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MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS. A Revolutionary Relic.—During a call which the United States’ ship North Caro lina made at Citaduella in the Island of Minorca, in April, 1826. one >f her officers picked up .in a shoemaker’s shop in that place,acurious relic of our Revolution,name ly, a picture painted on "lass, and well exe- dated London. 1775, designed by the frtist to ridicule the patriotic spirit ^fhich had begun to show itself in the then * r colonies, residing the usurpations of the , mother country. It purports to he a repre sentation of “ A society of Ladies at Eden- ton in North Carolina' > ' > —convened for the purpose of entering into a compact to ab stain from the use of tea and British manu factures. That such an nrticle should have been found in such a place, is not loss a matter of curiosity than the picture itself, of which the following is an accurate descrip tion : The picture presents on its left. the.' Iv Moderator, “ fat, fair, and forty,” gnr eous- ly attired according to the fashion oft ie day. seated at the end of a table, with an uplifted rjL mallet in her right hand, as if in the act of ' * calling to order a British officer who is at tempting to ravish a kiss from the fair secre tary, seated a little wav on he. right, whose youth and charms would snom to be an in disputable warrant of such boldness—though Punishes it by puncturing his audacious I with the sharp point of her pen. On lejeftof the Moderator is seated a lady of larkablv modest demeanor, and by her is'supposed to be of high qualify, who >ears to be blushing at the scene we have described. Behind the cha : r of the ^rator.stands a tall, hard-favored female 8trtciwn io yeafs and coarsely habited, hut with cast of countenance expressive of great ftiltitude and resolution. Through this famine is seen the round black face, thick ftps, and Hat nose, (with their accom pany ing, vacant. good nntnred smile.) of a female dodiestip, who is handing a china injistand tojvar.ds the table, upon a pretty little cocquelico waiter. The front of the picture she»*-on elderly matfon in a snuff colored gown and black scarf and bon net, who hil^juYit risen from an old fashion- chair, and bending over the he writing on a large scroll >wing patriotic and spiri- posture, is nine feet younger and smaller, rapidly. They swalio iron nails, &c. with avidity, fluid of the stomach possess property of dissolving them in The plumage is at present rathei ed, as they plucked each others feathers on the passage. The bird has but two toes on the foot; the leg large, and white as a man’s arm, is a great curiosity of itself. Its eye is large and vacant, and what is remarkable, the ostrich appears entirely destitute of at tachment to its own species, or those who have them in charge. The natives often times ride them ; and though their wings are too small for flying, their speed over the deserts of their own native country, is grea ter than the fleetest Arabian horse.” ed mah table contai ted rfe ies of Edenton dh hereby not to conform to of drinkin Athens, Sept. 14, 1827. Reports, we arc informed, injurious to the charac ter of Athens for health, are in free circulation; and among those without the means of correct informa tion, generally believed. We deem the removal of a false impression like this, important for a two-fold pur pose :—First, to allay the disquiet and anxiety which may prevail among the fnends of those who repre sent other sections of the rotate: and, second, injus tice to its established 'reputation. Circumstances authorise u3 'to say, 1 .atifi no previous year since its settlement, not^rs^hs'.ending it - rapidly increasing population, have the chi ions been favoured with a greater share of health, t ? ran during the present sea son : not u solitary exception to the contrary having yet occurred, the origin of which could be considered local, or in the least calculated to excite even a mo mentary apprehension that its goneral character for health could be suspected.—We regret to say, (but this admission may be regarded as a confirmation of the tact, that the village is amon; the healthiest of the healthy,) that sickness to a Incited arid still prevails; but the cases have rifiginat every instance with.those who fiave ^sorted hither in a diseased state, the causes of which hay? been yhave essay- re, according to ktreaty, is to Fe rn’empire, in the enjoy- !y upon the prcca- d of a liberty circumscri- Turkish divan; or should e negociations tail io result in an armistice, the naval force of the “ high contracting parties,” it is said, is to be employed as a barrier to the introduc tion ot supplies in favour of the belligerents, leaving Greece, with an arm paralised by defeat, to stnicgle uopitied, or surrender, the victim of necessity, to a despotism against which, even with the present auxi liary aid, it is temerity to contend.—Though this in tercession of the allied powers has been invoked, still the policy which may govern the final decision ofGrecte, baffles speculation; her language may be that adopted by America in the infancy of her poli tical existence, “ Millions for defence, hut not a cent for tributeor preferring a change which she has not the power to effect, the oppression of this trinity of grants may be acknowledged as legitimate, while Turkey acts as the authorised executor of their ty ranny. We could wish, for the honour of the allied sovereigns, that this restoration of peace to the Gre cian arms, could be established upon a basis, sepa rate and distinct from the influence or control of the Ottoman power. Such a clemency, however, would be at variance with the divlie benevolence of mo narchs. While the authority by which they dictate, and the Jesuitical policy by which they rule, owes its safety to the suppression of principles not registered in the text book of tyranny, Greece may suffer ; but with their co-operation, she never can be free. [COMMUNICATION.] JWr. Editor,—It sterns almost unneces sary to attempt an exposition of the useful ness of good Penmanship, so evident must it be to every one; and yet when we look around among us, we see so many proofs of the reverse, ifiat we are almost induced to believe that the Value of it is knowh to but very few. . Here we may see a mer chant, who, of all others, should write a neat legible hand, scratching entries and charges in his books, in characters as unde- finable as the Egyptian hieroglyphics—and here a Lawyer, who has acquire^ every art of Coke',T<ittietOii, and ing to the court a \ present- nioval of ] hand, be an made by the re- we see a written prescription increased .by-exisftenif^rit, and coSfiraiod by the ex- which one would fonpy bad been transcribed [by a patient with nn ague. Again, we may contents ?,of |PV|>)r « sly. j?gftNp ^HP brown coat and red pferriwi<£ pefhap char ged by' these patriotic dames with thqioffice of consigning the hated emblem of British tyranny to the bottom of the Albemarle, or to the flames. In the back ground rffpSerry old Joan, cloaked and hooded, is seen ai- ■ready in possession of a suecedaneum for the interdicted article, which she is quaffing from an ample china punch hotel, with an ex pression of great satisfaction, while her nejghboui, with the long-eared cap and gyp- scy hat. and a half beseeching, half upbraid ing physiognomy, is extending a hand to disengage it from her insatiable lips. In the foreground are two prostrate tea-canisters, dishonored by a dog which is licking the cheek of an infant at play on the carpet, as if in token of approbation at seeing the qhild upset a w aiter of tea china. The picture is marked * l plate V.” and must have been one of a series of the same description. The officer who discovered it immediately purchased it from the mender of sides, whose property it was, and presen ted it to Commodore Podgers, who. we un derstand, intends to present it to the Gover nor of North Carolina ; a destiny which it well merits, however humble its pretensions Inaay be as a work of art—Norfolk Herald. Extraordinary instance of enthusiastic feeling of the grand effects of nature In the year 1820, Captain Hastings, then on a voyage between the island of Madagascar and the Cape of Good Hope, was overtaken by a violent storm. The furious turn of the ocean—the mightiness of the surging waves the blackness of the water, and the vivid effects of the lighting coming athwart the dark curtains of the Heavens, he beheld with an intensity of feeling that almost ab sorbed every feeling of personal safety. Having taken the necessary means for the security of his vessel, and anxious to con template the grandeur of the scene* he order ed himself to be lashed to an elevated part > of the ship, that, during the raging of the tempest, he might not only study, but actu ally sketch the terrific appearances around him. Collected amidst the uproar of the ele ments, and regardless of danger, he produ ced afaithful and spirited drawing of a storm at sea, full of the fury and sublimity of his subject. The drawing he sent to the Royal Academy, where it was exhibited the follow ing year, and attracted peculiar attention. [This is the same Captain Hastings who was subsequently cashiered for cballeogin a superior officer, and who-is now in fooU Greek service under Lqrd Cochrane.] Os/ricftes.—The Boston. Traveller men- ? C 'T. of Tul ? Uh or submit to the tions that three live ostriches were brought unb °Y . ,ctate8 of a monarchical triumvirate, as m _ if I. 1 • o ■ rmfll in mprcu nnn no onneoeccitfA in that eity by a brig from the Cape de-Ve J If captain procured them from a earn imaN. The Traveller says, that “ , only eight months old, in a nat , as appears from the following cx- Constitutionalist, is felt ip regard to a p™ the vacancy in Congress occasioned resignation of Col. Tatnall. Upon this point had hoped the last mails would have afforded us something definite. ^ But one feeling, however, as i we can learn, animates the west; public opi- While it gives to Mr. Habersham, (whose name n suggested in conjunction with those of Wayne, Wilde, Cuthbert, Daniel, and Chari- dccided preference, withholds not from these n the consideration to which their talents so deservedly entitle them. But the example of an immolation of self-interest on the altar of public good, at a crisis calculated to test the patriotism of the patriot is remembered, and in the west will be re warded. His election would give to the General go vernment further evidence that Georgia estimates the worth of those of her sons who have, in defiance Jif power, dared to respect her rights.. j ^ e cordially unite in the general regret expres-, sed throughout the State on account of the ill-heaP’ and resignation of Col. Tatnall. The qiiesti now and by whom the vacancy is to be filled, Attracts considerable attention. The names of Judge Wayne, Mr. Milde, and Col. Cuthbert, are mentioned: we should be gratified to see either of them in Congress, but we deprecate all rivalry for office between mem bers of the Republican party, and trust that these gentlemen will not be opposed to each other in the election. Some of our friends believe that the choice of a successor can alone be made by the late elec tion district in which Col. Tatnall was elected. We entertain a different opinion—the District Law is no longer of force; it was repealed on the 18th Dcccm- ber, 1826, (l.aus Deo!) The district electing Col. Tatnall is therefore, no longer in existence, as a district, .aod the election to fill the vacancy must be by General Ticket.” Kentucky Congressional Election.—From the last Kentucky Gazette wc learn that the following gen tlemen will compose the delegation from that state in the next Congress. Henry Daniel, Thomas Metcalfe, James Clarl, Ro bert P. Letcher, Robert M’Hatton, Joseph T.ecompte, Thomas P. Moore, Richatd .9. Ruebier, Charles A* Wickliffe, Joe! Yancey, W. S. Young, and Chitten- den Lyon. The order of the names, I, 2, &c. an swers to the districts which they represent. Of the above, seven are the avowed and decided friends of Gen. Jackson, and Jive the friends of Messrs. Clay and Adams. The re-election of the latter, however, is stated to have been only on con dition that the claims of Gen. Jackson should be supported, in the event of the Presidential election being again referred to Congress. We this week insert the Articles of the Treaty re ferred to under the ‘Foreign’ head in our last, as having hcen entered into bv the combined powers of England, France, and Russia, with a viewlof offering their.mediation to effect a reconciliation between the Greeks and the Ottoman empire, the condition^ of which a-e far less favourable to the former than we had inclined to believe even the jealous poliev of these governments would have led them to adopt. However successful the terrors of authority, and the threatenings of coercion, may in the end prove in staying the march of carnage, and the desolations of death, still the situation of Greece may be regarded as Imposing claims equally strong upon the sympa thies of a commisserating public. The present in terference of powers, -whose mandate is law, in the affairs of Greece, without which even hopes of.sue- have oft gleamed across the dark ess of her »y, leaves but the sad alternative eitherto bend to the forcoofeircumstan and remain the menu see a young student, whose mind has pene trated the depths of many of the sciences in a collegiate course, scribbling off a speech which his intended prompter at first sight would be very apt to conceive was a draw ing of ^ a P ta * n Clodpolo’s rqhk and file of militia, so independent does every letter ap pear of a connexion with its neighbours: nnd last of all, we often see an accomplished Miss, who can execute fill agree work, draw and paint to admiration, play exquisitely on the piaffe, repeat half of Campbell. Cowper, Lalla Rookh, and the chaste selections of Byron, writing in an album lines and letters which might be supposed to represent a goblin dance. Why then not devote a few hours occasionally to the correction of this absurdity ? No art is more essential to a gentleman or lady than that of writing, and yet none is itflpre neglected. It is the me dium of copnmunication between separated lovers and-friends, and. it is the record of the mind, which we transmit to our poste rity; and what will he morel pleasing to a son o*- daughter, when we have been long hidden by the tomb, than to see the memo rials of a beloved parent written in a style that can be exhibited with pride? These remarks I have been induced to make from the circumstance of having seen numerous specimens of improvement made by the pupils under the tuition of Mr. Tucker, together with his own execution in the art: the former of which may he seen at any time by application to him, and the latter, where it is now exhibiting, at Mr. A. Graham’s store. A FRIEND TO PENMANSHIP. rites, ho devotional exercises cxtqnt in Christendom, so admirably calculated to move the sceptical, or obdurate of heart, as those of the methodists, more especially those of the night, at their camp meeting. For. if the persuasive and reasoning powers of their preachers fall short of their object, there are attending circumstances which never fail to produce the desired end.. The gloom of the midnight hour, render ed more gloomy by the clustering tree's, the thick volumes of dark and widely spreading smoke which arise from feeble fire3, kin dled upon man}' rude altars, the light of which, foiling in yellow and uncertain beams on the visages and grouping of the assem bly, give to the scene an aspect singularly indistinct, yet awfully impressive ; and when to these are added, the loud imprecations “ on the broken law ”—the calls of admoni tion—the entreaty-r—the groan of agony— the shriek of despair, all commingling in one mighty swell, and rushing with full flood upon the senses—resistless, overwhel ming —then ebbing, and returning at intervals, with lessened, yet convulsed billow, till naught is heard, save the confused murmur- ings of the past scenes, as they are borne through the etherial ocean to the port of Mercy, the soul becomes filled with such a quickening influence, that every sublunary consideration is yielded up or forgotten in wonder, fear, and love ! And then what a scene presents itself to observation on the morning succeeding to such a night! Drenched with dew’—pale and prostrate on the earth, cringing, writh ing, agonizing, are to be seen, those who, but a few hours before, forgetful of their de pendence, their infamy, their nothingness, stood bold erect, and dared, unblusling or alarmed, to look on Heaven! A call had been made, and more—attended to. The blow of inexorable justice was thence sus pended. Contrasted to such a spectacle, you at the same moment behold, like ministering angels, those, out of whom, long since, the “ ovil one ” had been driven, pouring into the convinced ear, the rich balm of comfort, or joining in sweet cadence, the lessening hymn of those, who, having “ wrestled all night with the Lord,” now bask in the de lightful consciousness of their victory ! A Camp Meeting ! It is the place where those tenets, so congenial in their affinity to that divine portion of himself, which God has placed in the souls of his rational beings, walk forth in all the omnipotence of their character. It is the place where the spirit creative answers to the kindred call of the spirit created ! The theme is love !—Im mortality and Heaven the covenant. cruel in its mercy, and as oppresssive in its compas sion as it is unyielding in its tyranny. Such a corn- 10 Mhalion, with an objecg^apparently merciful, while its tendency is virtually oppressive, is a scandal [upon the humanity they profess to exercise, and an 'm mESMH FROM THE WASHINGTON NEWS. [By Request.] Camp Meetings.—The objections which have existed against this class of religious assemblages, begin to .dissipate before the manifestations of its heaven blest influence. The trained theologist has met its power has conflicted with its welfare—and has yielded, at last, the victim of its benign in vincibility! Before its march, prejudice hath bowed, and bigotry and pride have been led captive. That hi&rarchal assumption, which has been wont to characterize the conduct of a certain denomination of Chris- tipns, toward the Methodists, their forms and doctrines, if not wooed from its ilfiberal and haughtj exercises ty the dove mildness, the unresisting humility, and the soul-touch- mg prayers and practices which have home this people, like the primitive followers of our blessed Redeemer, through an ordeal, which none but the favoured of Jehovah could have withstood,.it has ceased to huzza its aspersions and derisions, because of the impervious mantle of protection and respec tability, which an enlightened nnd enlighten ing community has, at length, thrown around thesm. A t a camp meeting, whnl is the excellent improvement whiffi the moral minded at tendant may not realize? What, the ineffable bliss that does no4 pour its cordial into the pious heart. A (lamp meeting is the feast of saints—i t is a Hospital to the diseased of r soul, . There religion tells her inspired tale, is heard, ahd trusted. There the strong are strengthened, and the weak are healed. ! \ It is a fact, which we promulgate without the fear of contradiction, that there are no Convention, tfr No Convention.—This question demands the attention of the elec tors, on the first Monday in October next. Although very little seems to be given it in this vicinity, we believe it is otherwise in some parts of the state, and would again particularly call the attention of our readers to that subject. We have heretofore ad vanced objections to a convention, and deem it unnecessary to recount the n. The object js stated in a resolution of the last legisla ture, (in to-day’s paper.) ** exclusively” for the purpose of’eqiializitig our system of representation,, nm} 'reducing the number of members so as to correspond with their pre sent accommffljwys. Plausible arguments are advanced in, ofat convention, the the most prominent of which is, that the minority governs the mafbrity. The only remedy which seems to offer is, that two, three, or more small counties should form a district for a senator and representative. We could not possibly conceive a proposition more unpopular than this would be with all thusaffpeted by itl and tlvhich would create and entail more sectional disaffections and dissatisfaction. To be curtailed in right? which have been enmyed without even a suspicion of their being disturbed# since the settlementofthe state, would light aflame of contention heretofore unequalled in Oeor gia. We acknowledge the error of our system of representation, but are convinced, suffering it to exist, would be far less an evil than to endure the proposed remedy. It al so strikes us as a novel doctrine in the his tory oflegislation, that (as has been avowed) a state constitution should be altered to ac commodate a representative body to the size of a particular house or room. This involves a question, a slight view of which will show, upon what rests the principal part of the support a convention will receive. If the present state-house does not answer its purpose, the subject ofa removal of the seat of government, will, of course, be brought before the legislature with renewed strength, and additional grounds for support. Should any portion of our population feel ihteres ted in its removal, they manifest *#, as well as oppose measures that would long tend t6 disturb the peace of the state, by voting against a c onvention.—JMacon JVfessenger. sustain them in the event of any member of the Seriate desiring further investigation. Respectfully yours. &c. JOHN BRANCH. Mr. Pf,f.sident.—As I cannot consis tently with a sense, of duty, give a silent vote on the present occasion, I must ask tho indulgence of the Senate for a few moments while I shall attempt in a plain frank and brief manner to give them tjie reasons why I am unwilling to advise anchoqnsent to this ap pointment. I am duly impressed with the momentous duty we are about to perform, and the im portance of the crisis, connected with the deep responsibility which attaches to each and every meml*er ; and hence my solici tude to arrive at trutli by the best reflections which I have been capable of bestowing on the subject. To guide and direct us on this, as well as every other occasion, it may be well, first, to look to the commission under which, and from which we derive all our powers, to wit: the Constitution of the U. States, which we have all taken a solemn oath, to preserve, maintain and defend, not in the letter only, but according to its true intent and mean- »ng. While I readily admit that the letter,and, perhaps, the rigid construction of that instru ment, does not imperatively forbid the con firmation of this nomination ; yet I hazard nothing in saying that every reason which could have operated on the Convention to induce them to insert the following clause, applies with increased force to influence the Senate to reject the distinguished individual whose nomination we are now about to act upon. The qlpuso is ns follows: “ No Senafor or representative shall, du ring the lime for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the au thority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time ; and no person holding any of fice under the United States, shall be a member of either house during his continu ance in office.” I would ask, why and wherefore is it that no member of either House is permitted to bold an office which he has assisted to cre ate, or the emoluments of which have been increased by his vote 1 Because, sir, it was vfisely foreseen that he might bo -influenced to vote for the one or other from mercena ry or interested motives. What is the pre sent case? Henry Clay, a member of the House of Representatives, has mnde, or, if you please, has mainly c ontributed to make John Q. Adams President of these United States, and this President, thus made in op position to I he known will and wishes of the American people, and under circum stances of an extraordinary character, has called upon the Senate of the United States to advise and consent that this efficient friend, a member of the very House that has conferred on him the Chief Magistracy of this republic, should be made Secretary of State. I would respectfully ask wheth er, in sanctioning or confirming this nomi nation, we are not infringing on the obvious policy of the Constitution ? For if a mem ber may be supposed to voti office, or to increase the to his individual gain, much propriety be suspei sordid or interested coni he make^ an officer, who, ti an office ? I will not trespi of the Senate, by any further trate and enforce the coincii reasons in the two cases. They cate an view h as ‘from , when y is Him lie/time to illus- b of the must be FROM THE RALEIGH (n. C.) STAB. Wake County, August 27, 1S27. To Messrs, Lawrence & Lemay : Gentlemen,—'The incorrect impression at tempted to be made on the public mind in relation to the proceedings of the Senate of foe United States, on the nomination of the Honorable Henry Clay, as Secretary of ®tate, in March, 1825, hris placed me in the unpleasant dilemma of acquiescing in what every Senator apparent to;every intelligent mind. Again, waving all objections which manifestly re sult from the foregoing considerations. I would ask, whether, from n decent respect to public sentiment, we ought not to put our veto on this nomination ? I am not pre pared to assert positively that corruption has mingled with this transaction ; but this much I feel authorised to say v and believe, that the circumstances connected with the recent Presidential election and thi? nomi nation are sufficient to fix on the public mind the strongest suspicions that they have been cheated out of their rights by corrup tion and intrigue ; and, inasmuch as our government is based on public confidence, it is of the very last importance that our foundation be well guarded. The adminis tration of the government should not only be pure, but its purity, as far as practiaahlc, should not be suspected. Let us view things as they exist in practical life. The Senalc was prudently designed to act as a check on the appointing power, not, I admit, to 1 e exercised capriciously, but fearlessly and in dependently when the public good requires. How often have we eulogised and boasted ol our republican institutions ; our happy distribution of foe powers of the govern ment ; the salutary checks and balances to* be found in our Constitution ; and foe effec tual barriers which have been provided 4o prevent the encroachment of either upon the powers of the other, and the consequent pro tection to all classes and interests ? But if these things are only to be found* in the theory of our government, I would nofgive afigfof thenO The differenMepartraents should, in some respects, be considered ns rivals, each Watching every Opportunity to strengthen itself «nd wealtlnits rival. Let us, therefore, be vigilant’in the OXercise Of our constitutional powers, guarded u d against -open assault as covert, insiduoS encroachment. For, however 1 high sounding may berfee sent ^■ present must know to hfetl w Bummient wmc *rong, or submitting to a candid world the sometimes hear uttered of independent eiharks, -end the only remarks that were ® f #e people, foe legitimate proprietor n made on foe<occasi determined! to f» publication. I will fie ‘f' have, therefore them forthwith for ily add, ihaJpeveral of urrence in the declared lo me that ee* this people, the legitimate proprietors of government, yet, this indeoendeiMje connected with a dependence on* the dis pensing power, is fraught with itingiushed Senators expressed alarming consequences to the lib people; forx as we recedejfroriu imperceptibly glide into the