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THE FED ER A L lATOV
JOHN O. PaLBILL,
EDITOR.
ttILLEOGEVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL
VOLUME 1, N UMBEL 41.
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ministration, must be published Thirty days at least.
Notice by Executors and Adiuini.>trdtors fur Debtors
and Cieditors to reader ia their accounts must be publish
ed Six weeks.
Sales of negroes by Executors and Administrators must
be advertised Sixty Days before the day of sale.
Sales of personal property (except negroes) of testate
and intestate estates by Execd'ors and Administratiors,
must be advertised Forty days. No sale from day to
day is valid, unless so expressed in the advertisement.
Applied ions by Executors. Administrators, and Guar
dians, to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Lund
must be published roup, months.
Applications for Foreclosure of Mortgages on Real Es
tate mast be advertised once u month for six months.
Sales of Real Estate by Executors, Administrators and
Guardiaos must be published sixty days before the day
Of sale. These saLs must be made at the Court House
do or between the hours of 10 in tbe morning and 1 in the
efternuon.
Orders of Courtof Ordinary, (accompanied with aco-
P7 .he bond, or agreement) to make titles to Land, jtensive—and as
mast be advertised Three months at least.
Sheriff's sales under executions regularly granted by
tbe coarts, must be advertised Thirty days.
Sheriff’s sales under mortgage executit.nr must bead-
TtrtiScd Sixty days before the day of sale.
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Court must be advertised generally Ten data.
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tended to.
*-+ All Letters directed totheoffice, or the Editor,
NATIONAL.
FROM THE CHARLESTON CODRIER.
Rail Roads in the United States, Europe, and
immense. There will bora disposition to dia.J I,dm SnrireaM , . ,
organization lodnvetopn rtsotT with a love o! ,id e nt; 8a^r^&®K^a‘ ! ” e a?n'SeS.i£k! ofi,l “-’ Vi,e * nciBa M««t in., occur 1.1
order; and in wcccssfnl eveni™, t si....... “ .. V : MaurerI uOuy, _ i
successful exertion, win its pos
sessors seek fo reduce society into order, in.
stead of resolving it into its original elements,
and re-prod chaos. The subject is beauli-
fullv displayed in Tallevrand’s Essay **Surles
Colones "
must be post-paid to entitle them to attention.
W E are requested to announce tbe name of WILL
IAM D. SCOGGIN, Esq. as a candidate for
Sheriff of Baldwin county at the next election fur county
officers. November 6
Asia their eventual effects on 1'onnage and
for Commerce, and the particular effect of
.them and other circumstances, on that of the U-
nited States.
To the Editor of the Courier—
SIR—Th*- circumstances of the high prices
of sailors wages, the diminished quantity of
tonnage in the Southern ports, and the gener
ally, if not decrearing, stationary state of flie
United States Commerce induce me to ad
dress you. I would premise my paper with
the expression of conviction, that the people
ot the United States, generally, have labored
und. r a great mistake in believing, that its for
eign commerce would go on increasing, until
it obtained a condition sufficiently magnified
to contend with, or rather rival, that of Great
Britain. The latter country is a small, and
grcatly.consuming territory. The former, ex*
to its Western sections, con
sumes but little. The latter has none of the
immense resources within herself, which the
lormer possesses in such abundance. The cul
tivation of these resources, and the land, offer lime will develope every thin
greater inducements to the industrious and in- gress of events cannot but
dependent man
I write this before the account reached me
of the rc-assembly of the British parliament —
It will be an important epoch in the affairs of
!!u * l ’ and B erh »P 3 under the direction of
r ii "w • w ^ OIn R ations and empires rise and
fall, flourish and decay, • it may be the prelude
to a convulsion which will shake the world to
its centre ; I hope tbe contrary—(hat the vio
lent in Great Britain have become
Lawrence Shuster, vice presidents; and John[number thereof
Scholfield and William Filler, Secretaries. 1 John Sergeant,
of a property tax and a diminution ofiodirec*
taxation, together with the reduction of the
pension list—that, in short, so far as tfreat
Britain is concerned in the world’s business,
she will be the abode of peace, and become^
the pattern from which other countries
model tht-ir conduct
On motion of Josiah Randall, accompanied
with a most eloquent and instructive address, a
committee, consisting of the following named
gentlemen, were appointed to draft and reporl
resolutions to the meeting :
James Harper, J. R WetheriiJ,
John B. Trevor, R. A. Parrish,
-Joseph Akin, Samuel Brastiears.
Addm Woolpper,
In the absence of the committee, David Paul
Brown, responding to a call of the meeting, ad
dressed his follow citizens io a strain of elo
quence, pointed wit and bitter sarcasm, that
- - —moderate ^uruw, puimcu **•» auu uuier sure
am be temperate firm—that, in the adoption le/icited the most rapturous applause
James Harper, of the committee in a very
pertinent address, presented the following re
solutions, which, after an eloquent speech
from Mr. Brasbears, were unanimously adopt
ed:
Resolved, that the policy and conduct of
may
at such a crisis. This j Andrew Jackson, as President of tbe United
may preserve France from convulsion, a cir-
PREX7SZ GARDES!
P ERSON^ hiving Iiusi.hjss with the Corporation cf
Miile)g;ville, are notified that Dr. Lewis J. W.
Kraatz, ia folly empowered to represent the undersign
ed, durui^ bis absence from tbe county.
N. B. JUHAN,
Anril 14 40 Secretary and Treasurer.
MILLEDGFVILLE MASONIC HALL
LOTTERY.
30.000 Dollars
OF CU’ITAL PRIZES YET IN THE WHEEL viz:
I of 15,000 Dollars,
1 of 10,000 Dollars,
1 of 5,000 Dollars,
BESIDES PRIZES OF
$1030-$909- $390 $700 $500
-$300-$300-$100, &c. *
On SATURDAY, the 30th dn> of April next, the 4th
Day’s Drawing wi’.l he continued, when there will be
drawn from tlie wheel
1.000 FRIZES!
The i ncreasitig demand for Tickets inakt s it necessary
that those who t Xi'eet to select their uumbets from a great
Vaiieiy, to semi their irclcrs soon.
Tuuse who bold i’icirt is which may not be drawn previ
ous to the commence ueiil cf the Fifth and last day’s
dra-.ing must remember that such Ticke will have to
risk the SPLENDID PKIZF. of
30,000 DOLLARS
besides other handsome prizes then to be dcpoAited*—
Tickets still sold at, Wholes 510—Shares in proportion.
Address oideis (post-paid) lo
UHODOM A. GREENE,
March 24 Sec’ry to Commission
$500
lie. lie.
CENTRAL BANK OF GEORGIA.
rgiHE subscriber will attend to the renewal oi Notes
g for persons having business at the Central Bank, for
One Dollar, fur each renewal, on their remitting the mo
ney und note, post-paid.
DTRECTIOIJ3.
AU the names or signatures of the Indorsers must be
in their own proper band, unless where it is done by an
Attorney, and the Power cf Attorney must be placed in
the Central Bank. In order to take up the old note, or to
draw money, the Cheek of the last Indorser must be sent,
or where litis is neglected, the maker may become the
last indorser by signing bis own name last on the back of
the note, and send his own Check. The check is nothing
more than a small slip of paper signed by the last indor
ser on the lower edge of the right hand end, tbe rest may
be left blank. JOHN BETI1UNE.
Milletlgeville, April 12,1831 40 ^
‘ AN ORDINANCE
For the belter rcgulalitn of the lawn of .MiludgcviUe.
B E ir ORDAINED by the Iniendunt and Commis
sioners of the Town of Milledgeville, That it shall
not be law ful for any pci son or persons to camp any hor
ses, wagon ot wagons, cart or carts, in any street or side
walk in this town, or any common or vacant ground with
in one hundred yards of any building, well or spring; and it
is the duty of ull officers of the Board, on finding any pi r-
zoti or persons encamped in violation of this ordinance, to
order him or them to remove forUiwith; and.ni case ol
neglect or refusal, such officer shall arrest such person or
persons, and take him or them before the Intendaut or any
two or more Commissioners, who msy flue him or them
not exceeding twenty dollars, and may commit such
offender or offenders to the county jaii ou refusal to pay
eU< Be*it e farther ordained, by the authority aforesaid, That
any person who shall pi -ce or cause to be plueed near any
public well nr spring, a,./ birrel or other vessel of cooper’s
ware, or shall wash or rinse any clothes, vegetables or
uther article, or any person or persons who shall water
any horse, mule or other animal, within the space of twen
ty feet of any such well, spring, or the railing thereof (if
any) or-uho shall be guilty of any filthy eg indecent con
duct near any well or spring, calculated to effect the same,
shall if a white person forfeit and pay for every sutb of
fence fifty dollars, and any person of color committing
like offence shall receive thirty-nine lashes by the direc
tion of any membtr of the Board.
EZEKIEL E. PARK, Intendant.
Attest, Nathaniel B. Jim an, Secretary.
April 14. 1S3I 40 2t
REGIMENTAL ORDERS.
T HE Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers
attached to the 53d Regiment, G. M. arc command
ed to appear at 10 o’clock, A. M. at the court-house in
Millcdgevtlle, on Friday the 27th of May next, armed and
equiped as the law directs for drill and instruction. And
on Saturday the 23th May, the Officers and Privates will
assemble at the same place, at 10 o'clock, A. M. armed
end equiped as the law directs for drill and inspection.
The commanding Officers of Companies, will take due
notice (hat a return will be required, giving the full
strength of their company districts, (a duplicate copy of
which will be preserved) and they will be held responsible
for a lawful retut n of all absentees to the Court of Enqui
ry. By order of Colonel E. E. Park,
JAMES U. HORNE, Adjutant
April 14 {*() 33d Regiment, G, M.
JUST PRINTED, and for sale at
bis Office, ah assortment ot BLANKS—embracing all
of general use ia this State. Orders attended to with
promptness. April 7
in-
Chan the naval profession can
possibly do. In the one his actions are “free as
uir,” and he is surrounded with all the corn
fort* of domestic life; in the other he is the
slave of. at times, an intelligent despot—but,
at others, of a * brute madman." To this cir
cumstance. I attribute the higlf prices of sea
mtu’s wages. Tbe Western States affords
him a greater inducement than the navigation
of the Atlantic, which he leaves to the natives
oi the Sea Girt Isle ; and. whose element,
from the narrowness of their native land, is es
sentially the oceaD. Their march is indeed o-
ver the mountain wave, and their home is on
the wild ol waters 1 have reflected much on
the subject, and think that those who follow
my example, will eventually arrive at the same
conclusion
But there is no other cause which will con
tribute to lessen the tonnage of the United
States 1 I contend that there i9, and that it
will be found in the universal adoption of rail
ways. The profound ignorace as to their val
ue, will he well recollected. To remedy this
and to hasten their progress, it should seem
there are now being laid down in so many pla
ces, in links, as to develope their advantages
in the most striking manner. The people oi
Philadelphia have determined, with a view to
their more successful rivalry with New-York,
to.iid their Jersey neighbors, in laying one
down to Amboy. Nor have the citizens of
Baltimore been behind hand. With their eyes
directed Westward and Southward, they have
excited the inhabitants of Ohio, and the She
nandoah valley, to unite with them in making
Baltimore the groat port for the transmission
of Western produce to Europe ; and this they
are doing, while the Richmond Enquirer is
writing its 10,001st. • essay on State Rights,
and persuading the Senate of Virginia to ruin
its Eastern section, by denying the Petersburg
Rail Road Company the <£160,000 which, if
common sense or candor, prudence or common
foresight, could be found in Virginia should
have been granted without debate. The re*
suit will be, that (he commerce of upper Ala
bama and.Mississippi, with all Tennessee, will
be at Baltimore before the talking States can
stir a step.
Thus began, the Rail Road system will anni
hilate the coasting trade -for, if the people of
Charleston can bring a bale of Cotton for 5 1-2
cents from Augusta, it will not cost 25 to bring
it to Baltimore from Huntsville ; and there is
little difficulty in foreseeing that, eventually,
I be facilities offered by a Rail Road from New-
Orleans to unite with that of the valley, will
more than compensate the ease of marine con
veyance, accompanied, as it is, by the difficul
ties offered by the point of Florida, and the
shallow harbors of the Southern States
Indeed, however important may have been
the discoveries of the mariner’s compass, or of
the passage around the Cape of Good lie pe,
they will be equaled by the value of the Rad
way. It is not going too far to anticipate a
passage from the North of Germany to the
Gulf of Ormus—The distance, on a hair line,
is not, to speak very largely, (so as to leave
room for blunders) 10.000 miles And $10,-
000 per mile would effect it. This would be
$100.000 000, or (25.000,000, sterling—and
thfoexoeuse would he divided among France,
Great Britain, the German powers, Russia,
Turkey, Persia, and the East India Company,
under a new and efficient organization. The
mineral wealth of the dependencies of Austria,
and Russia, are immsnse ; and in the wishes of
the Porte, to ameliorate the condition ot the
people, will be found powerful auxiliaries in
the scheino. It would iadeed “annihilate
both space and time,"—and in the interchange
of commerce, add much to the happiness of
the world. *•
I will now advert to two papers you pub
lished in December 1829, hi which allusions
were made to tho approaching difficulties as to
Belgium, and the comparative ease with which,
haring a revolution in Turkey, which has not
taken place, tbe Porte would extricate herself
from the enthralment. We now behold with
satisfaction, the liberation of the Greek ser
vants an order of a census, and the proper ar
rangement of her imposts If but enlightened
and intelligent men aid her, and of this, there is
but little doubt, her progress in civilization
may, perhaps recompense U9 for the darkness
of her past ages. Fortunate will it be for Tur
key and for mankind, if such should be the
case. The field it will opeu for the disturbed
and the die! orbing spirits of the world will be
curnstance much to be feared,. However.
but tbe pro
be interesting to
CHOISEUL
28th March. 1831. *
P. S.—Since writing the ab»ve the Courier
of the 23d, 24 th, 25th and 2Sth March have
reached me. I am deceived in my hope as to
aa extensive adoption of direct taxation in
Great Britain. However there is a change
which may partially succeed Accounts from
Ireland, indicate that “the violent have be
come moderate’’ owing I have no doubt, to
the “temperate” having become “firm.” We
hear, nothing either of Hunt* ; and O’Conxelx.
will not know him in the House of Commons.
We hear of a paper read in the Royal Society
ot a Morton Railway being projected between
Suez and - Belgium is still a source of
difficulty ; but now iliat there is such an ap
pearance ol tranquility in Great Britain, and
one which 1 hope will be realized, I cannot but
contemplate an arrangement will be made for
it9 union with France, a measure as I have
said in December, 1829, dictated by prudence
and by policy. C.
•By a reference to the Whig of the 17th, (Courier 35th)
March, 1 find a Western Rail Road also included- The
Virginia party must be determined to push the Internal
Improvement question. At least it takes only such steps
as will inevitably lead to its successful establishment.
Philadelphia, April 5.
GREAT CLAY MEETING.
Yesterday afternoon, agreeably to public
notice, the friends of Henry Clat assembled
at the District Court Room. At an early hour,
the room and every avenue to it were crowded
At 4 o’clock, Mark Richards called the meet
ing to order, by nominating as President there
of; JOHN SERGEANT The choice was
made by acclamation. Samuel RichaROs,
John 9. Warner, and Shuster
were chosen Vice-Presidents. Jt John Scholb-
field and Wm. Fiti.er, Secretaries. It was
evident that a very small part of the people
assembled could participate in the proceedings
of the meeting, if conducted in the Court
roem, Mr Fok therefore moved, that the meet
ing adjourn tothe Musical Fund Society, a **p»
cious room capable of containing nearly 3000
persons It was also moved that the meeting
he adjourned to the State House yard; this wa-
opposed by many, as it then rained some, and
threatened to be very inclement The ques
tion was taken on the first tno'ion, and the de
cision was doubtful. It was subsequently vo
ted by a majority to adjourn to the Musical
Fund Hall. The vast number assembled in
the yard, the street, and Court room, then,
with the exception of a few hundred, went to
the Hall where the meeting was ..opened with
an appropriate address from the President.
Josiah Randall then addressed the meet
ing in a strain of pertinent eloquence, that we
have rarely heard exceeded Our readers will,
we hope, be able to judge of its merits to-mor
row.
Mr. Randall moved tho appointment of a
committee for resolutions, -in the absense of
the committee, there was a call for Mr Brown,
when David Paul Brown arose, and after some
prefatory remarks, proceeded to an analysis of
the conduct, and a comparison of the promises
with the performances, of tbe present execu
tive of the general government, in which he
electrified his auditors by flashes of wit, and a
tone of keen satire, that has rarely been lis
tened to in any public meeting of our citizens
It was perhaps one of the happiest efforts of an
orator always successful.
The resolutions (to be found io another co
lumn) were introduced, with some very appro
priate remarks, by James Harper, and second
ed by an eloquent address from Mr. Brash*
ear.
The meeting adjourned about 6 o'clock.
The very inclement state of the weather led
the friends of Mr Clay to fear in the morning,
that the meeting would be less numerous, than
they had expected; and it is probable that ma
ny of our fellow citizens ot the county, were
prevented t»y the rain from attending. But
with these drawbacks on the numbers, several
gentlemen who had a better opportunity of
judging than we enjoyed, estimated the nmn
her that came to the Court House, at nearly
FIVE THOUSAND 1 AH of these did not of
course, and indeed could not enter the Hall,
and very many did not leave tbe State House
vard.
Tbe indications of the meeting were highly
favorable to the most*-sanguine hopes of
the friends of Henry Clat; as a candidate
for the Presidency of thre United States;, and
we may calculate from yesterday's proceedings,
the commencement of a new era in Pennsyl
vania politics; the advocacy of men upon tbe
ground of principles.
Meeting of the Friends of Henry Clay.
At an unnsuaily numerous and highly re
spectable meeting ofthe friends of Henry Clay,
held on the 4th day of April, in the District
Court room, and by adjournment, in (he Hall
of tho Musical Fund Society* Philadelphia,
States, have more than realized the apprehen
sions of his opponents, and by their contrast
with professions voluntarily made, and with
pledges solemnly given, must have disappoint
ed all who supported his election from motives
of patriotism, or who deemed him qualified by
habit, temper, principle, knowledge or under
standing, for the executive chair.
Resolved, that this conduct and this policy
have degraded the character of the general
government, have jeoparded tbe existence of
our most valuable institutions, and have made
it indispensable to tbe great interests of the
country, that a statesman of sound principles
and of undoubted patriotism, ardently devoted
to the preservation of the Union, and deeply
imbued with the principles of the constitution,
be selected as a candidate for the presidency
at the ensuing election.
Resolved, that in the ooinmo »**—*
ing, the principles and the practice, the mag
nanimous spirit and tbe manly patriotism, tbe
political experience and the distinguished pub
lic services of Henry Clay, entitle him, above
all others, to the confidence of his fellow eit-
izen^nod qualify him to fill with dignity and
with usefulness, the high station of tho chief
magistrate of the Union.
Resolved, that we will cordially unite with
our fellow citizens throughout the country,
who perceive the weakness, despise tbe hypo
crisy or abhor the principles of the present ad
ministration, in promoting the election of Hen
ry Clay as president of the United States.
Resolved, that we are friends of the Amer
ican System, comprehending as it does, the u
nion of the states, the support of the constitu
tion, the protection of the industry of our fel
low citizens in every branch, the promotion of
internal improvements, the preservation a-
broad of self respect and national honor, and
the maintenance at home of tbe great repub
lican axiom, that he will of the majority con
stitutionally expressed, is the law ot the land,
which ought not to be intercepted in its free
exercise by the signification of executive wish
es, nor nullified by executive vetos, but upon
the most urgent motives ; and we are the
friends of Henry Clay, because he is sincere,
ardent, effici nt and true friend of the American
System, and has at all times sustained it in
peace and in war, at home and abroad, in pub
lic and in private, with unwavering constancy
and resolution.
Resolved, that we cordially concur in the o-
pinions expressed with so much unanimity
by both branches of the legislature of this
commonwealth, upon the great leading inter
ests of the United States, as being essential to
the prosperity, happiness and independence
the Nation,and especially tothe welfare of
Pennsylvania, and we heartily approve of the
firm and maoly stand taken by a great majority
of the Pennsylvania delegation in Congress a-
gainst the projects of the administration at
Washington, directed to the destruction of
those interests, and we hope, that seeing as
they must now see, that the power and influ
ence conferred by the support of Gen. Jack
son, have been and continue to be employed to
overthrow the settled policy of tbe State, they
and the whole people of Pennsylvania, will al
so perceive that his further support would be
irrational and suicidal.
Resolved, that this meeting approve of tbe
proposed National Convention, of the friends
of the Constitution, and the Institutions cf our
country, to be held in tbe City of Baltimore,
on the second Monday in December uext, and
that the said Convention be resisted to nomi
nate a suitable Candidate for the office of
Vice President, to be placed before tbe People
in conjunction with Henry Clay for the office
of President of the United States. ,
Resolved, that tbe conduct of (he President
of the United States, in seeking among the
confidential discussions in the cabinet of a for
mer President materials for a personal quarrel
with Hhe Vice President, for tho honest expres
sions of opinions which the country had a right
to claim from him, and thus exhibiting the of
fensive spectacle of discussions between the
two highest officers of the Government, dis
plays in the opinion ot this meeting, and un
becoming indulgence of selfish and vindictive
feelings—an oppressive abuse of the influence
of his station, a departure from personal digni
ty and official decorum, and are an unconstitu
tional disregard of the rights and duties of
others, which, whether originated in the work
ings of his own uncontrolled passions, or insti
gated by artful and designing favorites, are
equally to be deplored and condemned.
Resolved, that '.he citizens of Pennsylvania
be requested to meet in their respective con
gressional districts to nominate delegates to rap
resent them in the proposed National Conven
tion.
Resol ved. that the following named citizens,
be a committee to correspond with tbe friends
of Henry Clay throughout the Union, with pow.
th'Uf
~ -Hot
Charles Pee rose,
Mark Richards,
Johu Johnson,
Adam Woelpcr, *
Jacob tiny land,
Joseph Mcllvaioe,
Mathew Carey.
Thomas C. Rock hill,
Edward fngvrsoil,
Joseph Akin,
Jacop B. Lancaster,
Edward Haydock,
R. A Parrish.
Resolved, that the proceeding- of the meet*
ing be published in the newspapers of the city
of Pbiladelph ia.
JOHN SERGEANT, President.
Samuel Richards, ) v .
John S Warner, ) D , .®°.
Lawrence Shuster J ^ resl nt9.
Attest—
John Scholefiold, ) a .
William Filler \ Secretary.
Samoel Richards,
John 9 Warner,
Lawrence Shuster,
John Scholefield,
William Filler,
Josiah Randall,
David Paul Brown,
Samuel Brashear, -
James Harper,
J. P. Wet her il,
Benjamin Tevis,
John B. Trevor.
MISCELLJlJVEOUS*
Dr Johnson's account of a JVewspaper.—“1
never derive more benefit or see more pleas
ure for the time,” says Dr. Johnson, “than in
reading a newspaper which has lately issued
from tbe press. J do really believe that no
thing adds so much to the glory ot any coun
try as a newspaper. Liberty is stamped legi
bly upon its page, and even the fold is marked
with freedom. Do vou vant to know how
your couutry thrives? I point to the press!
There you shall find a piece, perhaps, under
the head of Legislative! Are you fund cf mis
cellany? Look there? Whal book can furn
ish such good accounts of our country—such
wonderful, such extraordinary accounts of
mnr4«.r **~ | -»---?-. —marriage?, frolics,
anecdote, ol onr Irish, English ond Indian
brethren, and many other siu*i> •—
good as well as bad accounts, from iho Rus
sians, French, Turk, Dutch. 4rc Under all
these considerations, who is there rn this fond
of freedom, that will not attend to an object
so worthy of their regard."
Mr Jefferson's Opinion.—“The basis of onr
government,’’ says that distinguished apostle
of liberty, iu a letter to Col. Carrington, dated
1787, “being the opinion of the people, Iho
very first object should be to keep (hat right;
and were it left to me to decide, whether we
should have a government without new.'pa-
pers, or newspapers without a government, 1
should not hesitate a moment to prefer the hit
ter But 1 should mean that every man should
receive those papers, and be c.ipable of read
ing them. I am convinced that those socie
ties (as tbe Indians) which live without gov
ernment, enjoy in the general mass an infin
itely greater degree of happiness, tha ; i those
who live under tbe European governments.
Among tho former, public opinion is tn the
place of law, and restrains morals as power-
folly as laws ever did any where,—-Among the
latter, under pretence of governing, they have
divided their nations into two classes, wolves
and sheep I do not exaggerat e, this is a .'rue
picture of Europe. Cherish therefore, the spir
it of our people, and keep alive their attention*
If once they becofne matt ntive to the pu> lie
affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assem
blies, Judges and Governors, shall become
wolves.”
The Swiss Hunter.—The following curious
occurrence is mentioned in the Journal de V
Isere:
A short t jme ago a hunter, s ho was sport
ing on the banks of the Lake of WallensUd,
in Switzerland, discovered the nest of one of
those destructive birds, the ’lamergeyer, a
species of vultdre;~he shot the mal , ar.d
made his way along a projection of the rock
with n view of taking the young birds. lie
raised his arm. and pot his hand into the ne9t
when (he female hovering over his head on-
perceived by him, pounced down upon him,
fixed her talons in his arm, and her beak iu
his side. The sportsman, whom thesiigtit-
est movement must have precipitated to ihn
bottom ofthe rock, with that cookies* and self
possession so peculiar tothe mounts io hunts
men of that country, notwithstanding the pain
he experienced, remained unmoved. Having
his fowling piece in his left arm, he placed ic
against the face of tbe rock, pointed to tho
breast of tbe bird, and with his toe, as they al
ways go barefooted, the better to enable them
to hold and climb the rocks, he touched (ho
trigger, and the piece went off, and killed his
enemy on tbe nest. Had tbe bird been any
where else, it must have dragged him down a-
long with it.—He procured assistance from tho
neighboring auberge, or inn, hard by, and
brought the two birds as trophies of his valor
away with him.—Some of these birds have
been known to measure seventeen feet from tip
to tip ofthe wings, and are only equalled iu
sjfce by the Conder of South America.
The following ia related by the editor ofthe
Philadelphia United States Gazette:
•An infant child of Mr. Middleton, in fourth
street, was yesterday left otr the bed in tho
nursery, while tbe mother went into the lower
part ofthe house. On her return, which was
in a few minutes, she saw the house cat leap
from tbe bed. She immediately went to the
child, add to her sofrow, discovered it lifeless.
There were oq the infant no marks of violence,
and Us death is imputed to the cat tucking its
breath
A Devout Parrot —-Csslius Rhodogoiui
relates that Cardinal Ascanius at Rome, had
a parrot, “which in the most articulate and un
interrupted • manner, recited the Apostle *
Creed, as well as the bust reader could have
done."