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■ty to enlighten the peoplenf ihe Union, by
'• collection of facts, and the jutt ariu
Dients they suggest, to Induce them to re-
*> or * *" advantage obtained alonehy fraud,
•detained exclusively by deception, and
productive only of folly.
There esa be, no misunderstanding of
that strong and increasing feeling which
has agitated'every portion of the Union on
this eventful question, and especially the
Southern states. We ire told by pant
. pint leers and other scribblers,at tlie North,
'that it is alia <tal*<ri— -(.a.. i>o I
■ b ? r «*•'•»*• to the injurious effeclt of
•the Inriff That in-read of a curse, it is a
blessing, this intolerable idea is acquiesced
In by n'few of our own people. Ts it pos
wiblelliat large communities in ever, siaie,
are deceived Ob this stihj-.cij Is it p.,„i
hie that whole states to the Notth, to wit:
Maine and New Hampshire, do not under
eland their own interests'? Can itbeuos
aiblo that the ineffable dullness ol the peo
ple from the Potomac to die Mississippi,
uttnsble to comprehend this matter? Do
the enlightened and sober ststes of Vir
ginia and North'Carolina, the ardent and
generous states of South Carolina and
Georgia, the libeial and discreet states of
Alabama, Misiissippi, Missouri and Ten
nessse, possessing every variety of interest,
and actuated by every sentiment that is
pure anil honorable, clamour about Ibis
system without a cause? Is it possible they
are deluded and grieving over imaginary
evils, and venting wanton compldiijts
S dnit their very benefactors? Relieve t,..,
•» is *11 rank assumption, and adds to the
... «• pa-Ht. ttuuk^iii fit suggest a singif*
pfan for the improvement of the state, did
ho show xny ecquMnthnoe with her re-‘
sources, or capabilities for intpiovement?
Where are Ids acts as a member of Con
gress? Where his Speeches in defence of
»«iii to Danvers and lodged a'coroplaini
•gaib. t the Siamese and their attendant,
“ jmung Englishman, foi breath of die
peace. Ah officer- went to arrest them;
I'll' by tile interposition of a-gonflodnn
who Imppehod to bo at the Hotel, a ituce
^»s tojicladetJ.
On Monday, b&Weirar, Prescott mr.de
complaint to Mr. Justice Savage of this
L •a* 0 ' 1 ,he * *•« taken before him and
bannd over.
posidre outrage of light, the disgusting
insolence of pr etended superior discern
•mem. It is bad enough to suffer, but to
bo mocked in our calamity, requires a for
bearanca, which nothin,, shott ol a love of
Union could possibly exert, and if a higher
•pledge of devotion to that object ii de
manded at our hands, it can only bo found
in a voluntary political martyrdom.
In conclusion, 1 haro but one more re
flection to present, aad 1 humbly conceive
it deserves from every dispassionate mind
the most attentive and well weighed con .
•■deration. Is ours a government oftrue
wisdom? Does it lay claim to the charac
ter o. tasdaraiioti, forecast and ptnuencof
tlss it any of the ingredients of temper
anee, charity, and kindness? If it has,
why look upon the scene that has been
passing for the fail six years in this Union,
*h*c!i ever and anon displays suc.li
flashes of angry fseling; followed by tho
distant and muttering thunders o disunion,
without one effort to appease or divert the
threatening 'storm? 'Can the commotions
existing every whore, but more especially
/the heightened tempest of Buuth Carolina,
produce no seriuin concern? Are sucli'
talentf, soch disinterested patriotism, such
high minded ehi-alry, ts ha iauahed
SAVANT* AH.
THURSDAY EVEN?NG, Aimnsr ,g
The following letter fibm the Veshymen
of tile Episcopal CKiirch in Fayeit.ilfa.do
stroyed by the late five,is a reply to a letter
from the Rev. Mr. Nettfrllle enclosing the
amount of a collection blade In Christ
Church, in this city, some weeks since.
Fatettevilik. (N. C.) Aug. B.—Rev.
Sir—Vour enclosing a check ’for $193 S3,
the amount collected in Christ Church,
Savannah,lo aid the rebuilding our House
of Worship,came duly to hand. We de
sire to express, through you, the griteful
sense, entertained by the members of our
communion, of the Christian sympathy
and liberality manifested by their Blether
en under your charge—and it it with sin
cere pleasure we state that we have the
prospect ofbeiog able to accomplish the
object, to which they have so kindly giren
their aid.
We are, Rev. Sir, with'respect,
Yoor bbedient servants,
J. tV. tVRlttHT ] Com * ,e of Vest, of
CHS. T. HAIGT r s - John'% Church.
* j Fayetteville,
the rights of our stale when Vssxiied?
Where any proof of the soundness of his
principles, or the correctness of his politi
cal opinions? Did he not 'shudder at tt.a
terfn of'radical," which his friends meant
as a reproach to Georgo R; Gilmer, and
which those very fi tends would now exult-
mglV apply to tiieir own principle*—a term
which was one 6f reproach then, but now
ol honbr. Let evei-y honest amt intelli
gent voter ask himself whether he believes,
under Wilson Lumpkin, the state will be
more proiperouvvliether its political char
acter Will be more ertsited than if Geo R.
Gilmer wore continued ij> office—Let him
enquire who first urged Mf. Gilmer to be
come a candidate,and he will find that some
of Mr. Lumpkin’s warmest friends saw in
Mr. Giimer.superior fitness, and they soil
cited him—Support of Mr. Gilmer is an
act of justice not toliiin alone but to our
ietves—to odi State, and its present and
future importance, improvement and char*
acter.
The land of Mrf ; ios.8tties, remains wot
though exertions are now mating to ito,
the breaks near the Augusta Road, and
am informed that it is 1st* Intention
tend tho work to those on the river.
1 ■ of) with much respect,
Sir, your oh’t sprv’t,
, ... ■ . F. E. TEBBAU, „
To Dx. Arrold, .Chairman Commitlc*
of Dry Culture.
r
Me jailor circumilmoe*. we regard is die heard s
fnutig the inon oxiidoidiiMiv ontir. •• ••„ i.-'.. ^ . f ra V
fhwig tho inoil oxiiduiditMiy optical an
„ . L , .. 'Cabinet.
Faithful to his principles, and true to
the professions under wnjoh he wai raised,
ahuott wiihnut his consent, by the voice of
din*, to hls ptm • Views and with a ' *" ’ IU0MI ’
, Prom the Charleston Courier•
isATESJ FROM FRANCE.
The ship Hamulus, arrived at New York
*b in!’,, left Havre un the evening of the
U3lh ult. She brought no papers, bqt let.
ters of the 29:h furnish intelligence of con
•lderable interest. War kppeart to Have
been considered as highly probable, at the
time of het sailing. We give below, a let-
tet to a commercial hquso in this oity.and
one to the editors of-the New Yotlf Jour.
nal of Commerce, which concur in the be
lief that a Continental Wat is likely to et>
It is onr duty,and we perform if willing-
I?, to deliver our sentiment! unreservedly,
on all Siihjeetsin which pufchc interest is
involved—the more important the subject,
tho greater our obligation to diffuse infor
mation to every quarter where we can ho
heard. A state circumstanced, and a go.
vernment constituted like ours, demand
from their very organization that the pco
pie ho informed, so that they may freely
discuss the abilities of nublic men to dis
charge public daties, and to scrutinize the
effects of public measures upon the pros
perity and importance ofth* Sr-.-. When
scorn, because their language of com lnen in ofiice P" r,u * wise and correct
of , rectitiide? e,, J^ l |'-' le consclou> boldn '‘* | “••snres.ther fear not the right of discat
moderation, pfudeimeand ehaflty, to pause ,,on '"; ci5e<i b f the people, and they
before it provokes each a spirt* to acts of
dosheration. If they are rigid, they are
entitled to tespect; if wrong, all reason
teaches that kindness and conciliation are
due to their criers. A people thus exc
‘led,-and as is well known, excited bv ran
"ion of the loss or property which they ve
rily believe is taken from them, not to ad
vance the honest purposes or government,
bat to promule individual speculation,
ought to be treated with great tenderness.
When they remonstrate against such •
course. And tha. government is acting
with cruel and reckless severity, and is en
dangering its own existence, that treats
w|th'in‘difference,or smiles with contempt,
•upon eooh growing nod peiscverinir disaf
fection.
court a fair canvass of their motives—it is
only disagreeable and dangerous to the
success of bad men who ascend to the tem
ple of fame through tha portals of intrigue
and corruption. Any attempt to pre-
vent a full and free investigation of a
public officer’s conduct, is a tyrany worse
than that edict of tho Decemhirs. which
compelled all men to be .uciry upon pain
or death. With thit declaration of our
sentiments, we cannit object to a free dis
mission of the capacity of a public officei.
to discharge a public trust, which be eith
er hat or desires tolieve. We deem this
important crisis in the affairs of this
Colonel Thornton, one of the Jackson
Candidates for Congress from Missonrijhaa
Withdrawn front the contest, io order moro
effectually to unite the parly. Them are
still two Jackson candidates in the field,
a gainst one Clayite.
It is said in some of tho New York pa-
port, that Mr. Van I»!]tab, will not proceed
to England in the frigato Pofomae.but will
go out in one of the line packets.
r *• is worthy of rrcoid (says the New
York Gazette) that there are now three
broad pendants flying in our harbor—the
blue, red, and white. The former at the
Navy Y«rd, under Com Chauncey; the
red on board the Potomac. Com. Downes,
•ltd the latter on board the Hudson, Com.
Cassia, just arrived from the Brazils.
E . r J?0iL o i a letler Trcg iced in this citi.
”H A VRlb, June 29.—A* regards po
litics, we remain in the same siaie as at
my last Of the Slit instant. All are exclu
stvely occupied with the elections, which
will be completed on tliohth of July. The
Chambers will assemble on the *3d of tho
same month. Nothing is yet decided as
(o the Belgians and Poles. Diplomacy asks
some further delay to adjust tho affairs of
ihe former, and every one thinks that. we
snail have War with Russia on account of
the fattei
k,
snipe one wa, j„ thc> . "»l»H i t| ll(
bedi and it was hot uofrl"'t
had bee,, mode, tl' a t i |,i w ^ rou f‘ , «i.cl,
the eoiuirfvv. S| m wak . r*‘‘ U ‘ «d la
aiarmed, mid slept well that . £ ,r '""cli
farther interruption. In thcc'mwL' ,, ' ,H " lt
ensuing tivcnty Kiur hour, ' ( Hie
the knocks; becans considerahH D i‘ 6,,li
ed, aqd insisted uuon ^ ” A ’civ
She was iratified.'J".', 4 "
* I he U9wi of this day ii very gloomy—
, J e fundt one frinc yesterday. Mar.
anal Sou It has returned in haste to Paris,
which gives rise to many conjectuies—in a
word, a War has. never been so probable
since the Revolution*
• But Verv fesv transactions have taken
place in Cotton Ihe past week. The mar
dieir.fitness, pud without regard to that
congeniality of polineal ri-Wj an d person
ai qualities wliiqli are becessary lo cive har
mony and efficiency to his counetls;he has
called around him patriot* of eminent
worth and of acknowledged talents, disre
gardlng their local weight. aDd the wjlu
enre of then Slabs In other words he has
looked to the public good rather than to
his own popularity, leaving that, as he has
always done, to Joltow him! Let us see if
this maxim of .true patriotism wus ever
more frilly exemplified,* ,
In tjie place of a Secretary of State
from the largest Stato in the Union,lie h
taken one from a State, giving at most bat
five voles—-end why? Because his educa-
tion, studies and experience,g'ave promise
that our diplomatic department ,w„uld eon,
ducted with ability and success.' |ie did
not stop to as,—Is the place filled for tire
ntan.bui is ihe man suited tdaheplac? not
whetlrer he was. popular, but is he qual
ified?—refylng.ha the sagacity and justice
or the people to look at the manner ir
which tlie work is pei/ormedl and to be-
to» tho reward of tiieir .approbation on
that which is faithfully and well done.
So will, the Treasury Department: ir
has been consigned to a statesman ( ,f ia rar
ner cun,|,anion and her friends,t u 2,,’ - v
her that it ivai.imaginary,or that th^ , '" f '
was produced bt- 'I'emsHve, ,, d
lUarni"*" , ®^ ovin K ,h e s'rong sen!'
"'erni and apprehqnsivu which a ml. n * 8
the confinoance of^which •bk'jtfinmh"''?
lever a persons is .required to huld I ° f
f-dprr^d
Melancholy —The Winchester (Vs.) Re
publican, of the 4th Inst, states, that while
Aiuwu if. Fuwcji, Esq. a distinguished
lawyer of that place, *as engaged in argu-
mg a cause before the county court of that
disttier, he staggered back into a chair,
and.exiending his arm, said—‘'my friends,
bleed me!’’—and died a few minutes af-
ter!
i« «ar* n% '■« t-uini^iicuioa siaicsiuoii oi iitntr
ff 1 " n * l < ,hou 6h quotations remain »' end enlightened views, anjuyina tire
“RmS o’fwWeh h • - | public confidence as the fruit pf hh!imegid
° f wh,oh we havejust, received tj. patnoiimi and public usefulness, ilio’
two heavy cargoes, by the Nassau and Pal hi« Stale can give but ohe role in the elec
las. ,l,„ very dtill-ssd the best lot, „i|| tion. Ineiearfof“akin” -- r*
not command mote than 21 a *4f” era?from a leading SiuT"". i.;„r/
Correspondence of the N. Y Jour, of Com tfrow her whole force into 'one icalu,'"" u
• HAVRE, Jo„”r r 29.-The eppear
a"e C dow„' m'jrVoe 11 ''!, '’b'" P 'a C? ;‘* |° CO " cili,, 'j invites to hi/council a
i i” 8 U 15 ro F°rted that law officer of distinguished talents hi his
,h."^ ren Gab!!/,'’''"P«'« »»<• *l**e«- char-
acier, wiiose ai.ne, cut up into districts.
This awful consideration,aside from our j State, and that the approaching eleetton
own positive suffering, presents a motive L ’ a ““ lni,Ine “ppro
of Itsclf’csicufated to animate the hues ' - OTernor , is one winch -ii! either es-
lablish firmly all the principles for which
animats the
m every lover ol his country, and prompt
him with eardfst seal to an untiring ex.mt
tulalton with talers to wake up from their
falsa security, end to ponder upon that ill
fated legislation, and continued Contemp,
orremonstrance, which lies Involved the
country m (he most perilous coodiiiou and
disturbed its peace with no common a-
larms.
We believe the proposed Coovention will
ha aide to present a train of facte, and a
lores ofreaionlng which,if not lofficient to
convince the government of its error, will
•t least bring out its moral heroism to us
u*i >cl a|, J our misfortunes to
their finished point of endurance.
From the Salem Mercury.
Commonwealth vr Chang amt Eng.—
Chang and Rug, the Siamese Tains
were arrested on a warrant lion a filagis
fret* for a breach of the Peace at Lyon
field, on Monday last, god bound over to
be of good behaviour and to keep thePeace,
In the turn of two huodrod dollars
They have for a few days past been rue
ttcating foi recreation and stay mg at the
Lynn field Hotel, so as to enjoy" the sports
of fishing on the pond and shooting in the
woods. The neighboring mhabilams have
haJ a vary eager curinsiry to catch a
glimpse of (heir movements while on their
•gpuriions. end have sometimes been rath
‘‘ * r tronblosomety obtrosive to tire Siamese
—whoso object was seclusion Last Sat
urday afternoon, they were io tho fields
shooting, each with his-fowling piece; a
considerable number , 15 or *0. idle pel-
sum,followed t 0 observe their, motions,and
some of the men or boys-were-probably oh
trusive and impertinent.
k . Two persons from Stonoham, Coi. El.
fi/idga Cerry and Mr. Prescott, went to
;j : warde them in the field, after they had
been liarraised and irritated considerably
, by Olliers—the asteodant of the Siamese re
quested tire persons io keep off, and by
svay of bravado .threatened that, if they
did not, llm Siamese would fimat them
The Colonel opened hie waistcoat and dar
cd them or him to fire, bur they did not—
,lho Col then indheretefy accused them
of falling a lie—tha attendant spoke to the
! ^ Siamese aboot lh« cliarge of lying—they
' exclaimed, “lle socuiej us of lying!” and
( one of them strusk tlie-Col. sylth-ths butt
fi. his guts—the- Colonel snatched up a
hkayy atone and threw ir ai the Siamese,
bit bits on-the'heed, brake through his
miller cap and made (be blood flow—
Tl>* Siamese then wheeled am) fired by
pfattoda at Iba Col. who washoriihly
frightened, as must other people would
hsee bass, though it turned out afterwards
that their pieces ware only charged with
powdtr- The noise an<! smoke were just
m ^reat M if iliey had been loeded with
Gov. Troop con,ended, or will terminate
io a change ol policy, destructive to the
prosperity, the character and the stability
of the Slate. Shall wa continue in office
Geo R, Gilmer,a faithful & watchful pub
lie officer, or shall we diihtrd Inm without
any cause, ot any act of his meriting such
evidence of public displeasure? Shall the
people of Georgia subject themselves to
the reproach of ficklenesr and a frivathy
of character, constantly seeking change
merely for iU oovaltyf We h.v, too much
confidence io the sound common senso of
our people to btliive they would render
Jjpin ires ii. hie to such a rep.Oaeh. Althn’
— ,arable' to rotation'in office, w e do think
as much injustice' may he done th-public,
by turning out of servien a vig,|, nr , nd
talented oflicai, as by destroying a spotless
repmation 'With base surmises snd unmanly
and ungenerous suspicion.-In the one,
eni is gsneral;in tho other it is individual—
Imho former, the effects are long felt; in
the latter, time, or a generous sympathy
cures tho wound which inaoavuUnce in
flictsd. In theebange of a Gove lnot which
II desired to be made by , miooritv, .. > a
believe, can any-goM or «hy beo'efit arise
from it. Contrasttha chiracter of Geo. R
Gilmer with that of Wilson'Lumpkin, and
to which can we Honestly attribdie the ben
capacity for ofiice—to which the most fit
nee. The one is consistent in his political
conducl.devoted to the rights of the Stefe
end to the permanency of the Union,
relisting enbroaeftoent. on the sovereign
ty of the one with firmness, and rejecting
a dissolution of the-other, as dangerous
and destructive td oiir existence or liberty
Free In his support or the Administration,
because its measures hive been w i.e: be tin
judiciously co operated Si harmonized with
tha President upon every subject of moving
interest to this Bute. The other has been
vacillating and devious in his course-
cold and cautious in euppoit of prin-
etple.' At one time the prudent ad
mirer of Jackson, when supported by
Mr, Calhoun—at another time, studious
Iff xvoiding any oven act by which his al
legiance to the Vice-Preiidrnr could he
impugned, or his secret hostility to’I he
President, would be manifested. A Vol-
neteer retailer of news to raise the hopes
Accoiding to the Alabama Journai ot
'he Oth inst. Dixon II. Lewis, has heat hid
opponent,Governor Murphy, for Congress,
by a very decided majority.
Tho population of Liverpool, by a l.je
Census taken, is ascertained to be I R3.400.
Including the suburbs, more than 200,009*
(ro* the savannah xcrDaucAR.]
Messrs. Editors—1( yon will acceptor
the following hypothesis to account for the
peculiar phenomenon in ofdms, which, at
the present time has excilod the curiosity
of our good citizens, it is >t y our jCi
and theirs-so far as it is in accordance
with truth: w
Light, you are aware, is divided into
seven primary eolors—violet, indigo, blue,'
green, yellow, orange, and red, possessing
different degrees of refrangibility. For the
transmission of »ome of these colors, io
each rajr, violet', indigo and blue, for in
stance, our atmosphere opposes greater re
sistance, much is consequently slopped iff
spBce, and causes the Heavens to assume
thst beautiful blue we so uinefr admire.*
Ow.ng, perhaps, to a ordinary
uensity of the atmosphere lately, the pro
portion ot the above eolori.arreited in th.ir
progress, has been greater than usual: ilia
succeeding rays of light, in p„,| n g , hro .
he medium thus formed, present a reflec
tion somewhat similar to that obtained by
th. ir passage through blue stained gian.
file I renuh Cabinet, iqjdace of Casmiir
Perict. and that an army is marching for
Belgium. We shall soon have that inipor
tani question determined.
••Cotton dull all lust week, onlv 500
•<ales Jolfl; but yesterday and day before
1200 bale havit ..osHfsj-sed of. a*ash e5
I8.3f, tales Pots 401. lOO bbls. .\m. Fl.jur,’
•old at 42r,freo Air. Chariot, and Wa’tcli
man from U States; i’aiias, froin Charles
Ion; Havre, from N. York, on the 24th."
Sales or Cott'N—24th—IS bales
Lou. 90; 23 Ten 67 1-2 25th—95 Louis.
82. 53 dn 91; 83 Georgia 93. 27th—109
Loo. 94; 50 do. 95; 56 do 84; 77 at 92;6|
Mobile 8. t 2; HO do 8o; an do. 85. 2S'h
—44 Loo 94; 28 do at 93; SO Mobile 89;
50 do. 87; SO at 86 I ?; 337 Term 88.
Another letter says—"Political affairs
are more complicated than ever we are
probably on the eve of a more violent con
vitlsiiiD than the last ”
Cap;. Cushing, of the ifomefiM,informs
that two dare bcforc'liis sailing, it was re
purled that Antwerp had been burnt The
report was next day contradicted, but in
telligence of that event was generally ex
pected at Havre.
»iuv have but a solitary vote to give.
hor lire War Department he chooses a
gentleman from a distant Territory, with
out a single vote at us disposal; and wliyi
Because his residence, his associations,his
experience, hi. knowledge of our Indian
relations, make him familfnr with the in
terests most immediately corine,.ted with
that branch of tire Government; whilst hi*
talents as a writer, and his iUr.ividual en
lerpriEe, quality him to explain and do
fend these interests. To one conversant
with our commercial relations, schooled by
ft q'uirn moments, yho seizes th.' Scf" 8
hoar I w th her hands, and ondeavon ' 4
hold it; or removes si f ar f' 0 „ ">
where tire noise proceeded a. poii!m. PUC8
. rite .knocks are rapid, ffiafiL ■
intonations, so heavym io shako th. il- d
and so load as lo bo fleatd jh the arlln ^^ 8 '
rooms, and -h.n ihe wllidiw^r/np'm*
)he Street and adjoining dwellings. P , "
are never lee. than three, and rarely , re^
'hap five at any One.lime. They are heard
at irregular iot^rfali during the day ant i
n 'ghl. . Persons in the loom at thefime^
not only near them distinctly, but when
seated on the bedf, or standing near it f.J!
he cuncusiioj,.. A gentleman who! '.'h
t/o or th,reg beighhors, sat up with her nn
Sunday uighi, says ho wa, .Undin. .,7k!
neau U! the bed when it was heard "on one
o* c.iston durtnc the nieht.. enH»h-»
* A few vests afro, tn rieit:— --
of Frazer’s Trsve'i, i„ Asial-Vi remem*
her anghl-he states that from one of the
lofty summit, of the Himmal.ga, the.kv
was, m appearance, as black as ink, and
the sun, an orb of more dazzling bright
""‘S’ ,h *“ »heu 'viewed from a cbmniiin
Prom the same.
Remarkable stale of the Atmosphere-
?'° c * Thursday lust, ,,ur atmosphare tus
exhibited appearance! which are wotthv
of record On Thursday ir.omiug
■i®'if ,rS i chan * e '^ Wa * indi< y !ed hy the color
the Sou. ||e rose of a whito color, and
continued throughout Ihe dar to shed a
pnleand feeble light On Friday, the
appearances were repeated, with the ad
dition or a slight bluish tinge, where the
rays fell on walls and ether white objects
In tho evening of that day, after he had
tit, the light continued to increase unhl halt
<pastseven accompanied by a beautiful ex
hibition of the red rays which skirted the
horizon from west to noflh, were .Vmiiy
visible ib tne north east, and were not eo
tirely dissipated until after eight o’clock
although the sun set at thirty nine minutes
past sty.
Un Saturday, Ihe lama auna...;,.., ....
repeated, hut pethape were not sn remark
ab e ss those of the preceding day. On
Sunday, lire fiy/if of the Sun bad io far
diminished. Ihat’at noun it presented an
appearance precisely similar to that ol the
late Solar eclipse, when the sun eov
.reJ.'e.en-nd a half dig,,,, except that
If tinged every! object on .which its rays
fell will, a very ..noM- b!.., A."
. a »b!c blij. Culur. Aff a
uimuins btfore six p.
III. y *, “ r*-*
The Siamese went immediately Into ° r ‘ n ! ‘' ri " n, f °' ''"eff.eml t° in-
Ihe Hotel and loaded with hall—the Co!. | JU, “ on * , ' ho,n b * once delighted to boo
and Hr^Freseou learning this, were great ]*?• Where io this, slate, or in tha halls of
If alarmed, and eudeciored to keen out of > Cougtets,b.« Mr. Lumpkin given any «>i.
SatAlrliaB, August 1st, iisi,
Sir—I have now completed tha inspec
tion of foods subject to Dry Culture, and
beg leave to report as follows:—
The land of Jos. Mr. Jadkton, Esq. is
dry—the dadts.and ditches in order With
the exceptions made mmy report of Jhly,
oothuig has yet been chine to tha ditchhs’
there alluded W>; In cunscquence of which
they now contain offensive stagnant water
(N. B. Aug. I*!h) Mr. Jackson assures
me that he is now engaged in'putlibg his
ditches irt order.
The land of James Bilbo, i» alio dry,
and tho ditches sweet. The dams are not
m order to resist a nighxprmg lido, owing
to the damage sustained in Joly. Captain
Hannura has, however,been engaged in re
pairing them, and will no doubt, complete
rite work for his own safety.
Tho plantation of Mi.' Thos. Spalding,
is In cuinplete order. 8
The food of estate of Bayard, remains
at heretofore reported.
The plantation ol Col.Mycrs, is in good
order.
The lands of Wm.Scarborough, and oth
ers,ii wet having been flowed by high tides.
The Jama, 6c, as formerly reported.
a tti . the hazo was
.u dense '?] thai ... looking at the sun, it
Formed a protection for lire eye so perfect
that it might he contemplated with less
election that organ than would happen in
Ure'hT"*/' "" X ’“ A,lh * »«'"* limo
the body of the sun appoated of a pale
green co'Or, approaching a blue, his edge
•as pe.fectly well defined, and „• ray. cast
410 sensible shadow. lie hud not I,,, „-
lung recovered his usual splendin
,,7' *' "“"n the thermometer
•t«Kl ac 8 degree, Fafeinhei. in the
hade, and it rose only .ev,„ degree,, af
ter expo,lag ,t to the sun during Ui. sp, c .
of twenty nimulcy b P
. u m., le "' n , " hlch e " ordinary occasion
lou d ' g . L ,4 **r in a few eeconda,
»ou,d not born black sub,lancet.
J he concentrated ray, formed isy the leo,
are, »(' 0 * n ° n bulb » f thermo,,,
•ter, s. lien it rose lo 98 degrees. Usd Ihe
h * n, b ''" C r 7 wilh lamp black it would
remvcl i , o fl,C " !d ,b “ h «'’ *nd pre
venred its frill action on lire mercury. It
is worthy of remark that ihe'Mnon show
!nh;;, ,i ~; ,bu,,ueh
It Is well Known th.tsn easterly wind
!•*!;»>• efrendad with a haze which chao
«« ihe color ordisiani pbjects, tenderin'
them more or less ind winct according i»
tao,!- , '.' | J, oom“ i, !! m M,t% Uoin lhe “•»'
is the m„,o. n **Pr»*s it; that
id which read F . '* f,5 " lon >> increav
red rev " ,C lat * Presence of ihe
ind the 7ni"“ ,,U 'l 0 " Jf li K ht "«*'
. ,h " eofinru 0 f lhB |i-|„. bu , .
not see iheir applicability to , lie green a
52T3- 1 "« sen. /h.n hU , C d!i wV.
' llor 10 ,be incrcaie o*f light
lone habit in public affairs, of enncilfoiin
manners, and of establiihed character as a
man of business, who will ihinlt before Ire
acts, yet will act with promptness end el
feci, he has judiciously confided the
administration of the Navy. And fi-
nally for the management of tire Geii
«ral 1 ost Office,* hi* high anticipation
being fulfilled, and h:s original opinion
and predilections being fully justified
and coaliimcd>y Ihe talents ami fidelity „f
the incumbent. Ire x tsiu, him a, a iru-
friend and safe councilor. In a|| time.tlre
organization of his Cabinet has been eon-
sideied ss the leading index to the views
and principles of the Chiel Executive Me
Eistrata. In .fi ihme appointments, then,
• here is there a .gut to' wnich .injection
C i n . - '"er 1 *’ **cop' by those predetenmn
lujinu juutit Hava they bean made
with servile regard to local 'refinance?—
ritat cannot bo pretended. Did the Bresi
deni Mop to esk. .re you for A. oi rie you
for B. a, my sue-essar? Certainly riot —
No one can assert that he did Did htfnop
to interrogate tha man of his choice' to
what ancient party in politics did you" be-
long? What reli.*ion du jou prolnd No
e“? h , tbl "6' n will not be pretended that lie
did True to his pledge aud with motives
pure and elevated, he sought men of til
ants ..id virtue,-having at heart the honor
and welfare or lire country exclusively; dis
naming to calculate the effect on Ins own
popularity; except ,o far as ho had a just
and confidiiifff reliimro .hm v „,
Qnrf arm..;. . — *** 7**
g-'.r itowffitusilip wouit! be
followed—ns If unlLby last award front
,uddi;n..“ l i, , oleu|eDuugh lo throw bit
hand from the hegdboatd. and that it
!*. ", ,nr *S if no J appalling,at lean i m .
poss.ble to account for. » t
. Experitnqnts have been made, by chao-
h *f Poeitionon the bed,but without.ue
cess If the head b, rover.ed, tl 10 h„ocb
tng is heard in tho ijew. position. If laid
mi lire flftoi, it is heard there,diiictly under
her head, and is sufficiently loud to be
h atd in the room berniv. If pfoerd in a
position against eelBng, it l/l,.,,d
t ler ' Th * inrentioo.lt to teuiove her to
!d°l m s r' a,e ' ? “"‘ghbxiur has offer-
dating r P“'P0>* in his own
It IS uot easy to account for this phono
'.'•non The „.,uf, of the room »m
ffitiroused“ 8m ' 1 .•“* d «“PMont end the
a',!'' " 8 , condttiun 0 f thomothorand
precinoeatl ideapn iheir part
b -I b '! ,of ’ Pf eonru; tha, i? it . to b.
ascribed to any qths. thaii natural causes,
Ferhaps to a very Ample canto. But so
far it baffles investigation, audlhhs p.odi,.
“urimod* " ,tle iu lh *
"I*
, h ,,v# eo™* psins to .ascertain
he facts, in rel.tion to.iho yoiiug womio
in Daniels meet, of which mention
" > * d “ ,‘ h *Arfi.us, am) F,eem,n’s AOvo. *
“ i* ™pf"‘"|.e«d have become fully,
aflhMlnn b ‘r!. 1 s*v»re spasmodic:
affec.ion. rhe phenomenon at tire Argus’
corresntmdcnt it •
the ear of every lionet patriot—- well done
thou good and faithful servant.” Let tire
people then reflect, how vastly mure im
portent i i this, that's under any oilier form
of government, that patriotic purposes
sh.iuld b encouraged by puUm raauilasia
Uoo» of connuence an i affection. In all
ihosa app.iintMeiits they have seen an U o
exan.pleil rtispfoy ol d slntere.tedneis, of
oxeiffpiion from ilia vulgar pursuit of pop
iilarify by vulgar meant. They behold in
tnem proofs of an ex. lu-nvr desira to have
tfte bunness of tbs nation wisely and faitn
fully transacted; and their good tense
wilt tftzch them, whilst wo are enjsyiug a
degree uf prosperity, in all the walks of
unexampled throughout lire world
lhat it is the part alike or gratitude and of
wisdom to "let vE.r well aL'.nE."
• jr ——— wi were BJ •
lowed to come into tha room; ibis knock-
tag that has been so qiucb talked about
was he,ltd,simultaneously with lire spasms.
« his was of course, sufficient to »iv« cur
rency to the- story that uta >na~n|. w-t-
prudoced by Hc.ring the koqckjog. Uni
' ? B,h , u < ^hp'i thotp.jins corns on,
they breoght liar teeth so vlrfently in con-
.?* P ro,,u '«lh* noise, orkorekitig
tint has been regarded as snperniluial.—
Great praise It due t« Mr. Low ‘who hay
taken tlie fufferor to hii sen bouse and
prohibit, any person from seeing list ex.
»" etteodanis. Hire ws, tfiiroiorn
mg rational, apparently boner, took ra
freshniams, and begged the people might
bo kept from comimi into h.; * I
tlrero is res sumo believe that sire wfil soon
people, which is legl'limPteV gratslul “to ‘ ! ‘ 6 Cu,,lin “»* '®„ b * dealt with
iheeifnfpvavL l.„ n .
• „ * ...-.a UOdll Wlin
m the same way as is at present adopred.
The following latter from Louis Napo.
loon Buonaparte, dared London, June 17,
appears in the 'le.'tljn of this mof mug:—
“.Sir,—| find in your journal of the 13th
Iiivtaui, the futiowing paragraph:—Tlie
Blithest of gt, Leu. ha? been resident in
Londoq for several'pecks, ana it,. , a jJ
that tire ex (kuaen of Holland is lookine
for an oppurtunijy to offer her son to the
From the Albany Argus.
Tha following eomtnouiostion is'from a
respect.bla source The write,
fee. precise y a, Ire believes lljon, to exist
But after all limgmetmn and rumou It ,ve
oudoiihtadly lam their coloring to ih,
lair. Tho case as excited iho fears nf some
."dihecnnusny of raallJ , Hl|| hlf# ’
i.ll h.a ,h, ‘ thal *l'P«are singular u.w
'v&irsza
^!.ncr P hZ,r.:^j7^““ fab «!--:
'hat the
where h *111 "«l be (opeated;aud
*h«ra it it hoped lhat neither excited -
a. , , * *. ’ ’VS -- *sws JUIl go inA
Belgians, m case titty found ..difii ulty j n
choosing a aoverelgn ’ from this It ap.
pear* tjlit my qioilier's pretence in Enc*
i . tj T t - preionce in Kur
land i# attributed to political b 5 t '
*ne is there onljr because she would not be
•oparated from hci only remaining son
„‘™ 8 J ul " td th .* Partiaant in the causa
T^" C 7 n ,Uljr J.' ha,e beel > com
pel.ed to lake refuge in England. France
• la. being still ,l,u?a g5ia , t
. O'—” ,11? IH’HB
et. however aspires to nothing but repose
and trenquillityjand I myself, fag froin en-
"» ff alarm, no, ,11 direct^ym!,.,,
••I .turnda. She i. i„ tn. hand, Ir .Z!
TeZt'^ who i, .*
least skeptical a, io me crfrnl of the aim-
ed knocking; and "ho belre.es as w. I„
w!fi axniam *“ n,i "e 1 "'" premise,
ill explain the supposed m hi cry
.no i n..!??l iinar}l C "«- A lemela bei.ee
18 and ! 7 years of age, the daugiiter of a
widow Woman, in moderate ciicumstances
ivsnirng m Daniels street, in ihia crit*
■lie subject af fire following lingular di.
•ere. or visitation >'“(mar dis
She has'icon afflicted wfih hysterical or
"'*• »• intervals, durioV lire L,
•ghteen mmiilii; b,,t f ur e*,,,.! -A.
”t months, down lo the last waelr i„
inm i.ratieeiy g „„d On Tll^Vv
»*«nig,as th* was preparing lo gtrio
(ertaining projcLls of ambition, desire only
to serve my tiountry, or promote .tho causa
oi liberty among foreign nations 1 should
ong igo have appeared as a volunteer in
lire gloiiou. ranks or the ,
ihusc of tire immortal Poles, hid I nhe
been apprehensive that my actnfi,. woniJ
havo been Imputed to views ofpcrsonsl Is
teresl,and thal my nemo might have ucca
•toned uiieaimei* to timid dipfonucay
wiiich is incapable of giving credit *o dis-
lutcrealed devotrdness. or thal sympathy
fortune' " l,p, " d b T ,cein S * peep!" io intg
v lho ,„ ler Loul>
Nap deon Buonap.,1. .hich we h . d di,cc»
y address^ to us. It. n.nla and touching .
Mgiugcw.fi find .toon, ou, ststesmeu
but frueen heart . Lot if \, of , njlur , „ .
P 'pulat sympathies. That calcu? ,
lal.ng system of dark calmnnios, which is
foi owed wifi, „ lcI , , p eifi d U00 , blln dn...>s
Will hut have served this time to pot io iia
pioper P'.iot of view a noble character.—
Ham-li d from France by men who hue
nut barn willing to aaocliun the great net
of justice of the people agiluvt a perjured
f.mtlv; dm.,, ay the rage of Kings, from
that lu.y where he had fuuglit foi Use as- •
ered came of liberty.Louis Napolcou iffma
parte lagrets that b has not ppwer tase OfV
as a volunteer, in the glorious ranks of iht
•l.l