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efthe Office f nust be addressed to the Editor,post
id* #
™ Sales of land and negroes by Administrators
or Guardians, are required by law, to
l e’d on the first Tuesday in Ihe month, between
‘‘L hoars often o clock in the forenoon and three
in the afternoon, at the Court-House of thcCoun
tv in which the properly is situated. Notice of
these saes must be given in a public Gazette
dav r s previous to the day of sale.
Notice of the alc of personal property must be
? iren in like manner, fortij days previous to the
Jay of sale.
Notice to the debtors and creditors nl an estate,
must be published for forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the court
Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be pub
lisM fi' wr months.
IV W. Oates, the fourth individual charged
wilh a participation in the abduction of Stephen
ion. arrived in town on Wednesday evening last,
in the Eliza Abby from Philadelphia. Ho sur
rendered himself to the proper authority to answer
to tho offonc# charged
The charter oak in Connecticut, says a Hart
ford paper, is no less than 400 years it is 28
feet in circumference near the ground, and at the
height of seven feet, it is 17 feet in circumference;
height of the tree is about 70 feet; some of
its tranches extend 20 feet. Mr. Nelson, the
botanist, who accompanied Captain Bligh to the
South Beas, for the purpose of conveying the
bread fruit to the WvM. Indies, when on Van Die
man’s Land, f a tree in a thriving state, of
the enormous sac of 33 1-2 feet in girth, and of a
proportionate height.
[From the Correspondent of the Bolt. Chronicle ]
\V ASHING : ON, Mai til 24.
General Scott, whoso case every “Here,
his excited much interest, left this place
last TTiuVs.l v, to take up tris it sidencre ior
a a lute at Richmond.
Outlie his departure, I mot
him in the public offices taking leave ot
his pet sonul friends, a rid obtained Irorn him
the panic ulus of Ins relations with the pre
tent government.
He reported himself t* the new Secre
tary of War, by whom lie was ktmlty re
ceived
He voluntarily and with the approbation
of ihe Secretary, proceeded to Richimimi
to await the decision of tin* President upon
the b.bowing proposition 1 *:
I*>. To g> mi duty, not subject to be com
minded by ‘ junior.
2d. Or to be put on trial, bv a court iOar
tial, for disobedience ol oideis.
Sd. Or, if neither alternative he a cepled,
lobe consider* and as having tesigned.
The propose ions, v* u will perceive,
•Pave Geneial Scott and President Jack*
lot precisely in the same predicament m
r ‘bicti he stood with tiie. late President.
The General apprehends that the opi
ri‘! of president Jacks n is against his
fewnwd ground; but believes in feelings,
fi'ol he is must kiiuiiv affected tow aids
liia.
l!iecu; r *nt of opinion in this con‘t over
*)’ is against General Scott, while universal
Aspect reveres and admires his personal
during his late sojourn at
uashiogton. 1 found him almost daily an
Wtntive visitor at the room of the Supreme
Cuurt duting its session; constantly in all
leather, at the capitol, a respectful hearer
1,1 the preachers oti the Sabbath days; and
tu, y where a corteou* and respectful man
L ill his acquaintances.
l ’greatly to be desired that some ox
s. lLl ‘! u ‘*y be adopted winch will at the
m,;e vindicate ihe auihurity of the
nntent, and reserve f.-r its service an
CP| ) hi other respects as chivaltous as
“'iJfy m bis conduct. W iih the strong*
1 Partiality for Generul So M, I think Ids
p.**” un **nable, while 1 ?iti k his preteti
. “ hich ho founds upon Ids inter
°f the constitution and the laws,
.-r ll tote submitted to some competent
The president it i*; true may de
t&f, * n )e ,m>4 l summitry manner upon
j k w ' u le case; but at the same time it is
ji t " c 'hailed that Gene sal Scott could be
, “i before ~ court north.}, with the
: j Hn ' e of defending his views of the points
rp s COfl,rovers y. He cert- inly evinces every
I, ,Ip . ct or thfo constituted authorities and
, “gists of others, in asking to be heard
■Seers,
New Orleans, March 17.
n <c Storm. — v\ e had a violent storm of
. and lightning, accompanied with a
of rain, yesterday evening, which
passed away pretty soon—-not
‘ ul great damage to the city
tv, r . j le f ront p., rt (,f|he brick house
Cm H " and by } ' Am n lean Cos. for a
UUSP waa blown down without
l ° OUft conne ced wih the esia
£.ij-j but tlte fall man<led some per
ti 4J * ‘tame js not known to os, that
r's&ingby at the time. The shipping
‘*
w as agitated very considerably, and three
thus were rudely blown from their moorings
oui into dm cunenf. Among the steam
haots the hivoc 9/m vvors,*, they being all
torn loose from Their landings. 1 Tbe-vessols
in the Basin were all thrown adrift. We
. have heard of much other damage done in
different parts of the city, which will be
felt in the loss of chimneys, fences, and
tlte roots of houses.
. After the above paragraph was in type,
, we learned that the frame buildings of Lid
! del’s estate, back of Esplanade street, a
btick wall which surrounds the yard of N.
Morse Esq. nr,’ the unfinished walls of a
larcf* brick building now going on at the
corner of Bienville and Rampart streets,
were all demolished by the tornado. The
wind blew more violently for a few minutes
than has been known here for many years.
i ..
From the New York Evening Post.
| The C ijholic question continues to occa
sion great excitement in England, and that
excitement seems to increase as the time
for fiie meeting of Parliament approachts-
Tlie London Courier says, that new Pio*
testant petitions arc getting up in various
puts of Eagiuud some against emancipa
tion altogether, and others against emanci
pation without securities. The same paper
; urges upon the proteStants, the expediency
of multiply ing meetings and remonstrances
• against the measure. The London Turn s
of Feb. 2d -.ays. “That emancipation will
be proposed to Parliament by the Duke of
Wellington, in the ensuing session, we have
no more doubt thau of our existence.—
When we pen this brief prediction of an
occurrence whose consequences will be be
neficially felt by Englishmen and Irishmen,
to the . remotest generations, our renders
may be assured that on the •‘coming event’
we do not speak but from conviction.”
Neither the Times, however, nor we be
lieve any other of* tlte rational friends of
emancipation expect that the question will
he settled without securities. A curious
, correspondence has been published between
file Rt. H on. VVilmot Horton, a member of
Parliament, and Doctor Baines, Bishop of
Si£M, and Domestic Prelate to the Pope,
relative to this subject. In these letters
Mr. Horton inquires of Dr. Baiues whether
his Holiness ever made ihe declaration im
puicd to him by Mr. O’Connell, that no
treaty whatever with the Biinsli govern
ment on the subject of a concordat would
he I* reived a! Rme until the Catholics of
Inland were emancipated. To this Dr.
Baiiu s rep ies, xorwssing his conviction,
thiUim’ Pope uui only never made any such
decimation, but never used words that could
he construed into such a meaning, and that
’ it’ uiy treaty between them should be set
on foot, lie would be found as averse to iu
vudn the temporal lights of his Britannic
Majesty a* to betray the spiritual interests
t>t ins own church. Air. floiton then in
qutics of him whether the Holy See would
ut.ject to any plan of sccu itics for the Pro
testant Chinch, or throw any obstacles in
the way of an emancipation which was not
wholly unconditional. Dr. Baines answers,
that could airangements be made, which
leaving (tie Catholic Church wholly un
touched, went merely to allay the groundless
apprehensions of protestants, and to secure
to the established Cnutch of i ugbiiid, the
undisturbed possession of its rights ami re
venues, it would be a most injurious libel
on the head of iHo catholic church to in
sinuate that Ins disaprubation was to he ap—
pud tended by one who merely acquiesced
in such arrangements. In rel* turn to a
p!an of securities presented by Mr. Horton,
lie remarks, that there is nothing in it that
a catholic could object to as incompatible
witii his religion.
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From the Baltimore American.
’ ZjOiulou (foliossewn —Among the many
recent gigantic embellishments of the Hr it—
is it Metropolis, the journals speak with the
most admiration of anew grand collussal
panorama of London, placed in a huge
building lately erected, which contains al
so oilier apartments on a grand scale, for
the amusement of the public Front the
various descriptions of it, which are of a
length that seems intended to bear some
propoition to tlte size of the edifice, we
learn that this immense panoramic view of
the metropolis is the largest picture ever
painted, the diameter oi the circle of can
vass being IJ4 feet, while it is 60 feet from
the floor to the springing ol the dome. The
whole painted supeiflees ol canvass, and
plaisler is about 40,000 square lcet. On
this vast surface are lattidully represented
alt the objects which can be seen from the
top of St. Paul’s (<>n which the spectator is
supposed to stand,) contained within a ho
rizon one hundred and twenty miles in cir
cumference. The nearer objects are paint
ed with still more turce aud fidelity. —
The c uses are the lofty campanile towers
’ of St. Paul’s, and tlte reader may estimate
the size of the painting when lie is told that
these toweis are actually forty leet high
on the canvass. The Literary Gazette
i says:—
j “One of rfie passages of this great w orld
• with vvnich we were fageiuated was their
view of the majestic Thames, winding its
graceful course through the various brid
ges by which it is spanned, from Putney
to London. It is impossible to conceive
any thing more beautiful than that portion
of the liver, aud of the adjacent buildings
including Luu eth Palace, Westminster
Abbey aud Hall, the Adelphi, Somerset
; House, the Temple, See., which extends
! from Vauxhall to a little below BLcklriats.
’ Sunny gleams and reflections on the water,
| painted with great cure and happiness, con*
SAVANNAH , THURSDAY MORNING , APRIL 9, 1829-
stitute this tba principal focus of tho I’ght
es the picture,
“Eng audV mighty heart,” with its
merous veins “and hileries—-her vast and
magnificient metropolis, witl) all its vener
able churches, noble palaces, ancient halls, 1
public hospitals, spacious squares, populous
streets, splendid theatres, extensive docks,
commodious markets, pleasant parks, flow
ery gardens, occupies the lower portion on
the canvass and may be examined for hour
alter hour and day after day with a delight j
and wonder perpetually increasing.”
There was no small difficulty in getting
at this enormous extent of canvass, in order
to paint on it at all. The painter had to
devise all manner of light scaffolding brid
ges and platforms. Sometimes he was ■
supported from the floor by two or three
long and slender spars, which vibrated with
every motion of his arm; sometimes he was [
suspended by cords fiom the roof, swinging ,
tike Sliakspeare's celebrated samphire- j
gatherer. On two occasions he fell from :
a considerable height.
The drawings for this huge picture were
made in a manner s ill more singular.—
They were taken by Mr. Hortior, from a
little fragile hut, raised on slight and tot
tering piles, above the elevation of the
cross of St. Paul’s, where be had many
hair breadth ’scapes. The transfer of the
, drawings to the canvass was made by Mr.
Pan is.
A Me!hod of Rinding Justice.—lac
quaid learnt one day that 1 was going to
time in Kue Notre-Dime. lie immedi
ately went wi.h four assistants, whom he
left on the ground-floor, and ascended |he
staircase to the loom where I was about to
sit down to table with two females. A re
cruiting serjeant, who was to have made
the four'll, had not yet arrived. 1 recog
nised Jacquard, who never having seen me,
had not the same advantage; aud besides,
my disguise would have bid defiance to
any description of my person. Without
being at till uneasy, 1 approached and, with
the most natural tout 1 , I begged him to
pass into a close!, the glass door ol which
looked on the banquet-room. “It is
Vidocq whom you are looking for,*’ said
1; “if you will wait for tun minutes you
will see him There is his covsr, he can
not be long. When he enters, I will make
you a sign; but if you are alone, J doubt if
you can seize him, as he is armed, and
resolved to defend himself.” “I have my
gens d’armes on the staircase, * answered
he, “and if be escapes ” “Take
care how you place them then,” said I,
with affected, haste. “If Vidocq should
see them ho would mistrust some- plot, an<!
then farewell to the bird.” “But where
shall I place them! ’ “Ob, why in 1 1 1 in
closet; mind, no noise—that would spoil
all; and I have more desire than yoursell
that he should not suspect anything.” M\
commissary was now shut up in four walls
with Ins agents. The door, which was very
strong, closed with a double lock Then,
certain of time for escape, I cried to iny
prisoners, “You Er.e looking for Vidocq;
Well, it is he who has caged you —fare-
well.” Aud away I went like a dart, leav
ing the parly shouting for help, and making
desperate iffuits to escape from the un
lucky closer. Memoirs and Confessions
of a Police Officer.
PORTRAIT OF NAPOLEON.
Louis Bonaparte, the deposed king of
Holland, in answer to Sir Walter Scot s
History of Napoleon, has given the annex
ed portrait of bis biotlier.
The character ol Napoleon, fiom ear
liest infancy announced what he was to be,
and the presentment was never belied; lie
was, above every thing, preeminently a
Frenchman, nay, he carried that affection
to excess. That lie loved glory with the
most ardent passion, cannot he denied.—
He may certainly merit those reproaches
which Alexander, Charlemagne and so ma
ny heioe,s deserved much more than liim
se If H tnvever upon that head, he has
explained himself in the most precise man
tier, and no other person could have an
swered and so justified him in that respect;
but it will be averred, as posterity, that
shall judge his memory with impartiality,
that 110 one among those upon whom the
destinies of nations were dependent, proved
vindicative and cruel.
He was sober, and only possessed the
most noble passions. In vain would his
detracters pause to contemplate the horrors
wherewith it lias been sought to tarnish his
moral reputation; where those accusations
soley depend on the falsehoods and sar
casms of libels, they may well serve to ac
company such ephemeral productions, but
they constitute no feature ol the grand page
of history.
What cannot be controverted is, that in
the character of husband to his fust wife,
much older than himself, ho lived with her,
as a soldier in the greatest harmony, until
the last hour of their union, without giving
her one cause for complaint.
Another incontestible fact is, that he
cannot be reproached with ever ha /ing
kepi an acknowledged mistress, or been
guilty of any flagrant conduct; while, when
married a second time at the age of forty
ten \ ears, he conducted himself towards
his second wife with uniform courtesy, am
iability, and grace, and ne’ er proved defi
cient in his attentions to her.
We must here record, in answer to the
accusation of Sir Walter Scott respecting
Napoleon’s egotism, what transpired on
the occasion of the birth of his son, when
the celebrated Dubois informed him, that
under the momentous circumstances attend
ing the delivery of the empress the lives ol
the mother and iufant were endangered,
and that, therefore, it became necessary
to lose the one or the other—his answer
/was, 4 Save the mother before any thing.’
Dpes not that conduct alone give the wri
ter in question the most direct lie.
His hunting excursions were never des
tructive or burthensome to the public; and
the chief end prepossd in the magnificence
of his court was the prosperity of arts and
manufactures while his personal simplicity
was almost unparaleled.
His system of administration was admi
rable; it bore the stamp of genius, and de
serves to be as much studied as hi 9 cam
paigns; and even his enemies ought to allow
that, in spite of ihenisclves, they are com
pelled to he his pupils.
Since the reign of Napoleon, govern
ments have manifested more activity aud
vigilance; ‘from the period in question u
; tiiity and ameliorations arc become th 9
, leading objects of foreign cabinets; and it
would be iulilt for his opponents to deny
: that they.have, been necessitated to follow
even those errors which lie has left behind
him
It cannot he denied that he was the
grand prompter of the general and uniform
t:odes whereby Fiance is at ptesent legisla
ted. How many difficulties had he not to
subdue; and how eminently was the selj
love and interests of individuals wounded*
Wlut preservation was displayed in obtain
ing this noble and generous end! His
genius was blazoned in all his actions, bu
principaliv in those immortal assemblies!
where the association of all the most dis
tinguished geniuses of Fiance argued up
on and framed the grand code of French
legislation. Upon those occasions he was
present, and reasoned as if he had been the
most consumate of legislators. On quit
ting the study where he had been combin
ing the plans of a campaign, or discussing
the most intimate points or policy or ad
ministration, he would enter the Council of
States, and display talents equal to those oj
Portraits and Ironchor. Let whatsoever
may be the changes, affected in that immor
tal code, it can never be wholy divested of
his name, nor will it be forgotten that he is
its authority, even supposing this title just
ly belongs to those prices who originally
conceived the idea of a collection and clas
ssfication of laws, now much more is due
to him who took the most acrive part in
bringing telim to perfection.
The Divinity is alone without fault; and
every mortal man who approximates to
that happy state must be endowed wilh
wisdom; but he who pretends to have ob
tained supreme excellence, applies to him
self the : diploma of a madman. Where
shall we find a hero or a conqueror divested
ol all reproach? Titus, universally regard
ed as the best of princes, has he not to re
proach himself as before remarked, with
the slaughter of more than a million of jews?
Did he not. cause wretched captives of that
persecuted nation to be crucified in pre- j
s<*nce of the whole population of Jerusalem .
plunged in the abyss of deepest despair?
China , Glass and Earthenware .
THE subscriber offers for sale, a large assort
ment of Glass, China and Crockery, suitable
for tho town or country trade, consisting of
Iron, stone, china and dining sets
Liverpool china do do
Rich French china tea sets
do English do do
Canton china coffee sets
Olivo breakfast sets
Rich cut decantors, with tumblers and wines to
match
Plain glass shades
Cut and colored do.
Plain and cut glass Lamps
China and glass water pitcher#
Glass plates and dishes
Chainpaignc glasses
/Pino coolers
Jelly glasses
China Frui^Baskets
fPith a variety of articles now opening, which
forms as complete and general an assortment as
can be met with in Charleston or any southern
city. .
ftJT Country merchants can be supplied with
crates, carefully repacked , which will bear trans
portation to any part of the state. This will save
their buying broken and unsaleable things, which
we always got in crates in the original order.
George VV. Coe ,
april 2 lm Shad’s building
Remedy for the Piles.
/Tfr(HE Medicine now offered to the public, is
4 on e which has been fully subjected to the
infallible test of experience; and in every instance
where it has been lairly tried, it has been attended
with the most complete success. In some of the
cases, the patients had been laboring under the
disease for years, and during that period had re
ceived the best medical advice, and had even un
dergone a painful surgical operation, without per
manent advantage, it is not (like those usually
advertised) offered as a certain cure, for a long
catalogue of diseases, but those afflicted with this
complaint, for which alone it is recommended,
may rely with confidence upon obtaining relief,
even in its worst forms, in a short time; and they
themselves are the best judges of the importance
of such a remedy Price 50 Cents per Box, with
directions signed by the proprietor. Prepared and
sold at James A. Austin's drug a " d „ ch ® l ?? I lc^ l
store. No. 273, North Third, above Callowhill st.
Philadelphia. And a supply of this valuable rem
edy has just been received and for saie wholesale
and
Druggists , A'os. 2 & 15, Gibbons Buildings.
march 4.
Jji the Court of Chancery of the Sate
of Delaware in Kent county.
Bates. —The President, Directors and') jT*
company of the Farmers’ Bank of 8
the state of Delaware, §
rs. >5
James V. Redden, William K. .5
Lockwood and William 11. War- =3
ner. J
1829. February 14—It is ordered by tbe Chan
cellor, that James V. Redden and William H.
Warner, two of the above defendants, appear in
this cause on Monday, the 27th day of July next
A true copy from the Record.
J. L. Harper, Reg. C. C.
march 4 3m
30,(Mf0 DOLLS.
$15,000—510,000,
■JBRAKD CONSOLIDATED i
LO I'TERY,
CLASS NO |4.
To be drawn in the City of Washington, on Sa
turday 4th inst.—The drawing wiflbe received
on tlte 11th inst.—4 drawn ballots.
SPLENDID SCHEMES:
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l do 15,000
l do 10 000
1 do 5,000
1 do 4,000
10 do 1000
10 do COO
10 do 500
10 do “ 400
10 do 300
29 do 200
51 ,do 100
&c. See. Ac-c.
’ Tickets, $10 — Halves , $5 —Quarts, $2 —
Eighths, $1 25.
Orders attended to ut -
FPPINGER’S
Lottery and Exchange Office
april 3 >
30,000 dollsT
$15,000—510,000
GRAND CONSOLIDATED
LOT l ERY,
CLASS No 14.
Will be drawn at Washington City ou tho
) 4lh ilist. —9 drawn ballots.
SCUEMfi ;
I Prize pf 030,000
1 do 15,000
1 do 10,000
1 do 5,000
1 do 4,000
10 do 1,000
10 do COO
10 do 500
10 do 400
10 do 300
*29 do 200
51 do 100
&c, &c. &c.
Tickets, $lO 00
Halves. 5 00
Quarters, ‘ W
Eighths 1 25
Orders attended to at
Lottery and Exchange office
april 3
Reduction on Swap’s Panacea
Os One Dollar per Bottle.
CAUTION TO PURCHASERS.
THIS medicine had been used for more than
seven years before an attempt was made to
imitate it; but the great demand tor it, and its
• wonderful success, have induced a great number
! of persons to imitate it in various ways—upwards
j of fifty different mixtures have been got up in
imitation of it, tchich is a convincing proof of its
being a medicine of great value. Some are selling
Sarsaparilla and other syrups, imposing them on
the ignorant for the Panacea; others are mixing
the genuine medicine with molasses, &c. making
three bottles out of one; thus retaining some of*
its virtues; others are using the genuine Panacea
in their bottles to perform cures , to obtain certify
cates to give their own a reputation , 4c. Some
have even resorted to perjury to deceive the
public.
These imitations and adulterations have, in
many irstances, protracted the sufferings of pati
ents in diseases where the genuine Swaim's Pana
cea would have proved instantly elficacious. I
therefore deem it a duty I owe the public to as
sure them, that the composition of my Panacea is
not known nor was it ever communicated to any
other person in any tcay whatever-, and conse
quently, that all other mixtures represented to be
mine, are fraudulent impositions. Wm. Siraim,
No. 221, Chesnut-Sueet, between Seventh and
Eight Streets, near die Masonic Hall.
Philapdelphia, September, 1828.
A constant supply of the above celebrated Pa
nacea can be obtained warranted genuine at the
Drug Store of
LAY & HENDRICKSON,
Nos. 2 & 15 Gibbon’s Building.
mardi 16.
S EDES IRON
Now lauding from Brig Atlantic,from Stockholm
(lAA TONS of the best quality new Swedes
Iron, the greater part of which was
shipped direct from the forges, and is supposed
to be superior to any imported into this market,—
The sizes are well assorted, and will run as fol
ows:—
Flat bars from 1 1-2 to 10 inches wide.
“ “ from 3-8 to 3-4 inch thick.
Square bars from 1-2 to 4 inches.
The above will be sold at a very moderate ad
vance on Northern prices, for cash or approved pa
per HALL, SHAPTER & TUPPER.
Savannah, 30th Aug. 1628.
Auction and Commission Business ,
MACON (GEi RGIA.)
THE undersigned tender their sendees to their
friends and the public tn the above line of
business. They have spacious stores for the re
ception of merchandise, and articles entrusted to
them will be sold either at auction or private sale,
according to instructions.
Reference may be had to the following gentle
men, viz:
Henry W Conner, ? Charleston.
Edward Bement, 5
John T Lamar, ‘j
John T. Rowland, {
Cotton & Harrison, f Mac 0 B -
Scott Crav, J
Michael Brown, Savannah.
Wallis & Washington^
march 28
TO FAMILIES.
JUST received per ship Olive Branch, the so!
lowing description of Teas 1
a Imperial,
Young hyson,
Pouchong or black Tea
All of which has been selected by a first fate
judge, and recommended to customers as being
very superior. For 6ale by
A . Parsons ,
nov 18 Druggist, No. 8 Gibbons’ rango
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