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then to have co^n ad mitt ernor sorlS^ of The coloT!y"T!feB^b>fc>Oieir ">rvaBtt (being no members of the they are to pay rent corne as of this kind ? these are about seventeen. shers also comprehended in jWie said nnraber ofone hundred and nineteen ?Uiere, are resident, who labor generallie for tie celonie; amongst whom some make pitch and tarr, potashes, charcole and other works, and are maintained by the magazin ? but are not of the corporacoun. At this place (for the at est p*rt)ftveth capten Peacdley , deputy marshal and deputy governor. Mr. Alexan der Whitaker, {sonne to the reverend and fa mouns divine, "Dr. Whitaker.) a good divine, hath the ministerial charge here. hx West and Sherley Hundred (seated on the north side of the river, lower then the Bermudas three, or four myles, are twenty 4*e, commanded by capten Madleson? who ai'e imployed onely in planting and cming tobacco, ? -with the profitt thereof to clothe themselves and all those who labor about the generall business. At James Towne (seated on the north side of the river, from West and Sherly Hundred tower down .about thirty-seven myles,) are fifty, nnder the command of lieutenant Sbarpe, ia the absence of capten F rancis West, Esq-, brother to the right ho'ble the Le. Lawarre, ? whereof thirty-one are far mors; ail theis maintavne themselves with food and rayment. Mr. Richard ,Jurd min ister theie? a verie good preacher. At Kequoirglftan (being oot farr from the mofoth of the river, thirty:3even miles below J&m ??JSowtje oojthg f me side.) are twenty ?whereof eleven are farmors; all those also maior'ayoe themselves as the farmor. Cap ton George Webb commander. Mr. Wm. Mays minister there. At Dales-Gift (being upon the sea, Deere unto Cape Charles, about thirty myles from Kequoughtan,) are seventeen, under the command of one lieutenant Cradock ; ail these are fedd and maintayned by the colony. Their labor is to make salt and catch fish at the two seasons aforementioned. So the noraber of officers and laborers are two hnndred and five. The farmors 81; be sides woemen and children, in everie place some ? which in ail amounteth to three hun dred and fifty-one persons ? a small uoraber to advance so great a worke. Theis several! places are not thus weakly man'd, as capable of no greater nomber, ((or they will maintayne many hundreds more,) ? hut because no one can be forsaken without losse and detriment to all. If then so few people, thus united, ordered and governed, doe live so happily, everyone partaking of J the others labor, can keepe in possession so mnch ground as will feed a fargreater nomber in the same or better condition ; and seeing too, too many poore farmers in England worke all the yeare, rising early and going to bed late, live penuriously, and much adoe to pay their landlord's rent, besides a daily karking and caring to feed themselves and families, what happiness might they enjoy in Virginia, wero men sensible of theis things, where they may h*ve ground for nothing, more than they can manure; reape more fruits and pr^fitts with haV the labor, void of many cares and vexations, a?d for their rent a matter of small or no moment, I leave to jour singular judgement and consideration, oorhiag* donating, but He [who, his in finite goodnes, with so small meam, hath settled these poore and weake beginning so happily,] will animate, -stir up and encourage inanie oihers cheerefully to undertake this worke*? $ *ill assuredly add a dailiy strength to g; g j_andniai languishing action is now for N-ardnes and strength, no person bat is provided for, either by their owne or others tabors, to subsist themselves ?o* to be able to rayse commodi ties for clothing and other necessaries, envy it selfe, povsoned with the venom of aspes, cannot wound it. ' Now, to drawe to a conclusion of this my poore oblacon, I would crave your Highnes' patience a little longer ? and that you would turne your heart to a more heavenly medi tacoun, wherein much joy and comfort is to be reaped j*nd found, of all such as shall truly, sincerely * and unfeynedly seeke to advance "the honor of God, and to propagate his gos pell. There is no small hope by pietie, clemeucie, curtesie and ctvill demeanor, [by which means some are wonne to us alreadie,] to convert and bring to the knowledge and true worship of Jusus Christ thousands of pooie, wretched. and misbelieving, people, on whose faces a good christian cannot looke without sorrow, pittie and compassion, seing they beare the image of our Heavenlie Creator, and we and they come from one and the same mould, especiallie we knowing that they, merely through ignorance of God and Christ, doe run headlong, yea,*with joy in to destruction and perpetuall damnation, ? for which knowledge we 3re the more bound and indebted to Almigbtie God, [for what were we "before the gospell of Christ shined amongst us?] and cannot better express our duties and thankfulness for so g eat mer cies, then by using such raeanes to them, as it pleased him to .lend unto others to bri ig our forefathers and us into the waies of trneth, ? it is much to bemourned and la mented how lightlie the workes of God are now a days generallie regarded, and less sought after; but the worke ot the world, as though they were eternal!, hungered for, and thirwedf after with insatiable greedioes. But /should wewell consider, -examine and search into o*rsetve% what we.wsre* and now are, there can be no heart, [if not hardened as the nether mile stone,] but would- even break itself to pieces, and distribute to manie poore soules some parte thereof, to purge them from their lees of synne, and to sette them in the fight pathes of holines and righteoosnes, to serve the King of Heaven ; hy which meanes and God's holy ass stance, no aonbt they will sooue be brought to abandon their old superstitions and idolatries, wherein they have been nursed and trayned from their infancies, and our gieatest ad>er tarist shall not taunt us with this reproach, 44 Whom ofyou have you wonoe to chris tianiue?" What a crowne of glorie shall be set t upon their heads who shall faithfullie labor herein, I leave to the enjoying of them, who shall endeavour unfeynedly to meritt the same. Finallie, as Caleb aod Joshua in the verie heate of grudgings, murmurings, and assemblies <jf the children of Israeli, stood stoutlie for the Lord's cause, com mending the goodnes of the land they dis ctftered, to the faces of their oppressors, aod the easines to obtain it even to the perill of their lires, so many right ho'ble and wor.hie personages, both here akd in. Virginia, [whom ieneraffie the most parte withdrew them selves that the action was almost sunck downe .inforietftlDes,] have mightilie upheld this Hfetatiao "cause?for God, even our owne helpe them. For neither evill re ports, nor slanders, nor murmurings, not | backbiting? of others, nor any disaster, did once dismay or biuder them from upholding thereof with their good reports, incouage ments,and mianesyeareliesentto the pi ?nters. to nourish life and being in this zealous woike. I beseech God to raise up many. more such, so jealous for God's glory, to forward the same ? we have tasted of some fruits thereof. There are no great nor strong castles, nor men like the sous of Anack, to hinder our quiet possession of that land. God's hand hath been inightie in the preservacoun there of hitherto; what need we thgn to feare, but to goe up at once as a peculiar people, marked and chozen by the finger of God, to possess it. for undoubtedly he is with us. And as for murmurers, slanderers and back sliders, a due norcoun shalbe given them for their reward. So the blessings of Caleb and Joshua shall fall upon all those that conr stantly persevere to ihe end. Thus, craving your gracious pardon for my rude boldnes. beseacbing God to send you the fulnes of his blessings in this world and in the world come, I rest, Your highnes' most faithful and loyall subject, John Rolf. The nomber of neate cattle, horses and goates, which were alive in Virginia at Sir Thomas D;ile's departure thence; Cowes, ) ? Heifers, > 83 ? x Cow calves, ) 5 in all > 144. Sreeres, 41 > * Bulles 20 ) Memoraud : 20 of the cowes were great with calfe at his departure. HorsesK 3 } . ,, } ~ Mares, 3 { ,u a" j 6 Goates, ) and v male and female, in ) 216. Kidds, ) all ? Hoggs, wild and tame, not to be nom bred. Poultry, great plenty. ? . From the National Intelligencer. A respected subscriber of ours, who has been a Member of Congress for several years past, has requested us to publish the Speech c Mr. Polk, late Speaker of the House of Representatives, against the Sub-Treasury Scheme when proposed by Mr. Gordon, of Virginia, and also the Yeas and Nays upon that proposition. He says that he wishes the People to see and understand that when an individual Member of Congress proposed the Sab-Treasury Scheme as a substitute for a Deposite Bank bill, it was rejected by a large and overwhelming majority (only one Member of the Administration party voiing for it) ? though, when the very same measure was afterwards recommended by the President , it was and is supported by the very same members and party who had be fore rejected it. 44 What, he asks has pro duced this sudden change of opinion and action ? The answer is plain. The power and patronage of the President are omnipo tent. He is the head and leader of his men , as the sun turns the sunflower. Shall one man , like the King in a Monarchy, rule this country ? Or shall the People rule, and make their own laws ? That's the great question to be now decided." Our subscriber, the former member of Congress, goes on to say (speaking of himself) as follows : 4 I voted with the Administration against Mr. Gordons Sab-Treasury plan, because I thought it injurious to the People and Gov ernment; a?d that view of the case was earn estly supported by Mr. Polk (the then read er 10 the House of Representatives.) My principles are pot Igdia-jj^gjC ? ffpf follow in theT footsteps or foretrackshi President Van Buren. He and his party-worshippers must excuse me from surrendering my judgement and conscience to his keeping I can reconcile parallel prin ciples but I leave principles so at right angles with one onother to be settled and rendered consistent by the magical influence of Presi dential power and Government patronage." We comply with the wish of our corres pondent by publishing what he requests, as follows : On the 10th day of February, 1835, when the bill for regulating the deposites of public money was under consideration, Mr. Polk delivered a long Speech in support of it. which is reported in the eleventh volume of the Register of Debates beginning at folio 1*266. From that report we make the follow ing EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH OF MR. POLK, OF TENNESSEE. 41 Whilst I am up, it may be well to notice some other propositions of amendment, which the House have been notified will be made to this bill, especially as I may not hive another opportunity to address the House. A gentleman from Virginia fMr. Gor lonj has signified his intention to move the amendment to this bill which he pre sented and h.id printed by order of the House some days ago. That amendment provides the 4 collectors of the public revenue,' when the amounts collected are small, 4 shall be the agents of the Treasurer, 'to keep and disburse the same;' and that they shall re ceive an annual compensation. It provides, further, that, at places where the amount collected shill be large, receivers shall be appointed, 'to be agents of the Tieasurer, to keep and disburse the public moneys,' and that they uhall be paid an annual com pensation for their services. The becretary of the Treasury, in his report, has not over looked the description of personal agency here proposed, but has submitted to _Caa a rcss his views Hi-retatioo to it. He states that 'this kind of personal agency is, in his opinion, to be avoided in all practicable and safe cases, ' utfder our present system of , selected banks; because it would render the svstem less convenient, less secure, and more complex, it Dot more expensive. ** ?Unless the States, and the United States, should both deem it proper gradually, and in the end entirely, to dispense with the pa per svstem, and which result is not anticipa ted, the Government cannot escape occasion al losses from that quarter, and can never hope to escape all losses from banks as fis cal agents, except by the employment in their "place, of other and individual agents, who will probably be found less responsible, safe, convenient, or economical. He con cedes that it would be practicable to employ such agents, but not recommend it, for the reasons stated in the paragraphs ot the re port which I have read, and because it would not, 4in the present condition of thiogs, be so eligible a system as the present one." - 44A corporation may be safer than any in dividual agent, however responsible he may be, because it consists of an association of indi viduals who have thrown together their aggre gated wealth , and who are bound in their cor porate character , to the extent of their whole capital stock , for the deposite . In addtuou to this, the Secretary of the Treasury may. require as heavy collateral tecunty, ;n add i .? -.r i-. '.rztr-.- -*? n -J*-.';.'" " tion to their capital paid invfrom such a cor poration, as could from an individual collec tor or receiver, which makes the-Croverment depositrg safer in the hands of a bank than it could be with an^^imdual. 14 It may be i^^Bjtoestioned whether the h eaviest securi ty ww^B^mos t wealth if i n di vidual could give , the public de posite safe at the point collection. In the city of New York ha^the revenue is collected. Several millions of public money may be in the hauds of a receiver at one time , and if he be corrupt, or shall engage in specu lation or trade, and meet with a reverse of fortune, the loss sustained by Government would be inevitable. With "Triple security, as it was supposed, the Government lost a million or more in the tea cases, a few years ago. The losses in three cases alone, as already stated, .in 18*27 and 1828, when it was supposed ample care had been taken to secure the debt, amounted to near two mil lions. As, then, between the responsibility of a public receiver and bank corporations as banks do exist, and are likely to exist, understate authority, the latter , upon the ground of safety to the Public, are to be preferred. "Banks, when they are safe recommend themselves to the service of the 1 reasury for other reasons. 44 1. The increased facility they possess over individual collectors or receivers, in mak ing transfers of public money to distant points j for disbursements, without charge to the j Public. Indeed, this is a service which in- j dividuals, to the extent of our large reveuues, ? could not pertortn. . I "2. It may happen, in the fluctuation oil the amount of revenue and expenditures, I that there will be at some times a considera_l ble surplus in the Treasury; which, thougip. it nny be temporary, if it be withdrawn from j circulation, and placed in the strong box of ,; a receiver, the amount of circulation will be : injuriously disturbed by hoarding the deposite. j bv which the value of every article of mer- | chandise and property would be effected.? j So that, inasmuch as we cannot anticipate or , estimate whai the exact amount of revenue or expenditure may be from year to year, | there may occur an excess of revenue in the j Treasury, not immediately called for to be j disbursed, which it would be very inconvenient j to abstract from trade and circulation. Whilst tl.e deposite is in a bank, the bank may ase it, keeping itself at the same time ready to pay when demanded, aud it is not with drawn from the general circulation, as so much money hoarded and withdrawn from the use of the community. 44 If in the hands of receivers, they niust either hoard it by keeping it locked up vn a strong box or use it at their own risk in private speculation or trade, or they must, for jh?|r own security and on their own responsibi i ty, place it at last on deposite in banks , for safe keeping , until they are called on by the Government for it. j "This temporary use of the money on de- , posite in a bank constitutes the only com pensation which the bank receives for the risk of keeping it and by the services it per forms. If receivers be employed, they can perform no other service than to keep the money, and must be paid a compensation from the Treasury." t>ML r From the same volume of the Repster ol Debates (folio 1333) we copy the Yeas and Nays on the question of agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. Gordon for substituting the Sub-Treasury plan. j YEAS AND NATS ON MR. GORDON S MOTION. Yeas? Messrs. John 9 -Adamsv H emaiL, Allen, John J. Archer, Barbpr, : Campbell, Claiborne, "^ra^Clark^Claxton. Amos Davis, portTTCberry, Foster, Gamble, Gholson, Gordon, Griffin, Heath, Letcher, Lewis, Martindale, McComas, Pickens, Robertson, Spangler, Steele, William P. Taylor, Wilde, Williams, Wise ? 33. Nats ? Messrs. John Adams. William Allen, Ashley. Banks, Barringer, Baylies, Bean, Beaumont, Bell, Binney, Beckee, Boon, Bouldin, Briggs, Brown, Bunch, Burns, Bynum, Cage, Cambreleng, Carmi chael, Carr, Casey, Chancy, Chilton, Chinn, Samuel Clark, Clay, Coffee, Cramer, Crane, Darlington, Day. Denny, Dickerson, Dickin son. Dunlap, Evans, Edward Everett. Ew iof, Ferris, Fillmore, Forester, towler, Wm. K. Fuller, Fulton. Galbraiih, Garland Gillet, Gilmer, Gorham, Graham, Grennell, Jos. Hall, Hiland Hall, Thomas H. Hall. Halsey, Hamer. Hanuegan, Hard, Hardin, James Harper. Harrison, Hathaway, Hawkins, Henderson, Hiester, Howell, Hub bard, Huntington, fnge, William Jackso?' E'oenezer Jackson, Janes, Jams, Richard M Johnson, Noadiah Johnson, Benjamin Jones, Kavanagh, Kilgore, King, Rinnard, Lane, Lansing, Laporte, Luke, Lea, Thom as Lee, Lincoln, Love, Loyall, Lucas, Ly on Lytle, Abijah Mann, Joel K. Mann, Marshall Mardis, John Y. ^ason Moses Mason, May, McCarty Mclnt.re, MjKay, McKennan, McKim. McKinley. McLene. McVene, Miller, Millisan, Mmer, Henry Mitchell, Robert MitchHl, Moore, Morgan, Muhlenburg, Murphy, Osgood, Page, Parks, Parker, Patton, Patterson, Dutee, J. Pearce, Phillips. Pierce, Pierson, Pinckney, Pjum mer, Polk, Pope. Potts Ramsay, Reed Rey nolds, Schennick, Srh'ey Wm. B. Shep ard, Augustine H. Shepard, 5>hmn, Slade, Smith, Speight, Standefer, William Tavlor, Francis Thomas, Thomson, Trumbull, rur rill, Tweedv, Vance, Van Houten. Wege ner, Ward." Wardwell, Watnough, Webster, Whalton, White, Wilson? 161. __ JT&rible Calamity. ? Tbrre or four years since a company was formed for the purpose of raising the water of the Kennebec (Maine) river, creating an immense moving -power, and erecting manufacturing establishments. A dam was thrown across ihe stream about a mile above the beautiful village of Augus ta. The rolling part in the centre of the river 600 feet in length, was bujlt of hem lock logs from one to three feet in diameter, locked together and well secured with iron bolts and treenails, and the interstices filled with heavy stone. The base was 127 feet thick, top was capped with stone, and the upper slope loaded with ballast and gravel ? the height above the bed of the river was 42 feet, above the level of ordinary high tides at the foot of the dam 16 1-2. On the west side tfas a lock of massive masonry, rising about 13 1-2 feet above the top of the rolling dam. At each end were sluices of heavy stone work, by which the water was to be drawn intocauals and carried along the banks below to be poured on the wheels of machinery. The whole length of the dam with its abutments, locks, and sluices, could not have been Jess than about 1000 feet. It raised a pond about 15 miles long, of the average breadth of 700 feet, and from 10 to 15 feet de#?p. The cost of the structer was very great : it has been estimated firQm $200. 000 to 500,000. Extensive saw mills had bcph built on the west side of tto dam to manufacture the lumber float^Bown from' Northern townships. The plan was similar {to that by which the waters of the Merri tnack have been turned from tl'eir bed to .operate the vast works at Lowell. Had it been successful, in the capital of Maine, another city of corporations, with its streets of manufactories and miles of operatives might have been reared to r'v-il the great workshops of production in Massachusetts. The whole works were destroyed by a re markable calamity. The Kennebec had been swelled by the recent raius, and on Fri day afternoon the river began to work its way around the western side of the dam, where the steef bauk was formed of the coarse gravel most easily moved by the con tinuous action of the strong current of wa ters. fThe river worked for itself a channel, turning above the dam, and pouring the ac cumulated flood of the pond westward, it hollowed a deep and vast canal, tearing away the earth until it had dug out a circuitous way about 50 rods in breadth, and more than seven hundred feet in length. By this out break the dam has been left high aud dry, its value h;is been destroyed ? and if ever again made useful, it must be by throwing another struciure across the channel formed by the flood, near a thousand feet in extent. From the New York Express. " The Old Dominion " ? The Warning. Mr. Van Buren has another summons from Virginia. As fie Northern man with it! eru principles, he makes no utfTre pro cress in Virginia than in his own New York. Rejected now by the New Dominion, and rejected also by the Old, with what bauble is he to amuse his followers next? if he had played fair in Virginia ? if he had shown | his hand, and that hand the Sub-Treasury, he would have been beaten more ; but as it is, hesees Virginia canuot save the | ovular body for him, and that Rives and the opposition have prevailed in the Legislature of the State. Tennessee, we suppose, is next to be acted upon, and then Indiana and Kentucky; but it is hardly within the bounds of possibility that he can gain enough there to prevent the I election of John Bell of Tennessee to the Speaker's Chair in the House of Represen tatives. Mr. Van Buren is coming North, and is to establish his Head Quarters at Saratoga Springs, we are told. Well, what is to be done here? Is New York to be dragooned into obedience? The Election has not giv I en him much hope for the Interior. The great triumphs won by the Conservatives of ! Virginia is not very encouraging for him, in the wnrfare his Senate in this Stale, and he himself are making upon N. P. Tallmadge. Mr. Van Buren was in Virginia last summer and New York slipped from him. Mr. V. ' B. now comes to New York, and Virginia slides away. His fortunes desert him. Alack :a day, he deems his presence necessary every J where, and as he is not ubiquitous, he can of course, be in but one place at a tim~. The Elections during the Spring have been very cheering. Connecticut with an entire Whig Delegation in Congress was a triumph we could not expect Virginia has blasted the hopes of our adversaries, and realized in its Congressmen the most sanguine expecta tions of our Party. We trust the Summer Campaign will be equally splendid. ? but we expect to Jose iu the Western St tes, where the Congressional Delegation is now oursal ! most entire,? and we can afford to lose much now Virginia has done well, and ther. we can make John Bell Speaker. What kind ofa hold _Oj3^^,u^ll'un, ,1 *ttt& United States is to have with a majority of the People's Representatives against hiih, we shall, it is highly piobable, have a chance of ascertaining. The Slave Ships. ? We stated yesterday morning in a brief paragraph, that her Bri tannic Majesty's ship ol war Buzzard, Capt. Fitzgerald, had arrived in our harbor from Barbadoes, accompanied by a prize vessel, called the Eagle, which had been captured while cruzit g as a slaver. On inquiry, we learn that the Eagle, with another vessel was captured by the Buzzard on the coast of Africa while engaged in the piratical traffic. It does not appear that any slaves had been taken on board the vessels, but they were found furnished with irons and all other implements of the trade and 1 thai subsequent to their capture, the officers and crew admitted that they were and had been engaged in the slave trade. The ves sels, it appears are both American built, and the officers were all Americans. When ta ken they had the Spanish flag flying. The | vessels were fitted out at Havana. One of the captains is a native of New York, and the other of Philadelphia. The other prize vessel U expected to arrive daily, she hav- 1 ing sailed in company with the Buzzard from Barbadoes, in charge of a British prize master. The object of this visit to our harbor is, we learn to deliver over the offenders to our auhorities for trial, and for this purpose negociations are now pending between the British officers and the magistrate here. 2 o'clock, A. M. ? The other vessel cap I tured by the Buzzard has arrived. She is called the Clera, and was commanded by Captain Hooker. She was taken on the! coast of Africa three months after the cap ture of the Eagle, commanded by Captain Leting. The British officers found that all the original officers and crews of the two vessels nad died of the coast fever except two or three Spaniards and the two captains a bove named. P^Capt, Hooker is very ill, and not likely to 'live more than a day or two. Capt. Leting is in good health, and has been lodged in the debtors' prison on a writ issued by Judge Betts, at the instance of Captain Fitzger ald and Mr. Buchanan, H. B. M. consul. Capt. Fitzgerald will proceed immediately to Washington, to obtain there the neces sary information in regard to the disposal of the prisoners. ? JV. Y. Courier <$? Enquirer. The Florida War. ? The Tallahassee Floridian of Saturday last, contains Gen. Macomb's general order, and accompanies it with the usual signs of mourning. It is time that we should begin to view this Seminole war in its true light. The United States have been badly whipped and it is time that we admit the fact. We made war upon the Seminoles to compel a compliance with the treaty of Payne's Landing, by which the Indians had stipulated to go West. The In dians ^tood on their defence: they never fought for conquest ; they have beaten the whites back wlienevfr they have attempted to penetrate the country of the Indian. We are the vanquished party and we ought to be grateful that Sam Jones is so easily satisfied. He has exhibited a degree of moderation that was hardly to be expected from a con queror. It is a happy thing for the whites that a thirst for conquest bums not in his swarthy bosom ? el<e had his tribe now. been kindling their couucil fires at Tallahassee, and (he press and types of our frend of the Floridian, been silenced or mac? to speak the language of the conqueror. ' Alas ! for the glory of our arras \ Tweln thousaud men, the chivalry of the land, leaten, dis comfited and driven back! ! and hen coines the treaty with Critto Tuste Nujge. ? Ptn sacola Gazette. Mr. Boyd's lauds are to be soli at auction by the Government. We hop;, however, that he will not suffer by the iperation. ? Miss, -paper. Boyd stole nearly a hundred ilousaod dol lars from the people ; and ha loco-foco friends hope that he will not siffer by the sale of the lands, which he h;s purchased with the stolen money. Ther feelings for him is like that of the old maic for her lap dog that had bitten a iiuge pece out of a gentleman's leg. 4 Poor little char creature!1 exclaimed she ? 4 1 hope it will jot make him sick.' ? Louisville Journal. The Silk S'ocking gentry. ? A good an ecdote is told of the canvass ?i the Norfolk District. It occurred at St. Byde's, in Nor folk county. Mr. Holleman descauting on the silk stocking Aristocracy. Dr. Mallory seized him by the leg, and lifting his foot J up to the popular view, showtd that Mr. Holleman himself had on silk stockings ! ? It wa9 done in a good humor, and pro duced a roar of laughter. [Richmond Whig. Accident. ? A seaman attached to theschr. Daniel Webster, now lying in this port, while in the act of ascending her deck from a boat on Saturday last, missed his footing and fell overboard editing .his head in the descent. He was instantly drowned- We untTersfatHT his name was Wm. Abbott, and that he was a native of Bath. Maine. ? Ch. Cour. Hail Slorm. ? A letter from a correspondent j informs us that Hail Storm, accompanie J by j a tremendous gust of wind, passed through the vicinity of Edisto, St. George's Colleton, on the 3J inst., proving almost entire de struction to the crops over which it passed. The hail was seen the next morning in banks which measured from 2 feet to 2 feet 4 inch es deep. The planters who have suffered are said to be ploughing up their crops and planting over. ? Ch. C our. Ancient Coin . ? A New Haven paper states that an ancient Hebrew coin, da.ed in the eleveth century, was lately found in a field near ihat place. As every thing connected with antiquity found in the new world is a ! subject of gt eat curiosity, as-tending to unite the chain of evidence that this is an old in habited country, we were anxious to obtain ?p^ticulars relative to this Coin ? J>ut? as yet, without any success. Manyxoins and medals have been struck with Hebrew inscriptions centuries after the christian religion was es tablished but they did not originate with the Jews. It is, indeed, very doubtful whether j in the most prosperous period of Jewish his tory, coining was carried on to any extent. Before the flood, and. long after it, a system of traffic prevailed ; and although Abraham was very rich iu silver and gold, and money was frequently spoken of in those limes, yet it is apparant that silver and gold went bv weight, and not by coin. In later times, the shekel was coined, about the value of forty cents, and was called shekel or sJiakal-lft w e l ? li ' ; "a nd^rrs "TTrCd fafTonM of gold and sil ver continued by weight until David's time. There was a tradition ? But entirely unsup ported by facts ? that money was coio?d l?y Abraham, Joshua, Ihvid and Mbrdecai Shekels and half shekels were the only coins struck during the existence of the Hebrew government. The Hebrew talent was three thousand shekels, and sixty made a mma. The shekel of the sanctuary, so called in consequence of the starndard .being kept in the temple, had on o.ie side an insence cup, or, as some think, a cup of manna, and on the reverse, Aaron's rod budding with an inscription iti Hebrew, or Sam.iritan charac ters, round the coin, "Jerusalem the Holy.*' I have one of these coins in my possession. | In later times in Judea, Greek and Roman i coin circulated freely. There is no reason, therefore, for believing that any Hebrew coin was struck bearing the date of 1100, as said to be, in the oue found recently in New Haven ? although Hebrew chatacters may have been used on that coin. I remember some years ago to have seen. in this country a coin or medal, having on one side a beau tiful executed head of the founder of the Christain religion, bearing the inscription of Hebrew characters of il Jesus our King has come in peace." 1 have seen it referred to in a pamphlet on coins published in this country, and it must have been struck some where about the 6th century. Those who explore the antiquities of Central America and Mexico, should be particular in looking for coins ? they are stroug evidence iu tracing the origin of places. [Evening Star . Seigeant Talford's copy right bill has given rise to considerable debate among the writers I and publishers of literary works, of England. Mr. Tegg an extensive bookseller, has pub lished a pamphlet in reply to the bill, show ing the relative value of literary works from the times of Cromwell down. The great difference in the value of copy rights jh this time as contracted with former periods, arises from the diffusiou of knowledge by means of the press, the consequent increase in the number of readers, and the cheapness with which works can be got up, Owing to the improvement in the art of printing. It ap pears from Mr. Tegg's letter, that Milton re ceived only c?5 for Paradise Lost. Thomp son's Wintei was sold for <?3, 3s., and Gold smith's "Vicar of Wakefield" w*snot bid for by zny one. Moore's Lalla Rockh sold for <?3,000, Bulwer's Rienza <?1,600, and it ap pears that Sir Walter Scott received upwards of a quarter of a million sterling by operation of the existing copy right law. Pope's Rape oi the Lock sold for <?7, Goldsmith's Anima ted Nature for j?800, whilst Byron received about c?20,000 for ins poetical writings, and Moore c?4.000, for his life of Byron. John son's Lives of the Poets sold for <?210, Lockhart's Life of Scott, within two years after its publication, yielded <?12,500, there being more than 50,000 copies sold during that time, and five shillings being the profit on each copy. Lalla Rookh sold for six hundred times as much as Paradise Lost, aod Lockhart's Life of oue Poet, for sixty times as much as Johnson's Livesof all the poets antecedent to bis day. ? N. O^Bce. Lawful Revenge. ? Many years <since a gentleman of Newington, a parish of Weth ersfield. Conn., who was a very religious and conscientious man, married one of tbb most ill natured and troublesome women which could be (bond io the vicinity. This occa sioned a universal surprise wherever he wa e known and one of his neighbors ventured to ask him the reasons which governed his choice. He replied, that having but little trouble in the world, he was fearful of be coming too much attached to things and sense, and he thought by experiencing some afflictions, be should become more weaned from the world, ind that he married such a woman as he thought would accomplish this object. The bost part of the story is, that the wife hearing the reason why he mar ried her, w3s much offended, and, out of re venge, became one of the most pleasant and dutiful wives in town ; declaring that she was not going to be made a pack-horse to carry her husband to heaven. INFIDELITY BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. The annexed letter from the pen of Ben-% jamin Franklin, is contained in vol. 3, p. 279 of his works, London Edition, edited by his grand-son, William F. Franklin. It is sup posed* to have been addressed to Thomas Paine : 44 Dear Sir ? I have read your manuscript with some attention. By the argument which1 it contains against a particular Providence, though you allow a general Providence, yorf strike at the foundation of all Religion. For,' without the beliefofa Providence, thaf takes cognizance of, guards and guides, and may favor particular persons, there is uo motive i</ worship a Deify, to fear its displeasure, or to pray for its protection. I will not enter into any discussion of yoflr principles, though you seem W desfre it. At present, I shalf only give you my opinion, that though your' .reasonings are subtle, and may prevail with some readers, you will not succeed so as to change the general sentiments of mankind on that subje'ct, and the consequence of print ing this piece will be a great deal of odium drawn upon yourself, mischief toyou, and no benefit to others. He that spits against the wind spits on his own face. But were you to succeed, do you imagine any good will be done by it? You yourself may find it easy to live a virtuous life without the assistance afforded by religion; you have a clear perception of the advantages of virtue and the disadvantages of vice and possessing a strength of resolution sufficient to enable you to resist common temptations. But think how great a portion of mankind con sist of ignorant men and women, and of inex perienced inconsiderate yoi t!i of both sexes, who have need of the motives of religion to res'rain them from vice, support their virtue, and retain them in the practice of it till it becomes habitual, which is the grear point ofits security. And perhaps yon are indebt ed to her originally, jhat is to your religious education for the habits of viuue upon which you now justly value yourself. , You might easily display your excellent talents of reasoning upon a less hazardous subject, and (hereby obtain a rank with our most distinguished authors. For among us it is not necessary, as among the Hottentots, that a youih to be raised into the company of meu, should piove his manhood by beat ing his mother. I would advise you. there fore, not to attempt unchaining the tiger, but to burn this piece before it is seen by any other person, whereby you Will save yourself a great de.il ot mortification from the ene mies it inay raise gainst ^ u err nrFfpSr n a ps a J^{jMtertfTrfTegret and repeutance. If men are wicked with religion,, what would they be without it? I intend this letter itself as a proof of my friendship, and therefore add no professions to it, but sub scribe simply "Yours, B. F RAKKLIN." Frogs. ? These are animals greatly to be envied, they live at ease, enjoying themselves to the utmost. They are never dry like a loafer, and, unlike h;tn, are always furnished with breeches. They are wise too. They al ways "look before they leap.*1 They are somewhat visited, however, with bad doctrines of the day? they fear a run upon the banks, and are afraid of internal improvement?, the One infringes upon their capit d. and the other iuvades their water privileges. Frogs are great lovers of music, and they furnish their own supply. Most that we have heard, is - rather base, but we deprecate its being tre bled. If ever they concluded to leave the even 4,tenor of their way," in the matter, we shall be sure to run.counter, and, perhaps, at the same time visit them with a stuff. ? Jog says they ought to go by the name of "bull rushers" ? first, because, like the infant . iMoses, they are hid in these delightful weeds,, and secoudly because one of the patriarchal frogs once attempted to rival a bull in size. He says, if this aforesaid frog had succeeded, he would have been a 'rusher,' and deserved the name any how. ? iV. O. Times. Among jeux cTespirils, the annexed, from the St. Louis Bulletin, has much point : Absknce or Mi wd ? The Latest.? A few days since, an office-holder remitted the to tal amount of Government funds in his hands to the Departmental Washington, and nersr discovered his mistake until'he received a receipt accompanied by his dismission from office for neglect of duly, by remitting, in stead of emigrating with the spoils. [From the Edgefield, Advertiser ,] Something Singular. ? There now lives it> two miles of this place, a lady verging on her 70th year, who for thirty years and up wards, has not visited this famous town. This lady is in good health, and spirits, aod has all the comforts cf life about her. With in ten miles of this Village, there is another old lady who has lived in her present neigh borhood. for half a century, and never saw Edgefield Court House in her life. She also is in good health, and could easily visit the place, if she wished to do so. Such a want of curiosity, is perhaps, unparalleled. These females certainly do not inherit that restless spirit of curiosity, which is believed by some to be characteristic of the sex, from grandmother Eve. The wood man has feM the forest around them and towosand hamlels have sprung up thickly in their vicinity, bat they 44 pass them by as the idle wind/*- aid regard them not. Like a personage cele brated in classic story, they are content to dwell on their own ground,. 44 Along the coolseqaefftered vale if life, They keep the noUetea tenor of their way." FATAL ACCIDENT.-^Yesterdayeren ing, a man apparently intoxicated, fell wttih his neck directly over a rail of the Soath warfc railroad ; a car full of passengers pass ing over his neck separated tbe unfortunate man's head from his shoulders. This is another sad example for those who unduly use intoxicating drinks. ? Phila. Herald.