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
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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<
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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 ^
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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. ?
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Gen. Houston hai again been elected p,
I ern fl.
rresiaem 01 t wbb.
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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
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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
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