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LITERARY SELEFTIONS.
BETTERS FROM THE WEST. No VI.
In passing down the river, and indeed in
evety pjrtof America, the traveller r* amus-
ed with the vaiiety of tastes displayed in the
names of plates. It would seem that our
worthy countrymen had but little regard for
the tender sensibilities of future generations,
whose inheritance they have patched anil
spangled svith the shreds dnd remnants of e-
very age and country. We have been sup*
plied
■By saint, by savage, and by sage.
Europe, Asia, and Africa have been ransack
ed , and we have culled all the fields of lit
er nitre, sacred, classic, and profane. The
tourist pisses in a twinkling from Troy to
Siberia, from Rome to Calcutta, from Vien
na to Carthage, ur from Herculaneum to I’e-
eech have rtadiied the opposite batik it j
would have been impossible to ascend it.—
The men were therefore employed in pre- I
p irmg rafts to cany them over. One head- I
strong fellow, however, named Smith, dash
ed lorward—tea- bed the edge of the bank,
plunged in—and horse and rider disappear
ed. in a moment Smith was seen swim
ming in one direction, and his horse in ano
ther—both dashing the waves aside “with
hearts of controversy.” Both reached the
laud in safety, but with the loss of the bag
gage. The party soon crossed, bu» a sad
discovery awaited them. They wcieuivided
into messes, and one man was appointed
each day in every met*, to cook the victuals,
and carry ilia culinary utensils. This duty
had that day been assigned to Smith ; and
when they encamped in the evening, they
were nut only without provisions, hut they
had lost what was of infinitely more impor-
Aarehurth; and, in short, If he choose to con- , ,
limit his jaunt, he may visit everv part of lance, a skxlUU, w inch composed the whole
the gloi>e almost in rapidly as the sin, him- ! "pparams ol then kitchen. The “envious
self. But if he he a poet, nr an antiquary, he ! wave” kad robbed them of skillett, bread,
tnust not lit* tcwi sanguine in his expectations; i ^ear meat, and all. Here was a dilemma !
for these places have no airliitjprs in the | a woeful dilemma, which none but Indian-
•VI world. There is no Pantheon at the hunters can appreciate. Bread could not
-modern Rome, an I no dago.la in the new J be procured in the woods, and game they
Hi Install. He will find no splendid ruins I dared not shoot, for fear of alarming the foe,
BRITISH PARLIAMENT | tt1s tints that ;uo!i tv, derl S3 ifia author of
Prom ihe Sketch of old England, by a .Yew 1 Peer’s Letters to his Kinsfolk, b hundreds
England Man i of similar delineators of character, will speak
In spite of all the sneers against our talk
ative congress,uuercd both here and at home,
1 assure you brother, I shall not fear the res
ult of a comparison with the British parlia
incut. There is not the decorum observed
in the latter that prevails in the former ; and
tins remark I may also extend to the courts
ol justice here, where notwiihstanding' the
great wigs and formidable gowns of the judg
es. there is nothing like the silence, attention
and solemnity, which is almost universal in
our courts at home. Nearly one third of
the members of parliament are regular Cor
inthians fiom the rotton boroughs, sent their
by their fathers or uncles, for sale, instead of
being sent to school to learn inamicis at least.
They lounge about, for the most part, with-
of Edinburg Reviews, and Ettrick shepherds,
as if tiie former were of that order of men,
of whom it is interesting to know, wheth
er they wear iflrort jackets or long coats
in the country, and the latter were a Burns,
the high priest of nature and simplicity in
stead of the coarse and vulgar humorist of
Blackwood’s Magazine. It is thus, too, that
every thing which fashion or party spirit idol
izes for the moment, is wrought into the lin
eament of sublimity and greatness, while the
real and genuine candidates for immortality
like Sir James Mackintosh, ate caricatured
by the coarse eulogists, who affect to know
what is really intellectual greatness, and have
the consummate audacity to pronounce sen
tence of immortality with a degree of indis
criminate profligacy, that is quite sufficient
ought to puvsui. And yet there are palici- sureJ, that tve snail he ibUnd under tfc
ci.ms among ns, who would have the govern
ment to interfere with the weaving of cloth
or the baking of hardware. Mr. Ricardo’s
advice is the more valuable, because it contes
from one who is warned by the numerous
beacons of the contrary system, every where
around htm.—Richmond Enquirer.
out paying the least attention except when J l0 ruin , ,herald- reputation
my Lord Londonderry puzzels them with 1 - - -- --
Ins logic, when they cry “ hear, hear,” which
indeed is all that they can do ; for as to uii
Sir James Mackintosh, like many others
j has been injured by these high flown panegy
rics, that have laid him under obligations to
, . i • i » • .. , I llt'ij llldl lift * U IJItl mill III IvILI (lUilUiUlUMi
demanding his lordship that i* out ol j the world, w„ic|, “ tth Ins intellectual wealth
question He ,s a perfect cottle fish in logic. | he js ulial)|e to ,, iy . Ho does mu reil , jze
ton will hardly believe ,t; but I do assure I „ |e anticipations (ouudod upon these vulgar
VfAII Vtlftir* ill tlixs ■■ii'u.tniiilniit oiiotil.nr J nun . . .. f ‘ n
at P luivra, nor hallowed scpulelires in Pal- |
et tne. I 1 lioshen he will see Yankee* from |
“ Hi- land of steady habits," instead of cap-
five Is, i.'files; and wliefc be might expect j
an extensive manufactory of bricks, lie will 1
find a land abou nliog in cheese and tnnber-
rt-n ks. He liny freeze to death in the very
Centre of nur Vesuvius, and perspire at eve
ty pore at tiie new Moscow.
I confess l ain not pleased with the dearth
•f invention indicated by the adoption of
these exotic uppellu'ions; and am the less
so, when 1 observe the admirable tasto dis
played in tlios* which are of domestic man-
•ttfaetnre. These are fraught with meaning,
an I generally allude to some historical fiat,
or Io-.hI peculiarity. If any of the early na
vigators af diese. rivers saw an otter, a fox, oi
a lirai on the shore, they were sure to name
the nearest ■ reek or Island after that ani
mal. If an in lividual of the party sickened
or died, the catastrophe was perpetuated in
tho samo manner. The appellations thus
Casually given, ate retained when tho per
Qu id upon winch they were founded, lias
failed, or is forgotten. Tims we now find a
Pigeon Cieek. where there are no pigeons,
and a Cruw-Islan.l, where there is no curri
on. As to the taste rlispl yed in them, you
have only to imagine them ranged in the
lilt 's of some future poet, who may fancy to
tv.ft bis heroine down this beautiful steam,
if., v leligbifully would inch names us Horse
tuil-ii|,p|K, Hog-Isl.md, l>ead-Man’s Island,
JJ g- > seweeklv, Lnggs-town, Crows-lsland,
Biv: Beaver,Raccoon-Creek,Custard-Island
Big-Yellow, Mingi-boitnm-Island, Wltite-
Woman, and Oppossum Creek, jingle in
Verve! How admirably they would set off
tiie peculiar style of Sir Walter Scott!
St. Louis,says Mr. Breckemidge, “ was
formerly railed Pain C.url, from the priva
tions of the fifsi settlers.” Tbe French have
left some curious naire s in Missouri, where
»e fiod Ija Femme Chnge, (tbe Usage wo-
tnan) Misere, ( Mis ryl rrve-cneur, (broken
he it) Pvide poche, (empty pnrk-t) Hon-
JInnine, (Hood Man) La riviere atni.tr, (the
liver of mild) * Hina Hrulc bottom, (burnt
Won I) Cote anna deaaein, whirl, von may
transl ite lor totirsclf.—1 .sliould . nl it arc,
dc . dal hilt—which is justified by the appear
ance m the place. Ii is an eminence on a
plum, without i valley, and which looks as it
it ill I not helong there—hut had been droo
ped by accident. Some uf these names are
now diaomrled, and the people would he
qune 5' indnlised at their revival—like the
whose footsteps they were silently tracing
But if I'rovidetice had showered manna in
their path, or their owu cunning ensnared
the * dappled deuizon of the forest,” of
what avail would it have been ? They had
no skillett wherein to cook it! Tho vexation
of this mesa, and the jests of thoir comrades,
kept the affair alive in their memories for a
long time, and the stream which caused this
dire mishap is still called the Skillet Fork.
Another creek in this state was named by
tbe samo party. They were lying on its
banks, round a lire, at night, when some of
the company undertook to practice a joke
ubon Smith. A suppling was bent to the
ml, to which they tied his heels, ns he
Sept ; and on letting it go he was swung a
loft. His cries roused the whole party, who
imagining the Indians were at hand, flew to
their pons; nor was the alarm dispelled un
til the unlucky cause of it was discovered
dangling m the air. Tho stream was called
Smith's Fork, and still retains the name.
Many ot the old name* in this country
have been anglicised ; though very seldom,
I think,to advantage. A stream which the
French called la riviere a rase, (of mud)
is transformed into Muddy — hut astheie hap
pens to he two ol the same iiame, they are
called Big, and Litile Muddy. The prac
tice of giving the same name to two streams,
ami distinguishing one of them by the classic
word Mg, is very common. We have hig
and little Wahaslt, hig anil hide Horkhock-
ing, lug and little Miami, hig and litile Bea
ver, and 1 suppose a hundred others.
We have another cognomen peculiar to
this country,which is conveyed ill the heatl
i if til word Lick We have Salt Licks,
liluc licks, "iulphnr licks, an I Inks oi all
sorts and sizes. The word is uncouth e
liougli, hut it is very descriptive, and rlesig
nates those spots which had been frequented
l»y wild grazing animals, (or the purpose of
licking the saline particles with which the
earth was impregnated. Some of tliesi
places have I pen licked for centimes, until
vast cavities have been f timed in the surf ire
of the ground. By these means, the eat ly
settlers were directed to in mv valuable min
rials. Bui surely tins barbarous appellation
might be dropped now, when the ahotigiii il
lick rs have been expelled, and these places
converted into valuable manufactories, unJ
polite watering places.
The name ol tho town, in which, for the
present, I have fixed my “ local habitation”
hat suffered a \erv disadvantageouschatig
you, some of tiie independent members may
| be seen lying upon their backs on the seals,
| hihI kicking against the walls with all their
I might, to testily their approbation of one of
| Ins lordship’s incomprehensible speeches.
Fill illy, when tho house breaks up, they tun,
ble out like so many school boys dismissed to
Ik. injudicious praises, altlio’ it is to my mind
quite certain, that if ucaiil by one who had
not appraised hint previously by this hiali
standard, lie would surprise and deligiit wins
Ins fluent rhetoric and power of reasoning.
As it is, he afforded me only another, in ad
dition to the many piuofs I had already re
a vacation, or so many fiddlers Iron, the or- | ceive d,that however the standard of praise
chestra, when the curtain rises to the first „„ gh , d jff, r lhe tlV „ coum ries,.hestnu(lard
act of 'he tragedy. 1 must acknowledge, 0 f eloquence wasquitc equ., in our conntrv
however, they are generally dressed more w whjlljl is , ler e at present. Enh of the
fashionable than some ol our old country ■ Amerl , 5( „,,u e rs l have mentioned, and I
members, but I submit it to my lord London , v ,„ a(tl | ****** „ llt ,| y able to contest
derys logtc, whether long sk.rts or long , llie with any orat;) rorihe present house, , - , r ....
speeches, with an uuiepcn.lent spirit, be 0 j- 0 „„ nuil9 . Mr. Canning for wit, grace.' i'R l * ,e agitation of this question ? That the
not pieferahltf to “hear, from gentlemen j fl uetH .y ail ,j jmi r e, is excellent; but lieonlv ♦ tranquility anti harmony of the country
banner. ‘ e
But though we wish to avoid for t|, e
ft
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
The last Lynchburg Press which has ta
ken the name ol the “ Virginian” makes an
appeal to ourselves, which our tespect for
that paper will not permit us to disregard.
We lay the whole article before our readers ;
with the exception ( f most of those p ssages
which our “ modesty” would withhold.
“ What motive can tbe Editois of the En
quirer have for their persevering silence on
the presidential question ? We know their
independence too well to believe it e.an be
the effect of a determination to discover the
way tbe wind sets, before they trust them
selves to the gale. The men who are the
last to quit the Republican trenches, stormed
as they have been by their ancient enemies
who have assumed the guise of friends,
•and their ancient friends who have turn
t’tl enemies, can never be accused of
wanting the excellent viitnes of courage
and independence. Can it be modesty ?
The Enquirer is not wont to be bnshlul ;aud
besides, the blushes an I timidity which so
well become the virgin degenerate into
pru iislmcis when worn by the old maid.
Our meaning is'(for perhaps it requires ex
pi m nion) if it was modest and becoming in
t.ie Enquner to avoid ati early decimation of
its opinions on this subject, it smacks of af-
le ration to persist in the resolution to be
| silent when the reasons lor being so have
teased ; what were the reasons for postpon-
we confess there is another question **,.. ,
we should wish the Viisinian to investigate
the modes of designating the man w?,„
likely to concentrate tho vote of the peonu
Give every man his choice, ami you are suta
to throw the final election into tl.ef H. 0 | it
—This alternative seems to be grneralh ob
noxious. Shall we abide then by the old
nomination of a Congressional Caucus 2
Shall we resort to a delegation selected |,» -L
caucus ol the State Legislatures ? or a del
egalion appointed lor this single purpose by
tbe people in their congressional districts1
Or what mode ?—Richmond Enquiror
w, I, Corinthian coats and corsets dire,,who sU .i r .nishes, lor the most part, with an argu
vote without either giving a reason them- ! , uent> aild „ s „ tjsfic(1 l0 ralse a | allgh
sel ves, or listening to the reasoning of others., er ,| iall p , olhlce ion . He is however
I he better sort ol members, such as Mr. j tlle only man in the house who can k- ep the
Brougham, Mr V\ dherforce, Sir James j r0Uell borough dandies awake during a
Mackintosh, ami others, are however i|)ecu|| Wlth thp exception of lord Loudnn-
•tner hand, exceed,nglv wo, thy, useful, and j deny to whom they are hound in gratitude,
n >en—lltey discuss some questions or ilt , lo listel , umler the penalty uf not
;ood citieeiis ill • certain fl.niiisliiiig town in The Indian wordSha-wa-noe was not inliar
insylvaiiia,which was fnruietly • HodCof j mouious ; hut it has been corrupted into
jfisti Camp, hu' where a man would now he
almost tarred and feathered for mentioning a
cat Jish
Many of tnc French names in this country
have been eorniptod. The upper part id tbe
River Knsk.tskia, is called by a name which
is spelt so variously that I can hardly umler-
take to wriie it. The. literal pronunciation
is O-Kiic, but it is written by travellers and
others Oecu, Ok i, Oei a, fic. As this stream
is in fact .lie K tska.kiu, nnd nuis probably
taken by lhe first French explorist for
Sliawnectnwn.
An extensive genus of names is derived
fiom our patriotic ancestors. The western
people have displayed an honorable feeling
in tit,is perpetuating tbe memories of distin
guished men. In Ohio out of BO enmities
(in 1810 )ihere are about SO called after in
dividuals. 10 have Indian names, and ouo is
called Licking- In Kentucky of 5i coun
ties (in 1810.) all are called after eminent
men hut five. In Illinois and Indiana ill
the couuties are named in the same Manner
branch of that river, it is probable that, con- i except two in aach state. A large
Ira, uug the inline ol the latter, they called
ii .Jit kus. This reading nccoids with the
practice ofthat people, who in this country,
fYvqtl n'l, use abbreviations; thus Kaskns-
kia, is often cdl"d Fas kit, and Cah' kia,
Cniio. So if you ask a Frenchman where
ha is going, he ill answer “ Jlu Post"—to
the post—meaning lhe post of Vincennes.—
This being for many years the principal for
tress in this country, was for » long while
all’I The Post, and afterwards the Old
Pod, b v which name it is si ill known.
Tncie is a small stream in Illinois called
Jionpas. An aulhnr of a hook of “Gen-
grapuical Sketches” writes this Humpnie,
and his orthography is adopted by many per
sons. The n.iguial n line must have been
Bonne passe, (a good ch mind.)
The people of Illinois h ve called the me
tropolis of llieii state, Vamlalia. As this de-
signation was given by tlw> commissioners
Who selected this spot for the scat of govern
ment, not a little surprise was excited, that
4liey should have chosen so harharous an ap-
pi li ition. It is said that while ilicf were in
snleuiii deliheiaiion on this pni it, and in
gie.it perplexity lo find a name lor iheir in-
rmt city, a fa. etious gentleman who happen-
o,| to he present, informed them that there
had b. o ., tribe of Indians who existed
tnaoy centuries ago, among the forests and
prairies, which now form tiie fairest portion
of this slate, who were called Vandals.—
There was also a contemporary tribe called
O diis. Whether these rival nations had
louglillike (.lie two Kilkenny Cats, who de
voured eacn other, until nothing was left of
■wither Inn the tipi of the tails, the learned
g-i tlcin it did not stite; hut the name of
Vandutia was adopted. This story haspro-
banty more wit than truth in it. Il is also
saidth.it this place was called after a French
man, one of the first whiles who penetrated
these lore- , who lesiled for many years
near this spot, and was famous as an expert
hunter, and a daring foe to his Indian ueid't-
bors.
There is a branch of the Little Wabash ri-
number
of the Towns are also named after patriots
and heroes. From this laudable custom a
serious inconvenience aiises in the frequent
lepeinioo of the satiin name ; an evil which
is aggravated bv a looltsh propensity which
emigrants from'other stales have, of naming
the spot at which they settle, after the one
they hive left. Wo now have in the United
States about twenty Saleuis,—Wo have
F .irfn fll, Clearfield*,Si Mnldletow i s, with
out '.umber. The Washinittoiis, Waynes,
and Jetlcrsnns, baffle all ' aleulation.
The seat of Gnvermnent of Mi-smiti is to
he removed to ■ ote sans dessein, which is to
assume the nnme of Missouri,ipolis. In '.i-
amt Ins called her capital Indutnopotls ; and
it is to tie hoped that Arkansas will adorn
.‘bkofiolis— for such is the passion for iinna-
ti m t’i this pnrticul ,r, that a name no sooner
gets into genteel use, than it becomes the
fashion, a ul goes the rounds.
Thus 1 have written von a long letter, mi
a very scientific subjec t, and which, if our
country was a thousand years older, might
make me a fellow of a philosophical s ,.
Bo' al >s! we k.mw our nrigiu so well, that
there is n i roam e of passing lor a i antiqua
ry iiow-a-ila.s unless we iIi-Ivh into l atum
, lore. The subject, however, i» not without
interest. Older nations know nothing "I the
able
wnh a sag icily and e xtent of resean h, high
ly honoranlo to themselves and to the
cnuotiy, reminding me tint uiifreqiieiitly of'
\ lr . ******* Mr *•*»***#*» a|1() ,„| |ers of
the late members of out congress. But shall
I venture upon the heresy ? Shall 1 dare, in ,
ihe face of oi l habits, pirjudices, ami opin t
ions fostered by eduration, strengthened by ■
books, and the example all round von, to i
assert, that these men are not equal to the or- ,
ators just named? And yet tlusis as trues*
that you are alive. With lit" exception of
Mr. Canning, them is setticely a siunlow of
an orator in the house of commons; and the
house of lords is, tieyuml all doiitn, ilia nest
sleepy place in England except tnc jtalian
opera and Mr. Cainpln It’s In tines.
Mr. Biough on is inther a heavy, labor
ious speaker To me there appears some
thing grotesque in Ins attempts ns . ii im
passioned or.unr, wherein lie occasionally
displays Ins zeal and warmth in contortions
of lace and figure nearly approaching t-, the
ludicrous, IJc was an iron face and an
non figure, both equally divested of grace or
majesty, nor does his actions or expression
make amends for these ''efiuienees of
fiee and person. Fet his habits of labori
ous investigation and research, ins exten
sive range of memory and Ids capacity
lor intellectual uriungetnent, make him, oil
the whole, a useful man of business, and a
powerful pleader; for his eliapiern'e is little
more than special pleading. As a leader
ot a psrly in the house of commons, lie is at
most, however but second rate. He is much
better in subjects where mere labour and in
vestigation are required, and is pre-eminent
on scnool i nmmittees and parliamentary in- i
quines, where he listens with the patience
of a judge and silts the evidence with the
itulel iiigable sagacity of a thninngh bred
lawyei. lint I have heard him occasionally
on subject, of foreign policy, wherein the [
talents of i statesman are put to the test, and
was surprised at his .-rudeness, ,s well a* w ant
ofextent nf idea and ac tiracy of information.
I nave heard a member front our woods
talk mure sensibly, and display more states
man like views of tbe relation of European
iiatio -s with each other, anil with tne United
States. This lameness, however, in iln- dis
mission of great political questions, seems
( (million to almost all the great men here,
either because tl >sc of the opposition do not
know the slate of then relations with foreign
powers; and those of lt»e cntiinet do not
choose to tell ; oi front a want of that en
largement of intellect which is the peculiar
eli.naetcnstic. ot a great statesman. I will
do the opposition the jo nice to s-av, tint they
cannot as they do in our congress, get what
ever inloi'inatinu they on. from lhe executive,
and are tltereioi" ofien obliged to grope m
tbe dark. But lor- 1 Lo dondeirv certainly
is in all tiie secrets as foreign secretary, and
he talks like a rebus, seemingly employing
tne w hole force of his u td-isianding in with
holding rather th n communicating infor-
getting a good place or pension
It Air. Willierforce was not a pious and
good man, I should say that he cants a lit
lie ton much, and votes a little too of
ten with ministers. There, is Imwev-r, a
reason for all things. Mr. Wilberforce is the
political head mill oracle of the methodists,
who are now a body of very considerable
weight anil influence in parliament. I .mi
of opinion there is a deal of under hand
cuurtsiiip going on between the ministry and
inetho.lis! leaders, tile effects of which are
seen in leaving ihe queen’s nnme Iron/ the
liturgy on one band, and the particular at
lenliou paid by lord Londonderry to Mr.
Wilberfurce’s opinions on all occasions.
The established, church begins to be not a
little jealous ol this pious intrigue ; and it
a I act (veil known here,that Mr. Biongliani’s
greai national education bill was smolll'-red
in these mutual fears and an ipalhios.—
Tne dissenters and methodists mi the one
side were alfaid. that it woul I throw into
tiie hands of (lie esotbiisheil church too great
opportunities of instilling theirductrines into
tnc mind.-, of tin- young people; and tiie es
lablishcd church was dissausfi-'il, that the
act did not giv 1 it a more complete control
over the religious opinions of loose who were
to be e lm nteJ on ler the bill. All t-'lt and
acknowledged the want of education among
tne poorer classes; all professed a sin ere
desiielli.it this want suoul-l be supplied ;
but religious bigotry, ur religious z-'al, as it
is (Kiliti lv call d, steppe ' in, ami thus i mt-
deiuned the cliildr n uf tbe p air to ignorance
until they can reconcile these conflicting in
terests.
SOUND ADVICE.
Tho last National Gazette presents us a
long and interesting letter, dated : -nlou,
F b. 1 a, 1 Hi-i, and continued limn Madrid
on *i~rIi April, written by an American gen
tleman lo a lady in this country. Tiie wti-
tcr had *he peculiar good fortune to be ie-
c.eived on tbe most hospitable terms liv one
of the first women of tiie age, .Miss Edge-
worth, and to he introduced by her to some
o! uer most distinguished acquaintances of
both sexes. Tiie lollowing paragraph is a
specimen of the euteruimm iil it affords—
and contains some excellent advice to the
good people uf America, from the celeb,ated
political Economist, Mr. Ricardo.
“ In a conversation with Sir James M’ln-
tosh, he had the kindness to say that lie diii
not think we are at all deficient or behind
our neigbois in literature, considering the in-
‘ fant state ol our nation, and other eiretim-
stam.es. Do look at the last page of the last
No. of the Edinburgh Review, article D
Stewart’s work, in which Sir James speaks
of our country with much respect &. friend
ship, and m such a flattering and -oni iliato
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
I’ALLsrrcM Office, i
Boston, Aue. 1J. Ii o’clock, M. f
By the fast sailing shipTriton, Capt. Bu
sey, which arrived this day, in so days from.
Liverpool, we received the papers ot that
city lofhe 11th ult. and London to the eye
ing of the 9tb.
Turkey, no longer expecting a war with,
Russia, (. Itliough its differences are now en
tirely settled.) now directs its whole attention
to suppress its internal troubles.
Advices from Madrid are to the 1st nip.
The Cortes were porogued the day before!
rliey have retaliated French measures by
prohibiting the inland commercial inter
com se exc. pt by one route. A deficiency of
lot),non,ouo reals in tbe revenue is anticipa
ted—and a loan of 130,000,000 authorized!.
Disturbances occured at Madrid at the timo
id the adjournment of the Cortes.
Tiie King delivered an address on the sep,
aratnm ol tire Cortes. The latter in theit
,, ,r f l V ' rked l,lat Agiiculture being al
and that the spirit m H "‘ l '"uustry disheartened, ru<#
itvakcned by a pre- ,ra ‘ e P• rahzed.iwaaiieiessary to pare down
tne public cxpuiditurc with the most severa
economy.
Theiiismrection in Catalonia continued.
The Courier anticipates intelligence of*
further disturbance*.
Two frigates are stated to Ijave sailed frora
1 onion to crime along the Spanish coaat,
lieuci io piCM’ivc tne ho.iltti of Prancef
tno ieuifiir y Coulons near the P)ieuecs are.
sum to include 60,000 troops. An expensive
quarantine establishment.
1, Is said a rruzier ol 18 guns fitted at Bor
deaux, litas made some puzes of Spattiah vas-,
stls olf riuniandei .
lnlmm.ition from Lisbon is lo theSOtli of"
June, lhe details ol a conspiracy against
tiie government tveie Livi betore the Coitc<
oit. tne foil, and refeired to a committee.
ihe French puiliauient is occupied ois
Canal Projects.
'i lie distresses ol tiie Irish continued t»
augment.
It i’ proposed in Lonuon that evriy family
should go v. till cut a dinner one nay and
coiiiubuic tin saving mine fund for the rca
ilel or tnc suU-ids in jietnid.
A ite iatc biuisli cufmial acts arc constru
ct to pi.xc tne irade with liayl, on u„ *a mo
terms as that with the States. The iiraster
anil rnret- founds ot lire Clew must ho ol tho
cuuituy whence tho vessel comos. This
consli ueuon causes some ulaun m England
aim an application may be made to have tbe
law altered, [loin its danger to places where
slaves are held.
It was proposed in Parliament lo make
occasional gta. is lor the relief of Ireland.
1 he tiicihoii uf soliciting mbsetiptmns fomi
door todooi w as condenicd, as but another
and bad mode of raising taxe*. Ministers
(JcttMlutt. It.
Lupltsji.iien imestii g money in foreign
stm ks, is oiljet ted to in the London Courier
and a stamp duty oil the transfers of foreign
stui'ks recommended. “
A sale of very rich furniture was to take
place, ui Lend,m the toth of July, and somo
snggesti .1 the hi ti, les had bum appendage.-
of one of the Roval Palares. ®
In the House (t Commons June 8, the new
loai bill passed a Vonnnitiee. Also, U,»
change ol pension bill, the 0 percent, re pay
mcMit lull, and the public works’bill. Tho
small note* bill was road a third time a.id
passed. A new hill is under wnsideiation
1 In Boston papers have ventured a few slight for punishing by hard labor,
encomiums up-n Adams, more especially Tiie prospect of a fine ha
might not he disturbed a
of intrigue might not he awakened by a pre
maun* discussion of it. Y'ct these conse
quences have already taken place, as far as
tecy need bn apprehended from the contro
versy in words—and still we remain iiugrat-
ified with tiie sentiments nf the Enquirer
If it be not modesty, it must lie policy.
Y'es, policy it must he ; and the object of this
policy is to let the battle rage with what
vehemence it may, until some important cris
is appears; and then, “.suddenly, as it
were,” the whole weight of the Enquirer’s
influence is to be thrown like the swmd of
Breiinus, into Mr. Crawfmd’s scale. Take
care, gentlemen, that w hilst, you are sodili-
taty in leading up your reserv-, the battle
is not lost ami won. Tike care, we say,
that you do not. by your tnrdilu >s ill giving
succor to the cause you wisii t-> serve, permit
it to sustain a defeat ; m, what would lie
sufficiently mortiiiii.g, achieve a victory
without your assistant e. * * * *
Assume the ground which Virginia ought to
assume in this interesting period. Your
o.vn talents are competent to defend it—aid
ed by those ofy.e,r cmre-po- dents, you need
not fear beingdriven liom your bulwarks, and
rely upon it, von will render Mr. Crawford
more service by this enurse of hold and hon
orable independence, titan by the must re
fined policy of wiii. h you are capable. We
know him to be your choirs, and with (tie
pr- lerence only ol our own, we approve it
too.”
We then candidly and briefly lay our im
pressions before the “ Virginian.” We still
think it premature to rip up tilts question.
We differ a idcly on one import *nt fact. We
do not think “ that these c.imseqnences have
alieady taken place, as tar as they need he
ipnreliemle-l from .hr controversy in words
Where '.ive the. billows ns: n ? in Imvv man.
it> sl.tti s or newspapers has tin discussion
been in liiitaiucd ? Smiili Carolina vvi-s the
first to lake any st- p at .til— but tier nomina
tion of Lownds is ti e onli public step s ir has
t iken. ii i newspapers are almost as silent
as the grave. Ti e Loorgia piints are devo
ted to Crawford ; but all their zeal is confin
ed to a squib oi a paragraph.— (’ .Ihoim has
found an awkward friend in the Philadelphia
Franklin G zette, and i. resolute a foe in
tin* W ishington f.'iu Gazette—he has also
met with puffs front tin i uerinr papers ot'
Pennsylvania, and a few s rictures front thrir
opponents—hut their “ ends his catechism."
since bis lung di tribes liave been levelled rontimt it.
aaivest in Engiani
icr, a. should endear this really great tlm „ t ,| lCr
at the prostiate Russell— bulthey have not
yet failly taken tiie fold The Kentucky
papers show their disposition too keenly
to be mistaken—but they have put a
tight leiu upon their feelings. W hen,
therefore, the great mass of our netvspapeis
is unwilling to tom !i this subject, w!,y would
tve rush forward to the strife? That this
strife will come ; that the question has not
reached its i visis ; licit murli is to he sai l,
and much is to he felt ; seems to be given up
on all hands it is
excitement a little longer. We shall S ave
time enough to discus, it—hut in the mean
The ltoy al Baiik of cwtlaod has deter
mined to discount for 4 per cent.
- 1 ships front Hamburg and other German
ports, iiave paiticipated in Greenland fisher/
this season, ami have taken more tliaa
70,000 seals.
man to all our countrymen. Ml. Ricardo
is a small, good looking gentleman like man
other subjects wltieli rcquil
It is quite laughable to hear the ^ ol about 50, very pleasant and affable-
Corinthian members
“bear, litar!” j affectation, his conversation is full of instruc-
wlten he says any thing beyond the enmpre- l ‘ on —Irom some anecdotes he told us of his
liension of mortal man.—I certainly never i early life, 1 was struck with a resemblance to '
saw a more laborious speaker; Inn uis.labor ; the character of our great philosopher ol'na '
seems most preposterously employed, not in
enlightening is hearers, but in perplexing
tore, Franklin, who like him, was horn in
very low circumstances. By bis genius and
their understandings in an equ I degree with . persevering industry lie has raised himself to
nig'it lamp, has in vain lent its ray
op III
supposed to he fraught with meaning, has
ulten been chased with unavailing assiduity,
through lab lin-lis ol parchment and black-
letter, and finally lost among the mists of tra
dition—which, il discovered, might be found
to lie as frivolous in its application, as some
of those 1 have mentioned. No other na
tion has had tiie opportunity which we enjoy
of forming its own geographical vocabulaiy.
They have boen fndchled to accident, or to
the rude conceptions of nations w|m have
preceded them, for that, which among us, is
to ho the fruit of our own taste. Nations aro
continually rising into power, or declining to
ver, in II iuois, called lUeSkillitt Fork, which ' imbecilty, and their rise and fall is., perpetu-
tonk its n mie from the following cireum- *1 lessou, fraught with institu tion. In these
stance. Burin*; the late war, companies of changes every institution bears a part, and
K 1 .g- rs (i kind of mounted militia j were therefore should the progress of every instt-
ot'b red out to protect the western frontiers tution, however triflinz, which forms ait iiiic-
i»e one of rhe most e.nnsidered and respecta
ble men in this land of gieat men. Mr. R.
lives in a large and magnificent house, which
is tlnovvnopeii to persons of all nations, par
tins, &ic. He associates with the best society
of Gieat Britain, lie is very inquisitive a-
his lordship fora long time started up at j bout our country, in a conversation with
A nivsK'iinns appellation, Ipu^iI, ij, great haste, and on being question- - hint at breakfast yr&icrduy, he charged me
Ins own, by which means alone lie seems to
expect to carry his point. His logic is the
logo of a perplexed, rather than a profound
understanding, and his rhetoric is highly
A letter from a gentleman in London to h*5
his fiieitd in Richmond, dated the 28th June*
givesa -.isinal picture of the commercial and
agricultural affaitsofGicatBritain, aiisingan
desirable to put ol* tins j uun.li front a superabundance in piodurtioa
and supply as from any other cause.
“ Tobacco remains veiy mucli depressed
here, as weil as almost every other kind ofprt -
dnee. Except the article of coffee, the jau-
ducts of the whole woild areas low as ever
was known. Grain is so ruinously loro that
the farmers are totally unable to pay their
wliicii recommends d-lav. il we were cal- j rent and taxes; and to add totheii difficulties,
led upon to vote to-morrow, our mind would ] the crops of wheat on the ground are perhaps
he made up to vote lor a particular candidate, | tiie best that have existed for many years ”
hm can any man be certain, that lie would j This representation is confirmed by tiie
vote lor the same person m-.re ihau 2 years j remarks ol the country members of tbe fccusc.
hem e ? By one a.-t A. Burr threw off the ! ofrommoru—that embanassinents and impo
anu m a few days In- “ fell bke Luci- verishmeiit oflaborer*, tenants k proprietor
to be decided—let us dee;de ilicni is much
upon their owu intrinsic merits as possi
ble.
We think there is another consideration
origin or meaning of half the names tltat oc- j worthy of his logic. There is a story told
cur ou their maps, ami many a solitary mid- h<»ie of a gentleman, who after listening to
- ' *— : - 1 *“ ■'■■■ el-!
mask
fer never to rise again.” We have no ap-
ptehensions, it is true, that Cranford or Clay,
or Lowndes or Calhoun or Adams will ever
prove themselves so unworthy as Burr; yet
alike, had reached a point beyond which they
could not bo endured ; and that, if the suffer
ings uf the manufacturing population wares
as heavy, and their condition as seemingly
ed where lie was going, replied, “tothe
house of peers, to know from turd Liver
pool what lord Custlereagli means.” Hi.
action is that of a pump handle when in brisk
motion as you have learned from Moore’s ep
igram.
Sir James Mackintosh is, I think, a much
better writer than speaker, altlio’a verypow-
eil'ul orator on the whole. He is fluent, but
too tl >rid and studied I can It irdly tell
what ho wants to make a fine speaker, ex
cept be nature, o^hat ait which supplies its
place in some degree. To read the papers
as I valued the prosperity of nty country to
exert all mv influence to prevent an inula
tiou of Einopean policy—as those of fetter
ing industry by monopolies, corporated soci
eties, bounties,or my thing that would have
a tend-ncy to repress competition, or unduly
encourage any particular branch of iudustiy
by artificial or unnatural stimuli. He says
the principal causes of our astonishing pros
perity hitherto, are the perfect liberty of o-
piiiioii,and the uncontrolled freedom we have
enjoyed in developing our resources, and ap
plying our exertions to those things that pro-
still ought we not to giv- ourselves as much ' desperate, the county would be at once inn/*
tunc as possible to dev,-lope their acts and to V cd in misrule and confusion.
study their characters ?—There is some al-.
In a -nice to be made for the chance ofevents,' Littif. Rock, (Ar.) June 25
tin- force «f interests—all those various com- Texas.—'The rage for emigrating to Tex-
bin itions, eflect the chuice of expedi- as h beginning to subside. Our last accounts
ents and of men. \\c think it highly proha- from that enmorv. iei.,a.»m ...i...
and daily productions which record passing duce the m ist immediate advantage. Eng
eyents, and confer a nine days immortality, j land, Ite said, is now suffering severely frotr
fiom the Indians. A detachment of these
Arn ips, under Ine command of Colonel Wil
lis Hargrave, now a Major General of Mill
lia in tin* state, having fallen upnothe trace
of some Indians, pm sued them to the hank
uf this stream, where tliey lost the track —
the I.idiuts having taken to the water. It
was necessary to cross over In continue the
chace ; hut the stream swelled with rains,
roared like a torrent, and ti»e shores were so
abrupt Unit it as impossible to plunge the
0'ir.es inw:Ui tlioir rider*;, arid ifthev could |
gi.il partol national cliaiacter or wealth, lie
observed. One ol the Latin poets liassaid,
“ stultushbor csl ineptiarvm,” and I aut not
disposed to controvert the inaxnn ; for 1 do
not consider that a trifle which may add a
mile to tbe literature of my country, or the
amusement of mv friend*. Foi them I shall
always hu proud lo toil, though sober-sided
gravity may shake its head, and the critic
pron&qiioc prv exsr'tsn; tsbor inevliarum.
Pc:! Folic
who warred against the Gods, with moun
tains and lot rents of intellectual force and
eloquence. B it 1 must again caution you to
beware nf the de-eptiou practised upon us at
home, bv the monstrous titd inflated style,
which it is now fashinuahln to use in spe ak-
ittg of every thing rising above mediocrity-
The system of puffing is at its most al inning
heiglit in this country, ic it is quite impossi
ble foi tho mere reader to judge of the merits
of any public man. Titty must be every
thing ur untiling—superlatively great or
superlatively mean—the perfection of natuie
feMBteJiv'’ et'hc exircsj-.' oflitUeuew- Hfolly.
(iglily proba
Ide, that our present predilections will remain
unchanged; but it will be time enough
twelve months hence to express them—and
il necessary, to i-nlorce to the best ofour poor
abilities.
^ We should also respectfully enquire of the
Virginian, if this is precisely the slate, which
should take the lead upon such an occasion ;
We would rather respectfully listen to our
sister slates—While we are prepared to
contrary policy. Mr"It! *" ^ [ i ‘ ?l,,S and '° U ' ke ° Ut °' V " - “"“fe, a.“e retnrn,'nVm," and «euling"in The
- Whenever the occasion requires it. we lower countries of this Territory ; and soinu
should be unwilling to increase those preju-1 have passed through this place, ou their re-
ilices (llliliertil as they are) vvhicli tl)use who ‘ . . -
cia not know lier have been so unxiou* to To-
one would suppose Sir James and his com- I having pursued ■ , , ... . _ ....
«!*!!!*. ± /ace of those | ^‘•mjiauized Jew-his family is very a- s | mul(| be unwillinV^mcrealeThose preju-
from that country, represent those who have
lately settled tlieic, as being under conside
rable alarm, in consequence of a late ntea
sure adopted by the Mexican Congress,
which prohihitslhe holding ol slaves in the
Mexican cotpire. This measure of itsolf
will operate as a material check to the emi
gration from the United States, and particu-
lntlv from the southern and western States-
Many of those who have removed to Tex
as, being disappointed in their expectations
greeabl
Mr. R. has si ruck upon two of the most
active causes of out prosperity. Leave pri
vate judgment and private industry as tree
as possible ; leave every man to think for
hiniM'll iz wink for himself— “ let us alone"
us tar as possible, and we must shoot up to
the m ist admirable degree of improvement.
Corporations may in a very few cases be for
med to enable (lie resources of a hundred in
dividuals to tiring about some improvement
which may be beyond the means of one
man—but these turm only the straggling
axceptiot"-, and net the system which wc
ment. [
Should the battle indeed he won without
our assistance, we should feel very little mor
tification at the sun ess which our country
will enjoy —But,if it be indeed necrcssarv to
engage in it, (and nothing is more probablu
than that V irginia must take her part in it.)
we trust that actuated bv the same princi
ples which have a ways distinguished the
Press, we shall be found fighting side by
side with the Virginian. We shall he protnl
q! tucb ia usomta, V,’c are v.-s'Y a'.tr.’st a;.
turn ro their former places of re«i Wiice—.
heartily sick nf Texas. The acquisition to tho
population of Hempstead and Miller coun
ties, has, we understand, been very conside
rable of late, and is principally derived from
those who were emigrating to Texas—some
returning from that country, and others get
ting thus far on their journey, and hearing of
lhe new-difficulties that present themselves
in the Mexican dominions, have .rrv p tu .
dently determined to remain w ithin llir hm-
itsol the United States, in preferenreto ria^
king their fortunes in a cannf; - .. uv*
•late (•' rsvsls’jon;