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TBVRBDAY MORKIXG, SEPT. 18, 1638.
Many of our brother Editors are apprehensive
that the British government will follow up our
Tariff, by an import Tax on the great staple of the
Southern States —and thus exclude American.
Cotton from a foreign market. VVe have no such
fears. Great Britain will act in this, as she has
done in every other regard, strictly with a view
to her own interests j and she will not impose an v
additional burthens upon her manufactures; she
will not tax the raw material; because that would
raise the price of the manufactured article, and
enable the manufacturers of other nations to un
dersell her. Let Great Britain impose a tax of a
cent per pound on American Cotton, and the
French manufacturers, who are rapidly increasing
in numbers and means, would, in a very short
time, exclude her fabrics from the continent of
Europe. The American manufacturers would un
dersell her in the extensive market of South Ame
rica.
There has been a great deal said of late by the
British statesmen about the freedom of trade, re
ciprocity, and all that kind of thing. But still,
very little has yet found its w ay into her statistics;
Every thing is excluded from her ports, either by
high duties or positive prohibition, which can be
produced at home. And it is only because Cot
ton suitable to her machinery, could not be fur
nished from her own dominions as cheap as from
us, that she has ever consented to receive our
Cotton.
The new crop of cotton is arriving in greater
quantity than it ever did, as early in the season.—
As many as five loads wore taken, in one day, tins
week at one warehouse. It readily commands 10
cents. But our river is still unfavorable from its
low ness for either the shipment of produce, or the
reception of mercantile stock. “NV e believe, it is
a common opinion among our merchants, that,
owing to the deficiency of last year's crop, and the
improbability of an exuberant one of this year,
that the planter will receive a better price for his
cotton than he has done for one or two years
past. — Augusta Courier.
The su<rar cane, which we noticed sometime
since, as left in our office for inspection, has dirni
nished in size nearly one third. On examining it
this morning, %ve found it completely incrusted
with near the joints, from the
exudation of its juices, and their concretion on its
surface. — Ih.
There are now living on the Sandhills in the
vicinity of Augusta, man and wife, two persons
whose n , r ;T rega*e ages amount to 180 years. She
is 94 and lie 9*2.— U>.
The Emperor of Russia has appointed Alexan
der Astaphieve, esq. his consul General to the
United States, to reside at New-York.
The sloop of war Concord, building at Ports
mouth,N. H.is ordered to be finished and launched
as soon as possible.
On Monday evening, near Baker’s Island, the
brig Ranh, of Beverly picked up a man named
R ?bert Curtis, who had been knocked over in a
squall, from the schr. Cash, from Bath bound to
Salem.—He had been in the water about three
quarters of an hour, supporting himself by means
of a plank.—The schooner was unable to render
him assistance, having only the captain and two
boys on board.— jV. Y. Com. Adv. C th inst.
In the U. S. District Court for the District of
Connecticut, Judge Bristol presiding, the sloop
Agnes, owned by iMr. Gershom Smith, of this
city, was condemned on Tuesday last, for a vio
lation of the revenue laws.—JV*. Y. Mer. Adv.
$ Judicial Oath. —The Universalis! in Litchfield,
Ct. who was refused his oath on account of his re
ligious principles, has been allowed, on a re-hear
ing, to testify—the Judge (Daggett) declaring his
satisfaction that his belief in a future state was
sufficient to qualify him to be sworn, and the law
intending to exclude thoso only who admit of no
future punishment or existence whatever.
jV. Y. Statesman.
Great quantities of whiskey from the West,
Pennsylvania, &,-c. have been sent to New-York,
Boston and other northern ports, and the price is
so low cents per gal. in N. Y.) that a toper
can get fuddled for 2or 3 cents Those who re
tail the viilianous stuff can now write over their
doors, as the tavern keeper did in England :
Drunk for a penny; dead drunk for two pence ;
and straw for nothing.
The Karat force of Spain, in service on the Ist
of April. 1-28, consisted of the following vessels
of war, viz :
Line of battle ships, 2 of SO guns, and one
74.
Frigate*, two 52. two 50, and four 44.
Corvettes, one 26, and two 20.
Brigantines, thirteen, carrying from 14 to 22
guns.
Three schooners of from 10 to 16 guns, and
four vessels of smaller size
Os these 3G vessels, 15 are now in America,
under the command of Com. Laborde.
+
The Stock of the Bank of the United States, is
divided at present as follows -
Karnes. Shares,
y due • - • 16 • • 511
Now-Hampshire - • 31 - 587
Vermont - • 3 • 57
Massachusetts - * 251 - • 16,64 G
Rhode Island • • 45 • • 1,801
Connecticut • • • 73 • 1,251
New-York • - 526 • - 46,638
New-Jersey - - ‘ - 64 - - 3,084
Pennsylvania - • 954 - . 70,763
Delaware - - - 38 • 1.264
Maryland - - 491 . - 34,263
District of Columbia 69 • 3.448
Virginia - - 247 * 10,672
North Carolina - 41 • 3,115
South Carolina - - 631 - - 35,495
Georgia - . • 39 - 2,216
Ohio .... 17 - - 588
Kentucky - - 26 - 607
Tennessee - • 5 - • 269
Indiana - - - 1 • 30
Illinois - • -2 • - 310
Louisiana • - - 23 - 154
Alabama - - - 1 - V TO
Foreign - 214 - 40,412
President.,Directors & co— - 5.610
United states of Aaner. * 70,000
3818 350,000
X. Y. Merc. Adv.
Value cf Lav \ —The English papers inform us
that he costs which have been taxed in the cele
4>rat*v’ Lunacy case of Lord Portsmouth, exceed
£ 8< .‘—being -sore than equal to $35,000. The
expanse of procuring the taxing of the costa, was
£ 5 - equal to more than $ 2,900 !
The value of a thing
Ts iust. what it will bring.
So says the adage ; and Engi sh law must there
foie be a very valuable artele.
T ten Hall — Rex vs. Davjd Scott.— On Tues- I
day last, an information was heard befi • the Mayor
and Richard Leyland, Esq. against the defendant,
charging him with being privy to a quantity of
Tobacco being on board the ship Cato, from Savan
nah, capt. Ritchie. The defendant was a seaman
on board the above vessel, and was present when
the tobacco w r as discovered in four packages by
the custom house officers concealed amongst the
cargo, and w hich the defendant admitted to be his,
and whilst the officers were rummaging, the de*
fendant attempted to runaway w ith one of the
packages, but was stopped by one of the officers.
The case was fully proved, and the defendant was
convicted, and (being a British subject,) adjudged
to five years service in the navy.
Liverpool Advertiser, July 24.
From the Journal of Commerce.
Latest from Colombia. — By the brig Me
dina, Capt Hendrickson arrived yesterday
from C nthagena, we have received Bogo
ta Papers to the 27th July. Wo had
before received Carthagena papers to the
29th July, which contained Bogota dates to
the 3d.
The Gaceta de Colombia , of the latest
date, contains a circular from the Secretary
of Slate at B igota, addressed to the In
t end ant at Candinamarca informing that
whereas various merchants have been
known to defraud the public revenue, by
escaping the custom house duties, it is or
dered that henceforth all goods that may
be transported into the interim shall pay
•lie duties at the place of destination.
Advices on the 22d May had reached
Bogota, from Bolivia. After considerable
resistance the mutiny at Chuquisaca had
been suppressed. The illustrious Gen
j L'UZ', so highly distinguished for his. im
] portant services in the revolutionary war
f lost his life in that bloody affray. During
the entire of this contest the Bolivians, e
vinced the utmost zeal for the preserva
tion of their instructions and a moral de
testation for anarchy, and its promoters.
No less sincere is their regret for the
misfortune which has happened to the
Marshal o* Ayacucho, who, in an engage
ment that took place on tho l6th April,
was deprived of his right arm.
The Peruvian General Gamarra at the
head ot 5,000 men, had invaded the oli
vi m tetritory with a view to reduce it to a
colony of Peru, and was hourly expected
t La P iz
Tiie Bolivians hope to be able to resist
he invaders, and to prevent the subjuga
tion of then country until succours arrive
;nm Colombia. They are daily expect
ing reinforcements from the Liberator,
• nhout which, as their army is greatly in
ferior to that of the efiemy, they must ne
cessarily succumb. Gen. UrJininea, Pres-
Jeiitof .he MinisteriU Council, has taken
I omma (1 of the national forces and
marched to give the Peruvians battle. The
iuleriority of his troops compared with the
mmber of his opponents, leaves little hope
• f success to the Bolivian arms. The dis
urbances at Chuquisaca were of a very
serious nature; during the five days that
they lasted, many persons lost their lives:
ami as General Sucre, on account of Ins
wound, is incapacitated from discharging
uis presidential functions, Dun Jose Maria
Perez de Urdininea, Minister at War, and
General ot Division, has been transferred
to the command of the Bolivian army, and
entrusted with the executive duties. Pre*
cautionary measures have been adopted bv
the government, to pievent further moles
tation from the faciionists and to guard a
gainsi the designs of the enemies of Boli
via, the assembly has been convened.
The acting President of the Republic
has issued a proclamation, calling upon all
who love their country, to fly to arms, and
oppose the invaders. Avery lengthy let
ter from General Surce, addressed to Gen.
Gamarra, enters fully into a detail of all th ‘
iate atrocious proceedings in Bolivia, stales
the reasons which induced him to invest
Gen. Urdininea with the presidency and
concludes by observing—“On the 13iii
une next I shall resume the chief magis
tracy, merely to deliver my last message
to the Congress: which done, nothing shall
make me swerve from the determination 1
have formed to witlidraw from public af
fairs, and retire to private life in the soli
tudes of Quito. * The wound received
by the victor of Ayacucho, seems from
nis letter to be extremely painful, and even
dangerous. Our file like wise contain a
ong despatch from Gen. Gamarra, dated at
In 1 camp of Copajira, 3d May, wherein he
gives his reasons for entering the Bolivian
republic in a warlike character. They’
are sophistical and calculated to blind the
people.
Extract of a letter from Capt. Thomas Anthony,
dated
Cast. Gibson, Ark. T. July 1, 1828.
“Gen. Chilly M’lntosh and twenty se
ven ot our Crer k Indians, have been on a
Buffalo Hunt; and after an absence of twen
ty days, returned with the meat ot 24 buf
faloes, which they killed. They saw about.
600 buffaloes and an immense number of
deer, whilst out, and would have killed
more, but had no means of bringing the
meat home, every horse having as much as
they could carry. A second party will go
out next month, when they anticipate much
sport. All the Indians are delighted with
this country, which is rich and well calcu
lated foi our people, who can live well bv
agriculture and hunting. We have no
fears of iheir suffering, as the crops look
well, “ k e shall have roasting ears of corn
in two weeks, out of new ground cultivated
since March last. P e have some good
gardens, with cucumbers, radishes, plenty
“t Irish and sweet potatoes, beans, peas,
watermelons, &c. C< 1 Bre*rlv will raise
1500 bushels of corn which we have plan
ted since I have been here.
“ e have had adepu, lion of Delaware
Indians among us, who claim to be the
j; and father of all Indiuu tribes I went
■“ our Public Square with them, and held
talk. They presented beads and tobac
**<>, which was teceived in ancient form;
ud received presents of the same articles
a return. Ail this is right; and we do not
anticipate difficulty with any .if the Indian
o ib s VV ♦ shrill avoid all alliances. This
as been my advice to the Indians. There
are, however, a number of Indians, who
do not respect the rights of any nation;
they go upon a war expedition to gain the j’
name and character of warriors, and vv.ll
take any person s scalp, and run the risk
of the consequences * — Alabama Journal .
Sailsbury, N.C. Sept. 2
Counterfeiters. —A gang of counterfeit
ers was broken up at Jamestown, Guilford j
county, week before last; and most of those
believed to be concerned, were bound over
to court. There was found on them aj
qu iiitity of counterfeit United States 10
dollar bills, made payable at the branch in i
Mobile, to C. Houston, or order, but, un
like the genuine bills, not endorsed on ‘the
back by him. ji is believed some of these
spurious bills are in circulation and the
public would do well to be on their guard
against them. The man whose house these
rogues made their head quarters was also j
apprehended, on suspiciou of conniving at
their villainy.
Two men were lately apprehended in
this county, for passing counterfeit Vir
ginia 5 dollar bills, aud brought to the
jail in this place, to await their trial at Oc
tober Superior Court. A man on whose
evidence the Suite will rely to convict
these persons, was also confined in jail, but
is now discharged.
Now York, Sept. 6.
Fire. —About half past 10 o’clock last
evening, a fire broke out in the porterhouse,
at the corner of Front and Fletcher-street,
occupied by R. Barton. That building
and those adjacent were of such combusti
ble materials that the flames made rapid
progress before the engines arrived. The
premises m the vicinity have been three
times on fire before. The porter house
was burnt down, as was also the house ad
joining it in Fletcher-street The roof
and part of the gable end of the next house
in the same street were consumed. The
house No. 155 Front-street, occupied by
W. A- Baker, as a tinsmith’s shop was part
ly destroyed. The roots of the house 153
Maiden-lane, occupied by A. Coffin, &of
155 1-2 were consumed. That of 155 vv s
slightly injured. The exertions of the fire
men were great and successful, in staying
the progress of the conflagration, which
but for their interposition must have been
extensive and lamentable.
The lampblack factory at Brooklyn was
destroyed l>y fire yesterday afternoon.
Com. Adver.
A Buenos Ayrean Squadron. — A letter
from our Newport correspondent dated
the 3d inst st that a squadron consisting
of i sloop of war, a brig and schooner, was
cruising between Block Island aud Mori
taug Point, the latter part of fast *eek.—
On Friday, the schooner went into Block
Island Bay, and reported herself the Bue
nos Ayrean schooner unchal, capt. Ben
jamin Bedford—the ship and brig then in
sight. Captain B stated that they would
rendezvous in the vicinity of the Island, to
receive supplies and be joined by the re
mainder of the squadron ; which would con
sist of six sail- that the Commodore was
then in New-York On Sunday last they
were joined by another sdiooner.
JY. Y Morn Cour.
The President. —Every citizen, says the
Nati *nal Intelligencer, who has any know
ledge at all of our public servants, is ac
quainted with the remaikable laborious ha
bits of the President. He is perhaps the
earliest riser in Washington, and applies
himself to the various duties of his high
office, with an assiduity which is without
example, perhaps in any public man, since
the lime of President Washington, We
recollect learning the fact, that when he
was preparing his extremely elaborate re
port on the intricate subject of weights and
measures, which he was, as Si cretary of
State, required by a resoluti nos Con
gress to make, —a work which by its re
search and comprehensiveness, extorted
the praises of English writers—anxious to
complete the report before the dose of the
session, at which he wished to present it,
he arose during nearly the whole winter, at
three o’clock, and occupied himself for
th t ee hours before day, almost every morn
ing, in completing the task assigned to
him He accomplished it and the re
port comprising between two and three
hundred octavo pages, was sent in before
Congress adjourned. We mention his in
cident merely to illustrate the habits of the
President, and show how necessary some
relaxation must be to a man of sixv,
when tue heats of our long southorn sum
mers add their enfeebling effect to that ot
constant labor. Without such relaxation,
and the renovation of a few weeks anuu.
ally spent in the bracing sea air of his
native climate, bis health would suffer, if
his life were not endangered by it. He
therefore almost every summer, makes a
visit to Massachusetts of some weeks,
which he spends quietly among his kindred
and friends, and returns to the jeat of Go
vernment, prepared for the labors of the
winter. This lias betn so reasonable, in
deed necessary an indulgence, for which
he has the example of utl predecessors,
that it is rarely that it has been the subject
of remark or censure, except by tho vulgar
and ignorant.
N. E. Society's Sales. — Tiie annual
sale of Dry Goods, under the direction of
the N. England Society, took place on Fri
day. The sale was very fully attend
ed, and among the company were mauv
merchants from a distance. The cotton
goods sold at a rather lower price general
ly that (he sauie description brought last
yeaijbutthe woollens, the quantity of
which *as not great, were disposed of at
fair rates. The sale was in a
very judicious and satisfactory manner.
Among the principal articles were the fol
lowing.
3566 packages brown Cottons, 831 do.
bleached do. 701 do-Prints, 7 do colored
Lambricks, 132 do. Hamilton Brown
and bleached Twills, Jeans and Stripes,
216 do colored goods, to wit # Plaids,
Stripes, Checks, Circassians, Pittsburg
Cords, &c. 95 do. Tickings, 124 do Broad
cloths, 188 do Casimeres. 13 do Satn
nets, 4 do Kerseys, 14 do Suspenders, 59
do Flannels, 10 do Swansking, 1 do Un
mask Diaper and table Cloths, 1 do Mus
lin Shawls, 2 do. Palempores, 5 do. Ori
Cloths, 32 do Threads, 6 do Carpentitig,
6 foundation Muslin, 6do Milliuets, 2do
Musquito Netting, 81 do. Hats, 7 do Straw
Bonnets, 4 do Silk Military Sashes, 7 do .
Lead Pencils, 3do Whips 45 do Call
skin Pocket Books and V* allets, 118 do
Packing Twine, ISO do Cotton Batting
and Wricking.
About 400 packages of boots and shoes
were sold on Saturday morning,at unusually
low prices
From the Watertown, Jefferson County Register.
The execution of Henry Evans for the
murder of Joshua Rogers and Henry Di—
mon, which took place on the 22<i inst.
was attended, as is estimated, bv 15 or
20,000 persons, some of whom it is said,
came a distance ot 50 or 60 mil l is. The
circumstance of this being the first execu
tion ever witnessed in this county, may ac
count iri some measure for the morbid cu
riosity so extensively manifested, to wit
ness the exit of one, whose character pre
sented little to excite interest or sympathy.
At 9 o clock a guard of infantry and c -
I v.dry was stationed round the gallows,
where the crowd had already began to col
lect ; and at 12, the culprit wtrs escorted
thither from the jail. His step was firm,
though he had evidently become weakened
since his confinement. Immediately after
the rope was adjusted, he began to reel and
would have fallen but for the
* hile waiting until his time should elapse,
he urged the sheriff to hasten the execution.
He snuggled for near ten minutes after the
J drop fob. The body was removed to
; Brownville, where a funeral was held, ac
-1 cording to his request the next day.
We have under our eye a letter from
j Gen, Lafayette, dated 13tli July lasi
from which it appears that the illustrious
j individual was then in good healih andac
-11 live as a legislator. He strongly recom
mends the young Duke of Montebello
[son of Marsha L ssues] who will soon ar
rive in mis country, in the character of a
tourist. We learn that a sorroL Marshal
Ney is now in New Yok, with the same
object. Mr. jared Sparks arrived hi Paris
in the second week ol July, and Was em
ployed Mu re i c Heeling materials tor the
ms'.oy of our Revolution.
Na ional Gazette.
The following shews that every thing is
not yet quiet in France
A picture dealer of the name of Gi a
itiaiu was convicted by the Chamber of
Correctional Police, of Paris, of having
exposed for sale two lithographic engra
vings, called The Dream of Maria Louisa
and The sleeping Lion , winch had been
seized by the conunissionary of Police. —
He was tried for Having—l 4 exposed
for sale designs neither deposited with nor
authorized by the Government,. 2d. of at
tacking the order ot succession to the throne;
31, for having exposed in public places signs
and symbols calculated to excite a spirit of
rebellion, er to trouble the public peace.
The prisoner slated that he had purchased
the blocks without being aw are ol their na
ture, and denied that they were intended to
attack the throne, or excite rebellion. The
Court sentenced him to 15 days imprison
ment, and a fine of 100 francs, and the
costs of the proceeding.
Baltimore Gazette.—
From the Montreal Gazeete.
A Rawdon Bear. — O me 17di Aug.
Mrs Hemy, of Rowdon, heard two cow.
hell owing very loudl in a park adjoining
her house; she instantly went out ana pei
ceived that the cows was pursued by a fe
rocious bear. The bear soon singled out
one of the cows as the object of an atta> k;
the other finding herself freed from imme
diate put suit, fell into the’ rear and in her
turn gave ch to the pursuer of her com
panion, and when very near the enemy
made a plunge at him with her head. This
attempt proved fatal to herself; the beat
taking advantage of her fall, turned and
sprung upon her back, where having fixed
himself he began to legale himself with the
choicest flesh he could find; Mrs. H* nry on
seeing tins,seized a stick, and with a cour
age that is seldom met with, ran up to the ’
bear and punum lied him from his s at; he j
leaped horn his seat and pursued the lady,
who # contrivt and to evade him; upon this he
calmly wiped his mouth on a log. f wood,
and returned to the still prostrate cow, upon
whose carcass he had scarcely re com
menced his attar ks when lie was again as
sailed by Mrs Henry. She beat him off a
second time; and a second time she was
pursued. She cried for assistance, and’
*>ix men came to her aid with guns, but be- !
fore they could resolve among themselves
who should have the honor of shooting the
bear, he relieved them from the immediate
necessity of depriving him of his life by !
scampering off. The cow was dead be- 1
fore he left her. He went however, in j
search of a meal which he might enjoy un
molested lor as Mr. Henry was return
ing home in the evening, his attention was
attracted to a field where a heifer was low
ing most piteously; on entering the field j
be perceived the heifer lying on the ground,
while the bear was feasting on her with
apparent satisfaction. Mr. Henry went
in quest of a gun,which,having procured,he
shot the bear through the groin, but the
wound was not dead! j* for the bear ran off
into the woods leaving the heifer lifeless.
Thinking that the “enemy** might return,
the body of the heifer was left lying in the
field; he made his appearance on Saturday
19ili _and was so intent on the inviting
flesh that the men who watched him canif
upon him before lie was awaie, and ran a
bayonet, into his throat; lie twisted the bay
onet as it it had been a rush, but not be
fore it had given him bisdsquh thrust.
The last Fnnctio of'th.) L
duties in L i.<jon are at this mo. iq
fo.med by two men, Foster and () ~
neither of whom was ever convft;, . ’• 1
even tried, aud to each a salary < .
guinea per week is granted, with j Kij ,
sion to transfer Ins professional .
any part of the country at times when
may not be required at home. The c!u, j,*
of the deceased are nmv up >n no occusi
handed over to the executioner /
mome.it the relatives apply for the b
it is removed lot them, dressed as [>ej
death, to ibe bouse of Mr. Barnard,
undertaker, win# resides immediately 0 *
posite to Newgate, and consigns ii to its l r *
resting place. Upon ihe execution ofs ol | ‘
j persons lately , tire herifl’ had some , *
. versation as to the capability of the tr r . n
verse beam to bear a number of persons
being supposed that the next Recorder’
Report would include several in ihq p ar „*
graph which shuts out the Royal nierc•’
and the two “Ketches” were ask their on; ‘
; ion: Cheshire said, it will accommodate a
|ot ten, your Worship; but Foxtoo,
| has ]nd more experience and knows €v <*^
• inch of the scaffold, after throwing his
over it, shook his head and said,
orship,! can’t answer for putting up j ßcie
than eight comfortably. It bus been
erroneously’ supposed that the public exe.
cutioners live m the prison. Into
gate th< y are never permitted to go. exe&r
on tlm mornings when Mitrir dreadful \\ { f.
is to be done. They then proceeded t O .
getlier to the scaffold, at the foot of which
one of them receives the condemned, and
conducts him to the other, who is prepar
ed with the neckrope and cap. They
tentivcly perform the task of tying and pj,>
cing on tho fall board, and the momeiit
the bolt is drawn, they approach tlieek
tremeties, for the purpose of putting die
criminals *‘out of pain,” by adding thej
weight to the pressure upon the throatof
i the expiring person. They are
also in privately ami publickly flogging the
prisoners, and it is wonderful with what
impartiality they deal out their
They receive their salaries over th
hatch from one cf the door keepers, not
one of whom will have any other cunnjij.
nictaion with them, aid thete is not a pub.
lie house in the neighbourhood where
can expect to be served with any thing,
Capt. Clapperton's Journals —lt i$
said in the Loudon Quarterly Review, fop
July that ihe whole of this enterprisifij
and unfortunate travellers journals wei*
s tvrd and brought his servant, and that
they are now in the course of publication,
They contain a minute and interesting ac
count of his journey from Badagry to Sncn
catoo, by the route across the. Kong moun
tains, through Katanga, VYawn, Berghoo.
Boosa, where Park was wrecked or drown*,
ed—Nyfe or Noose, Youri and Kano, ia,
the course of which the geographical posi ,
tion of several hundred cities, towns acd
villages, has been ascertained by obsetvai
lions of their latitude and longitude; thus
completing the geography of th<?
part of Africa from Tripoli to the bight of
Benin.— N. Y. Evening Post .
Beautiful Chemical Experiment — Th ’
following beautiful chemical experiment
may easily be performed by a lady, to ui
great astonishment of the circle of her tea
‘party. Take two or three biades of red
| cabbage, cut or tear them into small
put into a basin, and pour on a pint of boil*
ing water, let stand an hour, then decant
the liquid into a crystal bottle ; it will be of
a fine blue colour. Then take four wina
glasses, into one, put two or three drops of
sulphuric acid, or five or six drops of a
solution ol soda ; i;to a third put as much
<d a strong solution of alum, and let tii#
fourth remain empty The glasses mar
he prepared some time before. Fillup
the glasses from the crystal bottle, and th*
liquid poured into a glass containing thtr
acid will quickly change colour, and be*
come a beautiful red, that into'a glass con*
tainir g the soda a fine green, and that into
the alum a fine purple, whilst that poured
into the empty one will, of course, remain
unchanged By adding a little vinegar to
the grer n, it will immediately change to a
red ; and on adding a little of the ‘sylutioa
of soda to the red, it will assume a fine
green ; thus showing the action of acids
and aikalies on vegetable blues
A well drawn conclusion.—:-
ihe Arabian philosopher of the desert, being
asked how he can.e to know there was 3
God, “In the same way, * said he, “that
I know, by the prints that ate made in the
sand, whether a man or a beast has p issed
before me. Do not, ’he added, “the hea*
vens, by the splendour of the stars; the
world, by the immensity of its extern; and
the sea, by the infinity of the waves that it,
rolls, sufficiently make known the pctffij
and the greatness of their Author? 1
~r ~ r
Mr. Samoel Merwin, of Brookfield, Ccufl*
lost his life on the 30th ult. by a meJaucho*
ly accident. He was at work in a mill ms*
king cider. The mill was of that kind which
grinds in a loft above*tbat which are placed
the presses. He was at work ator nearih e
presses, at the same time r horse was tu /C *
ing the mill above. While thus at
the beams and floor, on which was tti ß
horse, gave way, and the weight ot tit
whole caniß dii upon the body id M s
M. which so bruLed hm,that after endurn#
the utmost pain for 48 hours he expired-*
aged 58 years.
At the Ascot heath course, Eng. attention
was attracted by a novel e xhibition, & wind
was no other than the famous Kite Cofld*
which drawn by two kites, travelled at *
rapid pace, at ihe back of the royal stand*
His Majesty left the front if the stand, i sl
order to have a full view of it. On our re
turn from the races (says a London p ! p er /
vve bad a better opportunity of
•lu power of this extraordinary machioG
an immense number of carriages were as*
about half a mile this side 4 **
Staines, and the Khe Coach starting *