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has met Ins deserts, and will trouble
..nceforth —-suit flv.
tl'HOUt l\
1 VItLE.
n Major Dowing’s Cousin Nabby
i Alitor of the Portland Ccurier.
triable sir : —As cousin Jack is nl
, :v budge in writing letters to you,
i, 3 ", ; 1 the President has showed us a
; I, , trick and run off like a stream
Washington without coining
! , ; :1 ■ had promised over and over
jv would come, anil we had got alii
u "iami our clean govvm's on, and
Hl j uutiials cooked, than there ever
.1 Downingville before, I say, Mr. I
| declare its tu bad ;we are all as
Idazcs about it, and I mean to write
| sou all about it, if 1 live, and if cons-j
don't like it lie may lump it, so there
cousin Jack writ to us that lie and
fS , ( |i'iit and some more gentlemen
i„. into til- 4til, of July and we must
mnl »rtisli up and sec how smart
\iok, and how many fine things
.how to the President. This was
before, the 4th of July come on
The letter was to Uncle Joshua,
J 'lister. Most all the folks in
;|c were at the Post Office wait.
mail come in, for wo exp cted
hum Jack.
o Joshua had put on his spectacles
c.'jcrl the mail and hauled out the pa
nl letters in a hunch. In a minute I
MlVIe Joshua with the President’s
„i fie outside : so l knew it was from
; j,. President always puts his name
rk's letters. We all cried to Uncle
loopon it and let us know what was
it In’s such a provoking odd old man
la't touch it till lie got every one of
rs and letters sorted and put up in
ccs. And then he took it and sat
i chair,and took out liis tob.'/.k
niul took a chew of tohacker,
tin In broke open the seal and sot
rawed and read to himself. We a!!
picru fi our Imaits in our mouths,
must needs read it over to himself
id 5..-hawing his old quid and once in
oiuv;.'us a knowing wink before he
tell us what was in it. And lie wouldn’t
art.rail, hut, says he, you must all
lbs ni put the best side out Thursday
ig: there’ll he business to attend to, j
s Downingville never see before,
f; live all cut and run, and such a
'.i r.s we wcie in from that time till
I:,.- morning I guess you never see.
ic-'ung and scrubbing and making
, • and mending old ones and li.a
--i; i| cooking. Every thing seemed to
a clu't.'r all over the neighborhood,
it Joel Hew round live a raving-dis
: rooster. He called tu his company
inuriiingbefore sunrise and marched
; ; timvn the road three hours every
if s ;U to the store and got a whole
•; of buttons and had’em sowed onto
j. a uial coat, and anew piece of red
mid the collar. And had his trowsers
. and his boots greased, and looked as
li lie might take the shine off of most
in::, lint the greatest rumpus was at
Ju-!u:a’s ; for they said the President
‘.ay t: re all night. And aunt Kezi
f in Mi ll a pucker to have to have every j
lice, I <iid’iit know but she would fly
handle.
had every pait of the house washed
arret to cellar, and the floors all sand
da hunch ot green bushes put into all
and ices. And she baked three ovens
dried punkin pics, besides a few dried
jerry pies, and cake, and a great pot
i and beans. But the worst trouble
fix up the bed so as to look nice ; for
i -1., declared the President should
'. n a night’s lodging in her house as
ij\ \v York or Boston. So she put
miler beds on top the straw bed, and a
i v ilk-o quilt that she made tile first
rr aider she was married, and never
mi a bed before. And to make it look
s New York beds, she took her red
own and ripped it up arid made a blan
spread over the top.—And then she
1 • in sheets all round the bedroom,
g.ds brought in a whole handful of ro
; pinks and pinned ’em round as thick
tin August.
[ ' got things pretty much fixed, tin
ton started off to meet cousin Jack
£ President, and left Sargent Joel to
>"Mj rights, and told us we must all
•'■aid lie paraded in the road by nine
» I'.rirsdav morning. Weil Thursday
: - ' "ui , and we all mustered as soon as
tovligbt and dressed up. The cliil
nil washed and had their clean a
.rid then heads combed and were
’ i: hoohnarm to he paraded a
'■di her sciioiars.
flight o'clock all the village got to
,:u",,i the road as far as uncle Joshua’s
sr:l; and Sargent Joel told us how to
’ 3S be said, in military order, lie
■ :; .i Johnson and cousin Ephraim out a
‘ A in front, with each of’em a great
u hug piece with a smart charge in to
si;,| te, and told ’em as soon as the
:: hove in sight to let drive, only he
!1 ;, ad pint their guns up so as not to
1 ■' ody. ’j’hen come Sargent Joel and
1 |V : and then come the sehoolmarm
1 1 nldrcn ; and then come all the wo-
I . rer sixteen, with aunt Kcziah
d' uil; and then come all the men in
!J owned horses riding on horseback ;
boys that was large enough to walk
"ion got up and sot on the fence
''. v the side of the road.
n ' "c stood till about nine o'clock,
' l|ro enough wo saw somebody come
? "ut oil he woods down the hill. The
4 i weanicd ready to split their throats,
II bir Jackson, ami Bill Johnson fired off
■ n ' Cousin Ephraim, who ain’t so easy
j r ‘ J, held on to his and didn’t fire, for lie
at see any body bj- uncle Joshua on his
horse. Mong come uncle Jothua
on a slow trot, and we looked and looked, but |
couldn’t see any body coming behind him. J
Then they all began to look at one another |
as wild as hawks,and turn all manner of col
ors-—hen uncle Joshua got up so we could I
see him pretty plain,'he looked as cross as 1
a thunder cloud. He rid up to Sargent Joel,!
and says he, you may all go home about your]
business, and put away your nick-nacks, for I
Jack and the President are halfway to Wash
ington by this time.
My stars what a time there was then, I nev
er see so many folks boiling over mad be
fore. Bill Johnson threw his gun over into
the field as much as ton rods, and hopped up
and down and struck his fists together like
all possessed. Sargent Joel marched back
and forth across the road two or three times,
growing redder and redder, till at last he
drew out his sword and fetched a blow across
a hemlock stump and snapped it off like a
pipe stem. Aunt Keziah fell down in a
conniption fit; and it was an hour before
we could bring her tu and get her into the
house. And when she came to go round the
house and see the victuals she had cooked up,
and go into the bed room and sec her gown
all cut up, she went into conniption fits again
and had ’em half the night. Butshe’a better
to-day and has gone to work to try to patch
up her gown again.
1 thought 1 would just let you know about
these things, and if you area mind to send
word on to cousin Jack and the President I’m
willing. You may tell’em there aint five
folks in Downingville that would hoorah for j
Jackson now, and I don’t believe there’s one j
that would vote for him unless ’tis uncle Josh-1
ua and he wouldn’t if he wasn’t afraid of lo
sing the post office.
But there, uncle Joshua has called to me
and says he won’t keep the mail open anoth- j
er minute for my letter, so I must prescribe i
myself your respected friend.
NABBY DOWNING, j
Some punningly disposed person of Pitts- j
burg, has communicated to the editor of the
Mercury, of that place, the following conver- j
sation between Mr. Webster and a gentleman j
in the shoe trade. It is scarcply awl true as i
the editor remarks, but the wit is pungent and j
pointed.
Punning Conversation. —While Mr. Web-!
ster was in company the other day with a num- j
her of gentlemen, Mr. 1) remarked to I
him, “ the day waxeth warm Mr. Webster.” I
“Ye ', sir, very. I presume from your ob- i
servation, that you are in the shoe trade. j
This observation excited much laughter, j
Mr. W. then inquired, “Is that awl, Mr. D.? J
“Yes,sir, that is my last. 1 '
“ 1 hope you will excuse this cut at your]
business; I beg for quarters , and I hope if
vour feelings are hurt, that they may be easily
hal'd.”
“ Never mind Mr. W. I never get my bris
tles up in the way of trade."
“ I am happy to find vour temper keeps, its
seat: I feared yon might have occasion to be
displeased.
Not at all, sir, you cannot stir up my tem
per when 1 understand the thread of your dis
course.” .
‘ I am pleased to find Mr. D. though your
work may be run down, still you seem in good
humor.”
With you, sir by awl, means, for l am con
vinced that your whole sole, and every thing
to boot, is favorable to mechanics.”
“ Y’ou are right Mr. D. I feel myself bound j
to be do by ties of strongcat friend ship.” j
“ Well, I declare Mr. W. you stick to trade j
like wax; I think, however, our punning is j
near a close, and 1 believe we could not mend j
it much by repeating it again.”
“ Well,sir, 1 acknowledge, that lam neary j
worn out, and to bring our discourse to an end j
at last. We will take another glass of wine!
and say we are sew’d up.”
Anecdote. — A Southerner had a large ]
shaggy dog, of what is comm only called tliej
cur species, of which he gave in the presence j
of a number of persons, the following char-!
j acter :
“ He’s a little the keenest critter you ever j
| did sec—real wild cat—muscle and grizzle:
i all over—can eat a hedghog—dodge a thun
der clap, and whig any four legged animal j
that ever walked the earth.”
i “He must be a scrowger,” said a hog-mer
chant present—“hut, I’ll bet you a cool ten
! dollars that I’ve got an old boar, in the field
out yonder that he can’t make run, no day.” |
“ Done !”—exclaimed the Southerner— j
! taking out the money, which was covered by |
1 that of the hog driver. It was a cold winter i
! morning, and the company had to wade
through the snow ere they could reach the old j
hoar. When they arrived at the field, the j
| animal was pointed-out —he was standing
| passively in the corner; and no sooner did
: the dog perceive his antagonist than he seiz
! ed him by the throat and they both rolled in
! the snow together.
I “ He’s a screamer !” shouted the Southcrn
i or. “May he so,” replied the hog driver,
holding out his hand for the stakes.—“ but he
aint agoing to run—for he was frozen to death
i last night—and dead boars dont use their legs
1 now-a-days. —Huron Reflector.
I Diamond cut Diamond. —A six-foot \ cr
monler lately entered a store on one of our
j principal wharves in search of employment.
; He could do any kind of chore, he said, and
i boasted much of his strength. ‘ Stout as you
j are, said the clerk, ‘ I’ll bet $ 10 you cannot
; carry that hag of salt (pointing to a very large
j one) twice across this store and back again
! and neccr lay it down.’ The Yankee stood
| fora moment scratching his head and gazing]
at the rope with a hook at its end which dan-
I (ilcd through a scuttle and then accepted thei
wager.—He shouldered the bag with the ut
most ease, carried it twice backward and for
ward then hung it upon the hook aforesaid,
1 Mister, said he, ‘ I guess I’ll trouble you for
that-aie-ten. 1 didn’t lay it down—J hung it
upV The clerk, much to his dissatisfaction,
blinded over the money, and tho Vermonter
left the store, saying: ‘Catch a weasel a
- Not so bad a day’s work. Better than
chopping logs !’ ch ! — Gal.
“Our auilvitiou is, to live under'
equal law*.”
JUSTICE,
MODERATION.
(iiuisDUis&iix
AND
STATE RIGHT'S ADVOCATE.
MILLEDGEVILLE, JULY SI, 1833.
IVe are authorised to announce
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock, a
candidate for Governor, at the i u-
MuiMg election.
Extracts from the Standard of Union.
“la Governor Troup a nullifier? No. He says,
“ There is no power given by the Constitution to re.
sist the laws of the United States.”
COMMENT.
Will the Editor of the Standard of Union in
form us by what authority Gov. Troup resisted
the laws of the United States in 1825. The Edi
tor has well remarked that it is now a contest of
opinion in this State: of how great importance
is it then, that the people, by whose judgment
this doctrine of Nullification must stand or fall,
should be well informed of its principles and
their tendency. We hold it to be the only doc
trine, which carried into effect, without abusing
it, that is at all efficient in preserving a constitu
i tional union of these States. There are others,
who profess a different creed, and shrink back
from the contemplation of this doctrine as if it
! were some fabled Gorgon, whose very glance was
I petrifaction. They act very unfairly, however,
by the people, for they wish ihem to repudiate a
doctrine whose tenets are as distinct and mani
fest, as the beams of the noon day sun, and offer
them in its stead, a theory of government, (to
judge trom their manner of elucidating it,) as un
certain and fluctuating, as the tides of the ocean-
Gentlemen, once for all, we ask you, what are
the “ Democratic" principles, or rathef the “ De
mocratic Republican” principles, which yqu wish
to substitute for Nullificatien. If they are the
principles of the old Republican faith as con tra
distinguished from Federalism; why they are
our principles too, and where is the use of the e
pithet “ Democratic.” It is as much in point as
to say a round circle ! But if we are to under
stand them as really “ Democratic" principles,
we know what to expect; and we pronounce
them as widely different from the principles of
the Republican party as the poles are asunder.
“ We, still hold, that where the Federal Govern
ment, usurps a power reserved to the States, that
state interposition is constitutional—But where the
Federal Government abuses a power delegated to
her by the states, state interposition is unconstitu
tional ; because as we have said heretofore, such a
bi’se of power is not an infringement upon state so
vereignty, but a violation of individual right, an of
fence against the whole constituent body of the Fe
deral Government, and not against the individual
sovereignty of any particular state. The one may
be as pernicious in its effects as the otner, but the
difference lies in the mode of redress.”
The distinction between the manner of injury
caused by the usurpation of a power not granted,
and the abuse ofa delegated power, is truly some
what of the nicest. Does our cotemporary mean
to intimate that the constitutional use of such
power, as far as it goes, prevents a political sol
vent, that completely changes the unconstitution
al nature of the abuse of such power. Is not the
usurpation by Congress of a power not granted,
unconstitutional legislation I Is not the abuse of
a delegated power, in exceeding the limits pre
scribed for its exercise, also unconstitutional le
gislation 1 And if State Interposition, as the edi
tor affirms, iie believes, is constitutional in the
one case, why is it not in the other? We have
as yet only seen the assertion of this distinction,
we should now like to see it sustained by reeson
and argument.
Tlic elfcct* of Road*, River* and
Canal*, on the increase of wealth.
At the present time, when the public mind is awa
kened to the physical improvement of the country,
and when a spirit and animation pervades the com
inanity, it may not be amiss to direct the public at.
tention to the article given below. Notwithstand
ing the supineness which has s® long existed among
our people, still, the recent movements at Athens
and Augi sla, indicate better things hereafter ; but
so slow are these movements, so unlike energetic
action, that we almost think we might take a “ Rip
Van Winkle” sleep, before any thing is effectually
done. All that we can do, is constantly to urge the
importance and advantages of improving our rivers
and common roads, and the construction of Rail
Roads, the great tributaries to the wealth and pros
perity of the country : to this end we now offer an
extracted article, on “ the effects of Roads, Rivers
and Canals, on tile increase of wealth :
“ The measures of a nation's prosperity may be
I known by its roads,” was the remark ot some wri
ter on Political Economy, and with a great deal of
truth. The price of an article is the value of the
raw material added to all other expenses before it
can reach the consumer. It is then evident that
carriage will form a considerable part of that ex.
pense in many articles, and the price of carriage e
vidcntly depends upon the state ot the roads : hence
the improvements in a c untry depend more upon
this subject than is at first supposed. An old coun
try has greatly the advantage of anew one in this
respect, especially if the new country be extensive,
ias in these states. Good roads, therefore, form a
j considerable portion of national wealth, indeed, a
I part of its capital, as we shall afterwards show, but
( for the present, we shall regard them merely in their
1 effects, as the means of transporting produce, and
| as affording the means of communication, and in
' this respect rivers and canals serve the same pur
i pose, and in these, states have in a groat measure
| supplied their place, while the people have gcneral
. ly located themselves upon these navigahio rivers,
and on the sides of canals when cut, and as near
large rivers as possible; hence at once may be seen
ot what importance this subject is to a government.
The people always choose their own interests ; a
government may counteract, or assist this, dirertly
nr indirectly, and this is the principal difference be
tween a good and bad government. Individuals
sometimes see farther than the body of the people,
who heap upon the projects of such indiiiduals op.
probrious epithets and ridicule, but if their mea
sures are feunded on correct principles, thru# mea.
sures succeed, and arc-action takes place. This j
was the case with Governor Clinton, who opened the
canal at Albany ; and with Jefferson, who purchased |
Louisiana, foreseeing the importance ofa communi
cation between New-Orleans and these states, and
the admirable situation ol the great river Mississip
pi, as the means of conveyance of the produce of the
west.
All that can he said of the advantages of the im
provements in roads, apply also to the improvements
ot conveyances; that they render communication
easy, and goods cheap : hence the benefit arising
from steam vessels, rail roads projected, steam car.
riages, 4c. Each of these projects arose from men
»f science, were opposed and ridiculed in their cm.
oryo state by the multitude, but being tounded on
correct principles, they are no sooner in operation
than their utility is discovered, and the people adopt
them.
The increase of wealth arising from good roads or
other means of communication is not a partial benefit.
It serves to enrich both the producer and consumer.
Tho agriculturalist or manufacturer in the country,
who can send his produce to the city, or rather take
his choice ot markets by cheap conveyances, obtains
a better price than he otherwise would, while the
consumer gets the market better and more equally
supplied, and in his turn returns into tho country im
ported goods or other manufactured produce, with
equal advantage to himself and the country consu
mer.
The greatest benefit is, however, In the civilizing
effects of travelling and travellers which good roads
promote. Prejudice, ignorance, and conceit, are
nursed in a village cut off from ready communica.
tion with the rest of mankind. Even larger districts
similarly situated, are similarly affected, thus the
Celestial Empire, (China.) which discourages com
munication, is pre-eminent in ignorance. The j
Turks too, who despise foreigners, arc not among
the most enlightened ; and in Spain, the most igno
rtnt and wretched of European coontri-s, the peo
ple are the most haughty and self-satisfied. In this
latter country, the state of the roads fully illustrate
tke present subject, and their ignorance is so great,
that in their war with Napoleon, when the English
first went to their assistance, crowds of people as
sembled in a village to see a pkotestant go by.
The whole subject may be thus illustrated. Ven- j
issn was sold in the country the Christmas before ,
la.-t, where they had not good roads, at three cents
pc pound, and the fore quarters left in the woods
lor wolves. The fall of snow affordod fine sleigh
ing, that is, made good roads. Our friend, a distant
farmer, bought up the venison in his neighborhood,
which was a drug there, brought it to New-York in
a sleigh, and sold some of it for thirteen cents a
pound, and some for less, nibbed off a portion of
rusticity, spent some of the money in New-York,
took home (we believe) some new hooks for the
children, and a present for his wife, and retnined a
portion ot his profits for future speculations enter
tained his family and friends with his adventures,
and resolved upon future speculations in butter and
eggs, from information which lie derived in New-
York ; in all of which he benefitted himself and
those from w hom he bought, and to whom he sold,
and gratified himself and friends, but all of which de
pended upon the state of the roads.”
The facts set forth in the above article, reminds
us of having heard the following Antiquated anec‘
dote.
Adam it is reported visited earth, to
recognize his progeny. He alighted in
France, hut could claim no kindred with
Frenchmen : he discovered nothing of his
race in the lively Gaul. Their large cities,
good roads, military shows, elegant buildings,
literary societies, and above all their elegant
mannets and great attainments, were to him
so many proofs that they were not men ; he
left France in despair and crossed the Chan
nel to England. Here he was more confound
ed than before, for he found every thing went
by steam. He had been wafted in a steam
vessel to the shores, he found them loading
and unloading by steam, he found every
thing in motion, and the cause of that
motion, steam, he was transported with the
swiftness of the wind upon what was called
rail-roads, which he found hollow and filled
with steam, to prevent the snow lodging a
bout them ; the carriage was driven by steam,
his dinner was cooked by steam, every arti
cle he saw, he found was made by steam, and
when told that rain itself was made from
steam, and that chickens were hatched by
steam, he became perfectly satisfied that hi
had mistaken some other place for the earth,
and that these people could not have procee
ded from him, but must have been hatched
by steam, and had souls of gas. With con
siderable difficulty, however, he was persua
ded to visit the United States in America,
he thought he might have mistaken the side
of tne earth, and if men of steam lived on
one side, he might possibly find his progeny
on the other. He landed at New York, but
instantly returned, as he immediately discov
ered that the people were a compound of
F’rench and English, with a few broad bot
tomed subjects called Dutch. The numer
ous steam vessels instantly dismayed him,
and placards about fire-eaters, free discus
sions, 10,000 laborers wanted, lectures upon
chemistry and astronomy, political economy,
and other subjects, /which he knew nothing,
and rights of men, Jackson and Clav, with
proposals for those infernal steam carriages
and rail roads, all over the union, completely
astounded him ; they were not his progeny,
he was perfectly sure, and might have been
hatched by steam, like the others whom tbev
resembled. He took ! departure, and on
iiis return by accident touched at Spain.—Ah!
exclaimed Adam, upon seeing the Spaniards,
these arc my children, as he waded through
the mud, in the absence of good roads, and in
the absence of every other improvement,
these are my children, these are my descen
dants, just where I left them, no innovations,
no hatching of chickens, or men of steam
here, all things just as they were in the good
old time, henceforward let them be called
Adamites. It is reported that this decision
of Adam in favor ol the Spaniard, has con
confirmed the latter in his hauteur.
v Interment* in different Citie*.
During the month of June, the interments
in Augusta, Savannah, Charleston, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New-York, and New-Orleans,
were as follow—ln Augusta, twenty-three,
six whites . seventeen blacks; in Savannah,
fifteen whites, the number of blacks unknown ;
in Charleston, forty-nine, twenty one whites,
twenty-eight blacks, in Baltimore, two hun
dred anti twenty-one ; in Philadelphia, three,
hundred and twenty-nine ; in New-York. three
hundred and fortv.four; in Ncw-Orieans, cor
poration limits, one thousand and sixty,
one !— Constiluticnahsl.
Revenue.
Tli# Amount of Junes secured at the Custom house
in New-York, for the first quarter of the current
year, is stated to be about Five Millions Five Hun
dred Thousand Dollars; and that since the present
law went into operation, the monthly amount there
lias been about one million of dollars. Ko that if the
importations which have taken place since the 4th
of March, shall prove a fair average, the receipts in j
Naw-York fora year from that time, will be twelve j
millions of dollars.
I*l r. Eorsytls.
The Hon. Jo*.a Forsyth left Albany for the South, j
Srter remaining a few days in that town, at the resi-!
deuce ol Governor Mnrcy. Many of the citizens,!
(says the Argue ol July Iff,) testified their respect, j
by calling upon the distinguished Osenator of Geor
gia. Mr. F. who had passed the last month at Sa
ratoga Springs, under severe illness, returns to the
South, we are huppy to say, in improved, though not
entirely restored health.
Mr. Vhii Biii'.'ii
Arrived at the City Hotel in Baltimore oil the 18th
inst. from Washington, and left there the next morn
ing lor Saratoga Springs tarrying awhile at Thila
delphia, New.York and Albany, ty way of reconnoi
sance. Mr. V. B. is direct irom the Presidential
mansion and looks, (says the Baltimore Patriot) in
remarkable good condition. General Jackson is not
so well as could be wished, and was left preparing
for an excursion down rhe Bay to the Rip Raps—
there for a w hile to take up his residence, and inhale
the refreshing sea breeze.
Dcaili of Sir A roily ami Sir Cliarlos.
The last No. of VI r. Skinner’s Turf Register, a ates
that the celebrated horse Sir Aacnv, died oil me 7th
of June. Sir Arcliv was bred in North-Carolina,
and at the time of his death was about thirty year
!of age. In regard > the number and excellence on
the turf of his immediate descendants, he was the
most remarkable herss of which we have any au
thentic account. Sm Charles, one of his most dis
-1 tingu shed sons, died also on the same day.
Saratoga Spring*.
A letter from Saratoga of the 15th inst. says that
delightful place was filling up rapidly, but that there
was yet room. It was computed that there were
1500 visiters. The computation it too great; 1000
would be nearer the truth. My old quarters, the
Union has perhaps the largest number, and on Fri.
day, was considered full; so much so, that some
twenty had to “ sleep out.”
Claim* on Naples.
The correspondent of the New-York Courier and
Enquirer at Brussels, writes toe last of April that
“ he had yesterday the pleasure of an interview with
Mr. Davezac, the Representative of the United
States of America at tla- Hague, who has just ar
rived. He is now on his way to Naplc&on a special
mission, involving the commercial claims of the U.
States against the government of the two Sicilies,
arising out of the illegal seizures which Took place
during the war.”
Vessels of War.—Gen. Macomh.
The Norfolk Beacon, of July 17th, says —“At
our Naval Anchorage, between the Navy Hospital
and t fancy Island, is now presented the handsome
spectacle of five vjsscls of war, viz : The Delaware,
74; the Vandal'a, flag ship ol the West India squad
ron : the schr. Shark, of the same ; the sh p Vin
cennes. and schr. Experiment.
Major-General Macomb, commanding the U. S.
army, came passenger yesterday morning in the
steam-boat Pocahontas, and landed at Fortress Mon
roe. Shortly after his arrival a salute was fired in
honor of his visit to that military post—an honor
eminently due to the distinguished hero ofTlattcburg.
Dswniitgiana.
We perceive by a letter from Nabby Downing,
a cousin of Major Jack Downing of epislatory ce
lebrity, that there lias been a “great upro ir in
! Downingsville,” the .'•ajor’s Head-quarters when
j not travelling with the tiiner.al. The cause of
the rumpus we understand to he the fact that he
| and the Gineral turned their backs on the Dcwn
| ingrille folks rather unceremoniously. Nabby
! in a letter to the Editor of the Portland Courier,
! intimates that the General's popularity is in a
j ‘blue way,' among her home folks. She says
i “ l thought 1 would just let you know about
these things, and if you area mind to send word
on to cousin Jack and the President, I’m willirg.
You may tell ’em there aint five folks in Down
ingsville that would hoorah fur Jackson now, and
1 don't believe there’s one that would vote for
i him unless’tis uncle Joshua, and hewould’nt if
i he wasn't affraid of loosing the post office ! !!”
Keep Cool.
Now-a-days nobody is cool—every fire is as red
as a beet, and every man’s blood is hot enough
to boil an egg. VVhal is tube done? Imprimis,
keep your temper—it will never do to get in a pas
sion at this season—reserve your wrath till the
■ first frost, and you may then blaze away as much
:as you please. Secondly, rise early, even before
the sun, and enjoy his astonishment at seeing
himself beat. Wash your whole body, put on
! clean linen, and take a walk of twenty minutes 1
1 and fifteen seconds. Don’t jump out of the way
lat any sudden alarm—it is much better to be qui
etly run over by a cart or two, than to jump into
! a fever. Nit down to your breakfast moderately
: —don’t bolt into your chair as if you were thrown
out of a third story window. Drink no coffee, it
is too heating—lea or milk you may take in any
quantity; but eat no meat as you eschew caloric
—every mouthful is an incipient firebrand. After
1 breakfast proceed slowly to your place of busi
ness. If any thing has gone wrong, £on’t scold
—scolding is allowed only in winter. If you
meet any friends on the way, give a gentle look
! of recognition, but do not bow or say “ good
i morning”—talking is very exciting. If you can
! conveniently meet with a little misfortune, do so
i —melancholy is very cooling. &. what is more, it
i makes others cool towards you. You gain consi
derable comfort from their icy reflection.
| “As the day grows warm and high,” you be
] eonie thirsty. You are afraid to drink cold water
! —you therefore mix a little brandy (or a good
; deal) with it to prevent any bad consequence —
| you put in a lump of ice. and quaff it off without
j ceremony ! You goosi * cold brandy and water.
] taken suddenly into your stomach, is just as dan
j gerous as cold water —so is cold punch—cold anv
‘ thing else—so woold a parcel of live coals he, if
j you could freeze them. Your best beverage is
! claret and water —you may cool it if you please,
i but you must sip it very gradually. We mean
real bona fide claret—none of your poke-berry juice,
which is absolute poison.
Do not eat much dinner—animal fond puts the
lion in a fever, ami so w ill it serve man. If you i
find that you have much appetite, eat a lum;i of:
sugar, or take a walk into the kitchen, just 1 e
fore the table is set. The best thing for you is a
little hush and mashed potatoes—it saves a great
deal of labor for the jaws. You may smoke two
segars afterwards—the smoke warms your mouth,
| and causes a rush of air into it w hich overbalan- ■
I ccs the artificial heat. In the evening you indS*
| read a noSel or listen to music—it must he slow ,
\ music, however—the “Dead March in Saul.” or
j something like it. “ Yankee Doodle” would put
I you in a fever in five minutes. Go to bed early
! —leave your windows open —the free, pure air,
j never harms any body that is used to it, and if you !
i are »ot, it is high time than vou were. Take as|
, many airs upon you as you can—the h« n perchc:
all the sbmmer night upon the fence, and takes
no cold. Are you not ashamed to he more deli
cate than a hen I —lVinchesltr Republican.
We do not Remember.
A jovial miller, sitting one evening at the door
of his mill, observed a cliangling who frequented
the town approaching, and resolved to crack a
joke with him. “ Come hither, John,” said he,
•* the people say you know nothing.” “ Well,”
Said John, scratching his head, “ I’ll tell you.”
“ Tell me whatsmilingly inquired the miller.
* Why an’t please ynn. I’ll tell you what I do
know, and what I don’t know .” “ Good!” ex
claimed the merry maker of superfine and mid
dlings; “Go on, honest John.” “ First, I know.”
said the imbecile, “ that the miller’* hogs grow
fat. ’ “ Very w ell,” said the oilier, “ now what
is it you don i know” “ \\ by,” said John, while
a look of archness unexpectedly shot from his
l J've; “I don t know whose corn they’re fed on!”
1 he instruction -onveyed in the negative observa
tion has induced us to give a like character to a
few lurtlier recollections.
\Vo do tiot remember a better comment on
“National ’ principles than the fact, that their
first candidate tor the Presidency was a traitor to
federalism, and their last a traitor to democracy.
\\ e do not remember a better comment on their
truth, than the stories the east sent forth against
gen. Jackson, prior to liis re-election, and the re
ception she gave him afterwards.
We do not remember a better comment on
their honesty, than the elections of printers to
congress last winter, and the “business transac
tions” of the Bank.
\V e do not remember a better comment on their
understanding, than the remark, that “ where mo
ney commands, talent obeys.”
W e do not remember a single National Repub
lican prophecy— out of the thousand and one made
—which the administration has verified.
We do not remember a greater clamour for the
“ public teats,” than was made in the state house
[N. Jersey] last winter.
W e do not remember that the Rahway Advo
cate ever told a political truth, or that the Nation
al Union ever started anew idea: the one is all
malignant romance, and the other carries his graiti
in one end ol the wallet and the grindstones in
the other, as did the ass of his grandfather before
him.
W hat we do not recollect to have ever happen
ed } it is probable will not happen soon, so we
gi :e these sigular instances to the reflection of
an intelligent community. On each hangs a taleY
[ lit t n Emporium.
-**e-
Ibiterprize.
Toe Schr. Nile lately arrived at Boston, from
Ilallowell, with 100 bushels of shoe pegs ! The
Mercury arrived from Eleuthera with a cargo
consisting of 31,584 pine apples ! Here we
have tlic utile et du/re literally realized. Com
merce, like the fabled Heathen, turns into gold
every tiling it t- uclies ; and no nation has a
greater adaption to it than this W e have with
in our own limits the advantaged" almost every
latitude, and evr ry soil, by the improvement of
which to command the p. duets of the industry
ot the world. A cargo of stones picked off the
ground, or of Ice hewn out of the ponds, is ex
changed by the Eastern trader with the Southern
fjrun r or planter fi r a Lieght which will answer
his purpose in the laboratories of Europeas well
as gold and silver. Every quarter of our coun
try possesses its relative advantages. In the
one part, an adventurous spirit and industrious
habits draw wealth Irom the ocean, or find it on
its sterile rocky shores: in another, a fertile soil
and fervid skies countcrbalencc, in their more
profitable fiieid, the flit icai ills of tbe climate,
and the necessity of employing African labor.—
Our country abounds, in some parts, in veins of
inexhaustible mineral wealth, which Otherwise
occupied, we have scarcely yet begiui to open;
and, as we see exemplified in the fact above stat
ed, even where Nature ha s been most niggard of
her bounties, a comfortable subsistence may be
earned by the manufacture of articles of value
out of materials w hich could probably be made
no oilier use 01. We do not know that any stron
ger illustration could vvelbbe adduced of the re
lation ot industry and exchange to value than
this oltucs/ioe-pegs. — JS’ul. Jut.
_ Married, On the 2lith July, by I. T Cushing,
Esq. Geo. (J. Daily, to Miss Eetitia Edwards.
Died.
In Washington county, at the residence of Mrs.
Julia Neely, on the lliili msl. Jon\ Stanton, in the
114th year ol his age. lie hold the rank ot Captain
during the Revolutionary \\ ar, was engaged in se
veral battles, and was present at the capture of Corn,
walks, lie died of old age, with the pleasing re
flection of having devoted the early part of his life
to purrhase that liberty he so long lived to enjoy.
He lias loft n numerous connexion lo moan their
Ids-'- He was horn in .Northampton county. North
Carolina, but for the last thirty years had been a ci
tizen ot this stale.— [Communicated.
A \AWA\ from the subscriber in
tgb Jones county, on the 2«tb inst. a inulattj
fellow, by the i.ame of A FERRIAGE He is
of good countenance, free spoken, has a sear in
the right eye, is well proportioned, straight, five
feet loj inches high, and has a scar on the large
toe of his left so-t. He was purchased of So
lomon Pope, of Waynesbofough, N. C. and has
a wife who is a free woman living near that
place; where it is supposed has gone. He was
brought to this State by Geo. Y. Eowe, in 1832.
Said boy was heard of a few day’s since in the
Cherokee Nation. If taken in the State, a re
ward of $25 dollars will be paid for him; if in
S. Carolina, S3O; ts in North-Carolina, 50; and
if in any other S.ato $ 100.
THOMAS LOWE.
Jones county, June It, 1833 29—ts
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July 32