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From the N. Y. Fourier apd Urn/., Krtra, of OieAtlfi
Fifteen ttayn -faltir from
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The British Royal Kill l Steam ship Britannia,
I apt. UWiml. arrive J in Boston, at about 7'
o'. lofk, on Saturday .naming. in a passage •of
thirteen days and a h'adi.fr.HU I,iverpool, having
U'li that port on the 19;h nil. By this arrival we
in*e 101 l London files lu the ev.-mug of the 18th,
Liverpool papers to the tilth, and Lloyd's hirtr
> omptclc to the latest dates, lor an early delivery
of which we ate to Harden’s Ex
press. We have also received full fetters from
our nu in London and Pkijs,
The news if not of "erfgipoitial importance.
Ib| BtiWsh utir.istr'flki times
nioiioh that "The prevent .Ministers do not possess
the confluence of the present Parliament,” was
•.-.sriied by a majority of one vole.
'The M ndster.- of course subsequently determin
ed opon a dissolution of Parliament; though no
■'lay appears to have been dtlinilely fixed upon for
■that event.
The country was full of excitement on the sub
ject ->fthe new election which would lake place
snimediately and preparations were making with
she utmost netjvi vin all parts of the United
Kingdom It will be a tremendous struggle, but
the Mint .lets were confident of carrying a decided
none ri’ v.
Cotton had declined considerably, hut the de
mand subsequently improved though without
recovering iu price. Flour had slightly advan
ced.
The Britannia arrived out on the Dili of June
—ll days from Halifax.
The Caledonia steamer arrived at Liverpool on
the 14th.
There was no later news from China. A re
inforcement of 1000 Trim was about to leave En
gland for that country.
Astley’s Theatre in London, was burned to the
ground on the Blh June, and one woman perish
ed in the llamas, the loss is estimated at £35,000
alerting.
Sir David Wilkie, the celebrated painter, died
at Gibraltar on the Ist of June. A destructive
lire bad occurred in the town of Credilon, (De
vonshire,) and forty dwelling houses were de
stroyed.
The large commercial house of Grant & Co.,
Glasgow, had failed for £IBO,OOO, which it was
feared would seriously affect oilier bouses.
No intelligence had been received ol the Pre
sident Steamer, though rumora continued to teach
England, only to he contradicted the next day.
The British Government had declined to despatch
aves el or vessels in search of her, as she is look
ed upon ns hopelessly lost.
There is nothing of much importance from
France or Spain, or indeed from any part of Eu
rope. Moult had resigned in a hull', in conse
quenco of some disagreement concerning enliist
menls in the army, but being permitted to have
his own way he again took his place.
'The following is the vote on Sj r Robert Peel’s
motion:
For Sir R. Peel’s motion,
Against j
The London papers mention the probability
that the Queen will he confined in September.
There have been several more deaths among
the nobility, namely, the Karl of Fortescue, ami
Lady Emily Cloncurry. Commodore James
Donciin. R. N. is also dead.
Lord John Russell is to be married to Lady
Finny Elliot at the close of this month.
Sir Henry Prescott. Ule Gov., of Newfound
n-I.V- -> >. ■
tiler ■vlnpvty^Mf’ifwura ! oms IS,ill, —and
held a Grand Drawing Room on the IVth.
The health of the Queen was bad. Some
alarm was felt in consequence.
In Syria more Iron tiles have broken out,
and some Turkish troops, had been driven back
by the mountaineers.
In Crete the insurrection i s complete, raising
recruits, distributing arms, uml furnishing men
through the Archipelago.
The Sultan of Turkey was alarmingly ill.
The state of the money market and of general
business, is greatly depressed in the manufactur
ing districts, particularly being disturbed in an
extreme degree. In London there is an abun
dance of money in the hands of the bankers and
bill brokers, but no parties appear disposed to
speculative movements of any descriptions—and
the utmost stagnation reigns in every department
of the Stock Exchange. The English funds re-I
main unchanged from day to day, but foreign
funds and shares of all descriptions decline in
price; bullion is nevertheless abundant at the
Bunk of England. The weather is of the finest
description tor the growing crops, and no person
can give any other reason for the torpor of trade,
than that politics absorb the whole attention of
the public at large.
The mirket for American securities, has how
ever, been firmer, and more business has taken
place since the arrival of the Caledonia steam ship.
The advancing rates in the United ■'■'tales has
created more confidence in the speculators hero,
and the shares of the bank of the U. States, par
ticularly, were in demand on Monday or Tuesday
last at £45, but this price has nut since been sus
tained, sales not having this afternoon been rea
dily practicable at higher quotations than i 4.
The transactions were yesterday considerable
in New York 5 per cents at 81, the market being
cleared of the stock at that rate, and there was
one transaction of 10,000 of Ohio G per cents at
88.
The transactions in Indiana and Illinois stocks
have been suspended, in consequence of ‘.he un
certainty which prevails respecting the dividends
on those securities, though the latest accounts re
present the Commissioners as fully expecting to
-obtain the requisite funds in New York.
The commercial business is so pressed in Lon
don, that almost all the leading articles of con
sumption are below the cost of production and
yet sales continue to be pressed. Bar iron is now
£6 per ton in Wales—but the iron masters be
ing generally wealthy, are accumulating stock
and refuse to submit to lower rates.
Manchester, June IG.
Si xth or Trade.—There has been a fair a
mount of business done during the last week both
in goods and yarn ; the effect of which has been
to render prices somewhat more steady than be
fore. but without causing any advance. The
improvement would probably have been more
marked, had it not have been checked by an ex
tensive failure in the spinning business which
took'Place at the latter end of last week, and has
caused a good deal of regret and apprehension.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
WisHisiiTox, July 5.
General Scott, now Major General, is here and
apparently in fine health. His residence, here
after, will be at this city. The promptness with
which the President has acted in this appoint
ment, is deserving of commendation. Some sup
pose that Gen. Gaines will refuse to obey orders
from Gen Scott. Mr. Gilmer’s committee of re
trenchment, which is to report at the next session,
have before them the question of abolishing the
office of Major General.
We learn, from private sources, that the de
cision of the New York court will be adverse to
the release of McLeod, but still they will not, at
preeent, decide on the sufficiency of the plea that
*he acted under the authority of the British gov
eminent. That question is to be argued at the
July term.
The opposition have made a question of the
policy and patriotism of the course taken by the
present administration, in admitting that McLeod
ought to be released upon the avowal by the
British government of the act of which he was
the instrument. The question is between Mr.
Van Buren’s course and Mr. Tyler’s course. The
policy of the late administration is simply this—
to remain inactive on the question for four years;
to cover up and conceal the kindling fire as long
us they were in power, then to give the alarm,
ring the fire bells, and accuse the new adminis
tration of a want of patriotism. The honesty of
that course there can be no dispute about. On the
other band, the present administration, on coming
into power, found that this great outrage on our
national rights and dignity had been unatoned for.
There were but two modes in which they could
seek satisfaction—one was the mean, humiliating
mode of punishing those individual agents who
might fall into our hands; and the other was to
demind satisfaction of the principal, by whom
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they have taken, are pledge# # pMwjfceir d»
j raaud<or redress upon the
, ever to t car There can Will be nc
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, any satisfactory anvwoeto our demand, aadtlial
, the controversy will odlHwb. war, «Ad that pcf
t taps at no-great distawee time, is the belief ol
the best infiwmed a*4JWfrf asgacioua men in the
L country.• . ■' y -» T
Thiv view of the mawN ought to admonish
. the patriotic portion of #ia deposition of thfpirn
proprir-ty of embams** *l action of theEi
’ -ecotiveon thisksutyA. • ffi V.
>, The President boldea fev«e to-day. Thefien
t ate will not meet, and the Home will only nei t
adjourn.
The Jnseedemiao. ntisefi eA aO
-1 uni Jklr Tiki 1 ik»i Thiiif hi
' son for a general quaking among the official herd.
From the N. ¥. Commercial Advertiser.
Rascality without a Parallel.—While
| in Washington ten days ago, the following state
ment from the Louisville Journal was put into
our hands. Notwithstanding all the known and
unknown instances of official corruption under
the late Administration, we could scarcely credit
a tale of such unblushing villainy, and we straight
way applied to the general Post office for infor
mation. We were there informed that it was
true to the letter:
“When Mr. Barry was Poslmater-general, a
committee was appointed by the United States
Serralt to investigate the £ flairs of the Post Office
Department. The invcstgation resulted in the
very able report made by Mr. Ewing, in which
divers extra allowances and other corruption,
were duly made known 10 the people of the coun
try.
To parry the effects of that startling report. Mr.
Barry, it may be remcm’iered, published a pamph
let, a vindication, so called, of his conduct. This
pamplct was of course in individual, and not an
official document. Nevertheless, he agreed to
pay to the editors of the Globe, Messrs, Blair &
Rives, $ 1,500 for priding it, and charged the
amount to trie Government!
When Amos Kendill succeeded Mr. Barry, as
Postmaster General, he glanced over the books
of the department and saw this item of J 1,500.
Afraid that another investigation would soon take
place, and that this extraordinary item would
thus be brought to light, he made Blair & Rives
refund the money—tt least be entered it as refun
ded on the books. Thus the matter remained
till the 3d of March 1841, the very last day of
Mr. Van Buren’s Administration, when Mr.
Niles the successor of Kendall as Postmaster
General, paid buck the ?1500 to Blair & Rives,
and an entry was actually made in the books to
that effect!”
The statement, m repeat, is true, and the facts
doubtless constitute 1 fair specimen of the conduct
of the Post Office Department during the twelve
years antecedent to the 4th of March last. Be
yond all doubt that department has, during that
period, been one of the foulest dens of corruption
that ever existed in a civilized nation. From
another but well advised source we were inform
ed (hut, being out of funds, Niles drew upon a
Pennsylvania postmaster in favor of Blair for the
amount. The latter was in great haste to obtain
the amount before Mr, Granger got into power,
and proposed sending an express to Pennsylvania
for the money, to prevent the possibility of defeat.
Lei (here he a resolution of enquiry in the House
of Representatives.
The aggregate amount of outstanding Treasury
notes, on the Ist instant, was *5.34£C95 IS..
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A Chai.i ehuk.—A gentleman fti St! Louis
says that he will shoot pistols against any man
in the U. States, for any sum from 1 to 10,000
dollars, any distance, to lire at the word. Com
munications made, post paid, to the editor of the
Republican, will receive prompt attention. The
party will require five days notice ol the time of
shooting. Half the sum named for any bet will
he pul up as a forfeit; no excuse from the en
gagement, except sickness or death
The Central Kail Road.
We learn that the Company has contracted
with an cnterpiising and responsible citizen of
Macon, for laying the »upc-rstructure on this
j Road, from the Oconee to the Ocmulgee River,
and furnishing all materials except iron, and that
1 the contractor will soon enter on the performance
of the work. The amount of this contract is
about SBO,OOO.
It will be recollected that the grading of the
whole Road to Macon, was let. in December last,
and have the gratification to state, that all the
contractors for grading arc pushing on their work
with spirit.
The whole road, therefore, is under contract,
on terms entirely within the compass of the
Company, and nothing now remains to secure
the completion of the road but the purchase of
about 3,000 tons of truss iron, which will cost
the sum of $150,000. We hope and believe,
that the company will find no difficulty in ob
taining a loan lot this small amount, during the
ensuing season of business; but even if times
continue hard, we do not doubt that there are
citizens of that section of Georgia, immediately
interested in this great enlerptise, who will sub
scribe the required sum.
We express with pride, the firm belief, that hy
thelirstday ot January, 1843—the road will be
in operation its whole extent, a distance of 190£
miles. It was commenced in October, 1836, un
der a charter which allowed for its completion a
period of years. The next crop will he trans
ported from a point near Sanderville, distant 135
miles from this city.
We are also informed that the amount of the
deficiency of the late Cashier of the Branch at
Macon, has been promptly secured to the Com
pany, to its entire satisfaction.
Huge Bones found at Big-Bone Lick. Kt.
j —The Missouhium out done. —An examina
tion of the remarkable skeleton lately exhibited
in our city called up to our recollection a similar
exhibition made here in January, 1831, of a por
tion of the bones of some most huge and stupen
dous animal or animals, tound at Big-Bone lick
in this State. They were dug up by Capt. Ben
jamin Finnell, and were found about twenty-two
feet beneath the surface, imbedded in soft black
marl, largc.y impregnated with saline fluids.
These bones were but the fragment of a skeleton;
but from their enormous size they must have be
longed to some animal as much superior in bulk
to the huge Missourium, lately exhibited here, as
that animal was superior to the common elephant.
This we should infer from the spinal canal alone,
it being of the incredible bulk ot seven inches in
diameter. The bones of the head were very lit
tle larger, if any, than those of the Missourium;
and we think it more than probable that the tusks
and other bones of the head exhibited at that
time belonged to a different animal from those of
the spine.
By turning to the columns of the Journal, in
January, 1831. we find some notice of these
bones, furnished us by a scientific gentleman, from
which we are able to refresh our memory with re
gard to the remarkable dimensions. As his ac
count of them may now be new to most of our
readers, we will give the substance, of his state
ments and conclusions respecting them. After
describing the locality of these bones he says:
Most conspicuous and wonderful among this
collection, is a cranium, with its defences or horns,
superior maxillary bone and molares of carnive
rous formation. These bones are all in situ na
turals, and evidently belonged to some monstrous
incognitum, whose vast magnitude greatly trans
cends any on record. The cranium, though ve
ry small in comparigpn with other parts of the
skeleton, weighs upwards of four hundred pounds,
and the molares, “ having high double coned pro
■ cesses, and interlocking fangs’ weigh ten or twelve
- pounds each. The defences, [tusks,] two in num-
I her, are fifteen feet in length, two feet in circnm
feronce, and eight inches in diameter. Together
: they weigh six hundred pounds. They are fixed
in the side of the head, about a foot and a hall
apart at their bases, though they diverge greatly
I as they proceed and run in the form of a “spiral
; volute.” The os maxillare inferius, with its
1 high double coned molares, the cervical, dorsal
1 and lumbar vertebra, the sacrum and os coceggis
1 the ischium the femoral and tibial bones are all
Mn •Morresporiding dimensions. From the diametei
spirtal canal, the medulla spinalis must
measured, in thickness, seven inches; a size
unless attested by personal observation.
jMPBut, above ’all, the hones of the feet strike with
iptriMazement. The size and shape of th eoasa cal-
PfJ®'®’ the proportions and general anatomy of
"As ”® othet bones composing them, indicate that
must have been the paws of some prodi
unknown, of carnivorous habits. When
•Wnlothed with cartiilage, ligaments, fascist, tendons,
MHRIVMes, akin, and hair, it is not exaggeration
tfiink that they covered three or four
W -*tet of ground. #
R From comparative anatomy, and from the spe
►jj del an d general osteology of this skeleton, from
•f interior maxilliary bones and their immense
• teetiufrom -the massy and huge size of its femo
-0 ml and tibia! bones, and its prodigious feet or paws,
bat yore especially ftom the magnitude of its ver
• febre-and consequently of medulla spinalis, we
ft. Why "rationally infer, npon the principles of phi
k losophlcal induction, that the animal to which
if these bones belonged must have been upwards of
e ttxty feet in length, and twenty or thirty in height!
It is evident that a portion of this collection of
h bones belonged to a genus of animals very much
k larger than either the mastodon or the Missouri
• am. Mn animal with a spinal marrow seven in
ches in diameter, or twenty-one in circumference,
- as large as a thrifty young cedar of thirty years
t growth, must certainly have been a mammoth,
among mammoths, and could have roamed a
kink Anong raegatberia, mastodons, and Missou
riums. The poetical conceptions of the well
- known Shawnee tradition concerning a mighty
race of animals, which roamed through the West- ■
- ern forests, long before the coming of the pale
. ftres, and carried terror Xilff3Ktrtl£Ton Tn "their
. path, crushing the forests beneath their feet, and
drying up the streams when they slaked their
thirst, seem to have been almost realized in the
. species of animals to which their huge bones be
. longed.
, This Indian tradition, to which we have refer,
1 red, is so beautiful tbat we cannot do better than
r to quote it as a finale to our series of disserta
[ tions on “ big bones.”
Ten thousand moons ago, when nought but
. gloomy forests covered this land of the sleeping
, sun, (long before the pale men, with thunder and
fire at their command, rushed on with the wings
of the wind to ruin this garden of nature,) wben
nought but the untamed wanderers of the wood,
and men as unrestrained as they, were masters of
the soil, a race of animals were in being, huge
as the frowning precipice, cruel as the bloody
panther, swift as the descending eagle, and terri
ble as the angel of night. The pines crashed
beneath their feet, and the lake shrunk when
they slaked their thirst. The forceful javelin in
vain was hurled, and the barbed arrows tell harm
less front their side. Forests were laid waste at
a Meal; the groans of expiring animals were
hcaiu, and whole villages, inhabited by men, were
destroyed in a moment. The cry of universal
distress extended even to the regions of peace,
and the good Spirit interposed to save the un
hapiiy. The forked lightning gleamed all around,
ami loudest thunder rocked the globe. The bolts
of heaven were hurled upon the cruel destroyers
alone, and mountains echoed with the bellowings -
of death. All were killed except one male, the
fiercest of the race, and him even the fury of the
skiej assailed iavain. He descended the bluest
summit which shades the source of many wa
ters, and, roaring aloud, hid defiance to every
vengeance. The red lightning scorched the lofty
firs 4nd the knotty oaks, hut gianced on the en
raged monster. At length, maddened with dis
daiti, he leaped ovei the waves of the West, and
al ibis moment reins the uncontrolled monarch
ol t te wilderness in spite of Omnipotence itself.
L will be recollected by our readers, that Indi
an t adilion not only preserved a knowledge of
the xistence of the skeleton of the Missourium,
hut >ven designated the precise spot where it lay
imb aided some twenty feet below the surface.—
Lot isrilk Journal 1
\Wfci‘P the following paragraph from the S'a
vaJiah Geargian of the 7th:
’■* hole of Cotton of
‘ he ‘iT/ r ? P .‘". l P° ssesslol >of Mr. John Boston,
frontline Jantat.oTi ol Mr. James <). fioldwirc in
Lowndes county, in this State. It is of a beautiful
textile, resembJm; silk, and has a good fibre ”
Mr./ I'Ola wire writes— i
“Mp Cotton ha* been blooming sinr.* the 20th of
MayJOn the Isth out. (Jun«i) 1 counted as many
stalk ttlf l*yr-est Kft*
1 tiiruuuiieienrc. K.ni-losed I send you a
this year’s production.’!
American Coffer.—Dr! Houghton, Htate
Geologist in Michigan, has published an account
of the mineral resources of the Northern peninsula
of that State bordering on Lake Superior. He
slates that ihe ore found in the greatest abundance
is copper. In opening a vein with a single blast,
Dr. H. throw out nearly two tons of copper ore.f |
in which wore numerous masses of native copper,
varying in size from the mmute speck to forty*
pounds in weight. These copper veins bear a*
strong resemblance to those of Cornwah in Eng
land although the per ccntage yielded is much
greater. Os the specimens of ore examined by
Dr. H., not including tbe native copper, the per
cent, of pure metal about 31. 10, while
that of Cornwall, since 1771, has never exceed
ed 12 per cent, of pure metal, and from 1818 to
1822 it was only 8 2 per cent, \
The mineral district of Michigan is Estimated
at a fraction over 135 miles in length, with a
breadth varying from 1 to 6 miles.
The Hujian % Heaht.—The mean weight of
the heart in the adult, the 25th to the GOth year,
is, according to Boucllaud, from eight to nine
ounces. The dimensions are as follows; length,
from base to apex, five inches six lines; breadth
at the base three inches. When the ear is ap
plied to the chest, says Dr. Dunglison, a dull
lengthened sound is heard, which is synonymous
with the arterial pulse: this is instantly succeed
ed by a sharp quick sound like that of the valve
of a bellows or the lapping of a dog. There is
then a period of repose. The first sound ap
pears to be produced by the contraction of the
ventricle; the second by the reflux of the blood
against the semilunar valve. These are what
we call the sounds of the heart.
Fantastical Advertising. —There are cer
tain wights amongst the small tradesmen of Go
tham, who arc making, as we learn, rather desi
rable fortunes by their odd methods of adverti
sing.—Among these is the proprietor of the store
“ under the patronage of the Society for the Dif
fusion of Clean Shirts,” to which we once allu
ded. He seizes the chief topics of the day, the
“ Public Thing" as the French call it, and
weaves it into his business card. During the
Presideniial canvass, he stated, that if “ Martin
Van Burcn had
MURDERED OES. HARRISON IN HIS BED ! !”
it could not have created greater excitement than
the astonishing cheapness and excellence of the
shitils, etc., to be found at such a number.
As May-Day advanced, and landlords were im
portunate and oppressive, and tenants doubtful
and fearing, he advertised that
“A NOTICE TO gUIT!!”
had been served on him by a cruel landlord, or
dering him to desist from selling shirts so cheap
•, and encumbering the side-walk with crowds of
I eager customers; but that there was no law
■ against it, and he shouldn’t heed the mandate !
And lately he placards the streets with remon
-5 strances against “ humbugging the people con
tinually with accounts of the
; LOSS °* THE PRESIDENT AND EVERT SOUL ON
BOARD!!
. when, but for the inexcusable curiosity, and sen
-3 sitiveness of such rumors, people would be at
t tending to their own health and safety, by buying
f and wearing clean shirts!” &c. Our friend fays
henas seen crowds congregated around these
, startling affiches, which they always left in good
e humor, however they might have ' been shocked
j at the prominent announcement in staring cap
. itals. y
r Milking .—The caws should be treated kindly
y and coaxed to a compliance; for in vain we may
r try to force them to part with their milk It is
sometimes necessary to punish a fractious cow,
s that has not been well bred, but we must not ex
1, pect much milk from her at such times. If she
y kicks maliciously, she should be instantly punisb
i- ed, that she may have no doubt why she is pun
s ished ; but in general they will show no disposi
t- tion to kick while a friend is drawing the milk,
i- unless the udder or the teats are sore, and in such
e case we should never punish for kicking. The
i, cow should be bowed up to a stanchion, and one
i- of her fore feet may be held up from the ground
e by means of a ring as large as the runner on a
i- stanchion, into which her knee may be bent, and
i- it may be kept there by any small stick six inches
■r long.
d When thus bowed up in the fore leg, the cow
II finds it difficult to raise a hind-foot for any pur
y pose, as she wants as many as three to stand on.
tl But we should not calculate on adopting this
Is mode unless in extreme cases, for it will general
/, ly answer a better purpose to let the cow stand
», free and easy than to fetter her.—Cultivator's
11 Almanac.
■r J SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 10.
it —4 —-'c
,e I Splendid Vase.
i. 'lfe vase designed to be‘presented by the citi
h zenalf Augusta, to our Ex-Mayor, A Camming,
ss* testimony of their gratitude for his govern
lt meal f{ the city, during the memorable epidemic
i- of 1|39, a description of which we sometime
3 sines extracted from a Boston paper, reached this
j’ city yeiterday evening. As a specimen of art it
r is unstrpassed by any thing of the kind we ever
saw, wiether it be regarded for the classic purity
of the node), or the beauty of the workmanship,
r and is aike worthy the donors as the distinguish
> ed and worthy recipient of so durable and lasting
" a msuunent of his well earned fame as Chief
| Executi'e Officer of the city.
— ■ ■ ■ «
Commerce of Boston.—Daring the month of
June, th< Transcript states, there arrived at Bos
ton, a told of 730 vessels of all descriptions, coast
wise and foreign. Tjtere cleared from the same
port 453.
A Gocd Idea.—The editor of the Boston Post
puts rum accidents under the head of “ Temper
ance Lectures.”
Land is Arkansas.—The legisla'ure ot
rkansas have passed a law offering a quarter
section of land as a bounty to each settler coming
into the state. Some of the best land in the state
is offered lor their selection. . ,--
Tlie Fourth of July was celebrated by the citi
zens of Raytown and vicinity, at a spiag in the
neighborhood of the village, where a large number
of gentlemen and ladies had assembled, agreeable
to previous notice. Dr. John M. Anthony ws s
chosen President, and James R. Brooke, Esq., Vice
President. The Declaration of Independence was'
read in a clear and distinct voice by George W-
Morgan, Esq., of Augusta, and an Oration, appro
priate to the occasion, was delivered by Oliver A.
Lnckett, Esq., of Craw fordville, after which the
company sat down to a sumptuous* dinner served
up by the hospitality of the patriotic citizens of
the neighborhood. The cloth being removed, the
following volunteer toasts were drank, (after the
regular toasts,) on lemon syrup, viz:
By John T. Hoiladay —John Tyler, of Virginia,
our present Chief Magistrate: may he conduct the
affairs of our government in such a manner, that
it may mjet the approbation of oar whole nation.
By William H. Wilder —Win. C. Dawson, the
virtuous patriot, the pure and stern republican:
may he he ( as successful in his election to the gub
ernorial ch ir of this State, as he has been in con
tending agt inst combined forces of the Hogues and
Royalists o ■ the late administration.
By Abne. Darden, Esq. —Alexander 11. Stephens,
E-q., Tali! Terra's native and brightest star: com
petent to £ tl, and well worthy of any appointment
witl.in hei gift.—[Cheets.]
After tl r cheering subsided, Mr. Stephens res
ponded to the sentiment in a brief and eloquent
manner, s id concluded by offering the following
sentiment —The approbation of his constituents is
the ample ;t reward for the representative.
By Join ; IV. Wnght —The Orator of the day:
his add rev i proves him to be a scholar and a repub
lican. Ti liaferro should encourage young men of
talents an 1 promise.
The Or itor, Mr. Lucked, responded to the sen
timent,an 1 concluded by giving the followi g toast:
Henry Cl*’, the patriot and statesman —Kentucky
claims hirm, America claims him, and ere long the
whole woftd will claim him as the brightest star
ill lilt 1 jSfixy of excellence and worth.
By -Vn Battle —The Reader of the day: the
bold and,rwar manner in which he read the Decla
ration evinces how strenuously
he believes the correctness of the principles there
in contained
Mr. G. W. Morgan rose and addressed the corn
pan}’ with a frw very, appropriate remarks, and
concluded by firing the- fallowing toast The
-on* iiirfniv.O’r-of -.S" Jl, - ;
“ Were it »he last drop in the well.
And 1 stood gasping on its brink:
Before my sinking spirits lell.
It is to them that I would drink.”
By Joshua Morgan —Win. C. Dawson, the dis
tinguished son of old Greene: falthfuly has he
served his State in the field and in the Council of
t Nation—may he be our nest Governor.
'y Samuel W, Brooks —Win, C. foawsoiijthe
soldier and patriot: may’ he lie our next Governor.
By Major Brooke —Wm. C. Preston, Esq., the
orator, statesman, and patriot: though Carolina
may proscribe him, Georgia will delight to honor
him.
By William R. Duckett —Julius C. Alford, the
war horse of Troup: may his services be esteemed
as high in Congress as they are in his native State.
By L. B. Bishop — Robert A. Toombs: true to
the republican principles, true lo the people —may
he be ere long honored with a seat in Congress.
By R. M. Hoiladay — F. C. Moore, a son of Tal
iaferro county : we hail him as a young man of
high attainments —he deserves our highest respect.
Mr. Moore, in a few remarks, responded to the
toast, and concluded by giving the following senti
timent:—The wisdom and moral purity of Federal
officers —in which alone we have a guarantee of
perpetuating the blessings bestowed by our repub
lican system of government.
By Owen F. M. Hoiladay — Washington, a fixed
stai in ’76: first in peace, first in war, and first in
the cause of his country.
By C. Brooks — The American fair: too wise lo
take the veil, and too beautiful to require it.
By David E. Darden —Education, one of the
main pillars of honesty, virtue, and religious liber
ty—whenever it is neglected, villainy will be hon
esty, cowardice and lewdness will be virtue, and
heretical despotism will be religious liberty’.
By J. J. Moore, of Craufordrille —Raytown Dis
trict, the place of my nativity; Taliaferro, noble
spot: distinguished for unity of sentiment, for hos
pitality, and for the public spirit of its citizens—
may they be permanent in their union, happy in
their hospitality, and may their public spirit result
in effectual good.
By John F. Mims —Pearce O’Leary, Esq.: the
people who know him are not afraid to trust him—
may he be one of our next representatives.
To which sentiment Mr. O’Leary responded in a
few remarks on retrenchment and reform.
By R. O'Leary —A union and concert of action
among all the States, to crush the buddings of
Aristocracy.
Raytown, Ga., July 6th, IS-11.
The Atlantic Insurance Company of New York
have declared a semi-annual dividend to twenty
per cent., payable on the 6th inst.
The Merchants’ Insurance Company of New
York a dividend of five per cent., payable on the
7th inst.
A Singular Phenomenon.
The Boston Atlas says that during the hail
storm of Wednesday afternoon, a Mr. John Seaver
witnessed a very singular phenomenon whilst ri
ding over the Tremont Road. Among the hail
stones which fell*, was an animal, ten inches in
length, and four inches and a half in circumfer
ence, known to naturalists as the Lollgo illeci
brossa, and to the fishermen as the Squid, It is
supposed to have fallen from a great height, from
the fact that the hail-stones which fell with it
were ascertained to be salt. The animal baa been
preserved in spirits, and may tie seen at the office
es the Atlas.
Meteoric Stone.—Proff Froost, in his late
Geological Report to the Legislature of Tennes
se, describes a meteoric stone which fell near Cos
by’s Creek, the original weight of which was
two thousand pounds. It is not known when it
■ fell.
I Proff) Froost says, that from a brilliant steel
i polish on some parts of the mass, it was supposed
to be silver ore by the inhabitants of the vicinity,
r and was divided into fragments, which are highly
- valued. One man asks 1,500 dollars for a piece
. which would not be worth that sum by some hum
t dred dollars if it were pure silver.
Os all the unexplained phenomena of Nature
1 there are few more mysterious than these atmos
> pheric stones. No Eolation yet offered is satis
factory.— Phila. Amer\
t
(, cing- feeling could
*” open to visiters
c from till tldn mill of all condi
e lions to pay their re
, spects to Mr. Preston
’ stood by TyJ. Many members
1 of both pat IMr. Tyler received
r every one wittf '«BpUrt«W and affability for
v which bp «ao
A to Mr. Clay
by tfje eitizena-of Mvtom and Mr. Clay ad
* dressed them Usual2ace and eloquence.
Th# Senate JUmP* »sel But a little more
, than one half of tfasttouse tat, and refusing to
adjourn, went into SetteiOt on the distribution
bill. Mr. WjsespMMOVel mrs against the bill,
r as unjtiltanid uneqt*Unita ( eration, and unwise
in principle. be said, bad recom
mended a distributiflfott g t such a one as this.
.An equal { ie that would not
a B-i of be compromise act,
:nor affecting the principle, was what
dhe President propoflp I hat his bill did not con
iform, ixpany oftheMriSß irs, with his recom
-1 mendation. He dtSpoAcfi V e that the measure
Would be of any relflf loth* States. The distri
bution of twenty-* in 1836, which
“forty-three demotes tad' rise” voted against,
1 was ruinous to the* 3tste- plunging them into
r more than seventy Railftosi of debt. This bill
would only encourafoi ns» cbemes of extrava
' ganoe and Jin addit onaldebt.
> It would subvert the fodfoq encc of the States.
_ .and reader boun
ty. Congress would often s compelled to sup
. plj tin mi nun fin tin it r rli Agimi i
, The most equal mode of dstnbution would be
tor pay the public debt—when that was paid, an
other equal mode of distribution would be found
in 'he appropriation of the Ales of the lands to
1 the navy.
An effort will be made today to put an end to
this debate. The bill is likely to pass by a very
small majority in the House. Its fate in the Sen
ate is more uncertain.
At last, it has been determined that Mr. Jenifer
shall have the Austrian mission. No one has
been found yet who would take the misaion to
Russia. I think Mr. Tfllmadge will take it, af
ter the present session.! Mr. J. M. Clayton has
. been spoken of for the londori mission.
P ebilous Sitcati oy.—Dr. Judd, of Honolulu
who accompanied the) Scientific Corps of the
Exploring Squadron it their excursions on
Hawaii, had a most wonderful escape from an
awful death. He had dtaended into the crater
of Ktlauea, to obtain sogtgpecimens of the liquid
lava. Not succeeding any at the
Great Lake, (as it is called) one
of the smaller ones, or cliomeys, and descended
a few feet into it. White gathering specimens,
the lake suddenly becao je active, and discharged
a jst of lava into the ai far above his bead, but
which most fortunately ell in the opposite direc
tion from him. He Ihet commenced making his
way out before another faould follow, but the as
cent was far more dilfic It than the descent. He
became alarmed, and called on five natives who
had accompanied him to the spot, for assistance.
The heat had becomeao great that they were
frightened and retreated with the exception of
one man, who threw hhgselfffat upon the bank, {
and reaching over bis right hand, enabled the ,
Doctor to reach the top Bat before be reached
the brink, his clothes tare burnt by the hot air, (
and be would have beel scalded had be not been
protected by woollen garments. The native in ,
stooping over, had his tace and hands blistered. '
They both bad barely time to leave the spot,
when the lake filled ugand poured out a stream ]
of liquid lava.— Polyieiian.
Gsw. Jackson, Ex-President Jackson was ta
ken very ill oi) the 81st ult. but was better the j
nextday.
1 ,
To keep Butter.—A majority of butterma- (
kers are opposed to washing their butter iu wa- ,
ter soon after it is churned, and fancy they would
injure it by the operaucp ; they therefore endeav- ,
or to Separate thiv uutlfr-milk by working the j
Inmp of butter, by" refiateJly changing the po
sition of the particles nj matter so as to let it run
off. Some beat pound lumps in their hands; ‘
others use little shovels and fear lo let the butter ,
come in iht warm hand, for all mel
.t 1 p-. tri ai tiijStraa*. sstTidf j
1 mixed in, and much precaution is used to exclude f
this matter which is sc liable to sudden putrefac
tion. ‘ .
But a far better mode of casting out this foul j
matter is now practised br those who best under
stand how butter should be prepared to be kept.
The Dutch kfiow it, andthe Scotch have excell
cd in it; and butter has been so put up that it (
has been for years kept sweet. It must be admit- (
ted by all who consider the subject, that as oil
or any thing oily will not unite with wateH we -
need not fear that we can Jvash out any of the i
goodness of the article. We may use water j
enough to wash the butter but we can wash
no goodness out of it. Wien the butter is first *
gathered in the churn, the butter milk must be
turned off and cool fresh Water turned in, and
then the butter should be dashed again in order |
to get out all the panicles of milk that remain in ,
the little crevices or eyes «f the butter. This
water may be then turned oat and a fresh supply '
substituted for it. This must be dashed like the -
first, and you will find but little milky matter in
it. This dashing in two waters will be found ,
sufficient, though raorefwill not hurt the butter. j
Now, as this operation has taken place while ’
the butler was soft, all parts of the butter have
come in contact with this flood of water, and if
any moist particles are still left in the crevices,
they will consist chiefly of water. Then salt the J
butter, and this water becomes brine. You have ,
brine, therefore, if anything, as a substitute for
that milky matter that soon grows putrid if left
among the butter; and brine, nude well, is the
best thing with which butter comes in contact.
Yet, as this brine is not always pefetly free from
the milk, it can be wholly absorbtd by any other
substance, wc feel more sure our lutter will keep
sweet. We therefore make the sdt as dry as pos- !
sible. We let all the moisture evtporate from it,
either while we place it in the sun or let it stand
by the fire. This salt will then absorb all the re. ’
maining moisture in the butter,{and leave us noth- '
ing but purity and sweetness.
As the cream before churning may not have '
been well tended or stirred everyday as it should :
be, or as some sour particles may adhere to our *
lump of butter, it is prudent to me a very small
quantity of saltpetre and of sugar in our salt. '
of salpetre and two of loaf su- '
gar will be sufficient for a dozen pounds of but
ter. and these will lend to correctany acid or im- 1
purities that may have intruded— Cultivator's j
Almanac.
Quality of Milk.—Several cups have been
successively filled while milking fronf one cow,
producing the following results: in every ease, !
the quantity of cream was lound to increase in
proportion as the process of milking advanced ; in
different cows, the proportion varied, but in the
greatertfumber the excess of cream n the last cup
as compared with the first, was as 16 to 1/but,
as in some cases the difference was not so much,
a fair average might be considered ai ten or twelve
to one. And the difference in the quality of the
two sorts of cream was no less striking, the cream
given by the first drawn milk being thin, white,
and without consistence, while thatfurnished by
the last was thick, buttery, and of t rich color.
' The milk remaining in the different cups present
, ed similiar differences, that which was drawn
first being very poor, blue, and having the appear
ance of milk and water, while that in the last cup
was ol a yellowish hue, rich, and to tie eye and
taste and resembled cream rather that milk. It
. appears, therefore, from these experiments, that if,
r after drawing seven or eight pints from a cow,
half a pint remains in the udder, not *nly almost
' as much cream will be lost, as the seven or eight
- pints will furnish, but of such a quality as gives
j the richest taste and color to the bu’.ter. This
fact has been coroborated by chemical experiments
and holds good with respect to tht milk of all
- other animals.— Bleacher’s Essay,
s ' '
Cooking.
Sir, —In the Island of Jetsy, Etgland, they
f have a mode of cooking which is peetjiar to those
i Islanders whose governing principle is to make
B a little go a great way. Independint of this,
however, when the process is properly conducted,
the delicious flavour and richness which is com
municated to the smallest quantity and quality of
e the animal food employed, is a very stamg recom
i- mendation for its adoption, which reqtires neither
i- extra trouble nor expense,
s The meat to be operated upon, is file I cut into
it steaks and tried with shred onions in butter, over
a quick fire, until it is well browned and about
:I half cooked; it is then transferred altogether in
ti to attewpon, water being added sufficifet to form
r, a considerable quantity of gravy, when the pro
y cess is completed; and the whole is left to sim
;e met for the space of six or eight hours, when, the
i- proper seasoning being added, it is served up hot
—a dish fit for a President! I well remember
e, meeting some friends in London, who, on descri
s- bing a dinner at which they were present the day
s before, the tickets for which were a guinea each,
they all spoke in raptures of a dish of beef-steak
i
and onions cooked after this no an nor, declaring it
-to be soperior to ai! the vension game and poultry
at the table. Will your readers try the effect,
even with hard and tough meat of inferior quali
ty ; not, however, to the exclusion of that which
is young, fat, and tender. I am, Mr. Editor, a
lover of good living, but No Betctma.
Farmers’ Cabinet.
Milk-Sxckeess.—Some weeks ago, we pub
lished the experience of s farmer in Illinois, by
which it seemed established that milk-sickness
may be prevented by freely salting the cattle.—
We have since seen an acquaintance from Indi
ana, on whose statements implicit reliance may be
placed, who informs us that his experience es
tablishes the same fact. He had droves of cattle
grazing several seasons, in a region whsee milk
sickness was remarkably common, without a sin
gle case of the disease, while the cattle of others
were nearly all attacked. The only difference
between bis treatment of bis cattle and that of
his neighbors was in salting them.—Louisville
journal.
Fourth of July Celebtation.
The Anniversay of our Independence was cel
ebrated at New Salem Church, on Saturday the
3d inst, by the citizens of Tyrone District, in a
style worthy of so good a cause. The company
assembled at the Scbool'Honse and marched in
procession to the Church, when a feeling and pa
triotic Prayer was addressed to a Throne of
Grace, by Mr. R, E. McGinty, and the Declara
tion of our Glorious Independence was read by
J. D. Ham mack, and appropriate Orations deli
vered by Messrs. A. S. Hamilton and R. W. Mil
ner, all members of the New Salem Polemic So
ciety. The company then sat down to a splen
did DiBOSrcr<TADM hyjtes neighbors.
nel Jones, aßevoTutionary'soldier, President,and
Mr. Charles W. Gresham, Vice President «f the
Day. After the table was cleared, the following
Toasts, which elicited great applause, were read
by D. Sbeban, assisted by J. J. Wallace :
REGULAR TOASTS.
I. The Day wc Celebrate. —The birth-day of
a Nation’s Independence, the Jubilee of Free
dom to all true hearted Americans.
3. The Union —May the glorious Confederacy
never want a Jefferson to proclaim its Indepen
dence; a Harrison to defend its beauty and booty;
nor a Tyler to guide it safe over the billows of
faction.
3. Washington —The friend of Freedom, the
father of bis (Jountry, the Benefactor of his kind
—these are his titles to an immortal name.
4. The Whigs of 1776—May their offspring
be always found imitating their example, and
maintaining the Liberty won by their valor.
3Q,The President of the United States —The
man who voted solitary and alone against the
Bloody Bill, in the hands of such a man, State
Rights are safe.
6. The Governor of the Stale —His State
Bond Scheme proves that the mantle of Execu
tive authority has fallen upon shoplders unwor
thy to bear it. _
7. qjjfm. C. Dawson —May the mantle of Ex
ecutive authority, fall upon him whose shoulders
are able and worthy to bear it.
•8. The State Rights and Harrison parly of
Georgia —May they all prove true to the
cause of Reform, on the first Monday in October
next.
9. The Army and Navy of the United States
—The illustrious deeds of Washington, Warren,
Montgomery, and Preble, Decatur and Perry,
have their parallels only in the heroic Republics of
antiquity.
10. Martin Vanßuren —Where is he? Gone
to Kinderhook to shear his sheep.
11. Our beloved State —ln the hearts of her
sons she is ever foremost, in the cause of our
general country second to none.
13. Woman —Our pride, our hope, our conso
lation and our joy ; without her, the moral world
would be without its sun.
VOLUNTEER TOASTS:
By J.^' trite,—Liberty, Friendship and Un
ion. *
By Thomas Truitt.—Washington and Frank
lin ; Pressman and Compositor of the work of
the American Revolution—tne former worked oft
tie enemies of Independence, the latter aided in
composing those lines which formed the basis of
the liberties we enjoy; their works shall never
be erased from our memories.
By Philemon Bird. The Press. —The stay
and the lever of popular Government, may it un
lock tteArars of ignorance and oppression and
cast HMS the rays of truth and toleration.
ll« Ulillltaitl Mrrr*t*z Fan Rurc>i~'Mv9'
he remain unmolested at Kinderhook shearing
sheep. '
, By Jonathan Smith. John Tyler, our Chief
Magistrate —May he succeed in bringing back
our Government to what it was in the days of
J elf, rson.
By B. W. Milner. Our youth —May they
remember that the liest way of being young when
old, is to remember when young that they will be
old.
By S. R. Crenshaw. Mr. Samuel Jones —
The poor man’s friend ; may his last days be his
happiest days, and whenever it may please the
Lord to take him from this earth, may he he
crowned in Heaven.
By Thomas Truitt. Gen. Harrison is a se
condary Planet to the Star of Bethlehem.
By James Liles. William C. Dawson —-May
he from the voice of the People, on the first
Monday in October next, be proclaimed Gover
nor of Georgia.
By J. J. Wallace. Martin Van Harm —
Traitor hr his Country’s interest;
Is there not some chosen curse,
Some hidden thunder in the stores of Heaven
Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the wretch
Who owes his greatness to his country’s ruin.
By Alexander Slaton. William Henry Har
rison—The invincible hero of Tippecanoe, the
defender of Fort Meigs, the conqueror at the bat
tle of the Thames, peace to his ashes and honor
to his name.
By Joseph D. Hammack :
Wayne the hero of Stony Point,
Harrison of Tippecanoe,
Jackson did Van liuren anoint,
While Harrison did our right pursue.
By William Slaton, Jr. Long live the name
and- unladed the laurels, achieved by the immor
tal Harrison.
By A. S. Hamilton. The Ladies —The hin
ders of our affections, the folders, gatherers, and
collators of our enjoyments.
By Oliver Bennett. May the Republican
principles of the Day be handed down with the
aid of the fair sex, to generations unborn, in their
original purity.
By Peter Bennett. Samuel Jones, the Pres
ident of the day one of our venerable Revolu
tionary remains and pride of the young patriot,
may his principles be supported by generations
to come.
By K. Jacks. May poverty always be a day’s
journey behind us.
By Maj. John Hammack. May the Govern
ment reins of Georgia be placed in the bands of
William C. Dawson.
By Samuel Jones. Before old Johnny Bull
wages war on us agam, let him pause and
bring to his recollection the 4lh of July, 1776,
and its consequences; he ought to know well we
were not born in China.
By N. W. Wallace. William J. Duane,
Esq.,as Ctesar envied Cato, whom, though be
overcame, he could not conquer, so well may
Jackson envy Duane, whom though be removed,
be could not bend to bis unauthorized dictation.
Who would not rather fall with a falling Con
stitution, than he the tyrant that destroys it ?
By Joseph Hardy. Jeffersonian democracy
consists in principles, not men.
By R. E. McGinty. The American Eagle,
which is never so happy or so proud as when
teaching the young Eagles how to fly.
By Robert Milner. May party spirit be sunk
into oblivion before the lapse of twelve months.
By William Sleighton. John Adams and
John Q. Adams; the former an Alien and Sedi
tion tyrant in his day, the latter, an incorrigible
Abolitionist and madman in our day.
By Marion D. Wallace. Principles, not men;
patriots not demagogues, when homage is given to
men, and principle forsaken, it is time for patri
ots to rise in their might.
By M. J. Sheehan. Whilst true to ourselves,
and our greatest Southern interest, we do pot
dread the Northern fanatics and Abolitionists, the
would be friends, but in reality the greatest ene
mies of the black race.
By C. H. Gresham. The Administration of
1841, likeatender plant nipped in the bud, may
the sprout thereof be strong and luxuriant, yield
ing its fruits to the honor and glory of the Union,
and may all the subjects thereof feel, admire, and
acknowledge its republican spirit.
By W. J. Bennett. The fair of this respec
ted auditory —May they marry suitable compan
ions, enjoy a long and happy life; peace on
earth and peace beyond the grave.
A Fish Stort. —The Planters’ Banner says that
a gentleman of that parish, some time since, har
pooned a large Alligator in the Teche, whieh bar
committed depredations on his plantation, and war
ciuel enough to nail up his jaws ! He drove largt
) spike nails through his jaws and clinched them st
; that there was no possibility of his opening hi
t mouth. He was then set at liberty, and eighteet
, months afterwards he was shot, with his jaws stil
closed and the nails rusted. He was identified a
the same Alligator, by the mark of the harpoon am
* the manner in which the jaws were nailed. W<
1 foe assured that this is a positive fact.
it MONDAY MORIONS, JULY 22.
y - ■
t. Death of Gov. Reid.
j. By a private fetter from Tallahassee, we have
h advised of the death of Borrt Raymond
a Reid, late Governor of Florida. He died on tbe
3d test, of Congestive Fever, which is said to pre
vail to an alarming extent in and around Tallahas
y sde, baffling the united skill of the medical frater-
Y nit y.
s
_ Ra*u> growth op Savannah. —The editor of
i- “that respectable paper,” the Republican, says
e Savannah now contains a population of 17,000.
y We are inclined to believe the editor has included
. 601,1 m “ “d beaut, for forty miles round, in order
to ma ke a respectable showing abroad.
8
e Attention Travellers !
f _ Penney, a Miniature Painter, who has so
e jonmed in this city for some months, took bis de
parture on Saturday morning, via the Charleston
and Hamburg Rail Road, leaving unpaid his bill to
. this office, and divers other small bills about tbe
5 city. We trust our brethren of the press will put
i the public on their guard.
r
t T be Huntsville (Ala.) Democrat, talks like a
book about the amiable, gentlemanly, and profes
f sional qualities of our absent minded friend Carter,
r “d »«ys he is a young man of “promising genius.”
[ Th at was our opinion of him when he left this
place without paying the small bill be owed us for
advertising.
The Colombia (S. C.) Chronicle, requests us to
I notice the departure of Jesse Hunt, from Mifflin,
1 Autauga county, Alabama, indebted to Mr. Weir a
> small item for subscription.
The Washington News and Gazette cautions the
public against an article bearing the name of Capt
Thomas Lanc, who, the editor says, “ Has ab
sconded from Rehoboth, Wilkes county, Ga., leav
ing us and several others, who, like us, were green
enough to credit him—minus some dollars. Brother
editors, if a runaway-negro-looking sort of a chap
comes ahout you, and when asked his name, calls
himself with much martial magnificence, “Capting
Thomas Lang,” beware of him, for he is addicted
to absquatulation.”
F ires.—The New York Times of the 6th
says:—A number of alarms and fires occured in
the city yesterday, of which we are only able to
make mention of the burning of a house in Lis
penard street, the entire destruction of about a
dozeii houses in 18th street, near the river, and a
slight injury received by the City Hall by fire in
the toof.
The Hun’sville (Ala.) Democrat, states that the
Beli Factory, in that county, owned by Messrs.
Patton, Donegan & Co., was consumed by fire on
Wednesday, the 30th ultimo, together with about
one hundred bales of Cotton. The loss we have
heard estimated at between thirty and forty thou
sand dollars—about $20,000 of which was insured
iu Nashville. The fire was discovered at a late
hour of the night, which induces the belief that it
was communicated by ,:n incendiary.
Semhes, says the Fredericksburg Arena, who
shot Professor Davis, has been bailed by the Gene
ral Court, in the sum of $25,000.
We learn from the Richmond papers, that Judge
Henry St. George Tucker, the President of the
Court of Appeals of Virginia, has been appointed
Professor of Law at the University of Virginia.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington, July 7.
Tbe House has passed the bill providing for the
distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the
public lands; the final vote was yeas 116, nays
108.
This result was affected by the adoption of a
rule reported from the Committee on Rules, pro
viding that a majority of the House may, at any
time, discharge the Committee of the whole from
any bill, taking the question or amendments, wit.b
ifflt cTatiaTS. Tbe rule was resisted 'as a gag, |bt
was adopted, 117 to 95. Under this rule, it was
ordered that the distribution bill be taken out of
’ Committee at seven o’clock P. M. The discuss
ion proceeded till that hour. Mr. Rayner spoke
in favor of the measure, and was followed by Mr.
Marshall, of Ky., on tbe same side.
Mr. Marshall replied particularly to all Mr.
Wise’s arguments against the bill; and be took
occasion to state that much injustice had been
done (Mr. Marshall) by those who had represent
ed him as an exponent of the distinguished Sen
ator from Ky, and as an opponent of the acting
President. He was no opponent of Mr. Tyler’s
and should not be—unless some developements,
now unexpected by him, should render him so.
He did not aspire leadership—be preferred to fol
low, as a plain, subordinate whig and to aid in
carrying out the measures desired by his constitu
ents, whose true exponent he was.
Mr. Rhett had the floor only half an hour, be
fore the time fixed for reporting the bill, and be
remarked that the time would soon come when it
would be impracticable, if not unconstitutional,
for any democrat to speak on that floor.
The final question was not taken till 11 o’clock.
The Senate also succcded in making some pro
gress in business. The amendment offered by
Mr. Rives to the Fiscal Bank Bill was further
discussed by several Senators. Mr. Berrien de
livered a strong argument against it, shewing
that while it failed to avoid tbe constitutional
objections which, without foundation, were raised
against the bill as reported, it would render the
institution, when established, wholly useless and
inefficient for any objects.
Mr. Walker advocated the amendment,
though opposed to any bank. The amendment
respecting the rights of the States which the bill,
as reported, trampled upon. If the bill passed, it
would revive nullification times. Mr. Rives’
amendment was rejected, yeas 10, nays 38; as
follows:
Yeas.— Messrs. Barrow, Bates, Choate, Mer
rick, Phelps, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Walker,
Williams—lo.
Nays.—Messrs. Allen, Archer, Benton, Ber
rien, Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Alabama,
Clay, of Kentucky, Clayton, Cuthbert, Dixon,
Evans, Fuiton, Graham, Henderson, Huntington,
Kerr, King, Linn, M’Robertg, Mangum, Miller,
Mqrehead, Monton, Nicholson, Porter Sevier,
Simmons, Smith, of Connecticut, Smith, of In
diana, Southard, Sturgeon, Tallmadge, White,
Woodbridge, Woodbury, Wright, Young—3B.
Two of the opposition only voted for the
• amendment, viz: Mr. Walker and Mr. Williams
of Me.
This settles the fate of the Treasury project
(so called) of a Fiscal Bank. If any bill can
pass it must be Mr. Clay’s, and, aa to that, there
is some doubt.
Mr. Clay remarked, in a conversation con
, cerning the hour of meeting, that the faith of
tbe whig party was pledged to carry out some
measure for the restoration of the currency. A
, few days ago, be intimated tbat, if bis bill failed,
either in Congress, or with the Executive, it
would be necessary to try some new expedient.
The opinion prevails that Congress will not ad
journ without establishing some sort of a Bank.
The opposition Senators are now to be beard
against Mr. Clay’s bill. It may be a fortnight
, before the final question is taken upon it.
The House is now in a condition to act prompt
ly on any measure. Not more than five or six
days’ debate will be tolerated there upon any bill.
1 The Committee on Naval Affairs, of the Sen
ate, has been discharged from the further con
> “(deration of the correspondence in relation to the
return of tbe Mediterranean squadron. Mr. Man
• gum, Mr. Preston aud others declared that they
J were satisfied as to the propriety ot the proceed
. ings of Mr. Stevenson in this matter.
■ To get on in this world, you must be content
1 to be always stopping where you are; to advance,
s you mustebe stationary—to get up, you must keep
’ down; following riches is like following wild
geese, and you must crawl after both on your
belly; the minute you pop up your head, off they
1 go whistling down the wind, and you see no more
■ of them. If you have not the art of sticking by
>• nature, you must acquire it by art; but a couple
of pounds of birds’ lime upon your office stool,
and s-t down on it; get a cham round your leg,
and tie yourself to your counter like a pair of
•* shop scissors; nail yourself up against the wall
n of your place of business, like a weasel on a barn
door, ot the sign of the spread eagle; or, what
will do best of all, marry an honest poor girl,
J. without a penny, and my life for yours if you do
not do business! Never mind what your rela
>s tions may say about genius, talent, learning, push
;e ing, enterprise, and such stufl; when they come
*e advising you for your good, stick up to them for
is the loan of a sovereign, and if ever you see them
on your side of the street again, skiver me and
j* welcome; but to do any good, I tell you over and
1( j over again, you must be a sticker. You may gel
fe fat upon a rock, if you never quit your bold of it
— Blackwood.
From the Philadelphia Enquirer qf the Ith.
' A Thunder Storm —The Lightning* Fires
and Destruction oi Property.
Philadelphia and tbe vicinity wen visited on
’ Monday evening, between 8 and 10 o’clock, with
■ quite a terrific storm, accompanied by lend thun
der and vivid and startling lightning. It com
menced with a very sadden end violent gust,
which was followed by rain that descended m tor
rents—flash after flash of vivid and forked light
ning—and thunder that rattled and rolled above
f the city, in a manner at once sublime and alorm
, ing. One or two of tbe peals seemed to shake
tbe veiy building in which we were seated. We
have already heard of one or two disasters. The
rope-walks, manufactories and some of the ware
booses of Messrs. Donton, Norris and Hinckle,
near Richmond village, and Dyottville, were
struck with lightning, which in an instant, as it
were, involved one of the walks and flame buil
dings, to tbe extent of 700 feet, in a sheet of
flames. The alarm was promptly given ; but as
the storm continued to rage, and the thunder to
roll, it was impossible to render assistance as
promptly as usual. Our firemen, nevertheless,
hastened to the spot, but were not able to prevent
the loss of s large amount of property. Three
walks, with their connecting building, were either
destroyed or much injured, together with a large
- quantity of stock*
The National Gazette says that Mr. Hinckle
lost every thing, stock of hemp, yam, Ac. Mr.
Norris and Mr. Dnnfon’i establishments were
! larger thsnMr.H’s. and the lost consequently
greater—Mr. D union lost tbe entire walk and
out-houses, with their contents of hemp, yarn, Ac.
—Fortunately a portion of Mr. Norris’ stock of
bobbia yam and patent machinery were saved;
1 his yam-hoses, stabling, Ac, were also preserved;
, -but-faedost the etitire walk, wheel hems, boMitn
, bause, stock of hemp, Ac. These walks were
but partially insured ; loss heavy; probably upon
the whole S3O, to |S3S,OOO. Norris’s and Dun
ton’s walks were 1200 feet in length; Mr. Hinck
le’s about 650. The dull season and limited bu
siness doing, accounts for tbe amount of stock
on hand not being heavier—notwithstanding, a
number of workmen have been thrown out of
employment Tbe conflagration was terrific in
appearance, and continued tws hours, though the
rain poured in torrents nearly tbe whole time.
A bouse on the Ridge Boad near Nobles-st., was
also struck by lightening during the same storm,
and slightly injured.
A Barn Destroyed.—We also learn that a
new bam at Bristol, the property of James Coop
er, Esq. v was struck by lightning, and together
with a large quantity of grain and hay, and a
valuable carriage horse, were destroyed.
Another.—About the same time, a barn on
the opposite side of tbe river, in Jersey, was
struck by lightning aud consumed.
We may add that the ( light from the fire near
Richmond village, was seen down the river by
the passengers in the Cape May boat, Ohio, as
far distant as the Pea Patch. The storm reached
Newcastle about 9 o’clock, but although violent,
it bad evidently expended much of its fury.
We have a rumor to the effect that a tavern,
situated about half way between this city and
Trenton, was set on fire by the lightning on
Monday evening, and entirely consumed.
Letter From John Adams to his Wife,
Written on ihe bth day of July, 1770.
“Yesterday the greatest question was decided
that was ever debated in America, and a greater,
perhaps never was or will he decided among men.
A resolution was passed without one dissenting
colony, that these Umt-J 1’ ates are, and of right
ought to be, free and independent Slates. The
day is passed. The fourth of July, 1776, will be
a memorable epoch in the history of America.
I am apt to behove it will be celebrated by succeed
ing generations as the great anniversary festival.
It ought to be commemorated as theday of deliver
ance, by solemn acta of devotion to Almighty
God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows
games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and i’lummu
tions, from one end of the continent to the other,
from this time forward forever. Yen will think
me transported with enthusiasm, but I am no:.
I am well awato of the toil and blood and trea
sure which it will coat to maintain this declara
tion, and support and defend these ’States ; yet
through all the gloom 1 can see the rays of the
light and glory ; I can see that the end is worth
more than all the means, and that posterity
will triumph, although you and 1 may rue,
which I hope we shall not.”
"We publish above*John "Adams’s immortal!
letter to ’ ins *wile, written of the sth of July?
1776. *
This venerable Patriot died, as our readers all
know, on the 4th of July, 1826. Shortly before
drawing his last breath, hearing the bells ring, he
asked the cause, and was told the People were
celebrating Independence, upon which he ex
claimed, in an animated manner, though with a
feeble voice, “ Independence forever !”
This enthusiastic latter, and this dying excla
mation, furnished the thoughts for the speech
which Mr. Webster, in his Funeral Eulogy on
Adams and Jefprrson, supposes Mr. Adams
to have made in Congress on the day of passing
tbe Declaration.
We recur to this subject to-day, not only be
cause the letter itself is an imperishable monu
ment of Mr. Adams’s patriotism, but because the
speech, which Mr. Webster has made for him.
is very frequently taken to have been actually ds
livcied by him. We have understood that Mr.
Webster frequently receives letters, inquiring
of him where the original speech is to be foUnJ,
Congress sa( gtthat time witti clpsed doors, and
although we knpw that Mr. Adams, with mighty
power and effect, advocated Independence, yet
no report of his speech was ever made.
The occasion is apt for refreshing the memory
of our readers by the republication of the speech
supposed for him by Mr. Webster, which we
here insert. —National Intelligencer.
EXTRACT FROM MR. WEBSTER’S EULOGY.
It was for Mr. Adams to reply to arguments
like these. We know his opinions, and we know
his character. He would commence with his ac
customed directness and earnestness ;
« Mink or swim, live or die, survive or perish,
I give my hand and my heart to this vote. It is
true, indeed, tbat in the beginning we aimed not
at independence. But there’s a Divinity which
shapes our ends. The injustice of England has
driven us to arms; and, blinded to her own in
terest, for our good she has obstinately persisted,
till independence is now within our grasp. We
have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why,
then, should wo defer the declaration 7 Is any
man so weak as now to hope for a reconciliation
with England, which shall leave either safety to
the country and its liberties, or safety to bis own
honor I Are not you, air, who sit in that chair,
is not be, our venerable colleague near you, arc
you not both already the proscribed and predes
tined objects of punishment and of vengeance?
Cut off from all hope of royal cletnency, what
are you, what can you be, while the power of
England remains, but outlaws ? If wc postpone
iadependence, do we mean to carry on, or to give
up the war ? ,Do we mean to submit to the
measures of Parliament, Boston Port bill and all!
Do we mean to submit, and consent that we our
selves shall be ground to powder, and our country
and its rights trodden down in the dust ? I know
we do not mean to submit. We never shall sub
mit. Do we intend to violate that most solemn
obligation ever entered into bv men, that plight
ing, before God, oi oar sacred honor to Wash
ington, when, putting him forth to incur tho dan
gers of war, as well as the political hazards ot
the times, we promised to adhere to him, in every
extremity, with out fortunes and our lives! I
know there is not a man here who would not
rather see a general conflagration sweep over the
land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jit or }
tittle of that plig'ued faith fall to tue ground.
For myself, having, twelve months ago, in this
, place, moved you that Geouoe Washington be
, appointed commander ot the forces, raised, for
1 defence of American liberty, may my right hand
forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave to the
roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver, in the
: support I give him. The war, then, must go on.
r We must fight it through. And if the war must
i go on, why put oft' longer the Declaration of In
, dependence ? That measure will strengthen us.
, It will give us character abroad. The nations
f will then treat with us, which they never can do
1 while we acknowledge ourselves subject*, in arms
i against our Sovereign. Nay, I maintain that
t England herself will sooner treat for peace with
, us on the footing of Independence, than consent,
a by repealing her acts, to acknowledge that her
i- whole conduct towards us has been a course of
i- injustice and oppression. Her pride will bo lesa
e wounded by submitting to that course of things
ir which now predestinates our independence, than
n by yielding the points in controversy to her re
d hellions subjects. The former she would regard
d as the result of fortune; the latter she would
ft feel as her own deep digrace. Why then, why,
t. then, sir, do we not, as soon as possible, changes
this from a civil to a national war ? And since
yre mustfigh: .1 threugfa, why not pot olllMwi
in a atnte to enjoy all the benefits of victory, if
we gain the victory 1
“If we it can be no worae for us. Bat we
(ball not fan. The cause will raise tip amuse;
the cause will create navies. The People; the
People, if we are true to them, will carry ns and
will carry themselves gloriously this
struggle. I care not how fickle other people have
been found. I know the People ofthMeooloaiee,
anil know that resistance to British aggression
is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be
eradicted. Every colony, indeed, has expressed
its willingness to fallow, if we bat take the lead.
Sir, the declaration will inspire the People with
increased courage. Instead of a long and bloody
war for restoration of privileges, for redress of
grievances, for chartered immunities, held under
a British King, set before them the glorious ob
ject of entire independence, and it will breaths
into them anew the breath of life. Bead at"*
declaration at the head of the army; every sword
will be drawn from its scabbard, and the solemn
vow uttered, to maintain it, or to perish ora the
bed of honor. Publish it from the pulpit; religion
will approve it, and the love of religious liberty
will cling round it, resolved to stand with it.
Send it to the public halls; proclaim it there; Ist
them hear it who heard the first roar of tbs
enemy’s cannon; let them see it who saw their
brothers and their sons fall on the field of Bunker
hill, and in the streets of Lexington and Concord
and the very wails will cry out in its support.
“Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs,
but I see, I see clearly through this day’s business.
You and I, indeed, may rue it. W e may not live
to the time when this declaration shall bo wads
good. W« may die; die colonists; die slaves;
die, it may be, igoemiiuously and oh the scaffold.
Be* s«s Itfc I* AejledsmbofHea- , m
ven that my country shall require the poor offering
of my life, the victim shall be seady at the ap
pointed hour of sacrifice, come when that hour
may. Bat while Ido live, we have a country, or
at least the hope of a country, and that a free
country.
“ But whatever may be our fate, be assured,
that this Declaration will stand. It may cost
treasure, and it may cost blood; bat it will stand,
and it will richly compensate for beth. Through
the thick gloom of the present, I see the bright
ness of the future, as the sun in Heaven. Wo
shall make this a glorious, an immortal day.
When we are in our graves our children will
celebrate it with thanksgiving, with festivity, with
bonfires, and illuminations. On its annual re
turn they will shed tears, copious gushing tears,
not of subjection and slavery, not of agony and
distress, but of exultation, of gratitude, and of
joy. Sir, before God I believe the hour is come.
My judgment approves this measure, and my
whole heart is in it. All that I Dave, and all that
I am, and all that 1 hope, in this life, I am now
ready here to stake upon it ; and I leave off, aa I
begun, that, live or die, survive or perish, I am
for the Declaration. It is my living aentiment,
and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying
sentiment,; independence now ; and nrnxrxx
deuce FOREVER.”
from the National Intelligencer.
A visit to the Residence of the late John
Randolph, (of Roanoke.)
«T REV. t. K. WILLIE.
The residence of this extraordinary man is
situated on the Staunton river in the county of
Charlotte, about twelve miles south of the court
house.* The two houses in which he lived al
ternately in summer and winter are situated on •
commanding eminence, and surrounded by r
forest, which, during his life, he never suilered
to be violated by an axe. A place was cleared
just sufficient |to contract two dwelling-houses
and a few out-buildings ; while the whole sur
rounding forest appears wild and romantic, as if
planted and cultivated alone by the hand of Na
ture.
The hcr.se in which he usually spent his win
ters is a low one-story building, with an open
shed in front, supported by foui oak posts resting
on the bare ground. The floor of this shed ia
paved with stones, which have received no polish *
save that which has been given them by the wa
ters of the Staunton river. The interior of tbia
building is handsomely furnished, and adorned
with drawings and portraits. Among the rest is
a portrait of hi servant Juba, carrying a double
barrelled gun o.i his shoulder and a terrier dog in ,
hi* arms. Also one of himself, taken at the agel
of 35, said to be an admirable likeness. In thiaß -
house may now be seen the wrapper in which hr
fought a duel within the last years of his service
in Congress.
The building in which be spent his summers,
situated in front of the one described above, ia
larger and much more commodious. The furni
ture of this building, particularly the drawing
room, is remarkably neat and handsome. On a
table in the centre of the drawing-room is a largo
portfolio, containing several large and beautiful
drawings, principally representing landscapes and
the sports of the chase.
His library was not as large as I expected to
find it, but admirably selected, and contained in
formation on every subject, “ from the cedar ia
Lebanon to the hyssop on the wall.” In this
library I met with several books I never saw be
fore, and never expect to see again. This dwel
ling is also ornamented with miniatures and por
traits of distinguished men, with whom hs was
intimate while in the service of his country.
Among the portraits there was one which Jack
(the faithful servant in whose arms Mr. Randolph
died,) told me was the likeness of the celebrated
Pocahontas. I cannot vouch for the truth of the
old man’s assertion; but, if it is pot aportait of ■
that illustrious personage, it must be one of her
near lineal descendants. The sleeves of the dress
in'which she ia habited extend to the elbow, and
leave bare the moat taentiful arm arid band I ever
saw attached lo a human bodjr. The eye is re
markably expressive, and bojii it and the (lair are
black as'the plumage of the raven. Her feature#
beam with intelligence! and mildness, aqd benig
nity. ' Though this portrait is antiquated, and has
been injured by time, yet the form and features
remain admirably distinct.
But let us now go from the portrait of Poca
hontas to the grave of Randolph. The body of
this extraordinary man reposes beneath the tall
branches of a veteran pine, about forty paces from
his summer dwelling. No marble marks the
place of his repose. He was buried, according to
his own request, with bis head to the east and bis
feet to the west; with a white unpolished stone
at bis head, and a black one at his feet. He sleeps
where he lived, in the peaceful bosom of his own
native forest.
* Many persons have supposed that the Roanoke
appended to Mr. Randolph’s signature was the
Roanoke river. It is, however, the name of a small
cieek which runs through his plantation ; which
plantation lies several miles above the junction of
the Dan and Staunton.
CosscMPTros.—This dreadful disease, says
the Boston Journal, is the scourge of the New
England States, and carries sorrow and death into
many worthy families. A Mr. Cronm, of Lon
don, has lately published a work on the “Disease*
of the Nervous system,” in which he takes a view
of this disease, different from the generality of
medical practitioners. He contends that it ari
ses from a diseased heart, and treats the primary
state as disease of this important organ, which,
be says, in almost every instance, will be found
seriously affected, and the cause of that languor
and lassitude that invariably proceeds confirmed
phthisis.
He also says that out of every hundred cases
of sudden death, from ninety six to ninety eight
arise from diseased heart. His views on the dis
eases of the heart are attracting great attention
among the medical practitioners in Great Britain.
—-Pittsburgh Advocate.
Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.
Florida, sth July, 1841.
Gentlemen —Since the grand scout has left for
the field, some Indian depredations have been
committed. A' quantity of cattle were driven
off from Wacotooia by the Indians, whose camp
was subsequently surprised by Capt Lewell, and
forty-one head of the cattle retaken. Also one
squaw and the two children are captured. Ma
jor Firmpton and two officers, with fifty-threo
men, have returned to Fort King from the With
lachoocbe, all of them sick.
Pilatxa, July 7, 1841.
Daar Sir:— l,am truly sorry to say the news
has just reached here of the death of 2d Lieut. J.
R, H. Lancaster of the Ist Infantry, who wae
struck by lightning on the 6th inst.at Chrystol
river, while standing in the stern of a sail boat
and instantly killed, two soldiers were struck at
the same time, but have recovered.
Co&coochc arrived at Tampa on the 6th inat.
— had hit irent re-adjusted, and then the Col
onel commanding had a talk with him. He*
promised that all he could do sheuld be done to- f
wards inducing the Indians to emigrate. His
talk was sent by messengers to the hottiles, and
the hope is most fervent that it may have a favor
able effect
P. S.—The Western mail just in.—-10 P. M.
We once heard a fellow tell another that "he
was so mean they would be obliged to manure
> bis grave to make him rise at the resurrection.
day.” —Crueent City.
• Joe Smith, the ormou, has bcea released, the ■
> writ by which be was arrcs w d being insufficient