About The Athenian. (Athens, Ga.) 1827-1832 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1831)
i a( Jv in U'innsbort.u-ii, Ta rriekl Dislrid, Se.uUi Li.ro- tore of an auJn,ona1 o’oliar. U iaoj in .wnnsuwo i , ’ , .. ,.n I nr Hirne routes, to il ualraio the «••>». mauufacturr,! iipair of handsome ami well n ! Colltrac i or , and olh ers, from Wc wiil only name l wo intonvfmoncp nrieinj? JHlions, S^ay 31,31831. .Inrt'ir SloriH' 1 —A gentleman from Jackson county .,',.r,iit'iliiiit)ia' a severe storm was experienced it f.jli-.'ihoiliood on the 2Gtli inst. accompanied with w,l | UP anil .'note. The enow, it was said, descended „ few minutes very rapidly. Kffl.ol oj Religion.-Pursuant to appointment, a ’’fii* |.avp* Meflinj! mobconvtrMc]atlhe Presbyterian r this town on Thursday the 12th inst. Alter ,|,c usual time had arrived for closing the religious ex- llio present bad ar ti’l mrks, having attended to tin* whole process her-» J^HL'einents. The mail from this place to Augusta, i« -jrlf Horn the rearing of the worms thronch oil the sta- ma de to leave Alliens at II o’clock, A. M. and arrive in gexof manufartnre, down to working If. e silk into Augusta next day a! 11 o’clock A. M. Now by this socks. I, is said that they will wear infinitely better il'."^i'nX' than those imported. Irnin tins perfection to "' 4U il j «i,sta so early in the morning, not a mail h aven the the art ofnilk making lms been brought in our eistrr ( pj ac0 till five'or six in the evening. The stage is kept State the Charleston City fjnzcffe supposes that the l there nn ono trip in thn week tor a day or two, and exportation of raw silk f.om that State will in a few . then ha. to return uithin die same sho.t space of tune , ., n.Ua « w« 1 without gaming any tiling. And on the next trip, has years l»e considerable. The panic PP » t to depart in one hour after its arrival, before any other understand that several young ladies in diuerent parts ; mail reac.hei Augu to. Why not let it leave Athens of the State, have already made great progress ton’.irdei ‘ one morning at any time between 4 and 11 o’clock, A. preparing the article for market; and even in the ne igh- iJVI. and arrive in Augusta on the next day by 5 o’clock borhod,.four .itv, weknowofnne young lady . in the afternoon or leave Augusta on one morning, ' , . , , ., 1 and arrive in Athens the next day at 5 o’clock, r has made such arrangement*, as we have no doubt, i . . • - - to prrj M. and pave the passengers and Contractor from the un- »are a large quantity ot the raw j necessary hurried night travelling. The mail to Mil- material in the course of the summer, which she in* i ledgeville leaves Athens at about 4 o’clock, A. M. and tends fi.r the market ” Will not the ladies of Georgia j nrrivr s in Millcdgcvdlo Hie next morning, and remains _ , , , - c . . • rn „ I till the afternoon, when it aL'ain departs tor Athens Ire- prof,I by I he example of our fan countrywomen n Car- ^ g Bin( , |( , mai| arrjv ,, s j,, Mi ,jg cvi || c . The mail olina ? We feel assured that it is neither from a !ovc of| from t t,i s t0 Nashville, Tennessee, takes up fifteen days its conveyance, when it ought to go in seven days; g to the mails missing each other at their junc dlcneps, or false pride, that an enployment so calcula- Inted to increase the blessings of domestic life, as well as to contribute so essentially 1o elegance in dress, and all within the sphere ot the most lipid economy, is the state of feeling was such that it wasdecm- l ^ neg , cctod . , )Ut jt is f rom a u .„,tof energy In od pr .per to continue them, and accordingly they were kept up by the different denomination! « ithout mlti rnpuor, until hist Sahbatli. The exercises consisted alter ihn first week of prayer meetings during the day, nn l preaching nt night, except ori three or four occa- jyi'in*. when there was preaching in the day time. The 'result 1ms been, that about smnty persons have made o profession of religion, of whom twenty-four arc mem- ‘ hers of the College. The utmost harmony has mibsiH- icd between the diflerent denominations throughout, and there has been that cheerful co-operation in the woik, without regard to sectarian view’s, that should ovci iruik theconduct ofthc Christian. The Constitutionalist ofthc 20th inst. accuses us of co-unit ling “several serious errors,” in our late gene- rnlnta»« iYio;it ofthe case of John N. Plulpot, and very wisely remarks that “ when an editor undertake* to state a case, he should be master of all tire fucte, and state them as they actually exist, Hiking enre not to commit himself until he haahada full view of the whole ground of controversy.’* We admit the latter clause to he correct, but wc deny its applicability in this in stance, at least to the Athenian, rhilpni’pcarc bad t>n«A «>C«nuak CAntrAvanayi *nd pcrhntm of some interest, at the time our statement was penned, which, by the way, seema not yet to have abated. Hav ing, from our personal knowledge, no acquaintance with the justice or injustice of the case, wc could not be supposed to task ourselves with n perusal of the idle vsporings,or even the solid arguments of the host of quill drivers,that had brandished I heir harmless wea pons high in air,and rushed with inflammatory ardor to the combat; hut wishing to gratify our readers with with sorno information on the subject, we threw aside tjic essays of these* 1 anonymous writers,” and confin- <ed our;elves to the doenjpents on which tlirir argu- imei'tf wore apparently based, viz: the decision of Judge Holt and tho statement of the Reporter,w ithout P re tending to bo acquainted with “ oil the fads,” or oven expressing an opinion of otir own of any kind. If in doing this we have committed any error, w e w ill be happy to rectify it on its being pointed out, but we can not toil through all that has appeared for tho pm pose ot arriving at s fact to us of JillJo consequence, when at the mnie time we run the chance of involving our- eo.vcg m deeper mystery by the research, — :Ttfj — English <tnd American Nwspaprrs.— Il is a truth that has loi.g since grown into a maxim, that in proportion as th'' f-eedom of the Press ih invaded, eiiher by taxa tion, the establishment of a censorship, or any other | cause, the intellectnn! darkness of ignorance and su perstition prevails. Front this cause a similar effect mencc the task. That once bcean, and wc should sec it pursued steadily and uninterruptedly, and usefully, with all the delightful and enthusiastic ardour of the sex. The effect would he, that time now spent in rending such useless trash as the “ Sorrows of \Ver- tcr,”or the more recent,but lcssmoial” Paul Cliflbrd,” would be occupied in useful and profitable employment; and instead of tho pale and sickly countenances which wc daily witness, from the want of exercise and their necessary attendants, melancholy languor and ennui, we should behold their beauti'ul faces redolent with health* Qnd “tinged with roseate hues,” with their con- comitaii? blessings, n cheerful elasticity of spirits, and u greater appreciation of those works of nature and art, calculated alii:® to enoblc the mind and improve the understanding. It'pur <'H'» r,s in this cotmo should be the means or inducing even one ofour fair Ir.ends to adopt the suggestions offered, ve .hftll feel amply compen sated, and hnppy in the. rcfK.'jori that some good has been accomnliilied. —<3E>~ General Post Office.—In giving placet to the following communication, our object is not directly °r indi rectly to countenance or lend our aid in the cause of a party which has been and still is using its utmost oxer- lions to put Ouvrii tWo pirmnk •aminisiaatUm, and which has recently been directing its most inveterate efforts against the Post MastciwGeaeral. \Vc profess to he decidedly friendly to ti e administration of Gen. Jackson; we admire the man and his measures ; hut when an evil docs exist, we arc not of that class of po liticians, who, rather than honestly expose it, prefer to keep up specious appearances* |>y silently enduring what ought to he remonstrated against. It argues no friendship for our public servants, to screen their de fects from the eyes of the people—they should rather he told uftheir faults, and then if they arc wise they will amend them. Besides the facts mentioned below,wc would remark, jjc^j that the mail from Augusta to this place is not due un* , „„ , , r f ... . i. . . , r. .. , ,„ . . , . -f .Nnc lactvry.— I he capital for ft new factory at ture at Spring Place in the Cherokee Nation, where a one horse mail has to lay seven days to wait the arri val of the other. Between Athens and North Alabama, it lakes a month or more to get a letter, although they are only six or bcv« n days* ride apart. The citizens of Gainesville, Georgia, and other citi zens of Tennessee, Blrongly petitioned Mr. Barry last fall,to extend a two horse stage route from this place to Athens in Tennessee,via Gainesville, which is very much needed, and would cost very little more than to carry the mail on horseback. Yet Mr. Barry has laid them all aside without reply or notice, and the irregularhorse mail still continues. We are informed that Mr. Barry has been repeated !y apprised of these dilHcultirs by Contractors, Post Masters and others, and has utterly disregarded the ivlmff. Is there no way (or an officer to he influenced to a performance of duty ! Were ever such complaints made in vain to Mr. M’I.ean while Post Master Gene ral ? Wo believe not. I.ct the people examine more into this subject, and impress it upon their members to Congress, to hnvc these abuses of office rectified if pos sible. I.el them adopt some course to make Mr. Barry feel the responsibility ot his station. OBSF.KVEU. •-CEi-— S u M M A It Y. The Cherokee I’ha-nix sn>s : “ There i3 a report, to which we arc inclined t<» give credit, that the Presi dent of the United States and his Secretary of W ar in tend to visit this nation some time in the course ofthc ensuing summer.” The M ashington .correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, under date of the Oth inst. states e\%mx Si if n*tw tife*T1VitncG the* Hon. Hugh I,. White has accepted his appointment to the War Department. Tl nows from Crime.— It is stated in the message of the Governor of Connecticut, that for the year ending 31st Match last, the net gain of the State prison, after paying eveiy expense of guarding, feeding, clothing and instruction, was $7,821. We understand, fiom late letters received from Nashville, there are reasons to apprehend that Judge White will be prevented, by the situation of his family, from accepting the Appointincnf tendered to him by the President of the U. States.—Richmond Enquirer. It is asserted in the Kentucky Sentinel, that the general understanding is, that Col. Richard M. John son will be run for Vice President, on the Jacktton Great difference of opinion exists among j empties into the Columbia trom tho north the people of (Ins State, ns to the expedienry about 20 miles belotv the U'ullametb of rebuildin" the Penitentiary or abandoning the system altogether, and several of the news papers have expressed opinions on ihn one side or the other. The substitution of Peni tentiary confinement for whipping and brand ing, ns a punishment for crimes not of the highest grade, is viewed as one of the im provements of an enlightened age ; it is there fore a duty we owe to the cause of truth and humanity, ns well as to ourselves, (hat before we make what may he considered a retrograde step in the march of improvement—before we discard a system which others commend as efficient and valuable, that we make a perfect ly fair trial of it. Many of our fellow citizens are doubtless of opinion that a sufficient expe riment has already been made, and thnt the results have noi been such as to authorise any further trial. But giving to the experience of others differing from our own its due weight, we may well doubt whether the apparent fail ure with us is not attributable rather to the management than to the system itself—wheth er with a building of better construction and an improved police, results of a more favora ble character might not he hoped for. At any rate, this is a matter that should not he deci ded on hastily or rashly ; the public, feeling wc know is not very favorable to the Peniten tiary—and yet it would puzzle those who arc most opposed to it to point out a better mode of punishing crimes. “ 1 would hang all these rogues,” says on« of our renders. But juries will not hang men except for crimes of the first magnitude, and not often for these. If there were no Penitentiary, criminals whose offences notv subject them to its confinement, would be dismissed with whipping and brand ing ; but as these arc revolting to the feelings of the community as sanguinary and cruel, the greater number would perhaps escape tin pur.ishcd ; and wc are told that the certainty of punishment deters from tjic commission of crime more than its seeerily. In all ages and countries, the management of the vicious members of society has been found a difficult task. Great Britain transports her thieves to n distant land—in most of tl,o U. Stntes the Penitentiary plan has bet n resorted to. Prance with all her knowledge and science, is about to send agents into foreign countries, to obtain information and profit by their experience in the management of Penitentiaries.—Southern Recorder. The soil on these rivers, not far from the mouth of the Columbia, he represents to be of the best quality, especially around the Wullameth, w here the country is well watered as Capt. D learned from the hunters, and abounding with extensive forests of hard wood. There is also a fino growth of hard timber on the upper Columbia. These rivers abound in salmon, sturgeon, herring, and other fish ; the season for herring commences in February and for salmon in May. The natives aro not numerous, hut are very peaceable, by no means like those of Noolka Sound, &o. and Copt. Dominis at no time felt any apprehen sion from them. It is greatly to be regretted that this fine country has not been taken possession of by the government of this country to whom it be longs. Tho British Hudson’s Bay Compa ny, who purchased the improvements of our countrymen at Austria, have a large farm about 100 miles above the mouth of Colom bia, nt Point Yancouvre, which is protected by a fort of five or six heavy cannon. Thee have a chain of three or four forts, also, a's far as the Rocky Mountains. The few Americans who remained after the settlement at Astoria was given up, having families, and being advanced in years entered into the ser vice of the company. There is no induce ment for citizens of the United States to visit this place for trade while this company is al lowed to have the control of this territory, as il is so powerful that it engrosses all the trade with the natives which is of any profit; aiso carrying on extensive operations with tho hunters in its employ.—Boston Patriot. Tho following statement respecting the treasure found by tho French at Algiers, is from the third volume of Dr. Lardncr’s Cabi net Library : “ The reports which had been current res pecting the magnitude of these treasures, had been exaggerated ; b it tile amount actually found showed that it was not entirely an ori ental fiction, though previously alleged to be so by tho adversaries of the expedition. Au- [thonlic accounts had been received of its exis- T-owrll m an subscribed in ltoslm: at the close ot the last week, amt the arrangements for commencing the The Cnyitul of I lie new J concern is to be #1,200,000.—.V. J'. Keening Post. Tho .seponsei at Boston,fromCalcasUa,ha.brought til eight o’clock P. M —at half past eight the return marl to Augusta closes, which mattes it impossible to answ cr aoy h tiers that may tic received, immediately, j work are in rapid progress. Ttiis, os the mail only goes twice a week, occasions an alternate unnecessary delay of three and four days. . . . ... The inconvenience is the same on every seeond arri- 1 1”' “' kI rhinoceros, both living The latter , ... , , , . . 11* small. Iiut tho dcplirmt is very lar^c, tilth.mini he u vat at Augusta. I he remedy proposed, by malting , |,„ vr j^, 1000 p(>U n,| a „ffl os |, 0 „ The pas- the hour of arrival earlier, would enable business to ho j aa^e. The sustenance of ihe two on the voyage, occU' transacted between the two towns with much more I |>ied Jorty tons measurement oftlrc •vessel, expedition than at (ursmt, uud therefore would be of J M r. Noah’s name is* .again removed fiom the head of great advantage to our citizens. lire New York Courier nod Enquirer. The paper is A mail arrives at this place from Damclsville every ! now put forth by James W at son \\rhb &. Co. Tuesday noon,and departs the oarnc evening, intended j The four concluding volumes ofthc Diplomatic Cor* in the first instance to intersect tho mail from Eaton- i respondencc of the American Revolution, volumes 9, ton to Crnrsvillo, Clarksville, tee. That mail arrive i in t I 1 . 3 '? 1 ''L?*’ 6 ' 1 S i" ,rk "’ V ', 6< 1 1,ave benn , I published in Boston. They comprise the correspon- ut Damclsville on Sunday evening, and goes to Carnes-;^ cncc 0 f Lafayette, Gerard, I.uzeriK’, U. R. Diving. will b.» produeod in all the various iclafions of civilized life, whether in commerce,agriculture or manufactures, vdle, (scarcely twenty miles) tlic next day, where it [ ston, Robert Morris, tr m .' Carmichael, John I.uu- J I* any proof of tho correctness of this position is re- -qiiired, it can be found in a r*'c *nt debate before tho London Liteiary and Scientific Institution, on the sub ject of ih* restrictions on the British Press. It there stated that “ in America, vrlicre newspapers are not taxed, 1,450,416 advertisements were inserted in •sight newspapers in New Yoik, where 400 F.nglisb ar^i Irish pipers contained, in the same space of lime, only l,10f»,0u0—that the twelve New York daily paper* eon- lain More advertisements than all the newspapers of Enplund and Ireland—that tho number issued an nually in America is 10,000,000, while in Great Britain it is h s^ than one tenth of that number. Advertise- ruenti which in England cost 17 dollars, are inserted in America for about one dollar and a half; and on arti- i.hj which coi4» annually for advertising in the United btates, 28 dollar*, is liable in England to a charge of 000 dollar!.” This statement cannot but show con- elusivcly to every mind the immense advantages a free pres* possesses over one that is trammelled by the bur- *liens of taxation. In vain does the merchant expose and ofler for sale Ins w ares and merchandize, or the manufacturer bis articles of domestic comfort; without the tempting aid of an advertisement, and the general circulation of newspapers, they cannot expect to make the country at large acquainted w itb the numerous " great bargains” they am disposed to give their custo mers; and where obstacles ore thrown in the. way of dispensing tho necessary information to those interest ed, business proportionality languishes. The liberty ofthc Preas is one of the distinguishing blessings ofour happy Republic. Unfettered by the shackles of op- prc>pion or intolerance, it imparts a moral and inteh lectual influence throughout all classes of society, to trhicii ot,'rernations ofthc earth are strangers. Our {ktlti'rt attained for us this happy triumph of free prim cipl-*s~bc it our task to convejr'it unadulterated to our .children. Domestic Industry.—Tho manufacture of silk, as con nected with the promotion of a healthful industry and economy, has often been, the subject of an article in maa) of otu popular political and litc.ary journals; and we know of no themcon which the pen of the red pfii- iauf.ropist, or the man of talcnta, has been better cm* pltycd. But unfortunately for the age in which we live, the numerous well written gssays that have been published, and the endeavors that have been made by the intelligent encouragers ofavery thing conducive to national proeparity, to axcite a laudable spirit of emu- fat ion, have met with but partial success. It i« picas- tug, however, to know that instance* have occurred, whore aome of the fairest portion o! nature’s work* £w« mean the ladies,) have been induced to bestow a little attention on this interesting branch of our manu- (act urn*, and where they have also deigned to employ their own .fly hand* to aid in its advancement. Among theseimsiaiw-cs^ohonorablc and praiseworthy to tbe fair Uborera, wc would mention that not lon^tincc a young remains until Wednesday noon before proceeding to the ' rcncP , " f * ® * ^ UIna{5 i °nd the commissioners for end of the route. Letters and papers from this place | * ,C ^ C * ,, . , ... ^ , |- . . • , t> i -il r i hx-Govrrnor Houston.—Thv Clarksville Tocsin statesj « r ," bl '« cd ' rc " 13,n nt I,an " lsnl e from T,u '“ ll, j 1 that this gentleman has, in a letter to a friend in that til the next Monday morning, and arrive at Clarkes-1 fowr>t H j ffn ifi c d h is intontion “to leave his exile, und villc oil Thursday; having travelled about sixty-five i participate iigam in the business, pleasure and honors miles in ten dans / A letter was received from the Post! of civilized society,” Having consented to )it*ld to the Noltrilutignaof ms trionds in Nutchez, it is expected he w ill commence the practice of the law in that place. Tho greot fcialdt rare over the Union Course, Long Island, between Col. Johnson’s Virginia mare L'onnets qf Blue, and Mr. Livingston’s horse Goliah, for $10,000, four mile bents, wns run on the 1 Oth inst. Time of 1st heat, 8 minutes 19 seconds; 2d heat, 7 minutes 57 se conds--both of which w ere won by Bonnets of Plus, coming in each heat about a length a head. It is yaid that 30,000 jx'rsons witnessed the great race between “Bonnetsof Blue,” and “Gcliali,” near New York* on the 10th inst It is stated in French papers, that a still horn infant was carried to M. Tortal, of Boris, tor dissection, who conceived the idea of inflating its lungs. The experi ment was tried for a few’ minutes, when the uir re turned warm, the blood began to circulate, and the child was sent ba<Ji alive to its jmrents. A surgeon at Lyons recently made a similar experiment w ith com plete success. Fly.—Thin destructive insect ban made its appear- once in most i f the wheat in this section of country. Many fields have been entirely destroyed und plough ed up, and many willl scarcely make a half crop.— West. Cnrofiiiir.n. Master at Danielsvillc a day or two nince, in which he savs : “ Last year wo would mail a Inter here for Mil- ledgeville on Friday evening, and receive an answeron Wednesday niglit following; now it requires nearly two j and Mr. Livingston’s horse Goifo/i, for SlO.Vo'o' w eeks.” Ho also informed us that in sonic of tlm up- ' ’’ ' ” —’ * — ’• per counties, answers to letters cent to Miltcdgcviltc could not bo received short of four weeks. It lias been gratify ing to observe that in the late con tracts the time occupied in conveying our most impor tant metis has been considerably lessened, and thnt the facilities for the traspottation of Icltets through the sc. veal elates generally, have been increased; but in this section of Ihe country the •• reform" tins been injurious. In many instances the arrangements nrc much worse than formerly. No additional expense w ould be in eurred in making the necessary alterations; in fact it it would be lessened, for a part of the route from Ea- tonton to Carr.csvitlc might lie discontinued altogether, without detriment. Wc desire to call the attention of the people who are interested to tins subject, bul more especially of the Post Master General, confidently be. lieving that whenever lire tine state of aftairs shall bo understood, tbe proper remedy will be applied. COUMVNICATED. TI1F. GEN Kit Al. POST OFFICE. .Mr. SAote,—This useful department of the General Government, it seems lias been badl v conducted since the late conliactihave hern entered into for the con veyance ofthc mads in the Southern Stales. The mails in the South have never been in a grea ter stale of confusion, or were ever worse arranged than at present. This state of things has been a cause of constant complaint with the people, and of still lou der. and more mgent clamour with contractors. The merchants have seriously fid! the irregularity attending the transportation of the southern mails, and have held a meeting in New York to inquireirilothecsiise. This confusion and mi,arrangement of the mails, should if poi sible, be remedied. The muse must exist priori, pally w ith the Pott .Vaster General. And we under stand that, although lac has been frequently petitioned and aohciied by contractors, to alter arrangements that have proven to be inandestly bail; yet, be lias turned a deaf ear to all such propositions. Indeed, one very worthy and respectable contractor, who labors under the most enormous grievance*, assured ua recently that he had since Christmas addressed some thirty or fort' letters to the department, and had not received a reply in a single inMonre ! Mr. Bariy has thus by ob stinately refusing to notiec any petition from contrac tors in this country, shown himsrlf guilty of one rf two things—either an entire ignorance of the geogra- pnyot the country,anda determination to believe the arrangements now existing, ihe tie.I. nr the most pal pable neg.igrnce in hi. nflice in regard to evils that exist. Let either be true and he is equally culpable. The most of Ihe Contractors, who labour m.der such grievances, can be relieved, withe,,, the loss of a min- . ujem the transportation of tho maifs, or the expendi- ! From Hie Northampton (Mass.) Gazette. The Mormon Delusion.—Mr. Judd, I noti ced a few works since in your paper a brief account of a sect or gang, who in this, vicinttv aro called Mormonitcs. The public mind is awake in this region ; go where we will tve bear little except Morinonisin. I presume there are tint less than 5 or GOO of lliesc delu ded beings in the towns north and west of this. They have in the town north of this what is called the “ big family,” where no ono says thnt might of the things that ho possesses is his own : they have all things common. There arc many who were once respecta- j hie mid intelligent, who are now following these wretched impostors—these pretended prophets. Joseph Smith,jr. author of the new revelation, is now head matt in this big family. He pretends that ho goes to the Lord occa sionally for advice, and lltcy think, yea they know they have all their otders from head quartet s even from the Lord Almighty,through the mouth of his prophet. Jo pretends to cast out devils, to give the Holy Ghost by laying on of hands, to heal the sick, See. Ho has tcnce before the arrival of the troops, and perhaps the ec at of its capture constituted one of the motives for tho enterprise. To see wagons loaded with ingols of gold drawn from Toulon to Paris, was no Irtfltng tempta tion to ministers, who had a design to dazzle the minds of the people, in order the more easily lo abridge their liberties. On taking possession of the Casauba, an immediate search was made for this treasure, which had been said I o amount to 200,000,000 of francs, or 8,000,000/. sterling. The Doy had kept no account of his treasure ; there were found no exchequer receipts, no registers of revenue or expense. Tho money, which was (he fruit of taxes, tribute, or plunder, was thrown into a room by tho treasurer of the regency without being counted. It was deposited in different boxes of coffers, and taken out on an order signed by the Dey and his council. The French found, in all, tho lurgc.sum of 4S,GS4,127 francs or nearly 2,000,000/. ster ling, in ingols of gold und silver. Of this stun, upwards of 43,000,000 of francs were packed up in boxes, nsiled, nnd sent home by tbe ships of war. Upwards of 5,000,000 of francs, or 200,000/. stalling) consisting of coins current in the country, were reserved for the expense of the army. This sum, so large, hud fallen so much short of what had been expected, that the treasurer ofthc Dey was put to tho strictest examination. He, liowcv- ten years’ translating to do: he looks in a small slone lie lias, and there roads the will ofij er, swore that tho regency had no further re- Eaithejuake.—In n letter from Burke County received ill tins oily, il is mention! d that a slinek ot' an eartli quake w as felt at that plaec on Saturday last, about c quarters past 1* o’eloek A. M. The tremor was toll about five seconds.—Savannah Republican. A dwelling house n« the public square in Forsyth was struck by lightning some days ago, and one or two lie re on a in it were knocked down, but presently recovered. An old African in the yard said the same iohtning struck him on the head, lint couldn’t graze trim! The building was not materially injured.—.Ma con Telegraph. Smith, the Robber ofthc New Yoik Bank, Iras been found guilty by tbe Jury. Mia punishment is imprison ment in the Stile I’risdn. There are only five claimants for ihe Reward. Jlcyal TmJirnrss.—The Emperor ofChinahas repro ved the sheriffs for strangling the wrong subjects bij mistake, and requests them not to do so in future. In twenty hours, (during the days of the 5th nnd Cth inst.) over one hundred mil of vessels arrived in the port of Boston. The Governors salary in Lower Canada is J1S,000 —Chief Justice $60n0. Mr. Van Bnren,it is said, is to sail from Ncw-YorU on the firit of June, us Minister to England. Mr. Branch has been invited hv the inhabitans of Rertie County, (N. C.) to become a candidate for Congress from that election district, tnd lias accepted the invitation. The steam boat Chancellor Livingston run afoul of the Washington off New-llavnn, Ct. on the night of tire Ulh inst. when tho latter boat was sunk. Three .'ires were Isrl, 39c! a part of Ihe cargo. the Lord and writes it fur tho good of his fc low men: lie enn read a person’s heart by look ing his face. Some lie in trances a day or two, nnd visit the unknown regions in Ihe mean time; some arc taken with n fit of terri- blo slinking which they say is the power of the Holy Ghost. I attended one of their meetings about two weeks ago; a woman was taken shaking, who was not a Mormonile, nnd she has shook the greater part of the time since; she is not in clined to join them yet—suys she feels no dif ference in her mind from what she did before. Would you believe me if I should tell you dial methodists, nnd methodisl ministers,and some baptists and preshylerians have joined then! 1 Such is the fact, yes sir, they have been down through the ire in tbe mill pond nnd their sins arc all washed away and they are clothed with self-righteousness ns with a garment. One Imlfhns not been told, but I must close. A PRESBYTERIAN. Chester, Geauga Co. Ohio, Feb. 22, 1831. sources ; that ho would engage to lose hid head if any money was concealed ; that the peoplo had been always deceived respecting the treasures of the palace ; (hat for the last twenty yonra tho expetuos of tho government had exceeded its receipts ; nnd that during tho three years of tho blockade, these receipts eiiher from prizes or commerce, had been re duccd almost to nothing. The. Oregon Territory, Columbia River, $ c. —We have conv"rscd with Captain Dominis, of brig Owyhee, which arrived last week from tho Pacific Ocean, who informs us that in February, 1829, lie entered Columbia River, and remained until April. He revisited the river also in August, 1830. lie deseribes the climate as delightful, free from the vicis situdes of heat an.d cold experienced nn the Atlantic side of North America. In August the heal was not near so great as tvjth us ; and through the winter, he saw no snot*, nor was there any ice seen in the river. He is of opinion that two crops of potatoes, and ofdif- [ ferent kinds of grain, could he raised without any difficulty. The navigation at the mouth I of tho Columbia is rather dangerous, as there are breakers upon a Bar, w here there is 4 1-2 fathoms at low water, and indeed the British Hudson’s Buy Company lost two brigs there, one in 1929 mid the other in 1830 ; hut from the mouth, for about 120 miles, as far a* ihe Great Falls, the river is deep enough for the largest merchant vessel. About eighty miles from the mouth of tho Columbia, tho river Wallamelh enters it, a large river which is navigable to about twenty miles from its mouth, where there are falls of twenty feel, and a most eligible sue for manu. factories. A smaller river, called the Ceulez, i Reported Revolution in Spain.—Previous to the sailing of tho IT. S. frigate Java, from Havana, a report was current there, said to have been brought by n brig arrived at Prin cipe, direct from Cadiz, staling that the King ' of Spain had been deposed, nnd had fled with his family to Gibra!;. - :!'; and that the Constitu tion had been proclaimed tbi'tlijhout Spain. It was understood at Havana tii.7! the public authorities there had received official ni’jdi- gence of the revolution, but kept it secret; the people, however, only waited for the con firmation of the report, to revolt. It is nearly two months sineo the date of our last advices from Spain, which allows full time for the re ceipt of subsequent intelligence by this cir cuitous route.—.Xorfoll: Herald. Speaking of the late resignations, tho New Hampshire Patriot says : “ This measure is a elcalh blow lo the oppo silion; and this they know nnd fesl. They can no longer accuse the President of being kept in leading strings—thev can no iottger aim their shafts at him through tho Secretary of State, ar.d they can no longer accuse the latter gentleman of wielding the great patron age of this office for his own advancement to the Presidency. Tho opposition are com pletely disarmed and thrown off the course, and must invent a new set of blunders, and put in operation an entire new system of tactics, in order further to prosecute their vindictive warfare, against a President possessing the unbounded confidence of the people. “ In tho organization of the new cabinet, it will bs tho object of the President to cal! about him thoso who can harmonize with one another, and with him, in carrying into effect the great objects for which tho people elected him to tho Presidential chair.” Attempt at Suicide.—A negro man, belong ing to a gentleman cf this town, committed n
