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have been speaking, In the commencement of the book. “ The great plain of Pampas, on the cast of. the Cordillera, i3 about nine hundred miles in breadth, and the part which I have visited, though under the same latitude, is divided into regions of different climate and produce. On leaving Buenos Ayres, the first of these regions is covered for one hun dred & eighty miles, with clover and thistles; the second region, which extends for four hundred and fifty miles, produces long grass ; and the third region, which reaches the base of the Cordillera, is a grove of low trees and shrubs. The second and third of these regions have nearly the same appear ance throughout the year, for the trees and shrubs are evergreens, and the immense plain of grass only changes its colour from green to brown; but the first region varies with the four seasons of the year in a most extraordinary manner. In winter the leaves of the thistles are large and luxuriant, and the whole surface of the country ha3 the SOogh appearance of a turnip-field. The clever in this season is extremely rich and strong'; and the sight of the. wild cattle grazi^«_Jj» fuH liberty Oh such pasture, is very fbeantiful. In sprit***, the clover has wnbiled, the leaves ^ ^histles have ex- 'tende<3 along the v " and the country stiU^nks like a -p of turnips. In iiatf a mo ange’ s most extra- dmarv fV " * vA <on becomes a luxu- i . . oo'd of mow thistles, which have St felenly shot v,n to a height of ten or eleven fee* and are all in full bloom. The road or ,patl is hemmed in -on both sides ; the view is apletely obstructed ; not an animal is n : and the stems of the thistles are so c^-e to each other, and so strong, that intb ^(fewtof the prickles wi»h which they «ua* '.rtned,they forman impenetrable barrier. T l shdden growth of these plants is quite ast 'riling; and though it would he an un usual • fortune in military history, yet it is really pr siWej that an invading army, unac quainted irikh this countv might be impri soned bXjhese thistles before they had time to escapetrbm them. The summer is‘not over frdfire Ih’e scene undergoes another rapid. cf|iige v the thistles suddenly lose their fsqp I verdure, their herds droop, the leaves jibjnk and fade, the stems become blaek^ijtii^endi and they remain Tailing ^ bria-c© one t^rbinst another, until pif the 1 pamphro or hurricane wiih the ; ground, where they ^opipse arid; disappear—the clo- aftd thb V'eno is again ver- " in the Pampas i is Without a •s en^Wv *»* x- name. At suck opportunities they can tell one another the truth very roundly and cut tingly, only there must be no mixture of rudeness or passion. The whole body of beholders constitute the jury, and bestow the laurel, and afterwards the turn parties are the best friends. This custom is recom mended to more refined nations.—Grantz's History of Greenland, vol. 1. felt in other parts .of the town.—Up. Can. Col. Jid. March 29. V Wonderful Canary Birds.—In Leices- ter-squarc, (London,) there are now exhibi ting some Canary birds, which have been taught to perform a number of tricks, the ef fect of which on the spectator is not a little striking, until he comes to perceive the means by which the motions of the little creature are directed. And even when he does perceive those means (as every observant spectator will do) his surprise, though it may be much lessened in degree, will not be destroyed, but only turned into a new direc tion ; for, instead of wondering how* it is that the creature has been taught to obey certain commands, he will wonder>only how he has been taught to obey certain outward and visible signs, by following which it seems to obey the said commands. The bird is let out from its cage, and on any one of the persons present desiring it to spell ft given word, it hops round a circle formed by the letters of the alphabet, and picks Out, one by one, the letters forming the required word. In the same manner, it seems to calculate by picking out the numbers form ing the product of auy short sum in multipli cation. addition, &c. Another bird plays at dohiinog with the spectators, by matching fell the pieces as they are placed on the ta ble Now it is not to be supposed that the njoru innocent even of the holiday spectators who* witness this display, fancies that the bird actually does form in its mind the cal culation, and observations, &r. The puz zle is ho\y the little creature is taught to seem to do them. . And even after you detect the mere visible sign which the exhibitor uses, as a direction to the bird what letter- num ber, &c. to nick out, the puzzle is sfifi pret ty much where it was before you made the notable discover}'. ‘ r ' Athens, May IS, 1827. ?dr* We are indebted to the kimbiess of our cor respondent, “ A Friend of Truth,” whom we ought to have noticed earlier, for, admitting that the fault with which he has charged us is not inexcusable, as we are not sensible of having, in endeavouring to escape “Scvlla,” fallen into “ Charvbdis,” Wli must, until convinced of this fact, withhold the explanation required upon the point at issue; In the mean time, we recommend to “ A Friend of Truth,” if he has made his memory a chronicle of events to connect the disjointed links in the chain'of circumstances, and deduce from them a solution to the question proposed; or in reversing it, he will find a justifica tion for the support of measures originating in ex pediency in opposition to those founded in its con trast. the safety of that domestic sanctuary, which political persecution should never enter, or political hostility invade. The business of the public, as far as cha racter is concerned, rests alone with Gen. J! as a candidate for honour, not with the merits of his private connexions. As far as we have learned, the influence The Proprietor of the “ Georgia Patriot,” desirous of closing the business of the establishment, offers the sa.ne for -rale on accommodating terms.—The Office of the “ Georgia Courier,” in Augusta, has been transferred to J. G. McWhorter and Henry Mealing, Esqrs. under whose management it will hereafter be conducted.—The “Darien Gazette,” we also learn, will suspend its operation after the loth of June, and so continue until an increase of patronage and a brighter prospect of success shall authorise a re commencement. The trees are 1 not crowded, t in their growth sucK beautiful order is observed, that one may gallop between them in every direction. The yttung trees -are rising up, others are flourishrojr infill! vigor and it is for some time that one looks in vain for those which in the great system of succession must necessarily somewhere or other be sinking towards decay. They are • at l&st discovered, but their fate is not al lowed to disfigure the general cheerfulness of the scene, and they are seen enjoying what may literally be termed a green old age. The extremities of their branches break off as they die, and when nothing is left but the hollow trunk, it is still covered with twigs and leaves, and at last is gradully concealed from view by the young shoot, which, bom under the shelter of its branch es, now rises rapidly above it, and conceals its decay. A few places are met with which have been burnt by accident, and the black desolate spot, covered with the charred trunks of trees, resembles a scene in the human world of pestilence or war. But the fire is scarcely extinct, when the surround ing trees all seem to spread their branches towards each other, and young shrubs are seen rising out of the ground, while the sap less trunks are evidently mouldering into list. “ The rivers all preserve their course and the whole country is in such beautiful order, that if cities eud millions of inhabi tants could suddenly he planted at proper intervals and situations, the people would have nothing to do but drive out their cattle to graze, and, without any previous prepara tion, to plough whatever quantity of ground their wants might require.” V Greenland Duels.—But there is one thing which is the roost singular of all, that they even decide their quarrels by singing and dancing, and call this a single, combat. If one Greenlander imagines himself injured by another, • he betrays not the least trace of vexation or wrath, much less of revenge; but he composes a satirical poem : this he repeats so often with singing and dancing in the presence of his domes tics, and especially the women, till they have all got it in their memory. Then he publishes a challenge every where, that he will fight a duel with his antagonist, not with a sword, but a song- The respondent be takes himself to the appointed place, and presents himself in the encircled theatre. Then the accuser begins to sing his satire to the beat of the drum, and his party in the auditory back every line with the repeated amma aiah, and also sing every sentence with him; and all this while he discharges - so many taunting truths at his adversary that the audience have their fill of laughing. When he has sung out all his gall, the de fendant steps forth, answers the accusation against him, and ridicules his antagonist in 4he same manlier, all Which is corroborated qrith the united chorus of bis partyV'and so the laugh changes sides. The plaintiff re news the assault, and trie's to baffle him a second time: in short, he that maintains the last word wins the process and acquires a M**cbs rf the Sr%:f-Now, (said flfrr. Abernethy ) 1 will tell you a perfectly ridi culous Story, about this. with a view toifr . press this part of the subject on your • |HQ j hut I should hope that it would n^ ^ p T1|lte Jf and pub—hshed too ! (A- roajf o{ - from the knowing sort of wof j n ^ r ' Abernethy expressed himsf^rul turned the corner ofhis eye.) It tap',cnrd in the ear _ ly part of time, to A- ome the fashion t0 pnt half a ’jfjund of grease, and another half pound of flour, on a man’s head—what they called hair-dressing; it was the fashion too to bind this round with a piece of tape or ribband, and make a tail of it, and it was the mode to wear those tails very thick and rather short. Now, a gentleman, who pos sessed great power in the motion of this fronto-occipitalis, and indeed who had ex treme power in that muscle, used to go to the boxes of the theatre, when Mrs. Sid- dons first appeared ; and I don’t believe there ever will be such an actress again as she was, nor do I believe there ever was her equal before her. However, when people were affected beyond all description, and when they were all drowned in tears at the. performance, this chap wagged his tail en ormously, and all the people burst out into a roar of laughter. In vain did they cry The election, says the Journal, for County Officers in the counties pf Lee, Troup, Muscogee, Carroll, and Coweta, took place pn Monday the lst.Jft^tant. We arc gratifiedto learn that a P apcr Manufactory, owned by Messrs. Fa usl< white, Sr Co. has recently been established^, t ^ n ' 8 U2 miles of Columbia, S. Carolina^. and ; 3 now j n the “full tide of successful experiment.”^ j{ cann ot fail, we arc persuaded, to ^ 1C Enterprise of the projectors. The main difficulty yvjth. which infant establishments of this kind have heretofore had to contend has been that of procuring rags, a difficulty which economy would remove if this article, which has been regarded as of little value, could be usefully employed.—Cotton, in ftany cases, might be used as an excellent substitute for rags. While this article maintains its present price, the cost of furnishing it 4s a material, would not exceed that usually paid for rags of a fine de scription by the Northern Manufactures, which ranges from 8 to 12 cents. In the fabrication of the raw material into pa per, but little if. any loss is .sustained in weight—; pound of cotton would nett nearly the same quantity of paper of the super royal or imperial size, worth not less thftn 20 cents at the manufactory, with the additional expense of transportation to the con sumer. The expense of manufacturing is said to be considerably less than the first cost of the materials The machinery is simple in its construction, and by no means expensive.—The quantity of paper con sumed annually in Georgia, may, with safety, be es timated in value at twenty-five or thirty thousand do) lars; an amoun t of money wliich enterprise might re tain by adapting the resources of the State to the growing necessity of the public. “ turn him outin vain did they cry, “ throw him. over 1” When he had produced this effect on the audience, then he kept his tail quiet; hut again no sooner wa9 their attention engaged, than wag went his tail., and re-echoed again were the bursts of laughter.”—Lancet. Thames Tunnel.—By the last accounts the stupendous project of excavating a Tunnel, or passage way for Carriages and travellers, under the River Thames at London, was pro ceeding with rapidity and success.—The distance excavated was 400 feet from the shaft, apd the workmen were engaged 270 feet under the river. The most formidable obstructions anticipated, viz. the land Spring or quick 1 sands, had been surmounted. The work people are relieved every eight hours. The company could beneficially employ more hand*; than offer themselves, but there still existed many ignorant working people, who thought they must encounter extraordinaiy danger of being engulfed by the river, if they engaged in this tinder-water employ ment. The northern papers contain many articles grow ing out of the misunderstanding and difficulties be tween the legislature and executive officers of the Canadas, of which intelligence^ was given in some extracts we lately made: two additional ones from Canadian papers, which will be ’seen in this, seem to imply much excitement among .the people, and the probability of the differences assuming a confirmed character, and ultimately taking a Serious turn. Such an event perhaps may be deemed comparatively dis tant; bur the possibility of violent proceedings in that quarter must be attended with highly interest ing considerations to the people of this country, however remote. The first printing press ever established in Chile, it is said, was sent out from New York, and arrived at Valparaiso on the 21st of Nov. 1811. It cost in New York only $650 ; but the Carreras paid $800 for it in that country. Several papers are now pub lished in Chile. We learn, says the National Gazette, that Mr. Cooper’s new novel, The Prune, will be published in about a fortnight. At the date of the latest intelli gence from-the author, he was still in Paris, attend' ing to the publication of that work, of which five editions are in the press: one in England; two in Paris, (in French and EngUsh ;) one in Berlin, and one in this country: all of them are to appear simul taneously. of Airs,,A. has never controlled the diplomafic course, of her husband, nor the skill of Mrs. J. devised or executed any splendid military scheme, to save her country from oppression, or crown his name with immortality. The destiny of the country is not con nected with the fate or reputation of either. If such an abuse of the press should meet the sanction of public approbation, the protection which decency affords to the sanctity of private life, is at once de stroyed. We conceive this, to say the least, a vile prostitution of that dignity which it should maintain, a perversion of its object and intent, which party spleen may adopt to soothe its anguish, but which reason, and the better feelings of an indignant pub lic will always condemn. Political enmity has in vain attempted to wrest from the public, the privi lege of respecting the character, or commending the qualifications of Gen. Jackson. An opposition, how ever well founded, to the present political junto, is censured by some as an outrage upon principle, and condemned by others as t reason against the c ountry. The press has lent its aid in abusing those who have dared diffor from the reigning powers; and while holding one in exaltation, it glories in debasing the other. This Areopagus of the people, the tribunal to which patriotism prefers her claim, and political justice urges her demand, though intended for an engine of truth, has to frequently become the pan der of corruption, or'an oracle of deception. We assume not the privilege of saying that the sanction given to a course based upon principles of such apparent injustice extends beyond a few of the corps editorial; or that the leading men whose cause the press, in this instance! has abusively essayed to Support, would connive at the maliciousness of its intent, or the baseness of its means. We hope, for the honour of the suspected, that it is not the case. But if so, those who have wantonly aspersed the character of a female at present isolated from public life, will find the disgrace with which they had in tended to clothe her, recoiling upon themselves. Thostffiriendly to the election of General Jackson, and opposed to the Administration, must commend from pdicy, while they condemn from principle, sures that only tend to confirm the cause which it js endeavouring to subvert.* - Such has been the case in fehrtSQU to Gen. J.—A prejudice, feeble in its growth, harf been, by oppositionj^indered strong in its progress, creases with all tncreaflsg^uorts m his election. sentiment in- made to oppose During 1h8 life, Bonaparte collected a volume of autographical and confidential letters written to him by several ofabe sove reigns of Europe. This curious and im portant volume he specially recommended to the care of his brother Joseph but by some means or other it found its way to Lon don ; where it was bought for the sum of 700,000 francs by the minister ofa great power who amply reimbursed himself for his speculation, by giving up to various minis ters the letters of their respective sovereigns. Earthquake.—-A slight concussion of the earth was felt in this town yesterday morn ing at 2‘o’clock.—The editor if this paper was awakened by a loud noise, and on get ting up he found! that it proceeded from the cellar. One of the division walls of wliich, though well built of stone andlime, fell flat It-was also to the ground'from end to end* Among the many “ Signs of the times,” we notice one not less ominous of anticipated defeat on the part of the present political Trio ” than some others which have preceded it: it is found in the effort made by some of the administration prints to ruin the popularity of. Gen. Jackson, by connecting it with the destruction of Mrs. J.’s private character. The former, invulnerable to the shafts of malice, is now considered fts assailable only through the agen cy of the latter. The editor the Cincinnati Gazette, a paper warmly devoted to the cause of Mr. Clay, has adopted this new mode of electioneering, as a last effort For the support of a cause, rendered, it would seem, as hopeless as the. means are desperate. Its j charges have been re-echoed by the National Jomjpal, and harped upon by others equally reckless and despairing.—Such efforts on the part of those who have long been recognised as the supporters of the administration, justified every measure, and com mended every principle, carries with it at least a conviction that the waning popularity of the indivi duals whom they are endeavouring to sustain, re quires a remedy in character with the disease. Of the merits of this rwai candidate for the Presidency, (for such lh$ fffea$s of the administration appear to consider her, by,opening their batteries of invective and abuse,) we have little knowledge: public opi nion, however; where she is best known, assigns her a rank, among the best, most amiable, and unostenta tiously benevolent of her sex. If not endowed with those princely graces that play around the move ments of Mrs. Adams, who, from early life, has in haled the atmosphere of gallantry and refinement, she is reported to possess at least some of those es sential qualities that constitute female excellence. Whatever may be the character of Mrs. J., the oft fence is without apology; the principle and the mo tive breathe a spirit of-malignity alike destructive to X Adams and Clay.—There was hut one’ teat/, in which Mr. Clay could have convin ced the people of the United States that his preference to Mr. Adams was a preference founded on principle, and not on personal considerations— And. that one way, was, to have refused any office under his administration, particu larly that which was conferred on him im mediately after the election, which was no toriously the result of Mr. Clay’s direct a- gency and influence, and in direct opposi tion to the will of the people. Had the coalition been between two men of similar sentiments in social, moral, or po litical life, the case would have been wide ly (jjflerent; but, between Mr. A. and Mr. C.74hek6 ««■ had been, from infancy, to the moipent of their most extra- ofdinary ftnd; coalition, a deci ded and charac ter,"in education,-manners^morals, and pol itics. * ; . • ! >> V' ■' r The contrast cotfld-nothavyieen better, or more strongly eSefepIifiefl bytany figure than the f>lain but poignant and expressive one of Mr. Randolph, of v ‘ A . «The Puritan and the Black Leg!” These are identically and truly the^two char acters ; they are the antipodes of each other! in every physical, moral, religious, social, and political sense ; they have no twft points ofwhatmaybe called homogeneous, affin ity, but a thousand of opposition and repul sion. The one is gay, jovial, free, familiar; the other is reserved, cold f grave, repulsive. The one prefers his cabinet, and his closet, to plan and to put in practice, deep diploma tic schemes of personal aggrandizement and never whispers them till they are ma tured, and then only io his few, his very few political partizans; the other shakes hands with Tom, and Dick, and Harry, and (horri- bile dictu) blows his nose with his fingers and laughs, and talks, and plays cards with any body, and really appears to love the peo pie. While “ odi profanum valgus, et arceo,” is the principle and the practice of the one the other seems to have a fellow feeling in the flesh, for every fellow creature, without regard to “ features or complexion, or the tincture of a skin.” In short, and in truth all that know them, and are honest, know and say, that nothing but self interest, and unhallowed ambition, could have brought them together; they are antipodean, and there is an evidence arising out of the moral fitness of things, that is,-in practical life stronger than the highest degree of legal proof. Light and darkness cannot be brought to gether in physical combination; neither could Adams and Clay, on any true political principles! If these essential ingredients of opposi tion will not convince the people that their union has been produced by treachery, they would not believe Moses and the Prophets, nor one though he should rise from the dead. - Look at the most high minded, and hon orable men in the Union, who first in the Senate, opposed this unnatural and mon strous coalition* by voting against the nom ination of Mr. Clay. See its sanction in the chivalrous characters of almost the whole of the members of the North and South Caro lina Legislatures and in all that is now in operation in almost every State, save the New England confederacy. , It is the union of our most virtuous men against diplomatic treachery, that is alsocon- clusive of its existence. Tazewell, While,. Haync, Macon, (and a thousand others,) > v who will accuse you of any but a virtuous ^ . opposition ? It is even whispered that Mr.' Adams, seeing that such men doubt and dis trust him, begins to think of resigning, in what will be an honorable fit of resentment, if he is innocent, and might indeed induce some to think that he is really so ; while, to be turned out by the people, will' not leave him the consolation of a magnanimous mind. A President and Secretary procured by suc cessful diplomacy ! are examples more dan gerous to liberty and virtue, than overt acts of treason or rebellion.—U* S. Telegraph. Public Dinners.—The Editor of the Lynchburgh Virginian, in advert ng to a late public dimer, says :—“ IN o one views with more indifference than ourselves the testi- monals of respect which are so frequently paid to distinguished individuals in the way of public dinners ; and we wonder that those who are fond of appealing to the examples of Greece and Rome as precedents for any novel project should forget, that in no in stance did the citizens of those ancient re- 4 publics’ ever adopt this mode of honouring individuals who had done the state a service. The fact is, he adds, that it is a custom which has its origin in any thing but patriotic motives; and one which, except under very peculiar circumstances, is more honoured in the breach than in the observance.” We perfectly agree with him in this opi nion. Without adverting to the scenes of excess and habits of intemperance to which these public dinners often furnish the first temptation. Let us see what is their ob ject and how it is accomplished. The ob ject is, the honour and praise of some per son : well, even supposing that such an in dividual had Been his own creator, (which is not true) and had himself formed the quality for which he is praised and honoured, (which can never be,) and had, by his own power, arranged all the circumstances that called those'qualities forth, (which is possible)— even adrifftting, we say, all these inadmissi ble absurdities, and granting that, therefore, the individual can as a rational being be pleased with the plaudits of his assembled admirers—still, how are these plaudits ex- I pressed? =» One man gets up, and, filling his glass, tells ah other that he a great and glorious character, deserving of much praise and honour: and that the assembly before him has met together to eat dinner and to tell him so: he concludes a long speech which every one affects to admire, though nq ond thinks of believing it, by exhorting the com pany to drink, altogether, a large quantity of wine to the health of the object of their admiration. If drinking to his heatih ritean i nothing; it is a strange and somewhat de rogatory prqcoecjng in a large body thus to talk sad act non ?sense; and if it mean something, we presume it is, drinking, that his heoftk, Ahte first of blessings, may be pre served 4 yetViq what way one man, by drink ing wine, can aid inlpreserving the health of another, we do!not understand, and shall not now stop to enquire. ' . F.nough whole assembly stands up, and drinks to the health (Whatever that may mean) of the man they have thus delighted to honor. E / J Now, if the favored one be a man.of good sense and good taste, which sometimes hap pens, he i3 placed, in truth, in a very awk ward and unpleasant situation- Whether he may think his conduct has deserved public approbation or not, his good sense disclaims the hyperbolical encomiuips so lavishly bes towed upon him and his good taste revolts at a panagyrick which it is diffibult to dis tinguish from gross flattery and unmasked adulation. Yet he must rise to reply ; and still worse, he must reply accordmg to fixed rules ; he must express how much he has been pleased and gratified by his admirers’ proceeding, while he knows in his heart all die time, that its insincerity displeased, and its bad taste disgusted him :—then the un fortunate martyr must disclaim all the good qualities and virtues that have been imputed to him, in protestations which he feels no-^ body cpn believe to be sincere ; and finally he must select some other unlucky mortal and placfe him in the same state of[purgato ry from which he himself.rejoices at length to have escaped * , t But one nor evenAwo victims are not suf ficient to satisfy the public taste for flattery & speeches.—Another is called, and another, like the animals in the Spanish bull fight; until at last this* continued contest between, false praise on the one hand, and affected modesty on the other, begins to tire both the actors and the spectators. The meeting breaks up ; each one retires to his home neither better in body nor wiser in mind than when he left it—and thus ends a pub lic dinner. § If the subject of such a ceremony be a fool, in that case, the matter admits perhaps of some extenuation. Such an one may re ally be pleased with it; and seeing that the pleasures of a weak intellect are but few, it is only fair that it should not unnecessarily be deprived of any. Yet we for our own parts, should be sorry to appear as actors ip such a comedy. X. Netc-York, April 23.—The frigate United States, Com. Isaac Hull, arrived at this port yesterday from the Pacific Ocean, afi ter an abscence of nearly forty months, hav ing left Hampton Roads on the 4th of Janu ary 1824. She sailed from Valparaiso on the 24th January, and left there the Brandy wine, Com. Jones; Vincennes, Capt. Finch, and schooner Dolphin, Lieut. Comd’t Au- lick, bound down the coast. On her pas« sage home the United States touched at St. Salvador, (on the 6th ult.) where she left the sloop of war Boston, Captain Hoffinaru