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MAJOR DOWNING. *'*
Ti> ihe Editors of the Kete-York Express—the same
paper my old friend Mr Dwight printed a spell ago.
Gentlemen.—Flense tuck on to my Inst letter thia.pne
about the same matter—whi h is the Inst time 1 11 trouble
myself or you or Congress about Abolition petitions—
which matter will go In like others before it niter the old
hens and young rooster* have had u spell at cackling—in
all these things, it ain't the old hens, alone, who lay the
eggs, that make the most noise about it—they wouldn’t
cackle half as king and loud, jf it wum’t for other* an-^
swerhig on ’em. So I don’t know w hich to blame nibs—
at any rate I’ll stop for one.
Your friend, J. DOWNING,
. . M ijiir Dow ning' .lie Militia, 2d Brigade.
To. Coxoress.—Some folks in Congress ami some out
of Congress have a notion that petitions in favor of *’ Abo
lition" in the “ District'' and in the Territories—is a
very difThrent thing from petitions in favor of abolition tr.
all the; States—that Congress-ran grant-the Jlrst,.but they
are not so sure that Congress could grant the last—nc- •
cording to the Constitution. They say that Congress has
l>y lam entire and complete control over the District and
also over the Territories, and therefore can pass any law
they'chuse—and so they can—providing, howsoever, that
Bllsuch laws are, as all other laws must lie—according to
the Constitution. The Constitution is older than the
District and the Territories—the Constitution is older
than the Laios—the Constitution is one thing, and the
chief thing—and knows no law s or leases, or bargains nr
contracts, hut such as are made uuder it and in obedience
to it—now that is the stariin pmt, and don’t let ns forget
it. When Virginia and Maryland gave to Congress
" *" > n ” square”, to transact public business in—they
ad to alter the Constitution—and did not in-
longress should alter the Constitution—and I
er existed in any one on ’em to do so. No
t they intended—if the power is claimed by-
do any thing they please in the District or
•ies, because they have what in law- is call’d,
jurisdiction”—then I say let that law be ex-
gside the Con dilution; u:.d see if it will slund
-Branch, Mist in taEORGiA.^-We have the pleasure
of laving ben-re out* readers the following ixtiaci ift a let
ter from an officer oTthe branch mint in G.orgta,showing
the richness in the goid region there, and the favorable
prospects which attend* tlws miners. Cown ct< d with tins
subject, we have to remark that tl.e hill which passed the
Senate at the last session for extending the coinage of the
two branch .tfiitute,, Georgia and* North-Caroliua. to the
coining of silver change, to wit : 25 ce< t, 10 cent, and 5
cent pieces, is received iri the Senate, and we presume will
encounter little or no objection, as the additional coinage
wjil occasion no additional expense, w ill only occupy the
min. when it might otherwise he idtc, and will give a sup
ply of silver change in putts of the Union, to which it
would, with* difficulty, come from tl.e mints til N. Orieans
and Philadelphia, which alone now coins silver.— G\obc•
“ Ustteo States Branch Mint, )
Duhiohnegn, January 1, 1839. )
“ Dear Sir :—We commenced operations in February
la-t, the edifice not being sufficiently advanced to enable
us to commence, before. Since that time, w e have received
gold bullion amounting in value to $140,001). Inis
amount would have been greatly exceeded, luid there not
been a very great demand of laborers for the railroads now
in progress of construction in different parts »l the State.
The country abounds in gold, and skou’d labor become re
dundant, Will become eminently productive. The want
of capital and science among the miners are among the
causes which conspire to vender it comparatively uupro-
T . .1 • Ill . 1.0,1 ...
dunfive. In point of climate, this country will yield li
nonef and as it respects scenery, is not inferior to )\ cs-
tern Virginia. Considering how recently the country has
been settled, the society is very good.”
From the National Intelligencer.
The subjoined is a enrious piece oi political history.
The reader will be disposed to wonder how the writer be
came possessed of the facts so remarkable, and, without
some corroboration, even to doubt of their exactness. We
have heard, however, of circumstances which leave no
doubt upon our mind of the trath of the statement. It
seems that a copy of the resolutions of Mr. Atherton, as
originally draughted and intended to be offered in the
House of Representatives, was forwarded to Charleston,
and immediately published in the Charleston Meicury,
through w hich channel they found their way-back to this
plueSsunie days after the resolutions had passed the House
of Representatives in a different form. A comparison of the
two sets of resolutions, of course, di.-closed the alterations
which they underwent on their way from the council-room
to the House of Representatives.
Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.
Washington, December 22, 1838.
I have waited for some days to sec how the Southern
mils would treat tlie party alliance between Northern
Southern locois.i on the subject of slave petitions, as
ss claims a right by laic to pass what regula-
ises over the District and the Territories—
rd to the Constitution—we may live to see the
aw or regulation of Congress may declare the
■efugc," as in old times atul in old countries—
n could be taken for crime if ho could outrun
the constalde, and get his linger in the key hole of the
church—and it would be u famous place for Treasury rats
and other varments.
I see nothing to prevent .this—and therefore I for one
»ay don’t let us lose sight of the Constitution—for that is
the land mark and guide po-t—and any man of common
sense who keeps that in his eye can tell in a Hash as soon
as he reads.any laic or regulation, whether it is sound laic
or nonsense.
Now as regards the “District of Columbia”—what is
it?—Congress took a perpetual lease (and l hope it will
be perpetual)—from Virginia and Maryland of “ten
miles square”:—to build the Capitol ami the White House
and other public buildings on, and to transmit there the
public business—and Virginia and Maryland said—there
—take it—it is yours—and we. are glad to have you so
near us—and the Jaw was drawn up and all the parties
were all high minded and honorable men and knew the
Constitution—as clear as the way of making cider. Will
tiny man of common sense say now that no matter how
that lease read, whether any thing put-in or any tiling
left out—could alter—change—or shape any part of the
Constitution that was made tong before it 1 Could Vir
ginia or Maryland lease or sell or barter or change any ol
the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to the people
then living in or afterwards claiming to live in that “ ten
miles square?”—nonsense.
Whv there was a case ji-t like it close by Dmvningville,
when t was a boy, and I remember it as well ns though it
was hut j-este'rday—and it was settled offhand prittv quick,
and according to law and gospel too, and there was no mis
take about it. The district wanted to build a ScIkioI
House, and the select men pitched upon n spot that cor
ner’d off throe farms—Jesse BuwttTs, Elam Bliss’ and
Epepheras I’etit’s farms, and they nil agreed to give about
nn acre or so each—and the School Hou-e was built, and
tho lease made out, and a rale full lease too—well it turn
ed out that Epepheras Peth’s part took in the spring where
ho sometimes gjt his water, and his rows always went to
drink and his horses too—and when other springs run dry,
Bowtel and Bliss and other neighbor’s cattle come-there
The Spy in Washington tells the following anecdote in
his last letter. IJe is a provoking fellow :
“A gentleman, conversing with I’resident Jackson, and
speaking of the system of depositing the public monies in
I he State Banks, thereby enabling them to accommodate
the merchants and the community, by the use of them ;—
the General said—1 don't want any banks. I am in fa
vor of having our own depositories- There now, in A c w-
York, we have. a. good and efficient officer, Mr. Swarl-
icoul, lei him take the public money and discount. ’ I he
j words quoted are copied-from a written statement, in the
hand writing of my informant who, when he related the an
ecdote to me, reduced it to writing, at my request, that if
ever I should think it worth repetition, I might not misun
derstand or misrepresent tl.e parties. My author is a
gentleman incapable of* wilful misrepresentation.
The same w riter says Mr. Senator Morris lias address
ed a lung letter to the Ohio Legislature, in which he un
dertakes to prove that Mr. Tappun is a more incorrigible
abolitionist than he is himself. He then states that his
colleague, Mr. Allen, on this point, goes with the South,
and is an anti-abolitionist. He wishes therefore to know
what, the Legislature expects of him. It seems to be “ loo
much for his poor weak head" to understand them. On
the one hand they appear to approve the conduct of Mr.
Allen, who is an anti-abolitionist, and on the other, remove
him ( .Morris) bgcause he is not abolitionist enough for them.
Mr. Morris wishes therefore, to be instructed on this sub
ject, and if he cannot obey the instructions, lie will re
sign for tho remainder of his term. Very patriotic !
Exchange os England.—Wo have already stated ilu-
fact that the New-York Chamlier of Commerce had deter
mined hereafter to calculate the value of tl.e pound ster
ling in dollars and cents, according to its current value.
The Price Current has the follow ing table showing the
value of one ]
pound sterling
j at the several
rates of
mium, viz:
At 5 per cen
t. is $4,66
8} “
4,83
5} “
4.67
0
4,84
5A “
4.68
9} “
4.85
5} “
4.70
H “
4.86
6
4,71
8} “
4,87
6} “
3.72
10
4 83
6} “
4.73
10} “
4.90
6} ;;
4,74
10} “
4.91
4,75
10| “
4.0 2
71 0
4,76
1L “
4,93
7.1 “
4,77
11} “
4,94
7} “
4.78
11} “
4,95
8
4,80
11} “
4.96
8} “
4,81
12
4,97
H ‘
4,82
s on England in
At the present rate oflnlli
icw-York
per cert) the pound sterling is shown to he of the value of
3,3C.
Bar Eloquence.—Bar eloquence is very often barred
too; well it turned out arter a spell that some of the select I el- quence. A certain member of the New-) oi k bar, (lu
men took n notion that as they had a perpetual lease for j ring a warm appeal to thejury in behalf of His client, w hose
the School House, and this spring was on the ground,-they ! character he said had -been shamefully aspercsd by
would cut off the folks from coming there and set the boys
to work riling the spring, and for a spell there was a
shocking muss—and all the folks for miles iound all got
riled Up too about it considerable. And the Lawyers got
to work, and some read the lease and look’d wise, and then
they said “ that Law was Law,” and there was the lease
and that was clear enuf, and there was,the spring and that,
was clear enuf—when the boys didn’t rile it, and the spring
was on the ground leas’d—and as far as the law knew—
why the spring was no longer the property of the former
owners, and so forth. And oatother side it was said, that
iu leasing the property, Epepheras Petit awl the rest on
etn didn’t mean to lease more than the right of keeping
school there, and they didn’t think that the cows driukin
counsel on the opposite side, seized one of the juror’s hats,
which he swung up and down with the most reckless dis
regard to the rights of property, to the dismay of the
owner of the hat, the astonishment, of the rest of
of the jurors, and to the amusement of the whole court.
The poor juror followed his hat as it sawed the air, with
a variety of feelings upon his countenance, the most promi
nent. of which were those of curiosity to its fate, vexation
at its probable destruction, and risibility at the ludicrous
picture presented by the eloquent counsel, who all this
time, v. as totally unconscious of this low comedy, appear
ance. Having concluded his invective, he dashed the hat
hark upon the table, from whence it bounded into the face
of its owner, as if seeking his protection. The juror seiz-
entitlethe talkers to eight dollars a day and free postage)
it was settled by the Court (of Common Sense) that there
was hut one meaning in the lease, a id that was—that the
ground was given for the school, nud the boys were to learn
their lessons there, keep good order and go home—and if
they dared to rile the spring or do any thing to annoy
their neighborhood, the old school house must coinc down,
and the select inen select some utlier place. I remember
as well as if it was but yesterday, the speech that Epephe
ras made before the Court—“ Why.” says he, “ who on
earth thought I gave tny share of tho ground to folks to do
what they pleased there, beyond school matters—if they
ran do one thing, they can do another; if they can rile the
springs, why not turn to and raise skunks and vvcazlcs
there that would he as good fun for the hoys as riling the
springs and tying squibs to'my cows’ tails—and then what
a pritty state my fowls and eggs would he in.” This set
tled the matter right off—the select men sneck’d out of
Court and" the squabble heal’d up, and there was no more
trouble about it, tho' a good many folks tried to make a
considerable more muss of the matter, and to open it
there was Ezra Gleason, nud Hezekiah Staudish,
«.nd Job Munson, and a good many more, rale politicians,
some taking one side, and some the other, as there was
tn Election just then coming on, and such a dispute right
in the thickest of the neighborhood, was too good a thing
to let off without a hussle in politics—but it didn’t work
that way no how, and no way in the world—folks somehow
in them days managed better than we do now-a-days to
keep every Tub on its own bottom—and the politicians got
no chance at such windfalls as they do now-a-days. So
■every thing went smooth agin—the boys was told to lai n
their lessons and good manners, ar.d let the springs and
cows alone—and the select men found useful employment
in attending to the school matters, without troubling them
selves about the constitution and natural rights of Epephe
ras Petit and the other folks.
Now this matter, tho’ it happened a good many years
ago, seems to me to come so nigh the present squabble
about abolition petitions at Washington, that I couldn’t
keep telling on’t—and so I put it into this Letter to tuck
on to the last, and leave both to Common Sense, Common
Justice—Mother Wit and the Constitution, and thry are
pretty much all one.
Your friend,
J. DOWNING. Major
Downingville Militia, 2d Brigade.
Adventure of Mr. Townsend, attache of the
American legation at Madrid.—Jn the Boston A,l-..-
of Wednesday, wc find an cxrraci or it tetter dated Octo
ber 10th, from a Frenchman in Madrid, to his friend in
Boston, giving an account of an adventure in which Mr.
Townsend, attache to the American legation at Madrid , , v rf * ica
figured more prominently than willingly. The writer \ J ' r .*{_,
states that Mr. Townsend, some time previous, while on
his way from Madrid to Cordova and Seville, at the dis
tance of about seventy miles front tho capital, encountered
a party of Guerillas, by whom he was despoiled of all tin-
property he had with him, and finally conveyed to the
mountains, where he was stripped nearly naked, and sen
tenced to he shot, if within a given time his friends did
not advance 25,000 reals—about $12,000—for his ransom.
The demand of the banditti, on being communicated to the
American Minister, was, it is stated, immediately com
plied with, and Mr. Townsend was liberated, after hav
ing suffered much from the brutality of his captors, who
were several times on the point of putting him to denth..
nml would, says the letter, “ for a dead certainty have
done it, if their demand had not been granted.”
jour
and Southern locois.i On the subject of slave petit
laid down hv the resolutions'of Mr. Atherton, presented
on the Illhinst. These resolution#' it is now well known,
were the result of caucus piocerdings; hut the whole his
tory has not yet been told, 1 he first caucus (b>r there
have been two) was convened or. the evening ol the 8:h,
and announced to von in my letter of the 9th. At this
caucus certain resolutions were adopted, hut were after
wards essenti 11 v altered. They were alteied because it
was avowed that NeW-Eiigland locofocoism (alias aboli
tionism.) would not submit to them, and. therefore, that
their Representatives in Congress dare not vote for them.
The alteration was made at the second caucus, held on
the evening of the 10th.
The Richmond Whig wonders pt the sacrifice, ns he
considers ir, of Southern interests, and the new-coined
amalgamation, between the North and the South on the
slave question. Let ine say to the erudite editor of that
print that the whole movement was a political party move
ment intended to destroy all concert in action among the
Southern Representatives in Congress, and the plan ap
pears to have been well concerted and belter executed.
Nor is it certain that the welfare of the country will he im-
pared by the success which has attended this project.
The injunction of the Father of his Country was “ Be
ware of geographical distinctions." But my present ob
ject is to give the resolutions as adopted in the first caucus,
and as modified at the second, leaving comment to those in
the South who may feel aggrieved at the surrender which
certain Southern men have made of the heretofore contes
ted point. The motives, in the language of Air. Adams,
I have no right to inquire into.
The following are the 2d, 3d, and 5th resolutions, as ori
ginally adopted, and as subsequently modified. 'I hey arc
worthy the attention of Mr. Wise. They may afford some
light on this niistitied subject :
[Original.—2d. Resolved, That petitions for the abo
lition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the territo
ries ol* the United Slates, and against the removal of Slaves
from one Stale to anoiliei.ure [intended] to affect the in
stitution of slavery in the several States, and thus indi
rectly to destroy that institution within lln ir limits.]
Modified.—2d. Resolved, That petition# for tho abo
lition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the Ter
ritories of the United States, and against the removal of
slaves noin on(5 Sia.tr. to another, are [a part of the plan
of operation set on foot] to alLet the institution of slavery
in the several States,and thus indirectly to destiny that in
stitution within their limits.
[Original.—3d. Resolved, Tlmt Congress has no right
to do that indirectly which it cannot do directly, a nd that
the agitation of the subject of slavery in the District or tv
Inmbia or in the territories [or in any manner with the
vine of] disturbing or overthrowing that institution in
the scveial States, is [equally unconstitutional and be
yond its Legislative competency.
Modified.—3d. Resolved, That Congress has no right
to do that indirectly which it cannot do directly, and that
the agitation of the su'ject of slavery in the District of
Columbia, or the Territories, [ns a means and with a]
view of disturbing or overthrowing that institution in the
several States, is [against the true spirit and meaning of
the Constitution, an infringement of the rights of the
States, and a breach of the public faith on which they
entered into the Confederacy■ ]
Original.—5th. Resolved therefore. That all attempts
on the part of Congress to abolish slavery in the District
of Columbia or in the Territories, or to [regulate] the re
moval of slaves from State to State, or to discriminate be
tween the institutions of one portion of th o [Confederacy]
and another, with the views aforesaid, are in violation of
the Constitution, destructive of the fundamental principle
on which the Union of these States rests, and beyond the
jurisdiction of Congress; and that [«* such, no] petition,
memorial, resolution, proposition, or paper, touching or
relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to slavery
us aforesaid, or to the abolition thereof, shall [be enter
tained or considered by this House, but.] on the presen
tation thereof, shall, without [icing read, debated, printed
or referred, belaid on the table, and no further action
whatever shall be had thereon ]
Modified.—5th. Resolved, therefore, That all at
tempts on the part of Congress to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia or the territories, or to [prohibit]
the removal of slaves from State to Slate, or to discrimi
nate between-the institutions of one portion of the [cotin
try] and another, with the views aforesaid, arc in .violation
of the Constitution, destructive of the fundamental prin
ciple oti which the Union of these States rests, and beyond
the jurisdiction of Congress: and that [every] petition
memorial, resolution, proposition, or paper, touching or re
lating in any w av, or to any extent whatever, to *ln\i ry
as aforesaid^ or to tho abolition thereof, shall n„ the pre-
. .i r .. r-~t further action thereon,
scntution tlieieot-, wiUuxu* l - .z ./
oc laid on Inc table without being debated, printed or re
ferred.]
Now, I usk, is it possible for any man, after reading
these resolutions, us originally adopted and subsequent-
ditied, to entertain a doubt as to th*- intent and mean-
Anecdote.—A lady belonginng to Ncw-England, a few
years since, was publishing u biography, and in travelling
through one of the States collecting facts connected with
the narrative, chanced to be seated at the tabic of a Hotel
opposite one of the right Honorable.*, fresh from England.
Honorable.—Madam, will you please to tell me how-
eon commence an American biography?
Lady.—Why, sir, said the lady, coloring, just as you
would any other biography. I presume.
Excuse me, madam, hut if I mistake not, all
I other biographies commence with the genealogy of the
! hero: but^ in America, I am told, even your aristocracy
can’t often tell who theh* grandfathers arc.
Lady.—They are still better off than your nobility.
Hon.— How. madam?
Ladu.—Why. they can’t tell w ho llieir fathers were.
The Honorable attempted to stammer a reply, but the
reiterated peals of laughter prevented its being heard.
[P rovidence Journal.
D’IsraELI, the M. P. and author, had been arraigned
in the. Court of Queen’s Bench «n a criminal prosecution
for a violent newspaper libel on M. Austin, one of the most
distinguished members of the London bar. Mr. A. had
A buried City.—The Captain of an American vessel, j appeared a* counsel for a claimant before an election corn-
named Rrv, has lately discovered on the coast of Peru, in j miltce of Parliament, and D’Israeli in a moment of pas-
the environs of Fruscillo, an ancient buried city of consul- j sion wrote a most abusive article for a paper. He appear-
crable extent- Following the course of some excavations : ed in Court a deep penitentf admitted his error in the
which he made, he found the walls of the edifices still j fullest terms; was “most anxious to soothe the feelings
standing, and many of thorn in a complete slate of preset- ! he h id unjustly injured,” and concluded by imploring the
vation. He infers from the numbers and extent of them,
that the population of the 'city could not have been less
than three thousand souls. Great numbers of skeletons
and mummies, in a perfect state of preservation, were
found among the private and sacred edifices, and a great
number of domestic utensils, articles of lurniioie. coins
and curious antiquities. The earthquake by which it was
engulfed, appears to have surprised the inhabitants liku
(hose of Pompeii, in the midst of their daily avocations,
and many of them were found by Capt. Ray. singularly
.preserved, by tlie exclusion of atmospheric air, in the pro- j
.cise action or employment of the moment when over
whelmed. One man, standing up as if in the net of es
caping, was dressed in a light robe, in the folds of which,
•coin* were found, which have been sent to the scientific in
stitutions of Lima for investigation. A female was also
found sitting in a chair before a loom, w hich contained an
unfinished piece of cotton-stuff which she w vs in the act
of weaving. The cotton-stuff (which is of a gaudy pat
tern, but very neatly fabricated) is about eight inches in
diameter, and appears to have been onlv half completed.
A great number of antiquities a.id curiosities found in this
American Herculaneum grave, have been sent to the mu
seum of Lima.
Turning State’s Evidence.—A good siory 1ms been
told of George White, of whom we took occasion to re
late an anecdote, a week or two su.ee. lie w as onev ar
raigned for horse stealing, when it was supposed he w as
connected with an extensive gang, which was making great
depredations in the country r round ‘about. Many induce
ments were held out to White, to reveal tlte names of his
associates: but-be maintained a dogged silence. An as
surance from the court was ut lust obtained that he should
be discharged, upon which he made oath to reveal all he
knew of*hi* accomplices. The jury were accordingly suf
fered to'bring iu a verdict ol not guilty, when he was call
ed Hponftr tile promised revelation. “ 1 shall be faithful
t0,my word*!’ said he, “ be it known unto you, tRen, that
the devil is* the drily accomplice T. ever hail; vfe have been
agreat. whilq in partnership; too have- seen fit to acquit
ina—for-which I thank you: y.m may. hang the. devil if
yqu can catch .him!”
bench to “ shield him from tlie vengeance of an irritated
and powerful profession.” The counsel for Mr. Austin
deemed the apology sufficiently ample, their lordships con
curred, and the eloquent culprit w as permitted to with
draw. The invocation for protection, we imagine, is an
embellishment hv tlie reporter.
Most h onornbie indeed is the statement to the character
of Mr. D’lsraeli. How much more magnanimous and
brave than the conduct of the duellist! He dared to con
fess bis guilt, to do justice and bog forgiveness before the
world. To some spirits it were easier to face the cannon’s
mouth.
Problem.—Two Arabs had sat down to dinner, and were
accosted bv a stranger, who requested to join their party
saving, “ That as he could not get provisions to buy in that
part uf tlie country, if they would admit him to eat only
an equal share with themselves, he would willingly pay
them for the whole.” The frugal meal consisted of eight
small loves of bread, five of which belonged to one of the
Arabs, and three to the other. The stranger having eaten
a third part; and each of the two Arabs a third part of the
eight loaves, arose and laid before tliem eight pieces of Mo
ney. saving. “ my friends, there is that which I promised
yon, divide it between you according to your just rights.
A dispute, of course, arose respecting the division nf the
. tponey; but a reference being made to the cadi, he adjudg
ed seven pieces of money to the owner of the five loaves,
and only one piece to him who had owned the three loaves.
Yci the cadi decided justly.
The Srxu'Ls cyVjctory.—AVc learn from Liverpool,
that Mr, Swartwout has given a grand banquet to his
friends in that city, English nud American, the price of
which was seven 'pounds sterling per man, equal to more
than thirty-one dollars per ticket. We trust, after this,
that our amiable friends of the Evening Post and Argu*,
will cense howling at the ten dollar dinner at the Astor
Hou'se,- The Whigs are Do touch at all to the Agrarians,
in the matter of gorhiandizing. , Not enjoying the spoils,
our friends could only pay ten dollars for the grandest
banquet ever got'up at tlie Astoi House. But General
Jackson’s pet. Collector stops not at thirty!—Com. Adv
STATE SOVEREIGNTY.
THE RECORDER.
~ milledgeville,
Tuesday. January 22, 1830.
ing of the Ncw-Eugland party in demanding these altera
tions ? Look at the words stricken out of‘.lie otli icsolil*
lion—“ Shall not be entertained or considered by the
House." What do these words mean ? Do they net mean
shall not he received? Why were they expunged? It is
true those who only read the modified and have not seen
the original resolutions may entertain some doubt; but
this remark cannot apply to those who made, or to those
who assented to the alterations.
After their adoption by the Mouse, and debate arose ns
to their true construction, an honorable gentleman observed
to Mr. Atherton, “You have so drawn these resolutions
that it is difficult to decide what they ready mean.” To
which Mi*. Atherton replied, “ That is jus! what we in
tended." Whether by wc is meant we of the North, or
we of the North and South, 1 am notable to say; but I
may be permitted to ask, is this dignified legislation? Is
ii worthy the Representatives of the American People?
One remark more, and I leave the whole subject in the
hands of those who may fi el disposed to draw inference#
and conclusions from the facts. I have given a text. By
the South it ought not to he passed over in silence.
These resolutions, as originally adopted, were immedi
ately forwarded to South Carolina for circulation. They
have, undoubtedly, been printed and circulated in tnu*.
original form, lias the attention of the people of South-
Carolina been called to them in their emasculated state ?
The Spy is Washington.
Blasneruasset.—A Louisville paper publishes a long
notice, purporting to he derived from the viceconsuls of the
U. S. on one of the Bahama Islands, of the life and death
of Blannerhas.ett, remarkable for his connection with Aa
ron Burr, and signalized by the eloquence of Air. Wirt.
According to this notice he died in Philadelphia as late as
last Spring, “under his true name, Lewis Carr.” After
serving in the engineer department of the British army some
years, being of a respectable Irish family, it is said he set
tled on the island of Jamaica, in tlie West Indies ; and
that he accumulated a fortune there by bold mercantile ad
ventures. In 1780, it is farther said; he hi rived at New-
Orleans with the accomplished wife of a distinguished gen
tleman of Jamaica, who had absconded with him, assum
ed the name by which he was afterwards distinguished,
and finally located on the famous island in the Ohio, near
Marietta. After the explosion of the Burr conspiracy, he
fled to New-Providence, one of the Bahamas, and became
a lawyer, resuming his true name, Lew is Carr. In 1809
he was a member .and subsequently speaker, of the legis
lative assembly. He became embarrassed, soon alter ; re
turned to the United States in obscurity a short time before
Col. Burr’s death, and died in Philadelphia last spring,
known only as Lewis Carr.
We give this queer story greatly abridged, as we find
it. The writer professes to have been his partner in the
law* for 20 years past.
How far the above is correct we have no means at hand
of ascertaining; hut wc have reason to believe that some
purts of it are apocryphal. If we mistake not, Blanner-
hasset resided for several years in Montreal. We know
that we saw him there once or twice.—N. Y. Com. Adv.
The Postmaster General' recommends that increased
postage he charged on newspapers, according to their size,
supposing that it might reduce the size of the large sheets,
and thus diminish the weight of the mails. He has also
submitted to the committee of the House, a proposition to
alter the present tariff of postages, so that it shall corres
pond with the Coin oi the United States. Jbe following
scale has been submitted to the Committee, as calculated
to produce very nearly the desired result, viz:*
30 miles and under, - - - - 5 cents.
100 miles and over 30, - - * 1® cents.
200 miles and over TOO, - - - 15 cents.
400 miles and over 200, - - - 20 cents.
Over 400 miles, 25 cents.
This wSuld he a small reduction, say from 1 to 3 cents
on a letter, according to distance.
Introduction o** Rice in to Carolina-—Rice is a
grain of India, and was introduced into Carolina by a
mere accident. In 1736, the master of a vessel from Mada
gascar, landed ohoujt half a bushel of an excellent kind;
from which.small beginning sprung an immense source of
wealth to the southern provinces of America. »Y ulrin lit
tle more than half « century from that time, 120,000 bar
rels of rice wen* in one year exported from South Caroli
na; 18:00(1 from Georgia; and all from the remnant of a
sea-store left in the bottom of a sack.—King's Journey
to the shores of the Arctic Ocean.
We have on former occasions pointed out to our readers,
the utter pertidiousness of the pretended friends of the
South, in relation to the reception of Abolition petitions.
These pretended friends tell us they will not act on these
incendiary petitions, but they will not reject them, because
the right of petition is a constitutional right, w hich cannot
be refused. And yet, these pretended friends, find no
difficulty, constitutional or otherwise, in rejecting (as will
be seen below) or refusing to receive petitions which they
construe to be offensive to tht ir own body. 1 hey will re
ceive (on the princtpie l)f the Constitutional right of peti
tion) petitions grossly insti’ting.tlicir constituent-, ar, J m ’t
only so, but involving in imminent peril, by their very pre
sentation, the homes and firesides of these constituents;
and yet will not hesitate to reject, constitution or no con
stitution, petitions which they may deem personally in
sulting to their honorable selves. This is, indeed, making
a distinction between the people and their agents.
We have brought this point before those who have voted
for the reception of abolition petitions, (and tlie v»ho!e
Van Buren party we believe so vote) and they have to!d us,
that they could not reject them, no matter how offensive
and insulting to their constituents, nor however detrimen
tal to their dearn.-t interests, without invading the great
constitutional guarantee of the rightpf the people to peti
tion. And we have immediately followed up our enqui
ry, by asking them what became of this great consti
tutional guarantee of tlie peoples’ right to petition, when
those petitions were deemed insulting to themselves ?—
We have asked them, did not the rejection of petitions
insulting to themselves, as much, nay greatly more, invade
this sacred right of petition, when rejected for a cause so
trivial, than the rejection of those so much more momentous
in their consequences, those viz. of the abolitionists ? But
it seemed they found no difficulty in rejecting the one, and
yet insuperable objection*, in rejecting the other. They
rejected at once r.uy petitions insulting to themselves, but
could not, without a constitutional violation, reject 3uch
as only insulted their constituents, and invaded their dcur-
est rights !!
Such h lllow-hearted pretensions cannot deceive tlie
clear-sighted people of the South. They are wise enough
to distinguish between the honest action of real friends,
and the hollow-hearted and inconsistent pretensions of
those who assume the name, to serve their own selfish ends.
Wo ask the notice of our readers to the following de
cision of those our friends in Congress, who cannot on
constitutional ..j.v. itiw -c .1--
diarv, and abolitionist t
•* In tlie House of Representatives on Monday, the whole
day was occupied in presenting petitious. Air. Adams pre
sented a petition, praying that nn inquiry be made into the
geneologv, &c., of members of Congres*, to ascertain
whether they are all of the pure white breed, &c.
“ Mr. Dromgoolc objected to the reception of tho peti
tion as disrespectful to the House.
“ The House refused to receive the petition—Yeas 124,
Nays 25.”
We have been favored with the perusal of a letter front
Mr. Howard, the Agent of the State to procure from the
public offices in London, documents illustrative of the early
history of Georgia. In addition to the documents of in
terest found by this gentleman in the State Paper Office, of
which there have been former accounts, Air. Howard, upon
an examination of the office of the Board of Trade, has
found papers more interesting and important, if possible,
than those hitherto discovered. These papeis consist of
eleven volumes folio,containing records from 1743 to 1780.
They contain among other matter, a number of interesting
documents relating to the Indians; the correspondence of
Governors Reynolds. Ellis and Wright; many interesting
letters from Mr. Habersham, and others ; the Journal of
the Assembly in 1780, &c.
Air. Howard says that the papers already found, with
those at home, “will afford ns valuable materials for his
tory, ns urc possessed by any Stole in the Union.” He
further states, that he is rapidly progressing in the accom
plishment of the object of his agency.
The present force of 500 men. is to he mat..-- :—-* *---
.■■iu mm,mi me Ukelinokee, to protect our citizens from the
wandering bauds of hostile Indians. Tlie service of the
present regiment having nearly expired, efficient measures
are now in the course of prosecution by the Governor, to
supply its place. We call the attention of Volunteer Corps
to the military order of the*Commander-in-chief, in our pa
per to d:iv, inviting them into tlie service.
Head Quarters,* Okkf(s6jyke District,.
Camp Hope, January 4th, 1839.
gin:—♦Since mv last, communication to your Excellency,
of December 7tb," every exertion has been made to bring
the enemy to battle, without success. „ 1 hey have tied be
fore my detachments, leaving their doming, cooking nten-
#:ls, &o., without firing, a gun ; and have ejther gone to
Florida or are so securely hid that they have escaj.ed the
most active movements from various points, both ittsidcQul
outside the swamp. By their signs they have keen greatly
distressed hv hunger—and their whole number does nut
exceed 35 or 40, including* women and children. I he
smallness of their number, their wo!(-iike habits, and the
extent and numerous hiding places of tlie swamp, have*
enabled them to evade us. On the night of the 12th De
cember, a small party of them, pressed by hunger, sncaki d
from the O&efinokee in the night, and stole some provis
ions from a deserted house near it# border. They were
immediately pursued, hut si-altered so that their trail was
lost. Its direction, us far as it rou'd be followed, led to
wards the St. Marys river; ar.d it was the opinion of all
mv guides and trailers, men well acquainted with Indian
habits, that they had crossed into Florida. Hoping to
overtake them, I entered Florida at the head of Captain j
North’s Company and a small detachment ol the Georgia ;
Regiment, under Lieut. Newborn, and examined the St. j
Murvs to It* source, (Ocean pond) but saw no signs. At j
the same ti.*;e 1 bad several parties sc a re long in and around j
the Okefinokee. During my absence the Indians, or some
evil-disposed white persons, (as many suppose with gocu
reasons) burnt at iiigiil the deserted house which thelndi-
ans plundered on the 12th December. I sent out imme
diately fresh detachments to follow it possible tin* trail of
the enemy, and bring them to action. They were absent
several days, and returned without any material <li.-Covery.
Since then the troops, as heretofore, have been constantly
searching tho Okefinokee, and scouring the surrounding
country. They have discovered a large lake between
Floyd’s Island ami the Ea-tern border of the swamp,
which a detachment under Lieut. Col. Rovill, waded thro’,
waist deep, in very cold weather, breaking the ice with
poles. The troops have endured great hardships, and are
nearly exhausted by fatigue; yet I am glad to inform vour
Excellency, that the severity ol* their sufferings has pro
duced no unmanly complaint.
I cannot yet report positively to your Excellency, that
no Indians remain on the soil of Georgia, although it is my
belief, from the late discovery of trails lending to Florida,
(near the Stiivaune<*) and other circumstances, that they
have gone there. If they are still in the Okefinokee, they
cannot remain there much longer without discovery. De
tachments are now searching the swamp from North re
South. A toad for pack horses has been made through the
swamn from Fort Tattnall to Fort \Y alker, 4 miles, under
the superintendence of Alajor Browning, of the Georgia
Regiment. The smallness of my force, and tlie active field
duties required, have prevented me from constructing a
good l oad to Floyd’s Island,and establishing a strong po*t
there, as I intended The five Companies of my Regi
ment (in service) amount, only to 250 men; three Compa
nies are yet wanted. All my arrangements to supply the
deficiency have failed, owing to the short-lived patriotism
and valour of numerous volunteers
Mv command is rapidly diminishing, and in a few weeks
will he entirely out of service. The Companies under
Captains Sweat and D. Miller, < alfi <1 into service by fieri.
Taylor, were discharged on the 20:h December, their term
of service having expired. Capt. North « Company of
Florida Militia, which has been very useful to me, w.ii be
mustered out on the 12ih instant. Capt. Holt**:i #, of tlie
Georgia Regiment, on the 16th; the Companies under
Captains i.,rCowlno-n .ntul Willmm,. on tiie25lh;
and Capt. Tracy’s on the 1st February. None but a few
regulars will remain—too few to garrison tlte posts around
the swamp, ami afford protection to the inhabitants, should
the Indians return to tho Okefinokee when the volunteer#
are disbanded.
1 mentioned in a former letter to your Excellency, that
at loast 500 men should he kept in service for the protec
tion of this part of Georgia while the war lasts in Florida.
That number may he sufficient for defensive warfare, on
the frontier; but to continue the explorations of the Oke-
Tn riie Kentucky L^,,i^otf he 15th olt., durim*„
consideration of a divorce case, the following re«clu t ,
was adopted: 6
Rrsolwd, That the petition of Marenda Mdtlev he con,
mined to the Committee for Conns of Justice, w nh i ns , r "^
turns to repoita Lill, making habitual drtmkew.es* n
e.ieytground divotre. in a vm.it <d chancery ;.and H '!
they also enquire into the expediency of authorizing a.
chancellor to exercise the same round over th,*
at.*d estates of babitna) drunkards, that he is authorized .*
exercise over the persons ai d estates of lunatics.
Rain Calge.—It dues r.ot appear to he very generaR,
known that this valuable nisirumeni may be easifv construe*
ted. and rendered accessible to almost every one ] t •
merely to ,«ke a funnel, w hose opening is exactly ten =n„ J
inches, and fix it m a bottle ; a# the descends ififaj]
j into the funnel, and from thence into the cnlimfi-.r
The quantity of rain, caught is ascertained by mnlti f .lyi n .
i 'be weight in ounces by 173, which gives depth i„
and parts of an inch.- In fixing this gauge, care should
he taken riiat the rain may have free access to it • fid
the tops of buildings are usually the best place*.
“ Fragile.”—W.’ were much amused a few evening,
since, when strolling along ti e Levee, at perceiving tl„,"
extreme care ar.d caution used by two draymen, in pliicj.,.
on llieir drays two large foxes, on which were coaspjes!
ously inscribed the word—Fragile. One of them, ro
doubt, marked with the bump of ii.qnisitivrness, ewu|
for a short time, when, seemingly puzzled, he turned
around to his co-a.-.-i-tunt, and askul what hind of giHicfi
“Fragile*” were. The other looked at the insert; lino
scratched his knowl, dge box. and replied—** Seme ra,-
cally French medicines, 1 expect?”
Wonderful Sagacity.—It is said, that a farmer
but a few miles from Boston. 1 as for eight or ten year’
past kept, two turkeys, which have been the parr-xts „f
large and promising Hocks that disappeared most orac-
countably about Thanksgiving time. The old rnuplr,
learning wisdom from woful experience, have, for throe
years past, regularly taken their depannre for the wocik
during the week previous to Thanksgiving, or.,! do not ig.
turn until after the days ol slaughtering a,d f listing are
gone by.—People's Press.
The French in Africa.—The Laris correspond,
of the New-York Courier, writes: “ From Africa, the ac
counts received represent the’continued extension of the
French possessions, which will, i: is calculated, soon i„.
quire 100.000 men to garrison and protect. The natives
are not, however, subdued nor conciliated. The colonists
suiter in their person or property ev rv day. There is tin
account of Abdel Kadcr, either in confirmation or in con
tradiction of his rumored death.”
The following toast was oti bred at a recent Loco Foes
jollification in Clermont county, Ohio—
“ Richard AI. Johnson—a firm spoke in the wheel ,.f
Liberty—Martin Van Buren—the hub of Democracy—ai.,1
Andrew Jackson, the axle-tree of the United tfiat.-s.”
To carry out the idea, and complete the sentiment, I b< j
leave U> add—
“ Samuel Swartwout and Yv m. AI. Price—the runnins
gears of the Sub-Treasury.”
Interesting Incident.—While AT?* tjhfrefT was sing,
ing ut her benefit recently in Baltimore, the ballad of •• W hi,-
tie and I’ll come to thee my lad,” a young gentleman iu
the [dr, w ho was completely entrant*, ,1. nnronsriotislv whis
tled loud enough to 1*** heard bv tlie whole house. *1 be nn-
testified by its upplnuse, its admiration of the ar,;-
(Jeutnl P r, ~pliment thus paid to the musical taieur# and it.-
imitable acting oi ,i, c fi,;,- vocalist.
Carelessness.—A loafer V vho find got bis Christmas
load OI1, “fetched up” against the -ide of a heusw which
had been new !y painted. Shoving himsv f clear, 1 v a vi
gorous effort, he took one glimpse of his shoulder, another
at the house, a third at Ins hands, and exclaimed, “ Well,
that’s a darn’d careless trick in whoever painted that
house, to leave ft -landing ,„it all night for people to sie»
against!”—K. O. Picayune.
A Negro's Opinion op
r , , .. , ... - , i - - Potato.—“A tatcrisinev-
finokee. establish posts inside tl.e swamp, ai d construct | itably bad unless inv ariably g,.,.d. Here is no mediocritr
roads to then), and carry on at the same time active offen- I combination of a tater De
sive operations against the enemy, 500
mounted men would be* necessary. This mice vvuuia oe i i„, ,iiv negative Hnr .tr ;,* ....... the article »oo
Infantry and 300 ; remarkably exemplary and beautisomt-, wile
dd be*necessary. This force would be j negative. B,it. .-ir, if vou wends th
able to effect rapidly, fully and permanently the objects
desired. It is large, compared with the small number of
the enemy; but it could beat, with less difficulty, double
its number of them, who would bravely give battle, than it
could find a handful of skulking Indians in the Okefinokee,
or protect an extensive frontier from llieir midnight incur
sions. I would respectfully suggest, that such force as
your Excellency may deem sufficient, should be prepared l
to^lnkc the [dace of the Georgia Regiment, immediately on {
its retiring from service; and that it should he called out i
for six instead of three months.
I send herewith a Map of the Okefinokee, roughly
drawn on the field by Lieut McLaue, Topographical Ln-
gineer of the United States Army. The mean diameter
of the swamp is between 35 and 40 miles.
I am, with high respect,
Your Excellency's nb’t serv’t.
CHARLES FLOYD,
Brig. Gen. Commanding (as Col.) Okefinokee Dist.
His Excellency Geo. R. Gilmer, Governor o. Georgia.
exterior may appear
de interior ii
your own recommendation, knowing you to be a man of
probability in your transactions, 1, widoul anv furder cir
cumlocution takes a bu.-Lel.”
Official Fees.—The Editor of the Albany Journal es
timates tlie income of the United States Attorney for tl.e
Eastern district ofNew-York to 1h> from fifty to eighty thou
sand dollars a year, ll we are not misinformed, the fra
of other officers.of the United States i t the same district
amount to princely revenues, far exceeding in annual
amount the salary a,lowed io the Chief Alugistrate ut the
United Spates.
Fire Wesleyan Al< fhodist in Great Britain are mnkires
great movement on occasion of the celebration of the first
centeunarv of the founding their sect by the Rev. John Wes
ley. They propose to raise by contribution, 4UU.000 dol
lars for the execution of various benevolent projects, and
$200,000 of the sum Was pledged at the first preparatory
meeting in Manchester.
The I’resident lias pardoned George Gnu-man, who vra*
a few days since sentenced in New-York. by Judge Thomp
son, of the U. S. Court, to one year’s imprisonment at
hard labor, for perjuiy. His crime was, in swearing
ialsely to the residence ,.t an alien by w tiich means ho jire-
nni. cured his papers of citizenship, ui.,1 ilms became enabhd
to vote.—Alexandria Gazelle.
St.
Louis,
The letter of General Floyd to the Commander-in-chief,
will bo found interesting. The efforts, as well as the fa
tigue and suffering of this gallant and persevering officer
and his command, arc certainly of an unusual and extra
ordinary character, and such as but fc.w are called on to
encounter, even in war. They deserve tbe thank# of their
country, and will receive it we doubt not.
Charleston, Jan. 13.
Cotton.—We have to record quite a dull season for op
erations in the Cotton Market. The demand began to sub
side rapidly in the early part of the week, although there
is no lack of n good supply of all descriptions on hand.
The stagnation may he attributed to the high prices now
ruling, and the general desire among buyers to await far
ther advices from Europe. The sales amounted to 3229
bags as follows: 124 at 12A;22,I2|; 231. 13; 703, 43j ;
201, 13J; 402,14; 87, 14i; 87, 14^; 973, 14^; 3*0, 14J
263, 14}; 275, 15; and 196 at 15^ cents per lb. There
were hot 58 bags Long Cotton sold during the week, at
from 40 to 68 cents per lb.
New-York, 12 to 15}. Aususta, 11} to 14}.
Florida War.—Mr. Benton, Chairman of the Com
mittee of Military Affairs of the Senate, has reported a
hill from that committee, providing for “ the armed occu
pation and settlement of that part of Florida, which is
now overrun and infested by marauding bands nf hostile
Indians." The principle of the hill is to grant land to the
settlers who will go to the parts of Florida indicated, es
tablish stations, and maintain their possession until the
country is pacified, and the Indians removed. Three hun
dred and twenty acres of land is the quantity proposed to
be granted, to he selected by the settlers themselves, each
for himself, according to priority of settlement. Erovis-
ions fora year, and also ammunition to he furnished to the
settlers who go beyond the latitude of the Withlacuocbee.
[Alexandria Gazette.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel of the 17lh instant,
snvs: “There has been an unexampled scarcity of money
here for some weeks post, owing to a disagreement among
the Banks as to the mode of making settlements with each
other. They have almost ceased disc,muting, except to
renew running paper, ll is to be regretted, that in the
midst of the business season, at a time when no class of
citizens exhibit a disposition to tun upon the Banks, or to
press them, and when their vaults urc plentifully stored
with coin, thut any causes, in which the community are
not interested, should create such a pressure upon the busi
ness ef the city. It is, indeed, as much a matter of sur
prise as regret. Batiks, although owned by individuals,
were created by public, authority, with an implied under
standing that they were to benefit the public as well as
their owners. Upon the faith of that understanding the
public rely upon the Batiks to furnish a currency adequate
to the business of the country; and if for any petty rival-
ships and disputes among themselves, they disappoint
that reliance, they incur a heavy responsibility, which will
perhaps not be forgotten in tho dav of reckoning.
Within the past ten days a heavy amount of goods have
been conveyed over the Georgia Railroad for East Ten
nessee, all of which have been forwarded from the upper
end of the road without any delay. This is but the com
mencement of the vast trade which it w.-ts expected that
the construction of the Georgia Railroad would divert to
this channel, and it must be gratifying to those who have
promoted this enterprize to find their expectations about
to be realized at so early a date! The anticipated diffi
culty of forwarding merchandize from the upper terminus
of the road, does not appear to exist —Augusta Chronicle
and Sentinel, 18th inst.
Louts.—1 he annual value of exjmrt# from S',
is estimated ai ra., mttton# ot* dollars. The ship
ments of lead, alone, are stated to be equal to haif a ir.il-
gre-
to tin*
Curious Arn.tration for Divorce.—In the New-
York Assembly, on Monday, a petition from J. Simruonds,
praying for a divorce, was under consideration. It ap
pears that the marriage sought to he annulled took place,
legally, a numner >.out that the !adv
form!v. and from the first moment of the connection, re
fused to assume the duties of a wife. She refuses to give
any reason (save an unqueuchnble repugnance) for tlie re
fusal. although she acknowledges that every thing which
would be supposed necessary to make a home desirable, t ,. * , * , * k ','7*7," **M”~* ••“** “
was possessed by Mr. S. In this mysterious dilemma, the ! n ", fl the r f“ rS ’ ‘ , ‘ ,!Iars a J^r. 1 he a
petitioner asks fora divorce, nml the petition is concurred j ' aiUe u * and nn.es sent from Missouri iit
in hv the lady herself, the lady's father, and many of the i Cw "”"f dum, S ,U ‘ l' as£ - ve «G » estimated
neighbors of both. * . j at $150,000.
The Committee to whom the petition w as referred, have ; Mahamet Ah, as we learn from Alexandria, has engaged
been put in possession of a letter from tlie lady, paitlv in ! a young French Engineer, who ha* not long since concin-
prose and partly in verse. Io a gentleman in Alb ny city, j ded his studies at the Kcole Rolytechnique, To form a baciu
which the Committee think unravels the mystery by dis- ! or dock in tlie port of Alexandria. The engagement i«
closing the fact thnt her heart has been long in tbe posses- i said to he fixed for three years, at a salary of 25.000
sion ol said gentleman, a„ it now L. j francs, and 50,080 francs ut the telniinulion oi tlie liiidrr-
It will he recollected that a somewhat similar case w as ! taking,
before our Legislature at its last session. The wife iu
this case was the petitioner, and it was the husband who
w as incorrigibl,—though he had not even the excuse of a |
prior attachment. The divorce was granted.—Balt. Chr.
|
Benevolence.—A poor juvenile chiffonnier was raking
a heap of refuse, the other day, in the Hue St. Ilouore,
1’aris, when a tilbury dashed round the corner of a street.
The Sun.— The sun is tlie only image nf God. The
clouds, the moon, eajth, night, nil obscure it: vet it shines
out every morning, the s>.ui*ce of light and life. What than ?
^hali we refuse to Jilt up our eyes iu prayer to God. be
cause clouds sometimes hide his visage, and wait till we-
can see its perfect brightness in ai.o'.hct sphere?
The London Morning Chronicle announce* that of the-
smirk t.hepoorboy, and throwing him with violence against t "*‘ > millions ot protested biiis against the United Stares,
a shop window,.caused him to break one of the panes.— j rent out for collection by the Bank of England, all hat
The vehicle whirled on, leaving him to bis fate. Tbe lit- j been paid excepr £400. The far) is the ls st answer to
tie chiffonnier was not only bruised by his fall, but on rising i '^ ie abusive tirades of tbe London Times against the iuteg-
was called upon by the shop-keeper to pav for the broken i r '0* oul * merchants.
glass Poor fellow he was not the owner of a single hard ! j Ueath of - L Ej L .“_ T he Boston Atlas states on the
and the enraged tradesman was threatening him with in- | a „,h»ritv of a r.usrengor in the brig Man Paulina, whirl,
careeration. w*hen a benevolent old woman came forward i Brtivod *,here a dav or two since, that rite roeiess Mi‘«
behalf of the trembling and weeping boy and ,*e,*„m- ; La,.don. who married the new.’v appointed governor ,•»*
mended a subscription to the bv-standera, offering at the i S i, rra Leone, died soon after her' r.tmai in Alriea. from
same time to be tbe quctellse. In a very few minutes the .e t , s of Him ,:.-
subscription amounted to 40 sous. She paid ihc bard- >
hearted shop keeper 20 sous for bis glass, which lie had ' Mr. Crittenden s “hill to prevent the interference i!
demanded, and then very composedly deposited the re-, certain 1* ederal offices in elect inns," embraces Executive
maiuing 20 sous in her own porket and walked off ; officers of every desci iption. and imposes $500 fine for evf*
: ry attempt, direct or indirect, to intermeddle in any State
A Great Cargo-—The ship Garrick, arrived at New-| or United States election : one half to go to the informer.
York, has the most vnluablecargo everbronght to this coun
try from England. The invoice valuation ot the Liverpool
Custom House exceeds £330.000, ot* 1,500,000 dollars and
a freight of £3.450. The next in value was that brought
by the packet ship Pennsylvania, 5 year# since, but the form
er exceeded the latter more than a thousand pounds. This
we learn from a gentleman who arrived from New-York.
and came passeneer in the Garrick. The G. is a nolde
ship of about 1000 tons burthen—equal to two of the old
packets.—Phil. Ex. Book.
Commodore Porter contradicts the report that lie has
applied to be restored to hi# rank in the navv which he hud
resigned, lie says, “ to prevent any erroneous conjectures
and surmises on the subject, I now* declare that 1 never
had any wish to be restored to my former rank in the navy,
and that I have invariably rejected all overtures made to me
with that object, and shall, it is most probable, for reason
well known to the government, w hich it is unnecessary to
repeat, always rejt ct, should they be renewed.”
Aged loaf of bread.—The antiquary may be gratified
with the sight of a loaf of bread upw ard*of seven hundred
years old. It was included in a grant of the crown in the
reign of king John, and has remained w ith the writing# of
the estate in the Soar’s family of Amkastnn, in Derbyshire,
ever since. Our Kegworth correspondent says he has seen*
and handled it at intervals during the last fifty years, and
finds no alteration, except w hat may have arisen from the
pilfering of a few crumbs by the curious.—Nott's Review
and the other to the United iStatrs.
I
' The Superior Court of Pennsylvania further postpnnc.l
, the trial of tlie Case between the contending Prespyteriau
| Assemblies, on Saturday, to Monday March 4:h, so that,
j among other reasons, the De.Vmlents might have the beuc-
‘ fit ot Mr. Seargeut’s services, he being iu Congress.
At St. Petersburg, according to a statement in the Jour
nals of that city, there arc at present 3,774 four wheel
carriages, 2,565 caleshes, 8,363 droskie#, 10,519 train-
faux, making a total of 25,221 equipages, employ ing 30.x
254 horses.
M il.LiAM Norths, a disrieguisbed manufacturer rf Lo
comotive Stca' i Engines in Philadelphia, ha* received aa
ordei from England (or ten ol his Locomotives. The or
der is from the Birmingham and Glouchester Railroad
Company, ar.d the Engines are for the use of that Compa
ny. This is the right sort of reciprocation of beiirfits.
New-York City has 83 flourishing Public g-Cools, with
17,000 pupils. Vet there are Supposed near 20,000
children between five ai d £*‘cen years ri see. who do not
from neglect of parer.ti m.d guardian-** attend any school.
These are the materials for juvenil* c***‘ mt ' 3 *—-Y- F. Star.
An era in Education. T» appears by the official re
ports, that the boys in >- u ’ cn y of Boston are menders
of the pni}ji c ai „l p r j v -re schools—save 33 alone. The
wlto’a number is lfi,<530. There is no parallel to this ia
Extraordinary Pedestrian Feat.—We find tlie fol-., 11 * ^'tarter of th-’
A sewin"* S)^ Machine has been invented by Mr. Dcu 1 -
‘ ectlY
lowing record of a feat probably unparalleled in tho.at)*, H (J
of pedestrianism, in the London Courier of the 3d j i„ir i ’ju&ssillon, Ohio, to reel the silk in shiins, directly
Harris, the pedestrian, completed his undertake c>r walk- ' from cocoons, at an expense of only 50 cents a pound,
ing 1760 miles in 1000 successive hours, ‘■•cjng'one mile I T lt! reeling* process is performed by the machine at the
The Bank of Commerce in New-York, w ith a capital of
$5,000,000, to be^paijl in cash, (to begin with.) is the
name pf the new Bank in be in New-York. 1 see it an
nounced in the American to-day, and, from the text of the
ann,mncenient, I judge it is to be a rival of the Philadel
phia “ Monster”—a semi-national Bank for the whole
Union—the capital to go up to twenty millions in the end.
Thp directors to lie eighteen in number, who subscribe for
a million and'a half of the stock.
Lelters from Brussels, December 11th, state that war
like preparations were rapidly going nn, and that a force
ofW.OOO men, to be increased to 116,000, was to be rais
ed,'»1* necessary. Things-look very squally as between
France, flelgiutnr Pruisia,-#nd Holland.
and three quarters each hour, at twenE-ave minutes pas’
twelve last night, when he received t>. d warnict conemio-
lations of his numerous friend*.. w no h:ul fro- town
to witness the termination u f ,; qU astonishing match-
Van Buren so* s in Vita message that “ he never doubled
tke utility o* banks.” In his letter to Sherrod Wiliiums,
he says, no “never voted but for one bank, and for that
he 'teas sorry.”—Bait. Pal-
There can hardly be a doubt of the re-election of Mr.
Rives to the Senate of the United States. The Richmond
Enquirer, in view of such a result, volunteers to say that
Mr. Rives should not accept the appointment!
Drs. Frost and Sweet, the Thompsonian practitioners in
New-York, are about to answer to the law for the death of
four children who died under their ministrations. The
disease was small pox. The treatment is not mentioned.
A natural BORN Sub-Treasurer.—The Baltimore
Sun notices the birth of u bey, a child of Mr. Ashei So
mers, with no fewer than three legs! —IjivUvilte Journal.
Ihe Globe suys that Gov. Cass has not been recalled.
same time it tw ists the silk.
Bad Stand f.ir Business.—The NeW-Ycuk Sun ceaj-
plains that the location of one of their police officers i#
“a miserable stand for business,” only two cases of petty
larcenies occurring there in one day. .
The population of the City of Washington is set
at 23,977 souls. During the past year, there were erected
37 brick buildings, 4 of which were of 3 stories, and 33 of-
stories. . -*|
The Receipts in the State Treasury of New-\ ork, ‘h”*"
ing the last fiscal vear, ending-in October, were c’4,5- ,
032 40.
Currency.—A work fro*? the pen of Frofesse*
Tuck-
v/v nn&ot ir* wur» ii'wv i*”" * a I
er, of the University of Virginia, on Money, and ” ai1 *’
announced us forth coming-
At a late horse race io Claiborne cuorty. *^ e j u ^e e *» ^
ter much difficulty, de tided lh»*«K®fri , n< r »\ in the r,M -*e *° '**
one inch and thrto-quaatwa.-’CTosc j'toging this.
“ Mass*, otteob yowr oxens is dead—tod tier tee, I « »
afraid to tell of •-pa*bbf%t oace, trakl you coulduA