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The Comet.
i’tic following account of comets is given m
Encyclopaedia. ot Geography, and x\ ill be
n ! interesting and instructive at this time;
c )vi , —The lived stars and the planets are
a, visible wh■•a not on..cured in the supe
! . dit of Ihe .stiti: Imt the cla--sul bodies cali
co in.**s are seen only when they are in that
lot ibeir scver.il patl.s which lie- ncate-i to
-,iin : at all otiiei times they move throng!i
; 0! i ~f pace fat beyoadthe leachoi our vis
cv'cn when assisted In flic most poweriul
; copes. The motions ot me comets ate,
■ those of ihe planeF, performed in elliptic
its according to iveplei s laws; but, unlike
planetary orbits, the ellipses which the com
• lies-rice are extremely elongated.. so that
sui.ill pmuaof In *ir orbits tnrougn vxiiich
liifvc aii opportunity of tracing them, coin
's very nearly with a parabola, the curve ol
chi the limit of the ellipse when its great
, vis is indefinitely increased. The iuclina
uf the orbits ui the comets i y -ry various ;
nio>e in planes almost coincident with the
, .tic, midu.hers in j lanes nearly pcrpendicu
.j i t . They more also in very ditierent .li
ons' the motion of some being direct and
diets retrograde.
he comets diifer widely from the planets in
i appearance, as well ns in the iiguie and
itiun of their orbits. When a comet b- lit st
i it i' usually surrounded by a taintly liimi
■ vapor, which becomes more bright as the
id approaches .lie sun, and at length shoots
ini a a I jug luminous and tianspuient n ain,
. y much ivsenmiing a s!r>:ut,ur t and evtend-
In a direction opposite to the sun. The
e >m*t ol the co.net, which noth to the naked
, and when viewed through a telescope, re
iblos much the piam-iary holies, is called the
/a/.; th • faintly luminous vapor by which
< ..urrormded is calf.si in,* c<>‘it ■ ; an,i the long
.jiarm • train proceeding Irom the comet man
;u-itc direction iVom Ihe .-an is called the
ivvecn the nucleus An i thecoma lies a j*.at
ntev limn ihe former, but brighter than the
ter, and in vvhicivthe nucleus appears my.il v -
: this i-. called the h ■' lof I lie comet.
The length of the tail is very various. iSoine
.ics it eve- l ids only a f*u degrees; in othm
ses, it ha- b**en f.rpad to reach over uiore
an a lourlh part oi ih ■ heaven-. It a comet
>c . -.ot conic vcfue ,i ih sun, Sne comet ~oes
it shuol turn a tail, b (I reutius t.ie jippearan-.-e
a aebalo? itv round the comet during the
li.de period of its Icing vi ible. TJic tail s.>m.*-
ii*. c insists of two or .n »re diverging streams
iTigl.r, and is always . > transparent that the
nail. -I -tar- are seen tinougn if uitiiout any
■n ibb- diminution .a their brilliancy.
Salu.v,’/' Cm* In ages of ignorant e, cam
's have always, from their extraordinary ap
pearance, be m . o.irces of superstitious tenor to
innkin.l. This l..*ar has been dissipated bvUi ■
gut oloieucc, which hr -m iwn taut the ap
earan *e of comets are regulated by the same
u a other celc tial phciioiiiena. Vv c ate
ill, however, alrno -t entirely ignorant oi ti.e
it are ofihe-e .hodic . thoagli a great many hy
tiii -i- have been lorui'd i-oUcvraing litem
. he i w n • c tic i l*.*i ed bv s* »;ue ol I tie «tit. *i• :n
.-. p inic.ulai lr by A . ist e.le, a • ace* leatal ii.c
in cur- '.(■ aerated m toe .atmosphere oi inc
Uh ; bm thi - opdaion i - obvi.m -by gfuim lie s.
la -, uci-; connected u ith tin- cartli .»■ its ai
i -j>niv‘, la r woul i pat lake ol the din ran 1 ma
il on the a-, i , an i c ml I not lit re fore appear
have a diurnal revolution in la - heavens
mg with the other celestial bodies, l.esidcs,
•if having no diurnal parallax prow s that
to-.* at a meal distance Iro.n the earth;
■lc the Ihet .d their apparent motion 1> nag ui
■ e.l i• v in* anna.ii m liioii ol t'.e earth sa.iv.s
tt.».-. atv oin i : t* i in the j»l •icgiotis.
■ivali-m lia- de.uoa tiato.l boat, like the
net . la y tire pctVn in *ir b > tics, ;m i. in tul
•hnbilitv, derive iheir li In trom the sun.
■’rom lie* small portioo ol le.e oroit ot tmy
net, which we h ive an opportunity ol obser
g we cannot ascertain with snliieicnt uccu
v the elements necessary lor determining the
iod of its return ; but *ai[*jx>sing that their or
are n it di -lurb *! l*y any cause in t’n . c .ii
. regions of -pa. e through which the greater
i ai of the paths oi c-etuei, be, it is evivtent
bv accurately observing all the yomet-. that
i * within view, an i car.a diy roo.aung ih • ;
ids, in th * course ofag*s. tli • letatti ot mi
'omets mav l>e delected, .in i their jieriodic*
a- •criaine 1. lira. * the greater axis i(
orl'it of each mav b’ determined by Kcp
- third law; and the comet's least distance
.1 the • an being fnml by ob-tc: vat ions, the |
v nxi will al • b *conie known. In this •
• nner idu* peri >die tim* of some comet ; i.,t .
n found, and their ret am mv.iict *•}.
).i.t :crj, ,i .i (J.i.n -A s (he comet, traverse j
planetary regions in all directions, it i-- n:u
. It> inquire wild her there i- no; a no-sibili
hat some «>iv*oi tii -m mav approach so neat ;
he earth as greatly t > disturb itsmoti m. «.»• !
in actual ooiuacl to pro luce the must disa <-
isetlects. [ pan this subject, there is n<>
unable *g:om 1 for fear, if it i. n»t a!>s,».
py i(.i!. wspil * that a comet mav come iu j
* with Ih t earth, the probabilities against j
Irm cvc’ii happ‘uitig are as million - Mon *, j
> oag b > lies so s nail in comparison with tlie
i -ii -i* su.ic * in which they m >vc. an I in iv
vi h all v 1 .cities, an i in orbits that are iu
*d in all direct ions, and an* *d all .lim *u
■ , how s nail mast be the probability that
two Jiail come in contact! Small, iiuvy- ,
as this prohabilitv isforanv one age. it
ike inf-* ac<- mnt a long series ot age-, the
»V»ilily may be great! , increase A
• we suppose the earth actually l * receive
a s'.i> < *l.. i i easy to imagine th * calain
m ij'icn *s v. hi *h mast follow. The
mi .1 t.i in of rotation being changed, the
■ .T * *aii would leave their ancient
... an I v mi lb * precij.itatcd towards the
pi ror. A great nart of the human race.
' the I > ver aaiunls, would !>e drowned
. • ttaiver-tl cwfu-gv, or lc-;r .red bv the
-h ■ ■ i npn —i on :.t • terr* stial globe.
■ specie; ot animals might l«* aanihila
Vll l(«* miu a meats ot human industry
a. m w **ll ib * o;?!thrown. la - aen
r ! >piie aw i\x i, to j, a cause adequate to
• . i - o - *.ui li t . iner oven! ive t ioay
; , o,i wh* -li it ici- left iacontesti: le
■• ‘ i •;<• •ic:an *to cxplam I u*.v
.. .c.i; aal an I plan l - >■! tuc uUt'i DU>. ha \ e
existed in the climates of the nonh, where we
;-ss« r «
l i)n a* time be marniy occupied mptotidmg tot
I jiefi - preservation amidst the wreck which sin-
MCI need them, and would lose all remembrance
of arts and sciences; and w hen, by the progress
ul civilization, they at length became scnsmle
(1 f ;]){> want of these, they would find it ncees
,- ai v to recommence, a> it man had been new ly
jilaced upon earth. .
it bOcins in*possible to coiitoinp»<ilc tao j)ic
lure of calamity here drawn, w it bout b ing toi
cibl v struck with this singular coincidence; that
if we suppose the period of the comet of It Am
(which in that year made a considerably* near
approach to the earth’s orbit to be 575A years,
and count back, from the year ItWO, seven rev
elation.- *>r a period of 4028 years, we reach
the year 2319 before Christ—the year ot the
deluge, as fixed by chronslogers.
11 we take into consideration the great veloc
ity with which the comets move in approach
ing to and receding from the sum, it is ev idem
that ihc m .re approximation oj (iconic! to ;Vc ..;/*-
ccslinl orUt, vmU In productive oj Hill: (><’ "*'
efet. Accordingly, though a comet is said to
have eclipsed the moon, in which case it must
have been very near the earth, no sen .hie et
iect was produced. ...
In addition to the above notice ot the C omets,
wo <uve a portion ol an article on the samesub
jeeMrar.slated from the fifteenth edition of Fran
ccpui - Astronomy.
Comet-., which were formerly regaroe.t as
meteors, engendered by tlie atmosphere, arc tru
ly stars very far from the earth; they tire j.bill
ets which’ describe an ellipsis excessively
stretched out of which the sun is the locus; they
arc often accompanied by a vaporous tail, tmo
which one can oven distinguish the little Mats.
This is on!v at first a nebulosity which siit
rounds the comet; it increases in proportion as
it approaches nearer to the sun, and loims
sometimes an immense train which reache now
and then to 9.) degrees in length. The shapes
oi comets, moreover, at * veiy um.citain. Ihe
tail of that ol t.ie year 1.1 i». < *., oceiipie l a
third of the heavens., according to Ari-tu;lc:
that of the year 130 !J. (A, at the biith of Alirh
aidales, appeared during •**»*.) days as large as the
sun. Ten years before, there had been seen
one which seemed to imiame all tin* sky. Jus
tin reports that it had a brilliancy superior to
the sum, and occupied a fourth ot the .* ky. The
comet of the year 15 IT (was very line, and
it was supposed, alter the murder ot Julius
Caesar, tlial it had come to announce that event.
That ot the year 117 was, they !i igin
ful. A.tcordingtJ I'rcret, that ol 179 was aide
to eclij.se t?i< * sun in an exiraorditiaiy manner,
in 100 one was seen in form <>i a sword, which
stretched from the zenith to the horizon. That
of 531, surnamed Lampiadas, was very large
and very terrible. The moon was a little larger
in appearance than those seen in 1 Odd and lotto.
A*, for the rest, there is reason to believe that
they have mixed much exaggeration with th •
truth; and since nature has been lielter studied
we have had no example of comets *.l such ex
traordinary size and brilliancy. The must re
markable have appeared in !537, MOti, 1-102,
NS(J, 1532, UilN, I:AJ, 1759, 1709, and isn
That of IGIS had a tail of 101 degree-* in lengih;
that of 1080, one of the most celebrated and
most remarkable had a tail from 79 to 90 degrees;
that of 17 Jihad six tails disposed in fan form.
There are those to the contrary, which haw no
tail-*, nor even that sort ol troubled lights who h
is called beard, or fibrous or nebulosity. The
pliasis which was observed in that ol 1.1 i. na
made us believe that these star.-; are opaque 1 o-
Jies, forme I bv a mass wliich ac om; aided a
vaporous train of uncertain intenseness and
size. The opinion ot the opacity ot comets, i>
confirmed bv the la t experiments of Arago, on
the e,*///■/. o/.v,7 of the Jig it of that *n the year
1819.
A comet nevn iia.-. any tail when it is lar
from the sun, bat as soon as it is thirty millions
of ! agues from it, this vapor commences to
lor.ii, and enlarges, in proponioii as it approach
es the sun. The developement has acquired it
greatest dimension, little alter the perdu 1 cam.
Afterwards, in pioportion a the comet in eea--
es in distance from the Sun, the tail dimini- he.;
it,is soon nothing but a clo td, an iat la.-1 the
co.net itself ceases to be percent ibl *.
i 'i 'hii Ike A itHoiui! Intelligencer.
Progresi of Mesmerism.
Adi fin pushed professor oi' this new and
valuable art or science (whichever it it ) has
we perceive, ascertained a new j rinciple in it.
iz. dial i; • i rail'mis- ion is goverae I hv the same
law as that ul Light; that certain bonies letk-ct
! .an I that it i renrrneJ iVo.a the surface ofthe o
ikvcing body at an angle equal to that in which i;
f. ikes it. Ail the e are properties quite fotvi.‘ii
. i tuc dust widen ii is hii.ii .ito uecii looked on as
i!ic a gem. in Animat A1 eiu tisin; and though
til*, r din sere.*, t>rin * mmnent, on!-/ ;ill inore
to olwui't 1 wiiat w.v ■ I ready by no means In.-id
eventually tie" will n » <»*.*n I*t -erve tor the ..asd
ot‘a new and‘iner theory <>t the existence of
Thought a a pu-itive and material .-ub lance,
n <t a :ikme spiritual thing.
The toil.»win:' i - an extract from a letter wrif
i ail.. - In. «.’oilver, ot L iston, to jirofessor Lliott
■o>i. ot 1 .onion giving an account of this, discov
ery :
• i >:: aii Ido.-ron; On the Mih of January, Idl'd
! perform,’ I a mo t extraordinary experiment,
an I repealed it several limes with like success.
Ii is as folk, ws: A lady who hail been magne
tized by the Rev. Mr. Clark, of Canandaigua,
was introduced to me. 1 found her extremely
suseeptibleto the net vat-electric agency and could
present ideas to her mind in the nn/J.imr or /,■ /.'//-
ml state by the concentrate >n of mv own thoughts,
i always advocated the plulosopiiy that the nerv
ous ilaid was governed by the same code of laws
whit h govern heat, light, etc. —as radiation and
reflection; and actually made this lalv perform
tii same class of phenomena which is the won
d'.v ot travellers in the Last. Site wastvqnirc.il
to look into a cup of molasses, (any other dark
fluid will answer the same purpose,) an.! v. hen
•lie angle ofirradiance from my brain was equal
to tio* angle of tv (lection in her brain, she dis
tin llv saw the image of my thoughts at the
p lint of coincidence, and gave minute descrip
tions of many persons whom she could have no
i tea ot. She saw the persons and things in the
if iid t>nlv when tiie angles of thought converg'd,
I am n <t awaretnat this experiment was ever
performed before, ex- ept l»y the In dans in the
La.-t,
I’.elievc me, as ever, vonrs truly,
IfOIILKT H. < lOLLYKu.
At.t •. x v. Xkw V.u? k, February 1. isbC
Let ns endeavor to deduce some of the new
piuioiples which must follow from (he law in
Animal Magnetism which Or. Collver has thus
established.
i Iciicetoith i; is clear, men may learn how to
imiia w ith other people’s brains instead of their
ov.n which will certainly lie a great advantage
tor many pet sons in private life and some in
imm public trusts, to whom nature has given in
-umeie.it head-pieces.—ft wi'l lavor the estab-
I a.m itot a just equality among men. by -abol
ishing that unjust rn mopolv which ome few
a.. karats of the Intellect have enjoyed. 1 fenee
fo;?h no man will be able to have any pro; erty
ever. in hi-own thoughts; lui there shall t o a
< . amnnity ot ideas as well as of goo is-.
It thought is reflected from mi:ror-like ■ odie
of course it has the power ol refraction a- well
a> reflection. It therefore c< nld be transmitted
thr > eg.*; b uses: so that men whose mental ac
tion want.* intensify will be able to get their
thoughts thrown »nio a locus when they like.
Nor is this all: it will be easy after this, by
menus of proper optica! instruments, to collect,
fro a a bun {red or a thousand heads at once,
iSi- ■ ir thou dit-s, and direct them all into-a single
h. .tin . -o that you can produce any quantity of
in' 11 turd power vou please. The invention
of the ■ t.-a n er. -ine i fi nothing to what this will
be.
t£l)romdc uuff Sentinel-
AUGU i A .
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 21.
Snow.
We learn that a considerable quantity ox
>Duw toll in Madi on. and We 4 and North-west
of that place on Sunday last, the Mth ins!.
this city tl»e» day was rendered extremely un
pleasant by a chilling rain, with occasional
snow llakcs, and yesterday was a>- cul ! as mid
winter, Verily, it looks as though Spring would
not soon open upon us.
Portrait s*ainting.
1 here is peili,ap>s no branch .a the kink ari*>
in which so lew 'attain a high reputation, either
lor the beautsidi touches ol their pencil of the
laithiulness ol them pictures, as that oi portrait
painting; and the instances are much more rate
where burn these faculties are well blended,
w hich are so absolutely necessary to the attain
ment olTame as an abti;- r. \N e are aware that
main strolling painters assume to posses - both
in an eminent degree, and the eoaiiding public
are not uuliequently putsuaded into the beliot ol
its truth, which accounts for the gicai number ol
11 me re daubs" that adorn the dwellings u( the al
ways wise yet gullible public. A superior art
ist as a porttait painter is a *v<//v m* in utir
southern chic.-, and when such an one makes
hi> entree among ns, we always led especial
pleasure in commending’ him to favorable con
sideration, and inviting those who feel any gta
lilieation in !»>-.>king upon a tine specitneii ol ail,
or who desire to have tlieir laces tratisleired to
canvass, to v i ii in - is»iix.-: ana we have never
pc;lornied that only with more since; pleasure
than we now in soliciting all such to call on
Mi, \\ ntti km an, at Ids studio in the .Masonic
Halt. When they do, the canvass which has
received the touches ol his pencil will speak a
praise whitdi no language we can employ ran
Ct>nvev a just Ctii'.r’cj'lit<n.
’I- ’We have received from S. A. 1 be, ms.. ,an
1 extra llrotliei .iou.tihan. containing He Mott
choir, au Autobi grapbit a! llou.ance, by d.
fVniiimore Hooper. Also, the .New World,
containing Eugenia Grander, or the Misers
Daughter, a tale oi every day life.—See adver
t i -einent.
A ( '■ i is;r. —d’iie ctiptain of a ship lately ar
lived at New ( » t leans, leporls tliai mi the even
ing ol the itli in-!., about kit. gJ N., !»e tlist uver
cd a large comet. When first seen, the “star”
oi it was hardh more th.an d deg. above the hori
zon, bat it ro. • •• tcii sueceediii ' night, so that
when in lat.-s N. it was !> tleg. a bo - , e. The tail
was of a fan • h -pc. about hall a degree wide at
the centre, anion* degtee in width at the ex
tremitv. The Dn ,:h of the to ii w ,:s about dO
degrees, an 1 extended in a direction front West
to Eolith.
:'g: !>A\!K:. \\ ..C I K.; lifts WlillCll ft IcUel lO
the N. Hampshii • Ecntinel, in which he says:
“The slander, that 1 ever made any such decla
ration as, rs the: rah, aa / /•• /ah in/l
!,t!. • care is a base calumny and
til ise hood.
gJp Mr. »' u.kis k U .itiixu, in hi A action ad
dress, when he put up die oiiices of the. Govern
ment to the bids of partisans and ullice seekers,
and re-let x ■»! to In’ t'amous //re,//,/. the Presi
dent—-forgot another equally fee! /•< —the
Senate of iho Uniicd Slater —against w hich ho
found. at la.- t, tiial ho could run. and, to use his
ow u language, ■ l a;ii !u l.r.iiii' out. —. I • '»/,i
.niJriii (i'/i I l *.
■ry . The t Lark u»n Couriero! ye t uvlay says:
The pilot boat Water Vv itch pick* d uj, on Tii
dav a hunt miles east oi the bar, a bale
of Cotton. mat iced diamond and numbered
Trig. It was packed in Gunny Bagging. —
There was a large gumiity of it adrift. The
brig Mo.se-, lienee lor Now \ork, and a -chr.
p eke I up several bales; sup; 0.-ed K» iiave be. n
11 no deck io:.d ol son e Vo. si.
M ichi.m: —.V hit - Par i< account
sa\ s ihat as« .-oii i report t*» tur Baris Academy
ol .Sciences respecting -he (r.Tfhij , the new and
magical apparatus l.i }. liming, i oven more
favorable Hum the last, B mb. arc reprinted
by lithographic proocl >t j);.>ut, a pi inter of
Periguox. ha: reproduced dm- tiic whole of an
ancient work. ■ e ihogiaphy, vignettes, eiia meters,
a perlect beautiful fee simile.
American Stocks i\ London.—A letter from
London, dated l.)ib ol February. .-.avs; — : .\n
amount of ’.10,00..) dollars New York State 0 per
cent has been sold at SI per cent, and airilie of
Pennsylvania at 17, at which price there is still
a buyer for a small sum. Louisiana Bond' in
(avorof the Union Bank have lieen done ai is
ex. dividend, and ate now held at at) jier cent.
ThO'C of the ( d:iz ms’ Bank have been sold at
10 per ecu t. with the amm red interest from Ist
August last. There is a huge order from the
United States for South Carolina Bail road
Bonds at about 7S an ! 7.7 per cent is offered
for a small lot ot Kentucky ti's. Maryland 5
per cent Sterling has been done at is."
Professor Jackson lias presents! to tiic Na
tional Institute at Washington. an ingot of pure
fin, from a lot ot ore db covered by him i:i Jack
son, N. H. The compact tin ore of this mine
yields 7-’> per c mt of pure tin.
Froji T.i.m v. —The New York Journal of Com
merce has received from its cor.'V ; pondci t, ad
vices from Lima to the tkh November. The
war between the Peruvians and Bolivians was
going on v> ith great bitterness—llie success being
with the Bolivians. We take ho.u the letter the
following pa raw nph ;
‘The yellow ievor broke out iti Guayaquil ear
ly in October, and has been raging with great vio
lenec. —Mam of ihe principal inhabitants a
mongst whom A Mr. Charles Lukeu, an Amer
ican merchant, had already fallen victims. < Htr
dates IV.>m thence are up to (tct. Tid.
Uiofa r. < ‘an.aua. — Several riots—severe and
bl > > iy—iiave recently <>. .nrrcd among the la
borers on the Lachine < anal in Canada Fab
They seem to have had their t i e in the clan
nish eumity '.• tuivn the Fork, r.ians and Con
naumilmen, and on the night ot Thursday the
•M. '.ere extrem dy violent. S. veral men were
shot and many wounded, one whom had
•lie * A gain on . tur lav night the same diffi
■•.l, --‘- r« c u red, The rioiejs. weie, l.owever.
>• i ■ I—(i.e Co lonian- proving victorious,
ihe othcc have UeUiuiiued 1 1 leave the workt.
Opposition to dr. W is •
The Whigs of (he Till dr-tricl, have nomm -
e d the lion, limn Caktep, ot dxo \ Jtgmia. t ’•»-
ate, as the opponent of Mr. Wise.—Mi. i. -i - •
is oi it in tV Richmond W hig. in an addie • u»
{j,,i voters, which Is mm ae t loi tne simplir ,! ) 1
its style, and the frankness with win h his opin
ions on all questions are disclosed; oi 'Alien,
the Editor of the Whig concludes a lengthy no
tice in the ibllowing terms;
‘ In Ilfi.L Carter, the District willynid a
man —faithful ana true to his dag aa\a IK
aspiratlons beyond serving them- as fhc.r ivcpu
sentative, and consequently having uu m.im c
ments to misrepresent them—ic.i iy at -ii '
to avow his sentiments, carry .ug them at met,
onenlv “upon his sleeve; aiaf muny im-D
--I.C ol deviating from that which be yrolesses
Such is the man lor these nines, and, to. all
llI pjut could he scarcely, by j os.-ibiiuy, be any
thin" else with the blood of < A! Gen 1 -.ebon in
hi-; veins —the illustrious Patriot, w b-», next to
Cobert Morris, made ihe greatest .- ac, dices to
his country ? Wh » died glonoii: l.v inso. vem,
having expended his last dollar in t-he service of
his country; W ho, at \oikuwn, directed the
American and Drench Artillery nrsl against his
own house, became /.• r were the bead quar
tets of CormvalhVl
Such is the IDv/g candidate, in a District
whieli. in fSdO. gave MSO Whig majority!
Vv }u» savs the l>istriet has changed ? Wby has
it changed? W hat has occurred to make it
change'"'? Gan Tyler and Wise then transfer it
hither or thither—put it in their pocket —nay,
uoie. and more humiliating, make it like one
ul Mael/el’s automatons, squeak out what voice
thev please ? _ .
'i’heiime approaches for tcMin g an opinion so
injurious to that great and cnlighietied Whig
Di-lriet.
\ ii giuia Idlection.
The late gcnymaiaieringofthe VirginiaLeg
i-k.tiiie. in the llumation of the Congressional
Dili ii i-. jo iar !n m cooling the aulorof the
V. hi- . lit-.s staved io gi'.eii em new zeal; and,
' C.' > 0
I>, m ihe ions oi pieparatiun r.ow sounding
iiiit i.•- l.oiit lEt Old Di.minion, wc anticipate a
li.ost sjiiiieo contest in Apiii. From among
the many r.ddicsK.solCongressional candidates,
w i,u li u e fii.d iii oili ex< hange pap>eis. we take
• I ~:.! !c:,.-tile in tiaiisfiri ing to our columns,
IP. iolli v. ing f:t.m the lu 11. W . L. C.oooin, to
die va-i'-rs of Ins Misti let, to which we invite the
reader's atumk ii. We have seldom, it ever,
rcati an addiess w hich, in so few* words, convey
ed so much, oi was more appropiiate for the
opening of a new canvass,— to which, Mr. G.
has been called 1 y the Whigs of his new dis
dict.- Iluv. likea ] aliiut docs he, in the conclu
sion, jda.ee himself in the hands ol his hi other
Whies M-as-a ii him a jo.-iiiun; in which,
w lu’dici 11 1 e the leader ol ii c van or the private
station, he may ili-chaigc his duty to his coun
li v ? Vv hat a lesson does ibis teach io many
Whigs, who arc always lead) lo turn their
backs tip. >n their nit nds, unless their notions of
j)i’o])iietv are stiictly obeyed
7’. !h.: a ■ Oj/ ! ‘'of IS tifort!, I'm eJdi u , Irani and
I'alriek cann!i< -’.
S', tloir- 1 Vo/;•• —The time lor w hich I was
<ho 'ii a \ our It •prrsentativc in ( ‘ongivss, has
ex[010,1; an.! having been I wire honored with
your confid ore. { should exhibit an ungrateful
led in .f, lor these repealed manilrstate ns oi youi
kindness, if I tailed to express my thanks tin
vuur favor thin shown me. 'The recollection ol
these acts, and the couiiiiucd evidences ol voui
regard lor me, shall he chciisheii to (lie lales.
peiro.l ol ex is ten -e. I liave, doubtless, often
commuted errors in ilc disenarge ol my unties
which I imist ask wm In look noon wilii the
same indulgence that has heiotolore marked
your course. If you cannot approve till id' my
public act.' : ,Ii * j'* are seme, lam sure, that 1
have the beet evidences you do nut condemn.
When I haveeired, i has been inseparable from
the imperfections of my natuie itself, or from the
deficiency of my judgment. When i have fail
etl to represent you propeily, I at least ye,,airily
desired to liave done ■ o.
My opinions have always been t\pi\ ssed in
the Elon-e of bepivsmtaiives, sim-• i had the
honor of a seat in Congress, w ith free loin upon
all the leading topic- which divide the twogrea
panics of the country, and 1 need not appeal to
you to bear testimony that 1 emhiacedevery oc
casion, -•», to made tie in known at home and
among ui ■ ['-el •. A service ot live sessions
has wrought no ids .mgr in these opinions: no
desire to extend that service laither, could in
dnee me lor one moment to abandon them now.
As in 18J7, when nr-i elected, 1 believe not on
ly in the constitutionality ofa Hank of the lad
led Mates, but ! think its expediency establish
ei now, as I did then, by the pie sent distressed
condition o.< the country, as compared with
what ii was when that institution was in opera
tion. A onnd, safe, and uniform currency is
necessary to the prosperity and happiness of
tiie poop!.-. A well regulated Hank, whose cir
culation nail !)■• good in all parts ofthe Union,
alone can furnish it. i the Mib-kreasui v I
ttm opjiosed, as well as to breast!rv notes, and
to ally :>on thecurrencv, asdangerou
unwise and ini- ehievotas.
The distribution of the proceeds of the sales of
the public lands among the Mates, has ever met
my approbation. It is culled for by the term-, oi
the agreement, on which a large portion of the
lain-- were ceded—by the condition of the States
themselves, as well as the soundest policy in a
Xaiional point ofvicw.
The wants ot the General (io , eminent should
be supplied by duties on foreign importations
but it should be administered at all times as
economically as is consistent with its honor,’and
toe position the country occupies among the na
tions of the Earth. Duties should laid
merely lor protection or to raise money lb r di.’ -
tribiuion am ng the State--.
iln i .xecuti\ e blanch i»t the Government
sh.-u! 1 he restrained and kept within proper lim
sc less, and, at the same time, expensive
oiiwes should he expen
ditures ol the public money avoided—RemoVals
Irom olii'-e, lor opinion’s sake onlv. should ncy
er be made-The elective franchise should'be
kept unsullied by Executive or other influences
and me whole machinery ofthe system conducted
as tar as practicable, apau from violciv p ?m
excitement. Certain:great principles and i ;u‘-
ulm iiitii mi cs. as is believed 1 v menses ofthe
people, will best promote the interests 0 f Pm
country <.i defences in regard to these will nec
i’ssaniy create parties; adherence to them, how
ever. when opinions are honestly entertained
can tnrnish noev.aenee ut a want of Patriot ism’
, a ,! known to yon that I was friendly to the
rice, Kin of Gen. Hnirison, whose untimely
death, brought unnumbered o viK mm it „ •
who Is now toe incumbent (by accim-nG „i .he
most responsible office in the Government
Ho- has prevented tic-accomplishment of most
m the great objects of the Evolution ol
Ihe events that have follow ci nr f, . . ,
; IJection of all and I
wha, has bem done by the National LeM-la
me, or attempt to show how the a
tiv.-s of die people have been tin--o-i i- .u •
"■ piomou- the '."T™ "-y
nrtin./ ,ifZ uM LI"
I. ,s tailed to answer public cxuerhtmn ' , ,
- i auain-l those who in i S M l,as
Mr,, to tlower—tm will tn ■ lull , r ’ ,
■ -"ibok
is* hut deplore th£ want of nf, i ** can
-•, la th, : rui ' * lem g u ” wK
, ~.pie. # * lus I’i'ffi' by the
1 avail ajwlt rftuis occasion to say to you
'(hat I ‘'filed o:u iii-' il>- iiaii’i. iuj i Bill, aod also j
for i'.-> refnl. Jdo so, tm rely . I eeau e it has
j,. en charged that tm. ethot' < u pas‘age.
Hetm Clay, oi Kentucky, the pan .at, sUiles
tnauand oiaiar, is my choice lor the! resilien
cy against an\ 01 all other men in the Fnton;
aud. t think his prospects for an election are
ml. a- to inspiie hi> friends with confidence,
that he a train is to save the country, by impru
dence of his counsels and Ins wisdom, when
displayed in the Executive Mansion, as they
have - o ohen lent exhibited in the Senate
House. , ,
\ new arrangement ol the Congressional
Districts, as I have just learned, has separated
the cuimtv ol Bedford from Eranklin, Henry ana
! airi. k, h-r the next ten years, it not lo:ever.
\lv connexion \nih most ol you, in the lelaiiuu
in which 1 have lately stood, nuist, ol couise,
cease. My own county has been, in that ai
j- iju-eiuem. united w ilh those ol Amherst, Aloe
marfc, Nelson, Madison, Orange, and Green.
In all ot them 1 am almost an entire stranger.
To announce myself as a candidate, under these
ai.eiiinstances, though urged to do so by many.
u. be improper. 1 have certainly no desire:
no ambition—lobe again a member ol thellouse
of Representatives, nor do 1 seek to be. To
iiu* u hip's of that District, as now composed, I
m si cheerfully’ submit to the choice ot their
( andidate —though he may be some other, he
.-kali have mv support, if he he indeed a true
{PA/-, and none other than such, (and thee are
many good and I rue) 1 am sure, won hi be pre
sented to the people of the District.
I\u new relations or political associations ot
any kind, however, shall ever tea i. me to lot get
“< / •>, frvs. : if, and incii.fru ms. But I snail not
complain, ill am led in luture to seek that plea
sure at my own Itreside—in the ipriet, domestic
circle, or in professional avocations, which 1
have never yet found in the turmoil oi political
strife.
The Next CoNtJBEss, —The annexed statis
tics of the elections already held lor the next
Congress, with a notice ol the position in winch
the different States stand in reference to the ap
portionment bill, may be of interest toourread
ers. We compile it mainly from a table
which aj j eared in the Journal oi Commerce:
Louisioan. —Three membertwo whigs and
one democrat, have been chosen; hut as the
State is entitled to lour representative*, there
will be a new election, under a recent law of the
State.
Afissonn. —Five members, to which the Stale
is entitled, have been elected by general ticket;
they are all democrats. There will, no doubt,
be an objection to their taking their seats, urged
U cause they were not . ho.stn accordingto the
late law of (’ongress.
(ieornia. —Eight members have been elected,
also by general ticket; all democrats. They 100
may be objected to. on tlie same grounds.
Arkansas. —One member elected —a demo
crat.
AV/r York. —Thirty-four members elected —
iO whigs, 21 Jem.
Ddavan . —One member elected —a whig.
Mossnchv. srf/s. —Enliiled to ten members —5;
3 whigs and ‘2 democrats, hai e been elected, and
r! ere are vacancies.
South CoroOno. — Entitled lo seven members
—all of which have been elected, and arc demo
crats.
RkCaIMTI CATION'.
I\; ir Cong. i)l‘l Corns.
\V. D. W. O.
Louisiana 2 I 2 I
M is.-oin i 0 5 0 2
(Jeoigia 0 s 0 o
.' r Kansas 0 1 0 1
NewYor! 10....21 10 21
I Tinware, I 0 1 0
Massachusetts* 3 2 11 1
.South Carolina 0 71 8
u; IS 43 31
*1 'ive vacancies.
Tim i lons in the next Congress will beeoin
p. ed of 223 members. The Senate is lull,
with the exception of one from Maryland and
Uni bom Tennessee. It is divided politically.
T v nigs, including Mr. Rives, of Virginia, io
33 (democrats.
The present prospect is that Maryland will
have no representation in the popular branch,
at least during the first session of the next Con
gress. But sixteen of the Staler have as yet
pasta I app irtiomnent bills, to wit:—Louisiana,
' t kans;,.- .New York, Delaware, Massachusetts,
■ i in!, I’arolina, North Carolina, Connecticut.
Alabama, Virginia, New Jersey, Indiana, Illi
nois, y ermunt, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Four
Georgia, Missouri, New Hampshire,
and Mississippi, have refused to apportion, and
a\ have yet to perform that dm v, to wit;—Penn
sylvania, M ichigan, Ohio. Maine, Rhode Island
and Maryland. The Legislatures of Pennsyl
vania, Michigan, Ohio, and Maine, are now in
session; that of Rhode island will be in a lew
da - . Jit IIII,Sn 11.
I 'rcra toe \ar Orleans linUetio of the 13/’,.
SdsyajH* of the Tex ian Prison -i s.
A report was brought by the last arr ival from
Mata mores, that the prisoners who were ea.p
--t ureJ. at M ier. and who were being marched to
the capitol bad overpowered their guard and es
caped. byway of Saltillo, to Texas. We had
tl.e jd.-astne on Saturday, of conversin' with
M u 1 homas Nelson, who was one of those pri
sorie;. . Ho infotms us that on the evening ol
!.: • liMh day alter leaving Matarnoras, ihev ;.r
--rr\ ed at a small village wiiere the inhabitants
u ere in, edging in dancing ami oth-*r jolilieath »ns
in which most of the guard joined. The ra i
son. is had all laid down, secured as thev were
wbde inarching, with thei'arms tied ’behind
wirh a lope, and voiced together in p,airs like
oxen. A lew of the prisoners having worked
themselves loose. Colonel Fisher was informed
Inal they intended to make a Amv,v—-and the
mailer being generally understood, those who
ware still tied vere released, and the guard rush
' ; upon, and altera snort str nggle overpowered
and all the arms that could be found brou-ht oft'.
!ii lid- a hah it was estirnaled the prisoners lost
H oi their number . The survivors then, in a
• o,iv, made lor the Rio Grande, by the lower
route, (which being soli and marshy is impassi
I l>’ tor cavalry.) where they arrived in about 18
iiottix iravt-lirm night and’ da . , and crossed a
!-mt imle- al, ,ve Matarnoras. During this
they bad scarcely any thing to eat and
y.ere nivi!\ nai.n■. After crossing the river
•mr informant says, they divided in'o several
>m.-d panics and took different directions. Col.
1 |s,!er > 'vita lo io 20 companions, took the on
ly 1 ionic, lor St. Antonio Mr. Nelson came
. , y»a> of (jon/ales and Washington, ami thence
‘ ,rt Naeogttociies to tliis ci-v.
’ »
China Trade.
the New V ork Commercial Advertiser has
< n interesting letter from Canton, dated. Novem
i-'-i isth, from which we make the following ex
tract; :
'omtnodor*? Kearney, w ho is now here, and
.' ; 111 a "‘jj ur Dvo leave China in the Constd
'f,’r Manilla, to return in a month or six
vu-c.vs. has lately addressed a communication to
erav, winch, iro.n the tenor of the reply
I limit!,e American trade I
■ - i. o< i lace., upon rhe same footing hereal- 1
v. ..s fae British trade with China. We have
( * ’ n gl''" i! *nii\ ot seeing a copy of the!
V U . 1 have seen » translation
;; toreM 'n h n h ’* U eivil ° n -’ >at»-
ne Got etnor states that the Km-1
V ■" ,r ! s 51 v. are, as rhe Governor is aKo tha the
T Cl ‘ amS h '“ n contented
I . , ;^ on ohse}^ °v he,aws,han^
-/unions, ami that therefore he is well dis
j '.de "it ‘-iterdion to the communication I
I'''pouhv-V* 116 l 1^11 c °m;ui--sioners and Sir I
V' e V a ‘*. lv ;‘ s,, ‘ re aia l ha ve ar ranged re-1
,p '• i > r ' e . E * u,sl ‘ ‘raile. he, the Governor and I
laita.s General, will consult and make a I
! ieptescmati,.n to ti, P . J
merman hade, and that
- lenued to.” H •%> U
Jnet «met. f
ihe mlluu mg connnuuicau I
j be from the pen of die u-J.p
| ster, ,S taken from the c 01,., **l
| ven Herald; Ul,ns oi!t, f y I
Messrs, Edi tots—The I
side red as a very brilliant'rU? 11 , I
tar nr tenor to that whici.'u^ 0 * ' 1
ther nr 1 lii'.t or 1770 Ti n r 'I
1 ■ belhie the sun. and its
I l -' I,UUi iilL ' horizon i o d | r ‘ 0! ]] ' l hM
; WtU-,rrg ; . 1, j-nK-e.*,,
can.t mar .a ihe extremity l
: j 11 covered live times U ie
j wliroli the stream us li<d.. iv e . ,u tkJB
Ip;— 'isi-a,
I to lire sun, and is . mh d.iv'a
; j modi lied by the
I eomel, ,n some measure like t
: I Y l,Rl ' ' ve /ben see i u sum,,!
»1 the rays ot the sun p asN j n „ oe s^S
j i dilierent degrees of detisiiv 1
I is tln.i when these sneaks
! i draws icaJcr, when the apu-anS M
.My by the light pa.ss ing
* tween jhi it ions of it. '‘‘pur.
The tail ofthecoineiis >,„/,• I
; over us, uitik.nt our J
need, ibis is ptol.al.lv lire vastus.,
;• 3*S.. ,vm,s diKV "»'
1 ILF i G bar lesion (dot; I I
; The brig Emily, .Shensi, wil
-1 this port on Saturday sitemo,-, n .
1 the 17di in.-tant, about <3omiles ß p'S
Ron an, a Ik at containing luaraeJj
* staled that they were the crew rs - I
1 belonging to Mr. Manigault.
1 with a load of wood in Hiillk R.„. ' I
- mg of the 1 Bill, and in endeavoring y.,1
- shore in the small botu weredrir^l
- tire violence of the wind. 'i l*ey J
sea about 24 hours, when they
1 with by the the Eruilv. I
* ■
e A Bio uPIt IzK T«. AK A;Vm»ui hl j I
r foreign account • ;i\ s that a Flemish*l
lately 1 .ought of a jiriest (Kornaok)^
2 ot old books, among w liichliefoumuuJ
; —only think—the Gil. copy, only SkadaJ
, been jmnled—ol the Ist printed
J Bible! In IMb, as is stated.
e Bame 1-1 editum was sold u >thenKirij
—wbo was ot course Louis lMh,teai3
j &M.cua E T Ha:u:, utCnkn
Eire county, Pennsylvania, a s.fel
Revolution, died on the Ith in>t., at
ed age ol al out Ihi years. lie vasihj
. of the many worthy j ensiuners on iheryj
been a resklent ot Erie countyaljuutkwJ
years—walked twice a year five luiicsbß
~ ter lb id lor Jus leirsion, and retained his J
\ faculties lo the last. He was
and patriotic. His age, though am
s known, is generally believed io havel«a|
. given above. Funeral honors were j&jj
remains al Bt. Peter’s church,
Peace to bis ashes!—AVk Gazette. I
FuckßiEiusai.—A Forrrieristinsiiitoi J
ed the Si/lronia Associnfim, is aixiut toW
lisireil in the vicinity of Aat Vork, auxt
land having been purchased Ibrlkfai
d i e Piesident of the association
\\ hitley, an eminent artist; the ion#
Horace Greel\ r , editor ot the New IT
bone. Among the stockholders isikrui
Edwin Forrest. Tire systemprupw’ibi
of common --tuck, in which Ihnsufebltt
interested, and receive a comje&saiiieimi
puli ion to their skill, &e. An instiwakuu
similar character, composed of Genua?, I
D ili in operation in McKtan county.iiFf
j &ylvania, lor near a year past.
NJ aink lac T.HJOK.—The Poitsroualii4
j nal says that M; ine supplies moreferf
than any other terrilorv of equal exias #
I world. Two years since, a New York >
, went to Maine, and in less rfiau a lurittn
- turned again, with niuelccir thousand fijj
t for which he paid about s2i>.o(M). liw- -
, mated that 10,000 f.xes hail betß kilW
, Maine 1 Hat Winter.
- attempt to get up auv yvfflptf
~ Messrs. Wise and Cushing, in
ilieir rejection by die Senate, willote*;'
Tl.e case lies in a nushell. They,ww*®
~,it the 2Tia Congress, the cc«tii
untiling advocates and defenders ot tUn
dent and his Adminislralion. They wt-nr|
j mised during dial time, hy ikPteiW 1
- his Administration, office. At the ted =,
term the promise vas redeemed lot'
ren<!ncif. Office nos ‘• tukail. The
jeeted the bargain. In what does
del consideration dilier from that ot i p
voeate vho receives a Ivc for IT orfeso^
1 client? And are nut the Srcuatcnam ®
thwarting the designs ui‘ those who uuu
the high ufhees of the rfovcinvnen-. | i'
personal and political devoiiuirfoi**^ 1
er ! — Ai- x. Cos. _
Tire Word Tahii-k.—HisstatedttaftM
1 ”7 'nrip'' is derived troiri ihc ti''* u 1,1
- the Spanish coast, in ti.o ' . fd
and the most soulheni town in
. wa s ihe last sironghold w lnch the -Dy
- ed wirli the Christians, and
• leagues of the emj'ite of Men;*' 0
Moors held possession ol the pi l-y
it was here they h vied coiitnhu !| >/ ‘^
entering the Mediteranean— "*.cnu
name.
Cnm thr Ji.CX M-mtoj
» TI.P
Tut; i,ate Awfi’i. Gai.f> | 1
lite and property at sea during l )/ *
has been, we regret to say. /nal
the history us our mervaulile *Ban j
tnce to Loyd’s books and oUryi
. merits, it appears that the/ta*‘
M-l- K>t ilfihrsllK
night ufthi idth of last rnontlrf'/ jjjjj
and that the nunderol P e|V ° n /'', ;ri
witii them amounted to not * e 'j,/ evC r,x :
the coast of England 1M ve ' p Jjds*
and IPO lives lust; on the coasi 1
vessels, were lost u ith H i livc ’ j.
Scotland, IT vessels were
lost; and on the.coast ol 1 ral;L ‘T
Uk) lives. The value ol 11,e . v , No,.' I'-’ 1 '-’
has been roughly estiuiated a'- , ~*3
the vessels at TfOa.IKK), andin/"
000. On tire three follow inn
numerous other wrecks ,KCU . n j l1 ’ t ,
neatlv 00. the losses ol k akirln l l
jC2.>O,C)OO; this, with the other u . i
ol jus-15,000. To this is W A
loss of ves.- els that oecuned m
storm of Ft idav and Saturday j
——rto-Vt i
Wn at HAsrire Wmu Gkixoi ■ • jj
i ♦* ||*C
Washington co/respondent o.
American, among various od'rf
Whig (‘ongress, tnumeiates °
The W bigs found the anM} 1 |
ol this Goveimucnt SHD<K . ■. n p <iir.
cdiF m la.rf year io
to #I7,OaDkHM ! This Wid Dej
by the annual statement (> t apl 2 p ( .rf
iu])e jiUblisht d by the (Mere' 0
tike this opjroiiuniiy to can ‘ ~y« ;
fact, tl.at in that stateincntn»‘ . p.i-i 1
Congress, the expenditures u . tl»f' > *',
IX-paiim; nt are tor the » 1S ‘ , it 1 -
(he g metal charges, that un t, b/j
me; Iv been made a sc; a rate jeMIJ
its , wn expenditures by . „ uiik
entity aloni M,500,«« l
hue be subtracted, lota ,
exclude also tl e intCre 4 * on u
tit n: I Debt.