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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