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MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.
DEATH IN THE BOTTLE.
' Drink liny*, drink, and drown ull sorrow,
l or »<: may not live boys, to diink again to-morrow.”
College Hong.
One would think that these words of the old
■allege sons were writtten in anticipation of a
’ nok, lately published in London, on the ndul-
•'■niiion of spirituous liquors. The London
Magazine haschristenod itsreviewofit “Death
u the Bottle,” and it is enough to make one’s
rnir turn white with horror, to .follow the au
thor through liis details. It is not many years
sinro Dr. Accum did the eating world a simi
lar service, by showing that what we fondly
considered to Lc nutritious food, was absolute
p lison. Bread ceased to ho the staff of life j
chocite sent n mail to his ancestors, and vege
tables and animals were sure to play the deuce
v, ith the stomach. IVlmt is a poor fellow to do
between Death in the Kitchen and Death in
the Bottle ? Scyllu lies in wait for him in the
shape of a bilker’s loaf, and Charyhdis fo -ms
in l lie sparkling Chumpaigne ; starve to death
and thirst to death, or eat, drink and be poi
soned. The alternative is awful.
When a man enters a hotel anil calls for a
drink of brandy and water, he littlo dreams
what lie is complacently sipping—rectified
spirits, vinegar, orace root, vitriol, extract of
Almond cake, cherrv-laurel water, and extract
of capsicum ! What an infernal mixture—it is
enough to corrode a stomach of slice! iron
.So much for brandy. Next comes gin,
finitely moro mischievous, it scetns, than his
hrolhcr brandy. The lurking demons in a
bottle of gin, nro oil of vitro), sulphuric tether,
oil of Turpentine, orace root, oils ofjunipcr, of
cassia, of carrnway, of almonds, Angelica
root and capsicum ! all essential poisons—no
wonder people din of drinking ! So lot tho rea
dor hid “ farewell, n long farewell,” to gin
ton is dead 1 * This ureal inan contended a- know to le the case every sabbath in this place, by
ion is delta . Inis great tnan conicnaeu a , children who arc not under Ac eyeofthcir parents
gainst tyranny : he established the liberty of
his country.” His name will ever be dear to
the French people, as to every freeman of the
two hemispheres, and particularly to the French
soldiers, who, like him, and tho Americans,
contended for liberty and equality. The first
Consul gave further orders, that, during ten
days, black crape should bo suspended upon
the flags and standards of the republic.—
Gourmand’s Napoleon.
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Duties on Imports.—W« have been obliged by some
of our delegation in Congress, among other documents,
with copies of the Report of the Committee on Manu
factures from which we have extracted as much as
comports with our limits, and embracing, as we con-
and all its Tartarean attributes, and see if lie c " ivt ’ em * ' ,oi "‘ of ,nleftst il con,ai '“"' 11 wiU h,:
can console himself with a good glass of wine.
If tho follow ing mixture does not make him
throw thb hotlld out of tlio window, he is moro
or less than man :—the deluded wretch is
:misoiling his lips over n do*o of cupsieum
sal-tartar, gum dragon, (what an nppuling
word,) Ices almond enko I If things were cal
led by their-right names, instead of saying to a
friend, “ Will you take a glass of wine 1” one
would say “ will you take a glass of gum-drn
gun and sal-tartar! Wcpity the tnanwho drank
bumpers to all the toasts on the 8th of January.
Of late years, Sherry has been quite a fas!
tenable drink, on nccount of its being less acid
than Madeira, and consequently moro whole
some. It contains, however, a tolerably rea
sonable share of the horrific, laurel-water, ben
zoin, lamb’s blood, chalk ami oyster-shells !
The idea of drinking oyster-shells, is some
thing now—wo doubt whether they nro ns di
gestible ns their phlegmatic tenant, even
when coupled with chalk. It were ns well to
(Urn a man’s interior into.a lime-kiln at once.
One great question arises in the considera
tion of this subject; what, in tho name of de
canters and glasses, is a man to moisten his
clay with? Wo take it for granted that every
one of our readers will forthwith stavo in his
bcor bnrrcls, and decapitate all the bottles in
his cellar; but whut is he to drink with his
dinner 1 Puro water is the host dilutcnt—but
that is about ns liurd to come to ns pure wine.
Tho Mnnhntlnn is miserable stuff, and tho
Water Works Company stagnated long ago.
The last resort of thirsty man is cider, the
generous extract of the juicy upple. Bottle it,
mid it has the foaming lifo of champnigne,with
out its pernicious qualities—drink it. in mode
ration, and death will not bo fouud in the hot'
tie.—JV. V. Morning Courier.
Athens, Feb. 22, £828.
The Annual celebration of the “ Dkmosthknian So
ciety ” took place on Tuesday last, when un appro
priate Oration was delivered by L I). M’Kiulcy, which
we expect to insert next week.
Southern lievieic.—Wc have not yet obtained a sight
of thi* work, which now occupies so much attention,
and is regarded with so much interest in the southern
country. However on our last page will be found
critical summary of its contents, taken from the Charles
ton Mercury, which, if jus*, raises the best expectations
as to thu nature und amount of its influence, both ut
home and abroad.
perceived that it is recommended to considerably in
crease the duties on manufactures of iron, steel, wool,
cotton, hernp, tlnx, &c. and also on some of the un
manufactured materials, arid the Report is accompanied
with a Rill accordingly. This will no doubt givo rise
to long if not violent discussions in Congress; but wc
have heretofore expressed the opinion that it will finally
puss; and in that event, we have also constantly di
rected attention to what, in our opinion, will constitute
the only efficient remedy for the southern country—we
allude to diversifying thu products of our soil, and the
institution of manufactures among ourselves.
lieautiful Experiment.—Tho following beau
tiful chomica! experiment may easily bo per
formed by a lady, to the great astonishment of
the eircle of her tea party.—Take two or three
blndea of ted cabbage, cut or tear them into
Htniill bits, put them into a basin, and pour a
pint of boiling water on them; let it stand an
hour, and then decant tho liquid -nto n glass
bottle ; it will be of n fine violet-blue colour.
Then tttko four wine glasses i into one put two
or .throo drops of sulphuric acid, or five or six
drops of strong vinegar; into another put five
or six drops of a solution of niiiin; into the
third a few drops of dissolved soda, and let the
fourth glass remain empty. Then till the
glnssoB from the bottle, and tho liquid poured
into tho gloss containing the acid will quickly
change colour, and become a beautiful red;
that into tho glass containing the soda a tine
green, and that continuing the alum a fine
purple, while that poured into the empty one
will, of course, remain unchanged. Blit ad
ding n littlo vinegar to the green, it will imme
diately change to red; and by adding n littlo
of tho solution of soda to the red, it will as
sume a fine green : thus showing the action or
acid* and alkalis on vegetable blues.
The Southron.—We received by the last mail, the first
Number of the Southron. It is printed on an imperial
beet, with new type, and in point of typographical
neatness and execution, highly creditable to tho pro
jectors. The Editors will advocate tho principles of the
republican party. Tlio Southron is establiscd, not as
lias been reported, with a view of rallying around it
the disaffected of both parties, but to promote and csta-
bliah those interests connected with tlio republican
cause in favour of which one of them has faithfully la
boured in a moro porilous and trying hour. Their mo
tives having been prejudged, it is for them to refute,
which wc have no doubt they will do successfully, the
imputation riot ormconsTstencyTnTyTIiut of dlsatlt'ctton
to the truo interest of the country, by keeping a strict
eye to the signal under which they have enlisted,—
“ Free Trade, Stale /tight), and the Federal Constitu
tion."—We hail the Southron ns an auxiliary, and wish
it a monied ballast and a prosperous voyage through the
political storms which must now and then await it.
This single consideration, it'there were no other, and
many others might be stt'd. outweighs a thousand
fold all that cat. be said in .'our of the other mode of
sitting: and vet atranze is it may be thought, a hue
and cry lias been raised ag-i" 8 * ‘he Trustees of a church
in a neighbouring town be -'use they have adopted this
plan! Harmony lias bet:, interrupted in the commu
nity—opposition meeting’ have been appointed—hard
things have been said!—this consistent with a Chris
tian spirit? Would our Saviour approbate a course 11 n „ follows-
like this? I trow not. Why shoulcf not each denomi- generally, are as IOIIOWS .
nation be permitted to manage the affairs of their own
church in their own way ? Tlus'gurely can be done
without invading the rights or cieroacliing upon the
privileges of others.—I consider it perfectly practicable
to do all this, and yet affiird a liearW welcome and ac
commodation to other denomination who may favour
each other with their presence.—“'Behold how good
ami pleasant it is fur brethren to dwell together in uni
ty.” A PKBSBYTEIttAbf.
By the following extract front a report made to the
House of Representatives on tie' Gtli inst. by the Com
mittee on Indian Affaire, we nrc encouraged to hope
that our collisions about the matter will forthwith be
iidjustcil, and Georgia shortly pul in quiet possession of
all the laud within her boundaries.
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“ Ttie Committee recommend that a further sum of
$50,000 be made and plnccd at (lie discretion of the
President, to aid such other Indians as may lie disposed
to emigrate to the west of the Mississippi; and that the
President be authorized and empowered, out of said
last mentioned appropriation, to extinguish the title of
tho Cherokee Indians to any land within the limits of
the State of Ueorgia, at any time when lie may be able
so to do “ upon peaceable and reasonable terms.” This
the United States are bound, by coinpart witli the Stale
of Georgia, to do; and the Committee are of opinion,
that the United States nrc bound in good faith to the v 11 ’’“ 8”™ 1 " vwnnii w
citizens of Ueorgia, to hold themselves in readiness at “ ,c °P ln,ons °‘ some ot the witnesses, the
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Extracts from the REPORT of the Commit
tee on Manufactures, to Congress, on the
petitions and memorials respecting an in
crease of duties on import!, Jan. 31, 1828.
[After reciting tho circiynstances, &c. un
der which tho Committee. were appointed and
required to act, the llcport proceeds :—]
They have examined little short of thirty
witnesses, and the testimony of each, hastily
written out by way of question and answer,
and annexed to this report, will show what
facts have been col Icated by the examination,
as well as the extent of the labor ‘which the
committee have performed. The testimony
of each witness, alter it was taken, has been
carefully read over with him, and so corrected
as to meet the full assent of the witness as to
its accuracy.
The leading subjects presented to the com
mittee for additional protection, arc iron and
several manufactures of it, wool and its fabrics,
hemp and some of tlio manufactures from it,
flax and its manufactures, domestic distilled
spirits from grain, particular descriptions of
glass, and fine und printed cottons. Upon all
these subjects, witnesses have been examined,
and their testimony, herewith reported, com
prises the evidenre, upon each subject, which
the committee have taken under the resolution
of the House, and embodies most of the infor
mation upon which they have acted in deter
mining tho features of the bill which they have
agreed upon.
The first subject which will he found in the
hill, is that of iron, and considering the impor
tance of the article, ns one of both national and
individual necessity, the changes in tho pre
sent rates of duty are comparatively very light.
An inrrease upon “ iron in bars, not manufac
tured, in whole, or in part, by rolling,” offrom
ninety cents upon 112 pounds, to ono cent
per pound ; upon “ iron in bars, manufactured
in whole or in part by rolling,” of® 7 per ton
of 22 10 pounds ; and upon “ pig iron,” of 12
1-2 cents per 112 pounds, beyond the present
rates of duty ; arc the most material changes
upon this article.
The next subject in order, is thnl of wool
and woollens. To theso subjects the greater
part of the testimony of the witnesses has been
4lw>«uJ,.iMtA.tKp rrMWVtV-TiVtrfA uuo.’lAvovy
effort in their power to obtain precise informa
tion as to the facts as they do actually exist in
relation to the interests both of the wool grow
er and the manufacturer of wool. Tho real
importance of these subjects to those sections
of the country where wool is grown, and in
which the manufactories are located, the feel
ing which has for some time agitated the pub
lic mind‘throughout the wholo country, in re
lation, on the ono side, to the necessity of fur
ther protection to them, and, on tho other side,
to the injurious effects which such a measure
would have upon tho purchasers of w oollen fa
brics, have ail conspired to induce this exer
tion on the part of the Committee.
In relation to unmanufactured wool of do
mestic growth, the Committee consider it to
he fully proved that the present prices, in our
markets, are unusually low, and the sales very
dull ; and thnt these effects arc produced by
the combined influence of the large importa
tions of foreign woollen goods. Contrary to
tho market, can he performed as cheap in this
country ns it can be in England.
6th. That the present duty -upon woollen
goods does not furnish the desired protection,
and that no reasonable duty can he effectual,
unless it be a specific square ynrd, instead of
an ad valorem duty.
The propositions of the committee as to the
alteration andincreascofduties up'on woollens,
At the meeting of the Medical Botanical So-
eioty, in London, on Friday, Dr. Sigmotul deli-
vcreil a short nccount of the discovery and quali
ties of tho chtoride of lime, which would de
stroy insects in trees, and prevent effluvia aris
ing from vegetables amt matter in n state of
decomposition. It is used in France to
preserve tho bodies of those unfortunnto per
sons who had destroyed themselves, uutil
owned T>y their friends. A body, if washed
with tho preparation, would keep for weeks
without alteration or offensive odour. Tim
ber washed with it would be preserved from
the effects of damp and confined air. and it
would also prevernt the spread of dry rot, and
destroy insects in plants.
The death of Washington wh : ch occurred
on the 15th December, 1799, gave the first
Consul, (Bonaparte) an opportunity of mak
ing known his feelings in relation to the U.
Stales of America. He wore mourning for
this illustrious citizen, and caused the whole
army to do the same by an order of the day
following, dated Feb. 9th 1800;—“ Washing-
all tunes to fulfil saiil engagement.—They thereft;
recommend the aforesaid appropriation as applicable to
that object, and to aid the said Cherokee Indians, and
such other Indians as may be disposed to emigrate as
aforesaid. The Committee beg leave to refer to a re
port made by them to the House of Representatives du
ring the prevent session, (No. 67,) which is intimately
connected with this subject; and also to certain reso
lutions of the Lcgiskitine of the State of Georgia, and
a report of n Committee of that body, as contained in
document.No. Itl2, which was referred to the Commit
tee on Indian Affairs, and which is calculated to explain
the necessity of this appropriation.—The Committee
thivclurc rail!tnit the following resolution-—
/i-sotoed, That the sum of $25,12-1 be appropriated
for tin' objecla specified in the estimates from the Trea
sury department, marked ‘submitted,’and that $ 50,000
be appropriated tor the aid of the Creek Indians in their
removal writ of the Mississippi; and the further sum
of 9 50,000 to cnablo tho President of tho U nited States
to extinguish the title of the Cherokee Indians, when it
can bo cone upon “ peaceable and reasonable tern s,”
and to aid sard Chcrokces, and such other Indians aa
may be dispoaod, to emigrate west of tlic Mississippi.”
COMMUNICATION,
-Mr. Shaw,—I havo heaid with much surprise, that it
is currently reported in this place, that the pews in the
new church to be dedicated next sabbath, an- to be
sold—that there is to be a mixture of the sexes in the
same pews, and that consequently other denomination!
whose pmrticc it is to ait separate, are to consider
themselves as, virtually at least, excluded from the
building.—In reply to this groundless story, I observe,
that, as a member of that congregation, I know no
thing of any intention to sell the pews, neither do I be
lieve the Trustees have any idea of so doing: but if
they should think it adviscabte to dispose of a petrCof
them, why should they not have the privilege of doing
it as well as their brethren of several dtuiominations in
other states ? why should they not have the privilege of
arranging their seats, as well as ethers who proscribe
the diflerent mode of sitting apart ? Surely no injustice
would be done to any hv this mode. Pews enough
would remain for all of other denominations who might
feel inclined to visit the house, and they would he pri
vileged to sit as they please; snd those who might
own pews would always be gild to afford their neigh
bours a sett, should there be vacant ones in their pews.
But I again say, there it to be no sale of the pews. I
indeed, for one, like the plan if it were thought expe
dient hv those who manage tho concerns of the church.
There is a great propriety in the heads of families sit
ting with, and haring control over heedless children.
committee are strongly convinced tlmt tho pro
vision of the present lnw, permitting the intro
Auction of foreign wool, costing not exceeding
10 cents per pound in the foreign ^market, at
the almost nominal duty of IS per cent, ad va
lorem, docs admit wool, paying this duty, and
invoiced at and below this price, which, in
quality and use, materially conflicts with the
common native wool of this country.
This opinion is strongly corroborated by the
presentation, by one of tho witnesses to the
committee, of five different specimens of fo
reign wool, imported into, and during the last
Fall selling in, the Boston market, at 6 cents
to 14 cents per pound,
The following positions, as relating to the
manufacture of woollen goods, tho committee
believe themselves warranted in deducing,
from the evidence they have taken, and they
depend upon the evidence and opinions of the
witnesses for the soundness of them :
1st. That the manufacture of woollen goods
in this country, is, at this time, a business la
boring under severe depressions, and attended
with loss more severe upon the finer qualities,
2d. That these depressions are owing, in a
very great degree, to the excessive and irrogu
lar importations offoreigu woollen goods into
our markets : thus causing a fluctuation in and
an uncertainty of price for those goods, more
injurious to tho American manufacturer than
even the depression of price which these im
portations produce.
3d. The difference between the prices of
wool, of the same quality, it? this country and
in England, is, at the present time, about fitly
per cent, in fnvor of the latter country.
4th. That the cost of the raw wool in this
country is about one-half of tho cost of the
fabric, when prepared for the market, as a ge
neral rule applying to most kinds of cloths.
6th. That, if the cost of tho wool and the
cost of the foreign materials used for dying,
were the same in both countries, the process
who, in tha present mode, are perpetually disturbing ... l
the ee.ngregancs. This, to their sorrow, many persons j 0 f manufacturing tha wool into cloth, fitted for reported.
1st. Upon all manufactures of wool, or of
which wool shall bo a component part, the
actual value of which, at the place whence im
ported, shall not exceed 50 cents per square
yard, a specific duty of 16 cents upon every
square yard.
2d. Upon all manufactures of wool, or of
which wool shall be a component part, the ac
tual value of which, at the place whence im
ported shall exceed 50 cents per square yard,
and shall not exceed 81.00 per square yard, a
specific duty of 40 cents upon every square
yard.
3d. Upon all manufactures of wool, or of
which wool shall be a component part, the ac
tual value of which, at tho place whence impor
ted. shall exceed 81 00 per square yard, and
shall not exceed S2 50 per square yard, a spe
cific duty of $1 00 upon every square yard.
4th. Upon all manufactures of wool, or of
which wool shall be a component pnrt, the ac
tual value of which at the place-whence im
ported shall exceed 82 50 per square yard,
and shall not exceed 84 00 per square yard,
shall he deemed to have cost 84 00 per squnre
yard, and, at such valuation, shall he charged
with and- pay a duty of 40 per centum ad
valorem.
5th. Upon all manufactures of wool, &c.
the actual value of which, at the place where
imported, shall exceed 8 4 per square yard
shall be charged with, and pay a duty of, 45
per centum aJ valorem.
Hemp and flax, and some of the manufac
tures from them, have next claimed the con
sideration of the committee. The evidence
which they have collected upon these subjects,
though by no means voluminous, in their opi
nion, satisfactorily proves, that large sections
of tho country are capable of producing either
kind of the raw material above mentioned, to
any extent. So far as the committee have
been able to learn, the State of Kentucky
seems to have paid the most attention to tho
culture of hemp, and, at this time, to possess
the most extensive manufactories of tho article
of any State in tho Union ; while tho States of
Pennsylvania and Now Jersey seem, ns yet,
to take the lead in the growing, and manufac
ture of flax. Yet, there cannot bo a doubt,
but that the soil of cither of these States, as
well as of many, and, perhaps, most of the
other States, is well adapted to tho growth of
either hemp or flax, and that they only need
the consumption in duck, cordage, Sic. of our
extensive commerce, and of our growing Navy,
to give to these branches of agriculture, an
encouragement which would soon make the
raw materials, articles, not of import, hut of
ttnd would ttuppljr the wants of our own
country with as cheap and as valuable a fabric
ns is now obtained from foreign hands. Indeed,
if there arc any articles, the produce of agri
cultural and manufacturing labor, which, more
than others, would seem to claim the fostering
care of Government, not ns a matter of policy
merely, but as a matter both of interest and in
dependence, hemp and flax would seem, pecu
liarly to belong to them.
The next subject in order, though not se
cond in importanco to the agricultural inte
rests of the country, which has occupied the
attention of the committee, in the draft of tho
hill they now submit to tho House, is that of a
further protection to tho domestic spirits 'dis
tilled from grain in the United States.
And here tho Committee feel bound to inform
the House, thnt it is not with any view to bene
fit the manufacturer of this description of ardent
spirits, that they have at all entertained the
subject. It is the interest, and solely tho in
terest, of the farmer who grows grain from
which these spirits are distilled, which renders
it a subject at all worthy of the consideration
of Congress, as connected with the protection
of tho industry and substantial interests of the
country. But, if the most extensive farming
interests of these United States, the grain
growing interests of almost every section of
the country, are subjects of importance, then,
surely, the protection of domestic spirits, dis
tilled from grain, cannot be unimportant. For
it is a fact, too well and too generally known
to require a repetition by thc-Commiltee, that
this manufacture has, for a number of years
now last past, afforded almost the only market
for tho coarse grains in tho interior of the
country.
Tho subject of glass has also been propos
ed ns a matter of examination before the com
mittee, and two very intelligent witnesses,
living in sections of country remote from each
other, have been examined in relation to it.
A reference to their testimony will show that
the present protection to window glass, of
smaller size than 10 by 14 inches, is abundant,
and that most other descriptions of glass arc
in the same situation. In this these witnesses
both agree, and they are both practically ac
quainted with the manufacture of various des
criptions of the article. But one of the wit
nesses proves that the denominations of win
dow glass exceeding 10 by 15 inches, is not
sufficiently protected, and the committee have
proposed nn alteration in the present duties
upon these sizes of window glass.
The only other material alteration which
the committee have proposed in the existing
laws'regulating our duties upon imports, is an
increase of the minimum upon cottons, from
30 cents, at which it now stands, to 35 cents.
The object of this has been to reach a finer
description of cotton cloths ; and, for the evi
dence upon which they havo recommended
this alteration, they refer the House to the tes
timony of tho witnesses' who have beer, cx-
amined upon tho subject of cotton”, herewith
Canada.—At a meeting held in Montreal,
on the 9th iust. it was resolved to request ot
all the committees formed or forming through
out the province, to send deputies to meet the
committee of Montreal on the 24th inst. then
and there to appoint agents, forthwith to pro-
cced to England, to olitain a redress of griev-
ances which they complain they labour under,
from the measures adopted towards them by
the British government. In referenco to these
resolutions, the Montreal Gazette, a paper un-
der the infiuenee of the colonial government,
observes that, they nre calculated to excite and
inflame the country, and ultimately to produce
open rebellion. The object of these resolu
tions, 4io says is to introduce the appearance
and realities of a-French province. To coun
teract these measures, ho calls upon the
“ English portion of the province," to appoint
deputies also, to proceed to England and to
give a true representation there of tho state of
Canada.
Tho present deportment of tho Canadian*
towards the mother country, tho New York
Courier says, evinces nothing characteristic of
the conduct of dutiful children. It is not sur
prising then, thnt the' government paper ex
presses alarm at their present proceedings.
Mexico.— A letter to the editor of the New
York Morning Courier in speaking of the ap
proaching election for President of that Re
public, says :—By the Mexican Constitution,
tlio President is elected for four years ; but
cannot be re-elected a sucecding term : Of
course, Gnudaloupe Victoria must go out next,
fall. For his successor, I hnve heard but
two men spoken of—Vincent Guercro, and
Nicholas Bravo, both heroes of the Revolu
tion, and men who have fought and hied for
the independence of their country ; Guercro
appears to be the most popular, particularly
amongs* the soldiers and lower classes; Bravo
is allowed to possess superior talents, and is
extremely well thought of by the higher
classes : Guerero is a man of strong native ta
lent—decisive and prompt in his actions, but
is considered by some too much of a military
chiefiain. Bravo is tho best politician, the
host statesman ; arid is strongly attached to
the “ Escocises.”
Commerce of the Ohio.—There appears to
be no limit to the increase of commerce on the
Ohio River, and if it should proceed only in
the same ratio which it has done for a few
years, it will soon render the state one of the
richest in 'he Union. Tho arrival of steam
boats at Shu i .-port during the last year,
was sixty of from 275 to .309 tons. Sorno of
these mako fourteen trips ; so that tho whole
number of arrivals was 274. The tonnage
48,224. Tho number of flat and keel boats
which passed the Falls of the Ohio in 1825
was 4000.—Sav. Geor.
The bill for tho relief of Susan Decatur wuf
read, and the blank filled with 8 100,000
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
Pill providing for certain surviving Officers of
the Revolutionary Army. The discussion oe
cupied several hours, but no question was
taken.
The Committe.e on Military Affairs made a
report recommending the adoption of tho fol
lowing resolution :
Resolved, That the sum of fifty thousand
dollars should be appropriated, in tho Appro
priation Bill for Fortifications, for the purpose
of commencing the fortifications in the vicinity
of Pensacola.
The printing authorised by Congress costs
the government about 50,000 dollars per yeni.
The whole of it wns formerly, and the greater
portion of it is now, executed by tho editors ot
the National Intelligencer, who state in their
paper of tho 29th ult. that the total weekly
wages paid on their establishment, have aver
aged for twelve months past, something like
800 dollars. This is a largo sum to raise
weekly; but it must bo done to keep the wheels
in motion, nnd sustain their credit with sixty
or seventy journeymen.
A valuable mulutto man, a drayman, named
Jack Richards, belonging to Mr. James Ep-
pingcr, was accidently killed on Saturday
evening, by being thrown against a tree by an
ungovernable horse.—Sav. Geor.
Longevity in S. Carolina.—The Journal ot
the Proceedings of the State Convention for
adopting or rejecting tho Federal Convention,
furnish some singular statistical facts, which
are worthy of being noticed. That body ot
Representatives assembled in Charleston in
the month of May, 1763. It will be forty
years since in May, 1828. Time has swept
away nearly all the members. They were
chiefly men who had borne, a share in the re
volution ; consequently in advanced life or
middlryige. There were a few younger men,
but very few under thirty years of age.—Ou
the vote to adopt or reject the Federal Con
stitution, there were 222 votes, as appears by
the yeas and nays on the face of the journal;
149 members voting for tho adoption, and 73
against tho adoption of the Constitution
Some inquiries have been made to ascertain
who are the survivors of that enlightened body.
As far as it has been ascertained, there are
but 19 living. Of these, 12 were representa
tives from tho lower districts,- and parishes;
11 of these wero native South Cnrolineans,
nnd one from the north—4 were representatives
from the middle districts, all native Americans,
(3 from Virginia.)—3 from the upper districts,
all native Americans, being Virginians by
birth, but long resident in South Carolina.
Absolute accuracy may not havo been attain
ed, but it is believed this statement is nearly
correct—S. Car. Gas. /
Successful Pursuit.—Nathaniel Snelson,
Teller of the Discount office of the Bank of
Virginia, having absconded, on the 27st Octo
ber, with about 40,090 dollars, chiefy inYir-