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late church wardens, in their enoviting career, have had its worm eaten aides thickly covered yritha coating of paint, to make it harmonize with their othei beautifications inside the church. A no* ble tree too, upon which from time im memorial the bacon was wont to be suspended, has, in asimuiar outrage upon annqu.'y, been lately cut down! Whether it was, * thrift! thrift!’ that prompted thin downwl, or an i nprenaion that the f.ic* *IW PyJL bearing another crop of thi-. quairifir nt of tha older we know not. I’ may be added, that of the few ancient*- who have witnessed the custom, we know there is still living an old lady, who real* •tnberg the giving of the last ditch, and who partook of the bacon: this was 70 yean* ago—has Dunmow, forfeited t> charter? or were Thomas and Ann Shak erhaft the last couple m the county of K* iex, who have been able to substantiate the conditions n r tho CABINET. tVARR ENTON. MAY 31, 1828. The first number ol the Rural Ca binkt ia now presented to its pa tron*. It is not such as the publisher could desire either in appearance or an regards the articles which fill its Columns —the numerous inconvcnicn cies necessarily attendant on the issu ing of the first number of a periodi cal, (known only to the craft,) must plead in extenuation. The publisher however, flatters himself, when the mechanical apparatus get properly under way, and tho expected supply of the periodicals of the day are re- 1 ceivrti, that the CABtWKT, both in itr appearance and contents, will bo such i as to meet the wishes ami expecta tions of its friends and patrons. The Prospectus will be found on our first page. LIGHT EVEN IN GEORGIA ” The Alexandria Phoenix Gazette, Some time since ventured to announce that there was light even in Georgia. Was this discovery made through their gift of second-sight.—and thro’ tin* medium, did they behold the em bryo Olive Branch expanding itN Imvoa for the healing of this nation—Or was it the cheering prospect of the con templated administration convention at Wriglitsborougli, Columbia coun ty, whose eradiations are to illumine our political horizon, after (lie 7tli proximo. Quere. Can the Phoenix Gazette give us any light, as to wheth er the Mishael Smith, author of ti geographical view of the British pos sessions in North America,* * His tory of the late war,* &c. &c. (who is to be the dispenser of the light which we in Georgia are to receive through the medium of hia Olive Branch ) is or is not the identical M. Smith of whom such distinguished mention is made in the following resolution, co pied from the Minutes of the Georgia Association, held at Clark’s Station Meeting House, Wilkes county, Oc tober 15th. 14th, 15th and I6lh, 1821, signed by Jesse Mercer, Moderator, gild Jabez P Marshall, Clerk. • Resolved, That we disclaim any connexion with tho character or < conduct of a certain M. Smith, who calls himself a preacher in our denomination. Said Smith has be n travelling with his family in <* this and other states, to the great * discredit of us as a religious body.” By the last mail, we received the speech of our faithful and vigilent rep resentative Gen. Thompson, on tin proposed alteration of the Tariff, de livered in the House of Representa tives of the United Slates, on the 2lst April, 1828. Its length pre cludes its publication in our present number. His spirit and sentiments, we hesitate not to say, are such as his constituents will approve and duly appreciate when again called upon to mtke their selection of Con ge ssion&t Representatives. It is confidently reported that Gov. B.Arbour is to be nominated as minis- ter to Great Britain—and Gen. Peter B. Porter as se retary of war. Vir ginia and New-York will not even be amused with such tubs, much less can they “pull uu t Leviathan with [such] a hook** CONGRESS. The nose committee have at length node their reports—yes their reports —one from tho bare majority and the other from the full minority. The irst, closes with resolutions which nay Mr. Jarvis* assault on Mr. Ad ams in the Ritundo of tho capitol, vas a violation of the privilege which oerits tho censure of the House; and ‘bat it is not expedient to have any further proceedings in the case.—• The second closes with a resolution that it is not competent to the House f Representatives to punish Russell Jarvis for the assault upon the pri vate Secretary of tho President, or for a contempt Ui the House, lloth reports were ordered to lie on the tabic. There may they rest in peace and so may Mr. Adams* nose. So ends the Congressional chapter on noses. The Senate on the 15th inst. proreed ed to the election of president pro tern. The choice devolved in the first in stance, almost unanimously, upon the venerable Mr. Macon, who rose (evi dently laboring under the most pain ful sensations) to thank the Senate for the honor which it had conferred upon him, in elevating him to so high and dignified a station. Past experience ! warned him that ois voire was too feeble now, and Ins hearing ton inar ticulate, to enable him to fill the sta tion with usefulness to the Senate; convinced, as he was, of those infir mities, the natural attendants upon did age, he thought it would be im-J proper in him to accept. He consid ered it one of the greatest honors that could be conferred, and indeed lie was proud of it, though he was sen sible it was rather the result of kind-* ly feeling, in a body of gentlwen with whom he had been so long associated, than fi mil any merit which he could lay claim to. That would be U* last time that ho would ever have it in his power to make such an acknowledgment. There wero occa sions, where the human mind would bo fraught with emotion, where feel ing was too powerful to be resisted, and where words could not give vent to them. His heart, was too full to reed—he, therefore, could only im press his grateful sense of the kiid? ness of the Senate, and pray to be ox* cuscd from serving. Which wislfwts acquiesced in. The strong excitement under which that venerable gentleman labored, extended itself to the Senate; ami in> deed it was an event of no common interest to behold one, who, a9 had been eloquently said of him, had been for more than fifty years a (entitl'd upon the watch-tower of liberty, declining those honors which his countrymen were proud to bestow, from tho consciousness that the infir mities of age were hastening on him. On the second ballot, Gen Smith was chosen, am) was conducted to the Chair in due form. The bill from the House of Repre sentatives to abolish the office of Ma jor General in the Army ot the Unit ed States, was read twice, and alter a short discussion, referred to the Com mittee on Military Affairs. In the House, on the 15th, the bdi to nbolish the office of Major General in the military peace establishment of the United States, was read a third time and passed by a large majority. All the amendments of the Senate to the Tariff bill were concurred in Committee of the Whole, and were afterwards agreed to by the House, so the bill is passed by both bodies. Mr. Hamilton presented a report from the Select Committee on Retrench-1 merit, and Mr. Sergeant presented a report from the minority of the same 1 Committee both of which were refer- I red to a Committee of tbo Whole ion the State of the Union, and 60 (ht copies of both were ordered to be printed* FOREIGN. Tho intelligence from Europe, by the latest arrivals, 19 neither desci sivc or satisfactory. In Portugal, it seems, that Don Miguel is deter mined to subvert the Constitution, and to cause himself to be proclaimed absolute king—Ac although it appears the British troops have been with drawn, yet a naval force is still kept in the Tagus, and forts com manding the entrance of that River have also been garrisoned by marines —As to the relations between Rus sia and Turkey, while the informa tion from various sources give them a more pacific aspect, recent a< - counts from Odessa state that. Russia had declared war against Turkey. Mr. CLAY, lias arrived in Baltimore. While at Philadelphia, he received a letter, signed by 22 of the Citizens of Baltimore, invit ing him to sojourn a few days with them, on his return for the purpose ot enabling their fellow citizens to exchange saluta (ions with him, and in some acceptable form, to testify, through him, their entire confidence in the Administration. —Mr Clay acknowledged their civility by a note from Philadelphia—and promised, in compliance with his original intention, (to which their kind invitation formed an additional motive,) t remain one day with them. Ho thanked them for the friendly interest they took in the re-C3- tablishinent of his health—and says he has the satisfaction to tell them, that tJi. gentleman ot the faculty whom he had come to Philadelphia to consult, a-sure him, that a temporary abstraction from business, and exercise, will accomplish that object. Tlv’ steamboat in which he came fioin Philadelphia was met on Monday evening by a number of the citizens ot Baltimore in the Steamboat Patuxent He was received by a selute of cheers, both by the citizens in tho boat and by a crowd when he landed at the wharf. lie declined a public dinner, but recei ved the salutations of the citizens from 11 to 2, &7to 9on Tuesday—lie was in duced to accede to the request of a fen friends to dine with them at an early hour —and ‘though evidently labouring under debility from indisposition,’ &c. he contrived to muster up strength enough to make them a speech!—in the course wf which lie discharged a few hot shot a gainst the present opposition—and con cluded by invoking the visit ation of ‘any scourge other than military rule, or blind and heedless enthusiasm for mere milita ry renown.’ Rich. Enq. Federal and Jlepubliccm Stales in 1800. It is amusing to look back about a quarter of a century and discover the resemblance between the politics of that period and the present. Os the States then in exis tence every one now claimed with any confidence by the present administration voted for the elder Adams and was then federal\ while those, now strongly oppos ed to the present administration, voted for Mr. Jefferson and were republican. New Hampshire then, as now, was under federal control; though then, as now, she had one Senator in Congress, namelr, the venerable Languor, who resisted the anti-republican measures of the ad ministration. We subjoin, as a useful memento of olden times, and as a remark able‘coincidence’ with the present state of things, the vote for President in 1800 JEFFERSOX. A ETA MS. New-llampshire 0 0 Massachusetts 0 1G Rhode-bland 0 4 Connecticut 0 9 Vermont 0 4 New York * 12 0 New-Jersey 0 7 Pennsylvania 8 7 Delaw are-* 0 3 Maryland 5 5 Virginia 21 0 Kentucky*** 4 0 North-Carolina 8 4 i south-Carolina 8 O Georgia 4 0 73 65 C vV. U, Patriot.) j ■jJr SCRAP-MONGER, No. I. f f To the Publisher of the Cabinet. On reading the prospectus of ynur intended paper, I determined to cast ia ! my offering and essay to fill up (occasion ally) a column or so, with such things, old and new—rare and curious—selected or original, as my limited resources and moderate capacity may enable me. I 9)1.3!! make no distinction in the scraps with which I may furnish you, between what may be selected and what original. I am not induced to pursue this course, from a disposition to pirate up on the labours of others, or to foist any thin r jr of my own on them—far from it—The truth is, I read a little and I write much less—it in the course, of my reading, l find what I would call a good thing , l shall be willing to spread the dainty before others, that they nay partake of the repasture; and if, at times, I should get in the humor to drive the quill a little, and tax the folks with the cogitations, .whims and oddities of my own brain, this plan will enabie me now and then to slip in a portion of niy own small wares, without the dread of exposing myself to severer criticism than may justly fall to my share as an humble gleaner in the field of literature. For sooth, why need your readers trouble themselves with any enquiry a3 to the authorship of my excerptions —are they amused or instructed, “therewith let them be content,” and if, purchance, they should find in the group a posy tint sa vors of Parnassus, let them bear in mind, l claim (avowedly) nothing but the thread which binds it together. IF I HAD MONEY, I would pay ofi’all my bills. I would not let the industrious man suffer. 1 wou! i net he annoyed myself by having a hi:4 thrsut into my face every other hour: nor would I annoy the diffident feelings of t worthy fnan, by compelling him to im - portune me for money he wanted, and which he ought to have. If I bad Money, I would relieve tho w ants of the poor in my own neighbor hood. 1 would endeavor to reconcile the. unfortunate to the lot of the sick aid aged. The depressed, the dejected, tho’ niserable, should find a friend, an i if I c< ul I not prevent their misfit times or dleviate their distresses, 1 would at ica?t encourage them to the practice of virtue, by -uch assistance as I could render them, wore it nothing more than good a-V v ce and kind treatment. It I had money I would deliver tiro ‘orphan, the widow, and the oppressed f> om the fangs of the cruel, the mercen ary and unprincipled. I would hear tha story of their wrongs and they should 1 find redress. H 1 had money I would not rpend it in vain ostentation. I would not spend it in theatres, or horse race-; taverns or b lliard tables, trainings or routs: bu s after paying my just debts, I would de vote what I thought I ought to afford, to the real practical purposes ofcharity and mercy; to the afflicted; to the smitten; to the poor in heart; the good and unfor tunate of the human family; apart from all motives of interest, all pride of play and bigotry of opinion. Isl had money, I would not spend it in dissipation making myself the object for SCORN, to point its ‘Unmoving finger* at. I would not spend it in dress; irr gambling or lottery tickets; ncr would f hazard the whole in a single speculation* however flattering the prospect might aps pear. Rut, I would remember, that a ;virtuous and temperate life, is the true happiness and glory ofa rational being and that all enterprizes, though they be planned with the utmost skill, aie subject in common with all other things, to change. If 1 had money, I would not give it to-. Foreign Missionary Societies so long as our countrymen at home and in our owr* state too, were debarred by poverty from the priviledge of hearing the gospel preached to them and their children • But 1 would assist in enlightening the minds of my own countrymen, and in promoting their temporal and moral in terests. and of course the interests of nay country, before I would give my money to benefit any other nation on earth;—though my name with the a mount of my donations should not be pub lished in the reports of Bible Societies, &c. &c. Isl had Money, I would give a little ■ 1° g ome poor child of my neighbor’- to whom it would be move necessary ir* its education, than it would be to a Hindoo.