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Mruiti? u i trrii'b:na.i_ac!iias th -ir jjuule, uruai' d <n\ eAira g in the d ive ion <if tHfc Representative iliil, ** Tiiey?foovst hut these but these?chiefs!" 1 he tbovs,' ftfpirevep, are improving; a late new. rule makes them sit uncovered in the I loiree, and if it was forbidden them .o pi u-e thir In.-els . OB a Wei wit n their firry wiiild be to their rival >* ohtef&" ?? . .. 0 Fre;.. ' ricer. Presbterian. A I A AOGUtik & Sr"%- ~--i i.AV.'Vl- rAs OFFICE. >.* Sb" -J/'r-?liood morning, Mr. P. take a : . r.Ura^ied your ma ting yt-slerJay. ?* liy gratified with vour now preach. .; \r \ .>'i" hi) wur.tt and powerful s vie <r?? o:"hu? adopting. It is ??" '.o ;i'V;ik?!i t :!i<>ui'it. v-- .?i roasaftr mc es n. isubsorjhor. It ^ i1; .? eu *i U-Ut "c;wl to any. orJ-'i of -a - ... ! ac.' V . .,' 4.-V; b.l'.Vnrk tiff '. jn-dU^-rues in.1st b - the delusion AjMu ' 'J.^i an 1 I have always observed WecZ^^m''^ 1>^o;4-' ? re patronizing and sustainjr< m i i-.-s inJ i^stitu ions of barnJ in this reminds motliat.our 5 is a hand?I hope, Mr. J'., wc ^pleasure of nurnbvTing you wttli 1 ids in t.io approeiiing conies'. ? jRresvjUTiii/t.?I-will think of i:. (Exit ) mfLiicyer. ?tiood mominz, Mr. B , I am Cai you have ended. Well, I wen' down - river,yesterday noon, ;o \vin?ss the i tiers ion, and I must say that :s a beautir -;?fr1k<l-or.l.nunce; ah*J it seems tome that mode ^ :i t.uinistoriir* i? the most simple and pri. To see a little "group stand upon oi Hij llo.vi.ig s iv.uu, Unite their * in that hymn, t(kO how happy are while ih" candidate goes down in'o wa^erY.brings forcibly to one's mind the -JWj^Si&nes of Jordan and Judea. Besides your ? ^ clergyman, Elder M., is a very interesting "m. wrm. Your church government 1 haveal3r w.iys adi&red?ins so republican. It was rVt ? f C 1 III f i hnlu'kro wr\n n \r* "* T Li* OI V Ulil Ui I I^Ti y I UW'i'L' i n uv v^%4 * *' r.-.-el the threat Cheshire cheese to Jefferson. A^U / >.as been a faithful old patriot. Ah, this WVputs me in mind that the JelFeraouian prin-A .^fples ere again to be contested this fill; and m - t hoped "shall find you Mr. B., us firm a I . j. as Elder L. bus been. - (Exi;) . ENTER EPISCOPALIAN. ; Liicyer.?Your most obedient servant, K>.- 5dr. K.. happy to sec you, sir. Well, I was J ^p^Nfiw-York last week,-and I walked four miles ih the morning to hear Bisltop, H.? "A. : Me is a truly polished and -eloquent man: W.-.. 1 fiere is something in vour mode of woe1ft i so sys efoatic, and so much in accor. ~~ gk dance with and ordar, and so much the opEl jx?ito Jo that wild ranting kind of worship, J'\thjU 4 have fallen in love with it. You see, jyVYtcrc, I hare purchas<xl me a Cofnmon Pfttyer beoh. The organ and choir in Bishbp H.'s ciu'rch are superior to any J have * ' -;<-?er heard. I called on the Bishop, next A .: morning .and obtained an introduction to ^ r.n. Hi docs not of course, take any open BT-politico yet he gave me to uncec-.. IS .. ;id, in the course of our conversation, r jPjj^yr. a his feelings were on the right side, &-':X ESTER METHODIST*" 5 Lticyer. How do, you, do brother M., I M .Vl)U brother, because my parents wvro . B ^vi^ij5ddis $ ..And when I was a child, the - preachers used to visit our house, and I use 1 ? ;o call them all "brothers," from - hearing i 11 iy.father and mo her call them so. It is 1 ?' ' v'; uigular how strong the impressions of child. '*Kxi are; though I do no profess religion, JK - : i always feel more at home in u Mviio M of-eiing t.ian i;i any oih-r. And ye, ?ju .../ kt: nv whether t;ns arises.so much 'm - <, f - jui the force of my early impressions, as F from that simplicity p<cuhar to your worship, jRx i'od w inch is so congenial to my luste; I - -V .t-was riding.through G. the other day, and, at s - c one opposite m piece of wood, I heard ? somnTof singing; I immediately diseov. \ - !>-d ihere was a cumpmeeting tn the vieini. no.withstanding my business" was fjfcv urgoul. I could not resist my incli.'3?pT ' -j ion. So 1 , d my beast to the tree, and R" walking a mile i camelo ii>e ground, -j* : si object that met my eye was the . r: - . eng Elder, brother G., appealing, in '&>* evangelical manner, to the people -jHJfr -J y, :re sealed beneath the shading branch . t ic^uxrounding-forest. How forcibly - v>Jght to my mind the Mount of Olives. 5 J : .m considerably acquainted \wtb Mr. G., -J^L* altd hounli he takes no part .in the politicul c-? 3 contest of the day, yet in feelings lie and I 'jST have always "coincided. [Exit.] ~ ?*TEK t?N IN ESS A Ll ST. Spy Uow d'do squire? Well,. I al grud -d your meeting in fiiu school house v Jae od.or evening, anJ was well satisfi d ' JL *?'$ sermon. Your preachers, whether Sfe- tight or wrong, are certainly men of talent. f Mr, S. used most splended imagery in his and his arguments, admitting the premises, were certainly iresistable. i should ^ t ive been pleased to have invited him home 8? w kb me, but my wife was rather out of \ ivulth that evening. I cannot see for my W part why people should be so prejudiced jE- against your sentiments. Tney are certain. - , 1y misrepresents _ There is one thing ^|a people say about your doctrine which is <- 3 *ruo? und that "it is extremely captivating;" ( & as for its influence,say I can witil in my ol ? -"* our best ciazens are Univetsalists. Let me i . "sec, I believe, Squire that you have always b 'a warm politician and on: i gat vde. 1 * *-1^1-*. o .v-? v-OivtCov. i* cj i.rcs oili uj unions exertions. [Exit.] ENTER QUAKER, - Lawyer. Well, Thomas, how is thy e dm? I am glad that thee has taken, the ub'e to cull. Quaker. I do not trouble gentlemen of lay profession \ery often: but 1- have called f* :-i . h -rnoon io pay s6iii .' money to . .. Js do iiot believe a: training men ' m the .art ol killing men sysieuiabcaiiv, ibcy oblige us to puj lor t:ie enjoyment of our principles; and { understand thee is the?1 ' *. bjrg^t what mill ary people call it mua who -he. Conslitution money. ^ ^ ftc, $x-6 ' Lawyer. Vest and I \\ >.s!i I could srei off asw.-il asryou do; whereas it costs mo ten tines the suiH) besides eight or ten dnv.s drilling ever) year. I)ut what renders the task more unpleasant, is the r flection that always arises when I seeth-- h inner flying, and ear the drums beuing around me, that the object of ail t .is prey sou is to train us in t ie art < i tj. siroyiug each other. And ih?*n I always t mk of li ? peaceful setdelueut of Pennsylvania, by IVnn. My grand- | father was a Quaker, and I have always ad ivr i tV'r ?>Ta tin ss of dress; simplicity of i in ..1 pacific sentiments. In short, Thomas, I have often thought fiat if we were all Quakers, society would resemble the state of our first parents in Eden. Quaker.?WcshaH never be ail Quakers, so long as so in my <. f us are hypocrites, j an 1 so long as hypocri'cs have so much influenee. If thy g indftidier was a Quaker, I am sorry thee has so degenerated from hy ancestors. The serupl- s thee professses about m lit ?ry duty, condemn thee; for miiftt h?> ih !ifif>i) hv the devil, to vio late my conscience at so great expense.? Thee specks our language flippan ly, and admires our dn ss? thy < r linary di Iceland thv fashionable blue coat, figured vest, and i ' gaudy watchembellishments. are ineontistible proofs of thy incincority. Thee eu!o! glzes Term?1 have hoard?thee eulogize. Napoleon as highly. I have observed the dupiio'ty h e us 's for popnh rity. Thr-e reads as- rmbufbr the Presbyterians in tiie morning win-m they have no preaching. Thee goes in the afternoon and leads singing for j the Churchmen; "In the evening thee goes j to thVUnivers dist meeting. Thee admires * * N # O the immersion of the Baptist; the camp-meeting of the Mctnodish ?n'd the plain dress and jauguage oflhe Friend. 1 will tell thee friend, thee s rongly reminds me of my ' 1 1 * m^nl/vunil n ti linnn.^f I urown uorsp" iuiiwtii.,'w.v? ?? ?... Irishman to labor for mo. I sent Patrick j out in the morning to cnteh my brown howu. Now the b.-own horse ran in a pasture in the middle of which was a large square pond. Patrick was gone a long time, and at leng h returned withthe beas1, after having chased him.several times around the pond. "Well Patrick," said 1, 'on which side of the pond did you find the horse." "Truth," said Patrick, "and I found him on all sides." From tho Ral igh Star. - 03"fticharTK. Frost, a Thompsonian or i steam dpcforjn New York, has been ar. rested, examined and he! J to bail, in the sum of 8509-.), :o answer an indictment for mur. d *r, in the mala treatment and death of T. G, French, a youilg man, 18 years of age, teacher in the Collegiate Grammar School of Columbia College. It appeared in evidence that the deceased was afflicted vi h a 1 ' > .... i ,i... i..c Sl'gHt COiU, wuen iiu umil'u niv ii;u:mwy.| and placed himself undef fnd treatment of Frost) Ijiat hft was provided with an apartment and a dose of " composition teaand that on the tfcly following the' "regular course" of Tiiompsonian practice com. menccd on lobelia and steam baths ; which, on tlte 5th da}-, resul cd in the death of the patient.' The body was disinterred, and upon the tes imonv of Doctors Checseimu and Uogersi from a post inort< m exan.inalion, the jury returned tne following verdict: 'I is tho opinion of this jury that the death ot the deceased was occas oned by a general congestion of the internal organs, and a complete prostration of the whole nervous system, produced by the administra- i tion of deleterious and improper medicines, and other improper treatment while in the Infirm ?ry under the direction o! Richard K. Frost," Natural Soda Fjuntain.?The Rev. Mr. Spalding; Missionary of the American Board of Foreign Missions, to the Indians west: of tno Rocky Mountains, in a letter from Fort Vaucoum, (exirac.s of which are published in the last number of the Misj sionary Herald) mentions amongs? other remarkable objects discovered on his journey, a natural soda fountain, which he and his party passed, three days journey from Fort Hal), that may be considered one of the wonders of the world. The fountain had several openiugs. " One of then)*" says Mr. Spalding, " is about fifteen feet in diameter, with no discovered bottom. About twelve feet below the surface, are two large globes on either side of ihis opening, from winch the clfrvescence seem to rise. How aragwwjmmi wn*m | ajpvw tm.m i snv several places, where it was oviJeb thru buffaloes hud plunged and disappears after struggling perhaps for hours." * IloinVng.?The editor of the Nwi York (iazette relates two instances .0 hoarding, which have occurred ivitVia Iti own knowledge. They may convey in i .situation to some, and amusement t< others. An old lady showed him a bago dollars which had been long kept in ; strong box. The number amotmnted, i he recollects aright, to three hundred Sh informed him they were a present fipn a friend on the b rth of her boy. " Ant how old is the little rogue." we asked ker u Why there he is, hoeing corn?lie va born he day of tho ba tie of Lcxiijpjbn and that makes him fifty years last April.' But hive they never been put to i: t test during th.it period V " Lor,dear stir,no they have nev. r been out of this chaivbet and I set as much by them as tlie appte 0 my eye," The old lady lived say*ra years efterxvards, fell into a state of, fi tuitv, and her heirs re ?ped the dieiefu of tli it which she Ind deprived hersel the use of, un.d which would have comrib uted to her present necessities and th< comforts of life. The other c ise was tin of .i in in of weal h. lie h id i trust?rtlr servant, whom be Iwdji follow hint ^owi crdlar. "Here, lVul,"s id he, "is rv.tn kettle full of gold, which I want to risen f? r a r liny d iy ; dig a hole, and cover i up ; no one knows or is to know, any fain about it. No account of it is in mv book or papers, and you are entrused a >! ! with the secret." T w enty years elapsed and the: merchant died. After an ieven tory of his property had been taken, am his estate administered upon, Paul, in th simplicity and honesty of his soul, tool aside the executor of the will,related the cii cumstances dug up the kettle, and rcstnrc!i its.contents into t!ie hands of die rightiu owners. It in jueiice due to the c.vcuto to say that lie rewarded him for his li iulip by purchasing a farm and stocking i', whic! rendered him comfortably situated durinj life." Froai the N. O. -Commercial Bulletin, O^t. 2* AWFUL SlIlPWUhCK. Ship Artie, ia repors that on the 20ti S 'pt. in lat 32 23. Ion 73, she fell in wi:l t .e <c r. Pennsylvania, C?*r. William* boltom up, with two m n in a very ex ha us - i . . -1: ? ? I I. .: "rp, ICU SlUl * cirigiiig iu ucr uu ium. t r.u am vivors stated that she sailed from i\. \or! 10th September, with 21 passengers, and i crew of six persons, including, officers, am that she was capsizeJ onfha n'ght of tin 16,h Sept, ufer the passengers !?ad rctirci for the night; The captain and crew were on the deel ut the time of the accident, and supposed :< have been immediately lost?seven passcn gors being immediately drowndod below un^ the rest qT them continued to survive s rungling in the hold among the cargo when J-. P. Williams and Lancing l)oug< rt; escaped from the cabin, and by great exer tions gained the bottom of the \esscij, th cr.es of their comrades being disiincil; heard throughout t.he day?but gradualr sunk into a dismal moan, and bCcamecwtinc during the whole n gut. The officers of the Amelia,'indulging th< faint hope thatsom? cf the unfortunate pas sengers in the hold of the scIiooiut migli yet be alive, despatched Iter jolly boat wi I tools o scu:tie her, and provi Haiti illy (lis rowred one young man yet breathing, bu quite se iseless, and bru scd in a shockinj manner; the remains of the otlicr pe. son were flouting about tl;e ho'd of 'he vessel. O \ Tue youth,; being conveyed to (lie ship every medical aid within the re eh of he company was administered to him, but al Without success; the poor fellow survive only two days. * 3 ; LONDON UNIVERSITY. There being no University in E:ig!an< to which Dissenters from "(he estabiis.hci church were admissible, a movement vva: made several years since to supply this do ficicncy. Funds were subscribed, a bu.'ldin; v ... . c was erected, and an institution organizec under (he title University of London. Tin building was located in ihe northwestert part of the town near Regent's Park. Thi design consists of a central par i and tw< projecting wings. Tlie first portion Quit of this is at present finished. It ex end: from North to South 430 feet, with adept! of abou 200 feet. This building furnishui lecture rooms, library and the like, with nt residences eiiiier for Professors or students London University is nearly on the piano the medical schools in the United States which indeed do not differ greatly Iron Germ 11. Universities, where both professor: md sjiideu s r s;d>i in to vn, die University simply luriiisuing libraiy and lecture rooms The foundations of the building were laic in 1S27. Since that time its .friends havt been constantly strugg! ng to obtain an ao of incorporatian from Parliament, "out hith erto wi.hou success. Ti t nsutuiion i as n authority to confer degrees, nor can it: stuJents obtain degrees elswhere. Tni? circumstance has probably limited its use, tulness, and the institution has not succeed ed to thd- x cut i.s friends had expected, The number of students has not been great though they never publish their numbers, Tueyare however not discouraged. The House of Commons have manifested some disposition to give it countenance, hit to be questioned whether the plan of the ms itulion is not loo g -n -nd to suareJ Ta'Te isl.t'le system in t ie course of study An individual attends to what subject h< pleases; he may follow one, two or a 1m! a dozen courses oflcctures as may suit his tasie or convenience. Under such circutn stances, particularly where the s udents art young, it is hardly to he cr-.pected that an) great attainments will be made. Cur respondent of the Ohio Observer. From tha Corrospondojv: or ') V >1 ! New-Yoke, Oct. 23,1837. We have dales irom Liverpool to the 1st. The cotton market has fallen on' ..-ijjgggjil f ever? a stone cast in, after a few minutes, throws the whole fountain into a violeri agiiaiion. Another of the openings, about tour inches in diameter, is through au ele. vated rock, from which the water spouts a; intervals of about forty seconds The. water, m ail Us properties, is equal to any arti. ficial fountain, and is constantly foaming and sparkling. Those who visit this fountain, drink large quantities of the water with good effect to iiealui. Perhaps m til * days svhcti a rail-road connothfthe waters of tie Columbia wi h those of the Missouri, tb s fountain may bo a source of great gain t? the company that shall accomplish such a noble work, if they ore before-hand in sc. curing it. For 1 uin sure, if vtsiurs can go to the far east to see the Niagara Fads, thev would not value a few davs more to visit the west and the great soda fonuiain oI the Reeky Mountains." in a oiher place, Mr. Spd ling thus describes a narrow escape from being lest in quicksand: " A few duvs before our-arrival at ti?e rendezvous, myself and several o hers, ui.ii our animals came well nigh being o o swallowed up in the eurih. 1 drove my \va- , gou on what I supposed to be a dry vvhi o sand plain, with a few scattering bunch s of sedge. Aii at once I saw toe vvlioe surface lor u distance around, agitaud vvuii a iremulous quivering motion. I instantly cried to Mrs. Spalding, riding some distance before, to stop and remain unmoved. At that moment, bo.U my horses went down nearly out of sighl. Fortunately the wagon did not. I lurned to look lor ueip, and s tw one of Dr. Whitman's pack-horses go Jovvu, and several others a the same time. Mrs. tS;s horse vvas led back by Mr. Fitz Patrick, without ge.tmg in. I3y the mercy oi God, we ail escaped with our animals unhurt. It was a bed of qucksund mire, ] crusted over by the heat of the sun. We j - '' : V- t-r V . ' " 7 . x v - . . 11 Valf-peany, and sales are dull. The Pre^'sident's Loco Foco Message iiad ar| rived in England?and it probably had I the same momentary effect there upon the '' American money and produce market that f it had in Now York, s i The ucc lints frotn Spain are m sera ly -1 b id. says the ' Liverpool Times. Tne )! Carlis s having ad a need within 'a few f! leagues of Mtdrid, and the remains of the i i British legion, abandoned by their dastardly f allies, having been cu: in pieces at Anda. ! oiir i! The meeting of tiic British Parliament 1 is dcfini;ely fixed for the 15 It November. Mr. Ab rcfontb.c w.lfbere li'Cted Speak r s without -opposition, it is pr<<bable.' _ - ^ i. Ttie Pr sid .ti's M -sstgi is re-published " it the London p ip is in full. Tney had no time to m.tk * comments upon i before *'* - ' . ! .. / V. l'. ...I /1 Lu i ivlun K>ID ' j J I 10 SaiURg OI tilt; V/AIUIU* a.liji tiiui imo i arrived.) T c comments of the Knglish f I papers upon our pontics, however, nro never j j worth much. T .0 merchants will understand i!ie money matters in n. Tile long expected ordinance for the dis. p solution of the French Chambers had not . appeared. Tiie Spanish Cortes, by proclamation, t .admits the ships of some of the South .. American Republics nto Csli-i. and makes } the South Anibiican a current Spanish ' T e United S a:cs frigate Independence" I sailed from Por sino ith, (Hng.) 23th September, for R;o Janeiro. ;? 3 The cholera had broken out at Toulon. v_ Tnere is nothing of importance from j | Portugal, but marching and. couatermarch. ' 1 inn- Tii.> O nn?sen?prl her subiec.s ! ! "'5' I --x- j j with a young Prince on the 19;h, * Our city is quiet. Our pohtidans have ? an infiniy of changing and arranging in their tickets to do. Slam, B i.lg & Co. J have sold out to Tammany, bufiob Has* . kult, one of t!ic Loco Princes,infuses to confirm the bargain. The Tarfijwny city 1 ticket will have a very s'rong ^fusion of ' the Fanny Wright Loco Focoiim. The : Alb my Argus is out against this fori of the ? ticket. Treasury-drafts arc at. lj toS| pre.n., without sales. About one hundred subakcrnfhnd priva.es have enrolled themselves a#i rnbers ? of the Florida corps, who arc ciistmg ;o i catch Jumper & Co. A IclLt is published in one of tlj evening fiapers, aunouncing a blow up inffie Cabi net; we take it to be all a humbug ' j There is nothing new from lie East, a The assassin in Rochester-is" nljfyeidis. ^ covered. e ' - - -i.. -1 VERY LATE FROM 13y u slip frotn the office r of w*' Now * York Mercantile Advertiser ofjsJundav J afternoon, we are a J vised of the arrival of - the ship Empress, Townscud. fron^ulaga, 11 and l;>st from Gibraltar, in 26 t?ys. A ' j Gibraltar paper of the 2d ins ant says: ?i The steam packet Piiocian, froia;Yalen y i ciu, arrived at Gibraltar SeplemberhBO, via Malaga. A despa.ch had been stforfrom Cuenca on the 22.1 ins:ant,fo the Provincial y Deputation, by General Ora. Todays Y before, this commander had come in'sight, 1 not far from Alondiga,, of 6.090 foot and 5,00 horse, under Cabrera, who had parted 2 from Don Carlos; and, although thc Qarhst leader had succeeded in crossing thcTagus, i he 1'jf: upwards of 200 prisoners, a E$?: lie I ' h in the naii'is ol his pursueriffOii me 21st, some lime having been iradver>l tently lost in crossing the river, the Qdaun's n troops could scarcely come up v. th-his s rear, when they captured 50 more jf i?is men; but on the 22J, the General, w?th his ' horse and a few companies of Ciruy^prs, r overlook and at:acked the main body ofihe " fug tives, in a body, near to Arcos de la J Cantera, beat them, notwithstanding the r rl'snance, and took 847 prisoners, including 22 officers. The rest dispersed themselves over the mountains, at the foot of which the . action was fought 5 The Gcneralvhad directed the stores and " other articles left by the enemy in great quantities on i! e road, to be picked up and j conveyed to Guadalajara, whither ho also intended sending his prisoners, who proved ' a great incumbrance, although he shoul i 1 be under the necessity of detaching a bat' ' talion for the purpose of escorting them. ] Their wounded they had left at Poro and ' ? rnnvnmifl Rrifraeicr Miranda. Mnrauis j appointed to inquire into the facts, have j found it to i>e provokingly easy. ' . ConventiaiPof German Citizens.?A go- j neraf convention of Germans in the Unia-d! flutes will ho held at-Pittsburg, on the 18th! inst. for the purpose of deliberating on irwt- j ;ers connected with general literature, pub- < lie education, and the welfare of Germans i 1 in the Untiled ates. - i Hiram Powers, the $e{(L Taught Scu/p j tar of Cincinnati.?This young gentleman, j whose remarkable facility of moulding the ! actual living expression, not the dead, pas sionless fac simile of those that sit to him, h is given him such celebrity, has, sailed for Italy. The Dos:o:i Transcript thus speaks ot him: .Mr. Powers is on his way to I idy, where lie has goiri on invitation of Greeiiough, un. dor Wiiose patronage he vviii soon acquire the fune which his great genius is certaiuIv destined to achieve. \V*e have seen se. verai ot i.is moueis?o e vj :ur. weusit-r, i o.ie of the Hon. Thomas L. W^nthrop, and j oat: of Hon. Abbol Lawrence? which are as i perlect likeness is as human art could make them. That of-Mr. Webster, particularly, we venture to asser., is die only faithful re* semblance of the head and features of the original, ever delineated in any form. Mr. Powers has taken these busts, with twelve or fifteen ethers which he has modi lied dur| ing tiie past year at Washington aijJvolsciwiiere, .o Italy, where he will irausfer them to marble, and-return thein to their owners as scon as completed, die will commence his labors in Greenough's studio, and have all the advantages of that great artists knowledge and experience. Mr. Powers lias many friends here, amongst our most intelligent citizens, by whom "lie is highly esteemed not only as a innuvof genid^but as a man of benevolence, whose yjrtiies the i t.. ..'i.r.; most retiring moacsiyuus nut ueei* uuivj iy > conceal. f . - . # ;v Great Sale or Diamonds.?IW see in a late Loo-Jon paper a report of a rlcen sale of diamonds in that citv wlikfl is curt- ; ,r~ r ^ ous, as exhibiting the factitious aBcl extrinsic value of those costly gewgaw/. There wj re twenty four lots wl:ich proceed ?15, 813?nearly $229,000 !! Sope of t:?e prices were as .follows : The. cclcbiVed Nassuck diamond, which vreghs 357 h '] grains. a*:d is of the purest iwntrr, was i purchase^ for 83G/J00. It s considered | to have fetched a price considerably u ider '< i s value. A magiiificiexu p^r of brilliant s earrings, weighing 2231-2 gfcius, formerly* | the properly of Queen Uiarlotto, were i bough.' lor 855,000, a pricejaHnitcly below their usually estimated vali? A sapnlttrcr 75 1-2 car. t>,set with brill 4nts for a broach, 82,015. Br.iliant m cklac/, 8-1,300. Drop emerald ea: ring?, 92,<$5; A Tuiksh .dagger, mounted with brijiaats and rabies, ] ?1.000. A single brijian, $80C0. A brilliant drop, 79 3-4 gains 85,900. An j oblong biiliiur.t 151^ grains, 8,14.000. A j brilliant necklace, $8,(,03. Cril'i nt ear , r? M ..... <???> nn?s, Ci'^,i)uu. juriiijuii iiwm ( 500. Brilliant ueckiucf, ?12,500. Bri } liant drops, formerly belonging to M aria 4 Antoninc, 88,875. Arose diamoud, ?8. 500. A brilliant dro/, $10,00. Around i brilliant, 817,500./A lozenge briljiaOt, 1 83,500, &c.?Bvstifi Transcript. i The celebrated ftassuck diamond, men i tioricd abova as hayng been sold for 836, j 000, has-been resqd, at a considerable utfc j vnnce, to thb Marias of Westminister, and presen e l bv his I?r. s tip. to his lady, -bs u . b7ri!i day present, ' " . Ana her Ma?::xotk Found.?It is stated 1 in the Detroit advertiser, that some work- 1 men havediscotcrd the remains of a mas- t todan or'mamnoth, while digging a mill j race back of t&T'awp ivv river, 13 miles 11 ?nnth of St. Jo^rm. The skeleton was-12 ' i -------71 feet below thf surface. The back.booo '< was 27 feetltfg, in a crumbling condition, ] and two of be teetli and tusks tveruper- ^ feet ; the te?ih petrified ; one of the tusks is 7 feet lop}, and a foot and a half in cir j cumfereoce/ The editor says uo perfect scull lias etr been found, and is countradicted by tie Star,which paper states that one loundin Kentucky was^ exhibited in' ' this bity f.few years since. The fyt >wing are the resolutions adopted by the pmmercia! convention which met at Augista in October. 1. lisoived, That in the opinion of this ! convenion the present conjunc:ure in our 1 commercial affairs is eminently propitious forjh/cs ablishment of a system of direct I impofations through our Southern and South 1 \Vn???rn rififts. and thnl upnro railed nnr.n j bv itry consideration of interest and of i .patrb'isu to throw off the degrading shrtc. t klesfff commercial dependence. { 2[ Resolved, That with a view to in- r duel public spirited capitalists to embark in ^ thisbusmoss, the people of the staple grow. JngStates, be recommended to give public mSiff stations of their determination to en- s coirage and sustain importations through 1 t!*ir own seaports. ) ,3. Resolved, That two Committees be * ^pointed by the President of this convert- . v Ion to memorialize respectively, tne L?>gisUture of Georgia and South Carolina on j the subject of limited partnerships; j 4. Resolved, That it is a sacred duty which the citizens of the Southern and South t Western States'owe to themselves, their posterity, and their country, to give a decided preference (where the terms are equal) in procuring their supplies, to our mer- 11 riiants who carry on a direct trade with' ^ foreign nations. ^ 5. Resolved, That a commitce be ap- t pointed to prepare can address to the people r jf the Southern and South Western Spates, f setting forth the advantages and practice- j] bilitv of carrying on a direct trade with foreign nations; exhibiting in detail the extent ^ af their resources. ' j c Tnc follow.ng resolutions, iti addition to ; J the above, were also passed : (i. Resolved, Thai said Committee in e preparing such address, embody and con- 1 form to the views of the Convention, as ex- S pressed in t l'c ream hie and rvsolu'ious J ii adodted. ' . "~v.v -/C;. ?< . ...?w^n , ~.-Q - T 4 * dei Castillo, being among them, whom the J General supposes to have died since, as 1 his wounds were very severe. } Gener 1 Espinosa lias been, appointed J. Captain Genera] of Old Castile. Concerning the provinces of Valludolid and Valencia ' I threatened by Zariatcgui, he, on die Joth 1 inst. called to arms the whole male popu!a? 3 tion, from 10 to 40 years old, lor the protcctiouof the two capitals; und d- nounced j various penalties against the fathers or nearest relatioas of those who should not obey ' the call. Immediately after raising the siege of . Valencia, the Portuguese Gov rumeot de. J c la red the coast' of Portugil in a s ?:e of blockade, from tho tuou.h of the Miuho to * tiiat of the Ave. Tno present King of Hanover has just , claimed'alj^the diamonds of the Crovfji of ' England, as family property, taken to En-p j glan! by bis ancestor, George 1. The-1 } proof of the proper'y is said to result from | . the inventories drawn up at the end of each , , reign, and which show that George I. od j ms accession, found at London only.a fe* , j- we is of small value ; and on the otiier hai^l | ] from trie inven ories of tiic family of - over, which show the quantity and the vafee j 1 of the diamonds transmitted to Georgc^M < and from which their perfect identity oiay < , be ascertained. According to tile femilj' | J statutes these diamonds are transferred ar> < well as the crown to the male heirs. Tfc/i , ' point is not contested, and cannot catpc ! anv diffieul y. The question is enfirdly ate 1 ' id l'icr. r?!ul : ' ' ng whetae r/iie : prca-'u uiaiuoi.aa or >.iie L.?jghsh Crowijaro | | | really those brought to England by. Gorge j t I. It should seem that notfsing is wore 'i' clearly established. and the chrn:rtssjMicrs ?*?* > - * Vt. JT' 7. Resolved, That the Contention recommend to the citizens of the Southern and South Western Slates to appoint dele.. 'gates to meet itt Convention at Augusta, " Oil the first Monday in April, 1838, to con- ?-1 tinue the interests and objects of the Con- - J veu ion before the people. "* 1 8. Resolved, That as an introduction to I a direct importing system at the South,- it is J indispensably necessary that the crop of the - ^ v | present year should be directly exported by -V*: 1 Southern merchants and planters, and that. to effect this object, the Southern banking. ins ituiions should lend such aid as they safely and couver.icntly can. Edgefield C.B.Oct 26. V Our Court closed its Session on Saturday last. Owing *o the unusual "mount of crim- ; inal business, the Civil Docket was not' touched,. There is opefact connected wiih the late term which deserves particular lice. The number pf the offences against our Slave property, was unprecedented.? Three men wen* capitally tried for them and two convicted. Reid and Evans, who were.apprehended in Charleston for stealing ' . negroes in our District, have been pronounccd guilty by on impartial Jury of tho couiw fry, and in all human probability will suffer the penalty of the law. Both of these men 1 are strangers among uS, and, it may. be C were impell-d to their mad nchby the crirainal cfiurts of Northern A n easy way to acquire good manners and EducaHon-r-TheDedham Patrio says^e'v. ery man that pays his subscriptioa p/oWpf- " ly.in advance is 4ia gentleman and a scho. ' ^ ii; lar." - - ' ' - A Conical Sign Board.~\Jpon the door of a house in Old street road, occu-. . pied by a father and son?ihe former a _ * blacksmith unci publican, the latter a barber,\ //-*> ; .> . appears.a board with the following tnscrip- ' tion :?" J.-Boriiett and Son : ?blacksmith -H- ; and barber's work done here, horse shoie-V'l?r'v^^?: ing an 1 shaving ; locks mended arid haur curled"; bke ling and too'h drawing; all other farriery work. All sorts ofspira. W? ' ius an J mall iiekers, akordin -'o the lafo kimicle act, and insured to be drunk jtr'thev^?*^rremis-s. N. B. Take tio.fpe^ my wifcr . polite arts, uUo wasiung';* :tnd ri.itig and other langwitches nod3s*is:a? s r r -k wired ;tb leofo hottirory^ -yf:s wing, the -Ma thewntfatfces.And other fash. \ ,f ' lahlo ilivcrs'ons."? Eng. paper, / i'i!" r. C.? - ?v- "V. .J." 11 *' 7 ' m COMMUMC^ lxr theChcraw Gazette. ; , > * FOR THE lAIHBS. |*g8. HOW TO CHOOSE A GOOD IjUSBAN xcc piuiauu language uut >v iivw ia^ 10 dcou r. r eguiarly at church where he ought to bo he v vilt certainly make a good husband. When a yonng man who is below you in ^ vealth, and offers you marriage do not deemVVy t a disgrace but look into hie character and if -ou find it corresponds to. these directions ake him and you wiQ get a good hnsband l vilhout fail. I Never make money any an object for if > ou do depend upon it to balance toHhe good I ou will get a bad husband. . I When you see a young man who ia atten- I ive and kind to his sisters or aged mother, -.J vho is not ashamed to be seen in the> streets^' tiH nth the woman who gave him birth and -*r** tureed him, supporting her week and tottering c rame upon his arm and who will attend to all ler better wants, with filial love affection enderness, take him girls if you can get him, 10 mattpr what his circumstances in life te is truly worth the winning and will in u certainty make a good husband. Lastly always examine into character con-' I [uot and matters and when you find these good , .'. M rood in a young man then may you- be sure te will make a good husband but, girls, let me ; I ntreat you to beware of the drunkard, woe ' m into her that makes such a choice, so: dear ;iris, I will leave the suhjectfwishing you long m ire and mucii happiness, M ^ . "'-r -1 m A Fa^tp-rorTJIE LAT/TCS. M Y? U .1 JUU OCC -& JOUUg iUUU U1 / pectrul retiring manners, not given to pride U' , :o vanity or flatterjrhe w ill make a good hus- ' ' jand, for he will be the game kind man tovards hfe wife after marriage, that hcaraa beiore it. 1 When you see a young ma offrugaJand.*.; industrious habits no fortune banter: but wbp tvould take a wife for the value ofter^elfi ajid ~.. ; lot for the sake of her wealth, that man^ - . nake agood- husband for his affections mull decrease, neither will he bring himself or I? jartner to poverty, and want. Whan you see a young man. whose mannert v- " ire of'"the boisterous aod^isgusting irass enough to carry him any H ranity enough to make him think eveiy uferior to himself, doaiot marry him girls,, bt ,vill not make a good huoband. . - r When you see a, young man who is usiflf .j^ iis best endeavors to raise himself from ?bsqjfci ity to credit, character and affluence by )\vn merits, marry him, he will make a goodJ lusbaud and one . worth .having, mhrk J prls., ... When you see a young man depending sole"; ' " * y for his-reputation anff'standing in society ipon the wealth of his sick father or other re- -.V*-y:: M ations, do not marry him for goodness sake . le will make a poor hiiiband. JH When you say a young manhalf his time jraployed in adoring his person or riding % I hrough the streets in gigs, who leaves hie lebts unpaid although freequently demanded, '- v lever, no never, do you marry him, for he will n every respect make a bad husband. Whan you see a young man who never engages in any affrays or quarrels by day norrolics by night and w hose dark black deeds ire not of so mean a character as to make lim wish to conceal his name, who does not teep late company ncr brake the sabbath nor ic*a ni?A^ r\f\ Unrfinr?n knf inkAfiA ftAA i? Ann n