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Literary Intelligence.
DOMESTIC.
Politics aside, our literary productions h&ve
been underated by the critics of Europe. In
tiie political department, wc have produced some
of the first specimens of composition, both in
style and matter. We challenge the European
politicians to show us one piece that is superior
to the Declaration of American Independence,
the Farewell Address of Washington, fir the In
augural speech of Jefferson. We challenge him
to produce finer specimens of composition than
many of the State Papers of the Old Congress.
We have just published the diplomatic Corres
pondence and other papers of our government,
from the admini-tration of Washington down to
that of Madison, in 10 octavo volumes; afid
we defy the statesmen of the old world to 'shew
us a more masterly series of state papers pro
ceeding from any of their courts. In the nego-
ciations at Ghent, the British Commissioners had
the advantage of consulting their ministers, who
unquestionably dictated many of their letters :
but what American can read the correspondence
without being struck with the superiority which
distinguishes his countrymen ? Sir James Mc
Intosh, who is writing a history of British affairs
from the commencement of the American to
that of the French revolution, has turned his at
tention to the State Papers of the Old Congress ;
which he has pronounced superior to any he has
ever perused. He has done us justice ; though
go many others have been so fur blinded bv en
vy or prejudice as to deny us the merit to which
we are entitled.
The Edinburgh Review has on this subject de
parted from its usual liberality. It declares that
Federal America has done nothing, either to
extend, diversify, or embellish the sphere of hu
man knowledge. Though all she has written
were obliterated from the records of learning,
there would, if we except the works of Franklin,
be no positive diminution either "f the useful 01
agreeable. The destruction of her whole liter
ature would not occasion so much regret as we
feel for the loss of a few leaves from an ancient
classic.” No sentiment we have ever read is
more illiberal than this sweeping denunciation,
provided the Reviewer has seen all, or the great
er part, of what we have done in the literary
war. It is this ignorance, however, that, in
part accounts for the illiberality.—Rich. Comp.
It must be gratifying to the friends of luiman-
itv to learn any tlnng that has a tendane v to a-
meliorate the condition of the species, or lift it
from moral and intellectual darkness, into the
happy light and sunshine of civilization and the
gospel—With this view, the gospel of St. Mark
has been translated into the Mohawk language by
the late celebrated Indian chief Brandt; and the
gospel of St. John by captain Nortor, of Upper
Canada; and the American Bible Society have
ordered an addition of 1000 copies of each to be
published and distributed among the six nations.
Mr. John A. Paxton, of Philadelphia, has noti
fied the public of his intention soon to publish a
new Gazetteer of the United States, or Geogra
phical Dictionary—a work in which he has been
engaged for a considerable time. Mr. P. requests
the assistance of gentlemen who may feel (lispo-
sed to favor him with the geography of different
sections of the country.
We learn that the author of those excellent and
.popular essays which have appeared in the Con
necticut Courant for the last two or three years
under the head of “ The Brief Remarker,” is pre
paring to collect and publish the whole -eries in
a volume. They are from the pen of the llev’d
Ezra Sainpsotq of Hudson, author of the Histo
rical Dictionary, and that highly valuable little
work, the Beauties of the Bible. Mr. Sampson
is a scholar of the first order; and though far
advanced in life, yet the energies of his mind
remains unimpaired. The style of his writings
is always chaste and classical, and the senti
ments pure.
Dr. Eichhoff, of Dresden, has completed, and
is about to publish a History of all the European
Sovereigns that have been put to death from the
time of Charlemagne to the reign of Louis xvi.
\ Dr. Robertson, at Paris, claims to have been
the inventor of the Kaleidoscope, many years
ago.
CHEMICAL.
A lamp, without visible flame ol- smoke, has
been invented by sir Humphrey Davie, and intro
.duced in several parts of Great Britain. The
chief component parts are alcohol and a minute
platina wire, about the 60th part of an inch in
diameter, coiled into a cylindrical shape, and
probably containing 17 or 18 turns. The alco
hoi keeps this wire steadily iguited, so that by
means of a delicate sulphur match, a candle can
be lighted or fire obtained whenever needed.—
The invention is curious, and useful, particular
ly where light may be occasionally required in
the night.
Dr. F. Porter, of Easton, Pennsylvania, has
discovered a preparation capable of producing
light without any sensible heat. This is one of
the grand desideratuins for which Franklin and
Newton sought in vain.
Copy of a letter to the Editor of the New-Orleans Ga
zette, dated Mobile, July 22,1818.
“ Sir—Before this letter reaches you, you will
have seen the result of it town-meeting which
had been convened at this place in consequence
of lieutenant Beall having removed the county
jail from a public lot of ground.
Having been an eye witness to every occtlr-
ence which lias taken place from the commence
ment of this affair to the end ol it, I am enabled
to give you a correct and impartial -statement
the tvhole transaction.
Gn the 9th inst. lieutenant Beall addressed a
note to A. Robeshow, esq. chiet justice of the
quorum, stating that the jail had been erected
upon the public hospital lot of the United States,
and that it must be removed—to which the chiel
justice replied that the jail had been placed on
that lot by order of the county court, and that
he could not order it to be taken off.
On the 11th inst. lieutenant Beall addressed
another note to Mr. Robeshow,stating that he re
gretted that there appeared no disposition on the
part of those concerned to comply with the requi
sition contained in his note of the 9th: that the
public hospital lot had been placed under the spe
cial charge of the military officer commanding
Fort Charlotte and its dependencies, that the
county court had no authority to place a jail on
that lot. nor had it any thing to do with military
or public property, that he regretted his first com
munication had not been acted upon and called
Mr. Robeshow’s immediate attention to it, as the
only means of superseding the necessity ot his
having to perform an unpleasant duty—to this
note no reply was ever made.
Lieutenant Beall then called upon one nr two
of the justices of the county, and reported to
them that he should be obliged to remove the jail
by force unless they should have it done amica
bly—they still turned a deaf ear to his repre
sentations.
Lieutenant Beall having found that all furthei
remonstrance was in vain, notified the civil au
thority that he should proceed on Tuesday the
14th inst. at 10 o’clock in the morning, to remove
from the premises the jail aforesaid, and request
ed those concerned to take care of the criminal,
and of three or four runaway negroes who were, - - , . . . ,
confined therein, or to authorise him to place them thc tulellt9( acquired
in the tort. . . , culiar qualifications of the coiules
Accordingly at the day and hour appointed,
lieutenant Beall, with a detachment of United
States’troops, in an undress and without arms,
repaired to the public lot of ground and commen
ced the removal of the jail. After having taken
off the roof and being about to throw off tiie logs
composing the main body of the building a mtin-
Fire Wood Wanted On the Western Waters.
T HE steam-buat company are desirous of con
tracting for a regular supply of Wood, to
be ordered for the use of the steam boats the en
suing season, at convenient landing places on
Oconee and Altamaha rivers. The wood must be
of pitch pine, cut from the bodiesof large trees
of nigh land growth, and well seasoned.—Light
wood would be prefered. Persons willing to con
tract for the delivery at one or more landings,
will send their proposals, specifying the rate per
cord, and the name of the landing, its estimated
distance from Darien, Milledgevillc. or some
public place. The proposals to be addressed ei
ther to Joseph rlutchinsbn, treasurer, at Augusta
or to Richard Wayne, Havannah.
SAMUEL HOWARD.
to armg, and to deeds of bloodshed and horfor,
was an unwarantable attack upon our most sa
cred rights and privileges as American ciuzens :
that his conduct in parading through the streets
with his music and detachment, thus causing
the inhabitants to assemble at the said jail, and
there turning the arms of his country against our
peaceful and unarmed citizens and threatening
to fire upon them, and actually ordering ins sen
try to tire, were acts which we dcpricate with
feelings of horror and indignation—acts which
disgrace the character of an otlicer ol the Amer
ican army. .
Resolved, That we detest the. infuriate pass-tons
of a mob, though they might have hurled ven
geance on the heads of those who dared to a-
rouse them : that we will app al to the compe
tent authority, for the enjoyment of that sacred
boon of our constitution, tliat “ the military be
subordinate to the civil power.”
After which, Addin Lewis, John King, jun.
Samuel II. Garrow, II. II. Rolston, II. V. Cham
berlain, Alvin Rnbeshaw-j and Thomas Powell,
were appointed to draft a memorial to the presi
dent of the United Statespn the occasion.
The same paper contains the following note
from It. Beall :—
Lieut. Beall requests a suspension of the pub
lic opinion, in reference to the discharge ol his
late unpleasant duty, until a proper investiga
tion can take place. * In the mean time, howev
er, let it be understood, that the ground upon
which the county jail had been temporarily erect
ed, was thc public hospital lot ut the U. States.
Modest>i.—It is customary among those of our
southern and wo-tern neighbors, who entertain
exalted notions of their own superior talents and
qualifications, and who leel an itci.ing for office,
in true English style, to offer themselves as can
didates for Such offices as best suit their fancy.—
This mode, while it displays to advantage the
superior patriotism and sell-devotedness of the
candidate, is supposed to he preferable on ano
ther account. It operates much in the same way
as a labor-saving machine, as it relieves the pub
lic from all the trouble and expense of caucuse
conventions, electioneering printing, whiskey,
etc. etc. The usual wav of announcing one
willingness to bind himself out as a servant to the
people, is to make a publication in the uewspa
t forth to the greatest possibh
meats, and pe
culiar qmiiincations ot me condescending appli
cant. This is always done with the signature of
the candidate, if he is so fortunate as to be able
to write bis name. This, however, is not always
the case, and the difficulty is then overcome by
employing a schoolmaster or village attorney to
write the address, t-> which the candidate affixes
his mark—a thing which any one can do. In ad-
fle, musket, swivel and seine will be u Se .i
gether with some other means of hostility *r # ,1
have been contrived to entrap him ” ' * ll ®l
And adds The Serpent will b c e?re „ iott .
deceived if he expects to lay off an eastern? 1
bor with the same security that the Brjti h h
during the late war: they may harbor the ,
my, or let him escape, for thc same reason tu
th-y wish to entrap the shake—there’s ■
he made by it—besides (don’t laugh reader Ith *’1
expeditions are cruizing for him. compel
” ers > with rifles I
bold, hardy and capable adventurer,
muskets and swivels I ! !
Launch.—To-morrow, at 1 o’clock, win lI
launched from the shipyard "f Messrs.VirUal
Crocket,- the elegant steam ship-Savannah, to L
commanded by Capt. Moses Rogers, and intend I
ed as a regular trader between Savannah and Li I
verpool, principally Ur the accommodation I
passengers. It is believed that this ship,
beauty of model and excellence of wurknn. I
ship, has not been surpassed by any ever! *
in this city, and will reflect great credit on the I
builders.—Mew-York Evening Post, Aue.il '
ber ot citizens came up ami told lieutenant Beall, d ion l|)e a(Jdre lf ,r becomes necessary,
that .1 he did not desist, he would be opposed by L camlidates assemble the populace-mounts a
the people who were then collecting-l^cutenaid wood . |)il(J> b eer-barrel, or whiskey-'
e I rangues them with true embellished
Beall then broke off his detachme
to the fort; after having remained there for some
time, he returned with the same detachment arm
ed and completed the removal of the jail.
During the performance of this unpleasant du
ty, lieutenant Beall was assaulted two or three
times by different people, and among that num
ber was the collector of the port. But I saw
nothing like a disposition in lieutenant Beall to
overawe the citizens, nor do 1 believe he would
have armed his detachment if he had not been
threatened by the mob.—The turning of his arms
against‘‘the peaceable and unarmed citizens”
as mentioned in the resolutions of the town
meeting, arose from his having placed sentinels al
different parts of the ground lie was at work up
on, and having ordered them not to suffer the
mob to enter it. Lieutenant Beall regretted the
performance of this part of his duty, hut he con
sidered it as essential to the maintainance of or
der.
I have omitted to tell you that judge Toulman
had also been applied in by lieut. Beall, upon the
subject of the leinovaiof the jail, and that he
had promised to write upon that subject to the
general of the department.
From this plain statement of facts it can easi
ly be perceived, that the conduct of lieutenant
Beall towards the civil authorities was highly
decorous and respectful, and that he never set
them “ at defiance —On the contrary, that he
made use of every means within his power to a-
void any collision w ith them, that as soon as he
had performed the duty he had imposed on him,
heappeared in an undress, and without side arms,
and publicly declared that if he had transgressed
any of the laws of his country he was ready to
answer for it.
In making the foregoing statement, I have had
no other object in view than dispassionately to
place before my fellow citizens, (if you should
think proper to make this letter public) such facts
as may be necessary towards forming a correct
opinion on the subject.”
Affairs at Mobile.—The Mobile Gazette of
the 17th ult. contains details of the proceedings
of the inhabitants of that town on the conduct of
lieut Beall, commanding a party of U. S. troops
there.
Addin Lewis, esq. was chosen chairman, and
a committee, consisting of the chairman, Messrs
H. V. Chamberlain, John Whitehead, Henry D
Merritt, Samuel II. Garrow, and Godwin B
Cotton, reported the following resolutions, which
were adopted
Resolved, As the sense of this meeting, that
we view the conduct of lieut. R. Beall, in march
ing a body of United States troops through the
streets of the town on the 14th inst. in a meiif
acing and insulting manner, armed with muskets
and a piece of Artillery, and demolishing the
jail and setting at liberty the prisoners confined
therein, as a most wanton, and most unprece
dented outrage against the feelings, the interests
and the constitutional rights of the inhabitants of
this town.
Resolved, That the conduct of the said lieut
R. Beall in arraying the United States troops in
opposition to the civil authority of this towTf
and that too in a manner peculiarly insulting,
and so directly tending to excite the inhabitants
FOREIGN.
barrel, or whiskey-keg, and ha
native
quence. l’his generally does the business—the
cand date is b .rue upon the shoulders of the rab
ule to toe nearest bar-room—from whence they
tagger to the poll—and he is elected.
We have been leu to these remarks at the pre
ent time, by the following advertisement, copied
verbatim et literatim, et punctuatim, from the
Indiana Sentinel, printed at Vincennes. We
republish it for the amusement of our readers.
•• Friends and citizens.—Having served my
country with patriotic valor and feeling, )et ac
tuated with the warmest wishes lor toe prosperi
ty and happiness of my fellow-citizens, 1 leel it
ly duty to otter to them my services in the civil
department.
• 1 have fought for liberty and my country; I
have arrested toe tomahawk when raised against
the innocent; and therefore, since it is no long
er in my power to direct our soldiers to the tiglit,
accept inj friends ol the humble otter of my ta
lents for the office of assistant judge.
Who is deserving of the civil office, if the
soldier bred to the art o. war, and accomplished
in every tiling interesting to society, is not; who
has tolled, with hunger, with cold and danger, ti
protect the rights ol the republic ?
“ JOHN M’BANE.
“ Vincennes, June 6, 1818.
“ N. B.—If any of my fellow-citizens should
doubt my talents, l will make a speech at the
court-house on the day of election.”
This, wt think, is one of the best things of the
kind we have ever seen. Who can r sist such
eloquence, the claims of such patriotism, anil,
above all, sucii unaffected modesty / The Indi-
anians, we conceive, must be the most cruel and
cold hearted people in existence, if they do not
reward him for his “accomplishments,” his “toil,”
the “danger” he has encountered, and the “cold”
and “hunger” hi has “endured.” We hope the
honest lauianians will not be so particular about
names, as to forsake our friend Rane, and fly to
some other candidate as an antidote.—M. V.Her.
Human Suffering.—A paper printed at Indi
ana in the state of Pennsylvania, relates the case
ol a Mr. Sheybrook, who encamped in the woods
for the purpose of hunting deer, but unfortunate
ly strayed troin his companions, and was eleven
days and nights in the wilderness. When found
his appearance was wretched and frightful in the
extreme—he was crawling along, with a stick in
each hand, in a state of mental derangement;
his body and limbs entirely destitute of clothing,
except a small remnant of his shirt, which hung
about his shoulders, and had neither hat, shoes or
stockings on—his feet and head were dreadfully
lacerated and swollen. From his great debility
of body, having been in the wilderness eleven
days and nights, without any subsistence but
that obtained from berries, lie could not have
survived much longer. A number of persons had
beet) constantly On the search during that time.
Sea-Serpents.^—iThe Franklin Gazette says—
The Boston people are beginning to assume a
military tone, as will appear from the following
notice extracted from one of their papers.
“ Three expeditions are cruizing for the Sea-
Serpent. The adventurers are bold, hardy and
capable. The canoe, harpoon, hook, grapnell, ri*
Female Salamander.—In the latest Gla.ji,i
paper received at this office, by the Fanny, f’mI
Greenock, wc find an advertisement of a {»I
proof phenomenon exhibiting in that city,intke I
Form of a good looking woman, who calls hers»|f 1
Madame Girardelle. From the bill of fare id. I
vertised to be served upon the evening of theijd I
of June, vve extract the following.—First, she is [
to enter into conversation with any of the art.
ence. in four different languages. Whether she l
speaks the Carraboo language vve are not inform I
rd. She will then forge with her naked fed,!
plate of red hot iron—undergo the torture b|
fire, as used in the Spanish Inquilition-4M
hoi line oil into her mouth—drop burning sealinj.j
wax upon her tongue, from which any gentlenaaI
rnnv take impressions of their seals—pour nielM
ed led into her mouth, either w ith her nuked hand, I
or with a ladle, and place her bare feet in del
sain"—dip her feet in Aquafortis—pass a redlatI
shovel over her head, without singing her hair— I
pour the strongest aquafortis on steel filings,nil
trample on the same w ith her bare feet—dissolril
copper in her bare hand with aquafurtil—wH
the strongest aquafortis into her mouth—and list, I
though not least, get info a hot oven with a slunk I
der of mutton, and remain there until it is tb«.I
roughly baked ! ! ! These must certainly bel
rare accomplishments, for a lady ; they beat Ihl
celebrated Dav Francis all hollow. Indeed, I
think she pots all the fire-eating and swnrd-wffl
lowing gentry completely in the back ground.— I
The ladv requests amateurs of chemistry,kc.tiI
attend with any materials they may think pin
to put her fire-proof qualities to the test. Till
editor of the Glasgow Chronicle observes-- 11 witk I
(•ut nretending to divine by what “ mighty w I
gir” she effects such surprising and terrific felts, I
vve give our readv testimony to the perforniancti I
(or whatever else they may he called)asdetlllMJ
in her hand-hill, being gone through in the Mitt I
manner » and we may add. that she applies ill I
the dreadful tests of her “ supernatural" gift* I
with a smiling confidence, ease and grace, well I
suited to a drawing-room ” , I
We think the American Fair must novv liddl
}n foreign superiority: foe we doubt whether IB I
one of them would like much to sup on inelttd I
lead and aquafortis, or to sit within a hut otW, I
ami haste a leg of mutton, until it should betbo-1
rough! v roasted.—Mew- York Evening Post.
Royal boxing match.—“Letters from Enjlull
mention a ludicrous affray said to have taktil
place between the prince regent and the dukeofI
York. We have not learnt all the particular!of I
the quarrel on this side of the water, further tin I
it occurred in one of their drunken frolic?. P*|
regent gave the duke a blue eve. and the Wwj
knocked n it three of the regent’s teeth.
prnlia'le vve shall have this match reported in hi j
next number of the Sporting Magazine.”
A Pedestrian race, of sufficient importanreB I
occupy a column of one of thc largest Lond*> I
newspapers, for S 500. was run near Low** I
on Tuesday last—a Marylander against an fi"!' I
lishman ;—the latter, as it should bc in eWfl I
case, was fairly beaten. The distance. 10flya™l
was run in eight seconds, by the stop walcKF
so say eve witnesses. A large sum was depenu-
ing on its issue.
AGRICULTURAL.
The agricultural society of Virginia met®
Richmond on thc 8th of June. The presioeSt I
Mr. John Taylor, of Caroline, took the chair. I
Seventy-four new members were admitted. “M
era! communications were received and a P* 11 '
tion drawn to be laid before the next gener*!®'I
seinbly, praying the grant of a lottery of
hundred thousand dollars, for the benefit ol «*l
society. In case their prayer should be erantNt
a resolution was adopted, awarding ten thou* 11 I
dollars to the owner of the best improved Wfl
in the state, containing not less than five '
red acres of cleared land; five thousand doll* |
to the owner of the best improved farm, cont*!*
ing not less than 250 acres ; two thousand “
lars to the owners of the best improved f* rl, ‘
containing not less than one hundred acres.
Manuring, plouging, artificial grasses. live^I
cds, -stock of horses, cattle, sheep and h°gs» ** I
orchards, with every species of agricultural *, I
ptovements, will be highly regarded by the s°y I
ety. The premiums to be adjudged to the 2t e ^ I
esjt mass of improvement made subsequently I
the passing of the re-alution without re £ , I
the natural quality of the soil. Persons cl*' I
ing the premiums must notify the society •> elor I
the first day of January, 1819. .j|
The farms to he reviewed by persons d f P u , I
for that purpose in June 1825, and 26, and
premiums paid to whom awarded on the first J
of January, 1827. Should an equality h*PP\-j
among the claimants, the premiums to be efl®" •
I v distributed bv the society.—Genius o e LwW.