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[From Johnstone's Magazine.]
The Yellow Domino. In the latter
part of the reign of Louis XV. of France
the inasquorade was an entertainment
high in estimation, mid was often given
at an immense cost on court days and
such occasions of rejoicing. As persons
of all ranks might gain admission to these
apectacles, provided they could afford the
purchase of the ticket, very strange ren
contres frequently took place at them, and
exhibitions almost as oorious in the way
of disguise or assumption of character.
But perhaps the most Vhimsical among
the genuine surprises recorded at any o!
these spectacles, was that which ore urred
in Paris the 15th of October, on the day
when the dauphin (son of Louis XV.)
attained the age of one-and-twenty. j
At this fete, which was of a peculiarly
glittering character —so much so, that
the details of it are given at great length
by the historians of the day—the strange
demeanor of a man in a yellow domino,
early in the evening, excited attention.
This mask, who showed nothing remark
able as to figure,—though tall rather, and
of robust proportion,—seemed to he
gifted with an appetite, not merely past
human conception, but passing the fan
cies even of romance,*
The dragon of old, who churches ale,
(He used to come on a Sunday;)
Whole congregations were to him,
But a dish of Salmagundi,—
he was a nibbier-—a mere fool—to this
stranger of the yellow domino. He pass
ed from chamber to chamber — from table
to table of refreshments — not tasting lmt
devouring l —devastating all before him.
At one board, he despatched a fowl, two
thirds of a ham, and half a dozen bottles
of champagne; the very next moment lie
was found seated in another apartment,
performing the same feat, with a stomach
hotter than at lirst. This strange course
went on until the company, who at first
had been amused by it, became alarmed
and tumultuous.
“Is it the same mask—or are then
several dressed alike?” demanded an of
ficer©!" the guards, ns the yellow domino
rose from a seat opposite to him and
quitted the apartment
“I have seen hut one—and, by Heaven! j
he is here again,” exclaimed the party to 1
whom the query is addressed.
The yellow domino spoke not a word,
but proceeded straight to the vacant seat!
which he had just left, and again com
menced slipping, as though he had fasted i
for the half of a campaign.
At length the confusion which this
proceeding created, became universal ;
and the cause reached the ears of the
dauphin."
“He is a very fiend, your highness!"
exclaimed an old nobleman—saving, your
highness’ presence —or wants but a tail
to be so!”
“Say rather he should be a famished
poet, by bis appearance,” replied the
prince, laughing. “But there must be
some juggling; he spills all his wine,
and hides the provisions under his
robe.”
Even while they were speaking, the
yellow domino entered the room in which
they were talking, and, as usual, proceed
ed to the table of refreshments.
“See here, my lord,” cried one—“l
have seen him do this twice !”
“I thrice!”—“l live times!"—“and 1
fifteen!”
This was too much. The master of;
the ceremonies was questioned. He knew
nothing—and the yellow domino was in
terrupted as he was carrying a bumper of
claret to his lips.
“The prince’s desire is that monsieur
who wears the yellow domino should un
mask.” The stranger hesitated.
“The command with which his high
ness honors monsieur is perfectly abso
lute.”
Against that which is absolute there is
no contending. The yellow man thr u
oil his mask and domino, and proved to
be a private trooper of the Irish dragoons !
“And in the name of gluttony, my
good friend, (not to ask how you gained
admission,) “how have you contrived,”
said the prince, “to sup to-night so many
times ?”
“Sire. I was but beginning to sup,
with reverence be it said, when your roy
al message interrupted me.”
“Beginning!” exclaimed the dauphin, ;
in amazement, “then what is it 1 have
heard and seen ? Where arc the herds of
oxen that have disappeared, and the ham
pers of Burgundy! I insist upon know
ing how this is!”
“It is, sire,” returned the soldier,
“may it please your grace, that the troop
to which I belong is to-day on guard.
We have purchased one ticket among us, I
and provided this yellow domino, winch-]
fits us all. By which means the whole
of the front rank, being myself the last
man, have supped, if the truth must be
told, at discretion! and the leader of the
second rank, saving your highness’ com
mands, is now waiting outside the door
to take his turn.”
An old Soaker. One Martin Power,
an Irishman, of Tipperary, aged seventy
two years, has challenged the world to
bca* him at whiskey drinking —his usual
consumption having been (or the last titty
years thirty glasses a day ! The whole
quantity which is estimated to have gone
down h» throat is me hundred and thirty
hogsheads, enough to float a man <if
war, and costing something like ten thous
and dollars. Who will accept the chal
lenge ?
ADVICE TO UNMARRIED LADIES, j
Found among some Mss. of a late Dotcnger.
! If you have blue eyes —languish.
If black eves —leer.
If you have a pretty foot—wear short
petticoats.
If you are in the least doubtful as to
that point —let them he rather long.
If you have good teeth—don’t forget
lo laugh now and then.
If you have bad ones—you must only
simper.
W hile you are young —sit with your
face to the light.
While you are a little advanced—sit
with your hack to the window.
If you have a had voice—always speak
in a low tone
If it is acknowledged that you have a
fiiig voice—never speak in a high one.
if you dance well—dance but seldom.
If you dance ill—never dance at all.
If you smg well —make no previous
excuses.
If you sing indifferently—hesitate not
a moment when you are asked : for few
persons are competent judges of singing,
but every one is sensible of a desire to
please.
It’ in conversation you think a person
| wrong—rather hint a difference ol opiu
; ion than oiler a contradiction.
If you find a person telling an absolute
j falsehood —let it pass over in silence ; it
j is not worth youi while to make any one
your enemy, by proving him a liar.
It is always in your power to make a
I friend by smiles—what a folly to make
i enemies by frowns!
When you' have an opportunity to
j praise—do it with all your heart.
, When you are forced to blame—appear
at least, to do it witli reluctance.
| If you are envious of another woman
i—never show it but by allowing her every
j good quality and perfection except those
‘ she reallv possesses.
‘ln the small village of Bielodin, twelve
years ago, two male twins were burn join-'
j ed together, back, to back, anil placed in
! such a position that when one stood up
j lie was obliged to carry his brother on
his back, bis legs above and liis head be-i
I low : in this position they could change al
ternately. The children were both per
i fectly formed, and their growth has been
| equal, which gives rise to the idea that
the adherence is neither organic nor so
' firm but that they may be seperaled ; this,
at least, is the opinion of the medical
men who have visited them. M hat is
; curious,is, that they change their positions
; with great regularity ; when one is fatig
jued, he utters a faint cry, and the change
of position or jump takes place imincui
j atoly. This happens every quarter of an
I hour, with such precision, that the number
of turns they make, serves as a sort of
clock to their parents. About a year ago
while they were playing, they executed a.
number of evolutions or summersets,
in such away that they went over a great
deal of ground with much rapidity; and
since this discovery, they have been em
ployed as messengers, as they are able to
reach any spot with greater rapidity than
a horse. The summerset is similar to
that executed by clowns, who throw them
selves over with the hands and feet. The
difference is, that the movement is perfect
ly natural to the twins. In the country
they are called the brothers furstiva (four
footed brothers.’)
Titles of old Books. —The follow
ing are the titles of some of the books |
which were in circulation in the time of
Cromwell. The authors of those days!
must have thought there was “something
in a name.”—“A most delectable, sweet
perfume Nose-Clay, for Clod's saints to
smell at.”-—“A pair of Bellows, to blow
otf the dust cast upon John Fry.”—“The
Snuffers of Divine Love.”—“Hooks and
I lives for Believers’ Breeches,” —“High
i heeled Shoes for Dwarfs in Holiness.”—
I “Crumb: of Comfort for the Chickens of
the Convenant.”—“A Sigh of Sorrow
i for the Sinners of Zion, breathed out of
j a hole in the wall of an earthen vessel,
; known among men by the name of Sam
uel Fish.”—“The Spiritual Mustard Fot
to make the Soul Sneeze with devotion.”
—“Salvation’s Vantage Ground! or, a 1
Looping Stand for heavy believers.”—“A j
Shot aimed at the Devil's head-quarters, j
through the tube of the Cannon of the!
Covenant.” —“A Reaping Hook well
|tempered for the Stubborn Ears of the
! Coming Crop ; or, Biscuits baked in the
[oven of charity, carefully conserved from
the Chickens of the Church, Sparrows
-of the Spirit, and the sweet Swallows of
■ Salvation.”—“Seven Sobs of a Sorrow
fill Soul for Sin : or. seven Penitential
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
Psalms of the Princely Prophet David, I
whereunto are also annexed Win. Hmn
nis’s handful of Honey Suckles, and di
vers Godly and Pithy Ditties now newly
augmented.” [Phil. Messenger.
From "The Native American.”
The Citv of Washington. It will
■ strike every one as remarkable, that in
the year 1663, one hundred and thirty
| years before the city was laid out, that
the site was called Rome, and the stream
then ran through it, and which Toni
Moore, in order to compass a witticism,
called Goose Creek, was denominated'l i
ber. Rome —Tiber —singular coinci
dence —to be prophetic of the splendor of
the Western Hemisphere!
There is another anecdote relative to
this city, which seems to mark it with a
solemn and impressive character. Prior
to the Revolution, there was one house
on the hanks of the Potomac, on the j
ground now occupied by the city of Wash
ington, and that dwelling is still standing,
■ and known as “Young’s Mansion House,"
near the long bridge, an old family dom
| icial. Mr. C , the father of a
! man who made himself illustrious in the;
Revolution, and a relation were on a vis
it to the family who occupied the house ;
j and, standing on the hanks of the river,
Mr. C— , lifter some conversation,
which has not descended to us vvitlMhe
. tradition, remarked—“ This place is des
igned to he the seat of an immense em
pire.”
We give an extract from the survey,
in which the names Rome and Tiber ap
pear ; and are glad to have an opportuni
ty of preserving so authentic a relic. We
will remark, that the paper on which the
■ survey was written, and the hand-writing,
I were both executed in the reign of
! Charles 11.
tiie extract.
June sth, IGG3.
Lnyd out for Francis Pope, of this
province, Gentleman, a parcell of land
in Charles Countv, called Room, lying oil
the'north side of the Anacostian River;
beginning at the marked oak standing by
the riverside, the hounded tree of Capt.
Robert Troop, .mil running north by the
river for breadth the length of “00 per
ches, to a bounded oak standing at the
mouth of a hay, or inlett, called Tiber;
hounded on the north by the said—■ —, and
line drawn east for the length of 320 ps.
to a hounded oak standing in the woods,
on the oast with a line drawn south from
the end of the former line, until you meet
with the exterior bounded tree of Robert
Troop, called Scotland Yard ; on the
south with the said land ; on the west with
the said river; containing, and now laid
out for 400 acres, more or less.
'Pile same manuscript describes the
lines of the tract called “Scotland Yard,”
which we deem it unnecessary to traus
-1 cribe.
Lightning Tiif.es —The Buffalo Ad- j
vertiser says ; —“Trees of a pyramidal
shape, whose leaves are sharply pointed, j
like the pine or hemlock, are, as a gener
al thing, much more liable to be struck
than other kinds. One of the most mag
nificent sights we ever saw, was an old
hemlock set on fire by lightning. It was
a relic of the primeval forest, and tower
ed upwards someone hundred and fifty)
feet. The tree had been girdled, and
i stood dead, solitary and alone, on a height
lof ground. One intensely dark night,
in midsummer, it was struck, and imme
diately the whole trunk was enveloped in
a sheet of tiame. There was no wind,
j and the pyramid of fire shot up clear and
bright, nearly two hundred feet in height,
illuminating with its broad glare the coun
try for miles around—AN e have since wit
nessed many displays of tire works, hut
none that equalled the burning of that
old hemlock.
It is notorious that in traveling through
the vast pine wood tract in the Carolina?,
these trees constantly hear the mark oftlie
electric fluid. When the grain is straight
it descends perpendicularly, hut when oth
erwise passes down by a spiral course,
leaving a white line cut into the 'nark, ex
posing the wood beneath. [l’hil. Mes
senger.
Improved C.wai. Boat. In the broad
and deep canal which extends from Tren
ton to Princeton, a canal boat is used of
a very excellent model. The contri
vance originated with Mr Burden, and
was improved by Mr. Edwin Stevens,un
der whose direction this boat was built.
The boat consists of two hollow cylinder’s
oG feet long and 2 1-2 feet in diameter,
flattened into a cut water at the ends.
The upper part of the canal boat, which
is, in fact, a iarge and commodious hall,
SO feet long and 14 feet wide, is built up
on these cylinders. The whole structure
is light and elegant, and is drawn at the
rate of G to S miles an hour, by three
horses. The great advantage of the cyl
; inder boat, as it is called, consists in its
not occasioning a ripple in the water
i sufficiently large to injure the hanks of
! the canal in the slightest degree, while
j one of the ordinary structure, drawn at
| the rate of 8 miles an hour, would soon
demolish the banks completely. [Phil,
i Messenger.
Original Joke —“ Doctor,” said Mr.
B. to his medical adviser one day ; “isn’t
! there a disease called shingles ?” “Yes,
to be sure,” replied Galen.—‘Then I’ve
.got it, for certain,” says B —, “for the roof
lof my mouth is broken out in a dozen
! places !”
Vert late from England. By the
arrival of the packet' ship Hibernia, Captain
Wilson, we have received Liverpool papers to
the Ist of August, and London papers to the
01st July, both inclusive,
j The intelligence from Spain of what has
1 occurred since our last advices is important.
Thc forces of Don Carlos have been twice en
gaged witli the Queen’s troops near Valencia.
In the first action he sustained a serious dis
. coinfiture and lost from two to three thousand
men. In the second he is reported to have
, suffered considerable loss. At the last dates
, lie was seeking to recross G.e Ebro.
The London money market has undergone
no considerable variation. The Bank of En
gland continues to purchase specie. Accord
ing to its returns on the 25th of July, its stock
of specie exceeded the amount stated in the
returns fhree months previous by about half a
million. The accounts continue to speak of
the abundance of money.
Great Britain. The English Journals
are much occupied with the elections which j
arc now going on with zeal in different parts 1
of the kingdom. Dr. Bowring, who stood for (
Kihnarnoch has been beaten. Sir George j
Murray, who was the tory nominee for West
minster lias lost his election. Ewart and El-'
pi tinstone, the reform candidates for Liverpool
are defeated. In London tiie four reform can
didates have succeeded. The Liverpool
Times oi August Ist, says :
“Radical candidates have at this election
fared very ill almost every where. Mr. Grote
escaped with the skin of his teeth ; Mr. Roe
buck lias gone to the dogs; Col. Thompson has
been beaten by that superlative coxcomb, D’ls
: raeli the younger; Mr. Hunt has iost his elec
tion ; and here Mr. Ewart, with innumerable
claims on the constituency, and Mr. Elpliin
stonc, after having fully established his repu
tation as a man of sense, information, and ex
cellent intentions, have been defeated. The
advocates of .organic reforms will be exceed
ingly few in the new Parliament, and cf those
who are in, scarcely any have gained seats ex
cept as supporters of Lord Melbourn’s govern
ment.
Sir Robert Peel continues indisposed.
The London Courier of the 31st July con
tains a table of members elected to the new
Parliament, from which it appears that 205
Reformers had been returned, against IG!) To
ries.
Letters from Malta, of the 28th of J unc,
states that the Cholera appeared there on the
Pth of the same month. Between that time
and the 27th, GOI cases had occurred, and 422
deaths. The number of recoveries was 83,
and the rest were under treatment.
'l’he packet ship Pennsylvania, of the eighth
of July, arrived out with J GO,OOO dollars in
specie.
France. The Paris dates are to the 29th
of July, inclusive. The journals are princi
pally occupied with the festival of the three
days of July. The usual preparations for fu
neral services, charitable donations, military
parades, pantomines by daylight, illuminations
and fireworks had been made. The follow
ing is an account of w hat took place on the
28th.
The French police has been unusually vigi
lant since the return of Prince Louis Bona
parte to Europe. Travellers are visited even
on leaving France.
Paris Bourse., Saturday 29th July.—The
three per cents continue to improve. At the
close of the Bourse on Friday they were for
the end of the month, 79f. 30c, and the Five
per cents, 11 Os 25c. Speculation is at hand in
Spanish Bonds, and prices have been ill sup-1
ported; the Active commenced at233-Bf. and
gradually receded to 23 l-Bf. at which they
closed.
Telegraphic despatches. —Bordeaux, July
28, Five, P. M.—Letters from Saragossa ol
2Jtii state that the Pretender was inarching to
wards Camarillas, where he had ordered 8,000
rations. This route indicates his intention to
return upon the Ebro, towards Todela, by Da
roca and Tarazona. Espitero was on the 10th
at Villar de Domingo Garcia, near Cuenca,
prepared to march upon Teruelor Molina, ac
cording to the direction that Don Carlos
might take.
Bayonne, July 27, Six, P. M.—A report
published at Pampoluna, the 25th, announces
that Don Carlos reached Daroca on the 22d,
! marching in the.direction of Borga. Espartero
i and Oran were following his precipitate re
j treat — Monilmr.
Portugal, 'July 30.— The latest accounts)
from Lisbon, received yesterday by the Bra- !
ganza, seem to attach more importance to the 1
insurrection in favor of the Charter of Don ;
Pedro than it was at first viewed with, The ;
insurrection was evidently spreading, and an
estimate of the extent its ramifications may
be formed from the fact of its having broken 1
out simultaneously at Estramos, which is in
the South of Portugal, and at Valenca, in the
North. Although the authorities of Lisbon
pretend to attach but little importance to this (
movement, the extraordinary character of the
measures which they had recourse to, indi
cates that they must have viewed it with con-
I siilerable apprehension.
Greece. It appears by accounts from Ath
ens, of the 2(!t.h of June, that the discharge of
] all the Bavarian troops from the Greek service
iis resolved upon by King Otho. Only some
officers will remain to form the skeletons of
the new regiments. The King has not thought
I fit to introduce the conscription in order to
; form a national army. It seems to be intend
ed to leave it to each commune to raise cer
tain contingents in such manner as it shall
| judge most convenient. The Crown Prince
] Eftorden has arrived at Munich. [Dutch pa
per.
The Magnetic Tet.egrahi. The New
Wortzburg Gazette gives the following of the
30th June, from Munich; —“Yesterday some
astonishment was excited among us by seeing I
on the roofs of the loftiest houses in the town,!
several men employed in passing iron wires,
which extended from the towers of the church
of Notre Dame, above the Isas, as far as the
Chateau d’ Eau of Mount Gasteigberg, from j
thence to the cbseivatorv of Bogenhausen, ]
and back to the tower of Notre Dame. These
wires were intended to exemplify a project of]
Professor Steinheil, for the conveyance of in- I
telligence by means of electric, magnetism.
It is stated that in two seconds coinmunica- i
j tion might possibly be conveyed from Lisbon,
to St. Petersburg, by means of a tclepraph of]
this description.”
Vr -
Censes of Maine. The Census of
Maine, recently taken, shows the popula
tion of the State to be 485,451 —being a
gain of 85,979 since 1830, or 21 per
cent
From the Baltimore American, Aug. 30.
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION—TWENTY
FIVE LIVES LOST!!
The report noticed in yesterday’s American,
of a fatal steamboat disaster on the Upper Mis
sissippi, is unfortunately too well confirmed.—
A slip from the St Louis Bulletin, under date
of 19th inst., furnishes the following particu
lars. The disaster is said to have occurred
! while the-boat was under an ordinary head of
! steam. We again repeat that an Act of Con
gress, providing the severest personal penal
j ties against those entrusted with the manage
! nient of public conveyances—whether of
steamboats, rail roads, or stage coaches—*and
the heaviest pecuniary damages against the
ow-ners of them, can alone and will most effect
ually prevent the w'anton sacrifice of property
and human life which has now become a mat
ter of almost daily occurrence.
St. Louis, Aug. 19.
The steamer Dubuque collapsed a flue on
her passage to Galena, on Tuesday morning
last, at 3 o’clock, about 40 miles below Rock
Island. Twenty-seven persons were killed
and wounded; fifteen of them were buried at
Bloomington, and one at Alton; four were
| brought to the Hospital in this city—they were
all deck passengers except four hands of the
boat—live or six were blown overboad. The
boat took lire shortly afterwards, but the sur
-1 vivors succeeded in putting it out without do
■ ing much damage. The Dubuque was towed
; to this city by the steamer Smelter,
j The following is a partial list of the suffer
-1 ers.
John Littleton, 2d engineer, badly wounded
in the head by an iron.
Isaac Deal, fireman of Pittsburg, dead.
Felix Pope, do. Kaskaskia, do.
Charles Kelley,deck hand, Ohio, still alive.
Noah Swain, do. Quincy, dead.
' Jesse Johnson, cook, colored man, thrown
! overboard and drowned.
i Beni. Messer, 2d cook, col’d man Cincinnati,
dead.
; James C. Carr, St. Clair co., 111., deck pas
| senger, dead.
| George McMurtry, do. do. dead.
Francis Pleasant do. col’d do. do.
Henry A. Carr, do. do. do.
; James C. Hamilton, Dubuque, do.
' Joseph Brady, do. do.
i John Boland, do. do.
Josiah L. Sams, Clay co., Ilk, do.
la. B. Sams, do. do.
Martin Shoughnohoy, St. Louis, alive.
George Clix, Galena, dead.
Michael Shouglinessy and w ife, witli an in
fant the two latter dead.
David Francour, France.
From the Cincinnati Whig, Aug. 25.
Steamboat Dubuque. Our account of
the bursting of the boiler of this boat, with the
consequent loss of lives, is confirmed by the ar
rival of the Smelter, this morning, and sever
al passengers that were on the Dubuque. A
lady passenger who witnessed the suffering at
tendant on this accident, and attended to ad
ministering to the wounded, informs us, that
the accident occurred near Burlington, not
Alton, upwards of three hundred miles above
St. Louis. Nineteen were buried near the spot
where the explosion occurred; four a short
distance below ; one at Alton; and two at St.
Louis. In all, twenty-six. One female and
her child, deck passengers, were among the
number. The conduct of the Captain of the
Dubuque, in leaving them exposed on the
deck, when wounded, is represented by our
informant, as any thing else bn; gentlemanly.
Hurricane in the W. Indies. St.
Darts. A letter from St. Bartholomews re
ceived in New York, stab's that on the 2.1 Au
gust there was one of the most severe storms
ever known in that island. It states that the
town in which the writer resided, composed of
about 300 houses, is two thirds destroyed,
among them some of the most substantial
buildings, dwellings and stores—the greater
number the dwellings cf the poor.
As yet between twenty and thirty lives only
have been discovered to have been lost in the
town, most of them crushed to death under the
ruins, and others horribly mutilated, and since
dead, and very many others severely injured,
with broken bones, &.c. Hundreds have lost
all tiioy possessed, and are thrown destitute
i upon the charity of others. The sea, during
the gale, had unprecedently, risen over G feel.
[From the Baltimore American, Aug. 20.]
Gai.e av St. Johns, P. R. Captain Nor
ris, of the brig Frances Jane, at this port yes
terday from St. Johns, reports that the hurri
cane which visited that place on the 15th inst.
destroyed an Immense amount of property in
and around the town and killed a large num
ber of persons. The brig Gracchus, of this
port, was totally lost, together with five other
American and twenty-eight foreign vessels,
out of which twenty-one persons were drrown
ed.
Previous to the sailing of Captain Norris,
the British Mail Packet from Barbadoes arriv
ed at St. Johns, and reported that the island of
Barbadoes had been visited a second time by a
hurricane, on the 2d of August, during which
thirty-five vessels were driven ashore, sunk, or
otherwise injured.
Captain N. states that the schooner Wm. A.
Knox, of Norfolk received considerable injury
from the gale at Barbadoes, and went to St.
Thomas to repair. While lying at the latter ,
port, she had the misfortune to be again in a )
gale, during which she lost her foremast and
received other damage.
It was was estimated at St Johns, from the
accounts which had reached there of the dis
asters in the different islands, that about ONE
THOUSAND PERSONS had lost their lives
by the late Hurricanes.
When Napoleon was wedded to Marie
Louise—as an act of grace, lie issued a de
cree, ordering that all convicts confined for
fines and expenses, should be set at liberty.
He also directed the discharge of all per
sons arrested for non-payment of taxes—
and the remission of all the dues for nurs
ing children in the public nurse office in
Paris. He also ordered that six thousand old
soldiers should be married to girls belong
ing to their towns —and as an inducement
for the girls thus to reward the veterans for
: their services in the wars, he gave each a
| dowry of eighteen hundred francs—or
about three hundred and fifty dollars each.
The value of the jewels and nuptial orna
ments, which Napoleon gave his bride on
this occasion, was equal to 18 millions
francs.
M obile, Aug. 3d.
The Land PiUat esi The following letter
from Captain Mclntosh will explain the move
ments of the U. S. ship St Louis, which now
lies at anchor in the Bay. We stated on Mon
day, that the Constellation had sailed from
Pensacola—which proves to have been an er
ror. We learn that is the intention of Com
mander Haine to drive the gang on shore,
where they are to be met and disposed of by
Major Hall and his company of armed vol
unteers. There is now, we think, a fair pros
pect of bringing these vagabonds and out
laws to merited punishment, and ridding our vi
cinity of their depredations.
United States Frigate Constellation.
Pensacola Buy, Aug. 2Gth, 1837.
Iffy Dear Sir—l have the pleasure to inform
you that immediately on receipt of your letter
with the accompanying papers, I w r as directed
by Commodore Dallas, to order the-United
States ship St. Louis, to Mobile Bay, to aid
the civil authorities in bringing to punishment
the individuals complained of; and I have the
further satisfaction to inform you, that the St.
Louis has at this moment a signal for a pilot,
and Commander Paine informs me he will
be ready to proceed at early daylight to-morrow
morning. With very great respect,
Your mostobd’t serv’t.
JAS. McINTOSH, Flag Captain.
To John B. Hogan, Esq. Collector, Mobile.
From the Mobile Corn. Register, Aug. 28.
A letter from General Jessup of the 9th inst.
addiesssd to a friend in this city, contains
s.ome interesting items of intelligence. We
learn from it that the motive which prompted
Gen. Jessup to propose relinquishing his com
mand in Florida, was an opinion somewhat
hastily formed as it proved, that public senti
ment in Florida would require it. On this sub
ject the General remarks:
“I am anxious that my motives should be
understood and appreciated by my friends.—
Though all my military measures had been
successful, I had failed tq accomplish the emi
gration of the Indians—a measure deeply in
teresting to the suffering frontier inhabitants
of Florida, and one to which public attention
had been directed by the repeated failures
which had preceded mine. Believing that
public opinion, particularly in Florida, would
demand my recall, and wishing to disembar
rass the government and leave it free to act,
w ithout any consideration personal to myself,
I asked to be relieved. The Secretary of war
left it at my option to relinquish or retain the
command; and finding, as I believed, that
public opinion was different from what I had
supposed it would be, I informed the General
in-Chief on the Bth of July, that I would retain
the command, unless the government should
otherwise determine. That is my purpose
now ; but I am entirely indifferent whether or
dered to retain or surrender the command.
Gen. Jessup further adds—“ Gen. Gaines is a
pure patriot—he sent me the Gth Regiment of
Infantry at a time when we had not spoken for
more than ten years, by which I was enabled
to assume the offensive—without that timely
aid 1 should have been compelled to remain on
, the defensive. Few men wmuld have acted
with the magnamimity which distinguished his
conduct on tli it occasion. I shall never forget
the act, nor cease to feel grateful for it.”
From the Jacksonville Courier.
The Micasukies. This tribe of Indians
who were originally a collection of criminals
tnd fugitives from the Creek nation, and who
were removed from Middle Florida, after the
cession by the treaty of Camp Moultrie, were
not only the chief instigators to the present
war, but in conjunction with the negroes
among them, have been mainly instrumental
in keeping it up—and are perhaps the worst
set of Indians in the U. States, —being, in fact,
a set of Banditti, distinct from the Seminole
nation, who are over overawed and enrolled
by them, Micanopy, Philip, and the other Sem
inole chiefs and people, possess property to
considerable amount, negroes, cattle, horses,
&.c.—and would, we are satisfied, be glad to
make terms by which they could be secur
ed in their possessions. Had Gen. Jessup se
cured the Micasuki chiefs at Tampa Biy
and Fort Mellon, the Sejninoles would have
been glad of it, and this, if possible, should
still be done. It would prove more effective
than pitched battles with them, however, suc
cessful.
One of the most eminent of the British
statesmen told the writer of this article, when
in England, that no power on earth should
induce Great Britain to relinquish its claims
upon our North Eastern Boundary, for said
he, his eye brightening at the time, “ice are
making Halifax impregnable,—Halifax is the.
nearest accessible American port to England.
Hilh a rail-road over .Vova Scotia, and a rail
road from St. John, in JVew Brunswick, to Que
bec, in a single week we can surround the United
Stales with a cordon of British bayonets stretch
ing from St. Andrews to Toronto in Upper
Canada, —with the power to concentrate on any
point we choose. To do this, we must have the
strip of land in dispute, and when the rail-road
is done, it is worth more to us than the
whole British Navy!”
In pursuance of this plan of tactics, we saw
the British Government but a year age, ap
propriating 50,000 dollars for the survey of
this Rail Road, which was to run over the
land oftlie State of Maine an.l the njoment
Sir George Harvey, the new Governor of New
Brunswick, arrives, he issuer an order for the
arrest of an American citizen, sent to the dis
puted territory b v the State of Maine, and that
American Citizen is now in the Frederick
ton gaol, at w hich place is one of the best
disciplined of the British military corps!—[N.
York Express.
Goon llumor. The New York Times
says : There is “a counsellor in that city that
laughs the jury into a verdict in his favor,”
There is a great deal in laughing philosophy.
It was onco said of the celebrated Lord Cas
tlereagh, that he carried ten points by his
courtesey and good humor where he carried
one by his logic. This laughing gentleman
can’t have many notes to pay, we fancy.
Chateaubriand, in his work on English liter
ature, speaks of sitting, when he was a young
man t next Mirabeau, at a dinner, while the
subject of conversation was Mirabeau’s ene
mies, “He looked me full in the face,” says
Chateaubriand, “with his eyes of wickedness
and genius, and laying his broad hand on my
shoulder, they will never forgive me my su
periority.” Methinks I still feel the impression
of that hand, as if Satan had touched me with
his fiery claw,”