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Tur. KiKg-snake. There is a largo|
species of speckled snake, commonly call
ed in the Southern States, the king-snake,
perhaps because he is the most formidable
•enemy of the rattle-snake. It seems to ;
be the chief object of hiscxistence, to seek, j
to pursue, and destroy the latter, whose
retreats and presence is discovered by the
emission of a peculiar smell, resembling
that of the cucumber vine. The king
snake to almost all other reptiles, is the
most gentle and harmless of creatures ;
you may strike him, he shows no resent
ment, he hisses not, lie turns not, nor does :
he exhibit any terror or sluggishness.
Drawn by the smell of tin* cucumber, he
frequently enters gardens, but his appear
ance excites no dismay in any human being
that knows he is the king-snake; on the
contrary, women and children will ap
proach him, turn him about with a stick,
and playfully annoy him with impunity ;
he is only a relentless enemy of the rattle
snake, whose strength and venotn avail
nothing against the activity and mode of
attack of the king-snake, who is always
victor in every combat. Yet the rattle
snake is a terrible reptile. There is a
peculiarity appalling in the sound of its
rattles, being unlike the noise of any oth
er creature, ami when you hear it the first
time, the true instinct of nature impresses
on your quailing heart that danger and
death are near. Never shall 1 forget oik
horrid event of my life ! I was fishing in
a Southern lake one summer day, when
an unusual disposition to sleep affected
me. I stuck the end of my fishing rod in
the bank of the lake, and sought a beautiful
place of shade to enjoy repose. 1 laid
myself on the grass between two trees
scarcely six feet apart from each other,
uiy head resting against one and my feet i
against the other. I slept : when 1 awoke
I turned to one side, and perceived at some |
distance from me two brilliant orbs—and !
instantly a tremulous, mingled sensation
of an indefinable nature, came upon my
faculties. Something of an instinctive
dictate or impulse counselled me to avert
my looks, but then there was such an ab
sorbing, wishful delight in gazing into eyes
that intently and mcltingly gazed into
mine, that even the tremulous pulsation
of fear fixed my frame, and I remained so
fascinated that 1 could see nothing hut
the most beautiful colors. In short, I was
totally lost, so completely bewildered with
commingled emotions, that I could not
withdraw my gaze nor even move. Sud
denly, the melting eyeballs glared with
sparks of fire—there was a moment—l
woke from a dreamy state—l saw a huge
rattle-snake; its gaze was disturbed, and
when 1 heard the hateful rattle sound, the
full danger of my situation aroused me,
and through all my frame 1 felt the ex
tremity of terror, and just as hvas on the
point of obeying a frenzied impulse to rise
and fly, I felt the deadly reptile as I
thought, coiling around my neck ; 1 saw
part of his body. 1 felt the slimy skin up
on my neck, and the shiver of horror went
through every joint and member of my
frame. Such a feeling of agony! my eye
balls were filled with scorching fire: first
red, next yellowish green. Oh! there are
moments of existence, which involve the
sensation of years, and when the whole
detail of a thousand feelings scarcely
occupy the briefspace of ajeisuro thought.
Nature could endure no more, and 1 lost
all sense. At length 1 had the painful
tingling sensation of returning life through
my veins, and when in full consciousness j
l arose from the earth, and saw near me
tranquilly and quietly a living king-snake,
and further oil'the lifeless length of a tre
mendous rattle-snake. 1 sat upon a log
and reflected, and l am now satisfied that
the king-snake bad crept over my neck to
my rescue, there being a large loir on one
side, and the lake on the other, so that his
nearest route to the enemy was over niv
body, llut although my life was provi
dentially preserved, yet the effects of that
scene are the exhaustion of a great por
tion of my excitability, and the introduc
tion of gray hairs and premature debility
m all my powers of mind and body.—[An
ecdotes of the Soirth.
Kxrr.Dir.NT or a Needy Tkavf.i.i.ku.
M have heard the stony of an English
half-pay officer, living at Florence, much
in debt, and desirous to get to England,
but unable to procure his passport, with
out which he could not be permitted to
depart, ou account of the interference of
'his creditors, lie one day, in a collee
house, fell to abusing (irand Duke,
in very outrageous terms, in consequence
of which lie was next day conducted to
the Tuscan frontier by a police officer.
The following expedient, related by a
London paper, is much less obvious and
more ingenious:—
‘John Kilburn, a person well known on
the turf, as list seller, &.C., was in a town
in Bedfordshire, and, as a turf phrase is,
‘quite broken down.’ It was during bar
vest, and Vii? week before Richmond ra
ces, (\ prkshire,) whither lie was travcl
ling; .tilld near which place he was befrn :
to arrive there in time he hit upon the
following, expedient:—lie applied to an
acquaintance ot his,a hlack-nnth, to stamp
on a padlock the words, ‘R ichmond gaol.'
with which, and a chain fixed to one of
liis legs, he composedly went into a corn
held to sleep. Ashe expected, he was!
soon apprehended, and taken before a'
magistrate, who, alter some deliberation,
ordered two constables to guard hint to
Richmond. No time was to be lost, for
Rilburn said lie had not been tried, and
Ifcpcu they would not let him lay till an-'
other gs-ize. The constables, on their!
arrival at the gaol, accosted
with, ‘Sir, do you know this man ? *\ es !
very well: it is Kilhurn,: 1 have known
him many years.’ ‘We suppose he has
broken out of vour gaol, as lie has a
chain and padlock on with your mark:
is lie not a prisoner!’ ‘1 never heard any j
I harm of him in my life.’ ‘Nor,’says Kil-;
| burn, ‘have these gentlemen, Sir ; they j
; have been so kind as to bring me out of
: Bedfordshire, and I will not put them to
further inconvenience. 1 have got the
key of the padlock, and-I will not trouble |
them to unlock it ; 1 am obliged to thernj
for their kind behavior.’ lie travelled
this way about 170 miles.’ [llos. Galaxy. |
N ews non Camci i.a, or bow to destroy
the whole human race in one moment.
The small space into which the whole hu
man family might stand without being
crowded, appears very remarkable upon
calculation. A square mile contains :>,-
097,(500 square yards, and at the rate of
I four perrons, large and sm::!l, to a square
| yard, 13,390,-100 human lx-mgs. Tims
! ihe swarming population of the United
i {-states could he crowded, without incon
venience, into a square mile, and could
he walked round in an hour. In like
manner, the host of Xerxes, of which the
Grecians represent one end as seeing the
sun rise, and the oilier as seeing him
at. the same instant set. could he ranged
in close order on a field of a hundred a
cres, and could have all heard the voice
of the speaker. The inhabitants of Blo
whole earth, about nine hundred millions, j
would not fill a circle often miles in di-,
nmefer ; they might, therefore, be ridden !
round in an .hour, and might hear a hell
placed in the centre. The whole race of;
mankind might thus he swallowed up in
one earthquake, and not one he left alive!
to record it in a newspaper, or any body;
hut himself to read it if lie were.. Every
human being upon the face of the earth
might not unit stand hut sleep within the;
boundaries of London, and have plenty!
of room to kick his neighbor out of led.!
And the whole multitude of mankind thus j
standing within a circle ten miles in di-j
amcler, and holding hands, might he;
struck dead in an instant by a single j
shock from a galvanic battery. W hat a I
beautiful experiment for Caligula ! [New 1
lira.
Axtu tum: of Loan Turin. oav. A j
Welsh curate, hearing that a chancellor's j
living had become vacant, hastened to
London with a shrewdly devised plan for
securing the nomination, lie waited on
Bishop I’orieus, to whom lie h id an intro-1
duction, and requested his influence with!
Lord Thurlow. ‘You tire not aware,’ an-1
swers the Bishop, ‘that Lord Tlmrlow and j
1 are on had terms, and that a word from j
me will do you harm.’ ‘But will your!
lordship .allow me,’ says the curate, ‘to
make use of your name, if 1 think that
it will do me good !’ Having obtained the
Bishop’s permission, his next step was to
procure an interview with the chancellor.
When he stated his object, Lord Tlmrlow
received him most ungraciously. ‘W ho,*
lie asked, ‘encouraged you to make this
application?’ ‘The Bishop of London,’
stammered out the curate, ‘told me that. 1
might use his name; and ‘And what
right has the Bishop of London to inter
fere with my patronage? lim shall nut
have the living !’ ‘All'.’said tin 1 Welsh
man, in a tone of. despondency, ‘The
Bishop told me that if I used his name it
would do me no good.’ ‘Did he ?’ says
the chancellor, ‘77m n you shall hart lln
firing.’ And he immediately made out
the nomination.
Anecdotes or I .otto Noirrn. His
Lordship was accustomed to sleep during
the parliamentary harangues of his adver
saries, leaving Sir Drey Cooper to note
down anv tiling remarkable. “During a
debate on ship building some tedious
I speaker entered on a historical detail in
which, commencing with Noah’.s ark, he
traced the progress of the art regularly
downwards. When he came to build tin
i Spanish Armada, Sir Grey inadvertently
awoke the slumbering Premier, who in
quired at what era the honorable gentle
j man hid arrived. Being answered, ‘We
j are now in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.’
‘Dear Sir Grey,’ said he, ‘why not let me
I sleep a century or two more?’ Lord
North had much promoted the restoration
!of the forfeited estates in Scotland. Some
time before that measure was agreed up
on, voting Cameron of Locliie! lutd been
introduced to the minister, who was so
much pleased with his address as to re
member him at a crisis when his patron
age was most desirable and to insist upon
the Lochicl estate being added to the list
of those to be restored. A relation of
Lochicl took an opportunity to show the
(sense of obligation cherished by his fami
jly after the minister was out of place, and
| blind. Having the captaincy of an East
! Indiaman to give away, this gentleman
I (w hose name wasCamcron) wrote to Lord
North, w ith the oiler to appoiift anv per
son whom his lordship might recommend.
The retired statesman was much affected
by this evidence id'generous feeling, and
declared, almost w ith tears, ‘This is the
only instance of umlonl>tul gratitude that
1 have ever met with.’ ”
Bon Mot of Pitt. “Some time af
terwards, on my father's return to England,
-Mr. Pitt, at the close of some political con
versation asked him where he had fared
best during his travels. The baronet, hav
ing ’Pepper's dinner fresh in remembrance,
-aid. ‘ln Poland.’ - 1 have often beard,’ ’
tcplii u the minister, ‘ofthe Polish "
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
From the Saturday Chronicle.
London, October, ltslG.
.Ifw of the principal streets; Sir Christopher
H'rcn's plan of London ; superb shops ; Kv
t ringtail's ; the Duchess of St. . tlbnn's; the
Duke ditto ; ’Temple Btir and the Strand.
When I sallied forth this morning it was my
! intention to visit the Zoological Gardens,which
' are said to contain the finest and most varied
| collection of animals in the world. But
the truth is, 1 found so many objects of con
j tc-mplntion and attraction in the leading streets,
! that I did not reach so far out of that vortex
; of busy life, which the centre of London every
j where presents. I perambulated, however,
1 most of the piincipal avenues—the “grand ar
j teries of the metropolis,” as they .are called—
| and as they are of themselves a curiosity, it
j may not be amiss to give you a general de-
I script ion.
Most of tneso are westward of the Bank of
j England, tlie street? to the eastward being
5 chiefly occupied by wholesale stores; and
i those which lead, as the great roads, out ot
London to the east and north, are formed of in
' fierior buildings, dirty an-1 Mack in their appear
i aiice. The prir. ipa I arc Bishops-gate street.
. Shore Ditch, White-chapel, Mile-cad, &c., bn;
j there are postivcly none of them worthy iff no
tice. Avery magnificent street is being for
! med from the Bank of England to New Lon
j don Bridge, which, when finished, will rank a
! mong the noblest of modern London improve
ments.
The idea ofSir Christopher Wren,in rchuild
-1 ing London alter the great the of 1(5(50,was cer
tainly classical and grand. Had it been car
ried into effect, this city would have been the
handsomest in the world. 11 is plan was to
have St. Paul’s Cathedral with its lofty dome
as a centre, from which the streets should ra
diate in straight lines; thus giving the city the
appearance and 15>rniof a st ir, of which St.
Paul's would have been the nucleus.
The conflicting claims of property prevented
tliis intention from being carried into effect
Westward of St. Paul’s run two grand para
iel lines, which continue for several miles.
One of them is formed by Ludgate Hill, Fleet
street, the Strand, Fall Mall, and (with a slight
d'-t.iur) Picadilly. The entire length of this
great thoroughfare (about •'? or-'? 1-3 miles) is
crowded with shops, many of them being ex
eeedingly magnificent You will have an idea
of the expense to which some of the proprietors
go in their decorations, by the fact that “Evcr-
ingt.on’s Shawl Warehouse” in Ludgate Ilill,
cost him upwards iff four thousand pounds (
(•fit!,000) for plate glass alone. Os this beau
tiful material, tiio walls, ceiling, and all avail
aide parts of the saloon are lined. It is besides
ornamented with beautiful polished brass work,
chandeliers, ivory and gilding. In each of the
vast windows, I observed that a single shawl
was exposed—and in both instances it was
multiplied by reflection into many. I entered
the shop, apologised fi>r my intrusion, having
stated that I was a stranger, and only prompt
ed by curiosity. I conversed with, I believe,
Mr. E. Ile told mo that the articles lie sold
were chiefly India Shawls, muslins, and other
oriental goods of the must costly fabric ; and
be remarked in the course of conversation,
•that lie had sold shawls as high asfve and six
hundred pounds each ! These valuable appen
dages of female attire, had all been disposed
of to members of the nobility. He showed me
several of them. They, were certainly hand
some—but eiilier from a want of taste or
knowledge of the articles, I could not see that
| they were any way more beautiful than Eu
! roponn shawls, for which only as ninny shillings
i were demanded. The superb shop is only
suited fur royalty and nobility, or those who
live in the highest degree of wordly wealth and
splendour.
1 found Mr. Kvoringtnn rentalkubly intelli
gent, and when he discovered 1 canto from
the United States, he made many enquiries as
to our mode of transacting business, political
institutions, i soon had occasion to ob
serve in my own mind, that .Mr. E. was a high
torv, a perfect adorer of monarchy and aristoc
racy. No wonder ! for I learn that he has a
-1 massed an immense fortune out of their high
born custom. Ho made some remarks in die
. course of ottr dialogue which struck mo l'orci
; biy. “At any rate (said lie) you must admit
: that tin* enormous wealth ol'otir higher classes,
j enables them to encourage literature, science,
| and the tine arts.”
To this l assented.
“But,(be added.) in the United States von
enjoy in tie of those advantages. Jewelry, car
riages, costume and furniture of the most, ele
-1 gantani valuable dcscripti tts, would never
' be sold there in.any quantities, consequently
. it is impossible -that the* more exquisite man
ufactures can ever bo brought amongst von,
to any great perfection.”
To this l demurred, and was proceeding to
' show that we possessed many advantages it: so
cial, rational and political freedom, that n -ver
could he enjoyed with an aristocracy, while
the rapid progress of our coinmerco.ag’ricifture
i and population—
At tins moment, a superb carriage and four
j drove up to the door, tiie pannels emblazoned
• with heraldic and artnori.il bearings surmoun
ted wit it a coronet. The coachman and two
tall footmen In hind, w ere dressed (the white
| slaves!) ;n dashing livery coats. They dis
mounted. opened the carriage door, and a very,
• v ery stout lady, attired in a rich blue silk dress,
dec ended the steps.
i I took up my hat and wished Mr. E. a
j “good day”—but not until he had informed
j me that the stout lady was her Grace, the Dtt
, chess of St. Albans.
i As she entered the shop and addressed mv
j conversable companion, she appeared tillable
j and ladylike, and by no means assumed a de
| poriment of pride, though she preserved otic ot’
dignity.
I l should say the Duchess of St. Alban’s was
! about Ik) years of age, somewhat tail, and very
j fat. Her features are now rather coarse than
other" iso, and I observed a decided beard up
:on her upper lip and < .bin. Tue history of this
■ lady is singular. When young.’ she was ex
tremely beautiful, and a great favorite with the
public as one of the best actresses of her day,
Miss Mellon. Her forte was comedy. She
was great in all the range of Thalia's temple,
from “High Life Below Stairs”—up to Letitia
Hardy in the “Belle’s Stratagem.” Mr. Coutts,
the rich banker, (a millionaire) fell in love with
her. and Rumour, with her thousand naughty
tongues, says that she was for some wars his
mistress, lie afterwards married her—died
and left her a widow, with nearly all his vast
possessions.
The Duke of St Alban’s, is young enough
to be her sou, and a shabby looking fellow he
is (I quite forgot to notice that he got out ofj
the carriage after her.) He was poor and !
wanted money—she was rich and Avanted a
title. They soon agreed and married.
Now I cadi that of the meanest of
creation, although he is (Heaven save the
mark !) the Kings Grand Falconer ! and a lin
eal descendant of Charles 11. and the famous
Nell Gwynne!!
Whatever might have been the Duchess’s
faults in her youth, she is now reportedone of
the most charitable ladies of the British Peer
age. No real case of poverty or distress ever
passes her notice without relief. She is a pat
roness of many excellent public institutions—
besides being a liberal rewarder of industry,
genius and literature. All have their faults,
and at the same time there are many we are in
dined to believe, who if fairly weighed in the
balance, would be found also to possess nu
merous virtues. For the rest, she and the
Duke live together like mother and son, and |
the Duchess contrives to keep his Dtikcship in (
excellent order. She is celebrated as a wo- j
man of strong and cultivated mind, and ini
courtly splendour off dress at the Queen’s draw -
ing rooms, she transcends every other noble la
dy. It has been said that she lias worn at one j
time, on such an occasion diamonds (a perfect
blaze) worth a million of dollars !
So much for her Grace, the Duchess of St.
Alban’s.
Passing to the foot of Ludgate Hill, I ob
served, two obelisks—one erected to the mem
ory of John Horne Tookc and the other to Al
derman Waithman —both companions of free
dom in their w<ay ! Fleet stcet, abounds w-ith
handsome shops, and is ornamented with tow
ers of Sh Bride’s and St. Dunstan’s churches
At the end of it stands Temple Bar, an ancient
gate-way to the city, but not an interesting ed
ifice, except for the painful associations con
nected with it—when the heads of rebels (?) —
no! their country’s champions, were stuck up
on poles over its roof. And all for what? Why,
to support hereditary monarchy.
Query—if the hero of cur own revolution,
the immortal Washington! had failed ; it is
not likely that his venerable features would
have presented a ghastly spectacle over this fa
mous or rather infamous gateway ?
The entire length of the Strand is crowded
with shops, shops—with the exception of Som
erset. House, a very handsome building tilled j
by Government officers—and the town palace j
ol'the Duke of Northumberland,with a colossal j
lion —the crest of the noble and ancient family,
of Percy—
“Of bloody Chevy (’base and T lotspur fame,”
—standing rampant on the very top of its fa
cade.
I fear you w ill begin to think my walk is
long ; I will therefore pause to rest, until again
in a humour to resume the pen. Amf.ru; us.
The Cotton Tax. Great Britain no lon
ger possesses, what she possessed thirty years
ago, a virtual monopoly ol'the cotton manufac
ture of the world, hi tliis magnificent branch !
of industry, which with pardonable cxnggera- !
tion, Mr. M’Culloch says, “bore us triumphant
ly through the late dreadful contest, and gave
us w ealth and power sufficient to overcome the
combined force of all Europe, though wielded
by a chief of the most consummate talent,”
we have now numerous active and enterpris
ing competitors, whoso industry is protected
by the laws of their respective governments.
It was not to be wondered that foreign nations
should look w ith desire and envy on a source
of national w ealth so unparalleled, and that
their ambition and energy should be roused and
attracted into the same field of enterprise. The
efforts, thus inspired, have been crowned by
a success beyond expectation. The continent
of Europe now consumes upwards of (500,000
hales of cotton w 001, although, at the peace of
Id! 1, the manufacture could scarcely he said
to exist at all. In France alone, the consump
tion during ten years, from 1823 to 1833, in
creased 58 per cent. In the United States of
America, the rapid progress and extension of
the manufacture has been still more striking.
In 1808 the consumption of cotton wool in
America was only 100 bales; the same con
sumption last year amounted to 230,7:13 hales,
'fiie increase of consumption, during the ten
years from 18 hi to 1830, was equal to Fit) per
cent. 'l'he American power-looms arc now
estimated at upwards of 10,000; w hile those
of this country, according to Parliament rc-
I turns, do not exceed 100,000. The annual
value of the American manufacture, is more
than seven millions sterling. The natural pro
gress of such a manufacture is from coarse to
tine fabrics. Hitherto the American and Con
tinental production lias been confined to those
coarse and heavy yarns and cloths of which
the raw material forms the principal cost, it
is in such goods alone, accordingly, thatrival
i ship has yet been felt by similar fabrics of
! British manufacture. But, within this descrip-
Jtim of goods, (which arc in fact, the staple
consumption of the great mass of society,) the
competition between British'and American in
dustry lists already been seriously felt. We
have seen a body of evidence collected on this
.subject, which proves, by a variety of corres
pondence, as well as by the affidavits of above
forty British merchants engaged in or connect
ed with the sale of English cotton goods abroad,
the existence of a formidable competition of
the heavy cloths of America with the heavy
| cloths of Great Britain in all the leading mar
! kets of the world. There was some ground,
! then, tor the Factory Commissioners reporting
| “that the fear of foreign competition i3 not
I chimerical;” that no tax, therefore, can be
! more impolitic than that of the British one up
| on cotton wool, more especially as its pressure
I is confined to the very description of goods
j which forms the subject of American and
i British competition. “These fafcts,” says Mr.
j Bames. in his History of the “Cotton Manufac
-1 lure,” “ought to induce our Legislature to re
peal the duites on the raw materials. There
is ample ground for the exercise of precaution.
It would be infatuation to tritie with the socie
ty of a manufacture which affords existence to j
j a million and a half of our population.”—[Spec
tator.
The Marquis of Waterford. The fol
low ing paragraph, after all the wild pranks of
this Irish nobleman, cannot but excite pity :
The Marquis of Waterford has lost a leg
and an eye by the explosion of a cannon. Ilis
Lordsliip was superintending the launching of
his spjendid yacht, on which occasion lie reck
lessly applied his cigar to the priming. The
recoil of the piece broke his leg in so shock
ing a mannnur that amputation was itnmedi-!
ately performed. [Providence Journal.
Three skeletons have lately been taken out
ot Pompeii; one of them, a young lady, had a
gold ring and ear rings ornamented with 1
pearls.
From the Army and Navy Chronicle.
Light Houses, Beacons, Buors, &.c.
An appropriation was made during the last
session of Congress for the erection ot sever
al new r light houses, and the placing of buoys
and beacons at various places, as guides to
navigators. The second section of the act di
rected “ that before any of the improvements
aforesaid arc commenced, the Bdard of Navy
Commissioners shall cause an examination to
be made, for the purpose of ascertaining whe
ther the safety of navigation requires any ad
ditional facilities ; and if so, what is most
suitable for each place needing such addition
al facilities; and thereupon to report their
opinion in regard to all such places, as speedi
ly as may be, to the Secretary of the Treasu
ry, who shall proceed with the works so recom
mended. But if the said board, after causing
such examination to he made, shall be of opin
ion that any of said improvements are not
needed to facilitate the navigation, or that the
navigation is so inconsiderable as not to justi
fy the proposed w orks, or that the same are in
expedient from any cause, no further proceed
ing shall be had ; and their opinions, with the
facts, shall be reported to Congress.”
The Commissioners of the Navy took early
measures to obtain the information to guide
them in forming an opinion upon the necessi
ty of the proposed improvements. For this
purpose, merchants, experienced masters of
vessels, and pilots have been consulted. The
Secretary of the Navy placed at the disposal
of the Board several officers of the navy ; snd
the Secretary of the Treasury instructed the
commanders of Revenue Cutters, and the offi
cers of the customs having charge of revenue
boats; to afford all the facilities that might be
in their pow-er, to the officers of the navy de
tailed for this duty.
By the assignment of the officers, as men
tioned below, it Avill be seen that the examina
tion embraces a large portion of our seacoast
from Passamaquoddy to the Mississippi, and
several of the rivers and lakes.
State of Maine —Captain Joseph Smith.
.Yew Hampshire —Commodore VV. M. Crane.
Massachusetts —Com. J. Downes and Com
mander J. Percival.
Rhode Island—Com. J. O. Creighton and
Capt. 1). Turner.
Connecticut and Long Islam! Sound—Com
mander F. 11. Gregory.
Mew York and adjacent waters —Capt. L.
Kearney, J. D. Sloat, and M. C. Perry.
Mew Jersey anti Delaware Bay—Command
er E. A. F. Valette.
Maryland, Virginia, and the Chesapeake Bay
—Capt. A. Claxton.
Potomac River— Commander J. 11. Aulick.
James River —Captain B. Kennon.
Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds,Morth Caro
lina —Captain C. \V. Skinner.
South Carolina, Georgia, and the roast of
Florida on the .it’antic. —Lieuts. T. Peti'nru
and 1). N. Ingraham.
Gulf of .Mexico and the coast of Florida on
the Gulf- —Commodore A. J. Dallas.
Mississippi Hirer —Captain L. Rousseau.
Lake Ontario —Master F. Mallaby.
Lake Brie —Lieut G. J. Pendergrast
Hudson River and Lake Champlain—Com
mander 11. Paulding.
From the Washington Globe.
Ti;f. Ist.and of Cura. We have trans
lated the following extract from the speech of
the deputy Saucho, in the Cortes of Spain, de
livered on the Ist of April last. It discloses
the views of the Spanish Government in rela
tion to this island,which is of so much commer
cial importance, not only to Spain but to the
United States.
“If, gentlemen,the Island of Cuba should
cease to be Spanish, it must belong to the ne
gro. It cannot come under the power of any
other nation, because, first, there is no nation
powerful enough to subjugate 400,000 negroes
who, under the tropics, shall say, “ we will not
be governed by you.” Second, because, if
another nation should attempt to take posses
sion of it, some rival power would oppose the
design, in strict trutii, and without {lie figure
of speech, the Island of Cuba is the key of
the Gulf of Mexico, and no other than a great
maritime power could take possession of it.
And what pow er would consent to such pos
session ?
“Let us state the question as between En
gland and the United States, since the former
holds the sceptre of the seas, and the other is
a maritime power in the neighborhood of the
island. > -
“ Could the United States consent that En
gland should own the Island of Cuba? In
addition to the fact that Cuba is the key of the
Gult of Mexico, we must keep in mind one
other, important circumstance. It is well
known that the coast of America, in that quar
ter has but very few ports. The Island of Cu
ba, on the contrary, may be said to be one
whole port, it has thirty-four good harbors,
and of these, fifteen are capable of containing
large squadrons. This is a sufficient consid
eration to prevent it from falling into the
hands of a maritime power. Besides tliis ad
vantage. there is tips, that Cuba furnishes ship
timber l'or any quantity of vessels.
j Emigration and Foreign Paupers. We
arc gratified to perceive the very general at
j tention which tins subject has attracted; and
|we are pleased too, that our Mayor has
j so promptly and judiciously interposed his au
! thority, to avert from us, as far as practicable
i the melancholy consequences of having thou
j sands and tons of thousands of foreign pati
j pers thrown tor support upon the resources of
this city, or the charity of its inhabitants.
I By reference to the proceedings of the
Board of Aldermen, published yesterday, it
j will be perceived that out of 1201* persons rc
’ ccntly admitted to the Alms house at Bellevue
i'• ft - are aliens! and only 227 citizens ! 1 and in
! all probability the half of them are of foreign
| birth !!! And of the ft,074 persons now in
: the Alms house, more than twenty three hun
\ dred are foreigners! It is well' known that
j many ihausands of the same class are weeklv !
I lauded in our city, and we hazard nothing in
predicting that if something he not done to
av ert from us the consequences ot tins grow
ing evil, we shall next winter be called upon to
support some twenty or thirty thousand pau
pers ; and our expenditures on this account,
in all probability, reach a million of dollars
during the current year, instead of the 205,-
oOti, which it cost us to maintain foreign pau
pers during the past year. [N. Y. Courier &
Enquirer.
“ Ripi.n’ on a 'Rail.” An abolitionist
lecturer, named Blanchard, who had been
holding forth at Chainbersburg, Pa., recently
left that place under a large escort of citizens,
“scttin’ on a rail.”
Mad Dogs. We should not conceal the
fact that from some unaccountable cause there
are more mad dogs at present in the city than
usual, and great caution must be used’ how
children are allowed to play w ith them. We
are averse to a crusade against dogs: let them
be muzzled and watched. A vulgar error pre
vails, which should be noticed. It is a prac
tice when a dog bites a person to kill him
forthwith, on the ground that if he should ev
er after go mad, it would affect the person so
bitten. The prudent course is never to kill
the dog until there is no longer a doubt of his
madness. A cross dog may bite without be
ing rabid. If he is allowed to live, his con
dition will soon be know n; but if he is killed
forthwith, all evidence of his sanity is destroy
ed, and uneasiness and apprehension are the
results.
As to curing hydrophobia we have our
doubts w hether such cure can be effected. As
to preventing hydrophobia after the bite of a
rabid animal we have no doubts at all. Merer
close the wound. This is the secret —for by
healing the wound we lockup the poison in
the system. Burn it with a hot iron, or a coal
of fire immediately—produce a running sore
—keep it open and running, and throw oft' the
poison. If it is kept running like an issue for
months so much the better—the poison es
capes before the nerves are affected. This is
a simple and we think a sure preventive
even on the bite of an animal supposed to be
rabid it is a safeguard.
In South America and other places, when a
scorpion or centipede, or any poisonous in
sect bites, the fire of a segar instantly applied
to the place bitten, produces a sore and pre
vents danger. [N. Y. Star.
London, May 17 —Greenwich Fair.—' The
influx of holyday people on Monday was im
mense. Inspector Stuart estimated the num
ber to have been at least 70,000, and yester
day they were flocking down still faster. The
Old Greenwich Steam Company, on Monday,
brought down 14,050. The New Company
having as many and as large boats, probably
brought dow nas large a number; there were,
besides, many Gravesend boats running back
wards and forwards. The Medway is suppo
sed to have brought down 000 in one cargo—
they were literally compressed into one mass,
and were much avorsc off than ever Avcre ne
groes in a slave ship for space and (lower of
motion. The receipts of the Greenwich rail
road are announced to have betm, from the
time the trains began running on Monday mor
ning, till their ceasing at five o’clock the next
morning, £779 ; but then all who returned af
ter 10 o’clock at night were charged double
fare; allowing for tliis, itjs probable from the
return that the number carried to and fro was
75,000. Thousands came down by coaches,
vans, &c. and many thousands on foot. Not
withstanding so vast a concourse,'the town,
w ith the exception of one case of brutal ais
sault by a prize tighter, was kept in safety and
good humour, a fact highly honorable to the
metropolitan police, of whom there were nu
merous parties, judiciously posted, and under
the command, of Inspectors Kent and Stuart
The Inspectors declare there was scarcely a
London thief to he seen, such has been the
good effect of the transportation of the numer
ous sw arm caught at the Easter fair.
Two Fisucnnen have lately discovered in
the river Seine, near the Isles des Cygncs, a
small wooden box, hound with iron, which
was much rusted. The lock was, however,
in good preservation, and the i>ox hermetical
ly sealed.—On the lid was distinguished some
Jlcurs dc lys partly effaced, and the initials M.
do V. surmounted by a double Royal Crown.
The Fishermen, on breaking open the box,
discovered a man’s head embalmed, in a per
fect state of preservation; and at the bottom
of it is a scarf, some dried flowers, and a small
dagger, the point of which was stained with
blood. One of the most celebrated histori
ans of France has purchased the box and its
contents. The initials suggest the idea that
the box formerly belonged to Marguerite de
Valois, wife of Henry IV. and that the head is
that of Cocomas, w hich she had caused to be
embalmed after his tragical death.” '
The New York Express of 20th inst. says—
“ Private letters from some of the American
bankers in London, assure their correspond
ents in America that notwithstanding the
great disappointment they have experienced
in not receiving remittances, yet they shall go
through and pay promptly alfthcir acceptanc
es. This lias given great relief to all their
friends here.”
Statistics. There are eleven rail roads
now in operation in the State of New York.
Lqtal number oi miles 233. The total amount
ot tolls collected on the canals in New York in
18o(?, was *1,814,.‘1'11! 18. Number of boats
navigating the canals, ft, 1(17. The population
of the city of New York in 1835, was 270,08!».
Whole number in State 2,174,517. There are
2.101 attorneys and counsellors in the State.
The number of practising physicians and sur
geons, 3,870. The number of clergymen, 2,-
!<>•_>. - c
Discovery of a Roman Arch. In the
course of the alterations proceeding at Ches
ter Castle (Eng.) a fine remnant of Roman
masonry was brought into view. It had been
obscured for ages within the lower buildings
of the old governor’s house; cleared of the
bricks and coating with which it had been
faced up, it now exhibits the perfect Roman
arch. Os the very remote date of the arch
! no doubt can be entertained, from its after us
!es in the construction of the ton er, itself so
| old as to ho termed by Speed, “ Julius Agri
cola’s Tower.”
The capital of the New Orleans Banks is
§•> 1..,., 1,000, of which *30,70!), 455, is paid up ;
ot this sum *18,081,820, is held in Europe.
*10,222,! 825 in New Orleans, and .*5,732,Hi!)
I is in real estate.
Their rirc ulation is §7,135,200, and specie
*2,0/1,327.
Extraordinary. A flock of sheep, 04 in
number, belonging to Air. Edmund Clark, of
New Milford, Conn., were every one of them
killed by a single Hash of lightning a few days
since. They were under a tree which was
struck, and the entire Hock was stricken dead
by the same bolt—several of them being
found standing dead on their feet. [N. Y-
Gaz.
The Editor of the Northampton Courier
says that he has the ‘ supreme felicity’ of wear
ing the first silk vest ever manufactured in
Northampton.