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MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS. From the Bocks (Eng.) Chronicle. Farming at Jiuenos Jhjrts.—We have ,been favoured with the perusal of a very in teresting private letter, dated January last, from a native of this neighbourhood, who, in October, 1825, with his fa.mily, joined a party of the Rio de la Plata Agricultural Association, in an expedition to Buenos Ayres. The Association was broken up. but the writer took a quinta, or farm, partly for the sake of restoring his health by the country air, about four miles and a half from the (uty of Buenos Ayres, fie thus de scribes the circumstances in which he was placed:—“ The farm is in a most healthy situation : I never felt Satisfied for about six weeks, without I was eating from morning till night, after which my health was fullv established as ever I had it in my life. I began to be much pleased with my new situ ation, and had it not been for the awkward ness of the.jMyww, (labourers,) anticipated Tfcmiig a* much at heme as ever 1 was in my life. My land was'rich in the extreme, as nearly all (heJdbd is about here ; richer than to the coffin-joint forms the foot hock itself form the heel. T be soled and sewed up at the toe£> are genteel boots; of course th to be dressed, but have no seam in except at the toe. Horses’ heads, or locks' headR with the horns on, are almost the only seats used by the Peons. I had no fewer than five or six around my cook house fire-place, which pleaded the children much. The cook-house is always a detached building, and the fire-place is in the middle, without a chimney, and most commonly the only fire-place, about the house, either in town or country; but many in town have chimnies. Skins are used here for baskets, hampers for carrying out bread or merchan dise, bales for coffee or matting; and that dangerous and useful weapon the htsso; dangerous, because it is frequently thrown round the neck or body of the traveller on the road, and the other end being fastened to tie saddle of the gaucho who throw's it, and who is on the gallop, he is sure to be drawn off and robbed—and useful, because they will catch with it the wildest horse, cow', bullock, sheep, dog, or cat, at plea- ws nseqnence on the 0,000—‘ Ma foi 1 one grand speculation.' ‘■at wonld you speculate, Mon- asked his companion, f I should’ ike to-buy that young man for what others think him Worth, arid sell him Tor what 'he thinks himself worth; ma foi! it would make me one grand fortune.’, tion in declaring it; but the idea (which was first stalk, raised at the Courthouse door by som© suggested) of two men meeting 13 — a: ~‘ -—’ * any ploughed land 1 ever saw in England. always lying perfectly flat, so that it crossed in ploughing. * The plough used is generally Spanish. ^Consisting of a hooked piece of wood for a beam, no broad board, and a piece of iron forthe share about three inches wide, which aites this fine mould up ; but as the gughpun frequently takes a furrow of one to two feet wide, there is not more thaffihalf 1be ground cut or broken up. This sure, which in this country is invaluable.— Skins also form the bottoms of beds, the sides of carts and wagons, the bottom of hand barrows, and a thousand other things. ans ari harroi quite, nature equiuM ing cut. up you would' grasp. f principally tain, inusta a surptism strange as so rich strength b of years!: laid, on it. son, whit bushels to l weeks wds to the acre* too mediately course ‘ the purpose ; for immediately on harrowed by a kind of bush which is the only harrow this coun- ’ds. . '-This answers the purpose well; for there is nothing in the the grass or weeds that will not * die by being buried, as by be- requires not to be hoed as England the couch or witch covers the ground here, is broad thistle, the dock, plan- !, and wild oats, which grow to height if not covered. As may appear, the land is here it appears to lose no part of its being cropped for any number such thing as dung ever being had a piece of barley this sea- sowed after the rate of acre, which at the endof ttle short of a ton and $ This I though]/getting much ,od I mowed.it my st : was in 1 ought as Srat' Jintidote against Poisons.—A correspon dent oCihq_London Literary Gazette, allu ding to the numerous cases of death from accidental poisonings, and particularly to the melancholy fate of the late royal acade mician, Mr. Owen, adds :—“ I may venture to affirm, there is scarce even a cottage in this country that does not contain an invalu able, certain and immediate remedy for such events, which is nothing more than a desert spoon full of made mustard, mixed in a turn hler or glass of warm water, and drank im mediately, it acts as an instantaneous erne tic. is always ready, and may be used in safety in any case where one is required. By a mistake, where a gentleman took a full ounce of poison instead of salts, the castors were fortunately at hand, and no doubt an invaluable life was preserved to his family by giving the mustard directly. ~ this simple antidote known, you may he the means of saying many fr poor fello w creature from an untimely end.” Athens, Sept. 7, 1827. with an equal train .of armed more than our philosophical “ West to East JtUbama.M presents his compliments to Regiment, arid chalices Landing, on the second Saturday six a side, with Rifles, to shoot 100 yards, 11 in 21—for a Horse, Saddle, and Bridle, valued at 120 dollars.” nflict, much S rt. the 27th, the 20th Wiggios’s eptember, ■the best J1TTICUS,—The republication of which we have for some time announced, has been from various causes unavoidably delayed to a later period than we at first intended. It is now in a state of advance ment and progression, and will be completed in all of week after next. v The election for Governor of Tennessee has re sulted in favour of Gen. Houston. The returns of 45 counties, at the latest dates, gave him a majority of 9000.—The following gentlemen compose the de legation in Congress from that state:—John Blair, Pryor Lea,* James C. Mitchell, Jacob C. Isaacs, Robert Desha,* John Bell,* James K. Polk, John LI. Marablc, David Crocket.* * New Members. . Kentucky Ehctions.—The long expected contest between the friends of Gen. Jackson and Mr. Adams, has at length terminated favourably, beyond the highest expectations of the General’s wannest advo cates. The unhappy dissensions which have so long very iris' iiglb'the blockade. La)&i r English, Dutch, German, Fre 1 ish, are all so vile from the given them, that you cannot\ work done. I have often thou - - feels at seeing Spanish Peon, or labourer, vt for wort, always comes mounted upohTris own horse, which of course you are expect ed to keep for his use, as well as himself, as he will frequently ride out, if you are ever so busy, and spend the day in carous ing. I had two Peons for some months, and kept two horses for each of them, and could not help myself. The Englishmen are equally awkward, because they are equally scarce, and much better paid for their labour. I have an old man now got the worse for wear, and I give him 20 dol lars a month, with board and lodging. What would —— think, on seeing the Peon stop bis oxen ten times a day at plough, for the purpose of going to the house to light his cigar "? This would make him fret, if he were busy at the time ; but you must not fret him, for if you did, he would run away, and then your team must stand until you get another Peon; for if you have English men, they are above going to the plough with oxen.-—If the land lies ever so flat, it - requires no under draining whatever, being perfectly dry. Another difficulty we had at the quinta, that of understanding only part of the lan- Erlrfordina,ry Births.—^ of Mr. John Kelly, now residing in Wolf creek township, iii this county, (Mercer, Pdin.) recently from Ireland, yesterday had foe -liwlig children at one birth ! They all Id ed shortly after, as we are informed by the Physician who attended her. Previous to her leaving Ireland this same lady had tivo at once, and on her way hither, while in the state of New-York, she had also foe at one .birth, making in all twelve, children, within fabput eighteen months ! All these births were? tore. The lady and her husband are '. fresh, young looking people, and on- years married.—Press. m People of Colour.—A very interest ing debate recently occurred in the English House of Commons on the question of me liorating the condition of free People of Co- Ipur in the West Indies. (and to us novel) facts were- “ brown population,” (i. e.v people) of Jamaica alone, is Worth to the amount of 8 23.000,00ft, said to consist of 30,000 them, a Dr. Dickenson, left at his death $ 600,000; another, Mr. Kingall, $1,000,- 000; and a Mr. Benjamin Scott, 1,250,000. All the pimento plantations (except one) in the island, belong to them; and yet these people were suffering under the most griev ous lenal oppressions. The debate in Par liament “ eventuated ” in nothing satisfac tory.—JWit. Intel. convulsed the state, shaken its civil and social rela tions to their very centre, has, we are sorry to say, on this q$»sion elicited feelings, inflamed passions, and provoked resentments, out of Which occurrences have grown that cast a deeper shade of melancholy over the political horizon of that Commonwealth.— Such a fiat, at such a time, and from such a source, against Mr. Clay and the administration created by his power, is fatally ominous of its uitimate decline. In the scenes to which this “ tug of war” has given rise, another comment is afforded of the inefficiency of reason in controlling the movements of popular assemblies, when under the influence of preconceiv ed and confirmed political prejudices. The termina tion of this contest has been viewed as having an important bearing on one of greater moment which 13 approaching, and fully developes the sentiments and views of Kentucky,, the home of Mr. Clay’s greatest influence, touching the principles and mea sures of the existing administration. y A Writ of Election to be held on the first Monday in October, has been issued by the Gover nor, tor the choice of a representative in Congress to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hoa. Edward F. Tatnall, whose letter to the Executive announcing said resignation, we subjoin. 'Middletown, Con. 23d July, 1827. Sir:—A continuation of ill health, which renders doubtful the prospect of my being able to resume the discharge of my duties as a Representative in Congress from Georgia, at the ensuing session, requires that I should tender to your Excellency my resignation sufficiently early to admit of the vacancy being filled. At the same time I feel my duty to state, that nothing but the hope of being able to be at my post during some part of the last session prevented my doing so at an earlier period. In withdraw ing from the public service of my follow ci tizens‘(to whose unwavering and kind sde port I have been so much indebted) it is im possible to express the feelings which the occasion excites.—I have indeed no little consolation in the reflection that, although Georgia has many citizens who wonld have represented her in the national councils with far more ability, she has none to whom would yield in fervent and faithful attach ment to her welfare.—I beg vour Exceilen cy will permit me to take this occasion of expressing to you the sentiment of high res pect and esteem, with which, I am, Your Ob’t. Servt. EDIT’D. F. TATNALL. His Excellency, G. M. Troup, Astronomical.—Precisely five months and twenty-six days after the total eclipse at New York, viz. on the 7th of August 1831, the sun will go down almost totally eclipsed to the inhabitants of Georgia! The dark ness of midnight will prevail at sunset: the stars Capella, Regulus, Spica, Yirginis, Anlares, Lyra, and some others, will come out to view the phenomenon. The period of great darkness will be about 15 minutes before six in the evening, when the air will guage. You would laugh to see us, when, , . - a stranger comes, muster our whole force j be chilly. Just a fortnight afterwards, there to comprehend him, myself, wife, and the I ^e a P artm l eclipse of the moon ; and, Wc have been politely favoured with the annexed extract of a letter from a gentlemen who accompa nied the commissioners engaged to run the line bo- tweeiTWle State of Georgia and Florida, to his friend in this place. The fact of a misapprehension on the part' of the Commissioners in relation to points and •Urectioo^ju the eatahlishmcnt of the boundary be tween Georgia and Florida, which, had it been per sisted in, would have r- su'ted in the loss of a consi derable extent of tt-rrii.r \ form? a ground pf justifi cation for the measures which the executive, at that periodlend under these considerations, thought pro per to adopt. The future investigation of the Com- missionere on the part of the two governments, ould they agni .ube brought to act in concert upon I, we are inclined to believe, establish of the above expressed opinion. -/ t beard that our operations on , . nded last spring byian rir- WwflW.' ooup. Our commissioners were run ning the boundary according to the agreement of the United States and Spanish Commissioners made in 1800. From information communicated to the Go vernor, he believed that bv running the boundary in this manner, Georgia would lose a considerable ex tent of territory, and he therefore arrested our pro gress until it could be ascertained whether this in formation were correct. I was instructed in June, to make a survey of the head branches of the St. Mary’s river, in order to ascertain its true source, and returned about three weeks past from this la borious service; In my examination, the following facts have been, poHpcted:—That the St. Mary’s is formed by three principal branches, the Ndrth, the West, and the South • that the first of these is the least, though it was supposed by the U. States and Spanish Commissioners to be the principal: that the South branch is the longest of the three,’and that it discharges one third more water than the other two together; and that by running the boundary accord ing to the agreement of 1800, Georgia loses 2355 square miles, or 1,507,200 acres. Thus it appears that by Governor Troupf’s suspending the comple tion of the line, Georgia has probably saved a large extent of territory, which would otherwise have been for ever lost.” Good news from Kentucky.—By last even ing’s mail, we learn in addition to the parti culars Riven in another column, that the tri umph of General Jackson has been even greaterthan was expected.The Oincinati Re publican says, the- victory has been glorious. that seven, if not eight, Jackson members are elected”—viz : McHatton, Moore Wickliffe, Lecompte, Lyon, Daniels, and Yancey : while the contest between Owens and Buckner is very close, and no certain information as to the result has been receiv ed,—Messrs. Clarke, Metcalf, Young and Rhodes, who still adhere to the sinking cause of the administration, have been also re turned. The Reporter acknowledged, “ that Col F. Johnson is reported to have lost his elec tion by two votes”—“ Letcher’s majority over Rhodes is about 100.”—-If this be true if only puts L. in the place of R. both Ad ministration men. The other reports of the Reporter correspond, as far as they go with the account above. But the administration prints speak but briefly as though paper or ink were scarce, or they were vastly “ down in the mouth.”—Rich. Enq. children listening attentive!), some under- ! complete the^wonders of that year, just a Standing one word, and some another, until: ' ortn, ?ht a " er [he New York eclipse of the we generally knew the purport of his visit.! s; ^ n ’ t ^ ere he another eclipse of the At home, my two cartmen were Spanish, who, of course knew nothing hut Spanish; • at Buenos Ayres, where my cart went every day with alfalfi (lucerne,) I, at one time, dealt with a Dutchman, a Frenchman, and an Irishman, and had also two Germans to work for me at the quinta. ' For this quinta, of about 150 acres, I give i dollars a calender month ; its principal ipoon. It is truly an occurrence that may not happen again for many years, when two total eclipses of the sun are visible the same year, in the same hemisphere, each suc ceeded by a lunar eclipse within the lapse of two weeks,—JV*. Y. Enq. An Irish Wake.—A labouring Irishman, named Neal O’Donnel, died at Chatting, value is on account of its having between 30: near Cambridge, on the 9th inst. On the . , At. f t. * l* i- • fivpninn- of the noor fpllou-’c Hoail and 40 acres of peach mount on it, which is . cut down every three years for firing, quite to the stump, the same as you cut down your underwood in England, They bear abundance of fruit every two years after cut ting, and are almost the only firing used., We at the quinta burn the stem of the this tle, which grows about two yards long, and makes excellent firing, with plenty of atfen- - dance. You would laugh to see what a Btate of nature the country is in. If you go to a Spanish ranch, (cottage,) and ask for water; they will most likely bring it to you in a cow’s horn. Many of the housps m the country have no door but abullo k’s hide. The bool:- made of the hind leg of a bovse are excellent, and would much suri prise you to see them worn; they a e off at the ton of the thigh; from the me ms the leg, and from the evening of the poor fellow’s death, a party of brethren assembled at the house of Wm. Welch, a like brother, and held, according to the custom of their country, a regular wake: the body of the deceased was encir cled with candles, and on the stomach was placed a plate of salt, in which was placed a paper resembling a crucifix, with several others attached to different parts of the bo dy. The evening was spent in drinking and smoking, and at different times the question was put to the deceased, “ Why did you die and leave us in this country?” Twenty two gallons of ale, and a suitable quantity of tobacco, enlivened the spirits of the sur vivors, who parted not till night was at odds with morning.—Worcester Herald. * Ma foi! said a little Frenchmen to his friend, as they walked behind a young strut, [communication.] Mr. Editor,—1 see in the Georgian of the 21st ult. the names of a number of gentlemen presented to the public as candidates to fill the vacancy occasion ed by the resignation of Col. Tatnall, our late wor thy representaiive to Congress. However the east ern part of the state may be disposed to vote on this occasion, I take on myself to assert, and am confi dent the result will justify the assertion, that there is on the list presented by the Georgian, one man for whom nine-tenths of the people of the upper Country are now ready to vote, one whose late con duct has evidenced him to be of firm, genuine, disin< terested patriotism, that in return has secured to him the permanent affection and respect of the np country. That man, I scarce need say, is Richard W. Habersham. Four’s, Jin Up Countryman. The following articld from the Alabama Whig of the 24th ult. upon the snbject of the proposed Tariff, shows that the “ Woollens Bill ” is a pill too bitter to be swallowed withont precaution and due consi deration of its effect. The state of public feeling is such as to induce, a belief that the attendance will be general. “ The citizens of Mqnro? and the adjoining conn ties are requested to Ideet at the Court-house, in Claiborne, on Wednesday the 29th inst. to take into the Woollen's 1M.” The first glance ot the following, (which appeals as an advertisement in an Alabama paper,) we must confess caused us a cons'ulerable tremor. We #■ knowledge we’ had rather /look through forty {heaps than down one gun-barrel, and feel no want* partizan, possessed of more courage than prudence. It caught like a spark ap plied to a magazine of gunpowder. The offensive insignia was again pulled .down, and a riot with sticks, stones and brickbats mmediately took place, which was alarming and distressing to every friend to the peace and good order of the town. The affray con tinued for a considerable, time, the comba tants taking different sides- of the Court Yard, and carrying on the engagement with stones and brickbats, furnished by some who were aiding in the unpleasant scene. It is supposed that there were not less than six or seven hundred men engaged in the affray at one time. We deplore this occurrence most sincere ly, both as it respects the character of our country, and as it regards that freedom of thou At and action which ought to character ize airindependent Kentuckian. All stand upon an equal footing here, when about to exercise their right of suffrage ; and when reason fails to persuade, force and intimida tion ought not to be used to control it. Although several persons have received severe bruises, we have not yet learnt that any have been dangerously wounded. But it is to be regretted, that some persons not engaged in the affray, were struck with the stones and brick bats, while endeavoring to escape from the scerip of action. It is impossible to say, what unhappy con sequences miglit have resulted from this riot, had it not been arrested by the prompt, en ergetic and manly conduct of Major Barry, aided by the Rev. Mr. Hall and Messrs. Brackenbridge and McCnlla. Shortly after the fray commenced, Mr. Barry was sitting in his office, conversing with a friend, whea two highly respectable gentlemen, opposed to Mr. B’s political course hastily entered and with much earnestness, claimed his per sonal assistance to quell the riot. “ You are the man, (said they,) if any body can, to put an end to this unhappy affair; give us your help.” Without a moment’s hesitation , he assured them that he would do it if in his power, or die in the attempt; and sprang up on a horse belonging to one of the gentle men, he rushed into the midst of theVomba- tunts, at the imminent danger of his life, ex posed to showers of stones which were hur led from each side, calling out Peace!* Peace ! The sound of his well known voice and his friendly remonstrances, calmed the tumult, in which he was aided by the Rev. Mr. Hall, who entered the yard about the same time at another point. Both these gen tlemen were in great danger, from the mis apprehension of some of the rioters as to their motives for interfering. Happily Mr. Hall escaped with but little injury, although struck in two or three places. But the es cape of Mr. Barry, exposed as he was .on horseback to the stones thrown each side, was truly astonishing. By the exertions of. these gentlemen, the tumult had me ; From the Kentucky G^zeite. The general electioii comrrymeed in t' place on Monday last, wit]i unusual sjri Both parties used their gre&tast exertions to take the lead, which, however, was cai and maintained throughout,the day by friends of Gen. Jackson. A singular cum stance occurred in the morning, by which persons at a distance may judge of the temper that prevailed. About eleven o’clock, a party from the country bearing a hemp stalk, sujrmounted with a white flag, and having on it a motto, we believe in these words. “ Henry Clay and the American System.— We will Support them that support vs,” paraded up Main-street to Postle- thwait’s t*ivern,then round the Court house, and finally into the yard. Upon reaching the door of the Courthouse, the standed and flag, were hoisted up to one of the windows, out of which it was displayed. A Jackson man considering it Was intended as an in sult to the cause he espoused, seized it like Old Hickory would have seized a Hartford Conventionist during the war, and dashed it down among the crowd—where it was tram pled under foot, and totally disappeared. Another attempt, we understand, w as made on Tuesday, to parade again with a hemp stalk, but it was again seized and destroyed in the scuffle. A sudden shower of rain however, very happily dispersed the comba tants, and cooled their temi>er. The emblem which caused this excite ment was certainly, as the French would say, mat apropos. For while General Jack- son was sustaining the interest of the Ken tucky hemp grower, by his votes in Con gress, the New Englanders, by whom the Administration was brought into power, and who have given it their undivided support, opposed all additional duties on the impoita- tion of foreign hemp, preferring to supply themselves from Russia—and even the Ad ministration itself refuses to use the domes tic hemp in this Navy. Yet such are the means made use of by Mr. Clay’s friends to excite unfounded prejudices against General Jackson. But “ truth is great and will pre vail.” On Wednesday, the parties rcnew'ed their struggle w ith great animation. After the election had continued about two hours, the excitement became unusually great. The S ' tense interest felt by all, had ro prepared e minds of the people crewdedmround the r'nni'tWuic'A .U* . ‘d* x a consideration the puriraed in relation *o|iCourrfit>]Hse K jihatit but"a [small matter (if irritation lo Vulsion. This unhanoilv produce a con- shed by a simi ound the tates Mail th rily subsided, when unfortUu*^^, gain renewed by some person^ who from behind the Court House» and, proba- owing what had beeri jgon&j: threw nes at the Jackson party, by was immediately repelled, ncture, Messrs. Urecken- rushed out of the Court white handkerchief nd as an appeal to ir mutual friends. It ct, and an end was put one period, threatened the most disastrous consequences. The timely and energetic interferrnce of these gentlemen, and particularly of Major Barry, who risked his personal safety, to save the lives of many of his neighbors and fellow-citizens, that might have fallen vic tims to this unfortunate affair, entitle them to the gratitude of the people of Fayette, and every friend to peace and good order. But for their manly and prompt interference at a critical moment, many unfortunate w r o- men might now have had to mourn the joss of their affectionate husbands, and children the death of their fathers. We speak advi sedly, when we say this—for we are inform ed, that about the time the tumult w as at its height, some imprudent men were heard to threaten a resort to fire arms. Had one mus ket or rifle been fired in such a stater of ex citement, we will not attempt to depict the consequences, but leave imagination to por tray them. We had w’ritten thus far. when we learnt that it was intended to charge these unhappy proceedings to the intemperate conduct of the Jackson party. We are persuaded that it would be an unjust charge. It is princi pally to be attributed to the example set on Monday to irritate their feelings, by the in troduction of offensive emblems, and an ob stinate persistence in that course by the A- dams party, when they found it calculated to rouse the angry passions of their opponents^ Besides we are assured by respectable men, that the first stones were thrown on Wed nesday, by persons who claimed to he of the Adams party. We will not, however, say, that there were not faults on both sides. Some of the Jackson party did, we under stand, elevate a Hickory bush at the Court House on Wednesday; and it is said, that the first stones throu'n, were directed at that, hut falling among the crowd, caused an immediate separation of the patties, and the conamencement t of hostilities. In conse- quence of the calm produced by the closing of the polls until after dinner, which'gave timedbr the pgsagdns to cool, and the praise worthy exettions of many respectable men of both parties, who mixed with the people, and used their influence to restore harmon) an entirely different spirit prevailed tl * out the afternoon. No shown by any one, to dist tliatwe haye hearcL mw. wjgggi* - 1 - ..