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t»t»| ol il.o ptincip.il rr.i'n of Soutoo.— rim i
commodore iitiintdialcly ordered iluanou'
of tilt slop, nild at tlm vttr.o jpoipefli tfte
order v/ill n - -' .]!• '1*v\illialtils. ui)', .boa's.
:;Ov!” .And (lieu 'lie hurtle Ot '500 men,'
m.’ikifieprepi.-idioiiftahccenjplish that or
der, erased lire Malays to look on with as
tonishment. They nnmmJinlcly turned
to ther'Commodore, and fogged Him to
Moo, irid gave him ono hour, to go ci
shore lo convince ilia Rajah of llio coiiso
queiice* of his not complying with the de
mand; for it wm onr determination to-des-
troy the place.
The CommniJorc gnvo thorn the time
required; :hoy returned -with .» message
from die Rajah, appearing very bumble;
they nan! lie was ready anil willing to dp
every thing the Commodore requested;
but tli it he had un money; he wished to
given contract to pay in pepper, to be do-
livcicd to tl|u first American vessel; but
the Commodore declined the offer, told
him till!, money was no object to him, and
that nil bn wished for was, that the Rnjnh
and ilia( all oilier Malays should t.eht
(lie Americans well, and tmver attempt li
ny thing of the kind ngein; and if they did,
wo should punish thorn as we already had
their neighbours—all of which the Malays
ttgreod lo,
Tito tvltole of the time we romninnd
oil the boast, the ship was Crowded tvrh
tho natives, who came from nil parts of
the coast within 80 milos. I shall never
forget the consternation of four 'Malay
fishermen, who came alongside to sell
thun fish, thinking wn tvdto merchantmen.
Two of them enmn tip with n buntjjo of
fish, and tho moment limy put lliolr trends
above tho gangway, and saw pur decks
crowded with men, their astonishment
was so groat that they dropped their fish,
and after n moment’spnuso dropped them
selves into the bout—but they wero fol-
lutveiil by three men, who secured them,
and brought them all on hoard, whore we
kept therti until next morning, when we
gave them thoir boat, and seat them on
shore.
LITERARY NOTICES.
Xovels and Tates by Maria Edge•
worth.— Tho Messrs, llatpei*have com
menced a Vrpublfontion of Miss Eilgo-
worill’s works, in u stereotype edition, uni
form with the Wsvnrloys that have been
lately reprinted with the nuili'of’s notes.
The edition will contain Castle Knckrenf,
Irish Bolls, Moral Tales, Popular Talcs,
Tales of Fwiltional Life, Tito Modern
Gtiseld.i, Belinda, Leonora, Patronage,
Hurrington atid Ormond, and a low small
er pieces. Tito eighteen voluntas to
wltirh they extend in the Loudon copy
will be compressed hern into nine; and'
the publication will ho the more valuable
for that the whole of the works have tin-
dergune a careful revision and correction'
bj the authoress herestdf. Miss Edge-
won n’s waitings huvo been long standard
in on. Iiluraturo, -mi men i-vpatnitty ts
ofn Kind tlnr! has i he quality of endurance.
They Itavn been overshadowed for a lime
b> the Waverh y novels, hut both have
now lost Ibeii novel t v, and having tnken
their places among the treasures of onr
language, ilie. merits ofenclt will be sp.
pincintod impartially. Miss Edgeworth’s
tales are unique ip thetr charseter, and
certainly uiieipi.tiled for their moral value
and utility; and ill Iter untiring endeavor
to ttiHke Iter readers wiser nnd bettor and
happier, she has done moro good in Iter
generation that any other whom we know.
No books linvu been nr will be read with
moro interest than liars; and none afford
more entertainment combiner! with sound
instruction: they should be in every libra
ry.—New Yoric paper.
Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man.
—Tints is infilled a right pleasant book as
ever come from tho |>«ii of a man upon
town, it is full of delicious reading, mid
that mood must bo a sttango ono that can
not find hero something cougenial. The
chaptors contain the contributions ton pe
riodical work of a gentleman who hns won
bv them oltielly a very high name, for one
of' Isis yeat*, luotlr literature. They are
the outpourings of un intellect that has
been richly cultivated; and tltbir varied
pages manifest tho versatility and reach of
its powers. The author looks upon 'the
ougm.it;* of the tvorld, anil into the bosom*
ol tuan, with a-kecu-itud practical eye;
and what he observes prmnps his pen ol
leu to «utiro...it is good humored, atid
gives no pain. II is (.islet aro lefineit, anti
his habit* of llimtgbt graceful; lie looks
for the most putt no the bright stun of
things, and aids to fling tho pleasant tints
of his own cheerful temperament on all
that he touches, lie is generally fnrum-
nte in his hummous and pathetic sketches,
and the comfbr'.ablo philosophy which
seams hit lulu of life, is never au imped i-
i.i,ml to tho free indulgence el the rich
pnoiit vein from which lie druws treasures,
of thought and feeling. His stylo is a
chaste otto, In* I inguage pure mid uuuffocl-
od. That ho is' a young writer, however,
is very frequently shirwa, us well as that
bo is a rapid one; and the faults that strike
One most pointedly and oflenost, may be
genorallv ascribed to these muses. But he
seums to be one who will nut bo contented
with doing less than his poweis aie capa
ble of, nod the reader of judgement will
not close the hook without the reflection
that the writer will some day do even hel
ler nod loftier things than this. The
'* tragical story” jvhiclt we extracted n
few days since is a f ir specimen of his
stvlo a ad humor, though it was commen-
riud tu ourchoicu by its convenient brevi
ty rather than its relative merit, for there
are a dozen better things ill tho book,-/!.
The llcrduwuiucr or the llenedictines.
2 Vo). Curev and Lea, Philadelphia. We
have at last tho pleasure of announcing to
ocr -. aders t);« publication in this coun-
■ i y 'A this, <lit latest of Mi. Cooper’s
pi'oducti(j;i5. I.is mortis having already
become dotslciomly known from the cx-
to'uft tin' English periodicals have furn-
idled us, we abstain from adverting to its
cumenis, lost we should diminish iho in
terest its perusal will ussuiedly excite.-lb
Roys and Girls Library of useful and
entertaining knowledge, HsnreRS, New-
Yoik. Wo lament that the brief space
to which we are compelled to rcstfir.i onr-
selves in noticing the now publications
which the character of the limes calls lortb,
prevents us doing justice to tho excellent
plan of-this periodical pf which the first
number is just issued by Messrs. Harpers.
It is in the language ol the prospectus, in
tended especially to embrace such works
ns are adapted not to the extremes of
childhood or of advunccd youth, but to
that intcimediate space which lies between
childhood and the opening of matarity.
To this period, thus, whon the elements
of future character aro receiving their im
press. The judgement and caro necessa
ry in nth king selections for a work under
taken with these views is evidently great,
this tho publishers promise, nnd of it they
have given a favorable specimen in their
first, number which consists of “ Lives of
the Apostles and Enrly Martyrs of tlm
Church,” by the author of “The Trial of
Skill.”—N. V. Courier.
MISCELLANEOUS.
t’lom tho Aogutta Chronicle.
The Money Mat l:c t.—Some two months
since, wo wore told, that the high rate ol
cxrlmngo, wits not owing to the ” partial
course of policy pursued by the United
States Btuncli Bank, at Savannah,” but to
the "suicidal policy” of otjr local banks, in
receiving and paying out the notes of the
count!v Banks, instead of sending them
home for redemption, and paying out no
thing hut thnir own. Shortly afior this
pei lod our Bunks, adopted this plan, and
have followed it, up to tho prosem time.
Now, what say ye, "Discount,” and half
a dov.on others, who prophesied so tvisdly,
and so strenuously defended the U. States
Bank, by uttaching all lint • blame of high
rates of exchange, scarcity of money, dt>.
to onr local Banks! You! ph.’ll has heeii
fairly tried and has'* list signalli failed.”
Exchange is now ,i'.nlly AtgAcr than it
wus before, and, as t> onr Banks having
obtained an incrcus.it circulation by the
measure, they are more embarrassed, anil
perplexed, than they have been for many
yours. It is uow perfectly apparent, that
the enormous tax, of high exchange, and
the deranued suite of the money market'is
fairly and justy to bo attributed to the
partial course of policy pursued by the U.
States Bunk at Savannah, in not receiving
the notes of the country Banks, in common
with the notes of the Banks of Augusta,
lv i*therefore doubly gratifying lo loam,
•trill some of the Dtp dors ot tlil'.U. Stale*
Bank have recently expressed the opinion,
thnt when the fnil trade shall have fairly
commenced, nnd our great sluplo comes
freely to market, tho (J. Stales Brnnclt
Bank at Savannah, intend to commence
receiving the notes of nil the solvent Banks
of this Stale of Georgia, mill send them
home for redemption. Shouldihis course
be ndoptod by the U. Suites Bank, it will
go far toward reconciling the people of
Georgia, to tho continuance Of the imtitu-
ttilion, and in n great measuse remove
from the public mind, tho many prejudices
so. justly creatod against the Bank, by the
partial and oppressive policy heretofore
pursued by the Cashier of that Branch.
If (he U. Slates Bank adopt and follow up
this course ,exchungo will soon find its
proper level; and tite fart will then f.c
made manifest beyond all dispute, that the
evils nf high exchange, from which wn
linve suffered so much, were entirely in
consequence of tho partial, unjust nnd op
pressive policy pursued by the L7. Status
Branch Bank at Savannah. That tho 17.
States Branch Bank tit Savannah, if im
partially unii prnpctly 1 managed, would
bn of immense aid, nnd service lo the
commercial community, is no denied but,
that that Branch has boon most miserably,
or at least, unprofilably conducted, need*
no other proof, limb u mere glance at their
monthly statements. Neither is it denied
thnt much prejudice may exist against,
that Branch in consequence of tho hutigh-
t.v carriage of the Cashier.
Insinuations, prejudicial to our local
Ranks aro daily made by the Irionds of the
United States Bank in habits at the
recent failure of tile Bank nf Macon. Be
it known that much of the blame, in tin*
matter, may fairly be imputed to the U.
States Uank, llsolf. Indeed, much blame
is unquestiouubly to be attributed to tin;
unjust policy of ilio Branch B uik at Sa
vannah. The 17. States Banks profess
to regulate exchange and to kocp the lo
cal B niks in proper check. Why hnve
they not acted up to their professions!
Had they done so; hail iltey received the
notes of nil tho country Banks, and sent
them home for redemption, the citizens
of Georgia would not, at this moment, ho
writhing under the lost of $300,(Xt0 in
consequence nf the failure of the Bank of
Macon; that Bank would hnve been kept
within proper hound;, nnd fn all proba
bility, nt this moment, would have been as
sound as any iuttituiion in the Sin<c, or
else have stopped long since, before its
circulation had become large enough to
produce such ruinous consequence*.
Titat the U. Slates Bank has an un
doubted right to receive or reject tnch
note* as they think proper,’ ia not denied.
But, as thev claim the credit of keeping
onr focal banks within due bounds, hv
preventing them frniq making over issues,
so let them receive the blame nf not nrtiog
In accordance with what they profess.
And be it known to the unfortunate hold
ers of live notes of the Bank of Macon that
the loss they sustain J^y r tliy,fpiluu! of that
institution, migflt TxiVe- been rjjcvonfedj
and would have been, bad tno' United
States Branch Bank at Savannah, acted
in accordance with their h'-gh pretensions,
in iho fulfilment, of duties w hich they vol
untarily assumed—site nntiperi'ornuoce ol
which lias,thrown tiny immense loss upon
the innocent, the poor.and the unsuspect
ing. PREMIUM.
'DIP. ANNUM. t.I.V.CTIONS.'
Maine. —Smith's majority over Good-
cnoiv is iporo,than 4,000.—It is certain
for Jackson. ■ ‘ ■
Ohio.—Tho St. Clairsvillo Gazette of
the 22d, is confident in (It* success Of the
Jackson Ticket. It declare* that the
Clay parly " may now attempt to amal
gamate with the Aoti-MaSdns—but if they
do, tlioy cannot effect atfy thing—that
Uobcit Lucas will be elected governor,
and Gen. Jackson will roedive Iter ulccto-
rial vote,” ’
N. York. —Tlie Opposition will raise
u shout (lor they make a noise about eve
ry trifle, concerning' the great, victory they
have gained in the Ivnrrf Elections of
Albany. With a view pf iscrcasing their
iriiiiiiplinnl joy, wo submit the following:
I'.itrnrt of a Letter from <in intelligent citizen of
.\ne Ji'orli.
" Of ilio resell of the-Election in this
State no doubt need ho entertained. We
have the utmost confidence, that we shall
curry our whole ticket by, at least, 15,000
majority. It is Iraq you bear prophecies
of a lotully different chancier from tho
Opposition; hut these nto. intended mainly
to excite the spirit of their co-tuljiitors in
other sections of the Uniouf and lo infiu-
cnco the pending Elections, ' The princi
pal ground of . our. reliance for success
is tho result of ouf -stale election last fall.
In 1830, our ticket prevailed by about
8000 majority, and.we succeeded in 5 out
of 8 Senatorial Districts, Last year wfc
had no eettornl ticket; (jut our majorities
in tlm different eoututus .wore much; in
creased, anil wo pi«vuiteiMn'7 out of thb
8 Senatorial Districts. The divisiou of
the patties last ye*V was very much as it
is now. In almost all sections of the
State lltoso who could litrksidu their An
ti-Masonic principles on the one band, and
their predilections itv favor of Mr. Clav
on the other, wore united against iis in nn-
li.-ipabon of the union recently solemnised
between those parties. Wo. have inform
ation from every county in. tho State, nnd
wn nro assured that there is not more than
one, in which wo have font ground since
Iasi Fall. In many, we shall gain acces
sions of sircagih. It is the misiortune of
the Onpnsition Ticket, that it rests its
hopes -of success npon deluding belli the
parlies, to which it appeals for support—
tho Anti-masons, hv the promise that it
will voto fur Mr. Wirt, and the National
Republicans, by the promise (implied in
botli cases) that it will vote for Mr. Clay.
The very mystery which hangs over it,
will detach many honest ’ men from both
parties. Once more 1 can assure you
that this Stute is safu for Gen. Jackson
and Mr. Van Buien.”
Pennsylvania.—The Opposition are
also raising a shout about tho Ward elec
tions for Inspectors in the city of Phila
delphia. Whv! this is the Head Quarters
of the Bank of the U. $. tisalf. It will
dio hard—moving lieavitn nnd Emth to
save it front destruction; nnd if it do not
make its influence felt nt its uwn doors,
surrounded,as it is there, by its friends and
customers, what hopes can « entertain of
its resuscitation? This result is tvliat was
expected by the Jackson party, as appears
from the following mtlclu in tho Philadel
phia Sentinel, and nt all om loners—bin
when you take it upon tjtn brand field of
Pennsylvania herself, thou mark tlm tlif-
fetent result.
“ Ward Election.—By great oxcrltons
we have been enabled to present our read
ers with the returns of lltp election* held
yesterday, in the city and districts, so far
us wo'have received them. The Vote
throughout was much larger limit it ever
was before. Tho opponents of Get).
Jackson Hirneil .out in all'tlteir strength,
and succeeded in carrying, the grouict
number of- the Inspectors, ns was antici
pated hy all parlies. Tire dcntor.ruts, far
from being discouraged, are sanguine thin
when the great contest comes, success will
crown their efforts.”—Rich. Enq. •
Maine Election.—The only additional
information we have received gives the
returns of 244 towns—Snnth, the Jack-
son candidate for governor, halt a majority
of 2489 voles. The towns to he heard
from ure principally Jackson, which will
swell tho majority to nt least , 3300— the
Honorable John Holmes and Cyrus Wes
ton to tne contrary notwithstanding. We
would here remark, and it will he gratify
ing to the party whose cause wo advo
cate, that elections have been held in Ken
tucky, Indiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Al
abama and Illinois, nnd that all thesa
states have given most decided majorities
for tho Jackson ticket—that elections
Itavn also taken place in two states claimed
at tho commencement of the contest as
Clay—that Vermont, ono of them, hns
thrown her force into tho anti-masonic
seale, and Rhode Island, tiro other, is
stubborn in her purpose not to. give the
preponderance to the National Republi
cans. Thus, in nine states, stands the
state of things, with vvory rational pros
pect that whun tho real contest is to be the
tost of strength, tire democracy of the
country willbe found in a triumphant ma
jority, presenting to the world the specta
cle of a peoi-lc too honest io y ield to the
proffers of a monied oligarchy, and too
patriotic to be ungrateful towards (hat man,
whose whole life has been devoted to the
service of his coootry,—,V. Y. Stm.
Railroads in the United States.—Next
to the.JGranA G»rrdl, yre deem rhfl BjiIi'i-
more and Oiiio Railroad ono of the "O'
blest onterprizes ever .undertaken in this
country: it will be, when .completed, the
longest continuous line ol. Railroad in the
world. It will not, however, loug remain
so, ui we with confidence anticipate the
construction of an Atlantic Railroad
passing thro’ the principal cities in the At
lantic Slates, from Maine to Georgia,—
upon wliieh oho may travel a thousand
mites with as > much ease as he can now
travel the loarth part of it.' Railroads
w ill 'also intersect this country in various
directions. One is projected, and already
cnmmonccd, from Boston thro’ Now
Hampshire, and Vermont to Ogdensburg,
N. Y. mid it will not stop there; il will
in a few years be continued on through
Jefferson, Oswego, Onondago and Court-
landt counties, td Biitghnmptoti, tliero to
intersect the great Western Railroad from
New Y’ork to Lake Erie,—is it too much
to say, to the Mississippi * ol 2 * 1 ! There will also
•be tlic Pennsylvania and Maryland Rail
roads, and one from Harper’s Ferry,
through the valley ol Virginia, to Tennes
son. Will there not be another in Vir
ginia Irom Richmond, to intersect tho first
in the valley? There is no doubt of it.—,
“ Old Virginia” cannot rest easy and see
Baltimore take nil the trade from tho
West; site must make a Railroad in self-
defence. North Carolina, too, is calling
loudly upon her sons to step forth and vin
dicate Itor character, to shew the world
that sho is not to he left in the background.
Tlm Central Railroad, and also tho Cape
Fear and Yadkin Railroad, arc projected,
and n largo portion, we believe, of the
slock subscribed among Iter own inhabi
tants on the routes. This is,ns it should
he. Those to ho bcupfitted should step
forward uitrl sustain the enterprize. North
Carolina will have a Railroad or roads
from, Iter navigable waters' to the moun
tains; nhd site, too, may pass those bar
riers,, and claim a shale of tho Vichos of
the West;—she willoit least coiiipeleforit,
As for South Ctti dliha she has done no
bly in Railroads; shc|will soon have coni-,
nlctcd, and in operation, one hundred und
ihirtv ; fivo miles of Railroad in one line,—
a groaier extent than enn bo found else
where together. It certainly speaks
loudly in favor of the enterprize and per
severance of tho citizens of Charleston;
for we presume it must be mainly attri
buted to their influence that it has pro
gressed ns it has. Bolder and more im
portant schemes have been, tlndnitaken
and brought, to a successful termination;
yertnoro praiseworthy, when-we lake into
consideration the circumstances attending
its origin und progress.
With an Allunttc Railroad passing noar
the seaboard, or through the principal cit
ies from Portland to Goorgia, with Olliers
branchinc from il, ns from Boston to Og-^
densburgh, front NeW York to Lake Erie,
—front Philadelphia to Pittsburgh—from
Baltimore to Wheeling, with a branch
through the valley of Virginia from Har
per’s Ferry; also, ono from Richmond up
James river to tho mountains, nnd per
haps to the Ohio; ono through North Car
olina to Tennessee, and another from
Charleston S. C. to the same fertile coun
try,—w e should have little apprehension
of a dissolution of (lie Union. It maybe
asking too much of others to desire them
to anticipate the half above enumerated,
but for ourselves wo have no doubt of the
construction within a lew years ofthe ma
jority of them ; together with numerous
others of less magnitude hot mentiooed.—
Tho facilties for intercouse afforded by
Railroads, will Have a great influence in
removing the prejudices now cherished
hy one section ol cjnntry against another.
They will enable us to visit different sec
tions, to compare onr own faults witli
iltoirs, and lo find that there is not, after
,ull, so much difference us we apprehend.
A. Rx R. Jour.
Ltnr.nt.v.—Thu September number of
the African Repository is received. The
latest dates from the colony, nro to the
20th ol July. Tlmre are also several in
teresting letters ot different dates, from
the colonial tigem, the physicians, and oth
er officers of tjic settlement. The health
of the place lias continued to improve, und
the disease of the climate, so inurhdreadcil
•by strangers, to which so many formerly
fell victims, has yielded very much to pro
fessional skill.—The number of deaths h-
mong the emigrants tvho arrived at the
colony since the first of January, eighteen
hundred und thirty one, bus not exceeded
four per cent. Their agriculture also
couiimies to flourish. Much*attention,
and with success, has been turned to lltc
cultivation of coffee, a plant indigenous to
the country. One individual expects shortly
(o have a plantation of 20,000 trees, com
pleted. Cotton nnd indigo are also spon
taneous productions, nnd bid fair upon the
application of capital, to yield profitable
return*, and become valuable articles for
exportation. The present exportations
consist chiefly of camwood, ivory, paint
oil, tortoise shell and some gold. The a-
mount for the last year was $125,349 10,
and there was on hand on the l-i January
merchandize for export valued lit $47,400.
Tite Jupiter arrived out on the 30th of
May with 172 emigrants, whose uppear
once is highly spoken of, by the Agent. A
large part of them were immediately scut
up to Caldwell in ordor to undergo their
'seasoning'—and preparations were made
foi assigning them tlteir farm lots. Three
had died on the passage. All the Balti
more emigrants arrived safe except a wo
man, said lo be HO years of age.
The agent sneak* highly of (be condi
tion of llio public school*, as. at present-
organised, nnd states the only deficiency
to consist in the want of means for estab
lishing a few schools among the re-captur-
«d Africans. These have been urgent in
their request for kucii ap tslablislnuoiit at
their settlement.
Tite relations witli'the native tribes.fife
amicable. Upon tho whole these des
patches represent the condition ofthe col
ony as flattering, and its prospects of in
crease and solid prosperity as very on-
couraging.—Halt. American.
From the Washington City Chroniclo.
Disinterment.-—Agreeably V? «n act of
Congress, passed at the Inst session, the
bodies of three members, who have died
some (nearly thirty).y curs ago, Were, on the
10th and llth nit. taken tip nnd removed
to the Congressional burial ground of this
city, and ro-interred. Two of these, one
the body of James Jones,, a Representa
tive from Georgia, and the other that of
Gen. James Jackson, a Senator from the
sunte state, who were buried, the former
in 1801, and the latter in 1806, in the
Rock Creek Church grave yard, were
first disinterred. Mr. Jones, it appears,
was 32 years, and General Jackson 49
years of age, at the period of their respec
tive deaths. They had been buried side
by side in tho rural.burial ground above
mentioned, about three miles from Wash
ington, in consequence of the want of
such repository, at tlmt time, in this city,
or from a wish that they might be interred
at that spot. Tito body of Mr. Jones was
found lo he in a much hotter stale of pre
servation than that of his associate, Gen.
Jackson. His frame was gigantic, meas
uring about six fefet three inches in height,,
with a full set of large white teeth and u
'complete suit of hair; tlmt of Gen Jack-
son was almost entirely decayed, though
he had been buried five yenis afterwards:
The cbfliiis of both laid mouldered into
dust, and nothing remained but the hones
of the dead, and some of these as we have
stated tveie much decayed.
Statue nf Washington.—Mr. Groon-
nttgh, the American Sculptor, selected by
Congress to execute a statue of Fresident
Washington, has replied to the Secretary
of State in a note, dated at Florence, Ju
ly 8, in which he accepts the invitation lo
perform the work. The following is an
extract from his reply to Mr. Livingston :
I proposn to give the statue, together
with its pedestal, un elevation of about
twenty-five feet from the floor ot the hall.
I say about, for though I have fixed on
fifteen feel as the height of the statue it
self, experimont alone will enable me to
decide on that of the pedestal. This
size, without encuntboriug the ball, will
fill the eye at every part of the same, ntm
the features will be recognizable even
from flte door of tho great entrance. To
make the figure less, would bo to risk the
effect of tho whole, by producing a dimin
utive appearance. I agree with you that
the square form will be the best for the
pedestal and I ant confident that-the ef
fect of this quadrangular body will be
happier from its being enclosod by a cir
cular wall. Had the cylindric trull any
advantages, (and I know of none,) I
should think it worth while to sacrifice
them, rather than to repent the form of the
hall in its embellishments. Nature con
stantly sets us tho example of varying
shapes, winch are to be embraced togeth
er hy the eye. I am much | ; .:asod that
HoudouVbust was mentioned in tho reso
lution, as my authority for the features of
Washington. I have always used it from
choice. I thank you for the liberty with
which you pci mil mo to understand the
direction on this poiht, and I belidvo I
shall have occasion lo profit hv it.
Tho model of this will occupy nt least
n year,-probably eighteen months. Thu
bus-reliefs will require at least three,
months ill tlm clay. We will allow three
months for drying the casts nnd transpor-
ting them to the quarries. The rough
hewing, and taking off the points, will re
quire ten months, the finishing will consume
tho residue of four years.
I have been able to avail myself of lltc
experience nf tut artist wlio lias executed
n statue of dimensions similar to those I
have mentioned, and am willing to miiler-
tuke this fur the sum of $ 20,000, to ho
paid in unnual instalments of $5000 each..
This is little if ut all more, than Canovn
received for n statue a little moio than the
size of life. The transput! of such mas
ses of mnrblo and plaister, and tho nunihor
of assistants necessary lo maintain the
proper degree of moisture in the qlny, und
the waste of useless stone, render the in
crease of expense more thun proportioned
to tho increase of size.
Jefferson's Residence.—Tho mansion
house at Mouticello was built und fur
nished in the days of his prosperity, in
its dimensions, its, architecture, its ar
rangements and ornaments, it is such u
one ns becomes the character and fortune
of the mail. Il stands upon an eliptic
plane, formed by cutting down the apex of
a mountain; and, on tite west, stretching
away to the north and tho south, it com
mands a view uf the Blue Ridge for a
hundred and fifty miles, und brings under
the eye, onooftl'-e baldest and most beau
tiful horrizoits, in the world; while on the
east it presents au extent nf prospect,
bounded only by the spherical form uf the
earth, in which nature seems to sleep in
eternal repose, ns if to form one of (lie
finest contrasts with the rudo rolling gran
deur of the west. In tho wide prospect,
and scattered to tite north and south, are
several detached mountains, which con
tribute to animate and diversify this on-
chanting landscape, and among them to
tlm south, Willis’s mountain, which is so
interestingly depicted in hts notes. From
this summit the plulosophor was want to
•njoy that spectacle, among the sublimes!
of nature operations, the looming of the
distant mountains; and to watch the mo
tions of the planets, nnd tho groaier revo
lution* of the celestial sphere, front this
summit loo .the patriot Could, look dotro
with uninterrupted vision upon tho wide
expanse of the world around, for which
he considered himself boro; and upward
to the open and vaulted heaven which ho
seemed to approach, as if to |^eep him
continually ih mind of his high responsi
bility. It is a prospect in which you see
and feel, at once, that nothing mean or
little could live. It is a sccnn fit to nour
ish those great and high-souled principles,
which formed the elements uf his charac
ter, and was a most noble nnd appropriate
pdsl for such <i sentinel over the rights qnd
liberties of man.
The Lost Wig.—While Lord Coal-
stritin IfoCtl in b house in the Advocates’
Close, Edinburgh, a stango accident one
morning befet him. It was nt that time
the custom for ndvocales and Judges to
dress themselves in gowns, and wigs, and
cravats, nt their own houses, and walk lo
the Parliament Houses; they usually
breakfasted early, and when dressed, were
In the habit of leaning over their parlour
windows for a fow 'minutes, before St.
Giles’s bell started the sounding peal of a
quarter to nine, enjoying llio ngreeublo
morning ttir, and perhaps discussing the
news of the day. It So happened one
morlt'tig, tvltilo Lord Conlstoun was pre
paring to enjoy his niatutitml treat, two
girls who lived in the second flat above,
tvero amusing themselves with n kitten,
which, in thoughtless sport, they had
swung over llio window, by a curd lied
rotitik its middle,’ und hoisted for some time
up and down,'till tlm orealftre Was getting
rather dt'spcrate with its e.Xet’tions. His
Lordship itad just popped his head out of
the window, directly below that from
which , tho kitten swim?, little suspecting,
good eticjl mnn, whul.n danger impended,
like the sword nf Damocles, over his head;
when down came the exasperated anijnpl,
at full career, directly upon his senatorial
wig. No sooner did the girls perceive what
sort of landing-place'their kitten had,
found, than in terror or surprise they bogan
to draw it up; bnl this measure was now
two .late, for, along with the animal, up
also came the Judge’.* wig, fixed.full in it*,
determined talons. His Lordship 1 ; sur
prise on finding his wig lifted off his head,
was ten thousand tinfos redoubled, when,,
on looking up, he-perceived it dangling in
its way upwards, without any means visi
ble to him hy which its motion might ho
accounted for. The astouishtnem, tho
dread, the nwo almost nf the senator be
low...the half mirth, half terror of the g'ftis
above...together with the fierce and reten
tive energy of puss lietwoen...altogcllicr
formed a scone to which language cannot
do justice, but which George Cruikshank
might perhaps embody with considerable
effect. It was a joke soon explained and'
pardoned; but assuredly the perpetrator*
of it did aflei wards get mupt a lengthened
injunction froth tlteir parents never again to
fi*h oyer the window, with such a bait, for
honest men’s wins...Chamber's Ed. Joum.
FOREIGN.
EnoM Mexico.
By tlie Scltonnor Two Brothers, arri
ved at New-Orlwtns, from Tampico, files
of the Gaceta do Tampico, to the 2Plh
August have been received. General
Santa Anna is still in Orizaba, which is'
about 67 longues front Mexico, with his ar
my, consisting of about 4000 men. Fu-
cio is between him.end Mexico, whoso
forces, it is said, amount to about 2000
men—each watching the movement of
the other. Buslameule laid left Mexico,
and was within 130 miles’of San Luis dtr
Putosi, with about 7000 men; his inten
tion is to regain tlmt city, nnd to attack
General Montezuma, whoso forces amount
to about 4000 men. Tlm Gaceta lias a
long article, censuring llio conduct of tho
cninmniidct ofthe United States schooner
Grampus; for taking the schooner Gen.
Montezuma.
Liverpool, Aug. 17.—Joseph Buona
parte, ex-King of Spain, and brother of
the Emperor Napoleon, arrived here'yes-
terdny in tlie Philadelphia pneket ship
Alexander. He is iiccompauicd hy sev
eral officers, and attended by a numerous
suite. His presence caused crowds of
nersons to assemble at the doors of the
King’s Arms Hotel, tyhere ho sojourns,
on.Itts way, it is presumed, to London.
O. P. Q. on Portuguese affairs.
The affairs of Portugal deeply fix pub
lic attention nnd sympathy, nnd yet the af
fairs of Portugal are very little understood*
I very much doubt whether Portugal is
prepared at the present moment for ;t
Constitution. Before people can enjoy
liberty they must he 'prepared for it,
know its advantages, and feel Vfmt they
Miffur through not posse roing ft.. Is this
the statu of Portugal ? I think not. Tho
sclmolmnstorlins done very Tittle in Portu
gal; tile Mnnks nro there, the gesuits are
there, tlm priests are the governors, antli
the multitude allow themselves to he dic
tated to, instilled, and cheated by these
their spiritual touchers. The Portugueso
who have emigrated!, who have joined the
standard of Dob Pedro, who have fallen
victims lo tho present government, or w j, a
are shut in prison, aro exceptions totltis rule.
But they aro only exception*. It is n fact
which ennnot bo controverted, that the
Porrngues are not yet in the mass suffi
ciently enlightened to tell tho value of the
Constitution which it is prooosed to con
fer on them. If then the enuse of Duo
Pedro shall fail, il will be (be people, and
the pcoplo will, suffer. Yet do not des
pair I The cause of constitutional liber
ty is making rapid stride* in all parts of
the wolrd, and though in some nations tho
the schoolmasters and civilization have
done more, and advanced more than in
others, yet oven in Sonin and Portugal, tlm
