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2. Having laid seven or eight short and
strong pieces of tobacco pipe on the hist . and
third lingers, he bioke them by the force of his I
middle finger. 1
3. He broke the bowl of a strong tobacco t
pipe placed between bis first and third fingers, ;
bv pressing his fingers together sideways. i
4. Hayingthrust such another bowl under
his gamier, his legs being bent, he broke it to ; 1
pieces-, by- the tendons of his hams, without >;
altering the-bending of liis leg. . | !
5. He lifted with his teeth, and held in a <
hori-zohtiiFposition for a considerable time, a |
tablS six. feet.lung, with half ti hundred weight ;
hanging at the end of it. Ihe feet of the ta
ble lost cd* against his'kbees.
6. Holding in his right hand r.n iron kitch-
cn potw-threefeet'lorig and three inches round,
he struck* wpon his bare leftaun, between the
elbow’and .the Wrist till be bout ti e poker
neatly to-'a right angle. . I
7. .'l’aking a similar poker, and holding the
cuds of it in - his hands. and the middle against
the back- of Iris ’ neck, ire brought both ends of
it together before him, and he then pulled jt
almost straight again. Th.-s last feat was me
most difficult’, because the niusch-s which sep
arate the arms horizontically f,«»m each o'hor
are not so strong as those which bring them
together.’
8 He broke a rope a bout two inches in cir
cumference, which was partly wound about a
cylinder four inches in diameter, ha nig fas
tened the other end of it to straps that went
over his shoulder.
Dr. DeSagulicrs saw- him lift a rolling stone
of about 800'pounds’Weight with his hands
only, standing in a frame < hove it, and taking
hold of a fraijie fastened to it. Hence Dr.
Dcsaguliers gives the following relative view
of the strength of.individua's.
Strength "of the weakest men 125 lbs.
Strength’of very strong men 400
Strength of Topham . ©OO
The weight of Topham was about 200
One of the-most remarkable and inexplica
ble experiments relative to the strength of the
human fraino, which you h ive yourself seen
umf admired, is that in which a heavy man is
raised with the greatest facility, when he is
lifted up the instant that his own lungs and
those of the.persons who raise him are inflated
with air..: This experiment was, I believe,
first shown-m.Tiiigliind a few years ago by
Maj. H. who saw jt performed iu a large par
ty at Venice under the direction of an officer
of the American, navy.- As Major H. per
formed it more than once in my presence, I
shall describe as nearly as possible the method
which he preset icbed. The heaviest, person
in the party lies down upon two chairs, his
legs being supported, by the one and has back
by the other.- Four persons, one at each leg,
and one at each shoulder, then try- to raise him.
and they A id his dead weight to be very great,
from the difficulty they experience in sup
porting him. " When he is replaced in the
chair, each bf the four persons takes hold of
the body as before, and the person to be lifted
gives two signals by clapping his hands. At
the first signal he himself and the four lifters
begin to draw a long a:.d full breath, and when
the inhalation is completed, or the lungs filled,
the second signal is given, for raising the per
son from the chair. To his own surprise and
that of his bearers, he rises with the greatest
Facility,-as if he were no heavier than a feather.
On several I have observed that
when one of the bearers performs his part ill,
by making the inhalation out of time, the part
of the body which he tries to raise is left, as it
• were, behind. As you have repeatedly seen
’his experiment, and have performed the part
both of the load andof the bearer, you cau tes
tify how remarkable tha effects appear to all
parties, and how complete is" ths conviction,
either that the load, has been lightened, or the
bearerstrengthened by the prescribed process
At Venice the experiment was performed in a
much more imposing .manner. The heaviest
man in the party was raised and sustained upon
the points of the forefingers of six persons.
Major H. declared that the experiment would
not succeed if the person- -lifted were placed
upon a board, and the strength efthe individ
uals applied to tho board. He conceived it
necessary that the bearers should communi
cate directly with, the body, to be raised. I
have not had an opportunity of making any
experiments relative to these curious facts; but
whether the general effect is an illusion, or
the result of known or of new principles, the
subject merits a careful investigation.’—Brew
ster's Natural Magic.
Thrilling Incident. — My feelings were ve
ry poetical as I walked towards the village
church. I entered. A popular preacher
was holding forth,mid the little meeting house
was much crowded. Several persons were
standing up, and I discovered that I must re
tain my perpendicular position, as every seat
was crow-ded. I however passed up tho aisle
until I had gained a position where I could
have a fair view of the-faces of nearly all pre
sent. While my. feelings were divided be
tween the beauties and tlie blearing# of the
two worlds, and wf.-ipt ina sort of poetical de
voiion, I detected some glancej at me of a
most animated character. I need not dei
cribe the sensat : ons experienced by a youth
when the eyes of a beautiful woman rest for a
length of time upon his countenance —and
when he imagines himself to be an qbject of
interest to her. I returned her glances with
interest, and threw all the tenderness into my
eyes which the scene, rny meditations, and
the preacher’s discourse had inspired in my
heart. I doubted not tl at the fair young dam
sel possessed kindred feelings with myself—
that we were drinking together at the foun
tain of inspiration. Hep glances continued —
several times our eyes met. My heart ached
with rapture. At length the benediction was
pronounced. *,
I lingered about the premises until I saw
the dark eyed damsel set out for home, alone
on foot. ‘O that the custom of society would
permit; for we are surely one in soil! Cruel
formality that throws up a barrier between
hearts made for each other!’ Yet I followed
after her. She looked behind, and I thought
she evinced a notion at recognizing me, as the
stranger of the day. I quickened my pace,
nnd she actually slackened hers, asifto let me
come up with her. ‘Noble young creature!’
thought I. ‘Her artless and young heart is
superior to the shackles of custom!’ I at
length camo within n stone’s throw of her.
She suddenly halted and turned her face to
wards me. My heart swelled to bursting. I
reached the spot where she stood. She began
to speak, and I took off my hat, as if doing rev
erence to an angel. ‘Are you a pedlar?’ ‘No,
my dear gal ; that is not my occupation.’
‘Well, I don’t know,’ continued she not very
bashfully, eyeing me sternly. ‘I thought when
I saw you in the meetinghouse, th:>t you look
ed like the pedlar lhat passed off a pewter
half dollar to me a few weeks ago, and so 1
am determined to keep my eye on you. Bro
ther John has got home now, and he says that
if he catches the feller, he’ll wring his neck
tor him, and I aint sure but you’re- tho good
for nothing rascal alter all.’—Reader!——--did
you ever take a shower bath?
•Modern Embalming.— Scott, a late travell
er in Egypt relates the following anecdote, the
truth of which he dees not vouch for, though
ha acknowledges that there is hardly anything
so odd that an English traveller may not do
it:
“An English traveller h.id a great desire to ;
be mummified after the ma'imcr of the ancient j
Egyptians; and, having paid in advance to ;
theopeators, bound them with a solemn oath |
to do his bidding, prepared his sarcophagus, j
and written along notice of his.life and opin
ions swallowed a dose of arscnic.
lie was, of course. ‘ gathered to his fathers ;’
his body underwent the etui) dining process,
and the papyrus having been placed on his j
ambitions breast, was inclosed in a red granite j
case, and deposited in a tomb that had b-.-en I
prepared for its reception. Not many years j
alter Wards some roguish -’Arabs sold th? pre- |
cions relic to a learned Frenchman. who car- ;
ried it to Paris, vain beyond belief of having |
acquired such a treasure, which judging from I
the splendor of the case, he thought must be a !
Pharaoh at least. A party of brother savans .
were invited to assist at the ceremony of en- j
rolment; when, after some hundred yards of {
fi. e linen had been removed, the papyrus was .
discovered, which, in plain English, declared i
the great defunct to have been Air. Peter Sun ,
plans, of Fenchurch street, and Camberwell
Grove,soap-boiler and salt-refiner t-» the Royal
Family, and many years an inmate of St.
Luke’s.”
Leeching.— -Well.rny good woman,’ said 'he
doctor,‘how is your-husband to-day?—better
no doub,.’
‘Oh yes, surely,’ answered the woman. ‘He
is as well as ever, and gone, to the field.’
‘I thought so,’ continued ulouseur le Doc
teur . ‘The leeches haye cured him. ——
‘W'” dcrfiii effect th -y have! You got the,
leeches of course.’ |
‘Oh yes, mousier lu Decteur, they did him
a deal of good though he could net-take them
all.’
‘Take them ail!’ cried our friend. ‘V. by,
my good, woman, how did you apply them V
‘Oh l managed, nicely,’sni.d the wife, look,
ing quite contented with herself, ‘tor vari
ety’s sake I boiled one half, and make a f-y of
the other. The first he got down very well*
but the second made him very sick. But w hat
he took was quite enough,’ con'inued she, see
ing some horor in the doctor s Countenance,
‘for he was better the uex? morning, and to-day
he is quite well.’
‘Umph!’ said the doctor, with a sapient
shake of the head. ‘lf they have cured him
that is sufficie nt,but they would have been bet
ter applied externally.’
The womat replied that she would do so
the next time; and I doubt not, that if ever
fate throws a score of unfortunate leeches into
her power again, she will make a poultice of
them.
Eon. Baiie Peyton.
Mr. Pevton the representative in Congress
from Tennessee, lately received an invitation
to a public dinner at Williamsboro’, North
Carolina, to which he returned the following
answer:
Nutbush, March 16, 1837.
Gentlemen: at the time I received your in
vitation, while at Washington, to attend a pub
lic dinner at Williamsboro’, incessant engage
ments prevented me from making a suitable
reply. In retiring from the Congress ol the
United States, as 1 have done, nothing could
be more grateful to my feelings-tban the ap
probation of the wise and the good. But gen
tlemen, this rich, this only reward which should
be courted by those who prefer what they be
lieve to be their country’s good to their own
ease or advancement, is much enhanced on
the present occasion, in my estimation, by the
reflection that it is an honor, (1 wish I cculd
feel a consciousness of having achieved any
thing worthy of it) voluntarily bestow ed, com
ing warm from the hearts of the descendants
of those heroes whose valor won pur liberties;
of those sages whose wisdom framed our once
venerated, but now violated Constitution. 1
am proud to be thus hailed at your ancient bor
ougb by that unadulterated spirit which fired
the bosoms of a noble ancestry, and which burn
ed, and swelled, and spread, consuming every
vestige of tyranny, and extirpating the very
roots and germs of servility and base submis
sion to lawless power. 1 implore you, as
you venerate your sires, as you love your
country, as you estimate your cwn liberties
and the freedom of your child:en, to cherish
those hallowed feelings; to revert often to this
Nation’s birlh-day, and remember the spirit ol
divinity which then moved over the People.
Compare it with the sickening corruptions, the
high-handed startling usurpations of this de
generate day, and ask yourselves, solemnly
and soberly, if there is not much cause—not
for despair nor despondency — we should never
despair of the Republic, so long as there re
mains one fragment ol the wreck upon which
to build our hopes—but for that united action,'
that eternal vigilance, amongst all who love'
their country more than the spoils of its offices,
which is the price of safety and of liberty.
Look around —survey the scene!—What an
iron tyranny the country has just passed under!
What a corrupt despotism still awaits it! Cor
ruption is to perpetuate what tyranny created!
How came Martin Van Buren chief magistrate
of the Nation? Andrew Jackson said, let him
be President, and he was President. How is
this creature of another’s will to maintain his
authority? By the patronage of the Federal
Government: with the millions which are
wrung fram the hard earnings of the People
will lie pay his legions, perpetuate bis sway,
and appoint his successor, if the American
People continue dead to their dearest interests.
Patrick Henry, in the inspiration of his elo
quence, did not conceive of those rapid strides
towards monarchy which I have witnessed in
the last two years of my brief public life. :
I have seen a party to which I oaee be
longed, a President I once supported, and op
on whom were placed my proudest hopes of all
that was pure and patriotic, falsify the bright
est expcc‘ations ot friends, verify the worst
predictions of enemies, and violate pledges so
emnly given to the country. I have seen a
parly, one of whoso cardinal maxims "fls,
“■That the patronage of the Federal Govern
ment should not be brought in conflict With
the freedom of elections,” acquiesce in, and
claim for the President the right to appoint Ins
successor. I have seen an Administration,
which came into power upon the principle of
reform, economy, and strict accountability of
public officers, increase the expenditures from
15 to 32,000,000, foster corruption iu every
department of the Government, and foi a long
time, refuse inquiry into alleged abuses, ant
: at last attempt to stifle it by the □ppomtmen
If committoes composed of six to three againe
investigation. I have seen the President o
1 the United States rebuke the House of Repre
sentatives for during to constitute such com
mittee of inquiry into Executive abuse, am
the doors of the Executive department boded
' and bared against a select committee of tie
1 House of Representatives, while an Executive
* order was issued, directing that obnoxious
J members of Congress should be made to swear
to their speeches, delivered on the floor, under
the Executive denunciation of being calumni I
. alors if they did not, and of perpotra'ing perju
i ry if they did swear to the truth of the charges
i which they bad made. This I have seen and
j felt, for I "was forced to submit to this engine
o of Executive torture, and seal- d my belief with
an oath, for which I am prepared to answer
I before my God and mv count!y.—' Ai d at the
j tim? this fatal blow was aimed at the ffceilom
l ol debate upon the floor of Congress, lhe Prts
i ident denied to the Representativ.s of tin- Peo- I
I pie the right, of inquiring into a’i«*<ie<l abu-4.-s, i
and claimed for the heads of Ids Dvpartincuts I
the same right to withhold that, evidence a- '
gainst themselves which the public archires, j
the public property of the Pc<>| le, w. ti'.d fur- !
I rush, which a felon has to cc-i.ccal his o’.m j
i consciousness of guilt.
I have seen ihe revenues of the country used j
lus a fund of pecuniary specula:!.m nnd poiiti- I
| cal corruption, in the handset Executive offi
] ccrs, w hile a vast surplus was reiosvcl for the
; most patrii tic in d useful pur oses. 1 ! ave seen
i the President assuming upon himself legisla-
I tive powers, repeal a law or joint resolution ol
j Congress, which had slin.d upon the statute
i book for more than twenty years, and which
I Congtess had refused to repeal nnd an odious
i discrimination made, requiring specie of one
i class of public debtors, while another w as per
| milted to pay into the Treasury bank notes in
discharge of public du s. I have seen this
unjust and oppressive lavo oj the L.xccutive
pealed by such a majority in each 'louse of
Congress as to place the passage- of the act be
v ond the power of the veto, and the Pre; ident
still defeat the meesnre by refusing to return
the bill to the body in w hich it originated.
It might seem there was nothi :g left to make
?/izs:he Government of one inau‘. no encroach
ment which had not been made by the Exec
utive upon tho other department of the Guv- i
erument; but I will add one more to the offer- |
sive catalogue. I have seen, and had cause J
I to know from the highest tourcee, that a rep- j
resentative of the American p.-opl s who dis- j
charged his duty as became a freeman, was ,
not safe from personal outrage, and that the i
President of the Uoitad Stales, she source of
patronage and fountain of power, the coinman- j
der-in-chief of the army a\d navy, spoke in i
a manner well calculated to stimulate bis fol- ,
lowers to assail, out of doors, nu ndr i s oi (mn- .
gress for discharging their ,-fiicial duties fear- I
lessly. I have seen all this—the Executive |
arm growing stronger and stronger, w liile ev- |
ery other department was tr<ui..bi:i:g, tottering, I
falling beneath its giant blow.
But, gentlemen, I have transcended the lini- |
its which the occasion would seem to prescribe; j
and, in conclusion, let me ask, is this the Gov- i
ernment for which our fathers bled in the field- )
and toiled in ths councils of the Revolution? j
Are we enjoying that unshacl.lcd freedom — |
shall we trauemit it to our children as we re- j
ceived it from our ancestors? Tho forms of j
our government yet remain, but the spirit is
gone for a time— it may be, forever. That de- I
pends upon us, upon the People. The cold j
skeleton of our. once glorious, but now expunged
Constitution remains, but its immortal spirit i
has fled, it may be, to implore those who gave |
it being to awake, arouse, and inspire their sons,;
I am, gentlemen, with sentiments of highest i
regard, your verv obedient servant,
BA LIE PEYTON.
To Afessrs Afoses Neal, Robert Anderson,
and others of the committee.
POLITICAL FORECAST.
, . “I have no faith in the present state of the I
country. It is unsound. There is a plethoric, I
bloated state of apparent prosperity ; but the
slightest reverse will throw our whole money ,
concerns into iire riveablc confusion. The
currency, both of Great Brittan and America,
was never before in so critical a co idition.”
In February last the sentence above quoted
was pronounced by a Senator of the United
States, in a speech on a bill to reduce the tariff.
Who shall say that the. orator who had thus,
in advance, anticipated with so much accuracy
the present state of things, >s not, himself) “a
prophet or the son of a prophet?”
Any man may predict after the fact, but
eive us the statesman who, whilst others cry
“all’s well,” can descry danger approaching |
in the destant horizon. Like the ski ful mar- ,
iner, when all his passengers are floating •
quietly on the bosom of the unruffled ocean. :
he discerns the speck that forebod ■ the storm,
atrd they hear him with incredulous astonish
ment give ordersto “reef top sails.” So, many
of his co'.leagues mindful only of the moment,
and not possessing his power of political vision
heard with indifference the profound politician,
>w® months since, when all was Apparently
calm and bright in the commercial atmosphere,
conclude a powerful speech by the declaration,
“ I have no faith in the present state of the
country. It is unsound. There is a plethoric,
bloated state of apparent prosperity; but the
slightest reverse will throw our whole money
concerns into irretrievable confusion. The cur
rency, both of Great Britain and America, was
never before in so critical a condition !” Who
was that Senator? No other than John C.
Calhoun.— Balt. Chronicle.
What was then Prophecy is now History.—
In the debate in the Senate of the United
States, on the 11th of July, 1832, on the veto
of General Jackson of the bill for re-charter
ing the Bank of the United States, Mr. Clay
ton, the Senator of Delaware, in his speech
on the occasion, s lid :
“The loss of confidence among men, of the
total derangement of that admirable system of
exchanges which is now acknowledged to be
better than exists in any other country on the
globe, over-lraiding and speculation on false
capital in every part of the country, that rapid
fluctuation in the standard of value for money.
which, like the unseen pestilence, withers all
the efforts of industry, while the sufferer is in
utter ignorance of the cause of his destruction;
bankruptcies and ruin, at the anticipation of
which the heart sickens, must follow in the
, | long train of evils which are assuredly before
’ us. Where then, —where then, 1 must de
mand to know, sir is the remedy to save us?”
Delaware State Journal.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT. |
John McKinley, of Alabama, to be one ■
of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court !
of the United States, in the place of William I
Smith, declined.
Peter Solomon to be Marshal for the Dis- j
trict of Georgia, in the place of Thomas 11.
Kenan, deceased.
We congratulate the county on the declina
tion of William Smith, —we regret wc cannot J
do the same thing upon the appointment of
John McKinley, He is a vindictive politician,
and, as his appointment demom-tratess, a
supporter of the present administration, but
we make no objection to him on that score.
We know every person appointed to office
under the general government must be a politi-
I cian and a supporter of Mr. Van Buren. We
have a right, however, to c: poet that no per
son will be appointed to the bench of Supreme
Court, who is not a profound lower, a deep
thinker aud who has not intellect of a high
order. Mr. McKinley is no stranger to public .
life—he has been in the Senate of the United I
States, and was last winter again elected by j
the Legislature of Alabima to that office ; but ■
we have yet to learn that whilst in tire Senate,
he distinguished himself above the most ordin
ary men in that body.— Balt. Chronicle.
Virginia Election.— Francis E. Rives,
(Admin.) has been elected a Representivc to
Congress from the Southampton District of
Virginia, to succeed J. Y. Mason, (of same !
politics,) resigned, by a majority of about 60 |
So u i ft? it to ♦
votes over his opponent, (also Admit).) Dr- I
Good wy n.
Charles Fenton Mercer (Whig) has been j
re-ikcted to Congress, from the Loudoun '
i district, L>y a considerable majoritj t>?er Wm. i
T. T. Mason, (Admin.) his opponent.
j Frai.ci? Malloiy (Whig) lias been elected a j
i lli'prcsentaiive in Congress from the Norfolk I
| DStrict.to succeed Mr7Lovall, by a majority '
j of about 40 votes over Joel lloliernan, (Admin- I
i isirativn,) his opponent.
Henry A. Wise has been re-elected from
I she Accomack district bv an increased majori
ty.
From the N. Y. American, Muy 2.
L \TE FftOM EUROPE.
By the packet ship Hibernia, from Liver
pool, we have our London files to the Ist of
April inclusive, with Paris elates 30th March.
We present, from the London Times, a series <
of successive reports on the state of the money I
market, which, together wiili the private let- I
ters we annex, are so far encouraging as prov- >
i"g that the arrangement between the Bank of I
England and the houses in the American trade |
had been completed, and especially that the j
credit opened by the Bank of England to the ,
United States Bank, would not require, as has
been said aud repeated here, any present ot"
i immediate export ot specie from this side.
I Wc do not hear of any considerable amount
i of returned bills by this packet, but many bills,
j it is said, had been noted for non-acceptance.
| Os these, a large portion may Possibly be paid
i at maturity.
I There was little or nothing doing in Ameri
i can Stocks. U. States Batik shares are quo
l ted at the latest dates, at j£24; there had been
| sales at £23, 15.
I The Cotton m rket, after a slight improve
j ment has fallen buck.
Os political news ;hore is not much of m-
I terest.—Parliament having adjourned for thu
> Easter holidays, nothing important was doing
| in public affairs.
The London papers criticise with much,
I and as it seems to Us, just severity, the incoin
j potency of Gen. Eva.ua as a commander in his
j late actions.
z From Spain there is no very variable intel
j ligance.
j In France tha Ministry seems in a state of
j change. From the Times of Ist of April, we
j copy, under the Paris date of 30, a list of the
| probable Afinisters under a new' arrangement.
' The King persists in the Fetes at Versailles,
j but had so far concedcdto the popular feeling,
i as tocause it to bo notilled that the expense
I thereof would be defrayed from his private
revenue.
i A London physician, named Vance, on vis
; iting.a patient partially deranged, was met by
him at the head of the second story staircase,
seized by the middle, and thrown down stairs.
He was s j severely injured that death ensued
: next day.
Paris, March 87, 4 o’clock.
I Nothing positive respecting the Ministry is
! yet known, nor I am assured decided; and yet
! the following list of a new Ministry was cir
culated at the II urs« tins afternoon on the au-
I thority of several deputies, who. by the way,
sold stock to day to a very large amount.
M. Guizot, President of the Council and
Minister of the Interior.
M. Guvergierd’Haurann®, Minister of Com
merce and Public Works.
M. Rurnusat, Minister of Public Instruc-
I tion.
General Subastiani, Minister of Foreign Af
fairs.
M, Persil, Minister of Justice.
M. Duchatel, Minister of Finance.
Admiral Rosamel, Minister of Marine.
i General Bermad, Ministerof War.
I M. Remusat (at present Under Secretary of
i the Interior,) Minister of the Interior.
I I have, in contradiction to this list, as res
pcCfsone man, M. Persil,an assurance that he
is to quit the Ministry, no matter what party
come in or remain. No l»ter than this morn
ing he said to a friend, “Je detn?uage.”—A
am removing my effects from tho Hotel ol the
Ministry.”
From another and well informed quarter, I
hear that Marshal Soult and Count Mole per
feetly understood eacii other, and that they
arc likely to succeed i» expelling the Doc
trinaires from office, ihe Marshal relinquish
es in favor of Count Mole his pretensions to
the Premiership. Count Monialivet to be
Minister of tho Interior. The difficulty would
then be to soothe the adherents of M. M. Gui
zos and Thiers. To please the former, it is
proposed to retain M. Duchatel iuthe depart
ment of Finance; M. Marlin (du Nord) would
take the p'ace of M. Persil, and two members
of the Tiers Parti the minor departments
(Commerce and Public Instruction). A co
alition is indispensable, for an Administration
composed exclusively of Doctrinaires or of
the 7’iers Parti would fall to pieces or be over
turned in 24 hours. Such, at least, is the
opinion of every conpetent judge of public
affairs.
Extract of a letter from London
London, March 30.
Since ours of the 22d inst. we are happy to ■
say, the arrangement alluded to therein has j
been carried into effect to the satisfaction of
all parties concerned; and this settlement ot
the question at issue, lias been followed by a
decided improvement in our Money Market.
As far as we can judge, wc shall now go on
smoothly here,but the houses which had been
in jeopardy must of course relinquish a large |
part of their American business.
Paris, March 23d.
Our letters from London io day confirm the
news of yesterday, that arrangement was made
1 with the Bank. We have not all particulars
| yet. but it appears probable some arrange
; meet will be made with the Batik of the Uni-
' ted States, either to collect the debts, or to draw
■ on the Bank of England to enable correspon
: dents of these houses to remit. 1 n consequence
j of this news there is less alarm here today.
[Fro/n the London Times of the 26tA.]
Monday evening, 27th,
Money Market and City Intelligence.
The exterior aspect of the money market
j looks better, but under the surface there still
retn.no very serious difficulties to be adjusted.
The strength of the combination to support
commercial credit, which has been generally
comprised by the great American and East
India operations, is very great, so as to secure
tire Bank at all events against loss, and it has
extended, it seems, far beyond the immediate
connections of the merchants in those depart
meats of trade. Parties hav • been called upon
to club their security for. from £5,000 to£lo,-
000 each, and have generally consented to do
so out of their desire to guard against the great
' evil of a stoppage by those who are under such
J unwise engagements, against the effect of
I which perhaps no man would be, able to pro.
I nuance himself secure.—No later than Thurs- '
day las»b assistance of this sort was in requi- I
sitioti and obtained, and the difficulties are
now carried over to a more distant period than
is usual in such cases the loans being five, six,
and seven teoslhs. By that time, if the Amer
ican merchants fulfil their engagements, and
pay the immense debt they owe to this coun
' try, we shall bo once more in a safe position.
I The effect es the temporary relief thus pro-
' duced has been felt very sensibly at the Stock- j
■ Exchange, where the buiiness however was •
j not on a large scale. Consv-'s left oft’ firmly I
.at 90 1-4 to 3 8 for money, and 90 3-8 to 1 2 j
j for the account. ExchcVuer bills at 295. te 31s. !
■ premium.
j [From the London Times, 31s?
Thursday Evening, 20th. !
I Money Market and City Intelligence.
' —There is no new feature in the commercial
Money AFarket. Much distrust still prevails,
and to appearance will continue to until it is
seen to w hat extent, and in v. hat manner, the
merchants of the United States are prepared !
! to meet their obligations to the merchants of i
I this couutiy. ItwiU take some weeks, and
perhaps months, before this cau'be fully ascer
tained. In the meim time the accounts from
thence will be looked for with great anxiety.
Some apprehensions appear to be entertained
with respect to the great amount of bills diic on |
the4ih of April, but they are not on the whole
so great as they have been, and the impression
is that the great weight of the engagements
: has been carried over to a more distant period,
! and this, though only a postponement of tho
! evil, is f It. as some relief. There is a general
j contraction of Business at present ninoiig the |
[ leading houses, and it is said that one or two of |
I them are about to wind up their affairs :.:id !
j withdraw from business entirely.
Fiom the London Times, of April Ist.
Friday evening, March 31.
Money AFarket —City Intelligence.—
An arrangement, which has been before hinted
nt, between the Bank of England and the
Bank of the United S ites, for establishing a
large credit in favor of the latter, for tho pur
pose of draw ing bills on England to represent
payments made in the United States on Eng
lish account, is now said to be o;i the point of
being carried into effect. The operation is
somewhat of a complex nature; but the effect
of it will be that of making the nar k of the
United States indebted to the Bank of England,
instead of the houses whose bills have been
taken, aud to whom advances have been made.
AH that will be accomplished by ity is the af
fording to those American merchants who are
prepared to fulfil their engagements with this
country, a medium of payment to which no i
exception can be raised on either side of the
water, and which will nd the circular paper
of a doubtful description. For the present, the
arrangement does not facilitate any transmis
sion of be Ilion, but rather prevents if; but it i
has become an important object, in a com- I
mercial point of view, not to force 'the Ameri- i
cans to send gold. When the trading difficul
ties are a little adjusted, that end is likely to
be accomplished iu a more steady and secure
manner.
The failure of Messrs. Fry and Lightfoot,
the bullion brokers, was made known this
morning, and caused much surprise, as they
were known to have an excellent business,
and were not believed to be entangled iu any
dangerous speculations of the day. The only j
transactions which could have embraced them, j
were those of foreign exchanges, in which i
they dealt largely as drawers and takers of Bills, j
but tho cause of failure has not been explained i
even to their most intimate connections. Their i
business in bullion was always conducted with ;
much intelligence and regularity, which gave j
them a high character in the line, Besides this I
failure a large one at Liverpool, that of Bendy '■
& Co. has been annnounced.
SPAIN.
London, March 31.—According to letters
from Bayonne, of the 25th, in the Paris papers
the return of Espartero to Bilboa is certain.
On the 12th, at noon, the General in Chief en
tered that city at the head of a brigade, leav
ing the other corps of the army at Elorrio and
Duraugo. His retrograde movement is said >
to have been dictated by a wish tesectfre sup- ;
plies for his army; but the Paris Journals speak
of it as wholly unaccounted for. The Curlists I
ascribed it to the victory gained by Don Se
bastian, at Zornosa. The Carlists have also I
obtained an advantage over the corpsof Saars- j
field, which has again reiurned to Pampeluna. ;
PORTUGAL.
Papers and letters from Lisbon, to the 19th j
of March, announce the defeat of Guerilla i
Chief, Remcchido, after a contest of some ■
hours. His force consisted of three hundred j
men. The Diario contains the decree by which i
the Government is authorized by the Cortes, I
to exercise for three months discretionary pow- i
ers in the districts of Serra de Argave, Falo, I
Baja, and Evora, accounting to the Cortes for j
its acts.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Daily Express, j
Liverpool, Saturday, April 1, 1837.
In tho early part of this week we had the
promise of some improvement in our Cotton
Market; on Monday sales were made at 1-8
I to 1-4 advance on previous rates, but we re*
I gretto say even the small amendment nas not
been supported, and yesterday morning our
prices were just about the same as those of
that dav week. ’
A public sale having been declared, 722
bales Orleans, aud 225 Upland, were yesterday
brought forward, and forced oft; the former
from" 3 18to 6 13. The Orleans pretty gen
erally at 1-2 to 3-4 below the current prices
of the day, the quality it is true was very in-
■ ferior, and some positively bad. M hat effect
! this forced work may have on our markct.it is
impossible yet to say, we have merely to hope
that such rates will not be generally submitted
to. _ -I
'rhe chief sales made in Upland this week I
have been from 6 3-4 to 7 1-4, in Orleans ■
from 6 1-2 to 7 1-2, and in Mobile from 6 3-4
to 7 l-2d. It will be seen that Upland has
I been sold at 3 l-2d, but this should be no guide
to shippers; there is but very little at market to
command over Bd, and not much over 7 5-8
to7 7-Bd.
The import of all sorts of Cotton into tho
kingdom since the Ist Jim. amounts to 340,-
000 bales, against 285.000 received within
the same period in 18.36, and of American sep
arately the receipts amount to 268,000 against
313,000 bales. The stock of all kinds at this
port ns at present estimated, amounts to about
266,000 bales against 148,900 the estimated ]
stock this time last year, and, of American
separately, we appear to have 143,000 against
92,000 bales.
A Minister without a Head. — At Constanti
nople, when any thing goes amiss in public
affairs, the general dissatisfaction is anounced
by a few bullets- discharged through the win
d’ows ofthc seraglio, and a demand made for the
grand vizier’s head; when .M. de ealonne was
removed from the ministry by Louis XVI the
Turkish ambassador at Paris inquired where
'his head was stuck up thinking this a matter
of ordinary etiquette on such occasions. “Oh.
please votir excellency**, said the lively Paris,
iatis, “lie never had any*,, And in this boa mat
which the honest Turk probably di 1 not un
der .‘and, they had full amends of their minister,
I tbr all his misdeeds, real or imaginary. e
Wealth of the Potomac. — At a haul of
! (he spacious seine at the Indian Head landing,
i the other day, fished by Geo. 11. Smoot, Esq . |
1 upwards of seven hundred thousand herring
were taken, besides a number ofshad, sturgeon, i
rock, perch, and every description offish w hieh
find’s a home in this highway of the finny race.
Globe. ■
! iiaaas
' Atltejis, fin. SatftrdJiy, May T 3, 1837.
j Under our commercial head to-day, will be
. found the latest intelligence from the North and
East and the Soutil-d est, which truly presents
a gloomy picture. Aware that our readers
are no doubt ere this unwilling to near more
on this subject, we forbear to present any views
of our own, and only give them such facts, un
i pleasant as 'hey may be, as our duty required.
Confident that our readers felt a deeper and
much more lively interest in the Commercial
embarrassments which pervade the country at
present, and for some time back we have for-
I ‘
borne to trespass on their notice, (for we felt
that it would be a trespass) with political dis
cussions and have assigned the place usually
devoted to politics to the more absorbing topic
of commercial intelligence, with which we
hope they have been better pleased.
' Our silence however, has not been for the
j want of sufficient material to operate with;
for the bustle which has seemed to exist in the
ranks of our adversaries, their evident despe
rate efforts to rally their retreating forces, and
their zeal and persevpreanco in their efforts to
produce an excitement upon the U. States
Bank question, would under other citcumstan
ces and at a different time have afforded us a
fine field for operations,
In a few days now we expect to have a can
‘hdate in the field, selected from our ranks for
whose success we shall no doubt cheerfully
concentrate all our energies, and under such
favorable auspices aS he will be presented to
the people of Georgia we doubt not of his sue
cess.
'Flic Farmers’ Begrister.
The May No. of this periodical is on our
Table, which presents its usual variety of in
teresting and valuable agricultural information.
From a press of other matter, we are com
pelled to defer the Contents this week.
*, The following named Geutlemep, have been
appointed Delegates so represent Elbert coun
ty in the May Convention :
THOMAS J. HEARD,
YOUNG L. G. HARRIS,
BEVERLY ALLEN,
THOMAS F. GIBBS.
The following named Gentlemen, are Dele
j gates from Franklin county:
ROBERT G. LITTLE,
JOB HAMMOND,
th os. c. Mclntire,
SAMUEL IIYMER.
Celebration ol the First of
It was with much pleasure w’e
celebration of “ May Day,” iu our town on
Monday the Ist inst. We are aware that such
exhibitions are seldom brought to the public
notice ; but we confess we see no good reason
f ur it—for as every thing calculated to chas
ten the taste, refine the maimers, and improve
the morals of a community, legitimately falls
within the jurisdiction of the paper of public
intelligence, we believe no subject has a fairer
claim to that character, than the ancient festi
| val with w hich the first of May is wont to be
; regarded.
; At 3 o’clock, on that day, the “Village
' Throng” went up to the place prepared for the
' occasion, attired in all the gay variety with
j which the blooming blushing treasures of May
could deck them. The loveliest collection of
' young females, with then* smiling, anxious
1 mothers, were assembled amidst a scenery of
green chaplets, “ flowery garlands.” and rosy
! wreaths, arranged with great taste, so as to
! produce the most pleasing effect.
The beautiful Queen was crowned with all
I the pomp and splendour usual to the ceremo
i nics of this innocent and not less amusing cus
tom. The train of dutiful attendants and wil
ling subjects were squally attractive, and all
were adorned with graces and garlands, that
lent a peculiar brilliance to the scene. After
the Addresses—which were delivered in a
pleasing and impressive manner—the compa
ny were highly entertained with an Ode. pre
pared for the occasion, and sung in a strain of
unusual plaintiveness and feeling. I his was
succeeded by several admirable pieces from
the “ Athens Band,” played m their usual ani
mated and finished style, and with striking ef
fect. The whole concluded with a rich re
past of fruits, nuts, and cakes, of every de
scription, furnished in the greatest possible
profusion, and decorated with the glowing
j splendors of the season.
We subjoin the Addresses delivered on the
j occasion, which will be found highly interest
ing and meritorious.
Miss America, walked before the Queen, and
repeated these lines:
—L—
l’m Flora! I’m Flora! pray view my sweet
flowers!
They arc fragrant and fair from the late Apiil
showers ;
They are blooming and bright—
They are a pure delight,
To such spirits- and hope as ours' (
!1 • ,
Here’s evVri’ every dve,
And a those Aitround n'.e fly—
Oh ! mv flo’* c ‘‘ *• *> to raise aud re-
fine, . 1( /? jk Jf
That our hei#^,-\ odour, ascend on
high!
Here’s the lily, the pink, and the red, red rose,
And a great many more, as my basket shows;
They’re all, all here, this day of the year—
Thu happiest that ever a school-girl knows.
’Tis the First, of May ! —now these buds and
flowers
I’ll strew around mo in fragrant showers ;
And their sw< ets shall tise as a sacrifice,
To the. lovely Queen of these rosy hours.
Miss Mildred Cobb then crowned the
| Queen, with the following verses :
' The beauties of the op’ning Spring,
Auont our festive scene ;
And from its stores a wreath we bring,
To crown our chosen Queen.
And simple though our off’ring be,
It speaks of richer things,
Than all the glitt’ring gems we see
. -In palaces of ki"gs.
The buds; by friendship’s hands were t vin «>
And love perftimes each flower,
Tha» now around your brrws wc bind,
To mark your regal power.
And though our'Coronal you. went,
But through the First of Mas,— L
Os ev’ry heart you’ll richly share,
Through life’s unchanging day.
THE QUEEN’S REPLY TO THE AD
DRESS,
On presenting her the Crown.
The Crown that affection bestows
Tho’ of Spring’s simple ffow’rs prepar’d,
Round the Ffeart a sweet jnfluenco throws,
More dear than a conqu ror’s reward.
And whilst I their clihplet receive.
And gratefully thank my yopug friends/
I must tell them, the pleasure they give,
Oa their bosom’s free tribute depend#/
For tho’ we may view as but vain,
The honors to Royalty shewn, —
Over hearts! we all wuh to reign,
And glory in wearing a crown.
And tho’ my brief rule—is a day.
If such a Dominion is mine,
Your sceptre, aside I soon lay—'
Your hearts —I shall never resign !
The sceptre was presorted by Miss Sarah
Phin'izy, with these lines:
Wc’va woven e;*ch flower as a sceptre for
thee,
We fear not the power of thy sweet sovereign.
,
For hearts that arc woven together like flow rs.
Have seldom yet proven unkind—nor shall ours:
Thou shalt rule us in love, in love we’ll obey,
And happy will prove on this sweet holiday !
Miss Mary A. Brown then presented tha
May-Pole, with the following versos:
I come ! 1 coms ! on the breath of Spring,
Upborn by the youthftil Zephyr’s wing !
I eome with a gift—’tis a simple flower,
That perhaps may wile a weary hour;
I come with a wreath—with a sweet boquet.
With joy to hail the return of May ;
And a spirit within, a magic weaves,
That may touch tha heart, from its simple
leaves :
And if these should fail, at least ’twill be—
A token of Friendship from me to thee.
Miss Ann Hull, presented a While Rose,
with the following lines :
At Parian marble—Alpine snows,
So is my lovely pure white rose;
More spotless, sure, without compare—
My flower is fairest of the fair!
’Twill surely fitting emblem prove
Os the heart’s pure and spotless love.
Miss Eugenia Hamilton, then presented
the lied Rose, with the following lines:
’l’is love’s own blushing hue that throws
Its lustre o’* r my sweet red rose ;
The glowing tint of the evening sky,
..Caii scarcely with its radiance vie !
’Twill surely fitting emblem prove,
Os the heart’s pure and ardent love.
THE MOSS ROSE.
BY MISS JANK HUNT.
The rose, the lovely queen of flowers,
The day of her election,
By ail her sisters was adjudged.
The pattern of perfection.
BY MISS MARY THENA JACKSON.
So pure her white, so rich her red,
So fragrant, fair, and glowing,
She well deserves each flow’ret said—w
The palm we are bestowing.
BY JANE HUNT.
Her beauty is without compare.
Sure not a charm is wanting ;
There’s nothing she could add or wear,
Cotftd make her more enchanting.
'I he Badge, was next presented, by Mis#
Mary Goneke, with the following lines :
This flower clad ensign decked so gav.
The fairest emblem of the fairest day
The rolingyear brings round—•
We dedicate to thee, bright Queen!
And though in brilliant beauties seen.
Thy brightest gems confound.
Fair sovereign ! thus exalted high!
With whose proud glories none dure vie !
Oft’ sued by artful wiles ; ;
Whose regal pomp dread homage claims.
From those who by their fawning strains.
Bask in thy sunny smiles !
ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN OF MAT.
Whilst of her Elizabeth, England still boasts,
And looks back on her reign with much pride.
In a far distant age, and on far distant coasts,
A namesake, we place by her side.
With the proud Virgin Quean, we dispute not
the palm,
Nor with her high honors comnete ;
Wc honor the talents, that rul’d her wide realm.
And won her the Ttnme of the Great I
And with her dominion, o’er sea and o’er land.
And her splendid and powerful away—
We compare not our chaplet of flow’rs so bland.
Nor a Throne, ’ha*, endures for a day.
To “ the Ocean girt Isle,” all the glory we yield,
That the fume of her Queen, still imparts ;
She, rul’d with proud triumph, in council and
field —
Our Queen, only reigns over hearts I
ADDRESS.
Another birth of blopming May we lisil!
, The hopes and fears that by alternate spells
i Have warm’d and chill’d our anxious breasts’,
are now
I About to find their full fruition, in
The gay Festival with which time-honoredi
usage
Consecrates the season. Hither we bring
The fairest flowers, fit emblems of our
Own fresh bloom, flush’d with every bright huo
That can regale tho eye. laden with sweets
That lend their rosy odours to the scene,
And charm by all the rich variety
; Which Nature’s stm-beam’d pencil car impress.
Around our brows wc twine the golden wreath.
And ’midst our glossy cutis we interlock
The blushing garland, in honor of that
Azuro morn that gems the bright diadem
Os roseate May. Here too we raise
The thrilling strains of plaintive rm Jody,
; And our ambrosial bowers, deck’d
With a thousand tints of Mid-Spriim’s
Velvet palms, are vocal with the
: Os youthful joyarce, peal’d in ’rapt rmindds
From the inmost depths of aitless bosoms.
But why this g;ty and rich profusion
Os aromatic swei ts and brilliant hues,
Ol touching, and yet, soul.lifting music ?
I Draw We r.o moral from the instructive tale ?
i V\ hero are the myriads, blithsonie like r.s,
. And as like us, full ot young hope and warm
> A flection, that, in trie lapse ol Jong gone years,