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HISTORY OF A ROBBER.
A traveller, says lr National, who was
lately passing through Turin, collected the
following authentic account of a famous
robber, who was executed there about
three months ago.
He was named Itondino. He was an
orphan from his childhood, and left to the
care of his uncle, the squire of the village,
au avaricious man, who treated him very
ill. When he was old enough to serve as
a conscript, for which purpose lots are
drawn, the squire openly said, ‘I hope that
Rondino will be caught, and go into the
army, and so the country w ill be rid of
him. That lad will never turn out well.
Sooner or later he will he a disgrace to his
family. He will certainly end his days on
the gallows.' It is asserted that this man's
dislike of Rondino iiad an unworthy mo
tive. His nephew had a small inherit
ance opining to him, which the squire ad
ministered, and of which he was in no
hurry to render an account. However
this may have been, when they came to
draw, Rondino’* lot was to serve, and left
the village, persuaded that his uncle had
been guilty of some fraud or stratagem
with the urns, to force upon him a sol
dier’s ticket.
When he was placed in his regiment, he
was insubordinate, frequently absent when
ths roll was called, and so restive, that 1
tinally he was sent into a battalion under
discipline. lie was extremely mortified,
at this punishment, swore to change Ins
conduct, and kept his word. At the end
of a few months he was restored to his
regiment. From that moment lie become j
exact and soldierly in his deportment, and
endeavoured to gain the notice of his of
ficers. He knew how to read and write,
and was very intelligent. He was soon
made corporal and then serjennt.
One day the colonel said to him, ‘Roti
•dino, your time of service lias expired; Imt
1 hope that you are going to stay with us.’
‘Thank you colonel, 1 would rather return
home.’
‘You would do wrong; you are well off
here; your officers and fellow-soldiers like j
you; you are a serjeant now. and if you go j
on as you have begun you will soon be
serjent-major. If you stay with the regi-;
nieut, you arc provided for, if you return I
to your village you will starve, or be a bur
then on your relations.
‘Colonel, I have a little property at
home.’
‘You are mistaken; your uncle writes
me that the expenses of your education
have swallowed it tip, that and more. Be
sides if you knew in what light he regards
you, you would be in no hurry to return !
to him. lie writes mo, begging that I
would detain you by all means, that you
are a good-for-nothing scapegrace, whom
every body is afraid of, and that not a I
farmer in the place would give you cm-1
ployment.’
‘He says so!’ exclaimed Rondino.
‘Here is his letter,’ was the laconic an
swer.
‘Never mind,’ said Rondino, ‘l’ll go.
I want to see my own place again.’ As
lie was bent upon his dismissal it was giv
en him, accompanied with approbatory
certificates.
Rondino on his return, proceeded im
mediately to his uncle’s house, accused
him of his injustice,‘and demanded of him,
very haughtily, the property which he
said was his, and detained without aright.
The squire replied, (lew into a rage, pro
duced some crooked accounts without
head or tail, and at length the dispute rose
so high that he struck Rondino. That
blow was tlie fatal pivot on winch the fate
of Rondino turned. With one stroke of
his stiletto lie sjrctched his uncle dead at
his feet. He then fled the village, and
took asylum with one of his early friends
who lived in a lonely cattle-shed among
the mountains.
Three gen-d’armes were soon despatch
ed in search of him.
Rondino took post in a rough, winding
road, and lay on the look out. lie tired
and killed tho first appeared, wounded tlie
second, and the third ran awav. Ever
since the persecution of the Carbonari,
the gen-d’armes are out of favour in Pied
mont, and the popular feeling sides with
those who overmatch them. Rondino,
therefore, was looked upon as a hero hv
tlie neighbouring peasantry. In several
successive engagements with armed peace
officers lie was again fortunate, and t his
increased his reputation. It is said that in
tiie space of two years and a half he killed
fifteen gen-d’armes. He very often chang
ed his hiding-place, hut never went further
in any direction than se\en or eight
leagues from his native village, lie never
pilfered or robbed; only when his ammu
nition was nearly exhausted, lie would ask
the first passer by for a quarter-crown
piece to buy powder and shot. Gcncrallv
lie slept in some deserted or retired farm
house. His custom was, to lock all the
doors, and take with him all the? keys in
to the room that had been assigned to him.
lie kept his gun at his hod-side, and out
side of the house lie left for sentinel an '
enormous large dog, who followed him ev
ery where, and whose formidable teeth
had been felt, on more occasions tine,
one, by the enemies of his master. At
break of day Rondino restored the keys,
thanked his host, and very often the fam
ily, before he could get away, would press
some provisions upon him.
Mr. A , a rich' land owner in those
parts, saw him about three years ago. It
wap harvest-tune, and he was in the midst
oftlie laborers, overseeing their work,
" ' ,tjn n strange iello-.v appeared of a sud
ticn, and came direct towards him. He
was a large well made man, with a strong,
hardy, hut not fierce countenance. Lay
ing down a musket from lyp arm, at
about fifty paces from the workmen, be
side a tree, he ordered his dog to keep
watch of it, and then stepped up and ask
ed an alms. ‘Why,’ said .Mr. A -,‘are
j you not willing to work; suppose you take
‘hold with my reapers;’ he spoke thus,
supposing him to be a stout imprudent
beggar. The outlaw smiled, and answer
ed, ‘I am Rondino, sir.’ .Mr. A. immedi
ately held out to him several pistoles. ‘I
'never take more than a quarter crown
piece,’ said the fugitive, ‘that fills my
i horn. Only, however, if you are anx
-1 ions to oblige me, be so kind as to order
me something to eat, for 1 am very hun
gry just now.’ A slice of bread and ba
con was given to Inin, and lie was about
moving off with it in his hand, when Mr.
j A ,whose curiosity was alive to see
j a little more of a man, of whom the
whole country was talking, called him
back: —‘Rondino,’ said he, ‘you have no
| way left but toquit tlie country, or you will
be caught at last, as sure as you are there,
(jo to Genoa, or to France, and from
there lake for Greece, where you will find
employment as a soldier, and that too,
perhaps, among some of your own com
rades and countrymen, who will receive
you well. I shall willingly make you
a present of your travelling expenses.’
Rondino listened lo the proposal with a
thankful and thoughtful air, cast down
his eyes a moment and considered it; ‘I
thank you,’ said he, ‘but 1 could not live
elsewhere than in mine own country; and
it will go hard, hut that I keep the gal
lows at a distance for some time yet.’
One day some robbers by trade, who
skulked in the same hiding-places, took
Rondino aside, and made him a proposal.
‘To night,’ said they, ‘a lawyer from Tu
rin is to pass through such a road, with
ill, hilt) litres in his carriage; if you will
head us, we shall stop him, and you shall
have captain’s share.’ Rondino haughtily
drew up, and looking at them with a
glance of scorn, exclaimed, ‘ VVliat do
you take me for ? 1 ail) an honest out
law, not a robber. If ever you repeat it,
I shall make you repent such impertinence.’
lie then made all haste to waylay the
lawyer’s carriage. Having come up with
it just at night fall, lie ordered the driver
to stop; lie mounted the coach box &, then
hade the driver proceed. .Meanwile the
lawyer, all consternation, expected to he
assassinated. The vehicle moved on, and
presently, in defile, the robbers sprang
out across the road.
Rondino instantly cried out, ‘Seniors! :
you know who 1 am; this carriage is un-j
tier my protection, and whoever attacks it
will have to deal with me.’ His unerring
lUUvikvtt wuu jxmth tl \\n r>|»hKc, «nnA Wo* <
monstrous dog stood bristling beside lhe J
wheels, ready for a leap, at a sign from his
i master. The banditti slunk away as sud
denly, leaving the carriage to proceed un
molested, and it soon reached a place of
safety. The lawyer offered a very large
present to Rondino, Imt lie refused it. ‘1
have only done an honest man's duty,’‘
j saitl (lit: blood-marked wanderer, and
: now 1 am in need of nothing; however,
; if you are really as grateful as you pre
i tend to be, just leave word with your
tenants not to refuse me a quarter-crown
piece when my powder-horn is empty, or
I something to eat now and then when I
am pressed for food.’
Rondino was captured two years ago,
in the following manner, lie had crav
ed a night’s lodging at a parsonage: lie
asked as usual for all the keys, hut the
curate had the address to reserve one, and
through the door to which it belonged,
as soon as the outlaw was sleeping, lie
sent a little hov to give information to the
nearest brigade ofgen-d’armes. Rondino’s
dog had a most wonderful instinct at
observing every suspicion of danger, and
tin' most distant approach of his master’s
pursuers. His harking awoke his master,
who betook himself to (light, but lie found
every street of the village already alarmed
and guarded, lie returned to his night’s
quarters, climbed into the beifrey of the
chapel, and harricudoed himself. As soon
as day broke, he began to take aim
through the loop-holes, and soon drove
the brigade of gen-d’armes into cover.
They gave up all thoughts of storming
tlie belfry, and took shelter in the neiglt-
homing houses. A continual discharge
oi musketry was kept up during tlie great
er part of tlie day. Rondino had not re
ceived a wound, and had disabled three
; gen-d'armes: hut lie had neither food nor
i water, and the heat was suffocating. Ho
perceived that his hour was come. Pres
ently those below saw him thrust his mus
ket out of a window, waving something
white at the end of it. Tlie gen-d’armes
ceased firing. He then came forward
and cried out, ‘I am tired out w iti) such a
life, and am willing to give up: hut no
gen-d’armes shall have my surrender to
boast of.’ There was a detachment of
regular troops not far limn the village,
the captain ot which yielded to the de
mand of Rondino. lie drew up his
troops before the belfry, and Rondino
came down forthwith. He stepped up
tothe officer and said with rn unfaltering
voice, 'pray sir, let me present you with
my dog; you will he pleased with him, ro
ly “pon it : promise me to take good care
r ' him. I’lie officer promised. Bondi
n') immedi.iteiy wrenched off the lock of
hi# gun, and threw it r.w.iv; then gave up
. m- -to-.; and ium-elt without resistance,
i and a,.- led off by the soldiery, who
treated him with much n .: ; -t.' lie
awaited his trial, iti pri. o:\ venr.--
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
hcard his sentence with firmness, and met
his fate without a tremor—or a bravado.
The Great Eci.ipsf. of ]s:K — The
eclipse we perceive begins to be the
subject of comment in some of the news
papers in our country, and this early no
tice is no doubt owing to some peculiar
circumstances connected with the plie*
uomcnon itself. For many years past We
have had, at short intervals, a large eclipse
of the sun—either total or annular—and
this one lias been styled, by way of emi
nence, tlie last of the series—for we shall
not witness another similar eclipse for
sixteen years, nor a total eclipse lor near
ly a generation to come and we cannot
withhold the solemn reflection, that this
will be the last remarkable eclipse that
many of us shall ever be permitted to see!
Yes, before another conjunction of the
heavenly bodies, which will cause a total
obscuration of the sun’s rays, a whole
generation of our species will have pass
ed the ordeal of death, and the retribu
tion of eternity! and yet the undisturbed af
fairs of the Almighty move on—and those
splendid spheres, launched from his hands,
with undeviating certainty fulfil their des
tined round —praising tiieir Creator ei
ther in lustre or in shade! Rut we leave
our reader to moralize upon the subject
at leisure. We hope the day may he fine
—that not a cloud may obscure the hori
zon or dim the “setting sun’s” Effulgence
—that all may enjoy the pleasure of be
holding —though none cun experience tlie
delight of such a spectacle but the stu
dent of Nature, and the humble worship
per of its great Author.
As it regards tract of country to
which the eclipse will be central and an
nular, it is stated in tlie American Alma
nac to be as follows :
Beginning to be visible in the unknown
regions near the north pole, the central
annular eclipse will puss through Kam
scliatka in Asia, the British possessions
in North America, not far west of Hud
son's Bay, Lake Superior, Wisconsin
Territory, Michigan, the northeast part of
Ohio, the southeast part of Pennsylvania,
tlie eastern part of Maryland, northeast
part of Virginia, and into the Atlantic
Ocean; its course being from northwest to
southeast. The eclipse will ho annular
over a space of 420 miles wide. The
ring, in tlie places where it may he seen,
will continue only from 4 to about li 1-2
m. At Baltimore the eclipse will begin
at fim. past 3P. M. The ring will he
fbrmed at 25m. past 4, and be central at
37m. past 4. The eclipse will end at 40m.
past 5. At Washington city and Rich
mond, the several places will he within a
small fraction of a minute of the same
; time. At Raleigh within about 2tn. of the
, yantu aino. I>ut lltovo iso rmg ** »li Mjn»o«ir.
‘The sun will lie a very slender crescent
i This crescent will he wider, with horns
less and less sharp, as we go south and
| southwest, and north and northeast, from
the path of the central eclipse.
I This path first touches the earth at
a point near the north pole, a little east
;of the meridian of Greenwich. In a few
seconds afterwards it attains its greatest
northern latitude, whilst for the first eight
minutes it moves rapidly westward, until
it is 9rv degrees west of that Meridian.
In ten minutes after passing out of tlie
Fnitcd States into the Atlantic Ocean, it
i leaves the earth at a point about 34 de
grees north latitude, and 5# degrees west
i longitude; just Hi. 50m. 82 sec. after its
first touching the earth; linking traversed a
somewhat circuitous track of .>Sil!o miles
in length: and (as wc said before) the
! whole annular path being 42i) miles in
breadth. It reaches, in width, from Fair
field county, in Connecticut, nearly to Ra
leigh, iti North Carolina.
Tiiis will lie the last central eclipse ol
the sun visible in tlie United States until
Mav 2f>, I SAL—The next total eclipse
of the sun will be August 7, U ti'.f
[Bridgeton Chronicle.
[As calculated in the American Alman
ac, in ('itor!l .-ton, it will
Begin at 3h. 4m. I’. M.
Greatest obscuration 4li. 20m. ‘
End All. 3t)m.
Duration 2li. 34m.
Digets eclipsed 10 deg. 30m. on sun’s
North Limb.
i Some time must he allowed for differ
; once between this place and Charleston,
commencing with us one or two minutes
! earlier.] Ed. Adv.
Steam Navigation. The great Wes
tern lias now made five trips across the At
lantic, with remarkable regularity as to
time. Her mean time may lie reckoned at
fourteen days. Her last home trip was
j made in a little loss than thirteen days,
and at no time, we believe, lias it been ex
tended to fifteen days.
The famous l)r. Lardner confidently
pronounced it an impossibility, alleaing
j that no vessel could carry a sufficient
quantity of fuel for a voyage across a bois
terous ocean, three thousand miles wide.
It is very probable that had tlie experi
| nieut been made with a vessel of from AGO
to HOP tons, the Doctor’s opinion would
have proved correct; but fortunately the
enterprise fell into the hands of men whoso
wealtli and liberality were equal to their
public spirit, and instead oi' proceeding,
upon a narrow and contracted scale, they
at once adopted a stylo of magnificence
that fully comported with the grandeur of
the enterprise.—The Great Western meas
ures nearly two thousand tons, and there
is not a doubt but that to her gigantic
size she is indebted for tlie wonderful suc
cess that lias attended the experiment.—
Heretofore thirty days was considered a!
good passage for one of our fast sailing
packets; but the Great Western makes it'
in less than half that t ime. VVliat a fine
idea this gives for the giant energies of
steam. An immense floating palace urg
ed across the wide Atlantic in a fort
night, and of so vast a weight that seas
which would sweep the decks of com
mon vessels, break harmlessly against her
enormous sides.—[Pittsburgh Advocate.
The following additional particulars of
the atlair relative to the vessel, the Alex
andre, which has arrived at Bordeaux
from Newport, United States, and the
captain of which, as we have already men
tioned, was supposed to have been mur
dered by the crew, are given as authentic
by tlie Courier de Bordeaux:—“The Al
exandre sailed from Batavia loth Nov.
commanded by M. Bonet; on the 2d of
Dec. during a violent tempest, tlie cap
tain, lieutenant, and five of the crew,
were washed from the deck and drowned,
and the vessel suffered so severely, that in
order to save her, part of tlie cargo was
thrown overboard.
On tlie arrival of the Alexandre at the,
Mauritius, tlie circumstances were made
known to the French Consul there, and
on the 12th of March she sailed for B(V
--deaux, under command of the mate, M.
Marsant. Captain Casy, of tlie Hercules,
had considerable difficulty in obtaining
possession of the vessel and crew from
the American authorities; nor did lie suc
ceed before a loan of 20,001jf._ had been
made by the French Consul at Newport,
in order to cover expenses claimed by tlie
authorities. The Alexandre was brought
across the Atlantic by a lieutenant and
party of men from the Hercules, who, as '
jwe have already stated, were scut on
hoard her by Captain Casy. A great
| number of captains of merchant vessels in
'the port of Bordeaux have given a great
banquet to Lieutenant Casy of the Ilercu
| les, who brought hack the Alexandre
| from Newport, United States, under the
j peculiar circumstances already mentioned
J in the Messenger.
| Lieutenant Casy has handed over totlic
owners, a box of diamonds, which was in
the hands of the Collector of Customs at
Newport, and was found in possession of
some of the crew, hut which was obtain
ed from him only by great cxertious on
tlie part of the Commander of tlie Hercu
les. —[Galignani’s Messenger.
Secret Inspectors. It was in 1832
that Truman Jlaskell, a printer, residing
in this village, and conducting a Jackson
paper, left his employment of printer about
three months previous to the election in
November, procured a horse, saddle, Irri- 1
410, « l.vrjre |Miir of leather saddle
bags. What was to be done? One morn
ing, about sunrise, Mr. Haskell might
have been seen wending his way from tlie
village, his well filled saddle-bags lying
across his Rosinaritc, and Mr. Haskell
atop the saddle-hags. A week, and Mr.
Haskell returned; so did the saddle-bags,
hot not so the contents. In snort, the
sad.lie-fiags were again replenished, and
Mr. Haskell renewed his pilgrimage.
Shortly it was ascertained that the bu
siness ot Mr. Haskell was to distribute
Globes and Arguses, political speeches,
and electioneer the people. Thus lie con
tinued occupied until the first (lav of the
election, when he attended the polls that
day and the two days following. What
was tiie indignation and disgust of every
honest and decent mail in this countv
when it was ascertained that during the
whole of tins time T. AV. Ilaskell was a
secret inspector, and receiving two dollars
a day for his services in that capacity—
and at a time, too, when Gen. Jackson
was preaching from the palace, that “Ex
ecutive patronage must not be brought
into conflict with the freedom of elections.”
That Haskell was a secret inspector at
that time may be ascertained, ns lias
been done before, by a reference to the
proper department at Washington; and
that his time was employed as above stat
ed was notorious in tiiis community at
the lime, tlie people all along supposing
that he was employed and paid by some
“democratic committee.” AVe could men
tion other names—men appointed for the
same object, who performed the same ser
vice, and received alike compensation;
and who were discharged from their se
cret inspectorship immediately after the
election. And these are the appoint
; nients which the Globe labors to justi
fy ! —[Backets harbor AVhig.
Git vxt) Oit.f. —This new and rising city
stands on one of the most romantic and
beautiful locations (Natchez excepted,) in
the State of .Mississippi. The plan on
which its streets are laid out is a dead
level four or five feet above tlie highest
freshets ol the Mississippi, and its extent,
-from the mountain bluff of rock which
overlooks the city and the plain, stretches
down tlie river, for miles. This bluff'
seems to guard the site ot the city like
some old gigantic, frowning,but ivy-arown,
gray and mouldering fortress of rock on
the hanks of tlie Rhine in Germany. It
is certainly one of the most romantic ele
vations in the state, running abruptly to
the verge of that part of the river called
the “Grand Gull,” just below the entrance
of tlie Chitteloosa, or Big Black, into the
“father of waters.” The huge rocks of
its base are throw n into the river, around
which, at high water, the eddies and whirl
pool# of tlie Gulf writhe in foaming agony,
chafing in vain at the restraints of sucii a
mountain barrier.
This pile of rocks covered with soil,
herbage and trees will forever secure the,
site of the city of Grand Gulf from the i
irruptions and underminings of the vora-j
cious river, and will, at no distant day, we
anticipate, be selected as the site of a
mountain -house, devoted to social enjoy
ment and the influences of the enchanting
scenery which hursts upon the eye in ev
ery direction.
The streets of the city of Grand Gulf
are laid out beautifully, and the buildings
1 appear neat and elegant when seen from
the river. This is the more remarkable
when it is considered that six years ago
the site of the city was a corn and pota
i toe field. It has as yet no public edifices,
worthy of the name, its church being a lone
school-house looking building, its theatre a
stable and its bank a store loft: hut public
buildings, on a scale of elegance and
grandeur are designed, and the bank will
soon he erected.—[Natchez Free Trader.
Cayenne Pepper. —The following an
ecdote is related in the “Travels of the
Missionaries in Southern Africa:”—On
one occasion, while the missionaries
were at dinner in their own tent, some of
tlie native chiefs and their wives being
present, one of them seeing Mr. Read help
himself to a little Cayenne pepper, its red j
color attracted his attention, and he asked
for some of it. On getting the Cayenne,
lie instantly threw a quantity of it on his
tongue, hut on feeling its pungency lie
shut his eyes, clapped his hand upon his
mouth, and holding down his head, en
deavored manfully to conceal his pain.
When lie was able to look tip, he slyly
touched Mr. Read with his foot, to inti
mate that he shor’d say nothing, but give
tlie same dose to tlie others present.. A
notiier chief next got some, who instantly
felt its powers, but understanding the joke,
as soon as he was able to speak, he asked*
! for some for li is wife; and thus it went
round to tlie great diversion of all after
wards. We have known the same trick
played upon each other by the stern chiefs
oftlie North American Indians, with mus
tard, of which each took a spoonful, when
j dining at a white man’s table; hut, though
i tlie pungent condiment caused the big
tear to roil down their cheeks, they scorn
ed to show that they felt pain, until it had
gone round, and they smiled at each other
with taciturn gravity.—[London paper.
Newspaper Profits.— General Duff
iGreen late of the United Slates Telegraph,
has published a statement, of the amount
due to him from delinquent subscribers in
the States and Territories of the Union.
The sum total is fifty-five thousand six
. hundred dollars; of which two thousand
i and eighty seven dollars are due from the
1 State of New York. This is an enormous
j amount of arrearages, but the fact is, it is
I only to he expected from the manner in
j which tlie business of printing newspapers
is carried on in tiiis country. The system
of unlimited credit iti all directions to
I subscribers, leaving it in reality almost
! entirely to their integrity and sense of jus
tice whether anything is paid, is sure to
lie attended with a heavy and unavoidable
loss The proprietors of newspaper es
tablishments, out of the large cities, will
never realize their just profits, until the
custom of exacting payment in advance
becomes generally and rigidly enforced.
Tin: B vttle of Eleven Hi ’.nored Hor
ses.—Two of tho (Spanish) regiments
which had been quartered in Fund, were
cavalry, mounted on fine black long tailed
Andelusian horses. It was impracticable
to bring off these horses, about 1100 in
number, and Romano was not a man who
could order them to be destroyed; ho was
fond of horses himself, and knew tlint ev
ery man was attached to the beast which
bad carried him so far and so faithfully.
Their bridles were therefore taken off,
and they were turned loose upon the beach,
i A scene ensued such as probably never be
fore was witnessed. They were sensible
that they were no longer under any res- (
traint of human power. A ueiiera! con
flict ensued, in which, retaining the dis
cipline they had learned, they charged
each other in squadrons of ten or twelve
together, then closely engaged, striking;
with their fore feet, and biting and tearing
each other with the most ferocious race,
and trampling over those which were beat
en down, til! tlie shore in the course of
a quarter of an hour was strewn with the
dead and disabled. Patt of them had
been set free on a rising ground at adis- 1
tancc; they no sooner heard the roar of
1 battle, than they came thundering down
over the intermediate hedges, and catch- 1
mg the contagious madness, plunged into
the fight with equal fury. Sublime as the
scene was, it was too horrible to be lone
contemplated, and Romano, in mercy,!
gave orders for destroying them; but it
was found too dangerous to attempt this,
and after the last boats quitted the beach
tlie few horses that remained were seen
. still engaged in tlie dreadful work of mu
tual destruction.—[Southey.
A YY ORKMAN.—-“Patrick, I want some
body to kill my hogs; do you understand
butchering?” “Faith, and it’s me that
can lend von a hand at that same; but it’s
a boss you’ll want along wid me, for an
ting the fur off is the only part of the busi- j
ness I understand.”
[ The Eric Canal, which was pronounced a
visionary and impracticable project, and to such
: an extent was hostility carried, that De Witt
Clinton lest tlie vote of Herkimer County, be
cause it was said lie had ruined many of the
Imest farms oi that aiunhi by cutting a ’■ iiV
ditch" through them. ‘
The nainae of the following cadets of the U
nited States Military Academy, at West Point,
are to be attar lied tothe next Army Register,
conformably to a regulation requiring the
names of the most distinguished cadets, not
exceeding five in each class, to be reported
for the purpose at each annual examination in
the month of June:
First Class. Third Class.
Win. 11. Wright, N. C. Paul O. Hebert, La.
P. G. T. Beauregard, La. W. P. Jones, D. C.
J. H. Trapier, S. C. C.P.Kingsbury, N.C.
i S. H. Campbell, Vt J. McNutt, Ohio.
J. M. Scarritt, Mo. S. Wilcox, N. Y.
Second Class. Fourth Class.
I. J. Stevens, Mass. Z. B. Tower, Mass.
R. Q, Butler, Va. T. J. Rodmah, Ind.
11. AV. Halleck, N. Y. H. Wilson, Penn.
; J. F. Gilmer, N. C. J. Gorgas, N. Y.
H. C. Smith, Me. S. Stansbury, Md.
[Army and Navy Chronicle.
The End of the AVorld. Two or three
clergymen have recently put forth works pre
dicting the arrival of the end of the world
some time between 1840 and 1850. To all
such prophecies we have hitherto been incred
ulous; but are free to confess that facts like
tlie following, which we cut from the Boston
Times, are strongly corroborative of the truth
ot these predictions. AVhen tailors and print
ers who work on trust, begin to be paid, the
symptoms are indeed alarming:
A gentleman now residing in this city, who
formerly published a paper in Connecticut,
has recently received a letter from an old de
linquent subscriber, forking over the money
due, and expressing the utmost remorse of
conscience for having so long deprived him of
his just dues. What a b)ot will be wiped
out from the fair face of creation, when men
shall understand distinctly that cheating a
poor printer is an unpardonable sin.—[N. Y.
Sun.
Address of the Southern Convention.
There is a singular mistake in the address of
the Southern Convention, which, so far as I
know, ha3 entirely escaped a public notice,
but which for better reasons than the reader
will perceive, I would have corrected. The
aggregate amount of tlie revenues received
from tlie customs and public lands, are stated,
upon the authority of the Committee of Ways
and Means, to have been §1,053,000,000: that
is one thousand and fifty-three millions. So it
is considered throughout the address; and tlie
items that constitute tiiis amount are given;
and yet, the gross sum is twice referred to, as
being one billion andf fly-three millions. The
cause of tlie mistake is plain enough. 1(1)0
sum total appearing first and in figures, was"
carelessly and erroneously read; and the writ
er being entirely occupied with results, did
not notice the plain correction of his first im
pression, which the details presented. Those
papers that have published the address, will
please publish this correction.
THE WRITER.
Athens, 27th August, 1838.
New -Orleans, Aug. 28, 1838.
Important from Nacogdoches. A ru
mor was mentioned in our paper of Saturday,
of the import, that Texas had been invaded by
a large body of Indians. The Courier, of yes
terday, publishes advices received in town
from Nacogdoches, under date of the 12th
inst., which go to confirm this account. The
intelligence through this source is, that the
Mexicans in that part of Texas, said to be
three hundred in number, had risen in arms,
and proceeded to join 1500 Indians in that vi
cinity, who were commanded by three Mexican
generals from Matamoras. The Texian.s
seemed to consider the rising of little import
ance. General Houston, however, who was
in Nacogdoches at the time, issued a proclam
ation, calling out six hundred of the militia.
General Rusk, had already assembled 400 men
mounted, and 250 more were on their way to
join them. It was believed that the Indians
and insurgents expected to receive large re
inforcements. [Com. Bulletin.
\\ r e learn by the brig System, Capt. Murray,
arrived last evening from Havana, that intelli
gence had reached there of the assassination
of the Governor of the Island of Porto Rico,
and that about 250 of the inhabitants had been
arrested. Immediately after the receipt of the
above intelligence at Havana, an additional
number of troops, amounting to between 5 and
GOO men, were ordered to Porto Rico.—[Jour.
Commerce.
The Augusta Constitutionalist of yesterday
says—“AVe learn by letters received in this
city yesterday, that all tlie Banks in Columbus
will resume specie payments on the Ist Octo
ber next. The Bank of Rome, we learn, will
also resume on that day. There remain now
but two banks in this State to hear from, viz:
the Bank of Hawkinsville and the Bank of St.
Marys, both of which institutions we have no
doubt will be able to resume on the same day.’
The Exploring Squadron. The Condor,
at New York from A r era Cruz, when in the
Gulf Stream, on Tuesday, the 21st inst, at 8,
A. M., fell in with an American squadron, con
sisting of three ships, one brig and two schoon
ers, steering S. E. supposed to be the Explor
ing Expedition. The brig appeared to be
more fast sailing than the other vessels—wind
N. E.
News lias just reached us, that Thomas P.
Moore, notorious as “Freo Tom Moore,’ attack
ed the senior Editor of this paper in the yard of
the Ilarrodsburg Springs. Mr. Moore advanc
ed upon Mr. Prentice with a drawn pistol and
fired at him; Mr. Prentice then fired, neither
shot taking effect. Mr. P. drew a second pis
tol, when Mr. Moore quailed am! said Ire had
no other arms; whereupon Mr. Prentice, from
superabundant magnanimity spared the mis
creant’s life.—[Louisville Journal,
Singular Discovery in the Eyes of
Fishes, &c. In Silliinnn’s Journal for July,
Dr. Wallace, Oculist of this city, states that
he has observed a cavity containing water be
neath the eye-socket of certain fishes, and
communicating with the socket by an aperture
closed by a kind of valve. When pressure is
made on the cavity the water runs into the
eyc-Socket, and the eye is raised so that the
animal can see more directly before it.
The socket of the turtle’s eye communi
cates with the mouth. When the hoad is ad
vanced, the eye may be blown out to a neces
sary distance; while by evacuating the air, it
may.be sunk so far in the socket that there is
no danger of its striking against the shell
when the head is drawn back.—[N. Y. Cour.
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