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MISfcffcLANEOITS EXTRACTS The Banyan Tree.—This tree is a pro duction of India, that clime where nature is sind to lsxvish her bounties in the greatest profusion and variety. It has, in a late publication, been accounted one of the bun dl'd wonders of the world.. V single one of tlfcse irees is itself a grove, covering sometimes acres of land ; and from their extreme nnd^continued increase, they are] certainly great objects of wonder and admi ration. The manner o^lheir growth is as follows. The main trunk throws forth its branches in long, hanging, and at first ten der fibres, which on reaching the earth, strike in md take root, and become in their turn parent trunks, sending forth their own branches. These, as before, suspend their roots, and swell into other branches; and thus this multiplying process goes on, until in process of time it becomes a vast shelter for innumerable animals and birds, and an object of admiration to man. In Hindustan there are two banyan trees of wonderful size : the smallest one grows in the province of Rahar, not far from the town of M’engce. It has between fifty and sixty stems, or trunks, and its shadow at now Wjfcfsprcs 1116 feet, or about 67 1-2 . inference. The other stands ri&ln the river Nerbudab, within b:i>t Rproacb.' It kahiil by the to be 3C($ years old,'tiu8 is suppo se largest in the world.—f A ban- Jf/tli riany trunk*; forms tl.• most walks* vistas and cool recesses r an be imagined. T)ig leaves are yofLnnd of a lively green ; the fruit ^ *Wali. fig; when ripe, of bright scarlet; sustenance to monkeys, squirrels, and birds of various kinds, which g the branches. X.—It, was stated sometime an important medical discovery ‘‘.on Ihfide of an effectual preventative " ‘“*f©r •the consumption ; we are |tag3^something on the subject.— f consists in the production of substance, to which 'the *1 has been given, meaning lungs; and the effects of system, are to prevent rcles in the lungs, or ted, as well as to re symptoms of con- te Pulmel is sus- into a variety of your Lordship, it is a young rogue I caught stealing in the orchard, aud I’ve locked him ^ordship came.” “But,” said Lord Selkirk, “ I see your son’s bead in the other supWner house, he has not b< ing surely.” “Oh! no,. my'Ltfr put him there for minuti hour. sompleting her arduous ig in eighteen hours forty-five sing at the rate of five miles an .Magnanimous Criminal.—Mr. Ryland, the artist, who was executed in 1689, for forgery, so conciliated the friendship of the Governorof.Tothel Fields, Bridewell, where he was confined, that he not only had the liberty of the whole house and garden, but, when the other prisoners were locked up of a:i evening, the governor used to take him out with him, and range the fields to a con siderable distance.—His friends anticipating the consequence of a trial at this time, con certed a plan by which Ryland was to effect an escape in one of these excursions, and which v;as to have been executed in such a manner, that the exoneration of his guardian* must have followed of course. But proba ble as it appeared, when mentioned to the unfortunate man, he was so far from acced ing, that he protested, if he was at that mo ment to meet his punishment, he would em brace it with all its terrors, rather than be tray a confidence so humauefy given. He was deaf to remonstrance and entreaty, and ultimately preferred death to a breach of friendship. While Talma was at Havre, a droll oc currence took place at the rehearsal of Ham let. At the moment that the Prince, to avenge his father’s death, is raising the poinafrd against Gertrude, the confidante Elvira, ought to turn aside the blow that is levelled against the queen. The confidante on the occasion was a tall chorister, w ith the air of a grenadier, darned Stephanie Struck bv the presence of the great actor, she dared hardly to touch the arm of Ham let, and always failed in her acting.—“ Fi gure to yourself,” sa>d Talma to her, “ that it is your mother who is going to be assas sinated, your first movement will be as prompt as your thought. You dart upon the murderer, and you employ nil your strength to save the life of your mother: it is nature that impels you; there is nothing voluntary in the act.” They then bega; the scene again. Emboldened by his words, at the moment that Talma made the motion with his hand, Stephanie darted upon him, and hoisted him up six inches from the ground. “ Egad, my good lady, cried Talma, very coolly, “ you are as far overjis you, were under; nature does not "© that lengffi.”~ r -F«ret de Londres. mm i 'vf &eQefyli and the ladies in *''■* * New Monthly Magazine Athens, July 20, 1827. i proposes, to erect a line of planes.or rails, sop- j favor of you to send me General Jackson’s fed oi plan ported on studs, or posts, at an elevation from the j letter, groand'ofahy necessary height, not exceeding 12 or IS feet, on which a kind of doable or parted^arriage, for the conveyance of the mail and passdpgers, is to be suspended, and moved cither by manual, horse, or other power, at any desirable velocity. This, if adjusted at six miles per bour^rould accomplish the distance in eight days, it amounting to a trifle over one thousand miles, when passing from Washington 1 pledge myself to return it to you. NOAH ZANE. Sunday morning, 24th June, 1S27'. Copy of a letter to Noah Zone. Wheeling, Sunday morning, ) June 24, 1827. ) Dear Sir: From what my friend, Mr. through the seats of government in Virginia, N. Caro-1 Hollingsworth told me, after bearing my first lina, S. Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, and thence letter to you of this morning, announcing to to New Orleans: but it is believed a velocity of ten y 0U the receipt last night of General Jack- or more miles an hour can bewery easily obtained, son ’ s letter to me, Under date of the 5th inst. when the requisite time will be proportionably less. ( am l from your subsequent message by him The cost of the structure, if wholly of wood, is esti- to me requesting a view of the letter,) I ful- mated at l,3Ca,000 dollars; and if with the addition of J |y calculated upona ipeeting with Mr. Clay October Electron.—The following persons stand as unopposed candidates, as far as we have learned, to represent the county of Cla.k, for the ensuing politi-. cal year. For Senate.—Hon. A. S. Clayton. For Representatives.—Thomas Moore, Esq. As bury r Hull, Esq. Charles Dougherty, Esq. Post-office .Arrangements.—The Post-office at Tuck- crsvillc, Geo. has been discontinued.—The following new Post-offices have been established in this state, since the first of June. At St. Andrews, Haber sham county;—Johnston’s, Oglethorpe county;— Barns’s Store, Pike county. an iron casing, or shield, on the rail, at 2,310,000 dol lars.—The expense of transporting the mail daily to those two points, now amounts to 36,000 dollars an nually. This sum it not only contemplates to save, but also to collect a toll that shall in a short time indemnify the cost and become a-source of profit for revenue or further improvement, by the premi- at your house. It appears, however, that he is gone; and, from what you since said to Mr. H. that he denies, the whole of the charges alleged in the General's letter against Mr. Adams and himself. It did not at all occur to me upon urns obtained from contractors for the privilege of j V'°ur application for the letter, that a copy conveying passengers and the mail on its course, would be taken of it without my special con- while the extreme charge for passage is taken at iCUifence. It appears, however, that yon Four Cents per mile.—There is something agreeable, j have taken one. if not enchanting, in the idea of a transit from, say 1 I hope you do not propose to make any Millcdgevillc to Washington in two or three days, use of it, contrary to the usual and estab- and by a motion so-secure and gentle as scarcely to I lished custom in such cases. It is a deed* disturb the lightest slumber, at a charge so low that ment of my own, loaned to you in the most The election for Colonel of the 24th Regiment, to fill the vn cat fry occasioned by the resignation of Col. Joseph Ligon, will be held at Watkinsville, on Friday the 27th inst. it would be almost contemptible to give it a thought. Of its entire practicability, and within the estimate given, we are fully persuaded, and could almost con sent in this instance to vault over our exceptions to Hollingsworth ; and. agreeably to usage, I the ‘liberal construction' which would put it in the trust Mr. Clay’s denial to you, will be con.- power of the general government to execute it. is a gentleman of ■botanical knowledge, - whobas fieln led to it by many researches and experiments upon himself and others. He would be inclined to publish them 4t once, for the benefit of mankind, was it not that the public is so often ungrateful to be nefactors. Even when a patent is taken, the specification may be obtained and se cretly counterfeited. He is, therefore, in clined to delay tyr some years the publica tion of his chemical operations, particularly as he will probably be able to dispose of the manipulation to advantage. Meantime, as he dnps not wish to be ranked with the uninformed dealers in se cret remedies, ho will soon publish a Medi al Dissertation on the different kinds of Consumption, and their prophylactic cure by the Pulmel. which shall plainly evince bis knowledge of the subject; while, through .modesty, bis name will not even be men tioned, trusting altogether to the tried effi ciency of the Pulmel to deserve the atten tion of patients and physicians.—.In Phila delphia alone. 7ft0 individuals died of pul monary complaints in 1826, out of 4150 to tal deaths, or one in six! In 1827 about 800 will die of the same, and as many in 1828! Out of these a large proportion could be saved every year by the Pulmel: that is sufficient to deserve a trial,—Phil. Sat. Ev. Post. tiieihdd of obtaining flowers of different colours on the same stemi-^Split a small twig of elder length ways, and having scraped out the pith, fill each of the apartments with seeds of flowers of different sorts, but which blitesom about me : surround them with mould, s and then tying together the two bits of wood, plant the whole in a pot filled with earth, properly prepared. The stems of the dif ferent sorts will thus be so incorporated as to exhibit only one stem, throwing out branches JhUi-TariJf Meeting.—At a meeting of the citizens of Columbia, S. C. and the Planters of the vicinity, held in that place, on the 2d inst. for the purpose of taking into consideration the Tariff and protecting duties, as contemplated to be urged on Congress by the Convention which is to assemble at Harrisburg, on the 30th inst. a lengthy and able investigation of the principles involved, was entered into by Dr. Cooper. The energy with which the northern ma nufacturers have engaged in the design of extending the system of restriction on foreign importations, calls ldudly for countervailing efforts from those whose interests are thus jeopardised, if persisted in, in viola|o%:^Abe: Spirit of the constitution, the dictated off a soundand liberal policy, and the prin ciples of^sm^rrroppoeition to their views, or sub- mission-to tlieir will, becomes the only alternative of the soutlientAl^agricukqml states. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, arid Rhode Island, have nominated their deldnftit.:.' Vermont it is expected will also concur. Will be in part represented. The proposedAjbjJi# of the; meeting as connected with the Woo!Jp£fJ$]& now pending before Congress, contemplate ifdfftijffer duties for the protection of the Woollen home, rifsi^afactures, which, possibly, may be intended to;kave;a bearing upon the great ques tion of Pmsi^MM'4uccfession. We are gratified to find that a couKtc-r spirit is already pervading some sections of tMWMu em States. South Carolina is first in action. A committee has been appointed by the inhabitants of St. Matthews parish, with a view of “ obtaining a more general expression of public feeling” us subject, and Tuesday, the 13th of Nove/nbqrMKamed as the day for a general .meet ing, when tiro committee will recommend such mea sures as may “ be necessary to prevent the passage of said bill: or if passed, to protect them from its effects.” Upon this point, we conceive but one sen timent and one feeling should govern the views of this section, as a part of the body politic: let them protest; but when the limits of government a/e covered with flowers analogous to the seed ce d f° r benefi which produced them.—'JV*. Y. Pap. Red Angus.—During the outlawry of the F.arl of Huntley, in the early part of Queen Mary’s reign, the Enrl of Argyle considered that juncture a very favourable opportu ‘ exceeded, and the intc lationis perver cise of self-i; section is sacrifi- i object of Legis one in theexcr- m perfect confidence; and therefore, I pre sume, ought to be so regarded. You will oblige me by returning the letter by Mr. ’ munieated to me in writing, under your ovm signature. The whole will now be made EDITOR’S CORRESPONDENCE, j immediately public- This, I conceive, is JVfr. Beverley to the Editor of the United I due to General Jackson and myself, and is called for by the respect we all owe to the community. I ani, dear sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, CARTER BEVERLEY. Noah Zane, Esq. Wheeling. Stales’ Telegraph. Wheeling, Va. 25th June, 1827. Sir: The public mind having been for months extremely agitated in consequence of a letter of mine to a friend in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in March last, published in the paper of that place, I take pleasure, in deed, of gratifying them with a full commu nication of all the circumstances developed to me by General Jackson, which gave rise tp the letter from me in reference to it. It will be seen that his communication embraces infinitely more subject, fhan was contained in my letter; and, indeed, it goes Air. Hollingshead’s Cerlificalt. I do hereby certify, that' Mr. Carter Beverley, now at this place, called upon'rmf and asked the favor of me to wait upon Noali Zane, Esq. of this place, yersterdny mormfig, , with a letter from him, announcing his hav- [ing received, the night before, a letter from General Andrew Jackson of Tennessee, more fundameiilallv into-the -hole train of confirming the eubatanceof hie letter, pub- matter, connected with the subject. After llsh 5 d “ Fayettemllo, N. Carol™. I ac- 1 cordmgjy waited on Mr. Zane and delivered Mr. Beverley’s letter. Mr. Zane then wrote note to Mr. Beverley by me, requesting being variously attacked by these detestable, hireling, scurrilous printers of the west, in various directions, subservient as the y are I a , , » ~ , , i , , to Mr. Clay and Executive purpose,, this !>‘ e lo ? n °£ G f ne « l J 1 ack « , “> letter. Mr. letter from the General mar bo supposed J Bcverlcy hesitr.tcd. but dehvered mo the relief to me. I feel, indeed, highly gratified K’" ° VCT *° ^ in receiving it. And, although- it has not taken the course I exactly calculated upon, yet, as the public anxiety is great to reach Mr. Zane took the letter and left his house. Mr. Beverley, after some time, knowing that Mr. Clay was there, apprehended that yoij uo hiv? i/uuuv UUAICH y as? sii vui iv xcatJ i . . , Y . the truth in this case, I avail myself of Ihc wer ® 1 ' , . s ,e “® r ’ “ “ hl>d bce " opportunity given mo of drawing it, ere long ke P‘ 80 lon * , fro “ h,m ; _, he then requested to both point end termination. I have writ-1 “®_ to S° Z “"® ” d avert such a pro, ten on to General Jackson, informing him cess. I did so; but Mr. Zane refused to precisely* of the"'course and bearing'*^'life [l£ store ,h ° he ha ' 1 , subject/ Mr. Clay having peremptorily and JT ®°P» s «*»* ? °" e «f wb ‘ cf ' 5|r. positively denied the whole; both as regards G >*7 g* “d t he other was retained by Mr. himsqlf'and his friends, will, of course, bring the circumstance fully and fairly out. I canmotymyself have the smallest possible doubta'braggi^issue. You will be pleased I to publish the short correspondence I had w ith of this place, and his note'to me, with the certificate respecting MwM-cfejikd. 1 beg that the whole | Clay’s friends in this place. Given under my hand, this 25th of June, 1827, at Wheeling, Va. ng, 1 JOHN HOLLINGSWORTH. Ice in Egypt.—•The present Pacha of F-nypt Ava« desirous in obtain tho luxury of eating ice, and there being no such thing in Egypt, Mr. Salt, the British Consul General, sent to England for an apparatus for making it. The machine was copveyed on its ar rival to the Pacha’s Palace, and the Nile water was made use of for the purpose Mahmoud Ali hung over the whole opera tion with the most intense curiosity, and when, after several disappointments, a large piece of real ice was produced, he took it eagerly in his hands, danced round the room for joy like a child, and then ran into the Harem to shew it to his wives ; and ever since he luxuriates upon it.—Carrie’s Let ters from the East. for acquiring something out of the G country in Lochabar. And accord sent young Lochiel to raise the ren Lochiel went for that purpose, and way stopped at the house of one Camerons, who lived near Ben Ne order to take him on the expedition, people of Lochabar, however, like those of Gush, “ were not lambsand one of the nam,e of Angus Rhua (Red Angus) "vfras very famous amongst them for determination and courage. The clansman earnestly dis suaded his young chief from attempting the raid. “ Angus Rhua,” said he, “ will never submit; and it is better for you not to en danger yourself amongst the people.” Lo- ehiel was indignant at the thought of op position. and insisted on his clansman at tending him. “I will go.” replied he; “but you will not get the rent.” They proceeded till they drew near the brook which divided the Gordon)*’ country from that of the Camerons’. As they ap proached the hank, the report of a gun rung before them on the hill T ancLa hall suddenly whistled through the eagle*# feather in the bonnet of Lochiel. “ I told you so,” said his companion : “ you will never cross the brook.” The chief, however, persisted in going on. He had stepped but a few paces; when a second ball struck the earth before his feet. Cameron now conjured Lochiel to stantiale, certainty < “ Angus Rliua is before' you,” return said he; “ those balls are a warning—they have passed above and below you; depend upon it, the next will, be between them, l ochiel was now something appalled ; and, after some dehate, abandoned the pdrpose of the expedition, and returned without the rents.—Tradition of the Western Highlands. the election of the Id States, the evidence is. hitherto rested only on those circum- ■ Frances that give every assurance of tha - fact, though still with the possibility • if not, at least precluding that know ledge of "incidents necessary to give a eatmfac J or definite idea of its features, seems now ah the emerge from its. obscurity, and to be establisl in 'the clearer lights of positive testimony, as seen by the letters of Mr. Beverly, and Gei son, in the following columns. Opposed a: in principle and policy, to their continuanc we perhaps on the whole regret, rather tl that there offers this further ground for dislodgement from their stations; as well bi shows that the guards of our republican fc not impenetrable by the arts of corruption^ cause of the M unsafe precedent,” so disrepiff their operation and practice; and though stands nothing between the discountenance by the people and the certainty of their except the constitutional time—yet while opportunities for-bargain and intrigue exist no security that similar stratagems may, noi again be enacted, particularly when the avidity for office, "and desire to gratify feelings is considered. We therefore regain the special duty rtf all statesmen whose pat is not influenced by such motives, to reflect on the probablg consequences of the exposure, be diligent to devise the" best mode of averti|j perils their penetration may enable them to It is trae, an indignant people can, and riiay be pected, to give sterner admonitions for infractions of their will, than a mere inflexion of countenance repetitions are not always treated with per; and' experience is altogether in favi venting the possibility of offending, rather ishing the committed offence, wheuever it is pi cable.—Would it be impossible to contrive a mode of choosing a President, or other important officers, which should be free from those liabilities to per version as developed in the instance to which we have adverted. General Jackson to JVfr. Beverley. Hermitage, June 5th, 1827. Dear Sir: Your letter of the 15th ultimo, ©.published. Mr. Clay having K rom Louisville, Ky. is just received, and in of General Jackson’s letter conformit y with your request, address my any expectation or appiroba- j an ®' ver *° Wheeling, Va. , _ _3m it proper that there should Your inquiries relative to the proposition Jay in its publication by me. ' The °** bargain oiade through Mr. Clay’ s friends |)ursued to obtain the copy taken by j |° som<J of mine, concerning the then pend- iy with him, is, in my opinion, alto-1 F res |dential election, were answered , .incorrect and improper, and I endea- Jf ree ty and frankly at the time; but without tq -arrest it before the copy was made an y calculation that they were to be thrown but, as will be seen by the enclosed j P u bli c journals—butyixcfa cannot bo altered—and as your letters seem not to have been written for publication, I can as sure you that, having no concealment myself, ite, my letter was withheld, and de me until the whole was completed 1 lifit only one, but two copies of it I fctn, respectfully, your obedient servant, no . r ai fy-'d!l£?d arising from what I may have - P n A DT1DD DDVDDT DV I S£Ufl Oil the OCCaSIOn nnH ctiKioni ftllurhxrl irs • Symmetry.—The father of the celebrated Paul Jones was gardener to Lord Selkirk, and amongst other peculiarities, was re markable for his great fondness of what is called symmetry. Thus if he planted a shreib in one part of the garden he would set an other in a corresponding sitnati try. At the end of the la mer houses exactly ali! Lordship, walking in head peeping out Jonev,” said ho, up in forsymme- two sum- day his The Cumberland Parquet states, that, on Thursday, a woman, apparently about sixty years of age, announced by the bellman her intention to walk 92 miles in 24 hours, on the new road leading to Carlisle. The ground chosen for her performance was be tween the upper end of Lonsdale-place and Branstv turnpike, a distance of a half a mile. At two minutes past four o’clock, on Friday afternoon, she started, and continued to pur sue her task, with short intervals of rest, amounting in the whole to four hours forty- six minutes, until thirty-one minutos past CARTER BEVERLEY. said on the occasion and subject alluded to; my feelings towards you are not the least changed. I always intended, should Mr. Clay come out over his own name and deny having any knowledge of the communication made by bis frienffto my friends and to me, r,- rp, I that I would give him the name of the gen- ar Sir: The very high respect I have | , Uman thmuoh _ JL JL_ u, and your political character, added Gen. Duff Green. /-•- From JVfr. Beverley to Mr. Zane. ‘ .Wheeling, Sunday Morning, \ 25th June, 1S27. f tleman through whom that communication great Zealand interest I feel for the 1“““ hji'^beon publish^ rsifLrJr I as i a*,^0™. ed, is regularly mailed for me at W ashing- ton, still 1 receive it iiT©gular!y, and that to announce to you the receipt last night, General Jackson, of a letter, dated the instant, from his residence in Tennessee. ' ’ . „ r * , containing your letter has not come to hand. 1 most unequivocally confirms all I have of cour J{ cannot • ^regarding the overture made to him, of course I cennot say whether your state ment is substantially correct or not—I will pending the last Presidential election! and at however, again the occurrence and asserts a great deal more that he told me, w y,; r h mv . » CG ’ ar a • . .- 11., . - , , ’ to wmch my reply to you must have con The National InteUigenccr of the 28th June, con- a long and "explicit communication from Mr. R. Mills, Engineer, in South Carolina, directed to the Poet Master General, and purporting to be made at hia request, on Am construction of a Railway for the transportation of, the Mail, and Passengers, from Washington to New Orleans.—-We are among those who view these things with much interest, both with regard to the improvement they make in our means of personal gratification, and the influence they have on the ordinary business of life.—This prqject, as detailed, has many specious and imposing points, and, among them, tho local one of its passing ccn- ' ral through this s tate, should it ever be executed.— Different from the common idea of Railroads, the f the first character and order in SSSdSrt hTtad “^“m- . -vernment and country. It only awaits u r , . . 1 R "ki- m j • i . . i v * mumcauon no was desirous to make to me Mr. Clay’s denial,, when the whole subiect .i,„. u„ ... : , r .. .... J x |— ina t ne was mtormed there was a great w ft be brought to issue before the public. I intri { Cn and ^ . rfa j make this cornmumcaUon to you on many 'iSonSed of it-that he came as a friend acconms-but especially, *s I understand ^ od , et me rceeiv(J th< , con)m , lnlcati c '“ Mr. ( lays to call on yon this niormng, U migh t, the friendly motives through Xh and to pass an hour or two with you on lus i t was made, he hoped would prevent anv way down the river from Pittsburgh. My cHoo e of r ri( . od3 |4 or feeling with friend Mn Hollingsworth, ofthts rdace, has to hin) . To which { replied seen the General s letter. He will bear to I standing as a gentleman and member “of c rr mcal . lon ?T.r”: w h h 2!flc°ngross,and from hi,uniform, frieodlv and a publie matter, I shall be glad may gentlemanly conduct towards myself, I be inade in writing. couJd no| suppose ho wol1 i^ nak a „ y 0 I am, dear sir, most respectfully your mun i cation to - ^ • • - at obedient servant, CARTER BEVERLEY. No an Zane, Esq. Wheeling. Mr. Zone’s answer. To Carter Beverley, Esq. I have received you note of this morning, by Mr. John Hollingsworth. 1 request the ^ me, which he supposed was improper. Therefore, his motives being pure, let me think as I might of the commu nication, my feeling towards him would re- njtin unaltered. The gentleman proceeded. He mid heh.id been informed by of A: r. day, that the friends.of Mr. Adams had made overtures to them, saying, if Mr. Ck> and Vis friends Would unite in aid of 1