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From tin Intelligencer of the 8th.
The Presentation of the Sword of
Washington.
The scene presented in the House of Repre
sentatives yesterday was one of those brief mo
ments of refreshing, which, few and far between,
occur to the weary, way-worn, heart-sick travel
ler across the sandy Zahara, where he comes
upon a cluster of palms, and beneath their grate
ful shade finds a welling spring worthy to be
called “the Diamond of the Desert.” It was
an hour when the remembrance of better days
rushed with power upon the heart, and bore it
require it, and he returned to his civil duties at
Philadelphia.
Mr. Samuel Washington held the commission
I Washington, in the military career of his early j From the Baltimore American.
I youth, in the seven years’ war, and throughout Great Britain and the rest of the Borld
the war of our national independence; and of
of a captain at that time himself, and served in the staff bequeathed by the patriot, statesman
The recent successes cf the British in China
and India have excited to a high pitch the self-
that campaign, many of the incidents of which and sage, Benjamin Franklin, to the same leader esteem of a people who have never been^re-
he has related to me.
He was anxious to obtain this particular sword,
and preferred it to all the others, among which
was the ornamented aud costly present from the
great Frederick. -
At the time of the division among the nephews,
without intimating what his preference was, he
jocosely remarked, “ that, inasmuch as he was
the only one of them who had participated in
of the armies of freedom iu the revolutionary markable for undervaluing themselves. The
war, George Washington.
lending article in Blackwood indulges in much
That these precious relics are hereby accept- self-complacent glorification, and declares that
ed, in the name of the nation; that they be de- Great Britain, at the present moment, occupies
posited for safe keeping in the Department of a position of dignity, of grandeur, and of respon-
State of the United States; and that a copy of sibility, unparalleled in either her own history,
From the Southern (Charleston) Patriot.
Inaubornidation.
The spirit of insubordination which is spread
ing upwards among what are called the educate
classes of American Society is a tact too striking
not to have become a subject of reinar*. i eu
who have been instructed in principles ol a lug •
morality, and youthwho had been the benefit o
personal association with exalted worth, have a-
Morsl Effect of Music.—Major Davezac [large ulcer was formed, and when it
in his Chapter on Gardening, in the last number ! he foundI himself m perfect health, in w„
of the Democratic Review, speculates thus on
\ the effect which tiie cultivation of music has
upon the German character :
1 Whoever has sojourned in Germany long
enough to associate much with Germans, must
have remarked the singular mildness, the pleas-
I be
has continued ever since I 1,, su. h
‘ bottled lightning’ demanded by Mrs. Nick"
admirer, might be a valuable remedy." - s
like exhibited in
^ Umted Sl.el wubin a feiv sing simplicity of manners, the elegance of bab
its, and the general urbauity of deportment, far
away, for the time, from surrounding dearth, aud military service, they ought to permit him to take
this resolution, signed by the President of the or that of any other nation, ancient or modem.
Senate and Speaker of the House of Representa- The saying of Archimedes is paraphrased iu this
lives, be transmitted to the said Samuel T. wise: "Give the genius of Great Britain but
transported it, as in vision, to a happier clime.—
It was a moral mirage, in which, while gazing
in thought upon what “that old man eloquent ’
well denominated “ our Golden Age,” one lor-
choice.” This suggestion was met in the same
spirit in which it was made; and the choice be
ing awarded him, he chose this, the plainest and
intrinsically the least valuable of any, simply be
got that there ate such things as demagogues, callse j t nas ** ,i ie battle sword
and can be such things, neither able nor pure. | j am a | so ln p 0sses sion of the most satisfactory
Washington, our own Washington, might be j evidence, furnished by Col. George V ashing-
imagined, for a moment, to have “ burst his
cerements,” and to be present in the Legislative
Halls of the land he loved; and both the man
who offered, and the man who received, the
cher.sited memorials of the dead Patriot seemed
ton, of Georgetown, the nearest male relative of
Gen. Washington now living, as to the identity
of the sword. His information was derived Iroin
his father, William Augustine Washington, the
devisee first named in the clause of the will which
to have felt, while they spoke, the inspiration of 1 j | lave rea j i from his uncle, the late Judge Bush-
a greater presence than that which was visible
about them. A fanciful observer might have be
lieved that the mere ... \. .. .i .oton’s
Sword had a sort of moral electricity about it,
and that he who did but handle the staff on w hicli
Franklin had so often leaned, caught by the
contact something of his elevating wisdom.
Mr. Summers, as we well know, is esteemed
at home as a lawyer of high standing, and a man
rod Washington, of the Supreme Court, and
Major Lawrence Lewis, the acting executor of
General Washington’s will: all of whom con-
Washington.
The resolution was adopted unanimously, with
loud acclamation and the House adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
On the 8th, this resolution/vus communicated
to the Senate, with the interesting relics to which
it referred—when Mr. Archer, one of the Vir-
! ginia Senators, accompanied a motion of con
currence with some brief but eloquent remarks,
! of which the following is the conclusion :
I Washington! the only name requiring no
eulogy, fur the name itself comprehended all eu-
i logy. It had been said by one of the most emi
nent public men of the age, himself the subject
of a monarchy, (Lord Brougham,) that "of lin
ed in ibe statement, that the true scrcice inspired men Washington was to be esteemed
sword ,,-as that selected by Capt. Samuel Wash
ington. It remained in that gentleman’s posses
sion until his death, esteemed by him the most
precious momento of his illustrious kinsman.—
It then became the property of his son, who, ani-
incompnrably the greatest.” Nor was this to be
regarded as exaggerated praise, when it was re
collected that greatness was to be measured,
not by virtue only, but a combined consideration
where she may place her foot—some mere point
peeping above the waves of the sea—and she
: shall move the world.”
j There is no doubt but the career of England
i is well calculated to raise astonishment in the
mind that duly considers it. Nor can one cou-
1 template without admiration many of those ele-
j merits of hardihood, firmness, daring, indomita
ble energv, and other qualities of the high mas
culine stamp which distinguish the British char
acter. We take no exceptions to the vaunting
| style which the flush of recent success may
prompt, aud to some extent excuse. The pride
which thus exalts itself will be likely to meet its
, rebuke and downfall in due lime from the do
mestic evils which its own career has generated
and brought to the last degree ol aggravation.
While the external show of British power and
grandeur is imposing to the eye—while the re
sults of her system, as exhibited in the steady
enlargement of her empire, give indications of
energy and of resources astonishingly expansive,
of great strength and purity of character, but his | mate d by the patriotism which so characterized
of its effects; aud this same consideration proved | it cannot be concealed that each successive step
warmest friends could not have desired that his
parting speech (if it were his last) as a member
of Congress should have been more worthy of
the place and of the man. He treated a subject
on which it is no easy task to speak without
triteness, in a manner at once simple, appropri
ate and dignified, saying just enough and no
more, and saying it with a warnuli of feeling too
sincere to be counterfeited. His brief account
of the relics he presented was clear and succ.inct,
and yet had enough of particularity to give it the
highest interest. As lie proceeded, the crowded
hall and galleries were mute as the grave, and
while every eye gazed, and many an eye over
flowed, every ear listened with the e
tention to the close
the “ faiher of his country.” lias consented that
such a relic ought not to be appropriated by any
individual citizen, and lias instructed me, his
representative, to oiler it to the nation, to be pre
served in its public depositories, as the common
properly of all, since its office has been to
achieve and defend tlie common liberty of all.
He has, in like manner, requested me to pre
sent this cane to the Congress of the United
States, deeming it not unworthy the public ac
ceptance.
This was once the properly of the philosopher
and patriot, Benjamin Franklin.
By a codicil to his last will and testament, we
erest at- ) Hnd it thus disposed of:
that no man great as Washington could perhaps
now live. Men, not the inferiors of Washington
i in virtue and in wisdom, might come into ex-
I istence, but to the fullest developeiuent of gran
deur ol character, circumstances must conspire
j and form no unimportant part, and no man could
again be placed in circumstances such as mark-
1 ed the situation ol Washington. Many men, it
was to be hoped, were destined, in that progress
of free institutions which marked the character
i of the age, to be the founders of liberty for their
i own countries and times; but wliat was the pe-
i culiarity of tlie position and office of Washiug-
ton ? He was, probably, appointed by the ordi-
; nation of Providence, to prove the founder ol
| liberty for the human race in all times From
the germ which he had planted, promised to
“My fine crab-tree walking'2'tick, with a gold head, _
The response of Mr. Adams was every way cu , ; 0 „ s iy WIO ught in the form of the cap of liberty, I j spread the influence which was destined, it might
is might have been expected from him; <>jve to my friend, and the friend of maukind, General ) be hoped, to gather nation after nation under its
ose who Ollly read it, must lose more than I Washington. If it were a sceptre, lie has merited it,
lie impression with which it was received. ! and would become it.”
associations of the occasion were such as
j not fail to reach a mind like his, and awa-
within it those deep and powerful feelings
;h, when unaroused, slumber beneath an as-
and a manner which give no token ol their | Franklin, in his will.”
General Washington, in his will, devises this
cane as follows:
“ Item. To my brother Charles Washington, I give
and bequeath the goid-headed cane left me by Dr.
shadow, and to yield the life-sustaining lruit lo
| all periods in succession.
And Franklin, whose name was associated
with Washington’s in the presentation of the^e
relics! How curious the coincidence that they
iu the progress of her aggrandizement has been
attained at a most fearful cost—that her acquisi
tions have been obtained not by temporary sacri
fices which ceased in iheir oppressiveness as soon
as made—but by desperate pledges which stand,
stern and inexorable, lor redemption, and which
cannot be cancelled by the empty names of glory
or the baubles of foreign conquest. Like a man
plunging into all kinds of excitement to drive
away the troubling consciousness of his private
embarrassments which he knbws must ultimate
ly overwhelm him in ruin, the government of
Great Britain is disturbing I lie ends of the earth
for the sake of a temporary respite from the anx
ious forebodings which its own internal affairs
must create.
But it was not so much to speak of these things
as to refer to our own position in relation to this
overgrown and still increasing nation, that we
have alluded to the course of Great Britain. If
it be humiliating to owe obligations which it is
difficult to redeem, how greatly is the poignancy
of this unpleasant feeling increased when they
are due lo an arrogant creditor and a watchful
I years, depravity ol purpose and licentiousness
i of conduct shocking to contemplate. I lie de-
| slructive have obtained the mastery over the con-
j servative principles of society.
There must exist some general cause for this
j laxitv. Instances of malfeasance iu pecuniary
trusts may be traced to circumstances ol a tem-
i porary chaster. Speculation and overaction in
j gainful pursuits are I he sources ot a large por-
| lion of the foibles and crimes exhibited iu the
I forms of infidelity to private engagements, pub
lic defalcations, luxurious expenditure, suicide,
and even murder. But, independently ot these
| social vices and irregularities, there is a general
relaxation of the bonds ol society exhibited in an
increasing spirit ot insubordination among the
youthful portion ol our population, that does not
strike the eye of the observer with ihe startling
appearances that accompany the ordinary forms
of crime, but which, silent and unseen in its ef
fects, is gradually undermining the fabric ol
American society.
It is the duty of those who impress their own
character on huge classes ol men, and shape
public opinion, to discover the sources of this re
laxation. and apply the corrective before the
evil assumes a magnitude too formidable for re
moval or restraint. We have our own theory
on this subject. It may not be flattering to the
ing the characteristics of a people which, in
order to hold a first rank among the great powers
ofthe earth, need only to be united under a sin
gle and national government. That a people so
Tong oppressed by a multitude of petty princes,
domineered over by a numerous and heartless
aristocracy, inhabiting, too, a country often deso-
! luted by the invasion of foreign armies, which
for centuries have made it their battle-ground,
: should have preserved, nevertheless, the primi
tive kindliness and amenity ol their nature, is a
moral phenomenon which, while visiting in
that country both the palaces of the greatest,
and humblest abodes of the peasantry, I have
been tempted to attribute more to the love of
music that obtains through all classes ot Ger
man society, than to any other cause. There
die fiercer passions kindled during a day ot sul-
fering and trial, instead of being exasperated by
the angry repinings of tbe family circle, when
the workingman returns home, are, on the con
trary, lulled to rest by the harmony of song.—
The madness of Saul yielded to the harp ol
| David. Polybius says that music softened the
ferocity ofthe Arcadians, who inhabited a legion
wheie the climate was impute and damp; wtiile
the people of Cyncethe, who held that science
in contempt, continued to be tbe most barba-
From the N. O. Picajune.
I.ale from Texas.
The Steam Packet Neptune, has arrived f
Galveston, bringing dates to the 5th i,:st *
inong the passengers were Gen, M. k
Messrs. J. D. Morris and Daog er fieid
Hugh McLeod, Col. W. G. Cook, and >L
jor
§ ln S to
Geo. T. Howard—the three latter Lelon<>
j the Santa Fe Expedition. s
One of the prisoners taken at Meir write
i follows in relation to Somerville: s as
“ I think tiie I cxian Government oii'ffii
1 g' v e General Somervell an office in Bexar
take care of the women of that nlareT'^ ,0
. a. - , . ! so as to
prevent the Mexicans violating them. ’ (
think he deserves it for his liWty'r'J’treat
the hi© Graude. ura
self-love of our people, but we are satisfied ol rousol the Greeks. In Germany, music cre-
„s general truth. We have arrived at the con- ! ates for the care worn laborer another and bet.
should have been associated by such symbols! j r *val! The pain of death to the Scottish cham-
.ence. His intonations were deep and im-
ioned ; his voice faltered—the eloquent blood
.led in torrents to his countenance—and his
,ole figure, attitude and gesture were those
t one of Nature’s orators strongly moved.
Tbe whole transaction was in a high degree
creditable to our country, and its record on our
archives will mark at least one bright day in the
contemporaneous history of Congress.
As soon as the speeches were ended, and the
lesolution moved by Mr. Adams lined been adopt
ed, Mr. Taliaferro, himself a Virginian, (and
we may add with truth a fine specimen of the
Virginia gentleman,) acting as the “Fathers*'
the House,” which the date of his commission
entitles him to do, moved that both the address i
of Mr. Summers and the response of Mr. Adams j
be inserted at length on the Journal; which hav- j
ing been ortiered, Mr. McLennan, a Pennsyl- j
vnnian, closed the scene in a dignified and most ;
appropriate manner by moving, in honor of the
occasion, that the House adjourn. i
And now occurred a spectacle true to Nature.
The decorum ofthe House had kept every man j
in his seat while the addresses were in delivery
and the votes being takeu ; but, no sooner had the
adjournment been announced, and the Speaker
left the chair, than there was a simultaneous ;
rush from all quarters to obtain a nearer view of l
the interesting memorials of our gieat lost Pa- |
triots. Nor was the eye satisfied with seeing. I
Every hand was outstretched to touch them.— j
It was like Homer’s scene of the bending of
Ulysses’ bow; and many a puny hand now grasp
ed the sword of Washington that would have
trembled in the scenes where it once gleamed
in the eyes of the foes to American Independ
ence.
Demand afierdcmand was made for a pleasure
so grateful aud so rare; and it was long before
the Sergeant-at-Arins could rescue staff and fal
chion from still eager bauds that reluctantly gave
them up to his custody. They were ordered to
be deposited ia the Department of State, but we
presume they will eventually accompany the
military commission, his uniform, and other pre
cious memorials of Washington, which have
been transferred from that Department to the
halls ofthe National Institute.
Captain Samuel Washington was the only son
of Charles Washington, the devisee, from whom
lie derived, by inheritance, this interesting me
morial ; and having transmitted it to his son,
Samuel T. Washington, the latter thus seeks to
bestow it worthily, .by associating it with the
battle-sword, in a gift to his countrymen.
I cordially concur with Mr. Washington in
j the opinion that they eacli merit public preserva
tion; and I obey, with pleasure, his wishes in
j here presenting them, in his name, to the nation,
j Let the sword ofthe hero and the staff of the
| philosopher go together. Let them have place
among the proudest trophies and most honored
. memorials of our national achievements.
| Upon that staff once leaned the sage of whom
j it has been said, “ He snatched the lightning
j from Heaven, and the sceptre from tyrants.”
| A mighty arm once wielded this sword in a
j righteous cause, even unto the dismemberment
i of empire. In the hand of Washington, this
| was “ the sword of the Loid and of Gideon.”—
j It was never drawn, except in defence of the
public liberty. It was never sheathed until a
j glorious and triumphant success returned it to
j the scabbard, without a stain of cruelty or dis
honor upon its blade. It was never surrendered,
except to that country which bestowed it.
[Loud and long-continued plaudits followed
i the delivery of this address.]
The Sergeant-at-Arms advanced to the
j seat of (lie honorable gentleman, and received
: into his custody the interesting relics.
ADDRESS OF THE IlON. G.
Mr. Speaker: I rise for the purpose of dis
REMARKS OF MR. ADAMS.
Mr. Adams then rose to submit a resolution
in relation thereto. He said—
Mr. Speaker : In presenting this resolution
to the House, it may perhaps be expected that
i I should accompany it with some remarks suita-
‘ ble to the occasion ; and yet, sir, 1 never rose to
[ address this House under a deeper conviction of
the want of words to express the emotions that I
feel. It is precisely because occasions like this
are adapted to produce universal sympathy, that
little can be said by any one, but wbat, in tiie
language of the heart—in tones not loud, but
| deep—every one present has literally said to him
self. My respected friend from Virginia, by
] whom this offering of patriotic sentiment has
YV. SUMMERS, been presented to the Representative Assembly
of the nation, has, it seems to me, already said
Franklin, second only to Washington as one of
the founders of our Republic, in science a foun-
) der greater still! Recent developements made!
it not improbable that the power ol which Frank- j
| lin had been tbe first to make us acquainted with j
j its laws, was the one the most efficient and dif-
i fused through the entire processes of physical i
nature; tbe thorough knowledge of which was
j to produce results the most imposing and most]
important which had ever been unlocked to hu-|
titan vision? These were the men associated)
with the relics now presented to us, and which,!
as emblems, these relics were appropriate to re- i
call to memory whenever they were viewed ; to
inspire admiration of the wisdom they had dis
played, gratitude for the benefits they had ren
dered, veneration for tile virtue which had adorn
ed litem! We had been accustomed to call
these illustrious men ours. But the time would
come when they would equally be exalted as I
benefactors of human kind as they had been j
ours, and their fame the property of their whole
race.
Doctor Franklin, in the bequest of the cane !
to General Washington which was now exhibit-!
ed to us, had said that “ he gave it to his friend, |
and the friend of mankind, who, had it been a j
sceptre, would have deserved it.” And the!
sceptre that friend has attained which he deserv- j
ed. It had been an expression in the ceremonial
offices which occurred on the death of Wash
ington, that he was throned in the hearts of his;
"countrymen. The expression fell far short of,
the full extent of his destiny. It was to be
throned in the homage—in the admiration—no!
these did not convey the just phrase—in the;
boundless veneration of mankind!
Mr. A. said he would no longer be an impe- i
dimeut to the expression ofthe acclaiming senti- |
merit which he knew beat in the bosom of every
Senator to respond, even by tbe tribute of this]
humble resolution, in the great titles of Wash
ington and Franklin to our aliection, gratitude, i
and reverence.
The resolution was unanimously adopted, and
] the Senate then adjourned.
( Tbe annexed letters properly belong to the
interesting scene which took place in the House
I uf Representatives on Tuesday :
pion was heightened by the consciousness that
Earl Percy saw his fall. The following from the
Montreal Cornier is a specimen of tbe taunts
and hitter insults to which we have subjected
jttrselves at the hands of those whose coarseness
of spirit may prompt them to give their worst of
thoughts the .vorst of words:
“ At no period in her history was the position of Eng
land more imposing than at the present moment. The
means she has at her disposal are so enormous—her
moral and physical strength so far beyond what the
world ever saw before, as to render her arms invinci
ble. Wherever she concentrates her strength to strike
a blow, tiie experience of the past assures us she will
be triumphant; and wherever she is triumphant the
P c
elusion that our entire system ol law, in its incer-
itude and feeble influence and sanctions, is ac
ting most injuriously on the public morals and
manners.
" hose whose recollections reach back to twenty
years, will well remember how more sure were
legal penalties, and how more largely they were
respected by public opinion, than they are at
present. Juries then held in high veneration the
shield that the law held over person and proper
ty. Now we see acquittances by them, through
a misplaced mercy, ol atrocities that the whole
world have agreed to call murder, because they
are averse to capital punishments.
* * * * How is all this to end ? If tbe in
junctions and sanctions of the law in the case
of capital crimes are lo be thus disregarded,
where shall we be at the termination of a few
years ? What crimes will be thought to merit
punishment that will sufficiently secure person
and property ? On what scale, abandoning all
the standards of punishment that have been devis
ed by civilized society, are we to graduate penal
ties to ofl’ences against social order ? Are we,
in our higher claims to wisdom and humanity,
to adjust punishment to crime by a standard of
our own?
There would then appear to be something in
tlie state of public opinion which lias brought
| ter world, a middle region between this earth,
where wealth and the enjoyments it procures
are allotted to the few, while to the many are as
signed privations, contumelies, irremediable pov-
1 erty, and that luture world where equality, that
j banished exile from earth, has fixed its only and
i last abode. It is to that ideal region, that the
i German peasant’s mind is gently wafted on the
! wings of melody, by the soft voices ol his wile,
! daughters aud sons, together with the strains ol
] his own (lute or hautboy. It is music, in (act,
| which, while Frenchmen, Russians, and Eng-
| lishtnen lord it over earth and seas, has given
j to Germans the undisputed sway of boundless
| imaginary space.
The Flower Markets of Holland,—In the
same article Major Davezac gives the following
account of the superb flowet markets of Hol
land :
At Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, the Ha
gue, and above all, at Harlem, the floral city,
crowds of individuals of all the classes of society
are seen assembled at the flower markets, held
twice a week in each of these great cities The
rich attends them to make exclusively his own,
by purchase, the emeralds, the rubies, the sap
phires of the vegetable kingdom, in addition to
those which he already possessed, formed in
the law and its administration into a cond.iion of depths ofthe earth through the slow elaborations
wisdom and justice of her policy confirm the sentence
which placed the victory in her hands.
The termination of the Chinese and Indian wars
leaves England comparatively unoccupied, with a huge
military and naval force at her disposal. After fight
ing the battles of the world in the East, it is a favora
ble time fin her to ask the question whether she lias
any quarrels of her own which require to he adjusted.
Copy of a letter from Samuel T. Washington,
accompanying the Sword and Cane presented to
Com
charging an office, not connected with the ordi- all that cau be said suitable to this occasion. In
nary business of a legislative assembly. Yet, in j parting from him, as after a few short days we
asking permission to interrupt, lor a moment,
the regular order of parliamentary proceedings,
I cannot doubt that the proposition which I have
to submit will prove as giatifyin
unusual.
Mr. Samuel T. Washington, a citizen of Ka
nawha county, in the Commonwealth of Virgin
ia, and one of my constituents, has honored me
with the commission of presenting, in Itis name,
and on his behalf, to the Congress ofthe United
States, and, through that body, to the people of
the United States, two most interesting and valua
ble relies, connected with the past history of our
country, and with men whose achievements,
both in the field and in the cabinet, best illustrate
and adorn our annals.
Otte is the sword worn by General Washing
must all do, it will on my part be with sorrow,
’.hat in all probability I shall see his face and hear
his voice no more. But his words of this day
as it may be j have been planted in my memory, and will there
j remain till the last pulsation of my heart.
| The sword of Washington! The staff of
Franklin! Oh, sir, what associations are linked
[ in adamant with those names. Washington !
the warrior of human freedom—Washington!
w hose sword my friend has said was never drawn
but in the cause ofltis country, and neverslieatli-
ed when needed in his country’s cause !—Frank
lin! the philosopher of the thunderbolt, the
printing press, and the ploughshare.
What names are these iu the scanty cata
logue of the benefactors of mankind—Washing
ton and Franklin! What other two men, whose
Coal’s Mouth, Kanawha Co. (Va.) } |
January 9, 18-13. £
Mr Dear Sir: With this, you will receive
the war-sword of tny grand-uncle, Gen. George
Washington, and the gold headed cane bequeath
ed to him by Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
These interesting relies 1 wish to be presented,
through you, my deal sir, to tbe Congress of the
United States, on behalf of the nation.
Congress can dispose of them in such manner
as shall seetn most appropriate, and best calcu
lated to keep in memory the character and ser
vices of those two illustrious founders of our
Republic.
1 am, with esteem, vours,
SAMUEL T. WASHINGTON.
To Hon. George W. Summers,
House of Representatives.
Communities may become so corrupt as to render it
absolutely necessary for the welfare of mankind that
they should he punished with a strong arm. A spirit
of licentiousness and immorality may have so affected
a Government as to convert its statesmen into mere
sharpers, and the body of its people into pirates, for
gers, swindlers and robbers. Such a community and
such a Government do we believe the United States to
he at the present moment, and it becomes a very seri
ous question whether, after the recent examples that
have been afforded, Great Britain would not he doing
a service to the world and justice to her own interests
hv taking a firm and decided stand against the insolent
pretensions and most dishonest practices of that Re
public.
From a “ shrewd,” “calculating,” “ smart” nation
they have gradually grown worse and worse till hones
ty has become a weakness, and the first merchants in
the land figure as forgers, felons, and defaulters. Rome
iu its worst days never presented so loathsome a spec
tacle; ami we do not hesitate to state it as our firm
opinion that very little is required to render the Ameri
can nation a nation of outlaws, whose hand is against
every one and every one against them, and the Ameri
can flag a piratical Hag supported by plunder and ra-
pioe. * * * . *
I itis is one great proof of the it famous character
which attaches to the American government, and ren
ders it necessary that Great Britain should hesitate
before she throws away the advantage she now posses
ses in an army and navy flushed with victory, and eager
to support the glory and honor of the British arms.—
There are, it is well known, other questions which are
being brought forward, and which the present is, we
say, the time to arrange. In defiance of n treaty, and
on a mere pretext set up by the American people,
Congress is encouraging tlie invasion of an important
territory to the Northwest, known as the Oregon ter
ritory.”
dangerous laxity, that is silently, but irresistably,
undermining what have been deemed social safe
guards in tbe present organization of society.
Morals and manners are formed by the. laws.—
Between them there is a symphatic influence—
action and reaction. The people are tlie foun
tain-bead in this country of all authority in mat
ters of legislation, government, and the adminis
tration of justice. Juries, magistrates, legisla
tors, functionaries, arc all under the domin
ion of popular opinion. Legislative mea
sures, official conduct, and the administra
tion ol the laws acknowledge with us the ,
healthy influence, or the reverse, of sound
public sentiment. But let this continue to ex
hibit an indiflcrence to public engagement, and
malfeasance, private and official, will still spring
up in all its frightful proportions. Let Juries,
Iroin misplaced mercy, display an increasing dis- !
position to screen guilt from punishment, and
of ages; but, iu spite of his coverous eagerness
to obtain the monoply even of these, nature’s
treasures, the indigent too has seen these daz
zling gems of the spring; he has inhaled their
perfume ; and, while the variegated Camelia,
the purple Lagertremi.i, the gaudy, inodorous
Many of the officers were anx.ons to re mii a
withttsfaer, but were overruled by Sornerve?
1 he prisoners taken at Meir have all
marched to the city of Mexico, with the exT^*
tion ol the lad retained by Aropudia and the Jt
and wounded. Co] I* usher and Gen. Green » ,
probably some other officers, were sent f 0 ’ rw "a
on horseback, some two or three days in adn. 1
of tlie main body, who followed on"loot *
A letter from one of the prisoners at M tan
ros states that when tiie terms of capital ,,ioa
at Mter were agreed upon, many ofthe 'iV.
shed tears, and Gen. T. J. Green broke his'- '' *
into pieces, and was nearly Irantic with rn-e'
Another of the prisoners at Mata.noros whn
had au opportunity ot writing without the knn»i
; edae of the Mexicans, gives addtttonal p™
lars in relation to the desperate battle at Mier*
which are extremely interesting. Alter tat'
j ! h!,l 1 a " i?Lt a "" Ck ha ^ bcen determined npon
by tbe 1 extan officers, he then writes as follow-
! “ 0| > arriving at the Elcantro, a river running
by the tow n. Col. Fisher ordered Gen. Green to
take twenty-five men and cross above u< so as
to induce the enemy to believe that we mu-ruled
to cross the river above the lower ford \\*.
then crossed the river and marched into’ » 0 tvu
notwithstanding the heavy fire of cannon and
musketry, which trie enemy poured upon us—
By this time it was 7 o’clock iu the evening ai d
we took possession ol a range of houses next to
the public square. Tt>e Mexicans kept U p a
heavy fire upon us during the whole ni-ht, but
it did not do us any serious injury. Farlv in
the morning we began to return the compliment
and the way our riflemen picked them ot) was a
sin to Davy Crocket. Such was the deadly aim
of our rifles, that we cleared the cannon' four
times, aud not a Mexican could show hi s head
without getting a rifle ball to feel bis difl'eient
bumps—the examination was generally very has
ty, and the patient was sure to lo ; e his file'—
Up to this time we were confident of victory
but alas! for tbe uncertainty of human affair-' ’
what a change!—About two o’clock the Mexi
cans made a charge, but were repulsed with
great loss. By this time our ammunition was
getting short, and as soon as this fact was ascer
tained, Col. Fisher otdered the men to prepare
to charge on the cannon, and also to charge into
the public square. Before this order was exe
cuted, the enemy sounded a parley, and sent ja
a flag demanding our surrender, and also statin-
the number of their forces to be fiiteen hundred
Cac us. the more sweet scented but still gorge- j regular soldiers and one thousand rancherosand
ous Peony, and all the costly exotics are borne citizens. Had not this flag been sent in, intwen-
away to spread a greater lustre over the abode of : minutes we should have had possession of tbe
opulence, the humble Violet, the Rose, (now
thought to be a vulgar flower, though still blush
ing its loveliness and exhaling the most exqui
site of fragrance,) are taken to the home of the
poor, to light the gloom of his lowly shed—to
give sweetness to the little air he is yet allowed
to breathe. I always attended these floral mar
kets, and I do not remember, crowded as they
always are, ever to have heard a quarrel there.
An elegance of manners, nay, of language, seem
ed inspired by the grace and beauty of the
crime, in all its forms and gradations, will be I ephemeral gardens ; every one present acted
shown like dragon’s teeth over the land. Let
the people place no self-restraints oil their natu-
aud spoke as if he feared either to injure by bru
tal acts, or to soil by the expression ot indelicate
public square, and the victory would have been
ours. Immediately on hearing the bearer of die
flag mention ‘surrender,’ Col. Fisher told linn be
would not for a moment listen to the proposition,
and ordered him to take back the flag. At ibis
moment a captain rushed out and enquired tbe
terms of surrender. The men by this time had
ascertained the number of their foes, and nere
panic stricken; about one half were for surren
dering. and the other half were for fighting it
out. Col. Fisher then asked an hottr^to con
sider on the terms of surrender; at the expira
tion of the hour we surrendered as prisottersof
rttl love ol power, as seen in the occasional out-j thoughts, these tender and fragile treasures of
rages that supersede the authority ofthe mag- the spring. Ail clustered around them, like
istrate, and a more destructive range will be giv- j bees appeared to gather from them nothing but
en to misrule and licentiousness.
Real amelioration ot opinion, conduct, and
manners must proceed from tbe people them
selves. The basis of such amelioration is the
overthrow of a most pernicious demagoguism.
sweetness.
There is a tradition at the Hague, that Johan
nes Secundus, tiie Dutclt poet who sang of Kis
ses, (whose house, near the flower markets in
that city, is still to he seen.) always wrote with a
which is last superceding with us all tlie natural ! nosegay on his table. Alter hearing of this, as
influence ol talent, public virtue, and solid ac- j I read his Basia over again, I fancied in the
quirement. The better-educated portion of
American Society is rapidly leaving our legisla
tive hails ; the next step in our social decline
w ill be the abandonment of their stations of out-
valuable body ol judicial magistrates, the only
remaining counterpoise to tbe destructive influ
ence ol the demagogues who are striving to de-
stioy their independence, in changing the tenure
ot the judicial office through the basest arts of
popular flattery.
ton. first as a colonel in the colonial service of lives belong to the 18th century of Christendom,
Virginia, in Forbes’ campaign against the French
and Indians; and afterwards, during the whole
period of the war of Independence, as comman
der-in-chief of the American army.
It is a plain couteau, or hanger, with a green
hilt and silver guard,
scabbard is engraven
j have left a deeper impression of themselves, upon
the age in which they lived, and upon all after-
times ? Washington, the warrior and the legis
lator! In war contending by the wager of bat
tle, for the inde|tendence of bis country, and for
On the upper ward ofthe the freedom of the human race—ever manifest-
‘J. Bailey, Fishkill.” It ing, amidst the horrors of war, by precept and
is accompanied by a buckskin belt, which is se- example, his reverence for die laws of peace, and
cured by a silver buckle and clasp, whereon are lor the teuderest sympathies of humanity. In
engraven the letters “ G. W.” and tlie figures peace, soothing the ferocious spirit of discord
1757.” These are all of the plainest work- among his own countrymen into harmony, and
manship, but substantial, and in keeping with i giving to that very sword now presented to his
the man and with the times to which they be- country a charm more potent than that nttribu-
longed.
I ted in ancient times to the lyre of Orpheus.—
The history of this sword is perfectly antlicn- ' Franklin, the mechanic of his own fortune, teach-
tic, and leaves no shadow of doubt as to its ing, in early youth, under the shackles of indi
identity.
I gence, the way to wealth ; and, in the shade of
The last will and testament ol General Wash- i obscurity, the path to greatness; in the maturity
ington, bearing date on the 9th day of February, ! of manhood, disarming the thunder of its ter-
1799, contains, among a great variety of bequests, rors, the lightning of its fatal blast; aud wrest-
the following clause : “ To each of my nephews, ing from the tyrant’s hand the still more afflictive
William Augustine Washington, George Lewis, ! sceptre of oppression : while descending the vale
George Steptoe Washington, Bushrod Wash- ! of years, traversing the Atlantic ocean; braving
ington, and Samuel Washington, [ give one of 1 in the dead of winter, the battle and the breeze ;
the swords or couteaux of which I may die pos- j bearing in his baud the charter of Independence,
sessed
are
:d; and they are to choose in the order they ; which he had contributed to form ; and tender-
named. These swords are accompanied \ ing, In
tg, from the self-created nation, to the mightiest
with an injunction, not to unsheath them for the monarchs of Europe, the olive-branch of peace,
purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self- \ the mercurial wand of commerce, and the amu-
defence, or in defence of their country and its let of protection and safety to the man of peace
rights; and, in the latter case, to keep them un
sheathed, and prefer falling with them in their
hands, to the relinquishment thereof.”
In the distribution of the swords, hereby de
vised, among the five nephews therein enumera
ted, the one now presented fell to the share of
Samuel Washington, the devisee last named in
the clause of the will which I have just read.
This gentleman, who died a few years since,
in the county of Kanawha, and who was the fa
ther of Samuel T. Washington, the donor, I
knew well. I have often seen this sword in his
possession, aud received front himself the follow
ing account of the manner in which it became
his property, in the division made among the de
visees.
He said that he knew it to have been tbe side-
arms of General Washington during the revolu
on the pathless ocean from the inexorable cruelty
and merciless rapacity of war; and, finally, in
the last stage of life, with fourscore winters on
his head, under the torture of an incurable dis
ease, returning to his native land, closing his day
j a -*the Chief Magistrate ofltis adopted Common-
weakh, after contributing, by his couusel, under
the Presidency of Washington, and recording
! I 1 * 8 nni ne, under the sanction of devout prayer
invoked by him to God, to that Constitution,
under the authority ot which we are here assent-
j as tbe Representatives of the North Ameri
can people, to receive, i t , tlieir name, and for
, them, these venerable relics of the wise, tbe
1 valiant, and the good founders of our great con
federated Republic, these sacred symbols of our
! golden age.
May they be deposited among the archives of
tionary war—not that used on occasions of pa- our Government; and may every American who
rade and review, but the constant service sword j shall hereafter behold them, ejaculate a mingled
of the great chief; that he had himself seen offering of praise to that Supreme Ruler of the
General Washiugton wear this identical sword,
(he presumed for the last time,) when, in 1794,
he reviewed the Virginia aud Maryland forces,
then concentrated at Cumberland, under com
universe, by whose tender mercies our Union
has been hitherto preserved thtough all the vi
cissitudes and revolutions of this turbulent world,
and of prayer lor the continuance of these bless-
mand of General Lee, and destined to co-operate ings, by the dispensations of his providence to
with the Pennsylvania and New Jersey troops, our beloved country front age to age, till time
then assembled at Bedford, in suppressing what
has been called “die whiskey insurrection.”
General Washington was at that time Presi
dent of the United States, and, as such, was com
mander-in-chief of the army. It is known that
it was bis intention to lead the army in person
on that occasion, had he found it necessary; and
he went to Bedford and Cumberland prepared
for that event. The condition of things did not
shall be no more. (Great applause.)
Mr. Speaker, I submit the following joint re
solution :
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That the thanks of this Con
gress be presented to Samuel T. Washington,
of Kanawha county, Virginia, for the present of
the sword used by his illustrious relative, Gerrge
' Copy of aletlcrfrom Col. Geo. C. Washington. |
Georgetown, January 31, 1843.
Dear Sir: I have before me your letter of
: the 30t!i ittsf., requesting me to give you any itt-
j formation in my possession in relation to the
j sword placed in your hands by Mr. Samuel T.
j Washington, (alleged to have been the service
sword of General Washington daring the Revo-
| lutionary War,) and which he has instructed
you, in his name, to present to the Congress of
the United States.
General Washington, by his will, made dispo
sition of his swords in the following words: “ To
“ each of my nephews, William Augustine
“ Washington, George Lewis, George Steptoe |
“ Washington, Bushrod Washington, and Satnu-
“ el Washington, 1 give one of the swords, or
“ couteaux, of which I may die possessed ; and
, “ they are to choose iu the order they are nmn-1
| “ ed. These swords are accompanied with an 1
" injuction not to unsheath them for the purpose
“ of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, j
“ or ill defence of their country and its rights;
“ and in the latter case, to keep them unshenth-
“ ed, and prefer falling with them in their hands
“ to the relinquishment thereof.’’
Two of these swords are in my possession,
being devised to tne, one by my father, William
I Augustine Washington, and the other by my
uncle, the late Judge Bushrod Washington.—
‘ The descendants of George Lewis and George
| Steptoe Washington, have two other of these
] swords, and that in yonr charge is without doubt
j the one which was selected by Colonel Samuel
| Washington.
My father was entitled to the first choice under
the will, but was prevented bv indisposition from
; attending at Mount Vernon when the distribu-
; tion took place, and Judge Washington selected
lor him the most finished and costly sword, with
which associations were connected highly com
plimentary to General Washington; but I often
heard my father say that be would have pre
ferred the sword selected by Col. Samuel Wash
ington, from the fact that it was used by the
; General during the Revolutionary war. I have
i at different times heard similar statements as to
I this fact made by Colonel Samuel Washington,
j Judge Washington, and Major Lawrence Lewis.
1 and I am not aware that it has been questioned
by any member of the family. The sword was
represented to me as being a couteau, with a
plain green ivory handle.
I entertain no doubt whatever as to the identi- ]
ty of this sword, aud hope that the information
1 have given may prove satisfactory.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant. I
G. C. WASHINGTON. |
lion. George W. Summers,
House of Representatives.
Statistics of the Methodist Episcopal Church.—
According to tbe general minutes uf the An
nual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, for the past year, terminating with the
Georgia Conference, it appears that tbe aggre
gate membership of this denomination, including
local, travelling and superannuated Preachers,
amount to one million thirty-three thousand two
hundred and sixty-four.
Considering that tins Church lias been organ
ized only about seventy-five years, it shows a
tremendous increase of numbers.
We subjoin (lie recapitulation of the several
| Conl’eiences :—Sav. Republican.
Trav. and Local
Total. Preachers
Alabama. 34.51G 422
Georgia 51,420 403
South Carolina... .58,580 356
Baltimore 00.370 440
Philadelphia 48,107
New Jersey 25.904....
New York 39,763....
Troy 20,186
Providence 13,401
New Hampshire.. .20,281
New England 15.918....
Pittsburg 43,011
Maine 24,733.
Black River 10,652
Erie 22,838
Oneida 20,139
Michigan 13.928
Red River 11,435
Genesee 30.701
N. Ohio.
Kentucky
Illinois
Ohio
Missouri.
Holston..
28,218
40,229
3(31
284
455
309
100
283
201
370
357
270
296
383
312
207
402
382
533
St. Louis, (Mo.) January 8.
A Hole in the Mississippi.— We are informed
that a party of men who were at work with a di
ving bell on the wreck of the General Fralte,
which was burnt and sunk in the Mississippi, on
the day previous to the shock of the earthquake
which took place on the evening of the 4th inst.,
report that on the 4th they reached the wreck in
about twenty feet water, but on the day follow
ing, upon descending to the same depth, the
wreck had disappeared. Search was made by
dragging along the bed ofthe river for a consid
erable distance, but no trace could be found of
the wreck, and, upon sounding, a depth of wa
ter was found in several places of from one hun
dred to one hundred and twenty five feet, and for
about one hundred feet Ions the bed no bottom
could be found ; t lie greatest dept It previously
known was from twenty to thirty feet. A bar
was also discovered in a pait of tbe river which
previously was deep water. It was the impres-
ion of the men in charge of the diving bell, that
the wrecs had entirely disappeared under the bed
of tbe river.
r l bis is the report, as we have it from persons
who say they received it from the man having
charge of the party and the bell ; but, as we have
not seen him, although we understand he is in
the city, we cannot vouch for its accuracy.
[ Republican.
poetry, besides the charm iuherent to the sub
ject, tbe aroma of the flowers lie loved. Here I
j may be allowed, without disgressing much, to
; speak of tbe harvest of roses which always draws
; to tbe fields where they are cultivated, near the
Hague, numerous visiters. In the month of
i May, nothing can be imagined more beautiful
! than the aspect of those rose fields. Tbe air,
] tilled with the sweet emanations, makes you
j aware of your approach to them, before you
I have come in sight of them, surrounded as they
are by thick live hedges, intended to guard the
I young buds from the inclement winds. An air
: of festival spread all around proclaims that this is
j no vulgar field-work. Huudreds ofyoung girls,
i tlressed as il for a village holiday, commeuce
tbe gathering with appropriate songs. The first
| time I witnessed this novel harvest scene, it
\ seemed like a dream ; 1 became doubtful wlieth-
! er I stood on Batavian ground; the etherial
| sweetness inhaled in every breeze, the earth cov
ered, as it were, with a green carpet embroidred
j with roses, tbe melodious voices of so many
! young and beautiful girls, would have indeed
j wafted the imagination to the milder regions of
i Greece or Italy, but that theaznre eves and gol-
: den hair of the pretty Rosieres, proclaimed them
ol Norman race. Those roses gathered in Hol-
i land, strange at it may appear, are shipped to
! Constantinople, destined to return to Europe so
The capture of Fisher has made some of the
Mexican Generals exceedingly fierce. One of
them has written to Santa Anna from .Matamo-
ros lor the loan of 14,000 men, with which to
overrun and subdue all Texas. Ir. costs him bn;
little to say he will do this, but it would put him
to some little trouble and inconvenience to tf.-‘
it.
By many it is thought that another invasion
ol Mexico will take place this spring, headed!'
Gen. Rusk. The inhabitants of tbe Eastern
counties, who have heretofore had cotnpaiatne-
ly little to do with the forays on tbe Western
borders, are said to be extremely anxious ton-'
Mexico, ‘armed and equipped as tbe law di
rects.’ A body of some 500 men, at all events,
is to be stationed along the frontier for its pro
tection.
According to the Mexican accounts of tbe
battle ol Mier, “four small brass guns" were
captured in that action. Col. Eisiter had no can
non, aud it is therefore likely the Mexican ac
count of their smallness is correct—they went
probably about the size of pistols!
All foregnets and disinterested persons at Mat-
arnoros represent the slaughter at Mier to have
been immense, and moreover, if Somervell it'd ;
marched with 800 or even 500 men, be certainly <
would have defeated Ampudia and taken .Mier j
and Ma tamoras—the latter place having contrib
uted all her forces to accomplish the capture of ;
Fisher and his party.
A brig from Bremen had arrived at Galvpston
with some sixty familes of emigrants, and it :s
said that large bodies ol Germans are settling a J
the interior—tlie very best citzens Texas could
have.
Mr. John Duncan, of Old Caney, has been V
very successful this year in the cultivation ot I
sugar, inducing many ofthe planters on the Co- '
concentrated by chemical art, that the perfume lorado and Caney to follow bis example.
ol ten thousand is often used by a lady to scent
her embroidered handkerchief.*—_Y. Y. Post.
n i he roses are packed up in largo hogsheads, in
alternate havers ol flowers and salt, and pressed with
great force. It appears that the salt does not destroy
the essential oil which contains the uroina ofthe lose.
Inoculation with the venom of Rattlesnakes.—Tn
the work called Life in Mexico, recently pub
lished, the fair author gives the following extra-
The Iron Queen, a British barque, had sailed j
from Galveston for Liverpool, with 928 bales'
cotton,
A small schooner, the Gen. Pike, was recen’-
ly lost near Galveston, and all on board pem u ‘ 1
ed. I ho bodies of Capt.' Webber, Cap. Clark- ■
formerly ot the steamer Correo, Henrv Coomb- «
and another not recognized, have been found-"
Jos. H. Au’d and a man named M’Connell were
also on board, one of whose bodies is still m
Behold how great a Matter a little Fire Idn- | ordinary account :
We have just been hearing a curious cir-
..30,320 555
..07,101 617
20.012...
39,271...
Tenncsee 32,176
Indiana 62,942...
North Carolina 22,861 —
Memphis 25.171
Virginia
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Libera Mission.
319
301
394
656
209
310
. 29,059 252
.10,022
. 18.582
. 2,795
.. 818
180
307
59
33
J dleth-—'Cite following is from the Providence
j American, an administration paper, of 1839, in
; which it is proved that General Jackson’s election
; to the Presidency was in consequence of a hog’s
! breaking into mischief in Cranston. Rhode Is-
| land a number of years ago. Tbe proof runs
I thus : General Jackson owes bis election to the
; victory of New Orleans; that victory depended
on the existence of a War; that War was declar
ed in the Nationatl Senate by a majority of one.
Jeremiah B. Howell, a member from Rhode Is-
i land, voted for the war.
Had Itis competitor, James Burriil, occupied
j his seat, lie would have voted against the war.
j Mr.*Howell was elected by the casting vote of
j the presiding officer ofthe Rhode Island Leg-
j islature. The tie was occasioned by the nb-
! sencc of a member belonging to the political par-
i ty of Burriil. lie was prevailed upon to absent
j himselt through the influence of an individual
! at variance with Burriil on account of a law suit
respecting the depredation of a hog; in which
! suit Mr. Bu trill was the prosecuting attorney.
I cuinstauce connected with poisonous reptiles,
i which I have heard for the first time. Here and
i all along the coast, the people are in the It,tb
it of inoculating themselves with the poison of
; tbe rattlesnake, which renders them sale from
; tbe bite ot all venomous animals.
“ The person to be inoculated is pticked with
! the tooth ofthe serpent, on the tongue, in both
! arms, and on various parts of tbe body ; aud the
j venom introduced into tbe wounds- Anerup-
tion comes out, which lasts a few days. Ever
after, these persoos can handle the most venom
ous snakes with impunity ; can make them
1 come by calling them; have great pleasnte in
| fondling them; and ilie bite of these persons is
poisonous! You will not believe this; but we
have the testimony of seven or eight respectable
merchants to the (act. A gentleman who break-
lasted here this morning, says that he has been
vainly endeavoring to make up his mind to sub
mit to the operation, as he is very much exposed
where he lives, and is obliged to travel a great
Jt is stated in one of the papers that no in-
exchequer bills will be issued until about tbe '
April next, when it is expected that et)gn" ;
bills of a small denomination will be issued ■
lieu ol those of llie denomination of -310, J-
and 350.
“ Infallible Cure for a Foundered Hors
your horse founders over night, in the morn •
take a pint of hog’s lard, put it in a ve-sel ; j
make it boiling hot, clean his hoofs well, sett-]
foot in (he lard. Heat it for each bool bo. -i
hot ; take a spoon an I put the fat over t he hoc I
as near the hair as possible, and he will be fit < •'J
use in three hours if it is done early in the niorr'l
ing. Itis Letter ro remove the horse's sboo I
but I have made several cures without. I It-' I
tried this on many horses during a period of r 1
ty years, and have never known it to fail.” j
se
S;
C
wl
tfa
by
1,021.328
Trav. Sc local Preachers 11,635
Superannuated do— 301
11,635
Had it not been for the bog. there would have deal on the coast; and when he goes on these
been no quarrel. Had there been no quarrel, i expeditions, he is always accompanied by his
Total 1,033,264
Revivals.—It is said that the additions to the
Methodist church in this city, Covington, and
neighboring places, is at least one thousand.
[Cincinnati Chron.
Mr. Burriil would have been elected; the war
would not have been declared, and the hero of
New Orle tins would never have been known to
one quarter of the people over whom lie was
chosen lo preside ! I !
According to James Hamilton’s letter to John
C. Calhoun, the victory of New Orleans cost the
United Slates five hundred millions of dollars.
This is going the whole hog!
Wealth of the Slate of New York.—According
to the Comptroller’s Report, the valuation of
real and personal estate in New \ ork, and the
- sums levied for County and State taxes, are as
follows:
Total value of real estate, 8504,254,029 00
Total value of personal estate, 110,595,223 00
servant, an inoculated negro- ,y ho has the pow
er of curing him, should ,ie bit, by sucking
the poison from the »onnd. He also saw this
negro cure the biteg' veu by an inoculated Judi-
an bov to a white boy, with whom he was light
ing, and who **-; s tbe stronger ofthe two. The
stories of tl ,<s Eastern jugglers, and their power
over the-“ reptiles, may perhaps be accounted
for in t ; ' ,s "ay- I cannot say that I should like
to )' jVe 50 much snaky nature transferred into
m, r ,. . . , , ~ irj composition, nor to live among people whose
The feud in the church of Scotland continues oite is venomous ”
Comfort for Abigail Folsom.—The ; H
lowing frets related by Mrs. Strickland, in ■ : ■
lite o! Queen Mary, show that it is not wiihi vj
precedent for women to be employed in otfn 1
stations. Site relates that tiie Queen *• Ini'
overcome the repugnance ofthe English tu
governed by a sovereign lady, was disposed
place Iter own sex in stations ofauthoritv>]
which there have been few examples befort
since. She made Lady Berkely. a justice
the peace for Gloucestershire, and Ladv K<'"j
she appointed of the Quorum of Suffolk. «
did usually sit on the bench at assizes and se^ I
siorts, among the other justices, cincta gladio' j
girt with the sword.”
and gains strength as it gets older. Dr. Cha' (
Growth of the Churches in Virginia.—It ap
pears from statistics recently published, that
about twenty thousand members were added to
the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Episco
pal Churches in Virginia, during the year 1842.
Aggregate valuation, $020,849,202 00
Amount of county and state taxes, 3,283,400 00
Amount of town taxes, 903,087, 39
tners, on behalf of the late convocation ofn ' 1 '
' intrusion ministers at Edinburgh, has addi sse< I
' a long memorial to government, which (Wchires
i their determination to relinquish the position of
j a church established by the state, mless they
, can maintain aud act upon the principles they
have avowed.
The Snow.—Accounts from every direct" 15 1
1 speak of the snow-storm of last Sunday as very -c j
vere. The quantity of snow which fell w as very
uniform, viz. about one foot. The storm extend^ j
over a vast expanse of land and sea, but in ]
Cure by Lightning.—In the same work the
following account is given of a case in which a , .
i . . i . present calculation we shall onlv include V'
flash of lightning was made to to play the partoi ; fc n g lan d, New York, New Jersey and Penrffvl'
Aggregate of taxes, $4,246,487 78
The state tax amounts to 620,676 34
Amount of town and county taxes $3,625,811 44
The number of acres af land assessed in the
whole state is 27.176,934.
what the doctors call a “ therapeutic agent.”
“At the village where the oars stopped, we
listened with much amusement to the story of a
fat, coinfortable-looking individual, who was
A Select Committee of the Legislature of cured by lightning in the following manner -•—
New York, has reported in favor of appropriating j He was in tlte last stage of a decline, when one
$3,000, for the purchase of a number of the cel- hot July morning, he was knocked down by a
brated engravings of the Pathology of Drunken- , thunderbolt, a ball of fire, which entered his side,
ness, to be posted up in sailing vessels of all ran all through his body, and came out at his
kinds, whether in sea, lake, or river, in order to
counteract the temptation of intemperence.
“ At the place where the ball made its gxit, a
vama. Tbe number of square miles in the*'
nine states is, according to a Gazeteer before u ?
164,340. The amount of snow- which fell up t>n |
this surface, supposing it to have average-) ] ^
foot in depth, was lour bilions, five hunJtf” |
and eighty-one thousand, fne hundred and <h ir '
ty-six millions, two hundred and fitfy-si.x th»u?'
ands of square leer. Piled up on a base
square mile in area, it would rise to a height*
more than 31 miles, which is nearly the beigb* g
of the earth’s atmosphere.—IV. Y. Jour, of to*’