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fl<o prodigies of hrs performances, a quarto! raw ruu assumed the air of numeration; nor was there aught too iiu ri-iiible (or belief or too fanciful for cxpi-rtaiioii, when the world yaw a minder ot ohl shoes, drink three q ; <*.r ,*• without a stagger. All the Ui iw- tuts of antiquity became Ilea bites tu his ronteuiplution; **#####% s*;'! he disposed of gallons* and <) i -t u, and pints, and gills, and mugs, i<> l they were invisible measures of lue Lilliputian*}. •Such is a faint and feeble picture of Boraeliio bibler, the first (and it is to he hoped the last) emperor of di UnKurds. From the Winchester [ Vtr. J / ie/jublican # fcWKARI NGEN Hlld Ills IhUMMOUK. We have verbally heard through Various channels, in a manner which goes to render Ihe fact very probable ti-at George Van Swearingen, who is charged with having murdered his wife, in Allegany county, Md. in September last, was men tiy taken near the Red River, in Kwiitm ky, to gether with Rachael Cunningham, Ins suspected partner in the crime. It is said they were apprehended by a ta vern keeper, (who w also a post mas ter,) at whose house they had passed the night. !o an hour after their de parture, the inhil arriving with Go vernor Kent’s proclamation, describ ing Swearingen and his Paramour, suspicion was directed towards them, and the postmaster collecting a few neighbors, went in pm suit and over took them in two or three horns. Kmm another source we have heard the following history of Hat had Cun ningham, to whom Lille’s Millwood , in the tragedy of George Barnwell, cannot hold a candle. She was brought up at Bedford, Pa. where she was probably early initiat ed into the corruptions of that (dur ing the. watering season) fashionable and licentious place. Os her early history however, we have heard no thing exceps that her person was per fe< tty lovely, and that her counte nance was a mirror in which each Winning grace strove ’ for pre-cini Bence. Possessing, perhaps, as great a share of personal beauty as was ev er lavished on a woman in the most w anton freaks of nature’s workman slop—rivalling perhaps the fabled ny uijihs of Cyprus; she visited Frank 1 >;<mty, Pa. where the first at of t drama may be said to have open sue there ensnared the affections of Mr. L , one of the most we.d tl y hi and thitherto respectable mer chants of that county, and effected a separation between himself ami wife. Stung at length with remorse, he SMC >;ned suflii lent courage to break the spell w)d h bound him, by a sic resflful stratagem, ffe’ ted through the aid df one of his clerks, he suc ceeded in extricating himself. The scene now shifts to Pittsburg, Where the heroine of the drama soon Captivated a wealthy blacksmith, the proprietor also of an extensive livery stable, whose infidelity also threw his Wife into a frenzy, ami caused her, in a moment of revenge and desperation, to set fire to her husbands possessions by which bis extensive stables and forty burses were consumed* This effected the wife’s desires, and the mo dern Millwood was again cast upon the world. The scene next shifts to .Jtarrishnrg, the capital of IVnnsylva lira, where she soon contracted an-a motir with , a name foremost in the list of debauchees and profligates in that said aiul exemplary stair. The consequence of which was anoth er matrimonial separation. Her rea son for leaving him we do not remem ber, nor is it material. The fourth act finds her in Hagers town, Md. where she speedily en trapped in her toils the sheriff of the County, George Van Swearingen, who has frequently been heard to say that he never knew or felt the raptures of love until lie looked upon this svren. that U? 5 never could gaze upon her without his whole frame being; wrought up to the highest state of be-I wildermg excitement.—To her lie mficcd every thing—furtune, honor, time, for her he became a felon—anni fur her lie will probably die a felon's I death. The fifth &, last ret is yo to b * p r formed. The matcriels are at hand— j the dungeon scene—the gallows—the! executioner—the assembled multitude! —tho dying speech and the slow but| certain triumph of justice. This history is brief,* hut what a tale does it unfold! We question whether, if w ritten but at length, the life of any other woman in this or any other country would present a foiilei pi tore of seif polution, lust and loath someness, with a more lamentable conquest over connubial honor or do mestic peace.—The desire of gain may induce some hireling writer arid more sordid publisher to collect the |iarticuiars of her life, and spread tin in b( fore the world, professedly as a beacon light to guard tho morals of our country women from similar exces ses. But we trust not. Such a book, hy presenting in captivating language her career of crime, would do infinite mischief, and be the means of bright ing many a fair flower, that but for it would have expanded its chaste and glowing beauties of virtuous inno. cence. and cast a fragrant odour upon the circle of its admirers. cabiNetT irjittUHJS'TOX , JM. 3. IB2y. On the ushering in of the New Year, we tender to our friends and patrons, the compli ments of the season. Peace is in all our borders—and we hail, with pleasing anticipation, the ensuing fourth of March, as i the era of renovation and re form. May the spirit of Wash ington and Jefferson preside in the councils of Jackson, and the republican Institution of our country nourish like the ver dent and stately pine of our forest. Governor Forsyth has issued his proclamation, (which will be seen in this days paper,) direc ting that an election should he holden on the first Monday in | October, 1829, lbr a member to represent this State in the House of Kept esentatives of the United States, for two years, from and after the 3d March, 1829, in place of George If Gilmer, Esq who had failed to notify his acceptance, fyc. with in the time prescribed by law. This day, throughout the state, the people meet in their several districts, in order to e lect two Justices of the Peace, for each district, to serve dui ing the ensuing tour years. On Monday next, the Justices of the Inferior Court, Pax Col lector and Receiver of Tax Returns, are to he elected. And on Tuesday the election for colonel of the 12th Regi ment, Georgia Militia, takes place, to supply the vacancy oc casioned by the promotion of col. Grier. An old man and his wife, pays the Georgia Courier,pass jed through A up;: is! a a few days j since., from o;:c of tho lower ('counties of state, on Ins |Wuy4o visit ids irituulsi.i North (Carolina. lie liar n.it been | long in Georgia, and was going jback U> peisiu le his relations |to ‘move’ to that part of the j state, where in; resides. The; | old woman had tilled a small l hag with Sugar which they had made last season and intended; to exhibit it to her friends as; an inducement, and as an evi- dence that Georgia, if it did not ‘flow with milk and honey,'\ might at least he made to flow with milk and molasses. They planted one acre and a half of pine land in cane, from which the old man and his son manu factured upwards of a hogs head of sugar. They pounded the cane in a trough, and must of course have lost nearly one third of the juice, ‘fhe latter was boiled and manufactured j into sugar under the old lady’s directions, who for kettles bor rowed all the pots she could get in the neighborhood. Fellow citizens of the Piney j * woods, go and do likewise— it will he better than making cotton, or hauling coal and pine knots to market. The Methodists’ Printing Office in N. York city, employs between t and 200 persons— land its expenditures for paper, types, labour are probably three or four thousand dollars •weekly. About 25,0(30 copies of the Methodist paper are orbi ted— t tooo of their Magazines for adults— 8,000 of their Ju venile Magazines;—besides e diliou of hibles, tracts, §c. dimensions of Mali's Jlrk . An ancient record says, the I length of the Ark was to* ! miles, breadth t7miies, heigluh to miles!—How much larger was it than the top of Mount Arraraton which it vested? Fur the CABINET. CHURCH POLITY, No. If. Iu my first number, 1 made some expose ofTte in stand, as sumed by the itinereut preachers, in the Methodist Ejrisrep il Clmrc'ii—no ticed a few of their legislative acts, which had a tendency to involve the civel'& religions it t- rests of that- com- I inanity,—tout lied on the causes which 1 led to such h form of rlnirch p .I?ry ami (joestioned, whether. such a f.’rtn of government in the Christian churches is Authorized by tin* s.u ped writings.—ln this number, I d<* sign to show, I Vow the New Testa- i merit writings, that the Lily, in the 1 primitive church wen* possessed ui re spe< li-.btc privileges; and that the} ; were no>t consideird as mere ciphers,! without either talent or witegiily,! and of course, unu< rlhv, ar t} unfit, i to participate in the administe4ion of! church matters. In the first chapter’ of the acta of the Apostles, we have! the important sot je< t of the appoint ment of mi rposfie, to supply the va-i caticy oeehnioned by tho transgres sion, and fell of Judas, ‘And in those days l’cler,utood op in the midst ofi ‘th ? dic.iiplcs, end saitl (; in nfluibce of names •(‘gtihic were ab;.uf n hundred arid twenty.) men and bretiiereu,*.-- here pt. rmit me ?o ask, !* what object did J’eo r invite lire, attention of (j,{? nbled * nor- U ? was i* to j them mat ti.c apisdes, who had re. cc:veil i.<ir aj {'ointment inimertktely lioiti the 11j’H <■< him, who spake as n ver man sjmke, were now about f. < x rt ise iheir divine prerogative, hy ! use aj)|)'dnt!iii‘Mt of an ajMisUc, sc.l i’hai too without l!ie concurrence (!’ ■he < iiue< !.? we think not: we under sinro! him to have addr ssed the whole ; asseorbly, liu* designated number of about an hundred and twentv, on the propriety of such an appoitUment,. ‘ Anri the. 7 appointed two’ ( i uomina- Ifioo V,-r for!her selection)” ami they j gave I dli their lots, in order to as ceria i wuieh and tlie two should be number'd with the apostles. It mav be bbj(‘( j< and, that the final issue- in this ease, did not depend mi the will or choice of the church, but on lots, which tiicy submited to the over ru 1 - i:.g hand ot the great searcher of hearts; let this be granted, ansi wo still contend that as far as human e conomy wks employed in giving forth hosCjlots, so fai (he assembled church participated. If the impracticability f convincing the great body of Me thodists on any occasion, should be urged, I answer that an increase of population need rot deprive any pco r'w of their right of suffrage, as this right ran he exercised in marry con venient and practicable ways, even iu the Methodist Episcopal Church,* Then let Methodist demand the resto ration 01-that civil and religions-rights possess’d by other denominations iu this land of freedom. Truth* no Slander. imm —r, .. uEUhUI A. Ey his Excellency John For syth, Governor and Commander in Chief of tho Army and Navy this State ami of the Militia ‘thereof. lO the Honorable Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, of tho seven! Counties throughout the State. W HERE VS at the election held ns* Monday the Gjh day of October, 1823, ! •-even members to represent this State tn the House ot Representatives of the Congress of the United States, for two •year-i, from and after the third day of ; !a,(h next, the Honorable George U. Gihncr was duly elected one of.said Rep resentatives. And wherea- his Excellency the Gover nor, s directed in and by an act of the General Assembly, passed February trie 1 Ith, 1793, to ‘regulate the General Mec?io;,s in this State, and to appoint the ti ne of the meeting of the General As sembly,’ issued on the 28th day of-Octob r List his proclamation announcing the re sult, and declaring the names of the. per sons elected, and requiring a notification from each to the Executive Department of his acceptance with the necessary proofs of his-eligrbditv, And wfiorrn? the net above referred to declares that in case any person duly e looted, being in ti;a SiHta and notified thereof in manner therein directed, shall jmt within 50 days, and, if cut of this withm 40 days, after such notifica tion, s gnity his acceptance, or shall depart thi'’ * he, the Governor and Commander in ( lire! idiall onit'r anew Ejection to be • held in Idee manner therein pointed out. | And whereas 40 days have elapsed ‘'net* the publication of the proclamation j aforesaid, and the said George It. Gilmer has failed Jotcomplv with the provisions of tie said art i.f the 4 Ith of Feb ruary, 1799, I have though t proper to Esiie (Iris my VVEi f OF EUCPTION, to (ill the v;?r.a-.ry .occasioned <bv th-e non* Gum Ii nre of the said G.<rjt< U. -Giliner. i ‘ <i a: e ih rt fore hereby authorized.and | I’- rjuired. al r i r g\ in* public and duo j rod ce. , ‘’cause an elecJinn to he b#ld on ;t!.e fir ! Mot day in Oct. Wr, UU.S, at the. ■ coni-t. iiiu.se or other place or places of ’ hoid ng elec tiojis 1 r m<uiibt'i? of the State F.egishtu;e and representatives in Con br a member to lepresent this ! Soi-e in t fo* 1 louse of Rcprescnlotivs ‘■ t tim Congress of the Cnif-;d Stales, for ■ two years, from ant] after the 3d day of dauh next, to ft!l the varnr.rv of ibe *:iij George R. Gilmer, occasioned as afore -ahl. Given under my hard am! the scr.! •'*