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*hc confederacy. Nor is this to be j wondered at when to the foregoing j considerations it be added that half' of ,,„ r population is estimated, in the po- j jjjcal scale, at but three fifths of its' actual weight. We are often up-: In aided hv a comparison of our condi- tion with that ot Sew Vork and Ohio,) lo which all the other States which, •ire exempted from the curse of slav ery, might well lie added. And with jhuuic u e feel ourselves constrained to bow to the liumdiutiug comparison. »V e view out beloved Slate, blessed, by tlit' God of nature w ith a variety oi useful and lovely capabilities, un surpassed by those of any other coun try on the globe; we view it not mere ly as stationary, while her sister! Mates are advancing, but as positive ly net'lining. It is peculiarly the pro-, vinee of such statesmen as compose . vuur honorable body to delect the causes of the national calamity and : degradation, and to provide and apply j the remedy. That the causes here-j to fore frequently assigned arc? the | jrue ones, we do not believe. II they have any effect, as possibly they may, j it must be extremely small and par- \ tial. We humbly suggest our belief j that the slavery which exists, and | which, with gigantic strides, is gaining j i-round amongst us, is in truth, the , groat efficient cause of the multiplied evils which we all deplore. V\ e can not conceive that there »s any other ball in ins neck.—He in great rage tired at me and missed me; by tins time all the pistols of the banditti were discharged, as well as those of my friend in among them; they lied and we pursued, when the captain suddenly wheeled his horse, passed my friend and came directly at me * * with his sabre to cut me down. 1 wailed quietly until he came within six feet of me when l shot him through the body; be fell on the neck of bis horse, and they both came down to gether. His companions seeing this be came intimidated; but after a little, seeing aa intention on their part to charge against me (my friend being occupied in finishing the captain, who was not quite dead.) I seized a small fowling piece which was in the hands of my servants, and compelled them to retreat; this left us masters of the lit 1,1. We look possession of the captain s horse, arms, &c. and deliv ered them to the Alcadcor magistrate of the next village—the villagers turned out armed and gave pursuit, when some meeting five of the gang they killed one of them. It is a most fortunate circumstance for us that we did not fall in with the whole gang, if we had I should not now be alive to toll the tab;. My friend (Dr. Bcard- mnii) received a severe sabre wound in bis left arm. DAVID PORTER.” cause sufficiently operative to paral- ize. the energies of a people so mag nanimous, to neutralize the blessings oi Providence inc luded in the ghl o» a j Jand so happy i.i its soil, its climate, us minerals, and its waters; and to an nul the manifold advantages ot our re publican freedom and Geographical position. It Virginia has already fall en fi >m her high estate, and if we !ia; c assigned the true cause of her fall, it is with the utmost anxiety that we look to the future, to the fatal ter mination of the scene. As we value our domestic happiness, as our hearts yearn for the prosperity of our off spring. as we pray for the guardian care of the Almighty over our conn- t try, we earnestly inquire what, shall 1 he lone to avert tlie impending ruin, j The efficient cause of our calamity ' is vigorously increasing in magnitude ; and potency, wade we wake and j while \\ o sleep. 'The outlets for draining off a portion ol this pestife rous population of slaves are fast clo sing against us. In the mean time our white people are removing in multitudes, to distant regions, and 1 those who remain seem destined to become martyrs to their love of \ ir- gisiia, exposed to foreign enemies, to civil feuds, and to domestic insurrec tions, without the physical ability in dispensable to their own preservation. And shall we alas! reduce ourselves to ilie necessity of invoking aid from the North and West? We will not pre r s Inis appalling topic any farther, but with intense solicitude recom mend it to the serious consideration of your bo tumble body. We feel as sured that in addressing men of such enlarged and liberal views, as tve con- i fi lently ascribe to the members of your body, it must be unnecessary to dilate lari her upon this mournful and most interesting subject. We. deem it prudent, too, not to push this memorial imo greater detail, and therefore we desist, only adding our importunate prayer that you m iv devis° some eon- j stitutional provision, the fruit of wlii li shall be the extermination, in due j time, ol tin; slavery which threatens v ith dost met ion all that tve hold dear j and valuable rs a people. AH which is respectfully submit- j ted i From the Ch~st**r t piand l nion, duly it*, j “Mexico, May 2!)t!i 1*29.—1 have nut vet had an interview with the President, but shall tomorrow, when I shall settle all matters with them, ; and return home. On my wav here 1 I had a most unpleasant and extreme- j ly dangerous adventure, but my good j genius protected me as it has done on many other occasions. Travelling with a friend and having no apprehen sion of danger, we were suddenly attacked bv three banditti, being part ol a gang of seven, well mounted and well armed, with their faces blacked and looking more like devils than bu rn m beings. We had merely time to form a line on one side of the road, while they formed on the other, fhe battle commenced by their cap tain discharging his pistol at me at the distance of a few paces. I then fired & shouldhavc killed him,had not his horse ♦brown up his head and received the TO POSTMASTERS. “Il frequently happens that news papers are sent by mail, addressed to persons who do not take them out of the office. In every instance of this kind the postmaster should give im mediate notice of it to the editor of the paper; adding tin* reason if known, why they are not taken, that is. whether tin; person is dead, has re moved lo some other place, or merely refused.” The above is an extract from tlie instructions of the Postmaster Gener al to the several Postmasters. The instructions also direct that a Post master, who wishes to avail hitnscll ol the IVnnklin privilege, shall “write his name and office on the outside of the letter,” and no letter shall be admitted as franked unless the office attends to this duty. We have, this morning, received a letter from one of the recently ap pointed Postmasters in Connecticut, informing us that our country paper, scut to J. H. C., is not taken from his office, no reason is assigned. The letter has not even the name of the stale, either within or on the outside. It is signed by asst.' 1 On the outside the Postmaster places bis name, hut does not say whether lie is Posmaster in Maine or Florida, nor even condescend to place a date to it. A'. 1. Spec. A REOWING SPRING. Extract of a letter to tlio editors «»f the Richmond Compiler, dated Nevvbkrn, (Ya.) 12th July * 1829. ‘*! saw a natural curiosity a tew days ago, that I am very much sur prised has not attracted the attention of some persons sooner. It is a very large spring, in the county of Wythe, being one of the head springs of Crip ple Creek, about ten miles from the court house, in nearly a south course. It ebbs and jloirs in the months of Au gust and September only; runs four days and stops four days, duiing the two months mentioned. The balance of the year it runs continually; the water is limestone, and in quantity sufficient to turn a grist mill. It is an uncommonly large spring; it will begin to blubber and sink back, and not run one drop; and at the end of four days it will roar like claps of thunder, and in a few minutes after the noise, with a blowing, and the w a ter returns. The gentleman who owns the spring, and lives near it, is the man who gave myself and other persons this information. We went to the spring and drank of the water, which was exceedingly line and cool and of a bluish color, so much so as to color the creek a mile or upwards be low, into which it empties. The man who owns it, and lives there, is hv the name of Pointer, a man of truth and respectability. I asked the neighbors if it was true; they told me it was. There is a mill or mills with- iu one half a mile below it, which has to stop when it stops, although on another stream. 1 told Mr. Pointer I would forward the account he gave to you and give him as my author.— lie told me to do so, that it was the truth, and could be proven by fif ty Ol more respectable men, but some- ♦ ministration. \\ e are happy lo learn we liow or other it had passed the notice < are not alone in our opposition. Able of men until now. '• hands have volunteered for the defence oi For myself 1 think it one ol’ the Indian i;ghis. AYc invite particular at- greatest curiosities 1 have ever seen; » tention to the able piece we have re-pub- niueh more so than the natural bridge, j lished from the N. Y. American. The that lias attracted so much notice.— ; two leading articles in our present number From the authority for the foregoing ! are likewise calculated to encourage us account of the spring, i have no doubt j much. In our next we shall give our of its truth. They call it the blow ing spring. That the spring is in an ob scure neighborhood is the only reason 1 can give for its passing unnoticed.” i n fortunate ^Mistake.—Twp armed parties, one consisting ut four and the readers an able article on the subject from the National Joui nal. SUMMARY. Speaking Aside.—A diffident lover ( going to ttie town clerk to request other oi live persons, trom this town, him to publish the bans of matrimony, set out on Monday night last, iu pur suit of a ga."g of runaways on our isl and, for the apprehension of whom large rewards are offered. They en countered each other in the dark on the road about a mile from town, as it was unknown to each party that another was out with a similar ob ject, after challenging each other, a gun was discharged on one side, answered by a general lire from the other, which was returned, and both parties retreated — under the impres sion that they w ere engaged w ith a superior foice of runaways! Three persons were w ounded on each side, six in all. Roth parties continue.! under their inis'ake until they met each other in Reaulort. The wounds we believe, are not dangerous, and ii no harm had been done, the affair would have been highly ludicrous. Jicaujui t Gazette. Oil Saturday last, just after sunset, a lady, whose eyesight is very good, was silting at her * bower window,” raising her eyes, she saw a lovely boy, appaieutly annul Inc years old, issue horn the upper window of a hou^e op posite—cautiously, Gut his only cau tion seemed to l»e against pursuit, there is no choice, j He stepped boldly ami stcadiK duvvn • to the eaves. Atra.d to call lest Stic should startle him, the lady's work cwt. It was planted in tlie year 1 TC$V The stem is about 13 inches in gum. The editors of the New York Com-' merciai Advertiser, call on their brethren, in Pennsylvania, to aid iu reforming the name jMauch Chunk.-* They state on the authority of a gen tleman familiar with the subject, that there arc no such words or sounds as JWauch Chunch, nor any analogous to them, in the Delaware, or any other Indian language. He believes the name to have been origiually Jlfvng Chung, or the Hear Mountain. Cobbett says that all North AniefL ca does not contain two hundred such .. . . , . . - unmannerly, greedy, * and indecent tound Him at work alone in the middle | brutes as were assembled at the late ol a ten acre lot and asked him to } dinner of the Westminster electo.s sicp aside a moment, as he had some thing particular for his private ear!— iierk. c imer. An Advertisement, in the Lehigh Pioneer, calls a meeting of the cit i zens of Muucli Chunck, to form an “ Anti-talk-aljout-your-neiglibouis-^o- cietv.” To stop tattling, in a vil lage, was not among the visions* oi Swill s philosophers of LaputeJ Many notable deaths have lately taken place in France, among whom are those of the.Prince of llohenlohe, who had attained the rank of a French marshal; ol General Cazial, one of Napoleon's most distinguished officers; of the Eishop of Dijon; and of the daughter ol’ the daughter ol the Ex- M mister, Count Peyronnet. The Loudon papers announce Cap tain Basil Hall's Travels in North America for publication early in June. The Vermont American announces that the sixth trial for the choice of a Representative toCongress in that State had been unsuccessful. Gen. Gaboon (the anti-masonic candidate; had 2b 1.2, Gen. Cushman 24JO, Mr. Bell I 159, and Mr. Buck 181, so that where he was pretty roughly treated, j He says;—‘*1 saw one fellow endesiv- ■ oring to out a roast fowl asunder, ! crossways, while another had his folk ! stuck in the neck end, ready to take ; one of the halves.” A wicked wag in the Rojton Cour- . j ier has annagrannnolizeil the name of l Anne Royal! as follows -‘‘all annoy- er, It was reported at MaLone, that the French were preparing a licet of mc.:-ul’-w ar and transports to attack dropped from her hands, ; ud she sat ! Algiers by sea and land—they had with breathless apprehension. “■The dauntless child st'etched forth Ins men of war in little hands and smiled." Having found the direction of the breeze, be drew a little windmill from li is bosom, and bearing it at arm's length before him, with one foot on the rain trough and the other on the rool, ran delight ed till fairly out of breath. Return ing gaily IVoin his perilous expedition, lie shot into the window, before the; astonished lady had sufficiently col lected her senses to observe tlie co lour of the wings that decorated his feet. Wings slu; is sure she saw. Parents, lake cure oi your children. Phi lad. paper. now m commission < the Mediterraauei n. The A irginia Free Press says — Oi’ all the Anti-Societies which we have heard of, none pleases us so well as the Anti-ncglecl-to-pay-lhe-PKisTfcR- Socioly, proposed to be raised tu our ; neighbourhood. The Greeks have been remarka- j At the peace uf 11G3, when Cana da was acquired by the English Gov ernment, there were only GO.OOO in habitants. There arc now upwards of a million. 4 lie Alexandria Gazette states flirt a citation lias been issued bv the ( ir- euit Coui t cl tlie District ol G*»1uiti- bia, against tlie editor of the 19;*11f- niore Republican, for contempt of Gourt in publishing the testimony in the case ol Watkins, in opposition ta an order of the court It is estimated that there are m tlie I nited States! 480,00(1 MeeharflcT; 9,000 Lawyers, 12,000 Doctor*; 1,000; (say 10,000) Minister*, 3G.OtX) Schoolmasters, The Salem Cou Her, tells a story of tw o girls who came to town to rC themselves, and, after cheapening ir twenty shops, colled at the Post Of fice, where they found a letter fo? each. 1 *IIow much?” uTttrfvcf and a half cents eaoji!” “That th£ low cs * / Acs, Uncle 8am never comes down.” u Oo ask your uncle. If he’ll let us hay.e them at ten cent?: u c'il I alee both.” As Anti societies are now all the i {hr W illiamstow u Advocate it n n( - u „ (I,..,,. | proposes to establish one which is h v successful, ol hue, in llicu cou- 1 ‘ , 3 , . . . . r . much needed about this ime. It i^ test with the Turks, and ins«.eud oi being hunted out like wild ucasts up on the mountains, have actually as sumed the offensive. According to accounts from different places, iney lia\e, si ice the opening ui the prcsih lo be called “Tin? anli-making-edit- ors-pny-postage-on-eomm micaliua-So- l ciety. Tlie number of Old. Spaniar *s at present in tlie city of New O-leans, tv i campaign, taken possession ol 8anw, | '' ho have left Mexico in co s sequence Livadia, Vomtza, the Pass of Tiicr- j ^ hite expulsi m. is estimated at u Rtst ff eary Traveller.''—We re- ! mopyia;, Lepanto, the Ouslie oi itou- j mwe than t'co thousand. 1 be New* ceivcd yesterday a small proof sheet j melia, and far-famed Missoiuiigtn. I Oi mans Adieitiser $ta(o. c that many from the office of the Richmond Henry Hamilton, ibe noiotious l; l are * n ^ si; k fe of n bin erne, Compiler, containing partial returns swindler, who absconded trom \o»jv, whiie olheis suiier much ir n: pover- oflhe late Presidential election, dated j U. G. lias been arrested m T ranee.— j the Gth of November last, and which Report states that 4ltK)/ ol the prop- j was ptobably mailed at that time.— eity canied offbv him has been se- What have been the extent and na- j cured. lure of its peregrinations, we have no j A little girl ol Air. John Brown, means ol judging. Could it write the near Hebron, Onio, recently lell into history of its travels, it would proba- j a well, 4< leet deep, with about sev- bly contain accounts ol strange oe- on leet cl-water: this accident being currenecs and vicissitudes and | discovered by Mr. Brown, be installs- alterations of beat anti cold while vi brating in the mail stages between Maine and Georgia.—.A*. 3. Gaz ette. barge.« open- letters v. h li » Lsel WEDNESDAY, ArCJI’ST 2f>, 1S20. Iv«» H r. iX i 'V f)ur readers will perceive from the ar ticles we insert in our piper umlor the head of l ndians, that an interest is creat ing m tlie public mind in regard to the rights of the aborigines. We hope this in ly descended, and brought her up un hurt, except some slight bruises about her head. James Read, 34 Arcade, New York, offers to treat bis customers “with a view of one of the most com plicated machines in this country, in which he weaves eight different w atch ribbons at the same time." Extract of a letter received in Bos ton from Havana, dated 8lh July:— ‘•‘Just now there is much truuble a- ninng the dry goods dealers in tlie city, several have stopped payment . j V *1 y ^ - ' j 4 L # tvrc>t will increase until public opinion I an j maU y more are expected. Thus j ■ shall decide either for or against us. AV v . J wish to know what tlw people of the T_ nit- j ; erl States think of u«—whether they are j xvilliner to sacrifice us to the cupidity of I some of our white brethren—whether they will sustain the doctrine of Secretary Ba ton, ami say that the guarantee for ever solemnly given by the United States to us, is not sufficient to protect us in our rights, and the only alternative is for ns to remove acro«s the Mississippi. The policy ol Washington, Jefferson, tkc. toward the In dians has heretofore been, evidently, sus tained by public opinion, weshould he glad lo know whether the change proposed by president Jackson will meet with public approbation. When we are under fre quent necessity of mentioning president Jackson’s name, we hope our readers will not think us as indulging ourseli in party- ism. It is not against Jackson w*e are op posed. but against the measure ol the ad« a stain is thrown on more than two and a half millions of paper, which lias hitherto passed as currently as dou bloons. There is scarcely a bouse of magnitude in the place that is without at least a hundred thousand dollars of this paper.” It is said the low price of lead makes the working of the United States lead Mines a losing business. The Editors of the N. Y. Enquirer say they have a press building to en able them to print a much larger pa per. It will have eight columns in a page, each lour inches longer than at present. In the Garden of Hampton Court, Eng. is a celebrated Vine, allowed, by all foreigners, to surpass every other in Europe. It is 72 feet by 20, and ha9, in one season, produced 2212 bunches of grapes, weighing 18 The trial of Asa W. !ls»vr M a dep uty post master a! N jHV.’L, Ohm, took place at Columbus «>; week. He was ing certain through the office (of whi h ho ffu! the sole management,) and attract ing the money the ref i oni. He was found guilty, but had not re-iff ed sentence at the last accounts Lorn Columbus. 1 he A t. Journal says, butter tubs which have become foul may be tho roughly cleansed by filling them with bran and water and letting them stand till fermentation takes place. It is easily tried. AVe are informed, says a Baltimore paper, that Dr. Zollikoffer of this ci ty had presented to him lor examina tion, a head ol cabbage, that was found to contain taenly two heads, in closed in such a mainier by the extei- nal leaves, as to foriii one of the most solid and well arranged heads, to all appearance, that the Horticulturist would desire to exhibit as a fair sam ple of the goodness of bis crop.— Eighteen of these were as perfectly formed as it is possible to imagine. The directors of the steamboat Chancellor Livingstone, runniii,; front New York to Providence, have re solved to discontinue the custom of placing spirituous liquors on the table of their steamboat. LAWS OP THE CHEROKEE NATION, or Ike years 1826, 1827 <$• lSJb for sale at this office