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THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 11, 1328. Col. WifliawT. Will:a *B was on Monday last elected Mayor of this city, without opposition. In our strictures on the Madison Springs norm nation, on Monday last, we confined ourselves, to the objections which existed against it, on ac count of the entire disregard of the principle of equal representation. It was shown that the can didates were principally selected fro- A tjiil Mellon oitne State, while the feelings, the interest, -and the rights of the other sections were utterly disregarded or overlooked. Other and se rious objections to that nomination are not lack ing. There was not sufficient attention paid to the merits of the Candidates. Claims for past ser vices were overloohed. In support of this- objection we need only men tion the names of Cuthbert and Charlton. Indi viduals who have done the state some service, and who have been distinguished for their pure republican principles, and the entire consistency of their political course. Yet such men as these have been thrust aside, to make room for Mr. whose disorganizing principles ought to subject him to the suspicion of every patriot, and for Mr. Wilde, whose imposition upon Congress in the late African transaction, should expose him to the •indignation of every honest man. From the follwing extract, from art English pa per, it will be seen, that the sympathy expressed in many parts of this country, in favor of the op pressed people of Ireland, excites the most lively sensations in the bosoms of that grateful people, indeed, the hopes of the patriot of Ireland rest, in a great degree, upon the good feelings of their fellow-patriots in this country. Oppressed, degra ded, and ground down, as the Irish have been by the tyranny of the British government, express” ions of sympathy and friendship, bursting forth from one end of the continent to the other, must be peculiarly grateful and encouraging. tl At a meeting of the Roman Catholic Associa tion at Dublin, on the 21st of July, Mr. O'Connel read a letter addressed to himself, forwarding a bill of exchange for 182/ 8s Bd, from Philadelphia, to the Catholic -Rent Fund, and requesting that the subscribers be admitted members of the Asso ciation. He made a motion to that effeet, &nd then addressed the meeting at some length. In the course of his remarks he observed that he had communications from Boston and other parts of America, aild that there was not a town or village throughout the United States but were likely to contribute.” TO THE PUBLIC I am probably the only candidate who has not travelled beyond his vicinage, for the ‘fair and lacdable purpose of conciliating the interests and suffrages of his fellow citizens at the approaching election for members of congress. I claim no merit in this, for I would have migrated too, and had prepared to do stf, but was prevented by cir cumstances over which 1 had no.control. The campaign being now over, I humbly offer j this apology to my fellow citizens, in not having, j like others, exhibited myself for inspection. It is not only a customary respect due te them, hut it -is highly necessary, to remove misapprehensions, > and to repel calumnies, as to age, bodily health, j find mental vmbesility. The people ought to see i find judge for themselves. 1 regret it has not been in my power to gratify them. But I have been for many years—even from early youth—be- ; Tore the public; and have had the vanity to sup pose (pardon it) that my name and person, were at least sufficiently known to supersede the neces sity of an up-country cxcuision. 1 had certainly no consideration to expect from a Caucus. My /aith places me out of the deliberations and far beyond the pale of that species of conclave. I have grown older, of course, since JBOO-l;but 1 know and feel that I am still the plain republican of that epoch, and that neither age nor infirmities incapacitate me from being an active and jealous servant of the people. Owing not a single obligation to oligarchical influence; deriving no aid from high sounding names, or the wiles of intrigue, I throw myself thus isolated as it were, upon the justice of the people; claiming no other support tlian my unas suming pretensions may entitle me to. I avail myself of this opportunity to offer my acknowledgements to the ten or eleven thousand independent republicans, who gave me their votes at the last election. It will afford me happiness once again to be honored with their con fidence and good opinion. THUS. U. P. CHARLTON. Savannah, Sept. 10, 1828. Harvard College. —The annual commencement of this Insitution took place on the 27th ultimo.— , Among the distinguished strangers present were the President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Governor Coles of Illinois. The performances of the gra duates were of a superior order—some ot them -are spoken of as brilliant beyond precedent. \u'e College. —We hear that the difficulty which has for some time past existed between the facult y and the students of this institution, is in a strain which will probably terminate ,in a harmo nious way. Gen. Porter, secretary of war, arrived in Lex ington, Ky. on the 15th August. The next day Mr. Clay left Lexington, via Louisvilie, Cincin nati, On the 10th he arrived at Louisville, •escorted by about persons—most of them ou hoTsehack, the rest in carriages He had arrived at Cincinnati, where he was received by a consid erablo fcrowd—and it was understood that heH would proceed by the Lake to Buffaloe, then along the Grand Canal to Albany, New York, Philadel- j phia, &c. The Belvidere Apollo states that a Mrs. Rice of Naeastle Township, Northampton county, Va. de prived her ha.sland of Jife by pouring hot lead in nis ear while asleep. Slie was fined and impri soned for 10 days. The Louisiana .State Bank had declared a divi dend of four apd a half per cent, for the last sty months. >. duct ion. —ln a case of seduction, recently tried at Harrisonburg, Va. a verdict of $4,000 da mages was rendered against the seducer. The character of the unfortunate victim was previously •unsullied, and her family worthy A motion for anew trial was submitted to the -court by the defendant's counsel, on the ground of damages, but was promptly rejected. A rich Jewess, who recently died iu London, di rected by her will, that, her body should be taken to Jerusalem for burial, by twelve of her friends (Jews) to whom she left four hundred pounds each for their trouble, two to be paid before leaving,and the balance on their return. The body was rea dy for departure. The Duke of Wellington and his talented bro ther the venerable Marquis of Wellesley, have be come reconciled. Rail Road.-*- The Newborn Spectator says, that it is in contemplation to hold a meeting in that place, for the purpose of co-operation with the West, in their measures relative to the construc tion of Rail Road. Tbo Boston papers state that some es the pas sengers of the ship Charles Carroll, have the small poxT and that two persons had died on the passage with that loathsome disease. The Captain is now sick with it. A Dr. Smith remarks, “I fear oth er cases will soon appear among the children, though.they will be carefully vascinated, and eve ry possible exertion made to purify the ship.” The President of the U S took lodgings in Bos ton on the 20th at the Exchange Coffee House. Another Victim.*— Joseph Henley from Frank lin county N. C. who had charge of a road wagon, was suddenly killed on Saturday week in Bruns wick Va. by one of the fore wheels passing over his head and mangling his scull in a dreadful man ner. It was believed he was endeavoring to as cend the wagon in front, and that his feet slipped in consequence of which befell. The boy who was driving did not perceive him unit after the fatal accident occurred. He is said to have been i in a state of intoxication. Carrier Pigeons.—Fifty-six of these birds bro’t to London from Liege, were started last week, in the neighborhood of Aldergate street, at thirty four minutes past four o’clock in the morning. One of them called Napoleon, reached its destina tion, a distance of about 300 miles, at 24 minutes past 10 o’clock the same day, having thus accom plished its task in 5 hours and 50 minutes. The others followed in succession, and mostof them reached Liege at noon.. —London paper. Treaty with Mexico —lt was reported previous to the adjournment of Congress, that a messenger Imd arrived at Washing ’ too with the copy of a Commercial Trea ty with Mexico, agreed upon by Mr. Poin sett. We were informed yesterday, that | this was the fact; that the Treaty was ap- I proved bv our Senate, sent back lor the final ratification of the Mexican govern ment, and was again received at Washing ton more than a month since, ratified by that government. If this be true, it seems strange that our government have not in this period, promulgated a circumstance of so much interest to our commerce. The ship Sapphire, chartered by the Liverpool Packet Company, arrived at Boston last Wednesday, with a large quan tity of goods, which escaped the enhanced duties, taking effect from the Ist Septers = her Governor Lincoln, of M line has offered a reward of three hundred dollars for the ap prehension of Luther Richardson, author of a number of forgeries recently detected in Portland. Providence, Aug. 29. Pire. —We learn that the woollen es tablishment in the village of Uxbridge Mass, belonging to the Uxbridge woollen company, was wholy consumed by fire early yesterday morning. The particulars we have not been able to obtain We re gretlo add that the agent of the mill, Mr. Taft, was seriously injured by the fall. American. From the Journal of Commerce. Frauds in Imported Goods. —We un derstand that point and duffil blankets im ported into this city the present season, from England have been found to be badly damaged, chiefly in the centre of the bales. These goods are sold abroad by weight. Some liquid of a deleterious nature, seems to have been poured into tiio bales, evi dently to increase their weight, and the ef fect has been to injure the texture 25 to 50 per cent. These goods of course are sold by auction. It will be seen therefore, that the discontent of manufacturers and an ti-auction men has some foundation ; and that there has not been “ more cry than wool.” It is said the liquid poured into the ba’rs probably increased tb-e weight 15 to 20 per cent. We understand that the sentence of the court in ihe case of Bruce, has been defer red until the opening of the supreme court shall have been obtained, as to the legali ty of trial at Canandaigua, it being con tended by the counsel for the defendant, that inasmuch as the offence, if any, was committed in the country of Niagara, the Ontario sessions had no jurisdiction over it. Mr. Bruce, in the mean time, has been ad mitted to bail.-— ib. H. B. M ship Challenger, Capt. Fitz clarence, arrived at Halifax on the Bth instant, from England, to convey Sir Jas. Kempt to Quebec, to take the teins as Go vernor-General of British North America; and to carry the Earl of Dalhousie to Eu rope. 11. B. M. brig Chebucto, captain Potter, was ordered to Quebec, with Mr. ! Cooper, the Secretary of Sir James with d *4®patches. Sir John Kean, Governor of Jamaica, was spoken of as Governor ol • Nora Scotia. f Soon after Sir Tames takes the chair of authority at Quebec, the Canadian Parli ament will assemble, and it will be known what ground the BritWb'Governmetit means to maintain in the differences in-this impor tant colony, whether there will he conces sion or perseverance, or anew course system. The Montreal paper in opposition to the local administration endeavours to make it appear that Sir .lames Kempt w ill only tem porarily administer the government of this province ; and that Sir Erancis Burton will ultimately arrive here Governor in Chief —We know not what sources of informa tion that paper possesses, but iroin all we legrn, we believe it will find that Sir Jas. Kompt is captain general, and not Jo cum tenens.—Dost Pal. BALTIMORE, September 2. ! Loss of the schooner Lucy of Baltimore. master sailed on Tuesday evening last for Teneriffe, laden with a cargo of staves, and on the next evening about 6 o clock, then about 45 miles down the bay, discov ered the vessel was on fire ! Capt D. im mediately resorted to means of extinguish ing the fire, by throwing on water, dis charging the cargo, &c but the staves were so dry that they burned like shavings, and exertions to save the vessel, <fcc. were use less—he succeeded in getting her ashore, where she was completely bur nr. Capt. D. says the fire originated below in the lar board wing, and he thinks was communi cated in some slow material before he left this port, for he is certain it could not have been done afterwards. The vessel is a to tal loss to Capt Diggs, the owner, as no insurance was effected on her. Edentoy , Aug. 26 Fire Extraordinary. —On Saturday last between 2 and 3 o clock P. M. our citizens were alarmed by the ringing of the bell and ciy of Fire, which was soon discovered to he in the office of business room of the Branch of the State Bank, and which for its timely discovery and lb active exertions of our population would soon have consum ed the whole building,with its valuable con tents ; fortunately however, no papers of importance were destroyed, and although some of the Books were considerably burn ed, yet we learn, they were not so much injured, but that their whole contents may be made out, as the Teller s statement, (or what a merchant would call his day book) in which all entries are originally made, is entire or uniijured, save the cover or bin ding. The fire originated in tiie inside of a Urge pine desk, on which were laying the Books that were injured, and when discovered, had not communicated to the House, the bottom and top df the desk were destroyed and how the fire, got in it, seems to be mai ter of much conjecture; there are a thous and rumours afloat, and the subject is invol ved iu deep mystery. —Tiie account given by the officers of the Bank is,that the Clerk sometime during the morning used a Can dle and wax in sealing a letter or package, and in the hurry of business communicated the fire to the contents of the desk which did not break out fill after .the Bank was closed at 1 o clock It is due to the Cashier Samuel 11. Pul len Esq. to state that he was absent ou bus iness at Ralleigh, and that he has no fam ily residing in the Bank. The loss to the Bank in the destruction of doors, windows, fences &c. is estimated at from three to five hundred dollars.— Gazette. THE MAGICIAN’S VISIT. r BY HENRY NEELE, ESC*- It was at the close of a fine autumnal day, aud the shades of evening were begin ning to gather over the city of Florence, when a low quick rap was heard at the door of Cornelius Agrippa, and shortly after wards a stranger was introduced into the apartment into which the philosopher was sitting at his studies. Tiie stranger, although linely formed, and of courteous demeanor, had a certain indefinable air of mystery about him, which excited awe, if, jnueed rt had not a repel lent effect. His years it was difficult to guess, for ihe marks of youth and age were blended in his features in a most extraor dinary manner. There was not a funow on his cheek, or a Wrinkle on his brow, and his large black eye beamed with all the brilliancy and vivacity of youth; but his stately figure wasoent, apparently beneath the weight of years; jus hair, although thick and clustering, was grey; and his voice was feeble and tremulous, yet its tones were of the most ravishing and soul searching melody . His costume was that of a Flor entine gentleman; but he held a stuff like that of a palmer iu his hand, and a silken sash, insctibed with oriental characters, was hound around hjs waist. His face was deadly pale, but every feature of it was singularly beautiful, audits expression was that of profound wisdom, mingled with poignant sorrow - . ‘‘Pardon me, learned sir, ’ said he, ad dressing the philosopher, “but your fame has travelled Jnto all lands, ami has reached all ears, and I could not leave the fair city of Florence without seeking an interview with one who is its greatest boast and or nament ** “You are right welcome, sir,” returned Agrippa; “bu< I Tear that your trouble and curiosity will be but ill repaid. lam sim ply one, who instesd of devoting my days, as do the wise, to the acquirement of •wealth and honour, have passed long year& jn painful and unprofitable,study, in ej&dea vuuring to unravel the secrets of nature, and initating myself in the mysteries of the occult sciences. * “Talkest thou of long years'.* echoed the stranger, and a melancholy smile played j over his. features :— * thou, who hast scarce- 1 ly seen fourscore since thou left’st thy era- i die, and tor .whom the quiet grave is now waiting, eager to clasp thee in her shelter ing arms! 1 was among the tombs to day; the still and solemn tombs: I saw them smiling in the last beams of the setting sun IN hen I was a boy, I used to wish to be like the sun; his career was so long, so bright, so glorious... But to night I thought it is better to slumber among those tombs than to belike him.* To night he sank beneath the hills, apparently to repose, but to morrow he must renew his course, and i,un the same dull and unvaried but toilsome and unquiet race. T. here is no grave for liim, and ffight and morning dews are the tears that Ire xlieds over his tyrannous des tiny.” Agrippa was a deep observer and admir er °f external nature and of all her phe nomena, and had often gazed upon the 1 scene wiiich the stranger had described, but the feelings and ideas which it awaken- I ed iu the mind of the latter were so differ- i ent from any thing which be had himself experienced, that he could not help, fora season, gazing upon him in speechless wonder. His guest, however, speedily resumed ihe discourse “But I trouble you, I trouble you; to my purpose in making you this visit. I : have heard strange tales of a wortderous mirror, which your potent aft has enabled j you to construct, in which whosoever looks) may see the distant or the dead, on whom he is desirous again to fix his gaze. My eyes see nothing in this outward visible world which cau be pleasing to their sight. The grave has closed over all I loved Time has carried down its stream every thing that once contributed to my enjoy ment. The world is a vale of tears, hut among all the tears which water that sad valley, not one is shed for me—the loun tain in my own heart, too, is dried up. I would once again look upon the face which I loved. I would see that eye more bright and that step more stately than the ante* lope’s; that brow, the broad smooth page on which God had inscribed bis fairest characters. I would gaze ot all I loved and all I lost. Such a gaze would be dear er to my heart than all that the world has to offer” me—except the grave, except the grrve.*’ The passionate pleading of the stranger had such an effect upon Agrippa (who was not used to exhibit his miracle of art to the eyes of all who desired to look in it, altho’ he was often tempted by exorbitant pre sents and high honors so do so,) that he readily consented to grant the request of his .extraordinary visiter “NVhom wouldst thou seel” fie inquired “My child, my own sweet Miriam,’ an swered the stranger Cornelius immediately caused every ray of the light of heaven to be excluded from the chamber, placed the stranger on his right hand, and commenced chanting, in a low soft tone, and in a strange language, some lyrical verses, to which the stranger thought he heard occasionally a response, but it was a sound so faint and indistinct that he hardly knew whether it existed any where but in his own fancy. As Corneli us continued his chant, the room gradually became illuminated, but whence the light proceeded it was impossible to discover. At : ength the stranger plainly perceived a large mirror which covered the whole of the extreme end of the apartment and over the surface of which a deuce haze or cloud seemed to be rapidly passing. “Died she in wedlock’s holy bands?” in, quired Cornelius “ She was a virgin spotless as the snow.” “How many years have passed away since the grave closed over her?” A cloud gathered on the stranger,s brow,and he answered somewhat impatient ly, “Many, many; more than I now have time to number.** “Nay,* said Agrippa, 4 But I must know. For every ten years that have elapsed since her death once must 1 wave this wand; and when I have waved it for the last time, you will see her figure in yon mirror ” “Wave on, then,” said the stranger, and groaned bitterly; “wave on, and take hoed that thou be not weary ” Cornelius Agrippa gazed on his strange guest with something of anger, but he ex cused his want of courtesy on the ground of the probable extent of his calamities.— He then waved his magic wand rpany times, but,to his consternation, it seemed to have lost its virtpe. Turning again to the stran ger ho exclaimed: “•‘ ho, and what art thou, mao? Thy presence troubles me. According to all the rules of my art, thisrwand has already described twice two hundred vears: still has the surface of the mirror experienced no alteration. Say, dost thou mock me, and did no siielS person ever exist as thou hast described to me?’ “Wave on, wave on*” was the stern and only reply which this interrogatory extract ed from the stranger. The curiosity of Agrippa, although was himself a dealer in wonde. s, beg an now to be excited, and a mysterious feeling of awe forbade him to desist from waving his wand, much as he doubted the sinceri ty of his visiter. As his arm grew slack, hr heard the deep solemn tones of the stranger exclaiming, “Wave on, wave on! ’ and at length, after his waxid, according to the calculations of his art, had described a period of above twelve hundred years, the cloud cleared away from the surface of the mirror, and the stranger, with an excla mation of delight, arose, and gazed rap turously upon the scene which was there represented. An exquisitely rich and romantic pros- ! pect was before him. In the distance rose lofty mountains crowded with ceders: a rapid stream rolled in the middle, and in the-fore* ground were seen camels grazing; a rill trickling by, in which some sheep ! were quenching their thirst, and a lofty ! palmtjee, beneath whose shade a young I female of exquisite beauty, and rich habit* ed in the costume of the East was shel tering herself from the rays ol the noon tide sun. “’Tis she! tis she!” shouted .the stran- 4 ger; and he was rushing towards the mir ror, hut was prevented by Cornelius who, said, “Forbear, rash man, to quit this spot ! with each step that thou advancest towards the mirror, the image will become fainter, aad shouldsf thou approach too near, it will vanish.away entirely ,XJjiis warned, he resumed but his agitation was so excessive, that he was obliged to lean on thcf arm of the philoso pher for support, while from time to time, lie, uttered incoherent expressions of won der, delight, and lamentation. “’Tis she!’ ’tis she!-even as she looked while. Jiving! How beautiful she is! Miriam, my gIuUI, canst thou not speak to me? By heaven, she moves! she smiles! Oh speak to me a single word! or only breathe, or sigh! Alas! all’s silent; dull and desolate as this heart! Again that smile!—that smile, the rcniem brance of which a thousand Winters hi, not been able to freeze up in my l u . , Old mail it is in vain to hold me! I n Hj , ‘ will clasp her !” 1 As he uttered the last words, he ruslim franticly towards the mirror; the scene ro presented within it faded awaj; the cloud gathered again over its surface; ana t| ie Stranger sunk senseless on the earth i When he received his consciousness, )> e found bimseif in the arms of Agrippa, who was chafing his temple and gazing on with looks of wonder and fear. He iinmp„ diatelv rose on his feet with restored strength, and pressing the hand of his host he said, “Thanks, for thy courtesy and thy kindness, and for the sweet but painful sight which thou hast presented to niy eyes.” As he spake these words, he put a purse into the hand of Cornelius, but the latter returned it saying, “Nay, nay, keep thv gold, friend. I know not, indeed, that a Christian man dare take it; but be that as it may, I shall esteem msself sufficiently repaid if thou will tell me who thotj art.” “Behold!'’ said the sttanger, pointing t 0 a large historical picture which hung on the left hand of the room. ‘‘l see,” said the philosopher, “an ex. quisite work of art, the production of one of our best and earliest artists, respecting our Saviour carrying his cross ’ “But look again!” said the stranger, fix ing his keen eyes intently on him, a lu j pointing to a figure on the left hand ofthe picture. * Cornelius gazed, and saw with wonder what he had not observed before; the ex traordinary resemblance which this figure bore to the stranger of whom, indeed, it might be said to be a portrait, i “That,'’ said Cornelius, with an etno tion of horror, * is intended to represent the unhappy infidel who smote the divine Suf ferer for not walking faster, and was there fore condemned to walk the earth himself, until the period of that Sufferer’s second coming.” “Tis I! tis I!” exclaimed the stranger; and rushing out of the house, rapidly disappeared Then did Cornelius Agrippa know that he had been conversing with Tue Wan dering Jew.— Forget Ale Not Saxony Sheep.- n the ship Howarfi , arrived two days ago from Hamburgh, 14i Sheep were imported; these, we und r< stand, were selected with great care by competent judges, from the best flocks in Saxony, aud which iu point of beauty and fineness of wool, it is said, are surpassed by none hitherto imported into this coun try. — N. Y. Courier, John Jay, of Ncw-York, is the only sur viving member of the first American Con gress. that of 1774 Charles Carroll of Maryland, is the only one remaining of the Congress of 1776, that adopted the Decla ration of Independence, James Madison, of Virginia, is, it is believed the only sur viving Member of the National Convention of 1787, which formed the Constitution of the United States. Major WJiliam Jackson, a revolutiona ry officer, who signed and certified the Constitution of the United States, as Sev cretnry of the Convention, is still alive, and resides iu Philadelphia. Love Potion. — A young man at Baia* bridge, who was much enamoured of a girl having at the same place, on Thurs day last infused some mixture denomina ted love powder, into a glass out of which the young lady’ was drinking, under an idea, common among the vulgar, that it would induce her to return his affection Tls girl luckily refused to drink it, upon which it was swallowed by the lover, who was immediately taken ill, and died two houri after in the most excrucating tortures. Newburyport Ideralcl. NEW- ORLEANS, August 13. Dreadful Catastrophe !—Again the painful duty devolves upon us of recording the melancholy event of another bursting of a boiler. The towboat Grampus while towing up 4 vessels yesterday, about day light, whexe within 9 miles of the city ex ploded one of her boilers, and shocking to relate killed every person employed in the boat, withy he exception of Capt Morrison, who at the time of the accident happened to he aft on the upper deck, in company with Mr. Wederstrandt, a passenger in the Grampus, both of whom escaped with slight wounds. The vessels Dext to the I boat were greatly injured. The brig Tbc [mas & VV illiam had her fore and main top mast, cut off, and her bows and quarter shattered, and the other vessels sustained ’ much injury in their rigging. We are un able to give the particulars to day as the I gentleman who brought the information left : soon after the accident happened. 1 V\ e are informed that not the least blame can be attributed to, Capt. Morrison as he had lost most part of the previous day in cleansing and repairing the boilers to prevent any accident ; but that the most | culpable neglect was attributable to the en gineers in permitting the boilers to become almost destitute of water. (Cr* fn addition to the above taken fro® the Courier of last evening, we have re ceived the following list of killed, wounded and missing, on board the St< am Boat Grampus, August 12th—Joseph Drytlen, 2d engineer, missing, Thus. Dodd, steers man; do. Harry and Frank, belonging to Mr. Banks, do. Laden-Brute and George Mooney, do Jack Smith, a free fnift scalded to death, George Brown, a Bahz e pilot, died of a broken leg befoie medico assistance could he procured, Wm. To)’ lor, slightly scalded, Charles Craig, brek* en arm—pi the brig Anastasia., two who were lying on the fore hatch, *>ne B®* ben Wafkins, carpenter, scalded to deat and blown overboard, hut was picked up immediately, and the other man was bady scalded. At the time of the explosion, I