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MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS. Manufacture of Mirrors.—The art of manufacturing Mirrors was introduced into France in the year 1634. The. un dertaking at first, was merely considered as a financial speculation, till Colbert estab lished jjt, and erected the spacious pre mises ;tvbich it at present occupies in the Faubourg Saint Antoine. The glass is chief ly cast at St. Gobin, in Picardy, and brought to Paris to be finished. Each plate at first has the appearance of a sheet of ice. It is laid upon a bed of wet sand, and made fast to it by a sort of putty, then sprinkled with water, and a very fine powder of red pumice stone; with this it is rubbed smooth by means of a large and very thick flat piece of glass, fixed at the bottom of a great weight, which is moved by a wheel, and kept in constant motion, till the plate underneath has become perfectly smooth ; then it is polished on both sides, which is done by rubbing it with a piece of woollen carpet,with a little fine pow der of another sort of stone, somewhat like the poraice, but much softer. The plate of glass is then again fixed, and rubbed gentlv v/uh this till it becomes quite bright and an.cl transparent. The plates that are for looking glasses are then taken to another manufactory to l'e silvered, which is done thus ; a tery thin sheet of lead, the same size as the glass plate, is laid on a very smooth surface , a small quantity of quick silver is poured on it. which soon spreads all over the lead, and is brushed off after it has lain about a minute. Then a much grea ter quantity .is poured on, and (he plate of jlass is gently pushed over it, so close, that Irives the quicksilver sufficiently off to [ave the plate of-glass. It remains in the pne spot for four and twenty hours, in fieh time it becomes hard enough to be T»ved, and is then set'against a wall in a Vstove for about a fortnight. It is now kdcred as finished, and may be framed. jesting Discovery.—Rome, August 14, -The 21st of July was a day of re- fpr/the 'antiquaries and literati at and highly interesting to the in ks of that city. On a neighbouring Fre has been from time immemorial a garble column, and there was a tradi- it it belonged lo a great temple of ^es, which had stood there hi remote For these two .years past,,the ktes have caused excavations, to a lent to be made oil the spot, the re- ^cohfirmed tbejtruth ob.fhb trts- iFrom tifcae to time .important'mon- ancicjit architecture and Roman jfionCjJJjera brought to light, and every indicated that a great edifice had stood PBre. At length the foundations, jnense tenipte werejmgb? *ces to several covered^ were examined and oi tioned, the woricioeW" several niches walled up.-— 1 The;, ed. and in one of them jyrad fouwf a* colossal wiuged Victoria, of bronze, and of admira ble workmanship. In another, six large busts,one of them representing Faustina, the consort of Marcus Aurelius, and a highly ornamented breastplate of a horse. In a third and fourth, a richly gilt statue, four feet and a half high, of a captive ki airland a colossal arm,—all these’ are likewise of bronze, and fine workmanship. There are also several inscriptions in the building, one of which mentions the Rrixia Romana. The eyes of the king, and of Victoria, are of onyx. They are all in perfect preservation; " Other dangers t! these ruins there are whose corpses are in a mentation : also, more thai cattle, &c. Yesterday, the was perceived rising from amongst the ruins; to day it was more intense and stronger,and if prompt measures are not adopted, God knows what fatality awaits us. It will be impossible to harvest what the fury of the waters has spared. The government has just sent 200 men and 500 more are expected hourly, together with a large stock of provisions, clothes, &c.—Southern Pat. v . and not hi3 own property. Wc regrtit it, because it thrown him from that elevation that was before and to which tha gale of safs precedents will ft him. A-periesof safer precedents fin the punishment of unhallowed am bition, and should have served as a beacon to guard htm from a fatal shoal. We fear (and trust it may so prove,) that he may now say “ Ilium Jidt. n The following articles from the Journal, throw a<L ditional light on the “ secret instructions, and con fidential letters,^) whiclforV alluded in our last, the particulars orohiffl, we had not then learned.—SecnsCy has ever been regarded as a virtue—in such a case it is indispensible, when the fulfilment of prophecy depends upon the intrigue of the prophef. At the time of Captain Talbot’s announcement as a candi date for Governor, a prediction was filed by some political soothsayer, statins that the eratulations of the public would be such ns to ewe rise to “simul taneous” barbaenes throughout the state in honour of the event. The better to verity this prediction, printed circulars have been disseminated, instructing the efficient friends of Captain Talbot to sound the direful “note of preparation j 5 for barbacues and din ners, and to act with secrecy and caution—they have in consequence become the order of the day. One of these proclamations jia9 unfortunately fallen into the enemy’s hand, and tfie plot thereby disclosed. We would recommend thai such circulars be here- The violent philippic of Mr. Clay against General ; after endorsed “political,” that the object may be and from the situation in which they were found, it is evident that they were concealed and walled iip for security, as both the wings j dents,”) was open, the co-adjutancy of Mr. Clay’s and arms of Victoria were taken off* and laid! 1 ^ cn ^ B in ^ 1S favour might be expected. The an- Jackson, delivered at the Lexington dinner, has, as well as the reply of the latter to a short note publish ed by the former, been before the public for some weeks. But one feeling connected with each of these distinguished men, has been expressed by the community, as far as this expression can be drawn from legitimate sources. That feeling has been, re gret for the violent and denunciatory assertions of Mr. Clay, a turbulence of character and ebullition of uhdne passions that are but little suited to a states man, however they may suit the roll of a bully, or even of a military chieftain; and which have not contributed to elevate Mr. C. from the suspicious at titude in wliich he is placed before the discerning American people. Towards Gen. Jackson, that feel ing has been of increased respect for the command of self so manifest in the whole tenor of his tem perate and calm defence of himself against the in ferences of a wily antagonist, and in the utterance of his convictions of a conversation n.ot denied by him with whom it was hpld - . We may say tbpi we have 4 read these pieces, and again Mr. Bucbapao’a account of hia.conversation, with a sincere -1H r if riiffoJiiifiiiliJllC and ascer tain die truth. We tfotdel odd tajtbte frame of mind the capability tiff doing hab impartially; for we may almost regard ourselves as mere “ lookers on in Ve nice J’ and - personally unaffected bv the contentions so warmly entered into by others. We share not in tbejoaves and fishes of the coalition, nor do we ex- pect to do so in those of the “ man of tha people.” Our preferences were for a third, superior in every respect to all of the other candidates, and when dis appointed, were willing, in his own emphatic lan guage, to test the administration by its measures. If we have tacitly taken sides long since, we deem it an act justifiable in a high degree, if not laudable; but still we disclaim all partisan feelings, all interest ed motives, all factious views, and base cur choice on a deliberate judgment of what we firmly believe to bo for general good.—But enough of ourselves: Mr. Buchanan testifies to the gencraFcoproctn of Gen. J.’s detail: in such parts as he differ from hirp, it is not only done with he candidly acknowledges that as {{flairs turn nothing was more natural than to draw such infi-r- ences, or to give birth to such impressions rits titf* General held. We repent it, that we qahdbV^yHi' Mr. Buchanan’s statement^ denial of '*9 im- si. pressions comamed in t Gen. J.’s note^ ’'fRe h/tleri* not so self-sufficient as trrjpoy^btt i being the recollections cMinf ijtftiii* lively po,.but moiestly gives and states that Mr. B. cimcoiTectjneng py ly right. The proposition know if he bad decided crctarv of State, and informed of disposition of Mr Clap’s, friendgr^juA' post, (the object desired by the heir to “ safe preee- underetood, lest they should, as in this instance, be taken for those of a “ Cotton Buyer” or “Commis sion Merchant,” and again submitted to the scrutiny of a lynx-eyed “Trooper,” as a compensation for the “ postage.” The independent'yeomanry of the west are not to be deceived by such measures. They have their prepossessions to gratify, and will indulge them. Should the choice result in the election of a raw republican 'm preference to a larbacued federalist, their taste will be satisfied with the selection. The Plot discovered, or a new and approved plan of enticing the freemen of Georgia to barter their votes, their honour, and the interests of their coun try for lies, bacon, and whiskey, and to improve their morals artd enlighten their patriotism, by extending their gluttony and drunkenness over the state. The idea is doubtless a happy one, and shews clearly the character of the contriver, and the notion he and his allies entertain of our people, and the respect with which they treat them. CIVIS. ~' flMc in the Wall, Pea Ridge, Jhigust 23,1327. Mt Dear Mr. Bcrritt—Your kind favour of (I forget the date) has been received—but having laid it down on the table, some of the rascally Troupers came in and c&rtral itrrtf, and I have no doubt they will divulge the whole secret of the grand arrange ments for our good friend MATTHEW TALBOT.— But if you will send me another and pay the postage, I think we can get up a very respectable BARBA- CUE in honour of the old Captain, which I have no doubt will benefit hjm in bis election for Governor— and I tell you in confidence, he will be pretty hard run in our’eourity, but l think a Barbacue will change a great many votes if we can have a plenty of Whis key with it; hut as money is scarce, please say in your next who will pay us for the Barbacue—there are severaf^vho wouldfurnish one if they could be informed who would pay the expense.—Yours truly, . SANCHO. E. II. Burritt, Esq. Milledgeville. N. B. Having lost the original as above stated, please say whether the following is not the purport of your Circular to the leading friends of Talbot in the different counties of the state, to-wit: jether, have Barbaenes-— Gover .the party to &c.—-and to act edi rhi /.——We have with re- has re- >f the U. iprorapt- [. sever* at her feet. A Fans paper of the 1st July contains an account of a dreadful disaster which occur red at Goselin, near Grenoble on the 25th of June. A violent storm has laid that vil lage in ruins—n writer and an eye witness of the horrors of the scene, says “ on Fri day last, al eight o’clock in the evening, the storm subsided. It passed over Grenoble, and I do not recollect to have seen before one so horrible—the clouds, the most load ed, were dragging on the mountains. At their arrival at Goselin, a water spout res ted on a neighboring hill, and formed the fu rious torrent which has precipitated itself on the village. All the neighboring fields that were a little before covered with har vest, and numerous trees, have been wash ed away, and now present the sight of a na ked rock. The enormous mass of water engrossing large fragments of rocks earth and trees, has fallen in the valley, carrying along with it whatever obstacle could oppose its progress, rooting out and destroying eve ry thing. Imagine yourself, the horror, of such a night. The village is destroyed— the feA houses which yet stand on their foundations, are encumbered with ruins even to the second story, with enormous stones, trees, mud, &c. From distance to distance are. perceived, the hands and the limbs of those unfortunates, who have been buried in these accumulations of ruins ; the to Isere, is covered with frag- Yesterday (Sunday) they imate of the persons missing, who were found. The number 115. This morning when I had been found—the others the ruins of their own houses, by the Isere* There is so they do not know how to I in such trouble, people do and terror take away all ihappy inhabitants. The >le, and the strangers come look on, tremble and fiy; race*, natbihg-^fi force fr< neigh in a crowd overcome with panic, ve just swer, as recorded by Mr. B. cannot but elevate this man to a yzt higher stand in public estimation. How- few are there with such a port in view, the highest and moat dignified office in the world, would, nay could have decided as Andrew Jackson did! It stamps the innate nobleness of tbe man, and proves him a worthy imitator of the Revolutionary patriots, who, however low their situation in the eyes of the world, were above the purchase of the English king. It is needless to repeat the events of the commence ment of 1825; they are familiar to all, and were of themselves sufficient to convince any one, not aufnt of the coalition proceedings, that Clay bad sold him self for the place he now fills, If any thing were wanting to produce this conviction, the refusal of the friends, of the premier to consider M’Duffie’s re solution, would be amply sufficient. That resolution embraced, every tbing that has since been charged against Messrs. Adams and Clay, and an investiga tion of the charges therein contained, (for -charges they were, however worded,) would, if the accused were ^guiltless, at once and for ever have quashed all further proceedings, except such attacks as have proceeded,' undcKthe very nose of the cabinet, and originating in the very beaureaux of the' Capital, from tbe parasitical presses which now fatten on the re wards of blander and calumny. It may be said that Mr. Markley remains to be heard from. We fear that, as Demosthenes by fo reign pild, he will be tonguetied by the lucrative post he has, not in reversion, bnt actual enjoyment. But Mr. Clay’s affiliated presses may exult in their verdicts of acquittal. His and their denial tfoes not disprove and acquit him on the various counts in the true bill of the grand inquest of public opinion. To do this, he must assign the real causes of his sodden political change from hostility to friendship towards the man whom bnt a few weeks before he had de nounced as tbe enemy of the West, and whom he pledged himself to expose. This pledge forms one of the first counts. Again, he called personally to see Gen. Jackson, and was closetted with him in his private room: this is not a formal visit, os asserted by him. If on terms of unfriendliness, why did he express anxiety to travel with Gen. Jackson from Lexington to Washington ? and why the regret at not doing it ? We very much fear that Mr. Trim ble’s speech to his constituents unravels the whole of this Dodalion policy. It gives the true thread to iruide us amid its mazes, and shews us the secret springs that governed and caused this fatal derelic tion in a great man: We sincerely regret Clay’s va- cillatory conduct, for hi* character was his count ry’£, The resignation ofCol. T-. has ed to the Governor, and it i9 election for a representative to will lye ordered for the first M next. Air. R. IT. Wild, of Ric! Alfred Cuthbert 1 ,'of Jasper, and Mr. James M. Wayne, of Chatham, are spoken of as candidates, by their respective friends.— Sav. Republican; MR. BUCHANAN’S STATEMENT. To the Editor of the Lancaster Journal. The Cincinnati Advertiser was last night placed in my hands by a’friend, containing an address from Gen. Jackson to the public, dated on the 18th ult. jn which he has an nounced me to be the Member of Congress to whom he had referred in his letter to Mr. Beverly, of the 5jh Jun© last. The duty which I owe to the public, and to myself, now compels me to publish to the world the only conversation which I ever had >vith General Jackson upon the subject of the last Presidential election, prior to its termi nation. . - In the month of December 1824, a short time after the commencement of the session of Congress, I heard, among other rumours then ih circulation, that Gen. Jackson had determined, should he be elected President, to continue Air. Adams in the office of Se cretary of State. Although I felt certain he had never intimated Buch an intention, yet I was sensible that! nothing could be better* calculated, both to cool the ardor of his friends, and inspire; his enemies with confidence, than the belief that he had al ready selected his chief; competitor for the highest qffle* within his gift now before ifte, and which strengthe: confirmed my previous bpinthb. I then fi nally determined that I would cither ask Gen. Jackson myself, or get another of his friends.to ask him, whether he had ever de clared he would appoint McAdams his Se cretary of State. In this manner I hoped a contradiction of the report might be obtain ed from himself, and that he might probably declare it was not his intention to appoint Mr. Adams. A short time previous to the receipt of the letter to which 1 have referred, my friend, Mr. Alarkley, and myself, got 'into conversation, as we very often did, both be fore and after, upon the subject of the Pre sidential election, and concerning the person who would probably be selected by Gen. Jackson to fill the office of Secretary of State. I feel sincerely sorry that I am compelled thus to introduce his name, but 1 do so with the less reluctance, because it has already, without any agency of mine, found its way into the newspapers, in con nection with this transaction. Air. Markley adverted to the rumour which I have mentioned, and said it was calculated to injure the Gen. He observed that Air. Clay’s friends were attached to him, and that he thought they would endea vour to act in concert at the election ; that if they did so, they could elect either Air. Adams or General Jackson, at their plea sure ; but that many of them would never agree to vote for the latter, if they knew he had predetermined/to prefer another to Mr. Clay, for the first office in his gift ; and that some of the friends of Air. Adams had al ready been holding out the idea, that, in case he were elected, Mr. Clay might pro bably be offered the situation of Secretary of State. I told Mr. Alarkley that I felt confident General Jackson had never said he would appoint Mr. Adams Secretary of State; be cause he was not in the habit of conversing upon the subject of the election ; and if he were, whatever might be his secret intention, he had more prudence than to make such a declaration. I mentioned to him that I had been thinking, either that I would call upon the General myself, or get one of his other friends to do so, and to thus endeavor to ob tain from him a contradiction of the report: although 1 doubted whether he would hold any conversation upon the subject. Air. Markley urged me to do so; and ob served* if General Jackson had not deter mined whom he would appoint Secretary of State, and should say that it would not be Mr. Adams, it might be of great advantage to our cause, for us so to declare, upon his own authority; we should then be placed upon the same footing with the Adams men, and might fight them with their own wea pons. That the western members would naturally prefer voting for a western man, if there were a probability that the claims of Mr. Clay to the second office in the govern ment should be fairly estimated ; and that if they thought proper to vote for General Jackson, the} could soon decide the con test in his favour! A short time after this conversation, on the 30th of Decipher, 1824, (I am enabled tp fix the time not only from my own recol lection, but from letters which I wrote on that day, on the day following, and on the 2 J January, 1825,) 1 called upon General Jack£avl» < After the company had left him, by which I found him surrounded, he asked me to take a walk with' him, and whilst we were walking together upon the street, I in troduced the subject.—1 told him I wished to ask a question in relation to the Presi dential election; that I knew he was un willing to converse on the subject; that therefore, if he deemed the question improper, he might refuse to give it an an swer ? that my only motive in asking it was friendship for him, end I trusted he would excuse me (tor thus introducing a subject upon which I knew he wished to be silent. His reply was complimentary to myself, and accompanied with a request that I would proceed. I then stated to him-there was a report in circulation, that he had determined he would appoint Air, Adams Secretary of State, in case he were elected President, and that I wished to ascertain from him, whether he had ever intimated it. That he must at once perceive how injurious to his election such a report might be. That no doubt there were several able and ambitious men in the country, among whom I thought Mr. Clay might be included, who were as piring to that office, and if it were believed he had already determined to appoint his chief competitor, it might have a most un happy effect upon their exertions, and those of their friends. That unless he Had so de termined, I thought this report should be promptly contradicted under his own au thority. x -> I mentioned, it had already probably done pirn some injury, and proceeded to relate to Rim the substance of the conversation which I held'with Air. Alarkley, I do not remem ber whether I mentioned his name, or mere ly described him as a friend of Mr. Clay. After 1 had finished, the General declared he had not the least objection to answer the i „ I thought TT : ! thought well of Mr. Gen. Jackson owed to himself, and to thei^ dams - bl " had »»,*« cause in which his political friends were en-t be wo “ ,d ' °/' bn ' he " oa,d not “PP 01 " 4 hlra gaged, to contradict this report, and-to de- i Stete - , . M dare that ho would not appoint to that of. T Wer ? f 601 ? 4 ® flee the man, how ever worthy he ■**'«*» *2.*^ h, ! r “ f , h,s boad ' , Thnl who stood at the head of the most foftnida- ,f . h * “f™ 4 “ k "°" Me party of his political enemies, /these ‘ w ’ ,at h '? , left , w0 " ld da u P oa 4,10 ^J* 4 heinti niv impressmns, f addressed*, letter W^'nhnent. to office, he-wO'tf.'M to a confidential friend in Peol&vania, 1,4 off and cas, lt m4 ° 1 the fire. That then and still high in office, and oxaiteci • if 1‘°" 1< Up5 *H. 4he ^Pl di Y i * , ? i "!*?’*^ ,r ;™>iwed in character, and one who had ever keen ti e .'7“ u " T’ ul Tj thaut decided advocate of Gen. Jacks** elefc-i"’"- 8 '; 0 "T ^ r tion, requesting his opinion and advice upon •F 0 ,."' 1 . 0 °,' 1Ce P, C , r ^ C rcc untoam- the subject. I received his answer, & ™ e ' ? d ; a "l'»” ,d .¥g ft * I”*?* 27th lice. 1824. tmon the 23th. which is I- 40 ® 1 ifeoverttiKOt noth the en whom at the time he believed to be the ablest aud best in the country. I tolcLhim tljat his answer to my question was sucB a one as I expected to receive, if answered at all, and that I had not sought to obtain it for my own satisfaction. I then asked him ifl were at liberty to repeat his answer. He said I was perfectly at liberty to do so to any person I thought proper. I need scarcely , remark that I afterwards availed myself of the privilege. The con versation upon the ropic here ended, and in all our intercourse since, whether personally or in the course of our correspondence, Gen. Jackson has never once adverted to the subject, prior to the date of his letter to Air. Beverly. I do not recollect that Gen. Jackson told me I might repeat his answer to Air. Clay and his friends; though I should be sorry to say he did not. The whole conversation being upon the public street, it might have escaped my observation. A few remarks, and I trust I shall have done with this disagreeable business forever, 1 called upon Gen. Jackson on the occa sion which I have mentioned, solely as his friend, upon my individual responsibility, and not as the agent of Air. Clay, or any other person. I never have been the poli tical friend of Air. Clay since’ he became a candidate for the office of President, as you very weft know. Until 1 saw Gqn. Jackson’s letter to Air. Beverly of the 5th ult. and at the same time was informed by a letter from the editor of the United States Telegraph that'jt'was the person to whom he ttlludeu* the conception never once en tered my mind, that he believed me to Have been the agent of Air. Clay, or of his friends; or that I had intended to propose lo him terms of any kind from them, or that he could have supposed me capable of express ing the opinion that “ it was right to fight such intriguers with their own weapons.” Such a supposition, had I entertained it, would have rendered me exceedingly un happy, as there is no man on earth whose i good opinion I more valued than that of f Gen. Jackson. He could not, I think, have received this impression until after Air. Clay and his friends had actually elected Mr. Adams President, and Mr. Clay Secre tary of State. Aftei these events had trans pired, it may readily be conjectured in what manner my communication might have led him into the mistake. I deeply deplore that such has been its effect. I owe it to my own character to make another observation. Had I ever known, or even suspected that Gen. Jackson be lieved I had been sent to him by Mr. Clay or his friends, I should have immediately corrected his erroneous impression, and thus prevented the necessity for this most* unpleasant explanation. When the Editor of the United States Telegraph, on the 12th October last, asked me by letter for infoijr' /nation upon this subject, I promptly in formed him by the returning mail* 16th of that month, that 1 had nq^tuthority from Mr. Clay or his friends to propose any terms to Gen. Jackson in relation to their votes, nor did I ever make Shy such propo sition ; and that 1 trusted 1 would he as in capable of becoming a messenger upon such an occasion, as it was known Gen. Jackson would be to receive such a mes sage. I have deemed it necessary to make this statement, in order tb remove any mis conception which may have been occasioned by the publication in the Telegraph of my letter to aie editor dated 11th ult With another remark I shall close this communication. Before I held the conversa tion with Gen. Jackson,which I have detailed, I called upon Alajor Eaton, and requested him to ask Gen. Jackson whether he had ever declared or: intimated that he would ap point Air. Adams Secretary of State, and expressed a desire that the General should say, if consistent with the truth, that he did not intend to appoint him to that office, I believed that such a declaration would have a happy influence upon the election, and I endeavoured to convince him that such would be its effect. ' The conversatipn was not so full as that with Gen. Jackson.— The Alajor politely declined to eomply with my request, and advised me tb’propcURHi my question to the General himself, as I pos sessed a full share of his confidence. JAMES BUCHANAN. Lancaster4th August, 1824. Sj *-o William IT. Crawford and the Presidency. —William II. Crawford will forever rank among the best men and purest patriots this country has produced. It has been his lot to pass through those vicissitudes of life which furnish the most unerring tests of character, and show man as he really is.— To the temptations which spring from the possession of power, to the seductions of in dividual prosperity, to the blasts of adversity,/ and the ordeal of ferocious persecution, he* has been successively exposed ; but upon him they have all been alike inoperative. With the i exception of Mr. Jefferson, at that period when th© republicans of the union brought him forth as a candidate for the purpose of dispossessing a proud aristo cratic party of sovereign power, which they had uspd and abused >o long that fttey thought it their own by legitimate right,— and Gen. Jackson at the present day, whose Idj5on- situation is now in many respects what Mri~ Jefferson’s then teas,—our country has not produced any man upon whose head tk tals of detraction have been emptied such merciless profusion as upon that of AIk. Crawford. In the day of his severest trial, I * less the assaults that were made upon it; and now, when the anirry passions which in stigated such a host of assailants have pas sed away, the correctnesfre^byj principles sad the purity of his eondi^B&ep.from-this'