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country Mrt*.! ! : i I i»mt dollars.
BATURDAV'MORNINO, OC’jV is. l«»5.
Th* ctusoof th* Greek* will t*c*iv« *d
tbl* auxiliary io Lord Cocbrane. Tho nn
Th* credit of originating th* |dMj*f «#«■
netting th* Weiterii Ltke* with tht Hud-
lb, tun. U dispute* .»d Jo.lomiei whkcn, 8°®- hw jpmerelly b*en*ttvtbu(ed
W* h.Vr receiWff * .communication on
. the aubject of * let* correspondence be-
’ tween Mr. Everett, ofMkssachuaetts, tnd .
gentlemen ofthi* stele, which we would
publish in thi. days peper, but it cm* too
itte for insertion.
Th. Election.—Retiiroe from fifty-six
counties her* been received, including * ver
bal report from Dectur, leaving but four
moretobeheerd from, vi«: Irwin, Telfair.
Early and War*. In preference to any cal
culation of our own we giro the following as m * n
probably moil correct.
Returos from 51 counties re-1 Troup Clark,
oeived at Milledgeville, k
give this result, J *424 6600
To which add the the following conoties not
included in this statement, viz.
Tattnall, >48
Glynn, 60
TVaj’ne, 2
Camden, 89
Decatur, (reported 00 to 90) 80
6R03 5600
Leaving the present majority in favor of
Troup, 1*03. The remaining counties are
considered to bo in favor of Clark. The ma
jority of Troop will probpbly .be from 700 to
1000.
A regular meeting of Council, was held on
Thursday. Very little, of importance, was
transacted. The folldwiug resolution was in-
traduced and adopted :
Resolved, That Aldermen Cummino, Har-
■is, and Williams, be a committee, to on-
quire if any nnd what measure, are advisable
for deepening Savannah River below the city,
in connection with the establishment of a
Naval Depot by the General Government.
The following citizens were drawl) City
'Constables, for the ensuing year :
Wiuhingtan Ward.—James S. Bulloch.
Warren Ward.—William Robe risen.
Greene Ward.—John Dugonor. \
Columbia Ward.—Peter Guerard. •
Reynolds Ward.—Lemuel Newcomb.
Aruon Ward.—Joseph Auze.
Darby Ward.—in. Taylor, Jas. Anderson.
Decker Ward.—Patrick M’Dermutt, J. B.
Jaudou. < •
Jackson and Brown Ward*—R M’Kinnon.
Liberty Ward.—Henry Champion.
Oglethorpe Ward.—D.S. Rolfe,D.O’Bryan.
Percival Ward John Starr.
Heathcote Ward.—John Fraser.
Franklin Ward.—John Guiimarlin.
’ Akin Franklin Ward.—P. Pendergrast.
■filbert Ward.—James Washington.
Tho Columbia, 8. C, Telescope, mentions
• report in circulation, that the<Bauk of Au.
gusta has failed or, is embarrassed, in conse
. quence of which the citizens of that place
have become afraid to receive its bills; to
which the editor adds hi. belief, that “ oo
, Bank in the United States is either better
managed, or more able to meet all demands
•gainst them.” Augusta lias do doubt sutler
ed severely by the unfortunate failure of the
speculations of the last season, hut it it only
just to say, that tho character here given of
the Bank of Augusta, it that entertained of it
io this slate. .We have beard of no embar
rassment in it. concerns, and believe there is
oo foundation for Hie reports alluded to. The
failure of individuals, and the consequeni
1 want of confidence among meu of business,
is a sufficient evil, without superadding a dis
trust of monied iosfitution'e, to which, io time
of mercantile distress, we naturally look for
relief. The reports of the different Banks,
which will be presented to the Legislature in
November neat, will shew their precise situs
tion up to the present time, which we hare no
dpubt will prore satisfactory.
Masonic.—The Installation of the Hon
Stephen Van Rensellaeraa Grand Master,
of the etatOjof New-York, has been celebra
ted with great pomp. A long address was
delivered by Past Grand Muter Clinton,
from which is extracted the following state
ment of the number of lodges in that state.
“Free masonry has flourished exceedingly
in-the United States, and especially in this
*>Ste. In 1781,* grand lodge was esta
blished in the city of New-York, under
oKartor from the grand lodge of England. A
four yearn afterward* an independent grand
lodge was instituted ; and there are now
in the state near five hundred lodges, and
met* than 1,000 chapters."
Th* Salem, N. J. Banking Company, have
offered {700 rewaid for the conviction of the
person who circulated the malicious report
oUMSraiftg that institution. The Directors
pledg* themselves to the public, that there
Bo just cause for alarm ; that the institution i,
io a prosperous condition, and tho company
fully able to meet every engagement with
the community.
fuve existed id that country between the
native leader*, add between thoee leaden
and the foreign officers engaged in their
“office, have no doubt retarded the esuse
materially. But, thus far, they have had
among them no officer whose chartoler.hu
been sufficiently distinguished, andwhq,h*e
sufficient ttlent to influence the r
conduct, or to direct measures of sufficient
importance to secure any valuable object
The Greoke want practical men—men ofen-
terpriie—not visionaries and enthusiasts,
whose effort* eveporate with tho first difficul
ties, which ere encountered. Of these they
have met with • sufficient number. Lord
Cochrano we cannot view in any other light
then that of a military adventurer^hut like
Captain Dttgsld Dalghetty, he will Aght ac
cording to the terms of bis contract, os
perieveringly and honestly os any other
and from hi* . talents and bra
very will do more service than any of
thoee who have thus for labored “ for the
emancipation of tho Greeks.” Hit means
will also, it is expected, be respectable
and judging frum the plan of operations,
as far as known, are such" as to promise
the most docisivo success—it is that ul
carrying the war into theenotny’s country,by
dismantling the Turkish fortresses qn the
Asiatic Coast, nod those on the European side
of the Straights and in the Islands, in laving
the open town* of the Turks under contribu
tion, and interrupting their commercial and
military communications. With such apian
conducted by Cochrane end competent
means, the best results may be .anticipated
to the cause of Greek freedom,
The publication of the North American
Review, No. XLIX. is announced in Bob
ton. Its contains:—A Rcvie,w of the claims
of the United States on 'Naples and Hoi
land; Lord Byron's character and writings;
Wayi'and’s Discourses on the Duties of an
American Citizen; English Common Law
Reports; Orphic Poetry ; Gold and .Silver
Mines in Mexico ; and critical notices of
Palfrey’s Historical Discojrscs ; Pdrkins’
History of the late war; Wrifford's Mer
smile Penmanship; Summary View of
America; Addresses before tho New-York
Academy of Fine Arts ; Bacon’s Plea tor
^Africa; Barnard’s Polyglot Grammar
Crafts’ Addjess before the Palmetto Socie
ty; and Blanco White’s Spanish Varieties,
The Lakes.—It has been stated that the
Board of British Surveyors, have bean epgng
ed two years in the survey of.the Luke Coun
try. ‘It now appears that lUdte surveyors,
under the direction of the British Board of
Admiralty, have been engaged ten years in
making surveys of the Lakes olon eeiini-
mencing with Lake Ontario, and ending
with Lake Superior, which was completed
during the present summer; the survey of
Lake Huron alone, occupied two years. The
importance attached to correct information
as to the Great Lakes between this, country
and Canada, by the British Government, may
be judged of by this expensive and laborieu
undertaking.
A society has been organized in Baltimore,
under the title of the “ Anti-Slav* Society.”
whose object is to obtain the passage of a
law, declaring that slaves born in Maryland
after the 4lh day of July, 1826, shall be free
the females at 21 or 25, and the males at 30
years of age. At the late election, the anti
slave party nominated Daniel Raymond, au
tlior of a work on political economy, as a can
didate for tho State Legislature, and support
ing him expressly for the purpose of proposing
and advocating such a law. The result
Hie electioa shews the opinion of the people
of Baltimore, upon this subject—the candi
dates elected receiving 3213 and 3122 vote
each, aud Mr. Raymond 624.
Caraccas papers to the 1st of September
announce the death at Valencia on the 12th of
August, of Captain John Dundas Cochrane
of the British Royal Navy. Captain Cucli
rane was well known for his various pedeririat
tours through Europe, and more especinll
for the thu publication of tm jouroey through
European and part of Asiatic Russia. He
died universally regretted, and was attended
to his grave by a numerous retinue of hi
eountrymeo, and the inhabitants of Valencia
verneur Clinton ,To hjepenevpi
industry, the stele,of New-Yorki i*
The preparations for celebrating the com
pletion of the Grand New-York Canal, arc
an a scale suited to the magnitude of the
occasion. Among the arrangements it
determined to fire a salute from 24 and 32
pounders, to bo stationed siting the whole
line of the eenal from Buffalo to Albany,
(360 miles) which is to be immediately re.
turned from Albany to Buffalo, making
line of fire of more then seven hundred miles,
This, it is said, has no parallel in the histo
ry of salutes. All the cijies and villages
along the canal and the Hudson, are invi
ted to partake, and are miking the most
extensive arrangements for the occasion
as the host with appropriate decorations,
and loaded with the produce of the west,
posies to New-York from Buffalo. In the
city of New-York every thing it in motion
to give eclat to the event.
ice and
i great
end of each generator, and o* opposite sides
of tit* furuse*, is attached » small forcing
PN»m two and * half inches in diameter,
•tffi snout eight inch** ra length. On the
top of th* furnaou is • small copper 'reser
voir, containing a few gallons of Water, with
tub* leading from eaah side of it,' which
degree indebted for tho cqi»p!et|oi| of the ionM*,!*, vrfth tho pump.. The fi/rnecn
great work t but there cannot bp I danbi
that the idea originated with the ||* Oo-
vernor Morris of, tbit state, whop* letters,
ae csrly ** the year 1800, speak juftfiejilau
as one which Would be carried istp effect.—
The following anecdote is related in the
New-York Amerioan, which shews what s
strong hold this project had,'taken upon his
mind.
On his return from a jotWney he met at
Utic* with Mr- Broadhead, then and how
resident there, to whom while walkin'; a
long the banks of Wood Creek, Mr. Morris
suddenly put (his question
Can you, M'r.Broadhead, inform me of the
probable summit’ level between the wators
of Lnke Erie and those of the Hudson ? I
cannot, was the reply; but why do you ask?
I wish to ascertain, said Mr. Morris, in ol
der to a plau for bringing the waters of
Lake Erie into the Hudson. Upun 'Mr.
Broadhead’s expressing his doubts m the
feasibility of such a project, and truatitig it
as very visionary, Mr. Morris rejoined em-
phalically—Sir,you are wrong; you will
live to see tho day. when this communication
will be effected.—And Mr. Broadhead does
live to see it.
The Ohio Canals are constructing with
ipirit and energy which promise their com
pletion at an earlier day than the moatsangu
ine could have anticipated a few months ago.
The section of the Miami Canal, on which
ground was first broken by Governors Clin
ton and Monnow, on the 21st of July last, is
said to be already completed in a substantial
and handsome manner.
The work already done, and that’ under
contract will cost considerably less than the
original estates.
Commissioners have been appointed by tin
eitizens of Indiana, interested in the project
for the pnrpose of adopting measures to exam
ine into the practicability of cutting a canal
from Lawrenceburg. Ja. to Fort Wayne in
Ohio. The commissioners met at Brookville
on Hie 28(h August, and passed a number of
resolutions, in which they state, that aver;
fair prospect exists of obtaining the means of
performing the work from eastern capitalists
they have employed two gentlemen to pro
ceed to survey, locate and estimate the ex
pense of a canal on that rpatc; which expeuse
is to be paid by subscription from the citizens
residing in the counties through which the ca
nal may pass.
The affaire of the Eagle Bank at New
Havens have created considerable attention
in Connecticut and the city of New-York.
on account of tho large amount of its notes
in circulation, and the pecuniary interest of
i he former in it; and some do not scruple
to say, that the failure is a speculation
buy up its notes at a discount. Of su much
importance is the failure of this institution
considered, that it is said to be the intern
tion, unless a satisfactory statement be pub
lislied by its officers, to call an extra session
'fthe Legislature to deliberate upon the
matter.
Public Debt.—On the first day of this
month 6,187,006 dollars of the principal oi
the public Debt were paid off and extin
guished—being all that remained of the six
per cent, stock of the year 1812. Tiie ori
ginal loan was {8,134,700.
Nxw Post-Offices—From the 1st of
July to the 30th of September, sixty-five
new Post-Offices have been established in
the different states. The following are
those established in Georgia—Fort Valley,
Crawford County ; Hickory Grove, Henry
Harmony Grove,Jackson; Madison Springs,
Madison.
Steam Boats.—A Cincinna’i paper of
the 12th ult. states that there are nearly
thirty steam boats, including those building
and repairing, within the bounds of that
place, carrying about 5000 tons. They are
principally const ructed of red ceder, locust,
and mulberry, which prove more durable
than any other species of wood.
Babcock’s Steam Engine.—The Provi
dence Patriot publishes the following des
cription of this improvement, in the boat
recently built in New Port, R.I. Ifit proves
effectual, ss it is believed at tho North it
will, it is certainly a most important improve
ment in steam navigation :
The invention of Mr. Babcock, which
will probably supecede the necessity of a
boiler to the steam enginse, consists merely
has turn ffre places, the one shove, the' oth
at below the tubes—its extreme outside
length is eight feet—its height tnd width
each tbraq gnd a half feet. The pumps ere
worked, by Jong levers, aittched to the cross
head, so arranged ss to move them alter
nately, and they can be made to inject from
s half to four cubic incheaof wator at once
—the wbolo of which, after performing its
duty in tho cylinder, is saved by js conden-
-— To set the engine in routing, a fire is
in converting water into steam at the in
atant it is wanted, by allowing it to come in
contact with hat iron. To effect this, two
generators are used, formed of iron tubes,
vast in lengths of three and a half feet, of
five inches internal diameter, and an inch
aud a half thick ; these ere made to.tra.
verse afurnace horisontally, in two rows,
and are fourteen in number; the lower eev
en are connected with each other by caps,
and a steam pipe leads from the end of the
lest one into the lower part of the cylinder
of a high preeenre engine ; the upper seven
are connected in the same manner, end a
steam pipe leads from them into tiie upper
part ot the samp cylinder- At the upper
kindled in the furnace, and when the gen
orators are sufficiently heated, an, injection
is made, by hand, With . one of the pumps,
(we will suppose into the lower generators)
is water is instantly converted into steam
Aa valve is opened to admit it intii the low
or part of the. cylinder, epd the (piston is
driven upt an injection it then made by tire
other pump, into the other generator—a
••alvu is opened in the top nf the j cylinder
and the piaton is driven down The engine
then, without further assistance, Snntinues
to operate with unabated vigor, dnd with
perfect equality. The injection made into
the generators, now injoperation, is at must
but four cubic inches: the cylinder of the
engine, to which they are attached, -is ten
inches in diameter; the length of the stroke
of the piston is throe and a half feet, and it
i* calculated to be a ten horse power, tins’
l varies in proportion to the quantity of
water injected. The principle, upnn which
the generators are constructed, is an evi
dent one; but the heretofore insurmounta
ble obstaclo has been, that they cooled so
fast, by the constant injection of the water,
that the requisite steam power could not be
obtained by them; this is now completely
overcome by using two generators instead
of one, and having the injection pumps ar
ranged as to work alternately, that while
the water is forced into one generator, the
other lias time to regain its expended coin
ric; and here consists the great merit of
the invention—and the merit is the greater
because, I hough so simple, it has been cn
tirely overlooked. We have been ourselves
repeatedly witnesses of the perfect success
of tiie operation; and the generators, so fur
from being cooled, are with ease and cele
rety rondo to acquire the requisite degree
of temperature, evn when the engine has
commenced working with them at a low
tenreei attire.
The economy of Ihe substitution consists,
not only in space and weight, hut in both
wood and water, Had they not succeeded in
the engine to which they were attached, ii
would have been necessary to have supplie.l
their place by a boiler, twenty-two feet.ni
least, mlength ;the saving of force and wriglil
is,therefore, three-fourths of what it would hav
been on the old plan; and instead uf a cor 1
of wood, which would have been consumed io
four hours, there is now used but two feet in
Hie same spuoe of time—the saving in the
wood is. therefore, throb fourths; and last, bill
most important, instead of a condensed mass
of scalding vapour, constantly threatening
dentil and destruction, there is now used but
the small quantity of steam that can he gen
erated from four cubic inches of water—and
the simplest, the cheapest, and Ihe most pow
erful, hut heretoforejdreaded.high pressure en
gine is made perfectly safe id its use and oc
cupation. We do not say that it is absolutely
impossible for Hie generators to burst, but
were they to do so, no person could be injured,
unless by a piece projected from it. and then
so carelessly must lire | iave been constructed,
Hint n jury of the country could hardly help
convicting their maker of premeditated man
slaughter. . As the public rre apt to judge of
the success of ao experiment more from ap
pearances than examination, we are sorry
that Hie boat did not move ivitli Hie velocity
that was anticipated—but the fact is, that Ihn
engine was .intended to move paddles of but
12 feet in diameter, instead of which, by an
alteration in (lie boat, it became necessary to
substitute paddles of 15 feet; ul it is, they re
volve 17 limes in a minute, earning the boat
full seven miles in au hour—while llio Cler
mdnt, FnltonV first boat, went scarcely five
miles iii (he same time. It should be remem
bered, too, that by first applying theinveulinn
to the propelling of a vessel the most difficult
method has been chosen of testing its power;
and yet. with the peculiar obstacles it has had
to encounter, we are assured not a doubt can
exist with regard to it in the mind of any one
at all conversant with the matter. Wo be
lieve another eia is about to take place in
steam enginery, that will rank the name of
Babcock with the illustrious one of Watt.
The following address was delivered by
Commodore Stewart atthe dinner given in
Philadelphia.
“ In receiving the honor you have this
day conferred on me, my valued friends and
fellow citizens. Icon only regret that a more
distinguished Oceanian has not presented it
self to render me more worthy of your pater
nal and generous feeling.
“ I acknowledge, for F truly feel myself
at a loss, for language to express the grati
tude with which this occasion fills me, and
the deep sensibility it excites.
“ However, I may lament the want of
power to add to the glory of my native lend
by some bright end eminent service, I trust
that no event of my life will ever be found
to stain my own character, or injure my
country’s tame. This has been the princi
pal aim and object of my past effort;,and will
he tny guide in future. The career which
destiny has marked for me, is not unatten
ded with danger to the best intentions ;—
my paths have been beset with difficulties,
often perplexing, end sometime* perilous.
To have always escaped from error, would
he asking too much from one so conscious
of his deficiencies as I am. I shall contin
ue to trust in tne support of a divine Provi-
donce; sincerely endeavoring on my part
to keep the courae of rectitude. and to avoid
every tiling which can lesson the cordiality
and esteem now manifested by my early
and faithful friends.”
Tub CoMET.-The Comet which is now
visible is called Encke’s Comet in honor of
ilhe astroner of that name, Director of the
Dical Observatory at Beeberg, who diecov-
-ered ite true orbit in 1819. The Anapolis
Republican says—“ Its periodical revolu
tion is 1205 days—it wes observed in t786.
1796, 1805,1819, and 18*2. Dr. Bowditch
observes in his account of its appearance in
1822, that if the comet should pass the pe-
rehilion between the monthe of October end
February, it would be visible in our nor
thern climate, but if in an opposite season of
the year, it would not be visible her*. He
, i 1; '. ■ ' .
likewise remarks, concerning; the extreme
difficulty of determining the time and place
of it* appearance.
In a lata Paris Rente Entjclnpeditpie, a
ounparatire view it taken, by M. Moreau d»
Jonnes, of tbs commerce of the U nited States.
France tod Great Britain. The annual ex
ports of thii.epuntry amount to 463 millions
and 991 thousand franos, and the whole of >■,
annual commercial transactions amount to 3,-
279 million^nd 991.thousand francs. The
annual export* of France amount to 481 mil
lions and 50 thousand francs, and ihe Whole of
i>a annual “ commercial relations” to 7,323
millions and 810 thousand franos. The annu
al exportations of the British kingdom* a-
mount to 1140 million! and 460 thousand
franos. and the whole of their annual com
mercial transactions to 10,496 millions and
125 Ihonsand francs. A franc is equal to a
bout 18 and three-fourth* cents.
that, under this assumption. maK 1 ’^
•yebeeu told, ti^ I
. - rerno _„. t
to be disbursed out oftfiefod^'J™ I
an immense influence to be ^
through:,ui the country; that this
day to be made t great fulcrum, for * I
ing in a moat material degree the , er _ t I
ciple* of the government; and th„ •’** I
themselves to be tempted, by the J^l
of sharing the loaves and fishes, ,,, ^ I
the theory of the couatitution K Suoh ^ I
ferent views ere now taken of this „I
of Internal Improveneut, from' wSf*** 1
entertained in the day. of Henry
Virginia Convention Enquirer. ° *• |
A deputy from the Provincial Congress
of Chihuahua, has come to thiscountry with
a letter add reseed to our government from
ihe Governor of New Mexico, urging the
United States to co operate with the Tatter
power in putting an end to the Indian rob
herie8 and murders which so frequently
take place between Missouri and Mexico.—
'Phis gentleman proposes to reside with us
about twelve months, to make himself ac
qunimed with tiie laws, customs and civil
institutions uf our country. Chihuahua,
formerly a province in the central part of
Mexifin, called the Intendency of Durango
has nmv become an independant state.—
Tiie official pnpers bear the characteristic
motto of the free, sovereign and indepen
dent state of Chihuahua. It contains by
estimation one hundred and twenty nine
thousuud, two hundred nnd forty Seven
square miles, and its populntinn is rated ai
one hundred and fifty nine Lhnusnnd, seven
hundred. Dnn Manuel Simon De Escudero.
the gentleman shove spoken of, was a large
loser by tiie audacious robbery which the
Osagea cominited a short time ago, and of
which we have heretofore given an areountr
Among ether sufferers ho has verified his
loss, and laid in his claim before the Super
iutendnnt General Clark, who will dnnhtles
exert all the power of hia office to procure
complete indemnification.
Baltimore American.
Chili.—By the ship Eagle,Capt. Morrill,
arrived here yesterday in 92days from Val
paraiso, we have advices to the 23j June
Tiie U S schr. Dolphin had sailed a few
•lays before that date for Cnqititnbo. The
frigate United States left Coquimba for A
rica about the middle of June. Flour a'
Valparaiso on ihe 23d June was at {5 per
barrel, nn hoard—markets overstocked with
very kind of produce. A number of ves
sels had arrived during the m. nth of June
with Flour, but could not sell, and proceed
ed to leeward—there were no vessels at
Cnpiapo on the 12th July, when the Eagle
sailed. The Achiliis, Spanish sloop of war,
had been risen upon by her crow, and
brought into Valparaiso. The British. 74.
Cambridge, sloop of war L’l'colo, and a
French sloop of war, were at Valparaiso.
In addition to the foregoing, we learn that
a passenger in the Eagle reports that the
northern section of Chili, including Cnquiin-
bo, had seceded from the Chil on republic,
in consequence of dissatisfaction at the pro.
coedings of the Congress. We have en
deavored. but without success, to gain fur-
t her particulars.—Had. Amer. blit Oil.
Steam tflmignlion in the Weit Indiet—The
prospectus of Captain Hall’s steam-boat vs
t iblisliment (noticed in our last) has reached
G. Britain, aud L not without interest. The
vessels are to be of large dimensions, and ele
gantly filled up, with separate apartments,
and female attendants for ladies, their own
servants being generally sea sick. Tiie cap
ital required is 100,0UIM in 50/ shares. It is
expected that these vessels will sail, from is
land to island, at the rate of twelve miles an
hour. The following is au extract from the
prospectus:—
“ The rapidity and comfort of steam navi
gation is such as to supercede all other nodes
of conveyance for passengers and goods; and
a voyage, instead of being dreaded as it npw
is will be undertaken as a party of pleasure,
where the iuvilid will have an opportunity of
trying a tour of tkeislnnds for the benefit of
his health,(which before he had not,) that may
prevent the necessity of a voyage to England.
The deck will be as large as that of a frigate,
Hie awnings always spread, and it will always
he cool in the calmest weather, from tiie
draught oansed by the rapid motion of the
boat, which, with a fair wind, will be from
ten to twelve miles per hour.
The boat will always be upright, and navi
gate su near to (he shore, under the lee of the
land, that many persons will be induced to
take at our of the islands for Hie beauty of Hie
scenery, which cannot be exceded any where
in the world, particularly among the Virgin
Isles, where the water is as smooth as a lake.
Tiie warm-baths at Nevis, also, offer au in
ducement to travellers, which, no doubt, will
heti-ited on account of their medicinal prop
erties, when invalids can get there with any
degree of comfort.” '
(v-The building and fitting upnf steam-ves
sels, both for home and foreign service; now
constitutes s great portion oftlie ship buil
ding toaile of this port; and there are. at
present in the Brunswick dock and else
where, a number of elegant vessels receiv
ing on board their engines and boilers, the
latter of which are of astonishingmagnitiide
and strength, tnd are constructed upnn the
best principles for safety and the economy
and powerful application of fuel.
8teambosts are also, it would it appear
from the Demtrara Gazelle of the 4th July,
about to be established on the coast and ri
vers of that colony, and the most sanguine
expectations of their utility, ee well as com
fort, are entertained. The fuel used by
these vessels will, of course, be either wood
or charcotl, of which abundance may he had
at a cheap rate in almost every part of these
colonies.—A". Scotia Paper.
Mao MaaRiLias.—We extract the u I
lowing particulars of Jean Gordon tin, c 1
sie. (tie Meg Mvrrilies of •• Gu y iff, V
ing”) from a work, just published «
bUr £. of nti *i *» **' , “ u,tr lia , ion* of the
verly Novels.”
It is well known that the great Patrick
Henry was alarmed by the tendency of the
federal constitution towards consolidation.
The powers over the puree and the sword,
he eeid. were gone; and what would be left
to the States? “To all theenmmon purposes
of legislation (he exclaimed,) it it a great
consolidation of government. You are not
to have the right to legislate in any hut tri
via leases.—.'Whatshall the Statea have to
do?” In answering thi* important injerro-
gatory, it would now appear, that there wes
a concession of power which bed escaped
even his prophetic vision.—' What shell the
States have to do ? Take cere of the poor.
repair and main highways erect bridges, and
urinations of the \y J
of the Scottish Gipsies, and w, a ' pola
toaGipmrChlef, named P.tfii’M
whom the had ten or twelve child. '', V
the year 1714, one of Jean’s soIt ln ,
Alexander Fee. was murdered bj
Gipsy,, named Robert Johnston; who^
edthe pursuit ofjUBttce for nearly ten vs„
but was then taken and indicted bv his
jcsty’s advocate for the crime. Ho 2
sentenced to be executed, but escaped frJ 1
prison. It was easier, however, to esc i» I
■ he grasp ot justice than to elude thu w„
spread talons of gipsy' veil sun; c.
Gordon traced the murderer like a
hound, followed him to Holland, and fi,,n I
thence to Ireland, where alio hod him , 01 ,
ed, and brought him back to Ji dbureh — I
Here she obtained the full reward of|„i
toils, by having him hanged oo the Gallow-
hill. Sometime afterward*, .lean bci,,,.
Sourhupe, a sheep-farm on Bunnumt-witei I
tho good man »uid to her, “ Wecl, Jc H '
ye hne got Rob Johnston linuggtuj *t | M ’
end out o’the way ?’ ‘Ay, gudomau, I
plied Jean, lifting up herapruu by'.Uwtiw
corners.’ • and u’ that fu’ o’gowj) bug,
douc’t.’ Jean Gordon’s apron ‘lu’ o’ gam-
may remind some of our readers or |U i
Merrilies* poke of Jewels ; sntfi i»d»5
the whole transaction forcibly reaalis v_.
stum picture of that intrepid heroine.
The circumstance in Guy Maltnerint,
of Browu being indebted to Meg Murrilia
for lodging and protection, when lie lu.i u
way near Derncleugh, finds a remarlnkj
precise counterpart in an-anecdote related
of Jean Gordon A farmer, with wl„n
she bad formerly been on good terms, thi
their acquaintance had been interrupted
for several years, lost his way, and wasbr-
nighted among the mountains nt'Che viol-
Alight glimmering through site hole of i
desolate barn, that had survived the fans
house to which it once belonged, guide!
him to u place of shelter. Ho knocked u
the door, and it was immediately openedbj
Jean Gordon. To meet with such a chor-
actor in so so solitary a place, and probsbll
at no great distance from her clan, was i
terrible surprise to the honest man, whose
rent, to loso which would have been ruin w
him. was about his person; 1 Jean set opt
joyfui shout of recognition, C-renil the fan
mer to dismount, and, in the zeal of her
kiudess, hauled him into the barn. Great
preparations were making tor supper, which
the gudemanofLuchside to increase bum a-
iety, observed was calculated for at least a
dozen guests. Jbun soon left him no dimlit
upon the subject, but inquired wlist money
he had about him, and made eurneri reip.ei
to lie made his purse-keeper fur the mghi,
as Ihe * batmt' would soon be home. Thu
f io >r farmer made a virtue of neccssily, loll
iis story, end surrendered his gold to Jean’s
custody. She made him put a low iliilliuv*
in his pocket, observing, it would excite
suspicion were he found travelling alloy.:-
tiler pcunylesa. This arrange meat brui;
made, the farmer lay dnwu on a sun »f
ahakcd'iwii, upon gome sliuw, but. sx hill
easily tin believed, slept nnt. About irti-l-
night the gnng returned with various srli>
clcs of plundpr, and talked over their ex
ploits that made the farmer tremble.
They were not long in discovering their
guest, and demanded of Jean whom hud
there? • E’un the winsome gudenian n’
Lnchside, poor body,’ replied Jeon; ‘he’s
been at Newcastle seeking for siller to pay
his rent, honest men, but tie’ll bts-licket lie's
been able to gather in, aud sae he’s gnnn
e’en htmewi’a loom purse,ami a sair hear! •
That may be Jean.’ replied one of tho ban
ditti, but we maun ripe his pouches ■ bit,
and see ifit be true or no.’ Jean set up hor
throat in exclainaiion against tliia breach of
hospitality, but without produiing any
change in their determination. The fir
mer soon heard tliuir stifled whixpers iM
light steps by his bed side, and understood
thoy 1 were rummaging his clothes. Wh««
they foud the money which the providon
of Jean Gordon bed made him ntain, tiny
held a consultation ifthev should take it at
nnt; but the smallness or the booty and the
vehemence of Jean’s remonstrances, deter:
mined them in the negative. They csroos.
ed and went to rest. So soon as day
ed, Jean roused her goest, produrrd hit
horse, which she had accommodated behind
the Italian, and guided him for some mile*
till he was on the high road to Lochsidc.—
She then restored his whole property—w*
could his earnest entreaties prevail on her
to accept so much as a single guinea.
It is related that all Jean’s «nns were con
demned to die at Jedburgh on the same day-
It it said the Jury were equally divided, Mi
a friend to justice, who had slept during tb»
discussion, waked suddenly, and gave ™
word for condemnation, in the emplul*
words, “ hang them a’.” Jesn ”*» ,P r “*"S
and only said, “ The Lord help the innocent
in s day like this.”—Her own death was *e
companied with circumstance* of brulu
rage, of which Jean was in many ve’P**"
wholly undeserving. Jesn bed among »tn*
demerit!, or merits, font of being a
Jacobite. She chanced to be at Carlisle np-
on a fair or market day, soon after Ipn | '** r
1746, where she gave vent to her poMtiiral y*<r
tialitv. to the greet offence of the ™ bw *"
that city. Being aealons of their toy*ltJ>
when there wns no danger, in proporone ,
Ihe tameness with which they inrrenderen
the Highlanders in 1745. they inflicted npo* ,
poor Jean Gordon no slighter penalty time
that of ducking her to death in the Eden-
was an opera! km of some time (Jeep .. -
was a stout woman, and struggling hard
her mnrderecs.often got her head above warn, ,
and while she had voioe left; ""•‘“''".T
exclaim, *t such intervals, “Lhartw yet ...
Charlie yet ?” *
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