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Newspaper Page TextBY GRYNTLAND & Oil.WE. ' ■’ ■' ."T - r—i Im wp ■» /—* iy i n ■uutjyw «^a MILLEDGEVIULE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1825. dt^CKiriin » w— *««»*■■—wmmi A*neywmt*»M(jwwi g-i -j.unuaiiiiiatiD.'-iyvii'' ’ VOL* Vi.—No. 2ft. i»;iVi n r- ftgrnuDVft Ip pnMi.httl weekly, nn VLiuroeUstreet. liM'veen Way lie nnd Jefferson, iit Three Dnlliir s per annum, payable in advaiiee, nr f ,,ur Dollars, if not paid before the rnd of the.•■ear. Aovbktuk'ikm rs conspicuously inserted at the n-uol rates. Those sent w itliout a sp’fct'ilir.itlbn of tlie number of insertions, will be published until nub ml not, nnd charged accordingly. tjnles of lone nml Negroes, by Administrator*, Executors, or Guardians. are required by law, to lie In Id on tie Co ft Tuesday in the month, between ylie bom s often in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the court-house of the county in svhieli the property is sitimte.—Notice of the sale of land must be pi veil in tv public gazette mrv d us. and negroes, fohtv days, previous to the ila\' of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property must lie given in like manner, kortv days previous to the dnv of Side. Also, uotice to the debtors and erodi- (ors of an estnt? must be published for rotvrv day.t. Notice that application will be made to the C ’on rf of Ordinary for leave to sell laud, must be published for mo: months. All business, in the line of Printing, will meet with prompt attention at the Ukcoktikh Office. I.kvtkrs (on business) most he post-paid FROM TIIS TORT FOLIO. tiii: shadow ok Tin: horse. Jl tali', from an ancient manuscript, written in 15(10. li mav !m nneesanry to inform tlie read- fir, tli.it in certain very warm rtiimtrii.'tq vvhoii travellers can got no better protec tion from tin: heat of the sun, during n sin rt rejiose, it is the custom to recline un der the shadow of the horse, tiss, or camel on which they rifle. This will throw light upon that passage in Voltaire’s L’ni Versa ill story, where ha relates, that, when that ~ ’* ' im- I'seiulo-nlessinli. Sahbntini Levi,gave hi golf out ns '.lie King and Saviour of the Jewish tint it >n, the principal men among them, and the R,alibis of their Sfipjietlrim, wrote to him thus: “ King'of lungs, Lord of lords, when shall we have the honoitrof yccJinlng ourselves under the shadow of your elephant, &c.? M This will also e.\- -ilaiu tlio principal incident in the follow ing roiunrkRb]B history. A nohionniii nt the court of Markukknh, whose name was Hhutuki, was resolved to x i-:t l.i'liuv, a distant country, the place of his nativity ; and for'that purpose lie ho- gnu in tt’uhe salt), as lie found suitahlo op portunities, of such things ms were not ne cessary to he carried with him. lie had a r tnarkahly fitm horse, which he much de lighted iii, nml whose hack was honored xvitlt his weight, as often ns he took the exorcise of t iding. At a public fair, in tii.it large open plain above the capital of Mai'kiiskali, as you go to Ffatterwuttkuh, lie sold this animal to <” uml).v, another no bleman. What his price was. is nothing to any one of the present day.; and we should never ask questions about things which do not eoncegu us. After he was soi l, and the money transferred to Blitt- Tttki’s purse, he sat down to rest him self under the shadow of the horse.— “ Rise,” said < Huntin' ; “ I will not,” replied ■Blnuuki. “ Rise quickly,” returnedClmn- iiv, “or f will kick you.” “ I will not a- ris',” said Bluituki, “aiullcick ineyon dare not.” “Hovel 41 ot bought (lie horse?” •inquired Cluiuby. “ Yon have,” replied the other, “but. what then ?” “Well then, is not his shadow mine ?” "“That docs lit.; follow, [ sold only the horse.” “ Well, does not that imply his shadow ?” “You ■might as well say that it implied me who xvus his rider !” These answers were all whispered in Bhutuki’s ear hy lawyer Nimbleo, a man .vho wns remarkable for his benevolence in giving advice to his neighbours. In short the matter came to an open rupture. Multitudes of people stood up on each side. Vine party cried, “ Sinttuki, do not rise, die shadow of the horse is ns much yottr’s as iiis, being that you never sold it!”— The other party bawled aloud, “ Clumby, drive him out with your foot, for ns you have paid for the horse, you have a right to the shadow.” Clumby, by this time, ■xvas taking counsel of lawyer Lightfinger. •who advised him not to take the horse out of the place, which he might easily have done, uud which would have ended the •dispute, hut to let him stand and drive .sliutuki by force from the shadow. Thus lawyer Nimbleo on the one blind, and lawyer Lightfinger- on the other, fo mented the contention, until wrath grew so high, that both parties were about to get together by the ears, and try the mat ter at hard knocks, which Nimbleo per ceiving, he mounted a cart that stood near, and said : “ lYIv friends, you ure beginning a civil broil, about a matter too hard for nil our comprehensions;—nod will bruises and scars give us any insight into the mer its of the cause ? Why should wo spend our blood about a horse nml his shallow, when the law is open and ready to punish the transgressor? Let ns, my clear friends! forbear strife and quarrelling. Here am 1, on the one side, to defend the part of my eli 'tit, and there is my worthy brother Light- finger, to sec justico d*ne to the noble Clumby ; let the a flair be tried in open court, before the proper,judges of such in tricate matters, so that it may appear plain lo til! mankind, to whom the shadow of a horse, belongs—for if this weighty matter remain undecided, any man may coiTio that pleases, and sit down umlerthc sha dow where J lmd resolved to recline my- a Inwver, standing betwixt two nf his cli ents. who contended about an oyster. , lie in I lie middle sucks up tin: meat and gives each client an empty shell—with this mot to, written in tin* old language of Mar- kiisknh, Ccrrakkotingg Ztuhluihhahhomi, which being interpreted is, “The curse of the Lord is my inheritance.” Lightl'inget was the youiiget son of a family, xxhu had nothing to show for their antiquity but poverty and pride. He had a tolerable education, hut in Ills yoptli he had imbibed a certain fawning 'manner which ho could never get over, lie was, therefore, a tool of the great, and set In them upon oflices to w (licit no man of spi rit would have condescended. Notwith standing these foibles lie did not want sense, and aa it was a custom at Murkits- kali that a man’s motto should he expres sive of his pursuits—ns a liar’s house in Turkey is painted black—so he had this ono on his chariot: OhlirrasshlmintoiUi mmeoili: that is, “The devil maintains me.” Intimating that as lie got his bread hy tlio feuds and animosities of his neigh bours, which could only lie raised by tlio devil, so he was a man so grateful as pub licly to acknowledge his benefactor. The world does not abound with instances of such gratitude. Shimtki soon gave lawyer Nimbleo a very hdiidsnmu fee, snd asked his opinion of the ease. “ Why,” said the lawyer. “ ’tisas plain ns n-pikestaff, that you have the right end ol’thc question. Wlint ! did any body ever hour of selling the shadow of a Imran ? N i. no, they will find them selves deceived. Do you take no concern. Rest fully content, and rely upon me, for i will show tis plain as the nose oti your luce, that the shadow is yours.” ■Clumby* too, gave n lurge sunt to Light- finger, and desired his candid opinion.— “ Bir," said lie, “to tell yon honestly, there never was an affair before me that gage me less trouble. Who over heard of a limn, that upon selling a horse, kepi the shadow for his own use ? He might as well, when he sold you u house, hinder you from reclining under its roof. The men who argue against ns are mud, or hav e too much money ; and depend upon it, Bir, that in the sequel you. will ruin your antagonist, for I will make out the sha dow to Im yourV as plainly r.s the horse is, «r tlmt two arid two make four.” Bhutuki, to make sure of the shndow, went to his opponent’s lawyer, and after making him a handsome present, asked his opinion a friend. “ Oil! my dear Bhutuki,” said he “what n glorious cause have yon hy the end ! Had I been wo hap py as to have been your counsel, i would have hid defiance to the very Prince of Devils. Wluit ! durst any man breathing rob me nf mv shadow ? no, l wouhl«ee his heart’s blood first. A shadow is com mon to all mankind, like the waters of the sea, and none hut madmen would attempt to keep from people what is justly their due. It' 1 had your cause, 1 Would teach people howto meddle with shadows flint you know i am on the other side of the question, and must do my best for my cli ent.” Clumby hy this time Itnd also visited Nimbleo, to whom he manifested his friendship in a shape so substantia!, that lawyer soon ouened his heart as fol lows: “ Vv dear Clumby,” snid lie, “I ex pected that you would have made choice of me nt first, hut being earnestly impor tuned hy the other party, I could not wait for you, least by delay the uproar should have ended in bloodshed. Oil, if l had your cause in bund, Imw I would make t lie adversary smoke! As for the side I am on, you need not fear, for 1 know not well what to make of if. I must, howev er, do all for my client that lies in irn pow er. 1 confess it is a very intricate ques tion, and much may lie said on both sides. 1 am just now going to consult that famous book of lawyer Crabtree, De Umbria, and M. Blocklieiulodus, Dc arte, nodandi in So- metate. If you will drop in upon me occa sionally, you will not find your case injur ed by it.” It is said, that there xvns also a consul tation livid between the learned gentle men of the long robe, Nimbleo and Lightfinger, upon this knotty subject, in which it was understood that wlint was but an empty shajow to their clients, should by them be turned into something substantial. Cut as men of that profession generally keep their own counsel, it is a mystery tome how such a matter should get ivind,.and it surely would he danger- oils in a grave history like this, to set doix n any thing upon the authority only of a vague report. Certain it is that lawyers, who seem to he sworn mid avowed ene mies in court, ready at all times to go to loggerheads with each oilier, dosoconcert matters, ns in the final windings up of u tfcdionscause, to empty theireliimts purses into their own. But whethar this elfect is Lawyer Lightfinger, at this cried “ a- nen,” and the rabble being wonderfully pleased with Njmbleo’s rhetoric, agreed, on all sides, that the matter should he dis cussed according to law. YVe shall there fore follow them to the bar, after having briefly characterised the two lawyers, ami Told the reader what we judge necessary thereupon. The progenitors of Nimbleo had been lawyers from time immemorial. IJo ima gined himself, therefore, not made a !aw- \or hv study, hut, like a poet [poeta nasci- tur non fit), horn one. He had gained a vast estate hy tlio profession. His opinion was asked hy different parties, and he was sometimes suspected to lmvo been well paid for setting them both wrong, lie ! “de in his pencil, and his cunt of arms ad- bl-nbiy xvqll suitqd Jiis profession. It. was can, with jih'lo-iipbic spectacles, discern the most tuimite circumstance relative to truth or falsehood, and scan the most meta physical distinctions with correctness and accuracy. I therefore, with jilst. reliance upon your honor and integrity, doaflirtu, that as a shadow is no part of a horse, it is not vendible with a horse.” Lawyer Lightfinger, then rising up, af ter a very profound hoiv, said, “ Honora ble and ve.rv learned Birs, i am ns truly sensible of your worth and iniujfrity ns any man living; and am fully convinced that what f .shall advance oil the side of my no ble client. will he weighed, in the stales of your judgment, with justico, righteousness, and exactitude. Conscious that the ham pers of your worships’ understandings are capable of containing the knowledge of the, most abstruse subjects, I proceed to slain you the weakness and insiillicrency of my opponent's major proposition, lie afiimis that a shadow is no part of a horse. 1 would ask that“gentleman, where he ever saw a horse without a shadow ? a sha dow, nn’t please your worships, ts as yu- tnral to a horse, as a sense of justice, is to this honorable court—ns natural asjfor the, sparks to flv upwards, or for heavy /lo llies to fall to the ground. And it is iVrv plain that if a Imrso had not a shadow,’lie . would not he a horse—lie would he nctli- ing at all—for every thing which we call soniethinp, has a shadow—a horse is some thing, tlierefore he has a shadow ; and • hat indiyidu,.! -hailow belongs to none but himself. It cannot descend to nother horsy, nor bo taken front its genuine pro ' priefor ; and therefore, ns the horse can not exist without it, it belongs to the gen tleman who buys the horse, and not to the one w Im sold him.” “ My friend Lightfmgpr,” retorted Nim bleo, “ has placed the w hole stress of his argument upon the question, where I ever saw B horse without n shadow? Vrom which his reasoning is so wild and extra vagant, that I cannot help hogging the li berty of setting it before your worships in a proper light. Unsays that without a shadow a horse Would not be u horse—an argument which would scarcely go down in that part of the world, w hore it is said, the inhabitants are remarkable for hulls of. that description. lie further adds, that without a shadow no horse could exist, as if a horse subsisted nu shadows—all of which taken together, or indeed separate ly, goes to affirm that the shadow is the principal part of the horse. Whore did I ever see a horse without a shadow ? says lie. I answer, in inv own stables, arid eve ry where eltjC, 1 would ask him hi my turn, where the shadow of u horse is in a dark day? or where is it in a moonless night ? I ask the gentleman emphatically, to solve thorn, -pxorioe. VVill tic stiy, that as there is then no shadow, there is no horse ? Or will he say that then the horse is nil shadow. If the horse, cannot exis, without tho shadow, I would inquire what becomes of tho horses, for onte half of the year, in that part of tho globe where the sun is darkened for that period. Do tlici lie torpid in tho absence of the great lumi- nary, Sucking their paws, like uu animal we read of, or like his worship on tho loft of the bench, who, I perceive, has sunk, satisfied \yjtlitny arguments, into sweet re pose. These absurdities would he too glaring. The shadow, then, ofa horse, is occasioned bv the sun, and what the sun occasions is free, to all ; therefore Bhutuki has ns great a right to the shadow us CUuii- liv.” Said Lightfinger, “ I absolutely dcn\ lawyer Nimhleo’S minor proposition; for such it would have been, if he hud formed hissyllogism right— namely, that what the sun occasions is free to all. Taqsuni your worships easily see, makes mj trees grow-; is i he occasion of the variety of fruits and other things 1 have in my garden ; and the great first eniu-e of the light which illumi nates iny house. Y'e.tl w ill not allow law yer Nimbleo himself, nor any other man, to make too free with those things, al though occasioned hy the son. That same luminary causes the rubicund hue which adorns the nose of yonder weather-beaten vetoran whom T see standing without the bar, hut 1 hold it to he sound law, that so mam of the solar rays as are collected and domiciliated on that worthy gentleman's face, are now become bis property, nml I have no right to exirnct. them; which’ might he done with impunity, if the doc- tiiiTO which lias been advanced were true. Wherefore, whatever-the sun occasions is not free, and so the shadow oftlio Imrse is fre«> to none but the ho/so’s owner, my cli ent.” Nimbleo replied, “ Lawyer Lightfinger has lak^tii my words in loo great a latitude; and in a sense that they wdl not hear, and so lias drawn lionuetise t lieixifrom. lie says that the sun is the cruise of light in ills -house: l would ask him where the lit would be if lie hud no eyes? I only thing* not mentioned nttlie selling he not duo to the Imver, i lien the seller, after ho Ims delivered the Imrso and pocketed the mono*, might claim the. shoes upon the animal's feet, and the hairs of his mane and tail. Your worships perceive, that a horse without long hairs in his mane and tail, is as much a horse, as a sheen is a sheep when I lie fleece is taken off; and therefore the vendor might have the ns- surnneo to dock the horse’s tail after it xvns none of his. The eoiichision there fore is spurious, ns nor being drawn from lawful premises—for although the shadow was not mentioned nt selling, it is certain that it was meant to lie conveyed, for id cerium cst quod ctrtum reddi pntest. The shadow belongs to Clumby who bought the horse, and therefore Shutukl had no business to sit where the owner desired to place himself.” “ \ shadow,” replied the other, “can not Im; compared to either shoes, tail, or mime. Lawy er Lighlfmger always runs away wide from the manor In hand, as he did before about his trees and fruit. But if he would reason abstractedly and meta physically, he would perceive that the mane anil tail arc parts ofa horse, which a shadow !s not, as x’our worship will dis cover from an excellent treatise which I hold in my hand, he Kqvum Siraptnndl, upon horse-swapping, wherein, in divers maces, the mane and tail are spoken of as important component parts of that noble animal, while li is shadow is never once al luded to ; all of which proves thot in ex changing horses, the shadows are not tak en into consideration : a fortiori, I he v are not considered in selling them. Besides, the shadow of n horso is incorporeal, and ■Himot be sold, and so, the one i'n question belongs to Sliutuki, the first owner of the animal.” “If a shadow he Incorporeal,” retorted Icglitlinger, “ liolv .levs it nil space r— 1 .low do we perceive it ? llow do we feel it? How is an immaterial thing capable o! keeping its cool, and defending us from ilo' scorching sun-beams which are mate rial ?” “ 1 never snid,” cried Nimbleo, “some what angrily, “ that a shadow kept the sun-beams from us; for I say, that the sun-beams heating against the side of ihe horse, nml not being able to penetrate fur ther, occlusion that privation of light, which, upon the other side, we call the shadow; consequently, if a cloud inter vene betwixt tjs and the sun, then the sha dow of the Imrse is taken awav hy the greater shadow of the cloud, which great er shadow, you might as well nifirm was Climihv’.s, us you do the little one.” “ It tho cloud belonged to Clumby, so 1 would,” replied tho'other. “ But you who blame others tin i iiiTTjtlTg from their subject, have now yourself dismounted from tho horse, and got up into-the clouds', from which, if you will deseem!, 1 wili -how your error. Whatever is the cause of a thing, Inis up absolute right to the thing caused ; the horse is the cause of his own shadow : therefore, tire absolute right of the shadow is vested in the horso. Jim tin-ab solute right of the horse is vested in Chun- by, therefore Clumby has an undeniable right to every elfect of which his horse is the cause. There is logic pure and unde filed. Said Nimbleo, “ An’t please vour wor ships, you perceive that this snid worthy brother fin law) of mine, hy his pure and imduliled logic, makes the horse the cause of his own shadow, whan the hitter is ab solutely caused by the sum.” “ 1 beg your pardon,” cried Lightfinger, ‘ for telling you that you are entirely inis- mid 'ccd, nml mti«t continue In riM.lcr'. n (Innga* lie eonliane* to write-t-iiild lung n\ w licit tic. I lo zlnvivil and in.mil intellect, lie; nisx't iiistible st.1 cl, ol facts npnn alt salijccis of political ccano- ni v; Ins sterns I IVcIinexs, lor ' arc cannot nil her him, norC'ptnin stale his infinite variety;' his clear, unulfevti d, vigorous l.ny.istl style ; and his lvlou.i-1 itatnii chase of a Ihvonrile topic, neither wearied liv Ihe length, nor foiled tlio intricacy of the pni snli—it tliey have not accomplished the glorious results ai which a man so gifted should lmvo nhncd.and of which we ran dcarco- l.v believe |„. would have failed, have vet done what was next to he wished—they have roused into nopoii the dormant sense of the poorer elns- scs, and provided materials for thought, and in duced haltils of investigation, that will correct all the evils that can he indicted liv ull the writers whom party spirit or personal ambi tion may bring into the arena. “ ll is certain.'’ said be, on one occasion, “that I lmvo hoop the great enlightener of the people of England.”—* It was impossible to avoid luttgldhg at him, nml yet fueling at the same lime io our hearts, that the impudent fellow had some ground for bis lioust. Ilebas been a greater enlightener than he intended, .mil nas so well inslruclnl thou sands (bat be t'.i nml now tend, them, nor obtain a jot more at tlteii bands than that fair bearing to which every well-qualified pleader on u public question is entitled. In tins lie has not only out stripped others who have been engaged in the same work; lint their contributions have not equalled bis, and prubably would not have been made at all but lor bis example. [ tVeslininikr Review. t 'ohbott is writing and publishing a History of the Prolyslant Reformation in England and Ire- lifud. In the 15 Ith section of I be fifth number, is the following passage: “ The basest anti most corrupt government (lint I ever knew any thing, or heard any thing of, i» the Hcimlilirini governuii n! of Pi \nsi i.va- XIa. and withal the most tyrannical ; base and corrupt from botloni to top ; frqm the root to the topmost twig ; from the trunk In the extreme point of every'branch And, if any I’etiiuwlvaiimn, w ho has a name, and w bo will put it ton rtmtieng' to me to prove /nr irnntr I wilt, >!,■• fin x- «»r nil Europe, prove them in tin: most Complete and ample planner. I am not, tln-v.-fore, lor lie-, ]ihtdiean KaUeritttH.nl; and then it follows, that I am for an Arisluerncq ; for without it, there can le no limit to a kingly government.” We agree with the Democratic Press, that it would puzzle wiser heads than ours, to divine wli.it the abuse of Pennsylvania Ims to do with a History of the Kcfurmoiion !—-Vat. /nf. token, anti seem to know nothing of the matter. The sun being entirely ItmiinouH, produced by any particular scheme laid j meant tlint every shadow occasioned hy for the occasion, or is the inevitable result j the sun is free to all meo, hilt from slia- of certain fixed principles which govern 1 (lows be. ran away to talk of substances, all cases, anti wliifli law vers tin never lo.sf j | am ntrfar aa my le/mtcd friend from sight nt, I cannot say. j wishing lo extract the ruliy tints from any Before the matter came into court, if gentleman's complexion I respect even happened, tin t as u young gentleman of Cltunby’s acquaintance was taking a ride upon this very horse, lie lining aft’righted, betook himsclfto bis heels, and running furiously down a very sleep lull, lit; threw Ids rider against a tree, which unfortunate ly knocked out his hraius. By this tho horse became what the lawyers call a dco- dand : in other words, lie was forfeited to the pale moon-beams which nro coqgrt gated in the pericranium of my sage oppo nent, and would nut disturb a hair of his head to dislodge them. But waiving that argument altogether, I will adduce anoth er, which no man can deny with a sate conscience. It is this, that whatever is net mentioned at the selling, is not due to the Iiu\ er—the shadow was not mentioned tuo crown hut as Clumby w ould not part j at selling—therefore shadow is not with him, he paid his worth in money, and the law-suit about hits shadow went on. When it was first brought into court, Nimbleo opened the. cause, and after Inn ing acquainted the judges with the state of the matter, which I have related in its proper place ; “ this critical and perplex ing affair,” said lie, “ is now come to he debated before youi 1 worships, and as 1 ap pear upon the side of Bhutuki, it gives me great joy that I have to speak before such noble 'judges : that I have to engage in u just cause liel’ore geoilencu, who, unbias sed by vulgar opinions, or party interest, due to l.’liimby.” Liglitfinger rejoined, “It is n sign of wisdom w lieu one leavs wlint be can find iki benefit by, iMv worthy friend lias de serted bis first argument, and no w onder, tiller such it childish query, as, where would the light he if I had no eyes, just as if'the colour of your worships’ beards de pended upon the definition given by a blind man. Bur why should I take up time with such frivolous matters. I will show him that bis ma jor proposition in his last argument, is altogether as untenable r.s the mig be has uhtuijfoned. I’or d cannot of it«elf make a shadow, which is only a privation oftluit light which I he si'tn produces, and must always he made liv some gross body intervening between that glorious luminary and the place called the shadow: and therefore it is plain -that ihe horse, r.s 1 said before, by his body being bclwjxt the sun and the place shaded, is solely and properly the eutise of his own shadow, the sun being incapable of pro ducing w lint lie is not possessed of. This I defy any man to overturn, mid yet retain a safe conscience, and therefore, the con clusion which 1 before drew from such ".'.cedent premises, is, film the father from xx bicli it sprung, genuine and irreproacha ble.” It would ho needless to fatigue the read er with any more of their arguments. Inn ing given such an ample specimen. Let it s11(lice to say, tliai they thus pursued the shndoxv for the space of fifteen years, du ring which nil the nioiicniTcs of forensic warfare were exhausted, the xx liolc science uf legal attack and defence developed, and ihe purses of their clients emptied. At the beginning of the sixteenth year, when Judge Kridlti-goose wAs about to deliver tl e opinion of tJio court, proof v, tty brought (lint the horse, they had been so long quar relling about, was a mare, und that there fore ihe Horst's Shadow was a misnomer, as tin! shadow ot a mare eoirld never xvitli strict legal propriety he called the shadow of a horse. A non-suit was moved for, and axvarded. The cause xvns therefore of necessity to lie brought anew, and tin desrriptih persona-, of the mare more cor rectly set forth ; but while they xxere pre paring it, Sliutuki died, and so the matti r drnpt, without the people knowing to xx bom the shadow s of their horses belong ed. WTidn Shutitki’s death, and i lit- event of Hit law-suit, w eve told to the sage Snub- la, he is reported to have said, “ Oh Shu- tiiki! too many of the race of Adam have, like time, died in the pursuit of u ttlia- dow.” with agriculture and comqicree. Hcbna alien.(v established public schools af.-c Lancastrian 111 vlcls. Thus is this tvnrir, unconsciously to himaeif, and xvliilo persuades himself that lie is ably enrich ing his own empire, sowing the seeds o’‘ future liberty, lie is teaching his peoiifo Imw to act and hoiv to think—lo cofncen ,> thenlselves beasts of burden no lotig-r, but as born to higher destinies. So lima can despots do to preserve tho iiuniau mind in slavery: tlio moment they begin to improve and adorn the country over xvldcl( they preside, they accustom their subjects to now associations—-they ilistm li the tranquility of their ignorance—demo lish their ancient prejudices, and by so do ing, destroy the very basis on which thou; own security is founded—-Halt, dimer. [rtlOM THE I'uanON MAGAfcHYF..] FIRST ATTACK ON NEW-OIU.KANS. A landing xvns made, amt the m'mv nmrehod onward to the attack in the deml of night.— Such n buttle then ensued iw the annals of mo dem warfare can Imidly mutch: ull order, nil ih.scipline, were lost. Each oilier,q us he was u- hie to collect twenty or thirty men round hint, advancing into the middle of the enemy, when it xvns fought hand to hand, bayonet to Imyoiict, and sword to sword, with the tumult uud lemei- ty of one of HomcBs coinhats. To give some idea of this extraordinary com but, I shall (says the narrator) diduil the adven tures ofa friend of mine, xvho chanced toaecoiiv* pnny one of tfie first parties sent out. Dashing through the bivouac under n heavy discharge from life vessel, his party reached the lake, u hicli they forded and advanced, as far as the house where Reucral Keane had fixed his head quar ters. The moon lmd hy this time made her wav through the ulouds, nml, though only in her first quarter, gave light enough to permit their seeing, though not distinctly. Having liinv gone far enough to the right, the party pushed on to the front, ami entered a sloping field ot' stubble, at the upper end of which they c ould distinguish n dark line of men | but w hether they were friends or foes it was impossible to determine. I nwil- liog to fire, test lie should kill any of our own people, inv friend led on Ihe volunteers whom lie had got IIround him, till they reached some thick piles of reeds, about twenty yards from the objectR of their notice. Here (hoy were saluted by a sharp voltsyannd being now confi dent that they were enqpftis, he commanded his. men to tire. , b, ( , But n brothel officer, xCiq pRceompanied him, who was not so convinced, ijjtyriug him that they " ere soldiers of l.io !>6th; njioh'vffjr.li they agreed to divide the force ; thntUytf who demited should remain with one part wju rii In; xvas, while my fi ieiul, with the rest, •tyould/go around upon the Hank of this line and-.sjflscoiftr certainly to which army it belong, d. ’• Taking xrith hint otyim fourteen men, he ac cordingly liiov al of!> tiic right, when, falling in w ith some other Stragglers, he attached them likewise to hispaity, and advanced. Sprfliging a high rail.lence they tame doxvn upon the left of those of w hom the doubt had existed, and found them to be, ns my friend had supposed, Americans’. Not a moment was lost iu attack- ing, hut having got inipc.rceived wilhin a foot of w here they stood, tliey discharged their pieces and rushed on to the charge. In the whole cnurSetif my military career, I do not recollect any scene nt aii resembling that which followed. Some soldiers, having lost (heir bayonet, lard a- bont them with the but end of their firelocks : w hile inauv a sword, which’ tilEto-iiight had not drank Mood, became in a few id'iiitites crimsoned enough. The J-Ingl ish and (lie Americans were jo min- giejl, that they scarcely knew friends (join foes, unvl more feats,of individual gallantry were per formed in the Course ot' this night, than main cnnipnigiis might have afforded, We losl more than five liiiujreii men, and the field of battle was-(head In). 1 have frequently beheld a greater number Of dead bodies ill as small a compass, though these indeed, were uumeron: enough; hut wounds more disfiguring or more/horrible, ■ 1 Certainly never xvitnessed. A man, shot through the herd or heart, as.if lie Xva* in a deep slumber; inso much, that when you gaze upon him. you cx|w- riem e lillle else than pity. But,'nf these many had met their deatli from bayonet w ounds, salne cuts, or heavy blows from the hutt ends of mas- kels: and the consequence xx us, that not only xxere the wounds exceedingly frightful, hut the very countenances of the dead exhibited the most savage and ghastly expressions. Friends and foes lav together in small groups of 4 or d nor was it diflictilt 19.telI alnirwl Ihe very hand by tvnich some of them hail fallen. Nay, such had been the deadly closeness of the strife, that in one or tw o places, an English and American soldier might jie seen with the bayonet of each other fastened in tha other’s budy. FUOXt TItK NF.W-VORK NATIOJtAl, APVOCATr Another ( a/i./k— l he subject efcanals appeal* to lie a never-ending one, in relation to the t’ni's rd States. The more we look at the map and see the facility and advantage nf uniting tliegroat navigable waters, and forming a perfect chain of inland communication from Maine to Louisiana, tie* more we are convinced tlful the project will he authorised and completed. In the month of Septemlter next it is contemplated to communi cate between Luke Erie mid the Hudson. The. first loan authorised hy the state of Ohio, to Com plete a grand canal of .'list iniloH, to unite witli tho waters of Lake Erie, has been taken lip in this city. Tho next iu order, is n valuable canal of n- hout ninety miles, to unite the Illinois l iver with Lake Michigan. The state of Illinois has au thorised tile survey and the report of the Com- missiouers has been made. The Illinois river i< a fine hold stream, xvitlt n gentle current, and from the head waters oftluit river to Lake Michi gan, the ground is level mid favorable. Several routes have been proposed, and tlif KWrregnte Cost is estimated at about B7<Xi,(Mht, This canal is also a chain of our fttaml Canal, by its turning the current of trade in Lake Michigan, from thence to Lake Erie noil Veu , -*Vr»* , l> >fo'"X ns it clear water communication from this city to the slate of Illinois. There is, however, anofiier a ltd a most impor tant canal required in that rich nnd most valua ble, tun neglected territory Florida. A ennui to unite the waters of the (tuf of Merico w ith the Atlantic, beginning at Vacnssftr Bay, in tho Gulf, and terminating iu the Ht. John's river, or at St. Mary's. I he tlistnnce ncress the isthmus ir about uinrtjJ ■ liles, and front Vignole’s map, now before us. ’then* me routes for the canal, one of which will require only eighteen miles of cnnnl, and the o- ther about heel re miles. The first and most ap proved route commences in I'ncassar Ray, which is bold and spacious, and affording a good har bor iiiii! ancornge. In this Ray the river jr'nwan- noc empties, ill w liic'li the navigation can he free* Iv put sued until it branches into tho Santa Ee— bom thence into Orange Lake, nrross the Abu Cliua Tract into Orange ("reek; from tlicnce in to the Ochlnnnhn nml St. John’s. The distanee of canalling, or rather in nnifl’ij' the above navigable rivers hy the foregoing route, is said to be tuD' |g iHfj. "The other route com mences at the As hraMLKeyS, in the Gulf, and enters the AmaxniXp^^U:, from thence into the Ucklawnlia, into fnJcJj *hn's s distance about IS miles of c*nRlIin{rcj*'®*m ltisl route is mo-'t circuitous, but it comiiiv.Jss m a fine safe bay. mid goes through u richer tgget of country—the St. John's river is it pinin bold river from the Ala chua ferry. Let us for a moment contemplate thefimpm'- <R!i(:o nml value of this simple and facile project. I roil, St. (Mary’s or Amelia Island totiie Tor- togas, (lie distance cannot lie less than 450 or •300 miles, and aflpr having doubled the Florida Iveys, it is nearly the same distance to Vaciusaf Bayi A navigation, therefore, of nearly 800 miles, xdifiicult and dangerous, is avoided by a, short canal of id miles across Florida; and, bjf thus uniting the i iveqi, of that country, the trade is brought to St. Mary’s or Amelia Island, where ships of any draught of water ^an repuir. The cotton, sugar, and other products of l.ouisinniji and Alabama lmvo a short and safe navigation iii the Gulf of Mexico into Vaeassar liny nml ii, three days are transported hy canal boats to the mouth of the St. John’s river, or St. Mary V, where tile vessels ere in waiting. it will immediately strike etcry person interest ed, as one of the most envy, cheap, and atlrauta- ffcous projects ever Attempted—it will shorten the voyage to Now-Oi leans—it will curtail the dangers cf navigation, and ho a protection fb gainst 1’irates—it will greatly enhance the Valun Had importance of Florida, mid the attention of government'should be iinmcdi ifeiy directed to that quarter and. to that project. YVe have convolved witli a respectable citizCp rd'New-lork, who has just arrived from paving awisit to that interesting section of counti v.-r- He had u short passage to Charleston, and in two days more was in St. Auggistise, end mount, iug his horse, he took an easy ride of two tin vs over part of the territory, to the AIndara trnt' f, ull nf which he describes ns ricldfcnttoii and su gar laud; nml the orange trees in blossom rok vtr the country. A road has been made by tho settlers, mid we saw a specimen of Ihe cotton, raised in abundance, and without much labor, tu'd the thread, made out of it by the female sphj- nct's, I lie Tallahassee lands soon will lie sold hy or der of Government, If the Florida Commission-, ers would expedite business nnd terminate theiV special duties, we do not doubt that, in this age of investments, the sugar and cotton lauds lielongv* jug to government would bring a high price—at least, from ten to twcnty-firttfritollars per acre.—. The grants already recognised and recommends od for confirmation, are valued at a high rate bjt their proprietors. Florida.—From information received fcopy. Tflllahasse, the seat of government for Wes* Florida, a very flattering nccount is given of the character of the soil. T he writer states that, nit far as l e has explored, he has seen no land that mu v not he cultivated to advantage, and a great it ft r . t .... in Tl— —A : Tim political resurrection of fitrypt from the if xve may use re strong an ex pression, lias exf-steu tlio nstoliialiment tfl' tin- civilized w orld. It is true that lier go- vcruuVout is n. complete despotism ; hut sox ere ou feels too null'll personal tjrt'iclo ol’chttracter to rule ovpt political and opposition nnd hissupport alike injurious tntbr’r I r ’” "ed as ntiUuttl floseitri. Hit* Icause. IT,ere is somdliing rise, we wi'j 1H „ staple I'olllllimlitms ot ins kingdom have I turn as’itc (u discuss what, to which lie has »!-1 hffotito iuvnltmltie to liiig'.isli tonmicri e- | ways saci ifleed that cause, &. sometimes, at verx j tile iiitfrctnifsc is hourly ijtereiiship. Tin cri(tcpl tuometvtg. Rmone goad j<cixiqt Ux« bus govenugn '.if Unit country is not satisfied XVM. t 'OlHTETT. Of this innn wlm, had Iu* milled rnvxlslcnnj to liisojltci (juikliiies, would hnv»: Ihmmi l»v Hub time, ,, ,, tiie most jioyt-erful man of tilr cowutr^ , nonebnvc I j|.q so much reason to comjilaiu ai? die friends nf li- lieity ; for he hns so itumii^ed ns to render his J portion of it first rate* Ihe greatest objection tlint exists to J he country, is the extraordinary utunbei of ponds that abound through all the rich lauds. Many them nm io furnish plenty of good lisp, one! arc supposed to be f<‘d by suhtei nuteous streams. From theso ponds run as fine rivulets of pure spring water ns nr* seen in any section of our country. From tins circumstance, it is the general opinion that they will not be likely to generate tlio.se fevers, usmd 4 Iv to be apprehended (t om sltipnar! wateis.— There is overy reason to believe that the Sugar CV;e And Sea Island Cotton will *fn ce< d in thot country. Should tlio countrjyarove to be heal*, thy, it ig represented to he one of the most eligi ble regions of the United State*.—-Nat- Journal*, pRTXTixG.rnrsa The Nrw-Vork Daily ^VtJverii^r r'vr* notice, that the publisher*, in rntmectiort with the ]>i‘ot>rictors cd* the \ew-Vork A- mcrican, iuiNR^ent to Dn^iand for a p-c^ which will .strike olT 2,000 siicetg ia hour,

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Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, June 21, 1825, Image 1