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?! ISC I! I,LAN EOCS EXT It ACTS.
• day. The bird®, conscious of a kind of at- (gists contend that the citnieial.expansionof the powers
1 tractive power resident in this vast gulf, dare , <>f the miwl, common hi enligntcned society, creates a
not attempt to puss it. Whoever visits it, after j disagreement between iund the physical powers of the
.? Maim ty—When last in London, I *v.ih having with great exertions clambered tip the'body which requires the intervention of a temperate
introduced to the lectures given at the Royal harrier of rocks around it, experiences a most I stimulus to preserve harmony between them, and avert
In.-t tution, and I cannot express to you how
kigblv ! was gratified with a most interesting
•no delivered by T)r. Augustus Rossy Gran
ville, mi an Egyptian mummy. This mummy
is enclosed in n ease similar to those in the
uncontrollable desire to throw himself into tins
heaven reversed. It may be referred to the
same kind of delusive feeling which is suffer
ed when in a small boat, crossing a still water,
so perfectly transparent that every stone at the
British Museum, highly finished and profusely bottom may be seen; it seems to invite the
irnamonted with hieroglyphics. On removin
*hn exterior covering or coffin, the body wa
fomul wrapped in folds of linen, a part of which
I have in mv possession, comprising every kind
ofbanduge known or used by modern surgeons,
or practitioners of other days. Around its
fiu.t was a swathe, about the width of a hand,
• if many yards in lenglli. The whole of the
enclosing clothes weighed 2Sllis. The ama
zing art wilh which this mummy was enclosed
m its various wrappings, would, according to
the d octor, pnzzlu the most accomplished
medical man in Europe of the present day to
typial. Mummies hitherto have been found
Merely dried skeletons, hut this remarkable and
curiously preserved subject hail not only flesh,
sinews, the. hut some of the joints were abso
lutely pliable. The face was covered with a
mask of a kind of bitumen, by which the nose
was fl iPened : Hie teeth appeared perfect. *)ii
opening the skuil, the wliolo of the ecrchra
were found removed, hut the membrane on
which it rested remained entire; which plainly
proved no corrosive injeetment hail been used,
as that which would have destroyed the brain,
must have also injured the supporting mein-
hranc. Here we have a striking proof of the
consummate art of the ancients. No surgical
skill of the present boasted ago,—full of
quackery and ephemeral pretensions,--could
extract tho cerebellum without injury to the
inemhrnne ; therefore, this must huvo been u
wonderful operation, totally lost to the sapience
of the present day.
An injeetment had been however used,
which ran round tho whole of tho inner pnrt of
the head ; as a hlark siihstanco, which must
havo been a liquid, and strongly iriiceled, had
forced jts way through the sutures, and .was
plainly visible. The tongue remained, and
the vacuum between the roof and the upper
part of the tongue was tilled with cloth. No
incision appeared intlio abdomen. The integu
ments were perfect. The pericardium ad
hered to the heart, and the diaphragm whs
discernible : part of the kidneys with n fiug-
inent of die bladder remained, arid the
inammie, though lengthened, iv.ee perfect.
The doctor then proreedeil to prove, bv ana
logical, or comparative anatomy, that this
Egyptian mummy "as a female ; dial she hnd
hecn married, and tho mother of iiildren ;
likewise the age at which she died, and the
disease which caused her death. From tho
formation of the head, and die height of the
b ' which was exactly the same a-dial of the
i , ,v;s de Med'eis. while
passenger to enter; and the passenger feels
willing to comply. The Norwegians attribute
this sensation to the magic power of the
nymphs or Nyxes, who are still supposed to
people every river and lake in the romantic
districts of Scandinavia.”
Horses.—About -100 broken down cart and
roach horses lire slaughtered every week, and
boiled for the cats mid dogs in London. There
are lour licensed horse butchers, who kill
each about fifty per week, which they purchase
at uii average price of 25s. a head. The skins
are sold to the leather dressers ; the shoes to
the upholsters ; the bones to the hutlon-ma-
kers; and the flesh, after being boiled in
huge kettles, to the retailers of cuts’ incut, who
sell it out by the pound to their customers, ns
regularly as the bakers supply the families with
bread.—Travels in England.
..-ry.nii.v-x.
Athens, March 7, 1828.
Tlio of’ tho Oration delivered before tlie l)r.
mostlicnian Society, which considerably exceeds \vl
wo exfM cted, interferes largely with the kind of matter
wo have been in the habit of inserting.—However, we
hope it will prove a:r intorestinp to the majority of our
readers, as any wo should have been able to provide
this week.
We have no later Foreign News than that given in
our la*t, though wc learn a vessel was entering the port
f Chuiler hi with lute dutes, when our last advices
left, which gives hopes for our next.
have just received a letter from F. L. Thomas,
Surveyor to the Commission for laying out the Town of
Columbus, on the Ciiattahoochie river, accompanied
with a plan of the Town, which can he viewed at our
oflice bv those who may desire it.— He plates that the
town li.tt b*'»*n located on a beautiful plain, where the
liver is easily navigable, and that the large steam-boot
Steubenville, drawing five feet water, under command
of the enterprising and intelligent Capt. E. J. Wood,
art was in the j arrived at the spot on tho morning of the‘21st February,
most delicate, just, and exquisite proportion, in eighty-six hours running from Appalatchicola, adis-
tlu? doctoraHHcrtod tV.iit this mummy must luiva i tance of 4ao mUo«^-C%fW. Wood r«poru i*n mn.
ticcn an Kgyptian Venus! Or more strictly | aiders the navigation of the Ciiattahoochie better than
smmkin", according to tlie doctor's theory, that j than that of the Alabama river to the latter of which
rdm wtu* of the beautiful rnen which anciently
inhabited tho vicinity of Mount f’aucitHUs.
This discovery, he maintained, completely
overthrew the theory of most of our antiqua
ries. now universally received ;—namely, that
the ancient KnyptiaiH were a colony of Kthi-
opians, who originally crossed the Indian sea
from the cast. In this, however, I think the
doctor to have completely failed ; for this once,
enchanting henuty might have hecn imported
\s a slave or a bride to some Egyptian prince
or lioblo personage, from Caucasus, or from
Srvtliia or Greece ; and therefore,* as an in
dividual cannot possibly go one step towards
Droving that the ancient Egyptians were not of
fhc Ethiopian or Indian ra»’e, any more than
the perfection of beauty and symmetry of shape
in this mummy Venus—this hrlftt iihal of two
thousand years ago,—can he no criterion or
al rt , dnrd by which to judge of nil the Egyptian
females of her ago in that laud of learning,
mystery, and wonder.— Tale of a Modern
Genius,
last of a Royal Line.—The Cardinal of
fork died at Romo on the ltttli of July. H‘
mortal remains were deposited in the choir of
tho chapel of St. Peter, where those of his fa
ther, James 111. already rested. The body of
Prince Charles Edward, brother of the Car
dinal of York, which had been buried at Friw-
eati, was, in accordant wsih the hist will of
tho prelate, removed to the chapel of St. Pe
ter. The tomb thus el »sed upon the last of
die male line of the illustrious and unfortu
nate family of tho Slums : and death thus
iiwvpt away all tie high and unsuccessful pro-
ten.von* to the oruwn of England. Prince
Charles-Edward, knowt* l*y the n one of the
Pretender, grown old and retired to Homo,
was afflicted with the gout, and during its at
tacks he never ceased to exclaim. ‘ Poor kin
poor king P He was little veiled by tho E
ghsb, ando French genllenvm expressing his
astonishment : 44 1 know the reason.*’ said he
<» they imagine that! am ?titl mindful of what is
passed. I should see them however, with
pleasure notwithstanding ; l love my subjects
though \ never see them.”—Private Ante
dotes of Foreign Courts.
Dangerous - Attractions.—A Danish Jour
nal offers the following anecdote t 44 During
several months past, a number of individuals,
especially young men bewildered by ambition,
bnvc put themselves to death, by throwing
themselves from the Round Tower: and to
prevent these misfortunes, it has been found
necessary to station sentinels at the place.
The same procaution is frequently resorted to
in Norway, with regard to a lake in the neigh
bourhood of Bergen. In a basin extremely
deep, surrounded by projecting rocks the lake
spreads its still 'and motionless water, so ef
fectually concealed from the light of day, that
the stars may be discerned in the fluid at nocn-
he has* been accustomed; the former being deeper,
slraiglitcr, and with fewer obstructions j and that there
is always on the bar 9J feet of water. These facts
considered, wc arc inclined to think the projected town
promises to become one of the most nourishing, it not
the largest in the state. Wc object, however, to the
name; n*»l that it may not be due to the memory of
one of the greatest of men, oris not in itself sufficiently
dignified, hut owing to the confusion it makes from a
multiplicity of places of the same name—the Capital tit
Ohio, and other towns being so called ; and also from
a desire that our towns should, on being mentioned,
declare their situation and importance by being the
only one of tho name.—Much rain had fallen, which
retarded the operations of the Commissioners, on which
account the surveys arc not expected to bo completed
before tlie 15th of April.
those diseases to whit! die cultivators of the mind arc
liable; ami when we< insider that the natural state of
man (wherein the powers of mind and body are no
doubt nicely adjusted to each other,) is accompanied
with but a very inferior degree of intelligence and rea
soning faculty, it is quite reasonable to suppose that
any decided variation in either must disturb their na
tural agreement, and call for an adjusting medium.—
Nevertheless, we heartily join in reprobating the fre
quent odious scenes originating from an unrestrained
indulgence in ardent spirits, and which is by far the
most frequent among those whose minds afford no
excuse on account of advancement from a rude state—
hut of the means of its remedy wo think a just idea has
not vet become general.—We have denied that it can
he effected by a-sailing the moral sensibilities, so long
as the more goatling distinction prevails, arising from
di parity of wealth, and condition ; consequently, until
the relations of the different members of society may
l»t brought nearer to an equality, no fear of moral de
gradation can he expected to have any extensive in
fluence. Sonic few believe that all such evils may be
remedied on this plan:—hut the mass believe it proble
matical, if not wholly illusory. No person believ
that he is, nor does r.-iy one ever intend to abandon
himself to drunkenness until helms reached its most
irretrievable stages, and therefore the hint of handing
him a Tract would vt r likely be construed into an in
suit to he revenged in the one case, or utterly without
hope in the other, so tl.at they could only look for rea
ders among those who have no occasion for their ad
monitions; wherefore, ns things exist, we conceive that
it could only be efii ctni by restraining its manufacture,
or providing a substitute. Hut the first alternative
would he encumbered with many difficulties.— 1 The re
ports to Congress state that there was six millions of
gallons imported last year, and it would bo moderate
compute there was twelve millions manufactured in the
country, which it is even proposed further to promote
for the purpose of bent fitting the market for grain.—
When the whole proc* eda of this arc calculated, and
tlie thousands who roll in their carriages and riot in
luxury and the obeisance of their fellows on its profits
are computed, what a clamor might bo expected about
interference with agriculture, commerce and manufac
tures ? It is enough merely to allude to it.—In the in
troduction of a substitute, however, a fairer prospect is
open, for a view of which wc must refer to the frequent
dissertations on the cultivation of the rtne which we
have heretofore published.—Let the “Temperance So
ciety ” appropriate their 1*1,000 dollars to the encour
agement of this culture, and they will do more to
wards effecting their object than by all the Tracts that
can be printed in an hundred years, and at the same
time promote the interests of both agriculture and com
merce.
We learn from the Recorder, that the enlargement of
the State-House has been contracted for by Mr. Burch
.if this county, at $9,000—less than half the sum appro
priated for that purpose by the lust Legislature.
Intemperance.—We find in the papers of the day, the
following paragraph —
“The funds of the American Society for the promo
tion of Temperance,’now amount, suv* the “Thilan-
throphist,” to near)) fourteen thousand dollars”
Where the centre of action of this society is situated,
we do not know, (though inclined to believe, in Bos-
ton .) nor arc we certain by what inruns they propose
to effect their object, or what part their 14,000 dollars
will take in it; but we have somehow become impress
ed with tin* idea that it is to be attempted wilh Tracts,
perhaps from soring an advertisement offering a pre
mium for the br«t tract directed against drunkenness.
Vet whatever | lan they may propose to themselves, we
shall be convinced of its futility, so long as wealth, no
matter how obtained, constitutes the «hiif ground for
general respect, which it will while tin different mem
bers of society hold the same relation to one another
that they now do,—or until something less dangerous
and equally accessible is brought into gcnerul use,
wherewith to regale a labour-worn body, or a care
worn mind ;—for while it is customary to rest on the
simple fact tlut a man is rich, and respect him accord
ingly, instead of letting the manner in which it was
obtained have influence in making that concession,
mi|H)rtors, manufacturers, and venders of liquors, will
persevere in availing themselves of its gains, and the
perversities of a connection with society will furnish
consumers in the persons of imbecile minded people
who never knew the toil of acquiring the wealth they
command, and the liorrassed, depressed, and reckless,
of all descriptions. It perhaps a little worse than
ridiculous to see, us one frequently may, in one column
of a newspaper an advertisment of .'/r. Heterogenous,
offering for sale “ 300 pipes of Brandy, or 1000 barrels
of whiskey, just lauding ftoiti ship Fortune,*' and in an
other column of tho same paper, his name appended to
the proceedings of some L.blc, Tract, or Temperance
Society, or perhaps lTu donation recorded, derived from
the gains on similar traffic: thus “bringing into the
sanctuary the price of a dog. n
We mutt candidly allow that wc arc not of the party
who desire that all exhilirating fluids should only be
handed to a person by a [diysician,—they have their uses
when discreatly resorted to indeed some physiolo-
Whatever effertfl the construction of a Rail Road from
Augusta to Charleston may have on the interests of
this state, it would seem from the following article
that it promises shortly to be accomplished, and if an
rpml spirit of enterprise is continued, that eligibly
situated sea-port will he likely to attain a consequence
nferior to none on the coast.
Charleston and Hamburg Rail Road.—The
ontorpri^.Lg citi'/.rn* of CKn(lo«lnn ore ♦nhing
active measures to cnrrv into effect the con
templated Kni! Road between tliat city and
Hamburg. The speculations into which wc
formerly entered mi this subject, and which we
have no doubt many thought were perfectly
visionary, will be realized in the fullest scope.
Two Engineers arc now examining and mea
suring the route. Wo arc informed tliat the
cost, at a rough estimate, will not exceed
$600,000. One capitalist offers 8250,000,
and three othcrs8l00,000 each. It would be
strange, in an undertaking which thus san-
guinelv enlists tho expectations of experienced
capitalists, the remaining $50,000mouIi1 not
lie raised.and oven double the whol^stimate,
if necessary. As money can do any tiling,
skilfully expended, it is vain to talk of difficul
ties. Thero are none of any consequence,
much less insurmountable ones, between this
place and Charleston. We do not pretend to
much science on this subject, hut it docs ap-
pcar to us.that a country of equal extent, so
favourable for such an undertaking, is not to
ho found uny where else.—Geo. Corn*.
Kennedy.—Sandy River circuit: Joseph Moore, L.
Miller.—.Vetcherry Circuit; S. Dunwoodce,—Camden
Station : T. L. Winn.—Santee circuit : S. P. Powell,
W. II. Kllison.—Eiwrec circuit: II. Smith, K- Williams.
—Lau-rence circuit : D. Derrick.—Reedy River circuit :
It. L. Edwards.— iVaterce circuit : Jacob Ilill.
FAYETTEVILLE DISTRICT.
C. Betts, P. E.—Fayetteville Station : Jobn II. Rob
ertson.— Wilmington Station B. English. — Bladen
cireuit: John Wntts.— Brunswick circuit: S. L. Ste
phens.—Pnlee circuit: P. Groves, N. M. Wvtrnmn,
Win. Culverbouse.—Lynchc's Crirk circuit: Win. King.
.—Block River circuit ■ J. N. Bradley, 11. Ballew.—
Grotgettum Station : N. Laney.— tfacamaw circuit :
Win. II. Maberrv.
I.INCOLNTON DISTRICT.
M. McPherson, P. Ft.—Montgomery circuit: G. W.
Purnell, A. McPherson.—Rocky River circuit: James
tlitchincr.— Yadkin circuit : William Crook.—Sugar
creek circuit : B. Bell.—Lincoln circuit: II. Spain, A.
Brown.— Yorkcircuit : Joseph Holmes.—Union circuit:
Win. Smith, J. W. Talley.—Morgauton circuit : Z.
Dowlin.
TALLAHASSF.E DISTRICT.
JojiAlf Evans, P. E.—Tallahassee Station : Josiah
Freeman.—l.con circuit : Andrew Wvriek, I). McDo
nald.—Early circuit: Joseph Andrew.— Ciiattahoochie
circuit '■ Jeremiah Norman.—Holmes I’allnjcircuit: F. C.
Sprapcins.— Pea River circuit : .1. C. Wright.—Pensa
cola Mission: Isaac Boring.—Lee Mission : C. Turien-
tia.
There were received on trial 21 young men ; and 7
travelling Preachers readmitted—7 Located. Increase
21.
There has been added to the Church 7200 white
members and 1600 Blacks, during the Conference year
for 1827.
Spurious Hills. — A Two Dollar Rill of the
Marine and Fire Insurance Rank, altered to
Fifty Dollars, was detected at the .State Rank
yesterday. The plates of the two denomina
tions have not the slightest resemblance, the
vignette of the first being a figure of Wash
ington in a Roman dress, sitting on a pedes
tal, that of the last a lieu-hive, surrounded by
flowers, &c.—Georgian.
Washington's Ilirlli-dcnj.—The 22d inst.
was celebrated as is usual with us, by a Mili
tary parade, and a Procession to Christ’s
Church, where the Farewell Address of
Washington was read with propriety, and af
ter some appropriate remarks, by Isaac It.
Walk Eli. Esq. an excellent Oration was well
delivered by Wili.hm C. Mitou, Esq. We
could wish that the Oration might he publish
ed, and would gladly seize an opportunity of
presenting it to the public through our col
umns.—Augusta Constitutionalist.
is no alternative. But we doubt whether lit
will dare to say to Mr. Rluir, come out, tell
“ the truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth.” Wc helievo that gentleman can a
tale unfold which will cause the tenants of ill
gotten power at Washington and their adhe
rents in Kentucky, to “ call on the rocks and
mountains to fall upon and cover them.”—
JY’aslivtllc Republican.
Washington, February 21st.
It will be perceived, that the House of Re
presentatives yesterday refused, hy a conside
rable majority, to take up the Joint Resolution
for fixing a day for the termination of the pre
sent Session of Congress. This voto, having
lieen taken by Yea3and Nays, maybe consi
dored as settling, affirmatively, the question
whether or not tho Tariff Rill, and other Rills
of general importance, are to he entered upon
at this Session. We consider this vote, in
connexion with what we usually hear of the
opinions of members, as a strong indication of
a disposition to pass a bill of some sort, for
the revision of the tariff. If no such bill pas
ses, we suppose that its failure will be attribu
table to a difference of opinion amongst its
friends. Thero were, doubtless, some mem
bers who gave their votes yesterday Avithout
any reference to the tariff bill : we allude only
to tho general effect and impression of the
vote.—JYid. Int.
At a late Conference of the Methodist F.piacopa 1
Church, held at Camden, South Carolina, the follow
ing arrangements, for suppling the different district? and
circuits widi preachers furtlie present year, were adopt
cd. .
ATHENS DISTRICT.
Thomas Sameurd, P. E.—.ippalatchee Circuit : A
Ray, P. B. Pope.—Promt River Circuit : J. W. Town,
sen, W. Martin.—Grate Circuit: J. L. Oliver.— Ilaf-
l.m Circuit : James Ilellah.—Gwinnett Circuit: Wiley
11 arfiek, W. S. Williams. — Fr//*'U) River Circuit: James
Hunter, R. Rogers.—Fayette Circuit: William Stegall,
T. Douglass,—Habersham Circuit : J. B. Chapel.—
•Veitroe and Covington Circuit ■ T. P. Nosworthy,
.llhcns and Lcringlun Station : Ignatius A. Few.
MII.1.EDGEVII.I.E DISTRICT.
William Arnold, P. E.—Milledgevillc anti Macon
Station: S. K. Ilodges, C. Hardy.—Sparta Circuit: J.
N. Glenn, \V. B. Smith.—Cedar Creek Cireuit : T.
Snead, J. F. Wentl.ershy.—•d/eerrr Circuit: John Cut
lensworth, G. W. Davis.—Oakmulgcc Circuit: Jesse
Bn "ring. — Washington Circuit: B. Gordon.—.1/onree
Circuit: J. A\ rinhish, A. Bocdell.—Houston Circuit
D. I.aw.—Eatemton and Madison Station: Pearce.—.Is.
bury Mission. A. Ilammcl, W.C. Hill.— Troup Mis
sion : John Hunter.— Columbus Mission : James Slack-
dale.—Upson Circuit: James Dunwoody.
SAVANNAH DISTRICT.
George Hill, P. F.—Savannah Station : Elijah Sin
clair.— It aynesborough Circuit: Thomas Dartev, Thns.
Smith.—Liberty Circuit : John H. Massa.—Ohocpi
Circuit: D. G. McDaniel, John M. Dorris.—l.iltleOak-
inulgee Circuit: Vardy Wo..fry.—.Jppling Circuit: W.
J. Jackson.—Satilla and St Manfs Circuit: John I..
Jerry.—vVosnm CircuitTo hi supple d.—St. .iugustin
and. ilachua Mission : William Gasawav.
AUGUSTA I [STRICT.
Henri Rah, P. E.—.hgusta Station : Nicholas
Talley.— H nrrrii Circuit: P. N. Maddux, A.Turner.—
ll’ashington and Greensborough Station : John How
ard.— IMtlc River Circuit: James Dannclly, E. Mr-
Nair.—.IbbtrriUe Circuit : G. W. Hoc’, a by, W. P. Ar
nold.—Saluda Circuit: D. F. Wade, J. hn Kelly.—A'ene-
wee Circuit: F.. l-eggett.
CHAjti.F.STON DISTRICT.
William Caters,P. E.—Charleston Station : James
O. Andrew, A. Morgan, B. L. Haskins.—Black Swamp
Circuit: F.. Calloway, B. H. Capers, R. J. Winn.—
Hollow Cretl Cireuit: Jacob Osier, K. Mcrchison.—
Orangebury Circuit: G. W. Moore, S. W. Capers.—
Cyprus circuit: Johli Moore, M. Bythewood.—
Coeprr River circuit: John Honour.—Congartt circuit:
John Bunch.
COLUMBIA DISTRICT.
Roisitr Asaui, P. E.—Cotymtia Station : W. M,
Henrfi Clnij.—Our readers will perceive
from our extracts from the I’rankford Argus,
that develupcmcnts of much importance have
been made in Frankfort!, in relation to the
Presidential election. The evidence detailed,
is of a most important character. Trimble
Johnson and Mctcidf will find il somewhat
difficult to reconcile it with their certificates
which were appended to Mr. Clay’s address.
The following pointed article is from the ta
lented pen of of Mr. Kendall, the Editor of
the Argus.
The Bargain Proved.—“ It is in vain, that
Ren Hardin and the majority in the Senate
endeavor to turn themselves and their own
proceedings into ridicule. It was in vain, that
they refused to admit proper testimony and
proclaim that they would hear none but willing
witnesses. Ry the evidence actually given in,
the bargain between Adams and Clay stands
proved to the satisfaction of every unprejudi
ced man.
IVhat said Fr. Johnson ? He not only hnd
the instructions of the Legislature, but a par
cel oflettcrs from Kentucky, all tolling him to
“ stick to Old Hickory —give tii a western
President whatever yon do." Yet ho voted
for Mr. Adams. IVhat was his reason ? “To
get Mr. Clay made Secretary of State," how
did lie know that such would be the result un
less he knew Mr. Adams had promised it?
Wlmt said Mr. Trimble ? Rcforo ho went
on, he said, if he voted for Mr. Adams he
“ leotdd agree to be called a federalist all his
life.” Yet, he voted <or him. Wlmt was his
reason. “ We distinctly ascertained that J\lr.
Adams would make Mr. Clay Secretary of
Slate, and that General Jackson would not."
IIow could they know what Mr. Adams would
do, unless he had told them what ho would do ?
What says General Metcalf? A month be
fore tho election he says, “ we stand commit
ted—ire must know something how the cabinet
is to be filled." After the election ho says,
“ / J'ear we have done too much for our friend."
IIow ? Why, wo have voted lor Mr. \dams,
to get Mr. Clay made Secretary, and I fear it
will he an up hill business in Kentucky. “ We
must know something about how the cabinet is
to he filled."—This speaks volumes. It was
said before the election, and after the election
these members of Congress said they voted
for Adams to get Mr. (’lay made Scerctarv of
State.—Then they did know how the cabinet
was t<> lie filled, and voted accordingly. Could
an honest jury ask for more evidence ?
Rut what says Mr. Clay in the fall of 1824 ?
“ /stand uncommitted.” llenco he caused it
to he inferred, that he would vote for General
Jackson if the voice of the country made it his
duty. In January 1S25, his friends in Frank-
lord say, that ho will be Secretary of State if
Mr. Adams is President. How did they know !
The reporj is traced to confidential letters
from Mr. Rlair, the contents of which the lat
ter refuses to disclose without the consent of
the former.
The Adams men say, Mr. Rlair has noth
ing to tell. Let them put that to the test.
There are two modes—force him to testify or
get Mr. Clay to release him from the restraint
of confidence. The latter course is plain and
easy. I.ct Mr. Clay call on Mr. Rlair to
state to the world all he knows. If he does
not come out with facts of importance, then
may they say that his condu ct before the Se
nate was all a farce.
Wc trust the whole country with one voice
will call on the Secretary to release his friend
and bring before the world all the facts. Until
he does it, a cloud of dark suspicion will rest
upon him more damning perhaps thaifthc truth
itself. Mr. Clay must now bring out this evi
dence or stand guilty before the world. Their
The lot of ground, in Arch street, above
Sixth, Philadelphia, for which a company in
N. York has for some time boon bargaining,
lias finally been purchased by them for about
8-10,000 for the purpose of erecting thereon n
splendid theatre. This, when completed, will
he the third in that city. The Walnut street
amphithcatie is to ho remodelled, with a splen
did front, and fitted up as a regular theatre.
Mr. Jefferson’s Manusoipts.—From the
Charlottesville Herald, wo learn that the manu
scripts of Mr. Jefferson are to bo published in
a short time. The work is to comprise three
octavo volumes, of about 500 pages each, and
will he nccompanicd hy a portrait of the au
thor. and a fac simile of the original draft ot
the Declaration of Independence.
If we may place reliance on statements con
tained in tho London Globe, the writer of the
celebrated letters of Junius will not much long
er he entitled to the motto ‘ stnt nominis um
bra.’ From that paper wc learn that five let
ters arc deposited in the archives of the Gren
ville family, at Stow, which are said indubita
bly to establish the real author. It is stated
that there existed a political connection be
tween him and Air. George Grenville, grand
father to the present Duke of Buckingham,
from whom theso letters have been transmit
ted to the present possessor, and that, in all the
controversies and investigations which have
been entered into on the subject, the name o’
the writer has never once been mentioned.—
JV. Y. Tel.
Irving’s Life of Columbus.—Tlie life ofCu-
ltimbust by 'Washington Irving, is at length
completed, and is said to he hi the press both
in England and in this country. G. & C. Car
vill will publish it in this city earlv in March.
The authui has been employed for years or
tho work, with the most ample materials at
hand, and the best opportunities for ascertain
ing tho authenticity of every fact ho has re
latcd. These advantages, together with the
charm of the author’s style, and his power of
happy arrangement, will now make that one of
tho most interesting books of biography which
have appeared in the present century. Wo
could have wished no better fortune for the
memoirs of the great discoverer of the tied-
world than that they should hn written liv bin.
whoso works have diffused the fame of its li
tcrature in the old.—.V. Y. Eve. Post.
INDIAN SPRING RESERVE.
I N conformity to an act of tlie Legislature of 22ddav
of December hint, “ to dispose of Hie McIntosh
Reserves in the eountv of Butts,” the undersigned
Commissioners have hail the Ocmulgeo Reserve laid off
into “four lots as nearly square as practicable,” cm
bracing 530 acres, and have ascertained, that thero will
be 32 lots of two acres, on the Indian Spring Reserve—
M Ho. of *1 acres—10 do. of^iO acres, and 1C do. of 30
acres— total 72lots. They will therefore oifer for sale,
on Monday the 21st day of April next, the -1 lots of the
Ocmulgeo Reserve, at the house of Mr. Alexander, on
said lands, and invite the attention of alt those who
wish to purchase valuable lands.—And on the next day
Tuesday the 22<l of April, they will commence selling
the lots at the Indian Spring, on that reserve, beginm ig
on the 2 acre lots, then the -1, and so on, in regular or
der, until all arc sold.
The 2 acre lot No. 2, has on it a large bouse, 71 feet
by 50, built for a Tavern, with n kitchen and out houses.
—There arc also other lots that have houses or summer
tenls, calculated for rent or occupancy, the ensuing
season.
The sales will be made each day, until all are sold,
between 10 and 2 o’clock, and one-liftb of the annum!
of the purchase money must he paid on the day of sale,
in terms of the law, and the balance “in four equal an
nual instalments.”
A plan of the lots will be left with Col. Balcy, at the
Springs, for the inspection of all persons w ho may call
Ills expected by the Commissioners, that the advan
tages of the village contemplated at the Indian Springs,
in the use of Mineral Water, and other prospects "of
health, ought and will bring together a large number to
compete for choice at the time of selling the lots.
It. A. BLOUNT, )
BENNET CRAWFORD, > Commissioners.
WMS. RUTHERFORD, }
March 7.—10 ids.
Executive Department, Gr.onr.iA, >
MillcrigcviUe. February 27th, 1828. j
O RDERED, That a distribution be made of the
amount this day reported hy the Treasurer, to
have been paid into the Treasury since the 17th No
vember, 1826, applicable to the Academy Fund, ami
that each county receive its proportion, upon making it
appear that returns of the manner in which monies
heretofore received have been disposed of, were made
as required by the act of the 22d December, 1626, on
this subject—the warrant for the amount due any coun
ty to be delivered o.-.ly to (he order of a majority of the
Trustees of the Academy of such county.—Where there
may be more than one incorporated Academy in any
county, the order must be signed by a majority of the
Trustees of each—and that this order be published
once in the Gazettes of this Slate, fur the infurmalDm
of the Trustees of Academics.
Att-st GF.O. R. Cl AYTON, Sec’.y.