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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.