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From tlx National Intelligencer.
Proceedings of Congress.
Thursday, Tt-i -nbe 0, 1821.
IN THE SENATE.
Mr. Bevtos, of Missouri, appeared and
took tns seat.
On motion of Mr. Lasjiax, the Senate
proceeded to the appointment of a commit
tee for the i xami nation of engrossed bills ,
and Messrs. Lanman, Henton and Holmes of
Maine, were appointed.
On motion of Mr. I’ahrott, the Senate
proceeded to class the Senators from the
state of Missouri; and the members having
drawn lout, according to the usage of the
Senate, Mr. B*ktos drew the ballot which
assigned him to the 2d class, which expires
in the year 1825, and Mr. Bintox drew No.
3, which expires in 1827.
Afteradopting the usual orders for sup
plying the members with newspapers, Sac.
The Seriate adjourned to Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The following committees were announ
ced as having been appointed by tile Speaker
pursuant to the order of yesterday for the
appointment of standing committees :
Committee of Flection).— Messrs. Sloan,
Edwards l>f N. C. Tucker of S. C. Moore of
Va Walworth, Rogers, Smith of Ky.
Commuter of Ways it Meant- Messrs.
Smith of Md. Todd, Piclier, Mitchell, of S.
C. .lone* of Tenn. Thompson, Stevenson.
Claimt. —Messrs. Williams of N. C. Rich,
M'Coy. Moore of Fa. Edwards of Conn. Met
calf, Litchfield.
Commerce. —Messrs Newton, I omhnson,
Hill, Milnor, Kirkland, Abbot, M’Duffie.
Public hands. —Messrs. Rankin, Scott,
Hendricks, Cook, Stewart, Cannon, Sterl
ing, of N. Y.
Post-Office and Post Reads.— Messrs.
Francis Johnson, Hooks, Cross, Stoddard,
Campbell of N. Y. Bateman, Overstreet.
District of Columbia.' —Messrs. Kent, Mer
cer, Neale, Matlack, Patterson, of l’a. Ro
chester, Mallary.
Judiciary. —Messrs. Sergeant. Plumer or
N. 11. Dickinson, Nelson of Va. Burton,
Sanders, Johnston of Lou.
Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.—
Messrs. Rhea, Little, Eddy, New, Allen of
Tenn. VVtn. Smith, Hubbard.
public Expenditures.— Messrs. Montgome
ry, Dwight, Crafts, Gebhatd, Gist, Barber of
Ohio, Tatnall.
Private Lund Claimt.— Messrs. Campbell
of Ohio, Conckhng, Moore of Alabama,
Whitman, Cpham, Sterling of Conn. Cru-
Manufacture!.— Messrs. Baldwin, Wood
son, Conner, Nelson ol Md. Durfee, Floyd,
Condict. _ _
floriculture. —Messrs. Butler, Baylies, Gar
nett, Buchnan, M'Niel, Vance, Blair.
Jierisul and Unfinished Uasineti— Messrs.
Lathrop, llurrows, Ross.
Accounts Messrs. Allen of Mass. Uug
'gles, Swan.
Expenditure! in tlir Department of estate—
Messrs. Wood, Alexander, Barber of Conn.
Expenditures in the Treasury Department—
Messrs. Tract, Kcjes, Holcomb.
Expenditure! in the Department of War—
Messrs. Tucker of Va. Clrambcrs, Lincoln.
Expenditures in the Navy Department—
Messrs. Edwards of Fa. Patterson of Ne.W-
York, White.
Expenditure! in the Pott -Office— Messrs.
Denison, Woodcock, Sawyer.
Expenditurel on the Public Buildings—
Messrs. Nelson ol Mass. Pierson, Leftwich.
Mr. Wood presented the petition ol Cad
wallatler I). Gulden, contesting the election
of Peter Sharpe; and Mr. \V ittotir a like
petition of Philip Reed, contesting the elec
tion of Jeremiah Cnusden. Helerred to the
Committee on Elections.
Many other petitions of a local and less
general nature were presented, and referred
to the proper committees.
Mr. Camcbbu. moved the following reso
lution:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed
to report a bill providing for the appor
tionment of representatives among the sev
eral states according to the tourtli census.
Mr. C. waa desirous that the subject be
taken up at an early period of the session,
in order that the principle on winch the ap.
portiohment should be based,lsliould befu ly
examined and deliberately settled. The
legislatures ol' several of the states, lie re
marked, were now in session, and it might
be important that the subject come before
them at an early (lay, to enable them to uis«
trict the states pursuant to the act provid
ing for the apportionment, without incur
ring the delay and expense of convoking the
several legis'atures lor that express object.
He thought the census had been so tar ac
complished as to enable the committee, that
should lie appointed, to enter immediately
Upon the consideration ol the subject.
Mr. Cocas, of Tennessee, moved that the
resolution he on the table.
Further remarks were ma le on the sub
ject by Messrs. Cocke, Wright and M'Coy,
which the reporter could not distinctly
hear , when the question was laken on the
motion of Mr. Cocke, and earned ; ayes 74,
nays 47. . , „
Mr Latsboj- submitted the following mo
tion :
Resolved, That the Commit!sc on Revisal
and Unfinished Business be instructed to
consider the expediency of reviving and
continuing in force, for a limited time, an
act pas-ed the 11th May, lS2i>, “ extending
the time allowed for the redemption of land
6ukl for direct taxes, in certain cases,” or of
otherwise granting relief to the owners of
land, where it lus been purchased on be
half of the United States.
Mr. Wooii suggested, that the motion of
the gentlemen from Massachusetts (Ur. la
throp) was net perhaps sufficiently broad to
cover the object in view. His (Mr. Ws)
attention had been drawn to the subject, and
he had drafted, the following motion, in
tending to have himself proposed it:
Resolved, That the expediency of extend
ing the lime for the redemption of lands
told for the direct tax, under several acts
passed August 2. 181 J, January 9th, 1315,
and march 5, tBl6, an l which have been
purchased on bvtulfof the United States,
lie referred to the committee of Wat s and
Means.
Mr. >V. hoped that both would be laid on
the table for the inspection and considera
tion.
Mr. Uwaor assented, and the resolutions
were reaper lively ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr- Coox, of Illinois presented the foi
lc wmg resolution :
Resolved, That the committee on (tie
Public Lauds be instructed to enquire into
lire expediency of extending the provisions
of the lat sekuon of tin; act of tuc 2d of
March Isst, entitled “An act for the relief
of the purchasers of the public lands prior
to the Ist day of July, 182 J, to tire 30th of
September, 1822.
The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Kasai* moled the following resolu
tion :
Resolved, That the Judiciary be instruct
ed to enquire into the expediency of alter
ing the time and place of bolding the Dis
trict Court of the United States in the Dis
trict of Mississippi.
The resolution was agreed to.
j Mr. Sawti.k moved tl at the House do now
resolve itself into a committee of the whole
on the State of the Union, fur purpose of
taking into consideration the President’s
Message.
Mr. Wrioht moved that the consideration
thereof be postponed until to-morrow ; which
motion was negatived, and Mr. Sswitit’s
motion prevailed,
Mr. Taylor, of N. Y. was called to the
chair.
Mr. Wood presented the following reso
lution :
Resolved, That so much of the President’s
Message as relates to the Commercial Inter
course with Great-Britain, France, Portugal
and Norway, their dominions or colonies, be
referred to the Committee of Commerce.
Resolved, 'That so much of the President’s
Message as relates to the construction of the
eighth Article of the Treaty ol 1803, where
by Louisiana was ceded to the United
States ; to the seizure of the Apollo, in
1820 ; to the execution of the treaty of 1819,
with Spain; to the renewed of diplomatic
intercourse with Portugal, and to all other
subjects of Foreign Affairs, be referred to a
Select Committee.
Resolved, That so much of the President’s
Message as relates to the organization of a
more regular government for tile Territory
of Florida, be referred to a Select Commit
tee.
R'solved, 'That so much of the President’s
Message as relates to the survey of the coast,
tlic navy, navy-yards, and naval affairs ; the
protection ot our commerce, and to the
slave trade, be referred to a Select Com
mittee.
Resolved, That so much of the President’s
Message as relates to the revision of the Ta
riff, and to Manufactures, be referred to the
Committee on Manufactures.
Resolved, That so much of the President’s
Message as relates to the subject of Reve
nue, be referred to the Committee of Ways
and Means.
Resolved, That the said Committees con
sist of each, and hate leave to report
by bill or otherwise.
Some discus-ion took place on the first
resolution submitted by Mr. Woon, in wh.cti
the mover, atui Messrs. VVhioht, Seiikf.akt
and Little, took part; when, on motion,
the committee rose ; and, on motion of the
latter, the aforesaid resolutions were order
ed to lie printed.
Mr. Wood submitted the following resolu
tions :
Resolved, That (he subject of the marine
and navy hospital funds, ami the provision for
sick and disabled seamen, be referred to the
committee of Commerce.
Rtsolved, That the subject of the duties
and compensation of the persons employed in
the collection of Hie revenue arising from
imports and tonnage be referred to the com
mittee of Ways and Means.
Resolved, That the subject of intercourse
with the Indians by agents, factors, traders,
trading houses, and otherwise, be referred to
a select committee.
Resolved, That the laws and regulations of
the post office establishment be referred to
the committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads.
Resolved k That the subject of the compen
sation of marshals, clerks and attorneys, in
the courts ol the United States, be referred
to the committee on the*Judiciary.
Resolved, That the laws and regulations
relative to certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the United States
during the Revolutionary war be referred to
a select committee.
Reso'(ved, That the subject of the mint es
tablisnment, the coins of the United States
and foreign coins, be referred to a select
committee.
Resolved, That the subject of the public
buildings and the public lands in the City of
Washington be referred to a select committee.
Resolved, That the subject of the public
armories, arsenals, and the munitions of war
belonging to the United States, be referred
to the committee on fortifications and mili
tary affairs.
Resolved, That the said committees consist
of each, and have leave to report by
bill or otherwise.
On motion — Ordered, that the same be
printed, and lie on Hie table.
Mr. Buka cal ed for the consideration of
the resolution which he had yesterday pro
posed, for the appointment ol a select com
mittee on the subject of Revolutionary Pen
sions.
The House agreed to consider the same—
ayes 57, nays 54.
Mr- Rhea enforced, in a few remarks, the
propriety of the resolution which he had
offered. It would be recollected, he ob
served, particularly by those members of the
House who were of the last Congress, that a
similar committ e had been then appointed,
at the head of winch was a very respectable
gentleman, now absent. —In the course of
their duties, cases had arisen tnat were not
properly within the sphere and jurisdiction
of the committee most nearly allied to that
w Inch it was his present object to rai-e.
These cases it was not only incompetent, but
impossible tor them to hear and determine ;
and tbe result was, that they would probably
be again presented, and come orderly, as he
hoped, before a committee that should have
proper powers to decide upou them accord
ing to their respective merits.
Mr. Tavlok, of New-York, regretted to
ditfer in opinion from Ins worthy friend from
Tennessee ; but he thought that the experi
ence of the House had been such as would
lead to a result adverse to the motion, Dur-
I ing the last year, it would be remembered,
] there was a continued conflict of jurisdiction
! between the standing and select committees.
! The former committee, from time to time,
I moved to be discharged from the further
I consideration of cases, which the latter deem
j ed it their province to sustain. By referring
; to the duties of the standing committee, it
would seem to be no great or unwarrantable
assumption of jurisdiction to exercise over
all those cases which it would seem tube
the object to refer to the select committee.
It it male “the duty of said committee
on Pensions and R:\olutionan Claims, to
take into consideration all sucli petitions
and matter of things touching military
pensions, and also claims ami demands
I originating in the Revolutionary War, or
arising tuerelVoui, as shall be presented, or
shall or may come in question, and be re
ferred to them by the House; and to re
port their opinion thereupon.” This seems
to give them jurisdiction in all cases that
lisve arisen, or may arise, out of the act of
1818—and that act, it will be noted grew
out of a recommendation of the Executive,
in 1817, which led to the appointment of a
select committee on the subject. Mr. 1.
concurred in opinion with the honorable
gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Alexander,)
as expressed yesterday, that it was to ne
hoped anti presumed that the time had ar
rived in which no necessity existed for die
appointment of an additional committee.
And he felt peculiar confidence on this
subject, from the knowledge which he pos
sessed, in common with this House and the
country, of the industry and ability with
which the chair of that committee was filled,
and the faithfulness with which its duties
would be discharged.
Mr. Hhka felt himself under great obli
gations to the honorable member from New-
York, for the compliment which he had
been pleased to pass upon the manner in
which the duties of the Chairman of the
Committee on Revolutionary Services and
Pensions had been performed. But per
haps the value .of the compliment would
have been equally appreciated, had it been
unattended w ith the load of additional duties
which the hon. gentleman had seemed de
sirous to attach to it. Mr. R. was disposed
to perform his full share of the labors which
the exigencies of the nation demanded of
their representatives; but he conceived that
all the members of that house came thither
with a willingness and subject to the duty of
performing their equal portion of the public
business. And he could truly say that the
duties of the committee of which he had the
honor to be chairman were arduous; with
out and aside from those burthens which
the refusal of this motion would necessari
ly impose upon them. If the motion he had
the honor to submit were rejected, lie felt
himself bound f rankly to say that it would
not, in his opinion, be in the power of the
committee on Revolutionary Claims and
Pensions to perform these extra duties.-
The consequence would be, tluit the peti
tions preferred on that subject would ne
cessarily be postponed ; and he need not
add, that in such case a delay was tanta
mount to a denial of justice. It would cer
tainly be expected of the committee that
they should attend to their appropriate busi
ness before they took up that which came
indirectly and by implication within their
cognizance : and he could assure the hono
rable gentleman that a laithful and proper at
tention to the former would necessarily pre
clude the latter. He therefore hoped that,
on further reflection, the motion would pre
vail.
The question on the resolution was there
upon taken, and carried ; and the number
of seven was designated.
Mr Mount, of Penn, introduced the fol
lowing resolution:
Jicaolved, That the committee on the Ju- !
diciary be instructed to enquire into the j
expediency of further providing by law for j
the prevention of Duels among persons ein- f
ployed in the civil, military, and naval ser- .
vice ofthe United States,
After a brief discussion, the resolution w as
adopted, and the House adjourned.
JWw Soul A Wales.— This distant region
winch has for years been used by the British
government as a receptacle ol their convicts,
is becoming an important colony of that na
tion ; and «ur attention has lately been invi
ted to it by a friend, who has put into out
hands a number of letters written by Wil
liam Smith, w ell known in this city as hav
ing been the fii st teacher in the New-York
Free School, and now in the employ of (he
“ British and Foreign School Society.” Mr.
Smith was the first person who practically
introduced the Lancastrian system of instruc
tion in this ciy, and of course in the United
Sla'cs. He begun with one scholar on that
plan. The number soon increased to 59,
and to S'JO, and now to thousands, under
the patronage of the “ New-York Free
School Society.” This mode of instruction
is now in extensive practice, in almost every
part ofthe United States; and tile same per
son who introduced it here has also intro
duced it into the colony of New South Wales.
Mr Smith left I ondon tor the future the
atre of his labors, in the year 1818, and af
ter touching at Rio de Janeiro, and the is
land of Tristan de Acituna, (some particu
lars about the latter of which he gives;) he
arrived at Hobart town, in May following.
On (he 17th of May 1819,” they made "the
islands ol St. Paul and Amsterdam. On ap
pro iching the latter it appeared to be in a
continued blaze of detached tires. They
are volcanic; and as the night was dark, the !
scene was truly grand anil awfully sublime.
What added to my surprize was tne island,
which is small, and situated at such an im
mense distance from other lands, surround
ed by an unfathomable ocean, should be on
fire.' On passing to leeward, we were en
veloped m smoke, and the smtll was very
sulphurous.”
They entered the Derwent, which the
writer says is a noble river, capable of car
rying all the navy and merchantmen of Ureal
Britain. The climate is excellent Si scarce
ly equalled in any part of the world. The
laud is exceedingly fertile, and the crops
and vegetable productions of every kind are
very luxuriant. I lie island contains up
wards of 180,(WO sheep, and the cattle are
estimated at 37,000. The mutton and beef
are as good as in any part of the w orld.
Mr. Smith left Hobart town, for Sidney,
the place of his destination, distant 500
miles, in June, where he arrived soon after.
The number of inhabitants in Sidney, of all
classes is said to amount to 8000; and of the
colony, to 60 or 70,000. Business is brisk,
and considerable trade is carried on between
i tnat place and Bengal and China. Oranges,
lemons, figs, peaches, fee. fee. are in great
abundance, and the gsrJens are suit mnded
with geraniums, as a substitute for hedges.
Butchers’ meat in *rlat excellence and vari
ety, and an abundance of fish of the finest
; flavour. Religion and morality, however,
i are at a very low ebb, and there is conse
j qnenlly a noble field for an energetic, zeal
ous, and affectionate minister of the Gospel.
' The governor contemplates erecting a
school upon the lancastnan plan, capable of
accommodating oM boys and 290 girls.
The writer observes, that tne Rev. W.
I.aurie, a missionary from the Methodist So
ciety, is at Sidney; another at Windsor,
and a third is daily expected. They are un
wearied in travelling and preaching. The
Methodists have formed societies, and their
churches are numerously attended.
“ We have had four Russian and two
French ships here, on a voyage of discovery.
1 heir object appears to have been to ex.
plore the western part of this country to ef
fect settlements. But it is hoped they w
not succeed, as at some future time they
might become troublesome neighbours.
Under date of September 7th, 1820, Mr.
Smith gives some information respecting the
General Gates, capt. Riggs, which had been
detained by the government, having infrac
ted the port regulations. She sailed hence
about six months ago, for the New Zealand
fishery, and it appears that ten convicts ef
fected their escape in her; and capt. R. it is
said, after leaving the port, sent a letter to
the Governor, informing him of his having
taken them on board. A King’s ship, on
the eve of sailing to the missionary settle
ment on that island, was ordered to search
for the General Gates, in which he succeed
ed, and brought her to Sidney-. An Admi
ralty Court is shortly expected to sit, and
from the reported circumstances ofthe case,
there is no doubt of her condemnation.
Under date of February 10, 1821, he
writes ; —The General Gates is liberated on
the captain’s oan bond, to pay at some fu
ture period 6000/. the price of his infrac
tion !!”
« We have an Auxiliary Bible Society,
and Bible Associations, and great exertions
are now making to circulete tiie scriptures.
« The Clergyman of our parish has just
lent me a Third Report of the American Bi
ble Society. We have found it very inter
esting. May the Lord help the efforts of
the Society.” A" T. Spectator.
Montreal, November 24.
Attempt at Arson—On Thursday evening
between the hours of eight and nine, Mr.
lteib, landlord ofthe city Tavern, discover
ed a faint smoke in the second story passage
of that house, after searching every part of
the house in vain, and almost despairing of
finding the place whence it proceeded ; it
was at last found to issue from a small apart
ment in the fourth story, which had. been
appropriated to rubbish, and at the time
contained a quantity of feathers ; on enter
ing this room, although the smoke was very
dense, yet no fire was for some time found,
but upon opening a small closet in one cor
ner of the room, it appeared upon a shelf in
a very compact form, like a ball, having
spread but little for w ant of air ; Mr. 11. im
mediately removed it with bis hand, and ex
tinguished it—the closet was filled with old
papers, and account books, and in the midst
of tiiese combustible materials the fire was
deposited; upon opening the ball it was
discovered that it consisted of several pieces
of punk, rolled in a piece of parchment,
some ofthe parchment was not consumed
and the names of Mr. Salterlee, and judge
Platt, of Plattsburg, were found upon them ;
this may be a clue by which to discover the
person who placed the fire ; a small packet
of powder was found at a convenient dis
tance from the fire; the whole was planned ;
and had not the ball burnt so rapidly, but
allowed the family to retire to rest, no doubt
the building would have been reduced to
ashes, and from the situation of the cliam
i bers, some lives lost. Mr. lleib had no in- j
i sura nee upon his furniture. No doubt can i
I be raised that this is the work of some vil
j lam; aud it is to be hoped, that a person
I who could harhor such diabolical intentions,
I will not be suffered to escape the strong
! arm of justice.
UaiTick.
No actor on record ever roused the feel
ings more than Garrick, and none must pro
bably suffered more from their exertion.
A gentleman making the above remark to
King, the Comedian lie received this re
ply. “ Pooh ;he suffered from his feel
ings I Why, sir, I was playing with him one
night in Lear, when in the middie of a most
passionate and affecting part, and when the
whole house was drowned in tears, he turn
ed his head around to me, snd rolling his
tongue about, whispered ; “ Tom, it’ll do.”
Another proof of his intense feeling was in
dying in Richard 111. One night he fell near
the side scenes, where a friend of ours and
his was standing, “ Zounds, P—,” said Gar
rick, “ stand a little farther, or I can’t die
properly.
Signal Humanity. —At Lord Camden’s
seat, the Hermitage, near Seven Oaks, in
Kent, the following important information
was exhibited a few weeks since :—“ This
is to give notice, that Lord Camden does
not mean to shoot himself or any of his ten
ants, till the 14th of September.”
An Irish labourer having been lately em
ployed in mending the pavement in Fen
church-street, placed a heap of stones near
the house ol a surly shopkeeper, w ho, in
abusive langauge, ordered him to remove
them. “ Pray,” said the poor man, “ where
can 1 take them ?”—“ Take them to hell,”
replied the citizen—“ Plaise your honour,”
i says Pat, “ will they be then further remov
! ed from you than they are now f"
| There are three brothers residing w ithin
the parish of Penicuik, near Edinburgh,
whose united ages make 259 years, and all
of them enjoy llieir full mental faculties.
There are at this time living, in the vi
cinity of Aldby Park, in Yorkshire, and the
villages near the Wolds, 5 sisters, whose
united ages amount to 406 years, viz, Mrs.
Jane Annison, near Sand Hutton, aged 86 ;
Mrs- Elizabeth Sanderson, of Buttercomb,
88, Mrs. Mary Nichols, of Scaglethorp,Sl t
Mrs. Margaret Wade, of Sand H'utton, 79 ;
and Mrs. Ann Hutchinson, of Hugthorpe, 71.
There are now two families living near
to each other at New-Houses, near Middle- 1
ton in Teesdale, consisting of three persons
in each family, yet they include fathers and
mothers, brothers and si-ters, uncles and
aunts, nieces, own-cousins, half-cousins, and
quarter-cousins, and we know not how many
more degrees of relationship, though alto
gether there are but six persons,
Matrimonial Consolation. —At Antrim As
sizes, on the 19th instant, A. Stewart was
convicted of stealing a hat, and sentenced to
be transported for seven years. The prison
er, on receiving sentence, said, “ It is bet
ter than a bad marriage.
.1 Lame Ifager. —Griffiths, an actor, who
was bandy -legged, won a considerable wager
by a singular circumstance. A gentleman
present was very severe upon Griffith's per
son, and pointing to his left leg, offered a
bet that there was not so ill formed a limb
in the company.—Griffiths pleasantly took
up the offer, and instantly exhibited his
right leg, exclaimed, “ by here’s the
fellow to it!”
[London paper.
It has already been stated that tiie slaves
in Havana had a plot in preparation to rise
against their masters, but which was frus
ti aed by a timely discovery. A later arri
val from Havana states that they had procee
ded so far in their schemes as to appoint
lords and ladies in futoro. Thirty of these
slaves are imprisoned in the Moru, among
Ahem are seven females. —A*. Y. AJv.
Further success oj the united,
States’ Cruisers.
We are indebted to the politeness of Mr.
Thomas, Purser of the Hornet, for the fol
lowing memorandum: —
“Arrived, the United States ship Hornet,
Capt. Henley, from a cruize ; bringing in
the armed brig Centinella. This vessel, to
gether with the slave brigantine Pensee,
(which parted company three days since)
are ordered here for adjudication. They
were taken by the Hornet, oft' Cumberland
Harbor, (south side of Cuba.) The Centi.
nella, under Venezuelan colors, but com
manded’by capt. Bradford, a citizen of the
United States, had some days previously
captured the Pensee, under French colors,
with 249 slaves on board ; and was negocia
ting for a sale of them on the coast of Cuba.
The Hornet also captured off the West
end of St. Domingo, (and dispatched for
Norfolk) the armed bdiooner Moscow, with
20 men ; being found cruising without pa
pers. (Information was afterwards had at
St. Jago, of her having committed piracy on
an English brig laying at Cumberland Har
bor.)
The Hornet, with her prize, the Centinel
la, came into onr bay on the 30th ult.; offi
cers and crew all well. All our judicial tri
bunals denying cognizance of the case, the
Centinella has been ordered for New-Or
leans, for adjudication, as will also be the
slave ship Pensee, if fallen in with : she not
having been heard from since she parted
company. Floridian. K
A CANDID CANDIDATE.
The following address was really written
by a very honest gentleman, since de3d, who
was a candidate for the office for which he
here solicits the suffrages of his fellow citi
zens :
Gentlemen.— l offer myself a candidate for
Sheriff'; I have been a revolutionary offi
cer ; fought many bloody battles ; suffered
hunger, toil and heat : got honorable scars,
but little pay. I will tell you plainly how
I shall .discharge my duty, should Ibe sy
happy" as to obtain a majority of your suf
; frages. If writs are put in my hands against
! any of you, I will take you if 1 can, and
you can get bail, 1 will deliver you over to'
the keeper of the jail.
2d If judgments are found against you,
and executions directed to me, 1 will sell
I your property, as the law directs, without
| favour or affection-;, and if there should be
any surplus money, I will punctually remit it.
3d. If any of you should commit a
: crime (which God forbid) that requires
capita! punishment, according to law, I will
hang you up by the neck, till you are dead!!
[ Sav. Georgian.
The cate of FuaUles. —The extraordinary
trial which took place some years ago in the
south of Prance, in consequence of the as
sassination of M. Fauldes, and which enga
j ged the attention of all Europe, is likely to
become acain a subject of much interest.
Bousquier, who was at first implicated in the
charge, but afterwards became a principal
witness, died at Kodez, on the 20th of Sep
tember. On his death bed he nude a dec
laration that all he deposed re'ative to the
afTair was completely false. The enquiry
now is, what truth was there in the evidence
of Bach and the woman Baucal >
•A". r. Advertiser.
AFiracles in 1821.—1 t would appears that
the newly revived belief in miracles is not
exclusively confined to the disciples of
Prince Hohenlope, at Bamberg. A French
Journal relates the following marvellous sto
ries :
A young woman, who had been for some
time grievously afflicted with the tooth
ache, lately anplyed to a Fimouatlier of
the Faubourg St. Martin, imagines he pos
seses the power of affecting cures by mira
culous means as well as any German Prince.
The following dialogue ensued :---
* What is your pleasure Mademoiselle
“ Ah, Sir, you see how my face is swelled,
and how 1 am disfigured.” “ You have tooth
ache ?” “ Yes, sir, and your high reputation
induced me to come to you ?” “ Put you
have somebody with you !” Oh, sir.h? is my
intended.” “ You think I can cure you ?”
“ I have been told so. ” And you believe it ?
“ 1 do.'' “ Bravo ! 1 have the tooth.” “Oh
pray don’t draw it sir 1” “ I need only touch
it with the point of my finger, and two words
will afford you relief- -.Uitrae Salem ; —now
pay me, and begone !” a
The subjoined paragraph describes a mi- V,
racle of a still more extraordinary kind, and
one which is certainly the better entitled to
credit, since a pretty woman is at once the
heroine of the story', andthe guarantee of its
authenticity.
Madame de (after a widowhood of twtv
or three months became more extravagant
ami more fond of pleasure than ever she had
been in her husband’s life. She was pre
sent at every new opera, every ball, and
every place of fashionable amusement. As
tonished at this gay kind of philosophy, one
of her female triends ventured to question
her on the subject. “ Well, I must let you
in to my secret,” said the sprightly widow.
“ Know, then, that 1 join in ail these fash
ionable follies only in obedience to my hus
band’s command.” “How! did he order
it so in his will ?” “In his will! Oh,
come, 1 must tell you ! Whenever I receive
an invitation to a concert or to a ball, the
first thing I do, even before I give an order
to my maid, or my miliner, is-to proceed to
the buried ground of Fere Lachaiet' “ Well,
that’s certainly a most singular preparation
for a ball!” “I kneel down before the tomb
of my husband.” “Oh ! 1 understand, you
makes prelude to the pleasures of the eve
ning, by the tear, you shed in the morning 1
I Well, that’s a sort of Compensation /” Nay,
but hear me. I press my lips close to the
marble, and 1 whisper, • Hear husband, do
not be angry if 1 go to night to Madam- ’s
party,’ and he replies, ‘ You may go my
love.’ “ What a droll idea ! and you real
ly fancy you hear him say so ?” “ Yes ! he
speaks very softly, to be’ sure ; but then I
have such a delicate ear !” «• And do you
ever ask him any other questions?” “Oh
i yes ! I sometimes consult him about my
dress, and he gives me his advice; for I
verily believe he reads the Journal (Its Afodeo
as regularly as 1 do. It was he who advised
me to buy this new Cashmere /” “Ah ! my
dear friend, what a happy woman you are ;
A our dead husband is ten thousand tunes
better than my living one !”
<s■ \N ANTED.—To hire or
t purchase, * NEGItO WOMAN, a
! good Cook,Washer aud Irouer—also,
' a WaitiDg Boy, who understands the
common duty of a Family Enquire
i at this Office.
December 18 St 49