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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
