BY A. S. JOHNSTON. NEC DEESSE, NEC SITPERESSE REIPUBL1C.E. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. TOL. 23-NO. 13. COLUMBIA, S. C. APRIL 15, 183T. $3 PER ANNUM THE COLUMBIA. TB13S3CP3 18 PUBLISHED BY A. S&JOHJiSTOJT, Every Saturday Morning, 1*0 BVERY WIP*M?AT A.>" D SATURDAY M0RS1JCG flMtQ TB? 3ZMXOS 0? THE LEGISLATURE. i ' -^FERMS t Three dollars per aaafem, if paid in advance, or Boor dollars at the ew^of the year. >/ ADTBtTigMBCTi conspicuously inserted at 75 fietJ per square for the first insertion, and 37i cents for every subsequent insertion. All advertisements / ordered m the inside every publication ? or inserted Otherwise than regularly, to be charged as new for e^ety insertion. Advertisements not having the Hanber of insertions msirifced ou them will be contin ued tE. ordered out, ajyl charged accordingly. ^All accounts for advertising, sjfare $25 aq^jaflIi#r360, SS per cent. ied actios <-956; *0 per cent, de Hwtipq. ^ aiut Country ?Her chants. SALUDA MANUFACTURED COTTON GOODS. apUTY and Country Merchants can be supplied V/ with Cotton Yarns and Osnaburghs expressly idapted to the Southern trade and warranted to be of the' first quality on as reasonable terms as else where, by application at the Factory, near Columbia. February 18, 1837 8 Flower Roots. c*^eedirooi Sinclair of Baltimore, and Thorburn of N??-York, 100 splendid Dalia RoOCs^B coin* Paeony Roots, all , colors, among" ^bem are, Picta Formisisama, orange and red. Widnals Grants, dark darret. King of Dalias, pore white edged with pink. Lord John Russell's Scarlet. ? Black Hawk, most black. Fair EHen, pink. 1? my ?f the Yellows. Zata Perfecta, orange. doable Tulips in full bloom. Hyaanths, all colors. Camelia Japonicas, in blossom, splendid. Pb&snthus, in pots, now iu dower. Pinks, all sorts and colors. F A few ounces of the true Chinese Mulberry seed left* warranted to produce the true sort for making ?ilk. Samples of the silk may be seen at my Seed Store. Clover seed and Potatoe Oats. R. RUSSELL. Nareh 25, 1837. 12tf Columbia, February 11, 1837. Saluda Manufacturing Co Resolved, by the Board of Directors of Salnjamin Hodge, de John Sims and Bucy his wife, I ceased. DanL Martin & Rachel his wife,'] Reuben Cusad & Anne his wife, Trinity Martin, Tade Hodge, & Nancy Martin, Defendants. ^ ? T appearing to my satisfaction that Randel Grant 1 and SaQyhis wife, John Miller and Mary his wife, Jordon Lee and Lettey his wife, and Reuben t Cosad, four of the defendants, reside without this Suae ; it is therefore ordered that they do appear and i ?object to the division or sale of the real estate ot j Benjamin Hodge, on or before the first day of May i next, or their consent to the same will be entered on ' jrecord JAMES S. GUIGNARD, O. R. D. March 8, 1837 10 8t ! THE undersigned- respeffrlly makes known the following arrangement Whis public DANCING I SCHOOL: i \r Time of attendance tor Misses, 1 o clock, on Mon- j xlays and Tuesdays, and 3 o'clock on Saturdays. Ditto for Masters, 7 o'clock, P.M. Mondays, Tues days and Fridays. Should these hours not suit, alterations can be made so as to accommodate all persons. If the grown young gentlemen of the town will form a Class, thev will be attended to with pleasure, nov 19 3t 47 E. C. B REE DIN. JLaw Notice. GREGG & ADDISON. H AYE renewed their Partnership, in the prac tice of Law for Lexington District. March 11th 10 4t EICHA^E. CHECKS at Sight on Lexington, Kentucky, by RICHARD bONDLEY, Agent Bank of Charleston. Nov 29 tf" 49 Selling oif at Cost. rWlHE Subscriber intending to close his Drug and I ^DOthecary business as speedily as possible, gelli n" off his stoy ?ll commence > ?ettmg on ^ ^ ^ ^ ?& of a genial assortment of fresh and genu fne T5?g. and Medicines, PatentMedic.ne^bur trwoTStrements, Paints, Varmshds, Shop Furni m mAc. Physicians, Merchants and Apothecaries, opportunity ot obtainining their bum atVwer rates tlian they can buy at the North. To an approved purchaser, the entire stock will be sold on March 22, 1857 Beat this who Can. W'E do challenge the world to simplify or im prove the principle of Cooper s 'Tumbling' Shaft horse power. It has only 2 small cast wheels, one with 29 cogs and the other 9, with which any motion or power that's required for Cotton Gins, horse Mills, turning Lay thes. Wheat or Rice Machines, can be obtained. The cost is not half that of any of the Old plans, is much easier propelled, and more durable. The said power is now in operation, in the lot of*. William W. Purse, Cabinet *aker, near the Com-* mercial Bank, where it can be seen at any time. Auy peison or personaKvishing to purchasable right for Machines or Districts, will apply larffr Frede rick W. Green,, our agent, just feeldw the Branch Bank, who wiH make conveyances for the same. rfiO&EKTVM. MAUPIN, JOHN W. LANGHORNE. T JEJYT?h TJiIJYJtKEJYT. HE Subscriber ^egs J ea ve ta inform his friends ' * aui the py blic -generally , that he has taken the k weffl^vs n Pnblic House, south of the Court House, . Congress Street, YORKVILLE, So. Ca. (formerly conducted by J. M Of e el,) and solicits a share of public patronage. This Establishment is in every way calculated to render comfort both to the traveller and permanent boarder vlfc'ery exertion will be given on the part of the proprietor to accommodate those who may favor hist with a call. A. S. WILLIAMSON. S.C. Jan. 1st, 1837. 3m 2 le Charleston Courier will publish the skly, for three months, and forward the me at Yorkville. Committed. v. TO die Jail of Richland, as a Runaway> a negro man who calls his name WINSTON, and says he belongs to George Daniels of Chester district, So. Ca. Winston is about 37 years of age, five ;eet four inches high, has lost all the fingers from the left hand nnd several of his front teeth. The owner is requested to come forward, prove his property, pay charges and take him away. JESSE DEBRUHL, S. R. D. February 22d, 1837 8 ?I List of Letters REMAINING in the Post Office at Columbians. C.) 1st April, 1837. 55"Persons applying for Letters on this List, will please say 'they are advertised." A K Addison W J 2 Kenedy Margaret Armstrong James Ketchum C R Arthur Jesse Killingsworth M R B Killingsworth Charles Barker Ann King D G Barrett Judah King Sarah A Beerfield Isaac Kugier M Bird Susan L BLck James A Leach David Bolton James C Lee John S. Bonner Robert Lee Daniel Bowers Henry P * , Lefhvich A > B ran ham Sophia Lester Harriet Broadaway James Leepo H Brone S M Brown John R Marre John B C M'Culkjch C 2 Calef E W 2 Moot Mary Capers Samuel E McPherson Malcolm Carrell Ami M'Kagin Elizabeth Cayce James McDuffie George 6 ChaObcn Jabs 3 Moore Wifiiam Clement H A J G W Miller Frederick Coner John McRae Christopher Crapp8 George ' O CrawfonJ Eltza Jane Olian Thomas Craig MmoB> p Creekman >Tartha "*-i Park Andrew Cines John s ~V\Pemberton Jacob D jPriee Sarah Douglass William y ' R Dubard Adam F RobsIi )onas _ E Rawhnson, Samuel 2 Edmonds Thomas M Rawlinson, John F Reeves Mr Faus* Clement Rowan Robert i'etner Aberhart Radcliffe Richard l-innD& J 3 Rice James Flowers W B Roadefer Wm Forster Ann Eliza 2 Rheiner David Fuller James S G Smith Wm 2 Graft John Saffell James Gilbert Uri 2 Snowden Richard II Stacy Thomas C Hammond Samuel Sharp M J Harris J W Simms James T Hawkins John C Sneer John Hennessey S A Swigsrt John R Hodge Zada Sawyer Sailor Holmes Charles T Hood Mary Taylor Nancy House Nutty Turnipseed John Hughs Isaac Thompson Maria J Thompson Wm Jones Lewis M W Jones Jesse Wright Sarah Johnson Benjamin Ware G W Johnson William Wolfe Jacob 2 Wells S H Watson S D B. RAWLS, P. M. ?Wail Arrangements* Post Office, Columbia, S. C. April 1st, 1827. NORTHERN EXPRESS MAIJL Due at 10 P. M ) Closes at 7 A.M. > Daily. SOUTHERN EXPRESS MAIL. Due at 7i. A.M. ) Closes at 8 P. M.? ) Daily. NORTHERN ORDINARY MAIL, Due at 7 P. M. ) Closes at 9 A. M. $ Daily. SOUTHERN ORDINARY MAIL. Due at 10 A. M. ) Closes at 5 P. M. $ * Daily. CHARLESTON MAIL. Due at 6 A. M. Daily, except Mondays. Closes at 6 P M. daily, except Saturdays. YORKVILLE MAIL. Due Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, at 3 P M. Closes Sundays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays at 9 A M. GREENVILLE MAIL. Due Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 8 P M Closes Sundays, Wednesdays & Fridays at 5 P M. SPARTANBURG MAIL; Due Wednesdays at 7 P M. Closes Thursdays at 5 PM. UNION VILLE (HORSE,) MAIL. Due Saturdays at 8 P M. j Closes Saturdays at 5 PM. BECKHAMSVILLE (HORSE,) MAIL. Due Saturdays at 6 P M, Closes Saturdays at 5 P M. The office will be open from 7AM until i past 1 P M, and irom 2 until 6 P M, except while opening the Southern Mail, say from 10 until i past 10 A M, | and on Sundays from 9 until 10 A M. Letters upon which an abatement of the postage is demanded, must be opened in the presence of some^Jferson employed in the Office ; and if they are found to be undercharged, the proper additional i postage will be required. The inland postage on , letters to be sent out of the United States, must be i paid here. BENJAMIN RAWLS, P M. i April 1 12 3t Committed TO the Jail of Richland District as a Runaway, a Negro Man who calls his name Charles, and says that he belongs to Hiram Coleman, who lives in J Fairfield District, So. Ca. Charles is about six feet high ; about 25 years of age ; dark complexion ; has a scar on the left side of the forehead. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him away. JESSE DEBRUHL, S.R.D. Columbia, Jsb. 12, 1837 2 WILLIAM H. IIAMNER, has the pleasiire fo informing his Boarders and Customer*, that he has reduced his Hotel rates to the following iinces : Boarding per week, $4*50 Transient Boarders per day. 1?50 Breakfast, Dinner and Supper, 50 April 1 13 TO RENT. J" THE exltfMive Store House opposite the Branch Bar^fielR present occupied by Mr. Keirv Pos session givefi on the first day of February ^ext. Enquire of ? i . \ F. W. GRElfcN. January 2i \ . -p' DR.RUFUS A. NOTT, has located himself on Mill Creek, !at the residence of Mrs.- Stark, where he may be found at all times. March 25 12 SALES. ON Thursday the 20Ch day of April inst. -timber; late residence of Dootos^ajun^preeh deceas ed, will be sold a part of the personal estate of the said Doctor Samuel Green, consisting o? a fine Spinning Machine, Waggons, Cart, Sulkey, a few Mules and other articles to tedious too mention. ?ix rabaths credit will be given to purc hasers for all sumsJBvfcr^ ten dollars they, giving note with approved security. ^ F. W. GREEN, > . j J. 8 GUIGNARD. f txec Columbia, 4th April, 1837. \2t 14 A Teachcr Ranted. FOR Middle Salem Acadcmy, -lipell qualified to teach the English and Latin Languages. Three hundred and fifty dollars and beard will he given sure, otherwise the teacher can take the whole benefit of the school, which will insist of 25 or 30 scholars. 1 This Academy is situated in Sumter district Mid dle Salem on Lynch's Creek, near Willow Grove Post Office, on a healthy location. Applicants will direct their ccmmunications to Jas. R. Law, until the 15th April; none need apply without furnishing am ple testimonials of qualification, moral character, and place of residence. The Editors of the Camden Journal and Charleston Mercury are requested to publish the above three times each, and forward their accounts to the Post master at Willow Grove. Apnl8 - 13 From the German of Tieck. How sweet in golden moon-lit hours, When evening airs first. blow, Through calm^nd fragrant Linden-bowers To feel themes we go ? And hear their musikwith the streamlet's flow : Serenely shines tlfe rosy light, When fay-ringsTfeck the fields, Love peeps from ?ery rose of night, From every star^Ht yields Its lamp to lovers, and tjprapture gilds. fm! Yet sweeter, purer, far^b me. The pale light of that lampj Tiere in her chamber I way see That factand form, whose sump Of beaifty oflijpy soul, nor time hdt seasons damp. Behold her white hand through the gleam, Unloos# her lovely zone, And Jet life aalbjH^jfr-esses stream In luscfo^ freedom down, And from. ier take her rosy crowjj twf! the mus Hark ! 'twS5 the music of her lute ? Sweet notes might wake the dead ? From every string, till through my mute And listening soul their magic sped The light of m&h and joy, with griefs that bled. Let me aj^Irotfch ? near and more near, In conscious honor bold, Nor moa depart untiFshe hear The I'd long ago have told, And learn ln|t love is all my hope ? my world. From the Boston Englanune. Xf * EXTRACT From a iihSf July Oration, delivered ai Ti -.kcrviUc "Gentlemen. ? When I look upon the frising glcrieU^' this favored country ? when I see the spires of her Churches, and the grateful industry ofvher native born inhabits ants, I am swallowed up in a continual stream of adoration to the great giver of meat in due season. _Whe* I take a prospective view of the hero?s of the revolution ? men who went forth with their Jnapsacks on their fearless backs, their bright swords firmly fixed in their echoing 6cabbar^, their primitive dress ar ranged .more f^f comfort and convenience than for display ^a^prayers of the poor and needy that call alotid for succour, and when taken into consideration with the present blessed freedom which we enjoy, the glorious institutions which have descended down to us their children, I fall down upon my knees, and pray that the arms which wrought this great deliverance may never lack for bread, but may receive from their grateful country that con sideration that distinguishes every magnani mous child of freedom and liberty. This is a day that is full of glory to every American. This is a day so 6acred that every man is afraid to breathe, for fear of disturbing the repose of his serious contemplations. As I said to my wife when 1 got up this morning, "Susan" says i, "this is a day that all our ancestry must be taught to remember. It was on this day that the heroes of the revo lution poured down from the; Grampian hills, destroying the flocks and herds of the enemy. Therefore, Susan," said I, "we will this day kill the pig and invite the neighbors in. Yes, the pig shall be -tuck before I eat my break fast ? I will offer him on the altar of tny coun try's glory ?" Gentlemen, was I not right 7 I felt con vinced that I was in tho right, and what slie says I never dispute. It was on this proud and august day that the valiant men of antiqui ty fought for their country. The bloods of martyrs was poured out like water manuring the fields ot Bennington and Bunker Hill. The great Lafayette led on his hospitable band of French heroes to slaughter the ErK glish, who ran before him like chaff scattered by a rain storm ! The brave General Scott, General Bainbridge and the undaunted Gene-, ral Hull followed in the van, thirsting like tigers for the blood of the various people that had come over the broad and tempestuons ocean to take away your liberties, to establish a regular system of anarchy on the shore which echoed to the song of the pilgrim fathers ? the land which Columbus discovered in the year 1492. It is well known that the English are all cowards. They ran before our armies continuallv. Washington chased them all over Long Island, all through New Jersey ? and at last penned them up in New York city, where he captured Cornwallis, and hung Major Andre on the spot. This Major Andre wa-i the man who first invented spy-glasses. Have you read the history of our country? Do you know the glorious and warlike deeds which she has accomplished ! If you have not, it is high time that yon knew something about it ! Kead the histories which has been Landed down to us ? the accounts of the Rev olution, and the first settling of this vast wil derness land, when the proud Indian ranged alone, sole lord of the forest, when the voice of the white man was not heard in all our borders, and the savage 6calped woman and children at his pleasure ! The books that 1 wouid recommend are those which treat of the Pilgrim fathers, who first wrote the declaration of independence, and sealed it with their heart's blood ! An account of these things may be found in a book called the Pilgrim's Progress, and in Fox's Book of Martyrs. Now I turn from the-e spirit-stirring de nunciations to address you, ye vulnerable old men, who sit on the bench under the pulpit. Yovrhave come down to us from another age and generation. Ye are patriarchs in whom there is no guile. You were present when ail these things were done, and you know that I speak the troth. You are a few remaining i heroes of the Revolution, who hive left your j plough shares and your pruning hooks to be present on this august occasion. Some of you have come forty two miles to hear me this day, to blossom and bring forth under the elo quece which one of your countrymen- is ap pointed toy?|#eat ! . did I posses the classic eloquence of General Jackson or Martin Van Buren ? had I the oratorical po .vers of Decatur -^-were I as learned as the schoolmaster and a? pious as the worthy pastor of this village, fv could not find enpotions to express the words that swell in mv bosom ! Vulnerable men! Syne of you are old enough to be my grand father. :I see it in your gray locks, your bald heads, the wrinkles that are on your cheeks, and your toothless jaws. Some of you laid dovn *oui|tlif,es on Bunker's mountain top! Qfcher%of VOU' . died of various distempers, while omert^were hung fur plundering the inhabitanlL and fordesertiofir; But a grateful country grants you a pensiori You are ob jects charity vjt is true, f You are supported by ycIIrf>country. -But 1 regard you in a very differctet ft^ht from common street beggars. Yes, I nave the independence to declare, fear lessly^ that though you are pensioners and liv?,on alms, yet 1 can see a difference be twe&i that and street begging. I do not re ^arcwyou in the light of common vagabonds, ynd never did ! Jt is, therefore, to you, valiant ?eroes pf the Revolution, that we look for jflbtectioa in the hour of danger ! On voa Upends the future glory of our country, and the prosperity of her time-honored institu tions. Here I close, declaring that as loiig as the vein? circulate in my body ; a9 long as the Bunker monument continues to rise, and to ascend like an eagle, I will slick to the doctfmes of patriotism which 1 have this day a^iwed !'J^1 i ? Etipusive tfCws' ? A *ate ^on(^on paper rolls a y?y amns&i? 8tor?' growin? out of the rivalry .if4o counfiy newspapers pub lished in the. West sr EnJ'an"- The chief recommendation of all the, provincial papers -in that comrtry is Hfe fTfteresi and quantity of the local news; and the two editors referred to principally displayed their hostility to each other by a deadly jealousy of that kind of in telligence. The one journal was published on Friday and the olhef on Saturday. It occur red one moonlight, Thursday evening, while .he^ffthe Saturday was walking about half a mile From the town/that he observed, a short distance off the road, the body of a man eus pended by the neck from a tree, and who, up on examination, he found had committed sui cide: A fit of alarm seized the Saturday edi tor, lest the discovery of the man having des troyed himself should be made that night, and consequently the rival journalist be the first to give the particulars of a circumstance which could not fail to produce a great sensation in the place. If Friday's 'Chronicle' had the intelligence befoie the Saturday's 'Courant,' it would be the makf^ of the fortune of the former, while it would be all but the ruin of the latter. What wa3 to be done to prevent it? A thought struck the conductor of the Courant; he would, assisted by a confidential person employed in tne office, cut down the body, and secretly convey it to a stable of his own, where he woukl conceal it till the follow ing night ? against which time the rival journ al would be published ? and then return with it to the spot where he found it. A horse and cart were procured, and the deceased was conveyed to the editor's stable, where the body was covered with straw. Having thus, as he believed, secured the news of the suicide to himself, he betook him to his editorial chair and was engaged during the greater part of the night in working out a tale of horror for his Saturday's paper; and it was not till long after midnight, that he retired, with an anxious mind to bed. He soon fell asleep, dreamed of the sensation the sui cide had created among the people, the chag rin of his rival editor at the tale of horror in his paper, and the large edition he had sold. Early next morning, a servant, having oc-? casion to go into the stable, in rummaging about, discovered the corpse hid under the straw, and immediately ran screaming to the house. His cries disturbed the editor; he jumped up slipped on his clothes, and rushed down stairs. The cause of the noise was explained to him: ? he pronounced the servant a fool, snatched the keys of the stable, and ran out and locked it, ? commanding that no one should attempt to go into the stable that day. The cries of the servant had attracted the attention of a man passing by at the time, who seeing him running from the stable seem ingly much terrified, had gone to the door and looking in and discovered the object of the servant's fear- As a good citizen, he spread the news, asd in ten minutes the proper aus thorities were apprised of the circumstances. An inquiry into the matter was immediately instituted. Suspicion fell on the journalist ; he had been seen, attended, by one of the men in his employ, taking something out of a cart and carrying it into the stable on the preced ing night. He was taken in custody ; a coro ner's jury sat on the body; a number of circum stances, strongly presumptive of his having strangled the deceasee transpired in the course of the coroner's investigation ; and his own life, according to all appearances, was about to become the price of his anxiety to deprive his rival of "interesting local news." In vain did he protest his innocence ? in vain did he relate each particular event as it had occurred. His haggard countenance, ? !;is locking the stable door after the body had been discovered by the servant, his command that no one should go ioto it during the day, were held to be almost conclusive ugainst his story, and his commitment was about to be made out. Fortunately for him, this moment, one of the jury feeling in a side pocket of the de ceased that had been overlooked in the first* instance found a letter written a few hours before the suicide, in which he declared his intention to destroy himself. It relieved the editor ? but his narrow escape, ?nd the trouble he got himself into, made hiin ^f/more cau tious in future as to the in"ans 4ie took to ob tain "exclusive local news."? -?a#. Chron - tele. ji - ? Lale Earthquake in PalesLinq?? Letter from Mr. Chassehaud, the British Consul, dated ^eyrout, January <;5th, 1837, %nd addressed to Judah Beaoliel, Esq. of G.braHar. ^'Dear Sir : ? I have a most painful task to perforin ? that of announcing the deaths of our much esteemed friends, Mr. aoil Mrs. Joshua Levy, of Saffet, and the greaterpart of their family, i address my*e(jr' J the-occftv sion, instead of doi ng&? M; JPBfi* fcrvy'H brother, a;ia other near relations he may have at your place, in order tfcat you may con vey the melancholy tiding?} to them after you shaft have prepared .them This horrible Catastrophe took place on Sunday, the 1st in*V, late in the" afternoon, though before sunset,"1' when a most violent shock -of, earthquake destroyed the whole of Saffett, Tiberias, and many of the surraunding villag to which our much lamented friends Mr. and Mrs. Levy, and the greater part of their family, fell victims, with about 5(K) other Israelites, and as many Christians and Mussulmans, at Saffet only, without including tiie great many persons mortally wounded or maimed and those who went dug out of the ruins, 8 or 10 days after aliveVybut starved and in a dying state. Such an appalling scene is seldom to be met with in tl?-: annals of history, and my heart fails in attempting to give }ou further particu lars. When I lament the loss of those friends who f -II, I am happy to say that Mr, Moses Levy, the eldest son of our friend Mr. Joshua Lvvy, (a lad of about fourteen years old.) as well as Mr. Joshua Levy Vaster, Mcs. Debo rah Cohen, and two of >her j^ghterltftescaped unhurt, and they inteud^JRSn rdffrning to Gibraltar. It Was only tfie 5th inst. (five days after the earthquake) that the few survivors of Saffet recovered from their stupor, and despatched messengers to this and other places for assistance to remove the ruins, and bury the dead, and also for tents, coverings, provisions, surg cal aid, &c. forftthe maimed and wounded, none of which theyffesld obtain from the surrounding villages, JflWrich had shared the same fate. WlLjlmmediately opened a subscription here, atm^ftent thein what we could." Another account estimates the whole num ber of victims at three thousand. \ In consequence of the above melancholy intelligence the llebraw community ofGibraN tar caused a funeral service to be performed at the principal synagogue there on the 15th inst., during which ali-theic.plftC6e.af business were "closed, and immediately after a si.hscrip tion Avas oponed at the cobntin-hou3e of Mr. Judah Benoliel, to which the said community contributed very liberally, j b o as to enable that gentleman to forward I considerable sum of money by the packet about to depart for Mai a for the relief of the surviving sufferers. ? Gibraltar Chronicle of the 17 th Feb. Life of Man. ? The followingcurious obser vation on the duration of the life of Man, as shown by the bills of mortality of various countries, is trans'ated from the French, 44 It is surprising to compare the different ravages of death in large cities and small villages. In the Pays de Vaud, and in the vil lage of Brandenburg, the number?of deaths, in the space of one year, is with respect to the survivors, in proportion of 4 to 108; and in the town of Shrewsbury in England in the pro portion of 4 to 130. On the contrary, in Lon don, 4 persons die out of83; at Vienna, 3 out of 87; and at Berlin, 4 out of 106. ' This sim ple comparison sufficiently demonstrates the truth of the common observation, that large populous cities are the sepulchres of the hu* man race. l< The most exact calculations which have been made in France, Italy, Prussia, Holland and Sweden, eleahly shew, that in all ages more deaths happpen among men than among women. By a list furnished by M. Susmich, at Berlin it appears, that 489 ma'es died under the age of one year, and only 395 females. At Berlin also upon a calculation offour years, 6,219 males were born, and 8,742 females, which is almost 21 to 20. "M. Leparcieux, at Paris, and M.Wargentin, in Switzerland, plainly prove that women in general not only live longer than men, but that married women in particular, have a singular advantage over those who are unmarried. ? This is so manifest that in one of the cantons of Switzerland, the number of maidens doub led that of the wives. " But in the? state of marriage, the wives live much longer than the husbands. At Bre slaw, in the course of eight years, 1,891 mar r ed men died,' and only 1,196 married women. By an exact accou:itjtaketrlB'Pomeran?ft,it ap pears, that i n the course of nine years 13,558 married women. In Scotland it is calculated that, in thirty-one marriages, twenty of the men will die as soon as twelve of the women, and in that proportion. But in a state of widowhood, the case is quite different; that situation is greatly in favor of the men. At Dresden an exact register of deaths wee kept for four years which clearly proved that 584 widows died during that period, and only 149 widowers. At YVirtemburg, in the space of eleven years, 378 widows died, and but 90 widowers. At Gotha, the proportion is 790 widowe to 210 widowers. In Pomeiania the difference is still greater. "It is beyond a doubt that Jarge cities tend to diminish pop ulation. Man naturally fond of society finds his destruction in society, or rather in the abuses of society. At Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Berlin, the number of births is always considerable less than that of the deaths. On the contrary, where the air is less pure, where agriculture flourishes, and simplicity of manners is adopt ed, population increases with great rapidity. Dr Herbendin informs us, that in the Island ot Maderia, the number of inhabitants Joubled in the course of eighty-four years; and in the Amer can colonies* the augmentation is still more considerable."' Tobacco takes it6 name from having been first discovered by the Spaniards in Tobaco, a province of Yucatan. Its original name was "Petun." ACJPNTURV AGO. The following [from Lady>" fllojfTAOV's lately published Letters] is an account of a scene which we will vcoture; tp. assert, if without a parallel in ai^y age or nation. ? NaL Gaz. lp*k> ?* Ivondon, Ma.y, 1738.? Here is do new* to be sei.t you from this plac<\ which has been lor this fortnight and still con.i.iues overwhelmed with politics, and which are of ao mysterious a nature, one ought to have som ; of the gifts of Lilly or Plartridge to be able to write about them; and fieave all those dissertations to those distinguished mortals who are endowed with -the talent of divinita tion; thougti 1 am at present the. only one " of uiy sex who seems to be of that opioiotjf th<3 ladies having shown their zeal and appetite for knwoledge in a most glorious manner.?* Atthe last warm debate in the House of udfcfsr- wa??4iutnanioualy dissolved Uwfl should be no crowd of unnecessary audi* tors; consequently the fair sex were fxcffr* ded, and the gallery destined to the solo n ot the House of Commons. Nol withstand*!*' which determination a tribe of dames resolV* ?d to show on this occasion that neither men nOr laws could res et them.. Theee heroine* wefv^Lady Huntingdon,* the DoVM* Of Queen&bury, the Dutchess of AocasteriLady Westmorland, Lady Cobbsm, Lady C ha A lotte Edwin^Xady ArchiLald Hamilton and her daughter, aks. Scott, Mrs. Pendffvia and Lady Frances Sanderson. 1 am tKttflT par* ticular in their namitq, since I look Open them to be the boldest ass