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NEW SERIES YOL. I., NO. 8. ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1847. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY VOLUME IV. NUMBER JO. ty, by Executor*, Adrninie- iis&s ■ or Negroea. by do.. Application for Letter* of Dittniaaion 4 sp Other Advertisement* will he charged f I 00 for every twelve linee of email type, or leva, firat insertion, and 50 cents fer each weekly eontinaance. If published every other week,S*l eenie fur each continuance. If publish ed once a month it will bo charted 75 cents each time. For a single Insertion, 91 00 per svji Advert! marked apontlM •d accordingly. Mr Nedcaofthe sale of Lands and Negroes, by Ad ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, roust bo publish ed surf bats previous to day ofsalo {Or The sals of Personal Property, in like manner, mast bo published roarr days previous to day of sale. •3* Notice to debtors end creditors of an estate mui be pablisbed roarr oats. Wr Notice that Application will be made to the Corn of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroea muat b published roua Jtoirrxs. P» t,r s dip from o HEAVEN IN THE HEART. christen the following wtrar, which we .. r jne of our exchange papers'. It comcth we know not whither, but goetn, we feel assured by its touching beauty, to every heart” Oh, I long to He, dear mother, On the cool and fragrant grass, With nought but the sky above my head, And the shadowing clouds that pass. And I want the bright, bright sunshine AH around about my bed: I will close my eyes, and God will think Your little boy'is dcadf Then Christ will send an Angel To take me up to Him: * He will bear me slow and steadily, Far through tho-ether dim. . , ^ He will gently, gently lay r IT NEVER FAILS! ON. CULLEN'S gie^lqsa Vegetable Panacea. P ERSONS afflicted with Scrofula, King’s Evil, Cancer, Erysipelas, Old Sores, Ulcers, Tetter, Mercurial Diseases, or any other complaints arising from impurities of the blood, are requested to read the following testimonials, in proof of the wonder ful properties of the above named Medicine. BEAD I READ ft BEAD Iff We, the undersigned, having visited Mr. I. Brooks, Jr. at the office of Messrs. Rowand & Wal ton, 176 Market street, Philadelphia, consider his case the moat remarkable one we have ever wit nessed or beard of. Hisdiseise was SCROFULA, and terriblo must have been hie twelve years’ conflict with the destroy- Hit Palate, the entire roof of hia Mouth, Nose, Upper Lip, and lower lid of the right eye have been destroyed, bis Face nearly eaten up, and part ol.tbe Jaw Bone carried away. And yet we can give no description of his case. Mr. B. informs ua that January last, the whole interior o( hia rJ&Hh, aa well as moat of Jiis face, was a mass of deep and painful ulcera. On the 14th of January .last, he commenced taking Dr. Cullen’s Indian Vegetable Panacea, which checked the disease in a few days, and from . that time the euro has progressed without intermis- Ncw flesh has supplied the place of the deep ul cers, and though badly disfigured, his face is sound, and his general health is restored. We are assured that In the treatment of Mr. Brooka’ case, no Mercurial*, Ointments,or Caustic Applications have been used,—in fact, the Panacea alone, has wrought this wonderful change. David Smith, Backs coanty, Pm. Charles’L. Rowand, Meadville, Crawford co., Pa. J. W. Jones, M. D., South Second street, Phiia. Jacob Lee, Pemberton, New Jersey. E. W. Carr, 440 N. Fourth above Poplar st., N. Lib. 8. McCullough, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. R. M. Mattock* 28 North Eleventh st., Pblla. . C. W. Appleton, M. D. 46 South street. Timatby Caldwell, Marion county Missouri. Daniel Yieakel, Chesnut Hill,Philadelphia co., Pa. John Hatned, 300 High atreet, Philadelphia. William Steelling. M. D: Camden, New Jersey. William Hale, 378 High atreet, Philadelphia. Life Potter. Manufacturer of Mineral Teeth, 109 -vC£Hi4MHBth st., Phils. E. A. Wofleaweber, editor Phiia. Democrat, 277 N. Third street, Phils. •_ Geo. W. Metz, Brush maker, 317 Market at., Phiia. Ears Carr, 159 Chevnut street, Phiia. Rev. A. D. Gillette, Pastor of Eleventh Baptist Church, Phiia. . _ x John Bell, Erie atreet, Phiia. (N. American office.) Aaron Sands, 146 Catherine st., Plyla. Daniel McGinley, Kessler's Alley, Phiia. Andrew Sweaton. Camden, New Jersey. R. H. Evans, West Philadelphia. Richard R. Young, Gilder, 409 Market et., Phiia. John W. Ashmoad, 60 South Sixth-street, do. T. S. Wagner, Lithographer, 116 Chcanot at. Phiia. B. J. Kinsil, 123 South Eleventh street, Phiia. Peter Sken Smith, Editor Native Eagle do. Joel Bodine, Glaaa manufacturer, YVilliamston, N J. William Steely,Farmington, Van Buren co., Iowa. L, B. Cole#, M. D. Boston, Massachusetts. Russel Canfield, Physiologist, Philadelphia. Thomas P. S. Roby, M. D. Harrisburg, Penh. Peter Wright, 167 Market street, Philadelphia. James \V.Nowlin, 103 Filbert street, do. John Good, 174 Spruce street, do. Rev. Wm. Urie, Pastor St. Paul’s M.E. Church, Catherine street, Philadelphia. Rev. John Chambers, Pastor 1st Independent Church, Broad street, Phiia. T.L. Sanders, Publisher of Pledge and Standard, Phil*. _ „ v _ . F, P. Sellers, Editor of the Olive Branch, Doyles- town, Bucks county. Pa. , ' Jacob Frick, Editor of the American Sentinel, Phil. Constant GHloo, Attorney at Law, No 29 South Fourth street, Philadelphia. L. A. Godey, Ladies’ Book, 101 Chesnut st. Phiia. Rev. J.R. Nichols, Paator of Brickmaker’a HP Church, Phils. D. S. Kieffer, Publisher of Lancaster American Re~ A. V^Haon, M D No 6 Cedar Row, Phiia. Samuel Ketchum, No 62 North Third at., do. Rev. Levi Brink, New York. Edward Paxaon, No 150 North Front st., do. J. C. Laycock, Attorney at Law, W’ashin^on square, Phiia. The above named gentlemen, constituting but a email portion of those who have visited Mr. Brooks at our office in Philadelphia, (and would certify to Urn same facts If ^necessary) are well known, and their high standing in society precludes the idea of their lending their names to carry on an imposition. And here we say, without the fear of contradic tion, that we have not found a case o' Scrofula or other disease for which we recommend the Pans- cea, which the medicine has not speedily arrested. We have at this time a multitude of patients tin dar treatment, all of whom are doing wall. Among them bone ot CANCER, which was pronounced by physicians beyond the reach qf Surgical assistance, but from all appearances will be cured in a few “TSJjared by Rowasn a Waltoe, Proprietors, and sold wholesale and retail by Joseph T. Rowand, No. 370 Market street, Philadelphia. — TOE SALE BT A. ALEXANDER, Sr., sole Agent for Athens, <Ja.; Carter a Stockton Columbus, do- *, Joseph W. Tarnev, Savannah, do.; R.S. Roberta, Edge- iril Si C.; P. M. Cohen, a Co., Charleston, do. Ant* 12,1847. Close to the Saviour’s side, And when I’m sure that we're in Heaven, My eyes I'll open wide. And I’ll took among the Angels . That stand about t he Throne, Till I find my sister Man', For I know that she is* one. And when T find her, mother, We will go away alone, And I will tell her how we've mourned All the while 6he has been gone. Oh! I shall he delighted To hear her speak again— Though I know she’ll ne’er return ti To ask her would be vain! So I'll put my arms around her, And ?ook fnto her eyes, And remember all I said to her, And all her sweet replies. And then I’ll ask the Angel To take me back to you— He’ll bear me slow and steadily, Down through the ether blue. And you’ll only think, dear mother, I nave been out at play, And have gone to sleep beneath a tree This sultry summer day. Ella, thy plaintive harp is silent now, Sh^ll its music again ne'er greet the ear ? Nor more be heard its breathings soft and low, In sweet accents, to love, to friendship dear Oh, yes! the evening star just sunk to rest Will shine with beauty there once more— Too pure to sink forever in the west, ’Twill come again, and our joy restore. Ella, where’er thy lot on earth is cast, May gloom and sorrow never come; May each day be more joyous than the Iasi, Till in Heaven you make your home. In vain I’ve lov’d!—My bride thou’lt never be But if I’m blessed with Friendship’s smile, ’Twill be a ray of light to my misery— A green spot on a desert isle. manfuei miscellaneous. High Mass, is a small one in the centre of a circle, representing the rays of the sun. It i3 of gold and completely stud ded with diamonds. The next Thursday will be the dav on which theyaunually carry the “Host” through the street^, on which occasion every person drops on bis knees as it passes. The Crucifix, (similar to that above mentioned) used on that great oc casion, is so large that it is too heavy to !io"myself and many others, be borne by the , Priest alone. The j bulls were killed. Bishop told Gen. W. that the procession j “ The show commenced with turning would not be in the streets on that day, j in one of these dangerous animals, and from the apprehension of difficulty ari- j his reception was a prick from the spear sing out of it. It seems to be the cus- i of a lancer on horse. This, in a meas- tora to throw stones, and the like, atev- ure, enraged the animal, ahd, ihen, to ery one who does not pay respe€t to the goad him to greater fury, one of the act- flosi” by kneeling as they do. They ; °rs with a great display of* activity, will have the ceremony this time in the ! stuck into his body sharp sticks with Cathedral. s fire-works on them, during the burning huge columns—the bases of which are at least twelve feet square—were bung, from top to bottom, with rich scarlet velvet, embroidered at the top with gold tinsel. “ This afternoon, I spent in a way quite in contrast with that in which 1 passed this morning. I attended a Bull Fight, and was much amtised at the proceedings. It was quite a novel sight The extremes of riches and poverty are more distinctly marked and broadly contrasted here than in any place I have ever been in before. “ The rich are very rich, and the poor are very poor. You can hardly walk 50 yards without meeting some poor mendicant, asking charity of you, while their own people pass by with perfect indifference. At first, the sight of some poor unfortunate child of sor row, a picture of the most squalid pov erty, excited my sympathy and moved my generosity; but I soon found the applications so frequent, they being made daily even by the same individu als, that, if all were answered, they will soon exhaust the purse and pay of a subaltern. “ They appear to look upon each oth er’s misfortunes with'perfect indiffer ence. Even to-day, while looking out of the window of my room into the street, I saw a poor woman fall on the pavement, as it in convulsions, and, af ter a few unnatural and violent exer tions, she seemed suddenly to become perfectly motionless, and, to all appear ance, dead. While she was thus lying, I suppose at least 20 persons passed by, among whom was one oftheir sanctified priests in black, and not one bestowed on her the slightest notice or attention, until a poor woman, through compas sion, got some water and took her into a house near by. Such, however, is the heartless character of the people. “ The country, between Jalapa and this place, is quite mountainous and the scenery varied. In travelling about 90 miles, we experienced all the degrees of heat and cold, to be felt between New Orleans and Montreal. Puebla, . , though situated in a large fertile valley, A correspondent of the Charleston j in a high stale of cultivation—entirely and explosion of which, the tortured creature used every effort to disengage them from his body. The animal being wrought to the highest pitch of rage and desperation, one of the actors endeavored to des patch him with a sword ; but, after re peated thrusts, the poor beast fell ex hausted and was then despatched. The second bull, on being pierced by the Lancer on horse, turned upon him, and, he not being able to get out of his way in time, the bull took the horse on his horns, and, tossing both horse and rider in the air, threw them some dis tance, and the horse, falling on the man, ljured him seriously. I was told, after leaving, that his neck was broke and he s dead. Such aref the cruel, dange- s, and savage arfiufcemohts, in which the Mexicaus delight, and pride them selves.” Courier, writing from the army in Mex ico, gives the following description:— Puebla is a beautiful City, contain- about 70,000 inhabitants. The houses are two or three stories. high.— Porcelain is inlaid in the brick walls, and, in most cases, it forms some Cath olic figure or emblem—such as Christ on the Cross—the different Saints, See. It may well be styled the City of domes and spires. There are it is as serted, some 70 Churches, or Cathe drals, in the place, and each place of re ligious ceremony is designated by a dome or steeple. The principal Cathe dral, however, is siluated in the public Plaza, and is a most stupendous piece of workmanship—it appears to have been the work of ages. In the way of ornament and decoration, it far surpas ses the conception of the most vivid im agination, and words lose their power in the attempt to describe it. “This huge structure is built of beau tiful granite, as is also the pavement around it, which is elevated about three feet above the ground, and covers, it is said, an area offour acres. It has two square steeples or tur rets of great architectural beauty and elegance, about 200 feet high. In one of them there are sixteen Bells, which keep an almost incessant chiming. The exterior is most beautiful and attractive, but the interior with its three rows of immense arches, supported by massive columns, elaborately carved and gor geously decorated with ornaments, is at once imposing and magnificent. The stranger is utterly confounded by the numerous costly objects which chal lenge his observation, on entering the door. At the upper end of the church is a most magnificent altar, which is of iiself a masterpiece of art. The altar alone, exclusive of the golden Virgin, which, previous to our arrival, constituted a part of its ornaments, cost the sweet sum of S3,000,000. The golden Virgin, now removed, (the pedestal, however, on which the sacred image stood, still remains,) cost between eight and nine millions of dol lars. I regret much that the Pueblans were so much afraid of us as to remove ? - > NO CURE NO PAY! •r.Call*B a i Inilan Vegetable Bemedjr. W ARRANTED to cure, ortho money returned. This medicine is prepared from-an Indian Receipt obtained from one ot them in the Far West, at crest expense. TIjom who have been famiUar with the Indians, know that they can and do cow Venereal without the knowledge of Mercury, JBal- aam, or any thing of the kind. The afflicted have now an opportunity of being cured without the din ger of Mercury, or the unpleasant use of Balsam. This medicine is pleasant totho taste, and leaves iio smell on the breath. . r Wholesale and retail, by ROWAND fc WAL TON, Pronrtetors, 376 Market -St Phiia. A. ALEXANDER, Sr., sole Agent for Athens, Ga.; Carter fc Stockton, Columbus, do.; Joseph C. Turner, Savannah, do.; R. S. Roberts, Edge: field, S. C.: 1‘. M. Cohen,fc Co., Cliarleslon, do. Augur* 12,1817, * A LESSON OF EVERY DAY LIFE.' Every one who has read the current news of the last three or four years, is probably well versed in the history the domestic and family (ueds of Gen. Thomas of Maryland, and his wife and her friends. There can be no impro priety in speaking of occurrences as pub- events, and fthich, we think, convey ery needful lesson to the world ol the middle of the nineteeth century. Some five or six years ago Francis Thomas, of Maryland, was a bachelor between fifty and sixty; wealthy ; of political eminence—having been Gov ernor of his native State, and for many years a representative in Congress.— Miss Sarah McDowell, daughter of an ex-Governor of Virginia, a lady of con siderable personal attractions, just in the full flush of youth ; with connections of great political notoriety ; was about the From the Merchsm’s Ledger. SUPPOSED POPULATION OF THE WORLD. I^ine hundred and sixty millions of hu- fJrnan beings are supposed to be upon the i.Tlahh ; of which 'Europe is said to contain 153,000,000 Africa 156,000,000 Asia 500,000,000 America 150,000,000 If divided into thirty equal parts, five of them will be Christians—six Mahome tans—one Jews and eighteen Pagans. Christians are numerous in Europe and America, and some in the South of Asia and Africa. Pagans abound in Africa, in the South of America, some in Asia, and a small number in the north of Eu rope. Population of the Grave.—From extensive calculations it seems the ave rage of human births per second, since _ _ the birth of Christ to this time, is about same period one of the guy idlers ofj8-15—which gives about thirty-two thou- Wasliington. Gov. Tfiomas and Miss sand millions; and after deducting the to Frederick of Prussia in consequence. ~ " * ‘present supposed population of the This “Seven Years’ War” costfif ty-t vva McDowell were deemed an eligible cou ple by the marriage makers; and ac cording to the accounts of both parties they were ‘ paired,* not * matched by ne gotiations as cool and calculating as the steps to a political alliance. The lady’s youth and beauty were balanced against the wealth and station of the gentleman. Upon this arithmetical estimate two hu man beings were united in the most im portant and sacred of relations. Their happiness was ascertained to a certain ty, inasmuch as it rested upon a mathe matical foundation. But the * best laid schemes of mice “Aroand the altar are four crucifixes —the images of Christ are solid gold, about one foot in length. The candle sticks, abbut two and a hall feet in length, are of gold.and silver. These last are removed-after ©very ceremony. The Priests, in their rich robes of gold and silver embroidery, officiate around the altar daily; ana the cere mony of High Mas3 is certainly very imposing. The people either stand, or sit down, off the stone floor during their devotions; and from what I saw, the first Sunday after our arrival, we should have been compelled to kneel, had the fact not been that we had an armed force in the place—or we had come as visitors, instead of conquerors. The‘crucifix- which is carried around the Church, during the ceremony .ol of grain—is yet some 9 or 10,000 feet above the level of the sea. Just in front of us is to be seen the celebrated volcano—“ Popocatipelt,’ 1 with its summit covered with-snow, and a clear morning, it appears to be about five miles distant. It is one of the most regular and beautiful moun tains I ever saw. It decreases so grad ually from base to summit, that the top is a perfect point; and it has the appear ance of having been sloped off with mathematical precision. “ The snow is brought from these mountains to Puebla, and we now have pretty good ice-creams, though they lack something to make them as fine as we have at home. “The priests here are quite a jovial set of men. They go to church and of ficiate there h ilf the day, and then spend the remainder at the Billiard and Ga ming tables. I have seen them in the Cathedral, Sunday morning, as sancti fied as possible, and, in the afternoon, playing Billiards., s u Such is the ease, with which they satisfy religious scruples, (if they have any,) and they are the individuals who sway the people with despotic influence. To-morrow a party ofdragoons will go out to visit the ancient pyramid of Cholula, and, if it be in my power, I in tend going with them. The mound on which the pyramid is built, can be dis tinctly seen, from the hill, just outside the town, on which the Guadalupe bat tery is placed. “ The ruins of the ancient city are al so visible; and it is certainly worth one’s while to visit it. 'June 3d—This morning, I attended the Cathedral and witnessed the cere mony of Corpus Christi. There were ten officiating priests or bishops, dressed in the most magnificent robes, embroi dered with gold. There were also a large number of priests of the order, and monks and friars, who performed various duties. After the ceremony of High Mass, the Host was borne through the Church, preceded by a large pro cession of the Priesthood, and others, bearing lighted candles ; and as it passed, it was astonishing to see with what infatuation the whole congregated mass dropped on their knees, as if in the deepest devotion. I saw one man, who bad a little child in his arms, not yet able>to walk, and, as the crucifix approached, he raised the child above the cflowd, and made every endeavor to fix its attention on the holy image.— This is the manner in which the Mexicans are brought op from their earliest infancy, and this accounts for the universality of the Catholic religion in Mexico. Col. But- ler, and a number of our officers joined in the procession, bearing lighted candles.. They were requested by some of the priests to do this,* and they, not wishing to give world, (960,000,000) leaves the number of thirty-one thousand and forty millions that have gone down to the grave: giv ing death and the grave the victory over the living, to the number of thirty thou- ‘ sand and eighty millions. Of the number in the grave, about 9,000,000,000 have died by War, 7,920,000,000 by Fami.ie and Pesti lence, 500,000,000 by Martyrdom, 530,000,000 by Intoxicating Drink, 13,000,000,000 Natural or otherwise. Thus it will be seen that war and strom ENGLISH W ARS. The first war of the English Revolu tion, in 16SS, lasted nine years, and cost sixteen millions of pounds in taxes rais ed at the lime, and in loans of twenty millions: besides the levies of eight hun dred thousand dollars. The next was the war of the “ Spanish Succession,” hich lasted eleven years, euding in 1713. It cost thirty millions in taxes raised, and "thirty-two millions five hun dred thousand pounds iu loans. Then catne “ the Spunidi War, and the War of the Austrian Succession,” which com menced in 1739, lasted nine years, and cost the country twenty-five millions in taxes, and twenty-nine millions in loans. This was followed by the “Seven Years'^ AVar” between the English and French*, about the banks of the Ohio. The quar rel soon spread into Europe—a fight about religion, and England paid about six hundred thousand a year in subsidy AN AMUSING SKETCH. A lriend has kindly furnished us for publication, the annexed graphic de scription of Brigadier General Gideon Pillow’s^.^grand entree” into Camargo during the “ dog-days !” It gives a most faithful likeness of this remarkable military genius. Brigadier Gener^ Pillow’s En trance into Camargo—As much, of late has been said of General Gideon Pillow, of Tennessee, I am induced to refer to a. journal kept by a looker Mexico, which gives the following amus ing description of that gallant officer’s arrival at Camargo. A few days previous to Gen. Taylor’s departure for Monterey, Brig. Gen. Pil low arrived at Camargo. It was one of the warmest days of the season, the thei mometer was one hundred and five, the the summer solstice was raging, and the dog-days were broiling us. Never shall I forget the sensations he produced, as he came up the bank from the boat landing, iu full suit of heavy blue cloth, epauletts the size of lobsters, velvet col lar, buttoned to the chin—and a big brass star on each side—tremendous brass spurs, to keep the steamboat going, and a big blood-thirsty looking sword, which he carried like a young recruit upon rifle drill, the whole surmounted by the odd est, the funniest looking, little, rusty, narrow-brim, weather beaten, country- village hat, that was ever seen off* the head of the stage representative of “ Jere- t Didler.” And then the killing way, which Gideon wore it, half jaunty, half fiercely, yet wholly self-satisfied ! The sand was at least a foot deep ; his enormous spurs threatened to trip him at every step, and his eager sword, al- ady impatient of restraint, joined the bellious spurs in retarding the progress of the full blown General. Hart’s Theatrical Company have red,’* cried a fellow who sat panting at the door ot B’s office. “’Tis,” exclaimed another, “here >mes Furioso.” “Oh thy God,” said a bystander more humane, “ he must fall before he reach es the shade; what a brutal’ shame, it was, to let the poor little man come ou shore in that uncomfortable dress.” Judge of our astonishment and ad miration when this little be-dizzened man rounded to under the shade, and, dropping that annoying sword, graceful ly lifted that funny little hat, and, with the utmost self-possession, said, “ I am Brig. Gen. Gideon Pillow, of Tenn., to whom James K. Polk is indebted for his office of President ot the United States 1” Brig. Gen. P. soon gave us a touch of his quality, by volunteering his services to go and take Mouterey, with one hun dred men. Then it was that the people saw, that that blood-thirsty sword was not intended to remain idie ; but, to the astonishment of all, Gen. Taylor reject ed this economical plan of taking that city, and, report said, thro* jealousy. Gen. Pillow, who could not remain idle while eating Uncle Sam’s bread, and pocketing some S250 per month, from the public crib, put his long sword to bed, and employed himself in digging ditches around the Plaza at Camargo. Here again be gave evidence of geuius and courage, for spurning the advice of old- fashioued engineers, he reversed their idle efforts at safety, and, as he conld not take Monterey, with one hundred men, he could at least try and induce the enemy to attack Camargo, by preparing for them a breast-work. Chivalry like this was, however, too shining a mark to escape envy, as the sequel proved; and, instead of procuring work for bi3 new sword, be only engaged his pen to and men will go astray.* The parties drink have sent nearly one-third of the wrangled, quarrelled, and came to an j human race to a premature grave, open rupture and separated. The whole j The calculations upon this subject ol* the clan of the McDowells were in! might be extended to an almost indefinite arms, aud Gov. Thomas was not with-1 length, and perhaps, too, with propriety, out bis partizaus. The venerable bride-: it thought and meditation would dwell groom accused his youthful bride of in-! upon them and deduce the morale from fidelity, and charged upon her friends each and every avenue. For instance, that they conspired to foist upon him j if strong drink has now had its 530,000,- a lady of dubious character. The friends 000 ot victims, how many more t^iut it of the wife with equal acerbity charged i have before the moderate drinker will lay groundless suspicion, and unmanly treat-! his shoulder to the pledge ot reform?— ment, going even to personal violence. ('Suppose but thirty days of intense ago- The friends of the lady instituted suit j ny and misery to be the lot of each against Thomas for slanderous charges, j drunkard’s family ot five each 1 what is and Thomas sought redress at law for) the amount in the aggregate? Suppose the villainous conspiracy of which he j it required no more than fifty bushels of deemed himself a victim. Criminations i grain distilled to make a man a drill' and recriminations through the public }ard, how long would it last famish; w prints; occasional assaults and batteries ; Europe? nay, even the whole universal between principals and partizans ; the world! It would amount to fiffy-eiglit millions poutuls of taxes, and added s tv millions to the debt. Then follow ed the American war, which cost thirty- two millions in taxes, and no less than one hundred and four millions in loans. After this was the first French war, from 1793 to 1802, for which the enormous sum <if two hundred and sixty-three mil lions five hundred thousand pounds was raised in taxes, and two hundred mil lions five thousand pounds added to the debt in loans. In the second war against Napoleon, from 1803 to 1815, taxes were, levied to the amount of seven hundred and seventy rfiillions five huudred thou sand pounds and an increase was made to the ikbt of three hundred and eighty- eight millions five hundred thousand pounds. So that altogether, from 1583 to 1815, England had sixty-fiye years of war, aqd paid for them the' almost in- inc/edible sum nf eleven - hundred and eighty-nine millions pounds, and have left the country with a burden upon it of nearly eight hundred thousand pounds more! * stages of the suits dragged through the te dious courts; all kept alive a curious in quiry into the circumstances of this painful domestic affair, made public for the gratification ol a morbid appetite for scandal. The charges against the wife were so clearly the fruits of a distempered mind, that her acquittal, in public opinion was unanimous; nor were the charges against her match-making friends deem ed better grounded. The only way to resolve the whole mystery was to deem Mr. Thomas insane, a supposition ren- hundred millions of barrels of flour. Suppose again that each drunkard lo- REVOLUTIONARY OFFICERS. The Cincinnati Advertiser gives the following record as to the closing scenes of life and resting places ofsome oflhat gallant band of officers who * figured, itl our revolutionary struggle: Gen. Mercer is usually said to* have been killed at the battle of Princeton, but really died of ah epileptic fit, in that neighborhood, a week after that affair. The popular notion is derivfed from the wastes only ten years of his life,! j* acl t i lat | ie received a blow on the head, at three shillings per day, how many from thabutt end of a tnusket, in the tons of gold would it ($653,080,000,000), h an ds of a British soldier, in-full retreat purchase? Make your own calculations,, wilh his comr ades. He was knocked not only upon these supposed eases, but J down and s , unnc ,l for some time—as the any others of which this subject is sus-! consequence. Mercer was buried in ceptible, and the result will astonish you, j Christ Church, Philadelphia.' and perhaps lead to a som Avhat differ-1 Putnam was disabled from active ser ein course in life. The above estimates j Vl ' cfe j„ ,* je vcry middkof the sfrifo, 1779, are, many of them, below the reality, j \ iy a paralytic stroke, but survived till NORTH CAROLINA FISHERIES. A Correspondent of the Southerner, dered more than probable by his sub- j pubtishcd a f Richmond, Virginia, «■ quent conduct. And yet duung all.the • from EJentl> „ in lh „ S i ale , sp ,. a | ; .s stages of proceeding be appeared to re-; as ° fol | uws of lhe F i sheri es in the viciui- ly on positive and unquesuonable evt- tyof that lace . deuce. Mrs. Linn, widow ol the U. „ xhc £ isherles cont i g „o„s to this States Senator from Missouri, holdmg place are a matter of considerable inter- est and quite worthy a brief notice documentary proof sustaining Gov, Thomas’s assertions, as stated by coun sel cognizant of this fact. There was a mystery somewhere, though the most as tute could not find the key. In the mean time Mr. Thomas and wife were divorced by an a«t of the Vir ginia Legislature, and she authorized to assume her maiden name. The slander and cross suits were adjourned from time to time, on account of the absence of Mrs. Linn, the most material witness. my letter. For the very brief season they exist, they are decidedly the most important interest known to the people of this State. There are, on the Albe marie Sound alone, some 28 Fisheries, which work Seines varying from 1,600 to 3,000 yards long, using each about 100 hands and 15 or 20 horses. Some ot these seines have been known to catch as many as 300,000 herrings and as haul! The 3 most material « uness., m „ 13f000 shad al The monomania of Gov. Thomas incited ; amo ^ t of capital iavesled in lhp di8i him to after steps in the mean time, which established the fact of his sincer ity in the whole drama. His actions against his physician for poisoning him, and against the Chancellor of Maryland for stealing papers from his trunk, both accusations positively absurd, are clear evidence of his madness. Even his ex asperated antagonists, in the first suit, lost their resentment in their pity* ent Fisheries in the Albemarle District, is three hundred thousand dollars, giv ing employment for two months in the year to about five thousand hands and two hundred vessels, consuming annu ally about one hundred thousand bush els of salt, and pultingup annually nine ty thousand barrels of herrings. Of the fish caught, three twentieths may be al lowed for shad. A few 3' The mystery .s at l«f"™aled.—; haa , madc on the Roanoke River Mrs. Linn, by lhe death oOierJinsband,, c „ maining f orty . five ton s ol RockKsh ! got possession of a packet ot letters j This j k » sound lo you | ike a addressed to him ola very amatory char- „ Fi3hs „ bot x recei ve my infor- wntten by Sarah McDowell.—! maUo|1 fro £ one of the lnost res pecta- Wnh the blind precipitation of jealous I ble and intelligent citizens of Edenton, resentment, Mrs Lmn showed these pre-: anJ ainwilH t(> stand hy it . Thc Clous epistles to Gov. rbomas ; and he , seine bappened to encounter a regular will, h,s‘proof as strong as holy writ’ be- ( 3hoaI of r ^ ks ... fore b m, could not lor a moment doubt j —* — bis own dishonor, his wife’s duplicity, j Cold Victuals.—A J’oung lady was and the shajnefol motives of her tnaten- J greeted at the door with the query, making friends. Hence the tangled web ' “ have you any cold victuals ?” from a of misery and litigation. Within a short j little urchin. time, lhe death at Baltimore of a Sarah 1 “ Oh no,” she replied jocosely, “ thev* McDowell of notorious character, reveal-' are all hot.” ed the fact that she was the correspon-! “ Then please. Miss, returned the lit- prdeesston passed. j‘. The interior of the Cathedral pre sented on the occasion a spectacle of great beauty and magnificence. The defend the ditch, against the claimsof a military rival oflence and desirous of conciliating, con- _ sented. Gen. IF. and others knelt as the A Little Paragraph with a Big Moral. —“ I can’t find bread for my family,” « 1 r_n v ... .. kt _ said a lazy fellow in company. I,* r replied an industrious miller; obliged to work for it.” Nor dent of Senator Linn, the other 'part of the correspondence being found among her effects. All is now clear, and the heartbroken and hopeless wife, and the husband, the intellect shattered and rep utation ruined, have the meagre conso lation of knowing that they were the ‘victims of circumstances;’ whilst the whole tribe of underlings who figure in the transaction from its conception to the catastrophe, no doubt flatter themselves that their hands are clean. Whilst the above incidents are fraught with as vivid a lesson upon jealousy as Shakspeare’§ genius enforces in Othello, vet the mote direct bearing would be had upon the evils of enforced and inter ested marriages between generous youth age, which was the foundation and crab bed in this case of the whole scene of lie varlet, cold I” Use of Corn.—A Yankee passing through Miami valley, made this inquiry of a farmer, who had just been replen ishing the inner man with a drop of consolation. “ I say mister, what is the staple product, of this ’ere section of country?” “Corn,sir,” wasthe repfy— “ corn: we raise here seventy bushels to the acre, and manufacture it-hic—in to whiskey, to say nothing—hie—of what is wasted for bread.” Mr. Jones was »n the habit of getting somewhat “balmy,** and one night .he was discovered by a nei^foor leaning against the side of a chu^^for support. He hailed him with * 1770, being 72 3 r ears of age at his death. He was buried at Brooklyn, Conn; Wayne died at Erie, Pa., where ha^ was buried. At a later date the bodj^ was transported to Chester county. Pa. Although nearly a quarter of a century" had elapsed, the lineaments of the de ceased hero were distinctly visible, and the features recognized by persons pre sent ; of course, the corpse crumbled to dust on exposure to the atmosphere. . Schuyler, who deserves all the cred it of the capture of Burgoyne, of which he was deprived by Gen. Gates assum ing the command, just as all the arrange ments for the battle had been made at Saratoga, died al New York in 1804. Stuebex, the Chevalier Bayard of our revolution, sans peur et sans reproche, alter vainly endeavoring lo obtain the ful filment by Congress oflheirengagements to him, returned lo Utica, New^Yprk ; the legislature of which State voted him a township—six miles square—of land in that neighborhood. Here in a hum ble log house he died, and was buried adjacent in 1797. • St. Clair’s last resting place is at Greensburg, Westmoreland county, Pa. A neat tpnible pyramid being erected over his remains by his Masonic brethren. Mifflin,the idol of Pennsylvania,died iu Lancaster, Pa-, and was buried there. Maxwell, who commenced the bat tle of Brandywine, by opposing Kny- phausen’s troops in the attempts to cross Chadd’s Ford, at Flemington, N. J. _ Montgomery and McDouoal are buried in New Y«»,k. Alexander—Lord Sterling at Al ban}'. . Parsons, at Marietta, Ohio. Morgan, the hero of the Cowpens, at Winchester, Va. Sulliva^, at Exeter, N. H. Scott, in Kentucky. Knox, at Thomastow, Maine. Henry Lee, in Virgnna. * Charles Lee lies at the foot of ,Gen. Mercer’s tomb, in Christ Church, Phil adelphia. ■ _ Indian Custom.—A singular custom prevails among the - Sioux indians.-— Whenever a white man has resided among them for the space of a.month, he is required to take unto himself a wife. The chief of the band, among which he is, at the end of his time, comes to him with a 3’onng and handsome squaw, whom he must espouse and protect "according to their cu>ioms, or leave the. country irii- mediau ly- { • A Blue Dahlia.—The Dublin Horti cultural S«*cieiiy has recently offered a premium of $10,000 for a blue dahlia!— Slloai Jones? ' T?n thousand dollars offered for a blue ‘I will wait till they are , (you look serious—ibink of joining the j dahlia, while e-huodred limes ten thous- misery. . * chufeh?” and Irishmen are famishing—dying— A soft answer tumeth away wrath, but grievous vords-stir up anger. nderaWy that tsay at jnmnt! - „ *