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THURSDAY MORNING, MOV. 13, 1823. FOR TH£ SAVANNAH MERCURY. A SHORT SERMON, EROM TllF. DESK OF GREY DOMIWI THE DEACOW. Mow ichm Delilah had shaved Sampson, his Strength departed from him. You all doubtless remember, my readers, the fate of the st rong champion of Israel, whose his tory is recorded in the bible: and have read the 1 wonderful account of his miraculous deeds; how he slew a thousand men with the jaw bone of an ass, and on being shut up within the walls of Ga za one night by the Philistines, how he went off in the morning, with the gates of the city n his •shoulders. You have read how he burst the strong cords of his enemies, as though they had been flax touched with the tire, and have perceiv ed that nothing was able to withstand lus force, till in an evil hour, he.suffered himself to be shav ed; when lo! his strength immediately departed from him! Now many people who have read this wonder ful history, have been much puzzled to compre hend the reason, why the mere shaving of amp eon, should, in so miraculous a manner, have de prived him of all hii boasted strength; and have foolishly concluded, from the mere connexion of facts, that Sampson's great strength lay entirely in his whiskers; and have supposed therefore, that the loss of the one, was necessarily, the loss of the other. Persons thus reasoning, are distin gushed by the great care which they take of these appendages. But I need not inform my readers, that such have wholly mistaken the matter. It was not the loss of whiskeis, which proved the misfortune of Sampson, so much as the mere act of getting shaved. A man may cutoff his whis kers as often as he pleases, without losing any of his muscular or moral activity. Bui let the same individual once get shaved , and a very visiole al teration is speedily discovered. Let us behold, for instance, the man of busi ness; he walks through the exchange in an erect posture; he nods to this man, and lie turns his back upon that; his eye is full of tire, and his step betokeneth vigor and activity. He moves among the crowd, and the multitude gives way before him! But discount day approaches—he gets shaved —and lo! his strength departeth from him. Instead ol the erect and lofty bearing Which he so lately exhibited, his whole demeanor is now cowering and spiritless; the muscles of his face shrink, and his countenance becometh ca daverous; his chin sinks down upon his bosom; his step is no longer light and elastic, but slow tmd sneaking. Let us look again upon the gay and fantastic Dandy; we behold him stiff in buckram, and res plendant in rufllos. He is the hero of the ball room, and the conqueror at ordinaries He walks abroad in the bla2e of nis own finery, and he basks in the sunshine of beauty. But the bill of the Draper cometh upon him— he gets shaved —and lo ! what is he? Not merely his strength, but his ruffles depart from him. He no longer dazzles amidst the assemblies of tire fair, or joins in the song or the dance; he shrinks from the greetings of his old friends; he dodges the money lender round corners, and he hides himself from the face of the cordwamer, the tailor, and the dealer in perfumes. Bat, reader, it is not him alone who gets shaved that is thus shorn of his strength. There are many merely half shared , who are as powerless as Sampson when he had passed under the shears of Delilah. I would remark, by way of improve ment, that razors, in the hands of the wicked, are dangerous teols: but still, if a man has made up his mind to get shaved , ho had better employ the barber who only goes skin deep, than to submit to the operations of him who cuts through bone and muscle, and touches the inmost fibres of the heart. Is a newspaper a book, and as such a subject of copy-right ? It appears from the New-York Com mercial o Advertiser, that a copy-right in the usual form for books had been taken out for the N. York Price-Current, and a suit brought against the Commercial, for publishing information the same as contained in the Price-Current. The question was raised, M Whether a newspaper is a book ?” “ This point was argued at length on both sides, and the court thinking that that the subject deserv ed some consideration, declined giving a decisive opinion upon it, but permitted the plaintiffs to proceeds in their action, assuming for that pur pose that a newspaper is a book. The jury brougnt in a verdict of fifty cents for plaintiff.” Vermont Legislature. —In the Ho use of Repre sentatives on tne 23d ult. the following resolu tions passed, after a debate, by a vote of 184 to 29. Resolved, Tue Government and Council con curring h?i.eiu,that the policy and .easures adopt ed and pursued by the administration are calculat ed and designed to promote and perpetuate the happiness and prosperity of the nation ; and that 4ne talents, integrity and experience of John Quincv Adams eminently qualify him to dis charge the high and responsible duties of the President of the United-States. Resolved, That this legislature approve of the nomination of Riehard Rush, as the candidate for .the oifice of Vice President. In the Rhode Island Legislature on Wednesday, resolutions were adobted, approving the measures of the administration of the general government They passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 44. to 18. In the Senate they passed without a division, but the governor and Mr. "Brown expressed opinion against the policy and propriety of the measure. Divot ccs in France —The follow ing is the syst em of divorce in France. 4f-either the man or - woman wish to be divorced, they must give no tice of it to the Prefect, and six months’ time is necessary before it takes place ; in the interim the necessary arrangements for the maintenances of the children are made, which are as follows : The girls are generally consigned to the care of the mother, and the boys to the father; a very . minute investigation takes places of the father’s or mother s fortune, so that the children are cer tain of being provided for. if a man w rich, and • is the party that sues for a divorce, he must re turn iiali of ins wife’s jointure, and settle a main tenance on her for fife. If a woman sues for the divorce, the wife must return every article of property she has received from her husband,even’ belore marriage. The woman is not compelled however, to maintain iier iiu&iiaud after divorce, but must her children. If Uie father re marries, ami oas heirs by his last marriage, the children by the for: er wife have the same claims to the patrimony as the others. Greenfield , Oct. 28. —Rum, Fire and Suicide.— ‘&>£ Tuesday lastj the valuable barn of David Stoclj^ridge, ; of Whately, together with its contents, and two or three large were consumed by fire The barn was superior to any * in the country— it was built but two or three years since, and cost $ 1000* The whole lose of Mr. Stockbridge is said to be not less than S3OOO. There is no doubt but that the barn was set on fire: and it is supposed that Daniel Ellis did he deed. A year or two since, the select men of Whately entered a complaint against Ellis as being a spendthrift. Mr. Stochbridge was ap pointed his guardian. Ellis it is said, had swore revenge against Mr. 3. When the fire was dis covered, Ellis was seen about 30 Tods from the barn, running from it. He was immediately ar rested, and on Wednesday was committed to the jail in this town. Yesterday morning Ellis found by the goaler suspended by a handkerchief from one of the grates in his room, cold and li feless. Reader do you ask for the cause of all this ? —the answer is ready : Rum was the pro curing cause—Rum produced these horrid acts ! Belvidere , N. J. Oct. 23.— Awful warning to Parents. —A child of about four year of age, be longing to Mr. Roseberry, of Greenwich, was a few days since burned to death at the house of its • father-in-law. We understand that the child was j left alone in the house, and getting near the fire, its clothing caught and before assistance came it was so dreadfully burnt that it expired the same night. Let parents and guardians beware ! — Apollo. New York , Oct . 31.— Fires. Yesterday and last night, there were no less than five alarms The first has been before noticed. T 1 e second occurred a litte before 7 in the evening in the three story brick front building, No. 2 Stoue street, occupied by Mr. Cropsey, the interior of which was destroyed. This fire originated in a back room of the third story, occupied by a Spanish gentlemen, who was a boarder.— YVe understand that he had gone out >f his room but a short timej before the alarm, and it is supposed ho had left a burning candle near some combustible material, which caused the destruction of the hous?, and that of his own property none of which was saved. The third took place at a little before 9 o’clock in the evening, in a stable and cooper’s shop, in Murray, between Green wich and Washington streets. Tins is set down to wilful design, and it was rumored that a person was detected in acting the part of an incendiary. The fourth fire broke out at a quarter before 12 o clock last night, in the brush factory of Mr. Berrian, in the rear of Hague and Pearl streets A frame building and most of its contents were destroyed. The firemen had scarcely got this one under, when an alarm was given, and the engines were hurried to Cherry street, near Catharine market, where a coppersmith establishment was on fire in the interior, but wasextmgjished without much damage. Statesman. From a statistical account drawn up by order of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia, it appears that in the county of H ilifax there are 46,528 inhabitants ; 92,776 acres of land in cultivation ; 62 268 bushels of wheat annually produced ; 194,- 957 bushels of other grain ; 797,536 bush els of potatoes ; 40,379 tons of hay ; there are in the county 4,529 horses ; 29,466 horned cattle; 42,600 sheep; 14.023 swine Journal of Com. A man named George Sligh, his been apprehended as one of the fellows who were so busy the other day in passing counterfeit bills in the Fulton market He has been fully committed for trial.— ib. Counterfeiting . The indefatigable High Constable, Hays, has succeeded in getting into his possession the counterfoil plates of tl e following bills: the Phoenix Bank $2 ; Manhattan $5 ; Bank of New York sl, and Mechanics $2. This cir cumstance may perhaps prevent for a time the issuing of notes of those descriptions ; but as the gang are not yet entirely extir pated, and as there are some exceedingly skilful engravers and penmen among them, it would be prudent for the public to be on their guard.— ib. MELANCHOLY OCURRENCE. A young man, named Francis E. Pow ers, was brought before the Police early yesterday morning charged with having killed another man, named John Tierney. The Magistrates declined any investiga tion of the matter until a Coroner s Jury had sat upon the body; and accordingly sent the prisoner to Bridewell to awiir their decision. A Jury was accordingly empanneled and the case investigated, which resulted in the developement of the following facts. The deceased and prisoner resided in the same house, at the corner of White and Chappel streets. On Tuesday evening they went in company with another man, named Lyons, to a ball in a house oppo site their own residence Tierney left the Bill at an early hour, went home and re tired to rest, leaving the prisoner and Ly ons there. About two o clock yesterday morning. Powers and his companion left the Ball and went home. On entering the house they proposed going into Tierney s room to got some gin, but finding that he had none they went to the prisoner’s room got a bottle of gin and n tumbler, and re turned to the deceased’s apartment where itis wife and he were in bed. After the prisoner had taken a seat on a chest, he drew from Ins bosom a loaded pistol and laid it down. Tierney and hjs wife told him to be careful as it might go off and do some hurt, to which he replied that it could not, as there was a guard to the lock, ind in order, unfortunately for *him to prove bis assertion, took up the pistol and pointing it towards the deceased, pulled the trigger, when it went off and the ball passed through his body. The wife of the deceased and other witnesses agreed •he firing was purely accidental, and *he net of ihe prisoner s shaving a loaded pis tol was satisfactorily accounted for, by his lining eu.ployed as a private watchman at Birdeck's Iron Foundry where he was about to proceed when the fatal accident occurred. Doctors J. C. Cheeseraan, and Abia* ham M. Cox, who examined the body, both agreed that the ball entered between the seventh and eighth ribs, passing thro* the liver and perforating the lungs, aud passing out at his back. After the testimony had been gone through with, the jury brought in a veidict that the deceased died of the wound re ceived in the right side occasioned by the accidental discharge of a pistol. The prisoner was then conducted to the Police Office, and there discharged. He appeared very much dejected, and fully sensible of the unfortunate situation in which he was placed by the careless use of a deadly in strument. May it prove a warning to him through life.— Gazette. We publish lo day the trial of the Pi rates, on which we offer no further com ment at present, than to remark that it con tains no proof of any murders or personal outrages to justify the reports mentioned in the letter of our Laguira correspondent From an examination of the entries at the Custom House in the city it appears, that the Schooner Bolivar, (no doubt the same called in the trial Las Dumas ArgentinusJ was built in tins Slate, in the year 1823, and measured between 63 aud 66 tons — that on the 28th September, 1827, the Bolivar was cleared out at the Custom House as the property of Geo. Sides, John M. Patterson, on a voyage to Si. Tuornas. She was without any other ar mament than 31 muskets, but having these muskets on board, the collector required botids to be given that the vessel should not be engaged in any violation of the U. States. On the first day of Dec. her re gister and other American papers were returned to the Custom House here, en dorsed by the American consul at St. Thomas, stating, that “she was reported to him as sold there to foreigners. * There is therefore no foundation for the report that she was fitted out as a vessel of war or prepared for a cruise, in the Port of Balti more.—Baltimore Gazette . Daring Villains Apprehended. —On Satuiuay evening last, two strangers trav elling ou foot, stopped at M<. Tyson’s tavern on the Skippack road in Moutgo me:y county, and put up; before day on Satuiday morning, they called Mr. Ty son up, presented a pistol to ins breast, and demanded ins keys, which were given up They theu entered his store, took a variety of v.tltfcJ !c goods, consisting of crapes, huisers, aud about SSO in money. A youug man ui the neighbourhood, who was re turning home from a Toni and Jerry ex cursion on horse back, seeing a light at Mr Tyson’s hauled up to take some bit ters; but as soon as he alighted, a pistol was also presented at ills breast, and bis money and watch taken from him. The villains took a horse of Mr. Tyson and me horse of the young man ano made ofif with their plunder. The alarm was given and they were closely pursued near lu Doylea tuvvi:, where a number of our spirited citi zens, went in pursuit; and they were both apprehended at Parker’s tavern, in this county, ou Sunday evening, with all the goods in their possession. They were im mediately brought io our county jail, and are now well secured.—-They are no doubt old off mler* —DoyUstown Democrat Mr. Madison. —We ream from the last Virginia Advocate, that this gentleman was unuole to attend a late meeting of the Vis itors of tue University, on account of severe indisposition The editor ofihe Advocate says, 44 we have chanced to see, lately sev eral letters from Mr. Madison, written in the hand ot iiis lady,; a circumstance which as it sho\vs the inconvenience that he is put to by every one of the numberlessletters daily pouring in upon him, should be gen erally known and remembered. No one who has not had an opportunity of hearing a representation of the tax from their own months, can form an idea of the man ner in which Mr. Jefferson was and Mr. Madison continues u> be, oppressed by letters from every point of the compass, generally too —for every writer considers himself singular—containing gratulations on the entire leisure enjoyed by them. So entirely beyond his strength had the labour thus imposed on him become, that the former., at a late period of his life, wrote an address to his fellow citizens —which,* however, was not published- representing: his inability to meet it. With regard to the latter, we have understood from an unques tionable source, that the ma ss of writing which he now has to wade through, exceeds what he had to perform when he was Secre- ) ta>y of Sta c, and this too, super adoed too j to tne iaiigue attending the management* of several extensive farms., on the pro ductiveness of which depend his means of supporting the elegant hospitality which is found under Ins r of, by an almost unbro ken succession of Visitors from the New and tbe Old Worlds, Shoal in the Atlantic Ocean.— Tta* fol lowing communication respecting a dan gerous shoal discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, has been received from Captain James Porter, of the Barque Science, of this port : “ On my passage to Archangel, I was informed by ny chief Mate, Alexander Muun, that when he was mate of the brig Joseph Greenock, Rattray, mas ter, on her passage from Mobile to Liver pool* oil tbe 2 2d of August, 1837, they discovered a smell bank in lat. 39, north, and longitude, calculated back from the day on which they sounded on the eastern edge of the Grand Bank of Newfoundland, to be 64 20, west, and that they passed close to, saw the white sand above water, and soun ded where the vessel then was, and found 20 t*. horns, sandy .bottom, quarter of a mile off. 4 The mate requested of the master permission to go for a few buckets of sand, hut he would nor grant it. The bank was observed From the brigs mast head to be of a horse shoe form, the opening of the i.boe facing the S. W. and appeared, in length to be not more than lmlf or three quarters of a mile. As this dangerous bank lies di rectly in the track of all vessels pursuing a norib easterly course from the Ctdph of Florida, l deem it my duty to give it the earliest publicity, in the hopes that it will be the means of saving many valuable lives ; and much property. “ Many of our vessels from Jamaica, Honduras, New Orleans,&c. arc supposed to have foundered at sea, when tfiis bank or reef may have caused the loss of several as it lies with outstretched arms to receive them “ I hope you will lose no time in making this publicly known, as it is of so much importance to ship owners and seamen The longitude here given cannot be ex pected to be altogether correct, as it. was nut determined by chronometer or lunar observation. I think that one of Ids Ma jesty’s smaller vessels of war on the Ber muda station could not be better employed than in ascertaining the true position of this dangerous shoal. JAMES PORTER. “ Greenock, Sept. 12. “P. S On interrogating Mr. Munn further, respecting the above shoal, he stated that they were obliged to bear up, and sail to the westward of it in deep wa ter, and supposed it to be on the eastern edge of the Gulf stream. ’ —Greenock Ad • vertiser. Union of the Atlantic and Pacific . —It appears by letters from Amsterdam, that the project of cutting a canal to unite the Gulf of Mexico with the Pacific Ocean is about to be revived unoer the auspices of the Netherlands Government, which has eutered into communication with the Go vernment of Guatamala or Central Am erica, for that purpose Gen. Yan Veer, who was deputed on that mission, has ju3t returned to Europe, and it is stated that several persons are on their way to the Netherlands from Guatamala, who are authorized to carry into effect the arrange ments connected with the undertaking.— Some exclusive advantages, as inducement to engage in the project, have been offered to the Dutch Government; and is said that the King himself has entered into it with so much earnestness that he has composed a long memoir to point out its probability of success and the benefits with which it will be attended, A vessel has been or dered to be in readiness to carry out to Guatamala the engineers and persons ap pointed to survey the ground through which the proposed canal is to pass.— London : paper . MARINS JOURN AL. PORT OF SAVANNAH. ARRIVED, Schr Caroline, Sears, Baltimore, and 6 day* from the capes, to Hall, Shapter & Tupper, con signees, M liheny, Girvan &co. Sorrel & Ander- i , son. Bayard & Hunter Sloop Sapelo, Hathaway, 3 days from Darien, wit! 08 bales cotton, and 40 tierces Rice, to Jos. Cumming, T Butler & co. Taft & Padelford. Sloop Mary Howard, Briggs, Satilla, ballast to the master. Steamboat Charleston, Bonnel, 14 hours from Darien, Rice to Butts and Patterson. Kirckpatricks Boat, Cotton Plant, from Au gusta, with 504 Bales Cotton, to Hill and Stone, Agent, George Gordon, S. Wright &. Cos. Boat Red Rover, 8 days from Augusta, with 278 Bales Cotton, to Ketchum & Burroughs A Le Barbier &■ Cos R Campbell. Box boat Lady Antonette, 8 days from Augus ta, with 352 Bales Cotton, to Taft & Padelford, Ketchum & Burroughs, Joseph Ganahl. COMING UP, Ship Calumet, from Newport. SAILED, Brig Sea Island, Atwood, Boston, Sloop Gigsey, St. Simons & Turtle river, Sloop Albert, Lasset, Darien. DEPARTED, Steamboat Samuel Howard, S’wymer, with tow boats No 33 and 14, for Augusta. Ship George Clinton, for Liverpool, and brig Wade, for Havre, got to sea yesterday morning. rs . FOR BOSTON. 1 The regular packet brig WILLIAM, Daniel Atwood, master , is ready to re ceive cargo at Hunter's wharf. Apply to S. B. PARKMAN. nov 12 p 80 NOTICE j A LL persons are hereby cautioned against j -t\ trustiug any of the crew of the ship Macon, j as no debts of their contracting will be paid by the master or consignees. HALL, SHARPER fy TUP PER, nov 12 SUGAR & COFFErT TWENTY large lihds of prince St. Croix Su- ■ gar for retailers. 100 bags handsome Green Coffee Just received, and for sale by HALL, SHARPER TUPPER. ‘ BOV 12 Deavborn’s patent Balances. OF all sixes for sale by 6. B. PARKMAN. nov 12 and @o RUM/BRANDY & GIN. 5 PIPES old Bourdeaux Brandy 5 pipes Holland Gin, Swan Brand 5 puncheons choice old Jamaica Rum For sale by S. JB. PARKMAN. nov 12 p 80 THE HARTFORD FIRE INSUR~ ANCE COMPANY. CONTINUES to take risks in this State, on moderate terms, apply to S. B.PA&KMAN. Agent. nov 12 and 80 DRAWING RECEIVED, Os the Grand Consolidated Lottery, No 9 17, 41, 43, 13, 39, 36, 38 Holders of prizes will call for the cash at EPPINGER’S 12 Lottery and Exchange Office. Hobart’s Tacks and sprigs. A LARGE assortment, for sale by - zx - - -S B. PARKMAN. nor 1R $0 NEW CARPETING, & c . THE subscriber has received, per Lt e ari v -.‘ tiis Winter'supply of very superior Carin’ of fhelatest patterns and most (ashioiisblcV l U * such as * 0 Imperial , Brussels, Ingrain, Venetian and Stair Carpeting , icith Bugs to match Also, Table and Piano Covers and Crumb Q ot u i This Carpeting is the most complete assortm ; he has yet offered, and will be sold at redec and prices. . “ u ‘’ 5 ‘* k J. W. MORRELL V,, . Gibbon’s Building,. *uq 50$oo Dollars, 20,000 Dollars, 10,000 Dollars. NEIV-YORK CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY, CL A53 No. 15. TO be Drawn in the city of Mew York This Day, Nov. 12, 1828—six drawn fin lots. - SCHEME. 1 Prize of $50,000 1 do 20,000 1 do 10,000 1 do 5,000 1 do 4.000 1 do 2,500 1 do 1,350 5 ck> 1,000 8 do 500 39 do 150 39 do . ioo Ac;. <fcc. Tickets, S2O 00- Halves, 10 Qm Quarters, 5 oa Eighths, 2 Orders attended to at EPP UNGERS Lottery Exchange Ojjice. Bov 12 ~ SHOES. ~ A consignment of 21 cases shoes, received per brig William, will be sold very low by w nov 11 T. S. LUTHEfi STONE, LIME, 90 casks stone lime 150 bbis potatoes 18 bbls prime green coffee landing from ship Rising States, for sale by nov. 11 TAFT & PA DELFORD^ LAW AND NOTARIAL OFFICE THE subscriber having removed his office the building opposite the Court-house, ten,, ders his services to the public. All professional business confided to him will be attended to will! punctuality and care. ROBERT M. CHARLTON. nov 6 c 1 r FaNow Landing, IF'iY bales stripes, and plaids do brown shirtings 10 do negro cloth 7 cases hats and caps 85 doz yarn socks 20 cases muscat wine 20 baskets fresh sweet o 2 25 qr. casks marseilles wins 15 do do tenerifie do 400 pr negro shoes 250 kegs tobacco of all qualities 2 waggons I gig and harness for sale by nov 11 W. LIPPITT. • • Hats, Negro Cloths, etc. 20 boxes Hats 8 bales Negro Cloths duffel 15 boxes Port Wine Just landing from ship Queen Mai and brig Frances—for sale by CANDLER & DAVIDSON, Mongin’s wharf nov 5 74 ST. CROIX SUGAR. SJ A sale by TAFT & PADELFORD nov 6 SOAP. 1 WHOLE and 30 half boxes first quik A*/ \/ ty soap, just received and for sale b/ PALMES & UX aov 6 _____ FLOUR AND SALT. ”1 / \ BBLS. Howard street, auperfiu* AUU Flour 50 half bbls superfine, do 100 sacks Liverpool ground salt Just received, and for sale on accommodating terms by P. VVILTBERGER, Jun. nov 6 c I NEW ORLEANS SUGAR. I F? HHD B prime New Orleans Sugar, I ing from brig Wade, capt. Loake, ir* fl Philadelphia, and for sale on the wharf, by H KETCHUM 4k BURROUGHS. ■ oct 22 I NEGRO SHOES j CASES, for sale low to close a consign I I ment. Apply to _ ■ TAFT & PADELFORft f nov 6 I BUTTER. . I UKEGS first quality of Goshen - H sale by S. C. DUNNIN 6 I no.v 4 c I Rhode Island Consolidated ■ lottery I Bth Cl * ■ Was drawn in Providence on the sth in** - the drawing will be received on the lbu* ■ numbers—7 drawn ballots. I SCHEME. I 1 prize of $5,000 j 1 do 2,0G0 I 1 do 1,000 I 6 do 300 J i do 200 I , 30 do 100 I sc. Sfc. I ‘Tickets $3 I Halves % 50 I > Quarters j Orders attended to at _ /-* t ’ LUTHER’! Lottery Exchange i ■ The deawing of the Washington City f no. 9, will be received tomorrow morniJ nov. 11 ___ I CHEESE. „ chip l-| OA BOXES Cheese, landing front I OU peror, and for esfio by I oct fi I