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I the Sun ; 20 minutes after six I passed over Will- [ ed to Milton on Thursday the 9th day of April, company with each other ovor the greatest portion j
! iniiishttrg ; about 7 o’clock over Georgetown, and ‘ taking with him a handsome pair of saddle bags, j of the country, and kad made purchases and selec-
nltlio' I was several miles distant from the Ohio without leave ; On Friday, Caldwell P. Shipp, [ tions of lands for theii future residences. Ellen de
The Earl of Mar.—This nobleman, who com-i
inanded the army of the Pretender in the Scottish !
rebellion of 1719. is said to have left a sou and ;
foreign,
ENGLAND.
roa tiie nusuri.
illE BATTLE OF ORLEANS.
The murky morn slow breaks apace,
With misty mantle o'er her thrown.
Light scarce reveals the Hero’s face
On which Columbia’s glory shone.
When to! evolved infirm array
With rapid tread and column deep,
Tho British Legions force their way
And onward with their stnudnrds sweep!
Hark ! the glad cheers which upward riso
To sec the foo right onward drrvon !
And hark ! War's thunders rend the skies
As if the heavens and earth were riven!
And did ye feel, ye patriot hand.
Such joy, to greet your country's foe ?
So firing eye—so nerving hand—
So blank’ to every earthly wo ?
Say, Carroll, did thy sou! leap forth
Toavcngo thy couutry, free thy land?
Ilail patriot joy I hail patriot worth!
• And ever hail Columbia’s hand !
Denth pours in streams of living fire.
Through the whole line his thuuder’s heard ;
No pause—no rest—yet none rctirc-
(Britannia’s sous have fcnilcss souls !)
But what avails that stern rominaud ?
Or what avails that daring form ?
Say, I'ackeubam, can life withstand
When Death in whirlwinds on is boruo?
Jackson in cool viudictive wiath
Fulfills his charge, and stems thv course;
Hit spirit meets thee in thy path—
And lo ! thou licst a bleeding corse !
And Gihhs, and Keen, and squadrons deep,
Are levelled, broken, sunk, destroyed,
All, all must ftel the vengeful sweep,
But see! bravo Lambeit has deployed!
Tho foe retires—bravo souls have tied—
And hark! bright Victory’s shout is heard !
Let Fame tho joyful tidings spread,
And every patriot’s heart be cheered !
Lo! the festive scene appears
And loveliest forms advnuie;
Lo! Music’s self in robes of light.
And Beauty cradled in her car
The spirit sheers—
And glory’s glance
Now gives delight.
And Victory’s Bauner floats afar!
"All hail to the Hero who has victory sped,
Whoso heart for his couutry so nften-bas hlod—
river, it appeared but very little to the right of
me, and 1 could distinctly see Augusta and Mays-
ville. and the towns and farms along side of the
river. A little before b o’clork 1 passed West
Union. The wind now changed a little to the
South, about one poiut, making S. E. by East.
About 9 o’clock I passed a little to the left of Ports
mouth ; could see plainly the Scioto river and tho
Caiial 1 was enabled to see ilte different places
S over which I passed by the light of the Moon, and
1 by the lamps and lights in the bouses. These
Esq., reached town, in pursuit of a man. whom | sirous
he had traced from Winchester, iu Tennessee, Jenk"
to this place, of whom ho had with him a print- and
ed discripiion, which, upon being exhibited was Jenkins, just neiore uis aspnnuio, «mm iu >*“- | >“ ■<>-< ...— .
recognized as remarkably accurate, of Clnggett., woods alone with Ellen murdered him, aud rifled } where he remained a short lime, and finally mar-
Tb* laiteV called bimself James at Winchester*, his persou of-between $1500 find $2500. ^ ried in Kittery, in X. II* After the r,t
and Shipp stated, that ho traced him through This deed was done on tho Colorado river, in isli Government granted a pardon to the ban,
all his numerous meandering*, under six differ I Austin’s Colony, on *hc 27ih of March last. with permission for him to return to his estate a
cut names, Clnggett being tho last. Mr. Shipp, | Jenkins, it isconfidently believed, has gone oil to New Castle, lie seut for his son who went to
and tho owner of tho liiied horse from this place, Georgia, to make the most he can with the ne-
set out immediately in pursuit, Bnt some dis-j groes belonging to the late Mr. Ellen: It is said
lights, which were numerous and in wbiclrl could ; tauce Southwest of "this, he, Shipp, bad furnished 1 be left New Orleans only a few days since for
see in every direction iu which 1 turned my eye,
formed a field of fiery stars at my feet, and con
trasted finely with the brilliant stars that shone
iu the cloudless hemisphere above me.
A little beyond Portsmouth"! bad a lino view of
tho Iron I'orgts and Furnaces, whoso fire illu
minated the atmosphere for a number of miles.
1 could not by the light of the moon make any
Tlicrmorcctrical observations, the quicksilver iu
tho tube being so small L’could not see its height:
hut the quicksilver iu the Barometer being ofgrea-
ter volume, I could plainly see it move up and
i down, and although 1 could not sec the figures
j on the scale,—yet, I could toll when 1 was at a
safe distance from the earth, by tho distanco that
the quicksilver stood above a picco of brass which
formed a protection to the Thermometer, nloug-
side the Barometer. Whenever I felt tired, 1
would sent myself in the bottom ot the car. placing
the Barometer opposite to me, watch its height.
agentlrrnnu going Eastwardly in the Fredericks-1 Georgia. Jenkins is described as being about six
burg line, with this description of tho swindler, feet high, dark eyes and hair, and between 25
so accurate, that upon his reaching Halifax court
House, Vn.'ho gave information to Mr. Jackson
tho Tavern keeper, to whom lie had just sold
the horse, saddle See. hired in this place, and
proper measures were taken to ariest him. Ho
had foundered the hoisc, and sold him intend
ing to take passage early next morniug Eastward-
Iy. Tito Winchester advertisement stated ns
wo aro informed, that he had, under various
pretexts which were mentioned (we did not seo
it) possossed himself, at that place. Of two watch
es ono silver, and one gold—of a good horse sad
dle, bridle. &c. (which Mr. Shipp ascertained,
ho sold about 80 miles East of that place.) and
a note, of bis Hosts for the sum of $377 50. It
was to recover tho property, and bring the culprit
to justice that Shipp pursued him—and the ad
dress aud unwearied perseverance with which he
UNEQUALLED BALLOON EXCURSION
On the afternoon of Wednesday thc8th iust Mr
Clayton, a volunteer terminal in the West, made
an accent from Cincinnati, and was observed to
ptsx nlT in a South Easterly direction. Nothiug
more was seen or heard from him for a number of
days, and great anxiety was felt for his safety.
At length, on the l7ih, (nine days after bis depart
ure.) ho relumed to Cincinnati, having made a
most extraordinary aeronautic excursion on record.
He di<l uot indeed asceud so high as a number
have done before him; but tbo*dis»aneo he sailed,
is hoyoud nil precedent; being not less than three
hundred and fifty miles. All this was accomplish
ed in 9^ hours, which is at the rate of uearly 37
miles to an hour. The greatest height to which
ho ascended was about milos. The annexed
description of the voyage was communicated by
Mr..Clayton to the Cincinnati Gazette.—Journal
of Commerce.
At 5 o'clock took my departure from tho Am
phitheatre, which was pretty well fillod with
spertatuis, find the beauty and fashion of the city,
and nseended with celerity into the atmosphere,
amidst tho cheering sounds of music, and accla-
.muttons of toy friends. In a few moments I had
a full viow of Cincinnati, of New Port and Cov
ington, mid of thousands of spectators that sur
rounded the amphitheatre, and couvercd every
point which afforded a favorable opportunity of
seeing tho ascension. I soon arrived at a suffi
cient altitude to give the spectators a good view
of the descent of my parachute, containing a dog
of about 20 pounds weight. The parachute, 011
being liberated from the Car. descended with great
velocity fora considerable distance before itspread
opeu. \\ hen it opened itsdesccut was inure slow
mid ns I watched its course downwards, I ’bought
for some time it was falling in tho Canal, but at
last saw it pass • little ono side; aud have no
doubt it arrived safe upon Terra Fiona. As I
me at
below’ which I crossed the Ohio River. On pass
ing into a new current of air, tho Balloon is slight
ly agitated, at which time I would always he
narticular iu ascertaining its direction. Soon af
ter crossing the Ohio the Balloon was again agi
tated, and I found that I bad passed from tho
East North East current iuto number, which car
ried 111c South East, and soon brought tnc over
the Knnbawhn River & by tnc rapidity tho terres
trial objects appeared to move, 1 found my rate
of travelling had increased. At half after twelve
T passed over Charlestown, and in a few minutes
I was carried over tie Furnace of Kauwhatiha
. Salt works, I continued this course until I was
All hail ! to the statesman noir ennobled by h amt. ^ |q sight of the fork formed by Gauly and New
•Let Orleans in glory encircle his name ( Rivera-
BIBLIO 1 HE! IJM. j While in sight of New River I approached the
earth, my ballast was nearly exhausted, mid as
tho place over which I was floating appeared to
be an opeu country, I prepared for a descent,
threw overboard my Anchor, which after drag
ging for a little distance caught firmly hold of a
tree ; but on coming close to the tops I found, to
my surprise, that instead of a fine open conntry
I was in a dense forest, on a considerable eleva
tion. the wind was blowing powerfully, and find
iug it impossible to break the hold of the Anchor,
the only "way of liberating myself from the situa
tion was to cut a way the cable. This I did, and
in a short time ascended to nil altitude ns great
as I had previously attained. Tho cold was-iu
tense, but I could uot ascertain tho height of tho
Thermometer; I have no doubt it was nearly as
low as Zero. I had uow lost sight of the water
courses, aud could see no lights in a«y direction.
1 laid myself down in the bottom of the Car, but
toned my coat tightly around me, put on my
gloves, covered myself with twoklaukcts, which!
had taken as wrappers for the Balloon, drank
some brandy, aud felt'comfortable and highly de
lighted with my novel trip, aud in this situation
fell asleep. I was awakened, at last, by tho Car
striking. I immediately sprang on my feet, aud
in another moment the Car was -dragging over
the tops of flic trees. I saw before me a river
and I thought some buildings ; they appeared but
a little distance from me; but I afterwards found
they were about four miles off. 1 attempted to
stop my B.alloou by clinging to the brauebes of
the trees. Several of them broke ; but at last I
caught bold of a strong bough and by clinging
with all my strength with one hand, and pulling
the Valve rope with the other, I was enabled iu
and when I found it rising, would throw out some tracked him such a distauce deserves high com
ballast ami counteract its course. Now and then j mendation. Tho swindler was arrested, com-
I would look over the ear, and notice particularly, j mined to jail on Saturday morning, aud on the
ihr direction aud situation of the water courses. 1 evening of that day Mr. Shipp, and the owuer of
which I had in sight uearly the whole ofmyvoy-ltho horse, hired here, reached Halifax court
nge, aud without which I should not have been 1 house,' having travelled different routes. The
able to traco iny course. Soon after passing the 1 gold watch, with the Initials D. C. engraved
Scioti river I entered another current of air, 1 u pon it, supposed to be the property of Portling
which carried me due East, and immediately over ■ j. Curl, Esq., of Winchester, Tcnn.", was in Clag-
Concord Soou after I passed into another cur- gett’s possession. Tho silver one was disposed
rent, which carried ine East North East, and bro’t of previous to tho ariest. Mr. Shipp recogni-
at 11 o clock, nearly up to Galiipolis, a littlo ^cd him ns tho person described iu tho Win-
person
Chester advertisement—he had with him, aud
upon him every article of dress and clothing
described, except a hat with which last ho had
newly furnished himself having lost one on tho
way. " .
We repeat that we did not see tfco advertise
ment from Winchester—wo however saw Cing-
nud 30 years of ago. The civil authorities of
Texas liavo made every possihlo exertion to effect
his arresi, hut without success*
The editors and publishers of' papers through
out the State of Gaorgia, are requested to give
immediate publicity to the foregoing statements.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
•Savanna:;, April 7. 1835.
I intimated, at Charleston, when I gave you a
sketch ol Mr. Gilman’s discourse on tho collection
of autographs in Mr. Tefft’s possession, at this
place, that I should perhaps be able to add some
thing to iny cursory notice of this interesting sub
ject. 1 have siucc, by courtesy of the proprietor
of this fine display of the highest order of curiosi
ties, enjoyed the great pleasure of an examination
of the whole. Ho says he considers them.public
property, and his libci ality iu this regard is most
commendable. He’is also constantly furnishing
his various correspondents, abroad aud at home
with duplicates of valuable morccaux. This cor
respondence, to a man of his taste, must he a
source of peculiar gratification. Ho has made
innumerable applications to distinguished persons
every where and I believe, iu scarcely on e in
stance has lie failed to receive uot only autographs
but generally a letter, sometimes valuable manu
sfcript of greater extent, and perhaps an enclosure
of curious articles, from various scourees, which
he had despaired of* over obtaining. A distin
guished foieigii military character, now residing
South of this, iu our country, is perhaps the only
individual who has declined attending to such an
application—from a disparngment of tho philoso
phy of these collections, or from a disgust with
a short time to draw my Car down the treesever-
ascended the scene becamo more extended aud
diversified, but every object more dimunitivc.
The spectators shrank to Lilliputians, and the
horses and carriages on iho roads were like the
toys of children. The hills around the city
which form the boundary of one’s view when be
low, sank into tho earth, and became on a level
with tho plain and far beyond them, amidst the
vast woods, l could distinguish numerous towns
and cultivated spots. The whole appeared like
au extensive map spread at my feet, with every
street, and alloy, and building, ami overy*improve
ment plainly marked upon it. Through the ccn-
tro tho Ohio passed, and wound its 'serpcutiiio
course in each direction, until lost in tho mist
which surrounded tho scene, and fm a number of
miles I could trace tho river Licking, the zig-zag
course of tho Minmmi Gnual, and the turnpikes
and different roads branching from the city. At
stnrtiug tho Barometer stood at 29 3-10 inches
and Thermometer at 72 degrees. The wind car
ried me cost south cast, in tho direction of Bata
via.
At a quarter after 5. tho Barometer stood at 19
inches, and Thermometer 26 degrees, 1 began to
fuel cold and put on my great coat. At this
time 1 heard a report of a cannon, and could hear
at this height the noise of cattle and the B'ood-
tnans s axe. About this time I passed over ilie
Little Miammi River, kept tho Ohio River a littlo
to my.nglit, aud alter descending a littlo I had a
fine view of the towns and cultivated spots on
oach side of mo.
A little beforo six l passed over Batavia, and
continued to travel ill an East South East dircc-
... 1 ,1 .ii ‘.?n thespirit in which some of them are collected and
straight, well formed, and a good. business like ^S!S^SSSSSknA SiSS
m^am > eompfexion! > ^nehher^ide^nmri^flori<L j “ulnrkilyrituftedforxhttwhiogsucha scrupulous
in r l delicacy—being Postmaster, unto this time, of a
’ a:. „ smalj town, of which I have forgotton tho name:
A travelling bajf by ’ bb ’ direction, followed !‘ sic lrausit 6j»«*V Of course it frequently must
him after he “had* left, to this place, from the h*;PP p n-such is the extent of tins cabinet; about
South West labelled D. Claggctt, containing 5.000 spcc.mc n s,-ibat numerous surplus ad to-
wearing apparel, viz: a pr. of boots and 0,10 o°f graphs will be sent in, especially of the compar-
pumps. a silk velvet vest aud frock coal (sum- ««vely common place "l,ons,”-your members of
rner) of Rush, duck, and several other artie’es Ingress for example, aud your every day re-
tner)
a red morocco pocket bible covered, and labelled
Robert A Burton. This bag. ho'doubtless pur
loined. It is supposed to be the property of R.
A. Burton. Esq., of North Carolina, son of Gov
II. G Burton.
.Wc have given the above facts thus in detail
formed Secretaries, and soon. Those who frank
will of course, be obtained also, vijhout much dif
ficulty, during their lives, at least,—as I dare say
Mr. Barry will be willing to swear. I could sug
gest t<* the Rev. Mr. Rallies of Liverpool, that if
he wants a memorial of the Clerk of the House,
*»c ii'ive ciwij me niiovc lacw iiiub m tit i.m. < , ... - « • p i i t rir
at the instance of several persons here. His trial ho « ti find it upon Emmons’ Iafe of Van Burcn,
.. _ • . * . . ... I nnv vc tin rA nnt\cnnn Manx- nnrl larna nf nnviiinn
at Halifax court houso takes place this day.—
Danville Reporter.
Novel Rail Road.—It is stated in tho English
papers that one part of the London and Green-1
wich Rail Road will go over three thousand or- 9 ft ■ „„ u: c
any where between Maine aud Texas at any time
previous to the next meeting of Congress ; there
were 3000 of them sent off from the Capitol iu
one parcel.
Mr. Teffthas received whole packages of auto-
Englnnd, and had au interview with his father
It was agreed that the son should return to Amer
ica, and accompany his wife to England, but cir
cumstances of extraordinary nature detained him
for two or three years in this country ; a* last he
was suddenly taken ill and died
lie left six children who settled in different parts
of Maine and New Hampshire, from whom origi
nated nearly all in this part of America, who bear
the name of Mar. The heirs have lately taken
measures to recover the immense property left by
the Earl of Mar >n England, and have sent au a-
gent to Newcastle, upon Tyne, for this purpose.
The property is said to amount to the enormous
sum of sixty or eighty millions of dollars.
We learn (says the Philadelphia Inquirer", that)
Maj. Barry retired from tlic'Post Office Depsrt-
ment on Wednesday last. Ho proposes visiting
some of the northern cities preparatory to his de
parture for Spain. He will be succeeded by Mr.
Kendall, who will rcsigu his station as Fourth
Auditor.
uhjects t
Humbly Shcweth :
Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly
your Mejesty will be pleased to errant^^
plenipotentiary to such person of saitabr 1
discretion and diplomatic experience, a* v* ‘
jesty, in your wisdom may think fit aud k?'*-
be entrusted with such authority; and
tioners would suggest that he be 'directedf ^
ceed to a convenient-station on the east c ^
China, as near to the capital of the count!!*
may he found most expedient in ouc ui *
Majesty’s Ships of the line, atfetided by a ^
cient maritime force, which wo are of 0 * •
need not consist of more than two fri"u;J ' •
three or fo.ur armed vessels of light drafi' uw. 5 '
vessel, all fully manned-&
sly to landing, require, in tfc e fi J?
nt*
A lejler from Washington, received at Phila
delphia says ;—"Mr. Pickett, nowsupcriniend-
nut of the Patent Office, and late Charged’ Af
fairs at Columbia will it is supposed, succeed Mr:
Kendall, in the Fourth Auditor’s office. But he
has at least 2 rivals whose pretension are strong
ly urged, viz:—Reuben M. Whitney and John
T. Sullivan-’’
er with a steam
may, previou
stance, in the name of your Majesty,
paration for the insults offered by tb 0 Govern^
of Kwaugtung and Kwangse in" the edicts j??
lished on the occasion of Lord Napier’s arrival -
Canton, and the subsequent humiliating <w 8
pursued towards his Lordship, to which the T
' gravatiou of his illness and death may be rttvjf'
ted ; as well as for the arrogant and dc«r-.'",
language used towards your Majesty and oar tea'
try in edicts emanating from the local aiuhoi i:i4
wherein your Majesty was represented a
"reverently submissive” tributary of the Emu
rior of China, and your Majesty’s subjects t a 3
ligate barbarians, and that they be retracted,^,
never again employed by Chinese functionari*,.
that he may also demand reparation for the ij.'
suit offered to your Majesty’s flag by firingom t ".
Majesty’s ships of war from the forts at the li| ; ’,
anti that remuneration shall be made to youllj!
jesty’s subjects for the losses they have sustained
by the detention of their ships during the step,
page of their trade. , After these prclimic!.,^
shall have been conceded, (as your petiiionea
We are obliged at last to announce the decease
last Saturday evening, of Mr. John R. W. Clark,
the young gentleman that has so long suffered un- ——-
der that awful malady tho Small Pox. His saf- have no doubt they will lie,) and not till
fering must have been inexpressibly great, and his | y ou . r petitioners humbly suggest that it will be«.
loss must no dobbt. he aggrivated if possible to j pedient for your Majesty’s Plenipotentiary tupr».
his numerous relatives and frionus, from the pe- P ose the appointment of Commissioners on tb*
culiarity of his case—a pccularity that inexora
bly cut off many of those attentions aud solaces
that a sick and dying person so much needs.—
Mr. Clark tvns the youngest of the two surviving
sous of the late Governor Clark, aud being not
more wo think than 19 or 20 years of age, had
lived just, and only just long enough-for future
promise.
There are several crises in this disorder ; and
as he had passed tho first, wo thought him al
most safe, not kuowing or not recollecting that he
had to pass yet another.
We can hear of no other case. It is certainly
true that infection might have been communicated
before measures were taken to prevent it; but if
it had done so in a siugle instance, it tnUsf w
thiuk, have shewnltself before uow.—Geo. Jour
r c j j -ii ,1. lie was a great desideratum lor a long
full of passengers aud goods will go over the tom final , a fricud fr b om jho North , s( . nl him hi f,
of human habitations aL great speed, with *be ^ n a of (]i
most perfect security and ronvenience fo 1 1 1
t , , , *,° urtr l nr Z “TI fifty" or sixty—without adding ono to his collection
ches; and it is intended to make these arches to _( Q othe / c;l9eSt hc hu ° macIe inde fa,iga!,le
serve the purposes of cottages and that they I rch f ma ars , whhont a s ii mmcri ° g of
shall ho inhabited. T Ins is certainly a novelty. , uccess Suc ,f ,’ va3 tbe case ; a *, l0 K oZiu*-
and one of an agreeable character, that carriages lr _ • , j t
- k». lie was a great desideratum lor a lung tunc
mere
.., u. sorry scrap ol dingy paper, but
™ a - authenticated bevond a doubt. Years aftersome-
pan.es. To get clear of all smoke arising out of Soi ,y seu t him a whole letter of his, with the ex
hose residences of men and women, which will oflbe sigBalure , wWch some violent hand
be a great annoyance on the rail road, the apart- taUcn ofl * Hi applied the one to other & found
men's or arches will be wanned by gas stoves, „ original composed one sheet! I uo-
wmch will yield hgln and heat, and without im- tic(J a , p f tcr 0 7 tlle i> 0Ct Wordsworth here alto-
pergnating the atmosphere with any noxious I p, ther „ poa lhe collivdtiolJ of m ccrlaiu piecc of
lm I ,ul ‘ ! land. Tali' \ rand's writing is a mystery of itself,
[ From the Savannah. Georgian.] I French, and it is remarkable that all these have a
Counterfeits. The nndersigned within a short! national character iu common, though not less dif-
timc. had presented at his office, counterfeits on f crcllt f r0ln eac j, ot |, el% t | lan are t i, e English 01
three of the Branches of the United States Bank , American. This is universally the ease. It
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA.
The annual Commencement of this College
was held in the Baptist Churehon the 15 instant
on winch occasion th'eDegreo of Doctor of Mcdi
cine was conferred on the following fifteen approv
ed candidates, viz:
James Dillard—Thesis on Hepatitis—S.Carolin
Samuel B. Clarke—on Digestion—Geo.
C. Williams—on Intermittent Fever—Geo.
William Little—on Synocha—Geo. -
Edwin L’R. Antony—on Asthma—Geo.
George W. Ballon—on Acuto Gastritis—Geo.
Daniel McA.Dausby—on Dyspepsia—Alabama
John A. Oliver—on Metastasis—Alabama.
Philip M. Shepherd—on Diagnosis—Geo.
Roderick Mori son—on Gastro-hepatic Fever—Miss
Hugh O’K. Nesbit—oil A uonrUm —Geo.
Alexander Spencer—on Caloric—Geo.
Joseph Gollachnt— on Yellow Fever.—$. C.
lohn McTyre—on Dropsy—Geo.
James T. Magrudcr—on Prusitus- -Geo.
After which, the charge was delivered to the
graduates by the TIoh. John W. Wilde. Presi
dent of the Collego.---.4wg-. Sentinel
al feet, aud to secure i» by means of a rope. Af
ter beiug confident that I had secured my balloou,
i looked at my watch and found it to bo £ oftcr2
o’clock, at thi= time of the morning I thought it
would ho useless to go in search of any assist--
auce. 1 therefore remained in the Car, 40 feet
at least from the ground, until day-break and then
dcsceuded to explore tho wilderness in which 1
Sad lauded.
I could discover uo trace of hiimun footsteps, no
mark of change produced by man. Numerous
large trees had becu levelled to the ground, but
there was no mark of the woodman’s axir upon
them; they had evidently beeu uprooted by the ance '
hurricaoe. Perceiving that I was upon a mount
ain aud that there was another poiut still higher.
. also true, that similiar diversity characterizes the
65, letter D. No. 1—13. dated July 4, I8.C., paya- writing of various periods, so that the French
bio at Sa*annafa. to T. W. Heieumann. hands, or the English, of the IGth and 19tbxen
$5 letter D. No. (350,-unted June I, 18.30,1 tunes, no moro resemble each other, than those of
payable at Charleston, to A. G. Roso . i the different countries at the same period. The
$5, letter D- No. G50, dated June 1, 1833, j ma le aud female hands may be distinguished with
pavable at Mobile, toThos. Mather. j equal uniformity. A practiced student will oyc"
The above are evidently of a new emission I carry his nicely into the distinctions of the profess-
and all of the same plate. Tho engraving is j ous conditions of society with an amazing
inferior, the impression light, the paper good accuracy. But enough for the present. I have
without auy water mark; the filling up and on- given you hut few details. The excitement of
dorsements stiff and badly executed. There are j these dainties, smoking oven now under my uos
doubtless moro where, tho above came from—r
source not far distant, judging from their appear-
WM. ROBINSON. Broker.
trils, must be my excuse, till perchance I recover
my belter judgment. As an illustration nf the va
riety before me, I will however, just give von
list of some small packages, a curious mixture
WASHINGTON, APRIL 20.—We hear that j you will seo. They aro memorials, more or less
on Friday night last, at tb* President’s Mansion, | —loiters or something clso—of Wilbcrforco, Ow
I ascended to the top of it, and could perceive in , , , , . P , . , . 0 .
the, valley ami in the direction that 1 had seen the t ' , ° slumbers of the family were disturbed by an ens, of Lanark. Helen Maria Williams,, beorosby
incident, with all tho particulars of which wo are the navigator. Mrs. Grant, of tho -"Highlands,’
river the previous evening a cultivated spot. After
travelling alongside of a beautiful spring rivulet
for about threo miles, 1 found this spot, but had
to follow a track of 2 miles further to ’ get assist
ance. Wo conveyed the Balloon to tho house of
Mr. Joseph Graharti, a respectable aud intelligent
fanner, with whom 1 remained threo days beforo
I could .get a conveyance to return. During my
stay at Mr. Graham’s I was visited by great num
bers of Peoplo from tho surrounding couutry,
Tho spot on which I lauded, is the top of jhe
mountain. 3000 feet (as indicated by tbe Barom
eter.) nbovo the level of the sea, aud is called
Stevenson's Knob, or Stinson’s Knob, near Kec
ney’s Knob, Monroe county. Virginia, about four
miles fr»m Green Brier Rivr-f; 18 miles from
Union, 20 miles from Louisburg. within sight of
the Allegheny mountains, and nt a distance from
Cincinnati, according to the route I travelled iu
the Ballon, of350 miles, but according to the usu
al rate of travelling, more than four hundred miles
which distnnee I travelled iu 0% hours
lion. My altitude at this time, as indicated by I This voyage 1 believe has fulfilled tho promises
tho Barometer, was 2,J miles. I again felt n little j * n, ado iu my advertisement, r.ud is the longest
cold: tbe Thermometer stood at 23 degrees. I
sat mysolf down in the car aud took some refresh
luriit, I was now moving delightfully through the
tnr: tbe littlo agitation tbe Balloon received on
starting bad now ceased; there wnsnot tho least
rotary or oscillatory motion perceptible; not a
sio-lt- ripple in the si!U of the Balloon to lie seen,
ninl ill m !■* perfect silence. I could havo almost
imagined ill u In,, ;m inhabit.-mi of a lin 1 ■ iv,,ii,l
• >t nn own, fixed in the immensity of space, and
couhLvi iw at mv feet, tho earth iu motion, revolv
ing oil its ax:s. I felt no unpleasant sensation, no
dilfi.-u'ty in breathing, uo pain or swelling in mv
b<-ol- ->s has beau said by some sronnuls, to be
experienced nt great altitudes; but I have no
dc-iibt that at the nhitade of3.( or 4 miles, owing
to tin- rarity of the atmosphere, n difficulty in
breathing, and a swelling in the bead are expo
ris need.
At the iltitudeof miles, the scenery is notso
bp in'-ftil as it is when about half a mile front tho
earth; for the objects appear concealed in mist,
aud have n monotonous appearance. At 25 min-
voyngo, by far, over performed by any person in
a Balloon.
A SWINDLER TAKEN.
A man, calling himself Claggott, arrived in
Danville, a passenger from the South, on Wed
nesday the 8th tiny of this month. Ho took
lodgings at Mr. Dnuic! Sullivan’s Boll Tavern
and gave out that he had the command of large
funds, nml actually had hand hills struck off and
distributed, at the cud of a week’s residence, and
only the evening previously to his leaving town,
proposing to give the highest cash price, for 500
or I<KJ0 hogsheads of Tobacco, which the
planters were invited to bring promptly to the
Inspectors at Danville or Milton N. C. His!
advertisement for tobacco, was signed Claggott !
not acquainted, but wo believe is substantially McCullock, of Political Economy, Mrs. llcmaus
described thus: The sleep of iho President was to McCrady, original manuscript of Bowings &
broken by the noise of some one at tho door of Cowley’s Focms, Roscoe, Dugald Stewart, (an
his ch niber, endeavoring apparently, to obtain invitation to breakfast,) Southey. Jeffrys, Napier,
entrance into it. Ou the President’s demanding Matthews, Hogg, Scott, the learned Professor
who it was, and what was bis object, the intru- Lee,(mottoes iu various languages) Lafayette's
dcr answered that he wns trying (or wanted, to j toasts at an American dinner iu Paris, (in French
find tho way) to get out. The noise having and English,) Dr. Chalmers, William IV. Louis
roused some members of the family sleeping iu Philippo, Louis XVI. Lady Byron - . MissJewshu-
adjaccnt rooms, they promptly repaired to tho ry, Miss Edgeworth. Broughtnan, .Matthew Honry
spot. & succeeded in arresting the offender. Ort John Galt, Castlcrengh, Lockheart, Allison, (the
being examined, the first impression, that his oh- Tastcinau,) Juo Wesley, Leigh Huut, Rogers,
jcct.inattcmpringto get into tho Presidcut’sroom, | Younger Pitt, Liston, Canning, Cobbct, old Dih-
was personal violence, entirely gave way before j din, and (I, must stop somewhere)—Bonaparte,
the fact that he was without arms or weapons
of offence of auy kind ; he wns an ordinary per
son of the appearance of a day laborer, tvho had,
to all appearance, got iuto the house with a view
to plunder, hut missed at the same lime his way &
object. Iu order to keep the fellowsafeuutii tho
morning, when ho could be seut before a magis
trate. ho was locked up in an apartment on the
premises usually occupied ns a stable, but nt tbe
timo vacant, where it was supposrd he would be
saTe enough till morning. When tho morning
came, however, the bird had flown; having es
caped out of a window or aperture of snmo sort,
which was nt such a height from the ground
that uo one supposed ho could possibly reach
it.
This is the substance of the story as wc liavo
heard it. Should an authentic accouut of the
occurrence appear, differing iu auy material par-
iculnrs from this version of it, we shall place it
before onr readers. Wc hope some clue will yet
he found to lead to tho appreheusion of this, do-
predator, and bring him to a just punishment.—
Intelligt ncer.
The Appeal, a paper recently published at
Washington City, and which advocated tho an
nouncement of Judge White for the Presidency,
has been merged iu the sun, a paper supporting
the same gentleman.
Six hundred.thousand dollars were subscribed
in a short-time on the J5(h inst. at New York, to
the stock of the Now York and Erie Rail Road
Compnuy.. • - . *
Bunkekiiill Monument—The workmen
commenced laslFriday morning,says the Charles-
ten Aurora,, to remove the roofing for the purpose
of rccommcuceing the work on the mouumeut.
“He alone*’ says Seneca, "can be truly said
to live, who devotes himself to come purpose
of usefulness and activity. The man who in
dulges in apathy, and sinks info forgetfulness
renders his house like a sepulchre in which he is
virtually entombed.*’—Rose's Sallust.
part of the Chinese government to adjust wi^
him, on the shore, such measure- as may he deem
ed most effectual to the prevention of future oc
casion of complaint and misunderstanding, am!
for the promotion and extension of the trade gtn-
erally to the mutual advantage of both coumrirs.
Your petitioners believe, that if these mattes
shall he fairly represented, so as to do away »i-j
all reasonable objection, and the favorable’ jueE-
nntiou of the Chinese commissioners be gained,
there will be found little disposition on the pn
of the supreme government to withhold its assent,
and every desirable object will thus have been at
tained.
"When the world lias once got hold of a lie it is
astonishing how hard it is to get it out of the
world. The best example of vitality of a fine
saying which has tho advantage of beiug a fal
lacy. is attri tuted to Archimedes, viz: "that he
could move the earth, if he had nny placo at a
distance from it-to fix a prop for hi s lever.” and
persons wherever they meet with it take Archi
medes foran extraordinary great man, and erv
Lord how wonderful.” Now if Archimedes had
found his place, his prop and his lever, and if he
could have moved with tho swiftness of a cau
tion hall 480 miles overy hour, it would have ta
ken him just 44,963.540,000,000 years to have
raised life earth one inch."
Bulwer's "England and the English.
His lion. Judge J. S. Hunter, of Alabama,
decline* being a candidate for Congress in the
district represented by tho 'lion. D. II. Lewis.
The Mobile 7?rg7s(er announces tho Hon. F.
~ Lyo.c, President of tho 8tatc Senate, and an
administration man, as nn oppoueut of Gov.
Mouthy.
Mollymawks.—'There are in the Arctic seas a
kind of gull, called Mollymawks, which annoy
tho whalemen very much while they are taking
tho blubber from the whales, by attempting to
steal it. By way of amusement, the jolly tars
sometimes tie two little pieces nf blabber to the
ends of a string, and throw them iuto the water.
Two birds will pesseutly swallow them, a„<!
then rise in tho air, pulling and hanging at each
end of the line, to get the bait out of each other’s
throats. Some times they will fight in this way
lia’f an hour, each of them swallowing his end
of the string twenty times, only to have it pulled
up again.—Boston post.
From a general view of the present' eonte.-t in
irgiuia, we confidently express the opinion that
twelve decided friends of the administration will
bo returned to the next Congress. It is not im-
irobable that the'number may ho increased to 14.
n the liousp there were but 7 reliable friends to
the administration from Virginia.—Globe.
intended hc said to station which hnmanlty shudders, has recently hern rom
A- C.stillo. H
himself ot this place, till hc could complete the
purcha.— ol tobacco proposed. Previously to
leaving, he hired a riding horse of one ol our
citizens under the pretext of ridiug some eight
or ten miles into tho country, to look at the
Shocking Murder.—We learn from tbe last
New Orb ms papers, that an act of murder, at
.. . ti»l R * J " • *« ji US snx inm U I •”l SI
ufcs I bad a fine view of tbe #ett»ng of' trope of certain plauttn. Htouwtvet, proceed- of Tettar
milted iu Texas. A man hv the name of Ellen
was killed by bis travelling cnnv'nnion, James
Jenkins, nudrr the following circumstances.—
These tw-e individuals had left Georgia together
Inst wigtei. for the- purpose of exploring tho Pro
Letter Sheets.—The Post Master General,
(says tho New York Journal of Commerce,J has
issuod « circular directing tho Post Masters to
charge letter postage on every thing in the shape
of a letter. This order is directed particularly
against price currents printed on letter sheets,
which are issued in great numbers in all tho prii:--
c>p;il citties, n:-d w hich folded with one end open
or without seal, havo passed as newspapers or
periodical sheds.
D. Antonio G. Veoa, has been recognized
by the President of th ■ II States, as Vice Consul
SENATE OF VIRGINIA.
There was a majority of six in favor-of lie Ad
ministration in the last "Senate. In (he pending
election, eight Senators are elected. Four of tho
Districts were represented by opponents of the
Administration, and fourhv friends. ]u the four
Districts favorable to tho Administration, no
change is likely to take place.
HOUSE 6F DELEGATES.
Your petitioners would hnmbv entreat year
Majesty’s favorablo view of these’suggestions, in
-the confidence that they may he acted upon, not
only with every prospect of success, but without
the slightest danger to the existing commercial in
tercourse, iuasmuch, as even with a force, not ex
ceeding that which we have proposed, placed it
the disposal of yo-.ir Majesty's plenipotentiary,
there would be no difficulty, should proceedings of
a compulsory nature he required, in putting astop
to the greater part of the external and internal
commerce of the Cbinqso empire; intercepting
its revenues in their progress to the capital, and
in taking possession of all the armed vesseis of
the couutry. Such measures would not only be
sufficient toeviucc both the power aud spirit of
Great Britain to resent insult, but would euable
your Majesty’s plenipotentiary to secure indemn
ity for any injury that might in the first instance,
he ofi'ered. to the persons or property of our .Ma
jesty’s subjects: and would speedily induce the
Chinese government fo submit to just audraason-
alilo terms. Wo ’arent the simic time, confideul
that report even to such measures as these, so far
from being likely to lead to more serious war
fare, an issue which both our interests and inclin
ations alike prompt ns to deprecate, would he the
surest course for avoiding the danger of such col
lision.
Your petitioners beg to submit that the mere
restoration of the liberty once possessed of trading
to Amoy, Nitigpo, and Cbusau, would he follow
ed by the most beneficial censequenres, not merely
iu the more extended field thereby opened for
commercial enterprise, but on ‘he rivalry which
would ho excited, as formely, in the officers of
government at these several ports, to attract the
resort of foreign merchants, and thus extended
their own opportunities of acquiring cinolumciKs
from the trade.
With respect however, - to this point, or auy
other of commercial interest that it would hc ex
pedient to make the subject of negociaiion. your
petitioners would humbly suggest that your Ma
jesty’s minister in China should bo instructed to
put himself iu communication with the merchant!
of Canton, qu alified as they must he iu a certain
degree hy their experience aud observation to
point out, and what respect the benefits that might
be reaped under a well regulated system of cent
mercial intercourse, are curtailed or lost iu con
sequence of the rentrictioiis to w hich the trade
is at preSeut subjected, and tho arbitrary and ir
regular exactions to which it is exposed, eiihcr
directly, and not less severely because indirectly,
though the medium of the very limited number of
merchants licensed to deal with foreigners. As
ah instance of the latter, your petitioners may
state that the fnc*. that the whole expense of the
immense preparations lately made by the local
government to oppose the expected advance to
wards Canton of your Majesty's frigates after they
had passed the Bogue, has been extorted from the
long merchants; and hut a few of them arc in
a really solvent state,they have no other means of
meeting their demands, but by combining to tax
both the import aud export trade.
We would further humbly, but urgently, sub
mit, that as we cannot hut trace the disabilities
ie-trictions under which our commerce now labors
to a long acquicsence in the arrogant assumption
of supremacy over the inonacchs and people of
other countries, claimed by the Entperior oi'Chi
na for himself and his subjects, « c are forced to
conclude that no essentially benificial result rr.n
be expected to arise out of t negotiation u wl ich
such pretentions -are not decidedly tepefied. We
most seriously apprehend, indeed, that the least
concession or waiving of that point, under the
present circumstances, could not fail to leave us
as much as. over subject to the repetition of inju
ries of which wc have now to complain.
Wc wouid therefore humbly beseech your Ma
jesty not to he induced by a paternal regard for
yonr subjects ti ailing to this remote empire, to
leave it to the discretion of any future Represen
tative of your Majesty, ns was permitted in the
case of the embassy of Lord Amherst, to swerve
in the smallest degree from a direct course of
culm and dispassionate, but determined mainte
nance of the true rank of your Majesty's eirpiro
in the scale of nations, well assured as we feel that
:hiy descent from such just position would be at
tended with worse consequences than if past events
The result so far as ascertained, (embracing were to remain unnoticed, and we are to bereft
(74 counties and boroughs,) gives, for the Admin-,' for the future to conduct our concerns *«h tho
istration. 46 Delegates; opposition 35, (including j Chinese functionaries each as holiest may.
Chosterfielci and Albemarle, which are contested, [Signed hy91 persons, of whom 35areU»i»-
, , . , „ , _ „ and will doubtless b© added to the Adniinislratiou idt residents in China chiefly merchants,—
•purpose .of «P*oring tho Pro- of Portngal for Massachusetts, Rhode Island and list.) Tbe counties to be heard from will not va- roiiimnnt'cn of British sides .-am! 25 nreVau-
Thtp bad travailed mostly m Now Hampshire- ry th. gonoral result.-/*. skm British merchants,*,qiCRmgoet. &c.J
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