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which would otherwise fly off when the I
water evaporates. The sulphuric - acid I
quits the lime and unites with the ammonia,
making snlphate of ammonia, which
is easily dissolved in the moisture of the
earth and taken up by plants. Carbonate
of liine is formed from the carbonic acid
which was united with the ammonia.
These changes go on gradually.
All this may be, and no doubt often, is
tho case, but we much doubt if this forms
the true solution of the* mysterious operation
of gypsum. If this he tlKffrue cause,
why is it the action of gygsnm is not
uniform. Why does it act like magic in
one field, and have no perceptible operation
in another T if ft is owing to the affinity,
whkrfr its acid has for amonnia and
tlutt ammoffia is equally diffused through- :
i < 1. I
ot?f tbe aw, wny snoum 11 not operate a* i
well in- one place as another? and as well !
in one soil as another ??Mains Fanner.
From the.New Genesee Farmer.
damp /tables.
A correspondent of the Fanners' Cabinet
states that on taking possession of a
ne.wly purchased farm, his horses became '
poor, diseased, and incapable of labor; his j
cows became sickly,their milk diminished,
their butter became bad, four lost their;
calves, two died of scours in the spring,:
with other attendant evils. The damp-,'
ness o.f the stable which was built under j
large'trees in a low situation, and with a 1
northern aspect, was suspected to be j
the cause. It was immediately torn (
down, and a erected in a drier situ- j
ation, when, as was expected, all these j
evils vanished at onpe. Stables made of (
stone, are more liable to this difficulty.
' ' =?
Americanisms.
The following definition and illustrn- i
tion of adverbs is taken from the Comic j
English Grammar published in London, j
"An adverb is a part of speech, which,
joined to a verb, an adjective, or another !
wit.^rk enrvne pytitpss some nnalitv or i
??\? v '} o?'? ? v? ?v --?? - | _ _ _
circumstance concerning it: as, ?She
swears dreadfully; she is incorrigibly lazy,
and she is almost continuity in liquor.'
"An adverb is generally characterised
by answering to the question, how/ how !
much/ when/ or where/ as in the verse, j
'Merrily danced the Quaker's wife,' the i
answer to the question, How did she
dance/ is, merrily. .
"Several adverbs have teen coined in !
America of late; and some of. them are !
?1 1.1~ r.v? 9ll\A?4imi||Ip' Ctln
very remarnaitic iui * |><uuviiini *-.v- j
gance; as tl reckon you're calaicampouxhj
<\?awed up.' | i
**I;i the example just given there is to
be found, besides the tiew adverb, n word
which, if not also new to the English stu- ;
. i ' * !
dent, is rendered so both by its ortho- ,
graphy and pronunciatioon; namely chawed.
This term is no other than ?chewed,'
modified (as wofolV like living things,
would seem to be) by transportation to a ;
foreign country. 4Chawed up/ is a very
strong expression, and i^mployed to signify
the most complete state bf discomfiture
and defeat, when a man is as much
crushed, mashed, and comminuted, morally
speaking, us if he bad literally and
corporeally undergone tin process of mas.
tication. *Catawampously,' is aconcen- tration
of ?hopelessly,' tremendously,' |
thoroughly,' and irrevocably;' so thai
?catawampously chawed up,' means,
brought as nearly to a state of utter anni(illation
n? anv thing consistently with
; o
the laws of nature can possibly be. For ;
the metaphorical use of the word 'chawed.' ,
made hv the Americans, three several i
reasons have been given! ]. Familiarity
with the manner in which the uligator j
di msos of his victims. 2* The canni. ;
bai ism of the Aborgincs. 3. The delicate :
.
pricticeof chewing tobacco. Each of,
these is supported hy numerous argu- J
mints, on the consideration of which it
would be quite out of the question to enter
in this place,"
Virginia and New York.
- From publications in the Richmond
p ipers we learn that the Governor of the
Slate of New York I tely made a demand ,
upon the Governor of the State of Virgin- i
ia for the surrender of a man who had j
committed forgeryin Tompkins county, '
in New York, and fled from justice to 1
Virginia, where he was arrested. The
Governor of Virginia, hy a formal declar. j
ation in Council, refused to deliver up this !
man until the Governor of New York
should give up the three individuals (ar. ;
cused of kidnapping slaves in Virginia) j
respecting whom there has been for some I
time past a controversy between the Eve- j
cutives of those Slates. In the Logisla- j
tureof Virginia, a copy of the Executive j
o
Order in the premises having been called i
for and obtained, it was made the subject \
of debate and propositions in the House !
of Delegate* on Friday last?the Mouse
adjourning, however, on that day, without
coming to any decision upon it. On
Saturday, we learn through private channels,
Governor Gilmer resigned the office
<*f Goner wr, in a letter addressed to the '
House of Delegates, of which a copy ap- i
pears in the Whig of yesterday morning, ;
received here last night. And so, for the j
present, the matter stands, the State of |
Virginia being left without a Governor, j
Nat- Intel.
I' \ i ' '
&JJIRTIIINO WRONG I-X TUB POST OFFICE.
** ' :*ThcPhiladelphia North American says:
*One C-f the Banks in this city has received
a notice from different persons of about
fifty missing drafts upon it from the West,
which were regularly mailed at variouspoints
most of them in Illinois.'
MHBriaifeUitiiiiUiiiMii
4ih instant; and his general health, the
Nashville Union says, seems to be as good se
as it has been for several years. s?'
in
Deaths in Charleston in 1841.
White Males, 183; White Females, 73;
Black Males, 117; Black Females, 171, "r
Total, 605. UC
Natives, 426; Foreigners, 70; Other ^
States. 41; Non residents. 68. Total,
- til
560.
Of these, were Whites, 257; Blacks and 41
Colored, 348; Total, 605. ?rf
Population in Charleston. 20,963. M
Proportion of Deaths, 1 in 49.
From the Boston Transcript. ^
Webster and Slavery.
It will be recollected that on the day ^
Mr. Webster resigned Ins seat in the Senate
of the United States, he was furiously
assailed by Mr. Cuthbert, of Georgia,
who took advantage of Mr. Webster's not
being able to reply, and charged him with cc
being inmical to the interests of the ai
South; in other words, charged him with ^
being an abolitionist, and favoring the
. 1
views and principles of the abolitionists. ul
Mr. Cuthbert has also, since, made a second
attack unon him; in both cases hi; was v
ably and eloquently defended by Mr. ^
Clav, Mr. Preston, and others. As Mr. < ?
Webster now occupies the highest post Qj
under the gift of the President, it will not jj
be uninteresting to know what his prin- eT
ciples in relation to the slave question are; oi
and to show what grounds Mr. Cuthberl
had for attacking him, we copy the follow,
ing letter which he addressed to the Hon.
Mr. Boltoi:, of Georgia, in answer to one
requesting his opinion upon this exciting
subject:
New York, May 17th, 1833. ^
My Dear Sir: I have received your let- . jn
ter of last evening, requesting me to slate i
my opinion of the powers of Congress on p,
the subject of slaves and slavery; and of a
the existence of any wish or design, on fo
the part of the northern incn, to interfere so
with the security or regulation of that i th
I fr<
species ol properly.
My sentiments on this subject, my ''car nc
sir, have been often publicly expressed;
hut I can have no objection to repeat the
declaration of them, if it be thought by
you that such a declaration might in the
smallest degfee, aid the friends of union ^
and the constitution in the south in dispel. .
ling prejudices which arc so industriously
fostered, and in quieting ogitattons so unnecessarily
kept alive.
w ? * (*0
In my opinion, the domestic slavery of
the southern slates is a subject within the ^
exclusive control of the states themselves; .
and, this, I am sure, is the opinion of the
whole north. Congress has no authority CC
to interfere in the emancipation of slaves,
or in the treatment of them in any of the m
states. This was so resolved by the House Pr
of Representatives, when Congress sat '
in this city in 1790, on the report of a
committee consisting almost entirely of Pc
northern members; and I do not know an Pr
instance of the expression dfa different
Vfl
opinion, in either House of Congress,
since. I cannot sav that particular indi- se
I
viduals might not possibly be found \vho (
suppose that Congress may possess some
power over the subject, but I do not know
any su -h persons, and if there he any, Pr
I am sure they are few. The servitude J?'
on
of so gjcat a portion of the population of
the south is, undoubtedly, regarded at the
north, as a great evil, moral and political; c
and the discussions upon it, which have
recently taken place in the legislatures of cj,
several of the slave-holding states, have Cl)
been read ui:h very deep interest. But j ar
it is regarded, nevertheless, as an evil m
the remedy for which lies with those leg- ^
islatures themselves, to he provided and jj
applied according to their own sense of re
policy and duty. The imputations which
you say, and say truly, are constantly made
against the north, are, in my opinion, rc
entirely destitute of any just foundation. ^
i have endeavored to repel them, so far jn
as has been in my power, on all proper
occasions; and for a fuller expression of ?
my own opinions, both on the power of
Congress, and on the groundless charges
against northern men, I beg leave to refer o(
you to my remarks in the debate on 31 r. p(
Foot's resolution in 1S30. he
I am, my dear sir, with much true regard,
your obedient servant,
Daniel Wkhsjek. jt
To John Holton, Esq. ?|
The case of M'Lhod. ?
Mr. Crittenden, the Attorney General [ E
of the United States, is on his way to
Lockport, to attend the trial of 31'Lcod. ?
General Scott accompanies him, hut with th
no distinct object connected with tlie pub- 0,1
lie service, as we learn. It has been do- pt
bated whether M'Lcoi cannot bo taken
out of the custody of our stale courts, &
and handed over to the authorities of the of
Federal Government, now the question has . 2C
* -? *? I
assumed a national cnuracitr. ?? c uimn
it can be done; but there arc many who P<"
beieve that no interference should be per- U
milted with tic operation of our State Pi
laws, and who have no apprehension of
violence or injustice being done to McLcod?rt
being evident that the only witness
of his having been present at the
burning of the Caroline is himself; and
T
he is known to be a brnggndocic, and
without character for truth and veracity,
his testimony will not he taken. M'Leod
is respectably connected in New York, it
and studied for the ministry, bHtwasex- of
polled from want of moral character. He w
then studied medicine in Philadelphia, and th
went to Indians surgeon of a merchant
vessel; and finally returned to Canada, his {0
native country, with his usual Munchausen
vice in full operation, and has got into.
this scrape, and nearly got our country ^
into a scrape likewise. We hope, however,
that the whole affair niay have an l)r
auspicious termination, rjnd it will have, ^
if it ij> djscrcelly managed.?_Y. Y. Times. ^
Extra Sessions.?The following e.xtro
ssions of Congress have heen called
ice the organization of our Govern*
ent.
John Adams was inaugurated on the
h of March, 1797. He convened Coness,
May 1G, 1797. His first annual
Idrcss was delivered, Nov. 23,1797.
Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated on
e 4th of March, 1801. He ordered a
tiled session Oct. 17,1803.
James Madison was inaugurated on the
h of March, 1809. He convened Coness
May 23, 1809, also on the 25th ol
'ay, 1813.
Martin Van Buren was inaugurated or
e 4th of March, 1837, and convened
engross the 4th of September 1837.
William Henry Harrison was inaugureel
on the 4th of March, 1841, and conmed
Congress on the 31st of May, 1841.
T?g Hon. Wm. C. Preston.
This gifted statesman and distinguish1
ornament of the American Senate,
rived in this city, with his family, on
unday last, from Washington, received
ie numerous complimentary andcongratafory
visits of our citizens, yesterday,
-ft lo.iirou f.?r fAliinihin hv U'ftV of tllC
a;l Road, (his morning. We look much
i lus acknowledged influence nnd lofty
uhtics to aid in adjusting to the satisction
'of the South and for the welfare
* ihe whole Union, the many important,
Ificult and delicate questions which will
igage the approaching extra session of
ir national legislature.?Char. Cour.
From the Detroit Advertiser.
, A SUH-TRBASCBY C1IKST.
We had a hearty laugh the other day
fer a monstrous iron Sub-Treasury
host, sent on here by the General Gov.
nment for the use of Mr. Land Office
eccivcr Kcarsley. It is some ten feet
height and duly proportioned, with an
intense door, large enough for a pair ol
rcnch ponies to pass through, and with
sufficient interior to furnish sca-room
r a "juvenile seventy-four." It weighs
me five or six tons, and was brought tc
is citv at an expense of about $500
eight. And yet the sub-treasurer makes
> use of it. It is deposited in one of our
trdware stores, a monument of the folly
the Sub-Treasury humbug.
w o
North East Boundvrv.
Mr. Davis, from the Committee on the
. E. Boundary, made a report yesterday
the Senate upon that subject, which
as read, and with the accompanying
rotations laid on the table, and 1000
pies ordered to he printed.
The Report is at great length, going at
rge into the history and present postal
of the boundary : question, and
ntains much interesting matter. We
defer comments upon this doeu?
* .. ? 4:1 uknll ono if in nrint. At
em, 11ill ii ni; oiiuii ?. ... |
esent, it is sufficient tosu}', that it does
?t advise any immediate action by the
ate, or indicate definitely any future
xiod when the State ought to act; but
o}>oses to call upon the Federal Governent,
forthwith to repel the existing insion
of the State, und if necessary tc
cure us against future invasion, to take
ilitary possession of the disputed terriry.
One of the resolutions declares, that the
oceedings connected with the proposed
int commission of survey andsettlement,
ight to be closed within the present year.
Augusta {Me.) Age.
JOI.D AND PAPER IN GUREAT BRITAIN.
We are indebted to a gci tleman of this
ty, himself an able judge of finance and
irrency, for a valuable work on the finicial
operations of the British Governent.
It was sent to this country by
e celebrated Joseph Hume, M. P. From
we learn the following progress of curncy
and taxation, from the year 180J
1838 inclusive:
In 1801, the ne t produce of the British
venue in paper amounted to ju.5-?,iio,
15; in golJ, to ?31,707 048; gold beg
at 83s. 7d. per ounce. Population,
1,388, 102, and the taxation per head,
118 9.
In 1808, the revenue in paper amoiind
to ?62,998, 191 ; in gold to ?57 548
)1; gold being at 80s. 3d. per ounce,
jpulation, 17,871,5(33. Taxation per
;ad, ?3 4 4.
In 1815, the revenue in paper amound
to ?72/210.512 ; in gold to ?G0 575,)G.
gold being 92s. lOd. per ounce.' Pop.
ation, 19,503,934. Taxation per head,
3 1 11. (This year closed the grcal
urcpean wars.)
In 1828, the revenue in paper was
53,187,142; in gold ?55,188, 143;
c price of gold heing 77s 50 l-2d per
nice Population, 23,604,120. Taxation
:r head $2 7 4.
In 1838, the revenue in paper was
47,313:40G0 ; in gold the same the price
gold being as in 1828. Population,
i.083,879. Taxation per head ?1 15 5.
A forthcoming publication states the
pulalion of the United Kingdom ol
r^at Britain in 1840 to be 27/200,000.?
hiladcl])hia Inquirer.
[CIRCULAR.
DUTARTJIKXT OF SrLTE,
March 20,1841.
o the Hon. Thomas Kwing.
Secretary of lh<* Treasury :
Sir : The President is of opinion thai
is a great abuse to bring the j>atronage
the General Government into conflict
ith the freedom of elections; and thai
is abuse ought to be corrected wherevei
may have been permitted to exist, and
be prevented for the future.
He therefore directs that informatior
> given to all officers and agents in youi
epartment of the public service thai
irtisan interference in popular elections
hether of Slate officers or officers of this
oyernmcnt, and for whomsoever or a
; gainst whomsoever it may be exercised,
or the payment of any contribution or assessment
on salaries or official compensation
for party or election purposes, will be
regarded bv him as cause of removal.
It is not intended that any officer shall |
be restrained in the free and proper ex-1
pressionand maintenance of his opinions
> respecting public men or public measures,
i or in the exercise, to the fullest degree
^ c*
of the constitutional right of suffrage,
i But persons employed under the Govern>
ment, and paid for their services out of
F the public Treasury, arc not expected to
take an active orofficious part in attempts
i to influence the minds or votes of others;
I such conduct being deemed inconsistent
with the spirit of the Constitution and the
duties of public agents acting under it;
and the President is resolved, so far as de.
pends upon him, that while the exercise
of the elective franchise by the People
shall be free from undue influences ofofficial
station and authority, opinion shall
[ also be free among the officers and agents
' of the Government.
The President wishes it further to be
' announced and distinctly understood, that
' from all collecting and disbursing officers
: promptitude in rendering accounts, and
1 entire punctuality in paying balances,
will be rigorously exacted. In his opinion
it is time to return, in this respect, to the
1 early practice of the Government, and to
| hold any degree of delinquency on the
part of those entrusted with the public
money just cause of immediate removal.
He deems the severe observance of this
rule to be essential to the public service, j
as every dollar lost to the Treasury by un.
. faithfulness in office creates a necessity j
> for a new charge upon the People. I
I have the honor to be sir, your obedii
cnt servant, DANIEL WEBSTER.
[Similar letters have been addressed to
i other heads of Departments.]
' 0O"Papers appointed to publish the
1 Laws arc requested to give the above one
I incortinn mc!i.
I ~
! What shadows \vr are, and what |
1 shadows we pursue."?It is stated od
1 good authority that Judge Barbour, whose
recent decrease at Washington was so
sudden wrote a letter to his family on the
. evening of his death. Ho stated to them
that that his health was never better,
and his prospect of returning to his home
in Virginia to huu was delightful.
The mail following the one which
conveved thisletter, carried the'heart*
rending intelligence of his death.
Nat. Intel.
Cayenne Pepper Saw Dust.?The
St. Louis Bulletin of the 4thinst. says:
w A gentleman of this city, yesterday
brought us a bottle containing a quantity
of bay irood saw dust, which he had bought
for Cayenne pepper. The dust is so near
the color of real Cayenne that the best of
judges would be deceived. To render the
deception still more certain, a small
sprinkling of Cayenne is found upon the
top of the counterfeit. This bents woodeo
nutmegs and wooden hams uall hoi1
lor." Dealers in Cayenne epper will do
1 well to examine a little bofore they purchase.
Mercantile Punctuality.?It isstaI
ted in the Boston papers that Mr. Bancioflt,
, the Collector of the port, has collected
, more than ten millions of dollars or revenue,
and every bond which has been
taken by him and has fallen due, is discharged.
There is not now a single in1
stance of default on the pnrt of any mcr'
chant during his official term.
THK MINERAL WEALTH OF SO. CA.
We have been favored with the sight of
i a Report subbmitted by a Committee, to
the Stockholders of the South Carolina
. Manufacturing Company, which is enj
gaged in the manufacture of Iron, in
i. Spartinburgh District. This Company,
the Report, informs us, took possession of
its works, then in a very incomplete state,
> in November 183 k From that time to
i November 1835, the Stockholders paid in
830.000; and since then they have not
paid in another dollar except from the
I profits of the works. They are engaged
actively in making iron of all sorts, cast'
ings and nails. They had been inoperaI
tion, from Nov. 1834, to Jan. 1841, six
years and two months, and in that time,
under their energetic and skillful manager,
- Mr. William Clark, they have paid up,
, from the profits of the business, $70,000
I towards their capital, making it now
#100.000 Daid in. They made, during
i the year 1840, $70,000 worth of iron
; castings and nails, and declared a nett
profit on their business, for the year, of
i 826,692 21, or more than 26 percent.
The operations oft he present year, we un.
i derstand, promise equally well.?So. Cari
olinian.
We learn that instructions have been
' promptly despatched (on the 11 th instant,)
by the Secretary of War, to discharge the
' '?-~~Jn Plnnrla milifin apflpntnrv."^
UllgllUV VI * IVUMU y ? , ,
under Gen. Read, authorized to be called
into the service of the United States during
the past summer. We are somewhat
curious to learn what this force will have
cost the country ; and whether it is likely
that the services of such a "sedentary"
, mounted corps have been commcasurate
with the enormous expense for its main.
1 tenance,?Xat. Intel.
Tin Baltimore Sun mentions, that on
[ Saturday last, immediately after the arri
val of the cars from the South at the Pratt
I stjeet depot, a pocket-book was found by
a man named John Cosh in. of Port De,
posit, formerly of the United States Army.
r Failing in his efforts to find an owner for
t it-, he took it to a public house in the
neihgborhood, and on examination he
' found it to contain about $4,000, of which
* ahout $3,000, were in hank hills, and the
" balance in checks, drafts, &c. It also
contained some valuable [papers. When
the cars were about to start for Philadelphia,
he met a man in an exceedingly
perturbed state of mind, being " half crazy"
at the loss of his pocket-book. Cashin,
on getting a description of it, found
it to correspond with that of the one found
by him, which he immediately restored
to its rightful owner. Highly deligbted
at its recovery, rejoiced and gratified in a
superlative degree, the spirit of generosity
filled the owner's heart, which expan- j
ded even to the imminent danger of his
vest buttons, and he munificently rewarded
Cashin's honesty with a jive dollar bill of
a Charleston (S. C.) bank.
Mr. Van Bur en and the Next Presidency.?Mr.
Van Buren has written a
longer letter in reply to the nomination
of the Missouri Legislature, in the course
of which he says:
" Although I might never feel myself
at liberty to shrink from any and every
responsibility which it may please the Democracy
of the United States to impose
on me, and which is consistent with the
respect due to the people on account of
the high station I have held by their
j choice, [ should, nevertheless, be not
merely as well, but better satisfied, at seeing
those great objects accomplished un- j
der the auspices of some one of the nuj
merous names to be found in the ranks of
j Democracy whose talents -character, and
services, though they richly merit, have
not yet received, the highest rewards of
the people.
My political friends everywhere will, I
hope and believe, do me the justice to regard
this declaration, made in the fulness
of a grateful heart, as indicating with ahsolute
sincerity the feelings by which 1
j am actuated. They are made upon a
I consideration of the subject, so full and so
i mature as to exempt the views and opin:
ions they express, as far as belongs to hu-'
man determination, from all liability to
| change.
i No one can expect or could desire to
be always in oflice under a Government
j and institutions like ours ; and I have en|
joyed that privilege long enough to satisfy
; my utmost ambition..'
price of labor in foreign countries.
Mr. Burke, of New Hampshire, in the
course of an elaborate speech in Congress
in favor of the sub-Treasury bill, gave the
following statements of the price of labor
in Europe:
England.?In ordinary times the poor
; laborer gets from $2 50 84 per week. In
; seasons of distress he gets but 82. In
each case he is obliged to find his own
board and lodging. Sec Wade's History
of the Working Classes, page 538, and
testimony taken before the anti-corn-law
meeting, London, March 26, 1839.
France.?The laborer averages, the
year through, 16 cents per day.?-See
I British Consular Reports, pp. 6, 22, 30
I and 39.
| Corsica.?The male laborer gets 24
I cents a day, and the female 11 cents.?
Con. Reps. 64.
Prussia.?The male laborer gets from
; 8 to 13 cents per day for the longest,
days, and about one third less for the
shortest days. The female gets a little
more than half as much.?Con. Reps. p.
76.
Hollanl and Belgium.?A regular
farm male servant gets from 822 to 828
per annum. A female servant is paid
half as much. Laborers get from 18 to
20 stivers in the summer, and from 14 to
16 in the winter.?Con. Reps. p. 129.
Austria.?Trieste?A field laborer
gets 1 shilling sterling (22 cents) per day.
one-half of which is deducted if hoard and
; lodging are found. Mian?The head
] man gets from 1 to 2 livres per day in har
vest time ; half that amount . at other
! times. Genoa?Laborers received from
5 pence to 8 pence per day, besides their
diet. Ijeghorn?The day laborer pets
0 I. a day and food in summer.?Con.
Reps. pp. 154, 102, 105 108, and 1G9.
knavery outwitted.
The case of John Eyre, Esq., who
(hough worth upwards of30,000l.t was
convicted at the Old Bailey, and sentenced
to transportation, tor stealing eleven
quiries of common writing paper, was
; rendered more memorable, by the oppori
tunity which it gave Junius to impeach
i the integrity of Lord Mansfield, who was
j supposed to have erred in admitting him
! to bail. An anecdote was related of Mr.
Erye, which shows in a striking manner
; the depravity of the human heart, and
I may help to account for the meanness of
; the crime of which he stoo l convicted.
An uncle of his, a gentleman of considerable
property, made his will in favor of a
clergyman, who was his intimate friend,
and committed it, unknown to the rest of
his family to the custody of the divine.?
i However, not long before his death, hnv\
ing altered his mind with regard to the
' the disposal of his wealth, he made anoth'
er wdl in which he left the clergyman
: only G00I., leaving the bulk of his large
: fortune to go to his nephew and heir at
l law, Mr. Erye.
j Soon after the old gentleman's death.
Mr. Eyre rumaging over his drawers,
found this last will, and perceiving the Ic:
gacv of 5001. in it for the clergyman,
i without any hesitation or scruple of con
science, put it in the fire, and took pos
] session of the whole effects, in consequence
of his uncV* being supposed to have
1 died intestate. The clergyman corning
to town soon aftgr, and inquiring into the
i circumstances of his old iriend's death,
| asked if he had made any will before he
! died ? On being answered by Jfr. Erye
I in the negative, the clergyman very coolly
put his hand in his pooket, and pulled
out the former will, which had been committed
to his care, in which.Mr. Erye had
| bequeathed him the whole of his fortune, a;
mounting to several thonsand pounds, ex'
cepting a legacy of ?500 to his nephew,
Correspondence of the Notional Intelligencer\
ARRIVAL OF A STEAMSHIP FiOM
EUROPE.
New York, March 2U .
The Culedcmia steamer arrived at Boston
yesterday forenoon in some hours
short of sixteen days from Liverpool.
Money was easy in London. Good ./
commercial paper was discounted at 4 3.4
per cent. The general features of the
money market, however, showed prefty
much the same state of things to exist
there that exists here. A general want of
confidence to do business was manifest,'
and with this a fear or apathy in business
matters.
The political news from England is
eminently pacific. Tha imprisonment
of McLeod has been the subject of no
further discussion in Parliament. The
newspapers, however, harp upon it, and
with as many conflicting opinio** as there
arc here. No one, however, 'whhso'
opinion is of the least importance, icon,
templates any thing like a suspension or
cessation of the friendly relation* existing
between the two countries. . Those on
this side pf the Atlantic whose voices are
for war will find no fuel for their fire in the'
news from Europe. The general voice
of the People is much more pacific than
Inre, where men of cool heads and quiet
nerves fear neither a war nor the yielding
up of any principle at issue between the
two countries.
| The arrival of the Caledonia bring* %
n wsofthe saddest disaster ever record|
ed. An American emigrant ship hat
| been lost with one hundred and twenty-two
i passengers. The unfortunate vessel was
i the Governor Jenner, which sailed from
i L'verpool for New York on the 13th of
February with a crew 18 persons and 108
' passengers, all of whom, the captain and
mate excepted, were lost in twelve hours
' after sailing. Oa the morning following
the departure of the Governor, at 2 ofj
clock, and 20 miles north of Holyhead,
;.the ship came in contact with the Not'
tingham steamer from London. So vio|
lent was the collision that in one minute
the ill fated ship sunk beneath the waters,
carrying down all of the 124 persons on
hoard except the two we have named.?
All on board the ship but the watch were
asleep when the steamer was struck.?
Hurried thus into eternity, their waking'
up was in another world.
Parliament was in session when the
steamer left. The Irish Registration Bill
had been discussed warmly, and was ,detented.
This was Lord Stanley** bill.*?
The Church of Scotland was another subject
of debate in the House of Log!*. I
notice in the debates of theJHouse of
Commons of the 1st inst. a* inquiry by
Sir J. Graham to Lord John Russeh The
information sought for was in reference
ton Lieut. McCormick, who had been re*
commended for a pension to the Lords of
the Admiralty. The ground of the recommendation
was, that iVfcCormick had assisted
in the capture of the Caroline,
The news from the continent is unimportant,
and from the East uhinteresting.
The non-arrival of the overland
- -- - .
m;til from India, and the consequent hick
of news from China, has been I he cause
of great disappointment.
R ioimkxfal scjioolmrstn kssks.?Her
Vfejesty has, within the Inst fortnight
signed a warrant for the appointment of
I a schoolmistress to every regiment of car.
airy, and every regiment, batalion, or depot
of infantry. Her duties will be toininstruct
the female children of soldiers in
reading, writing, arithmetic, and plain
needle-work. Tor this, she is to receive
a salary of 20/. a year, or where a regiment
of infantry is on a detatched service,
or in depot, at the rate of 3/. a com.
! pany. The want of such a person has
long been felt in the service ; for, hitherto,
although ample provision has been in
existence for the instructionof the sons,
none has, until the present time, ever
bsen afforded to the daughters of ^oldiers.
Whenever it is possible, it is intended
that this situation shall lie filled by the
wife of a non-commissioned officer of the
regiment to which he is appointed.
Dublin Monitrr,
THE rif 1LOSOP8K AXD TfIB HUSTIC.
Anthony Collins, who has generally
been considered a Freetinkef, one day
met a plain countryman going to church.
' Where arc you going V said the philosopher.
* To church, sir,' * What to do
there to worship God, sir.'. 'Pray, is
your God great or little V* 'He is both
sir., 1 How can that be V* * He is so
great that the heaven of h? avens cannot
contain him, and he is so little that ho
can dwell in my heart.'?Collins after-;
i warJs declared that the simple observation
j of the coui try men had more effect upon
I his mind than at) the volumes he had per
j used, written by the learned doctors.
Temperance.
j The cry is still, onward, in this good
) cause, 103 persons in addition to the for!
mer thousands, took the pledge at St.
j Marv's Chapel on Sunday last.
1 Already altered appearances mark
j many of those who have made the happy
change.?Honoured arc they who forward
such a benevolent work.
Large accessions to the Temperance
host, are recorded respecting the United
State3.
Last M'ramichi Gleaner gives an account
of a Temperance meeting in Chat- 4 *
ham, N. B., and says that scarcely a paper
is opened which does not bear news
of the moral reformation, ft does form