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Yioj> in thcie bunds, uud wearing Lottie putt 6 f iv V\* Ores* ul' the men. Tl.ev performed ill a circular inclirMire, some continually leaving it uud oilier* supplying their places. The orcnet* trn unscmupwcU of ten "or fifteen men, with drum?,' bladders tilled with vhot, deer's hoof* if ?' lixed ( i> rod* ami shaken, some striking upon w-nr-clulM with.svick* 1 the whole accompanied ?.v ith (he voice. The old men of the temple were continually going round tho inclosure, mid min Hg their rliriil voices | probably saying some thing to excite and encourage* llude ns this tuay I). supposed to Mkvu been, there was yet Mime'lving pleading \ tlwir music was by ho means discordant, and exceedingly animated. ? It would bo tedious to enumerate the va-. tinu* ways in which their festivity displayed itself." % / H will readily he perceived hy the foregoing ostracts that the author of lids }ournnl (tosses Ken strong powers id description, and <hut the work is not merely 'a dry detail of daily occur rences. attending a tedious and laborious lucent up a river, abounding in sand-banks, antr pre senting almost every where a strong opposing' current. It abounds with descriptions 01 natu-( ral .cciiery. and savage manners, given with spi rit and vivacity, and derives additional inte r.?.nt from the parly lieing in pursuit of Mr. Wil v:iu Hunt, who was atieud ot them, and whom liiey were extremely anxious to overtake, as 1 lie v believed a junc tion with his party essential in their safety from the hostile Indians. '? vihtnral nud Statistical Vino or Picture of t ' i nci limit i. nud the Alia w I Country, illustrated by maps" ? by Daniel Drake. l'2mo. pp. ?51. This is a plain, will written, useful work, and i cunliut fail, to he interesting to those who intend emigrating to the *t(kt e of Ohio, or to those who delight in contemplating the rapid march of the prosperity of our country. Hut the reader must not expect to be entertained with such romantic tales as were fancied or fabricated by HrWsot irid imlny. He will not read of an earthly para dise where virtue, freedom and felicity forever rcijjn undisturbed, hut of an extensive and fertile region, w here industrious families may by labor ?icouire independence, with man v of the comforts unci not u few of the luxuries ul* life. The book contain.*, besides what (lie title-page announces, agenem! view of the state of society and man ners nud observations on the prevailing diseases of tho district* described. I'lic follow ing pas sajje shows thu wonderful increase oi the popu lation of the western states 1 " /I appears tliat . the population ofTennessee increased, t'rom I79l to 1 600, at tho rata of twelve and three-fourths nor centum and doubled in six years ; from I BOO to 1810, ul the rate of nine and a half per centum, nml doubled in eight years ? since that time, if 1 he rate of increase Icis diminished regularly, it amounts to about rix and three-tenths per cent, itnd will cause ll:ts population to double in little more than 1 1 years. From tables of a similar kind for Kentucky, it appears that the popula tion from 179 0 to lflOO increased at tho rate of about eleven and hIx -tenths percent, and was doubled in less than seven years f from 1800 to to 18lt), at the ro to of six and three-tenths per cent, and doubled itielfin something im.-re than eleven years. Since 1810 it probably increases at the rate of three and one third per cent, and will require, for tho period of doubling, about twenty-three years. In Ohio, the population was augmented at tho rate of thirty and one fourth per cent, nud doublod in less than three years between 1700 and 1800; from the latter period till 1810, it advanced at the rate of eigh teen and a half per cent, and nearly doubled every four years. Since 1810, it j/robably in creases at the rate of seven and eight-tenths per <ent, and will double itself in less than ten ? tsars. From these rates of increase, the popu atlon of the present year (1814) in round num ber* murft bo nearly as follows 1 Kentucky ?180,010, Tennessee 334,000, Oldo 312,000. ? In 1P;!0, it wilt probably ipproach to the follow ing : Kentucky 408JOOO, Tennessee 481,000, Ohio '11)52,000." > 44 The people of the Miami country," we are told, 44 may In part lie characterized, as iitfus trtous, frugal, temperate, patriotic, att^ i*elU gions ; with as much intelligence, aud more en terprise, than the families from which they were detached. In Cincinnati the imputation is mole .cotnpouniled, and the constant addition of emi grants from numerous countries, in varying proportions, must for uigny years render nuga tory nil attempts at a faithful portraiture.? - There is no state in the union which lias not en riched our town with some of its more enter prising or restless citizens ; nor a kingdom of the. west of Kuropo whose adventurous or des perate exiles are not commingled with us. To Kentucky, nud the states in orth of Virgihl#* to K.i^fand, Ireland, Germany, Scotland* France and Holland, we aro moat indebted*" . __ SCIENTIFIC. _____ tW'io Lift Hunts? In the fl&l volume of the trananctioim of tin; poddy instituted at Loii don, for the encouragement of ni l*, manufuc t ii re. <? and commerce, there i? given the model, of a life-boat* aaid to bp much *ti|M?rlnr to those of any otluv construction. It can never bo {in* pedc?f by being water logged, nor is it go liable t'? be upnet a* a boat upon tlio keel or flat-bet tottteri principle. " It may lie made of wooden Itilhft nailed upon circular wooden frame*, form* jog two cylinder* with a pointed end) tl?e*e fi-amea have end* which divide each cylinder in fo live compartment, wldcb may be either left ..pen within, or filled with cork, or each made ?atej -tijrfit. The frame* are secured together ??y bnra extending arrow tin -oughboth cylinder*. I : pon the mi ?'title of the cylinder* snould be placed n coat of linen or cotton cloth)) secured with water-proof ni?.e or cement* over which Awoor three layer* of brown pitched paper well cemented should lie laid, over that another lay* iir or coat of linen or cotton cloth nhould be ce mented* and lastly, a covering of nfronu canvana ?veil Mccored, cemented and pained. This boat j i ho contrived tbftt It l? immaterial which aido ii ? npp(M mo?tln (be wtfeiyti both sides are se paiuwiy 6up.'.ii.. wiui u Muulur set of tnasU. sprit-sail auil rigging ready for sotting up, And when tho boat in cut away from the part of the ?hip where it hang* ready for use, the man fal len overboard, wl ten tit wta upon it, can hoist thai mfcst and sail which lies uppermost, aud follow tho ship with nearly equal speed. Tho paddle answers the purpose of a rudder to/ttem* by, ana o^e .paddle only la necessary* as U can easily, be drawn out which ever side Is upper* most.. The proper length of the boat la niba feet. vTClie diameter of each Cylinder twelve inches, and tlio width of the gr*tja? bet#|Sen them twelve inches* The length of each, mast | nine feet, with saila and sprits in proportion.? The -weight of the whole about one hundred and eighty four pounds, ami the price about ten irui neon, and It will cart/ two hundred and, fifty pounds weight with tne grating clear of the wa ter. 'Hie klie or cement for uuiting and cover* lug the apparatus, should be made from equal weights or mastic, incense, rosin and -fine cut cotton or cow hair | those are to bo moMkd to gether with some powdered calcined oyster shells, and all mixed whilo boiling into a strong mass, which grows harder the longei* it Hep in water. Where calcined oysterrshells cannot be got, uuick limo will answer as a substitute for it. Besides the savins of the lives of per sons who fall overltoard, tms boat has the advan tage of being able to carrv a person safe to land where no other boat could venture, and convey a rope or dispatches on shore, that would be tlie means of preserving both ship and crew in cases of great emergency." Grammatical Machine. ? No one (says a *vri- 1 terin a late number of the Boston Palladium) could have beon more incredulous than mv self, respecting a machine, invented by Mr. Hrown, nv winch tho principles of Grammar might be taught. A few evenings since, tlie u tility of such a machinu became the topic of con versation among adoacn members of the House of Representatives, and many other gentlemen ; and not only tlie feasibility, but the possibility of its use was denied, except by ono gentlomnn. To satisfy the doubting, this gentleman sent for one of Mr. Brown's scholars, a boy or nine years of age, who had spent forty-eight hours in ac quiring the rudiments of grammar. To the sur prise of -the auditor*, tho Tad parsed several sen tences with correctness, and evinced his know lodge of the subject. The doubts of every one were removed. A machine for such a purpose appWttsd to me an absurdity. To gratify my curiosity, I cal led on Mr. llrotvn, mid examined his ma;hine. To describe it, and its operation, would occupy several columns of your paper. The different parts of speech, and their connexion, are exein f >lified by the machinery in a manner the most ucid and most impressive. K.v nno disc* omue* ; from one instance the whole may be inferred.-? Mitt* ?m ote the rock. The noun, ball | its urogrete is n transitive verb s it strikes Die objective case, another ball this rock. The intrauhitive verb makes no progress only revol ving on its axis ? All the parts of speech, with their connexion and depehdance* are impres sively elucidated in the same manner tend with such clearness that any boy of common i standing may acquire more of the prifieii syntax hi twelve days, than he would .a from books aud instructors in four ifion wish that those, who, like myself, havo cliuod to consider tho plan absurd ar Ions, could examine the machine, or s - r "'T ?"??"????'Tl' Mr. Brown's pupils. It is common! of genius to meet ridicule and opppsj at first view, nothing can be f for these purposes, than grammar l?y machinery r.U._ .. ? on, no grammarian will hesitate to acknowledge the ingenuity of tlte inventor and the immediate and great utility of the machinery. ? | Vegetable IPondertoffj, Carolina. ? Extract] of a letter from a citUsn of New-York, now in Charleston, to his friend in N. Y. dated Feb. 1 i " I believe I did hot give you a description of n Upe oak tree upon Beaufort Island, which we vi sited, near Dr. Rhodes'*. It is situated on a point of land approximating the Brdad River? This giant of the forest, at some little distance appeared like a thick clumpof woods, rather tlian a slnglo tree. Its stem is about 14 feet to tly> branches, which arc liko so many huge trees, putting off almost horizontally about 66 feet either way. and spreading over a circumference of 40 yards, or 190 feet diameter. The stem is 32 feet 5 inches irt circumference, and nearly all the way of the same thickness. Tho tree never grows very tall j its shape resembles one of our low-spreading, full growth apple tfees. The age of thin mammoth is not known ) .tlio ive oak is said to increase daring the first ceii> iry? to wane the second | and in course nf io third, to decay and fall. Mrs. Rhodes, $4 years old, knew it a monstrous tree when she was In her teens. Near this primeval forest, ve getates an pJce-trvs, the sole surviving tenant tif tlie old garden planted by Mr, Rhodes, in the early part of the century. Hiis aloe, for the flrfrt time, put forth its stalk ami blossomed Inst July; The stalk at the bottom is about 18 inch es fn circumference, and shoota up in a gradual slope feet 5 inches ? at about 10 feet, the branches begin, of which there aro if, projecting out irregularly about a yard, in a curved or 8. Una nearly horizontal, but they becoino shorter as they approach the top | each of these again put forth several small branches, on which is a {eltowish blossom, of which only tho cup is now ibc seen \ this contains tlie seed, ana stands erect in its socket. It was on the night of tho 3d of May, when tho stalk first began to put forth, and then had the aopesranco of a vigor ous head of asparagus.--On the 4th, Rhodes marked upon one of tlie adjoining leaves, the day and the hour ) and he assures me, that on the 16th day of May, (IS days thereafter) the stalk had grown just twenty-two feet in perpen dicuUr height. On the Gth July, it was in ma turest bloom, and that day a great crowd of peoplo visited the place to see this natural curi osity | 6.1 of whom afterwards dined under a branch of the majestic Oak." | ? CONGRESS. j HOUSE OF UEFHBSBNTATIVE8. Sni ur<l jy, /WfMuiy'J 4. Mr. Pleasaut* from the committeo on naVat affairs, reported a bill for Ukj gradual increase of tho navy ? wliivli was twice road and coiuirtit ted. On motion of Mr. Tucker, " JUsotretl, Thit tlio committee on the judlciary bc instructed to enquire into tho expediency of allowing upjuals from t)io circuit court* of tne territories, to the supreme court oftlia United States." ' Oil motion of Mr. jtoitytli, the Houmj pro ceeded to consider the report of tiio managers ou the part of thU House, iu the conference on tiio disagreeing vote* of the two Houses, on the bill to curry into effect the convention of commerce with UVeat Britain ? tho question whether the House will reccde front tneir amendments to the bill dent to thii House by the Senate, and agree to the modification recommended by the confe rees was decided- witliout debate, yeas 100? nays 33. } , i'ho lloust then, on Motion Jof Mr. Johnson of Ky. took upi thu bill, making further provision for military servicos duringthe Into wan which occupied the remainder ortho Hitting. Several amendments were successively ottered to the bill piost of them verbal, and involving no principle ?some of which were agreed to, and other* ie? jected. Among tlie former was an amendment adopted, on motion of Mr. Caunon to include the eases of those persons who si tali have died qfter their return nome, Of wounds, tkc. rccei* ved in service. Among the rejected amend* incuts >va* one offered by Mr. liirdseye, to grant the allowance provided in the bill* to the lather or mother, where there be no widow or child left by the decedent. After several un successful motions to lay the bill on the table aud have it printed an amended, the bill was ft nally ordered, with the amendments, to be en* grossed and read a third time. Mm/hy, ftbntary 26. Mr. Foray the from the committee of Foreign delation*, reported a bill supplementary- to the act regulating trade and intercourse with tho In* dian tribe* ; which wan twiceread & committed* 'the {Speaker laid before the house a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Die annual account of the emoluments of the Ool lectors of the customs) which was laid on tho table. v. The engrossed bill making further provision for military services during the lite war, was read the thin! time and paMOtl* in, the house Then, on motion of resolved itself into a < !5?d.r tf& Monk bill, which being read, Mr. Cal of considerable commit motion, reported r . _0, ? , ? ?U aguh?. Iltnue adjourned. |tti TnrAihw, tVbruarif QT. gjj 'Wr. Nelson, of Virginia, from the committee j^lltho Judiciary, reported a bill to establish an Uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the U.' States ) which was twice read end committed. > Mr. Johnson of Kentucky* from the commit tee on Military Affair*, reported on the follow ing subjects ot enquiry, tkc. referred to that committee.? 1st. That it is inexpedient at this time t a make additional provision by law for military transportation. ? 2d. That no provision is necessary to be made for paying a certain corps of volunteers in Maine, the President be ing already fully cmiHjwered by existing.laws to do so. ? 3u. That it is iuox|>edient to assume the payment of interest oh unpaid sums which may have been due for military *ervlces.r~4th. That no further provision is necessary at this time for printing and distributing tlie militia and milita ry law* and articles of war?*?5th. Unfavorable reports on tho petitions of Isidore Ketoensin and Christopher Colics. The above reports were ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Huger called up the resolution submitted a few days ago by him, to enquire into the man' nerof keeping certain public accounts, and in to the amount and cause of the great balances now standing against individuals, on the books of the comptroller, &c. After considerable de bate the resolution was agreed to. The house then proceeded to the order of tho day, being the bill to establish a National Hank. The question .on reducing the proposed capital from thirty -five to twenty millions, being still tinder consideration, a debate arose Ohthe gene ral, <jue*tion of tho merits of the bill, as well as of the question immediately before the house, 'lite motion to reduce tho capital was opposed by Messrs. Smith of Md. Wright and Tucker) and supported by Messrs. Sergeant & Randolph'. The deuate continued untifinear four o'clock, when ti?e committee roso on motion of Air. Hop* kiiiHon, reported progress, obtained leave to sit again-oand the house adjourned. IWwi(?jz, Ftlrunrp 28. Mr. Tucker submitted a resolution to amend tho rules of the House, by providing; fortheap* pointment of separate committees of tliree mem bers ea<h, to examine into the *tato of the ac counts of tlie State, Treasury, War* Navy* l'ost-oflkerend all other departments of tlie go vernment | which resolution of course* lies on the table one day. On mrftion or Mr. Parris, ** Itewlvrd, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House, a state* moot of the number of impressed American sea men confined in Dartmoor prison, tho number surrendered, givmt up, or taken from on board Ittitish vessels capture^! during the lato war* to gether with their respective places of residence. Tlie house then again resolved itself into a committee of the whole* Mr. Nelson of Va. in the chair, on the National Bank bill ? tho moti on to reduce the capital, Uotoigatill undercut deration. Mu?r(. Webster, Hopkins??*, 8c geautaud Pitkin advocated tho motion, m Messrs* Cnthbert, ShArp tad Calhoun vpposi (he motion* The question on reducing the c pi tat to twenty millions, was finally taken at deddod in the negative, 74 to 40. Thii 'thtft. Mruaty Hie bill from the Senate, rulativo to eviden in cosea of naturalisation, >vas twice read a committed. On motion of Mr.. Ward of Mats, the llot (H-occotled ' to consider tho resolution submiti ir him aome day's ago, relative to tho Natipi Currency, which was on motion referred to i committee on National Currency. The House then ujxain resolved itself int committee of the whole, on tlie National Da bill. On motion of Mr? Cady, with tho an** of Mr. Calhoun, the bill was Amended by atn ing out so much df the bill an gives to Congw the privilege hereafter aif bxtondin* the caul of the Bank from Jhjrty-Jlv* to ffty millioi Mr. Cady then moved to strike out ho much the bill as authorises the government to hi HCitbe a certain proportion (seven millions) the stock of the Rank* This motion wan om sed by Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Smith of Md. a supported br Mr. lUndolph, Mr., Cady and .\ Ward of Mass, Before deciding thequesth (lie committee rose and reported progress, a tho House amounted. v Friitty, Mart* 1. A" Alter Home remark? to "hew the great ev resulting to the community from the influx unauthorised notes purporting to be issued Hanks which no cine knew, and which in so* case* were palpable frauds, unsupported bra ? I^miv imuu?f unvipiionci Ability to pa/ them-? Mr. Goidsborough mov the follawinirresolution, which wan agreed t 44 Resolved y That the committee appointed to c quire into the state of the several Hanks in t District of Columbia be instructed to enquire i to the expediency of prohibiting within the hj district, the circulation of notes issued by at private banking association, whether existi. within the district or elsewhere, and of restrai ihg tlie formation of such private banking as* ciations in future." Tlio House then again resolved itself i'ntc committee of the whole, Mr. Nelson of Va. the chair, on the National Hank billw? Tfye n tion to strike out so much of the first section allo.ws government to aubscribo for sever thousand shares of the stock, was after some i bate dccidcd in the negative 01 to 38. T committee of the whole mado further progro in the bill, and obtained leave to ?it niptiii. The bill in addition to 'the act establishing! post-ofllce establishment, passed through a coi mittee of the whole, Mr, Hoot in the chair, at won reported to the |fouse. 8BNATE. Tlj^princtpal business of Feb. 29 was to ord be engrossed for a third reading, a bill " inn g appropriations for the construction of roa and canals.1' This bill is highly important its provisions ; proposing that-? dollara a nually (the blank is proposed to be filled wi artificial roads, and opening; cainds? which til i| to lie set apart ana inviolably pledged ?r fund fortltat and no other purpose? the same be placed undtrsjecial charge and direction the Secretary of the Treasury for the time b ing, &c<? <?uspendabte during a itata of war the discretion of Congresat all monies aubsc. bed by Congresa to the stock of any compani incorporated for the purpvse of internal ii prove ment, to be paid out' of thin fund, &< and all proceeds) interest and dividends of sto< to accrue to March I.? The bill to continue a direct t of three milliotia for one vear, was, after >< interesting debate, ordered to a third read in by a vote of It to 16. ^ ? ? = N KEW8. ' ? Late $t from *VwiBL-4)?r latest dates a> Paris to vie 30th December, and Bordeaux the 4th Januanr, Inclusive. The u Mtmorl flnnUUth" is full of fMcf/lc extracta' from Kn illsh and Continental pajiera, for the most po wadly deficient of in (crest to the friends of I' berty. The sitting of the Chamber of Peers, t Chamber of Deputies of tlie departments, ai the Cabinet-Councils of one, two or three tiou age, held by the King, occupy the columns the French Journals. The Paris Monite states, tliat Col, Lavalrttk, who had bci condemned to death for alleged treason again tlie government, made his escape from prta the day before he was to have been executed.* Accusations and trials for sedition and net tiouscries, are innumerable. Fines from KM) I MM) francs, and imprisonment from 8 to 5 yea follow of course.? France is, indeed tranqui zed | but it is the tranquility of a smother*-'] (ire, iuIhIuciI but not extinguished by des} tisiu. ? Southern Patriot. Heme* , Dec, 81.? < Copy of a letter from t Prefect of the department of llc-ct-Vilains . the Mayor of the city of Rennes.? ** Mons. . Maire, I have received from Ht. Malo, inform tion that an adventurer had been arrested the without certificates ? he has been there for sor days ) ho, at first, pretended his name w Charlen de Navarre, a baker, born at New-0 leans j afterwards, ho declared himself to the Dsupldn, son of Louis XVfth. llis ma ners are vulgar, his language very incorrect, known not how to write, and it is generally I lieved his head is turned ! It is iHilieveu ti unfortunate mail is a mechanic, named Phil pot, born at Varennes, near Kautnur. This i restation and the story of thin man having pi duced some sensation among the people of i Maldo and fct. Herran, I have thought it my < ty to make known to you the real facts, that y might disprove the comments which might ar from this news, and destroy in ita comment ment, the effect that might retiilt, if it shot be spread through your city."