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DADE INSTITUTE OF FLORIDA.
We copy the following from the N. York
Evening Star, and express our wannest desire
the project in contemplation may meet
with that support which it so justly deservee.
—[Charleston Courier.
It is with melancholy that we call the atten
tion of every generous heart in America, who
is proud of the gallantry of his countrymen,
and their heroic devotion, to the subjoined
communication, disclosing a most munificent
plan of the territorial council of Florida, to
erect a monumental institution to the memory
of our brave dead, who have perished in the
sanguinary war with the Seminoles, carried on
for years past in the hammocks and ever
glades of the country.
“There is not a State scarcely that does
not mourn an honored son in that field of death.
Florida justly deeming what is culled the
Dade massacre, as of all oilier deeds perform
ed there by our troops the one of matchless
devotion to our country, equalled only by that
of Thermopylae, proposes to found a mental
monument, where the orphans of the dead
shall be instructed, and the virtues and bra
very of their fathers be ever honored, to he
called the Dade Institute of Florida. It is to
boos noble structure, and adorned with me
morials of the deceased.
Congress is appealed to for a suitable grant,
of land, and the sympathies of the army and
militia, and citizens generally, are solicited, to
participate by their aid, in the accomplishment
of this laudable work, which should be deemed
of national interest.
Mr. J. A. L. Norman is appointed president
of the Institute, to whom ull persons are re
quested to address any communication they
have to make, directing to him at Washington
city, or Tallahassee, Florida.
An appeal on this interesting subject has
been made to Massachusetts; and shall not
the same interesting, useful and patriotic ap
peal be made to N. York, as well as to Massa
chusetts; and will it not be regarded? Who
mourns not with Thompson’s friends ? ■ Who
has forgot Fraser ? And shall Mack'iy sleep
in forgetfulness? Will not every State in
the Union, aggrieved by the loss of officers in
Florida—and what State has not to mourn
the loss of some noble and chivalric son for
ever laid beneath the hammock sod ? say that
this mental monument shall he completed, that!
the living may be educated and the dead lion- j
ored ?
Thirty-eight officers of the United States
army have already been added to the black
catalogue of death—officers belonging to al
most every State in the Union; nay, to seve
ral States in Europe. England, Ireland, and
Germany, have lent their blood to cement
this work, and when Heaven in mercy shall
sny, thus far, and no farther, shall this Scourge
of human suffering, and this loss of life he
carried, is yet with Him who holds the desti
nies of nations in his hand.
P. S. Will the editors of papers he pleased
to give this article an insertion, that the rela
tives ami friends of tire gallant dead may be
notified of what Florida would wish to accom
plish to the memories of those who have died
in her defence ?”
The writer of the following letter has re
ceived from the governor and legislative coun
cils of Florida, a resolution instructing the
delegate from that territory in Congress, to en
deavour to obtain the grant of a township of
land for the establishment of the institute de
scribed below. It is an object appealing at
once to humanity and patriotism, and is enti
tled therefore to the public consideration.
To the survivors ami relations of the dead of i
the Pulaski.
To say that I join you in grief for the dead
of the Pulaski, in which grief a nation joins
you, is uttering the sentiments of my heart— ;
a heart not unused to griefs—you will there-1
fore excuse me should there appear any thing j
irrelevant in what I am about to suggest.
Yon are hereby apprised of what Florida
would endeavour to do—raise a Westminster
in America, to the brave dead who have fallen
in her defence—charitably educate the or
phans, made orphans by the Seminole war,;
and in the combination of Westminster Abbev
and Westminster School, raise a work pleas
ant to the heart, and delightful to the under
standing.
Now what I would respectfully suggest to
you is this. \oti ore about being consulted
for the purpose ol raising a proper monument
to the dead of the Pulaski. This is noble
and proper. To do less would be injustice to
the living, as well as ingratitude to the dead—
for virtue is strengthened by the remembrance
of the virtues of the dead, and thereby the
living is benefitted. Savannah is proposed as
a proper position where to place a monument,
and correctly so. In every state in the union,
aggrieved by the loss of citizens, by the de
struction of the Pulaski, should monuments
be raised, and poor, devastated, mourning
Florida deserves also to have one raised, for
she has suffered much in this heart rending
disaster. What 1 would therefore imrtieukriv
request, is, that you suggest to your fellow -
citizens, should you deem my request proper,
and the subject worthy, that they would be
pleased to use their influence, with their mem
bers in Congress, in the endeavour to obtain
aid, for founding the Dade Institute of Florida,
by a grant of land from Congress, which is
prayed by the legislative council of Florida,
and is now before the committee on public
lands.
The prayer grr.r.tr-d, «;>il the iiistitu
tntion going on in usefulness, educating poor
orphans in virtue and happiness, I would then
further respectfully- suggest fa tin* parents
who liave lost their children in the Pulaski,
and 1 am informed some twenty or thirty chil
dren have been sent to Him, who has said let
little ’''children come to me,” that a monu
ment be placed in the Dade Institute of Flor
ica, commemorative of the destruction of the
little innocents, as veil as est the whole awful
calamity, that the youth in the Dade Institute
of Florida, might always have before their
eyes, that even infants are regarded as heirs
of immortality, and thus be induced to follow
virtue, and attain after righteousness. And
this is also urged upon the charitable and hu
mane of the nation.
Surely, should yon approve of what I have
suggested, and would make it know n to your
fellow citizens, and they to their members in
Congress, the donation of and prayed for by
Florida from Congress to found the Dade In
stitute of Florida, would be granted, and then
the charitable and humane of the nation would
have a nuclous around which to centre, and
tonn a work worthy of man and blest by
Heaven. \ cry respectfully, your fellow citi
len ’ J. A. L. NORMAN,
T , * resident of the Dade Institute.
Boston, July % 18*l« ,
J J-Vom the MiUedfftville Recorder, ‘3C\th ult.
THE CHEROKEES.
The following extract of a letter, under date
j of the 15th inst. from Gen. Scott to Gov. Gil
i mer, will be found interesting to such of our
| readers as arc desirous of obtaining correct
I information in regard to the emigration of the
j Cherokees.
Head Quarters, Eastern Division,
Cherokee Agency, Oct 15, 1838.
i “ The Cherokees, as it is known were divi
j ded into two political parties—friends and np
] poneuts of the treaty of New Eel iota. Os the
j former, there were, remaining east in May
last about 500 souls—of the latter, including
! 376 Creeks,* a little more than 15,000. About
12,500 of the anti-treaty party were emigrated
in June last, when (on the 10th) the movement
I was suspended by my order, until the first of
! September, oil account of the heat and the
j sickness of the season. The suspension was
j approved by the war department, in anticipa
! tion, by an order to that effect received a few
1 days later. The Indians had already, with
1 but very few exceptions, been collected by the
troops, and I was further instructed to enter
into the arrangement with the delegation, (Mr.
John Ross and his colleagues) which placed
| the removal of the 1*2,500 immediately into
! their ow n hands.
[ “ The drought, which commenced in July
and continued till the end of September,
1 caused the loss of a month in the execution of
j the new arrangement. Detachments are now
jin march for the West; three or four others
j will follow this week and as many more the
■ next—all by land, 000 miles—for the rivers
j are yet very low. The other party, making
a small detachment, is also on the road, after
being treated by the United States, in com
mon with their opponents, with the utmost
j kindness and liberality. Recent reports from
these five detachments, represent, as I am
I happy to say, the whole as advancing with
i alacrity in the most perfect order. The re
' nmiiuler of the tribe are already organized
; into detachments, and each is eager for pre
-1 credence in the march—except the sick and
1 decrepid, w ith a few of their friends as nltcn
i da.uts, w ho will constitute the last detachment, >
and which must wait for the renewal of steam
navigation.
“ By the new arrangement, not an addition- j
ill dollar is to be paid by the United States to,
or on account of the Cherokees. The whole
expense of the removal as before, is to be do- j
ducted from the monies previously set apart
by the treaty, and the late act of Congress in
aid thereof.
“ Among the party of 12,.>00 there has pre
vailed an almost universal cheerfulness since ;
the date of the new arrangement. The only
exceptions were among the North Carolinians !
—a few of whom, tampered with by designing
white men, and under the auspice's alluded to
above, were induced to run back, in the hope
of buying lands and remaining in their native
'mountains. A part of these deluded Indians j
have already been brought in by the troops, j
i aided by Indian runners sent by Air. ltoss and
his colleagues, and the otiiers are daily ex
-1 pected down by the same means.
“In your State, I am confident there are
not left a dozen Indian families, and the head
of each is a citizen of the United States.
“For the aid and courtesies 1 have received j
from Georgia, throughout this most critical
and painful service, I am truly thankful, and
I have the honor to remain with high con
sideration, your excellency’s most obedient
■servant, \Y IN FIELD SCOTT.
* The whole number found here the last
j summer—most of whom had long boon domes
ticated with the Cherokees, and with whom
many ot their warriors fought by our side at
, the battle of the llorse Shoe.
A paragraph in the New York Commercial
Advertiser, states that, letters have been re
ceived in London, from Messrs. Grey & Liisli
ington, who sailed from the Cape of Good j
Hope a year ago, with the design of cxplor- !
ing the interior of New Holland, from the I
north west coast, announcing the failure of 1
the expedition through the hostility of the na- j
lives. The party succeeded only in travelling
about 70 miles inward, and were then forced j
F> re*nrn, having been attacked by a superior
force. Mr. Grey was wounded with a spear.
_
Mr. Van Aniburgh and one of Ids tigers;
were to go up in a balloon, from Vauxhall
Garden, London, Sept. 27t!i.
A brilliant ball (says the Pensacola
Gazette,) was given on the evening of
the 10th inst. at the Florida house, in j
honor of Perry’s victory on lake Eric.
The whole of the long saloon was thrown
open to the dancers, and yet it was a per
fect squeeze. Scarcely could the pretty
creatures, who filled the apartment, find
room to put down their tiny feet. North
ing less than the sober gravity of an edit
or, with four children at home, and a
wile at tlfe ball, could have resisted the
intoxicating influence of the scene. In
the midst ol the revelry, was presented
the unusual spectacle of an old vveath
, erbeaten jacktar, marching arm in arm
through the saloon, with an officer of the
navy high in rank. With the iustmet of
an editor, always on the lookout for an
I incident, we sought an explanation of the >
i scene, and found that our friend Jack re-?
juiced in the name ol Smith, (John Smith,,
most probably)—that he was one of the,
boat’s crew, w ho, on the day of the bat
i tie of lake Erie, rdwed the immortal Per- 1
jry from his own ship to the Niagara.
'Flie gentleman who had conducted him
through the room, was made acquainted
with Smith's presence at the door, and
with bis services on the occasion alluded
to, and influenced hv a momentary en
thusiasm, which broke down all the dis
tinctions of rank, he brought the gallant
tar into a scene where lie must have felt
himsell less at home than amid the thun
ders ot the battle of lake Erie. He was
subjected to broadside after broadside, I
from the artillery of bright eyes all around
him. He told us, in true forecastle lin- i
go; how Perry would not set down in the I
boat how the boat was riddled by the I
shot of the enemy how they rowed <
round the starboard hows ot the Niagara, l ;
aud all that. s ’j;
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
New-York, Oct. 25.
Important from Washington. —We
learn from a source which may be relied
on, that on Monday last, a gentleman of
high character waited upon the President
of the United States, and laid before him
letters, documents, &c. &.c.; which lie
j had received from France, and which were
intended to prove, that the expedition
now fitting out in France ostensibly &-
!gainst Mexico, is in reality intended a
' gainst the Island of Cuba !
The communication is said to have ex
cited considerable uneasiness at Wash
iugton, hut wc are sure unnecessarily. —
! France well knows that such a proceed
ing would he looked upon as a' Declara
tion of War against the United States
and Great Britain, and treated according
ly, and therefore cannot entertain the idea.
After all, is it certain this expedition is
intended to act in this hemisphere? It is
ordered to rendezvous at Cadiz. Now
if Vera Cruz he its object or any other
Mexican port, we should have thought
that Guadalotipe or Martinique would be
a more natural place of rendezvous, either
being but a few days sail from the coti-
I tempi uteri scene of operations. At any
rate, they will have to go, should Mexico
he the object in view. It is impossible
for a large squadron, composed of vessels
differing in their rate of sailing and steam
ships, to cross the Atlantic and arrive on
the battle ground in that order which is
necessary to act with efficacy. They
must have some adjacent place where
they can marshall their forces and arrange
their plan of attack. The British expe
ditions to a distant point always found the
observance of this rule necessary. Ja
maica, it will he recollected, was the place
of rendezvous for the forces which attack
ed New Orleans.
The New-York Commercial Adverti
srr states that a letter from Bristol has
been received within a few days, in which
it is stated that the (ireat MresfcrK Steam
l Ship Company have determined to in
crease their capital from <1230,000 to
FI ,000,000, and have ordered the keels
to he immediately laid of four new steam
ships, each larger than the Great Hist
rni.
Mr. Napier, the machine manufactur
er at Glasgow, nOw constructing the ma
chincrv of the British Queen, says, that
that splendid vessel will he ready to leave
the Clyde in the beginning of December.
Wc may therefore expect the British
Queen, Capt. Roberts, before New Year’s
Day. The Great Western is to he laid
up in the vv inter. 'Flic proprietors of the
British Quern arc determined to run
her all winter—so probably will the Liv
erpool, expected this week.
The way it is done in England.—Some
time ago, the Hull steamer blew up, and
j several deaths were the consequence.
| The Coroner’s Inquest, in their verdict,
censured both the construction of the
j vessel and the conduct of the navigators.
Besides that, they fined the owners, by
j way of a deodand, >7,500, for one death.
Now it is quite impossible that such a
verdict should be ventured on by any
inquest in this country, or if ventured on,
tolerated tty the community at large.
Why the tiling is laughable in free
America, and would only furnish mate
rials for a good farce at the Theatre.
Wl lat, hold an inquest over the bodies of
men blown up by steam ? The very idea
is ludicrous; and certainly unheard of.
Some 1200 people lost their lives last
year by “ steam boat accidents ,” and who
ever dreampt ol calling a coroner’s jury ?
'Flic only thing called is a meeting of the
survivors, if any happen to escape with
whole skins, who, in the approved fashion
on such occasions, pass a vote of thanks
to such officers as are not amomr the
missing, that they were not blown up
also. —[St. Louis Daily Gazette.
A patent has been taken out in Eng
land, lor anew kind of fuel for steam
chips; it is made of the stone peat of Ire
land, and tar, subjected to a high pres
sure, and occupies only one seventh of
the space which coals do to give equal
power. It this succeeds in being cheap
ly manufactured, it is confidently pre
dicted that in ten years, the whole trade
between Europe and America, will be
carried on in large ocean steamers. The
saving of time being such an important
matter that it vessels can be constructed
so as not to require nearly all their room
tor fool, sailing vessels cawevt compete
with them even hi freight.
A NSW HER Fh.v:n»!! Fyfit Capt.
Duckhnrt, at this port yesterday, left Ha
vana 12th inst. and reports, tliat the
French brig Couraiser from Brest for
Vera Cruz, had arrived at Havana the
captain of which stated that a larre
squadron sailed in company to reinforce
the blockade at Vera Cruz. The Prince
de Joinvillc was in command of one of
the Corvettes.
Freights for the United States in de
mand and high, and fewer vessels in port
than are generally at this season of the
year. Freights for Europe nominal.—
The health of the city unusually good
during the summer.—[Balt.Am.26thlnst.
An* old one.— lhe sloop Nancy re
newed her register and coasting license
to-day—she having been built at Pem
broke in the year 1787, being now fifty
one years old ! We doubt whether there
are many older vessels now serviceable,
ui the country.—[Mercantile Journal.
Advantages op Steam. The advan-j
tages to our manufactures and trade, in
j facilitating the transmission of goods and
intelligence, cheapening the cost of the
interchange of commodities and quicken
ing the rate, bringing distant places near,
and rendering the treasures of remote
countries more accessible; are obvious
enough, and can be easily appreciated.
But there are higher considerations than
the mere commercial advantages grow
ing out of increased facilities for inter
| course between nations. Free intercourse
between different countries is eminently
calculated to remove those national pre
judices and animosities, without which I
! war could not flourish. The friendships
and connections of commercial relations,
which would be formed to nations which
1 had been some time at peace, and had
easy access to each other, and through
out each country, by steam navigation j
| and railways, would be a powerful bar
rier against the ambitious or selfish pro
jects of those political or military adven
turers, whose ends lead them to plunge j
two nations into the horrors of war.
That community of feeling which would ■
he generated by a knowledge of the true
interests of nations, would be strength- j
ened by the associations of those who
had stood in the sacred relation of host
and guest —who had experienced each
other’s courtesy and hospitality—shared
the same pleasures—sat at the same board.
Facility of intercourse would greatly mul
tiply and increase those kindly spmpa
thies, and loster those feelings of bro
therhood among nations. The steam
engine is—and when each country is in
tersected with railroads, will be much
more—a powerful means of increasing
those ties of friendship and commercial
interest; and assuredly, along w ith other
causes, will hasten the happy period
which one may look for without being
deemed a visionary, when it shall he felt
that human race are indeed of “one
brotherhood”—when “ swords shall be
turned into ploughshares, and spears into
pruning hooks”—“ when nation shall not
i lift up sword against nation, neither shall
they learn war any more.”
The way it is done in England.—
Sometime ago, the Hull steamer blew* up
and several deaths were the consequence.
J The Coroner's Inquest, in their verdict,
| censured both the constructions of the
| vessel and the conduct of the navigators.
Besides that, they fined the owners, by
way of a deodand, §7,500, for one death.
| Now it is quite impossible that such a
I verdict should be ventured on by any in
| quest it this country, or if ventured on,
tolerated by the community at large.—
j Why—the thing is laughable in free; A-
I merica—and would only furnish, materials
for a good force at the Theatre. What,
hold an inquest over the bodies of men
blown up by steam? The very idea is lu
dicrous—and ceartainly unheard of.—
Some 1200 people lost their lives last
j year by “steam boat accidents," and who
ever dreampt of colling a coroner’s jury?
j The only thing called is a meeting of the
j survivors, if any happen to escape with
whole skins, who, in the approved fashion
on such occasions, pass a vote of thanks
to such officers as are not among the
! missing, that they were not blown up also.
St. Louis Daily Gazette.
j Cherokee Emigration. The latest
information respecting the removal of the
Cherokee Indians to the west, is contained
in an extract of a ietter from the corres
pondent of the Cassvillc Pioneer, dated
Athens, Tennessee, October 13, 1838.
“There is no news at the Agency. On
Thursday last, a detachment of 700
Cherokees left that place, for their home
in the far west. About three weeks since,
three detachments of one thousand each,
1 left there, under the care of three chiefs,
for the west.
j “Great blame existed against General
I Scott, lor giving the command ofthcemi-,
gration to John Ross. There is not more
than 5 or 6(100 Indians now to remove.”
Interesting from Canada. The N.
York Post says:—“We hear from a source
jwe deem respectable, that there is likely
to he further trouble on the frontier.—
A gentleman writes—‘Things arc coming
to a head on the frontier. I think by the
Ist proximo we shall have a renewal of
the Canada war, and if I am not deceived,
under an organization, and with a recip
rocity on the part of the inhabitants gen
erally, very different from what charac
terized last winter's and spring’s opera-i
lions.”
Hie British Odd regiment lias been or-,
dered from Halifax to Canada, on account
ot the recent indications of fresh disturb
ances. j
Accommodating Notes. “Uncle
Obadiah,” said a graceless young mer
chant, who had about consumed his pat
rimony, to a shrewd old Quaker relative,
“I can have a thousand dollars at the
hank, which I want to use a few days, till
1 collect some of my heavy outstandings,
and l will thank you just to put your
name on the back of this note.” “Whv,
Nathan, what does thee want inv nano,
on the back of the note for?” “O, only
a mere matter of form; the Bank always
requires two names. It will make no
difference or trouble to you, I shall take
it up when due.” “But, Nathan, will
they not ask me to pay the thousand dol
lars, it thee don't pav it?” “Why—ali—
whv, yes—if I don't." “Well, Nathan, I
think I had better not put it on, for if (
thee don't pay it, I’m sure I don't want to.;
! [From the Georgia (Columbus) Argus.] i
The Sentinel and Herald wish to know
if the Mr. King who is elected State Sen
ator from Glynn is the same who is elect
ed to Congress; “and if so, as he is pro
hibited under the constitution from hold
ing both officers, which does he intend to
resign?”
I can inform them that it is the same I
Mr. King, and that he will not resign !
either office until after the session of the '
Legislature, unless instructed to do so by j
those who understand the constitution
better than the editors of the Sentinel
and Herald.
Mr. King, though elected, is not a mem-1
her of Congress yet, nor will he be until
the fourth of March next; and long ere
that time, he can liave served Glynn l
county in the State Legislature and re
signed his scat.
Did the editors-of the Sentinel and
Herald, or any of the Union people, ob
ject to Mr. Lumpkin when he was* elect-'
ed Governor whilst an actual member |
of Congress? In his case there might j
have been some inconvenience to the peo- |
pie, provided his services were worth any
thing; for lie might have been called to!
Washington before wc could have elect-;
ed a succcsssor. Mr. Forsyth was like-j
wise elected Governor while he was a
member of Congress.
I should suppose if any one had a right j
to complain ot Mr. King’s holding two
\ offices, it would be the people of Glynn
county. They, however, appear to be
pretty well satisfied with him, judging
trotn the vote he received for Congress;
it being much larger than the united vote
of the two parties.
A SUPPORTER OF THE CONSTITUTION.
There is no more*, fruitful subject for
j speculation than the change likely to be
effected in the growing facility of inter
course between Europe and America.—
Heretofore, notwithstanding the vast im
provements in the construction and equip
ment ot our noble packet ships, the de
lays and discomfort necessarily incident
to s« long a sea voyage, have been suf
ficient to deter a large majority of foreign
i travellers from directing their course to
i wards America. The consequence has j
been that this country has been the resort 1
ot few, except such as may have come j
, here to reside, or whose business pursuits ;
have led them to sojourn amongst us for
a season. It is true that of iate years
there have been occasionally men of edu
cation and intelligence who have sought
our shores, more for the purpose of in
specting the magnificent features of our
scenery, or of acquiring scientific infor
i mation, than of commingling with our
people, and procuring a knowledge of.
their habits and customs. Os this latter 1
class, howevpr, as we said before, the j
number has been very small, and foreign '
nations have been left to judge of us ’
through the misrepresentations of writers, i
who had neither the intellect to appreci-1
ate what they met with, nor the honesty
to describe matters as they really found
them to exist.
In speaking to us of the introduction of
Atlantic steam navigation and its effects,
a friend of distinguished talent and worth
made use of an expression which struck j
us as being peculiarly forcible and happy. I
He said that it was “bridging the Atlun-j
tic,” and making America, as it were, a
part of Europe. Should steam n:rviga-|
tion he gradually adopted, as will in all
probability lie the case, as the medium :
through which our personal and epistol
ary intercourse with Europe will be kept
up, there will be crowds of people con- j
stantly passing to and fro. Instead ofj
visiting scenes of the old world, so often 1
frequented as to have become as familiar!
as their own firesides, the wealthy and j
well educated on the other side of the At-j
lantic will resort to our shores in search
of novelty, whilst, on the other hand, such
of our countrymen as have the means, will
hasten to visit parts of the world that have
been the subjects of their constant studies.
The gifted and learned of both hemis
pheres will he brought into communion,
and an interchange of sentiment will take
place that cannot he any thing but bene
ficial. The unprincipled rqiresentations
of hireling book-makers will cease to be
mischievous, because their fallacies will
be exposed and put down, even by their
own countrymen. Nor will a less salu-|
tary effect he produced in reference to the !
political opinions which have heretofore I
been considered as barriers to the cultira- j
tion of good feeling '.'ctvveen the old and j
new worlds, inasmuch as a nearer inspec
tion will satisfy all parties that prejudice
has caused notions to be formed on both j
sides which are not sustained by facts.—
How much has it been the case that peo-!
pic have imagined themselves bound to be i
enemies to each other merely because
they live under different forms of govern
ment; whereas a nearer view of their re-!
spective institutions would convince them
that, so far as the ordinary intercourse ot
ot life is concerned, the system of govern
ment under which a man may live has but
little if any thing to do with his moral
principles and social affections. M itliin
the last twenty years much has been done
to dispel the mists of prejudice, but there
still remains an immense amount of mis
conception to he corrected, and nothing
can contribute more to so desirable an
object, than the free and unlimited inter
course which is about to exist. Should
the plans already projected he carried out,
not only will business relations be placed
upon (lie best footing, hut the interests of
literature and the arts will be promoted,
whilst ties of kindred that have long been
rent asunder will be again reestablished.
America will no longer be regarded as a
place of estrangement; her institutions will
be understood and duly appreciated, and
thus through her instrumentality will the
light of liberty be diffused and carry bless
ings every where.
Augusta a Port of Entry. The res
olution submited by our esteemed towns
man, John Phinizy, at the meeting of the
Georgia delegation, to the late commer
cial convention, appointing a committee
to prepare a memorial, and obtain signa
tures thereto, praying Congress to make
Augusta a port of entry, has generally, we
believe, met with a very favorable recep
tion. It will evidently be favorable to
our importing merchants here, and will
do the city no harm. We happy
to see the proposition oarried into effect.
[Aug. People’s Press, 26th inst.
An Infernal Machine. We this day
heard from Colonel Haskell, at the coro
ner’s office, a most remarkable circum
stance, which occured in the lower part
of Bleecker street last night. It appeared
from lus statement that an -engineer, en
gaged on the Cotton Waterworks, living
in Bleeker street, had been in the habit,
during the summer, of sleeping with the
window open. This seemed t» give au
opportunity to some evil disposed persons
to attempt a robbery. The engineer saw
on several occasions sonic persons lurking
near his premises, and suspecting their
designs, determined to set a trap for them.
He accordingly constructed an “infernal
machine,” formed of a board, on which
were placed two bowie knives. This
board was made to fit into the window,
and drawn back by a spring, the con
ductors being two threads placed across
the window, which if touched, would im
mediately cause the machine to strike a
gainst the intruder. He then told the
person in the house that he was going out
of town, and fastened his doors. Last
night, a man, deeming the coast clear, at
tempted to enter; the spring being touch
ed the board flew home, and one of the
knives entered the man’s body, while the
board striking him with great violence,
forced him some feet from the window.—
He was picked up bleeding and insensi
ble. He is said to be a notorious thief.
[N. Y. Whig.
The tolls collected on the New York
State Canals during the third week in
September were in 1837, §49,751*98;
in 1838, §63,847*83. The merchandize
shipped at Albany and West Troy for the
same week was, in 1837, 5,411,000 lbs.;
in 1838, 9,874,500 pounds. The flour
and wheat arriving at the Hudson river,
via the canals, was, during the same pe
riod, as follows. In 1838, 33,308 bar
rels of (lour, and 51,676 bushels of wheat;
in IB3S, 40,134 barrels of flour, and
22,175 bushels of wheat.
The Frenchman and the Bank. —“ Vat
you say, sare ? Vill you read sare? Is
this not one ten dollar yours, sare? Vill
yon not pay the l’argent, sare—de sil
vare, <le gold, de copper ?”
We have suspended, sir, and do not re
deem our notes in coin.”
“ Suspende? what dat—hang by the
neck like one damn thieving dog? O
no, sare, you no deceive me, sare, by
Gar, I will shoot you mit de pistele, de
gun, de cannon, sare—eh! Vill you no
pay de I’argent?”
“ No, Mr. Trompfe, we cannot redeem
the note now, but will when the other
banks pay theirs.”
“ Veil de other bauque pay dairs sare?
By Gar, de oder bauque say de same,
when you pay yours, sare? Mon dieu —
de la mouie, de silvare, gold, coppare,
I’argent, sare. I will be revenge, sare.
Look eere—l tear de damn billet note in
little piece—l spit on him—l chew him
—you lose your dam note sare—l am
revenge,—l am revenge, —I am, by Gar,
revenge.”
So saying, the little Frenchman walked
out of the bank with the imperial air of a
Napoleon.— [Steubenville Union.
An Adventurous Ladv. —A French
lady, named Dangeville, said to be a
sister of the Deputy for the Department
of the Ain, ascended to the summit of
Mont Blanc on the 4th inst. She quitted
1 1he valley of Chamouni on the 3d at an
nearly hour in the morning, slept at the
Grands Mulcts, and reached her
[destination at twelve o’clock on the 4tM
She remained on the summit of tHr
mountain for about an hour, wrote some
notes, and drank a health to the C QI HP
de Paris.—The guides hy whom she wjpt
accompanied spoke in the highest term*
of her courage, perseverance, and pw*"
cure of mind, and the cheerfulness with
which she encouraged them, chatting and
joking with tliein during the entire of the
asceiit. Previously to this successful
trip, the feat had been accomplished only
by one female, a person ot C hamotini,
who, on reaching the grand plateau, be
came exhausted with fatigue, and was
carried by force to the summit. Mdlle.
Dangeville, on her return to Chamouni,
on the morning of the sth, was received
with the utmost enthusiasm by the inhab
itants, who proceeded to meet her, and
fired salutes of cannon in honor of her
exploit.
If every body would mind his own
business there would be more business
done.