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The Athenian.
Thn writer of 44 A Question Jar Philosophers
Jmj conjectured rightly concerning our notions about
.f. We tl » nut conceive that he has propounded the
tjiii'tuon in any new or striking form ; and if he really
wiilies t«» s?o the question discussed, on referring to
(iuIJsriiitli’s or Button's Natural History, or to the arti*
He in any of the Encyclopedias, he will find it done at
leiiuth, and probably all that will ever be known about
it, fully silted.—.So far as wo have attended to his
other communications is in the manner we conceive
most favourable to them. Critics and moralists pretty
generally agree, that undue praise is ridicule in <!ia*
rufce- for which reason wc thought it best to suppress
tbe part wo have.
TUB DTIXG MOTHER TO JJER IXFJ1XT.
(a fact.)
The sun was set, and evening shades drew on
The murky shades of fast approaching night:
Some twilight tints were seen to linger trtill
l/i vivid streaks along the western sky.
With thoughts deep buried in eternity,
Ami soul in melancholy sadness wrapp’d,
1 saw, quite near rny path, an humble dome,
And heard the voice of sorrow breaking forth.
.1 pious mother, near the close of life,
W as prostrate, and Uy rkging sickness to«n*d.
Her anxious friends around her stood and wept.—
• Klin ask’d, (a sight to parent’s heart most dear,)
Once more to see her helpless infant child.
•Vvvas brought.—She press’d it to her heart, and said,
With streaming even, but soul compos’d to peace—
* 4 My dear iny only babe, I now impress
On thy sweet cheek, the last maternal kiss!
The hour, the fatal hour, -at Inst arrives,
When all the fender cords of love must break,
And snatch me—oh, for ever*—from thy sight!
In this vile world l leave thee to contend
With foes unnumbered, and with trials hard,
To grojio thy way without a mother’s care:
lint to tlni dear Almighty arms of him
Whose fostering hand hath led me on thus far,
Thy soul, thy life, thy body I commend.
Kind heuyeu, I know, will guide thee safely through!’
’Tvvas truo. The last embrace she then had given:
For ere the rising sun dispers’d the gloom,
Her peaceful soul from cumbrous clay set free,
Had fled to heaven, S.
BOLIVAR,
Tho Hero of South America;—By a Lady of Georgia.
Freedom saw her darling son
Sailing o’er the waters wide— .
SollWJYinfcnca is won,
^ Bolivar’s Columbia’s pride.
I Crown and sccptrc he disdains—
Ah! his character of futno;
Echo, in her loudest strains,
Bolivar, *epeats thy name!
When hi3 foes, with envy fir’d,
Strove this hero to betray,
He with a boldness all admir’d,
Hose superior to dismay,
lie bis troops has left ofur—
To Bogota he comes ulonc,
Fearless of tho din of war,
Intrepid Bolivar is known.
Hear ye not the trumpet’s sound?
See how pressing is the crowd ;
Joy in every heart is found— v
Bolivar is sung aloud!
Long may Bolivar survive
To eqjoy the people's love,
And lie pi opart,d in heaven to live,
With those who are enthron’d above.
-- ... MMtll liwur m iiim',
li.toiV. papo .hall IpII thy fume)
Ami while Columbia’, son, arc free
They cannot ccaic to love thy name.
MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.
The Livenoort—To the Editors of tlit Na
tional Intelligencer,—Gentlemen—You have
frequently served the cause of suffering Immu
nity, by giving circulation to important disco
veries made in the healing art. I beg your in
dulgence to stnte, for tho good of the public,
that, since the winter of 1824—5,1 have hud
three violent attacks of an inflammation of the
liver, each subsequent attack worse than tho
former; that I Imvo thrico undergone saliva
tion,' to tho manifest injury of my constitution;
that soon lifter the cflbct of the third salivation
was wearing olT, 1 Imd an nddilinn to my nfllio
tions, of tho most painful kind, viz: bleed ng
from the lungs; to check thc.progross of which
the first remody resorted to, was that recoin-
mended by the immortal. Doctor Rush—I
swallowed as much tine salt as my situation
wou.ffndmil of. This generally checked the
bleeding for a season. I also had rocourso to
lilodd letting from the arm, to tho application
of leeches on my breast, and to cupping s all of
which, I know by experience, to he serviceable
for a time. I have also submitted to blister
ing, which nflbrded somo relief. In fine, from
mr first attack till recently, I was under the
full impression Ihnt the breast or lung con
sumption hud taken fast hold on mo, notwith
standing my family physician,' Doctor Jones,
assured mo to tho contrary, repeatedly, to
whose opinion I now gladly assent.
As soon ns I saw Doctor Hereford's publi
cation of tho beneficial effects produced by the
drinking of the Liverwort ten, I determined to
give tho Liverwort a fair trial in ray enso, and
accordingly procured a supply, which I have
used for near three months ns my only drink,
nourishing liquids excepted. Since 1 com
menced drinking Livehvort tea, 1 have hnd no
return of spitting blood, end my strength has
rapidly improved.—When 1 call to mind my
former situation, os before described, under
the operation of salivation, blistering, the use
of the lancet, and nil the accompanying attend
ants on a debilitated constitution, not (he least
of which "was the danger of strangling, from
the grant quantity of blood issuing from the
lungs—to relievo too of which thirty leeches
have been applied to my breast at one time,
und thirty-nino incisions made on my breast
for tho uso of the cupping instruments—hav-
ing experienced all this distress, and infinitely
more thin I can describe, during the past
spring end summer, (as often as twice in one
month the distress arising from bleeding at the
lungs,) and now to find myself free ftotn this
slarming\ UUcr, and all the other evils brought
in its train, such as leeches, cupping, &c.—
the whole benefit resulting from the use of the
Liverwort ten, (for a period but little over two
months,) with my health and strength improv
ed—imparts to me a felicity truly gratifying,
and which I desire to make known, for the be
nefit of all who may be similarly effected. All
such 1 exhort to give to Liverwort tea a fair
trial, and bo attentive to their diet; for i have
the best ground for believing that it was re
served for the Liverwort, through the blessing
of Divine Providence, to do for me what nil
other expedients had failed to effect. And,
from the experience i have Imd of this healing
plant, I am of opinion that all those afflicted
with that distressing complaint, tho obstruction
of the urinal passages', should drink freely of
tho Liverwort tea; for it acts powerfully on
tho kidneys und those passages. They cer
tainly would find it to their advantage. In
conclusion, I would observe, that I have, for
the last sixteen months, rigidly adhered to a
milk diet. I have drank tho Liverwort lea in
its cold state, ns advised hy Doctor Hereford,
and have abstained from all teas and coffees
in a warm state,. and all other stimulating
draughts of every kind.
JOHN CONNEL.
Washington, January \0lk, 1828.
P. S.—Directions for preparing the Tea,
<$c.—A double handful of tho Liverwort, af
ter washing it clean, is to be put into a sauce
pan, and half a,gallon of boiling water poured
on the same ; let the pan then remain on itie
hot embers, or stove, and simmer for about an
hour and a half, then pour the whole into a
proper vessel io drink out of. When cold, it
may bo drank as often as thirst or flic state of
the stomach will admit. Tho keeping the
leaves in the vessel while using the tea, is ne
cessary, to keep the same limpid. J. C
Cm ions Agricultural Facts.—Forty years
since,Lord Egremont’s scat was a wild forest of
800 acres, covered with furze and stunted tim
ber,and not worth fivo shillings (112 cts.) per
acre. It now lets for thirty shillings (672 cts.)
per acre. Ten quarters of oats (80 bushels)
and five (40 bushels) of wheat, nre raised on
an acre of land, on which a sheep would have
starved before tho enclosure. Little more
than 50 yenrs since, Clumber Park, part of old
Sherwood forest, and containing 4000 acres,
was a bleak, dreary, unproductive heath. In
1760. improvement commenced, and the heath
disappeared. The Duke of Now Castle built
a mansion and planted 2000 ncres. These
2000 acres now produce thriving timber, of
very largo dimensions. The remaining 2000
yield excellent crops of different grains and
grasses. Resides other live stork, the sheep
fed on this forest, a half century since perfect
ly barren, amount annually to at least 4000.
Upwards of six millions of acres of waste
land in Britain, have been brought into cultiva
tion within the Inst century—eleven parts out
of tvvclvo, in tho reign of Gnorgo the third. In
tho reign of Anno, 1438 hcres—of Gnorgo 1st
17,760—Georgo 2d, 3,018,778—George 3d,
5,686,400, and George 4th, (to 1827,) 300,-
S00 ncres. The fee simplo of these six mil
lions, at 29 years purchase, has added 252,-
000,000/. or 9 1,000,000,000 to tho national
wealth.—JV. Y. Albion.
J\Tr. Skinner—Sir :—In answer to Mr,
Nelson’s enquiries in the last number of the
American Farmer, Pago 808, I reply lo tho
first, I would not recommend horso power lo
work u woollen factory ; tho fulling mill re
quires too much power. Horses are often
used to drive the carding engines, nut their
irregular motion is n great disadvantage in
spinning; and in all tho horso factories 1 have
scon, the spinning machines arc propelled by
manual labour. Tho spindles in n woollen
factory are generally worked by a woman ;
they nre dKlIed jennies, and for coarse work,
a frame of 40 to 50 spindles is used, and costs
from one and n half to two mid n half dollars
per spindle, A billy is first used, to make a
coarse yarn from tho rolls made by the carding
engine; this operation is called stubbing, and
for negro cloth the billy would spin quite fine
enough. A woman works a hilly ; they arc
thirty to forty spindles ; cost three dollnrs per
spindlo. Mules for spinning cotton in the
horso factory are always worked hy hand. A
woman can work u mule of 120 anil 240 spin
dles ; the. first coarse, the Inst very fine ; they
cost from two to three dollars per spindle.
To the second, third and fourth : The ma
chinery for carding and Bpinning wool is so
very different front that of cotton, that the
wooden mnniifiicturor nlwny buys his cotton
yarn when he intends making a cloth of cotton
and woollen. I would not advise the spinning
anil carding of both in tho snmc building. Two
horses would drive carding engines to supply
one hundred spindles on wool.
Fifth, sixth and seventh: A fly shuttle loom
may, Ity altering the harness nnd reeds, (or ra
ther changing them,) be made to weave any
kind of coarse cloth, mixed or not; such as
bagging, blankets, sheeting, negro cloth, and
tho coarse shirtings; nnd I would profor them
for coarse work to power looms, that cost from
four to six or seven times as much.
Eighth. A building, twenty-fivo by thirty
feet two stories, would he large enough for n
woollen factory of one hundred spindles, the
ground floor used for looms ; ami the same
size, three stories, would contain 500 cotton
spindles.
Ninth. Near a small town or village,’ is an
advantage to the neighbourhood, as the hands
can be got with more facility, and saves the
erection of building to accommodate tho work
poople. Rut where the labor is to be done by
slaves, I would prefer an isolqted situation.
Tenth. I would advise a person unacquain
ted with manufacturing, to visit some of the
establishments at work, or a machine shop.
Any machine maker could inform them the
E r kind for any intended factory ; and in
noro oil the information may be obtained.
Eleventh. All the, machinery used to card,
spin and weave the cotton bagging, will an
swer for any kind of cloth not finer than shee
tings, or the' coarsest shirtings; particularly
cotton blankets, which aro an extraordinary
good substitute for woollen, arc Very durable,
and can bo made very cheap, requiring little
Inhor to knap them, which' s done by merely
laying the cloth on a table after it comes trom
the loom, and draggins a very coarse hand
card the length way ol the cloth. 1 hey are
as soft as a mole skin, and weight for weight
equally as warm as the woollen blankets. In
1906 or 1807. I suggested tho economy of
manufacturing and using the cotton blankets
to Tench Cox, Esq. then purveyor for the ar
my, who contracted for and had a quantity
made and tried; they are used hy the army and
navy, I believe, to this day.
The manufacturers long established, have
uniformly discovered a very decided advantage
in making as little variety in an establishment
ns possible. Altering tie machinery and pre
paring for making a fine)article, after running
a length of time on coarse ones, requires time
and often expense. 1 (vould recommend file
same ; let one keep to a particular article,
which will be the meant of soon bringing it to
perfection, as is done ip Europe and all the
workshops of England) It enables a person
soon to become master of the business, and
get along with satisfaction to himself, and cre
dit for making a superior article. With one
experienced, trusty hnnd, there is no difficulty
til establishing a. wouUoil or cotton factory.
THOMAS MASSEY.
We had been requested, ant 1 in our last promised, to
publish the Oration delivered at the late Celebration ol
the 44 Dei* ostlienian Society,” in this place, and ex
pccted to do so: but our paper was nearly finished be
fore wo were handed a copy, which will of course ac
count for its non-appearance this week.
Tho Phi-Kappa Society likewise hold their custo
mary Anniversary on Friday the 22d inst. when an
Oration was delivered by Mr. S. A. Castles, which wc
also expect to publish.
Dedications—Owing to some difficulty in getting the
building finished, the dedication of tho new Presbyte
rian church, which we announced some weeks since,
did not take place until last Sunday, when it was first
opened for divine service, and the usual routine of de
votion performed under the ministration of the Rev.
Dr. Waddel, President of Franklin College, by whom
an appropriate sermon was delivered.—The elegant
exterior, and neat interior of the building is much ap
proved and admired by all who have seen it.—In the
course of the dedicatory service, the follow ing original
hymns, composed by one of the Trustees, were sung:—
I. (L. M.)
Almighty God! when feeble man
IIis greatful worship first began,
No walls confined his pious song,
—O’er earth’s expanse hfti accents rung.
Thc~fi»rest widojthe mountain vale,
Tho rushing stream, the passing gale,
The azure sky, anti starry road,
All joined to praise their maker God.
His breast devout, w as filled with awe,
For God wus stamped on all he saw ;
And nature’s wonders did impart
A holier feeling to his heart.
O blissful day, soon past and gone I k
For man to carnal pleasures prone,
Forsook his maker's purer sway,
And trod destruction's downward way.
Ilis shrines defiled by rebel hand,—
From Heaven there came the great command,
14 Go build a temple to the Lord,”
And David’s sou obedient heard.
Father of life, a'sinful part
Of those who worship thee in heart,
We too this humble roof would raise,
And consecrate it to thy praise.
O Father grant our fervent prayer.
When we within these walls appear;
Teach us each wandering thought to tame—
Tlach breast for the* with love inflame.
Give us to fed that thou art near—
To know our Saviour God is here ;—
O shed rich strt urns of grace divine,
And form each heart a living shrine.
II. (C. M.)
The sovereign Lord, the f ing of all,
Whom Heaven nnd Earth obey;
Before whose throne Arch-angels fall,
And Seraphs homage pty ;
This sovereign Lord, whjtse boundless power
GaVe birth to worlds qn high,
Spake, and his word thaj solemn hour
Did o’er creation fly. j
Go build a house wherefi I may
Descend and ever dwdl,
Where prayer, and praiso, and pioua lay,
Shall in unc anthem iwcll.
And there tho contrite heart shall know
I am a God that hen/s
Tho secret sigh, the voice of woe,
And soothes repcntsnt fears.
Lord grant that such may prove our case.
To find our sins forgiven,
And fee! the riches o( thy grace
~ * He
The death of Governor Cliuton, of New lork, which
will bo found among the nows we have tliU day to of
fer, is among 'ho most interesting cvcnta of recent oc
currence, and cannot fail to oflect the sensibilities of
everyone who has heard his name and deeds,and may
be expected to call foith the highest demonstrations of
regard for his character, and regret for his loss j while
the transcendant improvement and prosperity of hia
state will ho a lasting monument to his memory.—On
receiving intelligence of his dealli, the Uiitish consul at
New fork requested all the British shipping in the port
to wear their colours half-mast high, us a token ol grief
for the loss of a great and important man.
Congress.—The proceedings ill this body since the
debates on the resolution concerning a cuursu of re
trenchment, have not been-of a very marked character,
unless somo discussion £n the Navy Appropriations
may be so considered, in which some augmentation of
tho number of officers, expense, &.c. were complained
of on the one hand, and defended on the other, in the
progress of the bill.—The Bill to increase the duties an
imports was notified to he called up on the lUth inst.
wiien, ns wc have before suggested, much speaking
and contention may he looked lor. Several alterations
and amendments have already been projected, and
others no doubt will follow, so that the precise features
of the hill w hen It passes, if it finally does, can hardly
be conjectured.—A bill appropriating 100,000 dollats to
he aw arded to the willow of Commodore Decatur and
others for the destruction of the frigate Bhiladclphia,
lias passed the house and been sent to the Senate lor
its concurrence.
Some excitement and considerable apprehension ap
pears to have been raised ill the sea-ports hy a procla
mation from Commodore Porter, inviting privateers in
to the Mexican service: piracies and other outrages
it is feared, will be tho consequence of such a prpee
dure, and accordingly application has been made to the
Secretary of the Navy to increase the naval force in
the Gulf of Mexico and tlio neighbouring seas, w hich
it is understood is in contemplation.
Tho foreign news it will be perceived in another co
lumn has at length been obtained up to tho 2d of Janu
ary, and though it gives no particular account of ope-
rations inclining decisively cither way, yet we are of
opinion that its general complexion portends a disturb
ed state of Europe, (if it reaclt no farther,) and, indeed,
it is reasonable to expect it.—A natiun which appoints
itself a certain grade in the arts of civilization, refine
ment, and science, and permits no passage of its
bounds, can never be an agreeable neighbour lo one
indefatigable in cultivating them all, and must become
a prey to their superior intelligence, dexterity and en
terpriso; and such lias been the case with Turkey and
even other nations, compared with the powers who nre
now threatening them.—Tho light of reason and the
advantages nnd benefits of correct government will it),
tiinatciy dissolve all nations who set their faces against
tho promotion of them.
Descend like dew torn Heaven,
To change each heart convert each soul.
And hatred turn to love,
' And made by thy blestspirit whole,
Waft us to realms alove.
Thine influence shed ot every heart,
When hero wc tremliing come—
And O! th’ assurance fill impart,
Wc have in Heaven a home—
And when our race on drill is run,
And to that home wc toar,
Teach us our worship’s lut begun—
We’ll praise thee rvcrtiorc.
III. <L. M.)
Father of all, this shrine -ve raise
And dedicate it to thy prtiao r
Jesus, thou Saviour of oir race,
Enrich it with thy preciots grace—
And Holy Spirit, from on high,
Bid hence unholy passion fly,
And let, shed round converting love,
A Pentecost csch'Sshbath prove.
Enlarge the numbers of thy church—
Purge every heart—each besom search—
Weed out each thought in enmity
With thee, mysterious One in Three.
Fill every soul with love divine—
Bid all Ihu Christian graces shine,
And raise a temple in each breast.
To Father,S<n, and Spirit B'ctt.
Death of Governor Clinton.—The mnlan'
clioly and unexpected intelligence r’enched
lawn last evening, of the sudden demise of his
cxco.lloncy DE WITT CLINTON, Governor
of this state.
Tho Albany Argus of Tuesday morning,
says, “ we discharge a melancholy duty in ait'
nounring the death of Governor Clinton. Ho
exptrea last evening ot-mr npnptcxyr The
summons canto without scarcely a moment’
warning, whilst ho was sitting in his chair, in
the midst of his family.
The sensation which this event produced
throughout the city, nnd continues to produce
need not be described. It came with tho sud
denness of tho electric shock; and seems
even now to be a dream, rather than mclaa
choly reality.
Owing to the crowd that during tho ovoning
occupied the house of tho Governor, nnd the
confusion incident to tho event, wo have not
been able to ascertain all the facts that we.
could have desired to communicate for the
public information.
We undcrstnnd that Governor Clinton dis
charged his official avocations during the day
ns usual. .He died almost instantly, the first
indention of tho approach of the attack heint;
the falling hack of his head upon tho chair, nnd
tho lapse between that moment and the arrival
of Dr. Rny, when life was extinct, not being
more than ten minutes. All efforts to restore
animation proved unavailing, notwithstanding
they were unrcmiited to a late hour Inst night.
Governor Clinton’s fame will live after him
His life and actions now form a part of the
public history.
Wo can now only minglo our sorrow with
that of tho whole community, and especially
with his bereaved nnd dcoply nfllictcd family.
Under the constitution," the executive duties
devolve on the Lieutenant Governor, who is
now confined to his room by severe indisposi
tion.”
Wn were favoured last evening,with the Al
bany Daily Adv. of Wednesday—The funeral
of Gov. Clinton, was to tnko place on Thurs
day, at 2 P. M.—On the meeting of tho Icgis.
lature on Tuesday, a joint resolution was
adopted expressive of tho profound grief felt
by the legislature in the great loss sustained by
the stato and the nation, by the sudden death
of Governor Clinton. Committees were ap
pointed to arrange for the funeral ceremonies;
the members resolved to wear the usual badges
of mourning during the remainder of the ses
sion, and both houses adjourned till the fol
lowingday.—JY. F. JVIer. Adv.
Governor of Florida.—Tho last mail brought
information of the re-appointment of Governor
Duvnl. Tho moment the intelligence was
announced at the Post Office, the citizens vo
lunteered a subscription for gun- powder, with
which they proceeded to fire a salute, and old
St. Louis made “ the welkin ring” that night.
We do not remember to have wilnessed more
unanimity and general good feeling expressed
on any occasion, than on this. It was enhanc
ed perhaps by the rumour which had got
abroad, that the Governor was tobe displaced;
where this idle story had its origin we know
not, and for ourselves, we never believed in it
for a moment. It must be particularly grati
fying to the Governor, and it should bo credi
table to him abroad, that his fellow citizens in
his immediate neighbourhood, those who know
him best, were thus prompt to express their
joy, on the news of his re-appointment. Wc
understand that the Governor is on his way
home after a long and tedious detention at
Washington City on official business.—Adro.
Desperate Naval Battle.—By the 6chooner
Lily, Captain Sawyeb, arrived yesterday,
from Key West, we learn that the dismasted
Brig, in tow of a Spanish frigate going into
Havana, on the 13th instant, seen by Captain
Talbot, of the Miles Standisli, and which
was announced yesterday morning, was the
Mexican Brig of War GUERRERO, late
Captain David H. Porter. From Captain
Sawyer, and letters we have seen from Key
West, we gather the following particulars:
On the 14th instant, information was receiv
ed at Key West, from Havana, that the Guer
rero hnd, on the 9th, fallen in with and enptur-
eJ, after a short engagement, two Spanish
Guincamati Brigs, which she manned. On
Sunday, the 10th, she fell in with two Spanish
man of war Brigs, tho Marie and Maria Ame
lia, one of IS guns and 180 men, the other of
10 guns and 130 men, both of which she heat;
they succeeded, however, in making their es
cape into Mariel. The Guerrero mounted 22
guns, and Imd a crew of 136 men. In this
engagement, she suffered much in her spars
and rigging, and it was supposed tho Spanislt
loss was very heavy. Tho tiring, in this ac
tion, was heard in Havana, when the Frigate
Leallad, of 54 guns and 500 men, immediately
put to sea. Site is said to bo a remarkable fast
sailer, and the Brig being in a very crippled
state, was soon overtaken by the Frigate,
when a desperate fight ensued, which lasted
TWO HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES, 0110 llOUl’
and a quarter of which lime, Ihe two vessels
were within speaking distance. During tho en
gagement, the colors of tho Guerrero were
twice shot away and replaced. Tho two pre
vious engagements, and this long and close
fight, exhausted the whole of the powder and
shot of the G. when, as a consequence, she
ceased firing, and being so crippled in spars
and rigging, Copt. Porter determined to
strike his colors. The Frigate, supposing
they were again shot away, continued her fire,
and' it was alter the Brig had surrendered Capt.
Porter was killed, by a grape shot passing
through his body.
Thus fell Capt. David H. Portsr, after as
gallant n battle us history records. Such con
duct deserves a better fate. We cannot avoid
feeling a pride of country in recording so gal
lant an exploit, performed by an American, al
though he was engaged in a foreign service,
at war with a nation with whom wo arc at
peace.
We learn the Guerrero lost 49 men killed,
the number of wounded not known. The loss
of the Spaniard is said to be near 200 men,
nnd tho Frigate very much cut in her hull and
rigging. Capt. D. II. Porter was the ne
phew of tho Commodore. The latter had a
son on board tile G.
Lieut. Thompson. Surgeon Bordman, and
young'foRfER, son of tho commodore, were
put on board a guard ship at Ilnvaua.
A public funeral was preparing at Havana.
forCapt. D. H. Porter. At Key West, the
Herman Mexican Brig fired minute guns Sic,
A letter front Key West states, “ tho Her
man is now in port, and is determined to give
tho Caslilda Frigate a trial. She was in sight
yesterday. Capt. Hawkins is n gullant offi
cer, and docs not want for men ; should she
take us, it will not bo for the want of ammuni
tion.”
The Herman sailed on a cruise, the snmc day
the Lily left Key West.
The Brig George, Lord, (of Kcnnchunli,)
from N. Orleans for Boston, with cotton, su
gar, &c. got on Tortugns; was lightened hy
fishing smacks, nnd tnken to Key West, where
part of her cargo was sold at auction to pay
salvage, (828,000,) nnd she proceeded on her
voyago about the 12th inst.
It was healthy at Key West, except fever
nnd ague.—Churl. Cour.
Fire at New Orleans.—Between ten and
eleven o’clock Inst night, a fire originated in a
grocery, we understand, two doors above Jcf-
ferson-street, which caused a dreadful confla
gration. The Are increased and extended it
self to the several buildings on that square,and
wo tremblingly gazed upon tho venerablo Go
vernment House, as it crumbled piece-mcal
under the power of tho devouring element.
After the flames hnd spent their fury on tho
square between Jefferson and Toulouso street
it sought new objects of destruction, and at
tacked tho beautiful.pile of buildings below
Jefferson, oxtending to the public square.
Two squares of buildings are in ashes ! lite
rally in ashes ! It seemed as if no human ex
ertion could arrest the progress of the fire.
A large portion of the papers belonging to
the Treasury w’ero saved, and the books be
longing to the different officers of State ;
though they will be materially damaged by the
disorder. Many of tho papers belonging to
the Legislature were also rescued. Of the
amount of property destroyed it is impossible
for us to estimate now. Fortunately for the
shipping, and the town, the wind slumbered;
and at this time (three o’clock in the morning)
the fire seems likely to be arrested. It has
been attributed to accident altogether.—N. O.
Mtr. Adv.
Arrival of the Falmouth—Norfolk, (Fa.'
Feb. 11.—Wc have much pleasure in announ
cing the arrival below of tho U. S. sloop o.
war Falmouth, Capt. Charles W. Morgan,
respecting which much solicitude Imd been
felt, from the time that had elapsed since her
departure from Boston. She anchored below
Old Point on Friday night, nnd we learn wtii
come up to the Navy Yard first wind. , She
sailed from Boston on the 20th of January,
and on that night experienced a violent gaie
from N. W. which continued for threo days.
For IS hours she ran before the wind, but tho
seventy of the gale increasing she was afte-