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;] 'COM. T>' WNi.S AND THE FRIGATE V >TOMAC. ' W publish, lio<m me Now Ymk Cummer- ! * A d vet user, a sunemei*' by “a correspon- < nt” <»f inc *'.ff.ir of QuilLih Itattood'\.p\- f iio direction of Com. Downes of the ’fri- Fotomic. 2t rejoices its to assist in cir cuia'ing a defence of tins gallant officer, and in re-'otdmg toe spirit and enterprise of his noble c ;m. We regretted the attacks that have b< a m ute on Com. Downes, tor his alleged . .oxfiic.t towards the natives io that affair. We >w this officer too well to believe him capa of .t,i act th t does not comport with his tv’s bonor. On, gallant officers glory ’ ■ m humanity to a for, than in a triumph, i' v’ : di.s feeling that wow 'heir fadeless latn t;e Lne war. We mover believed that ’’’.Liai D twites had given any ordet, or sanc ■">. :;v act that would deprive him ol that > itisfaclion which the humane, con q ■ or v can feel. Evrty body will be , ii the following statement of the , . ■'.tiurcal I Rea d. . i, Ajw-York Commercial Advertiser. Lima Fee, 16, 1833. ’?■/ n fa.v .i we have received a number of i> ip, iand I m so, iv to see < he abuse that I;: ?■'! i p i ii ( . >:) Com. Downes and ollj- if-ou.; ill .flan of Qnallah Ballou, ’.i lie vc, absent from their country a.', i ii ’ • ;<t i•. P ; : lieniseives, been iitdd up to me cens'i: c of dieir coumrvmen, ;• n«l the in- • iign d’ a t:l . u>hi as 'vain boast rs, plan dears. an savage murderers of i<e.i’pkss women a.td i ‘ ■ ‘,- n " I have been nii'oimeu by an at,. ■ in tiie scene, that 'he I ’ s'.. sco'tititmed m the hiflicial return are a■ ■|y tni Hat, etc is not a vain boast : i ieJ r; liial r was a most perilous enter* .'/rase; and would liav« been attended with the most dis.is ions i< suits, had there b en the w.iiit ot fi.iuiiHss or prudence. A great tie dh is been smd about the number that w< ,e killed; old an attempt has been made to i’b| I’ess the public mind wnh a belief that they were murdered in the dead of the night, naked and unarmed. Many, nis 'rue, were killed, in open day an<t with arms in their hands.— .1 lie « fit - ers engaged in lie expedition aie no doubt : - ueeply impressed-with the sacred char acter o| hum itiit v and arc as much under its br uiyn it fluence as those who have raised so great an outcry against theci). They were placed however, in a critical situation; they had •wo alternatives to choose between—-to kill th, ir opponents, or to In killed themselves.— I hey chose the fist, nnd so would any one but a niauman. They were not quite so quixotic as to be killed r ither th .n defend themselves. II :< sordid passion for plunder h id pl iced (hem in . in■■ situation, then hum initv might have en- • iuie<! » doubt as to the propriety of defenil iog themselves at xponstuifthe attacking p uty. Lit their sordid parsions did not place liiem in mis perilous sibiation. They were oiiii rcd ’at re j ;1 t :. o execution of their duty— a painful ,md a dangerous duty, it is true—but not the less imperative on that account. 1 live understood their Government ordered u ni to land and .surround the fort and town, 1,1 I cm md restitution o f [| io property plun- ' 1 Itom one of (heirships, and the puuisb- t,,p murderers. They did so, and "‘testili: The first fort that was iip- P '•' ll d nJ surrounded for this purpose, ‘•f. J ••* n-•• upon the officer and. bis men, m n.le i.- «us n>;.king |)is demand, in as inlelli- K' 1 ' in,inner ,ts his imperfect knowledge of ‘hi ' iangu.q,,. vnidd permit. '■ w is a rude and violent stop pul io any "■'v Ke pat ley nogotiaiioti, the murderous ? 11,1 ' !l muskets s . u ke in I mguage not to " m stakeii, “we will giv(> you nositisf ctiou— ’ ,l> " 'mtiity f l>r || H , i O b| H » lv ni f i || l( > murdois . O''" < omni,ued upon you.' defenceless I • otmti v men.” This langu'ge was uudeis ood ; •t‘i< i.»."pei|v appreci ,u d by the office's com- 1 P 's tig 'lie expedition, and they without hesita- • ioi. pu sued dm only prop« t cotiise. They * r ' " "uh punished the piratic I band, but they I <• p »ed tlu'm ot ih>‘ me ms >f ,g tin mnrderiiig ' •i< fenceless trader by destroying their arms | •m heir strong holds. 1' is my candid belief ' lo.nwhit I litivt? heaid from various sources,! ’•i' •'•’! om> w >m m was killed, knowing her ' to m sticji One, how ever, was wnmtded, but ! 1 ‘ "'•'’dom. i ;! disarming her alter s!m bid fi ed | >a lliiougb tip. | l<( | o f on( , o f || ( e m> n, woun- ' •* 1 , i'i» tn the head with a j ivtdih, and almost ) fill i.s tlmhi b off with a s ibte. J'nis i< a proof I ° ’'‘h’ bvsng o f a mild, inoffensive race of pyplc il X f Otabritaus, mure sinned against \ - si'-iiing. It uII n|a, confi nt m a signal * nn< nios' coijcliisi e manner die statement of a ; ''i'.e; in a Boston piper whufigns lemself "An i j " ,e| i<an,” wherein lie says “that with a ; ""i»h s crew a few marines, be cm Id stir round the town and dictate his own terms with- j II the shedding of n drop of blood.” lie , ”” SI have studied military tactics under a ccr- T >m renowned Captain Bodadil, so celebrated ,n ihr story book, who defeated in his own '•diant person, by detail, a whole army ol some thousands of mm). It is a pity that he is so , Naming i (l patriotism ns not to have written j over hisown proper name, for so long as his i ntodr'sty k< ops him unknown, his country will oe deprived o| his knowledge ami wotideiful con age. Such men ought to he known and cherishr'tl by the government. It is a base and inf imous f d.M'hood, that a single child was kil led, or injured, or harmed, in any way, and 1 there :s no quest ion that those who have given ( ffltriilitien to »he report, did so with tile con- j victtoe strongly impressed on their minds that they were circulaltng the basest calatnnv. I' ha'surprised me not a liitle to find that • here >re $ >me among oil' - resp<*ctable editors of , ' v ’ i v, nors, who bare allowed themselves to be ’nfl'i utced bv u ex parte” statements, and n i le com uotits upon the affair highly in to t|, o characters of those concerned. . r ’“v hay* no' waited for access to a m ite Mottrce for information, but have hastily! seized upon the ridiculous and always over wrought letters of the honest but illiterate Jack. T will again repeat tfiat I atu surprised nt th s, for that truly respectable class of men, .n our country, have always been remarked sot ' rhe honesty of their inten ions, an d a determin- ’ ntion to preserve the purity of the press sacred from the pen of die cabi'nniator a tri-slanderer. ! Dy a reference to the history of the late war, it i will be seen that the gallantry and patriotic’ zeal of Commodore Downes is too impel isha- > bly recoroed, for him to suffer any injury from anonymous publications, equally as dishonora ble to the writers as the publishers. The Commodore may have deviated from the strict letter of his instructions, but there is no question that be his conformed to the very spirit of them. He could not himself land with out committing an impiopriety, and violating the usage of tlie service; be therefore had to del egate his power to another. His orders. 1 take it for granted, we?e to land, surround the town and forts, and demand indemnity for the outrage that had been committed, & (he punishment of those concerned in the b-u bartons and horrid Friendship’s crew? massacre of the The landing was effactod just before the dawn of day, about one and a half mile to the north ward of the town. It took some time to laud and form the men, and to march this mile and a half in deep heavy sand; and by the time the different divisions reached their fotts, it was i broad and pct feet day light. Consequently it ; was not a ‘‘cold-blooded massacre committed jnt the derid of night.” Soon after the march j commenced, a Malay was discovered on the bead', who immediately fled, lie could have been killed on the spot; but humanity, not pol icy, spared him, as bloodshed and » deviation from orders were, if possible, to be avoided. 1 When : n the neighborhood of the first fort, a division was detached and ordered to surround it. By the time the division reached the rem of the fort, and while the officer, Lieut. Hoff, 1 was trying to enter into a parley with (ho pn - 5 , «:tes, die main body of ow force had gained the ' front of the fort, and were passing it on their ‘ way io the others, w hen tin* fort opened its whole fire upon Lieut. Hofl', and also the main body. Lieut. H<>ff then commenced the at ! ; tack, and succeeded, after a most desperate re - isisi.mce, in carrying it by storm. The other 1 [divisions proceeded on to the town for the pnr ’ pose of surrounding the other forts. They ' did not wait to receive the first fire, for several I treasons. Ist, At the principal fort they were > ' seen in die act of firing a cannon, “not a rusty musket that would not go off,” which would • ; have destroyed many of them, and perhaps [caused the defeat of the expedition, in which • j event ill bands would h ive been massacred. ' 21. They had already been fired upon by the • fust fort, consequently, by anticipating them in 1 , ibis ins ance, they could not bo accused offlr- I: mg the fi st shot. 3d. It was very evident, • j fipm what had taken place at the first fort, dial all attempts to enter into a negotiation would be more than madness; there were, therefore, but two alternatives for the officer in charge ol the expedition to choose between, viz: either disgracefully to retreat at a great sa crifice of the lives of those entrusted to his judgment or firmness, and report to his Com [ modorc that he had been fired upon, and driven on board, or push on ami destroy the piratical I barbarians, who had not only murdered his in- I offensive countrymen when trading with them, but had dared to- fire upon those who came iwt Ivo mon hs afterwards to demand satisfac tion for their ruthless murders and piracy. From the above statement, I think it will be evident tb it the officer in charge of the ex pedition could have pursued no other course without bringing disgrace upon himself and country. Although he had to determine upon the course proper to pm sue under circumstan ces peculiarly trying, and on the spur of the moment, surrounded by a fierce and cruel ene my, who neither gave nor would receive quar ter, yet, notwithstani.ing a twclve-monlh has elapsed, and he has had ample time to reflect upon all the circumstances of the case, to view [it in the different eolms it) which party spirit , and a squeamish humanity has presented it to i the public, and his also hid the advantage of . i Fading the opinions of those doughty heroes, who have calmnly dissected the transaction in [ their closets, only ton thousand miles from the J scene of action, still /have not a question but i what he would act precis'dy in the same wav i to-morrow, it placed in a similar situation. It is proper io state, that the division ofsea- . ' men and m trines which were ordered to sur round the forts in the rear, had to proceed [through the town to gain this station—a move : ineut whi'-b they executed without committing j any act of hostility. The division of seamen i was nnable to find the fort it was in search of, [ and rejoined iho main body aficr the latter had [commenced the attack tipo’n the principal fort, on the beach, in front of the town, and* which, i from its great strength, could not be reduced • without the co-operation of all iho divisions. [The division of marines was mure fortunate: I when tiny had readied the gate of the enclo jsure that surrounded the fort, and while in the [act of forcing the gate, before they had fired a [single shot, they were very unexpectedly fired upon from the thick jungle in which the forts are situited; the juogle was so thick that they! could not discover the persons of their enemy ■ but it led to a discovery of«an unfinished pan, which had been commenced in anticipation of i a visit from some of our vessels of war. It [ought also to lie stated, that when the marines, [ I with great difficulty, had forced the gate of the ' | enclosure with their axes and crowbars, they! found several women and children, the men re tiring to the fort, who were much terrified; and it was with great difficulty that they were sooth ed and pacified, and carefully put into a place [of safety until the action was over, when, I i need hardly state, they were kindly tlismiss [ ed. Before concluding this article, it may be as well to describe one of the forts, difluring in no material respect from die others. You fi st approach a breast work of earth, about forty yards wide and fifty long—four feet high, seven thick, surrounded by palisades about cig ht feet ■ high, and thickly inlet woven with bamboos’ .at the south is n date fastened with a huge lock- I jat the northwest corner, about sixty feet frum ! 1 it, is a mound, or citadel of earth, about fifteen [ , feet high and rbout thirty feet square, serruimd ied with embrasures and cannon mounted—i This wasconnected with the first enclosure by [ a bridge, consisting of three planks about I i twenty fuel long the one next to the mound be l ing used as a draw, which nude it impossible to gm into the fort without a scaling ladder, or ! a substitute The very eironcoas accounts tiie officers had received of these People, and the contemp tible light in which their fortifications bad been described, and the’tr courage spoken of, led them into the onfortnatc and almost fatal error of not being provided with’-scaling ladders.— This error was discovered at a late period, and at a critical moment, but it was happily remedied by the gallantry aud fortitude of those engaged. Lieut-Hoff, under the severe fire of the enemy, was obliged,to tear off the palisades which surrounded the .fort, anil from them to make a ladder tu assist in storming it. Lieui. ( Cdson was reduced to an almost similar neces sity—having been forced to hunt up something as a substitute for a ladder. The above facts, which may be relied on, will, 1 hope, be suffi cient to correct the erroneous statements that [ have been made, and the false conclusions drawn thetefrom in many of the papers of tiie United Stales. ; The following biting satire is from the excel lent weekly Journal, the New-York Constella tion : [Scene: a Drawing Room in New-York. Present sundry fashionable ladies, together j with Black Hawk md his party.] Belinda Smugg. Oil! wh.it a noble figure [ Young Hawk is ! Arabefia Skugg. Noble! that he is 1 What a chest he’s got 1 what a muscular frame ! [with i a deepsigh] how different lit tu the diminutive, I i slender, bean-pole looking creatures among our white gentlemen Fie !'• I never want to , ! look nfS.ni a while man again. ■ | Amelia Simpkins. Nor r Ou. ; ' white men are like a satyr to Hyperion compar r i ed with him. 5 B- iiuda, [sighing.]- “Oh that heaven had ! made me such a man,” as Shakespeare says. . Arabella. And me two, Belinda. Amelia. And me three, Arabella. Only • see him walk—what a majestic gait he has 1 . [ how enlarged he moves ! as Homer says— ’ | What a noble Roman nose he’s got on his face! I [sighing.] Oh that he was civilized an < un j dmstood English better, then [ tside] r i that I could make a him. I 1 Arabella. He istiuiy a divine man, if there 5 was ever one. I wish he was a shade whiter, i Belinda. Do you ? Well n>w I think his . complexion is beautiful What can be hund- • somer than a charming'bronze 1 It is a color i that wi'l wear well and was’h well. Amelia. True Belinda, it will nevei wash . out « o' . • , j Arabella. How elegant those beads do look i in his ears ! I wonder if those long holes in the , rim were made by art, or whether he wis born with them. Belinda. I dare say he was born with them. It would be barbarous to pierce the gristle ol i - the poor creature’s ears in that manner. What •: a beautiful red spot he has pi in td on the lop i of his head 1 Ido think they show a great deal of taste in their dress and ornaments. But Major Garland ought to allow them cleaner , shirts. Ajuelia. I wish I’de brought along some of brother Ned’s. I’m sure they’d be an accep table present. .. . Arabella. I should like abov ? all things, to be able to speak Indian. It must be delight ful to converse to so charming a man. How fresh his ideas must be, just coming from (he romantic forest. J’m sure such a pleasant, no ble looking young men could’nt feel in bis heart to kill poor defenceless women and chil fdron. It must have been ih it cross looking old Prophet, and the savage Napope that did j all the murders. [ Belinda. I think so too. It couldn’t have . been these pleasant looking young Indians. I There’s the Prophet’s son—l understand that jheis a great wit, and very gallant withal. I should like to speak to them. Addressing i Powe-shick, the Prophet’s sou. Mr. Powe shiek, how did you like the play last night ? ) Powe-shick. Me! Ale no much under- [ stand. I Arabella. Hive you seen Miss Kemble? Powe-shick. Miss Kemble? who she? I White Squaw ? Arabella. She’s the celebrated English ac tress. Powe-shick. [Showing his teeth gallantly.] White squaw very good—much good. Met like’em very much. Me take one, home to be my squaw. Belinda. Oh ! how witty and gallant he is ! Whit a difference between him and the white gentlemen. They’ll hardly offer to take one t let alone two or three. Amelin [To Na-slio-askuck, Hawk’s son.] Are you fond of botany ? Na-she-askuck. Bottle ! mo no fond of bot tle ? Pale face fond ot bottle—me no touch ’em—no get drunk—no stagger"liko pale face. Arabella. What divine sentiments! how [ noble I how umophiscaied 1 Mr. Ne-sbe askui k who is your favorite author, Pope or Byron ? Na-she-askuck. Na pope ! you want to see him ? He in toiher room. Arabella. How elegantly he puns 1 I’ve a . i great rtriiid to put him in a conundrum. Why is a wo nan’s face like — Na-she-askuck. Like! yes mo like squaws lace—white squaw —very much handsome. Atabella. Oh ! sir, you flatter me now. Belinda, [aside.] How I should like to kiss the dear man. I’m sine there’s no harm in it. I would’nt kiss an odious white-man—in public—for all die woilJ. But a child ol na- i [ lure like this—la! I’m sure nobody can take any exception to it. I’d kiss him, [-uiling the action to the word] if I die fur it. N i-she-ask'Jck. [Sm prised.] You buss me! Wlii’e squ iw buss Indian ? B linda. Excuse me, Air. Na-she-askuck I know you’ll think I’m rude and forward but reallv, .AL . Na-she-.askuck, you are so irre ' sistable that— Amelia. A’nt you.assumed, Belinda ? j B' linda. Ashamed 14io ; where’s the harm ! in sahiling a noble son of die fores; ? ' Amelia. But before all the folks, Belinda— Oh, fie ! Belinda. Oh, fie !—Ob, fudge ! You’re mightv squeamish all at once. Miss Simpkins. j Amelia. Bat only think wh it the people [ will say. Why it .will get into the newspaper, and go all over the world, Belinda. Well let it go then. It wont I ti ouble me any. Arabella. Nor me neither, Belinda; l’lf[ keep you in countenance. [Saluting Young Hawk in her turn.] There ! Na-she-askuck. You buss me too! Powe-shick. You lucky dog, Na-she-as kuck, you get all the buss. Na-she-askuck. White squaw very much kood—very kind—lip very sweet. Powe-shick. I try ’em then [salutig Ame- Amela. Oh! how gallant. Belinda. Fie! fie! Amelia. Amelia. Don’t yon say any thing, Miss Be linda—l don’t kiss the Indian, but he kissed me. [Aside.] Oh! what a difference between him I and the white beaus ! EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF EX CESSIVE HUNGER. We abridge the following remarkable narra tive from a hospital report communicated by Doctor Descuret, transited in the London Medical and Physical Journal for'May :—Aline Denise L’Hermina, born at Noyion, July 23, I 1786, from the first moment of her life was re- ■ markable tor her voracity, exhausting Iter nurs [ cs, and sucking more than four children of her I age. Towards her seventh year, all the attn- ' i bates ot puberty were developed. Vs she ad vanced to her tenth year her gluttony kept pace with her age, and obliged her twice to quit her foster parent, because she ate the bread of i all tiie children in the school. After a variety j of vicissitudes and troubles, during which she • -prrnwd thrtnrgti site.. iliod jn_ ■ ' 1821. She had three sorts of hunger; —1 the [ hunger which <’rom 1820 to 1822, was appeased I ' by 12 pounds of aliments in 34 hours ; 2, that ■ hunger which took place three or four times a I mouth, mure frequently still on the hast con ra ’ j diction and during which she ate from 30 o 24 ! pounds of broad ; 3, her great hunger, which ■ occurred on the 9 h of Febtuary for five years ! in succession, and once on Good Friday, be- . cause she thought of fas'ing. It was then she | devoured, in 24 hours, from 33 to 32 pounds of aliments, as much bread as soup; eating and j vomiting blood ahenately—until she was cotn . [ pletcly exhausted. One year being in the kitch -5 en of the Marchioness de Latour de Pur on the ■ 9l't of Febru iry. Denise was seized with her greaf Zupqgcr. and swallowed up, in a few min- ! utes, the soup destined for ten guOs s. and twelve I [pounds of bread. On being taken home she 1 continued eating a great part of the night and t I almost all the next day. To resume, we might : [ assert that this woman lived entirely for diges ) [ tion. During the first month of her life she ex j hansted several nurses ; as a child she devoured . 1 the bread of her school fellows ; as an adult she 1 i ate day and night ; becoming less voracious, t j she was continually in a stale sis di unkenness, > struck with death she wished to recover only to I eat ; —at last some moments before death, being t no longer able to eat bread, because said she, : \ le pain proditi salt mal du ccßnr t — she forced her sister to eat near her, almost in her mouth, f and died saying, since the good God wishes • that I should no longer ear, at least I may have the pleasure of seeing eating. CERTAIN CURE FoRTHC TOOTH-ACHE. It is with (lie greates. pleasure wo announce ■ to our readers (hat we are in possession of one of the greatest desiderata in the whole matoria med tea. The remedy is simple, easily procured I easily applied and eflecu il. We do not speak i unadvisedly, for we have tried it on our own ' masticators and those of our friends, and we are therefore enabled to speak with confidence and certainty. The recipe is as follows: Taka a lump of tinslacked ’hue about the size j of a hickory nut, and dissolve or slack it in two I 'birds or thiee fourths of a tumble:’ of waler. , Hold the time water in the mouth contiguous to the aching tooth, and certain relief will en sue. We never knew it to fail. If the relief ’ is not permanent, repeat the application as of- I ten as the pain returns, if the pain is stubborn and refuses to yield, the limo water may be made thicker and stronger. I Having experienced the delightful effects of this application not only once, but frequently, j when the Fire King’s. Elixir, and every thing , else failed, we cannot refrain from makin" it 1 known. DESPERATE UNDERTAKING. Yesterday afternoon, on his return to his res idence No. 7 State street G. G. Howland, esq. was informed that some person was on the roof of his house. Proceeding upstairs to as certain the fact, lie threw open the scuttle on the roof when Lie perceived a man wtih a quan tity of lead .upon his shoulder, which he had stripped from a dormar w : ndow. lie was called upon to desist, and foi the purpose of enforcing I the order, Mr. Howland imprudently advanced towards him when the m in struck him a violent blow which deprived him of recollection for the moment, and very nearly knocked him off the roof, recovering himself however, and fearful 1 of slipping from his uncertain foothold, he re- 1 i turned to the scuttle, the man rapidly pursuing him, with every indication of a deicrmm ition 'to throw him off. Ho had scarcely time to de scend before the scuttle door was thrown down j violently upon his head, /n a few moments however, Mr. H. re-ascended the roofand dis covered (he man retreating over tin odjoining ; building, into which he entered by forcing the scuttle. Mr. H. pursued him down the ladder and garret stairs, at the foot of which he grap pled with him, his further egress hiving been prevented by a door v hich was locked, and which he was unable wiih all his strength to force. Zu a short time it was opened by some member of the family, who heard the uproar’ above, and the man was led down to ajywjr apartment, where he was detuned umiT <tl] could be procured from the police office, to which he was soon after conducted by Messrs. lloman and Corm 11. . .’ ; His name is William Williams, a slater by occupation and ills residence is at the corner of Barrow and Washington st?. He admitted at the office that his motive in going upon the roof ] Mr. Howland’s house wis to steal the lead, and that being detected it was solemnly his deter mination to have thrown his pursuer from the roof at the cost of his life. His character has ipther to stood fair,, and his pieseat gross mis- conduct is what ex-css to chari- ty wo know not, to alienation of mind. The desperation of his avowed purposes however, 1 indicated recklessness that should exclude him from society, und confine him in the abodes of seclnston, if nut of guilt.- iV , T. /lawcrfiscr. HORRORS of tiie cholera. Lev. George Brown, writing from Wheeling to t ih editors ol the Methodist Correspondent, under date June 11, states that the Rev. Mr. Aimstiong had just returned from Bridgeport, a small town opposite Wheeling, where he wit nessed a lather, cold to the* elbows and the kneas, and evidently in a state of collapse, dig a grave and bury his three children who lay dead at the once beside it, and .then lie down and die himself. DR. WEBSTt R’S LETTER TO THE EDITORS OF THE TROY PRESS. New-Haven, May 22, 1833. Massrs. Yates and Richards; . . . Gentleman—l have received the Daily. Troy Press of the 18th inst. I have read-the * remarks on my proposed ameirdmenis to rite language ol the common version of the scrip* .tore. lam glad to see candor . and just views s [ of the subject, united with talent, in those, rc- marks. Many editors of papers manifest a want • • of both or of all the qualities which should char* ] acietize criticisms on such an undertaking.— | Very few men have ever given much attention' I to tho subject; and for want of sufficient knowl edge make hasty remarks untl draw conclusions. —lLix_Uiave_liy<!d too long_and seen 100 much of the world, to Uq startlod at tfie TastyeHusTonF ol even well-meaning men; much less at the ravings of petulence. 1 have undertaken this work widi good advice, and with a full belief lof its importance, nor am I insensible to tho risk / have run of meeting opposition and a . busu I have been long prepated for the firey ordeal, —I shall meet it with calmness. [ Some of our best scholars here have seen I the part of the work which is printed and ex* , press favorable opinion respecting the perform* ! ance. I I should hope that a long life devoted to tha best interests of my country would exempt me from tiie suspicion ot altering the sense ofthe [ scriptures for party or sectarian purposes. But : this hope mly be vain. At atty rate, it is ex tremely improper for the editors of public ! ' prints to censure the design, before they seq 1 [ lite work, i nuiu .it to be a ditiy for every . man to wititbold censure, til) he knows or has i sat isfac'.oty evidence, that a projec) is wrong. [ The precipitate manner in which many con* I ; ductors of papers condemn men and measures ' ; upon slight evidence, or even without anv evi i [ deuce, is one of the prevailing evils or rather ' i sins ot this country. The conductors of public [ j papers occupy a very responsible station in so* i j ciety, many of them are men of talents; but ' party spirit has so pervertyd the proper use of | the press, that it has been'seriously questioned jby sensible men, whether on tho whole, - tho Ipi ess selves most to enlighten public opoinion with truth, or to prevent it will) error. You have probably seen my project connec* ted very closely with an account of the “falsi fication of the scriptures”’from an English writer. This is an insidious attempt to ex cite odium against my scheme. “But none jof these things move me.” j would, how* i ever, remark that the representations made on this subject of alterations, of he version in - England, must be extremely' .incorrect. I am constantly in the practice of comparing (ho I present version with the originals and with other translations, andean assure you that tho version now generally us d in the United States, is, with few exceptions, a correct j translation. Almost ul| ihe obscurities and deviations from the originals proceed from those changes in the use of words which al ways take place in a living language. Accept the respects of, Gentlemen, your ob’tsorv’t N. WEBSTER. Some punningly disposed person of Pitts burg, has communicated to the editor of the Mercury, of (hat place, the following conyei> sation between Mr. Webster and a gentle man in the shop trade. It is scarcely awl. true as (he editor remarks, but the wit is • pungent and pointed. i Panning Conversation.— While Air. Web ster was in company the other day with a i number of gentlemen, Mr. D remarked t« him, “the day Wuxeth warm Mt. Webster.” , “Yes sir, very. 1 presume from your ob servation, that you me in the shoe trade." This observation excited much I tnghler. Air, W. (hen inquired, “Is that awl, Mr." D.? ‘'Yes, sir, that is my last." “I hope you will excuse this cut at your lw stness, 1 beg for quarters, and I hope if your feelings aic hurt, that they may be easily /reef- i “Never mind Mr. W. I never get my bris* lies up in the way of trade." “I am happy to fmd your temper keeps its ’ scat', I feared you might have occasswu to be displeased. Not at all, sir, you cannot star up my tem per when I understand the thread ofyour dis course.” “I am pleased to find Mr. D. though your work may be run down, still you seem in good humor.” Wiih you, sir by awl means, for I am con vinced that your whole sole, and every thin r (u boot, is favorable to mechanics.” “You are right M-. D. 1 ford myself bound ■ Um? be so by ties of sfrongest friendship.” - “Weil, I deed ire Mr. W. you / £ to trade like wa<; 1 think-, however, our punning is ne.n a close, and I beheCe we could not mend it much by repeating it again.” A < 1,, mi, j acknowledge, that I am nearly worn out, and to Uning onje- discernse to m end at we wdi i >ke another glass of wine and say we are sew’jd up.” A new Society has been l.itclv cstaCTimeTTn’r—- , Boston, according io the Tr.uxci ip?. Tim So cie y is called the “Youug-m in ted-wmnen’s- Amiforgvtiing-to-put.fhe-mot-ou-thc-fiii o Society 4*’ • • • • r