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0T In this paper the Laws of the United States
are published.
autJjorftj?.
[public act.]
Ka Ad to extend the Charter of the Me
chanics’ Hank of Alexandria, in the
District of Columbia.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
Jlmenra, in Congress assembled , That the
Art incorporating Ihe Mec hanics’ Hank
ol Alexandria, in Iho District of Colum
hia, be, ami the same is hereby, extended
and limited to Ihe (hiid day oi March,
one thousand eight hundred and trdrty
tix, tinder and subject to all limitations,
modifications, and conditions, as are en
acted and applied to the other incorpora
ted Hanks oUhc DistrictofColumbia, by
an Act, « itilled “ An Act to extend (he
charters of certain banks in Ihe District
of Columbia,” which passed the second
day of March, one thousand eight hun
dred and twenty one.
Sec. ‘2. .-hid be it further enacted , That,
if any stockholder or stockholders in said
hank, who have not assented to (lie re
nuwal ol Ihe said charter, shall, within
two months from the passing ot this Act,
tile n|« or their declaration, in writing, in
the said bunk, dei laring himself or them
selves dissatisfied with said renew d, and
his or their determination to withdraw
ids or their interest from the same; and
if the said bank c.nmol agree with such
stockholder or stockholders on the amount
of such interest, and shall not forthwith
pay the same, then if shall ho lawful (or
the Circuit Court of tho District of Co
lumbia, at Alexandria, on the petition in
writing of sunh stockholder or stockhold
ers, to appoint three commissioners, whose
duly it shall lie to atceitain the value of
the interest of such sto< kholder or stock
holders in said hank, for which purpose
such commissioners shall, under the di
rection of said Cou.-I, have tn.ceaa to the
Irnoks, papers, and accounts, of said bank,
and on the report of said commissioners,
and such other evidence as may be laid
before the said Court, the said Court
i hall proceed to ascertain the value ol the
interest ol such stockholder or stockhold
ers in said bank and shall, adjudge and
decree the value, so ascertained, to he
paid to him or them by the said hank, and
shall have power to enforce such judg
ment or decree, by execution, attach
ment, or other legal process,
Sec. 3 .Ind be it fu r ther enacted , That
this Act be, and the same is hereby de
lla red to be, a public Act, and that so
much and such parts of the Act incorpo
rating the said Mechanics’ Hank of Alex
andria, us may he repugnant to this Act,
be, and (be same is hereby, repealed and
annulled. „
PHILIP P. BARBOUR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOIIV GAILLARD,
Pro ideal ofthe Senate, pro tempore.
Approved, ‘2lst Fchruarv, lfl'2;l,
JA IKS MONROE.
MY DOG AND MY SHADOW.
In a solitary excursion through a
Wood, Muj. Malden fell in with a.i
inair, whose singular appearance nt- j i
traded his attention. He was sitting j
on the ground at the foot of a beach
tree, eating a crust of bread, which;
he shared bit by bit with his dog.— ]
His dress betrayed the utmost pover-l
ty, hut his countenance exhibited!
every sympton of cheerfulness. The'
Major saluted lion as he rode past,
and the man pulled off his hat.
Do you see ? said he to his dog,
laughing.
W hat could the dog see ? asked
the Major, whose curiosity was much
excited by the man’s happy looks.
The stranger laughed. Aye, said
the man, in a humerous tone, 1 wish
to make the dog take notice of your
civility; it is so uncommon for a well
dressed person on horseback, an olft
cer besides, to lift hys hat or cup to a
tailored loot passenger like me.
Who are you then ? said the Major
to the man, looking at him attentive
ly-
A child of fortune.
A child of fortune! you mistake,
without doubt; for your coat seems
to speak otherwise.
My coat is in the right, sir. But
as I can joke in this coat, the only
one 1 have, it is of as mqch value* to
me as a new one, even if it had a star
upon it.
If what you say does not proceed
from a disordered mind, you are in
the right countryman.
A disordered mind, or a light
mind, is sometimes tlte gift of God,
at least for children of fortune of mv
case. My fate once hung heavy on
*niy mind, like lead, but care now
passes through it as the wind does
my coat, and if that be a fault, it
makes up for a great deal of misfor
tune.
But, says the Major, whence did
you come, and whither are you go
ing?
That question is not difficult to be
answered, sir. 1 came from my cra
dle, and am now going strait forward
to my grave. With these two stages
of my life lam well acquainted. In
a word, I am endeavouring to soften
my fate ; but 1 must have something
very engaging, for my dog and desti
ny remain faithful to me; and my
shadow also—hut like a false friend,
only when the sm? shines. You
shake your head, sir, as if you mean
to say I have made choice of bad
company. I thought so at first, but
there is nothing so bad as not to be
useful sometimes. My destiny has
made me humble, and taught me
what I did not before know, that one
cannot unhinge the world. My dog
has taught me there is still love and
fidelity in it, and—you cannot ima
, gine what fine things one can talk
with, and respecting one’s shadow.
Respecting one’s shadow ? that 1
do not understand.
You shall hear, sir—at sun-rise,
when lam walking behind rny long
towering shadow what conversati in
I hold with it on philosophical sub
jects ! Look, say I, dear shadow,
art thou not like a youth, when the
sun of life is rising, the earth seems
too small ? Just when I lift a leg,
thou liftest another, as thou wouldst
step over ten acres at once; and yet
when thou puttest down thy leg, thy
step is scarcely a span long; so fares
it with youth. He seems as if he
would destroy or create a world, and
yet in the end he does none of those
things which might have been ex
pected from his discourse. Let the
sun now rise higher and thou wilt be
come smaller, as the youth boasts
less the older he grows Thus I
compare, you see, the morning, noon,
and evening shadow with a hundred
things, and the longer we walk toge
ther the better we get acquainted.—
At present, I can forego many things
which I formerly considered indis
pensable necessaries. Tlte shadow
is my watch and my pedometer—and
sometime* my footman. It is only a
pity, that, a man cannot exist in his
shadow as his shadow does in him.
Well, and what do you say in the
evening to your shadow ?
In the evening a man’s shadow
then is a very serious thing—the best
moralist—a real me.mr.nio mori. —
When the shadow runs forward be
fore one, still becoming longer and
less visible, as if already hiding its
head in the darkness of eternity,
while behind one is the sitting sun,
and before one a rising star—the
shadow then seems to say, thou art
on the brink of eternity, thy sun is
going down, but lose not courage;
like me, thou wilt become always
greater ; and before thee is already
suspended a better star, the first ray
of eternity beyond tlte grave.
With these words the man became
serious, and the major also. Both
looked at each other in silence.—
Hem, said the Major, yon must go
with me, countryman. He took the
stranger by the hand, and conducted
him to his house.
From the Dundee Advertiser.
TOW BAGGING.
Sm, — r I hat the linen trade of Dun
dee and tlte surrounding district lias
increased very considerably within
these few years, is a fact evident and
notorious; but among all the various
kinds of goods manufactured here, I
believe the Cotton Bagging has been
carried to a greater extent than any
other fabric, —at least none of the
other fabrics have baen extended in
so great a proportion during the last
twelve months. Any improvement,
therefore, ‘W*. can be made in that
staple article, is an object of consi
derable importance to the manufac
turing interest.
Cotton Bitggmg, until a few years
ago, was I believe, entirely made from
hemp; but latterly, a good deal of it has
been made of millspun tow warps and
hemp wefts; and in some cases it has
been farther improved by making it
entirely nj tow , both warp and weft.
Unfortunately, however there exists
among (he buyers in this country a
prejudice against tow bagging; so
much so, that it is impossible fur the
manufacturer to obtain tlte same price
for tow bagging which he receives for
hemp, although, for the purpose to
which it is applied, the tow is a much
belter article; and various “pious
Irauds” have been practised by tire
manufacturer to make tow warps,
which really were superior to hemp
warps, pass for hemp, which really
were inferior.
As an endeavour to remove the
untounded prejudices against Tow
Bagging, I submit the following ob
servations to the candour and con
sideration of the buyers.
It is unnecessary now to inquire
why hemp had been so generally be
lieved to be stronger than flax; but
so general ions that opinion that
i where strength was wanted, such as
for cables, sails, and evert corn-sacks.
hemp was always preferred. Os late
years, however, sailors have been
convinced that an iron cable was bet
ter than a hempen one; that flax and
tow made a more durable sail, and
much less liable to mildew than hemp;
and so thoroughly persuaded are the
farmers, that I do not know if you
will find a hempen sack in the county
of Angus, the use of tow sacks being
now universal. It may be mention
ed too, as a sort of afiomaly, that
while we are manufacturing many
thousand pieces of hemp bagging for
the Americans, there is not a single
merchant in Dundee who packs a
bale of linen in a hempen sheet.
1 am old enough to recollect when
the canvass made for the navy during
the first French war was all wefted
with hemp. It is a well known fact,
that many hundred bolts of canvass
made in Dundee during that period,
were completely destroyed by mildew
in the Gqvernment warehouse, before
. the cloth was cut up by the sail-tna
. kers; and so great was the loss oc
casioned in this manner, that during
[ the last war, the use of hemp for can
vass was completely given up by the
, Government, and flax made use of
exclusively for the article; and at the
present moment flax and tew canvass
are generally admitted to ke superior
, to any hemp canvass tlat can he
i made. Upwards of twenty years,
however, elapsed before this fact was
, generally admitted. Tie same pro
gress of improvement, j)f scepticism,
and conviction, that was developed
in the history of our Canvass manu
facture, is now going on in that of
Bagging.
Hemp is more liaUe to mildew
than flax or tow, from several causes.
It contains a greater quantity of
vegetable oil than flax ; and to fit it
for heckling, it is necessary to intro
duce a considerable quantity of fish
oil,—which, be it observed, when the
hemp is used in the making of cotton
bagging, is never taken out. The oil
• thus artificially put upon the hemp
not only remains, but, from the sajne
cause that originally required the ap
plication of the fish-oil—viz. that
stubborness of the fibre—obliges the
manufacturer to starch it with flour.
It is fvell known, that upon a hemp
warp of 40 lib. weight, the manufac
turer will put from 8 to 10 lib. of
flour starch. When cloth made of
hemp under these circumstances is
put on board ship, closely packed up
and getting a little damp, it is obvious
that mildew will be the consequence;
and if allowed to remain long, the
cloth will be entirely rotten. When
tow is used for bagging warps,it may
be wove without starch altogether};
but if it is starched at all, 2 lib. are
quite sufficient for one warp.
Another disadvantage that hemp
lies under, is the mode of spinning,—
which is done by hand, and which,
as is well known, does not join the
fibres longitudinally; whereas tow
being entirely spun by machinery,
the fibres all lie lengthwise, by which
means the tlnead is much stronger.
Hemp cannot be imported into this
country without paying a duty of 91-
10s. per ton; whereas flax pays only
Bs. 4il.
The name of the article is suffi
ciently expressive of its appropria
tion, —namely, for cotton bags; and
as strength is the only requisite, it is
of the first importance that Bagging
be made sufficiently strong to under
go all the fatigue of packing, as well
as the other accidents to which it may
he liable. In America, where the
price of labour is higher than in this
country, it is a considerable loss to
the purchaser when a cotton bag
bursts in the packing,—for he loses
all the labour, as well as the value of
the bag ; and when a cotton bag on
its arrival in this country is torn, an
allowance is made to the buyei of the
cotton.'
As facts are the best arguments
with practical men, I shall now state
the result of an experiment which
was made a few months ago for the
purpose of ascertaining the relative
strength of Hemp and Tow Bagging.
A gentleman from America saw in
a merchant’s shop here, a parcel of
bagging made entirely of tow yarn
spun at Russel Mill in Fife, which
pleased him as to look; but being
prejudiced in favour of the hemp, he
was afraid that the tow was not so
strong.
Some observations having in con
sequence been made on the relative
strength of hemp and tow bagging, a
bet on the subject was taken between
two merchants;* and in order to de
cide it, a strip of two inches in breath
was taken oft' a piece of hemp bag
ging, and another strip of the same
breadth off* a piece of the bagging
made eritirely from tow; theselvidges
of each piece were sewed together
and put over a boom, and weights
were hung on each until they broke :
The hemp broke with a weight of
316 lib.; the tow with a weight of not
less than 540 Mb. The quality of
the fabric submitted to this experi
ment was what is commonly called
“ Pound and half bagging.”
If, therefore, strength is the princi
pal requisite in Cotton Bagging, it is
• Their names are left with the Eiilur,
quite clear from the foregoing expe
riment, that tow is superior in „
strength to hemp in the ratio of three
to five. It has also been shown, that
the Tow Bagging is not nearly so
liable to mildew ; and lastly, that it
can be made as cheap if not cheaper |
than hemp.
Were Cotton Bagging to be made
entirely of tow, I would recommend
that the yarn should be spun from
Dutch, Irish, Scots, or English tow ;
as these are much stronger than
Baltic tow.
Were the buyers of Cotton Bag
i ging to provide themselves with an
instrument, such as is used in the
i Government dock-yards for trying
; the strength of canvass, —and, in
i stead of obliging the manufacturers
, to fall upon plans of passing tow
i w?rps for hemp, cause the cloth to be
, made so as to bear a certain strain
i per inch, and pay a price corres
■ ponding to the strength,—the manu
■ facturer would be under the necessity
■ of paying attention to the strength as
r well as to the weight of the cloth, and
■ make less use of flour starch ; where
• as, by the present mode of buying
f entirely by weight, it is for the in
; terest of the manufacturer to sub
i stitute as many pounds of flour as
■ possible, so long as the one article
' costs him less than 2d. per lib. and
, the other above sd.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A. B.
Dundee , February 24, 1823.
• One Day Later from England.
NEW-YORK, MAY 30.
We a.e favoured with the Dublin
• Evening Mail of the 25th ult. brought
by the Robert Burns, which contains
the London news of the 23d, and
Paris advices of the 21st.
A Telegraphic despatch from Bay
onne, of April 30, announces as fol
lows.
“ The Major General to die Min
ister of War.
“ We found 31 pieces of cannon at
Pancorho, with bombs and shot.
“ The head quarters are at Vitto
ria, where his Royal Highness the
Duke of Angouleme, was received
with enthusiasm.”
A bulletin was issued from Carlton
• palace, on the 23d ult. announcing
that the King was visited the night
| previous with an attack of the gout,
, and unable to see company.
\ In the House of Commons on the
| 22d, Mr. Canning moved an address,
which was carried, for additional
, papers respecting the Foreign Ncgo
, ciations. Mr. Warre asked whether
’ the five allied Powers agreed to a
treaty at Verona, for assisting Franee
t in the attack on Spain. Mr. C. had
never heard of such an undertaking,
and did not believe that any such in
| strument was signed at Verona.
In the House of Lords, a motion
for copies of the communication with
| Portugal, was resisted by Lord
Liverpool, who declined to produce
! the papers at present. He said, if
Portugal was attacked without pro
| vocation, England was bound to in
terpose —but if it were with provoca
tion, Great Britain was not bound to
interfere.
I The Minister being further inter
, rogated as to the truth of the French
/government having supplied the in
’ surgents of Spain with money, said
I that the British minister at Madrid,
, had received such information as
, amounted to a belief of the fact; but
' there was no actual proof.
, Lord Liverpool promised to lay
, before the House the documents in
’ regard to negociations at Verona on
C the subject of the Slave trade.
, He also stated that the negocia
, tions for a composition wiih respeet
. to the Austrian Loan, were likely' to
terminate satisfactorily. Lord Hol
, land remarked that he had not seen
[ the Emperor of Austria gazetted , but
| it was well known he had been de
, dared a bankrupt, and was under the
; necessity of compounding with his
creditors.
| Ireland. The disturbances in
[• Ireland continued. The Dublin and
Londonderry Mail had recently been
( robbed, and the guard shot. Twelve
f persons charged with being concern
! ed in this outrage, were arrested.
, Ihe last Cork paper mentions the
following depredations. The house
of E. Walsh, near Six Mile Waier,
! set on fire, and 2 horses and 3 ’cows
I burned. A house of Adam Newman,
, Esq* of Dromore, set on fire and de
stroyed. A barn, owned by Mr.
, Sherlock; a farm house of a Mr. Sul
livan, a house near Two-Pothouse,
> uud a stable of Garrett Neagle were
r also all set on fire the same night and
; destroyed.
1 A notice signed by order of John
, Hock, was posted on the Chapel of
- Colaratta, threatening John Clifford
f with death on the first of May, and
t that his house should be burned,
f The W estmeath Journal, describes
a number of similar occurrences in
I that neighborhood.
At Ballylongford, a notice was
. P oste d on Sunday, threatening with
s fire and sword, any person who pre
sumed to purchase at a sale of goods
distrained for rent.
FROM CHILE.
Abdication of the Supreme Director
O’Higgins, and the substitution of
a Provisional Junta, for the Go
vernment of Chile.
We have been favored with the
following translations, from the Min
isterial Gazette Extraordinary of
Chile:
SANTIAGO, 29th JAN. 1823.
The authorities and the people of
this Capital having yesterday met to
determine with the Supreme Direc
tor what was most proper for the
public tranquillity, the session was
terminated with the following decree
which his Excellency issued.
“ Thinking that, in the present
conjuncture, it may contribute to the
country’s acquiring tranquillity, that
I should leave the Supreme command
of the state, and having agreed with
the People of Santiago that this step
was proper, and the only one which
could have that effect in the present
crisis, I have resolved to abdicate the
Supreme Direction of Chile, and to
resign its provisional exercise to an
administrative Junta, composed of
the citizens D. Augustin Eyzaguirre,
D. Jose Miguel Infante, and D. Fer
nando Errazuris, inasmuch as there
is not at present a National Repre
sentative before which I can make my
renunciation, and that the said ad
ministrative Junta may take the most
speedy measures for assembling it;
with the understanding, that if, after
six months, the questions which the
Provinces of the State have between
themselves shall not have been set
tled, the Administrative Junta shall
cease in order that the People of San
tiago may consider what shall be
most proper—and, in order that it
may know what are its attributes and
powers, the Commission proposed to
me by the People, composed of the ci
tizens D. Juan Egana, Dr. D. Bernado
Vera, and D. Joaquin Campino, will
proceed to form a rule for determin
ing them. Let it be printed, pub
lished, andcirculated.
Given at Santiago the 28th Jan
uary, 1823,
BERNARDO OTIIGGINS.
Mariano Egana.”
This decree was immediately read
to the people, and the same S. O’-
Higgins proclaimed the new Govern
ment elected. lie united tire ribband
which is the badge of supreme com
mand in Chile, put it into the hands
ot the voters, and then gave them
possession of the elevated charge, to
which they were nominated after
their having taken the usual oath.
The session was concluded with
the oath of fidelity which the chiefs
of the garrison took to the new Go
vernment. *
SANTIAGO, 291 h JAN. 1823.
His Excellency the Supreme Di
rector having laid down the com
mand, and the offices being vacant
by the resignation of those who held
them, the most excellent Junta, at
present in authority, has appointed,
and does appoint, as Minister ot
. State in the Department of the Go
vernment and Marine, Dr. D. Mari
ano Loana, and as that of Finance
and War, Dr. I). Augustin Vial,
with all the attributes and powers
which the former Ministers possessed.
Let it be attended to, and circulated
and printed.
EYZAGUIRRE INFANTE.
Errasuris.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
Office of the Mercantile Advertiser, ?
NEW-VOIIK, MAT 27. \
We are favored with an extract of
a letter frsm an Officer of the United
States sch. Shark, Lieut. Com’dt.
Perry, dated on the 11th inst. at sea’
lat. 24, N. long 85.
The Shark had proceeded from
Carthagena to Jamaica, and was
then on the way to Vera Cruz, with
a convoy of seven sail bound to dif
ferent ports of the U. States, from
which she would separate the same
evening, and expected to reach Vera
Cruz by the 17th. The following
vessels left Jamaica under convoy of
the Shark; Brig Elizabeth Sturges,
for Georgetuwn, parted co. first day
out; brig Almira, Robinson, of War
ren, for New-Orleans, in ballast;
schr. Mount Vernon, Sawyer, for
Feruandina, Cuba, (parted co sth ;)
Midas, Miller, for* Boston, ballast;
Elizabeth, Colvin, for Mobile, do;
Enter prize, Wheaton, of Philada. for
New-Orleans, do; Olive Branch,
r ulford, for Mobile, do ; Eng. brig
Nancy, Hunter, for Halifax (parted
co. first day out;) Eng. brig Mary
Ann, from Annatto Bay, for Nassau;
and sch. Boxer, of Boston, from do.
for Philadelphia. Left but few Ame
rican vessels at Kingston.
Off the Isle of Pines, the Shark
chased a small topsail schooner,
[probably the pirate which captured
the Reuben and Eliza,] and would
have overhauled her but for fear of
separating from the convoy. To
facilitate her escape, the pirate hove
overboard, a number of articles of
goods, casks, &c.
The following is an extract from
the letter ;
“ On leaving Port Royal, we had
8 vessels in charge, but two of them!
; thought proper to part company a
few hours out in consequence rs
variation in the wind, by which lir
- commanders were of opinion ,h e
passage would be shortened by «"‘1
to windward. Two others hav.
i smee joined, and one other senar?
. ted, first asking and obtaining De !'
r misslon > which of course is a
matter of form, we having no p oWer
to detain them longer than they ar,
f d ' S P,° S( ;d to rei "ain. I am apt
i think the underwriters are often im.
. P os ed upon by the applicants for l n
. surance, under a pledge that the \ es
, sel insured will sail under convoy
; when probably the master will
some excuse for parting company
t ere the convoy has proceeded one v
, hundred miles.
t. “ ln . the W - India Ports, particu-
I larly those of Jamaica, a vessel sail.
1 in 8 oodef convoy, has a great ad
, vantage in procuring freight. The
, underwriters at Lloyd’s making a
t considerable difference in the pie.
; mium of Insurance, and, if I am not
, mistaken, it matters not whether the
j vessel proceeds the whole route of
f the convoy, as the Insurance is made
binding on her leaving port.
’ “ The officers of our navy can have
2 no interest in this kind of shuffling fur
ther than as their reputation is at
stake in the safe conduct of all ves
sels placed under their charge to the
t prescribed point of separation. lf a
. vessel sailing under convoy of a U.
’ S. ship of war separated and is afier
r. wards captured, some blame might
“ attach (however unjustly,) to the
commander of the convoy.
I “ A convoy sails from Jamaica on
the lOt.’i of each month for the Gulf
e of Florida, protected by a British
t ship of war; all neutral vessels are
j permitted to sail under its protection.
This benefit on the part of the Bri
tish Admiral, has been reciprocated
( by the commanders of our National
j vessels, invariably performing the
same services to British vessels.”
SAVANNAH, JUNE 7.
By the sloop Eliza Ann from New-
Orleans, arrived yesterday, we re
ceived papers of that city to the 18th
ult. The waters of the Mississippi
i were,at an unusual height. A letter
- to the editor, dated on the 17th, says,
- “We are in danger of the water of
.1 the Mississippi breaking over the
- Levee and drowning us ; the water
s is now many feet above tiie level of
u the city, and is running over the top
0 of the Levee in every quarter, whilst
r a constant stream runs through every
gutter in the streets. There are
h some hundred persons engaged in
s keeping it out, by raising the em
i- bankment. The water has broken
over in a number of places below the
city, but how it is above is doubtful,
- as our accounts are contradictory.”
The paper of the 12th mentions
t that at Hampton’s plantation the wa
-1 ter was running over in several
t places, and forty miles above, the
I, river was said to be overflowing.
'f The Baton Rouge Gazette men
- tions, that the state of the Mississip
- pi in the neighborhood of that place
e is really alarming; it rises from an
i, inch to an inch and a half every
s twenty four hours; the levee on the
I. opposite side had been mostly wash
d ed away, and some of the resident?
were preparing to remove.
The Cotton market on the 17th
ult. had become quite bare of the first
qualities and only 8000 bales of al!
description, about one third of which
was Louisiana and Mississippi, re
mained for sale. The demand con
;f tinued brisk, and an improvement in
j price of from 1-2 to 1 cent, had taken
place on middling qualities. Quo
tations, Colton, Louis, and Miss.
’ choice, 15 a 10, scarce; dodo prime,
13 al4 do; do do 2d qual. 11 a 12:
g do do 3d qual 8 a 10; Mobile or S
Alab. prime, 10 a 11 1-2 scarce:
. do do 2d qual. 8, do; Tenn and N
Alab. 9 1-2 a 10 1-2; do do 2d
a qual. 7 1-2 a 8 1-2 ; do do 3d qual.
“ 6a 7- Flour had declined a little.
r Freights continued brisk at 1 l-2d
for cotton to Liverpool, and 3 cents
to France. A considerable rise in
’ the rates of freight to the Northern
States had taken place.— Georgian.
* Original and authentic Anecdote oj
) Hume.
; David Hume, author of the cele
; brated History of England, having
• one day, visited the house of a certain
, gentleman, in Edinburgh, was sur
[ prised by die marked contempt and
i disgust evidenced at his presence, by
r a small boy, of about four years of
; age. “ Why do you shun me, my
sweet little fellow ?” enquired die
■ Philosopher. “ Because yon are not
a good man—seeing you disbelieve
:: the existence of God,” replied the
, j child. “ Why then do yon not pray
for me,” said Hume—Whereupon,
the child, immediately raising his
hands and eyes to the Heavens, utter
ed this wonderful ejaculation :—” G
God, be pleased to impart to him the
truth of thy existence .” Such was
the impression which this brief, em
phatic, and unexpected prayer pro
duced upon the mind of Hume* that
he is said to have remembered, and
i often repeated it, to the last hour of
his life ?