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NEW-YORK, OCT. 24.
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The packet ship Cadmus, Capt. F.
Allyn,. arrived at tins port yes
terday, from Havre, whence she sailed on
the 6th of September. We have received
our Paris and Havre papers to the 15th.
The dates from London are to the 12th,
and from Liverpool to tfie 10th.
Turkey aad Greece.—The dates from
Constantinople are to the 22d of August.
At that time the ultimatum of the powers
had been presented to the Porte eight
days, and only fivo days more were allow
ed for deliberation ; ihe original period of J
one month having been considered too j
Tong, and reduced one half. The nmbns-
PORTUG AL.—The infanta Regent
arrived at the Ajuda Palace on the 28th
of August, under an escort partly English.
Her health appears still to be infirm, as
she is going to use the sea bath at Caxias.
We hear of no present disturbances either
in the capital or the country, and conclude
that every thing remains at present quiet.
The government have however, thought
proper to place a new censorship over the
press, in consequence as is alleged, of the
exertions of some, who have denied the
authority t f the Regent, and wish to de
stroy the public tranquility. A decree
was published in Lisbon on the 27th, re
moving the censors in that city, and Opor
to, who have admitted infiamatory publi
cations into the Gazettes, and appointing
others. It appears that those journals at
tacked the Lisbon Gazettes for publishing
the decrees of the Emperor of Brazil.
Many of the individuals arrested in the
late distui b&nces, are still in dungeons, and
their prosecutions are proceeding. They
are trying to prove them all republicans.—
It is to be remarked that the Regent still
speaks of the measures she is taking as be
ing only temporary—limiting their oper
ations to the arrival of new orders. It is
not know'n when Don Miguel is to be ex
pected ; but circumstances render it pro
bable that he will soon arrive in Portugal,
, . - , . t, . rc | and the Constitutional and English party
presented it together ; and the Ke.s Ef- appear stin t0 favor the belief that Don
fendi after enquiring of the dragomans ; p edro is Qn h|s ^ inJorder (Q keep the
what were ifs-contents, and receiving no ka | ance adjusted as well as possible lor
satisfaction, laid it aside. The European
papers very naturally give many different
conjectures on the subject, and publish all
the rumors thev hear. It is said that
Mr. Stratford Canning urged the Aus
trian Internuncio to advise the Divan to
accept the propositions, but that he refu
sed. Also, that the Prussian minister
made some representations to the Reis
Eflendi, which were ineffectual. The lim
ited time will expire on the 31st of Aug
In the mean time, the three powers are
assembling their squadrons in tho Archi
pelago ; the best evidence we have seen
to prove that they adhere to their resolu
tion of doing something for Greece and
humanity. A pretty strong force was al
ready collected in the Grecian waters :
and their rendezvous appears to have been
appointed in the ports of the Peloponnesus
or its immediate vicinity.
It was affirmed that the Pacha of E-
g3’pt has been expressly forbidden to send
out his new expedition against the Morea;
but the Gazette of Augsburg since says
that it actually sailed for Navarino, on
the 1st of August, and that it consists of
100 ships, containing 4000 men. Still we
hope it may not prove true, and cannot
believe it; unless, indeed, the report of
.ofthe Pacha’s disaffection is well found
ed, and he woes out as a secret friend to
Greece. Vessels had lately arrived at
Alexandria, with 250 Orepk slaves, taken
bylbrahim at the battle of Semul,who it is
said, were transnorted into tire interior.—
-■ Th is wears a somewhat contradictory ap
pearance ; hut the present inactivity of
the Egyptian troops in the Morea leads
qs to hope that Ibrahim has ceased this
work of distraction
Lord Cochrane 'Iras taken a Turkish
sloop of war, (we believe it is a new prize
and one othpr vessel. It is said that he
has been unable to organize the Greek
squadrons, and is obliged to depend on his
own forces. The Greek pirates have plun
dered spversl vessels in the Levant and
the Mediterannean; a French ship from
Marseilles for Alexandria, with provisions,
an Austrian ?hip laden with marbles for
the Pacha. &c. A Greek vessel was ta
ken into Malta, by an English ship load
ed with British Goods, which were claim-
«J by their owners.
It is asserted in an English paper of
September ]0ih, (we know not which)
that the Courts of great Britain. France
and Russia, are in favor of the Count
Capo d’Istria accepting the government
of Greece.
One measure adopted by the Russians,
we are happy to observe—orders have
been given to all Russian vessels to cea$e
from transporting warlike stores to either
of the belligerents on pain of entire con
fiscation, and the admiral has deelared
that he shall maintain a strict neutrality.
The French ships of war, Trident,
flreslan, Provence and Scipio, have left
Algiers for Milo ; and the whole squad
run,i waj to he -there as early as the 25th
of August, ^he English squadron was
already in 'hose waters, nnd the Russian
had heenspen passing tire strait. It was
presumed that thev would all be re^dv to
act m concert bv the first of September.
SPAIN.— The Castile insurrections in
the North havn assumed so formidable an
aspect, that even the Cabinet of Mad.r’d
has at length awakened from its trance, &
Sent in an army of 18,000 men against ihe
revolters. Accounts from different pla
ces speak o f tine rising of new bodies of
men, and of acts of hostility. Gen
eral Monet who was Chief ‘in Old Cas
tile, has received from the K’ng the gene
ral command against the rebels, and has
left Madrid on the 3d of September, for
bis post, ft is sa’d that he is to act in
concert wi'h Canpo Segrado, whose re
signation has not been accepted. Gene
ral Manso has proposed a plan of opera
tion. At a period of the rebellion so advan
ced, that it is feared it will be extremely
difficult to put it down, perhaps impossi
ble, without foreign aid, for which, it is
said, application has been made to France.
Th ere are French troops enough in Cat
alonia to render powerful assistance.
, Cisneros, who expected to take com
mand of the citadel of Barcelonia on its
t^ acuation by the French, has been arrest
ed on a charge of having carried on a
criminal correspondence with tbeFaction-
aries.
Some accounts from the north, say, that
a Provisional Junta, (the nucleus of a re
bel government) has been formed atVirh,
but nothing certain is yet know. One
ms actually been formed at Manrosa.Cas-
ton who occupies Olot, lias issued a pro
clamation calling on the people to fly to
anus, for religion end the throne.
their side, in the public mind
AUSTRIA.—Five Hungarian regi
ments are to form a part of the corps of
observation: that Austria will have on the
frontiers IfT.tt Turkey, in the event of
war breaking out between Russia and the
Porte.
According to letters from the frontiers
of Moldavia, a grand council of war; form
ed of officers of the corps of Bassarabia,
has been held at Kescheneff.
POLAND.—Tho number of persons
arrested in the Grand Dutchy of Passion
as accomplices in the conspiracy of Poland
was only four—they will be tried with the
rest. It is not expected that the Emperor
will be severe with them.
RUSSIA.—Letters from Brelin of the
last of August, says that all private ac
counts from Russia mention great move
ments among the troops ; and that a levee
en masse of the Don Cossacs is spoken of
Witgenstein’s army in Besrarabia is by
some affirmed to. be placed on the war
footing. The writers remark that al
though these reports are probably not
exact, yet the movements indicated some
thing uncommon ; and are perhaps owing
to the ill success of the army in Persia.—
Thus we have again to suppose the first
accounts from that county correct. We
observe that howeve*-, that the Austrains
are to have an army of observation to
watch the Turks and that a Russian squad
ron of very considerable force is fitting
out in the Black Sea ; so that there is
room to hope the military preparations
may be designed for the co-operation in a
better cause than the Persian war.
On the22d ult. the Emperor of Russia
was present at a sitting of the Directing
Senate, an honor which had not been con
ferred since the reign of Paul
LONDON, SEPT. 12—Letters pa
tent have been made out to pas3 the
Great Seal, creating the Earl of Darling
ton Marquis of Cleveland. Mr. Stanly,
the member for Preston, succeeds the
Right Hon. R. Wilmot Horton, as under
Secretary of the Colonies. These facts
are important m $ double point of view.
They are markfrof his majesty’s favor, to
those members of the Whig party who
supported him in a moment his preroga
tive aad the stability of his government
were threatened ; thev shewed also the
perfect harmony in the Administration.
Mr Iluskisson, the leader of the house of
Commons, and among the chief Tory
Ministers, having chosen as his under
Secretary a gentleman who is a represen
tative of one of tno greatest Whig fami
lies. Mr. Stanly’s first speeches in
the House of Commons has been dis
tinguished as well for sound reasoning
and extensive information, as for elo
quences & if he answered the expectation;
which have been formed of him from
these essays, he will be a valuable acces
sion to the ministry.— Globe.
The Catholics of Ireland have been
advised by some well wishers to their cause
not to press their claims at the present
session of Parliament. This advice has
been a matter of discussion in the Catho
lic Association. Mr. Conway insisted on
an immediate petition. He gave notice
that on Saturday, he should move a stre
nuous petition.
Sir W. Scott’s new work “ The Chron
icles of the Canongate,” in two volumes
consisting of three tales, will appear a-
hout the end of next month, and will be
followed bv the “ Tales of a Granfatlier.
from the same pen in November.
SEPT. 10.—The age of Mr Tierney
disqualifies for the activity and labonr of
constant attendance to official^ Parliamen
tary duties, otherwise he would have been
eminently qualified for the station of
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Observer.
The Dnke of Kent, with letters from
Lisbon to the lQth ult, arrived this morn
ing. The former contain no political in
telligence. Nothing was known of the
movements of Miguel, but circumstances
led to the expectation of his speedy ar
rival in Portugal. The people of Lisbon
aie looking for intelligence from Rio
through this country. The letters from
Oporto state that the hot weather and the
absence of rain have in some degree in
jured the vineyards, and the crops will
consequently be short, but if orders do
not come in plentifully, which it is thought
will be the case, the purchases will be
limited.— Courier.
We have made inquiries respecting the
health of Lord Liverpool, and find that
it continues good. Thp facility of speech
is not restored, but his Lordship reads and
is read to.—John Bull.
Tlip Algerines ccctiaue to commit de
predations on the commerce of France;
and it appears that they have lately begun
to cruize against Prussian vessels* We ob
serve several accounts of French ships
being boarded and robbed by them, but
remark no atrocities committed on the
crews, An Algerine vessel had arrived
at the latest dotes at Toulon, with proposi
tions to the government. Convoys are
furnished at Cadiz for the Mediterranean.
The English cruisers on the coast of
Africa, between the 10th of April, 1824,
and the 1st June, 1827, captured 50 ves
sels, containing no Ipssthan 9,733 slaves !
were chiefly Brazillians; and the rest
Spanish and Dutch.
A terrible storm has destroyed a great
many vineyards in the neighborhood of
Mulhausen, on the Rhine. The hail fell
violently, and the rain flooded several vil
lages.
The fishery of Sardinians has almost
entirely failed this year. A house at
L’Orien was purchased at 50 francs.
The fair at Frankford was well attend
ed ; hut merchants gonerally complained
oflow prices, particularly in cotton ; while
the consumers say the quality is bad.
The French agent of Rio has lost all
hope of obtaining satisfaction for the cap
tured vessels, and recommends to the
merchants to go before the courts.
A Steamboat has been launched by the
Belgian Society—the first boat of the kind
in the Low Countries.
The Cotton crop has almost entirely fail
ed in Egypt.
Leffers from Hamburg says, that Mr.
Jacobs is making another journey to ex
amine the slate of agriculture, and that
several Englishmen have also been sent
out to refute his arguments. It is suppos
ed 'hat the Corn laws will be vigorously
discussed at the next session of pailia
ment.
The prices of bread stuffs are dear in
France, ns well as in other countries.—
The quality of ihe new crons is not equal
to that of the old in many places.
Algerines have anpearad in the waters
of the Canaries, and captured a French
vessel.
The Peacock has been three years and
seven Months absent during which period
she lias been actively employed on the
coasts of Chili, Pern, Colombia and Mex
ico, having visited most of the ports fre
quented hv our enterprising merchants be
tween Valpa-aiso and Chili, California in
Mexico, as well as the Sandwich Islands
Society and Marqueses Islands, which
have become the principal rendezvous of
our S. Sea Whalemen,& north west traders.
The P. adds nothing to the stock of polit-
cal news reported by the Corinthian, ex
cept that about the last of August, a oarty
said to have for its object the Revolution
izing of Brazil, was discovered to bo in
agitation as confederates. The disaffect
ed were thought to be numerous.
GEN. JACKSON AND COM. DECATUR.
A writer in a Philadelphia paper gives
the following as a correct report of the so
much talked of interview which took place
at the door of the Senate Chamber be
tween these two distinguished individuals:
Allusion has been frequently made in
the public prints, to an interesting inter
view which occurred between these gen
tlemen, some years ago, near the door of
the U. S. Senate Chamber. As I have
derived the particulars from an authentic
source, I shall take the liberty of submit
ting them to the consideration of the pub
lic.
The extraordinary measures of Gene
ral Jackson during the continuance of the
Seminole war, not only elicited deep and
loud complaint from the public, but at
tracted the notice of Congress. The sub
ject was brought before the House of Re
presentatives by Mr. Clay, tho present
distinguished Secretary of State. He
animadverted on the General's disregard
of orders, as well as of legal and consti
tutional restraint, with a degree of bold
ness and eloquence which even surpassed
all his previous efforts.
The General’s conduct was also made
a subject of inquiry in the Senate. In
this’ investigation Mr. Lacock and Ro
berts, of this state, and Mr. Eppes of Vir
ginia took an active pari. The General
complained with much bitterness of the
course pursued by all these gentlemen,
and threatened to cut off their ears. He
selected, however, Mr. Eppes, the son in
law of the patriot Jefferson, as the parti
cular object r,fhis vengeanca and swore,
that he would chastise him in the midst of
the body in which his injurious remarks
had been made. The report reached the
ears of the gallant Decatur. He consi
dered it, however, as one of those idle dec
larations which men of intemperate pas
sions not unfrequently make without anv
intention of putting it into execution.
The last day of the session, the Senate
had an evening sitting for the purpose of
receiving messages from the President.
On this occasion the Commodore conduct
ed Mrs. Decatur to the brick capitol, to
witness the ceremony of the adjournment
of the Senate.—As they passed through a
small anti-room to the door of the Senate
Chamber, about nine o’clock at night, they
saw with surprise General Jackson, with
two aids-de-camp walking backwards and
forwards appearing under the influence of
great excitement. So soon as he conducted
Mrs. Decatur to a seat in the lobby he
returned and asked one of the aids wheth
er or not it was true, tlist General Jackson
intended to attack Mr. Eppes in the Sen
ate Chamber. The reply was, such.is
the General’s intention, and such is the
object of his visit to the capitol at this
hour. He added further that it was alto
gether impossible for any one to alter his
determination.
Decatur then turned to General Jack-
son, and observed, with that grave and
firm tone for which he was remarkable.
“ I have just learned, sir, with deep re
gret, tha the object of your visit to the cap
itol at this late hour, is to chastise Mr.
Eppes in the Senate Chrmber. 1 *
The General replied with a voice faul- and other works.
tering with passion, ‘ k yes Sir, the d-m'd
rascal has injured my reputation, and I
will he revcDged of him this evening—I
will cane him in the Senate Chamber. I
willjteach the scoundrel to impeach my
conduct, or call in question the propriety
of my measures.”
'* Then, replied the gallant Commo
dore, you are an undone man—your fame
will be shipwrecked, and the nation dis
graced. For God’s sake be diverted from
your purpose—the persons of our Sen
ators are sacred, when engaged in their
deliberations, and it is our duty to pro
tect. and not to assail them.”
Whilst Decatur was thus earnestly ten
dering his advice, Jackson hastily inter
rupted him with the following remark: “ I
have made it a rule in life, sir, to be re
venged of all insults, and I am not now to
be diverted from my purposes. By the e-
ternal G—d,I will enter the Senate Cham
ber and flog the d d rascal.”
Decatur slapping his hands together in
his own peculiar manner, fiercely observ
ed, “you shall not enter that door, sir,
unless it be over my dead body."
Jackson stepped back ; his lips com
pressed, and his face pallid with anger ;
he ey’ed in silence the gallant spirit that
opposed him for the space of half a minute
He remarked, “ Decatur, I regard you as
a friend, and respect you as a gallant offi
cer, but you must not, I charjp you, in
terfere in my designs.”
The Commodore replied, “ I recipro
cate your obliging expressions, but my
friendship fi-r you, or my admiration for
gallant exploits, cannot be compared with
the estimation in which I hold my coua-
try ; she shall never be disgraced while it
is in my power to prevent it.”
Witnessing the inflexible determination
of Decatur, the General lowered his tone
of violence, and intreated in his turn, that
there should he no interference with his
purposes.—“ General Jackson,” said De
catur, “ I respect the feelings of a soldier,
but the course which you have taken in
this affair, cannot receive the sanction of
any one, whose judgmant is free from ihe
influence of passion. I must, therefore,
again entreat of you, to abandon your pre
sent rash and inconsiderate intentions.”
Jackson gave Decatur a familiar slap
on the shoulder, and observed “you area
gallant soldier, I will take your advice
I know you would not advise me to any
course which .is incompatible with the
honor of a soldier.”
The truth of the above anecdote can
be sustained by the most positive and un
impeachable testimony. The gallant, the
patriotic, the high minded Decatur him
self, has detailed the circumstances to se
veral highly respectable gentlemen in this
state. The detail was made at a time
when no one in his senses ever supposed
General Jackson would he brought for
ward as a candidate for the Presidency.
The anecdote was related with no other
view than to illustrate his violent, and
headlong character.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1827.
The Legislature of Georgia commences
its Session to-day. We hope to be able
to present our readers with a regular list
of its proceedings.
Signoria Garcia’s benefit on the anniver
sary of the opening of the Bowrey Thea
tre, New-York, amounted to $2,200.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Ameri
can, speaking of the meeting of the Legis-
ture of New Jersey, sa3's, “ Notwithstand
ing the most strenuous and violent efforts
of the Jacksonites, they were unable to
obtain so much as a door keeper in either
house. New-Jersey is safe ; ai! the offi
cers elected are friendly to the adminis
tration.”
Bolivar is again at the head of Colom
bia, and has again fixed the confidence of
his country in those virtues, of which we
never could persuade ourselves to believe
he was destitute.
In looking over the news Under our
foreign head, our readers cannot fail to
feel how blessed our country is in the pos
session of peace and all its concomitants.
The City Council of Charleston, after
passing a resolution to discontinue the
quarantine regulations, resolved to observe
the 15th inst. as a day of “ Humiliation,
Prayer and Thanksgiving.”
was consumed by fire in th e s j, 0rt
six hours. Comparatively spej k
never was greater destruction i n i
We have foitunately lost none of 1
perty, being south of Government
and remote from the croud uf ’ * *
IOu ' e »'
ROR THE GEORGIA COCRj; ,
There are probably few
with less judgment than P a f sv
city is as closely associated wiih •
ment by Physicians in genera! - "u
—- "■ - ■ °s the
C J
food;
cet is with Pleurisy. W e W sh
say that the practice was as
case as the other. A little
the causes of Palsj, .ill, I
our confidence in the utility n e!?'*
trical Machine «Uo„ the f
a PP ,ie d indisc
our be!,*
trical Machine when
nately, if it does not shake
the genera efficacy of electricity ^
case 5 What are the causes V
Should we not rather sav .i. ^ 8
cause of Palsy 7 For webefieve “
ent solely on some pressure on tfcP
or nerves; and that those extend’
cations which produce P a u„ ^
Lead, Zinc fa act on the ^
tem precisely in the same manner °
sure, viz. by stimulation. That p:t
acts in this manner, we have in HT"
the removal of even bone bv theT*
ents, when there is pressure, ^
any externa! cause or the existent ?
internal tumor. The absorb* ' 0,a
ulated to
an increased action ,
remove every thing in the neiVnhl ?
of tho irritation. .l_
the brain
from
r UC i gn0or L
When the pressure
extravasated
blood, or from tumor or depressed - I
rises to a certain point.it producesfs*'
if it transcends that point, ApopIe IV -!’’ I
r S ", In /•’?’ Verti § 0 ’ Coma;p,u
Epilepsy and Apoplexy, are only
of the same disease, according to differ*!
degrees of the existing cause-more or !
pressure on the brain. In evidence U
often does Epilepsv follow after bleed-
m Apoplexy? The brain wakes !
were from a profound sleep, and roa-
its energies to shake off its drowsiness 1
bleeding continued, the conv u ! s j on; ’
and there often remains palsy of half: •
body or of some extremity. Eve De
pressure of the brain, produced by t
turgescenco.of its own blood-vessels wh-
violent exercise or any other cause cr ea>
jnpid circulation, produces Vertigo r
Coma. I know a man, who from crnitir.
ued bleeding four or five times permoir|>
has been relieved of Epilepsy entird!
but consulted qie fora troublesome ven
go, which was removed by continuing or-
casional bleeding and purging, which hd
been intermitted after ho was clear of h-
original complaint.
That pressure acts as a stimulus; I will
observe the similarity of its effects totbns-
of causes, which are known and univer.
sally acknowledged to be stimulant. U'ha-
is the effect of stimulus or exciting cause*,
when applied to any part, if, after’the ei’
citemeni is over, it is not Palsy of there-
sels of the part cnmmoi.lv called ezhaus-
tion, weakness, &c. A certain time mov
elapse for the exhausted parts to recover
their exergies. Painters have Palsy of
their hands and arms, and Printers, o:
their fingers, from the lead and zincing
materials and instruments of their respec
tive professions. The rapid circnlaticr
of the blood in fever, and the consequent
increased stimulation of the blood vessoh,
leave tho exhausted arteries, hobbling*,
long in the irregular movements of pan-
lytic weakness. The fumes of Mercury
and Arsenic, have been known to produce
death by bringing on a fatal Palsy of the
brain. The nerves obey the same la»;
of motion and of life, to which the blond
vessels, or any other part of the body, air
subject, and undergo tho opposite state
of excitement and exhaustion with th*
same effects.
Palsy is caused by such a determination
of the blood to the vessels of the brain, 33
produces an extravasation of serum or
blood, which press«s on the tender texture
of that important organ. The pressure
excites it into increased action, and effu
sion is the consequence, either ofserunf
or blood ; for in tho latter case, increased
action occasions the rupture of the blood
vessels. I do not speak of mechanica.
injuries, which may produce Paralytic
affections by the pressure of fluids on the
brain, or the depression of pieces of bone,
or extraneous substances. This effusion
for the time, relieves the action of the
P ar » J but if not absorbed, it in a short
time gives rise to a repetition of the same
excitement. Can it, then, he advisable
to apply so powerfula stimulus a«electriciiy
to the paralytic limbs or to the head 7 —
While the sy'stem retains its general er'o-
nv, and the volume of the hfood remains
undiminished, the application is only cal
culated to increase ihe effusion bv incieas
ing the action of the arteries and the cir
culation of the blood through them.—
Its application cannot bejustified or*
the belief, that the parts wantexete-
ment ; for without referring to the
increased action in the vicinity of ihe pres
sure on the brain, tho cause of the para
lysis, I have rendered it probable that th»
paralytic limb itself is over stimulated. In
farther proof of this fact, Dr. Rush men
tions the case of a man, who could ro^ve
perfectly well in sleep, and another whe
could move his arm, until he recollected,,
it was paralytic. Here was wanting th*
stimulus of volition, which in addition to
the present stimulation of the system,
overpowered its energies and disturbed
the regular phenomina of motion. Here
the stimulus of the will produced the same
effect on animal fibres, that strong stimu
lation does from other causes. Hence
the man who is very anxious to speak,
and in a hurry to utter his expression,
stammers, and is obliged to lessen the vo
luntary effort before his tongue will give
clear and distinct articulation to his words
Dr. Darwin proposed tying down the arm
of the well side, to “ determine sensorial
power into the other.” This was a wrong
theory. Its natural effect was to expend
excitability generally, and thus lessen the
excitement ef the paralytic arm.'
Humane and spirited Conduct of a
Young 1 Voman. On Thursday se’night,
as one of the packets was fillintr with pas-
sengersfrom the races atMaghull’a woman
was stepping ou board, and her little child
had hold of her gown, but missed its foot
ing, and fell into the water: at the same
time the packet moved from the shore,
and sucked the child under it. A scream
from several of ihe people announced the
accident, and a female, genteelly dressed,
besought a man to save it, but lie brutally
replied, with an oath, “it’s none of my
child,” and moved on. A young woman
regardless of every thing but that of sa
ving the innocent, plunged in, and suc
ceeded in catching it by the hair, as it rose
from under the packet, and got it to the
sido, when both she and the child were
rescued by some gentlemen who had just
come up. The young woman had just be
fore changed her clothes, which had been
wet through at the race ground, and was
proceeding to take her place in the packet,
just at the lime the accident occurred.—
She fainted immediately after she got into
the packet. The parents of the child
promised to call on her, but have neglected
so to do.—Leeds Mercury.
1 he Pendleton Messenger, says, that a
man by the name of Cornelius Mathews,
was found guilty, in Abbeville District, of
horse stealing, and sentenced to be hung.
Tiie friends of General Jackson have
brought out a new witness against Mr.
Clay, with the same success that they did
Mr. Bailey against Mr. Adams. This is
Col. Bourne—with the “far-fetched and
high-sounding expletives,” “the lofty ad
denda” of Receiver of the Land Office at
Chilicothe, and Gen. M’Arthur’s son-in-
law. It relates to the “ bargain arid sale,”
the meaning of which, if the public have
not yet learned, we cannot help saying
they are a dull set of fellows. He denies
any knowledge or belief of such a trans
action, and says, “I never did, in my own
mind, attach the least degree of criminality
to their conduct in the last election.”
Our Jackson friends deserve our thanks
for the continued employment they Hve
the friends of the Administration.
HINDOO WIDOWS.
The folio wing horrible case is extracted
from a Parliamentary report which has
just been published. The law courts in
India are, it appears not agreed as to the
punishment to be inflicted on the parties
concerned in the transaction:
“A girl of about fourteen years age,
whose husband(a Brahmin)died when ab
sent from his family, and a fortnight after
the event, her father being absent and un
acquainted with what was passing, procee
ded to burn herself on a funeral pile, pre
pared by other near relations, anti, which
was fired by her uncle. She soon leaped
from the flame, and was seized; taken up
by the hands and feet and again thrown
upon it much burnt. She again sprung
from the pile and running to a well hard
by, laid herself down in the watercourse,
weeping bitterly. A sheet was then offer
ed and she was desired by her uncle to
place herself upon it, she refused, saying
she would rather quit the family, & live by
beggary’, or any thing if they vvould have
mercy’ upon her. At length on her uncle
swearing by Ganges that if she would
seat hersslf on the cloth he would carry
her home, she did so, was bound up in it,
carried to the pile now fiercely burning,
and again thrown into the flames. The
wretched victim once more made an effort
to save herself when, at the instigation
of the rest a Musselman approached near
enough to reach her with his sword, and
cutting her thro’the head she fell back,
and was rescued from further suffering by
death.”
The two gold medals of the Royal So
ciety of Literature of Great Britain have
been awarded to Sir Walter Scott and Dr.
Southey, another of the History of Brazil j
Mr. George Kremer has memorized
his letter to the Columbian Observer, and
spoken it to a part of his constituents on
the 17th of September. He has only
added to it, that “ Mr. Clay must ask an
investigation of his conduct, or sink under
the contempt such conduct merits. If he
should not require an investigation it is
hoped some man mill be found patriotic
enough to do it for him. In either event,
that mould be the proper time to bring
forward all the testimony in support of the
facts charged.”
We can scarcely trust our temper to
comment on conduct so unworthy the dig
nified uprightness of an American states
man. After meanly shrinking from the
investigation of the charge, when, if it
had been true, it could easily have been
proved, and the deplorable consequences
averted by the discomfiture ef Mr. Adams,
be now conies forward, and hopes that
Mr. Clay will ask for an investigation !
Where ? Before the House of Represen
tatives, to whose duties such an investiga
tion was so foreign, and whose dignity
was so terribly compromitted by even en
tertaining such a proposition before the
last election ? Ask it now, “ when the
Tree of Liberty” is cut down? Now,
when the “ Rubicon has been passed
This Mr. Kremer seems to know some
thing of Caesar, for he talks of “ Crossing
the Rubicon,” and the “ Ides of March”
very familiarly. He has once crossed
“ the Rubicon.” but, unlike Caesar, he
re-crossed it in a hurry, without ever
marching to Rome. His Charger is again,
in the stream. What he will do next
time he crosses, we will be able to tell at
another timo. We think it will be march
ing up the hill, and then——marching
down again. The Goddess of Freedom
has already averted her face from his
daring attempt, but it is not in tears, like
the old Roman Goddess, when Caesar
crossed at the head of his legions; but
she now hides her face, all crimsoned
with shame, that a whole nation, virtuous
and enlightened as this is, should seriously
listen to charges thus hatched in maligni
ty and fostered by disappointed ambition.
THE FIRE AT MOBILE.
The following ig an extract of a letter from
Messrs. T. ii G. HoJt, of Mobile, to a friend
in this place:
On Sunday last, the 21st iast. (Oct.)
1 tjje whole of the business part of our city
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