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‘.veng«s. The motives lending to this enlns*
roptte are of the most singular, as well as in-
e xplicable character; and the facts that define
its bloody outline, being too unnatural for re*
»lity, present a scene of horror which iu the
distance of recoding and fading events, will
pass into the region of fiction, aud will finally
belong to the tales of fancy.
It has been elsewhere justly said, that “ll
one man had any how slain another, if an ad
versary had killed his opposcr, or a woman oc
casioned the death of her enemy, even these
«riminals would have been capitally punished."
II'it, what must be the character of that crime,
: where it is perpetrated upon a woman and in
fant; the first confiding, the other helpless?—
Where that woman is a mother and that infant
her child? where that mother and infant are
the wife and child of the murderer, and where
that murderer disclaims all malice, and profes
ses to have been directed by a principle every
way opposed to the feelings of hatred! A
principle which he had resolved at one time,
should he his ruling passion in death, and which
nothing hut death should control. I have
mentioned these things, by no means to assail
or harrow up your feelings, but to remind you
that if these obj ects were so dear to you that
the idea of leaving or losing them became in
tolerable to you, how much should you be con
cerned in being prepared to meet them, where
the miserable inquietudes of human life, that
so disastrously robbed you of them here, will
never again disturb that possession of them
which certainly awaits your repentant suppli
cations.
In a few weeks the end which you sought
to put to your own existence, will be inevita
bly accomplished by the more sure ami steady
arm of the law, and you will have to meet the
very wife and child you have so suddenly hur
ried from time, afid on account of whom, doubt
less, you have undergone the keenest suffer
ings. You may yet meet these dear objects
of your misfortune, these innocent victims of
your infatuation, these unconscious instruments
of your infamy, under circumstances that may
change your despair into hope, your grief into
smiles, and your despondency intojuy. Hut
this can only be effected by seizing, and that
without delay, those consolations which chris
tianity is forever tendering to every shade and
degree of human delinquency. The outspread
and extended arms of mercy, as known thro’
the proffers of our holy religion, are co-exfen
s-vc with thr* widest range of guilt. It can
not be too gnoat for its charity; it cannot be too
broad for its^benevedance; it cannot be too deep
for its power, too distrustful for its sincerity,
nor too dejected for its solace. As you have
but a short time to live, and must live out that
brief remnant utterly excluded from every hope
of forgiveness here, let me beseech you, by all
your hopes of future happiness, by all your
wishes to embrace once more your wife and
child, by every consideration which can induce
you to have the stain of murder washed from
your hands, seek to be forgrven. where it will
not only be full and free, but where it will come
crowned with the most unmixod and enduring
to submit to [he "disfranchisement” which the
retention of office might impose, or, in other
words, that he might be at full liberty to pur
sue his "ulterior” operations for the Presiden
tial chair. The Prsident we are told, request
cd Messrs. Ingham and Branch to resign—and
that was done, we presume, to prevent their
continuance in office from being construed into
a victory over Mr. V.an Burcn. Be this as it
may, however, there can be no doubt that the
Calhoun correspondence, and the occurrences
which grew out of it, constitute ihetrue origin,
and genuine explanation, of the recent resigna
tions; in all of which we see nothing to regret,
except the loss of Mr. Ingham, than whom the
President never had a better or sincerer friend,
nor the Treasury Department a more practical,
able, and indefatigable head. The new cabi
net has not yet been officially made known.'
and, therefore, we may be permitted to hope
that it will be more generally acceptable than
the last *" ' ‘ .. ..« »
M. Van Burcn, (he Secretary of State, was at
the bottom of the whole transaction. To stifle
investigation and free inquiry upon the subject,
and to divert public attention from the able ex
positions of the editor of the U. S. Telegraph, a
general war of abuse has been opened against
him, by the presses of the country %vho bask in
the sunshine of the Secretary’s patronage.
From the Albany Evening Journal, of May 5.
We are waiting, with folded arms, lor the
reasons which induced Mr Van Buren to re
sign. Will nobody tell the gaping world why
our illustrious fellow-citizen has abandoned a
station which he was filling with so much ho
nor to himself, and usefulness to the country ?
Why has thi3 virtuous Republican—a states
man “»or iliy of the best days of Rome” made <t
gap in ihe Government which no other person
c<pi fill ? \Ve are told, from high sources, that
he has acted with "devoted nianuniinify,” and
Duke of Gloucester is deeply: impressed with
a sense of the danger which the country .would
incur hy adopting Earl Grey’s Benthamite con
stilution. The Queen is also known to enter
tain a very natural antipathy to it.
The assertion made in relation fo the senti
mentc-flhe King, has been flatly contradicted
by the Courier. Some discontent is expressed
in London at the delay of the Reform question,
till the ICih April.
We trust that the lessons of experi- * ibat be will now become “ still more endeared
ence will not be thrfivvn away,-but that the Pro- j l ^ ie democracy o•£ his native State.” We are
sident, remembering the dangers be has past, i native democrats of New York—proud of her
will avoid ‘he causes of fuiure discord and patriotism, and jealous of her honor. VVe are
' ready to throw up our cap and shout huzza,
avoid # he
collision, by placing men in power who arc
entirely uncommitted upon the question of
successorship, and who, devoting themselves
faithfully to their duties, scrupulously abstain
from using the influence of office to promote
the views of political aspirants. The question
of successorship belongs wholly to the people
—they will dispose of it as they please—and
any administration which attempts to influence
after the manner of the times, if any body will
condescend to tell whnt it is for ? We want a
reason; and though apparently "thick Us black
berries ,” nobody condescends to give them,
either voluntarily, or oh eomnulsinn*'
either voluntarily, or ** on compulsion.” We
have perused, Hnd re-perused, forwards and
backwards, Mr. Van Puren’s letter, but to no
purpose, lor each reading increases (he puz-
or dictate upon this subject, will assuredly It as incomprehensible as Governor
only injure itself without benefiitting the in<li■ [Throop’s Thanksgiving Ploclamation. " A
vidual whom it may desire (u .«>l»auec. We | small light shining around our footsteps, while
make these remarks freely. As one of Gen- > ( dl beyond us is shrouded in darkness”
Jackson’s earliest, and, we may be permitted j We cannot comprehend how a public man
to sav, most zealous friend-, we have a right jean lay the country under an enormous debt
deplored ihc | of gratitude by quitting its service. But it is
owing, doubtless, to some infirmity of judg-
to make them. We have deeply deplored the
circumstances which have sown dissent ion in
the party, and wejondly hopr, that now that it j
is in bis power to do so. he will effectually throw
oil upon the agitated waves VVe trust that j
he will seize the present auspicious moment ,
to heal the breaches which have unhappily |
been made, and that he will pursue such a
course as will restore harmony, ami ensure co- j
operation amongst all bis friends. Let hi.n do !
this, and all may yet In well.
meet.
FROM THE CHARLESTON MERCURY. j
The Richmond Enqtlir r lauds Mr Van Bu. j
ren’s retirement as an act of voluntary self sa- j
crdice, reflecting the highest honor on himself
and entitled to the warmest gratitude arid ap
probation of ilie country. Now, wo apprehend
that this “peace offering,” as the Enquirer
calls it, was anv thing but voluntary, in the
repose.
POLITICAL.
strict acccp'ation of that word and that it was
not commuted until after mature deliberation
upon the necessity that required and the pos-
s’ble or probable good that might follow from
it. So far from agreeing with the Enquirer, i
therefore, that Mr V in Buren has suffered po
litical martyrdom for the good of the country,
wc only think, on (lie contrary, that he ha*
prudently withdrawn from a storm which
threatened to overwhelm him, and that be
shrewdly calculates to regain the popularity
The Clerk’s in the War Departmon have
addressed the following letter to Mr, Eaton on
his resignation:
Department of War,
I April 20, 1*31. J
I Dear Sir: With emotions of unfeigned re
gret, wc have learned that you are about to re-
'irc from this department. The relation we
have sustained to each oilier, will therefore
soon be dissolved.
Permit us (in view of this anticipated sepa
ration) to say, that your uniform acts ofkind
ness, your bland and courteous deportment
in all our intercourse wi'h you, belli private
and official, have ma Ic a deep impression up
on our hearts, and that, in your retirement
from tlie onerous and important dulies you
have been called upon to discharge as the
head ot this Department, you will carry with
you our best wishes for your present and eter
nal bajiihnf'ss
INTELLIGENCE.
I*
FROM THE CHARLESTON MERCURY.
The Washington papers received yesterday
contain no further information respecting th-
recent resignation of the Cafonet. We are
therefore, still in the dark as to the immediate
causes of that extraordihary event. Mr. Van
Buren’s loiter throws little or no light upon
1hem. Although written avowedly to explain
tho reasons of his withdrawal, it is as mysleri
ous and incomprehensible as a Sibylline oracle.
He appears, in fact, ta have determined so to
mystify his motives Ibfft no one hut himself
should be able to understand them. Nor does
Mr. E lion’s letter illuminate the subject. We
gather from that, nothing more than that he
had long wi>hed to retire, and (hat he consider
ed the present a favorable opportunity. But
why I he present, rather than any other that had
past? What"was there that enabled the coun
try to dispense with his and Mr. Van Buren’*
services better now* than at any former period?
Was it that they had become unpopular, and
were dragging dowu the administration by their
heaviness? Was it that they knew that a large
portion of the Jackson party is decidedly oppos
ed to them, and that the administration could
not go on successfully if they remained in of
fice ; were they satisfied, from convincing
manifestations of public sentiment, that there
was a much greater probability (h it Mr. Van
Buren would destroy the President, than that
the President could induce his friends to take
»ip Mr. Van Buren ns hi* successor, and that
therefore there wa9 on absolute necessity for
their retirement, in order to save the President
from the consequences which would too proba
bly have resulted from their continuance ir. pow
er? Nothing of this kind appears, indeed, in
either of their letters. On ihe contrary, those
letters arc evidently intended to create the im
pression that their withdrawal was entirely voj
unt ary---that the administration was perfectly
prosperous and popular—that they had put
things in a train which left little or nothing to
ba done hy their successor—and that, under
these circumstances, they only indulged a na
tural and long cherished wish, to retfre, as soon
as they could consistently with propriety, and
the public interest, to the shades of private life
But the fact is (hat they have only made a vir.
tue of necessity, and prudently abandoned an
administration which could not have gone on
harmoniously or successfully, bad they continu
ed to exercise influence or power in the general
d.rcction of affairs. Public sentiment demanded
the sacrifice, and it was offered np to that, and
to that alone. The division and distraction ol
tho Jackson party, growing out of the efforts of
Mr. Van Burcn aud lib editors to destroy Mr.
Calhoun—the increased f.©fcfilence& activity
ol the partisans of Mr. Clay, consequent upon
this unfortunate state ofthings in Hie Jackson
rauks—strong sigus of disaffection in Virginia
the recent elections in New-York—some ap
prehension respecting Pennsylvania—to say
nothing of public feeling generally in the South
—all showed that a crisis was at hand, which
could only be averted by the retirement of
those who had been mainly instrumental in pro
ducing it. Mr Eaton withdrew first, to save
appearances—Mr. Van Buren. followed, from
Mr. Randolph —1'oe evening Post contains
the following letter from an eminent American,
"distinguished in other walks than those ol
. ; politics, now employed in a diplomatic station
by this apparent act ot m ignarmnity, wbtee he j m |£ r „| in j »•
had already lost, and would have continued to | ° * London March 2, 1831.
lose, .ad he renamed in office \Y hetber this j In , he C0nr?0 ofa conversation which I had
calculation will be realized or not. remains to : rectn){lv Wllh p rinCK Licven, the Russian Am-
be seen. l i more «Jo we differ Iroin the E i- » .,u ,> • , . o ,
, ,, bassador, who was prune minister at Si Peters-
quirer in giving credit, as it does, to Mr V;in ... , r ■> , , , ,
i> r n ft . . * , i burg at the t>me ot Mr. Randolph s pre&enta-
Burcn, for all the important and successful no i,, ‘ r ,,,, i, • , • . , ,
. , ,-4i . {lon I took occasion mqure into the truth
gociadons by which the present administration „<•.), l ,
? , • i . » a . .i . . °l ihwse reports which have been circulated to
is distinguished. According to that print, Mr. i »» n , , , ,
6 line disparagement ol Mr. Randolph, charging
We have been favored with the annexed ex
tract of a letter from an American gentleman
who Has passed many years in Europe. It is
dated from the continent, March, 12. The
character of the Regent of the Netherlands is
particularly interesting:—
If Belgium could be, or would, or might be
let alone, she has now under 4*er regency the
the very best form of government, in her aci.u
a! condition, and with the (Tactes) habits and
prejudices of her people. She has jk system,
(unfortunately a temporary one) Combining the* Adieu, Sire.”
energy of the monarch with the simplicity and
economy of a republic,—and iu the present
principles, experience and bi-tory of her regent
—Suriet de Chokiore, she is blessed by the
presence, influence aud honesty of the most
able virtuous and excellent man (hat ever lived.
Think of Rog<*r Sherman, of Madison, of Ma
son, of any of the reality pure and patriotic
men of our early days, and you will have an
i lea of Suriet de Chokiore, and a jostmne. 1
know him and I respect him. 1 used to say
that he was the very type, of one our Virgi >ia
Congress men; a perfect farmer in hi- haifi s
dress and manners; and a Franklin in his max
ims, principles and lii'e;—and with all, the most
amusing, agreeable, kind hearted, and cheerful
man possible, crammed to the throat with
classic and scholastic knowledge, and vu'htbo
most profound practical knowledge, and wi.h
the state of Europe during the last forty years
Such was the hatred of the king of the Neth
erlands to Suriet, tha* the government made a
point to resist this election, and lie was defeat
ed and kept out of the states general several
years, by government money ami intrigue, but
finally he got in, and was the most independent
and powerful speaker, one only excepted, in
that body. Now old Suriet i, in tbe king’s
shoes and house ”—Balt. Anur. ,
* • 4) \ j
them to be taken hy the Austrians. As fo«#n*
ternal politics, it is my firm conviction that
there is no safety for your dynasty but in Du
pont and his friends, the honorable patriots,
whom a certain party think to disgrace by cal
ling republicans.” Two days afterwards, lhi*
conversation was renewed. La layette persist
ed in his sentiments, Louis Philiipe in this
incredulity, which became even arrogant and
scornful. "Sire,” said the veteran, " i per
ceive that my council has become disagreea
ble ; p rmit me, therefore, to addfess it to ypu
hereafter only from the tribune. 1 should have
abstained from importuning you .with my ad
vice, did I not feel for whatever concerns you,
as it were the vanity of an author.” "Be it so,'*
replied the monarch, touched to the quick,
' but I think it right to inform you. General,
that the tribune may very possible be closed to
you in less than six weeks.” " Do you think
then, Sire, that 1 shall not he re-elected ?”■—
** * do not know. General.” “I hope I shall.
n ° , " , , . , 01 ivir. ivanuoipn
Van Bursa is not on y a H.t.cat msrirr »vho , llm „. ith im abstltU undi ' fi
F.liro rl .Mt*r> hnnnr und ormtllimPnl ll.r f hn U’OI. I . .A.
ed act of
, , , / . ,• .r . wiin iiu aosura ami
»ys down honor and emolument lor tho wel- homage in (he presence of the Emperor
Ure ot the country hut he .s also .he ablest i „„ lhe OIher „ |u!a | „ (
7 , , .-,11 1 on me omer vvwn a total want of etiquette and
and most ^successful diplomatist who has ever 1 , • , 4| H ‘ 1
. . . a- . . .. . J u.bamty in hi* iilercourse with tho officer* o.
conducted the affairs, or graced the aonah ofL^.i, , , . . . .
.r-. . ,r , 0 -. . 01 lee government ilunne his briel residence 1
our Government fo him, it seems, and to ) fh _ n,®- „ , , 0 rwiuuia i.
him alone, are we indebted for having secured 1 *p,,^ p r - ‘ . .
compensation from Denmark—the restoration ' .1 . , c ‘ • r ? SS V s,lr j u,sc am * concern
of the West India trndu-and for having "nav 1 ***“* rUeb r *l-'» *•««« ■»«> *»»«<* ««"
ed the wav loan honorable indemnifiaJ.mn r encv, .insuring me that they were entirely des
od the way to an honorable indcmnifiacation
from France.” Now we really h;*d thought
rhat all the measures connected with th«*c
matters hud originated wish the President him
self, and that some credit, at least, was due to
him for having brought them to a happy and
advantageous termination. We had also
iiiute ol truth lie said that Mr. Randolph’
conduct at court had h en highly decorous and
«:tiisf;ictory— that in i;is general relations with
the officers of (he government he had uniform
ly evinced an earnest desire to please—that In:
bad letl behind him the impression of his heins
a man of talent and courtesy, and that he had
. . “ , . . . , a man 01 laie
thought hat «,n.e little portion of the merit douSt |, a ,| Mr . R, rj ,l u |, )h rutnainet, a, St
u those treat,e, trtghl not •mprnperly b. as | p.. 1cr5 , igrg t, 0 „ ouW , lave Leu generaiiv I ke,
ertbed to (bo ministers who were express v ap- i ti„. o riri J , , i » j , .. h - .
■ , , . , . ’ • 1 1 I !'C 1 rince added that the reports innuesLon
pointed to negotiate them with the Govern- .. r . « i , * . 11 q
i « i * i ■ « v> • ' not have oriffiniiiot] m anv thiriff uttfrc^i
nsents with which they were conclud'd Bui j uriv § uuere.i
it appears we were mistaken If the Enquirer’s il , f , , . , c Russian government ant,
i »t \r n . . . that he should be very g ad to have them < v
eulogtum upon Mr. Van Buren is well founded ’ , , . , - b e lIltm tx
i . . . , pressly contradicted
neither ihc Fresident nor our Ambassadors ic * „ • • r . r
11 you think this information of any value,
had anv concern with these things, or deserve i . . , . , „ --■/ ■
'• • c lyou areal liberty to m; ke use of it, letting it
«nv praise whatever on account of them. Mr
McLane performed no labor, and displayed no
talent in his negociation with the Goverd^ent
of Britain, Mr Rives has taken no interest,
and manifested neither ability not zeal in ob
taining compensation for th** French spolia
tions. All that has been done lias been done
be clearly understood that*i^is communicated
from no party motives; but from a sensa of tfe
du.y wli'cli binds one gentleman to testify 1o
tho rbaracter ot another, u heu circumstances
peculiarly enable him to do so.
by Mr. Van Buren What will lhe President~ I | rt Th «? l 1 c « on K". • t p “ r » P'Ter, contains a
or our ministers, or the people, think of this ? ' ^ :,rl » cl ^ <>om M. Chateaubriand, in reply to
Really if it be true, Mr V B. well de S rves ll,c J? u . rn< ' 1,fcts w, »° hi,v « attacked him.
He
jbe honorable appcUation of “magician.” But
we urn glad that the Enquirer does not nrai«?e i r» .
Mr V.» Buren fur the h?!e Tnrki h«is-i n - ! J • T®, ' "*,?*, y 0,1
rranee should be invaded, would be that on
concludes fhu
‘Pretended Royalists aspire, it is said, to see
If there is a measure of which lie really de
serves the exclusive credit; it is that—and in
that proceeding, as it ic well known, he not on
ly violated the Constitution, by originating a
mission without the knowledge or consent of
the Senate, but did identically the very same
thing for winch he bitterly denounced Mr Ad
ams in ihc celebrated matter of ilie Congress
of Panama. Now that he is gone, however,
we cordially ccncur with tbe Enquirer in bop
ing that discord and dissention will ccasc, and
that the admimslraiion may move on with ho
nor and success. This however, will depend
e*sentihl!v upon the complexion and conduct
of the cabinet. We trust they may be such as
will reflect credit on the President, strengthen
his popularity, and reconcile his Irknds
which my-sense of duty would change. I will
deceive nobody. 1 will not betray iny country
any-more than my oaths. Royalists, if there
be "uch, who desire to see the bayonets of our
enemies, do not deceive yourselves as to my
sentiments. Resume against me your hatred
and your calutnuies; I will remain a renegade;
a fathomless abyss will separate us. To day I
would sacrifice my life for the child of misfor
tune; tomorrow, ii nay words have any power,
I would employ them to rally Frenchmen
FROM THE VERNON (OHIO) DEMOCRAT.
2%«jP/o<.—After a close and impartial inves
tigation of the whole matter, ive are ’rresisti-
bly drawn to the conclusion, that it was a docp
laid scheme for the destruction of our talented
and patriotic Vice President, John C. Calhoun
Although we have not that species of evidence
before us which would produce conviction in
against any foreign power which should bring
Henry the Fifth in its arms.’
ure ‘delicacy,” and because he was unwilling (to satisfy tie aiiod^s pf tho'mosUcepUcaf lhu!
English Reform — The following extract from
the Morning Post, a high lory paper indicates
the hopes winch that party have to defeat the
Reform Bill.
‘It has been ascertained that upwards of fif
ty ofthose Members who voted for the second
reading of the reform t ill are determined to
destroy its character in the committee. Min-
islers will therefore be left in a woful minority,
when the first clause corne9 to the vote. No
wonder tbeir Journals urge a dissolution, bu;
the King positively refuses to grant one*
, r ® a S ,,n Ministers are impeded in their rev.
oluMonary courjQ.—Ii is quite true that the
CHARLES GREY DE IIOYVICK.
SECOND EARL GREY.
The family of Grey, or I): Croy, has been
long settled in the north ol England, and ma-
o«»rs havo appertained to it in the countv ol
Northumberland, from the period of the con
quest to the present day. It originally came,
as the name imports, from the continent ; and,
like other Norman scions, following the for
tune* ol William the Bastard, became engraft
ed on an English stock. The writer of this
article is not prepared to affirm, although he
is inclined to suppose, that the Greys took pari
witli William HI, at the Revolution; but it ap
pears pretty plainly, that they were wings in the
reign of George I!, ns one of them served in
he office of High Sheriff, in 173G. and that
monarch was pleased to bestow a patent of ba
ronetage upon him, January 11, I74C: the
younger branch, as-will be seen hereafter, bn*
been ennobled during the late reign. The
bead of his family was created B iron Grey ol
Werke, by James 11 ; aud the ancestor of Lord
TankerviiSe, bv a marriage with a daughter o!
this tauiily, obtained an earldom.
Lord Grey Ilnwick was born March 13
1764, and, by the influence of ins family, and
he early promise of his own future talents,
was returned a member ol the county of Nor
(humberlaml in 17C3 At Eaton he was co
temporary "iih the late Mr. Bambtou, and the
laie Mr Whitbread.
Mr Grey was too young for a seat in tbu
House of Commons during thu American war.
but soon after he look his scat, uniformly tak
ing the same side in politics, and voting along
with Mr Fox. Ilo was one of that eloquent
• ml intrepid party who maintained that Mr.
Pitt had oh mined his first official appointment
by singular and unconstitutional means; and he
was a strenuuus oppositionist during the admi
Migration of that minister.
In 1806. in consequence of the death of Mr
Pitt. Mr Grey ami Jus triends cauic into pow
or; Lord Greenville succeeded Mr. Pi t as first
Lord of the Treasury ; Lord Henrv Pelly as
Chancellor ol the Exchequer. Mr. Fox a* So
cretary to the Foreign Department; and Mr
Grev First Lord of the Admiralty The un-
me!y and lamentable death of the philosophic
and patriotic Fox, caused a considerable alte
ration in the ministry. Mr. Grey (then Lord
Ilo wick, his fothei, Sir Charles Grey, having
been created Earl Grey) succeeding him as Se
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The sud
den termination of this ministry is too well
known to call for any detail from us ; sultice it
to say, that the speech of Lord Ilowick, eluci
dating and defending the conduct of hiinsill
and friends in introducing the Catholic Q ics
lion, was as nervous, clear and convincing an
appeal as was ever made in the British Parlia'
merit Since (hat period, his lordship lias con
stantly opposed the measures of the succeed
ing administrations. In the month of Novem
ber 1807. Lord Ilowick succeeded, by tho death
“f hi* father, to the family estate and tiUes
He had led to the altar, on the 18th of Novem
ber, 1794, the amiable and eminently, intelli
gent daughter of William Brebazon Lord Pun-
sonby, then one of the greatest whig families
m Ireland; and who presented him with five
laughters and six sons.
II;s Lordship is tall end graceful in his per
son, speaks with great distinctness and propri
ety, and delivers speeches with uncommon
earnestness, and often with the fervor of elo
quence.
Glass in Grass.—One of Mr. Coate’s chil
dren accidentally discovered that two bonnet
Canes rubbed together produced a faint light.
The novelty of this phenomenon induced mo
to ex.imme it, and 1 found that two does, on
collision, produced sparks of light as brilliant
as those from the flint and steel. On examin
ing the epidermis, 1 found, when it was taken
off, that the cane9 no longer gave light on col
lision. The epidermis, subjected to chemical
a valysi-s, h id all the properties of siiex. Th©
similar appearance of the epidermis of reeds,
corn, and grasses, induced me to suppose that
they contained it in rather larger proportions
thao the canes. The corn and grasses contain
sufficient potash to form glass with their flint.
A vciy pretty experiment may be made use on
these plants with tbe blow-pipe: if you take a
straw of wheat, barley, or hey, and burn it,- be
ginning at the top, and heating the ashes nifh
the blue flame, you will obtain a perfect glo
bule ol bard glass fit for microscopic exputi.-
meuts.—Paris's Lfe of Sir H Davy.
Prophesy of j\apolcon.—A curious work has
been lately publish d at Pari-, entitled Prophe
cies ol Napoleon at Si. Helena. Among tho
most'astonishing ofihom is the following, which
according to the auihor, was made by lhe 15m-
pcT >r in referenceto the Duke of Orleans ;—‘I
envy the fate ol the Duke of Orleans, lie is
beloved hy the people ; ami the wisdom of his
! conduct will force the aristocracy to love him
aRo. He-will put an end to the troubles and
miseries of the people. 1
Missouri.— Phe following paragraph, from
the fc>l. Louis Beacon, is legly indicative of ih-it
spirit of enterprise and hardihood for which our
tellow-cilizeiis ol the west, are so justly io«
nowned.
A now and handsome steam boat, .belonging
to the American Fur Company, anived at ifoa
port on Sunday last; and proceed* to day, it ia
understood, for the mouth of the Yellow Stone,
where is situated (he highest trad ng estab
lishment on the Mi-sourc Tt
ns p i d is a-
boiu nineteen hundred aides above *St. Louis;
not more than six hundred by water, and a
much less distances by land from the base of
the Rock Mountains. No sie im-boat, we be
lieve, has vet p issed Council Btuft’*, »iluatcd
one third ot ♦ tie wav between St. Louis and
the mouth of the Yellow Stone; should tho
company succeed in reaching this point with
'heir boat, we have good reasons for behoving
'-hat success will repay thorn for ail the expense
and toil, and risk, which must necessarily a(-
tend them; and-we shall have the pleasure of
beholding what, it was thought the other dav,
was reserved lor the next generation.
New Imported Fruit Tree. —A letter from
J. \\ in ship, Esq. ot Brighton, Mass mentions
that he has growing iu his grounds a ti^eten
feet high, the produce of the%pod of the Sliep-
fierdia or Silver Capped Buffalo Berry Tree,
from Council BlulL. It is one of the greatest
acquisitions of the Iruil-bcariug kind our coun
try can produce; for beauty ot foliage, fulness,
goodness, and elegance of fruit, it iTunrivallcd
by any new production; the fruit is about the
aze of the red Antwerp currant, much rnoro
rich to the taste and forms one continued clus
ter of fruit on every branch and twig.
A P
urn correspondei t of the London Ex
aminer reports the following conversation a*
having pass'd between Lafayette and tbe
J/c. Gurney's Steam Carriage.—This handsome and
ingeniously constructed machine, which has ba n txoect-
*. J to arrive in town for several days past, made its appear,
a.ice yesterday afternoon, ami i lhe greeting of thousands
of spectators, hund.eds of whom had gone the length vf
SJ,eti;e'tone to meet it, which place, we understand, k
reached on Saturday evening It entered Gawgate iu grand
-tjU ; but as the sUeel was densely crowded at the time
it was considered proper to place it in the square of the
r ,Vl,, ? h ll - m ‘ 9run 8tvera » diies, turning
repeatedly in the length oi itself, to the infinite gratifies-
ian un Bin ii seine nt of all who hid the good fortune to be
admitted. W« formerly gave a *de?cription of this ma-
c im; but as it has now come so near our own doors, a
repetition .nay not he unacceptable to our readers.—Its
general structure and finishing very much resemble an
oi dinary carnage of the barouche kind, being only some
what larger, txtending more forward, and having two
seat3, one on each side, running from back to front. It
is open in front, but covered behind with • sort of hoed,
which appears to bo moveable; srxl at Ihc exlrcmity of
this is a square compartment, similar in shape and appear
ance to the bmd boot of the coach In this is contained
the furnace and boiler, far generating the steam, the
furnace is constructed in the usual manner, with a grate
and chimney, which rise nearly to a level with the top of
the carriage. Tt,e boiler cousiis merely of about forty
sma 1 tubes, like gun barrels, lying immediately over the
fire, winch, beiog fitted wilh water, and very thin
and presenting a Urge surface of heat, serve to generate
foe Me-.m very effectually for foe supply of the rngine.
j he pipes all terminate in a cylinder about six inches ir.
diameter, woich is termed a separator, because it senar-
ates the pure steam from the boiling water, which the vio
lent ebullition throws up along with it. The engine and
machinery for impelling the wheels, are at! placed beloiv
the veoiclc, and are of the neatest construction. The
cylinders, which lie quite horizontally, are two in num
ber each six inches in diameter, and having a workip-
striua of sixteen inches. The pistons work two con
necting rods, which impel the eranfes on the axle of foe
!£■ • * . .. — j « uu n ’ ———j -■■■««■■ «ifi|iu > mu trail ns un me liJClCOf Cite
ingot the r renen. It would be seen that r "'keels, and thus put these in motion, exactly us
'be former has spoken truths that the “ Patri- * • * ° f a ! *. teaB * boat ‘“P® 1 fo® paddles. The machine-
Ot King” did not altogether rnlRh ry m very simple, and judiciously contrived; but, M r .
“Laf ivoiifl i.„„ ‘ jt . fjorncy states, is quite efficient not only to impel the car-
Ijai«»y cite lias Come to an ODnn runt iirniviil. riWK nlnnirn L»i , n ,.i k..i _ r
Lafayette has come to an open rupture with
ihe court- Loui* Pnlllipe lately sent for him
and retained hi n to dinner. He asked him
what he thought of the state of politics at
home and abroad ? The incorruptible patriot
summed up his opinion and advice iu these
words:—“Sire, the keys of the Palais Royal
are at Modena, look to yourself, if you allow
nage along a level road, but even up a rise as steep as
one foot in 10 or 12. The water for supplying the boil
er is contaiued in two long vessels stowed under tbe seats-
and the fire is led with coke. During yesterday after
noon, the barrack square was thronged wiih well dressed
persons, all anxious to obtain a peep ofthe carriage; and
we arc sure, when it makes its appearance in the Green,
foilV‘ ke » f # t0 be -r" VVednc * d, y> the spectacle wifi-
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