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GEORGIA COURIER.
J. G. M’WHORTER
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[from the charleston courier.]
Extract of a letter from a Medical Gentleman in
Neiv-Orlcani, to hit fritrul in this city.
JYcw-Orlcans, April 4, 1827.
The^ones exhibiting in this city, I
cannot but consider, in common with ev
ery one who has seen them, as one of the
-greatest curiosities in Natural History.—
They evidently once belonged to animals,
or rather, I should say, a monster, whose
species like that of the Mammoth, has
long since become extinct. Ifthe creature
who once wielded them be not of antedi
luvian age, wo can scarce conceive how
the tradition of its existence has not been
preserved; but the tale however, may
once have been told, and might have even
now been familiar with its, but for the ig
norance and rapacity of the original Span
ish settlers. These bones were discover
ed by accident, in one of the extensive
prairies near the month of the Mississippi,
and contain the following portions, to wit:
—fifteen or twenty vertebrre; one of the
bones of the cranium : two ribs, and a part
of a third ; one thigh bone ; two or three
bones of the leg : and several large masses
of cancellated structure.
To what description of animal these
once belonged, remains yet to be deter
mined, and until more of the skeleton be
discovered, any opinion on this point can
be but idle conjecture. Altho’ it is evi
dent these could have composed but a
small part of the animal, yet still they are
sufficient to assure us (as will appear in the
description I shall attempt to give of them)
that the monster of which they formed a
part, must have been of enormous dimen
sions ; of a size indeed, which to those
who have not seen the specimens before
us, would border on the fabulous.
To begin with the vertebrae; these are
Tegulrrly formed, and in a tolerable state
of preservation. They have a body, and
oblique, transverse, and spinous processes.
The mean diameter of the bodies of the
'vertebra measures sixteen inches and they
are 12 inches in depth. The passage of the
spinal marrow is O by 6 inches, the spin-
processes stand off, backwards and
Of the natural species of this monster
we have yet to learn. It has been con
jectured that it was amphibious, perhaps
of crocodile species, and in this opinion I
certainlyconcur, inasmuch as the great
md flatnesb of the head, (judging
specimen of cranibal hone) and
of the feet r would justify such
an idea. It has been stated, as the calcu
lation of the professor of tho Transylvan-
nia University that the animal when alive
could not have measured less than 25 feet
around the body, and 130 feet in length.
certainlyc
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FROM TIIE BOSTON COUIER, JUNE 19-
LETTER FROM LONDOJv.
I don’t know what will now be said in
America, by those, who, two winters ago,
found fault with Mr. Calhoun for not call
ing Mr. Randolph to order during his noi
sy debates, or rather speeches. If those
persons take for their parliamentary guide
the English House of Commons, all is
over witli them, for certainly there never
was a more flagrant example of sufferance
than the house has exhibited within the
few days that have elapsed since the Eas
ter recess. In the first instance amotion
was made for a new writ for a return, and
immediately Mr. Peel rose to give his
reasons for resigning his seat in the cabi
net. Last night one of the outs interrupt
ed the debate and called upon Mr. Can
ning to know on what principles he had
invited the whigs to come in. I have
studied parliamentary rules a little and
am sure that I can make nothing of all
except what I believe was Mr. Cal
tlii
downwards, fourteen inches in the dorsal
and somewhat less iji the lumbar verte
bra, three of which latter are entire ; the
"bodies stiii retain their annular tip of hard
bone, and have the renoral aspect of those
ofother animals,, but of gigantic propor
tions. ’ '
2d. The cranial bone which is among
tlie collection, measures, in its greatest
length, twenty feet and some inches, and
three or four feet in its extreme width, ta
pering to^ a point, and of the enormous
weight of twelve hundred pounds.
From its shape and general appearance,
I should call it the temporal bone, and
what confirms me in this belief's, a large
process standing out in an oblique direc
tion from its d'-rsuni, bearing a strong re
semblance to the zygomatic process in man,
and other animals. Behind this process,
say about one foot, indeed I may say at
its root, is a large foramen passing through
the bone, and opening inwardly, which
possibly may have been for the exit of
some large nerve, or the passage of an ar
te y. It is the opinion of several that the
process above mentioned was a weapon of
defence for the animal; but this, though a
plausible conjecture, I cannot subscribe
to, inasmuch as there are on the dorsum
of what I would call the squamous portion
or ala,, a number of ruga? or furrows which
were evidently formed by the attachment
of muscles ; and as these furrows all radi
ate totvaids this process, I cannot but re
gard it in the manner I have expressed a-
bove. Still, however, candor cautions mo
not to insist on what I have said to the
contrary, for having had as yet but few
opportunities for the prosecution of the
study of comparative anatomy, I cannot
say that the peculiarities, which this pro
cess presents may not justify the opinion,
that it is a weapon of defence. These
peculiarities are few, and I shall briefly
state them. Tho processes of triangular
and pyramidal shape, with its base attach
ed to the main bone, and having its flat
sut faces grooved its whole length. It pro
jects from the bone, about one foot from
die foramen above mentioned, forming
with it a very acute angle, and running in
the same direction with the tapering" ex
tremity of the main bone. Its structure
does not differ, so far as I have examined
it, from other bones, and instead of being
of the close compact texture wo would
look tor, were this processa weapon ofde-
fence, it is cancellated, with merely an ex-
houn’s rule, that the speaker has no right
to call a man to order, and that the mem
bers of Congress, felt disposed to let the
farce go on.
The business of making a cabinet to
suit all parties, is somothing like editing a
newspaper, and he that tries the experi
ment very soon learns that it is easier to
suit himself than others. Mr. Pee], it ap
pears, resigned his office because of the
Catholic question, and after all his long
speech, the fact appears to be, that, pro
vided he had been heard, Mr. Canniug
might have remained where he was ; but
as he could not be heard, Mr. Canning
should not go above, him. Whether the
wholo affair of the resignation of seven
ministers was a conspiracy or not, against
Canning, is of little consequence,
since they are all out of office and put
one forcibly in mind of the old couplet of
“ He that s in “ He that’s out
Will grin.” Will pout.”
Lord Melville says it was no conspiracy;
and to prove it, says, he sent his resigna
tion without the knowledge either that
others had done so or intended it. Lord
Melville’s resignation was the most aston
ishing of tho whole, and it is a melancho
ly fact that people will talk and make ill-
natured observations. I have even heard
some persons say that he was of too little
consequence for the other ministers to
take notice of, and others have said that
he was almost sure of being turned out by
Mr. Canning for that very insignificance,
and therefore, “like a well bred dog,”
&C. hfi - f* fiia own iiccom.—•
Such is tho gossip of the day.
Last night the House of Commons ex
hibited such a scene of discord as has not
been known there for twenty-five j-enrs.
It was one continued scene of noise for
nearly three hours. I can compare it to
nothing else than a noisy caucus, such as
I often have known in Fancuil Hall, when
your friend, Major Russell, has attempted
to still the hoys by a compliment to their
sense, which generally made them ten
times more turbulent. I must confess that
the almost reverential idea I had of the
dignify of the house of Commons is near
ly obliterated. I don’t know but it is
polite, and dignified to cheer a speaker at
the end of every sentence, or to hiss him
occasionally, as the cockneys do in the
pit of Drury Lane or Covent Garden, but
it is different from what I had always con
sidered the dignity of a deliberate assem
bly*.
Sir Francis Burdett is a good speaker,
but he occasionally loses his voice in his
vehemence. He speaks very plainly and
distinctly. Many people say that now
the old adage of “ like master, like man"
is not, for once, acted up to. Mr. Hob-
house the pupil and shadow of Sir Fran
cis, retains his seat on tire opposition
benches, while Sir Francis has shifted to
the ministerial side.
Mr. Brougham is a fine, gentlemanly,
handsome speaker. He is more of an
orator than any one I have heard in the
house.
Mr. Canning has a head that put me in
mind at once of John Quincy Adams. He
is a bold and powerful speaker and makes
every thing he . 'says tell for itself. His
exclamation last evening, that “ He was
glad to see the standard of opposition
raised; it was worth more to him than the
support of a thousand neutrals,” was very
effective, and convinced nearly all his
hearers that he was in his full glory.
Mr. Peel is less of an orator than I ex
pected. Ho is by no means an easyspeak-
er, and with all his consistency and inde-
Every tiling in the way of a hit at the
political events of the day goes dowijrith
the public, friends or foes,/>uts or insj no
matter how gross, vulgar, or how far from
wit. In the Opera (by the way a most
stupid affair) of the “Turkish Lovers,”
the Signior Geronio, in endeavoring to
find a name for Lucetta, his wife’s femme
At chambre calls her a Cabinet Minister.
She retorts upon him, and says she “ is
above being a Cabinet Minister.” This,
with an expression or two which I have
now forgotten, makes a great laugh, and
of course, is-repeated every night, im
proved and enlarged, and cheered every
time it is repeated. The “ Honey Moon"
has been performed this week and Jaques
has a fine opportunity of giving a sentence
or two about “ Cabinet Ministers,’ and of
course lie was thought very clever by the
Cockneys, and " made a great laugh at
the time.” Caricalures are also the order
of the day, and poor Lord Eldon has been
represented as Falstaff, carried off in the
clothes basket by order of the Marchioness
of Conyngham, who stands by in tire cha
racter of Mrs. Ford. Mr. Canning is the
king’s game cock, and, with a large spur,
he is represented, in another plate stand
ing on a dunghill and driving off all the
other cocks, who, as different ministers,
are sneaking away before him.
In the House of Lords tho noble gentle
men have descended to abuse each other,
and one of the outs has called the ins by
the name of “ rubbish.” The ius reio.t-
ed, and said that “ rubbish is what the
builders remove, and not what they put
into their work." Then one Lord is call
ed to order ; he stands his ground and
begins to look furious ; says, he will not
be driven from the ground by any one.—
The Lord who called him te order finds
that there was a question under agitation,
and apologises, and so they quarrel among
themselves. I expect before many days
to see a caricature of the two houses of
Lords and Commons represented as a
fives court, and the members with their
jackets off, at a regular set to.
The French have passed the best joke
of the whole upon the matter, in repre
senting, that not only the ministers and
their followers have resigned, but also his
Majesty’s cook, chambermaid and wash
erwoman. Yours, J. II. B.
London, May 4, 1827.
oa the getfgr&pnicai and maritime local
ity of Brunswick? I cannot, in silence,
see mv adopted cause neglected and lin
gering upon the road of its natural desti
nation, when the surrounding country, and
t¥e western counties are now actually
suffering the loss, and neglect of immense
yearly amounts, for want ot energy of
mind and of action in those, who profess
to be their friends; and have it in their pow
er, if they only had it in their judgment
and efficiency of application to put our
Brunswick canal in a cp-operative train
with the opening views of Macon in regard
to the Ocmulgee; and the General Go
vernment, in regard to the Florida canal
and another naval rendezvous in the South
which are shooting forth inviting our liber
al and patriotic efforts.
Make my case your own, and ask your
selves; how you would feel to see two and
a half years of your indefatigable labour
and expenditures’in sowing the seed for
the future welfare of the state, and a very
large proportion of the western country,
under similar circumstances, amounting to
02100 (to use a vulgar phrase) literally
“ kicked over like a pail of milk.
I speak here as to my self, not of Bruns
wick, for I defy all the congregated chi
canery, views of parsimony, and geogra
phical ignorance of Georgia in regard to
internal and maritime improvement, to
EHOM THE MESSENGER.
CIRCULAR.
y . Augusta, 12th May, 1827.
I’cllow Citizens.—Another important
policy, which I have for a long time been
endeavouring to instil into the people of
the western counties, and particularly
those, at, and in the vicinity of Macon
has at last taken effectual root:—which
will tend to force the opening of our con
templated canal and the raising of Bruns
wick.
It is a thorough clearing out and deep
ening of the shoals in the Ocmulgee below
Macon, and the building of Steam Boats
modelled to fit the river thus improved.
I have often had my pieces printed in
promulgated by letters in
that part of the Stale!
. ^ r . .■ _ ^ | » • * .j.u vwuojoiuiit y ciliu 1I1UU
terual covering of hard bone. The inter- pendence, appeared last night to be over
nal surface or costa of this bone is smooth
and his several furrows formed by the
ramifications of what I suppose to have
■been the meningeal artery. The squa
mous suture is very distinct and there is
evidently a petrous portion. This bone
has towards its pointed extremity, a hard
external and comparatively thin vitreous
internal table, with the intermediate dip-
loe.
3d. The ribs are well formed, and in a
perfect state of preservation, measuring
nine feet along curve, and about three in
ches in thickness.
4th. The thigh bone is short, being no
longer than one foot six inches, but very
thick. The head of this bone is fully as
laige as that of an infant six months of age.
aih. The bones of the legs are as lonf,
tb'xioh not as thick as that of the thigh. e
I should not omit to mention, thatihree
of the teeth are also exhibited, which are
01 canine shape, sis. inches in length.
awed by Mr. Canning’s powerful elo
quence.
Mr. Huskisson is a very good, speaker,
but not of great power. It is pleasant
listening to him, and I feel always sorry
when he sits down.
Mr, Georgo Dawson appears more like
a cock turkey than any thing else, and al
though a good speaker, I have only heard
him under great excitement, which per
haps was no time to judge.
I have been very much surprised to
hear and see so many comparatively voung
men in the House of Commons, and of
these I should thiuk from appearance at a
distance, disguised as he is by a large wig,
that the speaker was one of the hand
somest and youngest. He has a full and
clear voice, which is very pleasant. The
House of Commons itself has neither
beauty nor convenience to recommend it.
But this is an old story and therefore I
will quit it. .
object was as important to them as that of
our cutting the Brunswick Canal below,
in order to effect a complete Steam Boat
communication direct to the ocean, to
that noble bar and harbour, and beautiful
site for a large, healthy, commercial city,
which without canal, will never be worth
the paper, pen, and ink, I have used m
writing, to promote it.
A company is forming in Macon, and
will succeed, with a capital of $100,000
to commence this important object; and
the keel of a Steam Boat was laid in this
place day before yesterday as a com
menccment of a part of the business of said
Company, which will be ready for launch
ing about the first of July, modelled and
intended for the Ocmulgee.
Thus the main policies are actually go
ing on according to my first setting out in
my voluntary advocacy of Brunswick,
except that intermediate and indispensible
link, which is at present involved in
tAa/part lying in the county of Glynn.
Where I had a right to look for the
first impulse and public spirited co-oper
ation, it seems doomed to be the last; and
that, not until every pretention to fore
sight, and a correct practical jndgment,
energy of conception, and of action, are
measurably exhausted.
W hen this kind of mental and phj’sical
difficulties intervenes, it never fails to de
stroy the benefits of co-operation upon so
extensive a plan as that, which in the
course of nature and the interest of the
country, is now demanded for the open
ing of an extensive market for exportation
and internal consumption, as that, which,
is ouly far distant in the lethargy of mind
and action of those who profess to be the
friends ofBrunswick.
The subject is too important to use flat
tery, which is an article I never deal in,
nor, will any competent man, feeling a
confidence in himself who understands
clearly the nature and bearings of the sta
tion I have thus far filled, upun that sub
ject,
I find those who do not understand it,
are full of flattery, theory, and opinions;
in fact such men are always so full of opin
ions, and judging the talents and plans of
others, that they completely divest them
selves of sound judgment and a financial
foresight of their own, if they were ever
before possessed of those desirably quali
fications.
What man of commin sense in this age
of the world can expect to advance his
wealth without first going into expenditures
or investments?
It is the same with a community, or a
state;—Money like every thing else be
gets monej'.—But who can expect to ga
ther until he plants, orsows the seed ?—
And where is there so great an opening
for planting the seed of enterprise and the
expansion of an important science of
knowledge at the present day, as in fur
thering the surrounding policies of the
country which are beginning to dawn up-
kick her over; for she is backed, by the
God of nature, and the invincible in*ve as -
ing JcmnnJ uf llic UOU111I^y•
My labour and expenditures cannot
therefore be lost, except to myself, and
I am but a speck upon the surface like a
fly upon the great wheel.
I was born independent in mind, and
shall die so. If my pocket is teo slender
for the soul, the deficiency of the former
will never cramp the feeling of the latter;
—and if the country is ungrateful it will
only enhance the value of my claim be
yond the reach of sordid, avaricious man.
IfT have my foibles and eccentricities
like other men, I have my uses for them;
—an elastic mind can never depend upon
one single chord of sordid fancy. I derive
my views from my own quarry of original
ities—self taught from the outset in the
affairs of my country, and a monitor with
in which “whispers whatever you do,
do it with a view to justice, and without
fear, favour or affection: I have never
sounded my friendship for Brunswick
from behind a hedge, and that too at “ the
eleventh hour; “nor sought to mantle my
advocacy in the literary tactics of Colle
gian theorv; nor have I hid my 'purse un
der a pot lid.
I have found that practice and theory
are from two almost distinct families, and
that sycophancy is not tire road to fame;
nor the residence of sound sense and a
clear conscience.
Hence some of my letters will be said
to be indecorous, by the ignorant and de
signing. because I write with tho pen of
candour & unconcealed views of an honest
man ;—and whoever he may be will ever
first clear his own conscience; and if he
then errs it will be from the head and not
the heart.
What can a man snv nf » <atnto
. vgonrm tis-general cnaracter,
and soundnesss of intellectual pretentions
to Statesmen,‘politicians, and particularly
the fundamental geographical science of
canalling, and raising up a city as the main
emporium of that state, and the neighbor
ing western country, when those citizens
will suffer themselves to be duped by a
designing few, to condemn him for “IN
SANITY?—and for no other reason, in
the very essence of truth & fact, than that
he possesses by nature and practice, a lit
tle more sound foresight and geographical
judgment to plan out policies upon inter
nal inprovement, fitted to the nature of
the country, rivers, bars and harbours, and
make a few bold predictions for their
general good, together with his own ex
ertions and expenditures, than they are
capable of foreseeing" or knowing for
themselves.
This has been the disgraceful subter
fuge to destroy my advocacy of Bruns
wick, by her leading sectional enemies,
and to the state, and the prosperity of the
western counties, in conjunction’with that
port;—and yet these very people, ego-
tized to the clouds, boast of “ Wisdom,
Justice, Moderation, for their motto.” *
I should like to know from what attri
bute such pretentions to greatness and
“ the most enlightened men in the state”
(Darien memorial) derive their principles
and influence?—When instead of encour
aging the shooting mind of native genius
and enterprise, they seek at the midnight
hour &even at noon-day with the dagger
of calumny, to nip the tender bud from
their country, and from the laws ef hu
manity. Surely it cannot bo from any of
those attributes in the upper regions.
I quote the remark of a late writer in
the Macon Messenger in regard to the
improvement of the Ocmulgee:—alluding
to the appropriation by the Legislature of
all Darien money to that river, and all the
good money for the Savannah river’ He
says, “ as for looking to the Legislature
to do these things, (and for Brunswick, I
add) “we may as well look for an Angel’s
visit.”
The western counties arc convinced of
this fact, in regard to the Ocmulgee, and
have taken the more laudable course of
putting their own shoulders to the wheel:
—Bui it seems my calculation^ are about
to be disappointed in regard to the peo
ple of Glynn, in giving a respectable start
to the Brunswick canal, nor do they seem
disposed to let others do it, unless they
can have the whole control and make all
the money without spending^ cent.
Men who will spend nothing, and do the
same to promote a cause, can have no just
claim to its direction; and he who will sit
under the shade and call, continually for
Hercules to come to the wheel, without
a heart, or soul, to put his own shoulders
there, is not fit to direct.
I want to complete, and that openly, the
ultimate most egregious bankruptcy of the
vain, egotized financiers and politicians of
Savannah and Darien, in the course of my
Mttle influence io giving a starting direction
to the ultimate success of Brunswick.
One great inducement to my late publi
cation, was the hope to entice the Savan
nah people to go further into expenditures
upon their visionary canal; which has suc
ceeded so far as to unable (them 1o induce
the original Subscribers, who had aban
doned their Stock, to give their respective
notes payable at different periods for the
balance of instalments iu arrears.—which
will enable the Board to negotiate those
notes and raise money for their canal, as
a bugbear to the western counties, in op
position to Brunswick.
It is necessary that a sacrifice of that
kind should be made, or in fact work it
self out, in order to establish an era, and
advance the future interest and political
peace of Georgia, to first overcome the
■
demagogue, but of that confidence which hi
ignorance, and aristocratical influence,
which lias, for upwards of thirty years go
verned this state. I say no more upon
this subject, because I know it is too deep
for general comprehension at this time, in
a way to ensure unison of action, and a
wise polity of co-operation in changing the
ways of Georgia from commercial and
sectional darkness to light.
Her ways are not ways of wisdom upon
internal and maritime improvement, nor
do herfinancierings and commerce end in
wealth—Her true history in this respect,
is but that of a butterfly life, which ends
in flow ery speeches, reports, laws and de-
erpns: that are continually rnrmlinor upon
herself; and instead of removing an evil it
is only made worse.
I have, however, great hopes of her
when she is forced by sacrifice and bank
ruptcy to wake up from her lethargy and
narrow, contracted, self interested policies
of “saving at the tap, and losing at the
bung-holej” in her most vital state mat
ters; she will then come forth in a new
garb, and find at last, that “ the stone
which has so long been refused will be
come the chief of the corner.”
I write theso things symbolically,
and entreat that the community will be
charitable enough to suspend a further de
cree of“ insanity" upon the humble ad
vocate ofBrunswick, until a little more
time shall pass a veil over all the lethar
gy, parsimony, ignorance, and secret sec
tional designs of intrigue against mya-
dopted cause.
Every year these improvements, tend
ing towards Brunswick are neglected, the
state, at large, remains in the back ground,
more than five times enough to effect the
work, and we are accused of stupidity and
a want of public enterprise: so much so,
that, instead of encouraging such men, we
seem prone to put them down whenever
they may show their heads and become
entangled with our theory-council, or
thrown under our influence.
Hence we can get no men to act at the
head in the practice, but quacks and syco
phants, -who absorb as much of the public
money as possible, and ultimately leave
the State worse than they found it:—and
for no other ostensible reason, than from
a fear of injuring self interest or populari
ty, no one dare tvriio—
X
the bottom of all our Institutions, which supp 0 -
a competency in the people to self govern me*,!
without which, liberty is a mockery, and our , V:
tem a splendid illusion.
• I have yet another cherished resource, ofwh| r '
He only can deprive me who gave it: it is tfi ,
consciousness of the rectitude with which I
I have faithfully served my country.
T
.. twoHarc trv t hr
tho many should
be opened to protect the state and check
the designs of the few.
I beg the favour that this Circular may
be read by the citizens of Glynn, and from
thence sent to Wayne and Camden coun
ties, that my candid sentiments, feelings,
and views may be known without dis
guise
W. B. DAVIS, Adv. for Brunswick.
To the People of Glynn County.
P. S.—Augusta, 9th July, The Na
tional Journal and Intelligencer are re
quested to ropublish the above circular,
as tending to a national subject in behalf
of the South and West. W. B. D.
-.#©•«-
Extract from Mr. Clay's Speech at the late Pitts-
burg (Penn.) Dinner.
I have differed only once with Pennsylvania, and
that was a difference in relation to men, and not
measures. It was not among the most inconsider
able reasons that induced me on that occasion to
make the selection which I did, that I thought
the measures which Pennsylvania approved
would be safer under the Administration of our
present Chief Magistrate. I knew his opinions,
and I have not been disappointed. I did not cer
tainly know theopinions of his great rival. I had
my fears, and succeeding events have not been
of a nature to quiet them.
I differed from you only about men. We did
not disagree about the business of the national
family. You wanted one foreman: I thought un
der the guidance of another, our work would be
better planned and executed, our accounts better
kept and settled, and all parts of the concern
would enjoy higher prosperity.
Wc differed only about men. You wished to
commit the national ship to a gallant command
er. I thought that was not his element, and I pre-
fered another, who possessed, I believed, more
skill and experience, and under whose enmmana
I tkou^bc the ship, ana tne crew, and the cargo,
would be safer . nd happier.
You were actuated by one of the noblest of
virtues. I too acknowledge its sway. But whilst
military merit is no disqualification, but, when
accompanied by other requisite attainments, may
be a reason for civil promotion; standing, as it ap
peared to me, alone, I did not think we could pru
dently entrust the Chief Magistracy of tiiis great
countryto the distinguished object of your choice.
I felt with you the obligations of national grati
tude. Buti thought they should be fulfilled in
other forms. Let the public gratitude manifest
itself in just and adequate rewards, drawn from
the pnblic treasure. Let inspired poets sing the
praises of our military and naval commanders.
Let the chisel and the pencil preserve their faith
ful images for the gratification of tha present and
future generations. Let the impartial historian
faithfully record their deeds of glory and renown,
for the admiration and imitation of posterity, I
say, too, in the language of a departed sage,
“ honor to those who fill the measure of their
country’s honor.” But it should be appropriate,
considerate honor—such as becomes its object,
and such as freemen ought to bestow. If my
suffrage is asked for the highest civil office of my
country, the candidate, however illustrious and
successful he may be, must present some other ti
tle than laurels, however gloriously gathered on
the blood-stained field.
These are my principles, which governed me
on the memorable occasion to which I have re
ferred. I quarrel with no man for holding oppo
site principles. I ask only the humble privilege
of acting upon my own. And the privilege I
will exercise during life, in spite of all the de
traction, calumny, and intimidation by which I
have been, or may be assailed. Throughout
a life, which is hot now short, I have £had the
greatest confidence in the candor, the intelligence,
and the justice of the public. Ido not speak of
confidence ip the abused sense of the affected
HISTRIONIC PREACHER.
Mr. Whitfield displayed in his boyhood
great theatrical talent; and when after,
wards called to the ministry of the gospel
indulged in an histronic manner of preach,
ing, which would have been offensive, if j.
had not been rendered admirable by hj s
natural gracefulness and inimitable power
Remarkable instances are related of th e
manner in which he impressed his hear-
ers. A ship-builder was once asked wha*
he thought of him. “Think!” he replied
“ I tell you sir ; every Sunday that Igd
to my parish church, I can build a ship
from stem to stern under the sermon; but
were it to save my soul, under Mr. \Vbit-
field I could not lay a single plank.’’^
Hume pronounced him the most ingeniou--
preacher he had ever heard, and said it was
worthwhile to go twenty miles to hear him
The elocution of Whitfield was perfect-
he never faultered, unless the feeling to
which hejhad wrought himself, overcame
him, and then his speech was interrupted
by a flow of tears ;—sometimes the emo-
tionsofhis mind exhausted him, and the
beholders felt p momentary apprehension
for his life. *
He would frequetly describe the agony
of our Saviour with such force, that the
scene seemed actually before his auditors
“ Look yonder,” he would say, stretching
out his hand, and pointing while hespokc-
“what is that I see? It is my agonizi™
Lord ! Hark, hark! do you not hear? Oh
my father, if it be possible, let this cup
pass from me ! nevertheless, not my will
but thine be done!” This he»introduced
frequently in his sermons : and one who
lived with him, says the effect was not dc.
stroyed by repetition; even to those who
knew what was coming, it came as forci
bly as if they had never heard it before.
Some times at the close of a sermon he
would personate a judge about to perform
the last awful duties of bis office. With
his eyes full of tears, and an emotion that
made his speech falter, after a pause which
kept the whole audience in breathless ex
pectation of what was to come, he would
say, “ I am going to put on my condemna
tion cap. Sinners, I must do if, I must
pronounce sentence upon you!” and then
in a tremendons strian of eloquence, de
scribing the eternal punishment of the
wicked, e hrecited the words of Christ.—
“ Depart from me ye cursed into’ everlast
ing fire, prepared for the devil and his an
gels.” When he spoke of St. Peter, lion-
after the cock crew he went out and wrp:
bitterly, he had a fold of his gown ready,
in which he hid his face.
Perfect ns it was, histrionism, like this,
would have produced no las.ing effect up
on the mind, had it not been for the unaf
fected earnesj^gs t a t (?|j, cKarnc
tovJzod bi s manner, whether he rose to the
height cf passion in his discourse, oj won
the attention of tho motley crowd by the
introduction of f’arniiliav stories and illus
trations adapted to the meanest capacities,
. [Percy Anecdotes.'.
Thc following account of the Tunnel
under the Thames, is from the letter of a
friend now in Europe.
I ” Tunnel is open for the admission
• of visiters, the disf ince of 300 feet, in one
i of the arched entrances, on paying a shif.
; ling—-through the arch way, tlic°worfc is
carried on tvithout- interruption to the la
borers. At tins entrance a steam engine
is employed in letting down all the
materials require 1 in the work, and al
so in working a number of cars on a rail
way, by which the clay, gravel, &c. is
drawn up. 520 feet of the Tunnel arc-
completed, (more than one third, and
something less than half the whole dis
tance.) The centre of each arch is 15$
feet above the carriage way, and the width
of each archway is 13h feet, 3 of which is
intended for a foot way. The depth oi
water over head is 36 feet at the highest
tide. The tunnel has an inclination from
the extremes to the centre of 4h feet, in
the distance of 100 feet. At "present,
[14th April last,] they are working within
12 feet of the bottom of the river, which is
the nearest approach to the water on any
point in the work. Of course there arc
but 12 feet of earth between the river and
the laborers under it. The arches arc
built of brick, three of which placed Ion- ..
gitudinally. constitute tho thickness of the
arch. The interior is lined or covered
with Roman cement, and lighted with
great brilliancy, as it is, with gas, the ap
pearance is grand as it is novel. The num
ber of persons engaged at work is 280, who
divide* the day and night equally between
them. Their ^receipts amount daily to
ten pounds sterling from visiters. When
finished it will, it is supposed, cost about.
3oO,000 pounds sterling—less than one
half the amount expended on several
bridges on the same stream.”
Lancaster Journal
Shrewd Answer.—A woman asked a
doctor whether taking snuff was not hurt
ful the brain. “ No said the doctor,
for he that has any will not take snuff.”
Synonomy.—A physician having been
out a shooting one whole morning without
killing any thing, his servant begged leave
to go over into the next field, for he' was
sure there was some birds there: “ and,”
adds the man, “ if there are, I’ll doctor
them.” “ Doctor them,” says-the master ;
“ what do you mean by that?” “Why
kill them sir.”
Colonel Bodens, who was very fat, being
accosted by a man to whom he owed mo-
ney, with a how-do-ye-do ? “Pretty well,
thank you ; you find I hold my own."—
“ Yes, (rejoined the other) and mine too,
to my sorrow."