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■oaiiten.uuse and deportm ent the dcep„- E t emotion. Sue sat Dei ore the Dar, ■ad seemed to be entreating one of ■he gentlemen of the bar to intercede Erher father. Presently the jury Consulted together and gave in their Eerdict “not guilty,” and the Court or- Ijored the prisoner to be discharged. Iplie change in the father and daugh ter was instantaneous. Surprise, joy land gratitude came over them all to gether. The delight of the daughter Lvas excessive.—“Now let me tell liny story,” exclaimed the man; “it’s Ireiy short, I beg you to let me tell it. ’ Ijle then gave a rapid and animated ■statement. He said that a man came ■to the ship with a cable on his shoul ders, threiy it down beside him, and [collared him, when be halloed lire! murder! and the rascal run off. The [people came up and found him with 'the cable. “Then they took me to [jail. I was never there before,’' said [he, that's all; thank ye gentlemen, thank ye heartily, and he left the court,, while the audience were high ly amused with the incident and the naivete of his account of it. The daughter followed, but just as she pass ed the jury box, she suddenly turned, ■and made a low courtesy to the jury with a grace of manner and a grace ful countenance, worthy of Jeanie Deans.—JV*. Y. J. Com* A most melancholy and heart rend ing notice of a death ( by lire, is thus recorded in the Albany Daily Aiier- tiser of Thursday, CM. 24: We have to record an appalling in stance of the death by lire of a daugh ter, aged about 12, of Thomas Lee, merchant tailor of this city. About seven o’clock, on Sunday evening, as she was sitting in a rocking chair, in the second story of her father s house, in Danicls-street, and, as is supposed, asleep, she fell over the fender into the fire, and the tlames caught her clothes. She instantly ran up stairs into the third story, where was a girl about her own age, who was too much alarm ed to render assistance. The suffer er, writhing in agony, convulsed, and uttering the most piercing shrieks, made her way down stairs, and out of the front door into the street. At this time, she was completely enveloped in flames, which illumined the whole street, and her piteous cries aroused the whole neighborhood. A gentle man, who was passii^ at the time, caught her in his arms, and to his qyvu injury, pressed her to his breast, and partially succeeded in slaying the flames, but not having an overcoat, could not subdue them. As the soon est means of gaining relief, he ran to wards a pump near by, but stumbled and fell. Another gentleman caught tier up, ^nd took her to the pump, and a person happening to be there with a pail, the flames were quench ed. The agonized being was taken 'back to the house, and her body pre sented, a m,ost dreadful appearance.— Her clotlies were almost entirely 'burnt off, and her skin was also, all except that on her face. Medical aid 'was rendered, but at one o’clock that night, the spirit of the unhappy victim, left its wretched and tortured abode, and winged its way to heaven. The mother of the girl, was at the time on a visit to a sick neighbor’s, and the father was absent from town. J\luider.—We are informed tha the Rev. M. Taylor, living on Rich ardson s creek, in Anson co. was aho dead by his slop son. Peter Slaughter bn the 25th ult. Slaughter fled, bu was apprehended near Morgantown and has been lodged in jail, to awai bis trial at uext Spring term, of Au aon Superior Court. We have bear some details of this tragic event which stamp it as a very aggravate* ease of murder; but we shall deelim giving them, lest injustice may be dom the party criminated.-—N. C. Pap. Curious fact.—We have before u the M. S. account of a remarkable :ftct which has recently transpired ii Buckingham county, In working th< ■James River Slate Quarries, a pietp ef pine bark, 8 inches in length, 5 in ehes in width, and 3-4 of an inch thick was brought out of the solid mass o Rock. This pine was as perfect am uound, if it had beenjusttakenfromthi .tree with the exception of its bain; Tittle scorched, smutted, and with ai ashy appearance on the inside, as i from coals or embers, or perhaps oe oasioned by the blast of powder. I was imbedded in the rock about 11 feet below its top sod tfig rock itiell was covered 8 or 10 feet of solid earth and clay, never probably disturbed by man before. It has somewhat of an antique appearance. The proprietor attempted to preserve the bed of rock in which it reposed—but the fock was too solid aud hiird to be separated in any other way than by the explosive force of gun powder in the application of which unfortunately the bed was entirely shattered and destroyed. As with toads which have been found imbedded in the solid rock, the question may be more easily asked than answered. There is nothing re markable in die pine or the toad, but like fly in amber “How the d 1 did it get there.” There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dream ed of in our philosophy.—Richmond Compiler. We regret much to learn, that JO SEPH LANCASTER, the author of the system of monitorial instruction,, for the discovery of which the whole civilized world is deeply indebted to him, is in this city, suffering under the pressure of great pecuniary want.— We think it is only necessary for the fact to be known, to insure him imme diate relief. It is. as we understand owing in a great measure to his be nevolent exertions for the benefit of his fellow men, that he is now reduced to want. This city and country are his debtors, as well as other parts of the world, and we presume a portion of that debt will be paid here. JV*. F. l)ai. Adv. Education in Ireland—The whole number of Schools in Ireland is found to be 11,822, and the total«uumber of children in attendance, according to the protestant account, is 560,549, of whom 4 )3,285 are catholics, and the remainder protestants. by the Cath olic account, the whole number is 6b9,- 964, of whom 421.023 are catholics. T phus Malignant Fever.—Dr. T. C. Smith of Dublin in !320, obtained of the British Parliament a reward of 5,8'JO/. for the undermentioned re cipe, for Typhn Malignant Fever. Six drachms of powdered nitre, six drachms of oil of vitrol—mix them to gether in a tea cup, adding to the nitre the drop of the oil at the tiqne— The cup to be placed during the preparation on a heated plate of iron, and the mixture stirred with a tobac co pipe. The cup to be placed in different parts of the si k room. Hard Duly.—A colonel, who had raised a regiment of fensible cavalry, was complaining in company that he had the whole labor of the corps on himself. ‘I am,’ said lie, obliged to be my own major, my own captain, my own adjutant, &c.’— And,’ said a person present, ‘I presume, your own trumpeter. A fat Birth.—The annual itu |ome of the Archbishop of Canterbu*, who lately died in England, was no less th n 25,000/. sterling, or $111,000.-- This is equal to the compensation we allow to our President and Vice Pres ident, the four Secretaries of the great departments, the Postmaster General, the Chief Justice, and the six associate Judges of the Supreme Court, and the support of our Minis ter at London into the bargain. The Bishop of London succeeds to this goiden manger of * the church.” A cure for the Ague and Fever, that has never failed in five hundred cases. l-2oz. of gloves, 1-2 oz. of cream tartar, 1 oz. of Peruvian bark, well pulverized: put them into a bottle of best port wine, and tike decoction or tincture on the well days, as fast as the stomach will receive it. As there are more persons afflicted with the fever and ague than at any former pe riod, (in the opinion of many of the faculty,) the publication of the above recipe will probably be beneficial to numbers who now labor under the dis order. Ohio.—The DaytoH Journal of Au gust 19th, announces tub tact, that one hundred and seventy-three marriages have taken place in Montgomery coun ty; since the commencement of the present year. Surely there miist be some charm in Montgomery!! * Mammoth Coach.—A Coaeh maker in Philadelphia is engaged in construct ing a stage to run between Borden- town and Washington, N. J. calcula ted to carry fifty-six passengers. The carriage is divided into two apart ments, om abov^-and the-other beitmv each to contain 28 passengers.—The whole is to be drawn oy twelve hors es, three abreast, the driver to be as sisted by 2 postillions. The speed will be the same as in the four horse coaches. In the stages now in use, three men, with the same number of horses, could carry but 27 passengers. New Juvenile Paper.—Tne smallest newspaper in the known world, with out any dispute, has just reached us from Salem. It is called the 'Hive,’ and may be read profitably by all our little statesmen and - siateswomen, in the nursery before breakfast. The paper is five inches long, by three in widih. It has not declared itself on the Presidential question.—Dost. Pal. Cromwell s Slculj.—A lady on a vis it lo the*British Museum asked the person in attendance if they had the skull of Oliver Crom well? Being an swered in the legative, “Dear me, said she, that is very strange—they have one at Ox/ord.” Navigation tf the Mississippi.—Un til tne year 1623, it was thought im possible for aiy steam boat to ascend the river abo*e the rapids; but during that year, to ihe astonishment of thou sands, the steam boat Virginia ascen ded the river to St. Peters and return ed. Aud now there are as many as eight or ten steam boats engaged in the upper Mississippi trade. Unprecedented Travelling.—We be lieve that the rapidity of Travelling on the route from New-i’ork to Detroit is unexampled in any eomtry. The distance is 750 miles, and it is per formed in four days and alialf, viz:— from Ddtroit to Buffalo, 250 miles, in 48 hours; Buffalo to Albany, 350 miles, 48 hours, and from Albany to N. Y. 150 miles, in 12 hours. The Patnarch of Physicians.—Dr. Holyoke, of Salem, now ih the 101st year of his age, visited the Boston A- theneum lately, walked through the numerous apartments, examined with interest the books, drawings, easts, models, &c. and was scarcely seated a moment during a long attendance. Say', there is a great change of tidies. Gloucester Telegraph. Nicety of the law.—At the Lancas ter assizes, in England, in August last, ou tiie trial of three prisoners, who had obtained 100/. oil a* forged Check alleged in the indictment to be made in the name of ToWnknd and son, because the name appeared to the jury to be written Tewnend, the judge decided the variance to be fatal, and the fellows were acquitted. Diversity of Mind.—There are now 800,000,000 of human beings on the earth:—there have been more than a million times that number in the world, and as many more yet exist; and there never have been, are not now, nor will there ever be, any two of that in numerable multitude exactly alike. Velocity 1 of Steamboats.—The im mense increase of power requisite to obtain a small increase of velocity, ought to have its influence in deter mining the speed of a steamboat dur ing a long voyage, and its proportions ought to be adapted to that speed, with a small excess of power for e- mergencies. The powers required to give a boat different velocities in still water are as follows: Miles. 3 per hour 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Horse power. 5 1-2 13 25 43 69 102 146 200 The mechanical power, or power of a steam engine to impel a boat in still water, must be as the cube of the velocity. Therefore, if an en gine of twelve horse power will impel a boat seven miles per hour, it will require one of thirty-five horse power to impel the same boat at the rate of ten miles per hour. The action of what is called a twenty-five horse power engine is just equal to the im pulse given by 1,000 cubic feet of wa ter falling through the height of ten feet. Longevity.—A woman, named Tier ney, died lately at the-Hague, aged 113 years. She enjoyed full posses sion of her mental faculties, until with in a few days of her death, and was accustomed to take a great deal of ex ercise. Her father lived to the age of 105 years, and her uncle had enter ed his 113 year, at the time of his death. Change of times.—The town of Ply mouth, in 1824, contained but 32 dwelling houses, and 180 persons.— The people were poor, in debt, & suf fering extremely by privations, and hardships, but bearing the whole with more than Roman firmness. They were obliged to fortify tlieir Town to protecLthemselves against the assaults of the Savages. Their Navagntion consisted of a few boats or shallops.— In 1625 after Harvest, they sent one of their shallops, the largest vessel they had, with a load of Corn 1o the East ward, up Kennebeek River, to trade for Beaver, and other Fur. They had laid a' deck over her midships to keep the Corn dry, but the men were forced to stand *all weathers without any shelter. The voyage was made by Mr. Winslow fan eminent Gentle man, aftewvnds Governor of the Col ony) and some old standards, for sea men, they had none. Novi', Ply mouth with four or five thousand in habitants, very considerable shipping, and extensive commerce, and with its Court House, Jail, Bank, Academy, Halls and Churches, holds a very ie- spectable rank among the Towns, and Seaports of Massachusetts. Salem, in 1629 contained but six houses, besides Governor Endicott’s, and there were but 100 Planters in all the Colony, (Chalmers says eight miserable hovels)—in f698, it con tained only 85 houses, and 300 polls, and in 1732, (four years after the birth of the venerable Dr. Holyoke) 520 houses, 5000 inhabitants and 1200 tax able polls—now, with regard to the population, wealth, and commerce, it is the second town in New England. It contains about 13000 inhabitants and has a large number of Ships, whose keels plough, and whose sails whiten every sea. Its merchants have* been long celebrated for their in telligence, industry, and enterprise. Its public and private buildings arc magnificent, and its various institutions doit great honor- Surely wo may SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. At one of the services in aid of the London Missionary Society, in the month of May last, a Sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. Bap tist Noel, in which he stated that 20 Islands in the South Seas had already been christianized through the labors of missionaries, and that 30,000 chil dren were under instruction. About fifty churches have been built. One auxiliary society in 1825-6, gave $1332, and another 5000 gallons of cocoanut oil. In three islands out of 20, the number of baptisms since the mission commenced, (in 1797) is 5615. In five Islands, the number of communicants in 1825-6 was 2294. Mr. Noel remarked that baptism in these cases, was not “lightly admin istered,” nor were communicants “lightly received.” From the Court land Herald. You are respectfully requested to publish the Resolutions herewith com municated; & brother Editors, friend ly to the cause of Temperance and the observance of the Sabbath, it is hoped, will, through the medium of their papers, aid in this good work by copying these resolutions HUGH BARR. The Presbytery of North Alabama view with great satisfaction, the spir ited and Christian efforts that are ma king in some parts of our land to ar rest the violation of the Holy Sabbath; and depending on the blessing of the great Head of the Church, the Pres bytery would “come up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord a- gainst the mighty.” It is therefore Resolved, That it is the sense of this Presbytery, that the travelling under common circumstances, which is so much practised in the communi ty, and even by members of our Church, is a plain, a growing and aw ful profanation of the Christian Sab bath. Resolved, That the Presbytery en join, and they do hereby enjoin it up on all our sessions, to be strict in en forcing the discipline of the Church , in every case of violation of the Sab bath which may come to their kno^vl edge. The Presbytery have to lament, that in several instances, professir;: Christians, when on a common journey have refused to “rest according to t!. ^commandment,” even when an op portunity offered of spending holy time .u worshipping with God s people in ihe sanctuary. And they do enjoin on the members of the church, individually, a strict observance of the Christian Sabbath, particularly that they abstain from travelling under common circumstan ces, and from all other violations of a day, the observance of which is 60 in timately connected with the prosper- ity of Zion. The Presbytery of North Alabama taking into consideration the gieat and deplorable extent, and (he fatal con sequences of intemperance, Resolve, That they will not only ab stain from the use of ardent spirits themselves, and prohibit the use of them in their families, except for me dical purposes—but that they will use tlieir utmost influence to discoun tenance the vice, and actively engage in promoting the interest of those as sociations, which have in special view, the suppression of this great and grow ing evil. By order of Presbytery, HUGH BARR, Staled Clerk. Moulton, Sept. 13, 1828. London Newspapers, —The dry rot is making vvoful havoc among the news papers. Our poor hundred-eyed friend, the Argus, has fallen a victim to it. His last peeper is closed, and the sleep of death has ended his watch fulness forever. The Verulam ha® spoken one word of truth, viz: that it could not exist any longer, and has givv en up the ghost. The Spectator, look ed at by nobody, has become a spec tre, and is rapidly hastening to that bourne from which no traveller returns* The Atlas groans audibly under his leaden burthen, and will soon sink intd his mother earth. Peace to their manes.—London paper. HOUSE BUILDER. AND CABI NET MAKER. • New York, respectfully informs the citizens of the Cherokee Nation, that he intends carryingon the business of HOUSE BUILDING AND CABINET MAKx 1NG in a manner superior to any that ha* been done, & in the most fashionable man ner, equal to that of N. York or Baltimore, and Superior to any work of the kind in this part of the Country. He will work as cheap as any workman, and in a better manner than can be done. He ha6 got hogany and materials of the best quality. N. B. He will take apprentices in the above business. Any native who will come with good recommendation, and of steady habits will be received and tauglh'f in the above business. Persons wishing to build can be supplied with a plan and elevation of any house that may be wanting, For further information please apply to Messrs. David Vann and John Ri ige Nov. 12, 1828. 37 t f $8 REWARD. S I RAYED OR STOLEN out of a Idt' in this Town, a small light b”own inare, with two scars in her forehead, hav ing the upper part of her left ear bmt.— Not one ot her legs is white—her main and I ail are dark. I do not know her age, as I had just got her from a white man. Any person who will deliver the mare to me, at Turkey’s Town, shall receive the above reward. Nov. 12, 1728. CRYING SNAKE. 37 tf. JAW D»4 DXJBA. nil TKA D*BT Dyia'4-4, Dtf BVz«yi- iwe* DhP Dyt .fTpp, O'K'qjjp. \vp SA4oP DEBI*h. DSoSSliZ Stffi OriCAP R- WA ^ofA. i£ ,SSlO-y , ©R. CPetA^Fe^yU D«r S.VE4) «ei-T. ecty ad *yp ys vXS»a G.XAZP4 SAW DS4 treSJB RA Ter DBS. ' NOTICE. I DO hereby forewarn all persons froni trading for two notes of hand, both pay able to Joshua Holden, and signed by self, and dated the sixth day of August 1827: One of said notes was due the 25th of De- eember 1827, for one hundred yards of home spun. The other is due the*25th of December 1828, fes one hundred and fifty "ards of homespun, I am determined not <4 nay them, unless compelled by law, as thd consideration for which they were given has failed. JONATHAN BLYTHE. Nov. 12, 1828. 37 tf. TEN DOLLARS REWARD. I N February 1827, a man by the nam of WILLIAM STONE sold me lu>rse, which has since that time proved t he stolen. Said Stone formerly lived i: Jackson County Alabama, and is about fiv eet 10 oi 11 inches high, light colored hail pare made, and about 28 years of age. vill give the above reward for any inform! ion of the residence of said Stone. WILLIAM LESLEY. Chattooga District, Ci Ngtioc. CVt. f« Ms*