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‘ Well Bridget,” says Margery, “how did j present administration.
jxtf ol? HER Interview with j The following is one of the most spirited
the dentist. ! articles that we have ever seen, against the
With what fierce
Van
War cry; to see tUo flight o
maddened the horses; the alternate sinking
and rising of banners, and tlie ground stream*
ing with blood, and coveted with shreds of ar- you get along"" with the docthur—what did j eloquence does it assail “the usurper, Van
niour, broken spears, pennons, and rich scarfs, j ye say til l.jm—and what did he do til ye V’ | Burert ! V, ith what patriotic zeal ones it oe-
torn and s.-fHecl with blood and clay; and to ; Bridget.—“ It’s nothing he did lil too, nor I ! nounce the corrupt holders of ill-gotten and
listen to. the groans of the wounded and dying.’ j did til him, that’s all-only, says l, “ Och j abused power! With what keen contempt j pure si.yer, or, ii(i grains of. standard silver.
It is generally found in the case of a charge docthur. docthur dear, it’s me tooth that aches j does it ridicule the “ miserable hufi»uggenes j - ~~ bpa.iish dolhiio ar«£ not all oi the same
i have it drawn out, i of trasbv demagogues!” With what virtu-j-weight. 1 hose in circulation in the year |
Specie, Exchange, &c.—Theftdlov^wig cnl*
lection ol facts in regard to the money matters
is condensed from the report of Mr. Secretary
Woodbury, and will doubtless he found inter
esting to our rc aders.
J. he A merican dollar contains 3711 grains oi
Wester^'
Sparta, August 2Gtl% 1838.
To liis Excellency the Governor- f of Geo/gin,
and to the Board of Commissioners for the
Western and Atlantic Railroad :
Gextl: -
Laving rue
■way
in modern times, that the whole question | intirely, and I’ve a mind to 1
is one of nerves, not of comparative military and
last, recei ved youi joint letter of attorney, au
thorizing me to dispose of State Scrip or
Stock, not exceeding in amount five hundred
aze ye." “Do it pane ve," soy;
‘Oh murther, can ye ax me that
oils indignation does
w, i the false crew whose
power: aud that the parly, therefore, which j til me. , ,
best hears the horrors of the first encounter, j and me al! the way down here to see ye about president-making / We commend it to the ud-
is sure to be left victor* Upon this principle j it,” says 1. “Sure have I slept day r,or night, ; miration of our reader.-
it expose the purposes of j fS20 ware said by ihe Director of the Mint ■! thnuaaud dollars, 1 i expect: ally offer the fol-
. sole aims are spoils and to be worth, on an average, 100 cents, three I ^°' v * n -> report ot ray proceedings, in execution
it would apjiear that the Scots having had the j these three days ? Havn’t I tried ail manes
fortitude to endure the close fight for a certain j to quiet the jumping divil l Didn’t they fell
space, by virtue of that high moral tension I me to put raw brandy in me mouth, though
to which* thev were stretched, the English, as j it's far from the likes of me to be drinking the ! .*.«*
a matter of course, soon began t.o display marks j brandy without provocation, or by accident.” j
of failing resolmioti. .Tost at this crisis, it hap- j Bo the docthur took his instruments in a hur-1 j';j‘ fls
pened that a large body of servants and camp- 1 ry, with as little coiisarnment of mind as Bar-
followers, who had bee;; placed by King Bo- j ney would swape the
TJ1K CALAMIlY.
The press is hiirdvaed vv : tis the cry oi’tlii* pul he tlhtwss.
‘ The pressure—the pressure,’ is in the n>»»th oi vvery
man. But the usurper and bis concern look quretly mi
the areuc, without :iu illi»r to arn -I or rnisiiii the ;ih ri.,
t'.eir folly and atnhttioti have Lroti£!tt on the. cotm- j
They suffer not, it i. very cerluin. Their quarterly j
are placed beyond the reach of contingency. They i
are the keepers of the Treasury, srlf-r.instituted ai d with- j
knives and forks from I out accountability. They will nut suffer—far o.Li ovist;. j
mills. | oi the agencies committed to me.
i he Mexican dollars are said to be equal to | Neither the act of tne^ (jeneial Assembly,
the Spanish. j providing for the sale of Stock, nor your letter
The “Carolus” dollars are the Spanish uol-I ot ’ “Horney, having prescribed any thing in
Jars coined prior to the year ISO!), in the reigns j rospect to ,;,e lJ!ne or p' at< - ! ol soiv.s, 1 was at
of Charles III. and IV. They are said to j liberty to seek a market, at home or abroad, as
be not super,oi in weight and fineness to the j onc l): other might offer tne greatest act-
| vantages. The banks, bankers, and other
supi
Mexican.
bert behind a hill, chose to make their appear
ance with sheets displayed banner-wise, and
with wild cries, so as to impress the English
with the idea of a large force come to the as
sistance of the Scotch. No more was neces
sary to decide the fight. The press of battle
relaxed. The heavy masses of the English
the tab!
enough
“ Be aizy, docthur,” says
-you’ll not be in sirh
thinkin V’
there’s * ' K> pressure hut enhances their salaries.
The American eagle of the old coinage, pro
vinusto the 31st day of July, 1334, container
2474 grains of pure gold.
TI
re American eagle o
r key arc sow
v , a j instrinsiciiliy wsirli; 50 per cent, more thun t ey were sixty
. lUI D li( H ; days ago. Is it to be expected that men, and suck men, . . . ~
your turn comes, I m thinkm t “ Oh, well,” j under such circumstances, will seek to restore the public tains 222 grams of pure gold,
said the docthur, “and yer lio ready now, ye j prosperity? No. Their plans have been matured lo-.g
U13V come the morrow.” “ Illdade docthur 1 ~ ;’ Ct ’ and l:te present but reltects the results ol a wietch-
I’ll not stir from this sale, wid this ould tooth!
vs 1:
. i capitalists of Philadelphia and New-York,
• were known to be dealers in stock, and t>>
! them the half million committed to mv charge
fthe new corna^econ- ! ^ a ** iii^*. cilfcict.. YIosl o, too Amettcan
houses declined purchasing, and the few that
ive in iih
‘ jaw,
so vc nvav
pre-
\Vi* ca
li-ln'-'.
rt feet wren knavery s«i.«l foil
i Jrnruly bring omst ii’ to sj
1* *»ur years u*r<», or now i:
(l r *]j.
bur,
'-e-ran to sway back like a receding tide. The i pare, bur ye need not come slashing at a chris-, h‘ P hi-t u-y of t ic jne.-e.-.t times. It required no furesijit
- ° • • ‘ • 1 1 •- ’ ' • - *'-»•, consequences of the removal of ihe de-
Scotch hitherto fightingon the defensive, began i tiau body, as if ye would wring
On them ! j first, an
tooth at yer
d ! afi!
d. Xow
get hold
it by its
a Kin
to assume the assailant. Cries of
on them ! They fail! they fail!” resoundec
over the field. The king called out Bis en-
senyie with redoubled vehemence, and charg
ed the enemy with a fury which nothing could
withstand. In a second’s space the fate of
of Scotland was fixed on the ascendant, and
the enemies of her independence, who had . ....
just before been a host so powerful as to op- j S*ays I. “ Docthur, thunder and blood”—for
ress the very imagination, became as worth- i my mouth was full of blood—“ v.hat in the
the regulations which hav
since the year 1772, emit
37(3
, c r neck off aaMo ,‘ pate t,,p
i posites
- HUvatii liice | i.sind for ir. Neman of common sense, who would give , ^
clap on your pinchers, but I one moment to calm Ivflociion, could have doubled the | pure gold, which would, at out mint va
of the right one—ve may s him! result of^ the • Exi-kkimcm.’ In the very uc-t of re- j be worth $lfi 20. But. accord.it)
md iumpitl.” “Oh, !"; ,val ; the purpose «HS avo«cd to stimuiiUe the State
nuhloot! should, according to | (,Ta%vin b r irom mose mai r.eis ana otieriug it at
nominally prevailed j honic > «>r proceeding to Europe, where the ar-
* grains ^ c *° was in higher demand. The latter cour«“
allnenv;
mind y»
tililiN Sv.\ io HO uutu item, ptuiimt. v/u, I> i • ... .
- , ,, 7 ,:, , . 1 •' 1 ,, 1 . , li.'inks to mrroase thru* issues. 1 he cipposstt
.-•ays he, i 11 get the l ight one, and Wltll thi,. Alhestnctiuus were removed !.y .heoverthrow
tiiat he jabs a small razor loo kin weapon inti! ! of the U.ited States Bank, and the country became at
mv mouth, and cuts tip me gooms as if it were j <>,H ' C flooded with paper-—nr, as the Royalist papers have
nauglit but cold mate for hash for breakfast, j ?ai<1 ’ ‘ i’kosphiwcs beyond all former example.’-
l
ot
lation
would have been advisable had 1 been in pos-
iiut, accotiling to assays ' session ot * Scri P or Stock miaptea to the re-
,, ,, i made at the London and Philadelphia mints nr e j qunements ot foreign markets. Of tins, b.ow-
enttbk.-dU.cm ! vi()US tfJ the ve;l ,. 1S20; Spanish doubloons con- I ever ’ 1 had doubt9 ’ before 1 assumed the »S™-
P
make an
icss and unavailing as the cliatf that flew be-j divil are ye aft her ? D’ye want to
fore the wind.
The slaughter on neither side had as
been great. It now became immense
the part of the fugitives. As they pre;
through the narrow defiles behind their po
sition, the Scots made most grievous havoc
among them, taking unrestrained revenge for ! iron in my lug. He then gave me one awful:
the slaughter and oppression of the last thirty ! wring, haul enough to wring a wet blanket as i
years, and only sparing such pci sons of rank as j drv as gunpowder. Didn’t I think the day of|
promised to produce a good ransom
yet
on
;sed
The
anathomy of a living creathur, ye grave robbe
ye ?” “tiit still,” says he; jamming some
thing like a cork screw inti] my jaw
twisting the very sowl out of me.”
I sat still because the muttering thafe held
me down with his knee, and the gripes of his! t . t |
sail!
J hese isstn-i ore returning now upon ti.em, and the false
glare of prosperity is swallowed up in darkness. Knavery
planned the scheme, and folly is now paying the penalty.
What benefit was anticipated by the specie circular, mfd
all the bruited reports of specie importation ? They have
increased the specie basis, they sdy more than treble,
lint to what purpose ? Adam Smilh would have told them
and j that they might have increased the “puts and pans’’ of! chiefly owing to i!ii
j the country by a« simple a process. But oi -.vhat avail is
loi.s increase ? Do we hear of the floods of sold and
silver going vplhe 1Mississippi !” \\ iiere ur? the promis-
pmves and their yeliow contents ? Clone to the
tain only fit
; cics, which were too fully confirmed by subsc-
3o2 4-10 grains of pure
cold. This would make their average value ! tnqutry. .
at our mint valuntion^lo 5G%. j, Aher spending tnree or four weeks m fruit
less efforts to effect a sale, 1 was fortunate in
making an acquaintance with European capi-
31 o 5G.f.
The Patriot d.mblomis are said to be equal
in weight and fineness to ihe Spanish.
tali.-i
and eventually closed a contract with
The difference in tiie ju ice of Spanish and j ..... .
Patriot doubloons, and of the different species i t,ie a ? enl3 uf a bauklu S house 1,1 London « 0,1
of dollars, at New-York and Philadelphia, i.*
1 1 'Terence of demand for them i , . f .
I round satisfactory to tne Ciovernmcnt of mv
terms not less favorable than have been made
>ther States; and which I trust will be
in foreign market-
rivulet of -Bannockburn, which gave its name
to the battle, is said to have been actually
bridged over with the heaps of the slain. The
King of England escaped with a small party,
and found bis first resting place at Dunbar
Castle, sixty miles distant, from which a menu
fishing boat afforded him a passage to England
almost as solitary as that of Xerxes, whose whole j
Ftory the present so much resembles. Iliseamp j
and baggage, containing immense wealth, he- j
came the prey of the Scots, who furl her gaitp j
rd prodigious sums by the ransom of their !
prisoners. As a ludicrous commentary upon j
the disappointed vain-glorv of the English j
King. Bruce caused the poet-laureate whom j
Edward had brought to celebrate liisTiiumphs j
winds with the oliior miserable hvmbuggt rics of T. fi.
Bouton, ai.d such trashy demagogues. The very specie
policy itself, instead of being the means of relief, is and
ought to have been fnesoea as ccrtr.in to he, otte of the
julgnient was come till me !—Didn’t. I see the j principal causes of the present di-u-ors. U'l.at wen-
red tire o’ the pit ? 1 felt me head fly off* me i Ihi-se nu-n thinking of when they piuposcd to drain finri-n j the
countries ol these precious ni -nils, th - l.ahtncouf trade bt-
( ins i;, their favor for more than fifty millions ! Did they
iiat ttiese inotals v.eie oi i;o value except on this
ment was come till me ?-
ie pit ? I felt me heart llv ott me
shoulders, and looping up, saw something nun
strons bloody in ihe docthur’s wrenching iron, i <|; .
that me head you’ve got tl
r tooth,” It
[, though I felt as if all the
had been hauled out. I
and a half to pay for the
it would he enough for a
thought I’d just ax him
and who had fallen into the hands of th
to write a poem on the opposite score; with
which order the unfortunate monk complied,
though the bad grace with which he consented
is very evident on the face of his production.*
As a matter of course Stirling castle now fell
into the hands of King Robert, whereby
his conquest of the whole country was com
pleted.
The impression made on the public mind
by this victory seems to have been very great,
so great as to excite the superstitious of the
people, which are so invariably called into
play in an ignorant ago, when any thing un
common or important takes place. Among
the wil l stolies told of it, one bears a highly
picturesque aud even poetical character. It
was said that on the day of the victory, “a
“ :\o, it s only vet
“ Maybe ir is,” said
outside (.f my face
had taken a dollar
operation—thinking
poor woman ; but T
ihe price. So says 1, “ Docthur, bow much
may ye ax besides the trouble ?” “Fifty
chits,” says be: “fifty cints !” says I,
I’ve not been submitting three days to th
tyrant of a tooth for fifty cents. Troth, thi
same tooth pulling is not so expensive, and Bn
ve, d
■ *|
: *{it alnutrij
t* it-vo ihut
Scots ! much oblige ti!
’ihur?’
Examination in Law and Physic.'—Our
men folk, if they can’t get through a question,
how beautifully they can get round it, can’t
they ? Nothing ever stops them. I had two
brotheis, Joseph and Eldad ; one was a law
yer, the other a doctor. They were talking
about their examination one night at a buskin
frolic, tip to the Governor Ball’s big stone
barn, at Sliekville. Says Jessy, when 1 was
examined, the Judge asked me about real es
tate; and, says he, Joseph, says he, what’s a
fee ? Yv hv, says I, Judge, it depends on the
matter ot tiie case. In a common one, says I.
1 call six dollars a pretty fair one; but Lawyer
Webster has got afore now, I have heard tell,
Well, the
lere, says I—j sni;-. Ht the Allanlic ? Or thai. foreign r
made answer. I c -'ivo their per. bank paper in pr. fi-rnne
they tiiems.-lves were, seeking to discr
species of domestic stock ? We cannot i
t!ioi|o|it. 4 lie whole nSfair was a desperate po!iu:-:il move
ment, ni». 1 intended only to secure tLe elect inn of Mr. Vnn
Hiir mj. It w as not a fiscal, hut n slisi rpo/ilical President-
making measure, ami the people of this country are now
paying the penalty.”
Reader, where do you suppose the above
comes from] Fiotn the Washington Re-
V'* 1 ! f°nner, of April, 1S37 !—then the organ of the
great Y\ hig party, of Clay, Calhoun, W ebster
aud Preston, &c. The very same concern,
which now under the name of the “ Washing
ton Chronicle,” with the identical types and
editor, L the most vehement and faithful sup
porter of tins same “ Usurper,” and ail las
schemes!
\\ e have obtained an odd volume of the Re
former of 1837, out of which we intend to ex
tract largely as we desire no better arguments
against the Administration, than it affords.
[ Col it tub ia Tclc setti r.
In the prices current, 84 -1-4 4-9 are assum
ed as the jiar of exchange on England. The
practice began when the Spanish pillar dollars
were in circulation, and when the market val
ue ot gold, compared with silver, was less
than it is at present. True, the par varied as
market value of gold varied, when 'corn-
pared with silver. It was estimated by Mr.
Gallatin, writing in 1829
the nominal pur ; by others at 8 per cent.
Since the passage of the act of 1834, for re- i
forming the American gold coinage, the true
own. Most of the other States have within
the last year or two, sold six per cent, sti cks
for moderate premiums, and received in pay
ment their own depreciated currency. I ne
gotiated a sale of five per cent, at a small pre
mium, and was to receive payment in coin, or
New-York funds, which were worth at the
time six or eight per cent, more than the cur-
~ , „ . . , . „ i rency of Georgia The benefits of this con
<j i tract however l was obliged to relinquish, be
cause the enactments of the Legislature, by
which the Stock was created, did not permit
Scrip, as the money
. -,i Tru "i i • - .- i i ! the preparation of such ^n.,1
pat exchange with England, estimating' goal ; J * . . . K , , .
__i ] • ,.i ... n s m i “ ' - market required. But tne article 1 had, could
against gold, is about 9 /-10 above the noun- I , , , - > ’
not bo sold without a sacrifice, and ot couise
j was not sold at all, though by pledging a part
j of it, I took a loan of three hundred thousand
k n i g 1
in
fair aud bright armour” suddenly
1,000 dollars; that I do call a fee.
Judge he larftcd nearly to split
, , , i -. . , i ,. | (thinks I. old chap, vo’ll burst lil
appeared on Horseback iu the market place ot , - c 1
JJ , , , i . i , .i -j ,, bvler it von han t got a satety v;
Aberdeen, wnere he related to the people al! i
the particulars of the fight ; after which l.e !
was seen ruling across the Penllantl Firth, to
wards the Orkney Islands. As Aberdeen is j
bis sides,
e a steam
. „ „ i ve some
where or another,) ^nd says he, 1 vow that’s
superfine; I’ll endorse your certificates for
you, young' man ; there’s no fear of you, young
. i t j ic. -ic i man; there’s no fear of you, you’ll pass the
at least one hundred and lorty miles irom • ,• , , ^ J
1 inspeclion brand, any now.
V> ell, says Eldad, l hope I may be shot if
... iir • i ■ t the same tiling didn’t even almost happen to
battle; the people thereiore considering the . ° , 11
’ t t ° I me at my examination, i hey axed me a na
tion site of questions, some on’em I could an
swer, and some on’em no soul could, right off
j the real at a word, without a little cypherin.
At last they axed me, “ How would you cal-
.. .. . .. , i i i. i culate to put a patient into a sweat, when com
ing to his shrine in Orkney, had thought pro-1 , ] i i i i i
r* , 1 , I inoii modes woultln t uo, no how !
per to tell what he had witnessed to the good T .. ., , , ,,
l , , r • r • i sa )’ s a i 1 d do as D
fo k of Aberdeen, who from their distinguish- J i c ,i
, , . ,, . .11 -i.i served iathor.
rd loyalty on ail occasions to iiruce, migln j.
be supposed particularly interested in the '
battle.”
Bannockburn, it was cleat that this could scarce
ly be any one who li»l been present at the
direction in which the figure was subsequent
ly seen to ride, believed it to be the spirit of!
St. Magnus, of Kirkwall. This holy shade,
had chosen, no doubt from motives of patriot
ism to be present at the victory, and, in return-
“ Why,”
:tor Comfort Payne
And how was that ?” said
ey. “ Why,” says 1, “ lie put him in such a
I sweat as 1
i horn dav
e\ er
in re
seed him in afoie, in till mv
I was raised, by sending in
| bis bill; and, if that didn’t sweat him, it’s a
pity : it was an active dose, you may depend.”
1 “ 1 guess that ere chap has cut his eve-tecth,”
said the President; “let him jiass as approba
ted.”—Sam Slick.
Singing, a Preventive of Consumption.—
It is a striking fact tLat in Germany—the coun
try where, above all others, singing is made a
regular branch of education in the schools,
ncxions, had become desperately enamoured j ;)IU { where ail are taught to use the voice and
of the femme de efambre of his mother. She musical powers with which their Creator has
was a young Sicilian, very beautiful ami well j endowed them—Consumption, tlie most fatal
educated. * He employed every means iu his disease of the lungs in this country, is almost
* I ;ii> ]tcrp >Ti i. c b.’hcvt ii in linvc rcn»;ii.it'fi in Srnt-
J to Ii;t\t* set>’It’il in tiie village of Gaitonsicu*, n; ar Mui-
rose and to ha ve bt r.ouje found, r ut the name ol' Boston in
Scotian!.
Jealousy and Revenge.—The following
occurrence has recently excited much interest
in Vienna :—
A young gentleman, M. Le Baron de It ,
a lieutenant of Hussars, of high family con-
FIRST DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF NORTH
AMERICA.
North America was discovered in the reign
of Henry "VII., a period when the arts and
sciences had made veiy considerable progress
hi Europe. Many of the first adventurers
were men of genius and learning, and were
careful to preserve authentic records of such
of their proc eddings as would be interesting to
posterity. These records afford ample docu
ments for American historians. Perhaps no
people on the globe can trace the history of
their origin and progress with so much preci
sion as the inhabitants of North America ; par
ticularly that part of them who inhabit the ter
ritory of the United States.
The following will show the chronological
order in which the first settlements were made
in North America:
Names ot 1’iaoco Yt heii settled. By Whom.
Quebec, 1(108 By the French.
Virginia. 1610 By Lord De la War.
1610 By Governor John Guv.
161J By tiie Dutch at Albany.
16!3 By do al B rgen.
1620 By part of Mr. llubiut
gregyitinn.
1623 By a small KtiMish colony near
the moutbof I’lscuiaqim river.
1627 By the Surd,-
1623 B
Newfoundland,
New-Y ork,
Mew-Jersey,
Plymouth,
-10 above the nomi
nal par.
1 he quotations of exchange on France are so
many francs and centimes payable in France
for a dollar paid here. According to the re
gulations of the French mint, the silver franc
should contain 69-453 troy grains of pure sil
ver, equivalent to IS,70S 1009 cents in silver
currency of the L nited States. The quantity
of pure silver in an American dollar is equal
to ihat in five francs 34 531-1000 centimes.
But as foreign coins are not a legal tender
in France, and us a seignoarge of about 1 4 per
cent, is charged on silver coinage at the
French mint, American dollars when sold as
bullion in France, are said to bring, on an aver
age, not more than of. 26 25-JOOO centimes.
This is by some writers assumed as the par of
exchange on France. Other writers assume
of. 31c. as about par.
The quoiaiion.s of exchange on Holland are
so many cents a guilder ; on Hamburg so many
cents a mark banco, and on Bremen so many
cents a rix dollar.
J’iie exact value of the guilder of Holland
js 39 97-100 cents of ( nited States currency,
but 40 cents are usually assumed as the nur of
exchange. \
The mark banco of Hamburg is money of ac
count equal to 35 144-1000 cents United States
currency.
The fix dollar of Bremen is money of ac
count equal to 80 cents and a very small frac
tion U. S. currency.
dollars, as much as was deemed necessary,
(with other appropriations) for the service of
the current year. For this loan, the stock
pays interest at the rate of five per cent, per
annum; but it does not begin to run until bills
drawn at my instance on London, are accept
ed and paid, about three months after the dav
on which I received the money in New-York.
The use of these funds however will actually
cost the State little or nothing the first year,
became sales of exchange on New-York, va
rying from three to six per cent, premium, will
go far to cover the whole interest, as well as
the expense incident to my agency. Before
leaving New-York, 1 disposed of one hundred
thousand dollars, at four per cent, premium,
and have since placed the residue in tlie Bank
of Augusta, and the branch of the Darien
Bank at Macon, to be sold for the highest |
puces, without eommisrion or cost of anv kinc’ '
These
nlcs having not
Ncw-IIiimpsliirc,
Delaware,
Pennsylvania,
Mass. Bay,
Maryland,
Connecticut,
Rhode Island,
Ncw-Jersev.
Soi'il'.-C'arolina,
J Pennsylvania,
Capt. J. I:
pane.
1633 By Lord B
ooionv of
3635 Bv
; and 4 ins.
i dicot aial Corn
E x c it a xtku Mo u n tains.— The foil o wi rt g
account of a natural curiosity, is from the Tex
as Telegraph :
This singular mountain or hill is situated
on the head waters of the Salley—a small tri
butary of the Colorado, about eighty miles
from Bastrop, in a north-westerly direction.—
It is about three hundred feet high, and ap-
cou-! peats to be an enormous oval rock, partly im
bedded in the eaith. When the sun shines,
the light is reflected from its polished surface
as from an immense mirror, and the whole
mountain glows with such a dazzling radiance
power to induce her to become his mistress;
but not successful in this attempt, he at length
offered her his hand and fortune. Sue still re
mained inexorable, and would listen to none
of liis proposals, believing him not to be sin-
Ile solemnly
unknown. This is probably in no small de
gree attributable to the universal cultivation
of the voice, and the practice of the lungs, in
singing. The cultivation of music, besides
collaterally improving the mind itself, is high-
cere in his professions of love. He solemnly ^ jy beneficial to health and good spirits, as all
swore that lie would never break his marriage ; jmtst be able to testify, who have practiced the
vow, and producing a poinard, declared mat j fU -t of singing. Unfortunately for the voting,
he would ’plunge it into his heart rather than j j s nearly unknown, or at least little practic-
be unfaithful ioliei.it “he v. ould consent to be- j by jE.e youth in this country; and its gen-
come his wife. I lie vehemence of his de- eni ] introduction into our schools would in all
do
do
Georgia,
Terri lory South of
Ohio, about
Kentucky,
Vermont, about
Territory N. YV. i
Ohio river,
aimori*. wrh n
toman Cnthnli.-s.
■eriwick, at Snyhrook'.
near die mouth of Conuecti
cut river.
J 635 By Roger \\ illiams and hi? ner-
secuted brethren.
J661 Granted to the Duke of York.
by Charles II., and made a
distinct government, ami set
tled sometime before this !iv
the English.
1660 By Governor Sayle.
1632 By William Peun, with a colo
ny of Quakers.
172q Erected into a separate gov
ernment.
1732 By General Oglethorpe.
1750 Bv Col. Wood mid others.
3773 By Col. Daniel Boon.
3 77 1 By emigrants from Coiinrwti-
<••11, and other parts of New-
Englaud.
1737 Bv the Ohio and other c-oirmn-
claration touched the heart ot Eliza, (such
was her name,) and she consented to become
liis wife.
Their marriage took place in February, with
every possible outward demonstration ot rejoic
ing, and the relatives of M. de H , alihpugli
not approving of the marriage, did every thing
te celebrate the event with eclat. In the be
ginning of May the officer followed liis regi
ment to Milan. Ills wife, who remained at
Vienna, took means to have all his movements
watched, and she soon learned that lie had
formed a connexion with a young widow,
the Marquis de L «-, and from that moment
she resolved upon a deadly revenge. In the
probability be viewed iu the light of a most
dangerous innovation on the good old usages
of our forefathers. Custom, or ptejudice, has
thus proscribed a most healthy, innocent, and
in every respect beneficial, enjoyment ; and
the young have been deprived of all the ad
vantages so clearly to be derived from it. It
is much to be hoped that all prejudices against
improvements in physical as well as mental
education arc in progress of being smoothed
down, to be ere long entirely removed; and
that, in time to come, customs will not be va
lued for their age and the constancy which
lias heretofore marked their observance, but
. - - . only according to their real utility, and with
rage of her jealousy she at first determined to , regar j lo t j ie benefit to be derived from them.
go to Milan for the purpose. feme was con- j ^
te nplating this step when her husband un-j New Dove Tail.—A new method of dove
eipectedly returned to Vienna with despatches, j tuilinghas recently been invented and a nia-
T.ie instant he entered the house, maddened j chine to cut wood, so that it is done with great
with rage and excited feelings of jealousy, despatch. Instead ol the two edges of boaids
she flew at him like a tiger, and plunged the j which are to be fastened together, being cut
fatal dagger by which he had sworn into his j in alternate notches and teeth, the hook and
body. The husband fell weltering in his blood j groove are cut perpendicularly upon the edges
aud was taken to the hospital, where lie is re- i of 1 Ite boards, respectively, those edges being
signed to his situation, but not regretting her ' each bevelled upon an angle ol forty degrees,
e rj, n e, j or so as to divide the right angle equally. On
7 _ > the edge of one board, the groove is cut, and
Suspicious—A servant girl whispered to a j ,j ie book upon the other. It is a very pretty,
neighboring Abigail, one night, “ now mind, 1 j as we ][ useful and economical invention,
don't say as how master,drinks, but between] (jy. Y. Journ. Com.
you and 1, the demijohn in the dark closet dont; , T; . truR> Creation, but
keep full all the time. j the woman, coming next, is the neck, and how
True laorit, says the IVlarquis of Halifax, is i easily the neck turns the head. 1 ui this ic-
like a river, the deeper it is the less noise it | mark, credit is to be given to the Barnstable
reakes. ’ J (Mass.) Patriot.
Tennessee, 1733 Became u sejmriue sovenimcnl
many years before.
ilo 178G Became an independent Sfa'e.
The above dates ara* generally from the pe
riods when the first permanent settlements
were made.
Patrick Henry, in the course of a debate in
the Virginia Convention on the adoption oftlie
Federal Constitution, said :
“ Tell rne where and when did freedom ex
ist, vhen the -purse and sword were given up
from the, people l Unless a miracle in human
affairs shall interpose, no nation ever did, or
ever can, retain its liberty after the loss of the
sword and the purse.
“ 1 object, too, against the immense patron
age of the President, because it places in his
bauds the means of corruption, and of distri
buting throughout the country a band of re
tainers in the shape of judges, revenue officers,
and others, which renders him iiresistable in
any scheme of ambition that he might medi
tate against the liberties of the country.
“ I object to the whole gang of Federal
officers. * * * Gentlemen, depend up
on it, this power may work sorely on your
necks.”
Home.—There is something inexpressibly
touching in the story of Islimael; the youth
was sent into the wilderness of life with
his bow and his arrow, “ his band against eve
ry man, and every man’s hand against him.”
Even in our crowded, busy, and social world,
on how many is this doom pronounced ? Viiat
love makes allowances like household love?
God forgive those who turn the household al
tar into a place of strife? Domestic disseii-
tion is the sacrilege of the heart.
that the beholder who views it even from the
distance of four or five miles, is unable to gaze
upon it without experiencing a painful sensa
tion, similar to that which is felt when looking
upon the rising sun. The ascent of this hill
is so very gradual, that persons can easily walk
up to the top; but the lock is so smooth and
slippery that those who make the attempt are
compelled to wear moccasins or stockings in
stead of shoes. This act, together with the
name of tlie place. Holy Mountain, remind
the visitant very forcibly of the command made
to Moses at Mount Horeb, “ put off thy shoes
from off’ thy feet,” &c. The Cumanches re
gard this hill with religious veneration, and
Indian pilgrims frequently assemble from the
remotest borders of this tribe, to perform their
Payuiin rites upon its summit.
Mr» Ed itor:—The following amusing spe
cimen of alliteration, was received by a ladv
on a visit to Goochland, from her husband in
this city, a short time after the late fire in
Cary-st reel.
Richmond, Sept. 14tli, 1S3S.
My Dear Wife:—The late conflagration in
this city, has thrown me into such a disrom-
boberafion that 1 cannot pursue my avocation,
with that deliberation, and make that prepara
tion, which would be necessary nor your trans
portation from your present location, to your
own habitation. So with some consideration,
and much commisseration for ray hapless
situation, you’l not expect my visitation until
further notification, which, Yvilhout mystifica
tion, shall iii my estimation be in daily expec
tation, until a full consummation of that happy
salutation, which you know my adoration for
your dear preservation, and complete restora
tion, compelled this long separation, and great
botheration.
Without affectation,
But much true devotion,
Your own.
f Rich mond Compilcr.
A Wife not worth Having.—The Phila
delphia Ledger says, that, last week two men
gambled for each other’s wife. One of them
had the good, or bad luck, to win the stake,
but refused to take her home. The loser, in
a rage, made application at an Alderman’s of
fice, in Kensington, to sue the winner for
hoarding and lodging of the woman, whom,
but a fexv moments before, be called his wife.
The Alderman was not in, but an officer •pre
sent reprimanded him severely, although lie
persevered in his design, and said “ he’d call
and sue the other in the morning.” The edi
tor promises, when the suit is brought, to give
us all the particulars.—N. O. Bee,
to the State.
ported entire sales, I cannot state the amount
placed to my credit; though it will hardly fali
short of twelve or fifteen thousand dollars.
Rut a loan could not have been got on such
terms by a mere pledge of unmarketable
bonds. It was necessary that I should enter
into engagements, that the General Assembly
would at its next session so amend the law on
that subject, as to enable the State’s agent to
prepate such Scrip as would have a ready cur
rency in the markets of Europe—and that out
ol the proceed; ot the sale, this advance made
to me, should be reimbursed. The engage
ment being in strict conformity with existing
provisions of law, and the known policy of the
State, I did not hesitate to make it—takum at
tne same time, reciprocal onhgations of the
other party, embracing among other things,
then promise to honor my draft for about one
hundred thousand dollars mose, (should the
money be wanted) so soon as the Scrip should
be deposited at the Bank in New-York. The
written contract comprizing all ihe stipulations
between the agents of Reed, living & Co.,
Bankers of London, and myself, as agent of
Georgia, is in my possession, and ready for in
speclion when called for.
This brief narrative contains, I believe,
every thing worthy of note, connected with
my late agency, and might lie submitted with
out further remark. But it is impossible to
survey the works of Internal Improvement
now in progress or contemplation within the
territories of Georgia, without a deep solici
tude for their early accomplishment, as well
as a correspondent conviction that this must
depend essentially on a ready and economical
command of funds. The incalculable value
of tlie.se facilities <>i commercial intercourse ed that the collector ol the port intends to
is no longer a matter of question or doubt, give him a birth in the custom house, as aa
All the experience and tne unanimous opinion acknowledgment for the service of the “pat*
>i the civilized world, concur in recommend- riots,” in defeating Mr. Allen’s election in
ing them a.-i a part of the permanent policy of fourth congressional district of Vermont, Ria
that will give her a "high credit abroad »„i
procure at al! times and t on the easiest tern 1
any tiling she may want in the form of l 0a
To this nothing more is necessary than-d*'
qiwte provisions to pay With infallible ***'
' utility, the interest; for there is no risk i n C *
n'***c du the toils and freights accrn’i'i* f*
railroads and canals, to reimburse t!>o Ti-;
pa! debt. Nothing is more clearly dem.mstr
.de t:,a«i that a judicious and economical yj
ministration of this Government and its
means tor the ensuing seven years, will
ble the State to procure abundant funds f
complete a thousand miles of railroad, and t°
pay off the entire debt as fast as it fall* d"'
without imposing an extra tax of one duffar °
the people.
1 o what extent the introduction of f crc -
capital, independent of its immediate ol.j ec ?
would have the effect of stimulating uid u <’
try, and promoting generally the pro grp"
off the useful arts, isabundantly shown in q.*
experience of all countries which have enjr, v . i
its benefits. *
Respectfully submitted,
* JOEL CRAWFORD.
New-York, Sent. 25
Great Western Arrived.—Las/night at
half past 10 o’clock, the Great M estenfnrriv
ed at Quarantine, hating left Bristol at ^
o’clock and thirty minutes on the cvenin»
the 8th inst. fane has cue hundred and forty
three cabin passengers. The passage bai
hem a very rough one, continued squalls ai! ]
gales prevailing.
The French minister of Foreign Affairs
has addressed the Duke of Montebello, author!
iziiig his excellency to demand liis passports
and return to France in the event of refusing
to expel Prince Louis Napoleon from the 8\vis’
territory.
Of the 143 cabin passengers in the Great
V. estern, 130 berths were engaged before
she arrived out. 'ihe London Times savs
“750 numerous were the applications, and of
course the number disappointed, that pre-mi-
unis off 20 guineas have been offered and
would be given, for berths on the first refu-
sal of vacancies from parties who by any ac
cident might be prevented from going. In one
instance a party having engaged a double berth
was written to in Devonshire, to request ac
commodation for a passenger, if the whole
were not absolutely wanted. The directors
have fitted up every yard of disposable space
on deck, as well as below, in order to make
room for the number stated.
The American minister in London has been
confined several days by illness—but was con
valescent.
Ihe French Blockade of Mexico attracts a
great deal of attention in the British Journals
and is very seriously complained of.
[-Y. 1. Express.
Iteias t>r «Ijc ilrcnt Hmitm
The Grain trade lias continued to occupy a
considerable share of public attention, as, un-
der existing ciicumstances, might be expected.
Although the weather has been fine gener
ally speaking, the prices of wheat have not
gone down any thing like what was expected,
which circumstance strengthens th« belief pre
viously entertained, that the harvest will be
deficient. Those who are of the opposite
opinion believe tnat pi ices will come down,
and that shortly. This off course, all matter
or opinion at present. The duty on foreign
wheat is now two shillings and eight pence
per quarter. U helher it will come down
to one shilling per quaiter is at present
a matter entirely of speculation. The specu
lations for low duties have been very exten
sive.
Ihe French Mexican Squadron.—A cor
respondent in the Morning Chronicle off the
kitest date, says that the French frigate La
Gloire, or the fir.-t class, sailed thence on the
23d nit. with the coi vette La Favorite, being
ordered to Mexico. It was understood they
were to proceed in the first place to Cadiz,
where they were to he joined by the Medee
and Neride, first class frigates, and bv Admi
ral Baudot, to take the command of the squad-
run blockading Mexico. Iff Admiral Bauditi
should not have arrived at Cadiz when these
vessels leached there, they are ordered to pro
ceed at once to Vera Cruz. The other cuvette
L’Aigle, is still there, but is also, it is though:
under orders for Mexico as soon as she is te-
lieved, and a frigate is daily expected from
Brest for that purpose.
The Creole, Corvette, of this squadron, is
commanded by the Prince de Joinviile.
We perceive that the Transatlantic Steam
Company advertised that they have rccliaiter-
ed the steam-shin Royal Y\ iiliam, and purchas
ed the steam-ship Liverpool for the navigation
to this port. That the former will sail on
the 20th of this month, and the latter 20th Octo
ber. We may therefore count on steam commu
nication with Europe throughout the Winter,
of which there was before some doubt—in
deed the navigation of the Atlantic by steam
may be considered, permanently established.
We understand that our city is favored with
the presence ol a dislinuished stranger no less
a petsonage than the celebrated “Bill John
son,” the Pirate oftlie Lakes. It is suirgest-
every people who can appreciate their own in
terest, or rejoice in the growth and grandeur of
their own country. In this confederacy, our
public spirited sister, New-York, under the
guidance of that resolute patriot and profound
statesman, Dewitt Clinton, took the lead.
Prevailing at length over the vexatious oppo
sition of a perverse faction, aud the timorous
misgivings of popular ignorance, she has car
ried into triumphant consummation, an enter-
prize, of which any’ monarch of Russia, Eng
land, or France, ought well to have \,een
proud. Maryland, Pennsylvania, and. Massa- “The Madisonian” states that the Hall ol
chusetts, soon followed, and uo,v there is the new Patent Office at Washington, is to be
scarcely a State in the Union that has noisome j the largest single room in the world, the ceding
work of the kind on hand ; but they are every ! to supported by one ortvvo hundred pillars.
rumored also, that the “pirate of the lakes,
is the 9th sub-editor of the otate Bay Democrat,
But for the truth of these reports vve cautto*
vouch.—Boston Atlas,
1 he Mississippi cotton crop, which was sx-
peeled to be short, has suffered so much for
want of rain, that the Natchez Courier asscit*
that the quantity which will he gathered this
season, will not be more than one-third as
much as was raised last vear.
where carried on by loans, foreign or domes
tic. New-York, ample as her finances are
numerous, and opulent as are her capitalists,
did not make her canals without incurring a
debt of twelve millions, the most of which 3 is
or has been due beyond the Atlantic. The
old world indeed seems to be as necessary to
the early start and onward progress of tho
new, in all that ministers to the happiness and
elevation of society, as the accumulated wealth
*ind experience provioont p&renl i.s to the
education and outfit of their offspring.
Georgia, too, must subsidize foreign funds
oi lag in the rear of her cotemporaries. Her
government has indeed copious resources,
though they are said to have been badlv hus
banded—because probably, her people have
not been duly aiive to the great object to
which they might be madu subsetvient. But
ample as they are they would soon be exhaust
ed under a direct draught for the millions ne
cessary to carry on the works already com
menced—if, however, she cannot furnish the
capital immediately from her own coffers, she
can arrange and establish a system of finance..
The portico, if is believed, will cost one hu n
dred and seventy thousand dollars.
Something New.—Mis. Gove’s lectures t°
ladies, on Anatomy and Physiology, at the
Marlborough Chapel, are very fully attended,
and their propriety and utility are sanctione
by our first physicians.
Remains of Nafoleon.— Ihe MnritiR e
Prefect of Oherluirg has received orders to
hasten the armament of the frigate the Kb‘0 e
Blanche, which it is believed at Cherbuig * 3
destined to proceed to Bt. Helena to recci' c
on board the remains of Napoleon.
A descendant of Oliver Cromwell has ]>t c
settled to the I nited Service Museum t
sword he wore at the seige of Drogheda, oU
the 10th of September, io49. On this oc^
casion his troops were twice rL ‘peiIe(t
mounting the breach, observing this, he le j
troops himself to the third assault, and was
unions. It is a basket-hiltfid broad sty 1 ’
and has been struck by two musket bah- c
the blade.