their advantage, and attacked them in the streets. Before evening the emmy were expelled, the town and the general and the military chests recovered.
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Lexington MtelIigencer.
From the Ne,u York HeraM. ARRIVAL OF MCLEOD FROM LOCK
 PORT.

Alexander Mcleod arrived in the steam h31ff n ffes custody of T. Stone, Sheriff of Mia gara County. Mir J L. Wood, District Attorney for the county of Niagara, ac- companied the party, and they are all at Towards Hotel Willis Hall, the Attor-. ney General, and Messrs. Spencer and Bradley, McLeod's Counsel, are also in town. Mcleod comes here by habeas corpus. His Counsel are to apply to the Supreme Court tomorrow for his discharge, on the grolnd that, as the destruction of the Caroline was ordered by the British au- thorities and has been avowed by the Gov ernment he is not liable to punishment or trial by the Judiciary of this State The motion will be heard next week, and the arguments will cover the whole ground of controversy
 If the Court shall deny the application for the discharge of Mcleod, his counsel will apply for change of the venue. This will no doabt be granted, and he will go to trial at suoh time and place as his counsel shall deem advisable An early day is wished for by the prisoner, and is desirable on every account
 Mcleod is ostensibly in the custody of the Sheriff, but no restraint is imposed upon his motions, and if he had any disposition to evade trial and go back to Canada, 1t would seem that every facility is to be of. fered. He is stout and rather powerful man, and has been wandering about the city to-day, looking at the lions, with no body to prevent his escape but the Sheriff of Niagara county, man much inferior in point of physical strength. Very likely there may be some design in all this.- Mel cLeod, it is understood has no desire to get out of the way He intends to brave 1t out, unless he is discharged by authority of law. But he may be made fugitive with out his own consent.
 Mcleod is apparently some 45 years old, about the middle height compactly built broad, full face, sandy hair and whis kers, small scar on his nose, with de termined and somewhat sullen expression of countenance He is very we'll dressed of respectable appearance and might easily be taken for a substantial Duchess County farmer
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management of your great Bank struck every sober minded man with amazement.
 There is but one opinion on the subject, and that is, that the funds of this Bank have been recklessly squandered-that the un- suspecting stockholders have been betrayed and outraged in their rights The wonder is that they bear these fragrant wrongs with so much patience. In some communities the sensation would pass the bounds of restraint If there ever was an occasion for the most overpowering censure, it is found in the transactions connected with the recent history of this Bank We are not only wronged at home, but we are dis honored abroad. We are not only defrau- ded, but we are also defamed The press es in your city begin to wake up on the subject Why have they slumbered so long? They have long known that all was not right; and yet they have been silent as the grave. Yours may have spoken out but what spell has chained the rest? The alarm should be given when the wrong is doing; it comes too late when it has been conSummated.
 We shall have no settled currency with out National Bank; and no permanent re- lief in that, unless fixed principles of fnan- cial wisdom and integrity obtain in it's ad- minstration But bad as human nature is, and sad as our experience has been, l do not despair of an institution of the right kind. The errors of the past will be the lights of the future There is lesson in calamity full of sage instructions. Let then the counsels of experience and foresight be brought to bear gravely on this subject It is great national question, and one into which no predjudice, no passion, and no party interests should enter We should meet it as honest men, engaged in an hon. est work, and with all that deliberate wis dom which becomes subject of such vast moment
 I have increased confidence in the eff ciency of those placed at the head of the present Administration. They grapple res outely with the difficulties before them. Obstacles before such minds must give way There is power in the human intellect which when thoroughly reused, becomes almost inevitably victorious. A stronger cabinet than the present, has not perhaps graced the annals of this nation. Public expectation, large as it is, can hardly fail to be realized. Let all good men and true, who love their country, and sympathise in her calamities, give them their countenance and support. Let even party press sus- pend its blind hostility. Disapprobaton comes in season when errors have been committed
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We like the spirit and sentiment of the following article, which we find in that able and independent paper, the Philadelphia TNOrIu AnIcTlOou.i
 "Appointments to ofSce.-We haveshoped and still mean to expect that the present administration will pay unflinching respect to purity and integrity of moral character in their appointments to office Other qualifications are not unimportant, but we hold that this is the only solid basis Of the countrys prosperity, as we'll in official sta tions, as in private life.
 We regret to observe that men wanting in moral worth, will sometimes succeed in obtaining force of recommendation, from political and other connections, which give them perhaps better chance than modest pure, and eqdally or more competent per sons. We regret still more to notice, that some mistakes of this kind have already been committed, since the accession of the present administration We are resolved, as conservatives of public morals, as well as advocates of what we hold .o be sound political doctrines, to be earnest on this point, and to lift our voice in stern remon- strance against disregard of purity of mo- ral character in so important concern.
 We have heard, and we believe, that ap- plicants for important positions under the Federal government are now waiting with high expectations of appointment, and strongly supported in their recommends tions on political and other grounds, whose private, moral, and social character vii notbear investigation It is dshonor equal ly to the Government and the country when such men are put forward over the heads of the meritorious and the good, othel things being equal.
 We have much faith in the present Gov ernment of the country, as to their respec for religion and sound morals, and thei sense of the sanctity of the social relation: as ordered by God and man, and we warr them to know as they are bound to know whether applicants for place, claiming thei consideration, as pure men. Ii they have not virtue and independence enough to dis regard all recommendation where purity o character is wanting, we mistake the men and shall be sorrowfully disappointed.
 We may adopti it as an unerring maxim that purity has to do with integrity ant that he who will invade the sanctity of thu minor circles, of which society is composed and where its holest sympathies reside, il not to be trusted with public interests on ; larger scale. Itis the disgrace of our coun try, that our Government has helped tt people Texas with rogues and Europe witt runaways, by disregard of those consid erations which we now urge upon their at tention.
 The moral sense of the community is shocked, and the character of the country lbleeds, when men corrupt in their princi
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We extract the following the New Yorl
Commercial Advertiser

Commercial Advertiser
 If we are rightly informed 1t has been agreed between Mr. Fox, and the Govern ment of the United States that no farther opposition shall be made by the former to the trial of Mcleod That trial is to go on under the jurisdiction of New York, with out interference either by the British Minis ter or the National Government. If ac- quilted. as is most probable, Mcleod will be discharged of course, and the matter thus be disposed of If convicted, the Ma tional Government will then take the ne .cessary steps to afford him that measure of justice and protection which all the cir cumstances of the case may require.
 As to the boundary, we learn that a con vention has been signed on the part o1 Great Britain and the United States, whict provides for the appointment of six com missioners, three for each party to the dis pute. These six, if they can agree, are to give final decision on the question. i they cannot agree, they are to appoint three others, and decision by the majority o the nine is to be conclusive.
 Such we understand to be the arrange ment agreed upon Some of the details may be incorrectly stated, but we have eve " reason to believe that the general fact of a convention being signed, will prove authentic
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 on. Leave at least 8 Y the large cngrav- plants in each hill, thinniSained at the Pub ually as they seem to reqli0r each orders when they begin to vine out, De promptly at moved but two. In the mas with or with ground must be kept clear of wy section of use of the plough or cultivator, aeeure them When theRla ants have vined out foot, go ater them for the last timeN AND ling off the ground, and forming ne. hill of two feet and half round the pf Tn ad- but taking care Rotto draw any earth u9n' s5 the stems, .AfA thisfhey require no f. ther attention. ATsw weeds scatter{nes, about of a trailing growth, will be of afer- vantage rather than otherwise.
 The cut-worm is the great enemy to our watermeons, sweet potatoes, and early ' corn. The best cure is fall and winter ploughing but where this has been neglect ed, much of the picking by hand have been assured by gentleman of experience, may be rendered unnecessary, by scatter ing a little salt round the margin of each . hill; that the worm in its night jonrnies in search of food, will never cross the line thus drawn
 It has often been attempted to grow the watermelon in hot bed, and transplant, but never to our knowledge, with success. It might, however, be done, by planting ID small pots, taking care to harden the plants before setting them out and carefully turn ing the ball of earth, enclosing the roots into the hill
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FLORIDA.-We are glad to perceive that matters in the Territory of Florida may not be quite so bad as they had been represented, after all A letter to the edit ors of the Baltimore American, from cor respondent at Washington, says: We have reason to hope and believe, on the authority of an officer of high standing in the Army, who very recently left Tampa Bay, that the report of the Indians who had come in- to that post having deserted and returned with hostile intent to their fastnesses, is un- true, at all events to any thing like rhe ex- tent stated, although the grounds of hope of an immediate termination of hostlities may not be as conclusive as they may have recently appeared. One of the princi- pal chiefs stated to have gone off with the deserters, is known to nave sent out, before the time specified, to bring in his clan.
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Correspondence of tue Philadelphia North
 Amerlc0n
WASHINGTON, APRIL 30, lS4l.

WASHINGTON, APRIL 30, l04l
 The tide of applicants for office has slackened little, and trust it will slacken still more Let the heads of the Depart ments have time to get matters arranged for the, extra session. Appointments to be made wisely, must necessarily be made slowly. Time andipatence are requisite to investigate and decide on such multi tude of conflicting claims. Haste can only be a source of error and calamity.
 The disclosures connected with the
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IRISH BRAVERY AND HoNOR.-On tn

IRISH BRAVERY AND HONoR.-On the surprise of Cremona, by Prince Eugene, in 17O2, when Filleroy, the French General, most of the officers, military chests, &c., were taken, and the German-horse and foot in possession of the town, excepting one place only, the Pc Gate, which was guarded by two Irish regiments, command ed by o, Mahony and Bourk, before the Prince commenced the attack there, he sent 10 expostulate with them, and show them the rashness of sacrificing their lives
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HE WAY THEY PAY DEBTS AT THE SOUTH WEST.-A gentleman who was called short time since to examine the affairs of New York house, which has been largely en- gagged in the southern trade for sev- eral years, states that they had S300,000 due from the South, and had been unable to collect but very little oft. On looking over their books, correspondences, Sc, he found a letter from one of the agents of the house, then in -, Alabama, giving reasons in detail why he could collect nothing, and therefore had drawn on the house for money to pay his expenses. His letter ran something like this s-(alluding to merchants in that country:) A. owing you $30O0, sold out, put pro p % %doon-l-Ido. do., c. $6OO0, re- tfdsest to pay any thing.
 Another agent of this house writes from in Mississippi ,-on such a day called on A. in this place, introduced myselfas your agent He made no reply, but took the chair from under him, and knocked me down. Fortunately knowing what country was in, my pistols were loaded in my pockets, and thus l was protected. To crown this, A. then sits down and writes himself to the house, saying, he had tried to kill their agent, and it should be at the cost of the life of any person who ever came there to collect the debt These two cases are only specimens of a vol ume of letters received in relation to the debts justly due them from |, the South. In the meantime, the gentlemen composing the N. York houses are unable to pay their debts, or provide for their families, and their only remittances are these kind ofletters.
 eNeWpOrt Herald
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RHODE IsLAND--The complete returns of the late election in Rhode Island have been received Mir. King, the Whig can didate for Governor, received 2626 votes, scattering 63. Mir. Cranston, for Congress received 26oo votes, and Mir. Tillinghast 2565, scattering 235. The Senate com prises 10 members all whigs, and the house 5 Wings and l7 Van Buren men, being a whig gain of seven.
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THE SHIELD.
IN E L E N A, A R K $. F1iGay, .kz0y 21, 1S41.

UWe call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of public lands for sale at the Land Office at BatesvilIe, Arks., commencing on Monday the 9th day of August, which will be found in our columns.
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The steamship Britannia arrived at Bos- ton, on the Eth, and reports that nothing had been heard of the President, previous to her sailing from England-the general impression in that country was, that this fine vessel had been lost at sea.
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APPOINTMENT BY THE PRIEST
 DENT.

Thos W. Newton, to be Marshal for the District of Arkansas.
 The above is an excellent appointment, Mr. Newton is well known in this State as a business man, and every way qualified to the office, and will doubtless give general satisfaction.
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CuItiuation of tue Water Melon-The
 best soil for the Water melon is piece of meadow or old sod land ploughed the Au- gust preceding as deep as possible; left to
 be in rough and winter; early in the spring cross ploughed; and, if not pretty rich, had best have good coat of old well rotted stable yard or chip manure, scattered over it previous to the second ploughing. This is better than putting the manure in the hill; as, on examination it will be found that the roots of this plant spread over the whole space from hill to hill, and moreover are always to be found within three or four in- ches of the surface. About the first week ot April, let the ground be marked out, by running light furrows with the plough, twelve feet apart, crossed by others at the same distance. Where these inter sect form flat hill oils or Is inches in di
 ameter, not over three inches in height
 Immediately, if the weather is mild and ia vorable, plant 6 or good sound seeds at one side of the hill--As soon as these appear above the ground, or on that day week after they were planted, put as many more of the same variety, at the other side; and it is even good practice, to make a third planting one week after the second
 You thus secure sufficiency of good stout plants in each hill When the plants are yet in the cotyledon or seed leaf, go over leach. hill and with the finger gently with.
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@The Wings gained two representa- tives to Congress, in Virginia, at the late election. And will have a majority in the State Senate and House of Delegates
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kENTUCKY.-At the recent election in this State for Congressmen, eleven Wings and two Van Buren men were elected to Congress-
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pies and proAigate in their lives are appoint ed to office. But we trust and believe, that the present administration will save us from such national odium and disEOnor.
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CADETS APPoINTMENTs.--ln conse- quence of the intimaton given in this paper of Tuesday last, that, there should be some augmentation of the number, there would be no appointment of Mdshipmen shortly made, a Letter has been addressed to us from Baltimore, requesting us to inform the Public whether there will be any more ap- pointments to West Point this year. which information, the writer says, may save many and certainly will save him, the trouble and expense of going to Washing ton We have made such inquiry as ena- ble us to state that appointments of Cadets were made by the late Administration (pre- vious to the 4th of March last,) to the full extent authorized by law, and of sufficient number beyond that extent to make it cer- tain that no appointments will be made within this year, unless perhaps of two youths, grandson and another relative of the late President, whom it has been deter mined to appoint to the first vacancies Tn that corps which shall ocCur-Nat. Int.
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Takep by Surprise sAt the time when Peale was announcins>his beautiful picture of the Court of Death" in Boston, he sent the late Rev o. a tickdAon which was in scribed Admit the beares to the Court of Death" The old gentlemen never having heard of the picture was utterly confound- ed "l expect to go before long," said he, "but l was not prepared for so abrupt summons" -
 Bill, Bill" said an urchin, 'daddy's fair ly dead" "ls he? we'll Pm darn'd sorry, but he'll never lick us again for lathering the old cat ann shaving her"
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A HAPPY MARRIAGE.-Ohl conceive the happiness to know some one person dearer to you than your own self, some one breast in which you can pour every thought, every grief, every joyl One person, who, if all the rest of the world were to calumniate and forsake you, would never wrong you by harsh thought or an unjust word, who would cling to you the closer in sickness, in poverty, in care, who would sacrifice all things for you, and for whom you would sacrifice all, from whom, except by death, night nor day can you ever be divided, whose smile is ever at your heart. who has no tears while you are well and happy, and your love the same.