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al laws of the Union, and the Judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States;—seizes territory, and subjects citizens to infamous punishment in defiance of both. President Jackson winks at the wrong. Many of his adherents vindicate it—all apologize for it. Georgia adheres to President Jackson, and cannot endure Mr. Calhoun. The people of Maine, with one accord, protest against the decision of the Dutch King: a hint is received from the President, that he wishes the decision acceded to. Those who do not take the hint and conform, are accused of a readiness "to dismember the Union," of cherishing a "scheme of unhallowed ambition," and are proclaimed "desperate men," and "disorganizers," by the apologists of Georgia, and her vindicators! Considerate men ought to ask themselves—whence these inconsistencies? What impulses—what delusions produce them? If they originate in devotion to party, to what mischiefs may that devotion lead?—Cincinnati Gaz. We find by our country papers, that the Cholera Mania has got a footing in our goodly republic: here follow some of the reports. The Greenfield Gazette states that it was reported in that town last week, that two cases of Asiatic Cholera had occurred in Boston! The report, however, was not credited. Very wisely, for no such thing exists in Boston. From Lockport, we have the important intelligence, that the Cholera is in Lundy's Lane—the British were once met there by the Americans; yet no one would meet the Cholera there, though the report states that it is devastating the country, and spreading consternation far and wide! The Boston Courier has the following hit. "The whole number of cases of the spasmodic or Indian Cholera reported at Topsham, Me. 1; deaths, 0; recovered, 1; remaining sick, 0." When the report reached this city, we looked upon it as a humbug, and declined even to notice it—and the event proved that we were right. Report has made the Cholera break out at Mobile, New Orleans, and lastly in the old Dominion. Editors should be very cautious in giving vague and improbable stories of pestilence—for in all communities there are credulous people, who will believe almost any story, no matter how preposterous. Fear kills almost as many people as disease. We lately saw an anecdote that bears upon this. A pilgrim travelling on the road to Smyrna met the demon of the plague: "Whither are you bound," says the pilgrim; "To Smyrna, to kill 3000." After a time the parties met again. "You killed not only 3000, but 30,000," said the pilgrim: "No, I killed not more than 3,000, fear killed the rest," said the demon. This anecdote, which we give from memory, has a moral not to be disregarded.—N. Y. Mer. Bank Failures.—It was reported yesterday, on what we deem good authority, that the Burrillville Bank at Burrillville, R. I. had failed. Letters from Providence, state that thirty or forty thousand dollars in bills, had been presented at the Bank, from Boston, and not paid. An unusual amount of Burrillville Bank notes have been in circulation here during the last few days.—The President is a lottery broker in Broadway. It was also reported yesterday that the Freeman's Bank at Bristol had stopped payment.—By the laws of Rhode Island bank stock holders are liable, but that is not always a security.—N. Y. Jour. Com. On Saturday morning a young man of genteel appearance, stepped into a barber's shop in this city, and after waiting a few minutes, (the barber being engaged) he asked for a tumbler, which being handed him, he stepped to one corner of the room, drew a phial from his pocket, poured he contents into the tumbler and swallowed it—he then threw himself down upon a chair; apparently in great distress of mind—the barber then discovered that the phial had contained laudanum; and that, from the quantity he had taken, it was evident he could not survive unless speedily relieved. Medical aid was immediately called in, and we are happy to learn, the means used were so far successful, that the young man is now in a fair way of recovery.—The cause assigned for this rash act, by a person who was present, was, that the young man had lately arrived in this city from the westward, and had been in possession of a considerable sum of money, but, unfortunately, had fallen into bad company, and was now, in the space of a few days, turned pennyless upon the world. We hope the above will serve as a salutary caution to the inexperienced, and to strangers. It cries with a loud voice,—"Beware of bad company." [Baltimore Patriot. In bold and successful enterprise on the ocean, the seamen of the eastern sections of the United States have for a long time past outstripped those