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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.