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most alarming evils. Ramified as it is,
and extended to every neighborhood, the
puritv of its administration, and necessariiv
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 corresponpenGe of his
office) in scattering over the country pamphlets,
newspapers, and proceedings to
inHuence elections, is to outrage all propriety,
and must not for a day be tolerated.
t Ua ln(V Jn tlw> nntihi-lml4. I
liCl (ills UC ICIl IU il|U 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,
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
stated?introduces poli ics into the post
office?diminishes the revenue?and con*
fers privileges on one editor which all can*
not enjoy. In a word, it is my fixed pur*
pose, as far as in me lies, to separate the
Post Office Department from politics, and
Ki*in<r ukinit that rpfnrin which the countrv
has so loudly demanded.
Skpt.28, 1841. 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 rather
trying to be satisfied, that he was actually
satisfied, with a Bank Bill. Mr.
Bell, in his letter, says the President requested
that they would take care not to
commit him 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 ha:l just been agreed upon icould re- \
ccioe his sanction; but it should be a mat.
ter of inference, from his veto message
and his general views. He thought he
might request that the measure should be j
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 havej
charge ofitr He also expressed a wish j
to see the bill before it was presented to j
the House, if it'could 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 to
give his signature. There is another part
of Mr. Bell's letter that seems to indicate
the serious doubts of the President on the i
Bank Bill, and we think it grew out of |
Mr. Badger's remarks, when the Cabinet;
and the President were discussing its pro.
v isions Mr. Bell says that Mr.. Badger.re- j
marked, 44 that nothing would have heen
gained by the use of the terms of 44 Ba nk j
of discount and deposite," ip his messago; j
for. as to the charge of inconsistency it;
m'ght, and probably would be made against
him, for party, effect, if he sanctioned the i
hill then proposed by him, inasmuch as
dealing in, or buying bills of exchange, I
would be discounting, and to that extent;
make it a Bank of discount." Mr. Bad* j
ger was clearly right. It is here that we
think the President took the alarm for we,
find Mr. Bell adds the following :
44 When all the material points appeared
to be disposed of, and the members of the j
Cabinet present had expressed their deci- j
dod 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;
he made the ground work or basis of a'
bank, with all the pewers of the late. Hank i
o f lh' rnited States. He never would;
give i.issanciion to the power of local discount
Now, who can censure the President,
when a* hill (for it does not appear that
" the bill" was ever shown to him, before
it was submitted to Congress) was passed ;
and presented for his approbation, that he |
refused to sign it, particularly as he was j
satisfied that the u Exchange Bank'* was
hut another name for a "Bank of Dis.
count," 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- i
tion of the President, when the Cabinet i
met, to have prepared a Bank Bill, if pos-'
sible : hut the declaration made by one of j
bis Cabinet, that it would be called a :
" Bank of Discount," induced him, we j
think, to make the emphatic declaration,
that we have copied into this article, rela- i
five to his not sanctioning the Bill, if it!
could he supposed to wear the character !
of a B.iiik of Diseoont. %
Pha. Sontincl. I
j
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM WASHING- '
TOV.
Amidst the gloom which, at one mo-1
meat, threatened the dissolution of the j
whig party, it is gratifying to know that j
brighter prospects now arise.
I am persuaded that we are vet to realizeall
the results "anticipated from the1
glorious revolution accomplished by twelve
year's perseverance against the misrule of j
despotism and delusion* of a majority o| 1
fhe 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 |
IStates composing the confederacy, and:
his mind is anxiously devoted to apply the '
4-.orrer.tive in any mode consistent with 1
hi* constitutional scruples. '
The resumption of specie payments by
ithe banks would greatly facilitate this ^
important object. Surely, in Maryland, j
wbere our paper is but 11-2 per cent be-1
|ow' -coin, the approximatation proves the J
mensnre to be one of easy- attainment, j
While every facility will be afforded by !
the Treasury Department to realize thisobject,
be assured that a system wil! he!
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devised that can meet the approbation of (
| Congress and the nation, and thus the i
heart burnings consequent on our recent
disappointments be allayed, and the whig i
cause triumphant, hy the utility of all its
constituents?executive and legislative.
The threatened outbreaks on our borders,
evidences the importance of Mr.
I 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 enlighten,ed
nations, bound together by kindred
sympathies and identical interests, Darnel
Webster is that man.
He also can and will successfully aid
| in devising a system of finances, which
shall realize the anticipations first conceived
hy the triumphant success of the
whig party, in confiding the destioies 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
j/oinville is specially charged to convey
| the congratuations of the King of the
French to the President on his accession
to that station.
The Prince will be received and enter*
tained with all the honors due to bis rank
and worth. ? '
Although Gen. Clinch, of Florida, and
J G. C. Verplanck, of New York, are talked
of as prominent for the War Department,
nothing is or will be known until it is ascertained
that the nominee accepts.
In my opinion, this vacancy in the
i Cabinet will be fille<!|!rom the State of New
York, with great propriety, as none of her
sons now occupy prominent stations.
[Ball. Patriot.
From the Lexington (Ky.) Observer.
hon C. A. wickliffe.
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 General.
Gov. Wickliffe arrived in this city on
Wednesday last. We understand he will accept
the cabinet office rendered hirn by the
President and alter returning to his residence 1
in Nelson wdl depart for Washington as soon (
as the necessary arrangement of his private affairs
can be made.
We regret to observe that the Washington 1
correspondent of the Louisville Journal, and '
perhaps other papers attribute this appoint- i
inent to Gov. Wickliffe's supposed hostility to
Mr. Clay?a motive equally disparaging to.
Mr. Tyler and to Gov. Wickliffe. Those
who are in the least acquainted with '
the political history of the country know that
the President and the Post master General
Berved together many years in Congress, and
that the mo t intimate relations, l?oth personall
and political, subsisted between them.?
He is admirable qualified to discharge the do- i
ties of the high station to which he has been (
called. We do not feel disposed to draw any
invidious comparison between Govenor
Wickliffe and any other gentleman, but we
confidently believe that his appointment is
highly acceptable to the people of Kentucky,
and predict, that, and T his adininislrat:on, the t
Post Office Department will be conducted j
with method, economy and to the satisiaction
of the Nation.
|
hon. DANlEt WEB9TKR. ,
The Secretary of State reached New York
by the Philadelphia line to-day noon, and put '
up at the Astor House.?N. V. Express. Sept. 1
29. 'I
[We understand also, Mr. Tyler visits Vir- 1
gitua in a few days?as soon as his Cabinet
is fully organized. All nomineess have ac- i
cepted, except Judge McLean. Should he (
positively decline the War Department, Mr
Wickliffe is spoken of for that office?and \
Mp?cra WhiitIpspv. Hohbie. &c.. &.C., for M
the Po*i Office VVe understand to assure j I
the Public that the Cabinet is decidedly An.
ti-B ink?hut wha/ever be its bear ngs, that ,
the Chief Magistrate is determined to throw
himself upon his ancient principles, and to do '
what he thinks to be right.]?Richmond n- <
quirer. ]
From the National Intelligencer.
The packet ship Shenandoah arrived
at Philadelphia on Thursday evening, (
bringing Liverpool dates to the 9th ultimo, 1
several days later than before recei.
ved. j
The British Parliament met on the6th, I
and the various leading members took i
theirseatsin conformity with the political l
change that had occurred. Thus the <
Duke of Wellington accupiedthe seat <
latelv held by Lord Melbourne. In |
ii r n .u? ?..u; .
me nouse ?>i v^uinuiiiiia me auujcv;i ui i ,
supplies was made the order of the day
on the 7th. Deep excitcmcn was still
felt in relation to the the Corn Laws, and
a letter before us, from a friend,Jsays: "It
4is impossible for me to depict the distress
that exist in some of the manufacturing 1
districts. Indeed, without some change
in relation to the Corn Laws, the Tories 1
must expect a stormy time of it, and great 1
difficulty in preserving the public peace.
We are looking with much anxiety to |
your country for the result of the Mc i
Leod case; and all the reasonable, moder. i
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 pro- <
vission for the expedition, had sailed
north direct to Chusan, knowing nothing ,
of recent alterations, when her comman- (
der, Capt. Steed, R. N. was seized and
killed by the MandarinR. The trade ,
had hcen partially resumed, Invt greatly
to the disadvantage of the English. Ort
the 19th of May Capt. Elliot, at Canton,
moved up the ri^er in a steamer, follow,
ed hv 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
. ' v. '
conned, and purchased of tea were to be
made in hardjtashi Great preparations
were making by the Chinese, and great
numbers of troops were Hocking into Canton.
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CHEttAW GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY, October 13,1841.
i ??e " 11 sa^?
Mr. Barnwell, President of the South
Carolina College, has been compelled by
ill health to resign. No officer of the
state held a more responsible station or
discharged his duties more entirely to the
satisfaction of the public. The lost of
his services to the state is most deeply regretted
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 possi.
hility that Mr. Barnwell may speedily
recover will put an end to all speculation
on that head until more certain informs*
tion shall be received as to his condition.A
correspondent of the Camden Jour*
nal states that it is rumored that the Hon.
Thomas D. Sfmter will decline a re*
election to Congress, and nominates Mr,
John G. Bowman, of Lancaster as a can*
didate.
A correspondent of the Madisonian
writing from Lexington, Ky., says that
Mr. Wickliffe has determined to accept
the office of Post Master General.
It in announced in the papers that
Jonx C. Spexcer, 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 soma parts |
of Pennsylvania, by a portion of the ,
" 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 Legisla. '
ture biennial instead of annual.
The Trial or McLeod commenced at ^
Utica, N. Y. on Monday the 4th. in.
stant. A jury was made up without dif. \
ficulty from the original pannel. There <
were eight peremptory challenges by the <
prisoner's counsel, and none by the Attor. $
riey General. Three or four were ex. *
j c ; i ,1
zuwea irom serving, uecnusw wiry eiuur- j
tained conscienscious scruples against j
taking human life under the authority (
!)f law. i
After the einpannelling of the jury, .{
the remaining jurors were discharged t
till Friday night, indicatirg an expecta. j
tion on the part of the court that the trial j
would not be brought to a close before \
that time. i
Tiie Judges arc Gridliy, White, c
Kimball, and Jones. The counsel for J
the prosecution are W. G. Hall Attorney c
General of the state, Timothy Jenkins, f
District Attorney for the county, G. L. t
Wood, District Attorney for the county ' fi
af Niagara, and Seth L. Hawley of 13 uf- J c
falo For the prisoner, Joshua 0. Spen. *
cer, D. Gardner and Alvin C; Bradly. f
The Attorney General, addressed the c
jury after they were sworn, at some <
length. What he promised to prove *
igainst the prisoner was that he asserted J
that he was present and aiding at the t
destruction of the Caroline, when Durfee a
was murdered; and also that he had ?
been busily engaged in enlisting persons ?
* u c
for the expedition ; that he was at Schtos-. t
ser, the place from which the Caroline t
was carrying provisions and arms to the t
insurgents on Navy island, and asked at ^
what time the Caroline would he there; ^
and further that after the destruction of
the boat, he exhibited a pistol and sword r
stained with blood, which, he said, was ^
(?the blood of a damned Yankee." The 5
Attorney General did not promise to t
prove that McLeod boasted, or at any r
time admitted that he was present at (
the attack. ,
The only Witness examined the first
day was William Wells, the owner of ^
the boat. From his testimony it appears '
that he understood that the object of those t
who had possession of Navy island was J 1
" to concentrate there andyVee Canada." \
His aim was to carry passengers and ^
frieglrt to and from the island for money.
He had carried to the island, the day he- '
fore the attack, a six pounder, and some 8
muskets?the number might be 10 or 15, t
or it might be 100, The attack was 1
made at night while the boat wasancnor. c
ed, and no one on board apprehending fi
danger. Numl>er of assailants supposed ^
to be from 40 to 50, in 5 yawls?heard
such expressions, during the attack, as 1
the following: "Give no quarters"^ '
"Kill the d?d Yankees."?heard 40 or i
50 shots, saw one man, not Dmrfee, dead -i
on the boat befor^ he escaped from it.
On board the boat were a crew of 10, and ,
23 strangers slept on board who were "*
travellers waiting for a train of cars to
r r- 0
irrive next day, and were accommodated ]
?n board because there was jiot room for
hem in the tivern. Two or three were 1
rounded. Durf'ee was a. stage driver,
ind on board as a hand. He was shot .
hrough the head. Cff those on board as
nany as 7 were missing next morning,
vho have never since been heard of, so
rar as the witness knew. It will he renembered
that the Caroline was set on
5re by the aisailants and sent over the
falls of Niagara, which were only two or
three miles below.
Since the above was in type we have
eceived a report.in the N. York Sun, of
the testimony on the second day. Four
>!f them said nothing bearing on the case.
One testified that some one struck at him
in the water after he had jumped off the
Caroline and rose to the surface, and he
supposed it to be McLeod, but was not at
ill siita. Another, a har keener in a tav.
... 7 ? ,
srn, 8wore that he saw McLcod among
tliose who landed from the boats which
carriedthft men that destroyed the Caro.
line, and heard him boast of having killed
one or two Yankees. When asked how
tie knew McLeod, he said, by his voice
&nd appearance.When asked if he ev.
or conversed ^vith McLeod, he replied,
wNo, except to pass the time df dav."?
*Did you ever do that" he was asked,
and the reply wiifi, "Well I am not sartin."
The correspondent of the Sun asserts
that the testimony of these witnesses i
made a marked Impression on the jury '
and audience. But much allowance is
to be made for such statements. That
paper is evidently striving to increase the
excitement on the subject to make a market
for its paper containing the report.
While two lads at Plainficld, Conn,
were lately preparing to hunt, one of
them, applying his gun to the other's
breast, sajd ; Take care or I'll shoot you."
His finger being- at the time on the
trigger,'he unintentionally shot and killed
lis companion. The continual occurrence
of such accidents does not teach
oarents wisdom to keep fire arms out of,
their boys' hands.. (
A Cincinnati paper furnishes a list of
22 steamboats snagged on the Mississip>i,
from Jan. 1st:, to Sept. 1st.,?9 that
were sunk or injured,?4 that were burn.
sd, and 2 that burst (heir boilers. Loss
estimated at $1,350,000. These are
mpposed to include not more than two
thu*ds of the actual losses from these
:auses in the tim? stated.
Gen. Houston lta& again been elected
President of Texas.
Present attitude of parties.?The
retoofthe two bank hills, during the re.
:ent extra session of Congress, and es|>e.
:ially the circumstances Jinder which the
tccond bill was vstoed by the President,
certainly alienatud from him, for a time
it least, a large portion of the Whig
larty; Numerous meetings were held in
liffcrcnt parts of the country, and partic.
ilarly in the large cities, at which res.
duticns were adopted in favor of a naional
bank as a prominentWhig measure,
ind decidedly approving the course
mrsued.bv those members of the cabinet
vho had resigned. The Democratic jourwis,
on the other hand, in all parts of the
sou n try, seemed inclined to support the
President, as did also some of the Demo:rat?emembers
of Congress, as appeared
rom their speeches, and their circulars to
hair constituents. The..Madiaonian, too, the
ipecial organ of the President, gave signs
>f very great sensitiveness at the general
ipprobation with which the course of the
sx-Secretarics met from the great body
>fthe YVhigs, and for a time, seemed to
:onsiderthe party as anti-administration;
vhilsta number of leading papers in New
England, known to he identified in poliics
and party affinities with Mr. Web.
iter,'seemed little disposed to co-operate
vithlbe great body of the Whigs in oth;r
parts of the country in endeavors to
ieep; up an excitement on the bank quesion.'
In this state of things it was a litle
. ancertian what turn parties might
:ak&v But recent occurrences seem to
iave'dispelled alT doubt. The appoint,
nemt of Mr. Spencer, a prominent, deciled
and very active Whig to the office of
Secretary of War, after the President had
lad time deliberately to look round and
eflect upon present party aspects, has
jxfinguished the nascent affection of the
democrats for him. The tone of the
tfailisonian hits also greatly changed of
ate. It is uiucli more courteous towards
hose who expressed disapprobation of the
'resident's vetoos, and it pleads with the
iVhigs for the administration ; contending
hat as the President is with them on all
>oints but one, and has manifested no >
ittachment to their opponents therefore,
hey ought to give him a cordial support.
Phe President cannot be sustained by his
>wn little party?a mere cab full of abitractionists.
Ho must, therefore, seek
o conciliate one or the other of the great
Mtrties into which the country is divided.
? " *- L ?l:_ _ I _ IT_
flo. seems 10 nave mauo ins election. ne
s evidently going back to the Whigs?if
ndeed, he ever thought of deserting them.
And the courteey-and forbearance with
which he has been treated by the members
jf that party at their political meetings
?Dce the adjournment of Congress have ?
left the dobr open for a reconciliation.?
The following paragraphs from leading
Democratic paper# tbew the light in
which the President is now viewed by I
0
the Democrats?
From the Globe. 1
"It must not be inferred that it is our *
purpose to enlist under the banner of the 1
Administration. The new cast of Cabinet
almost forbids the hope that Mr. Ty- '
ler has come to the determination to de- <
vote himself to restore Jeffersonian De- i
mocrocy".
From the Charleston Mercury.
Tin Ah ARRANGEMENT OF THE CABINET
;.The Globe of Saturday sayt, "we understand
that the Hon. JohnC. Spencer of New
York has been appointed Secretary of War."
This is quite extraordinary. The Herald
two days since alluded to a rumor of this
appointment and said that Mr. Spencer i
was the author of the Whig Address, denouncing
the President and calling a State
Convention of the party, apparently for
the purposes of raising the Clay flag. We
And this ?tatement confirmed by the admission
of the Whig press of New York.
The Express intimates that Mr. Spencer
denounced the President" under a wrong
impression" and that this truly disinterested
and patriotic Whig has consented to
correct hja " impressions," for the trifling
consideration of a place in the Cabinet.
This is truly admirable. Mr. Tyler is in
a fair way of buying back the New York
Whigs?their organ, the Albany Journal
having already consented to think more
favorably of "vetoes," "constitutional
scruples"and " Virginia abstractions" in
consideration of the dismissal of three
Democratic near there whose places
have just been filled by Whigs.
PROM THR RICHMOND KNQUIRRR.
We have not seen the expos.) of the
Webster Whigs of Massachusetts, but one
thing however is certain, that if Mr. TyIshould
please them on ' whig principles
he cannot please the Democracy of the
Union on Republican principles. He
cannot ride both sides of the sapling. If
he tries to sit upon both stools, he must
fall between both of them. Or, it we
may still further use the Sancho privilege
of proverb quotation, if he seeks to carry
water on both shoulders, he will be drenched
by both buckets. But the WhigiConvenlion
of Massachusetts must either be deceivcd
by its hopes, or is deceiving the
public. Mr. Tyler can never subscribe
to their favorite notion of a National Bank
or National Corporation. He has already
declared his determination to give to his ,
country a Republican Administration or;
perish with his principles if he were to a- 11
bandon his old Republican States' Rights j
principles, he must perish. The Whigs J
of New England, with D. Webster at their j
head, cannot save him. For our own j
part, we are willing, until we are better
advised by events, to give him 4 a little
generous confidence.' But if he should
unfortunately take the counsel of his
* Whig advisers and conduct his Adminis
ttafion upon Whig principles,' he must
forfeit the confidence of the Republican
[meaning Locofoco] Party. They will
not abandon their principles for mortal
man.. They go for measures, not men.
The practical triumph of the great measures
and principles of Democracy are ever,
and note, more than ccer, the polar star
and the leading objects of their party.
Men are but subordinate objects in the
matter. Such is the decided purpose of
the Democratic party in old Virginia, more
than ever?as it is in Pennsylvania and
New York?in all the South, and in all the
North, and in all the West. Let Mr. Tyler
be assured that he cannot unite the
Whigs of Massachusetts and their principles
with the Democrats of Virginia aiul
their principles" A latitudinous or a
strict construction of the Constitution ?
The scheme o f a third party is an idle chimera?a
ridiculous abstraction indeed.
He must come to see this in the same light i
that wc do."
The Yellow fever has abated little, if:
any, in New Orleans.
The Hon. John Murpiiy, formerly
Governor of Alabama, and nfterwards a '
representative in Congress, died at his ;
residence ill Clarke county, Ala., on the j
21st. ult. in the 56th. year of his age.
He was a native of Robeson county, N.
C. a graduate of the South Carolina College,
and for several years clerk of the
Senate of this State.
The U.S. Steamer Beaufort burst one
of her boilers, on the 4th. inst., between
Savannah and Pilatka, killing 4 blacks
and a white boy.
The election for State Legislature,
and Governor took place in Georgia last
week. We have accounts from 20 out of
93 counties. In th'jse counties Dawson
the Whig Candidate, received 8,249
votes, and* McDonald, the Democratic
Candidate, 6,793?Whig majority 1456.
In the same counties the Whig majority
last year was 1879. For the Legislature
the Whigs have lost 15 and gained 5?
nett loss 10 in the counties from which
we have heard. The entire gain of 5 by
the Whi./s was in the county of Chatham
in which Savannah is located. The
Republican of that city introduces its report
of the election with the following
glorification:
CHATHAM COUNTY!?44 Come late,
. but Come she Will!"
"Stand aside and let Old Chatham speak."
AS GOES CHATHAM SO GOES
THE STATE!!
The War Horse 44 Relief" distanced
by the little dutch PoNEY "reform"!
OLD CHATHAM ERECT AT LAST!!!
"We have met the enemy and they are
ours!"
GLORIOUS VICTORY!!!
CRO W CHAP MAX, CRO W!!
For the Farmers Gazette.
SoNSTITUTIOX OF THE BlBLE SOCIETY
OF CHE*TEBF1EL0 DlSTEICT. ffArt.
1st. This society shall be called
.he Bi le Society of Chesterfield District.
Art. 2d. All persons who shall sobicribe
and pay annually any amount to
the funds of this Society shall be enrolled..
is members.
Art. 3d. The officers of this Society
shall be a President, six Vice Presidents,,
a Secretary a Treasurer, and nine Direc
tors, to be elected annually, by nomina*
tion, and the above named officers and
Directors shall constitute a Borad of
Managers, to conduct all the business of.
Society, five of whom with the President
or the senior Vice President shall constitute
a quorum.
Art. 4th. The single object of thi*
Society shall be to supply the destitute, in '
the District of Chesterfiejd, with the BU
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Art. 5th. There shall be an annual
meeting of this Society, on the seconcP
Thursday in October, at such placets the
President shall appoint.
IfUTXEOS.
A correspondent wishes to caution thw
public through the medium of our paper,
against the deleterious eflects of a too fret
use of Nutmeg. He says*? *
"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 halfofooe. 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. 1 became
remarkably loquacious and seemed to bo
neither in this world nor the other, felt
happy and free from any pain?I wan
truly in an indescribable state. I felt as ^
I have supposed one might fee), that had
been magnetized. My friends were greatly
alarmed, and the doctor was sent for,
post haste. Bleeding was proposed but,
as I thought I knew at least as much as
any one, I was not willing to be bled.
After keeping them laughing and crying
till about 11 o'clock at night, I retired
to bed, without any thing having been
done for me. I awoke in the morning,
and was as well as usual, having never
been sick a day io my life. Since this
occurrence, several cases have come tomy
knowledge in which persons having
eaten of nuttneg, were affected the same
as I had been. Had 1 eaten a very little
more 1 have no doubt it would haveproved
fatal, as I learn it has been, in
other cases." Hal. Register,
From the Charleston Mercury.
ASSKmHjlC Uf ouicnurii/ nk.i in n ?ut>
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*
cieties.in this country, and among others
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 O 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 ef~
letters, as well as himself a man of lettors
has granted for the daily meetings of the ^
several sections of the Association, a suffi*
cient number of halls, in the Museum of
Physics and Natural History, in the royal '
residence of the Palazzo Pitta; and for the
General Assembly of the Association hehas
set opart the Hull of the Five Hun*
dred. in the palace of the Governor, called^
the Palazzo Veochio. An office eras pro.
vided in the palace of the Riecardi in Flor*
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ence, where from ine turn 01 aepiemocr,
a person would be in constant attendance
to receive those who present themselves for
admission to the Assembly, and au?
thorized to recognize their credentials;
and persons will also be present for thepurpose
of alTording assistance in procu?
ring lodgings and every other necessary
information.
From the St. Augustine News of the 1st
inst.
More Indian Murder*.?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 In.dians,
killing Jonathan Thigpin, and
wounded one the others, Barber.
A few days since, at the Horse Holdf.
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 wear a Whig aspect, and
the Editorials say, that the Whig party
ought to support Mr. Tyler. The new
Cabinet is lauded for its uncoropromi*
Wh irrrrorvr nncl *KKnrntlPo rtf
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Locofocoism. Richmond Whig,
NEW ORI8T HILL.
Mr. Jno. M. Mason, of this City, lias invented
a Grist Mill, to be worked by a bci.
ance-leter, and is capable of being accommodated
to hand or horse power. The modal,,
wh ich we hare seen, folly illustrates (be invention
; and tho invention itself it ingeoioor
and promises valuable advantages to such at
may desire to avail themselves of it. Fimm
and planters, whose po*?srfiions ore extensive,
and who resids atsope distance from.
Water Mills, will undotmldfy derive themost
substantial benefits from Mr. Mason1*
invention, should it fulfil our expectations ^
and indeed, theie are times when ev^o Water
.Mills ?ail, in some sections, during .which aft 4
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