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FREDERICK S. FELL. 'npeir ciglit dollars per aitaum. I\ip:r six dollars par annum. rarteLE n» apv?hce - -----—— All Mows, and New Advertisements ap» rear lti both papers. 1 Odlco In Dickson’s tlireo story, orlcte bulldlhg, on the Bay. near the Ex- cli:i i Ci belweoii'Bull and DraytoiiT*treots. SAVANNAH. ^fllJ^AV^EVEfnNG. Rr.PT. 8. ¥■- 05* The Northern Mail due Ibis morn- log has failed. *' , , n.v the brig America. Captain Drew, we have received files of New-York papers to The *d inst. two days In anticipation of the mail. No News. The-, papers wlH be found in our leading room. : The sftccess wjflejt has attended the re searches after gold in North Carolina has very naturally drawn the attention of nu merous Individuals of oilier slates to a scrutinizing examination of.thclirown soil, f realising at vith a reward as It.will appear from the t of-a letter from- a very of our city< e c citizens full tide deluding, Iporploxiug, arkleje: . , • , ~.s' ST •' CLARiCdVILLE, Haifcrtham-Co. [Ga.] • Aug. Md, 18*8, _ "I am here, in the-region of . mountain sceuery and mountain health! It is indeed a beautiful country, rich in anil, In sceuery, and ‘’l.isl, .not least" in OOLO. There if* ALDERMEN ELECTION; An election for fourteen Aldermen, to represent this city in tint next council took place yevtorday.—343 votes given in, and on counting them oui, : the following was declaired to bo the result:— : Will. Tr WILLIAMS, 880 WILLIAM R. WARING, *80 JOHN U. GAUDllV, " *70 GEORGE W. OWENS. 18* MICHAEL BROWN, 134 '-Q. W.-ANDER80N, 1*0 GEORGE SllICK, tie R.R. CUYI.ER, *00 F. H.WELMAN. ioo JACOB SHAFFER, *187 THOMAS CLARK, 181 CHAS. GILDON, ' l«) SAMUEL M. BOND, 164 BIOSES SI1BFTALL, 78* RICHARD WAYNE, 191 LEVI SsD’LYON, 19* J. P. WILLIAMSON, 141 CHARLES SeUENRY, tsa T. U. P. CHARLTON. 130 A: J. O.-SIIAW, 1*1 MOKD. SHEFTALL.Sen. 114 LEWIS II. FU11TH. II.LORD,* J. EVERINGIIAM. Jr. 1 Not a candidate. 112 88 98 The editor it the Charleston Patriot states that he has seen a letter front Co. tumble stating that Judge Johnson is MUch better, in fact.out of. dartger. lings and ground recently osod fur hit military and ien.iftc institution, in , Middletown, Con. are valued-at *40,008. The proprietors have, after reducing the eatimMi]. to (33,. 333 33, offered to present the whole to the Methodist 'Society; provided the' New' York .Conference will join with that of canjie no question now lhat this valuable New England, and. raise *83,833 63 for oro, abounds throughout the couutry. and the.eatabliahiiientofa AJfethodiet College, indeed it hai been takeu from every little '■* ' . —— •— ' stream, by mere pruceasof washing- by thel 8> X >1 yoitng gentlemen graduated at the tlend.- 1 was an unbeliever antil n few days back.but I have seen to many specimens S£ heard it reiterated from xo many different respectable souroev, that I hove become -perfectly convinced. Indeed, from a con versation I had wills an Individual, whh has come hither from the mines in-North Carolina, for the piirpose of inspecting the coil here, and establishing works -if they should bo thought to prove profitable, I, am led To suppose that the indication-of the metal are equally as strong here, as in the •tate from whence he came. 1 enclose you a specimen.* T suppose that in process of time, this drill fof in an inducement fpr our SatrannahUns to pay a visit to this coun try. Indeed I should suppose that 'no in ducement was needed—other thon tlip na tural advantages this country possesses over that, in which they yearly spend their-tibig, •nd money.. Hers they can have good' nc oomnmdations, wholesome,' though plain food—upon terins.that a miser could not murmur-at,—and above a|l,—health■ Our pa/iicular friend the four,, who- paid us •uch long and certain visHl in the tniumer; has never .dared to . shew his unballon ed visage here,—The Blue. Ridge acts as a Basalisk to bis ’eyes,—indeed,', disease would tremble *t encountering the sturdy frtincs of our mountain brethereg, for fear ha should get the Worst of it;—end if Death ahuuld'ihink propet to locate himself in this' climate, he would absolutely sicken from ennui, and want rtf employment. Then there is the beautifuUittla stream .of Tu ooa, winding its way through hill and dale until it bursyt its way over a precipice, 136 feet perpendicular and resembles the scene wo bavosead of in the tales'oof "Fairy -Land,"—thin there is the bold stream'of Turoreq, dishing along in successive falls over rocks., and 'mountaiiu,—with its lofty * and perpendicular Iwnka of 1000 feet in same places, and its beautiful, and roman, tio scenery, rivalling, altlto' in a mimic •j m nner the scenery of Switzerland,—hut all these hare been rather too eloquently described by Mr. Foster, and I will not tire yon wilh'tjfe repetition. Moreover, there area thousand places of resort in the heigh boring states of Notth-and South Carolina to wliic^ the traveller might resort fur health, or pleasure." Comihencetnent at Harvard University on the 28th ult. and about seventy pupils were admitted to the Freshman.class. .. ,4 " _ J ; The pomp Meeting held by the Metho dlsts at Whltp Oax, in. Columbia county,is ■just over. AVe are informed (sbyi the Atfe gusts Constitutionalist) that a respectable number of Christians were added to .the Oimrch, and that throughout the race ting.-a pious and sober spirit prevailed. The ; Auguste Constitutionalist of Saftfi- day last, Contains the following paragraph: W* have "unquestionable authority" for saying that the report in circulation which asserts that Governor Troup has declared iufavotir'of Mr. Gilmer—is withoufTuuu- dation. How Governor. Trohp will vote we know not—but we learn lhat he irgretf the opposition of Mr. Gilmer, because he believes it bill end in no good td the par *-’• .. . We have submitted the specimen to a -pissienr.of metals and he has pro flew Cotton.—The two fit st loads of new Cotton wete delivered yesterday (says' the Augusta Chronicle of the 8ihiri*t.) at the Wate house of Messrt. Musgrovc, Weh more SC Co. One was tnadfe on the plan tetion ot Col. Dowse in Burke county, ahd neatly packed in Square-Bales of domestic Bagging, rope and Itwine—The -other' b/ Capt. Iliac Ramsey of-Columbia County. Tlie quality of both is very One & we leant 31 -2 cts has been offered for them.. H is stated in the Boston Palladiutb.that cotton goods hare advanced in price about iO per cent, and that the Cotton Facto ries at Lowell and *t Nashua, are in full operation. . FrtcTrade Advocate.—Tlie able-Joum ml heretofore known'under.ritii title< wijl be changed, after *the completion of the present volume, both in Us plan, and loca tion.' .Under the title of “The Banner of the Constitution," It will thereafter be pub lished weekly at Washington, and by db voting its pages to a diversity of other topic? <han those which it now delusively diffu ses it is.proposed to rendet it more accepta ble to the'gene/ai redder.' It is stated that the Russian, of 'Boston, tan frpiu.Pemjinliucco to abreast of (jot- ten burgh, a distance of about 6000- miles, without tacking ship r a,..,,..- .. : [von tiik S*vastniif RxvizMCAlt.J 0 Thou. 17. /■. Charlton. Sin:—Tila object fur .which I originally addressed yon having been effected by your exclusion from tlie Board of Aldermen at tltg. election yesterday, I have no longer anymotivz to pnrsde the investigations In to your official conduct which I hid-com- tnenced. I address you now for the pur pose of,saying thaiM despise alike the foul insinuations which jou have-iftade in re gard to myself and the vile sources fc from which thet email Cued. I liayo lived to lit tle purpose, indeed sir; if atiy character which I may have sustained for honesty, is to be sullied by the calumnies of inch n set of Chameleon parasites as it is under stood surround yon. A.sxffferer tu the Fire of 18*0. INDIAN TREATY We observe the following article in tho Galena Advertiser received this morning, from whioh It would appear that General Mucnell, Col. Menard and Mr. Attwater have satisfactorily .accomplished jho higli- lylimpoftatu cession of the Indian lands, between the Mississippi and Lake Michi gan on the south of the Ousconsiu. We learn fiom a gentelman who arrived bore last night from froirte tltl Cluen, that a treaty with the Wiimebagoesand Pota'w- ntainies had been concluded, and a pnr chase made of all tbe'lands south of the Ousconsiii.'boftseenthe Uppef Mississippi river and Lake Michigan, including all lands In - this tract heretofore held by the Indians.' -We'are informed, that a small reserve has been innile in this ceded tract, but its particular locality, or quantity,- we have not Understood, The stipulations of the treaty are, lhat the Winnebagoes-are to receive annually, for SO rears, the sum of eighteen thousand dollars*; anil the.Pdtnwatamlua are to re- ccivo .annually, fifteen thousand dollars, as tong as they sustain their name asa dis tinct nation. - '■> Unusual harmouy between tho Commis* sionets and the Indians prevailed- during .the the treaty, and tho Indiana expressed a perfect selisfaetion at the accomplishment of the' long contemplated -sale, vof their coiintry. We shall probably hb able to •give a morn definite account of (hit .treaty in out noxt number. ■ 17. S Telegraph 20th ult. ■Circular Initructiono to Collettart, iff the . C CMomt. . .. . Taraacnr Depahthent, July £0. 1810’ In consequence'of some' irregulnsltl.es witibh haveAecently taken'place, in regal d to the employment of subordinate officers in some of the Collection Distriots, Ilia -deemed proper to state, for the information of tlie Colleciors generally, that no aultor dinato officers of tlie etistoins can be re moved or appointed without the apptoha- ^tion of th* Secretary of the Tteasury is prdvdUsly obtained. .When the,removal of nny such offiner is thought neceisary, the Collector will report tbe same , to' tho Secretary with his reasons; and will at the •ame-tiine ndthinate tho person whom he desires to employ in his stead ; and, on 'leeeiring the Secretary's approbation, he n)l| .proceed to administer the- necessary oath, and the officer will then be legally qualified to’enpir upon the duties of hit of fice, • Compensation cannot bB allowed until these requisitions are complied with ; and eanhnt, in any case commence be fore the d.itn of tins oath. Wnen additional officers are .thought ne cessary. flip Collector will report folly to the Secretary, the grounds of such necessi ty, and the rate of such compensation pro per tabs'allowed. After he has received thc-Secietary's approval' of .the proposed 'increase,lie will nominate the person whom he desirds to employ, and will pursue the same course as is above prescribed; .? When the urgency of the case requires that theemploynient of an officer be dis continued byfpre ihcepeciai sanction of tlie Secretary can bo obtained, the Collector will suspend tlie officer, and report the case to the Secretary for approval. , , v (Rigged) i„r, . . ' 4 S. D. INGHAM, Sec’y'of the Treasury. ■ fuueod-it to.be gold of the purest quality. , - Capture of the Gleaner of Portland.- zp. s*v. hep. Extract of The Norfolkllerahl ofthelStb ult. says> *,'We learn that the President’s health has been much benefittod by his visit to the Rip Ra|JS, Where ho bns chiefly remained since his arrival; inhaling the salubiious Ocean breeze, and daily taking the salt wa ter. bath. He veceives no visits of .ceretno - ny. it is raid, but is at all times accessible and affable to those who call on him mere ly (O patsant, and appears to enjoy a fine 0ew of spirits for an invalid." The Beacon of the Slit informs us that thePKEstuB JtT of the UniTED States, ac oompaniod .by the Secuktaht op War and Gen. Gratiot, Chief of tile, Corps o> Eftglneeis, will leave.the Rip,Raps.thi morning, in (he- Steam Boat Potomac, for ■the seat'of Goyernmcnt, -. .• - The President attended Diving service at Old Point yesterday, and his health ap- -gicarod ntued improved.' ' Tristam Burgess and D. J. Pearce have been.ro-alpcted Mqmbers ,qf Congress for the state of Rhode Hand.'» 1 a letter from Captuin Thayor.of seiiooner Gleaner, from Portiand, dated St. Michaels, Jirne ttI arrived arTercei- ra on the 6th inst. arid was cut out ^ four boats of a 74, at i o’clock next morning, null have been stript of every moVe.ahle tliiiog. I have been sent to this place, and ’hall either ho discharged «r sent to' Lis bon, and remain fur adjudication',” 'Thesteam boat-Ariel, which was boil- if New Ybrk, and intended forthenavig., ion of the Rio del Norte jo Mexico, arri md safely at Brusca de St'Jago on tli. 6th ult. after a tedious passage of hear: ..lowing weather. • Micrometer—A foreign periodical meli- I justhat a Mr. Skiadan, a Russian, has ..vented a Micrometer, by which tho one- oousandth part on an inch may be mean- red with accuracy. Ingenuity.—A young woman in N. Car -ma weaves shirt very neatly wiilioi! Team or atioh.; The collar anfl wristbatn, are double the thickness of the other puts, Extract of e letter from .an officer on board of the U'. S. ship Natchez, dated' : ’ ' “CUR'ACOA; August 3 "After an aiwqeab|e passage of 12 days from New York. we hive reached this Isl and—owing to the perils.-in a Urge ship, the Minister, Mr. Moore,’will cinbatk ip a schooner bound direct to,the city of Mafa- Aybo, being tlie same course pursued hy Gen..Harrison—a few houis’ seil'will place him ih’tnfety on terra firma. • , . "Here’ w'6 ntet with three English' fri gates. a slonpof war. and schooner, com manded by Admiral Fleming in person. We had not moored when a British Officer came on board -with tlie'usual comp'lirfients of tlie port, &e. Onihe next day tlfe dif ferent.Captains of the frigates visited the’ ship,"ami 'on the succeeding one caffte the Admiral—the appcuianco of this individo al was marled by that calm'dignity,.polite demeanour,.'and frank deportment which characietisea gentleman of“ul() school."— After being on board some twenty minutes two of tho frigates tudjenly got Umlef way, passed close, to tlfe Natchez am) manning tlie rigging gave throe cheers—in ah instant our whole'crew were aloft and gave back three hearty cheers in return, ot the s.ime nioment our band struck up a fa vorite air—the whole affair was. the biisi- nfcssofa moment, and if not brilliant, was kindling to our sensibilities. 4n the most obliging manner; Admiral Fleming offered bis schnnnel to convoy .Mr. Moore to Mar avayboroouglu useful information for him form all quarters, presented Capr.Claxtnn with a rich present of wipe, and several bn I locks to the ships company.. In fact, • he conduct of the Admire} and his Officers was marked by tlie greatest kindness to wards us; and we cannot hut regret that more frequent opportunities do not 'occur .n cultivate feelings which honour and a' urn our nature, c ->*The MinisterVmnch pleased with his .yoyage,.having gained at saa;. health and strength for his-fiiid journey, which is' re- ,resented as feng and laborious. We sail .iriiice loisBrazils'forthwith,'and look with cope for a pleasant passage. NEW ORLEANS. Aug. If. 7V NpuuiVi S,pm,Iron.—Thu sehnoncr Venn-, pink. Choate, nirivcd yesterday from lUo GHindc. Iky'.this fcoItvoyancB we Imvo received intelligence from .the Spanish Sqnndron-anchored at 8 imail port about fifteen longpc* to the soulh'from Tampico; anil that the Iroopabail effect ed a landing. WliBt facilities they mav find therefor maintaining their fuothald, We are unable to say ; but,-would suppose that a handful of troop* on n naked shore, in an unhca,llty cliinaie. Irian unfavorable season of tpe year would find- themselves primly propciicd to v'vithstalid the attack of an ovorpoa qjing force of .native tro ps.— We trust the next arrival from that coast will bring ns more authentic and satisfac tory information. August 18, 1820. ' Captain Ross, of t|tc ship.Chnrloston, from Vera Cruz, lias pulitoIV furnished ns with a-filo of Mexican papers up to the 1st Augifet. .Several coasting vessels had nr rived at Veia Cruz .(rout Cainpeacliy, Ta basco und o'tlsar places, blit bail not heard any lliingol'tne landing of the invading foe on the coast. Although capt. Choat^ of the scltr. Vo.nus, from Rio Grande, arrived lieto on Sunday, brings inlelligqpce that the Spanish sqnadronSmcItored nt a smiiU port about fifteen leagues smith from Talii- lieo, and that tho troops had effected..a .iodine. . On tj)e 10th, genoral St. Anna aud his nrmy arrveil m tlie city of Vera Crna— Throe days afterward’ he demanded of the merchants of that place, {90,000 for the support of the troops, but was only n- hle to obtain 13,000. On the IQlh ho laid on enthlirgn on all the. Vessels in the port'of Vera Cruz and the island of Sa'eriftr.io; & on the tld iss icd n proclamation foilild- ding the different Consuls to (soiat thesis-' nals oT ilicis. respective nations. On Mis Sl'M July, the embargo was raised. The foreign roercliailis ^brmighont the country, were'apprehensive of a-secuiid at. uok on their propeity, and- wefe sliip tlieir most valuable arlioles as fast ns tible in British and French vessels of No Atnericatrihlps of war in port. - * * .The government and its finances aro re .presented as being in a most deplorable condition to meet the threatened invasion. It it stated that not less than two. million dollars wou|d be necessary to ptee the Republic in a stale of defence, .as the .troops are entirely 'destitute. Gen. St. Anna fig* received order* from the.govern- inenf, placing (uil powers in his hands, aut[iiuisihg him loictand todoasheploa »cd.‘ lie isiurd.an order, accordingly, tp tho Custom Hoiisq^ prohibiting the rCeep tion of govermueiU paper. 'For tlie'fu ture ill dutiesjnusl be paid in cash. J ' Th e-navy ta dismantled,, and. in nowise preparod to itet on tilt defensive, with the except ion. of a few small vessels, p. Notwhhstanding these fllshiartenhig d« tails, which have .been handed to u> by Capt. Ross,-Ilia pajiett are filled with pro clamation from the mHitaryVjs'onminndcrs oftho different States of Ine Republic, breathing’ the qture spirit of patriotism, blended with that glow of military -ardoin, •whlch'etfet' dfstinguish freemen from the vassals’ A{a despot. Tho’ The horizon of the Mexican Republic has been cloqded and overcast—hqr internaj peace distract’ ed by party feuds and iection.il discord— still-we fc«l confident,-that * lieiuhe com mon enemy lands upon their shores, her sons will rit’h to the corqbat.and fight und conquer like inen determined, to be flee. Several American and French vessels had arrived at Vera Cruz, laden with brandy and tvine, Ihp importation of which, as well as the following, articles, will he prohibited in the course of three mouths front tlteSld July. Tours ; foreign brandy ; raw cotton ; k boxes; common ear and fingci rings; aniseed ; indigo; coarse iron and brass wire ; spades, scythes, ploughs, hoes, and all other implime’nts of husbandry used in the lonatry ; common baize and co tings; paintbrushes ; floating tapers; .ginghams;' padlocks arid locks of iron; w ool and flax cards; caranclans and nil cominnn stri ped cottons; single milledcassimer; shoe makers' .bristle*-; cotton and linen tapes,' coarse qualities, nails ofall snrts-aqd sizes; blankets and counterpanes of wool and cotton; coarse-articlcsof wrought brass; cotton dresses, which are not equal Jo fine India ntuslin, strings for iqusical instru ments ; sweetmeats ; Dressing, hair, nnd side combo, .of wood,, horn and tortoise shell; sperm ami sperm candle’ ; Tin in pigs; lanthoriisoftinandipaper; cotton and woolen-fringe, bridles; woolen car- lettng; Jion and cbnunon brasss hinges ;- duepric*, ; horseshoes; fine und coarse worsted yarn ; toys of.atl kinds, blank books ; timber of all sort's, except for mast yards, and (tame houses ; l-ard and butter; woolen hosy); playing cards; gold leaf, real and-falsc ; twine; lowest qualities, of cloths ; .coloured paper; pomatum ;— cheese ; woolen serge; coarse kind of sackcloth;| saddles and all-manufactures of leather; hats, caps and bonnets; all coiton goods not equal to fine cambric;— bpckrain.' . From the Augusta Chronicle tth inst. l’rohd' Charleston! the now ciop of Cotton is coming in. Ilow do you "ant it 1 Must It go in Steiim'-Boatk of thn liivnr, or shall It go. in Wagons on yoflr Rail Road L . •: HENAY' SHULTZ. Hamburg, September 4th Mtp, ; . K7* “Neither way—it must go to Sa- vntinah.” ’. •* . • Steamboat Hobbery.^-We have Keen in- ormed that a person >as.roUied,on Sotur ’i 1 ' 'or’ °! b ,? 3rd ' tllB ' *leamboat ■ -tief Justice Marshall, by having his pock- iwk cut out of his pa'ntaloons pocket.— je pnekot book contained, we are infer med, about *,800 ioMt—llui. Q«A l T C |' r of the United btnic, to aioeilatn rii. " C0 p.irative fitncH ol'Cl.mmi | or lh 4 ,fiSr3fc!' ML 'biJi'shaicIlfefumhipon"ri' 1 tl,0 ,^ cClJ ' itj’ould appi'ur that CottSn ha.°*upS ; Death of tit. ’ Kelsey'.—IVe nloniWnhd last week the remarkable case of the abitR nance of Air. Reuben Kelsey, of Fairfield, who is slnon. de'adc Exhausted t nnitirc could hold out no longer than tho fifty third day of his starvation, and tho nnlor- lunnto youth expired tin the 24th lust. Wir are told that Ito omitted going tu the' well for water,(as was his usual practlcu during this extraordinary fast,) on tlie day prece- inn Ilia decease, and that his friends induc ed him to take tiro talilu spoonfuls oftculer gruel nt that time, whioh. ns they all aver and tho jihysiclans acquainted with the case believe, is tho only article of sustn- nation "Inch- 1,6 h.ul taken for fifty too del Ml Ills holly • is- -represented to Imvo borne the npponraneo of a muinmyttlin flesh being-wasted away, thu skin -discoloured, anil dried to'tho hones. ' ' TlrMleceaseiL appears to have labored under tho delusion of an extiaordlnary re- vclntlnn being coiltinlttml -'to him,-telflng his friends It'Vvns his lot to fast for (Wl\ •lays, At the expiration of that time. It was expected that persuasion might indtico him ill eat; hill ho persisted (u saying lie had no divtno command to eat, liutwmwlers would yet be a rough! hy him &c. In this" way lieTontintied, till fustlng renuareddiia speetdi qttito inarticulate,mid his remaining faculties gradually failed.—Littlo Falla Friend. t . The Richmond Compiler contnlns a fin. tiee of an Excavator, or -Self-Loading Oart, invented by,Air. - W. Beach of Phila- tlelpliU. It ia described as feeding itself its progvets by means W ane of thb eels, jdhfeh is hollow, taking 4>p .WO s.qrtaradeet of earth in one minute. This lx (ferried tu.tinv dlstinosfgadn a d&minon cart; and tlie load deposited or unloaded in less than half a minute, withotitlrntible.'hy opening tho bottom .of Hie carl. The in ventor states tbat-ono bf his- c6rl<is ..how miB’nftltn atm.In » ” .1® ***1111) It oifiWtho tuple proffiort\:".pT"M* or celerity of thorUaltlmore sclwin ,n,. f trihutcul th theuso-of couni* 0 canvass * *t" saao-McKitn, 13,q. orUhltimore an exti' sivo shipownot, oxpressus tho fl™- ter rep-'— ’—‘ PWon, af.,' supatior f.,r tlavaj nt, exception, hreauto lu, af vtotk’dn thelUll-road within a mile amt .filling for sen. If (his experiment rhoutt duck, without cheaper, than the} bell Holland'",WlIL!’ more stroiiz and durable i|, Jn \"'b duck, aud never mildews— an d h,da, riincl much better, and thus c,iablaiV,{L“ sel to saiHfasler by a niila in six. |||, '‘ pinion i, c,mfirmed by the certlfica Sv several other clil8ftiiqf Baltimore n» j ers, masters arid sal.hnakers." A (Mint™' I sail of Cotton was used im hoard the n ton sloop of war, during her late crtiise,^ tho coast of Brazil,, for „ lor0 'thaii mS' years, and at the termin.^o,, of th* c „ wit, the best sail in the ship I , i,® Calhoun yayr. that fro, f this r m,,'?'; the uffieor.’ of the sloop were mua, i .i t •pSpesirsnssi!. a CO t , c "i’ ‘^‘"IWda also used for romo. time In tit? United .'States ship John Adi •mii, ana from wliaf he sa*v i.r ii W«rrlnEtoiithinkt favorably ofcotion can- vus, fey. ia}fit tnd helievci that it is not tnore combustible than heuip, and that It stands flap ping and chafing ai.wail if noe better than sail, of tnhei materials. From o similar experiment bn boatd the Conit\« l.t!ion Capt. Woolsny think, cotton "m. vai, aYgoorin, hempen for the West India szrvieo, and for alt’ihe highuails as good In nny climMe, » , u The Secretary of the-.Navy In reply , 0 the application of Air. Paris, says thit^ has m il’red a full suit-ot Cotton sails to he ■""tie fur t lie sloop of w ar Peaoiick, ninv Tho late arrivals from Mexico, furnish no intelligence of the .reported assassina tion of our Minister, Mr. Pinnsctt. We liavp every reason.to suspect that the re port is unfounded. Lift of De Witt Clinton.—Verity a para graph in .the. Kqehcsltir Telegraph, we fearn that Dr; Hov.nvk h.u given his assent td an application which was made to. him fdt .permission to reprint in a cheap form, ten thousand cepies.of his valuable memoir of De Wilt Clinton, for the purpose of diffusing if through tlie slate, as a book to lie used in schools. Dr. l!osack..wiilt ve ry cnmjuqndahle'liberality, has also pre sented, we atn informed hy tho samo jour nal, p c,i|iy of his beamilul quarto yn’ork, Wjtlch is jusily looked upon as one of .the most Splendid specime.mi of typography ev er executed in this cnmftry, to every conn- 4y, in the state—tq ferjn the nucleus, we suppose, of a county library N. ¥. Post. Pricecity—A lad aeediabout 4fi years, was brought op to the Police Office, char- gnd with .drunkennessand riotous conduct, vile magistrates racpgnized him ns one who had been before; them’-n short time rtnee under a sim'dar charge; he had half a dozen sSgirt in his pocket, and-had just nqmmmonocd dispensing a.liottle,o( rum to a qtrclc of juvenile companions, when lie “its-takrin. He was sentenced to he whip ped m the Penitentiary N, Y. Cour. \tt tmjl. ■;. ’ ' ’ ' ■ . ’ The Plarfters of Louisiana, have dis covered that Cotton grown front seed three years old l» ealitely free froip rot. [Mai Sptt/m ■ m a lialfpf the Schuylkill river, near Rliila delphia; that it ia worked hy 'a man and n boy, nhrl three hbtses. and removes and embanks in n day twice as much garth as is removed hy three common earlsandltten 10 melt, »ho are working at (lie sanin place. Thus doing (says Mr B.) the topic work at about one sixth of Jhe cost it would be in the. ordhtifiy mode. Tho Excavator can bo made for nearly the same prioe nt a common three horse cart, ami quite as eas ily kept iu order. • Cheap .pleasuring.—One may go ptiw from Now York to Saratoga Springs • for nine shillings, and found ! Poor and.fash- ionuhle people should avail themselves' of the oppojluniiy'. ’fluty should not, how-, ever, carry rtiany sovereigns; nr much jew-- 'cilery along, or indeed any ’ valuables that they may happen to set store by.—Their pockets will be picked and their trunks sto len, in all'litiriisn p'robahility. One me lancholy case occurred; as we are ibid, in whit-h n gentleman who was travelling bag gagejess. ha;l Ills pantaloons stolen while he wns'a’locpln his birth *, owing tu which he was not in a St roudittoii ! to be deliver ed at the Spring! according to order. If. Y. Com. Ado. Tlio'bVig Orion, Driscoll; arnyeil last evening on the 20th inst. in co. with brig Mcftcd: Cope Look Out bearing N. W. distant 90 miles, fell in with,tho ship Wa terloo, of London, a total wreck and deser ted ; was one third fell nf water; tpok from her some Tight sails; found -a num ber of fetters ori’tho quarter deck. 'From the appearance of the ship supposed she had been boarded before. Two of the O- rlon’s mi'll sickened wlirist on hoard, occa sioned hy lliealcneh arising from the hold —it wasimpossfble to remain in (he cabin mote than three or four minutes at a time. ■ Balt. Citron. SIX ult. Charleston, Sept. 9.—The Right Rev. Doctor England went passonger in the ship Calhoun, which sailed from here on Monday, the SIR ult. fur New York. We understand that- lie intonds to proceed’ thence to Baltiinnro to meet the other Bishops of tho Union; who will assemble, next month for the purpose of holding the Synod': . . Wonderful Preservation.—A few days since, a child of Air. Parker,between three and four years of age, fell from a window in 111* fourth story of his dwelling-hbuse in Myrtle-street, to the ground, ana being probably Imoyed up hy its petticoats,esca ped with a slight fracture of the bones tho elbow. • . . , ’ A singular contrail is rfoticXd irinn e- vent which recently'occurred in Provi dence, where a chilil eleven months old- was killed by merely falling upon tho floor, from a bed—Bostun Pat. 2.1th ult KENTUCKY ELECTIONS. The western mail of this nioiningi litis brought us the final-result of the elqclion ofmembers to .Congress, and we huvo innrcly time, at prosent, to notlco tho grat ifying fact, that out of the twelve mebi bers-RKTunxKD, two only, (marked*) are supporters of Mr. Clau. The elections iri : Kentucky, says thb Journal of this mor ning, “have far exceeded our most sanguine expectations." Heron a proof of it I . MEMBERS OF'CPN'GRESS. NKXTCOMHRES8. LAST L'ONOnESI. James Clark* James Clark* Richard M. Johnson Robert AITfetton John 'lCitikcad T, P; Moriro Charles-Wicltliffo’ Charles Wlckliffo Joseph Lccoippte Joseph Lccoinpto N. D. Col.etrian Jiilifi Chambers* Henry Daniel Henry Daniel Cliiftenden.Lyon ,i Clfhicmlcn Lyon Joel Yancey , Joel Yancey '• Thomas Chilton Thoifias Chilton ' ltobort P. Letelior* Robert P. Lotchcr* Dr. Gaither * • Richard A. Buckner* •Ten of the above candidates eloctcd aro advneatas af the present adtflinistrd- tion.—V. S. Tel. Snth ult. ' . ' ____ Tho Vainesvillc, Ohio paper annonneos' the arrest of a gong of counterfeiters who Itavn been lung engagod ill manufacturing spurious coin in that section of country.— One of the men whose namo is, Bolehor, and upon whom sumo of tho dies were found, is said to bA-from Micltignn; the haute uf another is Croft. . . k r v; ? PR'*Vr;- •fie successful, mid Coticrii Canvass should bo introduced genetally (mo the. United Slates, the advantages (o the rioutli would ‘ bb almost'lncalcula.bin »J r . U. thinksU woiildiiicrease thednna|id fur almost don. bio life biiionnt of cation now produced In tilt United btutes. And If the example slmulri be followed by the navigating inter, est of otlfet countries, a.niaiket would bp opened for tins protlucl to' no nnunint be* youd the reach ofcalculntlon T C'crollniss. ’Eroin thoNeiy Bedford Merc'ry The Pacific—’jTio slil; Pactfie. the hit wllloh arrived at this port ft- im the Pacile Ocean, brought tlie largest cargo of uil which hat ever 'been imported into Nt» Bedford. It amounts to about 8060 bit-' rels, obfaHiedin a voyoge ol tweuiy six' mouths only .hud is wo believe, the grralnl quantity of speiumceii oil, in proportion tq," the thue'occupied by the voyage, .ever tin.' porieif into tug or any other country. The quality and condition of the oil, as well it its quantity, do,much eredit to Capt. Pot. ter uud’his tlup’s coiiipany. If 'there be an; new and ingenious' piucesa by which Iht captain Ims-eontrirtd to, iTow away sott, bundled bartulsanurd than his ship war supposed eapable of containing, it is Jiuped that theseuet will bedivuigeufutihultc<- fit and eitinploofall others iaiereslvd it this business.—Capt. Potter has bionpt homo with him suiuv ‘‘ Wiusities ff»r .a wntiquarian might vshUilevaii- ™*iS tax tons or "rivers of hi}.-- Wrihavc-baenihMa* tno-hoxeq filled with relics.-of,the loik* tnanship of the ahorgincs'of p'crtH probid) fabricated in the daysPf(hoglory of then Jncas, ere the priol of tlie footsteps oi tlieii' Hpauish ripjrrcssurs liad invaded tlie soil. Thtst articles of eailhenwarb, well baked, kneoded into tlie forms ol bulllcj, of sizes from a pint mertsarii lu tudras might coo- tain more llmn u gallon. They were evi- deutly intended to hold water or some oili er liquid, and vary in the degree' ol flat ness or qqality of the material npd wotk- ruanshi p. They aro ornumemeii on the outside witluhe figuresCl differen:animtli,. probably such as are I'ouud in that counlr/, thouglriomo of them have no likeiieii»> rnong thuaifltnal cr'eajion iu this pad « tlie hnbitable ' world. In some insiancsr .tlieie was ad' attempt to mould the itttiau itself into tito likeness of a creature, ml \ to-quo and uncouth Indeed to our eye* however familiar it might he to thote oltw fabricator. " ’ , ■ The Imridon Literary Gazette o^WPi f 8 contains Vnotice, with copious of Captain Frauklih’s Travels to atullrow . | Constantinople, in 18*7 and 1818. J" ' writer,- on hia way from Vicmia, P 3 '*™ ’ phonmla in'April 18*7, and as this PWJ Is looked to with, greii t interest at the ptf, sent time,.-We quote what is said of it. • "We reached Sliunila, or Chunila,all’ bout S o’clock, having crosiotl a very Uigos und steep ridge of sandy but ivell-wood* • hills, in .which .we woro'cahght by a violent storm of snow and tain. Shumla, Chumla, is called theTlieVmopj ®of J ui garla; and indeed t|iO pasa;of the <* J tains w-liitib separate' it frori) the Danuw . a yefy difficult 6ne, but tlm town ,l,el1 , ’ I oominamlod by riicfieights'which surro I ffl life siuti9| iii tut* “■•-r . , | u ,».« u .. Tlifiin heights seem n earl f‘.™‘ f rifegnShle, and fdrm thr chief strengtn , tlie fnitress,'or rather vast .entrenclir 11 camp. We saw liere many lailors on “ . J | zi.ers at work, which gave jhf town ilia P\ noarance.of,activity ail'd cnminotce. i are likewise many vinos upon the su e * . the sandy hills .which ntnrly surroano Shumla,' which therefore I infer Mili tates wine. ..The RusBahs havo t 0 _ vtinced as l.n ns Shilmla, in l^ , , con . ' I r2SSS«w«s--; robnd It, flnnkml at Intervals hy brick ‘ e?i> many part, bruken duwu and f« ed. It has a considerable comme' I braziery and clolhlng. ThociiUDfy ^ I about it might be even beautiful s.a^ ^ ■ advanced season of the W>st, I took coffee at the khan with ">» 1 a[d , changed horses, and proceeded on t | a village called Drago eu ob etvmgo ,, loft hand upon the horizon flro very and remarkable bzirows.