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1 mg rrirrmr hit- m—n***n i CmtONMJUK AND SKNTWKI,. \ I <. IST \ . THURSDAY MORNING, A1 CUSP S. FOR GOVERNOR, VII \RI K S 1)0 1 C11i:1C T V , OF I UUI COI'NTT. We are gratified I > loam from vnrioua source*, in relation to the approaching election for (lover nor. dial the prospects of our hiici'cm are*every way flattering. Indeed there ran he no reason why they should riot he ho; the two last elec tion* having shown us to be in a clear and deri sive majority of the people of the flute, and ou r candidate having ever been one of the strongest men in the State in point of popularity. Judge Dougherty has ever been a lavorile with the State Rights party ; a predilection eminently deserved by liis ability, independence, firmness, mid unwa vering stability ns a politician, and his plain, un ostentatious, and republican simplicity as a man. He is indeed one of nature's noblemen —frank, generous, social yet dignified—cairn, self-possess ed yet not arrogant—firm anil unbending in bis principle*, nor yet intolerant—blending together u clearness and vigor of intellect, equal to any elation, and a sternness of integrity worthy of all confidence, he is literally u man of the people, and one ot the noHiest specimens of the true Amer ican citizen. He i . just sueli a man as we delight tii honor and support mid just the man, whom we doubt net the people of Georgia will honor on the first Monday in October. A H do of New (lotion, from the plantation of the Rev. J uriah Harris, of Columbia county, was ■brought to our market yesterday morning. It is from the plantation of Mr. H. in Uurke county, and is the first hale brought In tins market this season. It has not been offered for sale, and is stored with Messrs. D’Antignac & Hill, Ware house ami Commission Merchant*. We cut from the Tennessee paper* the follow ing hits at Col. Polk, the Van Durcn candidate for Governor. From the Snshvillr Runner. Here he goes—There lie goes. Col. Polk, the (iovermncnl emissary, abandon ing nil the appointment* he had made for revolu tionising Cheatham’s and Campbell’* districts, ■•put out" this morning in “hot haste” for Hast Tennessee. “Here he goes,” cried the people of Charlotte, as he paused through that place like a streak of lightning. “There he goes,” exclaim ed hi* desponding admirers of Nashville, when they caught a glimpse of his coat tail as he jump ed in the stage this morning. What on earth lakes Polk to East Tennessee again, says a l.oco Coco ton leader of his party, as the stage driver orueked his whip. Lender. Hush. There's h—l to pay there, and Col. Polk says they have written him that it is absolutely necessary fur him to return forth with. Ineu Fuco, Absolutely necessary ! I don't understand this sort of doings. Vou nil told me that the Colonel had revolutionized East Ten nessee, and upon your assurances 1 have bet ;ny money, which 1 now see is as good as gone. Lender. Them d—d Journals! They are reading them upon him in the Hiwassee and 'French Broad crountrv. ItOOkFuco, Journals! Whitt do I care about Journals'! All I know is that I have been egre giously bamboozled and hit. Col. Polk said ho ha l turned East Tennessee up side down. Vou told me he said so. Confiding in these statements 1 slaked my funds on the result, and now, behold our loader, seized with a panic, abandoning all his appointments here, is “o p h” for that section of the State in which we were told; he had fixed every thing as well us “hands could do it.” ,My money is gone, 1 see it clearly. Leader, WcH. don’t he i*r a passion. I.et us go in and talk it over. I,urn Fi ei. Thank you. I havn’t time. I want to go and draw as many of my bets as 1 can and “hedge” for the balance. ( F.r l.) Lender. {Sains.) This is a h—l otV, business. However, what can’t he cured must he endured. 1 never expected he could ho elected. I thought he would be able to Lick up a dust and raise an excitement that might be serviceable at the next Presidential election, Lnil.this II giru of his, spoils all. Every body will see that like a broken down nicer he luis"swiiehed his tail,” and that the game is up. It’s a clear ease. I shall go to the Springs. i'rom the Knoxville Times. The John Gilpin Race Os Col. Polk, from the Western to the Eastern end of the State, has excited a great deal of mer riment, among all those who were so fortunate «s to witness it. At every pU.ee through which lie passed, his presence, as was to he expected, created surprise—a surprise, however, which in variably ended m a good, hearty laugh. “ The dog* did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all ; And every soul cried out, ‘well done !’ \s Uml as he could haul.” The Colonel’s friends were not a whit less as tonished than the people. His arrival, to lie sure, raised quite a hubbub among them hut they hard ly knew whether to receive him with smiles or tears! They wisely concluded llmt it must be a desperate ease, which required sueli a race against timi . But he gave them no opportunity cither to congratulate or condole. Before they could exclaim, “ What news ; what news 3 your tidings tell; Tell me you must and shall— vSay why ''are-headed you are come. Or why you come at all I" — the Colouel runs out of hearing. “ He galloped off with ail his might, As he had done before.” When he will pay us a visit again, is uncertain. The firing of the cannon with which the Whigs greeted (he arrival of the Governor at Wurrens burg, may so alarm him as to materially alter his plan of operations. There is no calculating with certainty. Before tlie week is ended, he may be here on his way to the West. “Norstop, till where he did got up, He does again get dow.i.” If he so concludes, we sincerely hope he will give the public .previous notice, tor considerable anxiety is manifested tube p esenl, by those who alid not witness his last performance The uni versal cry is, “ Now let us sing, long live the king, And (lilpin, long live he ; And when be next doth rule abroad. May 1 be there to see !” An Explanation. —“ Come, niv friend; lip m the rhino.” “What’s tip us the rhino ?” “Why, out with the dust.” “I don’t understand.’' “Why post the pony,” “Post the pony !” shell out ” - Really, I am at a lo'ss."— “Why. fork up.” “Inexplicable!” “Zounds man, cash down.” ( lie H tlmingUm IV. C. Chronicle says that Chaika Sheperd, ilie Van Bun n candidate in the Fourth Coii.'.ioMoiiul Distiict of llmt Htatc, is elected by a large majority over Biiiilli', W big. \ / !• rum the New York Herald, if the 2d, * liiijioi Hint from t lie otpfs I *»rt gfnj iijjHo Hast evening important despatches were re- J( I reived from General Hrolt, by Mr. Poinsett, Sec retary o( War, now adjourning at the Wuverly House, Broadway. These despatches convey to Y the Secretary the news id the entire success of the n fieneral’s mission to the Wisconsin Territory, on the Mississippi, where tic undertook to pacify certain hostile demonstrations made by the In ’ dinns, against tire territory possessed by the U. r Stales. ,1 It seems that one of the tribes of these Indians, who evacuated a portion of that territory, by a late treaty, and had gone beyond the Mississippi, c hail retraced their steps in small squads, and d were making inroads on the grounds belonging to the citizens of'the I tilted States, Tills spirit ol hostility on the Indian border had broken out 1 also in se eral skirmishes among the Sioux, Me iionwes and other Indians ; and, on one occasion, I about 100 It'll a prey to these war-like incursions. The mission of (ieneral Scott was principally di rected to the settlement of the differences between M I our own citizens and one of the tribes who had r j begun to violate a treaty—and in this mission Y the ( r<*neral Ims bren eminently successful. J if j*- S I From tin’ National Intelligencer, Sketches of the Personal mid Public diameter of Daniel Webster. it , Mess. July, 18.10. 3 I I 1J aaitSi a ; Vou remark that Mr. Webstcris cold and distant ill his manners. Have you not j been accustomed to view him through the mngni | lying glass of his great reputation, and has not r this magic of your own fancy thrown over him a I lalse coloring, which belongs rather to you than 1 jto him? Have you not been accustomed tosec ; bin: at Washington, where, while other great men | are smiling, and ; rolling, and playing the villain, Webster is deeply pondering upon his duties 1 I where, while others are trying to make friends and flattering their way to preferment, he is curo- I worn liom the laboratory of thought, where he j has been subjecting “Nullification,” or the “suh- Tre.istiry,” nr some similar sclieme, to the cruci ble ol truth ! In either of these eases, you could not see Mr. Webster in a right light. Let me lake you, in imagination, to his residence, which you know is at Marshfield, near the seashore, and some twenty miles southeast from Huston. A tew years since, Mr. Webster was near his grounds, and close to the bank of u small stream. The showers had been plentiful, and this river was now lull to the brim. An old man came along an fool, and meeting Mr. Webster, without knowing him, inquired the way to a certain house in the vicinity. Mr. Webster told hint that ho must lake a path which led across the stream. The old man remarked that the river appeared to he deep, and asked if there was no other way of renehing the place ol his destination. Being in formed that there was no other, ho seemed to be in some anxiety, when Mr. Webster ofifered to carry him over. After some parley, this oll’er was accepted, and, mounting a pair of broad shoulders, the old niaii rode safely iterat'd the stream on Daniel Webster’s hack. Hut there was nothing in the circumstances which scented to strike hint as peculiar, save the good nature of the act ; and in this way he mentioned it at the place where lie was going to. The story led to some inqui ries, and the old titan soon learnt who it was that, as a friend in need, had been a friend indeed. Perhaps, my dear sir, if you have found Web ster haughty at Washington, you could learn bet ter at Marshfield. The late Mr. Wirt was a man of elegant, yet winning, manners. He had not the sunny ad dress of Henry Olay, which makes every man's heart lie approaches melt like wax within him ; nor had he the fascination of Calhoun, which would he irresistible, were it not for the sinister rattle that comes faint hut distinct to the ear; nor had he the elaborate and bloated pulilcinns of Denton : nor the smooth and flippant courtliness of Van Huron ; hut he had the best style of Vir ginian manners of the old school: he was hearty yet dignified ; sincere, though polite. He had otten met Webster, and as they were of the same polities they had a mutual respect for each other. Wirt remarked, however, that, in spite of the many circumstances likely to draw them together, there was a kind of distance between them. At length, Webster had occasion to call on Wirt, at his office, for he was then Attorney Gen erul. Wring engaged in writing at the moment, he asked Mr. Webster to sit down a few minutes at the lire, while he continued writing at the fur ther end of the room. Webster took his sent Presently, Wirt’s dnughtei, a beautiful child of five or six years old, came in, and, not seeing Webster’s face, mistook him for her father. She walked round, and, placing her anna over Web ster's knee, looked up familiarly in his face. At this instant he withdrew his gaze front the lire, and looked into the eyes of the child, who shrunk hack in feat*. As soon, however, as the image of the child had reached k\ ebsler’s brain, a smile came over his face, and the little girl, completely won by it, smiled hack again, and instantly re turned to her former position of familiarity and confidence. Wirt noticed this little scene, and his bosom was of a nature to feel it. He did feel it; mid coming forwntd. shook Webster's hand heartily, the tears brimming in his eyes. From that time, according to the report of his own words he felt that to suspect Webster of coldness, either -of manner or heart, was to do him injustice; and , lie himself confessed that he believed the kind of non-conductor which had separated them before, r was a want of simplicity and naturalness in his » mode of approaching him. t I 1 have hut this remark to make, that if Webster r lis distant and haughty in his manner to thocouti ,l ly and at court, it seems not to be indulged either to an old man who wishes to cross a stream, or a a child whose face reflects the soul as the lake gives back the image ol Heaven. May we not suppose that \\ ehstor has not forgotten his vil lage breeding, and that, being simple in his feel ings. simplicity is best adapted to draw out his kindly nature ! I am yours, truly. i. The H.ittle of Hrmidywine. I» We had been in the saddle about an hour, un '* | der the intrepid Pulaski, who with his own hands, is examined our swords, pistols and other equip, h m alts, as if assured that the struggle would be a e deadly and a long continued one. The day was one of the most beautiful that ever broke over the earth. We were about half a mile from the main bodv, ranged along a green slope, facing the west our horses about four hundred in number, fi standing as so many marble statues; until just ,! as the eastern sky began to redden and adulate, 0 and cloud after cloud to roll up and heave like a *" great curia nup the wind, and the whole heaven seemed discharging all its beauty and brightness ; upon one spot. 1 happened to turn about and ( saw the taP Pole (Pulaski) bare-headed, tilting ; his horse, like some warlike presence come up out i of the solid earth to worship upon the very sum | mit of the hill behind us; it might he. (for the P | noble carriage of the man. the martial hearing of j the soldier, would permit eitlierinterpretation.it I might hu in the awful employment ofdevotion or ~ |in the more earthly one of martial observation— ~ j hut he suddenly reined up his charger, shook I :he heavy dew from the horseman's cap, replac j ed it and leaped headlong down the hill, just as m t the bright Slash passed away on she horizon; , followed by a loud report, and the next instant a part ol our ranks were covered with dust and turf, thrown up by a cannonball that struck near the spot he had just lelt. Our horses plucked up their cars at the sound, y and all at once, as if a hundred trumpets were "'playing in the wind, came the enemy in his ad * I vancc. Pulaski unsheathed his sword, called out a select body and set oil at full gallop, to a more distant elevation, where we saw the enemy advancing in two columns; mic under Knyphau . j sen, which moved in steadiness, in a dark solid , I rmlss, towards the spot occupied by general Max i well; the other, under Cornwallis, which seemed , to threaten the right (lank of our main body. In f telligenee was immediately sent to Washington, . and reinforcements called in, from the spot we had left. We kept our position, awaiting for a whole hour the sound of conflict; at last a heavy vol , ley rattled along the sky, a few moments passed, and then another followed, like a storm of drum j heads. The whole air rung with it: another , and another followed ; then gradually increased J in loudness, came {real after peal till it resembled t a continual clap of thunder, rolling about under , an illumined vapor. But Pulaski, with all his impetuosity, was a general, and knew his duty too well to hazzard any movement till he should . bn able to see with certainty the operations of the , enemy in the valley below. I Meanwhile, several little parties which had , |hnen sent out, came in, one after the other, with t the intelligence that Knyphausrn had broken ’ down upon Maxwell in magnificent style—been beaten back again; but that he had Anally pre vailed and that Maxwell had retreated across the ! river. A thin vapor hud risen from the earth be low us and completely covered the enemy from our view. It was no longer possible to follow him, except by the sound of his tread, which we could feel in the solid earths’jarring ourselves and °ur horses; and now and then,a ijuiekglimmer mg in the midst, as some standard raised above it, some weapon flourished, or some musket shot through it like a rocket. About an hour after, a horseman dashed through the smoke on the very verge of the hori zon, and after scouring the fields, for a whole mile in view, communicating with two or three others who set olf in different directions; one tons with orders to hurry down to the ford, where the commander-in-chief was determined to fall on Knyphausen with all his power before Cornwal lis could come to his aid. It was a noble hut hazardous game—and Pulaski, whose war horse literally thundered and lightened along the brok en and stony precipice by which vve descended, kept his eye wearily to the right as if not quite certain that the order would not be countermand ed. We soon fell in w ith general Greene who was posting all on fire, to give Knyphausen battle, and in the next moment saw Sullivan in full march over a distant hill towards the enemies flank. This arrangement would doubtless have proved fatal to Knyphausen, had not our opera tions been unfortunately arrested at the very moment wo were prepared to fall upon him, man and horse, by the intelligence that Cornwallis had moved olf to another quarter. It was a mo ment of irresolution—doubt. It was the death blow to our hopes to victory. Greene was re called, and Sullivan commanded to halt. Hardly had this happened, our horses being covered with sweat, and froth, fretting in the hit like chained tigers, and covered with dust, it be ing an excessively hot and sultry day, when a heavy connonade was heard on our right flank, and Greene, to whose division we had been at tached, was put into motion to support Sullivan who had left home some hours before. The truth now broke upon us like a thunder clap.— The enemy had passed, concentrated, we sup posed, and fallen on our right. 1 shall never forget Green’s countenance, when the news came—he was on the road side, upon an almost perpendicular bank, hut he wheeled where he was, dashed down the bank, his face white as the blenched marble, and called to us to gallop forward with such a tremendous impulse, that we inarched four miles in forty minutes.— We held on our way in a cloud of dust, and met Sullivan all in disorder; nearly a mile from the ground, retreating step by step at the head of his men, and shouting himself hoarse, covered with blood and sweat, and striving in vain to bring them to stand, while Cornwallis was pouring in upon them an incessant volley. Pulaskidashed out to the right, over the fences, and there stood awhile upright in his stirrups, rcconnoitering, while the enemy, who appeared by the smoke and the dust that rolled before them in the wind to ho much nearer than they really were, redoubled their elforts; but at last Pulaski saw a favorable opportunity. The column wheel ed ; the wind swept across tbeir van, revealing them like a battalion of spirits, breathing fire anil smoke. He gave the signal; Archibald repeated it; then Arthur, then myself. In three minutes wo were ready for the word. \\ hen Pulaski, shouting in a voice that thrilled through and through us, struck spurs into his charger; it was a half minute so fierce and ter rible was his charge, before we were able to come up to him. What can he mean! Gracious heaven! My hand convulsively, like that of a drowning man, reined up for a moment when I saw that 1 was galloping straight forward into a field of bayonets; yet he was the first man ! and who would nut have followed. We did follow him, and with such a hurri ■ cane ol fire and steel, that when we wheeled, 1 our path lay broad before us, with a wall of I lire on the right hand and on the left; hut not a 1 bayonet or a blade in front except what were un -9 der the hoofs of our horses. My blood rushes ‘ now, like a flash of fire through my forehead, 1 when I recall the devastation that we then made, 1 almost to ihe very heart of the enemy’s column. ■ But Pulaski, he who afterwards rode into their 9 entrenchments on horseback, sword in hand, was accustomed to it; and broken over them once, r aware of his peril if he should give them time’.o - awake from their consternation, he wheeled in a r blaze of fire with the intention of returning 1 through a wall of death more perilous than that ■’ w hich shut in the children of Israel upon the red I sea. But no! the wall had rolled in upon us, and - vve were left no alternative but to continue as we s had begun. The undaunted Polo rioted in the e.xcees of his joy ! 1 remember well how he passed me. covered with sweat and dust, riding absolutely upon the very points of their bayonets. But at i- last they pressed upon him, and horsemen after >, horsemen tell from their saddles ; when vve were i- all faint ami feeble, ami even Archibald was tigbt a iug °>i foot over his beautiful horse, with Arthur s battling over bis head, we heard the erv of “Sue e ‘‘or! succor?” Immediately we fell the enemy e give way, heaving this way and that, finally con i' rentrating beyond us. “Oner more once more!” cried Pulaski, and ;l away he went breaking in upon them as they ■, were forming and trampling down whole platoons, ii in the charge, before a man could plant his hay i ones or bring his gun to aim; our aspect as vve s came thundering round them was sufficient; the ! enemy fled, and we brought off our companions r unhurt. t I have been in many a battle, many a one that . made my hair afterwards stand when I dreamed ot it—but never in one where carnage was so f dreadful, and firing so incessant ns that width t followed the arrival of Greene. But the enemy r had so effectually secured his exposed points b, . ranks of men kneeling with planted hayom; ; that vve could make no impression upon them, - although vve rode upon them again and again, s discharging our pistols in their faces. From the Baltimore Chronitle. ti On Hiaddock’s Death. To the Editors of the Chronicle. j. ■Seeing in your paper of yesterday moining an article copied from the National Intelligencer, re- j lating to the manner in which Gen. Braddock ■ lost his life, and as it is at variance w ith the gen erally received opinion derived hum official ac counts of the battle in which ho fell, I have thought the publication of a letter from bis aid de-camp, Capt. Ormer in my possession, addres sed to Governor Sharpe and bearing a semi-offi cial character, might prove interesting to your readers, and suggest a doubt ol his having fulien by assassination. The circumstances of having \ ( had five horses shot under him shows his situa- I lion perilous enough to lead to the supposition I . that the wound which killed him was from the j ' lire of the enemy by which his little army was | surrounded. A SUBSCRIBER. Fort Ci’M kkulami, July 18, 1775. My Dr.AU Snt: 1 an bo extremely ill in bed with the wound I have received in my thigh that I am under the necessity of employing my friend, Capt. Dobson, to write for me. I conclude you have had some account of the action near the hanks of the Monongahcla, about seven miles from the French fort; as the reports are very imperfect, what you have heard must be | so too. You should have had more early ac counts of it, but every officer whose business it was to have informed you was either killed or wounded, and our distressful situation puts it out of our |lower to attend to it so much as we would otherwise have done. The 9tli instant we passed and repassed the Monongahcla by advancing first a party of 300 men, which was immediately followed by anoth er of 200. The General, with the column of ar tillery. baggage, and the main body of the army passed the river the lust time about one o’clock. As soon as the whole had got on the fort side of the Monongahcla, wo heart a very heavy and j quick fire in our front; we immediately advanced in order to sustain them, but the detachment of the 200 and 300 men gave way and fell hack on us, which caused such confusion and struck so great a panic among our men, that afterwards no military expedient could be made use of that had any effect on them ; the men were so extremely deaf to the exhortations of the General and the officers that they fired in the most irregular man ner all their ammunition and then ran off, leaving to the enemy, the artillery, ammunition, provis ions, and baggage; nor could they be persuaded to stop as far as Guest’s plantation, nor there on ly apart, many of them proceeding as far as Col onel Dunbar’s party, who lay six miles on this side. The officers were absolutely sacrificed by their unparalleled good behavior advancing some times in bodies and sometimes separately, hoping by such example to engage the soldiers to follow them, hut to no purpose. The General had live horses shot under him, at last received a wound through his right arm into his lungs, of which he died the 18lh inst.— 1 Poor Shirly was shot through the head, Captain Morris wounded. Mr. Washington had two horses shot under him. and his clothes shot 1 through in several places, behaving the whole ’ time with the greatest courage and resolution.— I Sir Peter Hackett was killed on the spot, Colonel I Burton and Sir John St. Clair wounded, and en- ‘ closed f have sent you a list of the killed and 1 wounded according to as exact an account as we 1 are able to get. i Upon our proceeding with the whole convoy to I 1 the Little Meadows, it was found impracticable t to advance in that manner ; the general therefore 1 advanced with twelve hundred men, with the ne- i cessary artillery, amiijunition and provision, leav ing the main body of the convoy under the com mand of Col. Dunbar, with orders to join him as soon as possible. In this maimer we proceeded with safety and expedition till the fatal day. I have just related, and happy it was that disposi tion was made; otherwise the whole must have either starved or fallen into the hands of the enemy as numbers would have been of no service to us, and our provisions were all lost. As our number of horses was so much reduced and those extremely weak, nnd many carriages being wanted for the wounded men, occasioned our destroying the ammunition and superfluous part of the provisions left in Col. Dunbar’s con voy, to prevent its falling into the hands of the enemy. As the whole of the artillery is lost, and the troops are so extremely weakened by deaths, wounds, and sickness, it is judged impossible to make any further attempts; therefore Colonel Dunbar is returning to Port Cumberland with every thing he is able to bring with him. I propose rema ning here until my wound will suffer ini' to remove to Philadelphia; from thence I shall make all possible despatch to England.— Whatever commands you may have for roc you will do me the favor to direct to me here. I am, with the greatest sincerity, your most obedient and most humble servant, ROBERT ORME. By the particular disposition of the French and Indians, it is impossible to judge of the numbers they had that day in the field. As the General’s chariot is to be disposed of, I should be glad to know if you would have it again. It lias been at this place since our depar ture from hence. If you propose taking it again, 1 will send it to you, and bring the General’s coach l ack. Capt. Winn’s compliments attend you, with Mr. Washington’s. P. S. Writing to you as a friend, I flatter my self. you will excuse the hurry in which this is wrote. To the Hon. Gov. Sharpe. From the Ohio City Transcript. A Scrap of History. It limy be interesting, if not new to our readers, tube informed in what way the State of Connec ticut became possessed of that portion of the State of Ohio, known as the Western Reserve. The original charter of the State of Connec ticut was granted by Charles 11., in 1062. That charter defined the limits of the State as fol lows ; From the south line of Massachusetts on the north, to Long Island Sound on the south, and from the Narragansett river on the east, to the Pacific ocean on the west. It will be seen by reference to a map, that these boundaries would enclose not only what is now the state of Connecticut, but also portions of the stales of New \ ork and New Jersey—nearly one-half of Pennsylvania—all the nothcrn por tions of the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and a goodly part of the territories of lowa, Mis- i souri and Oregon. There was a clause in the | charter, however, which excepted from its opera- ! lions such portions as were then occupied by ! prior settlers. This exception excluded sucii | parts of New York and New Jersey as were j 1 within the prescribed limits. A dispute arising j I between New York and Connecticut, as to the I j boundaries between those states, it was settled by ! I commissioners, appointed by the king in 1664, ; j who decided that Maronec river should be the ! western boundary of Connecticut, j For nearly a century thereafter, Connecticut ' i neglected to claim or settle any part of tliejr ter ritory west of New York, and' the charter Wing j granted to William Penn in I 681, embracing all j that part of the same which lies within the pro- 1 sent st.-.te of Pennsylvania, a dispute ultimately nroi.c between the itv i colonies, as to the right of j -ession in the disputed territory. Butcolo ; mas sold the same land, each guarantied to the I purchasers undisturbed possession. This excit ed innumerable quarrels, and resort was often bad to three of arms to expel the intruders. In 1770, the legislature of Connecticut trails, j j Vi muted to Lngiar.u certain questions tele preset;- j led to the most able lawyers, respecting her title j to lands west of New Vork. The answers wore | favorable tn her claims, and determined the colo ny to maintain them. The revolutionary war happening soon after, suspended lurther proceed ings until after the close. in 1781, the two states agreed to appoint com missioners to determine the dispute. An act of congress was passed granting to these commis sioners full powers to act in the final settling of this long pending controversy. The commis sioners met at Trenton, in November, 1782. 1 After a full hearing of the matter in question, they decided that Connecticut had no right to the lands in dispute. Here the matter, so far as Pennsylvania was concerned, rested. SgThe slate of Connecticut, notwithstanding, still laid claim to all lands lying west of Penn sylvania. and extending to the Mississippi river. To avoid future troubles, however, the legisla ture agreed to cede all of these lands locongress, with llie exception of a tract of one bundled and twenty miles in length, lying immediately west of the west line of Pennsylvania. This cession was accepted, and was considered to be an indi rect acknowledgement that her claim was well founded. This tract is known ns the Western Reserve, and includes the counties of Ashtabula, Trum bull, Portage, Geauga, Cuyahoga, Medina, Lo rain, Huron and Erie. A part of the tract was granted by the slate to the inhabitants of New London, Fairfield and Norwalk, whose property had been destroyed by the British troops during the war. The remainder was sold in 1795, and the money arising from the sale appropriated to the purpose of constituting a perpetual fund for the support of schools in the slate, Madame Malibiiav and the King of Na ples.—lt is a rule at Naples that every actress, before she appears on the stage, must he presented to the King, and ask of him the favor of being present at her debut. The day hclore that fixed for her first appearance, Malihran paid the re quired visit to his Majesty, who received her very graciously. “Sire,” said she, “I am come to beg of your Majesty the favor, if it does not put your Majesty to any inconvenience, of not com ing to the theatre to morrow!” The king, greatly surprised, answered, “ Why so ! I thought you came on purpose to ask me to attend !” “ Yes; but sire, the fact is, I have been told that in Na ples when your Majesty is in the thought proper to applaud unless the example is set by your Majesty, and I am afraid you will forget it.” 'Fhe king laughed and reassured her, but finding that Madame Malihran still hesitated, he urged her to state frankly the reason of her embarrassment. “Sire, since yogT- Majesty is good enough to allow me. I wilf'lvWfUion one thing more: 1 am so much in the (nSf of being applauded by the public tbe moment I come on the stage, that if I do not hear loud applause before I am to begin, I cannot do any thing de cently.” “ Very well,” said the monarch, “I will begin the moment you come on the stage.” Madame M:“ibran left the palace highly flattered by her reccj*jon. The next evening, while she was waiting by the side-scenes for the signal for her appearance in front, she cast her eyes up to the royal box. which was in front of her, and per ceived that she liate"aught the monarch’s eye. Immediately she heis>ut her hand towards him and went through the action of applauding, to remind him of his promise. She succeeded ad mirably, for the king, charmed with her origin ality and grace, gave the signal at once, te> which the whole house responded by unanimous accla mation.—New York Mirror. A Leaf from the Public Album kept at Niagara Falls. Old Twopeiccnt lias got the news Brought out hy the Great Western ; Anil peevish Mrs. Twopercent, Whose heart for him does best yearn. Says, “ Let’s go and see tbe Lower Fall, That newspaper pore not on” — • “0, curse the Lower Fall !” says he, “ Think of the fall of cotton.” —Sea Island The Falls are clever—quite so; hut they do not hanswer my ((expectations. I got thoroughly wetted hy them, and lost my ’at; wen the weather is ’ot, I prefer looking at an hengraving of them in the ’ouse. J. of England. Land of the forest, lake and river, Pleasant vales, and mountains grand. Glory, like the sky, forever Bends above my native land. A. B. The Falls are cartaiuly very pretty; I think they would look sweet hy moonlight. Caroline , of Waverly Place. If all the water that ever fell Over the Falls could he Collected together, in one place, ’Twoultl make another sea. B. 8., of Sagatuck, Conn. There came to the falls a poor exile of Gotham, Who dwelt with delight on the one view he saw; But he durst not go o’er to the Canada side. For fear of some d d international law. B. T.,of Wall-street. Here tbe cloud-ca.pt cataract Hoars with earth-convulsing thunder ! From its throne of rocks eternal— Then, like a conqueror, with wonder (By daring deeds) the world astounding, It passes glory’s rainbow under! Cosmopolite. # Let those who call water a weak clement, ob serve its strength here. Nature is generally wise and prudent, but here she is improvident; the water power wasted here would, at a moderate calculation, if properly distributed, be sufficient for fifty saw mills. Wheelwright Power, of Connecticut. The white foam is flashing With diamonds alway, The torrent is dashing, Away, away ! The rainbow is flinging Its arch o’er the spray ! • And the dinner bell’s ringing, Away 4 ! away! The following from the New York Express, will enable our readers to form an estimate of the expenses incurred in the publication of a daily paper. The business it is well known is a cash one, payments must be promptly made at the ex piration of each week. The same force as that employed on the Express would require in New ! Orleans, at least double the expenditure. New j Orleans Louisianian. j Editors —Political and Miscellaneous, 1 1 “ Commercial, 1 “ Ship news and markets; 1 Correspondent at Washington, 1 ■ Reporters, o j Clerks, 3 Collectors, 3 News boat establishments, 7 Night printers, ] j Day do. (with boys,) 10 j Mail men, 2 ! Mail hoys, q. 1 Carriers, 12 1 Pressmen, g ] Miscellaneous, [ Total, 65 The “ Editors’ Convention.” at Columbus, , Ohio, is now sitting. Among other distinguish ! ed individuals present is one who is dignified ! with the appellation of “ Senior editor of the j Steubenville Mud Machine!” This is ahead of j us.— Picaj/une. S \ i \ \ ' V. ' Ail G .mmos.—The fuss that young giris in 1 many of the “down-east villages make, because, I forsooth, the young men stand about the church steps and look at them as they come out of meet ing. is all gammon—they dont mean any thing by it. Supposing the young bucks were all to stay at home and not look at them at all, how would they feel then? How would they b-r! if their pretty bonnets, caps, frocks and stilt prettier faces wre passed unnoticed! Miserable, of course. All they live for is to be looked at and admired.—A T . 0. Picayune. Printing has got to so low an ebb, that when an editor has made a raise, sufficient to buy a new shirt, he cannot forbear to give his neighbors a hint of it, byway of boasting a little. A West ern editor, who, a show time since, had made a raise of this sort, and not inclined to vain boast ing hints of it as follows.— Phila. Star. “Our neighbor of the , it appears, is much given to the practice of boast ahouting mat ters of earthly possession. Now although the editor of this paper, no longer ago than yesterday, made a raise of a bran new shirt, yet, it is a mat ter of utter indifl'erence to him whether any body knows it or not.” - Let the toast he dear woman, as the man saidi ven he kicked an extravagant wife into the fire. 1 The following were written by Mr. Leggett, a few days before his death. They were the last lines from his pen:— Why,what is death but life In other forms of being } life without The coarser attribues of man, the dull And momently decaying frame which holds The ethereal spirit in, and hinds it down 'I o brotherhood with brutes ? There's no such thing j As death: what’s called so is hut the beginning Os new existence, a fresh segment in The eternal round of change. [Eve. Post. A 00011 shot.—The crew of the steam frigate 1' ulton, in practising with a sixty-eight pounder, 1 oil Sandy Hook, last week, finally attained such accuracy ol aim, as to plant a hall in the target a distance of two miles ! COMMERCIAL. Latest dales from Liverpool, July 10 Latest dates from Havre July 3 AUGUSTA MARKET, Co<fo,W-The transactions in this article con tinue to as the season advances—the only sales that we know of was the lot belonging to an •estate, sold at auction, and reported in our paper % yesterday. Exchange. —Checks on New York have become I scfcUe for current money, and 3 per cent. 15 days m sigll.has been paid; for City Hank notes, 2 per ct. Charleston money 1 cent prem.j Darien f Hank notes 15 a 20 per cent discount. Freights. —The river is still too low for Steam- !, hi ats with freights, continue at old rates. New Y’ork, August 3. Cotton. —The transactions in this article during the past three days have continued to a fair though moderate extent both for exportatien and home use: in prices we have also to notice a decided improve!, ment, the reduction of 4 a cent which succeeded the receipt of the late unfavorable intelligence from Europe, having been nearly recovered in the subse quent transactions; which embrace 950 bales Up. land,at 104 a 13, chiefly at 114 a 124 ; 250 do Mo bile at al4 , 200 do New Orleans ID al4 ; and 150 do Florida, 11 al3 cents; forming a total for the week of about 3200 bales. The arrivals have been—from Georgia, 242 bales. Baltimore, 198 bale S - 27 hales. Total, 4G7 Total import from Ist to 31st \ July, 9,391 Export from Ist to 31st July 17,G90 Export from U. 8. since Ist October last, - - - 1,024,138 Same time last year, - 1,498,195 Same time year before, - 1,077,166 Domestic Goods. —There is no variation to notice in prices, though the demand is but limited at pre sent for any description. Flout, In cur last we noticed a revival of demand, which has since continued, with sales to a fair extent ot nil descriptions; there has also follow ed a farther advance in prices of Western of about 25 a 37$ cents per bbl. resulting mainly from the continued light receipts, as also the reduction of stock in store consequent upon the late increase of transactions; in Southern, also, an advance has been established to the extent of fully 124 cents. The sales were, of fresh Western Canal, common to good brands, at $6,2a a $6,50; Ohio, via Canal, common brands, $6,124 a $6,25; and Georgetown, common to good brands, $6,124 a $6,374- Os Richmond City Mills, a sale of 1000 bbls. Clark k Co.’s brand, was made for exportation at $7,50; the common descriptions of Southern maybe considered I as ranging from $5,75 to $6. Molasses.- We have no variation to notice from the preceding state of the market, there being much dullness yet prevailing. The sales include only a parcel of 100 hhds. Martinique at 30 ; anal a small lot of very superior St. Croix at 40 centa both 4 months. ~ I he sales of Brandy embrace since our last 60 half pipes J. J. Dupuy at $1 20; 25 do Bon nemoit & Beckner, $1,274; and 50 do Alexander . eignette,at $1,30 a $1,324, though now firm at the latter rate, all on the usual credit. The trans action in Holland Gin show no fluctuation. Os St. Croix Rum, -10 puncheons were sold atsl,on time. New Kngland is heavy at 384 a 39 cents, in hhds. an 140 hi bbls. Domestic Whiskey is steady, with sales to a fair extent at 35 in drudge casks, and 35 J cents in bbls. J Sugui s Ihe demand continues limited for Mus covadocs, with a reduction in prices during the week on common and middling descriptions of J of a cent per lb; there is also hut little animation in the market for Box Sugars, especially browns.— 1 he transactions include about 200 hhds Porto Rico at 6v a S 4; 100 do St, Croix; 9 a 9J; 100 do Mar onn < i lle ’ a J° Cuba Muscovado, 8 asj; 200 boxes brown Havana,a 8j; and about 150 do white, 114 a cents,on the usual terms. _ Baltimore, August 3. Bacon Several small lots of prime Western as sorted Bacon have been sold at llhf to 13 cents, and ol interior at every shade ranging from 5 to 8 cts. Ve quote prime Baltimore cured Hams at 14 to 134 cents ; ditto Western at 124 cents ; Western Mid dlings 104a 11 cents; and Shoulders at 10cents. Com. V\ e quote Md. white for shipment at 75 a 7b cents, and yellow at 78 cents. Flour—Howard street Flour— The market for oui ot this description has assumed more firmness vi ithin a lew days, in consequence of the very small receipts and the light stock now for sale. Sales of small lots of fresh ground, made from old wheat, and also of choice brands have been made from stoics at SJ, and of several parcels made from new 'f' i e r :, L’. a t $'M24. The wagon and Railroad price is $0,70 for old, and $5,87 for new flour. City Mlill Flour. — The last sales were $6,50 lor parcels made of new wheat. Within a few dajs jiast we have heard of no sales, and less than n? price named above would be taken by some millers. tsmquchnnnah Flour.— Fresh ground parcels are held at $6. Whiskey. —We note sales of hhds. at 36 a 364 cents, and sales of bbls. at 38 a39 cents. The wa gon price remains at 33 cents, exclusive of the bar -5? * Inspections of the week comprise 121 b us. ol which 60 bbls. were received from Phila delphia. tCf UEBUMHT DESTIST.. —Hr. Munroe's operating rooms, second door from Broad treet, on Me ntosh-st., opposite the Constitutionalist office march 13 1