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M / -V C E L 1. A N V THU L OEM AIL R <>BBEKS ilicothk, srr 19. Dm ing the late term of theU. S Circuit Court, h dden in thir place on rhe tft in ft. and the following days. li. rj. Hunt, for HH-riy employed in carrying the mail on the Wheeling route, was O 7 iudi&ed and tried for having robbed the mail fomv time in the courJ •of lad winter. Th.. trial commenced on the cd, and la!tcxi ui t.l the evening of the 3d, when the case was fubinit t and to the Jury, who, in about ; 20 nunutes, returned a verdiT of guilty. On* the tirli, the j prifouer cvtis once more brought 1 into court, to receive the. fen fence ot the law ; which Judge Todd pronounce*! hi a very ini- j prefiiVc manner in the following o words: Benjamin Hunt, you have been indie.!cd, tried, and found guilty, by v. Jury of your peers, of the crime of larceny from the mad cf the United States, of which you were the carrier. m fome countries your pun iflvmcm would be death ; but in this government, where crimes and punishments are graduated on a fcate ids severe and fangui* nary, the law leaves it diltre ftonary with the court to confine you in prison at hard labor for any term not exceeding ten years —ln ddpotic governments— ■where the hard earnings of in dustry are extorted from the f&hject, and applied to indulge the luxury cf Sovereigns, and fdl the coders of nobility and place-men, there are greater temptations and inducements to commit crimes, than in mild go vernments, where the avenues to otlicc atid wealth me open to every tia!s and defeription of citizens ; and in a country, too, whole fertility is so luxuriant 23 to yield an abundance to reward honel! inJuftry and labor. ft appears fre m the evidence that by your good conduct at the commencement of your en gagement iu carrying *ho rn: i?, }( u had secured flic confidence of your employer, and of many of thole living on y-cur loute— our cbarader was re-fpe&uble. But without ft ttit g a just value on the bletlings Retired to you in this uiilvi and tree goveni mi.i.i, and regard!cfs of your wdi earned reputation, you have been tempted to enter a public i iiduaiy and h’onicully to iteai psivatc property, vioiarc a pub hc trull, and commit a heinous j Clinic, let at defiance the laws of ? OU1 ‘ country, and ptoifrate sa cred moral oblipmiens. i ne painful unit of pafUng the fen fence of the law, is now to he Cxercilcd by the court. \ou an 1 to be confined at h. tpj labor, in the State pilfer. , hir the State of Ohio, .or the term of five years from this day. j y\nJ the court doth further aj- J u * * ff e and order, that you pay to J the lb States the funt of 1844 dollars, the colls incurred in your prosecution and comidion, and that you remain in cullody after the expiration of the term afore fa id, until the laid feni oi 1844 J. be paid. During the fame term, Thus W. Noble was likewif? indicted and trleJ on a charge of having conjunction with one Janus fr-v, on the night of the 2d of January lad, afiaolted John G. I Micks, mail earner from VVhee ling to Janesville; on the high way, and robbing the mail of a j great ptft of its contents. \ his I t*a< occupied feverai days on ac j count of the great number of I witncfTcr, to be examined. On ’ the 13th, the case was fubmirted i to the Jury, who, in a few min- J utes, found the defendant guilty, j and he was condemned : 1 four 1 ; years imprisonment at hard labor j in the State prif n. Singular preserves* : sn e,f einitial life ■’MltkffUt food E:;tra<ft of a loner from Thomas j Manmll efq. F R. S. to rhe Sccr. tx- j ry of the Lm: veal Society, London,; containingt\u account cf an e::ti|6f dir.ary inUaree nf the preservation of animal life without food, in the case cf a pig which was buried It) its j llyo bp the fail cf a part of the j chalk tilth, under Dovirr Cafllej on; tlie 10th December, 1S so. ‘On the l 2?> of May, U',Q days af i icr the accident, 1 was told that fome of the workmen employed i:i removing the fallen chalk, had h.-ard ! tl c whining cf the pig ; and altho* I had great doubt of the fact, I cn couraged them to proceed incleaiir.g 2 Way the chalk from the {lye, under the direction of the cwtifcr Mr Poole who was present. I was loon af terwards furprtzed to fee the pig a live, extricated from its confine ment. His figure was extremely emaciated, having feared y ar.y mus clea difeernabie, and its bristles were erect, though not P.ifF, but foft, clean ; and white, ihe animal was lively, ■ walked wed, and took food eagerly. At the time of the accident, it was j fa'i and fuppefed to have weighed I “boot J6O pounds, but it now 1 weighed no more than 40 pounds. ’ lam allured that at the time of the : fail there Was neither food nor water in the flye, which is a cave about G ! teet Iquarc, eltvj.’ in the rock anil boarded in front : and the whole i W'as covered abont ■() feet deep in j the fallen ch.i'k The door and oth er wood in fr nt of the dye, had been much nibbled, and the lules of t.ie cave were vcy fmocth, having apparently betti conftautly licked, f* t the moiiture exuding through ti*e rock. i tiere was no doubt fome of the loose cha k had been eaten.’ 1 • # CAUTIGM TO iSURVRVOa c . No phenomenon more aiton ithes land lurveyors than a sud den variation of the comp.ls. 1 his they genera!!/ attri bute to the vicinity of iron ore ; when the vmiauon proceeds hon\ a very diilerent reaibn. We ihall enumerate a few of the principal caulcs, which we know by experience fends to a lied the mag net >c needle : 1 Rubbing the glass of the compels which is over the nee ’ die, with a silk andkerchief, or wocdk ii cloth, is certain of feeling in a great degree the magnet if; a o\ the needle ; bs caule this f rid ion excites elect) i . city, which always tends to alter die magnetic power. 2 Lxpofing the compass for any length of time to a hot Sun, produces the lame tiled. In hot day the lurveyor ought to be carful to cover his compass < her he has made Ins o’oferva iion. 3 Hammcriug or beating in any manner the braid of which die infhuuients are composed, dll draw the N. pole of the needlu towards the hammered ‘ j part. The brass of all magnetic i'tflrumenrs fhoul.il be li ft either quite foft, or it Ihould he chr fen of itch fort as will not be made magnetic by hammering ; which forr however does not occur ve ry f t quently. 4 During a thunder dorm, nr immediately preceding it, the needle fomciitms varies. 5 li the glass of the compass or the bra Is uur.d it, be net kept perfectly dry, a flight change will also be produced. 6 In iurveying along lilt coaff the north pole will always t< rul to one or two degrees towards the land. 7 ihe declination is always more weft {'even minutes in the afternoon of the day than in the morning. (Lynch. Pros. EXECUTGR’S fc> A LL. Will be fold to the big heft bidder on Saturday the 9th uuy ol No vember next, at tiie late rdidcuce of Isabella Pat ter son, deed ; all the property belonging to the eftateoi Did deed ; confiiiing ot 6 negroes, horses, hogs, cattle, corn, fodder, and a taiall quantity of feed-cot ton Also, one negro boy belonging to the eftideof John A. Patteribn, deed ; loiu by order ol the honor able the court of Ordinary, for the county of Wilkes. Terms of sale will be made known on the day of Idle. At the fame time and place wiil be rented, the plantation whereon James Pattern n formerly resided. Jornr W. Cooper, ex’tr. Sept 6, 1816 {34-ts) bHE RIFF'b SALE, (postponed) h ILL /*’■'. SOLD on ths first Tues day in November next, at the court Louse, in Wilkes Count' l between the hours of ten and tans o'clock, the fo'lrang property, v;z * ONE houle and lot in the town of Washington, Wilkes coun ty, .adjoining Dr Abbott and others —in the occupancy of [dm l. Leitner, and taken as his properly to faiisfy sundry executions againil him, in favor of John Heard ami jotd Bond, and pointed out by Paid Leitner—executed and returned to me by Joseph M Dent, constable, JOHN DYSON, D S. Oct. 4, tBl6 btUiLILl’ and oeiLLt). IT ill be sold on the first Tuesday in November next, at the Court- 1 : house in Wilkes aunty, the flkiv ■ big property , adz : FIVE hundred and eighty four acres of land, more or lets, in U iikes county, cn the wateis of Pdtol creek, adjomixur John j Hirrcn, Daniel Stalker and : others, u hereon George D j lay lor now lives, taken as his j property to fatisfy sundry extern tions again A fait! Fay lor, in fa vor of Young Stokes and otheis. Alio, ore likely negro boy, by the name of Bob, .’ bout ton years of age, tah.cn as the pro perty cf Wi liam l hurmond, dec ; to fatisfy sundry execu tions in Favor of David Sims and others, age:nd said Thurmond ; pointed out by plaintiffs attor ney. Odober 1 !f,'s ! b ( gsv. lnos Wooten, sin.) A imir.istratrix Sale. 1 LiL be fold on thurfday the pth day of Ncv r, at the late *p” Vnce of Robert r.oUhfrs q’r dec’d, in Fibert count v, s ock of horses. cattle and goars, •>ufe-holi furniture plmta* ids, and a number of other ar los too tedious to mention. . f ) the plantation whereon t'te aid tlecM lived, to be rented r*> te high est bidder for the fpnea • twelve months—-.'fa thole in '-bted to said estate, are once ‘ore requdh and to make immedi. -te payment ; and thole having’ niami's ag;dnft rho estate, to , render there accounts in ns the *v- directs the fa!e to continues f*"im day to day until! finished.” ! ernss made known cn the day of sale. Betsy C. Middleton, Ad nix, 25th Sept’r 1816 EXECUTORS SALFsT” j vI EiLL be fu!! on thurfday the 1 7 : -J | of Nov’r next, at the j ‘-licence or Harris G< leman Jc ! ceased in Wiiks county, the per ; lon a 1 property of (aid dec’tT con. : Hfting of houfehoid and kitch n I furniture—corn and fodder, anti j a'number of other articles too ,lC! ’ n roui ‘ to incntioh ; the fade ! to centime from day to day, un. I * l ts fold. I welvc months credit will be given by giving bond and approved security. John Cotemia , T.-cs. Wnot-cn l Executrs Sept’r 24th 1816. .5 t. A nminis r a /.tor’s Sale. ‘MILL he-old on the 2d day of November next, at the hto reiideoce of Sherod Wife, dec j Ail the p ’rscmilproperty cf la*d deceased, (except the negroes) and credit cf twelve months, bond and fecuffty will be required in all cases, for die heirs and creditors of fai-i ore. Eaik-v Wise, t x. J oin -vise, adtnr Se.pt 20, tßd ‘ f v j. tiuvstmtor's Sale. WILL BE SOI D, at the late refidtr.ee cf Thomas Hi !, of Oglethorpe county, dteeafed ; the Kitchen and HcufchcM bun Stock of every kind, and many other articles too te dious to mention. Also, the p'o font crop of Corn, Fodder, Wheat and Oorfon—and Bran dy. Sale to commence on Mou thy the ft cork I of December, and condone from day to day .•Until every thing is difpnfed of. hAio, the Negroes to be bird out. Conditions made known on the day of Sale. Wvus Hill, admr. OT 4, i 816. (39-n) j NO W;n Wilkes hi!, two nc* 1 grots, on? man about \ years of sge, who fays, ihf.it‘he be. iongs to a man by the name i °f Jack fan, of Green county. A so, a negro woman, hv the name of Ritter, about 18 vears cf age, who frvs that ihc was brought ro this State by am 2 a by the name of Lucas. The owners are recur PeJ to Come forward, prove th ir property, pay cofis, and take them away. Jro. HALID AY, Jn.h r, W ilks county. Gel 4, 18 iu. QS SUBFCEINAS, ~ in b ! ’ nk, for hale i ere. ■iso, M:~ri:Llc*>ns?it Sc Letters of A tin inis* ration.