invasion thereof." The cessation of hostilities is announced to the army by the Commander-in-Chief: "The glorious task for which we flew to arms being accomplished-the liberties of our country being fully acknowledged, and firmly secured, by the smiles of heaven on the purity of our cause, and the honest exertions of a feeble people determined to be free, against a powerful nation disposed to oppress them; and the character of those, who, having persevered through every extremity of hardship, suffering and danger, being immortalized by the illustrious appellation of the patriot army, nothing now remains but for the actors of this mighty scene to preserve a perfect, unvarying consistency of character, through the very last act, to close the drama with applause, and to retire from the military theatre with the same approbation of angels and men which has crowned all their former victories." And was indeed the acknowledgment and security of our country's liberties the true purpose for which resort was had to arms; or was this but a sham, to plant upon their ruins the sceptre of imperial power? Did the actors in that mighty scene indeed deserve the countenance and support of heaven for honest exertions in a cause of purity, or was the lust of power and dominion their actual motive of action? Are they to be immortalized for their fidelity and patriotism; or should they be execrated and condemned as ready violators of their word and honor-as men prepared, in face of all engagements to the contrary, to make an unwarranted attempt at the exercise of arbitrary power? Observe the terms in which the resignation itself is couched-weigh the expressions which Washington there makes of his sense of the assistance he received from his countrymen throughout the contest, and the spirit which he considered to animate the army. "The great events upon which my resignation depended, having at length taken place," &c.-"Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty," &c. "The assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest." Does he insinuate, here or elsewhere, that that army regarded him in any other light than as their commander, or for any other purpose than the establishment of liberty and the defence of right? No, no-and could he now respond to us from his hallowed tomb, he would indignantly repel such a suggestion, as an imputation upon the fair fame of his fellow patriots. And the feeling which filled the breast of his great ally, the immortal La Fayette, when a similar assertion to that which I here condemn was made in his presence, in an address delivered in honor of his visit to the place where the last great act of the revolution was performed, and upon the very spot where it was consummated, affords full and conclusive proof in what view he himself would regard it. In reply to that address, he took occasion to assert his belief that such an idea was never indulged for a single moment; while he denied the possibility, if it had been, of its successful execution. He regarded the assertion as an undeserved disparagement of his companions in arms, incapable of reflecting the intended honor upon Washington, while it in fact sullied the fame of the whole army of the revolution. Annapolis, July, 1838. THE OLD MARYLAND LINE. TO THE HONEYSUCKLE. 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The use of her name in the last line of each verse, requires us to pronounce it Mar-gá-rét, and savors rather of the ludicrous. "A sketch-by a young lady of Richmond." The old story-the "course of true love" dammed across; young gentleman a paragon, but poor; young lady exquisitely beautiful, only "wanting a halo round her head to make her the living personification of a saint;" rich and avaricious old father opposed to the match and wishing young lady to marry a wealthy but ancient beau. Young gentleman goes to "seek his fortune;" old father intercepts their letters, and puts a slight obituary notice of young gentleman in a newspaper, for his daughter's edification; whereupon young lady consents to marry her wealthy old suitor. When at the altar a haggard figure rushes in, which proves to be the young gentleman, a maniac. The bride that was to be falls dead, "in the aisle ;" young gentleman is carried off to a mad house, where he dies also. They are buried "side by side;"" some kind hand" erects a monument over them with the inscription "severed in life, united in death;" and thus ends "a Sketch." Our synopsis being more interesting and less extended than the original, is the aplogy we offer for not publishing our fair correspondent's story. "A youthful subscriber" favors us with a story without a name. The story is, however, not wanting in striking incident, for it resembles a sketch" in several most singular and funny points. The young gentleman in this case is poor and low born, and it is family pride mingled with avarice in the old father which forbids the match. The young gentleman goes to the south to make a fortune and is absent several years, when, as the father and daughter are "one afternoon sitting alone in the summer house," the post arrives, and the young lady taking up a newspaper, reads her lover's death "at Memphis, Tennessee, on his way to Virginia, of cholera" (!) whereupon she falls dead at her father's feet. The father is conscience-stricken for the ruin he has effected, and procures the unfortunate young gentleman's remains to be brought to Virginia, where he buries them beside his daughter's,-and then places "a neat marble slab" over them, with the identical inscription which "some kind hand" uses in "a sketch," viz: "severed in life, united in death." "Side by side" with "a sketch," must lie our " youthful subscriber's" story. "The Evening Ride-by Vivian," is written by a very green young gentleman, who does not know how to spell pony, and makes MS Roman capitals as a guide to the printer. We must decline using his lessons. "The Paynim's curse," contains a little too much hard swearing for our pages. We have received letters from Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and from our own State, asking of us to republish in the "Messenger" Judge Harper's "Memoir on Slavery," which originally appeared in numbers in the "Southern Literary Journal" of the present year. Not having received copies of the "Journal" containing the Memoir, we applied to the author to know if they could be furnished by him. We take this method of informing our correspondents that Judge Harper has very politely transmitted to us a copy of the able paper asked for, "carefully revised and corrected" by himself. On perusal, we found it too valuable a document to be served up in "broken doses;" we therefore thought it best to defer its insertion until we could give it entire in one number of our magazine. Our readers may calculate on seeing it in the "Messenger" for October. Our talented Malta correspondent must not think himself slighted. His articles are highly interesting, and shall appear as soon as we can possibly make room for them. So we say to our Paris correspondent also. Our Petersburg friend must not scold nor scowl: his "Copy Book" is before us, and shall be served up in due season. "The Grave in the Forest," by the author of "Atalantis," is reluctantly laid over till we can find room for it. But what apology shall we offer the author of the review of Bulwer's "Falkland?" His excellent article has been on hand now for more than twelve months. We promise that it shall not lie over another year. "Oliver Oldschool" must keep in a good humor with us, so must our friend who has sent us the paper entitled "New View of the Tides." The "Desultory Speculator," also, must bear with us awhile longer. "Scientiæ Miscellanea, by A. D. G." "Gleanings by the Way, by J. P. 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