A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK.
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In the speech of young Crockett, of Ten nessee. upon the memorial of Francis P. Blair, in reference to the public printing, Mir. Crockett said

 Sir, by way of Illustrating the baseness and perfidy of this official editor, I will re- late a trick that he played off on me at the commencement of this session. hope the fact is not forgotten by the House or the country that the President refused to allow to the Printer of this House copy of this Message under the ordinary inlunctions pre- viously to its being read, as was shown by a correspondence in the Madisonian soon af1er This l then believed, and still believe, was low and pitiful manGuvre of his Excellency, to throw patronage in the way of the Globe. The consequence was, that the printer of this House was unable to supply the mem- bers with the Message until he could print them, after it was delivered, unless he would allow them to be furnished by the favored editor of the Globe. Owing to this fact, and many others were compelled either to submit to the delay, or buy from the Globe office. Knowing the great anxiety of my constituents to see the Message as soon as possible, adopted the latter alternative. ordered some two or three hundred, and they were sent to me, already enveloped had sent them all away but two or three, before opened one of them and, sir, what do you imagine my astoniShment was when I dis covered prospectus of the Extra Globe smuggled in it Thus you see, sir, by gross fraud upon the government aud base imposition upon me, was made to frank to my constituents, for aught know, some two or three hundred prospectuses for the Extra Globe! Ispoke of it to several gentlemen, who informed me that the same trick had been played off upon them. Now, sir, (said Mr. O. can any man believe that Q wretch who is capable of such smuggling, fraud, and treachery as this, in small matters, would not be capable of any crime, no matter how infamous, if he thought he could escape de- tection and punishment?

 Tallewand.-The following eloquent arti- clc from the Liverpool Mail, on the death of Talleyrand, will make the blood flow quick CT. Its truth will not be denied:

 Now that Prince Talleyrand, or rather the remains of him, have been deposited in the base earth from which he sprung,' it may not be considered an act of indelicacy on our part to pronounce a few last words, by way of moral, over his grave.

 In all the stirring events of the last fifty years, SO fruitful of revolutions, anarchy and crime, Talleyrand played an active, some times an invisible, often conspicuous, uni. formly an important part, The master whom he served, namely, the first Whig,' according to the ditinition of Dr. Johnson, and whom, it is said, he personally resem- bled, appears to have bestowed upon him an unusual share of his affection and protec- tive influence. On this ground principally, if not entirely, his numberless escapes from the guillotine and the gallows can be ac- l oo,,otoL Enp whnravar YniSChiAf wac ai work, or some criminal plot in conccction, a king to be murdered, prince to be assassi. mated, or some thousands of Jacobins to be l let loose like furies. to drink the blood oi reach other, there M. Talleyrand, Prince Tal. | leyrand, or Priest Talleyrand, or Citizen Talleyrand, or the Bishop of Autun, was sure to be; silent, perhaps, vampire al | midnight, but as ensanguined as scalping | Indian: cool as Quaker at meeting, but as unrelenting as Spanish familiar of the | Holy Inuuistion; surcharged with ven- geance, but meek as saint calm and deci. ded; plausible, but forgiving; bitter, re- orseless-Satanic!

 Grotuito,ls Aduertising Every body knows or ought to know, that the publishing busi' ness is one of large expense employing great number of persons, and an extensive capital, that every paragraph set costs cer tain sum ofmoney in the composition, or set ting up of the type, and occupies certain space which ought to yield proportion 2 income to the proprietors. Every body mus know, too, that the main source of this in come is the portion of the sheet devoted [, advertisements, and that to ask the gratui tous insertion of an advertisement, or of ; communication, or an editorial notice, t serve in the place of one, is literally asking the publisher to incur an expense of Q dol lar or more without making him farthinl in return. ........

 It is to all intents and purposes asking hin to take sum of money from his pocket, ant present it to the applicant. Yet this thing ii

 done every day and many times every day and that too by men who have no earthl, claim on the charity of the publisher, an' who can much better afford than he can t disburse the money-without adverting t

 the fact that the object of the advertisement or communication, is to promote their inte

 rest, and not that of the publisher.

 There arc scores of persons who woul'

 never dream of walking into taylor's sho

 and asking for the gift of waistcoat, or of

 hat, yet can see no impropriety in callinl

 upon the publisher for the gratuitous an nouncement of a course of lectures, or pa tent fiy-trap, or any other notice, in thu

 bringing of which before the public thej happen to have an interest.-N. Y. Com.

 SOMETHING NEw-Nr. Edward Carter, o 1 Carters village, near Chester, informs US O something of which we never heard the like and another instance of which we challeng' this city 10 produce. One of the men employ

 ed by him in farming. placed his coat upon a post and rail fence on beginning work ir the morning, and did not remove 1t till sun set. On attempting to put it on then. nc tel

 an obstruction in the sleeve, and coDclude6 that one of the boys had cracked a joke up on him, in pursuance of that roguish spirit O fun which characterizes the juvenile bipet all over the world. He pulled of his coa