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Frowi thr .Yea York Commerce' Adveiliter.
Extracts fre® Sir. (iuille's Jour
nal.
Jful shortly they will cowe the louns !
Some auld light herds in neebur towns
Are roind’t, in things they ca’ balloons,
To tak a flight,
An’ stay a month among the moons.
An’ see them right,
Guid observation they will gie them;
An’ when the autd moon’* gaun to lea’ them,
The hindmost shaird,the’ll fetch it wi’ them,
Just i’ their pouch,
An’ when the new-tight billies see them,
I think they’ll crouch !
Season of blossoms, 6 mo. 6, year of dis
covery, 427.—Every thing being ready—
stores aboard, and gas-pipes stopt —cut our
Cables and put to sea, at 5 I’. M. a gentle
breeze from S. S. W. The land-iubbera
ffave us three hearty cheers, which would
lave been returned, but a sudden concps
sion of the windy elements—the crew not
having got their saa-legs, were ait capsized
on deck * * * * # !
A gust of wind drove iis due south for a few
knots Passed over Tammany Hall—saw a j
Hinl »f Wisdom hovering over the Grand
Sqchem'a gulden cap. Mem. To enquire
whether tins bird be the guardian spirit of
the Society, which, with a mighty power,
rules the Department of New-York ; and
also whether the Owl was not the emblem
of die Homan ha .iters, instead of the f ugle,
as same vulgar minds seem to suppose. i
* * * t • • • The gale I
increasing, took in the top-gallant moon sail, '
lulled, and beat io the N. N. E. New Y ork
looked very like Stoilenwerck’a Panorama
—except there were no militia on duty—
the Chandler ot Deputies having passed ,
an or datum ce that nobody can understand
* * * • * Hose rapidly, j
and fearing that we should go too high,
kepi all likiklYat the gas pump. • s •
Descended about four thousand feet—the
ships and craft in he harbour, and tboae
coming up the narrows, to Quarantine, look
ed like a school of dolphins. * • ltose
rapidly again and the wind shifting, unreef
cd the top gallant mtmn sail, and stood due
N. * Me a balloon trom Bankrupt's Is
land, freighted with bunk-paper, tor Ken
tucky. N B. a good hit—best way to col. I
omzc the Island. * • We passed by a |
hail bank, and filled a large hst to bring
down with us ; but owing to the influence |
of the gas, or to some other cause, the lisil
began to melt, and we concludi d to save it
by making some ice-punch.—Hail stones as
large as turkey’i eggs. * • The Wind
agam shifted, and we tacked about and stood |
to the South—tan wind, and the crew all in !
good spirits. N. B. Jnat emptied their turn- ;
oh*** of punch. • • Passing by the Dog- 1
f'sr—hoisted a signal, and stood in lor the
harbour. A pitot put -ts and inturmed u»
that the hydrophobia was rag.ng badty, and
that unfortunately the Gomel in | assiug that j
way lu'eiy, w.tli the other vegetables had
burnt up all the tcull cap. —.l/cm To take
a quantity on our next voyage. Pot to sea
immediately. * • Passing over a cloud,
the ciiptaui succeeded in catcning a piece,
whit,l, Ik zed like a sponge. * As
certained dial the vim never se s, but, after I
he goes down a suffice nt distance, he aim- ;
ply veils Ins face, and by the aid ot moon
and aiai' hgh', returns to his station in the
east. . I let*. I'o inquire how Sir Isaac New
ton euiiw to make so great a mistake upon
this siibjeot, * About .400.1 leagues above
the rai di, saw a piece of a rain bow, which ,
we judged to have been broken off by sonic
accident. I'lie cold so intense that the mer
cury in endeavouring to s.uk below the
thermometer, burst the bulb. • • Made
the w ake of the comet, and as v s out sail,
calculate soon io board him. * * Driven
somewhat out of our Hack by an elegant \
thunder-storm. Query : would it not be
Well I r Price and Simpson to borrow one
ot tin- kind tor the next representation of 1
Lear ? buttled a little of the lightening as a
specimen. * * • Soon made the
track ot die comet—undertook to make a
lunar observation, but none of our appara
tus would work—we were so high we could
distinctly set that the world is not hung up
on a crank like a grindstone. * * the
needle traversed due east, as near as we
con d judge from a solar observation. Que
ry. Might not the magnets which suspend
Mahomet's coffin, in this region, counteract
the ordinary powers ot ilia needle! • •
Found we gained fast upon the comet; but
could not account lor its being so intensely
cold—drew a cork from a boide of Nabob,
but fount! it frozen quite through. Tried a
bottle of Cognise with tile same success.
.Hem. I'o caution the grocers not to put
so much water to their brandy, especially
for the use of aerial voyagers. • • • •
I’s'sed by s small planet, and saw them sel
ling land at auction—they wished us to give
them a bid, but we told them w« were not |
la, it speculators, and advised them to make
purchases m the Florida*—They laughed
heartily at this, and shrugging their shoul
ders a-ked us it there were any Dough faces
in thr Florida*— hem. Least sani soonest
mended * * * Caiue up with and
board, d the comet, but could neither ascer
tain the alitnd" nor longitude. The inhab
itants were not at all alarmed at our ap
proach j indeed they seemed quite familiar
wit*, our persons and character. They ap
pearrJ well acquainted with the politics of
New-York, and asited us many questions.
YVe dare not lake any newspapers ashore,
for mar they would take fire, and then we
alt-wild have no more to read until we re
turned; but N>,l Skyscraper swore he
wouid make the experiment, as he thought
them to hot that they wouid burn up me
cornel, before tke c unel would burn up
them-. Ihe experiment was uccessiul; the
Advocate was taken rsho. e, and read with
delight. They were particularly charmed
With the result of the la,e election; bt
cau-e it resembled an election which tney
had just clossd there, between the Luck
bain and Lintoncansi, two formidable pa,
ties—the former ot which pre-vai ed. file
difference between ine ji was. that the for
men broke their eggs at’tlu little ends, am
tile .alter at the big ends. n u lS ,|, ev wer ,
happily victorious, they had resolved „
calling s convention cu ,„„ Ul
ttou, which Should bilge their opponents
to break their eggs at the lml e end, or i„<
break them ai ait. stepped into a book
s ore, and ft und a fine suc-p-sk.n edition o
'he Address of Fitly one wortmei oi n„
U!thcr world.— * * • • We asc
Lued the geology of the comet, t
harts, . ut, fiery b,.,!y. Hts tad is c imp
ttu m hat uucaccous particles, which
tvhiz of fly from him like water from a
grind-stone. This make the tail. * • The
nhabitar.ts are a very sprightly set—have
liirmed peace societies with the motto, “ if
you let its alone, we will let you Alone” —told
ibem the news from Europe, aud Alexander
was expelled forthwith.—Satv in the market
a few barrelsof pickled salamander*, ot which
the inhabitants are very fond- 'look a keg,
as they must he good in the cold regions.
Mem. giva a few to Doctor Mitchell. Set
sail anti stood N. by E. • * Squall * *
oauast having shifted came near capsizing—
took in tails, sent a hand below, and tne bal
loon soon righted and we again pressed ad
sail. • • Approached a heavenly body,
which, from their swearing—Oh Jupiter !
by Jupiter ! Sec. we took for the planet of
that name—could not make a port. * •
Were so high that the stars glittered about
Us in awful majesty. * * Saw Arcturus
and the Pleiades, of which Job spoke. *
Struck against a small star, but the captain
gnt out and pushed off the balloon. *
Found Mars in the tail of the Scorpion, and
as we heard the drums beat concluded that
we would land and see the militia * they
aflworea plate and feather * * told us
th it they were about sending a few bottles
of the Tincture of Courage to the Neapoli
tans, aud a box of Constitution* for general
I use. Mem. They said they would prepare
one for Ncrw-York, if requested!.. . Took
our departure. Marriages were going on
in Venus, where we hailed and asked the
result of the Queen’s trial. . . . Passed Mer
cury, where we heard orators narraiiguig
at a great rate, some crying tariff", and others
no tariff, as loud as they could bawl. . . Un
stopped one of the safety valves, and de
i scended in the direction of the moon, thro'
j a winding track of sparkling glory, as the
I poet says Meant to have Had a pull ai
afte of Sa'urn’s wings, and were blown off
the coast. • Made the. Moon, the sun was
in Canqpr, and the moon in opposition. 180
•legrees of the Z idiac of Capricorn. * *
! As we entered the harbor, met an air steam-
I boat, Fitch, commander. N. U. t his ac
counts for his sudden disappearance from
the Delaware. * Landed, and found the
moonities a very refined set of people. * *
They laughed at the Broadway telescope
through which the boy* are so often peep
ing at them—their teleacopes six times as
big—took a look below—the Catskili moun
tains about as large as a bed of parscley,
and the Atlantic ocean not bigger than what
we be-ow call the “ man in the moon” * *
; People fond of theatricals, and were anxi-
I ously looking for Kean, who was to visit
( them after he had completed his Boston en-
I gagemtnt. N. B. Having taking passage
I in tile Martha, and made otf, he lias broken
his engagement again, * * * Merchants
ami Auctioneers all by the ears * * took
in a few bottles of moon-shine for the stage,
' to be used as lightning in the next thunder-
I storm Our drinkables
j being exhausted, and fearing lest, our friends
i whom we left below, should he untier ap
, prehensions lor our safety, we bade good
' night to M elanie Luna, and shaped our
, Course towards the earth
• Gnt rather farther north than we intended,
and met with a charming onow storm which
1 probably dissolved fro it tiie fleecy Hakes of
I anow, to Ihe glittering drops of dew, before
it reached the earth. . . . Arrived with
in a few rods of the earth, a gust of wind
brought to our ear a piece of manuscript
poetry, w liich the captain at once determin
ed to put in for the fifty dollar prize ; but
unluckily on running over it, he found it
j t<* ou'iten 6nt thirty-iilin dues, anti tnc pro
posal stipulates that there shall not be less
than forty hence therefore, they most be
I forever lost to the world, unless entered
1 here in the log-hook.
“ The winds were hush’d, the full orb’d
queen of night
" Shed through the heavens her soft meridi
an light;
M Clear beam’d the stars, a sweet and chas
ten’d.glow
“ Os beauty, mellow’d all the scene below;
1 “ The rays that mantled ev’ry mountain’s top,
“ Anti clad the vales—but stop, my muse,
Stop, Stop;
“ I do declare
“ It is not fair
“ This night to deal in pompous strains
sublime,
“ But save them for another time ;
“ I only meant to *ay, ’twas midnight deep,
“ When birds, and beasts, and men were fast
asleep;
‘‘E’en Echo’s self was tir'd and stink to rest,
“ Though not perhaps uodrest.
“ Morpheus, in tact, had bound each drowsy
wight,
“ Save Burb’ry's, thoughtful sage. He all
that night
" Felt a strong tympanum within his head,
“ And ever and anon crawl’d out of bed
| “To view tlte inoon ; for e'er his time-worn
brain
" She once a fortnight holds her noteivt reign.
** *Y’on orb,’ he cries, ‘ and those bright lamps
that roll,
“ ‘Express my placid harmony of soul;
“ ‘Wavering, yet constant to their true in
tent.’
“ But here his breath was spent;
“ Or ratbar, here he stopp’d upon the brink
" Os thought, to cull out what he meant to
think,
“ Uutsuddcn, as he stood in mute surprise,
“ Flames, smoke, and clouds stream’d up
before his cy es.
“ ‘1 vow, I vow,
“ Ton theatre is timely wrapp'd in flatr.e,
“ * t o shed a lustre on my glorious name.
“Behold the “Siege of Tripoli,”
“ • Mow bright its beauteous pages fly,
“ * In y onder smoke—this is no juke ;
“ * And Uhippt wa, “ Sr.e wouid a soldier be,”
*• 'Shall long eke out my immortality.
•• * My plays which late illum’d the stage,
“ ‘ Be ho d ’ they now iliuuie the world!”
[A sagacious commander, like Commodore
t» nlie, ougnl to have seen that the poem is
. t finished, as the last two tines do nut
vote. Be.-i.des, it w ould never answer for
"i address on tuts occav.m, aj there is not a
worn said about a I'lice.i.x, which is an in
dispensable ingredient to aii addresses ce
o.a i.ig the rising ot a new theatre out of
a-bes ot the old one —Vrantc iber.J
i Grounded at Ul-2 minutes before 8 exactly.
f S»e, ye observe that a’ this clatter
1 Is naething but s “ moonshine matter
r But tho’ dull prose-folks Latin splatter
In Logic tulzie,
( In hope, we bardies ken some better
! Than mind sic brulzie.
A Haunted House.
The following story will show that bouses
may be haunted by ingenious human con
trivances, without any supernatural aid.
Dr. Plot, in his Natural History of Ox
fordshire, relates the following marvelous
story:—Soon after the murder of King Charles
1, a commission was appointed to survey
.the king's house at Woodstock, with the
manor, park, woods and other demesnes to
that manor belonging, and one Collins un
der a feigned name ; hired himself as secreta
ry to the commissioners, who, upoil the 15 h
of October, 1649, met, and took up their
residence in the king’s own rooms. Uis ma
jesty’s bed-chamber they made their kitch
en, the council hall their pantry, and the
presence chamber was the place Where they
sat tor the despatch ot business. Ilis majesty s
dining room they made the.r wood yard, and
stored it with the wood, of the famous royal
03k from the High Park, which, that no
thing might be left with the name ot king
about it, they had dug up by the roots, ami
split and bundled up into faggots for their
firing. Things being thus prepared, they
sat on the 16tu ot the month tor the des
patch of business ; and in the midst or their
first debate there entered a large black dog
(as they thought,) winch made a dreadful
howling, overturned two or three of tlieir
chairs, and then crept under a bed and van
ished. This gave them the greatest sur
prise, as the doors were kept constantly
locked, so that no real dog could get in or
out. l'he next day tneir surprise was in
creased, when sitting at dinner in the lower
room, they heard piauuy tin noise ot per
sons walking over their heads, though they
well knew ihe doors Were all loosed, ana
there could be nobody mere. Pre-enlly after
they heard also all the wood of the king’s oak
brought by parcels from the dining room,
had thrown with great violence into the pre
sence chamber : as also all the chairs, stools,
tables, and other furniture, forcibly hurled
about the room, their papers, containing
the minutes ol their transactions, were torn,
and the ink-glass broken. When all this
noise had ceased, Giles Sharp, their secre
tary, proposed to enter first into these
rooms; and in presence of the commission
ers, from whom he received the key, lie
opened the doors, and found the wood
spread about the room, the cha rs tossed a
bout and broken, the papers torn, the ink
glass broken (as has been said) but not the
| least track of any human creature, nor tire
I least reason to suspect one, as the doors
were all fast, and the keys in the custody of
{ the commissioner. It was therefore unani
mously agreed, 'hat the power woo did tins
j mischief, must nave entered tne room at the
! key hoie, — l'lie night following, Sharp the
| secretary, with two of the coinmtssinners
I servants, as they were in bed in the same
j room, which room was contiguous to that
where the commissioners lay, had their
bed’s feet lifted up so much higher tlvan
their heads, that they expected to nave
their necks broken, aid then they were let
fallal once with so much violence as shook
the whole house, and more tlrun ever terri
fied the commissioners. On the night of the
19tli, as ad wi re in bed in the same room
for great safety, and lights burning by tne n,
the caudles m an iic.ta.it went out with a
sulphureous smell, and that moment many
trenchers of wood were hurled about the
room, w itcU next morning werefmnd to be
the same, their honors had eaten on the day
before, which were all rentved from pan
try, though not a lock was found open in
the whole house. The next night they still
fared worse; tile candles went out as be
fore, the curtains of their honors beds were
rattled to and fro with great violence; their
honors received many cruel blows and
bruises, by eight great pewter d shes and a
number of wooden trenchers being thrown
on tlieir beds, which being heaved oil, were
heard rolling about the room, thougn in the
morning none of these were to be seen.
This night likewise they were alarmed with
the tumbling down of oaken billets about
their beds and other frtghtmi noises; but
all was clear in the morning, as if no such
thing had happened. The next night the
keeper of the. king’s house and Iris dog lay
in the commissioners room, and then they
had no disturbance. But on the night of
the 25d, though the dog lav in the room as
b, fore, yet the candies went out, a number
of brick bats fell from the chimney into the
room, the dog howled piteously, tlieir bed
clothes were all stripped oft', and their ter
ror increased. On the k4th they thought
all the wood of the king’s oak was violently
thrown down by tlieir bed skies; they
counted 64 billets that tell, and some hit and
shook the beds in which they lay, but m
tlie morning none were found there, nor
had the door been opened where the billet
wood was kept. Hie next night the can
d.es were put o it. the curtains rattled, and a
dreadful crack like thunder was heard; and
one of tile servants, running in haste, think
ing his master was killed, found three doz
en of trenchers laid smoothly under the
quilts by hun. But all this was nothing to ’
what succeeded afterward, : the 29th, about j
midnight, the caudles went out : something j
walked majestically through the room and i
opened anti shut the windows; great stones
were thrown violently into the room, some j
of which tell on the beds, others on tlie i
ftoor ; and at about a quarter after one a j
noise was heard as of forty cannon discharg- j
ed together, and again repeated at about 8
minutes distance. This alarmed and raised 1
all tue meguborhood, who, coining into •
their honors room, gathered up the great j
stones, four score in number, and laid them '
by in the corner of- iieiJ, where, in Ur. '
j lft it’s time, who reports this story tuey were
to be sten. I'his noise, like the disci.ar re
of cannon, was heard through ail the coun
try for sixteen minjs round. )
During these noises, which were heard in
both rooms togetner, the commissioners ;
and tlieir servants gave one soother over I
for lost, and cned out for help ; and Giles i
Sharp, snatching up a sword, had well mgh i
killed one of their honors, mistaking him
for the spirit, as he came in his shirt from
his own room to their,. While they were ;
together, tlie noise was continued, and j
part ol the tiling oi the house was stnpt oft', j
and ad the windows of an upper room j
were taken away with it. On the 69th it I
midnight something walked into the cham- J
: b«r treading like a bear, it walked many !
times about, then threw the wimmg-pan
violently on the floor, at the same time.
Urge quantity of broken glass, accompanied
wiui great stones and horses bones, came
injuring into the room with uncommon
Ce. These were all found in the morn
ing to the astonishment and terror o. the
commissioner,, who were yet determined
,o go on with their business. But oni the
££ of November, the most dreadful scene
of all ensued: Candles in every part of
the room were lighted up, and * ,
made ; at midnight, the candles all yet burn
ing, a noise like the bursting of a cannon
was heard in the room, and the burning
bullets were tossed about by it even into
their honors beds; who ca led Giles and
Iris companions to their relief, otherwise
the house bad been burnt to the ground ;
about an hour after the candles went out
as usual, the crack as of many cannon was
heard, and many pailfuls of green stinking
water were thrown into their honors beds :
great stones were si,o thrown in as be
fore, the bed curtains and bedsteads torn
and broken, the windows shattered, and
the whole neighborhood alarmed with the
most dreadful noises; navjtbe very rabbit
stealers tiiat were abroad that night in tne
warren were so terrified, that they fled tof
fear and left their ferrets behind them. One
of tlieir honors tins night spoke, and, in
the name of God asked -what it was, and why
it disturbed them so? No answer was g,v
en »o this: but the noise ceased for a while,
when the spirit came again ; and as they
all agreed, brought with it seven devils
worse than itself. One of the servants now
lighted a candle, and set it in the door way
between the chambers, to see what pass
ed ; and as he watched it, he plainly saw
a hoof striking the caudle and candlestick
into the middle of the room, and afterwards
making three scrapes over the stuff, scrap
ed it out. Upon tins the same per.-on
was so bold as to draw a sword; but he
lmd scarct got it out when he felt another in
visible hand holding it too, and pulling it
from him ; and at length prevailing, struck
him so violently on the head with the pum
mel, that he fell down dead with the blow.
At this instant was heard another burst like
the discharge of the broadside of a ship of j
war, and at about a minute or two’s distance
each no less titan 19 more such : these shook J
the house so violently, that they expected I
every moment it would fill upon their .
heads. The neighbors, on this, as has been J
said, being all alarmed, flocked to the house j
in great numbers, and all joined in prayer !
and psalm-singing ; during which the noise !
still continued in the ether rooms, and the j
discharge of cannon was heard as from with- i
out, though no visible agent was seen to dis- )
charge them. But what was the alarming j
of all and put an end to tlieir proceedings j
effectually, happened the next day as they
were all a( dinner, when a paper in which i
they had signed a mutual agreement to re- i
serve a part of the premises out of the gen- |
eral survey, and afterwards to share it equal- |
ly amongst themselves, which paper they !
had hid for the present under the earth in a
pot in one corner ofthe room, (and in which
an orange tree grew.) was consumed in a
wonderful manner, by ihe earth’s taking fire
wiih wh ch the put was fined, atid burni ig
violently with a blue tiaine, and an intolera
ble stench; so that they were all driven out
of the house, to which they could never be
again prevailed upon to return.
This wonderful contrivance was all the in'
vention of tlie memorable Joseph Collin 3 of
Oxford, otherwise called Funny Joe, who
having hired himseit as secretary, under the
name or Giles Sharp, by knowing the private
traps belonging to the house, and with the
help of puivus sulmi nans and other chemical
preparations, and letting his fellow servants
into the scheme, carried on the deceit without
discovery to die very last; insomuch that
the late Dr. Plot, in nis Natural His ory, re
lates the whole for fact, and concludes in
this grave manner. “That tho’ tricks have
been often phived in affairs of this kind,
many of the things above relates are not
reconcileuble with juggling—such as the
loud noises, beyond the power of man to
make without such instruments as were not
there—the tearing and breaking the beds—
the throwing about the fire ; the hoof tread
ing out the candle—and the striving for the
sword, and blow the man received from the
pummel of it.”
From the New-Y.,rk Daily Advertiser.
Foi'eign Selections.
Among the addresses presented upon the
accession, of James tlie First, was one from
the ancient town ot Shrewsbury, wishing
his Majesty in gilt reign as long as the sun,
moon, and stars endured. “ Faith, man,”
said the King t» the person who- presented
it, “ If I do, my son must reign bv candle
light.”
John Turpin, the feeder of the Bads-
Wurth fox-hounds, died last week, by ala
tal inoculation, occasioned by a scratch I
Ins finger, received while skinning a ii.rse
that had died of the glanders
Extraordinary Knife —Sheffield has long
been celebrated in every quarter of the
globe for her unrivalled excellence in the
manufacture of all description of cutlery ;
but one of the grandest specimens of die
art produced by human ingenuity to which
we allude is a knife, of most curious and
exquisite workmanship, containing no less,
than one thousand eight hundred and twenty
one blades, and other instruments, surmouut
! ed by a crown of gold, at the top or wine
1 twenty -one blades are inserted. We un
j demand the above article is not maJe for
i sale, but that it will remain in the possession
of ihe inventors, Messrs. Rodgers & Sons,
| as a lasting specimen of what human ingen
j uity is capable of achieving ; it occupied no
mo-e than nine mon h* in making,
i The .Mermaid. —ltVwas mentioned in all
Journals, some time ago, that a Mermaid,
' caught in the Indian Seas, had been brought
i to this country. The creature so described,
and no doubt one of the species which has
1 given rise to so many fabulous stories, is now
! m the Museum in Surgeon’s Hail, Loudon.
It i> ahou' 8 feet in length, and bears a strong
resemblance to the common seal. There is
also a young female of the same species in
j the same place. They belong to the class
; of Mammalia ; the fins terminate (internally)
j in a structure like the numan hand ; the
I breasts of the female are very prominent,
j and in suckling its young, not only their ap
) pearance, but their situation on the body,
j must cause that extraordinary phenomenon
| which has led to the popular belief. In o
; Uicr respects the face is far from looking
I like that of the human race ; and the long
' hair is as entirely wanting as the glass and
I comb.
11 iff of the late .Major Gamble. —The late
Major Thomas Gamble, of his Mijasty’s
4"th Regiment of Foot, left by his will and
codicil*, which were proved in Doctor'*
Comn ons on the 16th instant, the sum of
/14.000, 5 per Cent. Bank Annuities, to be
appropriated towards the payment of the
National Debt, having, he states, acquired
the fortune he was possessed of in the ser
vice of Government. The will, which is
dated the 7th of March, 1812, gives 10,000 ;
the first codicil, dated the sth December,
1830, gives 14,000; and the other 500, is
given by the second codicil, dated 16th Dec.
1820. A legacy of 1150, to one of his Exe
cutors, is accompanied with a wish that he
could make it a larger sum ; —and similar
observations are added to other trilling be
quests. The whole personal estate is sworn
under 125,000 sterling. A nephew and
niece are the residuary Legatees ; the above
comprised nearly all the deductions.
The beautiful Song, of“ The Tear of
Gratitude, ’* by Mr. S. Woodworth, of this
city, is published in the London Courier,
without any credit. The Liverpool Mercu
ry of a late date republished a song of S. of
New-Jersey, which it suppoaed was written
irf Europe. The English are judges of me
rit, but their prejudices are too strong to
permit thefri to believe that £ good song can
bs written by an American ; or if they be
lieve it, they have not the magnanimity to
acknowledge it.
Messrs. Chiiestie and 'frail have with the
greatest delicacy, enclosed five hundred
pounds each to the widow of the late Mr.
Scott, as a proof of their regret at the late
unfortunate circumstances. It was sent an
onymously as a tribute from two friends. *
Distressing fcDi^wteck.
New York, June 12.
The following distressing particulars of
the loss of the ship E,sex, of Nantucket,
were received yesterday from our Boston
i Correspondent. [ Gazette.
By the sloop Ocean, from Sag Harbour,
Via Nani ticket, we learn, that a letter had
been received at the latter place from capt.
Pollard, of the ship Essex, of Nantucket,
communicating the melancholy particular*
of the loss of that ship. The facts as near
as I can learn are as follows. The ship was
; in the Pacific Ocean on “ whaling groundr"
| and was run foul of by a w hale with great
! force, which stove in her bow ; she tilled
I very fast, and capsized, but pn the masts be
i ing cut away, she ndjited. At the time the
i accident happened, two boats were absent
| from the ship, in pursuit of w hales, and a
; signal was immediately made for their re
turn. They had but a short time to save a
I few articles of provisions, before the ship
i was entirely filled with water, [she could
) not sink having a considerable quantity of
I 0.l on board ] The officers and crew were
; then divided as nearly as possible into three
I whaie boats, and they left the slop hi hopes
. of shortly lading in with some other whale
j men ; but in this they were disappointed.
: A few days after a gale separated them, and
| two of the boats have not since been heard
1 of. The boat in which the captain was, con
' tinued to buffet the waves without falling ill
i v/itli a vessel, and bad consumed what little
provision they had saved from the siiip, till
at length, b ing famished with hunger, se
veral ol them died, on their bodies tile sur
vivors subsisted as long as they lasted, and
when consumed, seeing no prospect of
speedy relief they were reduced to the aw
till extremity of proposing that one should
die to preserve the lives of the others, in
the hope that they would be eventually ta
ken up by some vessels cruising in those
•east accordingly they cast lots which should
fall, and the one on which it fell was killed,
ami by so doing, the fives of the others
(Capt. P. and a boy, were saved, who, after
being in the boat nineteen days, were pro
videntially taken up by a vesSel, the name
of which I have not learned.
Frs 11 EH \1 KN CA PTURED.
The Portsmouth Oracle states, as infor
mation by a fishing' vessel from the Bay of
Fundy, that on the 2fth May eight sail of
American fishermen were captured in the
Hay, by a British gun brig and sloop of war
troui Halifax, and on the 3ist four others
were captured—said to be for infraction of
the treaty. Two of the vessels, the Gene
ral Jackson and Polly, belonged to Ports
mouth ; die former a new and valuable
schooner.
JUIUSUICTIO.V or Tire united states’ couht.
Important decision. —The following is a
decision of Judge Washington in a caseV
between the Hank of the U.' S. established
at Philadelphia, and the Northumberland,
Onion and Columbia Banks, also in the Slate
of Pennsylvania. It came before the Circuit
Court ot the U. S. for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania, in the shape of ar question of
jurisi&ctim. Can one corporation m Penn
sylvania established by Congress, sue in the
Federal Court another Corporation estab
lishetl by the state government Judge
Washington seems to entertain no doubt
upon the matter. We understand him to go
so far as to say, that if Congress should pass
an act providing that all cases in law and
-q"'ty arising under the constitution, tains
of the U. S. (gi. should be heatd and decided
by the circuit or district courts, without
my qualification Whatever, this very act,
(because it is a law of Congress,) wouldgive
jurisdiction to the stipulated court, althoutri
the Plaintiff unit Defendant should be citizens
oj the same state —and although we may add,
ii the 2d sect, of the 3d article, of the C..U. S.
no mention at ail is made of citizens ofthe
same state, being made putties in the courts
ol the Unred States. Questions o! jurisdic
tion appear to be multiplying upon us : they
are very important in themselves, and are
productive of great diversity of opinion. The
case of a State being arrayed at the bar of
the federal Court has ju,t been adjudicated
m the case of the C; >hens vs. the State of
Errgiiii'o—and here is a case between citizens
of the same State. The readershotlid weigh
tirese questions with all the care which their
importance demands:
[ Richmond Compiler.
notice.
A GREBABLY to an order ofthe
a. Honorable the Court of Ordina
ry of the county of Burke, will be
sold fur easli at the Court-House in
the town of VFayuesbnrnugh, on the
first Tuesday iu July h-xr a NEGRO
* AJf, named ANTHONY, long ae
eusiouied to Si&w-mills and an excel
lent Sawyer, belonging to the estate
of Janies A. Spreights, deceased.
Alex. M. Allen, .idm-r.
On said estate.
Juae 18 ioi