Columbia telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1819-1821, July 11, 1826, Image 4
From 'Six Monthi i* 0it Wt* Mid in \m.*
MADURA. ?
? "A nun ought to hat* more phlegm
t 'i in 1 here,. to travel with serenity in Ma
deira. v> lien you intend to ns?ke m? ex
cursion, yon tend a servant to the coroer
c( the street to summon ?he muleteert.?
the word, down tbey come scampering
to yemt door, men and boyi, horses,
rnulea end ponies Some Menda or mine
Wire going with me to Cevelhar't villa;
and the moment we pot our noee* out ol
the court-yard, e regular figUl began,?
Three men laid hold of me by main force:
my left lag w* mounted on a mule, my
right stretched across a hor?e, end the
bridle of a pony throat into my bund. 1
awoYe aa become me; but unfortunately
for my inflnenca in the world, I have auch
an ungovernable tendency to laughter upon
the moat aolemu occwuoo, that all I could
do or siiy excited neither remoroo nor ter
ror. ia these fellow*. I succeeded at!
length in righting myaelf, and aheored n(T
on the horso. When we were well seated,
the vera in hand and all ready, " NVhon!
whistled our native*; " whoo!" whistled
the natives in the neighborhood; the mule
teers caught hold or the tails by their
left hnnds, and begin to goad the (lank* of
tho animals with u amall pike in their right
" Car a. Cira, cavache, caval," shouted
they: which fairly started us, and nway
we went at full gallop, through the pebble
paved streets, the hordes kicking, the
bpofa clattering, tho men singing and
screaming and gonding, and the old wo
men running out of our way aa fast as they
could. 1 waa ho convulsed with laughter,
ut the unspeakable absurdity of the scene,
that I rounder it a-very great mercy that
I neither killed myself nor any body else."
S Lucia?The first approach to tlii>*
Niuul from tho South, oflers the most
striking conihiiiiitions of various kinds of
sectary that I have ever seen. .Two
rocks, which the gnd* call l'ltons and men
sugar loaves, rise yorpendKul.nly oiit ol
tlie s?a, and sh"Ot to n great height in par
nil ;d cones, which taper away towards
the summit like the finioua ?piros of Co
ventry. Tho rocks, which arc leathered
from the clouds to the waves wi'h green
toli.igu stand like pillats ol llcrrules, nn
eithftr >idc ol (he entrance ir.fo a small
i';n o?ep and bcatfltiul bay. A prntty lit.
tl. vdlige. or plantation. appear* at the
l? :*?<.a cf the cuvc; the nindy beach
ftro.chcs hko a li*rk ot' silrer round the
bi 10 water, nml :.to c:?nc fi<? !<!?? form it
broad belt <W vivid green in tlio h>ck
(Jrojnrt. Behind '.hi* the mountains, wliicli
r.in north ami south throughout the Island,
ri?c in ;hu most fantastic shapes: here
eU.vcu into ?ltH>p-dovvi? chasms, th?>ro <l.?rt
ii?X into arrowy points, un<l every wlnrc
shrouded, or swathed a* it were, in for
ests, which the baud of man ndi probably
never lay low. J
1 ho clouds, whirh within the tropica,
are iufalMdy attructcd by any woody emi
nences, c. ntribnte greatly to the wildncs*
ol' the Hcene ; sometime* tlmy arc so dense
us to bury the mouoinins in d irkneM, ut
pther tinn.s they float transparently, like n
.ulk?*n veil; froque.nlly the flaws in the!
galleys perforate the v.\pors, and make |
windows hi the ?mokv man, and then again
the wind and lliv miii wilt canto 'he whole
to lie drawn upward*, like the curtain of a
gcorgeous theatre.
Out beautiful us thc$c sierras look, it is
woe to tho man who ventures on foot to
penetrate their liven on horse
u.tck it i< sometime* ntfrtous to Inverse
the I or Cot by the alley* tint have been
opened; for there, and rn old, ill kept
rooms, unakes ond wpod-slavos love to
dwell > and tho natives tell direful stone*
about the poison of the first, and tho tena
city of thu second? However, 1 never met
with any person who h id known an in
tt.incc of a wood-stavo fixing itself upon a
bunrm buiug, although every one srprfied
to believe tho story Tho animal i.< a
brojd and flat-hemlcd lizard, and < f a dull
grey rotor. The neurons have a particu
lar aversion to them, from a notion th.it?: >y
tact with them will pr dure leprosy. It i*
said thai three Knglish bailors having heard
tint the western 1'iton was inaccessible, do.
turmined on that account to climb lo the
top of?t. Two of them were never seen:
the third reached the summit, planted an
TJijion Jack on the around, and instantly
'foil in mortal convulsions by iu side.?
There was no doubt that tkey had perish
ed by the bites of snake*.
JVVir invtn'.'d Cnull Loek.~~\\'e were
highly crttilied l?j \vitne??iuK the opera*
tionft i h model of it Crtiul Lnrk upon an
entire new construction, invcme'l by Uimc
A, i hupman, K*q of ttiin Borough. It w;?*
eiirsihited to ? number of gentlemttn mi
Alond ?y 1*?t end on I'oetdny morning nt
(lie hou?e of the inventor. I( i? so con
structed III ? by menu* of it, <i bout mny
.pas# up nna rtowu from one level to una*
thor without ny expenditure of water. A
Uiovr ?bl? box i? intido to rine nod f.ill in
the Isock by mem* of Water admitted into
it through n Ryplion mid thU w^tcr it rtf
turned )*&un by the Syphon into the upper
levfct of the Canal. A* the bps or movea*
bto UrJt ri?e? in the perm tntfnt Lock, the
hoftt fdb; and m the liOtk f?tl?, the boat
Mr Qbepmnn cnlU it " The Sy
phon Leek/' ?nl there appa ?n? to be no
dotifei to the pindt of tho*e who have teen
1 it*-Operation, that n C*?nl provfcl*! with
*u?l? t*o?k? weald ftqutro hut littler more
??it\?r th?m woukk be ?toffici?nt to wpply
'?. V ?'# l;, v; , .
(hare be (butn no dHRenlty in the otfern !
lion ofthii nfw Lock, of which We believe
(here k no doubt, it ie thought tbe quantity
of weter ta/ttcient, woald.be.to imulMhet
? cnnal nty be excevelM end Mcoeaftfblty
used oft nlmont any ground practicable for
a rail road&n ?/. D*m. y
The length of Mr Kandolph's Speech,
precludes the possibility of ofir giving it
entire. \> e publish the fallowing extract*
in onler that our readers mny judge whe?
ther the chiirpi all edged nguimit him, to
wit?weakness of iuteMfct, insanity, flinup
pointment <ic. be well ^tlnblwhed! From
his sound reasoning on many points, we
would be willing to believe ih.it there are
not pinny such ik$ane men in this or any
other country. We Itnotv well (hut the
h.infcorsun u> tho Administration have done
oil they could to bring Mr. R into ridicule,
for which, perhaps. lie hu? goim greater
lengths nguinst ihe Adminintr.ition thiiii he
otherwise would luru clone. He this n* it
mny, he has, 10 any (he leust of him, [day
cd ilie onrt of un inhuman phvsl inn bv
giving them in return bucli (ills u* they
couM not ewallow.
"fJj\V, sir, John tjuinrv Adam* cimm;; into
power uudur Ihcte iunui|iickiu? circuuuuiict*,
?ml with thes* tuspiciou* nllitu am* connexions)
Ita* UHi-rminrd In become the apottle of liberty,
a* his father wat, about the tiuiu of iho formation
of Clio eoiutitulion, known to he tl?c apostle of
uioiinrOliv. It it no tccrct I wat in New York
when he flr?t look hit tent at Vice President. I
rocollcct, for I wm n school boy nt (hp time, at.
'enJIux tho lobby of Congret*. when I ought to
have been at school?I ?-eiueiiit?cr the manner in
Wliicli my brother ww* spurned l.y the r.m.hinan
of the then V.ce President, fur looiiu/ Ion near
I thearmt Untuned on the rcutclieon of Iho Vino
i Itf jal csrnego. Ferhap. I may have >oine of
Milt old aiiiinmiiy rankling m rny heait, mid,
coining from ti men who .ire knntvi never to for
Mike n liicnd or torsive a loi?I nui tou^hi to
foqjiv* rny enemies, and I Jo from the bo'iorn .?t
my hrrnt, mint sincerely, ?? I tu,|? |? l>e fur
Ijivens but it it ?iy enemies?tint the ertrtriri (,f
tny com.try: for. if they come here in the ?iin?je
ot the L iglith, it it my duty to kill ihetn; if the
coma hire iu a wonw# shape?Holves in thnrpit
ciuiliinj; it {? n?v ?luty int.' mv |.ii*>ne??
to tear the ?ln**|? >kun Iroin their bucks, nrrJ. a*
Wludliam said to IM|, open :ho Ikim.io and c?
po*o bench!h the ruit|.,i! i.'.irt f!;o lllthy dowlat ?
I'lil# foni;U(i?i! wa? ure.l in the huuse ?.f couiuwnt
where they talk and act l.ko men?where they
04t and drink like men, ail 1 do otln-r Uiitiv.%
men, not |ik? matter Hetty*. A>!mu* J. teriu nt'd
to take wanting by in* mi her'j error#, |,mi ,, h!.
lenifitini; th? pcro*ndiculiir. Uv h?ut ,nu-.?i ??
tho other w iy. Who waulu iii'iirte tlict Adi-o..,
the ton of the ?e4-ti<iu-law I'rrtident, who hHd
olli< e ninlfr ha father?wt?n. uj? t.< L?>.t.
Wdt till- u.tiU-v.ntitig, tlhunrh udhervnt to ihn
?/)i|i'i?ilioii to Jril rutti't ?i.lminutrHtioii, i'hm
iiio?t ^<iQe--wiio Wbiilu behove he had aHi'utr I
lor |.it p;ittrrn the eolehr.ite.l Anocht?rt!? CionU
??orator of tb* human race;" At Aimehenit wat
tile iirnturof lbs.}?iman lace, to Adaiut ??h? Ue>
lermined to l?e the frrtidunt o( tlie himinii race,
when I am not willing thut he tboutd be P.x ti.
?I??ut ?>f my n mi'* ?nd rue*,?t>ut he ir, and oia?t
be, till tho llnrit day nl jNl troh, eighteen hundred
und?-I forget wlinn, lie hm eomo out with n
t|>ceoh and n ni' tJugn. nnJ with a doctrine that
fioci to tukc tin.- wholn humcn f.iioily under hit
rjiccial protection. Wo?v. ?ir, who made him hi*
beotne'V k?-e|K4.' Who y,?\c him, the i'retident
of thu United 3?ntr,i. the . o?t >?ly <-f the litK-rtie*,
or the rl<hl*? or the iolou ilt of South AniMica,
or any other Amcrka, ?..>ve only the Uuited
Stal<? of Ainm-a, or nny oUier' country under
the nun.' Hi- hn? put himi<-'f, we know, into the
Way, and I ?ny Ood *end him i mfe deltvcrfinre
from lot poliry?from l..t p?ticy, ?ir, ii it w< II
known to) on, that up to the pnrm.l o< |(?>||in<
tin* froji Ad im?, | wm the chuinpion,
lu re of hi< tijhtta^n co-?r<iiiinie branch of the
Xr>veiniin nt. Irt-.t the prr<m> who rote imme
diately aftvr ihe ?Mitl? tnnn from New York, and
proteMud a?ain?t our ??pcuin; the doom, for rca
tom^wlth ulilrh I wltt n.?t troo1,lc the tmiate.?
On th<- quettion of ? i-jiII oil the executive, for
other iiilotinntion ttiun the troatiet, ice., I mid,
the Prendunt in arn-ordinate nrnncli of thit cov-'
ernment, and I* entitled to all tHijt.ble re<pe*t
from ui It ii bit duty to Iny ht./nro nt informa
tion on which we mu>t act?if be d?e< not give
in riiffirieut inforuiNii'm, it it not our burinett to
n?k for m?ro?I never will for more, and to
he sr-veuronfidnotiallv, k.e. (Mr. Itcmlolph h?ra
briefly adverted to 'he hbtory oLtlio resolution*
.ti writ teHinn.1 | did uuiiulain the right* of
the J rrti'lent, (wid Mr Itendolph.) but Iromthe
moment he xent ut thi? uiw-tg*?ln-m fiat mo
mmil, did my tone uo<] nnnn-r to him rhaiiRe.
From that moment, ??<l an altered nvm, nn.'l |
nm tfrnid, uot a'tered fur the tietter. [Il^re Mr
K(Hvlul|?|i reml the exoeutire mcifage, of the Itlth
I ebiuary, at follow*:
"Inantwpr to tln> two rc?otiiliont of the ?en
?te, of ?bp Itlth inttant. marked (eiei utlve.) and
whluh I have received, 1 *tate r^tpectfullv, that
all the oo<jtmnni"nlinn< from me to toe senate, re
j?tuijc to th? coojr?-M at Panama, havi. Imen made,
like all other roioinuniiatinnt upon executive
hi|?ine?t, in eo.tfi,/tMfr, and moit of thrmtneom
plianci! with n re<oliitioo of tiie >ena<e renuniuK
!i u'"i BeiievtOjj ttpit tho ettab
li'he?l Ut'ige of free e.onfiih-ntlal eoimriuiiicatlont
between tho executive end the acnate, ciiehl. for
Jhe putilie intereat, to b? preened unimimired
I rteem It my In iitp-ntahle duty to leave to the
?enate iitelf. thndei i<ion of nque?lion.M
w, (raid Mr. It-iodnlph, ) tl be Wnul.' (epve
to the tennte the decision of th^qtiattlori, would
e^ree with him; but Ihe evil geniu* of thp Ame'
rieen ?>u<e of Stuart prevalltd ? he Roe# on to
S*y? that the <|wMioii
** iovolvet a depirlnru, hitherto, to far e* I am In.
farmed, whhout example, from that iMage, and
upon the tnolirtt of tchtth, not l?enif informal of
them | it* not feel mytelf competent tacWide ",
>f thie had l>een pruMAuted for a libel, what
jury would have failed to have found a verdict on
?i*rh Nn imiHrtdo? that we were beeaklnrup from
our ??wn u?n^e*( to gratify personal >|?leei?' i My
nHInn* -bout our ?.??<,?u*e he wa? n-t
informed of them; the inuoudo wa?, that our me
/ were bf?ek end l*il. That moment did I
put, like Hannibal, my hand nn the alter, and
%W.!M ?f^intt him and hi*. rMb
*}jj: V?? thet moment I would do any ll.lnx
within the limit* of the Constitution end the lewt
fori escbfttham raid of Wilkes, I would not, hi
Ihe pereo* of the worit of men, violet* Ikon
iMfB\22* nrt?U#(re. Which are the mfe(n*nl
i ,1 ardt nhmit>' ^,b* i^?;-but, with
in the limit* of the constitution ahd 4b* law, If f
.loot carry oath* war. whether in |h? peniatnla
or *nr where sis*, IItsUlM fur want of reeoer
ee?. Mr. R*ndol|>s w*nt on to apealt of III* mo
lion* to wliioh this m**aae?ot th* Preti.lenf* had
fhnsni rlee? one at which detmibed the rmtnre
eeJ he, 1 objected. I uld, | would bav* all thi
* * a aIJa iIlmI |1l1 hm>4<! m)
glL- ?H|MfESfw
fiMt. forlWf obaenrationa on'lhe r?ec
STtS^
Wl*> had left o* the ROl
tokiir. Who mode h Mtboeen
loto the ?mcuIIv* dM
or WfMt of thkbody.* WUI any ooo an?wer tbi*
numtloii? -Ye* or ooN-Whot?S'nol*theperton.
Above till who mad* him the *ear?bnr of h*?rt*,
Mdgtvo hiiufbe rifhl, by an Inueudo black ??
hell, lo blacken our motlve*~I ?W not i?? that
then?Hrn* mora under eelC command, I did not
owiwb afroof l-ngtimc?I ?akl if ho on Id bor
row the ?ty* of omnitclniiro bim?elf, aoriioekin-.
lo er?ry bosom liero?il ho couk) look luto that
niu>t awful, ? calamitous and tremendous of all
po* sible golf*, the naked unveiled human heart?
?(ilp|wd of all it? eoveiinc* of tctf love--e*po*cd
baked an (9 the eye of uod?1 aald If lie could
d.? I Hat, be \va? n4t, a* President of (be United
8tat4?, ?milled in. pass up??B our motive*, al
tln.ufill he bmw and knew them lo Ite bad. I Mid,
if he bad courcrtej us In the Catholic religion,
and vraa our Father con|es?or, and 11(17 man in
thie lioiue at tbj> lootiinol of tho confessional
had confessed a bad motive lo him. by tho t*?i
of lib church, n? by thsr eomtitution, above the
law and nbovo tho church, he. a# l'resident of
the UuiUd State*, eonld not peas upou our motive*,
though we bad with our i ?n lip? tpld him oar
motives and conleurl t' ry *rrt Imd. I said
this then, and I say it now . lien I plant my
f>K>t--hcrc I (line defiance rjht into hit teeth, be
fork tho American punple. ( 1 'ere I throw the
gauntlello him and the brri've?i of hi* compet-ra,
to come forward and dtfnnd these miserable dirty
lines: "Involving a departure, hitherto, 10 (ar a?
I am inioriced, without example, from that usnj;e.
and upon the motive* lor which, not beinx ?n
formed of them, I do not feel <nyielf competent
to decide!" Amiable modoly! I'wonder we did
not, all at Once, fill in lovu with him, and agiee
unu toee, to publish our proceeding*??except
myirlf-. (or I quitted the >ennte ten minute* be
fore the voir was taken. I ?*w what was lo fol
low?I know tbn tiling would nut ha done at all,
or would he don? uuanlmously Therefore, III
'pile of the remonstrance* of friend*. I %v?tit
away, not fearing lhat any one would doubt what
iny vote woulJ hava t>e*n, If I had staid. Alter
twonty.MK.hour>'exertion, it was timetogive In
I una defrnted, horse, foot and dmgoon(---cut op
?and elmri broke dome- by the coalition of Bib
Til ami black fieorge---by the combination, un
heard of till then, of the puritan with tbo block
lef."
.Mr Randolph appear* to entertain a deadly ha
ired to VVmhingion, whirh he hat taken several
?jccasiont lo cipreM. The following is u speci
men:
"This i% n strange world?the mnn who is
wl??lling ovei the fnrrou. at the tunc he is turn
ing in com to give brrn-l lo hi" wife and family,
| ku"W* no more of whai i? Joing here than u mm
ill South Ameelra. lie dot-toot Know tlmt they
v?!,n nev er did plaut corn, or never shall plant
| cot a .i-;niu, urn lo lake the l^st part of his crop,
lir do-* iiaI know, while hl? lw>i?e* are poor l?e
car,?c in; i:aiiuol aflind t:.? ui fut. that hor
se* ure driven 11 t> t: ? > t .< nm fed nut of hi*
rrii*.. lie ?Io?m ni.t k *"?w lw eaute you gat t!je
Di<>o< jr l/<>ui him Iio it tariff rd% m *'
?uy lit V'ir*!itm. lie u u'J tor all U? r?*al ne
cicmrici i t ble--and how ducj hi* ruouey I
wi>lihf could p??Wi here to ?ce. If every man I
in tlip t'nited ii.latctcould ono Usijr in W*?.h
mftou ????( everv wo'ntu could ipcnJ ou? hour
he?e ??nu<i flod ft#tb??i that my wile or danjrhttr
ihouUI tpeud nwire?theny<ju would have miIvb
liau lor the republic."
Frcm I he Burton Courier.
Mr. I'm liter.?Among the .ra:iy ilurt thrown
out u<nni>t our diilm;;ui?ticd member of coiigrett
for M?d Jioea on account oi a i|nu?e rattling to
*l?v??ry in ?>nn of liii 3|?frhe*. I wntltruck with
ore published in tho Philadelphia Oaitttd, and
copied into tho hrt number ofllieNew York
ClirUtiati Inrjuirc r The | ice* referred (o it m
tliurt braid of two &ir.md??irrelevancy nod t!io
moit Ignorant mitreptetenhition.
"Some of our legiilQton," it runt, "bare at
terur* -d to (trove jutflro of negro tlavery from
the bible. Bot ih?f ou^ht to hare known that,
tic." N?* 1 will ?' attempt to pro**" In Ikq or
three word* the twoubjoclioot which 1 have Mid
I he against r.ll (hit writer'* |>Okitiojt Fir?t, irre
levancy. !!<? miowi thai kidnapping it forbidden
in both th? ?)d und new pttamentr. Hut who of
' our legi?:ator* ha? vindicated the ptictire of man
?t?ahn|(.' It it felony by the law* of ll:e Und ?
| I'M qjettion i* not about the ilava trade, hut
t about the relation already existing between mat
ter and Udve. Secondly, tho nv><t ignorant mil
reprtMntation. " Servitu Jo la Jndce," he *ay?,
" tr*? alwayt voluntary, ore|?? inflicted u? e judi
cial ptinthmen:; it wat in either c*<e only torn
porary, and wat in every r.??o cantelled by grojt
ill u?t.ge. The tint* of teiviluJe implied no per
tonal degradation, ixit tht tcrvanlt und Irrenieti
equally formed one toctal bcrty the meuibri-j oi
which were Continually interchanging. All da
very among tli<? J?w? tvat temporary, ice." I
will only a*k any one to compare tint flno fiction
with a lioftle parage, one of many I.eyiticiit,
4-1. 4? '? Both thy bond-men andjlty bond
maid/' ttnru ?'which thou (halt have, (ball ha
ot the heathen that arc round about you. Of
thain ?lull ye Any bond-men and bond inaldt ?
And ve .hull take them at an inheritance foe your
children after you, lo inherit them/or a p*ttrt?ion,
they ?haH he vour bond men fortttr. But over
your brethren, the cbildten of Itrael, ye thall
not rule one oeer another with rigour." The
la?l elaute plainly ioipliea the permhtion to tre>%
the foreign daves with rigour; and wa may ima
!,iue how mach w*e meant by that word in tho<e
er??ciout time*. X. X
Tha late nrcounU from our WMlirn frontier I
bring l!ft mrUnrhoty naw? of tha inurdcl of fl?? j
Am^rtran ritixana whila engaged in eatahioK wild '
hor?e?. Tha perpotratoe* of thai* murdari are !
atatrd, in ?n? nrcount, to belong lo 'ha Oitg* Ha*
?ion; but m ?ome of tham war* dreaaed in iini
form, and it h atatad by tboa? who know tbn na
tion W#ill, that no toch uniforms war* p??w*ted by
th* Om|h, it it preiumad from ifeh (inanttinof,
and th? corroborating ttatemaata of aibara, that
tlia mucdarem ware ??l th* I'awnaa nation Whila
it ia the di?poaltion of ilia fiorarnmant of tbe U.
SlitM to attend full proteetion to tba Indiana
lliciB<a|rn, It it not to be avpetted that K will
permit lb* mordar of tt? mm citiaent (a go nnra*
dreiaed. Tba power of the UnitaJ Stelat la Mill*
cient lo pnni?h Iba aggraaaora. avan Where they
are nrotaaUd by all the natiom which ara known
An inH mtt continent, aod that powar will neirtr
ba fc*od ramlaa ia Ha march, whan jtHtira poia<?
tha way. Wa haee no doubt immediate atapa will
bd adopt ad lo dacover tha criminal* lo ikU eata,
aod to oMefc lb* a?rr??der ot them to o*r g*.
veram*nt, in order that they may b* <md far Iba
murdat awarding to oar law*.
r ttal?o app*ara that d.ibr***?l which threat
rn? M>rio#t*oMM?ancaa,HaT* ariaan between tb*
Cbarokaa wad Oaafa m*Kmw af lodtanas aod that
hoitiliii?-? only amended ihmugh the ifttaf)?
A
erfrital of a*.
movements M .. ..
should regret to see e renewal o?lboeetin?ee when
our remote settlers eeM' not lie down Inp4**e,
s ate
sealpiitc knife. Our power If eoinpetent to tb?
protection of the pmot?*t cor&er of oar
*W>iu, iwl there l? enough of wisdom ?tid coerty
In I lie government to gir? It p proj*T*ud clBeionl
directlyo. ,.
Tho rapidity with whkh ?| mm rer.clve Infor
mation or every circumstance, k inch ti to ren
tier ft Impossible that ?ny hostile movements can
loni; bo. kept from tho knowledge of tho govern
ment. In a low Uayr. information of eve
ry motion of m enemy oould l?# conveyed trom
one ettreoiity of,the Union to lh? other. There
facilities of intereoufo.eo valuable in pe?cr, joia>
eUimeMoin *nr, are dally tneremlng through the
liulcfnilgubl* mmUnd vigilant superintendence of
tho present Po*tniMter (lenerel. Prom hie lent
report,it appears tliet |hcro me now r,,000 poet
offices; 90ti mull mute*; 80(1 meil contractors, all
of them Immediately responsible to htm; ?od that
the mail travel* over an extant of 90.930 mile* ?*
The labour of attending to0,000 po?tme?ter?, with
whom 24,000 aceouuU are Opened, is beyond eel*
oulatlou i hot the benefit* to the country are In
proportion. Commerce nod security ore render
ed prosperous end settled j end by the completion
of a lino of canali which will carry munitions of
war throughout the nonntry with eqUalei|*dii1<>n,
we shall begin to understand the real eatent of
our own resource*.?Jfat. Imkt.
linilwnyi?We It urn from a late northern print,
that a model of ? valuable improvement in rail
ways Is now exhibiting in Boston; it is tlia inveo
(ion of two citisens of l'rovidence, R. I It con
tiats in raising .. d lowering teams by balanco nn>1
iavar power, similar to the scale beam. The
carriages running <*i theie railways will prorrei'
on |?rfect levels, except at ceitalu places or plat
forms, iu which, by the operation of levers and
weights, the carriages, lie are raised or lowered,
as the case may require, from nAa level to ano
ther. This is effected in from two to three min
utes by a simple process, requiring Jess strength
than one man can conveniently ex* it. The
lionM-s will travel Iwnetth the carriage, and be
thus protected from the rain or snow, Ihc Sdtne
gentlemen have likewise invented an improve
ment, by which carriages travelling In oppo?lt?
directions can pass mb# other on railways, with
facility, and with but little delay or trouble. The
wagons always earry the same burden, (which
can be regulatod by weight* added to the load
when necessary) which the elevators.are to be
arranged to belnnco so exactly, that less than a
|K>und weight will turn them, when the load and
counterpoise are loi.s. A slight pulling of a
?trmg will tec lire the bent-fit of an elevator as
often ns one is arrived at. The inventors calcu*
late, that Iheir carriages for penengers and for
hurdeus, will travel at the rale of seveo milea an
i?our, aud that goods can be delivered at that rate
?>f speed. The carriages will glide n*er the rail*
wiiy with such ease, that lady i?a?*eugers may at
t?nd to their sewing if thay piease, or they and
??ther pa<auger* may read or write if a^reoable.
The iuventors have taken measures to itcure a
patent in bnghiiid.?Sar. (Sto.
Mon*. Maxurier, a phy?ician of Flia?burg, ?*
?crt* thr?? lw ha* discovered a cure for inlHtica
lion iu arelate of polar*; I>y the uw of which he
engage* to mnkr n drunken man *oher iu five
minute*. Tu* mrnP remedy if, ha *ay*, a ?pcri
fui for the foul, the origin of which t!l<ord*r lie
? (tribute* to the prevalent e o? uric acid in the
?y*t?.ni. If (hi* reasoning hu correct, any |u>de>
great valetudinarian, who feel* a At coming an,
hat nothing t<> do toil lo ent a half a pound M
?o*p forhn breakfast, and the enemy is defeated
in milnt.
Mtmltrt of CouRrtn.?Proni (ho o(Tici d paper*
lately published, it appear* that-*
In eight year* President Washington appointed
Itn member* of Congress to different office*.
In four year* the elder Presideut Adam* tip.
pointed thirteen
In eight year* rresidant JclTurson uppuiotod
/irmfyfo<ir.
In t he itme time President Maduuii appointed
ttrtnty.
president Monroe in right year* appointed
nfntlrtn.
The present adaaii>Utra'.ion Love appoinied/aur
in one yaar.
Two of the four appointed by tbn present Pie
aident, are (lie Secretario* of State nnd War.
Co'mporary Fcmnln tonic*.? At no period of
our hiitory ha* female geniu* triumphed more
tban in our own day*. At the present lime there
are living not te?* than twenty-lour ladle* of pre*
eminent talent*,a* writer* in variou* department*
of literature and philosophy
Mr*. Darlnuld, distinguished during GO year* by
her elegant production* In ver?e and prose.
Mi** Hannah Murt, for nearly an equal period,
for variou* moral ami controversial writing*; not
' i iferior for atyle and energy of mind to any thing
j produced bv lb# other *e*.
Mr*. Hadeliff, who a* a novel!,t, may be rank
ed among the wit geuiu?e* of the age end country.
' ' Mi*a Wj{<irw(A, a distinguished writer of no
vel*.moral composition, and woik* of education
MIm LulUn. the amiable ami in*cmon* author
cf* of, Morton and Home, novel* distinguished for
their benevolent sentiment* and spirited eompo
silton*, honorable alike to heart and head.
Mr*. Qpif, who** variou* work* In verse jnd
prim are ilWinjuWud for their originality, poid
tarte, Ingenuity, and elegant composition
Mr*. Inthbnbl, who aa a dramalM and novelist,
has produced variou* work*, which will ever rank
high among the ela?ie*6f our language.
>lit* llulion, rttpet-table m a iiovefitt, powtr*
fnl M * R?nrrnt Writer, anil able at n philosophical
^rnnmjilirr, M proved bf h?r rK?nt workt of
Africa.
Mitt II. fi. WilUamt, who though loDKrnidfnt
in I'arit, maybeclaimed**nnF.nglu!i woman,and
it an honor to the geniut of her country women,
in hitlorjr, politic*, < loqi*ne*ftn<l poetry.
Mr. C-'oppr, 0 My whoae ttrenglh o( nndor
ttnndinc ami power* of diction, have lei her to
grapple with (object* of the high#* order, m *ho
ha* pnblnhed aeveral work* on thrologjr. educa
tlon and biography.
MU? Ptr/tr.n nonN of I ha fir?t rank in th?
powtrtof eluooent eompotition, whoui Th%Meiy
< f Waraaw and other work*, witl long be ttaoderd*
of th* language.
M(m fltmgtr. who fymt* wltb oqoal dialtaction
a* a noveliM, hUtorUn, and rrilio.
Mim Ortttif.nko l?a*.JIrt?niut?heuher*elfin no*
r?W.|>hilo*ophf, and the bell** let trot. . ?
Mr* Mmttl, who hft proved her powar* of
?M (fthoc oenvartetioo w Natural Pfrilowph;,
Mm. l/mtv, who wrltw and leetO+O* With fifot
ability no mhmwoIom rod g?otoft)r. ; .
- MUa OMtMoo,(Udr Morgan,) wfcoeo eloquent
writing oiorol and potfloot rwootog, oro not +tr
imm\ by nay otKhof of hor tUoO. . * <>.
Mm. WdtffitU, eowpiler o| m**f ?***??'?
twenioitt workt for the?*4?4 mSm^m and iihoilt.
Mr? Ibt'fmn, wfcnee dtorovarieaWttlith0?ticf0
dwtryia
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CITIIIIOU
iof above pfodttctid** of mere feetei
UliM l^AMkW f IImI^i k .i > HM ,M U
^ J*W*?
Mi* Or^-^ tk?V& writer of .everel tAnaee
of noveU whlrh are di*tineui?hed for th?tr sound
philosophy anA r?M^t?o?a via*, of.oclelr. v
??# O'Jrlti/, Raniej-,) ^b?M Evelina*
Ceeelik, Camilla* and other iwtiIii, niece her'a
other prodeojlpos ire bfchly ceteented byjevery
peffnn ol good taste.
Deride tatbersof less celebrity, but pertiere equal ?"
merit, whose namee'are oot present to tie reeol>
leclioo of the wrUtfc
Few perron*, till |hey behold this ?nurTuratioe,
witlbsve lurpeetrd tlwt our deyseofcld boast sncto
m RftUny ut geuiut in the fair ??? ; end it May ah*
he questioned, whether the other se* ea* prwdnau '
a Ibt ia amy rwpeetsof wytrte pr?4?ifan.
>'!<'? II ' ??
AVtri xtf thi Htm **}???'.-~Cftpt*io IWdrt^'
of tbe Silas Htehards, hu Mot uf the following
extraordinary account for publication, aocoropv
ided by a representation in, pencil of U? e>oa*t?f',>
?een, which it precisely <4 the term of tbe bo*.
the rfetement with tlieir oath. If ne?r*uryi
JV th* editor of the Mtrtctiitlf AUtnLit,'
fifr Sir: If you should deem the followlog
ststement worthy of iopefffba ia yOttr valuable
journal, the veracity of It can be attested by tb?
undersigned: ?*
Sbip Silts IUehyds, 7th Jane,, 1^??^ t ' <
While standing by tb? ?tertMjard'^oW^ looltlii*
at the uaraffled turface of- the ooeao, about 7
o'clock, P. M. I peroerved a mdden perlurbetlo*
ot the water, aad iwpad lately on that ?<? otyrcf
lamented iteeif witli Ha head a bora the water
about four feat, resembling -the stove figure,
whkb ] ioi it ion it retained for nearly a minute,
when he returned it to the surface, and kept ap
proacbin* alrea?t of tbe. vessel, et a distance of
fift> yards. I immediately called the pepengere
on deck, several of wbotn observed it fortbo
spare of eight raiuotes,. hi it glided along slowly
?n l undauotod|y pest tbe abip, at the fate of
about three milrs an hour. |t? color \va? a dark
dlugy black, with protuberance* similar to the
above sketch; it* vitibla length appeared about
sisty feet, and it* circumference ten feet. From
former accounts which have been glrcn of auch
a monster, nod which here never been credited,
this eiactly correspond*. tad I bare no doubt but
it it one of those species celled Sea Strjiinl. It
made considerable wake in tbe water iu iti j-ro
1 remain yonr obedient servant,
11 F.N It V IIOLOHEDGE, Coptaic
[From a London paver]
Etonomy */ a A'tuipaptr.?\Vt *h?l| sketch tho
economy of a morning | ?j>rr; the, contents tf
whlr.lt would make a three-guinea volume. a*
book* *r* now fas'uouably got up. In thn ftf* 1
{lace, Ibe advertisements arc continually print log.
)urlng the titling of parliament, each journal
hat from ail to tea, or amre gentlemen of litera
rv acquirements, diigaged to repotting tba debates.
These succeed each other io rotation, In thf gtn
?try of thehooieof common*, or sppue for attatw
gar* in the upper Iioum; and ravtio as may be
requisite, hn!f an hour, an hour, two hour* res
pectively, ta take note* of what passes; a* o?e
retire*, auothor ?rcu|)i?i hii place; and the suc
cession lasts till the bu*iuets ia (tone. In tha tome
way, the (battel U delivered to the printers flit
first reporter goes to Mr office ond write* out hi*
part ol iho debate, while tbe second ia carrying
on the sytietn of not a Hiking; and ao the wholo
proceed* through three, four, Ave, aix. uvrn, or
ten individuals. Tbia division of labor tender*
tliat practicable which we only sae, and which
wenlJ otherwise be thought impossible. Tbo
aame principle it seen in the printing office or
rhnptlm it ia called. The principal printer re
ceive* the debates, written on alips of paper, and
distributes them to his ten or fnurteei) compositors,
to be put in type. When finished, the matter ia
put regularly together, and impresflona are taken
as the work goes on, wbfcb are submit!*! to nuo
(her officer called the reader, far conectness. A
lad reads the IV1S. to tble |iertoN, while lie cpn*
the proof, endjota on the margins tbe needfut'al
tefntiona. Again itended to the rnmpoailera,
litem idterHtiona are n?adu in the types end the
pioof it read twite before it ia finally made up
into columns fur the editor, and lor putting i?|e?
tho stinpc in which it ia published. Tbe news
and politics, ami all other branches of the papbr,
undergo a similar proceMt and itis altogether cu* -
riona to aee the l.u?y and active acene in which,
perhaps, teu aide writer*, a great number of cle*
ver printers, superintending readers, correctors,
printer*, and editor*, are alt co-operating to tho
same end, the publication on the rooming or .th*
morrow, of that well filled aheet, of which the
very commencement was witnessed tome IS hour*
before.
/mportant Itiieoirry?One of the greatest din
covcries yet made ia navigation lias transpired,
aud lite talent haa been abandoned In 'oose
queureol ths tarbnicalltle* of the on ten' laws.
Three-fourth* of the fuel row uaco in sleam ne
'vigation will be saved. The vapour of quicksil
ver i* substituted lor steam with similar machine
ry, aod a few precaution* to prevent any waste
nf the metal l>y a pipe on tSe safety valve. Tho
bottom of tbo (toiler, which ia very small ami
strong, a* compared wHh that now in u<e for
producing steam, ia conical, and the tetmi "ittor
of the cone it in contact with the htfrtdng cotito
which surround it. Tbelt heat i* rommanhfted
almo*t instantaneously to the quicksilver in the
boiler, throwing It into vapour, at the tempera
ture of rtf?0 degree* of Fahrenheit. It* elasticity*
aod power e*o lie indefinitely increased by heat,
and lite greater the?laeticily produced the greater
tbe vacnum in the cylinder on openiog the vatvo
communicating with tbe well. The saving ef
stowage will lie very considerable, and a ton
quicksilver will be sufficient for propelling a ve*
tel to India and back again w ith 110 horse power.
A tin^olar outrage leentd to hav* been commit
te*t at Smyrna, l*y a Frenchman, who, It seems
wished to mnrder 8lr |lud*on Lowe. We awb
toin an ealrvt of a Utter from Smyrna, dated the
JVl of April, lf?2rt. -Sir Hudson Lewe. WhO le
her* on W* way to ladle, was yff ???r fhllhag Iby
the hand* of a lauatle Frenchman, who probable
meant, according to hi* notiona, to ******
coonlry. The Freorh eonsular agent. ferry, got
Into the hon?e where Hlr HmVon re*t,KI. *M
finding the doors of the npartm*?t *h?#, He broke
?hem apea, and destroyed all the effects of Sir
flndsew, who wa* ftxt ..nstely *
Ferry wa* *r?ed with a thff.ee and In hie
thirsty rag* declared <tV*d that he shouht
. JfW to It' *' the marderet ? t Nepoleen,
fermtf eneier. fl* wa, nm.led,awl it we>w
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