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[CO9AM EMIR BARTLETT— EDITOR] THE DEMOCRAT, will bo published every -.reck ill Columbus .Muscogee Courtly, Georgia. at Three Dollars per annum if paid j n advance ,-r Fair Dollars at the end of the year It is expected that all application for subscription rum a distance will bo accompanied with the money, Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable rates —Sales of laud and negroes, by adminis trators, executors or guardians, are required by hw to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon tj- three in the afternoon, at the court house of She county in which the property is situated. Notice of these sales must be given in a p ihiio Gazette sixty days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the salo of personal property must he givei in a like manner forty days previous to the day of sale. N tiee to debtors and creditors of an estate must be published forty days Notico that all application will he made to the court of ordinarv for leave to sell land must be pub lished four months. r ii i: s 11 j: a r »,s M E S S \ G E . [CONCLUDED] Tlio attention 1 Congress was called an a former occasion, to the necessity <d such a modification- if ibe < ffice of Attor ney Geneial f lie United States as would jenuei it nu to adequate to the wants <>( il.e public service. I’nis establishnieii: of ibe oliice of Sc.lftitcr of the T-e.sury; and tin- earliest measures were taken to give effect to the provisions of the luv whir: authorized tlio appointment of ili -t ofik-» i, and dufineci his duties. But it is nut be lieved that this provision, however useful in itself, is calculated to supersede 'he in - cessity of extending the dutn s uni p,.w rs rd the Annuity General’s < flirt-. On the contiaiy, I tin conviticeil that the puHic interest would be greatly piomoit and , a giv ing to that fli'-nr tin* geneiwl sn.iein ti-n --tlence tit 'lie Villon* la.* agei-t, „f Hit, Govern ent, and of law pnu-eediii,.« whedii I civil or criminal, m uuu'iiim U nited S'.ites iiiay he i ulciested, aupuing u> bint to devote his u divided attenUoii t«. the puhli business. 1 mink -ucli . pro vision is like due to tin* public and to the i efficei. Oi casiors if reference from the. different Executive Dpai unens to the Attorney! General -are <• f freqo nt occurrence; and i the prompt decision of 'he q i<:sti>>ns so r- - j forrcrl lends much to faciHt-ite the despatch ; ol business in those rpaninenis. The rrport -f the Secretary of th« Treasury, 1 hereto ap'iendrrl, shotvs'ds l - a Inani h •of 1 the public service not spec finally enriisieo in >nv • slicer, whichmight be advmi<geo uslv committed t> ' i \i »r.my Goner*!. Bui, iiideopiidenily of those considera tions, 'his nflice is now one of daily duty. | fi iv is . ripiontl v orgaoiz-'d, ic and ils com pcn-aiion fixed, with v wto occasional service, leaving to th iiicumhelit time for tin* exercise of his profession in privaio practice. Tlip state of things which uni ran'f'd such an orginiz 'ion no longer ex ists The frpf|oeiit claims tint n the set vi ces r.f diis ofiicer iv ihl render Irs iliseni , in n the seat of G vprnnienl, in piotes sic.e ,j -.'tetid-inc- "the c f "i | s. ii'ittri , -•: io tli obidic sei xi * ; o ' lee in 1 sis i,:' lie g-verinn'-nt could not i »,! i" ii* pi** n -d hv ch-irgifi him with the z' ■ ■ ■*' fendeece *-f ill ish- **l conci i ~ H 1 -r a stump c iiv'ctii* )i f '-he |u s« : 1 ,se siigoerti*»ns, I ■•■ commend it to | (' rorrsi 'p ■i-i|;c p fleet ssary pri * "l-S j 'or iJivini' 'A ri in •'»( in, aid in pi. c< 'll*-j \r snr \ fl I, io reps and to cou p 1.. i- j ’u,on ii ■ ni fnritinp "*'li the li* fe ot !' s< Veil F.X Olive D* p-'"ntrnls. I’c. t 1 fli •- might also he enirusied ii t.-ai-. . f ,i,„ of Insolvuncv i }m->tir 'i h)..rr, especi:>l!v 'f 'll" ti'"s « • b 1 si.haiiitod on this -o! j ii j•s i- \eu should meet * lie appt nba l inu id C nuie-s—to wl i- h 1 ausin solicit your attention. \ »ir ntmntiop is invited to tho si" 0j,,,, r ,f O,si»iict of Coluoilitit.— P <l, tiv »l)p constitution, under the ex clnsiv jurisdiction and control of Congress, tilts D'suic is cor'ainl ou itletl to a much grc.i or shsrp of its consideration than it ba« v»>t rerr>ivpd. There is Want «• t i»i»*- ' i 'rmity in its laws ;■ irticiilarly in those <1 a n< n it character, u hich inrrpasps the ex [ifinm of thpir idniinisiratioii, and snhj cts tbp pportlp to all t'.e inconvt iiipto p« which result trom the not-eraiinn "I '■ fi ■ • r»■ li» Codes in sp small •-» territory. On ' if! " tt| Side- oft 1 p P ilnni 'P, the sail If' ire is puni-hnMe in un cpi"l degr» os, and the t»e (t)'iiiit(Ps pf in iv of h** only lows of M oy'amf ,i ,1 V’fP'ina renvit in sin ce, not withstanding 1 1*»•! to pugnuricf, in some ca» acs,flip itnnrovrotPii's which have su perseded them in those S'alos. I* S 'les ! tem <!y for ttirso evils which is Iniisilv • "kI f, a '.t is i ■ foil v soli inert v-hr>t|>. a nitivision illtb /.hip the p'octioii ol a D“lpf. in represent the wants of thp ft'zens of *his District oil the floor of f ungre g, is no' Poo to them, and to 'hit 'banner of onr Government. No pur •ion of our citizens should lie with tit n Pmctieal enjoyment t>f the principles of I eedoom; and there is none more impor 'ant than that which cultivates a proper ro ition between the governors and the gov. ’’ ned. Imperfect as I 1 is must be in this rise, yet it it believe I that it would he Jtoatlw improved by a representation in t ongress, with the same privileges that •ite allowed to ’hat of the other Territories '* the U. States. 1 K'e penitentiary is ready f or the reeep. ti mos convicts, un I only nv ; ts the neces s tv legislation to put it iu>" operation; as "tie object of which, I beg le v * >o tern! "■> your attention the propre y prnvid suitable ennipensation for the officer Hand with inspection. The. importance of the principles in volved in t|, e inquiry, whether it wii! he proper to recham-r the Hank of the U ni ted States, requires that 1 should again call •he ."intention of Congress to tho subject Nothing has occurred to lessen, in any do -fi'ie, the clangers which many of o.nr citi zeos apprehend from that institution, as at present organized. In the spirit of im provement and compromise which distui- j gmshes-our counuy and its institutions, it ■ becomes us to inqniie, whether it he not possible to secure tiie advantages afforded ■>y tne present bank, through the agency o! a B ink of the U. Slates so molifted in its piinciples and slruciuie as to obviate constitutional and othur objo tions. 11 is thought practicable to organize such a bank, with tho necessary officers, as a branch ol tho Treasury Denaiiment, bas 'd on toe public and individual deposit! s, without power to make loans or purchase property, which shall remit the fluids of the G'-vnrnment, and the expense of w.iuch m '*y P td, if thought advisable, by nl i -wi g its officers to sed bills of exchange to pi ivipo individuals at a moderate pr*m - um. Not being a corporate body hiving no S'ockln-idors, debtors, or property, .mil bin few ftj ets, it would not In nk ,- xioiis to tho cous.iuiiionjl objections winch me urged agaiost the present batik; i»i)d-Uavi»g no means to operate on the hopes fi . t r interests of largo masses of the coin- u oy, it would he sh- rn of the i. (1 nee which makes that bank f inti table. The S ates 'vculd be s'engtiieiieil by having in their bands tlm means of futtiishing the local pa per cuirincy thr* ult ihr-ir own neks; w in Ip t tie B -nk of tne Unit* and States, i ho*gn issuing no paper, would «lii.xk Ibe issues of liie S ate bank-i, by taking iheir tfoti 5 in u*’ppsite, mo f-»i exchange, only so long as l ley i-oni i aim ii jhe re pen»d with specie. | In times ot public emergency, the capaci • tin- ol in it institution nngia bo enlarged by b’gisbitivn piovisions. Eliuse Kilgt-estiens aro not made, so rnucl* as u recr-cenieudatiori as with a view ,ot cahing t i l ' iiientiiin ol U’otigess to the i pi,sibn uiii'jificiti ms of a system which can not continue to exist in its present form without occasion I collisions w ith tlio local : 'utiioNties, inti perpetual apprehensions «&. discontent *• n the part of the States and the people. 1 a conclusion, fellow-citizens, allow me to invok-; in behalf ol y.*nr deliberations, tmi spin! if conciliation and disinh resiod .iißs which is the gift of pati inti-in. Uu der an overruling and merciful Providence, 'he ui< my of ihe spirit In is thus t ir ln-eii s gn -I zed ill the p osperity and glory of our beloved country. May its influence be eternal. ANDREW JACKSON. From the Journal of Health. TRANQUILITY OF MIND. “ ’Tis the great art of life, to manage well the restless mind.” These maxims are slrietly true. It is of the highest impmtaneo to health, to pie servothe tranquility of mind, and not to sink under the the tlitapi ii ui t tits ol lill't, or ivn way io the turbulence of the p is sions; for nothing injures moi" the nervous systems, and more ifi- ctualiy impairs liie j digestive funCiioiis o| the stomach, th in the | various mental ass ciiotis, as fear, giierf, i anxiety, dtsappointment, anger, dispair, rage lor any other violent passion, whether sud • i ii, or itteuded hy ptotiacU-d puicful sen saiious. Whentlicy become vt iiement A i iiuioder »1 1- , they disoider the body in va- I nous way -; cln- flv by their impti dsious u pon nerveus sy» • m, and by their artcllor oing or retarding the circulation of the id. -d, and tin- various secretioos. V. uin the ii fliionee of the passions upon the system, whi ii they are allowed to escape from under the control of reason, a large »'.i bail of the most dreaded dieasos to winch human nature is subject ongrtrate. They increase, alst> the malignity of dis- ' ea-e, chaltge its ordinary course, and ag- ' g vate it by a thousand incidental evils. During the prevalence of epidemics, they ugment,in a considerable degree, the Sus ceptibility of an attack. Dm while the indulgence o| the passions injuries, in various ways, the health, both of the Uody and the mind, a calm, content ed, ctieei ful disposition, is invariably a ftuitful soui ce of health. ‘Looking at the favorable side of things,’ us fatltei P >td has n, ‘causes our little to prosper, and inde pendent of the oher advantages afforded’ bv equauintiiv of temper, we are assured by Into Byron, that ‘a cheerful nrnui ! In lps digestion more than is imagined;’ and i ah ue aw ate of the s tying of a wise king, 1 ‘* merry heart doeih good like a medicine, i bur a broken spirit drieth the hones.” Lite 1 stimulus of the joyous and gently t xciting ' passions, in suspending too incipient syaop luns of various uiseases, is often PlrtTnSl miraculous —wlrils during ifie ejtiiSts of a severe and protected complaint, a favora ble or unfavorable issue is often mainly de termined- by the nature of the mental emo tions indulged in by the patient. for the preservation of enjoyment of health, ‘observe fail play between cares tfc pastimes—increase all ynur natural and healthful enjoymenlsjcultivato your evening fireside, or domestic circle; the society of your fir lends—the company of agreeable children—music and amusing books—an urbane and generous gallantry. Ho who thinks an innocent pastime foolish, (none but the innocent can be healthy,.) has yet either to grow wiso, or is past it In the one case, his notion of being childish, is it self a childish notion. In the other, his impurlMice is of so feeble and hollow a COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNUG, JANUARY - J , T I cast, that he durst not move for feftri-i tuni bling to peices.’ Tiiis is rlnctrfno iveo*-' blc-to reason, and li.s it-ciived the s.ric (ion of tiie best and wisest men. Ne ther Scipto, Laehtis, not the Grand Pont ft Sca evola, thcuyght it bene ill their dignity to plav at ducks nod drakes by tho nmc ’ Jt f for their amusement. f.tymoi.igius. Critic isdeiivcd from cry-tick , hecaise thi se literary men who wrote critir.j-os were formerly very poor,(nut being so \ t |l j>aid as tho reviewers ol the present tlus not being able to plank the cash for mot, drink ,»r lodging, were under the necessity of crying lick—whence the word cry-tuk or critic. I'oxile is and» rive:! from the Isle of Jj, win, ii- i in ;inci< nt times thpy usu. and tu t-.ai is'i those pal io's and friends to h-ir couniry, who happened to be troubiesorre to “the powers that be.’. Hence cv«m such person, as was condt inned to hants i rm nt, came to be called an Ex Isle, fir m which we have ihe modern exile, 'that the Isle of Ex is not at present to be fijjnd to th Geogiaphv. is doubtless own,tig to Us having been swallowed up by au eaith ijuatiC. ,s. Friday is iu >do fiom fri-day, because it was I .o> rly the custom to n-ve a j mi itsii on that d*y fqi ’dinper. But this ur nt iiMm >s so obvious that we need nut hav, cntioned it. Human -s plainly deiivoiEfrom the losui ‘a*i t ■•< •'jdtttwel the Prophet’s h ivu.g j hewed in pieces Agag, a royal prisoner of war Hence that disposition, which leads niotikid cruelly to torture or take the life of thetr fellow creatures was chraclorizcd as hew man , from whence the modern word hum t . j Polemic is derived from ihe word Pull . vMic!;, i notorious termagant, who was r» 1 1 mark thle for calling ill rfjfrnos, and w ould , alw,,y s fi ,ve the last word. Whence eve ry such pert on as happened to bo fond of disputing, and especially upon the religion* ionics, was railed a Polly Mi"k; and ihe disputes in these cases being gent rally loud personal and obstinate, weie stigmatiz'd as Polly Mu k; whence we have uio mod ern term polemic Rosemary is derived from one Mary Rose , -i charming girl, who died in themot niog of life, and above whose grave spritii. the fragrant flower, which, front that cir cumstance, has ever since been known by the name of rosemary. 'What a pity it* i* that tne young coxcombs should profane it-, sacred origin by using ihe oil of mar; as a perfume. Sorry is derived fmm sure, eye because sorrow caii-es weeping, atm weeping c-m s«s sure eyes. W herefore, a psrson, w hot- I eyes are led with weeping, is very natural Ily said to be sore-eyed, whence the com mon word sorry. Support is derived from tup, to cJi ink ano port, meaning port wim; because in former tunes, before total ahiiiuance be came fish ion able people, who hud itiv great labor to perform or any load ol jjri< f to sustain, ns*d to bear up under thttin by; diiuhing, or sppping port, which is known! •■to be a wine ola very Sirengthenig qua!-! ily. H* uce whatever enabled a mm to undergo any fatigue, whether cf botiy a mind, was said to sup-port hi.o, and hence 1 tin* etymology of ibe word suppott, which is m*w very commonly used, even among those who eschew port.— N. Y* Constel. Method. — If there is in the works of creation one principle pre-eminently devel oped, it is that of order. The seasons an t tlieii cli-Bge— atiimmils, plants and min ends', have a beautiful system of ihii> mvn, and run also into the system of tin' gre.u whole. The operations of narme an grad ual, hut certain arid perfect Tins punciple so coDstarfly before us, is nevertheless lost upon us io tho way of imitation. Many men, many millions of meu, waste their en ergies in misdirected efforts, that if guid' and by order, would have achieved what ntlieis • succeed in, with infinitely le-'s ejection, and a little more mrtho I. A man without order is a man without quiet—a thousand things draw Ins attention ' iff rent ways, and all his actions are independent enter prises, making no part of a gt nerd plan id life. Thorn are a few instances-, but they are exceptions, where the mind in its op erations has the most ex act habits ot order, whde it re ver prompts thn possessor U act but like one devoid of cider altogether.' —] This is sometimes the cast with scholars, i | whose ntinds are like an immense sioio- In use, wt.Pt o every thing is s.» arrange and th l it can he found at once—while in worldly concerns they «te utterly destitutes of ail I method. Many people think that an rum : tion to small matters is beneath lha digni y | of a libera! mind- thy will find dial things' i inconsiderable individually, are.in thfl ag gregate important, nnd that it is an inten tion to the minor chances of a long game that wins it at last.— X. 12. Pal Mysterious Circumstance. —Considerable excitement has been created in the city by the following art of daring villainy, the mo tives of which are still enveloped in mys tery. About half past 11 o flock on Thurs day night a respectable young lady aged 18 yoats was returning down Ileal staot Broad way from a partv, with her parents and some other friends ;the yoang lady had got in ad vance of her companions about one hun dred yards , when within a few paces ol iff corner of Elm and Pearl, a mail darteo from behind a tlarge cask throw a rope a round or over bar head, and irontedistel flad, whiln some persons at the other ee of the rope commenced hauliug it with ra i pidity towards Elm street. The young . -idy -las dri.ugcu ;-h i so -e p ,o-« ; tin ! foiinn,limy ht-r bonnet, i>i. w rti »icl ib | tops hsd not passed, was dtageod oft, an.- i her fiiemls amt several o.hefs, S.'armeu by j her shiit ks, fjsiu and to the spot — ihe ruffians • fcooise fled. The * euug lady swooned away horn exhai* ;,»n an lexcit ri.-n. The tope was found attuci.i .1 by a noose to the ; bonnet end her reticule, which she had dropped ui throw ing up her binds to pro i tect hei uuck Loin the rope, found at sumo j distance from vvlierg the assault was made. All this was the work of an iust nt ami had j the noose got huiihUJut throat e vey few ; rnintiles would in ail probability, have suf ! ficed to stangle her. The pet sou who fiist found th.e bonnet I did not in-mu,•o.ilV'l a rope was attached to | it, and a gentleman wim advanced towards i him, ohsei ved Imn coiling up his lopu iuisii j I\; the gentleman a*ked f.*t tiie rop« til >t it j nnglii be Icdi in Mi. Knapp’s stoie until next j morning; and the other expressed an uiten- J tion to leave it else win re. 1 lie iupe hoiy i ever, was taken, ami is now in liie I’tilK X Uflic, ; it is about 20 or 53 yarns ir, length, and ii is mi each end a huge running uoost. When wu couple this circumstance with | the facts that within thp last two.or three j weeks two young, females have been missed, ami not heard horn: and tua! yesterday in lorui'itiou was ciniimunicated that two oth- cr peisons, one a man named Moffat, tha other a isd tinned Harrison, ate also absent lioiu their friends, who know not where they are. The subject is calculated to ex cite iiUiiij, and should be sit icily investiga ted.— C'uur. linq. It was, perhaps, ordained by Providence, to hinder us from tyrannizing over one a iiuiher, that no individual should be of such importance as to cuqst-b] is ;eliretii»-lil or ileaih any chasm in -thu world.— Johnson, A moral, sensible, and weli-brod man, Will not insult nu—and no other cau. Cfiuorr, Jleepntft.r the Dead —The Senate S.ljourr 1 nvar to Monday, Ktlh. as n testinrori'd of their respect h>r the ii,enicrio ..(Tiie 1 at.,- Mr. Aitame of Mississippi, and the late Mr M‘l ean oflltinoia, iiiemhersofth.it body- Mr Ellii Mr. Kane, their resjtcctive and surviving colleagues made, on ilia occassion. this morning, each a brief nud fliljiiH-s --sivo speech, a report of which will no doubt bo seen in the National Intelligencer. Judicial. —Tl o Judicial CpimuTte ofilie Douae of Representatives, of which Mr, Btichnan, of i Pennsylvania, ib the Chairman, have had commit : o<l t>> them the part of the executive message \ which recommends the adoption of measures for the relief of the unfortunate public debtors'of the '''Vermont. The prospect is very fair for them. .In old rrcqunintunce —A mail who robbed n Mr Arnold, of Adams county ,i’a , about six years ago,was reertgnized by .him near t'srlis'e lacs week, arrested and oommiuod to prison. Capt. Partidgo has issued a I’rospecttsia of a l.'iterury. Scientific, and Millitary Academy, to lie commenced ear y in Juue next, under his per- j R.mal direction andsopetintendance, at Norwich,, in the Stale of Vermont. Tho plan of tho con- i templated Institution appears to be ilio game as that conducted some year., since hy Captain Cartridge, in Middletown ConuocUcut. It is stated in the New-York Albion, that a targe atul respectable body of Brinish subjects in New Y ork have mado application to the g iverpiehl of , Upper Canada, for a grant of land to found a citv, : thoci'y to be called Adelaide,in honor of the present Queen of England. Couimuu’cationsliave been revived from 'he government in reply, which ] were to have been hid before tiie applicants at a meeting which was to take place on tho SOih inst On Fridav evening Inst at about. lOo’-clock, the boll of a gentleman's house in this city was rung, i and on the servant,s opening tiie door, he found a ' basket on Uio slops.' outlining a line healthy male 1 infant, dreaced in the neat.-bt manner; the baskeat ( was new, and contained three fine woiked caps sovreal twilled blankets, A Ihe little siiangci was comfortably wrapped up, and appeared smil ing and lively. Tho person on leaving tin, basket and ringing the bell, find, and no t races off him have yet been discovered The parents, whoever thev inay he appear to have clothed it in a costly manner The gentloipan with whom it was left, has placed it in.tho alms-house, where it is doing well. -V. Y Daily Adr. The Mirer Ontmltc<l.—\ Misr r having lost one hundred pounds, promised ten dollar's reward ot any tier;on who would bring it to him An lionesi poor man found it, and demanded his reward; bui the miser Inking*tiie hag in-canly, told tho bor,c„t. man that there were o c hundred and ten pounds ' when he lost it, and would not pay him The poot 'man sued for the money’ and it appeared at ihe trial that the bagl.ad in t been ripped, uot tip* seal broken,’’Y'ou say you lost one hundred and ten 1 (urunds, said the judge. ’’Yes,” replied the miser ; ‘‘Then this is uot. pour money,” said liie judge,” i and the poor man must keep it (illtin, true owner I pc are.” •1 Stptndr'c -We wore' lav fore- j .in'n informed of an ingt-nion.- pit no of i swindling I v a io in who called his name : Honry (! Leveiigston, but requested not to j mke ~ivy notice ot it in our pepn-r, lost it ! tTugfit .il inti die r< gee and lesson the « Ijance tof tin 1 p. i■ e oflii ers in am sung b ar.— I ll■■ had onteci 1 Vrlo a npgncta'ioii Wito An. ; L ike Kqi for ti..; rurrlose «>l « house ;• twi lot in Dn-jitway. 'i lie • ico, 000, was finally agreed oi , ,boi -r. Hip being unwell and confined io lu< n- in, cotnruit- Ud tho in a nag nm lit and .consmnuiatiiHi of the bargain to attorney, Gen. Bog-irrlus. The hour was ftixed on for the ilf ln -ty of the. papers and the payment ri ‘-he money, which was before b».uk horns on Tuesday morning last. L vingstotr represented to Gen. Began!us that he had s< id a Lrge quantity of Biundv to Mr. Dc-ui* M C«uhy, who is well known to he a Ligu whole-sale dftalei in all kinds ul liquors and gmceries, tnd asked if his checks wt-nhl ho received in payment, to which Gen..B gardus repli ed, “most ceilaiidy.” At tho iiour app*>*n ed, behold my fCUtlouiun appeared With wo Checks, purporting lo he drawn by Mr. .l’C-w/'.hy, o«c for ASUW and >.he other fua VOLUME FIRST NUMBER 13 J JsiTSOO, exactly §SOO more than ho pmchav i nonty j,>i tho house and lot As th, Banks -v it- ii,,) unt-t , and l-o was anxious ir n.i i iat uiornii.p on urgent business,-'ho s Muiid p.aiconi iias aiiniticnlar favor if Gerrf Bugai■ us could i»ive hint tlio bslynce that would bn conijug to hint Mi, Bogaidus not suspecting from dm genteel deportiiunY easy manners and handsome business like address of ihe fellow, th a any thing was wrong, and tu t doubting the least the wbiU itv of the drawer of the chocks, to nioet their*, nnlicsitatoiply gave him his check oa nqe of the Banks in this city hT-jjtdSOr de ducting his bill for making not the neressary papei- in irstisfeiidß the property »nd cles* ed tho business. A few hoiWs alflirwafds, on prcXenliug the rheclds for payinenr, they were pronounced forgeries, ib« check of Mr. Bogardes had not been presented for payment to the Bank on which h was drawn, but Ilia fellow bad Micceeded in getting tlio money for it of a broken In Wall street, and that is thw lust that has been In ;rtf of hhiv [.Vein York Post, IGtfc inst. Veter the Great. —This monarch, in 170 4 toefe the city of Narva by assault ilis troupe, in defi ance of his ordere sacrificed every thing tofiie-and sword. 110 threw himself into the midst pf His’ mutinoiiß mon., rescued the women from their insult, end killed two of his soldiers with his_o\\ it hands. Me then entered the town-hall, whither many of the terr find citixens had fled t>>r tefilge and throwing his sword upon tho table. , ('..is not with the blood of your townsmen,” aaid hh this sword is stan\ed. but with Dial of my own soldiers, whose lives 1 have taken to srve yours.” Sflhm Murder again. —The New-York Mercan tile Advertiser says, wo have seen a private letter received yesterday from the eastward, which states that Joseph Knapp, at piesent under sen tauce of death, has made some disclosure* which have appalled the inhabitants of Salem, and put the whole town in com motion again Knapp a s ate men l implicates a lady, (whose name we for bear to moiilin) who, though not ariestcd yet, suspicions of her guilt are thickening id the rotn niunity amongst which she resjdes The letter rote, red in add-, that Knapp has terriblo fear ot death, and it nav be, tnat he conjured up the vain hope ot Having his sen enoecommand. VVe shall wait for more eertaiu iufmnatiou on this poiut hit* fore touching fu tlier on the subject. From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser L V IKS I b ItG VI EURO I' E. A' t .at wo h .ve au-arttva. Iruiu I ranee. At a mte hour th* uiortitug mteiligenco tvns received that-the parent ship I>h Khim, Dopoysner, wis bt-lotv from H iVif. At 12 o’clock wt* /ect-ivH-I a lew In, S' II vro i p,«p,'i>- our -regular files 0"t having yet reached iis from the ship. BOMBARDMENT OF ANTWERP; Tne d-ttes from Antwerp, am to tne 2b'*h Oct. at which time, it being in possession of ih« revolutionists, the Dutch troops were bonioarding it. The city was repiir seined as being all in flumes at the depar ture of the a.jvices. The loss in the pub* lie sun es from the co fl tgration, is estima ted at fitly miliums ot llorios. Mina has marched iuio Spain, and was commencing thß .vork of revolution with success. The constitutional fl ig wits flying at Cadiz, Corunna,&,c. Valdez had been obliged to .retire Irons Spun back into F slice. Gen. D'*n Jam Van Halen was arres ted ou tlio 21st; according o advices from Mon. G oat fermentation is said to exist io Portland. , A change has taken place in the French Cabinet, ot rather ii has been dissolved I’bc par tv doctrinair demanded the de pnsi tio« of M. O. B ’nit. The demand was piesented i>y * G iz-t, and me? witti girat opposition, pain u! irly from M. Dupont do L’Ewrio. Tne embirr sment alosu from <h*' measures-of th?' Chamber in favor* of the ?*x ministers • The King dt i lared that L. Dupont was the lass ui his fuer.ds wi'h whom he would wi„h »c> part T 8 resignation of Messrs, and« Guizot and Bio giie followed very soup after this int o view, and that of M. Louis succeried. All thiee were excepted. Whether the minuistry would t*** <-hanged in effect was t» question* G* :i LaFayette was charged to compose i new cah net and endeavor to reconcile the rival pretensions. During tlm lims preceding the formation, the public mind was nurti di-qu,f;ted, llis majesty also appeared very grave for several days, though the royal Saloons were crowded with all flint was (listingui’did io Pa its. Toe Prince ol Orange quitted Anvers, where tus situ i ion had become extremely iinploasnnt, f. r London, in the lutf-r pat| of October, Previous to Embarking he, ad dresse.d a proclamation to the Belgians, do led on the 25tb, stating that he had used his best efforts unsuccessfully for the pai ifi tion of their provinces. That they were now Indeliberate in tno approacrungnation ai convention on the interests of the country, and he deemed lit should but discharge his' duty, by withdrawing ftorn the scene of dia cu -i m, but his wishes would remain with thorn. He expressed his (flunks for the ireatment ho bad met with in Anvers. The' -separation between the Dutch and Belgian troops of the old army was lapidly goiug ou at that place. ?■ From the Antwerp Journal, ofOct.2G. Bkussei.s, Oct. 31. The victorious army of the patriots, after having touted th • Dutclt troops, made its entry this morning by the Red Gate; tho inner guard had been disarmed by our citi zens, .tod especially I v tho sudors and work men of the port. T tie Sue rs independ ence was iniutpdiHcly djsplaj rd onthe'vow er of Notre Dame. T acqinlity and too* i fiSence have been cestoied. > Th<-v wer* the "ve "fa h itrle at B. u» yes on the 29: bof O tub't. Thi cit ie j of Ghent had capimUted.