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t*OK TUk HIT toll* *ATU>3AL AfIVOCATfc.
"Foreign lAtvacU.
ELEPHANT hunt.
iLTirad of a letter from India, dated Khut
gunge, JWt’y 4, 1819.
•‘Fur ionic day* before our arrival a*
j\ _ j we had intelligence of an inline-line
w, M male elephant being in a large grass
gwair.p within five miles of us , he hail in
habited the swamp for years, ami was the
terror of the surrounding villager!., many
ol whom he had hilled j he had only one
tusk, and there was not a village for many
miles round that did not know the Bun-alt
ek ihirt ke ifathee, or the Large Toothed
Elephant; and one of our party, Colonel
S—, had the year before, been charged,
and his F.lephsnt put to the right about by
this famous fellow ; we determined to go
in pursuit of him, and accordingly, the third
day after our arrival, started in the morning,
mustering, between private and govern
ment Elephant*, 32, but seven of them on
ly with sportsmen on their backs.—As we
knew that in the event of the wild one
charging, he would probably turn against
the male klephants, the drivers of two or
three of the largest were armed with upeirs.
On onr way to the swamp, we shot a great
quantity of different sorts <fl game that got
before the line of Elephants, and hardly en
tered the swamp, when, in consequence of
one of the party firing at a partridge, wc
saw the great object of our expedition ; the
w ild Elephant got up out of some long grass
about 250 yards before its, where lie stood
staring at us, and flapp ng his large huge
ears j we immediately made a line of the
Elephants, with sportsmen in the centre,
and went straight up to him, until within
lull yards, when, fearing be was going to
turn from us, all the party gave him a Volley,
aotne of us firing two, llnee, and four bar- ]
rds; he then turned round and made for !
the middle of the sw&mp. I'he chase now
commenced, and after billowing him for up
wards of a mile with Elephants up to their
bellies in mod, we succeeded in turning him
to the edge of the swamp, where he allow
ed us to get within 80 yards of him, and
gave him another volley in his full from, on
which lie made a grand charge at us, but
fortunately onlv grazed one of the pad Ele
phanta: lie then again made for the middle
dl the swamp, throwing up blood and ut
ter from his trunk, and making a terril.de 1
noise, which clearly shewed that be had I
been S"verely wounded ; we followed him, !
a d were obliged to swim our Elephants I
through a piece < f deep stagnant water, oc
cuaionaliy giving shot, when making a stop
in some v--ry high aiam, he allowed us a
g tin to e.nme Within 60 yards, and got ami- j
tlier i Hey. on winch lie made a second 1
charge, iiinrt furious than the first, but was i
pm, nl making it good by some shot fir- j
cd win u very c o.c to us, wli.ch (tunned,
ami sot tiinjiely turned him j lie then made
for the eilg< of the swamp again, swimming |
a piece ol water, through which we follow- j
e i with considerable difficulty, in rouse- j
qm-nev ol our pads and howdaha having be- ]
come much heavier, from the soaking they
hud got twice b f ire ; we were tip to Hie .
middle ot the huwdahs, and one ol the Kle
phauis fnirly turned over, and threw the ri
der anti his guns into the water, lie was
taken off hi one of tile pad elephants, hut
hi- three guns went to the bottom. This
accident took up tome lime, during which
time tlie wild elephant had made Ins way to
the edge ol the swamp, and stood perfectly
still, looking at us, and trumpeting with his
trunk As soon as we got a) 1 to rights, wc
again advanced with the elephant in the
form of a crescent, in the full expectation of
a desperate charge ; nor were we mistaken.
The animal now allowed us to come wiiUin
40 raids of linn, when wc took a very deli
berate aim at Ins head, and, on receiving
tin. fire, he made a most furious charge, in
the act of which, and when within ten yard*
ot some of ns he received his mortal wound,
and fell as dead as a stone. Mr. U. a Ci
vilian, has the credit of giving him his death
wound which, on examination, proved to be
a small bail from a Joe Manton gun over the
left eye, tor this was the iv '.v one of thirty
one that lie had received ill Ins head, which
was found to have entered the brain. When
down, he measured in height 12 leet 4 inch
es ; in length, from the root of the uil to
the top of the head, 16 feet, and 10 feet
round tlie neck. He luul upwards of 80
balls in his li ad ami body. tlis only re
maining tusk, when taken out weighed 361 b.
ami when compared with the tame ones, was
considered small for the size of the animal.
A Her he fell, a number of the villagers
came about us and were rejoiced at the
death of their formidable enemy, and assur
ed us that within the lasi 4 or 3 years lie had
killed nearly 30 men; iudcod, the know
ledge of the mischief he had occasioned,
Was the only thing that could reconcile us
to the death of *o noble an animal. We
were just 3 hours from the time we first
saw him midi lie fell ; and what added much
to the gratification of the day, we had not a
siugie accident to mail or elephant, except
ing Captain F’s upset; and he was so for
tunate as to recover lus guns the next morn
ing by means of divers. Col. S. an old and
very keen Indian sportsman, declared he
liad never seen or heard any tiling to equal
tlie day’s sport.
1 tie following notions of female beauty
in Ceylon, although singular in certain par
ticulas, are by no means barbarous:
“ he Singaiese w .men are generally well
made and well looking, and often handsome.
I heir countrymen, who are great connois
seurs of tue charms of the s \, and win
have hooks on the subject, and rules to aid
the judgment, would not allow a w oman to
he a perfect belle unless of the Pillowing
charac.er, the particulars ol which I sli i i
givv in detail a. the) were enumerated to
ntw by a Kandyan c surlier, well versed and
deeply read in such m-tters . —* Her hair
sliou.d be voluminous uke the tail of t.ne
peacock; long, n«cumg to the knees, and
termnia.mg to graceful cur , her eyebrows
should res; mbtc the- isi ...» , her eyes the
bi. .....(’lure, and ih K eu *of the bme
in., a dower. Hr■ me should be like
the odl oi a nawk ; net ps should be bright
and red, like cu al on the young i.af of the
iron tree. Her teeth should oe small, re
pi.. , and cio.eiy set. and like jeakanme
buds. Her neck should be large and round,
n scumal tig the bcrrignUea. Her cues,
s.ioaln he eapaciuu., n-, o, easts, firm and
c nic.il, I xe tue yeho# cocoa-nut, a .U tier
waist small —ai.nost small enough to p.
cla.pcd ov Me ba .d. it, r hips should In
wine ; ner hum, tapering; the sole, m |,e
feet wu.uout any lioiiow, and the surface o
her body m general, soft, delicate, s.iuoti
a d mu isles!, nuUient .llie aspem.es of p
justing duties and smews.’ tue preceding
is tlie most general external character that
can be given of the Singaiese. It may be
added, that corresponding to their confor
mation of body, they are rather remarkable
for agiliiy and flexibility than for strength
of limb ; and tliat they are capable rather
of long continued than of great exertion."
Ihiy't Ceylon.
Vou will not be surprised to learn, that
the death of Napoleon has greatly influen
ced the state of parties. 1 repeat that all
eyes are turned towards the son, and that
those who were divided before, are now
ready to co-operate for the general good.
I’he more people reflect on tue fate of the
late Empexor, the more indignant they be- j
come at his treatment daring the lust year
of his life. This sentiment is wonderfully
increased by what has transpired relative to
some representations said to have been made
to Lord Liverpool in Sept. 1820, stating,
that if not removed to a more salubrious
climate Napoleon would, in the opinion of
Professor Antomarclii, fall a victim to that 1
of St. Helena.—Other applications, on the
same subject, also reached Europe, and
\vbeu M. Bonavite, who was so inhumanly
treated by certain persons on bis arrival at
Portsmouth, reached Home, the Princess
P.orgehese determined to join her illustrious
brother and receive his last aiglis. When
tlie correspondence to which 1 allude is
made public, it will bring a dreadful respon
sibility on the beads of men, who persever
ed in retaining the Imperial Prisoner, after
they knew his removal would most proba
bly save lus life. Let ns hope, my dear
friend, that the day of inquiry and retribu
tion lor such men is not far distant. Mean
time, it afford* me heartfelt satisfaction to
be able Instate, that the cittse of freedom
and humanity is making a rapid progress on
the Continent.
The manner of duelling in Japan is sin
gular, and to our European prejudices, may
appear absurd and barbarous ; the ph’.lpso
j pineal observer will perhaps, consider it as
! rational as an appeal to the sword or pistol.
When two men of honour quarrel in that
! country, the party who conceives himself in
jured rips up hi, own entrails with a large
knife, and presenting the instrument to Ins
adversary, invites him to so low li t exam
ple. No Japanese gentleman c.ifl decline
such an invitation; for if lie d ies npt in
stantly plunge the knife into his own bow
els, he is d ishonored for life.
The King vs Williams. — I'liis was an in
i dictinent (against W in. Williams) for a riot
I at Stamford on the 11th of November last
I (on the occasion of the withdrawal of the
Bills of Pains and Penalties) and breaking
I windows in llie house us Mr. Hubert Hunt.
In-both causes Mr. Denman made powerful
‘ addresses to the Jury, and insisted that
j there was iio riot. The Judge, in summing
i up, desired the Jury to dismiss from their
1 minds both the politics and the splendid per
} version* of Counsel, and to remember that
i they were engaged in the solemn admniis
; tration of justice. “If this is not a riot,”
laid his Lordship, “ It is impossible to use
, words which can express one’s meaning—
j i,o man Cun upon his oath s>y it is not a riot.
There can be iio manner of doubt that the
I people were committing a riht ; whether
tins m-iu was one of them is for you to sav.”
llis Lordship, in conclusion, very emphati
cally said, “ Consider ol your verdict, and
recollect your oaths.” The Jury withdrew,
and w ore absent about 2 hours, when the
Forman came into Court, and said lie Was
desired to ask whether, if 11 were agreed
in the verdict, and only one held out, those
; 11 might be discharged. The Judge s.d
i it was impossible. At the expiration of 5
hours, the obstinate Juryman came into
| Court, and said that the other 11 had agreed
( to find the defendant gu by, hut that he
could no; reconcile it to his conscience to
1 say that Williams tiad riotously demolished
; Mr. Hunt’s windows ; the Jury therefore,
■ "wished to know', whether Ins Lordship
would withdraw him, and appoint another
I in Ins place. The Judge said he could no',
flic business of the courts ended at 5 o’-
clock. At half past 8 o’clock on Wednes
day night, when the Juty sworn on this in
dictment hud been for 10 hours locked up,
and the conscientious gentleman declared
that lie would sootier eat the mortar of the
! ceding than give in, the 11 others rather
than be carted lasting on the circuit to Not
inghain (as the law requires in case the 12
cannot return a verdict,) resigned their
judgment, and gave in at the Judge’s lodg
ing* a vgrdict fur the defendant.
“ Heaton in inadnen.” —It is reported,
that a man in Bedford made these observa
tion* :—” We that are locked up here, a: e
only called mad, because our madness docs
not happen to agree with that of the rest of
the world. Every body thinks hi* neighbour
mad, if his pursuits happen to be opposite
to Ins own. llis Neighbour thinks the same
ofllint —but then these two kinds of mad
ness do not interfere with each other. Now
and then, there comes ail eccentric man,
who taking a just view of things, thinks
them all mad—him they catch and lockup
here. That’s my case.”
flaming. —Gaming was invented by the
Lydians, when under the pressure ol a great
famine. To divert themselves from dwell
ing on their sufferings, they contrived dice,
balls, tables, &.c. It is added, that to bear
their calamity the better, they used to play
a whole day without interruption, that they
might not be racked with tlie thoughts of
food. This invention, intended as a remedy
for hunger, is now a very common cause of
that evil.
A Paris paper mentions, that lately, two
boatmen having rescued a man from drown
ing m tlie seine, (he having thrown liim
-1 self in) a temale approached screaming “ Afy
1 husbc.nd. I will tee tuy husband When she
found him alive she was silent, and on being
asked for a reward for the boatmen’s exer
tions angrily repulsed them, saying, “ H'h*
did gu not let him drown himself? What
butmtst had you to meddle with l*m ? The
husband, » no had just vowed to commit the
act on the lir-i opportunity, was effectually
cured of ins foliy by these kindly expressions
ol Ins wife.
I he-Lancasteriau system makes a rapid
progress in Fiance; in the department of
the Moselle there are, of an age to go to
school, 27.337 boys, and 24,593 girls -of
tiuse 23,916 boy*,mud 21,040 girls attended
tllC SC<M s.
v ' ueii .t lute Lord Mayor uas hunting in
Epp- g Forest, some one rode up, crying.
** I lie- hare, my Lord, the hire’s a- uning.”
“ Is he r” said the Lord Mayor, clapping
his hand on hit sword, lev him come, Sir.”
Inc following advert moment, drawn up
by an Alderman or the town of Cambridge
-ome v ears ago, is a specimen ol singular
/titcity ot expression.
“ Wlivrea* a ...ultipl city of damages are
requently occurred by datnages of outrage
us accidents by fire, we whose names are
, under wri;tet, Uav e thought proper that the
; necessity of an engi r e ought by in for the
, better preventing of which by the acri
i dents of Almighty' Gr.d, may unto us happen
] to make a rate to gather benevolence for
j better prorogating such good instrument.
St. Petri 's Pish. — I Ire Iwo dark spot* a
! little behind its head, are supposed to have
J gained the Haddock, in days superstition,
J the credit of being the fish which St. Peter
caught within the tribute money in its mouth.
in proof of which the impression of the
Saint’s finger and thumb has been enuded
on the whole race of Haddock ever since.
But, “ .'hi uc sub judice lis est,” as, unfor
tunately for the tradition, the Haddock is not
i » Mediterranean fish : nor can we suppose
it to have belonged to the lake Tiberias.
The truth is, the Italians consider very dif
ferent fish as that which was sanctified by
the Apostle ; and which after hint they hon
our with the name of ll Janitor* ; a name
that we have converted into Johnny Dory.
with the samd ingenuity that has iwisted
1 the girasole or turniol, into a Jerusalem Ar
tichoke.
Royal Ea’jienditure.
As the coronation expenditure has caused
a great deal of comment, it may not be amiss
to enumerate the various calls which an Il
lustrious Personage has, up to the pres*nt
time, made upon the liberality of the puulic.
to provide for the free exerc se ot his well
known private tastes and inclinan -n-:
1783.—Parliament voted the Prince ot
Wales (who was just then of age) a separv
establishment, with 2.50,000 a year, and
7,60.000 as an outfit.
1787.—The Prince’s debts having been
for some time the subject of genera! con
versation, the Opposition, whose friend he
then was, began to talk in Parliament about
tlie necessity of paying them. In couse
quence, some negociation took place be
tween the King and the Prince, the result of
which was, first, a message from Ins Majesty
to the Commons, Hating that he had made
an advance of 7,10,000 a year from the Civil
I.ist; and secondly, an estimate of liie
Prince’* debts. Upon receiving the latter,
the M< i me voted seven hundred and eighty
thousand pounds to the Prince to discharge
Ins incumbrances.
1795.—The Prince being married, the
King sent a message-to the Commons, re
commending a suitable provision, and an
nouncing the great embai rassments of his
U n a Highness. An act then passed settling
on the P.irn e and Princess 7,135,000 a year,
together with the rents of the Duchy of
Cornwah, estimated at 7.13,000. But out of
this income J. 73,000 were appropriated to
the discharge of debts, under the direction
of Commissioners.
1803 —1 ue Prince again in trouble. Mes
sage from the Crown to say so. Vote of an
annual turn of i. 60,000 lor three years and a
hall ; in other words 7.310,000 principal
monev.
1313.—The Prince becoming Regent,
7.100,000 were voted him t > defray tiie
charges of the change , and 7.70,000 a year
were granted for the additional expenses of
the royal households, of which ministers
stated that 7,10.000 a year would he for the
regent personally, and 2,10,000 fur the
Queen.
1831.—Per the coronation, say 2,150,000 —
Making a total (without reckoning interest
tkc.) of more than five millions, five hundred
and fifteen thousand pounds, paid to that il
lustrious personage since he came to the
years of discretion .’
N 11. All the money paid bv the United
St.tei of America to their Cliiel Magistrate,
amounts m the saute period to about 7,140,-
000. The United States have at the same
lime boen g ,vetoed with credit abroad and
content at home. They sustained honorably
a three year's war with t lie greatest naval
power in the world, and their debt amounts
to a mere nothing.
I.oisi)ov r.xaMivm.
Our readers may rely on the following.—
A Clergyman of distinguished loyalty and
orthodoxy, in the scramble that took place
in Wejjtniiiiister-llall, after the King had
dined, not contenting himself with any slight
memorial of the feast, was diligently pocket
ing, kiul secreting in his caounicles, some
silver plates and spoons, and substantial ar
ticles of plate, when being unfortunately ob
served, lie was stript of his booty and kicked
out in line style by a gallant Captain in the
navy. [lbid.
The Alderman was fond of writing, and
accompanied every message and every pre
sent with a bit of epistolary elegance. The
following, in particular, accompanied the
present of a hare to a Gentleman of Caius
and Gonville College:
“Sin—Have sent you a small present,
who humbly hope, may prove worthy ac
ceptance which is a hare, who is your hum
ble servant.”
Mrs. InclibaM has left behind her Me
moirs of her Life, with anecdotes of the per
sons connected with iter age and the times
in which she lived. It extends to four or
six volumes, and the extreme delicacy and
timidity of her feeling alone prevented its
appearing during her lifetime.
Fanatics. —A letter from Copenhagen, of
the 34:!i ult. says—“ The fanatic set at Kiar
bye still continue their meetings. The bea
dle of the parish surprised them one night
j while they were assembled; on his asking
i what they were doing so late, anj what was
the object of their meetings, a fanatic ijidi
! vidual, who presided, replied, ‘ We are tie*
. bating on the fu'ure bliss of the soul!’ The
beadle gave this fanatic a travelling pass,
and tn.d Itun to keep out of the parish. A
self made pro .net hud even published a
pamphlet under the title of,'On Eternal
Lite ’! The following passage occurs in it •
—ls mail had not sinned, they would not
have died. Adain might be now travelling
about the world, and say to his family, ‘ See !
I am now 5000 years old, and, have neither
‘ wrinkles nor grey hairs; neither am I crook
ed, but am still as active as on the day of
’the Creation. '*
CoxsTix rixori-r, August 13.
The plague has broken out at Smyrna ;
the infection was brought by sumo pilgrims
who have arrived there in a Russian vessel
; from EgypN
At the Coronation of George 111, two La
i dies posted from Nottinghamshire, to wit
i ness the ceremony ; and, having procured
tickets and dresses, w hen on their way to
the Hail, the rush of the crowd terrified
i them so much, that they took .belter in a
Green Grocer’s cellar. The owner, at
i traded by a popular movement, without
I knowing of the inmates, shut the cellar lid
| —and the ladies were left for 16 hours, u
l moiig carrots and cabbages, and saw noth
ling of the ceremony.
| ‘it is important to merchants to know that
- there is a law in Hamburg, that the wife’s
j property has a ffa i •.'.a upon the whole es-
I ate of her deer >eo linsba.id, in c*7cs ot
. iv' vt i y, for tae h; 4 tj live years of her
marriage. The bankrupt, in a case whioh
has just occurred of the failure of a com
mercial house, was married only tour years
and three quarters. It is therefore exp> -
diem, in estimating a man’s property by
what he had with his wile, to ascertain how
long he has been married.
The United States.
The following article will be read with sin
cere pleasure by every true friend to the
glory and honor of our country. It ptoves
that there are British subjects willing to
do our Government ample justice, and to
defend us against the malevolence irf the
reviewers.
From the Edinburgh Scotchman.
America —additional testimonies to the happy
effects of its Political Institutions.
But m fact how singular, and tor the well
be ng of man how glorious the change which
has turned these vast haunts of panthers,
wolves, and savages into the abodes of indus
v, and the sure asylum of the oppressed I
YViiat a ii ble edifice has there been raised
for hunted liberty to dwelt insecurity! It
is impossible to tread the soil of America and
not to bless it j impossible to consider her
growing wealth and strength without le
j being.” Views of Society and *1 tanners in
America , in a Series of Letters, by an English
woman. 1831.
We feel it a relief to turn our eyes from
convulsed Europe, tire scene of solemn hy
pocri-y and triumphant viii.any, to the cheer- !
i .ig aspect of the United 'stales, enjoy ing, un
der their pure and benign institutions, an
untroubled calm, like that of the heavenly
bodies, and rivalling these bodies in the se
renity and constancy of their course, and,
we hope, in the stability of their existence.
Feeling as we do, that the whole human
race lias a deep interest in the prosperity of ,
that country, we are always eager to re- i
ceive the statements of impartial travellers |
with regard to its condition i and we glad- j
!y embrace the opportunity which the book •
we have quoted offers, to lay before our I
readers —not any new statistical facts, hut
the testimony of an intelligent eyewitness
to its growing prosperity, and to &e happy
effects of its political institutions.
It is justly observed, by this enlightened !
and eloquent writer, that the English pen- |
pie have been as ill represented in Amertc!)
as at home. Few British travellers who have
visited that continent have been qualified
either to do justice to the country they pro
fessed to describe, or credit to that which
sent them forth. I'he b*st of them, in their
best efforts to be liberal, have seldom been
able to shake off entirely the “ beggar cle- |
ntenls” of the old world. Hence the strange i
misrepresentations which prevail among us, 1
and unsettle men’s opinions on a subject j
neither obscure nor difficult. In a prospering |
country,with 10 millions of inhabitants some j
see nothing but forests, bears, and rattle- j
snakes: in the intelligent and virtuous Inis
battdmen of the Republic, they see n 'thing but ;
drunken boors: in her free press, nothing but i
negro advertisements—in her Congress, no- i
thing but demagogues—and in her mild and |
equitable Government, nothing but weakness j
and anarchy. Considering the mischievous es- i
feet of bad institutions in vitiating men’s moral j
perceptions, such distorted views are not j
surprising. Fifty years ago, had any indivi
dual affirmed, that such a Government as that
of the United States could exist, he would
have been denounced as an enthusiast. Thai
Id millions of men couid govern themselves
by a system of universal suffrage, and live
• in the most perfect order and security, en
joying a liberty of speech, thought and ac
tion never equalled, without standing ar
mies —without a hierarchy of priests—with
out a shackled press; without state prosecu
tions ; without idle pageants ; (most strange
of al ) almost without taxes—in short, with
out force applied to their persons, or frauds
practised on their understandings, is a con
clusion most devoutly to be deprecated by
those who hold mankind in thraldom, and
only slowly believed by the liberal minded,
even after it had received a practical de
monstration. Generations yet unborn will
bless and honour the men who confided in
the virtue of their species, in defiance of
power and ridicule, and made the hold ex
periinent, the issue of which has raised the
destiny of the human race. The Washing
tons, the Franklins, the Jeffersons, who
framed those noble institutions, will be for
ever canonised in the hearts of the enlight
ened and generous, as the greatest bene
factors of mankind. Their courage and
wisdom have realized a state of society sur
passing all that ancient sages hail imagined
in the dreams of llieir benevolence. While
their glorious work exists, were it even in
the remotest corner of the globe, there is a
hope of emancipation for the most benight
ed nations. But in its present stale tve sec
bitt the feeble beginning's of that infiuenci
which, in the fulness of its strength, it is
destined to exert over die fate of the world.
It is deducible from undisputed data, that in
the short space of one century, the United
States will contain a hundred millions of in
habitants. Such a population, speaking one
language, living under one Government, and
enjoying' the benefit of institutions calcula
ted above all others to ilevelope the ener
gies of mail, will be a phenomenon of which
the past history of mankind can scarcely ena
ble us to form a conception. The American
Government will then beat the head ot an
amount of ihorat and physical force which
has never been equalled, and must be irre
sistible. If tyranny shall then exist in any
corner of Europe, it must be by the suffer
ance of America.
A Governments!! constructed is the great
est achievement of philosophy xince philoso
phy had her birth. And it is surprising,
that an object possessing such unrivalled
mural grandeur, lias so seldom awakened
corresponding sentiments in the minds ot
those who have contemplated or described it.
Something must be allowed fu» the ef
fect of those modes of thinking wliich have
grown up amidst the usages of the old
wotid ; which teach us to confound gran
deur with pageantry, and simplicity with
meanness. Notwithstanding our prelen
, sinus to refinement, it is undeniable that in
■ all public matters we exhibit the grotesque
i and piebald taste of an Indian. The Soutb
i sea isiar? ier, who tatoos his iace with ochre,
i and runs a fish’s bone through Ins nose, is
j nut more ijocutous, In the eye of reason,
i than the European I’rince or courtier, who
I covers himself with gliding and trumpery
gewgaws, which a man of sense would be
I ashamed to have in ilis house, and then t-x
--; hibits himself like a harlequin to the adrni-
J ration of children, and the derision of men
1 of souse. The taste w hich dictates this bar
, barons buffoonery is of tiie same stock with
' that « hicli prefers a gilded block of wood to
„ Greci.r. statue. And the man who idem
iS oaltry exhibitions, is as una
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t h' American system, as . savage is to feet
,he beauty of the Beividere Apollo. Every
vulgar-minded Greek could admire the O-
Ivmpic chariot of Dionysius but - was only
a small and chosen c.rcle who could feel th* „
sublimity of the death of Socrates. The vo
lume before us shows that in the philosophy
which results (Com exultation of sentiment*
women often get the start of men. The mo
ral sublime of the American democracy was
never so deeply f« h»ndso eloquently de
scribed, as in these V Letters ol an English
woman ” The generous fe flings of her se
save her the trouble of laborious specula*
tions. Nor has her enthusiasm been noui
ished in ignorance of its object. She ha*
witnessed its all-pervading and beneficial in
fluence, and her admiration of the American
Government is but an expansion of those
sentiments of benevolence and love of jus
tice which flourish in every mind where
cultivation “is united with true sensibility. It
is impossible to despair of a country' where
such minds are strewed through the circle*
of private life.
Transactions at Pensacola.
We copied from the Floridian, the other day 4
(savs the National intelligencer of the 25it»
ult'y a statement of the circumstances attend
ing the temporary imprisonment ot CaLLAVa,
late Governor of Pensacola; In an account
of that transaction, published in the Louisia
na Advertiser, we find the following aridi
| tional particulars, which are wholly unnoti
ced in the statement copied from the Fieri
dian :
Extract from a letter published in the Louisiana
Advertiser, dated at J J ensacola, August 22.
But in the mean time, Judge
Fromentin has thought proper to issue a
Habeas Corpus for the prisoners, which th*
keeper of the prison not deeming himself
I justified in obeying, sent to Governor Jack
j son—and Governor Jackson considering an
i attempt to extend relief of this nature to
i prisoners committed in open Court, (and
! that the highest Court in these Provinces)
for contempt of Court, ah outrage upon its
I dignity, and a misdemeanor, has cited Judge
| Fromentin to appear before him this alter*
j noon, to answer to this charge. lam now
) going to attend this trial, and should the afi
: fair be brought to a conclusion before the
I schooner sails, will give you the result in the
conclusion of this letter.
“On going to the Court Room, 1 learnt
that Judge Fromentin had pledged inability
to attend agreeably to the Governor’s sum
mons, on account of a rliemmt ism, which
confines him for the moment to his couch.
A further time lias, of course, been indulged
ito him. Callava and his dependents have
: been discharged from custody , and the busi
‘ ness is thus closed.”
We yesterday paid a visit to the Board of
| Commissioners for determining Claims un-
I der the Spanish Treaty. They are hand
! samely accommodated in apartments pre
pared for them in the Building lately tem
| porariily occupied by Congress. Most of
i tiie gentlemen of the bar from a distance
| have returned librne, the arguments on the
I contested points being appointed to take
i place at a iutore sitting of ihe Court. Be
i aides these gentlemen, there are others who
; are extensively engaged ns agents for claim
\ ants- Among these, we observed yester
day, Gen. John Mason, Mr. Oaldwell; and
Mr. John Law, acting in that capacity.
The Court, as it may be truly called, hav
ing so many important points of liw, as well
as inCI, to decide, lias been engaged, since
the 10th iust. in the examination of Memo
lials, with a view to the reception of them
lor examination—the reception of them be
ing, in effect, as we understand it, a deci
sion favorable to the principle ol the claim,
and leaving tile evidence in support of it for
further examination. It can hardly be con
ceived how many and how difficult question*
present themselves ut the threshold of tin*
investigation. The most duffieult, and per
haps the most important as to their effect oil
the claims, are those which grow cut of in
surance. We heard enough yesterday, in a
few minutes, to convince us that very many
claims will he preferred w hich must inevita
bly be rejected, indeed many have been al
ready rcjeelcd on the first blush.
The B .ard will rise this week, it it ex
pecled, after examining all Memorials pre
sented previous to the 10th inst. They will
tlifen adjourn for a time to give further oppor
tunity to the Claimants to come in. After
the termination of the present Session, we
will endfsavor'to give something like a dis
tinct nek unt of the prooeediugs which have
occurred, and are now taking place.
[.Yatzanal Int. Sept. 25.
GEORGIA, Richmond county.
By Is aac llbrbikiClerk of the
Court of Ordinary of Richmond
County.
V\7TiEREAS Giieen B. Mar
shall ami Benjamin
rkn, hava applied for letter* of Ad*
ministration on the estate and effects
nf Lindsay Coleman, late of said
County, deceased.
Now therefore, these are to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said de
ceased, to file their objections in my
cilice (if any they have) within the
time prescribed by law, otherwise,
letters of AdntiDislraliou will be
granted to them.
Given under nty hand and seal nf
office, iu the City of Augusta,
this Uth day of October. 1821.
Isaac Herbert, Cl'k.
of the Court of Ordinary.
\ G EORGIA, Burke county.
i ’Jk j&T’HKREAS Wiliian. Greenway
| VV and Nancy Dillard, apply
j for letters of administration, on the
| estate of Philip Dillard, late of
j Burke cotinly, deceased.
These are therefore to oile and ad
• monish ail and singular the kittdred
1 and creditors of said deceased, to
i file their objections in my office
! (if any they have) within the lime
prescribed by law, otherwise letters
. ' of administration will be granted to
. f them.
Given tinder mv baud and sen! at
office, in Waynesborough, this
Ist October, 1821.
SaiLuel tiarlick, Cl'k.