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When the Icy is put into the bottle,
throw in the fat without measure jythe
surplus is easily removed after the ley has
"eaten" its share. If the process bfc
rightly conducted, the combination will
take place and soap will be formed within
1-2 hour's boiling. Now skim otf the su
.. p ruatent fut j and ifrWmttte" soap be tier
? red, add to the hot soap, 1-8 or more of
. itn tu(k,of warm water, and stir the mass
wall.
-I?? -tlace * ubouId-be. taken.to have buth-theful
and ley as free as ^possible from earthy
hi;--,''to# 'a-n&other dirt.
If these directions are purstied, and the
" precautions observed, soap will "come"
in sj>ite of all the^vjttckes that ever beset
; the soap kettle. %
. The above process is intended for soft
.? ?... m.nii of OAtash. If,
auap, ui -- r
Hard Soap,?Or soap of -soda be required,
it is only necessary to add commonsaJt,
hhd sufficient quantity, to the
newiy formed soft soap; and to boil the
mass uutil it becomes hard on cooling:
this may be easily ascertained by taking
up a little*of-it in a ladle, and setting it
in cold water. When this change takes
place, remove 4he contents of the kettle
froqi the fire. It is sometimes necessary
for this preparation to stand several days,
t- j that the soap may become sufficiently solidified.
If after a large quantify of salf
is added, there appears to be no-formation
of hard soap, throw in some strong
ley. Plenty of salt, and plenty of lev
to decompose it, will ensure success.
American Fanner.
incombustible WoOD.?Dissolve R8
mnch potash in wafer as it will take up.
Slir into the solution a quantity of fiour
that will make it of the consistency of
painter's size, and then a quantity of pure
clay to render jt of the consistency of
crenrn. Apply this with the painter's
brush. . . v- r
Lime and Salt.?One hundred bushels
of lime and fifty of salt mixed together,
make an excellent manure at' the
rule of 30 bushels to the acre.
' Lime.-?A '-Pennsylvania paper states
IhatMr. Caldwell . of Valley township,
Raised the past season 400 bushels of
. wheal from a field, from which five years
fw Knvihola were obtained.
uiu^ cijv
. t During these five years he put on 1500
bushels oflime.
Dr. Martin's pigs, which he is feeding
against a pair of Black Berkshires owned
by Mr.-Fanning of Nashville, in a six
months mutch, weighed nt seven months
age, Bernice 303. Bertha 285 ; these pigs
arc hy the Doctor's White Berkshire boar
out of a Woburn ow.
? 1 ^ g? ? . .
Onions?Believe not every Tale,
Inexperienced farmers and gardeners
are cautioned not-to adopt every idle theory
which they , may happen to see. in print,
We recently noticed.9 [recommendation
to shift the ground often and to adopt the
* rotation system in the cultivation of on-1
ions. Old gardeners Well5know that oh- I
ions^thrive J Setter"5 on lafid1 which has j
borne theraTor -many years in succession
than on a new patch. This is the case
also with buckwheat arid a few other vegetables?these
are-exccptions to thegener .
al role. We are .assured that Hemp will
flourish for twenty years in succsssion on
the same plat pf -r ground, and that although
the land must be made quite rich
in the outset it requires no more manuring.
, Bost. Cult,
Fifteen years ago a ftrnn. in western
New York, of 400 acres, exhausted by
bad husbandry* was-hought by a Scotch
former for $40*HX This, farm has been
so improved by good husbandry, that the
- owner was l^t year offered for it ?40,
000. He refused the offer, U|>on ihc
ground that it actually netted him the in.
terest of 900,000. [Newburyport Her.
STAKVlNtf CATTLK.
The Baltimore Farmer gives a sad account
of the appearance of cattle in the
State of Maryland. He says the lass by
starvation in that single Stu'e will not he
less than two thousand neat cattle and
twice that number of sheep and lambs.
The winter began so early and has held
out so long that ail the wheat straw has
% i
been consumed. The editor wonaers
how we can stan4't in New England.
We are much used to long winters.
Destruction of Plants. We regret
to learn that the green house of Col. Wilder
the President of the Horticultural So.
cioty, has been partially destroyed by fire,
at Hawthorne Grove in Dorchester. The
Colonel has many rare and Valuable plants,
some of which have been lately imported,
and many have been destroyed by the fire
national institution.
Our "National Institution for the Promotion
of Science" is rapidly "going ahead."
At the last meeting, letters were
read from various parts of the world promising
collections, books, and commumration*,
and announcing such as were already
on the way.
It is well known that Mr. Secretary
Webster, upon his accession to the De-1
pertinent olState, allowed the Institution
to use the spacious unoccupied apartment
and rooms in the basement story of the
new Patent Office, where the collection
Already in the possession of the Institution
is now being arranged; and Mr. Secre- I
iary Badger has entrusted to the care of)
ih.e Institution the extensive and interesting
collection of specimens in all branches
of Natural H'^ry, lately been received
, ' from the Exploring Squadron, in the pre
paring and arranging pf which accomplished
naturalists are now engaged.
i.njllMtM 1'V an equal zeal fur whatever
i
The ladies of Galveston recently jheld W
a fair for the benefit of th# Orphan Asy. $j
lum of that place, at which over 8300 in
par fands was,received. - 4 v F
From a letter written bv our Houston
corresj>ondent dated May 6, wt extract
the following: $ ir
?44 Congress was to have been called ^
early in July for the express purpose of
taking some action upon the loan, but 1
now think it will be delayed Until fait. ^
[From the N. Y. Herald, 15/A inst.] *
1ATK AND IMPORTANT FROM YUCATAN. 11
We have just received highly impof- *d
tant despatches from the new Republic w
of Yucatan, which recently separated is
from Mexico, on the same principles that m
Texas did. * M
This republic is situated between the vc
Buy Honduras and the Gulf, of Mexico.
It is 000 miles long and 100 wide with {,.
a population nearly equal to rhat of Tex- p,
as. It will he recollected that the gal- q
lant Commodore Moore of the Texian ^
Navy, aided them in the establishment of ^
their independence, for which aid the '
Texian government a doceur of 810,000 .
in specie. . "J
Since that period, the people of Yuca- G
mrnrnmamm m m m mr
> * '% s
will advance the history and science*"??
his country, Mr. Bell, Secretary%at War,
hairentruefcu tuthe Institution the whole
interesting collection of Indian Portraits,
which has heretofore hung on thfc walls
of the War oilice passage. ' We understand,
also that with the Portraits will he
sffnt a? fide "<5b17ec'tion of Indian curiosities.
Nat. Intel.
Jahn Wvlmcs,' well known throughout
3C? couutry as a distinguished member
of Congress, and who has for years l>een
conspicuous in a great many other public
capacities h.as lately been lecturing at
Portland an temperance. Mr. Holmes is
, a thorough * Tee-total leer," we are told
by the Boston Mercantile Journal, an
authority in such matters not to be questioned.
The Journal says Mr.. Holmes
goes full length, not only against drinking,
hut eating intetnperately, and sets his
face against beer, cider, opium, alcohol
I anrl
I UI1U I vu?? VV".
We learn from Col. Modd, that, on
his way to his residence in this county
last week, he, in performance-ofa sacred
duty, called upon the venerable widow of
our lamented deceased President; .Whilst
there, he was invited by thai iadv to a
consultation with herself and her only
i remaining son ns to the ultimate deposij
tory of the remains of her distinguished
I and beloved husband?the Great
and-Good President. It was determined,
at this consultation, to remove the remains
immediately to North Bend, to he
deposited upon a beautiful and elevated
natural mound, where the monument in ty
j be seen for several miles up and down
I the Ohio river. * * * There, the '
traveller df distant ages will be refreshed
by a visjt to the tomb of the Warrior, who
wasMoever defeated ; of tlie Patriot, who
died poor;and of the Statesman, who.
from the proud height of President, " fell j
like a star struck from its sphere, covered
with glory and renown."?Shelby Neics.
' A Yankee "Admiral.-?We see by
the last Concur J Patriot, that a New Hampshire
hov bv the name of Thomas F.
^ J ni
Williams, son of a former clergyman in
the town of Meredith, has become an
j Admiral, Count Zinzechoff, in the Russian
Navy. It seems that he was in earlv
youth a clerk in a store at Meredith
Bridge ; being naturally of a generous,
bold, and ardent temperament, no sooner
had he served out his.time. than he went to
visit a relative in Portland for the purpose
of'seeing a ship, and if possible, of ohtainingemployincnt
in one. Heat length
succeeded ; after one or two voyages he '
was taken dangerously ill at St. Peters,
burg, and upon bis recovery through the
aid of the American Consul, obtained a
berth on board of a Russian merchant
vessel, as aprivileged seaman. After a
prosf>erous voyage in theii return home I
'the vessel -wus attacked by a piratical,
corsair ; owing to the braverv and skill of
Williams the pirates were beaten off and j
the vessel arrived at her destined port in j
safety.?The Emperor' Alexander hear- j
ing of this brilliant exploit, was so much j
pleased with the braverv and good conduct j
of Williams, as to send for him to visit j
his palace; the result of the interview
was iiis appointment as senior Midshipman
in the Russian Navy. From this he has
isen to his present rank. He has been
married for some years to a beautiful and
accomplished Russian lady.
Our readers are doubtless familiar with
the history of another Yankee boy?Sir
Charles Coftin. lately an Admiral in the
British Navy. Another " live Yankee"
is at present Lord High Chancellor of
England?possossiug the power of a king
in fact, though not in name.
M ... 1 1
i\KW*URLKAAi) mai i?j. |
Later from Texas.?Tlie steam packet
New York, Capt. Wright, arrived yester-'
day from Galveston, bringing dates from
that city to the 9th instant.
The principal item of intelligence bv
this arrival is the total loss of the English
barque Sarah, with a cargo of cotton, inside
the bar at Galveston. While being i
towed out by the New York on the 8th
inst. she parted her hawser before reaching
the bar, and drifted until she struck.
During a heavy storm which came on
afterwards she bilged, and the next day j
sunk in three fathoms water. She had ,
900 bales of cotton on board, b( longing j
to Mr. Powers and McKinnev and Wil- j
liams. The sails and rigging were saved, j
The Sarah was described as an oid vessel, j
Several vessels were,much injured dur- j
ing the same storm, among them the
brig Reaper; and a sloop, name unknown,
was totally lost.
The Hon. Henry Smith has declined i
being a candidate for (he office of Vice j
President. Col. J/cnard has also with- j
drawn his name.
The officers of the Texan navy reccn- I
tly gave a public dinner to the officers of
the French frigate Sabbine: It was giv. j
j en at the Tremont House, Galveston. /
General Bank,has declined becoming]
a candidate for the Presidency in a letter,
over his own signature, published in the j
sjir, AlurnKiinft Advertiser.
wr?/.
j An Irishman named John McDon|
aid, with marks of violence upon his pe>son,
was found dead in the rear of a
drinking house at Galveston a few days
since. Two persons had been arrested
i on suspicion of murdering him.
Col. Wm. G. Cooke, Col. E. Burleson,
and J/essrs. Antonio Navarro and C.
Van Ness have been appointed to represent
the Texan Government to the people
of Santa Fe, and will accompany the
expedition shortly to start for that place.
The Hon. Sam. Houston arrived at
Galveston a few days since in excellent
health and spirits.
The cultivation of wheat has been undertaken
in Trivis comity"-with every
prospect ofJQcCiSs. " r' *fj
tan have established a Constitution on 1
the most liberal political, religious and j tli
commercial principles. All religions are j tli
protected, as in Texas, and the freedom j to
of the press guaranteed. We have a al
copy of the Constitution at length, but j f0
the annexed decree, issued in pursuance Jcj
thereof, contains the spirit and essence of; ^
the whole :? ! m
OFFICIAL. j
Article 1-.?The State of Yucatan, ?
will not enter intoa treaty with anv power i f
1 that does not acknewledge her constitu- j*
tionalright.?
1st. To regulate her interior idminis. C?
trarion. _ ,
2d. To adjust religious mat ers in a way
which may appear to her most likely to ^
promote the happiness and prosperity of
h r people.
3d. Not to admit on her territory any 80
commandingofficcr not of her own nppointing,
or militia, not organised by her L
?nor shall her own militia he ordered,
even in small bodies, out of the territory
under anv pretence whatever. Pr
4:h. To determine the amount of du.
ties on her imports and exports, and to ro
appropriate the revenue to her own case, m
5th. Not to contribute to the general he
expenses of the Republic, except her hn
share in money, in equals proportion for ar
real and not fictitious demands, for a na- ^
tional wants. ,j
6ih Not to allow the general adminisstration
of the Republic, to oblige the j
Yucatans to turn out, or in any way to
serve in the navy or army, m
7th. To submit to laws only after they ve
have been freely discussed aud promulga- ,u
ted hva national Congress, composed of ta
popularly elected representation; each th
State. Province, or Department, having la
an equal representation. th
Article 2.?Notwithstanding the a- n<
hove, the State of Yucatan shall concur a
wilh her respective representative, to dis- 'as
cuss, iu any constitutional assembly that |c>
may be established, the new compact p0
which is to govern the Republic; but so
long as she does not accept the Constitution
that may he adopted, she shall, as at
present, continue separate from the gen- 1
eral government, without any regard to m
the persons composing it, or to the principies
they may proclaim.
ATerida. March 21,1841. in
ANDRES IBARRA DE LEON, Pres't. in
Jose Marta Celarain, ) a . . th
. c > Secretaries. ,
Aivdres Maria Sauke, ^ iu
In the Constitution, the freedom of the | ar
press is guarantcd. There is to be no w
censorship.
HEAR BOTH SIDES. in
Finn the Washington Globe. th
Great alacrity of the Webster At I minis- Ik
tration in complying xrith the British dc- te
tnands.?H our Washington Ministers had cc
heen accessories in the Caroline affair, se
they could not have shown greater an.x- j sh
iety to get a .comrade out, than they do lv
to get McLeod out of the scrape. When of
this trial was about to come on at Lock- pi
port, Mr. Attorney General Crittenden w
was despatched to interpose in his be- ai
half. It seeins that a triple plot was or
then laid to open tiie way for his escape, w!
One is shown in the Legislative attempt rii
to authorizej^ovcrnor Seward's Attorney lo
General to dnter a nolle prosequi. This sti
was found upon experiment to he rather E
a hazardous'business, as it was likely, for w<
Wh'g popularity along the Canadian bor- ?
dor; and forthwith we see the second of
contrivance to deliver him without a tri- he
al. He is, brought to the city of New ti<
York under Juibeas corpus, to see if a come hi
otf cannot Ire found in a plea to the ju- th
risdiction, or some other pretence in tne fo
shape of a point of law. Governor Se- ?
ward's Attorney General, and his District
Attorney, (both as anxious to let him go
as Seward is to keep the Virginia negrouipfllpr.\
are to arirue in behalf of the |
State; and to! Mr. Webster himself, in- j!a
stead of Mr. Crittenden, has found it e
convenient to goto New York, just in
the nick of time, to give the judges the
advantages of his legal lore and private J
counsels. If the judges should not be p|
able with those aids to malic a loop in the Uj
law sufficiently large to enable McLeod jn
to escape without making so great a th
breach that all the world must see through al
it, then the third plan is to be adopted, pi
that of making a reconnaissance round di
the State on a change of venue, to find a oj
jury to acquit him. "Change, change,"
is Mr. Webster's countersign?and there ^
-is no old lawver who does not understand .
" . I'
the advantage of a change of venue in ^
criminal dases, where the neighborhood
knofw*lhc circumstances of "the case too
y near 11, sunuuuu?.u ,
e axe, and all the frightful parapher)!ia
of a high treason execusion. What
strange union of tenderness, enthusims
and fortitude did not the above traits
diibit ! His fortitude, indeed, never
rsook him. On the night previous to
s death, he slept soundly as ever ; and
hen the fatal morning dawned, he arose,
iclt down and prayed, ordered some
ilk which he drank, wrote two letters
-one to his brother in America, and the
her to the Secretary of State, enc'osiff
it?and then desired the sheriff to he
iformed that he was ready. When
ey enme into his room he said that he
id two request to make?one that his
ms might he left as loosly as possible,
hich was humanely and instantly acce*d.
"I make the other." said he, "not
uler any idea thut it can be granted, but
nt nr>nt> lu> liol/l in rnmnmhranoo tllRt I i
iai it miaj "v u\,?N4
ive made it ; It is that I may be permit,
d to die in mv uniform,"* This of course
Mild not be granted; and the request
emed to have no other object than to
iow that he gloried in the cause in which
* was to sutler. A remarkable example ,
' his power over himself and others oc-1
ired at this melancholy moment He j
as passing out, attended by the sheriff',
id preceeded by the executioner?in
ic of the passages stood the turnkey,
ho was personally assigned to him durig
his confinement; this poor fellow
ved him :n his heart, and the tears were
reaming from his eyes in torrents.?
mmet paused for a moment; his hands
are not at liberty?he kissed his check
and the man who had been an inmate
a dungeon, habituated to the scenes of
irrorand hardened against their operain,
fell sencelcss at his feet. Before
seyes had opened again upon the world,
use of the youthful sufferer had closed
rever
The color of the rebels unilorm was green.
?
New Mail Arrangements.?We undernnd
(says National Intel igencer, of Monly)
that the Postmaster General has ef
. ?.1-. nu:i?.i?i
ctecl an arrangement wiin me ninauui*
iia and Ballnnore Rail Road Company
i transport the Great Eastern Mail
jreeable to the schedules of the last spring
id summer, so that it will leav PhiladeU
iia for Baltimore about mid-night, or
ion its arrival from New York, arrive
i Baltimore about 8 o'clock, A. M. and in
lis city in the train of cars which arrives
>out 11 o'clock A. M., and thence deirtforthe
South at noon on the same
iy. The arrangements is to go into
icrations this day.
Unfortunate Accident.?Wo yesirday
(says the Mobile Advertiser, ot
4th inst.) noticed an entire failure of the
astern mail on the day preceding. The
ijloyyiiig letter, received yesterday, has
* " *
ell to be cheatediy the misrepresent?ons
of attorneys. . I
rom the reply of the#New York Courier
& Enquirer.
Mr. Crittenden was not despatched to
iterpose in McLeod's behalf; but merely
> ascertain the true state of the case, afl
appeared on proof at the trial.
The Legislative attempt to authorize
le iVew York Attorney General to enter
not!c prosequi was made by Mr. Hofflan
and Mr. O'Sallivan, two of the
aunchest loco focos in the State, and!
as opposed by all the Whrgs-in the Leglaturc.
It was made too, an an amendent
to the resolution of a Whig, intra\iced
for an adverse purpose, and was
)Uddownby the Whigs,
The Habeas Corpus hy which McLsod j
is been brought to this city is a judicial
erogative writ, issued by the Supreme
ourt, with which Go'vernorSeward and
ic Administration, State au3 National,
ive no more to do than they had with
ie Hatti Scherif deposing*Mehcmet Ali
1 Egypt. "Governor SewaH's Attorney
eneral" and the States' Attorney for
ie county of iViagara are botfc?bere for
ie purpose of opposing the motion for
ie discharge ofMcLeod, and we venture ;
i say will oppose it with all the learning, j
1 the earnestness, and all the eloquence j
r winch they are distinguished. If a I
lange of vetiue is granted it will only |
; done for good cause by a Court vhose j
embers are not the political friends of the j
ocernmcnt. The paltry remark about
Ir. Webster is unworthy of notice. That
jntleman is not here and not likely to j
; here during the pending of the appli.
ition for the discharge.
father and son.
In the Senate of this Slate are two genimen
of the name of Plumb, who hold
ie relation to one another of father and
n. We do not recollect to have heard
a similar circumstance in any other
egislative body.?Hartford Courunt.
Emmet's Last Moments.?One day,
evious to the trial, as the Governor was j
9 i
>ing his rounds, he entered Emmet's
om rather ohruptlv; and observing a rearkable
expression in his countenance
i apologized for the interruption He
id a fork affixed to his little deal table,
id appended to it there was a tress of
lir. "You see," said he to the keeper,
low innocently 1 am employed. This
tie tress has long been dear to me, and ,
am plaiting it to wear on the day of
y execution." On the day of the fatal e-!
int there was found sketched by his own
ind with a pen and ink, upon that very
ble, an admirable likeness of himself,
e head severed from the body which!
? Kr iho SPafffllfl. I
T * J
b*? handed us by ihe Post Master I of
this citv, which explain! the eausc. th
Pdst Office Montgomery.'Ala. ) pi
May 1 leb, 1841. J ju
J. W. Townsend, Esq.?Sir: I regret ar
to inform you^hat all the mails sent out
from thfs office fkst night for Mobile, were ar
lost in Cafoma Creek four miles from this P
plataf The stage driver, in attempting to dc
ford tha| rep'd streera, instead of crossing ev
| over the" bridge, soon found himself in
swimming warter, from which it was
with great difficulty he . could extricate al
! himself and team. A passenger named m
George A Logan was washed out of the I]
j box with the mail and drowned.41 Diligent
search was made to-day for the mails and jj.
passenger, with no success beyond the ^
recovery of two small newspaper tmgs.?
Another attempt will be made to-mor- 7
j row, when it is thought the water will ?
be sufficiently low to adtnft 1 moretho- l|!
rough and successful! examination. ^
Uespectrully yours, N. BLUE, P. M. d*
i- In
CfjEBAW GAZETTE. o|
WEDNESDAYTMav 26. i>1
. i ;. 01
It is, perhaps, proper to remark that ju
Dr. MacLean, the Editor of this paper, ^
is absent on professional business, and |
will continue absent for several weeks to
come. The paper will, in consequence,
be under the temporary charge of another ti
person. This'fact will account to sub- ^
scribers for the deficiences, they will ob- ^
serve, in the editorial matter, and the unskilfulness
in the selections, particularly c"
of Agricultural articles. j
r
the daguerreotype. c
Our readers are, doubtless, all acquaint- ?
ed with the name, and, perhaps, with w
the purposes of this exquisite invention c
?but they are. not probably aware that a
our worthy and enterprising townsman, ji
Mr. Joseph Hervey, has procured one, is
and is now successfully engaged in con- v
ducting its beautiful operations. We have II
seen several likenesses taken by Mr. H. a
in this way, which are quite equal to those
taken in New York aud Charleston that u
I, ?
nnve come unaer our nonce. j iic r?. y
semblance of the picture obtained by this w
means to the original is necessarily per- a
feet, The eve of the artist cannot be de? w
I .
I ceived, nor can his hand betray its trust, p
consulting your vanity at the expense of d
truth. He is hut the minister of Nature, v
and only adjusts the plate upon which
she, with unerring pencil, traces each ^
part and feature in its own form and Ha just >
proportions. Those minutiae which dis- i
tinguish faces that in their general linen,
ments most nearly resemble eac# other
arc here portrayed with surprising precis- *
r
ion. Tlie mole, the pit, the wrinkle, the
honorable scur yea even the careless fold t
, in your collar, and the beautiful handi* i:
j work, upon the ladies' lace, are all preserv.
I ed. And this is just what any one wants
with a likeness,?to be a faithful memori- *
al, to distant or surviving friends, of the a
person and the habits. For we know that C
even deformities are beauties in the eyes t
of those who love us.?as Horace teaches (
in his exquisite satire. (3. sat. 1 Book, i
Mr. Hervey deserves great credit for 1
his enterprise, and we confidently antici- 1
I for him a bountiful reward. The y
I - I A
I cost of a likeness taken, in this manner is i
I a
; so very small (being only five or six dollars | (J
| for likeness and frame), as not to be wor- j c
thy of consideration in comparison with C
the gratification. n
Wo learn that the Court of Appeals, at
its late session in Columbia, determined j n
that the municipal authorities of incorpo- : c
rated Towns, have the power to prevent, j v
by adequate penalties, hogs, whether be- *
longing to citizens of the town or resi- a
| dents of the neighborhood, from roaming
| at large through the streets. These ani|
mals are so numerous as to be quite a nui- (
sauce in this place, and we think, public i r
sentiment would sustain our Council in r
. y
efficient measures for the abatement of
the nuisance. t
I h
TIIE NATIONAL FAST. |
' We gather from the exchange papers, t
received from different and distant sections
of the country, pleasing evidence that* g
in accordance with Executive recommen- 1
dation, Friday, the 14th instant, was t
very generally observed Jwith appropriate 1
religious services. It was the solemn ^
event in its National aspect, about which
- '? * f i
there can be no difference 01 opinion, aim ^
not the character of the man, about which <j
there are honest disagreements, to which
the President, in a manner so very gratifying,
directed the attention of the people.
The spectacle of eighteen millions of ^
free men. doing homage to their only Sovereign;
of a great and powerful nation' (
humbling themselves under the band, and (
o *
1 at the throne of God, is one of moral sub. I
tiinity. How many, among the vast mul- t
titude, Jhere were, who worshipped in the 1
spirit of the day ; who heartily acknowledged
the righteous dominion of the Being
before whom they bowed; who wept in j
their secret chambers over the transgres
sions of the people, and the abominations <
p
the land: who, with tumbfe (kith hi
le only fouh&tion of hope, sincerely de*
ecated the continuaoce of the
dgments under which the land groans,
id the execution of those heavier, that
e threatened,?He alone knows, who
metrates all disguises. The result will
:clare whether the scenes of the day
rinced, that the design of His mw
lastisements had been i^qompwhed,
id, that those chastisement?codld be ieoved
consistently with His wise and
ioly purposes. .Jj? ^
If would seem tjiat no one familiar will* *
ie newspapers chuld resist the convicr
on, that, within a few years pest, crimes
ive multiplied with a fearful rapidity,
ad have assumed a deeper dye, among V*
i. Vice makes extraordinary requtst*
ons oh human, ingenuity, and weora &
pldef front than formerly, defying- the
iw and mating a league with public '
pillion. Homtti life, with its tremen.
ons issues, ist the spoifr of human passion
r sentiment?security from peribnaf intry,
is 6illy to be pur?hasedfcy submission
> the unreasonable and lawless demands
f the mob; forgery, embezzlement and
aud have grown so audacious, as to stager
and stupify the public senses?and
uth lies bleeding in the streets. Cove,
jusness has placed its iron clamps on the
cart and closed up all the outlets of its
empathy, and intemperance, with its speious
promises of a sweet oblivion of our
istress, dilFuses its poison from every *
orner and every cross road. How long
-ill it be before, our want of public faith rill
become perverbia!?and the Atneri. *
an States shall become the Carthage
?1 t.-r
mong mociern nations ? auu ? imunm,
jstice invokes the interposition of itamln*
iters, they are found faithless j*#or if the
iolated law speaks its thunder, the people
lemselves, with an unwiaa, and wicked '?
nd suicidal sensibility, muzzle it.,
These facts, for they are facta, with &
lultitude of similar ones evince the proriety
and necessity, of a resort to Him, in
rhose hands are the hearts of the people, *
nd who can turn them whithersoever He
oil. A change in the character of the
cople in these respects, will he the most
lecisive evidence, that the National Paat
/as properly observed.
The Honorable Cbas. F. Mitchell the
orger has been brought to the city of
<iew York by office/ Bowyer and lodged
n Centre street Prison.'
i
Ex-President Van Buren arrived at
Linderhook on Suturduy fortnight and
cmains in that'villagc until he takes posession
of his rcsidance, the mansion of
lie lale Judge Van Ness in that neighlorhood.
National Institution for the proiotion
or Science.?We observe, with
iucere satisfaction, that this Institution
established a few years since at the seat
>t* the Federal Government is attracting'
he attention and secaring the tavor of
>ur most eminent and influential citizens ?
n all parts of the country. We antici- ^
>ate the most beueticial results from it,
- !.- nf fhr? abundant and
II (.lie UUIblU|Jblll>'M> VI . ? ?
aluablc resources of this goodly landmo
in the elevation of the literary char,
icier of the Nation. It is in the power
if almost every citizen to aid in produ.
ing these results by contributing to ils#
Cabinet, specimens in the various departnents
of natural science.
i
A Bible Society, consisting of eighty
netnbers was formed at Darlington C. H.
id 2nd instant. None was formed, nor
ras even a meeting on the subject chained
on the 15th in Cheraw, in complince
with the request of the District Comaittec.
At the recent Term of the Court at
Dharlotlesville, Va.. the caw of the (Jemnonwealth
vs. Scmmes charged with the
nurder of Professor Davis of the Univerity
of Virginia?was continued in conequence
of the severe indisposition of
he accused. He was arraigned (being
>rought into Court on a chair or litter
or that purpose,) and pleaded *not guilty"
o the indictment.
An application to admit to bail, on the
;roundof apprehended danger to his life,
rom confinement in his present condiion,
was, after the exhibition of testimo.
iy, the argument of counsel, and duede.
iberation by the Court, overrule^ .the
2ourt suggesting an appeal to the Gener.
J Court, which will convene in June, if
he prisoner's counsel should think the
lecision erroneous.
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. .
Indiana ?The* delegation in the last
Congress from this State, stood Demo.,
:rats 5, Whigs 2. The result of the re-..
:ent election for members of the next/
Congress, is Whigs 6; Democrat 1. Tne.
jntire delegation would have been friend*,
y to the present administration, had not<
he Wiiig vote in one District been divi.,
led. .. #
Massachusetts Charles Hudson,.
>vhig had been elected to Jill the vacancy
jccasioned by the resignation of Hon..
Levi Lincoln.North
Caroxi.ta.?The result of th*
election held in this State on Thursday*