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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,