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main men, and will be such in the world to
come. I beseech you receive me among
you. I know it is difficult to live comfor-
mable to your religion, but if it was even
more difficult, I am, however, ready to em
brace your faith, at any rate to be a Chris
tian rather than a creature void of reason.
We are indebted to the politeness of a
friend for the following letter from Genoa,
the contents of which will be found amusing.
Balt. Chronicle.
TI1E “ NEW MENEGHMI.”
One of these men is Genius to the other :
Which is the natural man,
And which the spirit ?— Comedy of Errors.
There is at present at Genoa, a Corsican,
a Major in the Sardinian Guards who bears
so striking a resemblance to the Emperor
Napoleon, as to have pioduced a considera
ble excitement among the military and oth-
^ bp,-Who enjoyed the advantage of behol
ding his la|e. Imperial Majesty. When the
es-Eitipress Louisa was here, she saw this
V s ‘ Dromio” at the Theatre, and she was so
struck with the likeness, that she retired
, from he iVboxV after exhibiting the powerful
effect itpfcad prr.her feelings. To render the
.fl$tiVddo mortJT$markable, he usually dres-
ismn the costume of Napoleon, and imi
tates his peculiar gaitnnd demeanour. So
great has .been the excitement produced,
that hi?oardiuian Majesty, with that sen?i-
' enessso peculiar to petty despots, has
jly ordered himaway to take command of
Ont. at Havana. The first time .1 sav
as at the Ca fe de Coringi was in
with a French officer who had sor-
r Napoleon in his campaigns and
iield him for the last time at the bat-
eipsick. “ I perfectly remember
leror’s appearance during that fatal
d my.companion after pointing the
^officer out to me) and you may be-
lieve ine, when I solemnly assure vor that,
•were hot -Napoleon dead, my feelings are
now such to he tempted bo exclaim,
‘ vivo l r Etn\revtr.”
Modem Chivalry.—“ It is well known
that the Pitfha of Egypt has obtained the
aid of sevclal French officers to discipline
his troops aid extend his power. It is as
well knownnhattbe French, like ourselves,
have their Gigek, Committees, who detest
i— raise ®ubscriptions to drive
Europe. Among the for-
n, who enjoys the confi-
ptian Chief; and among
£ de Troncj . a respectable
t lover
A most surprising and dreadful occur
rence lately took place in one of the provinces
of France; A counterfeiter wlib ffiad J ^eerf
condemned to be bung, made his escape on
his way to the gallows, and took refuge in
an hospital. After some time he was found,
as was thought, disguised. He was carried
off, uttering not a syllable, but gesticulating
vehemently, and executed. It was shortly
afterwards discovered that the officers had
hung a deaf and dumb brother of the con
vict who had resided long in the hospital.
Lares of Honour.—As much talk has
been expended with regard to the right of
the challenged party to choose his weapon,
perhaps the following story may settle the
question :—Some years ago, an American
captain was challenged by a French gentle
man, at Paris. The captain had been a
whaler, and chose the harpoon for his wea
pon. The Frenchman shrugged his shoul
ders—“ Eh, diable, je ne suis pas at is de
harpoon ; I till meet you as tin jentil-homme,
■vid my small sword ”—but the old whaler
was inexorablei The dispute was submitted
to a court of honour, which decided that the
F lenchman must fight with the harpoon or
apologise. He shrugged up his shoulders
a second time—monsieur capitaine, I beg
pardon, I ave no skill in, cle harpoon : lam
not one ivhalc, I beg'frardon, begar.” Thus
matters ended peaceably, and the harpoon of
the Nantucket whaler did not make a pin
cushion of the body of the Gaul.—JV*. Y.
paper.
maVitt'Tat.thhJt timc Consul-General
at SWFeferamfg, read in evidence on trial
late ISMcljrat&l libel case qfHarris rs.
Lewis7^8?f-;^Ajffarns said, Ukat the'rvar toac
just beginning; that shortly the U. States
would be cnished by the superior power of
Great Britain ; that we were then under a
FEEBLE AND PENURIOUS GOVERNMENT, With
Jive frigates for a Navy, and scarcely five
regiments fitfor the field for an army.” This
letter was entrusted to the public mail in a
city under the strict surveillance of the enemy
—we believe actually garrisoned by them.
Was this wisdom? It was inexcusably
blind—as honest Launce would say, “ Sand
blind, high gravel blind ” folly. Was it not
base ingratitude ? Yes, deep, damning in
gratitude. The man then administering the
executive powers of this feeble and penuri
ous government,” was his friend and patron,
and to him he owed his appointment. The
remark too was made of a war which in
scribed the name of our beloved country in
the proudest niche of the temple of fame, a
war which was begun from necessity, con
ducted with honour, and closed with glory—
a war wliich showed to the nations of the
Id world, our ability to cope with the
p:>l
* ©rsici
A temporay absence, and other circumstances
ca.ling for attention, have this week defeated
ua in presenting the usual quantity of speculations
and notices for this head, which grow out of a tho
rough examination of the means of intelligence af-
hitherto acknov
on her own el
[ queen of the ocean
There is only one newspaper left in New
England, in which the laws are published
by authority, that assumes the tone of inde
pendence worthy a republican press ; and
this paper is the New Hampshire Gazette.
the oldest paper in this State. It is said
that Mr. Clay not only requires of the pa
pers publishing the laws that they shall no
longer he neutral, but that they shall abuse
and traduce the character ot\$very man of
any influence who is known to disapprove any
measure of the present “ executive govern
ment.” The New Hampshire • Gazette
must.of course expect the vengeance of -the
Secretary when the next turn arrives:
Colonel Cutter of the Jot rnal has already
intimatedthat if Mr.tteck does not send in his
adhesion to th^M powers,that be,”„he shall
he pumslied.^ltris.proposed,.& sustain tKej
(Monday evening) is at a great- height. A
few weeks sincejt rose higher than it had
been for several years ; and is now between
four and five feet higher than is was at that
time. It is three feet higher than it has
been within the knowledge of any of our
earliest settlers. At the East end of the
bridge the hank is covered to a considerable
depth, qnd battcaux are necessary to convey
foot passengers one hundred yards, or more.
Apprehensions are entertained for the safety
of the bridge, but thus far it has withstood
the current, and the shocks of drift-timber
firm as an ocean rock. It is probable that
this Bridge is the only place where the Oc-
mulgee is now passable, for several hund
red miles.—The water is within 1 or 2 feet
of the highest floor timbers.—The weather
is unsettled, rain falling almost every hour
—and the water continues to rise.
We have heard of no damage being done
by the freshet, but the crops in the liver land
must inevitably be ruined.
Steamboat on the Chatahoochie.—A gen
tleman, from the Falls of the Chattahoochie,
has politely furnished the appended article
for publication.—The steamboat, with a
full freight, and a barge in tow, ascended to
Fort Gaines, at which place the barge dis
charged her load, (from 275 to 300 barrels,)
and the steamboat landed a part of her car
go. Without any certain knowledge of the
river, and dependent altogether on sounding,
she again started, with the barge in tow, for
her destination, the Falls of the Chattahoo
chie, and proceeded without hindrance, un
til she got upon a log about fifty miles be
low Fort Mitchell. The obstacle being
speedily removed, she ascended to within
three miles of the Ferry et Fort Mitchell,
and there grounded in the rapids, from ig
norance of the river, as the; principal chan
nel contained double the necessary depth
•t>f water. The cargo was immediately
wrecked, who treated them with the utmost
kindness, slaughtering their cattle to give
them provisions. The cargo of the Rob
Roy is valued at 30,000/. which is almost all
lost or damaged. One man lost his wife
and three children; another out of four
children, lost three; the survivor is deaf
and dumb. A Mrs. Lamb lost her hus
band, one child, and money and property to
the amount of 7t)0/. and is now with six
children, left destitute. The vessel is a
total wreck.
A letter from a person near the scene of
the wreck, gives the following melancholy
account— :
“ Those who were left on board were
only landed on the 1st, about 3 o’clock in
the afternoon. Of these, some were dead
and others dying. There are at this mo
ment seventeen dead bodies in one house
men, women, and children, but chiefly of
the latter. These will be interred to-mor
row. At another house there are seven
other dead bodies. It is impossible to des
cribe the heart-rending scenes which have
passed before us. If these unfortunate set
tlers had disembarked at low Water, when
the vessel first w ent ashore, not one of them
would have perished. One woman had lost
her five children, and she and her husband
are in a state of delirium.”
Boyd and .TP Cuffoch's Spa.—Hundreds,
says the Albany Daily Advertiser, continue*
daily 1o partake and experience the benefi
cial effects of the mineral water, discovered
by Messrs. Boyd and M’Culloch, on their
premises in Albany. All who taste it pro
nounce it to be equal to the far famed waters
of Saratoga, and it is confidently believed
that the day is net far distant when visiters
from abroad will come here to be henefitted
by this fountain of health. A plentiful sup
ply of the water is had, and what is a desid
eratum to invalids, not blessed with a super-
transferred to the barge, and, without acci-' abundance of cash, cheap accommodations
dent nr delay, landed at the Falls. The
steamboat, having part of a freight in cot
ton engaged near Fort Gaines, descended ed that this valuable discovery was made by
Gazette-angprej^^Jheihfeertv of thePress, turn and ascend to the Falls with
in New 'Hoiipahire. that when the Secre-
J&2 too little stipend for publishing
lawS;-from that ancient paper, the sum
the Pacha,
his forces fri
mer is Cdurit
dence of .the
the latter j
member
of Free
The Hon. Wm. FI. Crawford; hasbeon
by the Governor, Jud*e of tliCSuperioi^,^' ^ t f, c
Northern Circuit,in the.
ceased.
Qocly; de-
Wed by the mail., to. Ifemmw. we.not 4ha |, ’ up on the slh 0 fJ anm „
■hat any important omiaainp ^th. wna^nence^ : :n~a,y y a s.'lbscriptio'n-and that no tndivi-
_ , Nonsj
rival and the object of his
message to the following
irp<Jtt,-that he (de Trone) was anxious to
do something for the freedom of Greece—
that his delicate health and domestic avoca
tions would not permit him to go and fight
its enemies on the Greek soil—and that he
was therefore, obliged to select one of them
nearer home, who disgraced the name of
Frenchman, by joining it with that of rene
gade. M. de Trone concluded, by asking
the Count to tell him when it would be con
venient for him, that he should come to
Marseilles to meet him. Livron answered,
that M. de Trone need not give himself the
trouble of travelling to Marseilles, as he
(Livron) was about to set out for Paris,
where he would let him hear from him imme
diately on his arrival. The Count did in
deed soon arrive, and mentioned the extra
ordinary challenge to some friends, who
wishing to play upon his feelings, or to try
his firmness, represented de Trone as a for-
. midable antagonist, who had already in du
els sealed the fate of several of his adversa
ries. Livron, as being the challenged party
had the choice of weapons, and wishing to
place himself on something like an equality
with so noted a personage, proposed that
they should fight with syords on horseback.
l)c Trone, though he had never fought in
his lifetime with any kind of weapons, ei
ther on horseback or or. foot, was obliged to
accept of this tournament with a cavalry of
ficer. They accordingly went out to 'St.
Ouren, a village in the neighbourhood of
Paris, with their rospectivc seconds. We
shall not stop to describe how these cham
pions of the Greeks and the Egyptians were
accoutred—how they prepared for the com
bat, and what hopes and fears animated the
bosom of each.' Suffice it to say, that the
righteous cause prevailed—that the cavalry
General Jackson.-^-'The fears of the ad
ministration may be gathered fijom the tone
of their presses, and the violence with which
they assail the character, the public services,
and even the domestic concerns of General
Jackson. The Democratic Press, the most
violent of his assailants, expresses the most
entire confidence in the vote of Pennsyl
vania going for Mr. Adams. If the Press
could believe what it states, there would be
no cause for this feverish excitement, this
restless sensibility, this bitter denunciation
of the General; but they know that two-
thirds of that State are for Jackson ; no
rational man can doubt it. The National
journal, with its sanctified tone and sloping
eyelids, says that if Gen. Jackson had not
“ courted popularity,” his principles and his
views would have been better known. The
Journal knows that General Jackson would
have been the President, had he sanctioned
a bargain for that office. He knows that it
was at his command ; and* he well knows
that the General would not court popularity,
or pledge himself to any course to obtain the
situation. He will come into office un
shackled by any personal committal; pledg
ed to a republican constitutional course; to
a regard for State rights and national indus
try, and above all, to that consideration, that
energetic, fearless, independent and honest
course, which may be called for by public
good and public safety. The violence with
which he is assailed, exhibits the apprehen
sion, the well grounded fears of his oppo
nents. The time is yet far off, and the
meeting of the next Cdngress will settle the
fate of the administration.—Noah.
J .al .should be asked to contribute more
$fian fifty cents for this object. This will
be a counterpart to the subscription fpr that
man now called by the Coalition presses, a
“ harbarian ” and “ murderer,” when he
fined one thousand dollars for taking
those measures which saved Neur Orleans
from the ravages of an enemy whose coun
tersign was “ booty and beauty.” Colonel
Cutter likewise threatens the Editor of the
Gazette with the loss of subscribers, if he
dares to be “ neutral,” or take side against
the coal'tion administration in the 41 violent
contest ” of .which the Colonel expects to
ride on the whirlwind as a Master Spirit.
But we mistake if the persecuting spirit of
the man of the Journal shall not operate more
in favour of than against the Gazette.—New
Hampshire Patriot.
It must he consoling to the administration
folks to know that the election of Mr. Adams
is so very certain. By looking over their
columns, we find that, with the exception of
Tennessee, Mr. A. is to have every State in
the Union. We ourselves, did venture to
doubt whether Pennsylvania, -Virginia, and
officer was unhorsed by the lawyer andj two or three of the Southern Slates would
that the cedent armaioga was exemplified in
favor of Greece.
A singularly beautiful fall of snow took
place at Dalguise on the 29th ultimo. The
flakes were of a very unusual size, measur
ing about two and a half inches by two ;
they continued thus only about seven min
utes, and gradually diminished to their
usual size. They fell at a foot or eighteen
inches distant from each. other; the flakes
were seen singly at a great altitude.—Perth
Courier.
not incline to Jackson, but the Adams pa-
papers have dispelled our suspicions. The
General, so say the papers, will get but
eleven votes in the Union. Pity they could
not spare him another so as to complete the
dozen!—JWais nous verrons.—lb.,
the year 1763 the following occurred
At Nlsmes, in Languedoc: A gardener's
ass having brought some goods to market,
and being unloaded, while the master was
* busily engaged, went into the church, which
was hard by the stand, and meeting with
the basin of holy water, took a hearty
draught of it; but the poor beast, being de
tected and seized in the act, was tried by a
formal process for sacrilege. Counsel, in
deed, was allowed tfi^ ass, but the evidence
being clear, judgment was pronounced
Against the grave animal, that he should be
first hanged and then burnt; the gardener
being at the same time, condemned to pay
m all the expenses of the process.
''iBam ~ i
L
It is surprising to see with what pertinacity
the old federal clergy of New England ad
here to their ancient political prejudices.—
Some of them have denounced the republi
can governor of Maine, and even refused to
read from the pulpit his liberal and excel
lent proclamation for a fast in that state, ap
parently for no other reason than because
he is a Unitarian, while President'Adams,
who is also a Unitarian, is supported by
them with great zeal, for no other reason
than that he was born.and educated a Fede
ralist.—Saratoga Sentinel.
In 1813, Mr. Adams, in conjunction with
Messrs. Bayard, Clay, and Russell, went to
Ghent to negotiate a peace with Great Bri
tain. While at this place he appeared to
have lost his taciturnity. All at once his
tongue became unloosed, to the effect of
opening ]tbe flood gates of his wrath upon—
not Great Britain, but his ow'n country, her
government find rulers. In a letter to Mr.
More Tricks.—The Philadelphia Press
(among thq other veritable letters which it
has trumped up) has one from the South,
which professes to give the following as the
result of Mr. VanBuren’s arrangements in
that quarter:
4t I. Gen. Andrew Jackson consents to
accept of the Presidency of the United
States, pledging himself inviolably to sub
serve'the policy of the South, and to resign
at the end of 4 years. II. John C. Caihovn
has been prevailed upon, in conformity to the
wishes of some of our most influential
friends, to relinquish his claims upon r.he
Vice Presidency. III. Every effort is to
be made to induce De Witt Clinton to ac
cept the Vice Presidency. IY. JyTartin
Van Buren, to serve as Secretary of State
under Gen. Jackson, and at the end of four
years to be nominated and supported for the
Presidency; with a perfect understanding
that he will pursue the Southern policy, in
relation to Domestic Manufactures and In
-temal Improvement. If I am not much
misinformed a Cabinet so arranged as
command the greatest possible extent of po
litical influence.”
It is scarcely necessary to add, that this
is another imposition got up for effect; and
that from till we can learn, from the most
authentic sources, that the whole story is
contemptible and silly piece of patch-work
-—that no arrangements have been made as
to the Yice-Presidency—none as to the Se
cretary of State—less any, as to the
next Presidency—that Gen. Jackson stands
uncommitted as to men, or measures (except
so far as his principles are understood from
his professions and his course.)—He would
scorn any such management and intrigue—
and if he were capable of it, its discovery
would he the death blow of all his hopes.
From that moment his best friends, and
every honest man in the country would
indignantly abandon his cause. This
new Southern correspondent of Mr. Binns
is just as unfortunate as his letter-writer
from Richmond.—It is a stratagem which
will only recoil upon the head of the party,
with whom it originates.
Rumour says that Duncan G. Campbell,
Esq. has applied to Governor Troup for the
appointment of Jodge, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of the lamented
Dooly. If this be the fact, it would appear
that Mr. Campbell would prefer being a
Judge than to have his name kept up as a
candidate for the Gubernatorial chair of this
State.—Sav. Rep.
maylio had in the city,
is of great importance.
This fact of itself
It will he recollect-
the river about a fortnight ago, and will re
the first
freight that offers.—Fort Mitchell is seven
and a half miles by land below the Falls^
and about twelve by water. It is believed
that no greater impedimeent to navigation
exists above the place at which the steam
boat stopped, than those she had surmount
ed, though much concerning the river has
yet to be learned. From the success of the
first experiment, the presumption is, that
the Chattahoochie will he found Superior
for steamboats to any other river in Geor
gia.—Macon Telegraph.
Mysterious Disappearanre.—Some weeks
ago, a gentleman named Edward Seabrook,
’brother-in-law of the editor of the “Rich
mond Daily Compiler”) came to Macon
with the intention of remaining until the en
suing term of the Superior v Court,%and then
to obtain a license to praelfse law. He ac
cordingly sold his horse nnd gig, and, care
fully avoiding debt, spent his timers agree
ably as strangers do usually in a similar con
dition, until the 17th ult.—On the evening
of that day, report says, that he visited the
gambling table, drank rather too freely, and
was unfortunate in his ventures.—Fr.om the
disastrous temple of Chance he returned to
his lodgings, tarried but a short time, and
went out without taking aught except what
he had on, and was last seen walking to
wards the bridge, since which time nothing
has been heard concerning him. It is proba
ble that he fell either accidentally or volun
tarily into the Ocmulgee. A hat answering
the description of his was subsequently
found in the river.—Macon Tel.
Freshet.—The Qcmulgee, at, this time
A bioiv up—nearly “ sky high.”—Our
paper has been delayed this morning to an
unusual hour, in order to say that suspicions
have for a considerable time past rested on
sundry individuals in this place, as being
engaged in counterfeiting American half
dollars, and Spanish dollars. Yesterday
morning, the civil authorities, commenced
the work of regeneration—and in a few
minutes 12 persons were arrested—and are
now undergoing an examination. We have
not time to remark further than that their
operations appear have been carried to a
very considerable extent—we have the best
grounds to believe that similar establish
ments exist, or will shortly, in at least ten
places on the Western Reserve.—The
country is, or soon will be, deluged with
false and spurious coin.—We would barely
say, for the information of our Portage
country friends, that among the above 12
persons, will be found Colonel Wm. Ashley,
and if they will take him off’ our hands, and
deal with him as the law directs, they will
confer a great favour upon us.—Painesville
(Ohio) Telegraph.
the proprietors of the concern, when boring-
to procure a supply of water for their exten
sive brewery. After penetrating a slate
rock to the depth of five hundred feet, this
vein of mineral was struck by the chisseL
It now rises to the. surface, and we hope to
see the enterprise of the gentlemen concern
ed richly rewarded, as we are sure it will
be of great benefit to the public at large,
and to the city in particular.
Intemperance.—Efforts are making in dif
ferent parts of the Country to diminish the
vice of intemperance. Societies are form
ing, ministers are preaching, and tracts
publishing, all for the same purpose. It is
said 10,000 die annually of intemperance,
and that 45,000,000 gallons of ardent spir
its are consumed a year. What is the best
method to diminish this vice ? This is the
great question io be decided. The French
are proverbially a temperate people, so far
as regards drinking. The French too are
the most gallant people in the world, and
are devoted in their attention to the fair sex.
Is not this one of the principal causes of
their temperate habits ? If so, would not an
increase and improvement of virtuous inter
course among the sexes, be a greater means
of discouraging hard drinking, than all the
sermons in the world ? Give females their
proper ascendancy in society and they will
have more effect in improving manners,and
humanizing feelings, than all that male so
cieties can ever produce. In France,
woman, mixes with every amusement, and
almost every business.—N. Y. Nat. Adr.
William Worrail who died last winter in
Pennsylvania, was born in Marble township,
fourteen miles from Philadelphia in Nov.
1730: A friend has lately published some
reminiscences collected from (he old gen
tleman a short time before his death.
Among others, Mr. Worrail slated that he
never saw coffee or tea, until he was twenty
years of age. His father brought some tea
from Philadelphia ; and his aunt who lived
with them and had the charge of the house,
did not know how to use it until she receiv
ed information from one of her more refined
neighbours. This prudent conduct was not
imitated by one of her incautious friends,
who boiled the leaves and buttered them.
Massachusetts.—Items from the Massa-
chueetts Register. There are in this state 196
incorporated manufacturing companies, with
an aggregate capital of $29,765,000. There
are 54 banks, with a capital of $16,100,000,
of which 15, with $10,000,000 capital, are
in Boston. There are also in the state 37
insurance offices. There are 103 turnpike
corporations. There are 69 persons employ
ed at the custom house in Boston.
Shipwreck.—The brig Rob Roy, from
Belfast, for Quebec, was wrecked in a vio
lent gale on the night of the 30th ult. on the
shoals of L'Islet. The number of passen
gers was 161 : Of these were drowned id
children, 3 women, and 2 men. The Wa
terloo brought away 27 men, 16 women, and
27 children—in all 70 persons—the rest had
proceeded to Quebec by land. The "survi
vors were loud in their pniise of the inhabi
tants of the country near where they were
Inhuman Landlord.—Waters, a tenant,
has recovered in the Baltimore court, $200
damages of Gardner, his landlord, for ex
cessive distress. landlord entered the
premises with his Bailiff, attached every ar
ticle of furniture, one bed and cradle in
which was an infant, excepted, and these
the officer refused to touch—the landlord
drew from the fire a skillet, in which was
the breakfast of the children, poured its con
tents on the floor,*and took the article—the
debt W’as $27.
A celebrated physician at Hartford, it is
said, prophesies that there will be no old
maids in the country a few years hence, that
all the young ladies who do not get li.arried
soon will kii’l themselves by close lacing
and girding.
Mail Robbery.—The boot of the mail
stage was cut open, on its passage between
Trenton and Kingston,’ N. J. on Wednes
day night. Unluckily for the robbers, or as
Falstaff more prettily calls them, “ minions
of the moon,” they mistook in the hurry of
operations, the bag of newspapers for the
letter * ag; and decamped with a load not
of respectable bank bills, payable to bearer,
but of editorial speculations on the Signs of
the Times and other equally important mat
ters. These, though very good in their way
were hot the- thing desired. We dare say
the gentlemen thought them very cold coj®b
