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roost alarming evils. Ramified as it is, and extended to every neighborhood, the puritv of its administration, and necessarilv of its agents, should he particularly guarded. For a Deputy Postmaster to use his franking privilege (a privilege bestowed upon him for the sole pupose of exonerating him from oppressive charges in the necessary corra^ponpence of his office) in scattering over the country pamphlets, newspapers, and proceedings to influence elections, is to outrage ail pro. priety, and must not for a day be tolerated. Let this be left to the politicians. I should be happy if one or two examples shall be found sufficient to correct an evil which has so extensively prevailed. I will take this occasion, also, to add for your instruction, thatthe appointment to, i and continuance in the office of postmaster of any one editing a political newspaper is <in the highest degree objectionable. Is involves most of the consequences above Mated?introduces poli ics into the post office?diminishes the revenue?and confers privileges on one editor which all cannot enjoy. In a word, it is my fixed pur. pose, as far as in me lies, to separate the Lost Office Department from politics, and | bring about that reform which the country has so loudly demanded. Skpt. 28,1941. JOHN TYLER. We inserted in our paper, a few days ago, the letter of Mr. Bell, the late Secretary of War. It is part of the history of the day. and must therefore be preserved. Mr. Bell's letter, we, think, ,..upon the whole, praves that the President was rathor trying to be satisfied, that he was ac* ^ 1 % > ** !? Iff timily satisfied, with a liank Kin. nir. Bell, in his lettet, savs the President re. quested that they would take care not to commit hitn by what they said to members of Congress, to any intention to dietato to Congress?they might express their confidence and belief that such a bill as had just been agreed upon mould rcccioe his sanction; but it should be a mat. ter of inference, from his veto message j and his general views. He thought he 1 might request that the measure should be \ put into the hands of some friend of his , own, upon whom he could rely. Mr. i Sergeant was named, and he expressed himself satisfied that he should have charge of itr He also expressed a wish j to see the bill before it was presented to! the House, if itxould be so managed. It! can hardly therefore he said that he had fully made up his mind, at that time, as he had not seen the bill to which he was toj give his signature. There is another part ; of Mr. Bell's letter that seems to indicate, tiie serious doubts of the President on the * Bank Bill, and we think it grew out ofj Mr. Badger's remarks, when the Cabinet and the President were discussing its pro. visions Mr. Bell says that Mr,. Badgerre. marked, " that nothing would have heen gained by the use of the terms of. M Bank of discount and deposite," ip h is messago; for. as to the charge of inconsistency it m'ght. and probably would be made against, him, for party, effect, if he sanctioned the > bill then proposed by him, inasmuch as dealing in, or buying bills of exchange, j would be discounting, and to that extent; make it a Bank of discount." Mr. Badger was clearly right. It is here that we think the President took the alarm fur we, , find Mr. Bell adds the following: " When all the material points appeared to be disposed of, and the rrtembers of the 1 Cabinet present had expressed their deci. ded approbation of the plan the President had suggested, he said that after all. he would not sanction a bank, in the form just j agreed upon, if he supposed thai it would j be made the ground work or basis of a | bank, with all the pewers of the late Bank i of the United States. He never would j give his sanciion to the power of local dis j count." Now, who can censure the President, j when ? bill (for it does not appear that 1 ?- a ? l:? i f | " the bill" wan ever snown to mm, utuore i it was submitted to Congress) was passed j and presented for his approbation, (lint he J refused to sign it, particularly as he was j satisfied that the " Exchange Bank*4 was but another name for a "Bank of Discount," and came within the reservation which the President made, and which Mr. Bell, in his letter, savs he made at the time. It might have been the inten- J tion of the President, when the Cabinet) met, to have prepared a Bank Bill, if pos-' sible : but the declaration made by one of { his Cabinet, that it would be called a " Bank of Discount," induced him, we ( think, to make the emphatic declaration, that we have copied into this article, rela- i live to his not sanctioning the Bill, if it! could he supposed to wear the character! of a Bonk of Discoont. % Pha. Sontincl. EXTRACT OF A LETTER "FROM WASHINGTON. Amidst the gloom which, at one mo. meat, threatened the dissolution of the whig party, it is gratifying to know that brighter prospects now arise. I am persuaded that we are yet to real-' ize all the results anticipated from the ! glorious revolution accomplished by twelve 1 year's perseverance against the misrule of j despotism and delusion* of a majority oi the republic. .. " * The President admits that there "is a virtual dissolution of the Union, for all commercial purposes, while exchanges are from one to ten per cent between the States composing the confederacy, and his mind is anxiously devoted to apply the torrective in any mode consistent with his constitutional ecruples. ' Vho paenmntinn #vT fi'tPPMP nBVITlPnts h\* A 1IW V4UHI|/MVi) VI j, ithe banks would greatly facilitate this iimportant object. Surely, in Maryland, where our paper is but 11-2 per cent beJotf-coin, theapproximatation proves the' mon?nre to be one of easy- attainment. While every facility will be afforded by the Treasury Department to realize this * object, be assured that a system will he! ceased, and purchases of tea were to be made in Imrd jcash# Great preparations were majiing bv the Chinese, and great numbers of troops were flocking into Canton. <, CHE It AW GAZETTE. WEDNESDAY, October 13,1841. g 11 1 1 ???g?; - -i =gp? Mr. Babnwcll, President of the South Carolina College, haj been compelled by ill health to resign. No officer of the state held a more responsible station or * * H\' *r devised that can meet the approbation of Congress and the nation, and thus the heart burnings consequent on our recent disappointments be allayed, and the whig cause triumphant, by the utility of all its constituents?executive and legislative. The threatened outbreaks on our borders, evidences the importance of Mr. Webster's being retained in the Cabinet. The confidence reposed in his wise, judicious and politic course, is manifested by the recent debates in the British Parliament. If any man can avert the horrors of war between two of the most enlightened nations, bound together by kindred sympathies and identical interests, DaBiel Webster is that man. He also can and will successfully aid in devising a system of finances, which shall realize the anticipations first conceived by the triumphant success of the whig party, in confiding the destinies of the nation to a whig Congress and a whig President. * * Let us not despair of the republic?all may yet be well. It is understood that the Princo de /oinville is specially charged to convey th8 congratuations of the King of the French to the President on his accession to that station. The Prince will be received and entertained with all the honors due to his rank and worth. Although Gen. Clinch, of Florida, and G. C. Verplanck, of New York, are talked of as prominent for the War Department, ia Ar u-ill fiA Irnnwn until it is SS VI w ?|i ww i???vr > certained that the nominee accepts. In nay opinion, this vacancy in the Cabinet will he fiile(!|from the State of New York, with great propriety, as none of her sons now occupy prominent stations. [Bait. Patriot. From the Lexington (Ky.) Observer. hon C. A. wicKLirra. Our readers w:ll have observed that this distinguished cittizen of Kentucky has bee?*n appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, Post Master Gen. eral. Gov. VVickliffe arrived in this city on Wednesday last. We understand he will accept the cabinet office gendered hirn by the President and alter returning to his residence in Nelson will depart for Washington as soon as the necessary arrangement of his private affairs can be made. We regret to observe that the Washington correspondent of the Louisville Journal, and perhaps other papers attribute this appoint, inent to Gov. Wickliffe's supposed hostility to Mr. Clay?a motive equally disparaging to. Mr. Tyier and to Gov. Wickliffe. Those who are ?n the least acquainted with the political history of the country know that the President and the Post master General served together many years in Congress, and that the most intimate relations, both personail and political, subsisted between them.? He is admirable qualified to discharge the duties of the high station to which he has been called. We do not feel disposed to draw any ixtmiiniM r.nmnarison between Gorenor WicklifFe and any other gentleman, but we confidently -believe that his appointment is highly acceptable to the people of Kentucky, and predict, that, und T his administration, the Post Office Department will be conducted with method, economy and to the satisJaction of the Nation. HON. DA51EL WEBSTER. The Secretary of State reached New York by the Philadelphia line to-day noon, and put up at the Astor House.?N. Y. Express. Sept. 29. [We understand also, Mr. Tyler visita'Virginia in a few days?as soon as his Cabinet is fully organized. All nomineess have accepted, except Judge McLean. Should he positively decline the War Department, Mr WicklifFe is spoken of for that office?and j Messrs. Whittlesey, H??bbie, &c., &c., for the Post Office VVe understand to assure , the Public that the Cabinet is decidedly An. j ti-Bank?hut wha/ever be its bear ngs, that j the Chief Magistrate is determined to throw himself upon his ancient principles, anu to do what he thinks to be right.]?Richmond nquirer. From the National Intelligencer. The packet ship Shenandoah arrived at Philadelphia on Thursday evening, bringing Liverpool dates to the 9th ultimo, several days later than before received. The British Parliament met on the6th, and the various leading members took theirseatsin conformity with the political chnnee that had occurred. Thus the o - Duke of Wellington accupiedthe seat lately held hy Lord Melbourne. In the House of Commons the subject of supplies was made the order of the day on the 7th. Deep excitemcn was still felt in relation to the the Corn Laws, and a letter before us, from a friend.Jsays: "It is impossible for me to depict the distress 'that exist in some of the manufacturing 'districts. Indeed, without some change in relation to the Corn Laws, the Tories 'must expect a stormy time of it, and great 'difficulty in preserving the public peace. 'We are looking with much anxiety to your country for the result of the Mc Leod case; and all the reasonable, moder ate, and patriotic of our people hope for a speedy adjustment, and thus'a perfect reconciliation between the two coun tries." The Overland Mail from China had arrived, bringing dates from Canton to the 19th* and Macao to the 18th of May. Captain Elliot was temporizing with the Chinese authorities, and had succeeded in obtaining a shipment of eleven million pounds of tea, and expected to get out as much or more by the close of the month. A ship from England, loaded with provission for the expedition, had sailed north direct to Chusan, knowing nothing of recent alterations, when her commander, Capt, Steed, R. N. was seized and killed hy the Mandarins. The trade had been partially resumed, hut greatly to the disadvantage of the English. Ori the.18th of May Capt. Elliot, at Canton, moved up the ritfer in a steamer, follow, ed hy other vessels. The city began to be thronged with Chinese troops of a superior class as soldiers. All sale of British and other goods had discharged his duties more entirely to the satisfaction of the public. The lost of his services to the state is most deeply re* gretted in all quarters. Since the above was written we see by the S. Carolinian that accounts have been received at Columbia which afford ground to hope for the restoration of Mr. Barnwell's health. The announcement of his resignation had, of course, set the friends of the college to looking around for a successor, and we have heard more than one person spoken of for the office. But the announcement of even a possibility that Mr. Barnwell may speedily recover will put an end to all speculation on that head until more certain information shall be received as to his condition. A correspondent of the Camden Jour, nal states that it is rumored that the Hon. Thoxas D. Sfxter will decline a reelection to Congress, and nominates Mr. John G. Bowman, of Lancaster as a candidate. A correspondent of the Madisonian writing from Lexington, Ky., says that Mr. Wickliffe has determined to accept the office of Post Master General. It is announced in the papers that John C. Spencer, Secretary of State for New York, has keen appointed Secretary of War by the President. Hi is a very decided Wh'g, and said to he the author of a Whig Address to the people of New York setting forth the reasons for calling a Convention of the Whig party of the State at Syracuse. The address takes strong ground against the veto messages. Movements are making in some parts of Pennsylvania, by a portipn of the M Harrison party" to run Gen, Scott for the Presidency. The people of Maine have so amended their constitution as to make the state elections, and the sessions of the Legislature biennial instead of annual. The Trial op McLeod commenced at Utfca, N. Y. on Monday the 4th. in. stant. A jury was made up without dif. ficultv from the original pannel. There were eight peremptory challenges hy the prisoner's counsel, and none by the Attor. ney General. Three or four were excused from serving, because they entertained conscienscious scruples against taking human life under the authority of law. After the empannelling of the jury, the remaining jurors were discharged till Friday night, indicating an expectation on the part of the court that the trial would not be brought to a close before that time. Tiie Judges are Gridlby, White, Kimball, and Joxes. The counsel for the prosecution are W. G. Hall Attorney General of the state, Timothy Jenkins, District Attorney for the county, G. L. Wood, District Attorney for the county of Niagara, and Seth L. Hawley of Buf ? - - ? i . /1 n talo tor tne prisoner, josnua u, open, cer, D. Gardner and Aivin C. Bradly. The Attorney General, addressed the jury after they were sworn, at Home length. What he promised to prove against the prisoner was that he asserted that he was present and aiding at the destruction of the Carolinev when Durfee was murdered; and also that he had been busily engaged in enlisting persons for the expedition ; that he was at Schlosser, the place from which the Caroline was carrying provisions and arms ta the insurgents on Navy Island, and asked at what time the Caroline would be there; and further that after the destruction of the boat, he exhibited a pistol and sword stained with blood, which, he said, was ?the blood of a damned Yankee." The Attorney General did not promise to prove that McLeod boasted, or at any time admitted that he was present at the attack. The only Witness examined the first day was William Wells, the owner o( the boat. From his testimony it appears that he understood that the object of those who had possession of Navy Island was " to concentrate there and fret Canada." His aim was to carry passengers and friegirt to and from the island for money. He had carried to the island, the day he. fore the attack, a six pounder, and some muskets?the number might be 10 or 15, or it might be 100, The attack was made at night while the boat was anchor, ed, and no one on board apprehending danger. Number of assailants supposed (to be from 40 to 50, in 5 yawls?heard such expressions, during the attaclc, as the following: "Give no quartets"? "Kill thed?d Yankees."?Heard 40 oi 50 shots, saw one man, not Durfee, deac on the boat befor^ he escaped from it On board the boat were a crew of 10, am 23 strangers slept on board who wen travellers waiting for a train of cars t< I - * - * " J* # - V arrive next day, and were accommodated |e| on board because. there wasjiot room for <pj them in the tavern. Two or three were v wounded. Durfee was a, stage driver, and on board as a hand. He was shot w' through the head. Of those on board as tb many as 7 were missing next morning, who have never since been heard of, so far as the witness knew. It will be re- pu membered that the Caroline was set on Ai fire by the assailants and sent over the ,D falls of Niagara, which were only two or 'e three miles below. v Since the above was in type we have m , received a rcport.inthe N. York Sun, of the testimony on the second day., Four of them said nothing bearing on the case, r One testified that some one struck at him Y in the water after he had jumped off the ^ Caroline and ruse to the surface, and he supposed it to be McLeod, but was not at all sure. Another, a barkeeper in a tav- n< : ern, swore that he saw McLeod among ? those who landed from the boats which ^ - ? d J, MI Co PA 1 earned int* men mat uLouvycu me vaxi- [j line, and heard him boast of having killed m one or two Yankees. When asked how T he knew McLeod, he said, by his voice d< and appearance. When asked if he ev. w i er conversed ^rith McLeod, he replied, tc "No, except to pass the time df dav."? c< " Did you ever do that," he was asked, f! and the reply was, "Well F am not sariin." The correspondent of the Sun asserts y that the testimony of these witnesses j made a marked impression on the jury ' ^ and audienceu But much allowance is 8( , to be made for such statements. That C( paper is evidently striving to increase the J] excitement on the subject to make a mar- hi i ket for its paper containing the report. While two lads at Plainficld, Conn, y were lately preparing to hunt, one of them, .applying his gun to the other's Is breast, said Take care or I'll shoot you." ^ His finger being-at the time on the trigger, he unintentionally shot and killed hi his companion. The continual occur* ft rence of such accidents does not teach *r parents wisdom to keep fire arms out of, ?' their boys' hands. , ] * A Cincinnati paper furnishes a list of 11 22 steamboats snagged on the Mississip. ^ pi, from Jan. 1st. to Sept. 1st.,?9 that t< ' were sunk or injured,?4 that were burn. 01 ed, and 2 that burst their boilers. Loss ^ estimated at $1,350,000. These are ^ supposed to include not more than two thuds of the actual losses from these p causes in the time stated. ? . h Gen. Houston hai again been elected p, I ern fl. rresiaem 01 t wbb. ^ g Present attitude of parties.?The u veto of the two bank hills, during the re. cent extra session of Congress, and espe. tr daily the circumstances under which the fi second bill was vetoed by the President, [? certainly alienated from him, for a time n at least, a large. portion of the Whig " party; Numerous meetings were held in ^ different parts of the country, and partic- u ularly in the large cities, at which res. * oiutions were adopted in favor of a na- j tional bank as n prominentWhig measure, and decidedly approving the course t] pursued.by those members of the cabinet who had resigned. The Democratic jour- '> nals, on the other hand, in all parts of the J country,seemed inclined to support the b President, as did also some of the Demo. I cratie members of Congress, as appeared p from their speeches, and their circulars to t) thair constituents. Thejtfadisonian, too, the si special organ of the President, gave signs 1 of vary great sensitiveness at the general | approbation with which the course of the ^ I ex.Secretaries met from the great body - - - i , ofthe. Whigs, and tor a time, seemea to consider the party as anti-administration; whilst a number of leading papers in New a England, known to be identified in politics and party affinities with Mr. Web. q ster,1teemed little disposed to co-operate ri with 4tie great body of the Whigs in oth- n er parts of the country in endeavors to 2 keep up an excitement on the bank ques. t tidn.' ' In this state of things it was a lit. C tie(encertian what turn parties might l( tak&*:' But recent occurrences seem to ^ have'dispelled air doubt. The appoint. merit of Mr. Spencer, a prominent, deci* 0 1 ded and very active Whig to the office of S Secretary of War, after the President had a 1 had time deliberately to look round and reflect upon present party aspects, has a extinguished the nascent affection of the v Democrats for him. The tone of the 9 ** 1? 1:? 1 1-- ,1.. .1 j _c t itiaiiisonian uhs aiso gretiuy cutuigeu ui ' ' ' ' ' 9 1 ' u , late. It is much more courteous towards ^ i those who expressed disapprobation of the j i President's vetoes, and it pleads with the |, Whigs for the administration ; contending t ' that as the President is with them on all n points but one, and has manifested no >v , attachment to their opponents therefore, \ , they ought to give him a cordial support. ^ i The President cannot be sustained by his ^ own little party?a mere cab full of ab- g ' stractionists. He must, therefore, seek ( | to conciliate one or the other of the great t parties into which the country is divided. ' . Ho seems to have made his election. He r it evidently going back to the Whigs?if ' 1 -indeed, he ever thought of deserting them. ] And the courtesy-and forbearance with < i which.he has been treated by the members ^ * of that party at their political meetings siDce the adjournment of Congress, have :t the dobr open for a reconciliation.? le following paragraphs from leading emocratic papers shew the light in lich the President is now viewed by i e Democrats? From the Globe. "It must not be inferred that it is our irpose to enlist under the banner of the dministration. The new cast of Cabet almost forbids the hope that Mr. Ty- 1 r has come to the determination to de. 1 >te himself to restore Jeflfersonian Deocrocy". From the Charleston Mercury. rtSAK ARRANGEMENT OF THE CABINET The Globeoi Saturday sayt, uwe underand that the Hon. John C. Spencer of New ork has been appointed Secretary of War." his is quite extraordinary. The Herald vo days since alluded to a rumor of this ipointment and said that Mr. Spencer a9 the author of the Whig Address, deducing the President and calling a State onvention of the party, apparently for le purposes of raising the Clay flag. We nd this statement confirmed by the adlission of the Whig press of New York, 'he Express intimates that Mr. Spencer enounced the President "undera wrong nprejsion" and that this truly disinteres. (dand patriotic Whig has consented to arrect his " impressions," for the trifling Hisideration of a place in the Cabinet, 'his is truly admirable. Mr. Tyler is in fair way of buying back the New York ftMan lha A Ihnnv -Jnnvnnl I F lli^n tiiV/ii Vfgaii| ?uv 4?ivwm(v wwf *?w? aving already consented to think more Lforably of * vetoes," " constitutional :ruples"and " Virginia abstractions" in onsideratioD of the dismissal of three >emocratics near there whose places ave just been filled by Whigs. FROM THB RICHMOND KN'QUIRFR. We have not seen the exposo of the Webster Whigs of Massachusetts, but one ling however is certain, that if Mr. Ty? hould please them on 1 whig principles e cannot please the Democracy of the rnion on Republican principles. He ttnnot ride both sides of the sapling. If e. tries to sit upon both stools, he must ill between both of them. Or, it we lay still further use the Sancho privilege f proverb quotation, if he seeks to carry ater on both shoulders, he will be drench? J by both buckets. But the WhigiConvenon of Massachusetts must either be de. eived by its hopes, or is deceiving the nblic. Mr. Tyler can never subscribe > their favorite notion of a National Bank r National Corporation. He has already eclared his determination to give to his j ountry a Republican Administration or! erish with his principles if he were to a. ' andon his old Republican States' Rights ; rinciples, he must perish. The Whigs , fNew England, with D. Webster at their i end, cannot save him. For our own J art, we are willing, until we are better dvised by events, to give him 4 a little eneroiis confidence.' But if he should nfortunafely take the counsel of his Whig advisers and conduct his Adminis 'afion upon Whig principles,' he must yrfeit the confidence of the Republican meaning Locofoco] Party. They will ot abandon their principles for mortal i inn.. They go for measures, not men. j lie practical triumph of the great mens. res and principles of Democracy are ever, nd now, more than ever, the (>o!ar star nd the leading objects of their party. ten are but subordinate objects in the latter. Such is the decided purpose of ie Democratic party in old Virginia, more lan ever?as it is in Pennsylvania and tew York?in all the South, and in all the forth, and in all the West. Let Mr. TVir be assured that he cannot untie, the Vhigs of Massachusetts and their princiles with the Democrats of Virginia and ieir principles." " A latitudinous or a trict construction of the Constitution ? nhe scheme of a third party is an idle chi i era?a ridiculous abstraction indeed. le must come to sec this in the same light lat wc do." The Yellow fever has abated little, if ny, in New Orleans. The Hon. Joio Murphy, formerly Jovernor of Alabama, and nfterwards a epresentative in Congress, died at his esidence in Clarke county, Ala., on the 1st. ult. in the 56th. year of his age. le was a native of Robeson county, N. /. a graduate of the South Carolina ColJge, and for several years clerk of the lenate of this State. The U.S. Steamer Ileaufort burst one f her boners, on me tin. insi., oetween lavannali and Pilatka, killing 4 blacks nd a white boy; The election for State Legislature, nd Governor toek place in Georgia last reek. We have accounts from 20 out of 13 counties. In thyse counties Dawson he Whig Candidate, received 8,249 otes, and McDonald, the Democratic Candidate, 6,793?Whig majority 1456. n the same counties the Whig majority 1st year was 187S. For the Legislature he Whigs nave lost 15 and gained 5? iett loss 10 in the counties from which re have heard. The entire gain of 5 by he Whi.'/s was in the county of Chatham n which Savannah is located. The Republican of that city introduces its retort of the election with the following [lorification: CHATHAM COUNTY !?? Come late, . but Come she Will!" 4 Stand aside and let Old Chatham speak." AS GOES CHATHAM SO GOES THE STATE!! The War Horse 14 Relief" distanced by the little dl7tch PoNEY "refortt"! 0LD CHATHAM ERECT AT LAST!!! ttWe have met the enemy and they are ours!" GLORIOUS VICTORY!!! CRO W CHAPMAX, CRO W! ! m - For the Farmers Gazette. Constitution of the Bible Society of Chkstebfield Distbict. $ Art. 1st. This society shall be called the Bi le Society of Chesterfield District. Art. 2d. All persons who shall sub. scribe and pay annually any amount to the funds of this Society shall be enrolled . as members. Art. 3d. The officers of this Society shall be a President, six Vice Presidents, a Secretary a Treasurer, and sine Directors, to be elected annually, by nomination, and the above named officers and Directors shall constitute a Borad of Managers, to conduct all the business of. Society, five of whoin with the President or the senior Vice President shall coosti* tuto a quorum. Art. 4th. The single object of thi* Society shall be to supply the destitute, in ' the District of Chesterfield, with the Bihl.-? (if if kaii t nalp nr rnmmfiflt. uic, niiiiuui ??? ?. Art. 5th. There shall be an annual meeting of thi9 Society, on the second Thursday in October, at such placets the President shall appoint. NUTMEGS. A correspondent wishes to cautinft thepublic through the medium of our paper, against the deleterious effects of a too free use of Nutmeg. He says I? " Having recently purchased the article, I took a broken one and put it into my pocket, and in the course of 6 hours, I had eaten about half of one. Soon after, I felt a dizziness, and an unaccountable derangement of intellect?transient loss of memory?yet a perfect consciousness of all that I said, or did. I became remarkably loquacious and seemed to he neither in this world nor the other, felt' happy and free from any pain?I war truly in an indescribable state. 1 felt m V I have supposed one might feel, that had been magnetized. My friends were great, ly alarmed, and the doctor was sent for, post haste. Bleeding was proposed but, as I thought I knew at least as much arany one, I was not willing to be bledAfter keeping them laughing and crying*. till about 11 o'clock at night, I retired to bed, without any thing having been done for me. J awoke in the morning, and was as well as usual* having neverbeen sick a day io my life. Since this occurrence, several cases have come tomy knowledge in which persons having eaten of nutmeg, were affected the same as I had been. Had I eaten a very little more 1 have no doubt it would ht*ve^ proved fatal, as I learn it has been, in other cases." Ral, Register, From the Charleston Mercury. ASSEMBLY OF SCIENTIFIC MEN IN ITALY. The third annual meeting of the Men of Science of Italy and foreign countries, is to he held at Florence the present month. Letters were addressed some months since to some of the scientific so. o r\A nmno Aiken CIClltra .III UIIO Ivl/UHII T , mm to the Academy of Arts and Sciences of this State, inviting them to send delegates to represent them in this convention. The Academy made choice of two of their members Messrs. Edward Everett and Francis C* Gray. They are both now in Eurbpe, and will probably be present at the meeting. ' ' . From a recent letter from the President General of the Association at Florence, it appears that the Grand Duke of Tuscany, who is a zealous patron of science and of letters, as well as himself a man of letters has granted for the daily meetings of the <4 several sections of the Association, a sufficient number of halls, in the Museum of Physics and Natural History, in the royal ' residence of the Palazzo Pitti; and for the * General Assembly of the Association hehas set apart the Hull of the Five Hundred. in the palace of the Governor, calle<? the Palazzo Veochio. An office was provided in the palace of the Riecardi in Floe- ' ence, where from the 10th of September, a person would be in constant attendance to receive those who present themselves for admission to the Assembly, and authorized to recognize their credentials; and persons will also be present for the- purpose of affording assistance in procu ring longings anu every umci uwcwm.j ! information. From the St. Augustine News of the 1st " inst. More Indian Murders.?Whilst a par.ty of four persons were out hunting a few days since, near the South prong of the St. Marys, they were fired upon by Indians, killing Jonathan Tliigpin, and wounded one the others, Barber. A few days since, at the Horse Hold,, about 9 miles from Black Creek, whilst three persons were traveling, they werefired upon by Incian?,and a Mr. Bleach killed. The other two made their escape.. The signs from the Executive party* are a little more Whigish than they have been. The communications in tho Madisonian all vrear a Whig aspect, and the Editorials say, that the Whig party ought to support Mr. Tyler. The new Cabinet is lauded for its uncomprorni*. inn Whiggery, and bitter abhorance of Locofocoism. Richmond Whig NEW GRIST MILL. Mr. Jno. M. Mason, of this City, has invented a Grist Mill, to be worked by a bai, ance- Lexer, and is capable of being accommodated to hand or horse power. The model,, wh ich we hare seen, folly illustrates the invention ; and the invention itsslf is ingenioor and promises valuable advantages to Mich as may desire to avail themselves of it. . Farmers and planters, whose pospsfftjose ere ext*n~ sivp, and who reside at sops distinct front Water Mills, will undouo&dty derive the most substantial benefits from Mr. Mason** invention, should it fulfil our expectations ; and indeed, theie are time* w hep ev*o Water .Mills fail, in some sections, during which ajt ~T.