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COM ML NIC ATE D
Courtship. —Amidst (he many
troubles which are allotted to us in this
mortal pifgi itnaglK we often recognize
the benign inter position of a kind Pro
vidt nee, in stnortiring the path of care,
; ,pd in supporting the soul labouring
under the weight of anguish and ai⁣
tion. in reflecting on the character
of man, and viewing the picture cf hu
man existence, how cheering amidst
the many scenes of rugged aspect is
theciuitship of early life; how de
lightfully it relieves the mind from the
protracted shadows oi misery which
darken the prospect, and how sweetly
Jills the soul with gladness, as it repo
ses on one little -pof, flourishing and
green in the centre ot darkness and
desolation.
In the usual avocations of life in the
discharge of business and intercourse
with our fellow men, the selfisn punci-*
pie of the mind warps the tender Jeel
ings oi the soul, chilis the sources of
• >ur sweetest r. fleet tons, axd nariows
the limits of cui deafest enjoy inen|f.
It is not in th* - vortex of uar# es,when
su.-nicion and distrust are often the
girder of our conduct, that we are to
exp* it the seeds of happiness kuiuiy
to I L>uri>h aid inattiie; rather let it*
w i.drau oui obsena<iou from th;
m ;*e 6 hustle ol initialled pursuit,to
so.ne i tired >p<t where th ardent).>ver
studies ah totei nurse with the female
in ’: •{: how com nosed aft the conflicts
ol fiebpg, and Itow stfuned the cim*
t cn* < * th*- mind, under the tnipni**
if virtuous attachment. lie loves the
ol jet sos his (leveiK.ii, and CoU< t her
; Itt v. t >u, loi he (lee*i p> her sot letv the
t>o't as.-urarff'C of permanent erh \
im-.lt lie delights to coiUeinplt.it the
for . afuiH of her r inti, and t fi well
oh phis f unis e( lier, dispcsiliirn. lie
c;r. gnzre fur hours on her loveliness
v. rtii sfi fondest adnui a should 1
;.li -i iie on hi* devoth n the* thrill of J
e.e t:c pleasure nmpensates h in for <
year's ci perpjexii\ and distress,
( *.4Ct i S .-riJuT sb’{^s—lJ , ia her eyc,{
ia ei t.-i \ ..w“ iliiri'.it - ami ({><.*
1 #4 *
Her vmle is the smii* of i/;auty,anilj
i.tr \ -tiie or.wL ie ol value. Yenu;
ad.irt.s tlk*.* al'jCit ol ids* chavtns with!
nl! that can p'ease the eye or fascinate!
the taste, Hope with her gaud v wings,
whispers many a tale ol bliss, and*
..ids the coming future with joys in-1
avttin aide, u bile I'umiJ imittliMw ami I
pi.i\s around unh spot five mirth/ AT
sveae of fairy enchantment encircles]
him, and all objects are blessed witbf
tin bent'volen . ,t his feeling, for he*
is I: n,ij>% * he most pleasing enjoy- 1
me.its ol ci:e\ existence are those uval
r/.ed during the period of courtship,i
Ihr it is then that all the suit emotions!
of the Mill 1 join in the pursuit. ii is;
lile's sweetest jubilee, in which Love,!
i! pe and Desiie rt*vei unmolested,*
turning .n iteiiogs to all that is me-;
lmliuus, an<l moulding them to all that’
is phasing and agt eeujh* in oui nature.!
1 he u mil under the influence of love
is often incompetent to a judicious u,-
\t sti..aiiun ol eharav.ter, lor ad its es
t >.iie unoUiied Willi Eastern .-plen-
: .vid magnificence ; the operation
of .and. tdatiug dt;v et umeut is too Mie- :
•i. nal for its yiflueoce, anil leiarrls
the ext I'cise of ti cling ut it/. is dts
| -sc-rl to j uie -unreme. * roe love
i lieigp.iu> io i oTfiiue ■ < ibt and dis
a j! pc., ill , t'.u t lliei e ate ! dry scenes
antei 1 a t<< tin** i iropmach winch leave
a w.tim imprt'ssiun on the heart, and
Kin pi •. ate u> |(, ii.imi an after ill.—
1 ’ *■ ;ii coj.‘t'utes a i: e'ancholy ot
tec i .mil put void, sti soothuig m its
:■ c ts, nc v* a Horn j,o n often draws
i ; du t . Soso tin* ,'iUpp-i esSed sigli,
if t *• iioscs the b w wiUi apparent
i .ii v, tm. !.- ;t-* te •■oei.ls of such deliglii-
Ju. ii. •.**, u l'i< h v. v vv*u|d not ex*
iia lot \ ears of ni>sij*ated mi-th or
i..,... u,i i v.o c all u si* mci *t.
v OiiLAMK).
Till'. -
In ;>'•. I.!'-.: r \ ork ty the Anther of
V* vi". ai-’ ii un i-o say ibdi it i-* n*t<-r
----’ ; ;.:• - t.l ht?lance such praisx
••i.v.’ v li:;a ]"<)!• i.tea ot it nn fits.—
’ .* vohe.Vi. coiititiii two laleseetire.y a nd;
vi. UetOitliiMi uultlf Tnh.rnnn. We sfinH
*’l [ C'Oiit tioiice the taller, is it bllicoulv imc
’ have fouiui leisure to re id.
Ihe scene is laid on the tisridy’ dr sett hor
’ lipoii till* Dead Sica to lie* Soirth ot Ic
‘h*m, at that peiivJi! oftaelasi crusiuh iii i
armies ot Europe lav encamped liuwc vhu
’ -> the truce with the fc.r-fi.meii Snlid.tni
w oj•;,i_ oj the btorv thus introduces iu in -
10 ;
I he burning- sun of Syria had
r t yet attained its highest point
‘• the horizon, when a knight cf
’ c Red-cross, who hjti] left hVs dis
northern home, and joined the
1 *of die Crusadeis in Palestine,
[ v ‘ ; - pacing slow iv along the sandy
•yrrts which lie ia the vicinity of
Read Sea, or, as it is called, the
I l ; ke A sphaltites, witere the waves
1 * 1 *e Turd n pour themselves into
•hind sea, from which there is
r) ; h ;rgv of water.
I he warlike pilgrim had tolled
■Mior.g chila and precipices during
j ‘ lc 1 ll *ly part of the morning;
more lately, issuing from those
rocky and dangerous defiles, he
had entered upon that great plain,
- where the accursed cities provoked,
i [ln ancient days, the direct and
* dreadful \ engeance,of the Omnipo
■ .tent.
[ ‘] he toil, the thirst, the dangers
[of the way, were forgotten, as the
trcAveller recalled the fearful catas
trophe, which had converted into
an arid and dismal wilderness the
fair and fertile valley of Siddim,
!once well watered, even as the
J Garden of the Lord, now a parch
ed and blighted waste, condemned
to eternal sterility.
Crossing himself, as he viewed !
the dark* mass of rolling waters, in!
color as in quality unlike those of ev
ery other lake,the traveller shudder
ed as he remembered, that beneath
the si iggish waves lay- the once
proud cities of the plain, whose
grave was dug by the thunder ol
the heavens, or the eruption oi the
subterraneous fire, and whose re
mains were hid, even by T that sea
which holds no living fish in its bo
som, bears no skiff on it surface, j
-nd, as if its own dreadful bed
were the only fit receptacle lor its
sullen waters, sends not, like other
lakes, a tribute to the ocean. Ihe
whole land around, as in the days
of /Joses, was u brimstone and
.alt ; it is not sown, nor beareth,
not anv grass groweth thereon ;
the land as well as the lake might
be termed dead, as producing no
thing having resemblance to vegeta
tion, and even the very air was en
tire Iv devoid of its ordinary wing
ed inhabitants, deterred probably
the odour of bitumen and bU ‘*
pimr which the burning sun exhal
ed from the waters oi the lake, in
j steaming clouds, frequently assum
ing the appearance of water-spouts,
j Masses of the slimy and sulphu
reous substance called napheha,
* w hich floated idly on the sluggish
land sul 101 l waves, supplied those
■ rolling clouds with new vapors'and
|seemed to give awful testimony to
the truth of the Mosaic history'.
Upon this scene of desolation
i the sun shone with almost intolera
ble splendor, and all living nature
appeared to have hidden itself from
the ravs, excepting the solitary
figure which moved through the
flitting sand :it a foot’s pace, and ap
peared the sole breathing thing on
the wide surface oi the plain.
[After describing the appearance
! and irm of the Knight and the ac
coutrements of his horse, the tale
* proceeds.J
: Nature had, however, her de
mands for refreshment and repose,
[even on the iron frame and patient
; disposition of the Knight of the
Sleeping Leopard ; and at noon,
when the Dead Sea lay at some
distance on his right, he joyfully
hailed the sight of two or three
and advanced towards the knight,
oalm trees, which arose beside the
well which was assigned for his mid
da\ station. llis good horse roq.
xv KioW i.- •ta.niaru mnvard with
the steady endurance ol his master,
now lifted his head, expanded his
nostrils, and quickened bis pace, as
if he snuffed afar off the living wa
ters, which were to be the place of
repose and refreshment. But la
bor and danger w ere doomed to in
tervene ere the horse or horseman
reached the desired spot*
As the Knight of the Couchsnt
Leopard continued to fix his eyes!
Attentively’ on the yet distant cluster I
of palm-trees, it seemed to him as
if some object was mo\ ing amongst
them and beside them. The dis
tant form separated itself from the
trees, which partly hid its motions,
with a speed which soon showed a
mounted horseman, whom his tur
ban, long spear, and green caltan
floating in the wind, on his nearer
approach, showed to be a Saracen
cavalier. 44 In the desert,” saith
an Kastern proverb, 44 no man meets
a friend.” Ihe crusader was tG
;.nlly indifferent whether the infidel,
who now approached on his gallant
barb, as ii borne on ihe wings of
an eagle, came as a friend or foe
perhaps, as a vowed champion of
the Cross, he might rather have
preferred the latter. He disengag
ed his lance from his saddle, seized
it with the right hand, placed it in
rest with its point halt elevated,
gathered up the reius in the lelt,
waked his horse’s mettle with the
spur,and prepared to encounter the
stranger with the calm scd-confi
dence, belonging to me victor in
main contests.
J he Saracen come on at the speedy
gallop *f an Arab horseman, managing
i his by his imibs, and the iu
fleution of his body, than by any use of
! the reins, which hung loose in his !e*t
[hand ; so that lie was enabled t wield
i the liirht round buckler oi the skin of
n
the rhinoceros, ornamented with silver
loops, which he wore on his arm,
swinging it as if he merit to oppose #t9
slender circle in the formidable thrust
sos the western lance. His own long
spear was not couched or levelled like
that of his antagonist, but grasped by
the middle with ins right hand, and
biaiuiisheU at arm’s length above his
head. As tile cavalier approached
his enemy at full career, jhe seemed to
expect mat the Knight ot the Leopard
should put his horse tothegallop toen
jcounter him. But the Christian
knight, well acquainted with the cus
tom of Eastern warriors, did not mean
to exhaust his good horse by any un
necessary exertion ; and on the contra
ry, maue a dead-halt, confident that if
his enemy advanced to iheactuai shock,
Ins own w eight, and that of his power
lul charger, would give him sufficient
advantage, without tiie additional mo- ■
toetitum of rapid motion. Equally
sensible and apprehensive of such a
j probable result, the iSara-ean cavalier,
when lie had approached towards the
(Jhristiau within twice tiie length of Ins
lance, wheeled Ins steed to the left
with iiiniittiiuie dexterity, and rode
twice arounu his antagonist, who, turn
ing without quitting his ground, ami
presenting his Iront constantly to his
enemy, liusttaled his attempts to at
tack him on an unguarded point so
that the Saracean, wheeling Ins horse,
was fain to retreat to the instance of
an hundred yards. A second time,
iiiie a hawk attacking a heron, the
Moor lenevved tile charge, and a se
cond time was fain to retreat without
coming to a close struggle. A thud
lime he approached in ine same man
ner, when toe Christian knight, desir
ous to terminate tins illusory warfare,
id winch ne might at length have bee.,
worn out by ibe activity of ins toeniun,
suddenly se*/.cd thy mace which iuiiig
at Ins saddle bow, and with a strong
ft and and unerring rim, hurled it
against the head of the Emir, for such
aim not less ins enemy appeared. ihe
Saraceau was just awai e of tiie formi
dable missile in time to interpose his
ogiit ou.kler betwixt the mace and Ins
toad ; but the violence of the blow
forced toe buckler down on Ins turban,
-anb n.wugn tltai also coouVant- .
ed to deaden his vio!ence, the raracffffi
was beaten from his horse. Ere the
Christian could avail himself ot this
mishap. Ins nimble foeuinn sprung
from the ground, and calling on Ins
horse, which instantly returned to his
side, he leaped into his seat without
touching the slinup, and regained ail
the advantage of which the knight of
the Leopard hoped to deprive him.—
But the latter had in the meanwhile
recovci ed ins mace, and the Eastern
cavalier, who remembered the strength
and dexterity with which he aimed it,
seemed to keep cautiously out of reach
of that weapon, of whcih he had so
lately tell the force; while he showed
Ins purpose of waging distant warfare
with missile weapons of his own.—
Planting his long spear in the sand at
a instance from the scene of combat,
he strung with men/ A i
j ne earned at Ins back, and
putting his hoise to the gallop, once
more uescribed two or three circles ot
a wider extent than formerly, in the
course of which he discharged six ar
rows at the Christian with such uner
ring skill that, the goodness ot his har
ness alone saved lmn trom being
wounded in us many places. Ihe sev
enth shati apparently found a less per
fect pait oi the armour, and the .Chris
tian dropped heavily from his horse. —
But wiiat was the surprise, ol the Sara
cean, when dismounting to examine
the condition of his prostrate enemy,
he found himself suddenly within the
grasp ot the European, who had, had
recourse to this artifice to bring his
enemy within his reach 1 Even in this
deadly grapple, the Saracean was sav
ed I)v his agility and presence ol mind.
He unloosed the sword-belt, in which
the Knight of the Leopard had fixed
his hold, and . thus eluding his fata!
grasp, mounted his horse, which seem
ed to watch his motion with the intel
ligence of a human being, and again
rode off. But in the last encounter
the isaracean had lost his sword and
his quiver of arrows, both of which
/were attached to the girdle, which he
j was obliged to abandon. He had also
j lost his turban in the struggle. These
disadvantages seemed to incline the
j Moslem to a truce: He approached
the Christian with his right hand ex
pended, but no longer in a menacing
attitude.
‘There is truce betwixt our nations,’
I he said in the lingua franca commonly
1 used for the purpose of communication
w ith the crusaders; “ wherefore
should there be war betwixt thee and
me ? Let there be peace betwixt us.”
“I am well contented,” answered
he of the Couchant Leopard ; “ but
1 what security dost thou otter that thou
.M.ACO.V, (Ca.ESVkAY, *B, 1825.
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■ dfcst observe the truce
lhe word ot a follower of the
Piophtt was never broken,” answered
the Emir. “It is thou, brave Naza-
from whom I should demand se
curity,did l uotknowthattresonseldom
dwells with courage.”
The crusader felt, that the confi
denceot the Moslem made him asham
ed of his ow n doubts.
“ By the cross of my sivord,” he
said, laying his hand on the weapon
.as he spoke, “ l will be a true cotn
i panion to thee, Saracean, while our
fortune wills that vve remain in compa
ny together.”
• “By Mohammed, Prophet of God,
and by Allah, God of the prophet,” re
plied his late foe man, f there is not
treachery in my heart towards thee.—
Ami now wend ye to yonder fountain, !
for the hour ot rest is at hand,and the |
stream had hardly touched my-#/ip,
whin I was called to battle bf fby ap
prcach.” * j
A he Knight of the Gouchant Leop
atil yielded a ready and eounteous as
, s<rlt J and the late foes, without an an
; gy look or gesture of doubt, rode, side
j b side to the little cluster of palm-,
j ties.
Fifteenth of Jlugiists — lt is within
tie recollection of all of us, that this’
day was a festival over halt Europe;
kings and the people, the noble and!
tbe peasant all united to do it honors.
Now what a change ! The fifteenth
ot August will probably pass unheeded
by, except here and there some war
worn soldier may probably drink to
“the memory ot Napoleon,” on this;
his birth day. Let it not pass here
without one feeble tribute of respect
and admiration to the man of his age.
lhe time has gone by when we learn
ed from England to view Napoleon as
a monster oi crime, the very incarna
tion of evil. VV e can now form a bet
ter estimate of Ins character. Os his
talents, who shall dare to speak ?
Those talents whose unassisted ener
gy raised their professor from tiie
humble rank of a Corsican subalteru
to be well nigh the master oi Eurone.
Mho need to be told that he was
brave ? W iro has forgotten the bridge
of Areola r Vi as lie riot generous and
noble minded ? Rad be not scorned j
assassination, tiie Bourbon who now!
fills his thi civ*,.had lou*i'er<* this been j
the tenant of a tdnouy grave. V-as.<
imAitni? \V as not the fa
■ tlreT’s last look at fnc TTnage ’ or fn£' ”
child? And shall these and a thou-’
sand noble qualities be all forgotten,!
because he ivas ambitious? Yes, he
was indeed ambitious, his whole soul
was wild ambition, but it was a noble
error ;he went too far, but it was in
no mean path. Before we condemn,
let us look at liis situation, the con
scious possessor of the highest talents
finds himself in tiie French army,when
his own motto was just beginning to
be acted on . —Lacarriere ouvertenux
talents. Every thing was before him,
ar.d to his ardent mind no doubt every
thing seemed within his reach ; the
marshal’s truncheon,the consul’s robe,
the kingly crown, all were full in
view. AY ho can wonder then that
moderation, that prudence, that every
restraint was cast aside, when ambi
aw Wt(.l4 b/itfi “rvtfh.freif taftte
fields cried out “ come on /” Had his
success been less constant, perhaps he
had been less daring; but look at his
career, triumph followed triumph, and
conquest was added to conquest; and
there was not one found to sav like the
slave of the Persian, “ Oh King ! re
member that thou art mortal!’ At
last he fell—he grasped at things be
yond the reach ot man ; “ his own am
bition was his conqueror.” Let us
look at his humility; Napoleon, the
master of a crowd ot kings; Napoleon
the idol of an army of heroes, is the
tenant cf a miserable hovel, exposed
to the insults of a ruffian, who would
disgrace any country and degrade any
rank. Look at this ! behold the no
ble victim suffering and dying thus,
and then ifyou think that his ambition
“ was a grievous fault,” oh, forget not
that, “ grievously, hathCfiesai answer
ed it,”
Relief for the Cramp in the Stomach.
Mr.‘Dunham —I havesten the most
violent cases of cramp in the stomach
immediately relieved by drinking tree
lv o[ warm water, sweetened with mo
lasses, when opium nor any thing else
would give relief to the patient. Be- j
iievingthat this hint may probably be
the means ot relief to [eisoos
afflicted with the above awful com
plaint, 1 think it my duty to make this
communication. —JVorwiek Courier.
J new way to roast Eggs.-—We un-:
derstand that astone cutter, employ e.i
at the south part of the city, yesterday .
roasted a half a dozen eggs, in fifteen
micutes, by placing them on a sheet ot
glate exposed to the sun. a j
stobe cutter can roast an egg in fifteen
minutes, bv exposing it to the sun,
how long will it take a roarer mason
to roast one of his journeyman, bv a
similar process? liuston Gazette.
Ignorance Reproved. —A corres
pondent informs us that two counti y
men passing through the streets, one
of those melting hot days that vve have
recently had ; one of them says to the
other. “ Y'ou, —they say that”the heat
is ninety degrees above Juno;” upon
which the o’her roared out “Juno I
You fool, don't you know nothing
not Juno, but Zeno ;” whereupon the
other pleaded ignorance to his more
enlightened companion,
Boston Courier.
Typographical Errors. —Of all
the incidents in the lives and writ- j
; ings, the doings and sufferings of j
those who provide for public amuse-1
! ment bv the manufacture of news-1
papers, there are none more vexa- ’
! tious, than the discoveries they
sometimes make of the ridiculous
errors in their own works which)
the most anxious care will not ai
ways preyent, nor are any more
amusing than the observations of
the singular mistakes in the publica
tions of others. Some supernume
rary letter will insidiously intrude
himself into a syllable, among the
. crowd will elude the vigilance of
j the weary ey es, and when it is too
late for correction, he appears stand*
ing up to pei vert mischievously the
true intent and meaning ot the wri
ter and sometimes to cover him
with shame. T hus, vve read in a
late religious paper, a melancholy
lamentation over t the 44 immortali
ty,” of the present age, learn with
surprise that an 44 immoral life” is
the high reward of earthly virtue,
and find from a Western e ’ pr,
that the thermometer during the
present month, in that region, rose
to 900 above Zero, a temperature
more intense than that which has
set fire to ice houses in latitudes
further South. A Pennsylvania
paper has furnished a specimen ot
another style of misprinting, more
atrocious than all these. Aflei
correcting an error relating to the
! geographical position of Grand Ist*
j and, the article furnishes the iol
! lowing description of its magnifi
cent seen cvy •
“ Hie Tslaiiu pu;ch IXA-. I
; jor Noah is thus described in
| Morse's Gazeleer:
“ Jesse Upton, of Randolph
county, N. C. beat his wife’s brains
out with an oaken bench, on the
31st of May, and made his escape.”
Worcester /Egis.
From the Georgia Journal.
Gov. Troup and Internal Improve
ment. —Last week we referred to 3
correspondence between Gov. I roup
and the Governor of Tennessee, on the
subject of a Canal to unite the waters
of the Tennessee River with those of
Georgii. We now publish the first
two letters, which are sufficient- to
show thegrounds Gov.Troup occupies
and his views of the practicability ol
with vigor and intelligence, let them
continue Troup in ihe office he now
holds.
Executive Office, Tennessee,7
Jtlurfreesborough, June 6, 18:23. y
Sir: i am directed by an act of the
Legislature ot this state, passed at
their session of 1823, “ to commence
a written coi respondence with the
Governor of the State ot Alabama and
Georgia, on the subjec t of connecting
the waters of Hiwassee with the wa
teis of Coosa, bv means of a canal, as
well as the practicability cf a canal
around the Muscle sdioais 111 the Ten
nessee, and through vviia* is called the
Tennessee Valiey on the boutn side ot
said river.”
The object to which our Legislature
expected that the attention oi Geor
: gfa would be most particularly drawn
vvas doubtless that of a canal from Hi
wassee to Coosa; allow me therelore
to request that you w ill be pleased to
communicate any information you
may have on the following points.
1. Is it probable that Georgia would
co-operate with Tennessee in making
the canal spoken of i
2. Have you any correct informa
tion of the probable expense ot cotn
’ pleting a cauat from Hiwassee to Coo
ba.3. Haye you any knowledge of the
ground through which a canal would
have to be cut; the quantity of water
that mav be commanded with conven
ience, and the practicability of the
plan ? Do you know of a skilful engin
. eer who could be procured to make die
I necessary examinations ofthe ground ?
1 1 3 it likely that Georgia wuuld take
/ a ny uiterest in the canal around the
Muscle Shoals, or would she give her
; aid in the enterprise ?
Upon the foregoing points, as web
ia9 others touching the matter, l shall
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|be hnppy to hear from you as early as
convenient; it being important that
the subject with all its lights, should
be laid before our Legislature at its
fall session.
Receive assurances of the respect,
with which l have the honor to be,your
obedieut servant,
WM. CARROL.
ExEctTFVK Department, Geo. £
si 2 d June, 1825. 5
Sir : I had the pleasure to receive
your Excellency's letter this morning.
Hus government will cheerfully unite
with that of the State of Tennessee in
devising and carrying intoetlect meas
ures for uniting the water* of Ten*
j nessee *with those oj Georgia winch
I empty inw the Atlantic, ms not pre
j sunied that i woutu choose
| to pass into the Gult of Mexico if a
I way could be opened lor her to the At
, lauiic. Os the practicability oj this,
there is nut the nasi doubt. V u will
see by the enclosed copy of ir.su no
tions that 1 only wait toe arrival of
our civil engineer to set him to work
in your quarter. It is very giaulying
to me to believe thatGemg.a and 1 en
nesse, if not already, will before long
be intimately united by common inter
eats and common feelings. On refer
ence to the letter books of your uliue
you will probably line! a letter on ihe
subject addressed by Governor Sevier
ot your State to the Governor of Geor
gia, and which may be useful to you.
VY e cannot say any tiling definite on
the subject of practicability or expense
until the country has been explored
and surveyed. You will find some
difficulty m commanding the services
of a competent engineer ; this species
of mental acquirement being in great
demand at present, and the supply ol”
it limited. The one recently in the
service of North Carolina may be un
employed at present.
With great consideration and re
spect, G. M. IRUUP.
Splendid Project. —Messrs. Clark
and Street, of Niagara Calls Mills,
and Aug. Porter, Esq. of Man
chester, luive issued pioposa.s o
make a Carriage Road from me
top ot the bank on the Niagara Riv
er, oelow the Palis, down to the
water s edge, on both sides of the
River , tne road to be 20 Itet w iue.
with a descent of one loot in 12.
it this undertaking should be car
rod it, to vlhci, it -Alii urL
uona'i \ lbrt the
A person may then pass the tre
mendous chasm below tne cataract
*n safety, while sitting in a car
* iage j as the river, for some dis
tance below the falls will admit the
passage; of ferry boats, without
danger. Buffalo Pat.
Gold has been discovered* in
Amherst county, Virgina, in suffi
cient quantities to induce several
gentle men to engage in digging for
the precious ore. 1 hey nave ob
tained the assistance of an exper
ienced miner from Europe, and
their prospects are said to be fa
vourable. X T. Daily Adv.
a. tetter ircm ue’n. w ilkiwsox, dat
ed at the City of Mexico, states, that
he has procured a giant lor a large
tract of land m the Province ol Texas,
and wishes to settle it with a body of
nonest and well disposed Americans.
The inducements winch iie holds out
to emigrants are said to be very liberal
and advantageous.
1 he General contemplates establish
ing a Colony, either at the Ray of
Trinity, 40 miies from Golveztown, or
at Crown's Ferry, oa tne Sabine river,
la miles from Natchitoches, and ex
pects to commence his operations the
present month.
British Debt. — A writer in an
English paper has given anew
view of the weight ol the national
debt —he proceeds tnus with his
statis ical calculation :
Three hundred men could not
carry the weight of the national
debt in ten pound bank notes, 512
of which weigh one pound. Sup
posing the debt to be only 726 mil
lions of pounds sterling, it would
weigh 142,650 lbs. which, for 300*
men, would be 476 lbs. each.
It is stated in a southern paper,
that the ship of the line, the North
Carolina, throws a heavier broad
side than any ship in the world,
without her gangway guns, by 304
pounds. The Spanish ship Astrel
la Trinidad, sunk of! Trafalgar, was
the largest vessel known, yet her
broadsides were not so heavy as
those of the North Carolina. As
soon as the ship at the*Navy Yard,
in Philadelphia, is completed, she
will be the largest in existence, and
a specimen ot excellence in naval
architecture.
Freemans Journal