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France A conspiracy isstatcd in the French
government journals to have been detected
in Savoy, by which many Frenchmen are
compromised, but no particulars are given.
The grippe or influenza prevails to a great
extent, in Puris, but in a milder form than in
London.
Paris papers of Sunday the 12th of May,had
been received. That city remained perfect,
ly tranquil.
The France Nouvcllc, a demi-official pa.
per of that date says :—
“Government has received intelligence
that a very extended conspiracy has been
discovered in Savoy. Vast number! of ar
rests have taken place in Turin and Genoa.
Many Frenchmen are compromised in this
plot; the majority of them arc inhabitants of
Grenoble.”
Our private letters state that the late move
ments of the Foies who had taken refuge in
France, were believed to be connected with
this affair.
TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH FROM BLAYE, MAY 10.
The Commandant of Btayc to M. the President
of the Council.
- Madame the Duchess of Berry was safely
delivered of a daughter this morning, at halt"
past three o’clock. The paius of travail las.
ted 20 minutes.
M. Dubois, as well as myself, was a wit.
ness of the accouchement. The other witnes
ses arrived afterwards. The verification will
be made in the manner agreed upon betwee
the Duchess and me. She will herself pre-
tent the infant, and declare that it belongs to
her.
Tie mother and the infant are well; only
the little girl is somewhat feeble. The Duch
ess is full of maternal affection. »5hc declares
that she will not have a nurse.
At the moment of signing the declaration,
Dcneux added. «I have delivered Madam
the Duchess of Berry, the lawful wife, of
Count Hector Luchesi Palli, Prince of Cam-
po Franco,. Gentleman of the Chamber of the
King of the Two Sicilies.”
Ireland.—Murdors and the other atroci
ties connected with Wliitefeetism.. continue to
prevnil ia various parts of Ireland.
Mr. Barrett attended the Crown office at
Dublin on the llih, for the purpose of being
present at tha.slriking of a Jury preparatory
to his trial for a libel ip publishing the first
letter of Mr. O’Connell.
Spain.—The correspondent of the Morning
Herald, under date of Madrid, M ay 2, says
The situation of this country is now so crit
ical that there is an apprehension, if the King
dies, that we shall have another Kiribati Ves
pers. Ills Majesty’s limbs are now afl'ectqd
with paralysis, and should another paroxysm
of gout attack him, it is not likely that he will
survive it.
Portugal.—The Times of the 13th says
that Captain Boid, siafi-captain of Admiral
Sartorius’ squadron lias arrived, being the
bearer of important despatches front the Ad
rniral, having left the licet olf Oporto on the
1st inst. ; and as it was blowing fresh from
the South-West the Admiral was about to
proceed to Vigo Bay with part of the ships,
On that day 27 cavalry soldiers, with thri
horses, &e. had been brought from the south
side to the mouth of the Dourc, and safely
landed. On the 30th a Schooner had arrived
from Lisbon, with 37 men, mostly soldiers
some of which were of the police guard, and
the captain stated that many more were rea
dy to embark for Oporto. Admiral Sartori
us, in his despatches, mentions that the news
he. had from the shore were very favorable
regarding the st.tc of the enemy. Deser
tions from Doa Mi/uri’s army war • more nu
racrous than they had been for moans.
Stockholm, April 25.
Sweden.—The influenza has cow made
its appearance in Sweden. An efficial modi
cal report from Mnlmoe states that one ban
dred and eighty persons in that place have
already been attacked by it.
Turkey.—Although the previous reports
of peace between the Sultan and the Pacha
were made with confidence, there seems to
be still existing doubt of its complete ratifica
tion. Ibrahim has claimed more than the
Porie was willing to concede.
Greece.—Letters from Greece were
brought to Trieste on 30th of April. They
confirm previous good accounts from that
country, and especially that tranquillity pre-
vdla or is returning in all parts of it, and that
r -I. Petra Mauromichalia is at .Napoli, under
the superintendence of the police, and that
9aveUoo had him brought thither as a pris
oner.
General SutcUte utr.
fixed by him, that for the whole of his spare I ly superior accuracy of the new principle as
time, if giveu to the master, the negro should I applied to all mechanism designed for the
receive l-12th of his price annually, and in I measurement of time,
proportion for each lesser terra. I If a machine, constructed upon the old
7lh. That every negro, on becoming an ap- principle, to produce a certain quantity of mo-
rentice, shall be entitled to a money-payment 1 fion, requires a moving power of 192 ounces,
weekly, in lieu of food and clothing, should I or 12 pounds, one constructed upon this new
he prefer it, the amount to be fixed by a mag- invented principle will produce 1 the required
istrate with reference to the actual cost of the I motion with the wonderful small power of 6
legal provision. ounces. This great superiority arises from
8th. That every apprenticed laborer be the peculiar construction of this lever, and
bound to pay a portion, to be fixed, of his wa- its peculiar mode of action, which places it
ges half yearly, to an officer to be appointed so decidedly above every other invention yet
by his Majesty. presented to the public. Bv means of this,
9th. That in default of such payment the the inventors have been enabled to construct
master be liable, and in return, may exact an 1 an eight day clock with only two wheels, and
equivalent amount of labor without payment only requiring a weight of 6 ounces, while
in the succeeding half-year. one constructed upon the old principle requires
10th. That every apprenticed negro, on 4 wheels and 3 pinions, with a weight not
payment of the price fixed by his master, or less than 12 pounds to keep it in motion ”
such portion of it as may from time to time re
main due, be absolutely free.
11th. Tiiat every such apprentice may bor
row the sum so required, and bind himself, by
contract before a magistrate, for a limited pe
riod, as an apprenticed laborer to the lender.
III. That a loan of £15,000.000 sterling
be granted to the proprietors of West India
estates and slaves, on such security as may
be approved by commissioners appointed by
the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty’s
Treasury.
IV. That such loan be distributed among
the different colonies, in a ratio compounded
of the number of slaves, and the amount of ex
ports.
V. That the half yearly payments herein
before authorised to be made by the appren
ticed negroes, be taken in liquidation of so
much of the debt contracted by the planter to
the public.
VI. That all children who at the time of
the passing of this act shall be under the age
of six years be free, and be maintained by
their respective parents.
VII. That in failure of such maintenance,
!iey be deemed apprentices to the master of
the parents (without receiving wages,) the
males till the age of 24, the females to the
age of 20, at which periods respectively they
From thr Savannah Georgian.
Slavery A letter from Mr. Webster up
on it. The Nulhiiers, driven with disgrace
from the stand they occupied, disappointed in
enlisting the sympathies and gaining the fa
vor of the People of the Southern States, have
prematurely, rashly, madly, agitated the sub
ject of Slavery, as a last desperate effort to
cause them to make a common cause against
the North. They have imputed to the peo
ple of the North a settleu design to interfere
with our domestic policy, which exists no
where, but in their teeming imaginations
and rich fancies. In vain h ive the most res
pectable presses at the North repelled the ac
cusation with indignation, in vain have they
assured their brethren of the South that the
ties of affection and interest between them
are too strong to be lightly and unadvisedly
severed. With this disclaimer, sh JI we say
the wicked and detestable eii'or s of s.ich
wretches as Garrison and Dennison show a
settled policy on the part oftheNorth? Shall
we, by discussion, give to their arguments a
consideration which their intrinsic value nev
er could give ? The efforts of fanatics can-
sive control of the States themselves ; and
mis I um sure, is the opinion ol the whole
Norm. Congress has no authority to inter
fere in the emancipation of Slaves, or in the
treatment of them in any of the States. This
was so resolved by 4he House of Representa
tives, when Congress sat in this city iu 1791),
on the report of a Committee, consisting al
most entirely ol" Northern members ; and 1
do uot know an instance of the expression of
a different opinion, in either House of Con
gress siuco. 1 cannot say that particular in
dividuals might uot possibly be found, who sup-
pose that Congress may possess some power
over the subject, but 1 do uot know any such
persons, aud if there be any I um sure they
are few. The servitude of so great a portion
oi" the population ofthe South is, undoubtedly,
regarded at the North, us a great evil, moral
and political; and the discussions upon it,
which have recently taken place in the Leg
islatures of several ofthe slave-holding States,
have been read with very deep interest. But
it is regarded, nevertheless, us an evil, the
remedy ibr which lies with those Legislatures
themselves, to be provided and applied accor
ding to their own sense of policy and duty.
The imputations which you say, and sty ruly,
are constantly made against the Nordi, are in
iny opinion entirely destiiuie of any just ,ou.i-
Jation. I have endeavored to repel them so
far as lias been in my power, on
occasions ; and for a fuller expression of my
own opinions, both on the power of Con ress,
and ou the groundless charges against Nor
ther: men, 1 beg leave to refer you to my re
marks iu the debate ou Mr. Foot’s Resolutions
in 1830.
I am, my dear Sir,
With much true regard,
Your obedient servant.
Daniel webster.
To John Bolton, Esq.
returned to Mr. Gibson without saddle or
bridle.
.Some few weeks since, an Indian went to
the house of Mr. Boykin twenty miles below
this, aud had in his possession a gold watch
which Mr. Boykin purchased for twenty.fivc
dollars. He immediately advertised the
watch and it lias been identified ns the pro.
perty of Mr. Phelps. The Indian was .ou..
in this place on Saturday last and arreste i.
No doubt is eutertaiued of Phelps’ murder,
though as yet nothing has transpired to fix
with certainty upon the murderer: other
circumstances, however, have come to light
which it is hoped will utford a clue by which
die affair may be traced out. Mr. Phelps had,
we understand, in his possession, money an i
papers to a considerable amount.—Colum-
bus Enq.
not be entirely prevented by the sensible part
.heir children, if nay, shall be absolutely ‘ he ““*/■ bul . »»• 'mputc to
J ■ I the many the designs of tnefew. We regret
VIII. That this act shall not prevent his tWs subject ever should have been started,
r 1 and we regret still more the manner nv which
the Calhoun presses in and out of the State,
Majesty from assenting to such acts as may
be passed by the Colonial Legislatures for the .. 4 . , .. - - . ...
r . r • . . .i .• f I have treated it. It is too plain that they are
promotion oi industry or the prevention of , . . - . , *
. ,, , r c .i endeavoring to foster prejudices and create
vagrancy, applicable to all classes of the coin- r ' J , . .
mudtv - tears which they may turn to their own pohti-
IX.* That upon the recommendation of the „ Ca *. •
local Legislatures, his Majesty will he prepar. Mr ’ Jo Bollon - “ h '> 13 «■ k "°V" «“
, . ^ 7 , f r ;, community as a mui o. the most sterling m-
ed to recommend to Parliament, out ot the . . . . , . ,
c - . . . j tegnty and the purest patriotism, and who has
revenues of tins country, to grant such aid , N >
, , , * r .1 j r always continued to feel and to manifest the
os may be deemed nccessarv tor the due sup- . . . . .. „
_ j ... .. • .. .. most lively interest in the welfare of Georgia,
port ot the administration ot justice, ot an , J . r . ’
1 ... . . .. . ., .ac . I having seen the discussion going on in the
efficient ponce establishment, and ot a gener- „ ,, .. " ,,
. . a ii southern Newspapers, lelt desirous of ascer-
ul system oi religious and moral education. . . • f 1 . , . .
J ^ taming it there really was a just foundation for
London, Saturday May 11th.—The Min- the accusations brought against the North
isterial plan for the emancipation of the ne- He accordingly addressed a letter to the Ilon-
groes is now before the public, and what is it? orable Daniel Webster, who is recognized on
What does it effect ? Let us first sec what all hands as the head ofthe Federal party at
was wanted. the North, and whose opinions therefore may
The universal demand of the country and be fairly assumed to be those of the party at
the decision of Parliament had determined the large. The letter of Mr. Bolton will explain
total abolition of Slavery in the British domin- his patriotic motives in writing it. We take
ions. The mode of carrying into effect that great pleasure in laying before our readers
decision was the province of the Executive the answer of this distinguished Statesman.
Government. What was wanted, then was, These letters have been obligingly furnished
that the plan of emancipation should promote us by a friend.
the weltareof the Negroes, do justice to the | 5 t R , eolton to the hon. daniel yvehster.
West India Proprietors ; and secure the na
tional revenues. Does the plan proposed by
Ministers effect any one of these objects ?
Supposing that this wild measure were. actu.
ally attempted to be put into execution, the
welfare ofthe negro instead of being in abet
ter, would positively be in a worse position.
At present, subsistence of the negro from in
fancy to old age is secured to him by law ;
his master is bound at all times and under
all circumstances, to give him food, though
he might not be able to give him employment.
The present plan, so far as we can collect its
meaning abolishes this certainty of provis
ion, and leaves it to the local Legislatures to
ciiact vagrant laws to whose operations the ne
gro is to be subjected. We shall uot pursue
this point further at present, than to ask, what
is to become of the negro when he cannot get
work, where there are no poor laws ? What
is to become of him in sickness, when he can
not work, and iu old age, when he is past
work ?
The Murderer Clough.—The unusual,
ly long postponement of the execution, gran
ted at the instance of the prisoner in order
that he might prepare for death, seems likel;
to be a little boon. His mental agonies mus.
[ be horrible, if the following account be cor
rect :
Until Saturday last—after he had been re-
manded u> prison the last time, Clough con-
unued to assert his innocence. On that day,
his manner changed, and he became ppar-
.. , entlv penitent. In a conversation with a
1 ! r°l!?, r I gentleman, preparing for the ministry, who
hid been hisschool-fc‘How, he declared that
he had a plan for Mrs. Hamilton's death, a
month before it took place ; that he had deter
mined if she would not have him. wo oilier per-
soil should have her.
lie describes his dreams as being of the
most horrid and terrific kind; ind rel ites
one, in which he imagined himself descen
ding a flight of stairs of interminable length,
ending in a black and distinct abyss; the
stairs seemed to turn, and left him hanging
by the hands, until lie could hang no longer,
When the Court House bell rang to an
nounce the verdict ofthe jury, Clough w s
found on the floor of Ins cell, writhing in ag
ony. His situation is indeed dreadful; sleep,
the sweet restorer of nature, brings no relief
to bis desolated spirit: and lie evidently
longs to escape from the ocean ofthe agony of
death.—Phi/ad. Gazette.
poi itment of supreme court judges on the
legislature—ami the qualified elcctoisofeach
circuit court district are to elect the circuit
court judges and chancellors. Clerks are to
be elected by the qualified voters of their
respective counties.—lb.
The reception of thTiv^eiit at New
fork has probably surp. tSse( | even our own
in magnficence and effect. On landing at
C .stie Garden, he was conducted under a
suitable escort to the large saloon belonging
to fie establishment, wheni he was received
i.i iorm by the mayor and other public author,
ittes. On the piazza in front of the s.doon
the mayor delivered an appropriate address to
the President, who then proceeded to review
the troops drawn up in line on the Buttery.
He was -afterwards conducted to the Govern!
r’s room in the City Hall, and from thence
the splendid apartments prepared for him
the American Hotel.—Phil. Daily Intel.
Snake Story.—Messrs. Mack and An
drus:—If you shall think the circumstance
I am about to relate sufficiently curious to
deserve a place in your paper, it is at your
service. Ou Saturday afternoon I was en
gaged with two of my sons and a hired man,
Reuben Havens, in clearing a small piece for
summer crop. Havens cut down -a dry
stump of a tree, about 25 feet high; as it
was tailing, I perceived a striped snake about j John Randolph.—From an original let-
two feet long, crossing a stone about 15 feet ; {cr o( the Jece ^ ed p , triot> published m the
from the foot of the tree, lne tree fell on Richmond Enquirer, we gather the following
the snake, and owing to its being a little . aC c OU nt of his descent from the celebrated In
flat on the lower side, or to the shape of the ! d j au p r i uce6S .
1. Pocahontas. 2. Thomas Rolfe. 3
Jane Bolling. 4. John Bulling the elder
5. John Bolling the you gcr. G. Jane Ran
dolph. 7. John Randolph of Ro moke the
elder. 8. John Randolph of Roanoke the
younger; making just seven descents from
Pocahontas.
The eccentric writer iraces up this tedious
descent with great minuteness, and dwells
upon the number of intervening generations
with obvious exultation and delight.
From the London Courier, May 11.
Negro Emancipation.—We have receiv
ed the following authenticated account of the
Ministerial plan for the Emancipation of the
Negroes in the West Indies, which wc has-
•ten to lay before our readers.
I. That every slave, upon the passing of
this aqj, should ’be at liberty to claim, before
the protector of slaves, custos of the parish,
or such other officers as shall be named by
his Majesty for that purpose, to be registered
an apprentice laborer.
II. That tho terms of such apprenticeship
should be— ' /
1st. That the power of corporeal punish
ment should be altogether taken from the
master, and transferred to the magistrate.
2d. That in consideration of food and cloth-
ing, and such allowances as are now made by
law to the slave, the laborer should work for
his master three-fourths of his time, leaving
it to be settled by contract whether for three,
fourths of the week or of each day.
3d. That tho laborer should have a right
to claim employment of his master for the re
maining one-fourth of his time according to a
fixed scale of wages.
4th. That during such one-fourth of his
time, the laborer should he at liberty to era
ploy himself elsewhere.
5th. That the master should fix a price up
on the laborer at the time of his apprentice
6hip.
6tb. That the wages to be paid by the mas-
ter should bear such proportion to the price
New York, May 16, 1833
Hon. Daniel We;;sthb,
Dear Sir :—It cannot have escaped your
observation, that warm discussions are now
going on in many of the southern papers,
and much agitation is felt or feigned in a por
tion of tho South, on the subject of sloven
and of imputed desi is. at tiv?v North a > .inst
the security ami vuIul oi that species of prop
ertv.
I have been so long and closely connected
with Georgia, that I am perhaps more watch
ful than most others in this quarter of such
discussions as these, and having reason more
over to apprehend that at this particular junc-
ture the tendency, if not the deliberate aim
and purpose is to excite universal uneasiness
and distrust iu the slave holding States, and by
consequence to foment jealousies and heart
burnings against the non slave holding States
which designing politicians may turn to mis
chievous .iccount; I have felt desirous since
our coi.v-rsatiou this morning of obtaining
Rolling Helix Lever Watches.—An in-1 an expression in writing of your views, as to
vention has been made by Mr. M’Conall, of I P ower °f Congress on the subject of slaves
Leeds and Wakefield, which promises to be an< ^ slavery and also as to the existence ot
of important use in watch and clock making an y wish or design on the part of Norther
ind every kind of machinery’. The inven- men >interfere in any way with the sccuri-
tion is a new and very superor method of *y or regulation of that species of property,
communicating motion from one wheel to at^. My immediate object in thus seeking to
other, by what the inventor c.Jls the rolling j obtain a written expression of your opinion
helix lever. The inventor gives the follow- on these subjects is, that I may communicate
ing account of it: “ Of this helix lever the I it to a distinguished friend of mine in Geor-
following are the valuable and distinguished g* a » w h° shares in my solicitude in relation
properties. First, it passes over equal spaces thereto, and through him to the public at
in equal times, and consequently all times, at large.
stone, the snake was cut iu three pieces as
smooth as it could have been done with a
knife ; the middle part remained mashed un
der the tree. Ifii had not been witnessed by
four of us aud I had not the evidence of the
fact to prove it, I would not dare to tell what
followed. The part of the snake which had
the head on, in about two minutes crawled
under the tree to the tail end, which had wor
ked itself to about a foot from the stone in ap
parent agony. The head immediately took
tile other part ia its mouth, and fairly carried
it under the ston* 1 , which was flat and about
three feet over. All this was so singular,
that I had the curiosity to make one of the
boys watch the stone until we quit work at
night. About three hours afterwards, when
we chopped up the tree anJ with a hand
spike lifted the stone, we found the snake
with the two cut ends joined together and
able to attempt making its escape—we how
ever caught it. The cut was not entirely
healed, but we. carried it home, and I now
have it well and sound in a box, for any -body
to see, at my house, about a mil; from the
village. The cut was e itirelv healed, and
Hon. J. S. Johnson.—This gentleman
whose sudden death is so generally lamented
has been in public life since 1805.
He served in the first territorial legislature
which was convened in New Orleans, and he
continued a leading and efficient member oi
that bpdy till Louisiana was admitted into the
Union. Immediately after the organization
ofthe state government, he accepted an im
portaut office i i the judici iry ofthe United
States. He continued to serve as a memb.e
of the body for two congresses, and after
slior interval w as selected by the legislatur
for ne office of senator in congress; and there
leaves a ring around the snake ; and wh it is remained, a period of eleven years.—Ibid.
curious, the ends of the streaks on the two
parts do not match.
Ith ca, April 30.
MATHEW SEELY.
equal distances from the ceuture of motion,
a perfection never before accomplished by
any practical method of communicating mo-
tion. Secondly, it has a continued line of
centres, and-a single point of contact. Third
ly, its pressure is always iu a line parallel to
its axis, by which all the friction of shoulders
is avoided. And lastly, it has a rolling ac-
I am, dear Sir, with great respect,
And esteem,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) JOHN BOLTON.
MR. WEBSTER S ANSWER TO MB. BOLTON.
New York, May 17//i, 1833.
My Dear Sir:—I have received your let-
tion,; which materially reduces the friction at I tor of last evening, requesting me to state my
the point of coiitact. In communicating mo-1 opinion of the powers of Congress on the sub-
tiou by means of toothed wheels, it is evi-1 ject of slaves and slavery ; and of the e.xis-
dent that every tooth must transmit some de- tence of any wish or design, on the part oft
gree of imperfections on coming into action, Northern men, to interfere with the security
and on ceasing to act, and consequently ira- J or regulation of that species of property,
perfections will be multiplied, in proportion to My sentiments on this subject, my dear
the number of teeth. An examination of a Sir, have been often publicly expressed ; but
yearly clock on the old principle, and one on 11 can have no objection to repeat the decla-
that of the new, will immediately evince the ration of them, if it be thought by you that
immense superiority of the latter in this res- such declaration might, in the smallest degree,
pect. On the old principle the number of I aid the friends of Union and the Coustitu
teeth is 1272, and the number of consequent tion in the South, in dispelling prejudices
imperfections 148,000,000. On the new which are so industriously fostered, and in
principle the number of teeth is 130, and the quieting agitations so unnecessarily kept alive,
number of consequent imperfections 179,760. In my opinion, the domestic slavery of the
This striking fact clearly establishes the vast- Southern States is a subject within the exclu
A Rail Road in contemplation.—We
copy the following article from the Green
ville (S. C.) Mountaineer of June 1st.
By reference to a communication in an
other column of this paper, it will be seen
that a meeting of the citizens of Greenville is
called, for the pur^lse of interchanging opin
ions on the subject of establishing a Rail
Road, “ which would unite Greenville to the
Charleston Rail Road.” Although this pro
ject may appear r.ther chimerical at nr s-
eut, we have but little doubt that this hignly
important enterprise will be accomplished in
the course of a few years. A Rail Road
from Charleston to the mount ins would l.o
of more benefit to the St.ttc, than all the
works of internal improvement she ever at
tempted. It would secure in a m uisure, the
trade of the great West, which now fiud9 its
way to New Orleans or the Noriie r . cities.
If a Rail Road was in operation l’r m Ch rl s-
to:i to Greenville, but a short ume won11
elapse before it would be extended over the
mountains ; for wc understand that a number
of capitalists in, North Carolina and Tea.ics-
see are ready to embark iu the business us
soon as there is a certainty th it the Charles-
tou Rail Road will be extended to this place..
The advantages of such an enterprise woul
be incalcuuble. Property in the vicinity of
the road would become valuable.' The far
mer would get a better price for his |>roduce,
and his sugar, cqffec, salt, &c. much chea
per—Greenville would become one of the
largest ini ind tdw is in the Southern States,
and new life would be given to business.
Enterprise is all that is wanting to accomplish
this important work, and we hope the citize .s
ofour District will not be backward in doing
their purl, when the advantages to them would
be so great.
On Saturday last, an Indian was appro
headed in this place and - committed to Jail
charged with the murder of Mr. Charles T.
Phelps, formerly of Apalachicola. Mr/ Phelps
left this place about the first of August last
for Apalachicola Bay, ’ and has never been
seen or heard of since. • He had borrowed a
horse of Mr. Gibson of Roanoke, aud had
promised to' return him on the day he left this
place; some fifteen days afterwards the horse
Robert J. Turnbull, Esq. expired on
Sat.ir in\ last, in tins city, in tin-60th year oft
nis age—-i victim to tin. country fever,a dis
> which has proved very fatal to a num
ier ohnur citize .s this season, who have in
cautious! exposed .• us- v.-s to its inllucnc
Mr. Tuunbull was a uisti^f utsfied and elii-
cient leader of the State Rights party, a man
oft eminent uuilU s, and a writer of great foice
and elegance. His funeral took place on
the afternoon of the same dav, and was at-
y * ;
tended by a numerous procession, and min
ute guns were fired in respect to nis memory.
We were among the warmest of his political
opponents, but our warfare extends not to the
rave. Peace to bis ashes!—Chas. Courier.
It will be recollected, says the W ishiimtou
lobe, that the opposition tilled their papers
ith paragraphs before the late election of
the Pr si lent, lamenting that Old Iron Sides,
be ..ofle aud lucky ship, had been condemn.
■■ 1 to be broken up. And it w.is looked upon
as a presage by our political Jeremiahs, of
ie late of the Constitution itself, of which
the ship was considered the namesake and
emblem. From tho following scrap, it will
be seen, that the President is not content
ith baffling the augury ill one respect. He
iss iid “the Union must-be preserved,” and
iat «lie will uot give up the ship.”
“ Iron Sides.—The Constitution is aliout
to be taken into the new dry dock in Charles,
ton, Muss, where she will undergo a thorough
.-jp.tiring, and be coppered anew. The Con.
solution is one ofthe oldest ships in the navv.”
One Sense ! !—Our philosophical readers,
who have hitherto v.Jaed themselves on the
mssossio i or’five senses, and our less iastruc.
id friends wfio nave t .Iked in common mr-
nice of being frightened out of their seven
senses, will, to use the phraseology of parlia-
meat petitioning, be tilled with consteruati n
and dismay at learning that it has just been
settled there is but one snisc. Men, the head
of created beings, enjoy only one seas' 1 , it is
touch. His eye touches spectral objects,
his ear touches sounds, bis nose touches
smells, bis p. late touches flowers—in short
bis whole life is bat touch a::; 1 go.— ft ttt-
t i irn Palladium.
Presence of Mind.—A writer in the Hart-
for i Courant rel it, s the following circum-
stance, illustr itin;; the firmness and pro lance
of a young female d ir. ig a recent iusurrec.
tion among the convicts in the State Fnsoa
r.t Wethersfield :
Miss Lucy B.iscom the person to whom I
allude, is about eighteen ye rs of age, the
daughter of an indigent but respectable wi ok,
who officiates us Matron in lie female apart
ments. Occupying a part ofthe building re
mote from the guard—i .deed from any pro-
tector whatever—they were roused from slum
ber at midnight, by the appalling cry of one of
the female convicts, that the prison'rs were
out of their cells, ad were fast w .rki.ig tlicir
wav irtto their unprotected dwelling ; instead
of shrieking and fdnti % in view of their de
fenceless, exposed situa ion, or of secreting
themselves, which the .’ might have dane> and
abandoning the prison with its inmates to
their fate, the daughter, with the consent of her
mother, courageously ascended the wall, six
teen feet in height, and with a rapid, resolute
step, proceeded from the western to the ex
tern extremity of the building, roused the
guard from their sleep, and apprised them ot
their danger. '
War among the Indians.—The steam
boat Arkansas, which arrived at New Orleans
on the 27th ult. from Fori Gibson in the Ar
kansas Territory, bri :gs a report, as current,
and generally believed at the latter place,
that a battle had taken pi ice between a party
F14 or 15 P-wnees, ;.nd 40 or 50 Osage Iu-
Jians—in which the former were defeated, the
whole being killed or taken prisoners, but
two—the Osagos lost 15 or 20 in killed and
wounded. The cause of this dispute, it is
said, was that the Pawnees had stolen hor.
i from the Os ages.
The Legislature of Ohio, at its late session,
passed an act to establish and incorporate
Agricultural S.tci ties iu the several counties
of ftie’State. Each society is to consist of
not less than twenty mcmb rs, aud to have
one President, one Vice President, one Re-
cording Secretary, one Corresponding Secre
tary, one Treasurer, and ten Directors. Fif
ty dollars a year may be appropriated to each
society out of the county treasury. The
measure is admirably adapted to the im
provement of agriculture.—Vicksburg llegister.
Tiio last Legislature of the State of Mis.
souri proposed several amendments to the
constitution of that State, iu relation to the
organization of the judicial department. If
passed by two-thirds of each house at the
next session, they become a part of the con.
stifution.
The constitutional terra of the judicial offi
cers is now during good behaviour—the
amendments propose to limit it to six years.
Judicial officers are now appointed hy the
.governor, subject to the confirmation of the
Senate, The amendments confer the ap-
Singular Discovery—I: a late number
of the Journal de Knrymc, received at the
office of the Baltimore Gazette, it is therein •
stated, that a most ig'f r-sfiag discovery has
reeo tlv been made in Mo! laviv which con-
sists in extimmishir.: ever hi- d of fire or
conflagration be tbrowi . chopped straw upon
it.. The Agricultural Society ofllrunn, on
the 27th January last, made several exper-
iincuts to test* the truth of the discovery,
which were attended with complete success.
It was found that on pouring into a fire grease,
pitch, or spirits of wine, already burning in
jars, and afterwards throwing chopped straw
upon the whole, ti e fire was almost immedi
ately extinguished. The Society idso caus
ed i large fire to be made with straw, billets
of wood, faggots, paper and sheaves of wheat,
and when the whole was well kindled, the
fire was extinguished in a mament by the
same means as before. It is somewhat re*
markable that the chopped straw used in
these experiments, so far from being consum
ed by the fire, was found on the contr ry, al
most untouched, and could be used a second
time for the same purpose. A bar of iron
lieated red hot, and thrust into a basket filled
wiih chopped straw, not only failed to set the
straw on fire, but bec.nr n sensibly cool.
A last trial consisted in putting into a heap
of chopped straw, some inches in, depth, a
bag of wheat, upon which was- spread a quan
tity of gun-powder covered with sheets of
paper, and then covering the heap with
bundles of straw, which were set on fire in
different i laces—after the struw was entirely
consumed and the ashes swept away, the
chopped straw underneath was found un
touched, and the bag, with the powder and pa
per, was withdrawn from the heap without
having been in the slightest degree affected
by the fire.
It is to be remarked that it is necessary to
throw the chopped straw with some force
upon the flames, and to stir it afterwards, if
An Indian Verdict—John Titson, an Indian, a.
natiw of Lyme, in Connecticut, being found dead on
a winter’s morning,not far from a tavern where he had
boon drinking freely of spirituous
before, the Indians immediately assembled a juiy of
their own tribe, who, after examining the body ot
the defunct, unanimously agreed—that the said
T iD-nn’s death was occasioned by the treating of a
large quantity of water in bis body, that had been no-
prudently mixed with the rum be drank.