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Bayunc, Oct. 23 —The forces of Gen.
era! Mina are divided into two columns:
one of which commanded by himself march
ed on the 2<>th for Eruari; and the oth
er, under Valdez, for Veto. The lat
ter was attacked by six thousand troops
and driven back into France, where they
disarmed. Mina has proceeded oil to tin
interior; against the centre of 'ho royalist
linp. Valdes’s d* feat is asciibed to bis
cisobeying the orders of Mitts, in taking a
different runt fro:-i tint dir. tit and It was
reported on tln>29 , h tatit Valdez was about
to commence his match against Arragon.
Paris Nnv. 3.-A list cf the new Ministry,
was signed by the King at S oclock to-day:
Li (Tim Minister of Fiance and President
to the Council; Marshal Miisun, Minister
of Foreign Affairs; Count Moutalivet, Min
ister of the Interior ;M Dupond and ! Eure,
Keeper of the Seals ; Marshal Gerard,
Minister of war ; M. Morilhcre, Minister of
Public f induction ; M. Sebastian!, M mister
of the Marine.
[t there will be no more Ministers
without Port-folios. The most eminent
men of the last ministry, have been-attached
tj legitimacy. They cotnributed to two
restorations.
The new ministry will not bofraid of the
revolution ; iheir feelings g<» with it But
M arshall Muson and Moutalivet aro not
known as diplamatist, and there aro some
doub's of their talents.
Letters from London of Octuber 3oth
announce that the standsid of liberty was
raised at Cadiz, F<-rrol and Corunna; aud
that Don Miguel had given positive orders
to send troops to assist the Spanish royalist.
The greatest activity prevails in the Eng
lish diplomacy.—Prince Talleyrand and
the Prussian minister have frequent inter
views with the Duke Wellington and long
conference with the Earl of Aberdeen.
The committeo of the Court cf Peeis are
extending their fnq'iries respecting the
me isu es of iha late ministry as far back as
August, 1829.
The examination of the impeached min
isters hud been finished. The debates of
the subject were net expected to commence
before the 15th of December. The Cliarn
t-tr of the Peeis a ill be futediep for die
occasion
Travellers from Warsaw arrived at
Leipsic state that the present ferment pre
vails in the whole kingdom of Poland as
well as tho capital Tile Russians havo
considerable force on the frontiers as a
precaution.
Antwerp presents an animated, but des
man? spectacle, since the bombardment.—
All tfm greets are barricadeed, <& the patri
ot flag is floating over city. M. Olivo is
now commandat of the [dace. Many per
sons wore buried ill the ruins of thnir hons
or The appearance of tho* city was ter
ribio, when set on dlO by a shower of
bombs, grendes,f&c. the strots deserted by
all, except now and the a few fugitives.—
The landing of a quantity of arms was the
signal of ittsui rec'ion, —every citizen took
arms.
The British Parliament assembled on
tho 26th *d October Mi. Manners tint
ton was unanimously chosen speaker of the
commons. Ths King s speech was not
expected until the 2d November.
Bombardment and Capture of Antwerp.
Toe must important news the arrival is
*'i a of the bombardment of Antwerp by
o Dutch troops in the the citadel bj
!i an immense less-of property was oc
casioned An armistic was agreed on the
17th, by Chattel, commandant of tho cita
del, to treat of a surrondor, but it was bro
ken by the firing of a few muskets, which
it is said, he himself had secretly ordered,
to mako n pretext for of the
city.
During the negotiations, certain un
known persons went towards the Quaisnux
Bois and Poissons, fired a few muskets,
which being answered, the citadel and Sete
de Flandre commenced their fire. The
whole square of the Public Stores is de
stroyed—the street of tho Convent and the
Canal of St. John stopped tho further pas
sage of tho dailies. Horrible to relate, du
ring the bombardment the Dutch had bar
rels of tar taken inio the public stores ; but
happily a large part of the merchandise had
been removed.
Bkcsski.s, Oct. 2s.
The provisional gavernment make known
the following propositions to Gen. Q basso,
by M. F. Chazal :
1 The "ovornment demands that Gen.
Chasse shall evacuate the city in three days.
2. The General and his army may retire
with arms and baggage.
3. The Provisional government will
procure necessary transports.
4. Hostilities shall cease on both sides.
CHAZAL.
Pioposiiions of General Baron Chazal.
1. The Lieut. General Baren Chazal
will not yield the citadel without the order
of the King, his august master.
2. For the benefit of the city, he accepts
the suspension of hostilities on these con
ditions—
That all defensive works shall cease ;
that no armed man shall appear on the
esplauade, uor in the environs of the cita
del ; that no hostility be committed against
his Majesty's squadron, a> the Escanl ; and
that the magazines of provisions be given,
which was pillaged yesterday at Rivoh,
notwithstanding the armistice, which has
prevented Lieut. Gen. Chazal from order
ing a sortie.
LIEUT. GEN BARON CfIAZAL.
Mr.. Randolph. A c< respondent of)
the Albany Argus, Washington, in whose 1
statements implicit icliunce is placed, state, |
that letters have been received from Mr. 1
Randolph since his arrival in England, fie'
has not resigned, bin intends to return to
Russia nex' spring. llis health is improving; I
and he keeps up «« official correspondence j
With tho court of St. Petersburg. I
LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA.
__[ sT~o F ACTS
Paused by the Legislature of Georgia, at
the session held in October, N oveenber
and December, 1839.
I. To extend tho time for fortunate
drawers in the Land Lotteries of ISIS,
i 1319, and 1821, to take out their grants, £c
i to reduce the fees on grants.
| 2. To extend ths time for forum tie
j drawcis wi the Land Loiteiy cl 1827, to
take out their grants, and reduce toe fees
on grants.
3. To amend and explain tho Sd section
i-f an act entitled an act, to extend the time
for fortunate drawers in the Land Lotte
ries of IS 18, IS 19, and to lake out
j their grants, and reduce the foes on eranls,
passed on the 27th day of October, 1330.
4. To incorporate the Beneficial Socie
-1 ty of Augusta,
i To authorize tbs Justices cf the In*
i ferior Court of Gwinnett county, to define
j anew the ptison bounds of said county,
i and adapt tho same to the site us the new
> i! :
j (i. To repeal the eighth section of an act
| passed Dec. 9, ISIS, entitled an act to alter
I anil amend the road laws of this State, set
j far as relates to the county of Jackson, and
! to point out and define the duties of the
Justices of the Inferior Court and Over
seers ol Reads in said county, so far as re
lates to the width of roads and causeways.
7. TANARUS« repeal an act passed December
IS, 1827, entitled an act to establish an ad
ditional election district in Captain AnJer
i son, s district, in the county of Pulaski, &
to establish an election district at the place!
of holding Justices Court in Captain Silas;
M. Lester’s dist
s. To separate and divoren Eliza Boon
aud Thomas C- Boon, her husband.
Q. To prevent fho farther issuing of
change bills, and to compel the issuers of
such bills to redeem them, and to relievo
persons who have issued them, from the
penalties incurred under tho former statutes
es this State.
10. To authorise the Justices jef the In
feiior Court of Wilkinson comity, to relieve
Abraham T. Fairchild, from the payment
of a Judgment entered against hitu, as the'
security of Carrol Usery, upon a forfeited
recognizance.
11 To niter and amend the 25th section
under the 6th division of the Penal Code of
this state, passed -ecemher 20, 1517, so far
as to alter and amend the definition of lar
ceny from tho House.
12 T<> separate and divorce J. S. Prewet
and Hosannah (alias) Rodali Pruztt, his.
wile formerly Rodah Story.
13 To autheriso and require tho board of
Commissioners cf public roads on St. Si
iio.ns’ Island, to appropriate hands to open
a rood, canals, aud cuts on said Island.
14 To prevent personal property' which
is tho object of an action of trespass or tro
ver, from vesting in the defendant or deffen- j
dants to such action, by virtue of a rocove- 1
rv and judgment by the plaintiff, except so
far as to be subject to be sold under the ex-.
ecution which shall or may issue upon such i
judgm«Mit of the said plaintiff, obtained by j
him in the said action of trespass or trover, I
and t» make such property first liable to the I
payment of the damages recovered in said
action.
15 To authorise the Governor t® take
possession of tho gold, silver, and other
mines, lying and being in the section of the
chartered limits of Georgia, commouly cal
led the Cherokee country, and those upon
all other unappropriated lands ot the state,
and for the punishing any person or persons
who may hereafter bo found tresspassing up
on said mines.
16 To change tho election of tax collectors
in the several counties of this stato so far
as to provide for said officers to be elected
and qualified to collect the taxes duo for the
year preceding their appointment.
17 To incorporate tho Baptist Church
at Brush Creek, in the county of Burke.
IS To separate and divorce Elizabeth
Cook Curtis, formerly Elizabeth Cook Ste
vens, and Evecitt Curtis, her husband.
19 For the relief of the securities of J.
Bellab, tax collector of Morgan county'*, for
tho year 1828.
20 To incorporate the town of Hawkins
ville, in the county of Pulaski and to ap
point Commissioners for th i same.
21. To authorize and empower the Jus
tices of tbo Inferior Court of Morgan
county, to establish an institution in said
county for the relief of the invalid peer
thereof, and to invest in said Court corpo
rate powers, for the government of th#
same.
22. To mako permanem the site of the
public huildiogs in tlto town of Lumpkin,
Randolph county, aed to incorporate) iho
same.
23. To incorporate Jefferson Academy,
in the county of Putnam, aud appoint trus
tees for the same.
24. To separate and d'vorce Bersheba
Beard, and Marthias 11. Beard, her bus
band.
25. To separate and divorce Cherry
Mcßae, and John Mcßae, her husband,
and to change the name of said Cherry
Mcßae.
.26. To change tho place cf holding e
leciion’s at the church on St. Simon’s Is
land, to the House of James Frevin, in
Frederica, to appropriate the rent of cer-;
tain public lands oil said Island, to the sup- :
port of a free school in the same, and more !
effectually to provido for the education of l
he poor in Glynn county.
27. To repeal an act entitled an act, for [
the relief of the butchers and venders of
meats in the city of Augusta, passed od the
4th December 1829.
28. to authorize tho Justices of the In
ferior Court of Jasper county, to remit a
forfeiture incurred by Henry Dillon, cf said
county.
29. to change the name of Joseph
Smith to that of Joseph Fletcher, the name
"f Lavmn Wheoller to that of Laviua
Duke, and tho name of Jackson Hogan, to
that c* Jackson Mh.liews/.
30 to amend and explain too several j
lav s erotefore pass-d, in relation to the j
vili ig of Salem in Clark county.
31 to incorporate tho Methodist Epis- j
con .Church, in Decatur D. Kalb county, j
and t appoint Trustees far the same.
32 ro incorporate tho .M th .uTi t Epis- j
ropi Society at Old Church, in Burke!
roury, and to vest in s >id Society the j
lot o laud on which said Old Church is*
bui-'r.
33. TO establish an additional district in
the ceamy of Bulloch, ai tho comp my mus
ter vruunds, or place of holding Justices’
Ceufs, for die 47th dot. ot Georgia Mi
litia.
32 to establish election districts in the
cou/iicsol’ Newton an.l Motiroe, and pun
ish Jingo who may attempt to defeat the
sa in.
5. to separate anil divoce William P.
Tl'-n-as and Elizabeth, his wife, formerly
Elz-.beth Messer.
3(5. to alter and change the names ot
cS'tain persons therein named.
37. to extend to 'ho city and Port o*
Ilmen, the health and quarantine laws now
it force relating and applicable to the city
of Savannah
33. to amend the net passed May l<i,
If2l appropriating the,fines and forfeitures
/.rising from Criminal prosecutions, in the
entnty of Lincoln, to the uso and benefit
of the Lincolton Academy, and to author
ial the commissioners 'of said Academy,
Jto lean out their Academical funds at in
f tPievt.
' 39. to amend an act establishing elec-
Itieß di-uicts in the county of Jasper.
•10. To authorize the Governor to issue a
i grant to the Presbyterian Church, lor.a
i let in the town of Columbus, for religious
I ptrpos- s.
4!. to alter and change the time ot hoi
-1 dinar the w titer u ,r m of tho Inferiot Courts
i of Troup county
42. To incorpo. ate the town of fort
G tins, in ihe county of Early
43. For tho npj intment ofthe addition
al Commissioners to the Mineral Spring
Acariomy of Way tie county.
44. To separate and divorce Warren
Amfrew*, and Nancy Andrews, his wife.
45. To separate and divorce John Loug,
and Nancy Long, his wife.
4(5. To make permszet iho site of public
buildings in Morgan county, at the town of
Madison, and to incorporate the same.
47 To amend an act entitled an act to
compel tho Clerk of the Supeiior Court of
Emanuel county, to keep his office at or
within five miles of the court house of said
county; passed D- c. 24, 152(5.
48 To revise mid amend an act passed
Dec. 20, 1825, entitled an act ic iucorpo
rate the Brunswick Canal Company, and
for other purposes, in relation to the estab
lishment of said company.
49 For the relief of Henry H. Hall and
Irvine Hall.
50 To amend an act passed December
22, 1829, making constables elective by
p«nplcy tiiiti tu ruiitr focßy *o fwr ‘»o ro
spects the counties of Wayne, Libeity, aad
Glynn
51 To incorporate and appoint Trustees
for the Mount Pleasant Academy, in Ogle
thorpe county.
52 To amend an act entitled an act to
make permanent the site of public build
ings, in the town es Hamilton, ILirris coun
ty; in the town ofTalbwttoo, Talbot county;
in the town of Nowuan, Coweta county;
and the town of Meriwether
county; and to incorporate the same, so tar
as relates to said town of Newnan.
53 To incorporate the Baptist Church
at Buck Head, in tho county of Burke.
54 To incorporate the Augustu % Tiieatrc
Company.
55 To separate & divorce Richard S.
Thomason, and Amelia Thomason his
wife.
56 To incorporate the Presbyterian and
Methodist Gcoruia Education Society.
57 Tii change the first section of an act
entitled sn act to establish election districts
in the county of Lowndes.
58 To authorize the holding elections at
tho Hnpse of Walter f.. Campbell, in the
717th distuct, Georgia KTihtin, in the coun
ty of Houston, and <• punish those who may
attempt to violate the provisions of thisact.
59 To establish election districts in the
county of L wine, and to punish those who
may miompt to defeat the same.
60 To authorize tho niombcis if the
Independent Fire Company of the city of
| Augusta, to raise by lottery a sum of me.
I ney therein named for the benefit! of said
(Company
J Cl Toameudan act regulating patrols,
; passed November 13, 17C5, so as to vest
the appointment of patrols in the Justices
of the Peace.
| 62 To repeal so much of ti el 4 h see
j tie a of an act entitled an act to levisa and
I consolidate the Militia laws of this State,
and to repeal the cavalry now in force,
passed Doc 19, 1818, so fur as regards the
! county of J ones.
63 To alter and change the time of hol
ding tho Inferior Court of the county of
FrapMin.
Cl to separate and divorce John Wans
low, and Sarah Wanslow his wife.
65 To provide for the payment of one
of the presiding magistrate fun each elec
tion district in the county of-Ware, for at
tending at the Court House on the day af
ter the election, for the purpose of consoli
dating the reiui ns.
66 To incorporate the Farmers' Bank
of die Chattahoochie.
66 To relieve John A. Jones, John D.
Chapman, John R. M a hone, and the legal
representatives of Abner flammor. deceas
ed, from tho payment of certain uiouey,
as therein mentioned.
6S To authorize the survey nod dispo«
siti on of lands within tho limits of Georgia,
in the occupancy of the Cherokee Tribe
ol Indians, and all other tmlocated lands
within the limits of said State, claimed as
Creek land.and to authoiizo die Govern
or to call oyt a military force to project s_a;-
veym iu tiie discharge of a.eir duties, and
to provide for the puhishment of persons .
who may prevent, or attempt to prevent,
any surveyor from preforming his duties, •
as pointed out by this act, or who shall j
wilfully cut down and d"fice anv mark'd j
trees, or remove any laud m irk which m iy j
! bo made in pursuance of thi* act, and to :
protect the Indians in the peaceable pos- j
I session of their improvements, an! of toe
t lots on wbich > the same be situate,
t [Sec i Aft the territory now in the oc
cupancy of the CuciokceS, to bu divined
into four sections.
Sec. 2. The sections to be divided into
districts of nine miles square, and the d.s
liicts into squares of i 60 acres.
Sec. 3. All fractional parts of surveys of
100 aerrs, or upward®, to be deemed pri
zes, uud all fractions under 100 acres, to be
reserved for public use.
S«c.4. iHu uiMrici Sut treyers, £6 iu num
ber, to be elected by the counties; the
counties of Green, Jasper, Franklin,' Gwin
nett, lLihersliam, Jackson, Henry, Dekalb,
Junes, M onroe, Morgan, Newton, Ogle
thorpe, i’tuoam, Walton, Warren, Wash
ington, Wilkes, Hall, and Elbert, 20 in
number, to elect each 2 surveyors, and ti e
other 56 counties to elect one ; all to he o
lected on the fiist Monday of February,
IS3I. In case of failure to elect, on the
part of any of the counties, the Govern
or iS authorized to appoint; any vacancy
by death, resignation, or otherwise, the
same to he filled by the counties itt tho
same manner herein pointed out. No
member of the present legislature, etiigi
blo the office of Surveyor
See. 5. The sectional surveyors, 1? in
number, to be elected by tho Legislature.
Soc. 6. The Surveyors to give boud in
tht sum of 81000.
Sec. 7. The duties of tho Surveyors de
fined: the manner in which the survey is to
be done, and field hooks ate to be kept
&c.
Sect* 8 and 9. These sections establish
the compensation of the Surveyors.
Sec. 10. Any vacancy of any surveyor
after having commenced the performance of
his duties, to be ftlied by the Governor,
from tho county from which the failure or
vacancy took place.
Sec. 11. Oath to bo taken by tht Sur
veyors, ax-men, Jj-c.
Sac. 12. Tho Lind to be classed, Ist
quality liver land, 2d quality liver land, Ist
oak and liicory op-land, 2d quality ditto 3d
quality ditto, Ist quality pine laud, and
pine land.
Sec. IS. Qualification and desetiption of
persons entitled to yiv<* in their names fur
4 draw or draws.
Every mate white person of 13 years
and upwatds, being a citizen of theU.S.,
and an inhabitant of this State four years
immediately preceding the time of the no
tification by the Governor to the persons
authorized to take in draw*.
Every deaf and dumb, or blind person,
of hke residence, who has not drawn a lot
of laud in a former lottery.
Every mule person of likn doccrlption,
having a wife or legitimate male child, or
children, under 18 years of age, &c. *o
be entitled to two draws.
No persons to be entitled who has a fam
ily residing out of the Stato, ic . except
officers of the army or navy, •tk.c.
All widows with like residence to be en
titled to Olio draw, and wifo and children
iu this State, of persons who have been ab
sent Irom the State three years, to be on
the same footing as if the husbands were
dead.
All families of orphan;, resident as afore
said, uudor 13 years of age, to bo entitled
to two draws.
Widows ol like residence, whose hus
bands were killed or died in the service of'
iheir country, iu the late war with Great
Britain or the^ladmits, to bo eutitled to one
draw exclusive of the draw allowed to the
widows by this act. Orphans of fathers
who have been kilied or died, as aforesaid,
placed on the same footing as widows. All
unmarried females, above 18 years of age,
whoso fathers Imvo been killed or died as
aforesaid, to havo each one draw.
AH persons wno served in the Indian
wars bora 17SL to 1791, as soldiers of this
State, and who are residents ul'the State,
the widow or orphan <4 such persons, to lr
entitled to one draw, in addition to the
draws to w hich they may bo entitled uudei
this act, except such persons he not entitled
as a revolutionary Soldier and the widow or
orphan of such revolutionary soldier ; and
except such person di ! not take protection
under the British or Tories.
Persons who have drown in former land
lotteries, not to be entitled, except persons
l who have drawn as orphans, but who have
arrived at tho age of 18 yeais, who are to
he entitled to one draw ; and except revo
lutionary soldiers, who have not drawn as
revolutionary soldiers, who are to bo enti
tled to two draws, and their widows to one
draw.
Persons drafted but refused to serve, or
have deserted the service of their country,
are excluded,from the benefits of tiiis act,
likewise persons who havo removed from
j the limits of this 6'utc to avoid the laws, 1
or absconded fur dr-br.
Persons who have served in the late war
against Great Britian or tho Indians, in
(he militia of this State, to be entitled to
one extra draw, provided they have not
drawn land for such service in lormer land
lotteries.
Sec. 14. Person* concerned in a horde
of thieves known as the Ponoy Club, are
excluded from ihe provisions of this act.
Sec. 15. Persons who have been inter
ested digging g;.id. silver or other metal,
since the of June last, in the lauds to be
surveyed, are also excluded.
Sec. 16.‘Persons residents on any part of
the laud to be surveyed, aro also excluded.
Ssc. 17. The right of navigatiug the
streams in Ihe tonityry to ho surveyed, is
reserved to the State.
•S<c. 18. Convicts in the Penitentiary, to
he excluded, hut thoir nhildteii are to bo
rim tiled, yuuvidcd t.ycb convicts imvo not
drawn Lud hr -: i t* }<•:»*• rtes.
S •- IJ. l’his sc hi mu i * the Ui . .
nor if .i|i|i'i 'ti:i;: p.-i.-i-nn f-rtf'i r »
null's ui ncismn i*iititl-id l.i diuu,,
time to take the in lid's ; the mmi< i of <
cording th'.vse in i- , x ! tcaii- uptihe t’
la tho executive. t ii.f ;oc:iun soutiii l
• iho itatli to no takci by persons givitf -u
. for draw or draws.
T.i b- t'c:. lined.
THE DE3KHJH Vi*
cor.UMHCS, s.iTL’.’in.tv, j.hv. . , :
Tim Steam Boat B.iltimora, Copt. .Icnkim, „*.
rived at this ;il tee o.i Sal iid.iy last, sti iv? (V > ,
i AjtiUcii o)a Bay, with a iltll cargo ofittor.-li •.
| tiize to Powers w Nit feu’, G. W. Dillingham J.
Hudson, and Riehard Jk .Ma .Icy; and and ( n.y •
again the next morning (fir ihe tamo j-! iTSe.
A* election wan lirld on Mondiy lasi, (hr T ten,
(font and Commissioner* ofthe town oi Cc
The following is the result—
SOW 111, U’OOLPLiv. Inter,,;
FITZGMRAI.D Bill I). 1
ABRAHAM F. tMOtyRK, I
VVII.tJAM [). HARGROVE, 1 Coi.f
, J©SE: H T. CAM i’. j
JAMES lIITCUCOCi:,
ASA BATES,
O.i Tuesday the Board was ergatucui
cd the following otlieers—■
t Edmund Bugg, C'trk.
( liarios E. Mims, Treasurer.
Ephraim Bandy, Marshal.
V. S. Cool, j
E. r . Ilisaclt, $ •'huttjncert.
Taiiick W.Fljrnu, Cleric Jir.
it is stated in tlrp Augusta Chronicla, lii.c s
iv/erial opposition to Governor Grimer ox'oi.-
i. , i.solf towards the close of tholrlo so?aiou <■**
tho legislature, arid that a candidate wla opci.ly
announced to run against Idm. Thomas .‘laymm
Esq. of Hancock county, it is undorsloc i
will bu a candidate in opposition to him.
The vacillating a.M undecided temper wh h
tiev. Oiimur exhibited net only in -his incs.-ru c
but in several exigencies, has tended to thal.o ihp
eonlidoiioo . ft.;, nluiuls in lus-a,uiitv. a; i ;ds:.»
gmnont on tho subject of tho laud loticry, i.i
u hi. hhe doclainic 1 against the danger of a fe*f
treasury when the same Dial! have been derived
from tho sale of lands, and its great utility w.. j
drawn from the disposal of gold mine i—has
, brought down upon him the censure and ihiicido
I oft he advocate* of the lottery system hui" toil. j
pursued by tho state. For ourselves we oppn ed l. J
claims of Mr Gilmer on kis first Cicetiou. ivi'h
what little of influence we possessed; wo had ~r>
faith in his candor or liberality as a politician; r
; doubted the dobth cf judgment as well as the pc.’.
J session of sufficient firmness, energy ami Jocisi'ou
of character to direct the destinies ofthe sta'c
; during a reason of excitement—a crisis which ii rj
imposed upon him unusual responsibilities.—
Time, we think, baa fully justified our estimate ol
his character. Ills administration iiaa been yojV
far from satisfying all his friends, and bisod
political opponents, those who geiinxoui ly assist. 4
him into office, have found abundant cause ol dio*
content
Mr. i(syncs belongs to tho same political n-rfj?
as Mr. Gilmer. He is a gentleman ofextoTisivo
popularity, rospectablo talent >, and conciliating
manners. What may bo Id* chancin'.. f aucecss
we are not prepared to say.
.Vetc-P.-ipcr —We received tli? two oi i
numbers of anew paper published at Clai’.orue
Alabama, by Messrs. John E Kean and E. M.'W
Noufvil’e, under tlio title of ihe “Alabama li.tiowo >
Mr. Kean has heretofore bteri conuerned in the
editorial department of several respect able J. nr
uals of tiiis stale, and wieid? u ready and noliskt and
pen. The editorials, and otiaor origin il mat(< r
of the Index, exhibit various and exten d', o talent
ur.d a more than otdina:y degree ofindusUy <
We wish l.'io editors succe-s.
A Tailor having mended a pair of hre-',*
chcs far one of his customers, was can/•
ing them home, whan he saw a fuuer.il pass
by, attended by an apothecary whom ItJ
. knew. ‘3„ sir,’ said lie to him,’ I see y (
; nro carrying y ur woik home as \v< !
1 is
| From the monthly extracts of the
: met lean Bible Society, we learn that mo o
; dian 30.000 copies of the Scriptures were
issued from tho General Tiact Depositing
in October, most if which went to the
\ alley ol the Mi.sissippi us donations.
A letter from New-Oilcans dated on t!m
4d ult. says, B. Makiny's eldest son Gt*««
tavus. was killed in a duel 10 days ago iy
young LtNfSsji. They f ught ten mioi-.ter
with tho small sorcl, then resorted to pistol •
exchanged shots without tflVct, and eg in
renewed she small sword. After a "few
thrusts, th> y were both » mudcd- L.ijicssc
dangerously and ATaii u.\y mortally.—Ha
died a few n: meets alter receiving ihb
wound.
Last week a disputuii. n was held ; ,t
Church in Millfoid, i\. J. between the Rev,
-Mr M’Calln, of Philadilpliia, and Mr.
I.ane, of thesirt calling ihemsr ives Chris*
liana, and who deny liie divinity of pr
Saviour, and the existence of a Triniiv,
and who had challenged M - M'Calla, t.i
tho disputation. The question was: “li
tho mail Christ loses the supreme ond e
terual Goof’ Air, A; Calla in the affirma
tive, and Mr. Line in the negative. Sev
eral of our citizens attended the discuss!ot*
in whole or in pai t.
It is said that a Mr, Clow, of New York,
tvbo was in attendance at tho debate, am!
belongs to tho same sect with Air. Lan".
has challenged Mr. M’Calla to another dis
cussion on the subject in the city of Ni w
York, on the 4th Tuesday in M uch noxu
and that Mr. M’Calla, wisp adopt* as jus
rule never to give or never to refi.s i in si
challenge of tiie kind, has • accepted ri w
challenge ■~-*ro[thamptoa 117/ i*.