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Remarkable Growth of Cotton.—We
have received liie followin'? authenticated
statement, of the growth of Hie cotton plant,
which we have been told tofcold Planters is^so
wonderful, that they wounWiot have believed
it, but from' a personal knowledge of the sub
scribers to the statement given below. And
yet we are informed that the field, from which
the stalk in question was taken, was of such re
markable fertility, that many other specimens
of equal productiveness might have been se
lects 1.—Brunswick Advocate.
The undersigned certify that a stalk of cot
ton Was taken by them from the Swamp
Field at Waverly Plantation, on the evening
of the 4th inst, and the forms and bolls from the
said stalk being carefully cut off, were counted,
when it appeared that there were eight hvn-
1 . . f ___ 1 1 .,.11 . 'Cl.,
Tins fhiii’tsii Queen Steamer.—While on j PieicftfVfi AjSij
the Clyde the other day, we went ashore at j miss.—I have i
ErS TtfEFERttED 1JT Tll£ La-
arked, that the generality
Pott Glasgow, to have a peep at this most j of my sex prefer those of the other sex who
splendid vessel, tin* largest ever built in Brit- are of a grave and sentimental turn, provided
uin, and we fieelv confess that the sight amply always that the gravity does not proceed from
repaid us for the visit. From the river, the ; dullfie&jhufgfroTn a reflecting /cast of mind,
Importations of I)bt Goods into Ne'
\ouk.—The table below has been furnished;
to the New-Y ork Journal of Commerce, by a*
merchant of that city, lie says :—“ The an
nexed table represents the number of pack
ages of British Dry Goods, which have been
RECORDER.
es their respect while it adds to j imported into New-York, in the periods spe-
iey experience. I have known J cified. The information has been taken from
epaid
British Queen, owing to her deduce of shape which
and fine proportions, docs not look so large as j the iq|_ ^
she rcaliv is, but as von approach her on the ' a pale face and pensive manlier make impress'- j the Slopping List, or papers so called. .\ii
wharf, comparing her with other large vessels ■ sious on female hearts that had successfully j consignments to dry-good houses have been
near her, her tremendous bulk becomes more -j resisted the attacks of ruddy countenances and j deemed dry goods; and where goods were
imposing,
feet, beint
her extreme length stretching 275 j exhiliraling gaiety; the possessors of these j put down to order, bales and cases have gene-
15 feet longer than the largest line agremens, being more calculated to amuse than
of battle step now afloat. But if the visitor is interest, are lately remembered when absent,
surprised wTile standing near her, he is doubly Woman seldom forgets the man who makes
so after ascending the ladder and going upon them sigh ; but rarely recur to him wlio has
deck, which, being flush all along, in length I excited. their mirth, even though a brilliant
nd breadth resembles a tolerable Street, being 1 wit may have been displayed in his bans mot
f’rc.i and fftipfmr forms and bolls. The run- j clear over deck 40 feel, and over the paddle- and good stories. He therefore, who would
ners and branches were then carefully exam- , boxes 04 feet. * captivate the fastidious taste of the sex, must
ined, and it appeared that the said stock had
shed ordropped one hundred and eighty-seven
forms and bolls previous toils being cut, mak
ing iu all one thousand and forty-one forms
and bolls that the same stalk of cotton had
borne. (Signed,) Geo. O. Dunham.
Jefferson Stone.
Waverly Plantation, Camden county, 5th Sep
tember, 183S.
“Counter 11 miter:-.”—The organ of the
Government having decided, “ it is impossible
in make heroes out of va n who adopt, the prin
ciples and, maxims of adders and tinkers,” we
take another specimen of Loco-focoism, in the
following resolution, adopted bv a Loco-3'oco
Convention, in Belmont county, Ohio.
“Resolved, That we heartily approve of)
the. wholesome measures of the present Ad-j
miirstratioii, and deem the incumbent a safe J
watchman of the Constitution and the rights j
of the people, and with a proper exercise of j
the vetoing power, we disregard all federal |
concoctions, let. them come from a Congress of
counter hoppers, bought up by 7 the banks for
the occasion, or from what quarter they may—
THF. COUNTRY IS YET SAFE.”
What pure, unadulterated A an Buren De
mocracy is luae! Van Buren a safe watch
man of the Constitution! The acts of Con
gress federal concoctions, to be properly ve
toed by the President! Counter Hoppers,
(merchants) bought up by the banks ! Coun
ter hoppers, what say you to such Democracy
LV. Y. Hr press.
The workmen are at present employed in
fitting up the interior, and she will be ready to
eschew too frequent smiles, even though be
may have fine teeth, and must likewise avoid
Mr. Jobard of Brussels, has discovered a
method, according to which it is asserted that
i the straits of Cali as
mav
be crossed in eleven!
receive her boilers and machinery in a month ;! occasioning or promoting the exhibition of
but will not be finished for five or six months. | those pearly ornaments in her he wishes pet-
Thc space in her cabin is large enough for a ! manently to please.— Lady Blessington.
ball room. All the materials are of the first
quality, and the workmanship is of the best
order, combining durability with great ole
gance, uniformity, and chasteuess of omament, i
\V r e almost wandered in the space set apart for
the passengers’ berths, which can be compared
to nothing else than a barracks. J he passage
is somewhat in the form of a horse’s shoe,
with small apartments with double berths, cue
above the other, on each side. In the front
part of the vessel there are addi ional berths, , . . . .
1 , • -I.,,* with the pvrotechmcal composition. Byapply-
nnd m all she is to have accommodation lot 1. „ 1 - . . . 1 . - 1 3. ■*_
about four hundred passengers!—the passages
between the different suites of apartment
and their arrangement, rivalling those of
modern well furnished hotel. T he hold is also
the most capacious we ever sa.v, and will af
ford abundance of stowage.
rally, but not always, been supposed l<> be dry
oods, and casks, barrels, Ye., hardware.
MILLEDGEVILLE,
Tacsday,*Ocf»S»cr :!, SSS8.
There will be presented to the Legislature,
soon to convene, a variety 7 of very important
subjects, for its deliberation and action.—
Among others, the great subject of internal
irnprovemenrs, will occupy much of its atten
tion, and will be looked to with great interest i
From ttie Colombia
, McDuffie’s Opinions. M r
fie s late letter is obviously remark ah),*
confhet it exhibits between his v.ontji 'tel
aim his regard for an old personal an.i
associate. This delicacy has carVi../’■ iV * !
far, that upon one of the most import-., n
tions at issue, the receipt of Rank \ 1
the Government, he has not said'
•to
( >tes
IN.
aoukj
bio weakness, than to* have foimke!]^ ^’f"
misrepresentation of Mr. McDU'''1 11 5
which were well known to ail who t" 1 I
Ilis friends and Air. Calhoun’s ,
have shown a better appreciation eft;;'
trouble to ascertain them ; as he u ( ..
versation, had any reserve on ’
, j minutes, by means of pyrotochuical coraposi- !
lion, of which the chlorate of potash is the ba- ■
sis, but in a less proportion than in Congreve j
rockets.—The whole apparatus consists of a i
boat, with the floating properties of the life- j
boat, long and narrow, crossed at its greatest !
diameter bv one or more iron tubes charged j
ing fire to these tubes, the openings to which j
should pass beyond the stern of the boat, the re- |
’ J action isstafedto be such that the boat will glide !
over the water with a swiftness never attained !
on any rail way.—The construction being up- j
on the principle of the life-boat, the person cm- j
But since 7 such a use has been im,l '
by the whole people of the State. We legiet | gentleman’s tenderness to an old lVi, n ;
to know, that on this subject, so important to ; ° U1 'b' 5 }- as we have ihc means, at tl ( > |
time to do our cause justice, by ex 11ii.; t : * an ' |
real
the interests of the country, much difference of
opinion is entertained by ihc people. VV bile
many arc warmly in favor of some measure bv
which the State will lend its credit to private
companies engaged in works of great public
utility, (the fetate being properly secured in
the amount for which her faith is pledged,) ] m , the point in question are
sentiments of so high an authi )r j tv i
fend him in his absence, from the j,,',
of having misled his friends, and hnvjr!!^- '
out reason or excuse, misrepresented p '
opinions. Subjoined, is an extract IV, '
ter of Gen. McDuffie’s to a distingnij’^j 3 '-'-
tleman of this State, in which his
pnneipi
others are as violently opposed to any measure j oped than in the"Alabama letter,'aid, 1 ' ‘
of the kind as unjust and dangerous. We
ough,
Pecie
I barking in it will run no othc
do not
The paddle boxes are entirely outside, and
l all interfere with the sweep of her j a lew momeutaiy due
deck, which stands at present from-DO to 40- n 11 *- c »,u<un to t le sui acc
feet out of" water—of course when her ma-
about 500
than that
gs, but will i
'1 be build- |
ing of the boat will not cost more than about I
Effects of Prussic Acid Counteracted.
—A numerous body' of gentlemen of this
town, consisting of members of the medical
and legal professions, were last week invited
to attend a series of experiments of a physio
logical and chymical nature, illustrative of the
important subject of forsertic medicine, by
John Robinson, M. ])., which afforded much
happy, however, in the well-founded belief
that iuregaru to the prosecution of internal im
provements, there is but one opinion, and that
in its favor. Yv e believe that all are in favor
of at least pushing forward the great object, as
fir as tlio State can Jo it, on its own account.
This we hail as auspicious for the public good.
No doubt a move w ill be made, to earn
out some measure, similar to that lately pass
ed in New-York, in relation to Free Banking, j revolutions which ever desolated the tv
Upon this subject we do not profess to be fully
tirelv consistent with it: ' ea
“ -l regard the scheme of exacting s
payment of the government dues, to*tD
elusion of the bills of specie paving bm,kV '
a measure fraught with such dciiteriou- ' 5
sequences, that I do not believe it would l
endured. Specie is not our cm
merely a standard to which we ret
of the exchanges, to asceitain when iQ
rent-y is redundant. Paper credit is enrV. •'
al currency 7 , and t
produce one of
rency; it ,
mew
aper ucua is our ;
destroy that, would }*/
lfie most unjust and ruin. .
chinerv, amounting to something about
tons, is on board, her draught of water, at
present perhaps 3 0 feet, will be considerably i
increased. There she lies, her gigantic bulk
throwing every other steamer into the shade—
lOOOf.,
lOOf.’s
and each voyage will
worth of gun powder.
instruction
require about | audience.
ind the greate
The most ic
v?
a few weeks Government sales of land
| w ill take place in Louisiana. The New-Or-
j loans Courier thinks that they afford opportu-!
an admirable illustration and a noble menu- Ijities to t j losc , v ho are seeking new habit;
The New-Oi leans Bee of tiie 11th ulr. says, j
wo are gratified to learn that the proprietors j
of the Great "Western contemplate the con-:
sti notion of n steam vessel to ply between Bris- j
to) in England and Xevv-Orleans. A letter j
ha3 been written by the agent in New-York, j un S ^pc'Ciator.-
•at the request of the |»roprietors, to a com
mercial house in this place, inviting the trans
mission of information 1 dative to certain points
among which are the facility of repairing the
vessel and machinery while lying in this port,
and the general practicability and utility of the
scheme.
The same paper observes that within 25
davs, the Xew-Orlcans bankshavebeen enabled
to diminish their calculation by-$490,565, and
to augment their specie by $235,294. Theii
present circulation is $7,011,148, and the
amouutoftheirspecie $3,053,331, which would
rdace them in a condition to pay about -53 per
cent, on their actual circulation.
incut of the irresistible power and progress of
science. The sight will be more attractive
some months hence, when the boilers and ma
chinery of, we believe, 150 horse power, are
on beard, and the inferior in a more forward
state. Since her arrival in Port Glasgow, she
has been daily visited by 7 hundreds of adini-
Frnm tLe Georgia Mirror.
Lumpkin, Stewart county 7 , Sept. 3 0.
Messrs Editors :—Wishing to be useful to
rev fellow-beings, and perceiving from the Co
lumbus Enquirer that the catterpillar is doing
much mischief in Florida aid Camden coun
ty in Georgia, and knowing, by experience,
that their progress can be checked, 1 recom
mend the following course to all who are trou
bled with them : Strike thro’ every row a
deep furrow with a shovel or turn plough, and
when endeavoring to get from row to row will
get in the furrow, and in attempting to get out
will fall back, and their progress be completely
stopped. Henry Starr.
To Picker One Hundred Pounds of Beef
to keep a Year.—Put together three quarts
of salt, six ounces of salt petre, one and a
half pint of Molasses, and'water sufficient to
cover your meat after laid into the barrel.
Sprinkle the hot tom of the barrel with salt, and
slightly sprinkle between the layers of the
meat as you pack—when done, pour in your
pickle and lay on a stone or board to keen tbe
whole down. 33eef salted after this method
during the Fall and Winter may be kept nice
and tender through the Summer by taking it
up about the first of May, scald and skim the
brine, add three quarts of salt, when cold, pour
back upon the beef.
Goon Effects of the careful use of
Steam.—A child about four years old crawled
upon the tract of the Long Island Railroad,
wear Parmenticr’s garden, on Thursday morn
ing last, when the train was approaching, and
within fifteen or twenty yards. The engineer
by reversing instantly the engine, and giving
the signal of danger to the breakmeti upon the
cars, so far checked the speed of the train, that
the child was swept gently oft" by the brooms
placed in front of the locomotive, and was not
injured. The child was unconscious of dan
ger, and made no effort to move from its seat.
f A. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
Penny Royal.— Farmers might easily save
the flesh of horses and cows, and confer a
groat kindness on their animals in preventing
the usual annoyance of flics, by simply 7 M ash
ing the parts with the extract of penny royal.
Flies will not light a moment on the spot to
which this has been applied.—Every man who
is compassionate to beasts, ought to know this
simple remedy, and every livery stable and
country inn ought to have a supply on hand for
travellers.
A certain M. Oharas has been arrested at
Paris, charged with the manufacture of docu
ments purporting to be despatches of ambas
sadors, and other diplomatic agents of the
French Government, which he sold at high
prices to certain diplomatists, the representa
tives of Foreign Courts in Paris. The Dutch
Minister was implicated in pushing on this
nefarious business of abstracting the. documents
from the Minister of foreign aflkirs, and he.
was ordered to quit Paris within 24 hours.
The Havre and Rouen papers of 2d August
contain the particulars of a discovery most in
teresting to the Antiquarian ; in digging near
the high altar of the Cathedral of Rouen, the
tomb uf Richard Cmur de Lion was laid open,
the statue of the Monarch was found but slight
ly mutilated, and a leaden box enclosing Ins
heart. The monument is-to be repaired, and
put up in the Lady Chappel.”
The Deposits System.—The Richmond
Enquirer says:—“It may gratify our corres
pondent, as well as the public at large, to
know what is the practice at present. We
understand that the Collector and the Post
master ofHhis city receive Virginia Bank notes
ns cash, for customs and postage, and deposite
rhe same in Bank, the latter holding them
selves bound to pay specie, if required—just
as was the practice two years ago.”
Mode of Sf.tti.ino on the Prairies.—
The first improvements are usually made on
that part of the prairie that adjoins the timber;
and thus we may see at the commencement, a
range of farms circumscribing the entire prai
rie, as with a belt. The burning of the prai
ries is then stopped the whole distance of" the
circuit, in the neighborhood of these farms,
to prevent injury to the fences and other im
provements. This is done by 7 ploughing two
or three furrows all around the settlement.—
In a short time tbe timber springs up sponta
neously on all parts not burnt, and the groves
and forests commence a gradual encroachment
on the adjacent prairies. In breaking up prai
rie land, etc., for cultivation, they usually
plough with three or four yoke of oxen, tbe
shear phmtrh turning up about 18-or24 ind es
of tuif, a furrow in breadth, and from 3 to 4
inches deep, the sod turning entirely over, so
as to lay the grass down, and it fits furrow to
furrow, smoothly enough to harrow and sow
wheat. It is usual to break it up in May, and
drop corn along the edge of every fourth row.
This is called sod corn. No working or
ploughing is necessary the first season. The
sod is left lying for the grass to decay; and
after the next winter’s frost, it crumbles and
becomes light and friable. The sod corn does
not make more than half a crop, and is cut up,
stalk and all together, and stacked up for fod
der for stock. The next year the crop of corn
is most abundant, averaging from 50 to 100
"bushels per acre.
We arc decided admirers of leanness. Our
greatest characters are usually little, attenua
ted men ; stomachless, meagre, lean and lalh-
!ike beings, who have spiritualized themselves
by keeping matter in due subordination to
mind. A corpulent intellectualisl is a contra
diction in tetms—a palpable catecresis. One
might as well talk of a pot bellied spirit.—
Obesity is a deadly foe to genius; in carncous
and unwieldy bodies, the spirit is like a little
gudgeon in a large frying pan of fat, which is
either totally absorbed, or tastes of nothing but
the lard.—Newark Daily Advertiser.
Not so* We lake up the cudgels in behalf
of the fat men. Washington Irving, though
not exactly of the Falstaff kidney, has a com
fortable rotundity of stomach ; Humboldt, t he
traveller, is decidedly fat; Rosini, the great
composer, is very fat; Theodore Hook, the
wit, is very decidedly corpulent; John Quincy
Adams is any thing hut meagre and lath-like;
Daniel Webster will pass very well for a stout
man ; Bonaparte was more like a barrel than
a bean-pole; Walter Scott had a very respecta
ble corporation; and it is notorious that the
greatest aldermen are always the fattest.
fiY. Y. Com. Advertiser.
seeiung new mum a
lions, of gratifying their wishes, such as few!
other States or Territories hold out. The !
Red River bottoms are as productive ns lands
in Missouri or Texas. If some of" the unfor
tunate emigrants who swarm at. New-York
’till they are forced to retrace their way to
their father laud, for the want of occupation to
earn a livelihood, would take passage for Neiv-
Orleans instead of that city, and seek out the
vast and idle fields of rich lands in question, it
would he a great blessing for them and a na
tional benefit.—Richmond Compiler.
The V ages of i reason.—Our readers are
probably aware that a committee has lately
been appointed by the English House of Com
mons, to investigate the nature of the various
pensions heretofore granted by the Crown.—
The committee reported, not long ago, and
extracts from their report are given in several
of the London papers. From one of" those j
we find that two sons of Benedict Arnold, the j
traitor, are yet living in England, and in re- !
ceipt of a joint pension of sC162. Their
names are .lames R. and William F.; cud
their ages 57 and 44. The London Spectator
the" following comment on this reward
t satisfaction to the
portent feature of
j these demonstrations was the doctor’s method
\ of resuscitation from the effects of hydroev-
i anic acid, of which we will give a brief out
line. Two strong rabbits being selected for
j experiment, four drops of powerful hydrocy
anic "acid were applied to the tongue of each.
The effects were instantly apparent—the ani
mals were for some minutes motionless, and
apparently dead, when Dr. Robinson adminis
tered his restorative—viz: cold water poured
f rom an eminence over the occiput and spine,
(the temperature of the water being previous
ly lowered l»v initiate of potash and common
salt.) The effect was magical, for by this re-
suscitative process it was remarked that each
animal in turn skipped about the floor, as if in
the enjoyment of good health and spirits. We
ijped scarcely remaik, that such facts as we
now record, cannot be too prominently placed
before the public.—Sunderland Paper.
A Take in—mt Three Flats and Two
Sharps.—Three young men who worked in
Mr. Louchaw’s cotton factory, Pendlebury,
near Manchester, went to Liverpool, where
they were followed into a public bouse, soon
j after their arrival, by two men dressed like
ilors. Tbe seeming Jack Tars told them
j that they could sell them some smuggled to-
i bacco and tea, and produced three parcels of
co, weighing upwards of 6lb each, which
or evil, is pro
ably more than can be predicted even bv the j eu:c l°d by a majority oi from 50 to 100
lost sagacious; time can alone lest the ciues- r”,* 1 - 1 " ^ O,1 o^ ass > l * ie Administration c'ai.tiul:.-
j tob
they would dispo
of a! two sbillir
gs per
lb.
ttT-wC . - i ! The paicola were wrapped up very neatlv.
Without passing any judgment ! - J - - 1 *- f
of treason
on Arnold’s moralityfhve admit iliat his sons j
are entitled to the pension.”—N. Y. Com.Adv.
In
and sealed at each end. In order to show trie
sample, the sharpers cut a. small hole at the end
of each parrel, and pulled out a portion of
an article on the importance* of a proper j tobacco. 1 he bait look, fine the three stran-
iffercd a shilling per lb., which was utti-
tition of the relative pronoun and the an- j g ers '
on.
’i he parcels weighed 6
ing sentence from Morse’s Geography, descri- i h>s. each. J he men thinking they had made
dir
lecedtnt, the Albany Journal quotes the follow- j mateiy agn
{
king Albany 30 years ago ; j an excellent bargain, kept a strict eye upon
“ It contains,” siivs the Doctor, “about their prize until they arrived within a mite of
2000 houses and9000 inhabitants, all standing! home, when they called at the house of a re-
with their gable, end to the street!” " I hition to show what an excellent bargain they
This is about as good as Solomon Gun- had made. The parcels were opened, but lo,
dv’s sign, in tbe play. Solomon, exercised l they were found to contain nothing more than
the ancient and honorable profession of bar-; about one ounce of tobacco each, the rest be-
ber and rat catcher. On Iris sign (a very *Hgsaw dust.—.Manchester Chiardian.
large one) was inscribed—“Solomon Gundvj n ■. r , \ ~te d . ,
i , , t ,, • I ne Gazette des JLnbuneaux gives the
catches and shaves, rats and gentlemen. ,,
r 7 .7 iollovmg story under the title or lne
\Alexandria Gazette. ° f T „ , • , • . . r
1 j New Gasper Hauser, which is curious if
New British Coinage.—The London Ga-j lrue— “ The day before yesterday, in conse-
j cognisant of popular opinion; but we ratbei
think it is favorable to some system of tljo
kind. It is a novel system in this cou
end whether to result for go
bably
most
lion.
An attempt will be made to organize the
Court of Errors. Whether it will be accom
plished or not, experience has -taught us that
it is wisest to offer no opinion.
The representation of the counties will be
regulated and equalized according to tbe cen
sus lately taken. We trust something will be
done, to render the Legislature a somewhat
loss unwieldy and irresponsible body. One
ha’f would do the public business sooner, and
much more perfectly, than it can be done as at
present constituted ; and would, in addition to
the diminished number, expense, and celerity
Illinois.—At length we are enabled to
nounce, on the authority of the leadimr ■
ministration paper in this State, the msuW
intry, i the election in the doubtful Congressional]);
^’ 7 Mr. Stuart'
triet. The \\ bigs have it.
«* 8‘eat tiiumph; being not the g;>r,,
a single Representative, but the gain of j
State, in any case of the House of Repress
tativesbeing called upon to vote by State.-"
A letter of the latest date, from Vandali-
says that the Administration candidate f„'
Governor (Mr. Carlin) is elected, but that dj
W iiigs have a majority, without the Consent
lives, in each branch of the Legislature, and,
majority of six votes on joint ballot.—Nat Mg
Jntel/ig&nccr.
Inti:
'.resting Occurrence.—On TurWr
last, a lady 105 years of age, residing in the
city of New-\ ork, who has never used sjiwta-
des, and still retains in a remarkable degree,
all her mental and bodily faculties, took itint,.
c , 7 . , , . her head to visit a female friend in Nev.rrk
of this body, guarantee to the people, a much I „ , , , - , ts -
J n 11 i one got into the stage, and alone without a*-
greater responsibility, on the part of the indi- j tendantcame to this city.
ridual representative, for what was donc.-
A gentleman learn
ing that such a personage was in town, called
This subject will demand the most considerate j on ^ !er an< ^ requested her to accompany him
i house id" a friend, which she accoidinelr
reflection of the approaching session
On the subject of State commerce,
not what may be attempted. One tiling we
. . . . f; , * old. He*e she was introduced to a gentleman
On the subject o3 btate commerce, we know j im i ,,
J ’ I -to/ yeais oi age; and these two venerable
survivors of the 1;
t century there held a mo-t
do know, that Georgia can never accomplish i interesting conversation of by-gone dars
any thing of the Itind, unless she lias a suffi- j Hming always lived in
cient fiscal agent to furnish ilie facilities ne
cessary for commerce. And another thirm- we
as assuredly know, that unless this fiscal agen
cy is created, Charleston, with her Twentv-
I wo Millions of Bank capital, will as surely
withdraw the trade of Georgia, at least that
portion of it. which is not done at the North, as
that our rivers run towards the sea. We can-
carmot offer an opinion os to what w ill be at
tempted. Savannah, which ought to be alive
to this subject alcne, if we were to judge from
the city, she liauaner-
fect recollection of the time when the /mr
covered the ground where St. John's Chunk
tands. Ju the evening the lady, whus*
name we understand is Gouge, refurued lotle
c-’V- Newark ' A. J.J Jingle, Pth Si/t'inUr.
The valuable exhibition <4" the late* 3’r.
Maelzel, was sold in Philadelphia on Friday
test, at puolic sale, at the following prices:
- *' - ?400
2(U
- 250
The Charlottesville Advocate says that
Commodore Elliott has presented a number of
the curious remains of antiquity, which he
collected during his cruise in the Levant to
the University of Virginia. Among them are
a Vase taken from the channel of Corfu, and
a piece of a capitol, of the Temple of Bac
chus, at Tyre, with the appropriate devices—
also, a Jug, found entombed in the island of
Cerigo ; two large Granite Balls, six feet and
a half in diameter, taken from the channel of
the Dardanelles, and an Eagle, cut by an
American Artist, from a fragment of the Stadi
um at Alexandria. All of these articles, says
the Advocate, except the balls, have been re
ceived at the University. Their great weight
renders it exceedingly difficult to transport
them to their place of destination; but so soon
as the boat navigation is resumed, we presume
tliev will be forwarded to the University.
Political Misletoe.—Judge White
adopts the following novel and expressive
mode of speech in his late Knoxville speech
concerning Mr. Van Buren :—“ He did not
come into office upon a character of his own,
and no man is fit for the station he now occu
pies, unless he attains it upon the strength of
his own principles and character. He is noth
ing but a mere tuft of political misletoe, hav
ing no root of his own, adhering to, and sup
ported by, tlic limb of a distinct trunk altogeth
er, and must as infallibly perish whenever that
trunk ceases to nourish him, as the tuft on yon
der oak, whenever that oak shall have decayed
and fallen.'’
One of the Siamese twins, Mr. Chang, has
been arrested for assault and battery in Bos
ton. His associate brother, Mr. Eng, refuses
to be arrested with him, and threatens a suit
for false imprisonment. This is a puzzling
case for the lawyers.
zette contains a proclamation, announcing an
order for a new coinage of pieces of various
description, viz: of gold Co pieces, of the val
ue of 100s each ; double sovereigns of the value
of 40s, sovereigns of 20s. and half sovereigns.
Also silver pieces as follows, crowns to have
the same obverse and reverse impression and
in cription in all respects as the five pound
piece, with the same words on the edge ; half
crowns, shillings, sixpenses; and groats, or
four penny pieces. Also pieces called Queens
Maundav money, of fourpence, three pence,
two pence, and one penny value each. And
also a new copper coinage.
The following singular circumstance is said
to have lately occurred at Baden : A young
Austrian count, having had uncommon good
luck at roulette, brought home and carefully)
locked up 30,000 florins (about 65,000 francs.)
When he rose in the morning, not only his gold
was gone, but to bis astonishment,bis old faith
ful servant, Fritz, was missing also. In about
a week’s time, to bis surprize, Fritz made his
appearance. “ And where do you come from
said the count. “ From Vienna.” “ What
have you been there for, and what’s become
of my money!” “ Why, sir, I thought you
would play again, and lose your money; so 1
took it home, and here’s your father’s receipt
for it.”
The French Navy.—France has at the
present time 11 ships of the line, of first class
of 126 guns each ; 23 of second class, 89 guns j
each ; 23 of third class, 82 guns eacls; in all
57 ships, nearly all of which were built since
ISIS; also, 40 frigates each of 60, thirty-six
pounders; 10 frigates, fourth class, each of
56 guns ; 24 corvetts each from 20 to 32 guns;
16 gun brigs; 27 steamers, most of which are
of 160 horse power. Every ship of the line
is provided with four howitzer cannon 80
pounders. Every frigate ofthefiist class, with
two of 80. Steamboats of 3 60 horse power
with 3 of 80. All these vessels are fit for im
mediate service, and may be sent to sea at
short notice.
quence of information given by a poor woman,
named Willand, who, after being six months
in the Hotel Dice, was at the point of death,
a commissary of" the police repaired to the
lodging of her husband, a painter in porcelain
in the rue Popincourt, No 40. In a dark closet
belonging to W illand’s lodging, be discovered,
rolled up, rather than stretched, upon a heap
of damp straw, a young man, about 20 years
of age, whose haggard countenance, emacia
ted and bent body, and almost powerless limbs,
gave proofs of long suffering, insufficient food
and continued deprivation of fresh air and
and exercise. From the various admissions
of Willand, and the information collected bv
the commissary of police from the other in
mates of the house, it appears that this unfor
tunate youth has been kept a close nrisocer
and subjected to continued ill treatment since
the day of his birth. Ho never went out of
his. parent’s room, was never seen by any body
and in fact, bis existence was never suspected.
The motive of this horrid treatment has not
transpired.”
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Wisdom of Fashion.—When the ther
mometer is at 95, our gentlemen play busily
at “ ten pins ;”—when at 40, at chess, or domi
noes, when the glass is at its highest, the la
dies, God bless them, waltz all night, uud day
too sometimes: when frost appear, they dress
low in the neck, and thin at the feet. Who
now will dare to dispute the wisdom of fash
ion !—A r . O. American.
First Departure of a Steam Vessel for
St. Petersburg!!.—On the 1st of August the
steam ship Sirius, recently trading between
London and New-York, sailed from East lane
stairs, Bermondsey, for St. Petersburgh—This
is the first steam ship that has left the Thames
for the Russian capital. She had a number of
passengers, principally merchants.
Literary and Scientific marriage.—Airs.
Emma Willard, so long and advantageously
known as Principal of the Troy Female Sem
inary, was married to Dr. C. C. Yales of this
city. The Albany Daily Advertiser describes
the ceremony as follows: [N. Y. Star.
The marriage was celebrated at the chapel
of the institution, privately, with the exception
of relatives and personal friends, and the pu
pils of ihe school. These were all present,
tastefully dressed for such an occasion, in white
and with boqnets of flowers. Their number
was some hundred and fifty or two hundred,
and a group of greater loveliness and beauty
1ms seldom beet! assembled on any occasion.
The spectacle was full of interest; and many
a. bright eye glistened with tears, as they saw
their beloved preceptor transferred into a lady
of another name. VV e can only add our hope
that these sweet creatures after being thorough
ly educated, may in due season follow in the
footsteps of their ■illustrious predecessor. As
to the happy couple themselves, we give them
a wish from Byron :
(>:* roses may tlieir footsteps move—
Their lours t*e always tears of love—
~ l lit-ir smiles lo* si .ilf s of jov.
Question.—What would be the character
of our “ Government,” if to the President’s au
thority to execute the laws and his capacity of
Commander-in-chief of the Army, were ad
ded the control of the revenue through the Sub-
Treasury scheme ?
Answer.-—In whatever state an individual
unites in his person the execution of the laws,
the command of the army, and the management
of the revenue, that state may be justly termed
a Monarchy. The name assumed by the Su
perior thus invested is of little consequence
to the public; nor will it avail whether this
aggregated trust is devolved on a dictator,
a triumvir, or a king.”—Gibbon's Horn. E>g§.
one of her two papers, is more concerned in
party bickering, than in attempting to prevent
her own immolation by her enterprizing com
petitors for the trade of our State—and, judg
ing from (he same source, would find more gra-
tifition in the defamation of an opposing politi
cal party, than it would in rallying the whole
State to sustain it. What fatuity!—“Whom
the gods destroy, they first make mad !”
We would not however be so uncharitable
to Savannah, as even to intimate, that the
Journal alluded to, is in the slightest degree
a representative either of her views, her fee
lings, or her manners. We shall hone that
she may yet regain even more than her former
importance, and that she will not-suffer herself
to become a second Beaufort, if enterprize,
backed by the good will of the State, can save
her from such a fate.
There are a number of other important sub
jects which will probably engage the attention
of ike Legislature, at its next session. We
conclude with the hope, that they all may
receive that consideration and disposition,
which will tell decidedly on the well being of
the State.
Cotton Market.—Our readers will find in
another place, the latest accounts of the Li
verpool cotton market. In Augusta, the ar
ticle has advanced—the prices are quoted for
new cotton, at 12 to 12*}, and brisk. In Ma
con, on the 27th, new crop from 11 to IQ.—
In Columbus 27*h, probably not being advised
of the advance, new cotton was selling at from
10J to 10|.
Extract of a letter rlattd
Fort King, (E. F.) Sept 19.
“ One hundred Tallahassee Indians are in
at Tampa Bay, negociating with General Tay
lor, in whom they have the utmost confidence.
The Mickasukies have sent in a message to the
commanding General, requesting him to grant
them a “ talk,” and the result of which will,
no doubt be, that they will consent to emi
grate.
“ The Indians also in the vicinity of Peas
Creek have signified that they are anxious for
a talk; and in less than six'months, we have
reason to believe, all the hostiles will have left
the country.”
Chess Player,
Carousal, ...
Fire Works, ...
Whist Player, -
Trumpeter, ...
Rope Dancers, -
Seven small figures for Theatre?
Organ, -
Piano Forte, -
Panorama of Moscow,
POO
We learn from the report of the Directors
of the Charleston and Ohio Railroad, that the
main tract leading towards the mountains, has
been laid off from a point on the Charleston
and Hamburg road, 62 miles from Charleston
to Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, 65
miles furtbet; and that contracts have been
made for the execution of the work, which was
going on rapidly and successfully. Surveys
have been executed along the whole iine from
Charleston, to Lexington, (Ky.,) and it has
been ascertained that the mountains can be
passed with locomotive engines, at grades less
than had been adopted on other roads; and
that no serious obstacles were presented to
the construction of the work on any part of
the line.
Rather Saucy.—One of the best jokes v.-
have lately heard of, was recently played ri
upon a gentleman of the bar in I Lis ciiv. .11
fellow arrested on l lie charge of counterfeit
ing, employed the legal gentleman as his coun
sel. The lawyer defended his client with his
accustomed ability, and did his best to prove
him an honest man, for which of course the
client was exceedingly grateful, and beirur B e
rated on bail, paid his lawyer and dcpaiteJfiir
New-York. Next day, the lawyer ascertain
ed that his honest client had paid him a ten
dollar counterfeit urge ! That is what we
call “diamond cut diamond.”—Hartford On-
rier.
The Old Trench on Bunker Hnx.— Re
Aurora states that the old trench vet so plainly
visible on Bunker Hill (properly called Breech
Hill) is not the remains of the American breast
work, thrown up during the night previous to
the famous battle, but a trench dug by I,e
British. The American work was a mere en
trenchment, thrown uq> in a few hours of one
of the shortest nights of the year, of a semi
circular form; but after the British army took
possession of the Iliil, they built a regular for
tification, the construction of which probably
occupied them for weeks, and it is the remains
of this fort that have cei.tinued visible to tms
time. The whole field has been ploughed op
and cultivated for many years since the l»a* l - e
and before it was pur chased by the Monucse 3,
Association.
North-Cakolina Gold Mines.—The Ra
leigh Star, of the 5th inst:., states that a ae*
vein of Gold has been discovered in Parxci 3
mine, in Montgomery county, near the suirice.
from whJfh lumps of gold have been obtained
weighing three pounds, two pounds, am
others of several ounces. Some new chsco' fc
l ies are also stated to have been tnadc in hat 7
ringer’s and Reid’s mines, which have i |Cre . t0
fore been considered as the most prcduL’U> e
in the cold region.
A letter from London to the editor of the
Y. Courier and Enquirer says—“By the re
cent death of the Duke of Leeds, your count*}
woman the Marchioness of Carmaerthcn,
become Duchess of Leeds.”
The lady referred to, is the youngest Haug 1
ter Richard C’-aton, Esq. of Baltimore.
Dennis Prieur, Esq., late Mayor of t
leans, has been appointed agent of the 1 _
Municipality of that city to proceed to U l! U^
arid negociate bonds to the amount of a 11,11L
and a half of dollars.
Surgical—not Animal—Maonetisn-^^
curious application of the power of the . i £ r> £
was made a few days ago, by Dr. bin
Nevv-.Tersey City, who, by its aid alone, *' ^
from the foot of a patient a needle vvbic
baffled search for a fortnight.—A- Y ' ^ '
can.