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BY A. S. JOHNSTON NEC DEESSE, NEC SITPERESSE REIPUBI.lCiE. TOL. SS"XO, 24. COLUMBIA, S. C. JUNE 17, 1837. PUBLISHED WEEKJjY. =h-= $3 PER ANKUM THIS :> SQ&raSXA T3LESCCP3 IS PUBLISHED BY A. S. JOHNSTON, Every Saturday Morning*, *JM? EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING P TRING THE SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. TERMS : Tkree dollars per annum, if paid in advance, or fcMrdofiars at the end of the year. A|>TIITISU(S.VTS conspicuously inserted at 75 square for the first insertion, and 37 i cents Jpr eyery.,*ubeoq?ent insertion. All advertisements ordered to the inside every publication ? or inserted *)flttrwi? titan regularly, to be charged as new for j VTVT insertion. Advertisements not having the tMMfter of insertions marked on them will be contin ordered out, and charged accordingly. All , Recounts for advertising, above $25 and under $50, 35pereent?, Jeductkm ? above $50, 40 per cent, de- j J%late of South Carolina. PROCLAMATION. BIT His ErceMency PIERCE Af. BUTLER, Governor and Commander in-Chief, in and over the State aforesaid. Whareas, information has beea received bv tti?*?p?ftinent,that a certain free colored boy, feMfed TaM, was feloniously stolen, and tak^ ?fcaway, by a certain person unknown, from file resdence of his toother, named Ruth Og Hub J, at Bachelor's Retreat, in Pendleton Dis tliet. Now, know ye, that to the intent that the ttid bey To* may be restored to his friends, ted that the said felon may be brought to le^al trial and coadiom punishment, 1 do hereby of fer a reward of Tico hundred Dollars tor the apprehension and conviction of the thief. ? Afld, al8o, 7Vo Hundred D'Alars to any person Wko shall return the said boy Tom safe to liis friends. Said Tom is about 9 or 10 years of age* perfectly black. & ha? a phasing counten ? co. The perso* who carried him away, is CQppoaed to hare fled to the lower part of Qeosgm or Akbema. Given wider my hand and the seal of the State, ?*<;fearlestoB, this eighth day of May, in the yw of our Lord one thousand eight hundred a*d tnirty seven, and in the sixty-first year ?f the independence of the United States of America. PIERCE M. BUTLER. .H the Governor. JMM KiJKhM AM. Dep. Sec. State May 12. Francis Ogicr, DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY. > E^PECTFU LLY informs his friends and the V public^that ^baa purchased from vr. S.. Per " mat Patent Medicines, Surgeons In ants. Oik, Varnishes, Paint Brushes, llufli.MCnf'inr with a great variety of articles, wnfiy kept ia an establishment of this kind, all of wiueb- are warranted genuine, and ef the best j*' a . A regular ?cppJy Will be kept up and sold at the 1 tmrt prices and no effort on the part of the ^ttbecriber^1^* be wanting to give general satisfac tion. Jfshare of that patronage heretofore so libe jUnnilrdln this establishment, is most respect r solicited on the port of the subscriber, which t bit long experience and attention to business 1 (0 merit cat Dir. S. PfemvaTs old stand, Main street t to HHgjpTiate Edgar's Hotel. ^ WANTED. A yoath about 15 or 16 years of age of good moral ?ctaacter, as an Apprentice to the business. Apply aa above. Z NOTICE- ? In conformity with a Reso Jt~ lotion ofthe St >ckhokfers of the Bank ofChar Tettxm&.C. adopted by ageneraftneetin^of the same, IBM tii tlio frl of February last, providing for an in crease of their capital in conformity with the pr6vi aapoaof the chafer of said Bank, from Two to Fouj Millions of Poflars ? Pttblic notice' is hereby given, that the Cashier of tike Bank of Charleston, C . will, at its Banking -? Khr, in wmd city, receive on the 5th July next, the < tH H instalment of Twenty-five Dollars on each of theevMSicg Shares in the capital Stock of said Bank, * jfiriom a share holder in person, or from his agent, or ' ^ikttoroeyi jiilr anthorized, and from no other person ifflMMfrer. The transfer books will be closedon the > " 3pt of June nest jfor the purpose of making out an au ftfcqraad list ofthe Stockholders. In the event of any Stockholder declining, or ne . greeting to subscribe for his or her proportion of the Stock, in all asses the privilege of the new ?nharri prion shall he sold at Public Auction for the JbtRStft ^*he Stockholders generally, at the discre .tioofp^e Board of Directors. second Instalment on the 5th of January, 183S. fee'third Instalment an the 5th of March, 1838: and rtfe* forth and last Instalment on the 5th of July, 1S& By order of the B >ard of Directors. J. HAMILTON, President B. C. S. C. TV papers at Columbia, Hamburg, Cheraw and ?^Sttadeo, are requesthd to publish thk advertisement t week until the 5th day of July. f? A# Southern Tonic. success of the Southern Tonic is unprece i Ti dented. It has been anxiously soueht alter by classes in every part of the United States, andi.s -widely extended mstrtbatiou has been owing to the ?Mr requests received from every section of the ^??kanrf Sooth West. Although it originated in in tfafirri prt nf the country but a few years since, it | in?w found in afl the p-incipal towns and villages in tke Union, and its virtues as a Cure for Ague and # jrer, and as a general Toxic are appreciated by all j friw have used it. Beinj as it processes a compound [ <of Southern Vegetables, it is needless to offer the as jqpuice that there is no Arsenic, Mercury, nor any thing in the least hurtful to the human constitution in 1 ft. It will be found a valuable Medicine in all cases Dyspepsia and disorganised Stomach and Bowels, J *a4 hatients convalescing fr?>tn Billious Fever, will rijw the most important benefits from the use of ' the Southern Tonic. It may be administered to dkfldrea and infants of the most tender age, with j iks lUiaost safety. Prepared by Coster & Coxe at 4l?ir laboratory, at Montgomery, Alabama. For sale by their appointed agent. J). & J. EWART, & Co., Columbia, S. C 1 Aprfl 22nd 16 ^lOMM ERCI A L BANK-^Checks for Sale, on ? -H*/ Mobile, Alabama. March 4 9 Laic JYotice. npug Subscribers having formed a copartnership * jK Practice of LAW, under the title of ?A TOE & FAIR, will attend the Courts of Mont- j ranery, aad the adjoining counties in Alabama, the Federal Court at Mobile, and the Supreme Court of the State. Office in the town of Montgomery. ISAAC W. HAYNE, May 27 4 E. Y. FAIR. Swaim's Panacea. A few dozen of the above just received from the manufactory, which are warranted genuine. Apply at the Drug store opposite the Golden pw. GI t&ES May 27 Secretary's Office, ) Columbia June 6, 1837. \ To all to whom it may concern, Be it known, That I Altamont Phillips of the city of Philadelphia | and State of Pennsylvania, lately appointed and Com missioned by his Excellency the Governor of this State, "a Commissioner to take the acknowledgment or proof of any Deed, Mortgage or other Conveyance ? of any Lands, Tenements, or Heredatiments, lying or being in this State, or of nny C ontrart, Letter of At torney, or any other Writing under Seal, to be used or rerorded in ihis State ; to administer, an Oath or affirmation to any person who may be desirous to make such Oath or affirmation before him: and to | take and certify Renunciations of Dower and In heritance of lands in the State aforesaid," did :>n the first day of this Instant take and subscribe an Oath beforeUohn R Vodges, Esq. one of the Aldermen and ex officio, a Justice of the Peace in and for ihe said City "That he will well and faith ully execute and perform all and singulartheduties of his said appoint ment as Commissioner of the State of ^outh Caroli na to take acknowledgments, &c. for the State of Pennsylvania, under an Act of the legislature of I the State of South Carolina, passed December 17, 1834, entitled, "An Act t<> authorise the appointment of a Commissioner or Commissioners to take the ac knowledgment of deeds and other instruments of writing under seal and for other porp^ea^" which saifi Oiti? is drly filed in the oHJSeof the Secretary erf State, at Oiumbia, pursuant to the requisitions of the said Act. C. H. SAXON, Sec, of State. J I, OS I, A GOLD PENCIL CASE, with a Topaz head. The finder will be suitably rewarded by leav ing it at this office. June 3 22 A ?ard. TFTE Subscriber expecting to be absent the en suing summer has placed his notes and ac counts in the hands of Mr Wm Glaze, Jeweler, who is duly authorized to receive payment and receipt for the same. . He has a negro girl to hire, who is a good Cook, Washer and lroner, for particulars enquire of Mr T Dickinson. WM. GREGG. May 20th, 1837 21 Notice. THE Subscribers having been appointed the sole Agents for the sale of the SALUDA MA* NUFaCTUkED YARNS and CLOTHS, would inform the Merchants and Public, that they will at all times be prepared to fill orders for those goods punc tually. All oruers must he addressed to D&J EW,\RT,&CO. On hand for sale, 16, OCX) lbs country cured Bacon. D. & J. E., & CO. Ma v 26th 23 Clark's Hotel. THE Subscribers feel grateful for the very libe ral patronage that has been extended towards them, sincethey opened the above Hotel, and beg l?ave to inform their friends and the public that they have reduced their prices of Board to the foHowiug rates : For Transient Boarders. From 1 to 60 Day* (with Private Table) pr. Day . $2,00 From 1 to 60 Days (at Regular Table per Day $1,50 For Regular Boarders. Over 60 Days including Lodging) pr week - $6,00 " 60 M ^without Lodging) pr week - - $*,5u ROACH & THOMPSON. May 27 --r? - 21 Unionvd le, May 23, 1837. ~^fR- JOSEPH MAYES tolls before me a sorrel ifJL Horse, with a star on his forehead, between 14 and 15 hands high, about 17 years old, rough shod, and raised by said Mayes, on Fairforesr, Union Dis trict, near the Spartanburgh line ; appraised at thirty five dollars. R. COLEMAN, J. P. June 3 22 Dr. J. M. Ctage HAS located himself at Unionville. He may al ways be found at his office, near the Court House. Unionville, May 30. 6t 22 Training- Stable. THE undersigned proposes opening a public Training Stable, on the 1st day of August, at the Columbia Rare Course, where gentlemen hav ing promising colts, will have an opportunity at a moderate expense, of resting their dualities There is no doubt many a gem in this and nur sisier States doomed io obscurity, or perhaps to wear the Collar , who by this means might be brought into public no tice and fashionable life, and, what is more "up into" a neat ten thousand in the pockets of its own er. Man a a thorough bred animal is sacrificed, from the difficulty of ascertaining its real value, by a regular training. After a horse has received the common walking exercise, which any one can give him, for two week>; seventy days will tell the tale , at least, so far as to point out the propriety of continuing or training him out. A horse for training, should b? sent in good order in full strength and vigour, with something to work ^on, but not hog fat. The subscriber cannot be bet ter understood in this particular, than by saying a gentlpman should send his horse in such condition as he would have it lor travelling, sound in health, and firm in flesh. When too low in flesh, the bore is too weak t undergo the necessary exercise. The terms, or cost of training, will depend on cir cumstances. With the horse there should be sent, an able bodied man or boy, to rub , and a boy to rid , of sufficient strength to pull a horse, and of weight propor.ioned to the age of the animal ? for a three year old 90 lbs, 4 years 102 lbs, 5 years 1 12 lbs, 6 years 121 lbs, aged 126 lbs ; for fillies and geldings three pounds less ; a Training Saddle, Bridle, Mar tingale, Circingle, Roller, two Blankets, two Hoods, a set of warm Woollen Cloihing, and two sets of Linen or Cotton, a Curry Comb, Brush, Pick, Buck ct, Halter, &c. complete. All these things being furnished, the subscriber will supply the provisions fori he horse and boy, together with his pers nal services and the use of his stables, litter &c. at $2 a day. If provisions are furnished by the owder, the entire charge will be $50. The do/hing may be made under my directions i by the boys at the stable if the rough material be j sent. The entire outfit will cost in this way about $42, and will iast, if taken care of, five years If the rubber and rider are not sent, tbey will have to be hired, probably at a higher cost than they J could be furnished by the owners Gentlemen wishing to send their horses to be trained, will b ? good enough to drdp me a line when | they will send, and how many, that their stalls may be putin readiness. Every possible care and atten tion will be given, but no liability*ncurred for acci dents. When a horse is ready to make a trial, the owner will have notice, that he may witness his per formance, or depute some friend to do so. The following gentlemen in tliis State, Georgia I and VL-ginia, have been kind enough t<> offer their ^ names as references, both in regard to the qualifica tions and integrity of the subscriber. In South r-Carulina, Col. Wade Hampton, B. F. Taylor, J. McLean; in Georgia, Capt J.J Harrison, in Vir ginia, Col. W. R. Johnson and J. Pucket. GEO. G.WALDEN. Columbia S- C., June 1, 1837 23 Committed. TO the Jail of Richland District, as a Runaway, a .Ne^ro man, who calls his name NED, and says he belongs to Vincent Carr, a Sugar Planter, on the Mississippi river, in the State of Louisianna, and says he runaway on April last. Ned is about ! twenty five years ot age, about five feet five inches high, dark complexion, has lost his two upper front ! teeth. Ned says he was raised in Charleston S. C., by John Maybank, and sold by him to Harry Bow man, and hy Bowman, to his present master, Vin j cent Carr. The owner is notified to come forward, ! prove his property, and comply with the law in other f respiects. JESSE DEBRUHL, S. R. D. March 28. 1837 12 CANADA CORN. We consider it proper at this time to call the attention of the fanners in gerir-ral and particularly those who have suffered a icss of their crops from the tmfavorableness of the past season, ? to the yellow early Canada corn, which has been cultivated here with such suc^ cess, as to leave little room for doubt as to its superiority in overcoming the difficulties to be encountered in our ever-varying clcnate. ? Five acres of this corn was raised the past sea son, by Mr. Hatch of the Pousfhkcepsie Hotel, on l.is farm two miles b -low the viltoge. It was planted on the first of June last, has yield ed sixty bushels to the acre, perfectly sound and in as fine condition as any we have ever seen. We understand that it was perfectly ripe by the 10J? of Sept. and will generally come to maturity in about ninety days. The land on which it was raised was in good condi tion. Mr. Hatch has already been applied to by 54 of our first farmers, for one hundred and fifty seven bushels of this, corn asd seed next year, ? Pou^hkeepise Eagle. The above described corn for sale by R. E. RUSSELL. Seedsman arid Florist. Columbia, S. C. POSTPONEMENT of the Drawing of the Splendid Scheme of the Alexandria Lottery , Class E, (Highest Capitil $75,000,) from the 27th of May to the 23d of September, next. ; From the general embarrassment of the times, the deraneed state of the domestic exchanges, and the ; difficulties attending the disposal of Bank Bills oat ?f their immediate circles of issue, we have been solici ted by agents and Venders to postpone the dm wing of the above scheme, for a short time, until ihe pre sent crisis >n the affaire of the country shall have passed away. We have therefore yielded to these solicitations, and postpone the drawing of the Alexandria Lottery , Class E, from the 27th of May, to the 23d day of September next, token the drawing will positwey take place. Adventurers having purchased tickets in said class, and who do not wish to hold them until the drawing, can hhve their money returned by the agent or bro ker from whom they purchased ? or can exchange them for tickets in classes to be drawn at an earlier day, as it may suit their pleasure. The Managers have consented to this postpone ment with extreme reluctance, as it has always been ' their policy to draw every scheme at the time an nounced. The unparalelled state of the country, is i he only cause of this one departure "from the usual custom. All the other schemes now before the public, will be punctually drawn on the days announced. D. S. GREGORY & Co. Managers. Washington City , May 13, 1837. $75,000. 15 Vrcnon Numbers in each Package. The most splendid Lottery ever drawn in the United States. Alexandria Lottery, Class E. To be drawn at Alexandria, D. C. on the 23d of September, 1837. 75 Number Lottery ? 15 Drawn Ballots . RICH AND SPLENDID PRIZES. 1 Grand Capital of 75,000 Dollars. . 1 SplendidJVixe of 25,000 Dojjjar|. 1 1 do 10,000 Dollais. 1 do 9,000 Dollars. 1 do 8,000 Dollars. 1 do 7,500 Dollars, 1 do 7,000 Dollars. 1 do 6,000 Dollars. $5,000 ? $4,000 ? $3,000 ? ?2.732 ? $2,500 ? $2000 5 of $1,750? 5 of 1,500. 60 prizes of $300 60 do 250 60 do 200 60 do 150 , &c. See. Tickets $20 ? Halves 10 ? Quarters 5 ? Eights 2 50. Certificates of packages of 25 Whole Tickets $270 do ?'o 25 Half do 135 do do .25 Quarter do 67 50 do do 25 Eighth do 33 75 ^JT Orders for Tickets and Shares or Certificates of Packages in the above magnificent Scheme,, will receive the most prompt attention, and an official account of the drawing sent immediately afteif it is over te all who order from us. ? Address, ; , D, S. GREGORY & CO., Managers, June 10 23 Washington City, D^C. 50 prizes of $1,000 50 do 750 50 do 600 50 do 500 50 do 400 7.1,000 ! ! ! The most Brilliant and Richest Scheme ever drawn IN THE UNITED STATES!! 15 Drawn Nos. in each Package of*25 Tickets! ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY, For Internal Improvement in the District of j Colvmbia CL.JMSS E. To be drawn in the City of Alexandria D. C. Saturday, September 23, 1837. D. S. Gregory <fe Co [successors to Yates & M'lntyrej 'Managers. BRILLIANT SCHEME. 75,000 Dollars 25,000 Dollars 20,000 ^Dollars 10,000 dollars 9,000 Dollars 8 000 Dollars 7,500 Dollars 7,000 Dollars 6,000 Dollars 5,000 Dollirs 4,000 Dollars 3,000 Dollars 2,732*Dollars 2,5BWoBSfr 2,000 Dollars 8,750 Dollars 7,500 Dollars 50,000 Dollars 37,500 Dollars 30,000 Dollars 25,000 Dollars 20,0^0 Dollars 1 Prize of 75,000 Dollars is 1 Prize of 25,000 Dollars " 1 Prize of 20,000 Dollars 1 Prize of 10,000 Dollars 1 Prize of 9,000 Dollars 1 Prize of 8,000 Dollars 1 Prize of 7,500 Dollars 1 Prize of 7,000 Dollars 1 Prize of 6,000 Dollars 1 Prize of 5,000 Dollars 1 Prize of 4,000 Dollars 1 Prize of 3,000 Dollars is 1 Prize of 2,7321 Dollars 1 Prize of 2,500 Dollars 1 Prize of 2,000 Dollars is 5 Prizes-of 1,75C Dollars are 5 Prizes of ; 1,500 Dollars are 50 Prizes of 1,000 Dollars are 50 Prizes of 750 Dollars are 50 Prizes of 600 Dollars are 50 Prizes of 500 Dollars are 50 Prizes of 400 Dollars are Tickets $20, Shares in proportion. To be had at Managers Office 26 Broad st. Charles ton, S. C., where Tickets :n all Lotteries managed by D. S. Gregory & Co,~taay be had. j June 10 23 ? JYotice. THE Subscriber begs leave to inform the gentle men of Columbia and its vicinity, that Be has commenced the Manufacturing of BOOTS and SHOES, opposite the Branch Bank.where he hopes by strict attention to business, to receive a share of public support. N. B. Repairing done with neatness and punctu ality. LESUE SMYTH, June 10 Ira .23 Regimental Orders. Head Quarters, ) Columbia, Dec. 5. 1836. ( A COURT MARTIAL, to ccnsist of Major Win. Hopkins, President; Captains Wade, Lykes, Black,Henly, Douglass, and Lieutenant Branthwaile, Members ; will convene at the Town Hall.in Colum bia, on the first Mondays of January, April July, and October, 1837, at 10 o'clock, A. M to try Defaulters at Company, Battalion, and Regimental Musters, as well as for disobedience of orders or non-perform ance of Patrol duty. Officers commanding Companies, will summon* their defaulters to attend the Court on thedays above specified, and will make a return to the Courtof the persons soramoned to attend. By order of Col. G. LIGHTNER. June 10 21 W. B THOMPSON, Adj't. From the Annual. NIGHT. ? BY BARRY CORNWALL. 'Tis night ? 'tis night ? the hour of hourt, When Love lies down with folded wings By Psyche in her starless bowers, And down his fatal arrows flings ? Those bowers whence not a sound is heard. Save only from the oridal bird, ' Who 'midst that utter darkness sings Sweet music like the running springs ; [ This her burthen, soft and clear ? i 'Love is here ! Love is here 1' 'Tis night ! the moon is on the stream. Bright spells are on the soothed sea. And Hope, the child, is gone to dream Of pleasures which may never be ! And now is haggard Care asleep, And now doth the widow's *orrow smile, And slaves are hushed in slumber deep, Forgetting grief and toil awhile. What sight can fiery morning show To shame the sure or pale moonlight ? What beauty can the day bestow Like that which falls ivithgnntle night 1 Sweet lady, sing I net aright ? Oh, turn and tell me, for the day Is faint and fading fast away ; And now comes back the hour of hours, When love his lovelier mistress seeks, Sighing like wind 'mongst evening flower*, until the maiden Silence speaks ! Fair girl, methinks^-nay, hither turn Those eyes which 'midst their blushes burn ? Methinks at such a time one's heart Can better bear both sweet and smart ; Love's look ? the first ? which never dieth ; Or death? which comes when beauty flieth? V* hen strength is slain, when youth is past. And all save truth is lost at last ! From the Knickerbocker. REMEMBRANCE' Oft at the hour when evening throws It gathering shade o'er vale and hill, While half the scene in twilight glows, And half in sun-light glories still ; The thought of all that we have been, And hoped and feared on life's long way ? Remembrances of joy and pain, Come mingling with the close of day. The distant scene of youth's bright dream, The smiling green, the ruatling tree ; The murmur of the grass-fringed stream, The bounding of the torrent free ? The friend, whose tender voice no more Shall sweetly thrill the listening ear, The glow that Love's first vision wore, And Disappointment's pangs ? are here. But soft o'er each reviving scene The chastening hues of Memory spre- *1 ; And smiling each dark thought between, Hope softens every tear we shed. O thus, when Death's long night comes on, And its dark shades around me lie, May parting beams from Memory's snn Blend softly in my evening sky ? G. W. G. NEW ORLEANS POLICE REPORTS. We doubt whether the Police Reports of London famish more whimsical cases than the following, which are copied from the New Orleans Commercial Herald of Mav 20 : K-r ~ ? f ? I Effects of a Frolic}? A toll, well-made, handsome young follow, named Henry Rhodes, was put to the bar on a charge of breaking the peace. Rec. Stand up. Rhodes. What do you fol low for a living? Pris. I'm a sailor, sir. Rec. Where were you born? Pris. Dauphin county.Pennsylvania. Oh. Lord! that ever I should be here ? Harrisburg, seat of government ? good Lord! what shall I do ? Harrisburg Hotel, my father and mother keeps it ? what would they say to see me here? five brothers and four sisters ? none ever got drunk like me ? no, four brothers and five sis ters ? oh dear, I don't know how many I have got ? I'm so confused ? five sisters ? all of them sober ? four brothers ? all earn their living with I the needle. Oh, Lord ! have m?rcy on me ; l how shall I get out of this place? I am a respectable youngr man, Mr. Judge; I am, in deed : do for God's sake, forgive me but this once, and I never will do so any more, upon my soul I won't. Oh, there's my poor father and mother, and all my brothers and sisters, sitting comfortably at home, eating fheir breakfast, and I'm here in this disgraceful fix. Oh, do, for Ged's sake, Judge, let me go. J am sober now, and I'll keep so. 'Let me once rret out of New Orleans, and I'll go straight home and never leave it again; upon my word and sacred honor I won't. I'll stay with my mother and sisters; or I!!l get married. I'll do any thing to get out; and if you ever come by our house, Judge, you may stay all night, and we won't charge you a cent; upon my soul we won't; and you may kiss all my s-s'ers as aint married; upon my sacred word and honor you may. Oh, let me go ! do, for God's sake, and I'll do any thing in the world for you. Oh, Lord! mercy on me, what am i come to ? Rec. Well, now, Rhodes you seem really to be -ensible of the folly of getting drunk and disturbing the peace. Supposing, let you go, how long will you promise to keep sober! Thi* seemed 'o be a real puzz er for poor Rhodes, for he seemed to hesitate for some time, as if doubtful of the strength of his pro pensity for liquor; at last, with a desperate effort, he exclaimed ? *'From 11 cuv ? from now ? to? to ? to ? for ever." Rec. Then you'll be discharged. Pris."G od Almighty bless the whole scrape of you. Something New under the Son. ? Old Solomon should have lived in the present pe riod, and he would have swallowed his own words. A litlle, bright, black-eyed, broad, bronzed cheek child of Erin, named Mrs. Johannah Barr, came to the office to obtain a warrant for one Mrs. Mitchell, who. as she said, had refused to give her satisfaction in a fair fight. On being asked to relate her story, she stated that Mrs. Mitchell came into her part of the house to look after some potatoes alleged to have been lost, stolen, or strayed, and that ifrrs. Barr refused to give her iiigress or egress through her premises. "Divil fly away wid your dirty potatoes," said Mrs. Barr, "what would 1 do wid'em? seein' I've plenty of my own!" 4{ You'll be so good as to let me search for 'em in my own house, madam," said Mitchell. "Divil of a house of yours is it, seein' we pay the rint," says Mrs. Ba^r. .?'Then, if you won't Jet me look paceably, i 's*a big bating you'll be after tasting, instead of a potaty," said Mrs. Mitchell. i "And with that," says Mrs. Barr, "she flew at me, and told mo she would cut the livers out of my own body, and stick a fork in my gizzard, and she koocked me d.nvn, and beut me, a id kicked me about, and b'azed my eye, and cut mv lip, andjtore my frock, and scraped j the skin off my leg, and punched uie in tho j belly, and kicked me in the back, and squeez ed the breath out of my body, besides trying to cut the livers out of me, and sfickiog a fork in my gizzard, and said I was a dirty b ? h, and my body's as clean as any woman s, and I aint ashamed to show it, and all tny clothes is clean, as your honor may see, and I've a de cent husband, and four beautiful boys, as big as any body's. And I said to Mrs. Mitchell, says I, come into my own house, says I, and we'll both on us strip, and see which is the dirty divil says 1, and then I can fight you fair, says I, in my own house, where you can't take the law on me, and we'll have a fair fight, and my man, and your man, says I, can look on and see fair play betoon the two of us, and she wouldn't fight me a fair fight, because she knows I'll bate her to death, lijtidl.jist want your honor to give me a warrant to make he# light me a fair fight and send somebody jist to stand by, and see fair play." Rec. If 1 send any body, 'twill be to arrest yo'J.both. Now go away, and do:it disturb the peace, or you'll both be sent to prison. All about ? Hj>rse ? A crazy looking character, unwashed, unshaved, uncombed, and unbrushed. stood at the bar to answer to the charge of having stolen a horse, saddle, and bridle from the beef market, where the owner of the same had hitched it over night. Recorder, Stand up, sir, what's your name? Prisoner, Peter. Rec. What's your other name? Pris. Never had any other dame. Roc. You did'nt, eh! What do you follow now for a living, Peter ? Pris. Nothing. Rec. What have you ever followed ? Pris. Nothing. Rec. You've been profitably employed.? And did you want this horse, saddle, and bri dle to assist you in doing nothing ? Pris. No : the horse wanted me. He *as standing in the mud and wet gutter, and look ed uncomfortable, ar.d as if he wanted to be* come acquainted with some other part^of the country ; and so I let hhn loose aud got on his back, to see that he did'nt come to any harm. Rec. That was very consider ite on your purt ; so you did take the horse away ? Pris. No, he took me. Rec. And whereabouts where yon going with him ? Pris. Just wherever he thought proper to take me. I saw the horse wanted anexcnange of situation, and wanted to see the beauties of a fresh pic re of the country ; and as this city is going to be engulfed any how, and swallow ed up by an earthquake shortly, I thought it was best for both of us to bu out of it as quick as possible. Rec. So, the city is to be swallowed soon ? Pris. Certainly, the* wor4d is going to be at . on ft iatirft rufthrPP nqnn T ?ti the banks have broke. ~ Rec. But that's no excuse for your commit ting a robbery. Pris. All the world is swindlingand robbing one anotfier, and the sooner every thing is stole, the sooner will all be at an end. Rec. 0ut vou are aware that you could be punished for stealing this horse? Pris. No: nobody cm punish me now. I died a long time ago, and all my punishment ls^over. It was evident that the prisoner was par tially or wholly deranged. H? rode on the horse to Lafayette, knocked at the door of a house, and told the tenant he had come to marry his daughter. The people of the house turned him out, and he said he would report them to the angel Gabriel, who was his grand* father, and whose daughter was his mother. Presently they saw the horse grazing along the side of the road with Peter, or Sf. Peter, as he called himself, sitting on the horse's back, with his face to the tail. Upon being asked where he was going, he replied that he It- ft that to the horse; that a general destruc tion was coming, and that horses, having more sense than men, would be enabled to escape from the universal calamity; whilst all men and women would be swept away by it. Rec. Where do you board, Peter ? Pris. No where. Rec. Where do you sleep? Pris. I never sleep. Rec. 1 suspect he is.jmor#koave than tool. Take him over. The horse, saddle, and bridle, were then de livered up to the tfwner, a Dutchman. A Frenchman, who had a dispute with a' Turk in Constantinople, and had stabbed him, was condemned to death. The Criminal thought on inland to save himselfiffcnd as he knew that the < ~peror was a great lover of elephants, he p posed to himto spare his life, and he would, n return teach one of these animals to sjjeak. The emperor,, who knew the sense orthe ele; Iieut* thougjitit possible, that by pains and art, JfheyajigAt tie taught to do so; lie therefore accepted the proposal of the prisoner, and besiifes, promised a handSome reward if he fulfilled; his promise in a certain time. * The Frenchman said that ten years would be wanted to instinct such a very large animal, if he was to teach it to speak Turkish quite perfectly; but he would be content to suffer th-' most cruel death at the expiration cf ? hat time, if h j should not fulfil what he had undertaken. After they had agreed to this, h? and a yt>ung elephant were confined in a tower, and supplied with abundance of provi^ sions. After a little time he was visited by some of his countrymen, who testified their astonishment at his mad promise. "You bring destruct'on on yourselfby it," said one of them. 'Don't tear, gentlemen,' said the pri soner, Men years is a great period of human life; 1 assure you that before these are expired one of us, either the emperor, the elephant or i shall be dead.' Anecdote of the Vice President. ? The Louis, ville Journal, says, that when the Tecumseh killer was in Louisville on Saturday.Ja6t, one of hi* friends, a free negro of thn name of Bill Harris, called on him on board the General Gaines. ''How d5 you do, Uncle Bill!" says I the Colonel. "Very well," says Bill. "How do you do, Colonel!" "Quite well, '(Jocle Bill?How is your family ?" "All well, I thank you ? How are your daughte: i, Colonel 1" ? "Very well, very welj?" said the good Colonel hurriedly. This dialogue ac nally took place in the presence of rainy respectable gentle men on board the Gen. Giines. Deploralile Conditvm of the British Legion at tutorial ? Of the dreadful t?late to which ihe British Leg:on found itself nt Vittoria during the January', February, add March, of last year, a writer in the' Monthly Reposi tory gives the following- most sickening and heart rending account. The very atmosphere was impregnated with disease; and the ordinary morning salutation of officer to officer was ? * Well, who else is dead?" The medical staff was almost tllierly inf fficie it ; the members of it then few in num ber, were almost all at the same time lying ill with fever, and those who remained on duty were unable to csntend with the difficulties they had to meet with. The Spanish 4Qthorl ties refused them every description of assis* tance; the men in hospital wanted bedding? no no was to be obtained; the windows of the corridors in the wretched convents which wore converted, into hospitals, required to be glazed ? nothing of the kind was allowed ? aod there lay the miserable sick on the ttaoeor mud floors, covered with vermin, with scarcely a rag or blanket to share between half a doaen of them; their heads laid against wall th6 throb* ing with lever heat, and their naked feet e*. posed, underneath the open windows, which looked down into the quadrangle court-yard ,tu~ the bitter inclemency and piercing cold of the night air. Hence, when most of the Unhappy sufferers began to rally from under the imme* diate danger of the fever itself, their feet mor tified, many of tbem died, and a large propor tion of those who survived loift their toes and feet, either by nature itself throwing -the dead parts, or by amputation. The mortality was such that for weeks thirty or forty wrre buried daily. ^ Their bodies were throwrt in discriminately into a cart, and carried to Jlle place of interment, which wa8'? large hole dug in the ground, into which they wene pre'* cipated load after load, and which rMietnOd open until sufficiently filled to allow its fetng easily covered over with earth4 Whew eflU cers died, it was at first attempted ''W aury them with military honors, and the usual dead march accompanied the procession 4 com mon, however, did this soon become, that the little children in the streets caught the air of the dirge, and it was. affecting to heorliieni humming, singing, and drumming to tham^ selves with sticks, as they played with eakli other at the steps of tho street doors. . Disturbances in Manchester, Tuesday night The effects of the embarrasments in which so many great commercial Jiousee have been - recently involved in this neighborhood, are unhappily extending rapidly to tho laboring classes. A great number of hinds have been thrown of employ, and. a, still greater number can only obtain a miserably- limited pittance arising from two or three days of ill paid work per week. This is particularly the o^oO With the band-loom weavers of Ihe coarso in this town and neighborhood 4SSL of that wretchefTSTasS look pfitce in St. George's road, a district in which tbqr principally reside. A good deal of excitement prevailed among these unfortunate men,and in the afternoon about one hundred ofthemfprm* ed in a procession, and made thefr way to* wards the centre of the town, preceded by . a man bearing a pole, to which were affixed two loaves, to indicate their want. numbers speedily accumulated uptil they amounted to between two and three hundred; as^they went along, parties -of tbem entered the provision shops, and obtained by intin^dation supplies of bread ormoney, threatening violence ii they re fused. In the evening they dispersed ; but great numbers assembled this morning, but hive been induced to refrain from violence by the advice of some gentlemen who addressed them, and a deputation was appointed from tbem to wait upon the horoughbreeve and constables witha memorial statingthe distress* ed situation in which many thousandsbf them were plaeed, and entreating a public meeting might be called, that the gentlemen of the town m?ght take their case into consideration^-' They were directed to call at theiowafhall this evening for an answer, when the authori ties in question, together with the churcJuper* dens and other gentlemen, having consulted on the subject, the deputation were informedibat applications for relief from any ot their body really requiring it should be ^womptly attended to at the church warden's office. ^Whether this arrangement will suffice remains to be seen; but really considering the. magnificent sums lstely raised in this town for the relief of the "Highlands andjslands," and other chari table purposes, it does scein strange tligt no thought bas been bestowed upon those at homo ? those who are starving by thousands under our very noses ! The Globe and other Administration pajfcre, with the most consummate impudence, now say that tH&jpresent troubles in oor business affairs arejust what they have predicted all along. We know nothing that equals -their assurance, unless it be the exclamation of the Irish pilot, when he run a ship on the rocks. He was conducting a ship into a port {' the captain, seeing that he was a "leetle corned," and thinking he was deviating from the 'chan nel, asked him if ho was n<* gmner wrong. ? - "Arrah, let me alone for that/' said he/ With a rich Irish brogue, ?'dorr't f know every rock in the hubo:?" The last word was hfcrdfy otter ed when the ship struck hr?avily;upon> striken rock, when the pilot instantly continued? "and ihat is one tkem." ? Kennebec JourruA. ? It is well th**t the Distribution bill parsed as soon as it did. Had it been delayed' an other year, a vastly increased amount of the public lands would have passed into thelianJs of speculator*, and the whole revenue from th?m would have been lost. We thought it bad enough that the deposite banks should have the use of forty roiUtfine of the pub ic re venue, without interest, t^spbculate And shave with; but that was only the bepomog^ the spoils upon the Treasury. Wo have I|?fthe int.; rest ? we are now in danger of foeiogl the principal. Thp deposite banks have afl flailed if they pay over their quota of the deposites, it will be in theirown bills* some, if pot many, of which will be little better than Waste paper. It is thus that the public treasure which was wrested fom the United States Bank* in vio . lation of law, has been .squandered ao4 lo?t. What imposition and outrage shall wt Oftxl be required to suffer ? ? Kcnacbcc JoumoL