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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.